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School Renovations Underway to Tune of $33 Million

By Douglas Staff Writer

One of Pine Island's Northern Bobwhite Quail.

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Taken Under Her Wing Area Cranberry Grower’s Daughter Helps Bring Back Bobwhite Quail

By Dominick Cella Staff Writer

WASHINGTON—Slowly but surely, the “functionally extinct” northern bobwhite quail are returning to the Pine Barrens, thanks to a collaboration between wildlife preservation advocates and the daughter of a longtime area cranberry grower.

Stefa n ie Hai nes, social media coordinator of Pine Island Cranberry Company and daughter of PICC owner Bill Haines Jr., has been working with John Parke, Stewardship Project director for New Jersey Audubon, for the past four years to maintain forest-stewardship standards on PICC’s 14,000-plus acres.

One result is that New Jersey Audubon, in cooperation with PICC, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, Pine Creek Forestry, the

New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife and the University of Delaware, has managed to translocate and release 80 wild northern bobwhite quail in the Pine Barrens for the fourth straight year.

The translocation project is part of New Jersey’s Northern Bobwhite Action Plan.

Pine Island was selected for this study due to its vast tract of private land and the company’s history of implementing forest-stewardship practices since 2001 under a plan approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

“My grandfather always told my dad, and my dad told us, that if you have a resource you have to take care of it,” Stefanie Haines said. “We take care of our forest, we take care of our water, we take care of our business, and we take care of our home. If the bobwhite quail

are back…then we’re doing what we’re supposed to do.”

That stewardship has been helping the cranber r y business, while simultaneously producing large areas of early successional habitat viable for the bobwhite and many other species, both plants and animals.

While the bobwhite quail population is no longer viable in the Garden State, these practices are giving it a chance to rebound, along with other species as well.

“Due to this project, there is funding from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service ( USDA-N RCS) — spe ci fical ly for quail—for other landowners, farmers, and woodland managers in the Pinelands region to implement these conservation See WING/ Page 13

D. Melegari

LITTLE EGG HARBOR—Some $33 million worth of improvements and repairs, financed through a $53 million bond issue authorized by voters last year, to Pinelands Regional School District facilities got underway this week now that school is in recess for the summer.

The work to Pinelands Regional Junior High School and Pinelands Regional High School, contracted at a Pinelands Regional Board of Education meeting earlier this month, marks the start of Phase Three of a massive construction project that commenced last summer.

Masonry restoration, along with exterior window and door replacement, the first of two components of Phase Three, is being undertaken by Paul Otto of Paul Otto Building Co. for $11,548,000.

“I worked with him ten years ago on a $9 million job,” said Bill Costello of Epic Construction, a new firm managing the district’s construction project in the wake of a roofing debacle that tarnished the project during Phase One. “He has done this type of work before. All indications are we will have a successful project.”

The bulk of Otto’s work will take place at the high school, replacing the building’s brick exterior and steel frame, which became badly decayed over the past decade due to interior water seepage. The decay and method of making repairs will require replacement of some exterior doors and windows.

“Look, it is a very, very aggressive schedule for both contracts. We don’t know, until we open up walls, what we will find.”

Bill Costello of Epic Construction Costello said Otto recently completed projects similar to the one underway here in Jersey City and West New York.

Newport Construction is executing the second component of Phase Three, additions and renovations to both buildings’ interiors, for $21,672,000. The interior renovations include installing new fire-rated stair-tower doors and side lights, replacing interior doors for Americans with Disabilities Act compliance and intruder-prevention purposes, modernizing numerous bathrooms and its fixtures, installing LED lighting fixtures, removing and replacing a ceiling grid and tiles, and overhauling See SCHOOL/ Page 13

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Pinelands Regional BOE Considers Reducing Number of Days It Meets

D. Melegari

L I T T L E E G G H A R B OR— D e s pit e contending with ongoing const r uction debacle litigation and a $33 million phase of construction that kicked off on Monday, the Pinelands Regional Board of Education may choose to meet less often soon.

July will be an experiment of sorts.

Traditionally, the board holds a work session meeting at least one week before its regular monthly meeting to prepare, scrutinize and approve its regular meeting agenda, while also doing the same thing for items appearing on its work-session agenda.

Newly-appointed Super intendent Dr. Melissa A. McCooley sees that process as counterproductive and onerous.

“I have never seen it done this way where you are really working on two agendas, that are on different dates, at the same time,” she said.

She has asked for the board to make a change to its meeting schedule so that is stops planning for two meetings simultaneously.

“Basically, what is happening is that we are planning for two meetings,” she said. “We are planning for these (regular) meetings at least three weeks in advance and it is not only really difficult to have that (regular meeting) agenda

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set (so far in advance), but, number two, to have all of the corresponding documents (for the regular meeting agenda) already ready (so far in advance).”

She told the board that she is spending a great deal of time answering board member questions in advance of the work-session meetings and the questions are only being asked because corresponding documents for the regular meeting agenda aren’t prepared by the time the work session meetings commence.

“You (the board members) often have concerns about, ‘Where is the corresponding document for this (regular meeting agenda item)?’” said McCooley of the work session meetings. “Often times, three weeks in advance, it is not going to be prepared. It is a little difficult on my end to have all of that prepared and answer all of your questions. It is not that I don’t mind doing it, but I feel like it could be done a lot more effectively.”

So, in taking the superintendent’s advice, for July, the board will meet to discuss an agenda and act on an agenda only on July 18. It has canceled its July 9 work session meeting.

“Perhaps we can try it in July, see how it goes and then take it from there,” McCooley said.

But the board’s decision for July is viewed as an experiment, with a contingency, because the board has a July 11 retreat where questions

and concerns can still be raised since it has been legally advertised.

It is still a bit unclear how all of the board’s business will be executed in one evening, in the near term.

T he board’s $53 m illion “no f r ills” construction project is still ongoing, with $33 million in improvements just getting underway this week. The project decisions, oversight responsibilities and questions have led to several two-to-three-hour board meetings, with one recently lasting until almost midnight.

“I would love to get to one board meeting per month,” said Tom “Tommy” Williams, a board member representing Bass River Township. “I think July would be a good trial, but there may be some stumbling blocks with everything we have going on with construction.”

Additionally, the board has been holding executive sessions one hour prior to its regular 7 p.m. meeting. With the Pinelands Regional School District battling construction firms it views responsible for improper roof work at Pinelands Regional High School last year, much of the hour has become regularly used to discuss litigation and matters of attorneyclient privilege.

On top of all of this, some board members— See REDUCING/ Page 14

Good Farm Project to Get Another Hearing

D. Melegari

SOUTHAMPTON—A public information presentation on a major construction project that will transform a large portion of the Good Farm into recreational facilities has been scheduled for July 5 at 6:30 p.m.

Of ficials i n Sout ha mpton of ficially announced their concept plan for the first phase of the project in December 2016, and at that time, Phase One of the project was anticipated to be completed by fall 2017.

That never happened.

“The idea for Phase One is to construct two fields,” said Rakesh Darji, a special-project engineer hired by Southampton Township, on Dec. 6, 2016. “A baseball field and a multipurpose field for soccer, football and lacrosse.”

Darji added that he expected Phase One to also include the construction of one parking lot, an access driveway and associated drainage.

The farm adjoins both Red Lion Road and Church Road. The first phase of the project involves a portion of the farm that sits closer to Red Lion Road.

Officials have said that the first phase of the project will cost about $1,000,000. The township has over $560,000 in funds obtained through Burlington County municipal park

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development grants.

At the time of the Dec. 6 presentation, the concept plan for the entire project had 75 acres of the farm slated for active and passive recreation. Construction of three multi-purpose fields, four baseball fields, an amphitheater, a bocce court, a sledding hill, a skating pond, two playgrounds, a concession building and pavilion, a lawn picnic area, one storage building and a dog park was proposed.

A mult i-pu r pose com mu n it y center which would contain senior areas and an indoor basketball court was also proposed.

Additionally, officials anticipated constructing three parking lots with a total of 367 parking

spaces, two basins, and one pond.

About 100 people attended a Dec. 6, 2016 special Southampton Township Committee meeting, where the official announcement was held. Opinions were mixed.

The committee in August 2017 gave Environmental Resolutions Inc. (ERI) $19,150 to monitor traffic levels on Church and Red Lion roads, in anticipation of the project. The firm was also provided with $45,750 last summer to perform a site design and create construction plans for the Good Farm.

Additionally, ERI received $33,500 for construction observation, $7,250 to develop technical specifications and bid documentation, $4,500 for contract administration, $2,750 to file a Wetlands General Permit Application for the site, $2,500 for bidding services and $2,400 to participate in conferences and meetings.

Thursday’s presentation will be held at Southampton's municipal building, 5 Retreat Road.

Township Administrator and Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman said that the upcoming presentation will feature a reduced Phase One proposal.

“It will include a lot of grading to prepare the whole site, a walking trail, and one all-purpose field,” she said. “It is a reduction.”

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OEM Coordinator Fights Charge of Insubordination Months after Husband's Removal from Office

By Douglas Staff Writer

D. Melegari

WASHINGTON—Barbara Somes, the outspoken wife of a veteran Washington Township official who was removed from office on April 3 and was allowed to resign a month later, is now fighting to keep her job as Washington’s emergency management coordinator.

An employment hearing commenced at 7 p.m. on June 28, but the results were not immediately available as the meeting was held past this newspaper’s press time.

Barbara Somes, whose husband is Horace A. Somes, Jr., told the Pine Barrens Tribune in April that troubles began for her family shortly after Horace Somes issued a “zoning certificate” for a barn on River Road.

She said the barn was slated to be built on a lot in the Lower Bank section of the township that belonged to a neighbor of Code Enforcement Officer Bill Ward, adding that Ward opposed the barn.

“Bill Ward would bring his buddies there and ride their motorcycles and he complained because Horace wrote the zoning certificate,” she said. “Ward said the guy could not build the barn and actually went on the property and ordered him to stop it.”

Barbara Somes said Ward, after issuing the order, turned his attention to her husband, filing complaints against him with the Pinelands Commission and Township Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman.

In turn, she said, the Washington Township Com mit tee sum moned her husband to an executive session, part of a January reorganization meeting.

Barbara Somes said the township committee questioned why her husband was talking to the Pinelands Commission, and her husband

responded that communicating with that body was “part of his job.” She added that the committee seemed to be satisfied with his response, although not thrilled that he was talking to the commission due to the sometimes controversial authority it exercised in the township.

On April 3, as the Pine Barrens Tribune previously reported, Horace Somes was again summoned to an executive session held by the township committee. Despite the public being informed that action wasn’t expected afterwards, the township committee reconvened and acted to remove Horace Somes from office.

Mayor Dudley Lewis later said that the executive session developed in a way that there was a need to take action. But the decision resulted in allegations from Barbara Somes that the township committee was not only being non-transparent, but that officials also never called members of the public waiting down the hall back to the committee’s chambers to hear the decision reached in closed session.

Despite the public and this newspaper not being present for the decision due to the aforementioned circumstances—later decried by even Lewis’ closest allies—Barbara Somes revealed that her husband was accused of deleting an email involving the Pinelands Commission and was told that the township had to retrieve it “in the clouds,” a term for data storage offsite.

She said her husband responded that he didn’t know it was wrong to delete an email addressed to him, especially since there is a delete button provided in the email system’s portal (or mailbox).

“People delete emails all the time from their inbox,” she said.

Lewis declined to comment to this newspaper See REMOVAL/ Page 9

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Benefit Concert Adds $1,250 to Fund for Fire-Stricken Woodland Family

By Dominick Cella Staff Writer

WOODLAND—A June 14 spring concert to benefit a fire-stricken Woodland Township mother and her two sons collected another $1,250 on top of $35,000 already collected earlier this month through a GoFundMe page.

The Harris family, lost their home in a blaze that took place during a thunderstorm on June 2.

The concer t was held at Chatswor th Element ar y School i n Woodland. T he concert’s proceeds were generated, in part, from the raffling off of a Chromebook.

Through stray tears, a choked-up Valerie Harris took the occasion to express her appreciation to all those who had contributed.

She praised the Woodland community that “sprang into action” to assist her and her family.

“This community has offered the most amazing support, from texts, to financial and clothing donations,” she said. “I just want to thank everyone: the students, parents, teachers, and Board of Education. Just thank you and blessings from myself and my boys.”

The Harris family home on Applegate Place caught fire while she and her two boys were elsewhere, resulting in the loss of two

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family pets, a boxer named Bella and a cat named Jack, as well as equipment used by one of her two sons, who suffers from cerebral palsy.

“We’re just blessed to be together and safe,” Harris said.

The concert, themed “Chatsworth Goes to the Movies,” featured students from kindergarten through eighth grade performing their renditions of different Hollywood theme songs.

Fittingly, the kindergarten, first and second grade choir sang “Get Back up Again” by Anna Kendrick from the movie “Trolls”, the chorus of which goes, “There is nothing getting in my way, if you knock me over, I will get back up again.”

The concert also included renditions of songs from “Aladdin,” “Despicable Me,” “Ghost Busters,” “Harry Potter,” “Hercules,” “Jumanji,” “Jurassic Park,” “Rocky,” “Star Wars,” and “The Big Year.”

“I want to thank Mrs. (Misty) Weiss, our principal and superintendent, as well as give a big, big thank you to all the kids — they did an awesome job,” said Chatsworth music teacher Cassandra Sicollo at the event’s conclusion.

Readers interested in donating to the GoFundMe account can visit https://www. gofundme.com/valerie-jeremy-and-jacob.

Seneca Seniors Best Troopers in Fundraising Hoops Match

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N.J. State Troopers pose with Seneca High School Seniors earlier this month.

TABERNACLE—When it came to shooting Tickets to the event cost two dollars apiece for students and three dollars per adult, with hoops this month, the kids fought the law— all proceeds going toward next year’s Seneca and, once again, the kids won.

High School’s post-prom event “Prom 110 A team of Seneca High School seniors Carranza” – a safe, drug-and-alcohol-free ended up besting a squad of New Jersey State get-together for the seniors of Seneca High Troopers from the Red Lion barracks, 40School.

35, at the second annual Seniors vs. Troopers The state police brought their A-Team fundraising basketball match played on June this year with State Troopers Tyree Cooper, 13 inside the high school’s gym.

Andrew Whitmore, Lance Lamberth, Ryan The school’s Student Council hosted Fenimore, Jennifer Britske, Ryan Morgan, the game between both male and female Dar ren McLaughlin and Sgt. Nicholas volunteers f rom Seneca High School’s Gavillan. graduating Class of 2018 and the New Jersey See HOOPS/ Page 11 State Police.

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Four Hurt in Pileup on Route 72

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Four vehicles sustained damage after colliding with each other on Route 72 in Woodland Township on June 15.

WOODLAND—A four-vehicle pileup on Route 72 in Woodland Township earlier this month has left four people injured.

The accident occurred near mile marker 0.5, just before 11:29 a.m. on June 15.

“A BMW 3 traveling eastbound (on Route 72) struck the rear of a Mazda 6,” said New Jersey State Police spokesman Trooper Alejandro Goez. “The Mazda 6 then traveled into the westbound lanes and struck a Jeep Wrangler.

A Toyota sedan was traveling behind the Jeep and went off the roadway to the right.”

The driver of the BMW, Timothy Fyock, 34, of Newton, Pa., was taken to Virtua Memorial

Hospital in Mount Holly with minor non-lifethreatening injuries.

Dale Myers, 46, of Browns Mills, was the driver of the Mazda 6. He was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the Jeep, Brian Richter, 47, of Marlton, sustained minor injuries.

An 8-year-old boy, a passenger in the Jeep, was also airlifted to Cooper University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Katelyn Sobon, 30, of Norristown, Pa., the driver of the Toyota, sustained no injuries.

“Fyock was charged with careless driving,” Goez said.

Intersection Notorious for Crashes Sees Two More WOODLAND—Two accidents this week, two days apart, occurred at the same intersection in Woodland Township—one that is notorious for crashes.

According to Trooper Alejandro Goez, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police, State Troopers were called to the intersection of Route 72 and Savoy Boulevard at around 12:18 p.m. on June 24.

Upon arrival, the state police found a threevehicle pileup.

“It involved a Toyota Corolla, KIA Cadenza and a Dodge Grand Caravan,” Goez said.

Zachary Deluca, 28, of Staten Island, N.Y., the driver of the Toyota; Roberta Puma, 36, of Browns Mills, the driver of the Dodge; and Michael Saviano, 58, of Millstone, the driver of the KIA; were all said to have received minor injuries.

“Minor injuries were reported, but no one was transported to the hospital,” Goez said. “The accident remains under investigation.”

The crash, however, closed Route 72—a major shore route—until the vehicles were removed from the road.

New Jersey State Police responded to another accident the same intersection for a crash at 3:54 p.m. on June 26.

“It involved a Chevy TrailBlazer and a Honda Civic,” Goez said.

The driver of the Chevy; David Rhinesmith, 59, of Beachwood; and Lucy Ballard, 63, of Whiting, a passenger in the SUV; sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to Deborah Hospital in Pemberton.

Derek Gillespie, 23, of Lumberton, the driver

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A two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Route 72 and Savoy Boulevard in Woodland Township on June 26.

of the Civic, sustained minor injuries and was not taken to the hospital.

“The scene was cleared at 5:08 p.m.,” Goez said. “The accident remains under investigation.”

In May, the intersection of Route 72 and Savoy Boulevard was discussed by Mayor William DeGroff, who at the time said it was notorious for accidents.

“I believe we have numerous accidents there every year and they are pretty bad,” he said.

The mayor said the new commander of the Red Lion Barracks, Lt. Richard Gilman, is doing a study at Route 72 and Savoy Boulevard.

“They are running radar in that area,” DeGroff said. “If he feels it is necessary, they are going to contact the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and talk about putting a flashing stop sign at the intersection or some type of red warning signal.”

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A slight miscalculation moved this truck a bit too far to the right, and into a ditch, temporarily blocking Isaac Budd Road on Monday, June 25.

Motorcyclist Dies Residents Anxious in Collision on over Burglary County Road 532 in Tabernacle

TABERNACLE—A motorcyclist was killed in an accident last Sunday while traveling eastbound on County Route 532, commonly known as Chatsworth-Tabernacle Road, in Tabernacle Township.

The June 24 crash occurred just before 3:53 p.m., near the intersection of ChatsworthTabernacle and Patty Bowker roads or at Chatsworth-Tabernacle Road mile marker 7.2.

“A Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling eastbound (on Chatsworth-Tabernacle Road) and entered the westbound lane of the road while going around a curve,” said Trooper Alejandro Goez, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police. “The driver struck a Nissan Pathfinder that was traveling westbound.”

Goez said the motorcyclist, William McKnight, 57, of Shamong Township, was pronounced dead at the scene. He added that the driver of the Nissan, Thomas McKenna, 56, of Arbour Township, Del. did not sustain any injuries.

County Route 532 was shut down, in both directions, for approximately three-and-a-half hours, for the accident investigation, Goez said.

The last fatal crash on Chatsworth-Tabernacle Road occurred on Nov. 11, 2016, when bicyclist Ronald Filepp, 64, of Roosevelt, was killed in a hit-and-run.

McKnight’s death is also the fifth trafficrelated fatality to occur in Tabernacle in less than a year.

Xzavier Wells, 18, of Burlington City; Nicole Ross, 16, of Shamong; and Tatiana Carter, 16, of Delanco; reportedly fleeing state police in a stolen vehicle; were pronounced dead at the scene of an ensuing crash at Carranza and Flyatt roads on Dec. 18, 2017.

Renee Wright, 26, of Vineland, who was a New Jersey State Police dispatcher, was killed in a Route 206 accident on Feb. 23.

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TABERNACLE—A residence in Tabernacle Township was burglarized last week.

The burglary, which occurred at a home in the 320 block of Carranza Road, was reported at 1:14 p.m. on June 22.

“No arrests have been made and this incident remains under investigation,” said New Jersey State Police spokesman Trooper Alejandro Goez, who declined to say what, if anything, was taken from the home. “There is no further information available at this time,” he said.

A Carranza Road resident urged people who live in the area to, “Keep your doors and alarms on,” while another said, “I grew up on Carranza and loved that we never had to lock doors. Times sure have changed.”

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SOUND OFF Children Should Not Be Used as Bargaining Chips I have stated emphatically that the separation of children from their parents must stop immediately.

I believe that President Donald J. Trump can and should put a permanent stop to this practice immediately.

If he will not, Congress must act. I do not believe children should be used as bargaining chips or as a deterrent. Let us remember, the ACLU sued President Barack Obama’s administration for detaining families as an intimidation tactic. It was wrong then and it is wrong now.

I will support legislation that ends the practice of separating families, whether it be a stand-alone bill or as a piece of a larger bill.

We must not return to the practice of ‘catch and release’, though.

I will support efforts to approve funding for DHS family residential centers, which will

keep families together and allow for a thorough review of each case. DHS has reported a 315 percent increase in cases of adults with minors falsely claiming to be family units from Oct. 2017 through Feb. 2018.

Children are being taken advantage of by those with ill intentions and we must not let that happen.

I will also support legislation that increases security at our borders and gives Dreamers a legal path forward, without letting them jump to the front of the line. We can deal with the big issues facing our nation on immigration, if we cut through the nonsense and actually work together. While some are resorting to inflammatory rhetoric and others are rejecting anything short of an open-border policy, I refuse to get caught up in the drama.

We have a job to do and I intend to do my part.

Congressman Tom MacArthur N.J.’s Third Congressional District Toms River, New Jersey

Congressman MacArthur Has Been Silent and Complicit My congressman, Tom MacArthur, was silent while the Democrats experienced hacking of their computer systems by the Russians.

My congressman, Tom MacArthur, was complicit when he allowed unqualified people to be voted into cabinet positions.

My congressman, Tom MacArthur, was complicit while people, now indicted for colluding with the Russians, were appointed to high-ranking White House positions.

My congressman, Tom MacArthur, remains silent while Scott Pruitt, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, flaunts all the rules of ethics and propriety.

My congressman, Tom MacArthur, was complicit when the Republicans in congress tried to gut healthcare protections for 23 million people.

My congressman, Tom MacArthur, was complicit when a tax law was passed which gives 83 percent of the benefits to the top 10 percent of earners while creating a $1.7 trillion deficit.

My congressman, Tom MacArthur, has been complicit while 36,000 people per year are murdered by senseless gun violence.

My congressman, Tom MacArthur, has been silent and complicit while families legally seeking asylum are ripped apart and children are placed in detention centers.

Tom MacArthur supports every policy of the

Governor Murphy Doubles Down on Stupid after Trenton Shooting

Hours after a mass shooting at a Trenton music festival, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy wrote, “These are not inappropriate times to talk about gun policy. These are the most important times to talk about gun policy.”

This declaration came after signing, the previous Wednesday, six redundant or illconsidered gun-control measures, which failed to prevent this incident.

The governor overlooked the fact that if the shooter, Tahaij Wells, was still in prison serving his 24-year sentence for manslaughter and racketeering, the shooting would not have occurred.

It’s not hard to see why Murphy would like to change the subject to gun-control laws, but the problem here is not that we don't have enough laws. The problem is that mushbrain liberals like Murphy think it's a good idea to let violent felons out of prison early.

Joseph O'Hara Marlton, New Jersey current President Donald J. Trump administration and has rarely, if ever, listened to the pleas of his constituents in Congressional District 3 (CD3).

His silence on issues of importance has gone beyond differences of policy—it now indicates a total abrogation of moral principles. He does not represent us. He does not protect us.

Thankfully, on Nov. 6, 2018, the citizens of CD3 can create change and send a man with courage and principles to the House. Vote for change in November. Vote for Andy Kim. Barbara Blonsky Mount Laurel, New Jersey

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REMOVAL: OEM Coordinator Accused of Insubordination (Continued from Page 3) about what led to the April 3 decision and on the allegations leveraged by Barbara Somes. Ward could not be reached for comment.

But, as Barbara Somes’ allegations spread resulting in backlash, the township committee allowed Horace Somes, a 39-year township employee who served 37 of those years as the township’s Joint Planning and Zoning Board secretary, to resign.

“Regretfully, we have had a submission of a resignation from Horace Somes,” said Lewis on May 1 in the wake of backlash. “It was definitely not the desired outcome. We had hoped to have a better solution to this, but it is his desire to resign from his position.”

Committeeman Barry Cavileer appeared to try to further smooth things over a few minutes after the resignation was accepted with regret, telling a story about how Horace Somes came to his aid in April after a medical emergency he suffered.

“Horace Somes, sitting in the back (of the meeting room), came over to help, just as I would have, had it been his emergency,” Cavileer said.

But, beginning a few weeks after that May 1 meeting and up until now, Barbara Somes has found herself in the township committee’s crosshairs.

In a letter dated May 21, Township Solicitor Thomas Coleman notified Barbara Somes that the township committee was summoning to appear before the township committee for an employment hearing on May 29 to discuss her actions on the night her husband was removed from office.

The letter, also known as a Rice Notice, gave Barbara Somes the option of having the hearing in public. The 20-year emergency management coordinator selected that option, leading to a riveting and tense meeting, which saw quite a ruckus.

“As you recall on April 3, this committee had an opportunity to have a meeting with your husband,” Coleman said. “Coincidentally, on the evening of April 3, I have in front of me a text message that you sent to our IT consultant, who coincidentally was involved in the discipline of your husband.

“I will read the text, this is to the IT consultant at 11:32 p.m., ‘By the way, you are on my list.’

At 7:13 a.m. the next morning, the IT consultant said ‘What list is that?’ You typed back at 7:16 p.m., ‘Wrong Ken, GPS tag.’”

The solicitor then asked the township committee for their thoughts on the text messages read aloud, adding that Ken Bellia, of Bellia Tech, “felt threatened.”

“How do we know he felt threatened?”

Cavileer asked Coleman.

“He sent an email to the township clerk,” Coleman said. “‘Kathy, I want to address a text message that I received from Washington Township employee Barbara Somes. In light of the situation with township employee Horace; I consider this message to be a direct threat to my business and personal well-being.

Additionally, I will be sending a copy of this

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email to my attorney and will consider filing a report with the New Jersey State Police. I am requesting a meeting with the township committee members, as soon as possible, to discuss Bellia Tech’s continued partnership with Washington Township.’”

Deputy Mayor Daniel James asked Barbara Somes if the text message was an accident.

“It was an accident,” she said. “I play GPS tag all of the time. I was up late that night because I was very upset. I was playing GPS tag with some of my friends. I explained that to him and responded that I didn’t even know I sent him a text message.”

Lewis was not present for the hearing as he recused himself before it began.

“Due to a very close personal relationship with the family, I recuse myself,” he said, before departing the Washington Township Municipal Building where the hearing was held.

Barbara Somes’ explanation left Cavileer and James silent.

Coleman said the committee is free to accept Barbara Somes’ representation, but that he would suggest until confirmation is received from Bellia that he is taking no further action against the township, that Barbara Somes have no further contact with the IT consultant.

“If she needs to contact them, I would suggest either a committee member or Kathy (Hoffman) be the contact or liaison until we get some level of comfort that he is not going to pursue this matter legally with the township,” Coleman said. “I am trying to avoid litigation because it is costly.”

James asked Barbara Somes if she would agree to that stipulation.

“I have been in contact with him since then,” Barbara Somes said. “He has responded to me (in regards) to different IT problems with my computer and his employee (SIC). We have had a give-and-take relationship. He never indicated to me that there was an issue at all.”

Coleman recommended that the township committee confirm that there was no further issue between Barbara Somes and Bellia, before providing the emergency management coordinator with permission to have further communication with the IT consultant.

“I can understand how Mr. Bellia would react in the way that he did,” Cavileer said. “In this day and age, that sort of a message to anybody has to be taken as a threat. I know that we have an explanation that it was a mistake, and I am not willing to say that it wasn’t a mistake.

This is serious stuff. We have to have a zerotolerance policy for any kind of threat to our staff or people that are our hired professionals.”

Cavileer added that he was in accordance with the solicitor’s suggestion that there be no direct contact between Barbara Somes and Ken Bellia—or his workers—until the matter resolved.

James said he would accept Barbara Somes’ explanation.

“I will have faith in you on this one,” said James to Barbara Somes. “But, until he is satisfied that it was (a mistake), then can you just not contact him and go through one of us if you need something from him?”

Barbara Somes agreed to the stipulation and the May 29 hearing, part of a special Washington Township Committee meeting, concluded—but the meeting itself wasn’t over.

Hoffman faced questions about why members of the public, who requested to be notified of meetings of the township committee, did not get notified that a special township committee meeting was going to be held on May 29. It was also not listed on the township’s website.

The public, and this newspaper, only found out about the scheduled meeting through Barbara Somes.

Hoffman, moments before the hearing began, read into the record that she provided notification of the meeting to requestees on May 25.

“You don’t think that is a little hairy or squirrely?” one man asked. “Our municipal government can’t take the time to put it on the website?”

James said putting meeting notices on the township’s website is a “work-in-progress.”

“No, that is unacceptable!” the man shouted, telling James not to give him “baloney.”

“You just told me it was posted on a billboard.

Are these doors open 24 hours of the day? I don’t even know your hours!”

James said the hours are posted on the door.

“So, I have to pull in your parking lot, get out of my truck and go view a printed notice when it is 2018!” the man shouted with sarcasm.

“Don’t you guys think?”

Cavileer said the man’s point was well-taken about the website.

“We have had two different webmasters and neither one was worth a damn,” he said, describing how a volunteer from the community may soon help with running the website.

Hoffman, after this newspaper also put on the record that it was not notified of the May 29 meeting as requested, stuck to her story that the notification was sent out on May 25. However, after the meeting, she said she didn't know if the notification ever went out because she found in her emails a return-to-sender message saying there was an error with her correspondence.

Hoffman, as this newspaper reported previously, was unresponsive to Open Public Records Act requests pertaining to the Somes’ matter. Her lack of cooperation with the media was also raised at the meeting on May 29.

She has since apologized numerous times for the mishaps, provided all of the requested documentation, and promised to be more cooperative in the future.

“I promise that I will do better,” she said in a phone call. “I promise—I am sorry.”

However, Barbara Somes may be the next person to have to offer some sort of a public apology.

Hoffman told the Pine Barrens Tribune Wednesday that the emergency management coordinator communicated with Bellia on June 14 in another text message. She provided the text message after Barbara Somes told the paper that she received another Rice Notice in the mail to appear before the committee at 7 p.m. on June 28 to discuss her alleged “insubordination.”

“I'd like to get a whole lotta stuff...downloaded

outta the laptop Horace had and onto mine..it all has to do with OEM..EOP updates..hazmat updates..etc..also..I need the emails that pertain to all of these programs..evidently people have been sending to his computer...but I have not received the...like to know when you will coming to town hall..so we can sit down together and do this..I have multiple days available next week..,(SIC)” the 9:04 a.m. message read.

Barbara Somes, when asked about the text message, said she thought she heard at the May 29 meeting that she could not communicate with Bellia for 30 days or until after the next township committee meeting.

“I waited until after the next meeting (to contact him),” she said. “That ‘next meeting’ was on June 12 and I contacted him on June 16.”

Barbara Somes also said that she asked Hoffman to put the May 29 township committee decision in writing, but was told by her that it would not be necessary.

“She stated there would be none,”Barbara Somes said.

She added that she also requested copies of the meeting minutes and audio from her hearing, but had yet to receive the requested items to be sure of what the stipulation was.

Hoffman said she did receive the emergency management coordinator’s request on June 5, but that she “only works one night a week.”

“She has not received the audio,” Hoffman said. “But, the minutes were picked up yesterday.

As far as writing a letter, I am the municipal clerk. I don’t have to handle employee discipline.

You have to talk to our attorney about that.”

Coleman said he did not think the added step of a letter was necessary.

“I believe the message, mandate and directive was sufficient,” he said. “She was at the meeting where it was verbally expressed.”

Hoffman told the Pine Barrens Tribune that the New Jersey State Police has been asked to get involved in the matter.

“When the messages were shown to the station commander of the state police’s Tuckerton Barracks, his response was ‘That is harassment,’” Hoffman said. “Those are his words, not mine. But, I don’t know if charges have been filed.”

She added that the state police’s involvement in the matter has increased since Barbara Somes alleged in emails to her that “items have been taken from her desk and office.”

“Those emails have also been forwarded to the Tuckerton Barracks,” Hoffman said.

Somes has told this newspaper that she believes someone has been going through her office and taking property from her.

Meanwhile, questions surround Lewis since he did not recuse himself from Horace Somes’ hearing for the same reason that he recused himself from Barbara Somes’ hearing.

Additionally, Barbara Somes is alleging that Cavileer is her cousin and he too should have recused himself from both hearings.

Also of note, Ward had an employment hearing also on May 29, but his was held behind closed doors. The township committee has not yet approved the minutes for release.

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Location: Medford Lakes Details: Come to the Log Cabin Café and enjoy live music from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., 108 Stokes Road, Medford Lakes, in historic Memorial Hall. Quixote Project will perform a variety of neo-roots music; and the Last Leaf Band who will perform original compositions of classic folk, rock and blues. Admission is $10 at the door, or in advance at the Protestant Community Church office, 100 Stokes Rd., Medford Lakes.

Location: Jackson Details: Learn to understand and fix your credit score and go through the steps in the home-buying process. 7 p.m. at the Jackson Branch Library, 2 Jackson Drive, Jackson.

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Location: Tuckerton Details: Bass River State Forest is hosting a free concert at the Lake Absegami beach breezeway at 8 p.m.

Bad Dogz will perform bluegrass, gospel, Celtic and old-time music.

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Vacation Bible School Location: Pemberton Details: Pemberton’s First Baptist Church is offering Vacation Bible School for kids who have finished Kindergarten through Sixth Grade, July 9 through July 13, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. There will be Bible lessons, crafts, songs, games and snacks. To register, call the church office 609-894-8685. The church is located at 59 Hanover Street, Pemberton.

Vacation Bible School Location: Browns Mills Details: The First Baptist Church of Browns Mills is having Vacation Bible School for children age four through Seventh Grade, July 9 through July 13, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 1462 Junction Road, Browns Mills. The theme is Bible Boot Camp, The Armor of God, training children to be warriors for God. For

on, insect repellent and a flashlight.

Heavy rain cancels. 762 Stage Road, Tuckerton.

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Location: Whiting Details: The next meeting of the Thyroid Support Group will be held at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 180 Rt. 539, Whiting, at 10 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to educate, support and answer questions about thyroid health. For more information, contact Stephanie at 732-350-2904.

Seniors View Dolphins During Atlantic City Cruise

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Location: Marlton Details: The free summer concert series at The Promenade at Sagemore continues with the blues music of “Jenny Barnes & the Great” Unknown, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

PEMBERTON—Forty-four seniors from Pemberton Township boarded Safety Bus #152 on June 20 to visit Atlantic City and Gardner’s Basin for a cruise.

The weather for the trip was nearly perfect as the sun was shining and the humidity had fallen.

“Captain Jeff” welcomed the group upon arrival at their cruise point of departure and announced the Atlantic Ocean was very calm due to a slight breeze and thus acceptable for travel.

The seniors boarded “Cruisin 1” for a onehour cruise and the ship soon left port. As it headed towards the ocean, the captain pointed out sites of interest in the waters between Brigantine and Atlantic City.

As he did so, a pod of dolphins appeared while enjoying their morning meal. What a thrill! All of the seniors moved quickly to points of vantage and were amazed with the gorgeous sight of dolphins popping up for breaths, between feeding dives.

The water is about 30 ft. deep at the location where the dolphins were spotted and this seemed to be a preferred area for dolphins to search for food.

The captain paused the ship and then circled it around so all could view the dolphins for a period of time. As the ship eventually headed out to the ocean, another pod of dolphins appeared.

This was certainly a great day for dolphin watching.

A two-hour Dolphin Watching cruise is available, during the summer, at 1 p.m. daily.

“Captain Jeff ” guarantees one will view dolphins on those cruises, otherwise passengers will be issued a free return trip ticket.

Viewing the boardwalk and casinos from oceanside is certainly different.

The former Taj Mahal has become Hard Rock Casino and is in the final stages of regeneration.

Signs for the casino were partially installed with the building labeled “ROCK!” On the northern end of Atlantic City, the

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Location: Jackson Details: 2:30 p.m. at the Jackson Branch Library, 2 Jackson Drive, Jackson. Call the library at 732-928-4400, or visit www. theoceancountylibrary.org/events for film details.

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Tabernacle Historical Society

Location: Tabernacle Details: The next meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Center on Hawkins Road, Tabernacle. Historic photos will be displayed. For more information, call 609-268-1255.

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Location: Vincentown Details: Trinity Episcopal Church, 18 Mill St., Vincentown, is having its Annual Blueberry Festival from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Enjoy bluegrass music, blueberry baked goods and blueberry shortcake for sale. Free admission. For more information, call 609-859-2299.

Acoustic Musicians Guild Perform Under the Stars

Location: Tuckerton Details: Bass River State Forest is hosting a free concert at Lake Absegami beach breezeway at 8 p.m.

The Acoustic Musicians Guild will perform at this free concert under the stars. Bring something to sit

Location: Jackson Details: Rediscover the joy of coloring. Coloring sheets and art supplies will be provided along with light refreshments and relaxing music. 10 a.m. at the Jackson Branch Library, 2 Jackson Drive, Jackson.

To register for this free event, call 732-928-4400.

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Location: Marlton Details: Enjoy an open-air summer concert at the Promenade at Sagemore, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

“Rave On” will perform hits of the 50’s.

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EVESHAM—The aspects of a highschool education that most tend to recall are not the facts and figures conveyed in classrooms, but rather the life experiences and social interactions, said Cherokee High School Valedictorian Samuel Schepps during the school’s 41st annual commencement exercise at William H. Flotz Stadium.

“As important, useful and necessary as the content that is taught in the classroom is—the math, science, and history—let’s be honest here: these are not the lessons that will stick with us over the course of our lifetimes, or, for some of us, past the weekend,” said Schepps, who is also a National Merit Finalist. “If any of you have ever asked your parents for some help on an assignment, you’ve discovered that, if they don’t use a skill in their lives on a regular basis, they probably don’t remember the lessons they learned in high school. “…Instead, they remember the times they waited for their boyfriend (or girlfriend) to come over on his moped from the next town over to pick them up for a date. They remember the time they spent on the landline talking to their friends, hoping none of their parents or siblings were snooping and listening in. They remember the other things we, too, have learned during our time at Cherokee.”

He added that the lesson the members of

Cherokee’s Class of 2018 were learning that night, and will continue to learn in the days, weeks and months ahead, is probably most important.

“How to move on,” said Schepps of the lesson. “How to close the proverbial book on one chapter of our lives and transition to the next.”

The valedictorian concluded his speech by offering a quote from the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger: “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

“It has become time, in today’s end, for us to acknowledge and appreciate all of the valuable lessons and growth that this beginning has given us, and finally, wonderfully learn to apply them and move on to our next, great beginning,” Schepps said.

Class Salutatorian Ashwin Mahadevan, another National Merit Finalist, stressed the importance of affecting change in the world, while ultimately shaping the unknown into the known.

Choosing to address what he and his fellow graduates had in common, Mahadevan said he had determined that there is one universal truth that everyone shares.

“None of us can say with certainty what the long term holds,” he said. “But, armed with the knowledge that the past four years have given us, it is our duty to parade into this world and never to accept defeat. Now it’s time to get the future started.”

Cherokee North Principal Donna

Charlesworth assumed the role of cheerleader for the ceremony by referencing “Cherokee Chiefs,” the school’s mascot.

“Tonight, we are one town, one tribe, Cherokee pride,” she said. “Being a Chief has taken on a deeper meaning than just (that of) your school mascot. A Chief is someone in charge of his own destiny.”

The principal told the graduates to remember that their roots trace back to Cherokee.

“While your high school chapter ends tonight, your heart will always bleed orange,” she said. “Once a Chief, always a Chief.”

Class President Dante Casella, who presented a class gift to the administration, also reminded his fellow students that there are endless opportunities to succeed in life.

Scott Agnew, athletic director, acknowledged seniors who received financial awards totaling nearly $175,000, as well as eight students committing to military service upon graduation.

Assistant Principal Christopher Callinan recognized students who had attained perfect grades and attendance records, and who were in the top 10 percent of their class academically.

The Cherokee Symphonic Band, directed

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Lenape High Graduates Reminded They’re Now Part of a Shared Story

BY MARK HATOFF

For the Pine Barrens Tribune

MEDFORD—Members of Lenape High School's Class of 2018 were encouraged to realize how important the school years they have just completed will continue to be in their futures.

Lenape Principal Anthony Cattani set the tone for the 58th Lenape commencement ceremony on June 21 by reminding the 434 graduates of their permanent connection with each other based on shared experiences.

“While each of you has your own individual stories, they all intersected here at Lenape,” he said. “As a result, all of your lives are permanently intertwined with each other’s Lenape stories.”

Cattani characterized the graduating class’s combined story as one of the compassion and concern for others in the community it has demonstrated.

“Empathy is the tie that binds us all together,” he said. “Parents and guardians, I can’t thank you enough for all of your efforts towards raising the outstanding young people who sit before us today. We talk about this all the time—character is like a good soup, made at home.”

As for Cattani’s favorite personal story of the year, he said it was when Lenape’s football team won the fi rst state championship in its history.

“I know that I will be telling my grandkids the stories of how awesome it was to see Lenape overtake Rowan University stadium on Dec. 2, 2017,” he said. “The sea of red and grey in the stadium that night will be a permanent picture in my life story.”

Cattani ended his presentation by telling the graduating class to “never stop learning and keep growing.”

“When you hit roadblocks on the path to success, please realize that they are not failures, but opportunities to grow,” he said. “Your stories of success will not end with items on your high-school resume.”

Also addressing the assembled students, families and friends were Senior Class President Aria Murray, Valedictorian Sakshi Chopra, and Salutatorian Matthew Kane.

“Do not defi ne your worth and success based on what everyone else is doing,” Murray said. “Declare that you are great and your endeavors are valid simply because you are doing it. Don’t look at what you would call a driven person and internalize their accomplishments as your own failures.”

Everyone has his or her own talents and skill sets, she pointed out, but these need to be cultivated.

“You could have all the talent in the world, but if you don’t get it right, nothing happens,” said Murray, borrowing a quote from actor and director Robert De Niro. “Do not allow nothing to happen.”

Murray also urged her fellow graduates not to let other people defi ne who they are.

“People will doubt you,” she said.

“There will be people that try to bring you down. Navigate away from them.

Don’t allow people to keep you in a box.

Expand your horizons and go for your dreams.”

Chopra, who has also been named a National Merit Finalist, advised her classmates not to let a fear of failure get in the way of their dreams.

“It is only as kids that we dare to live a life of impracticality,” she said.

“We plan to grow up to become famous You-Tubers, secret agents, astronauts and professional athletes. Our childlike curiosity once kept us from limiting our goals.”

But, as fear of failure becomes increasingly intimidating, she pointed out, it too often gives rise to doubts about one’s capacity to be extraordinary and sometimes results in settling for less than one’s full potential.

To provide some inspiration, Chopra then discussed actor Will Smith’s observation that greatness “is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive God-like feature that only the special among us will ever taste, but rather it is something that truly exists in all of us.”

“No matter your next step, you must never stop chasing after the thing that you love, no matter how impractical it seems or how tough it gets,” said the valedictorian. “Don’t be held back by the past, because as wonderful as high school was, the best years of our lives are still ahead of us.”

Perhaps the most unique student speech was made by Kane in the form of an original poem: “We fi rst came to Lenape four years ago, as eager young freshmen, with book bags in tow,” he began.

“Our transition, admittedly was not really that cruel, as we all knew each other from middle school. Still, we had to get used to all the long walks to classes, and the junior and seniors who could sometimes be…kind of mean.

“Getting used to our new schedules was somewhat amusing. And when Lunch and Learn started, it was a little confusing. We could eat lunch outside, in the gym or the hallway or attend a club meeting or take a nap, but not all day.

“But, we fi lled in and began to take part in Lenape’s many offerings—from yearbook to art. Some of us tried out for sports or ran for class rep. Our class of 2018 got involved step by step.

“Football games and pep rallies, we sat in the bleachers. We learned quite a lot from the Lenape teachers.

“We made Lenape our home, every last nook and cranny under our chief officer, Mr. Cattani.

“We studied together, took PARCs, SATs. Read those ‘One Book, One School’ books—to various degrees.

“There is Spirit Week, Naviance, Disney and prom. With that smashed up SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) car there on the front lawn.

“Though we couldn’t use junior luck by the time we were driving, we made it through the four years and we’re all still surviving.

“Now, as we prepare to come out of our comas and pick up our welldeserved high school diplomas, there’s so many people waiting to acknowledge who helped us through high school and got us ready for college. So, thanks to all of our parents, sisters and brothers and grandparents, teachers—there are so many others. Thanks to our aunts, our uncles and tutors, our friends, our coaches and of course, our computers.

We couldn’t have done this without you, you know. That you helped us get here.

To our thanks we bestow.

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‘Seneca Family’ There for You, Speakers Remind Class of 2018

BY DOMINICK CELLA Staff Writer

TABERNACLE—While the 282 members of the Seneca High School Class of 2018 may be headed on separate paths, they were reminded at their June 26 commencement that the bonds of friendship formed during their high-school years will be among the most enduring ones of their lives.

That message was conveyed in speeches by both Student Council President Kasey Mitchell and Senior Class President Mark Oddo II. Mitchell, after sharing her fondest memories of her own senior year, including winning the first-ever Sectional Championship with Seneca Field Hockey, talked about the personal perspective she had gained since senior year began.

“In (those moments), all we knew was that we didn’t want to have to say goodbye,” Mitchell said. “I now realize that we don’t have to say a final goodbye after all. We may be at the end of our list of final moments, but we are not at the end of the friendships and bonds we have created here.”

Echoing that sentiment, Oddo told the graduates that, “Whenever things seem bleak, or you need some help, remember your Seneca family will always be here for you to fall back on.”

Oddo also related how attending classes at Seneca had instilled in him a sense of pride that was unmatched, so far, in his life.

“The feeling that the Seneca Class of 2018 is one of the most motivated, unified and enthusiastic classes that has ever walked through this school’s doors (is a great one),” he said. “Whether it be college, trade school, the Armed Forces, the work force, or the Boston Red Sox, we are all ready for the next stage of our lives.”

He added that the skills the graduating class acquired, the mistakes they have learned from and the memories they have shared will help each graduate get through whatever life decides to throw at them.

Kayla Pfeffer, salutatorian, said that while everything may be “copacetic” right now for the graduates, it doesn’t mean that their accomplishments have come without hardship—the juggling of maintaining a social life, work, and school—and it

doesn’t mean that everything will always be copacetic.

“It’s an important sentiment for a group of 282 seniors, who are about to beat their own paths in the world, because for us right now, everything is in its place,” she said.

“With every challenge we faced, there was a lesson learned. The overarching lesson: without the downs, without the pain, the heartbreak, the grief, the general grit of it all—our accomplishments would be that much less sweet and that much less rewarding.”

Valedictorian Alexis Tierney followed her fellow graduates with her monologue on growth, dedication and what those going on to college might anticipate.

“In the next few years, we are going to experience so many new things: eating pizzas at three in the morning, working all night to finish that paper we swore we wouldn’t put off, going out with our friends for some drinks—at Starbucks, maybe falling in love, maybe earning our dream job,” Tierney predicted.

Tierney reflected on a time in study hall when she spent 30 minutes splitting an apple perfectly in half, only to realize she had just wasted all that time just to split an apple.

She reminded everyone that some challenges will take the graduates plenty of time and effort to crack, but charged everyone to find their apple and split it.

“For better or worse, they are kicking us out of here,” Tierney said. “We have been a memorable class at Seneca, and if the pattern continues, I have no doubt of all the great things we will go on to accomplish.”

Principal Jeff Spector related the story of Paralympian Katie Holloway and the “fire in her eyes” to the graduating class.

Holloway has admitted to lashing out at her parents in moments of frustration knowing they will love her and support no matter what.

“If you expect your high school graduation to be a miraculous passing of which your parents will stop doing what they do best—nag, hassle, advise, worry, suggest, and praise, I’m sorry to say, they won’t—ever,” Spector said. “So, listen more intently, because underneath your loved one’s words is the means for See SENECA/ Page S16

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Bone-Cancer Survivior Given Standing Ovation by Classmates at Shawnee High Graduation

By Jayne caBrilla Staff Writer

MEDFORD—Among the 405 members of the Shawnee High School Class of 2018 was a senior whose journey to graduation was a bit tougher than it was for his classmates.

While other students might have been concerned with grades, tests and their desire to be unique while yearning to fit in, as well as with the prospect of going to college, joining the military, traveling or exploring other options, the main challenge Danny Hill focused on was simply staying alive.

So, when Hill’s name was read during the presentation of diplomas, his fellow graduates, in a spontaneous display of love and respect, gave him a standing ovation to celebrate the fact that he had indeed survived to receive his.

With that unscheduled display of affection and admiration, those young men and women showed that their highschool education had included invaluable lessons in compassion, empathy and the meaning of courage.

In 2014, Hill, who was considered by his coaches to be one of the area’s best baseball players, went to the Rothman Institute for a knee injury, where an x-ray showed a suspicious mass that was soon confirmed to be osteosarcoma, a relatively rare form of bone cancer.

Throughout his subsequent years at Shawnee, Hill was in and out of hospitals, where his young body was ravaged by no fewer than 32 chemotherapy sessions, as well as an excruciating and debilitating series of rounds of an immunotherapy drug trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City.

Yet, time and time again, he received the devastating news that the cancer had returned.

In a journal of his medical journey on the Caring Bridge website, his mother, Ann Hill, wrote that her son’s first antibody infusion, “was exceptionally painful, but as always, Danny endured it with great determination and courage.

We are just amazed by the number of incredibly difficult things he has been through over the last two years. Danny gets up every time he gets knocked down.”

The community also showed its support. At least five American Red Cross blood drives were held at Medfordarea schools “in honor of Danny Hill,” at which the stricken teen even put in an appearance.

The journal also noted that in spite of heavy fatigue, Hill was keeping up with his classes via home instruction and “incredibly supportive teachers.”

Ann Hill told the Pine Barrens Tribune that her son studied non-stop, including on weekends and during summers.

“Dan was very passionate about graduating with his peers,” Ann Hill said.

“Not only did he succeed in doing that, but he managed to graduate in the top 10 percent of his class.”

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announced that Hill’s lung scans had revealed no tumors.

“Fatigue continues to be an issue for him, but four lung surgeries in 10 months is very difficult to recover from,” the journal noted.

Current lung CT scans have continued to show no return of cancer. The last journal entry, from April 25, reads, “Danny’s lung scans are clear!!!”

Hill, who returned to the baseball mound on April 30, playing his first high school baseball game against Cherry Hill East, now plans to attend Rowan College at Gloucester County in the fall, majoring in communications.

In addition to Hill, the Shawnee Class of 2018 had an abundance of shining stars.

Caroline Grace O’Rorke and Alexander P. Stone were each honored for having achieved dual diplomas: both a high school diploma from Shawnee and an associate degree from Rowan.

At some point, the Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) entered into partnership with Rowan College at Burlington County and Rowan University to offer eligible students a way to earn college credit by completing College Acceleration Program-approved high school courses.

District officials did not return messages seeking the date when the partnership began and Linda Eckenhoff, a Lenape Regional High School District Board of Education member, when reached by phone, hung up after being asked about the date that the partnership began.

O’Rorke, who was the recipient of several community-sponsored scholarships, will enter the University of Pennsylvania as a junior in the fall.

Senior Class President Olivia Grace Goldberg shared some of the things she had learned during her years at Shawnee: to keep an open mind, to embrace opportunities, learn to adapt to changes and make back-up plans.

“The moment we walk off this field our lives will change in a million different directions,” she said.

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Pemberton High Grads Urged to Build Bridges, Not Barriers

By JuDy coHen MincHes For the Pine Barrens Tribune

PEMBERTON—The sweet smell of success was in the air as nearly 270 new graduates of Pemberton Township High School walked onto the William McDowell Athletic Field at Helen A. Fort Middle School on the evening of June 25.

Hundreds of families piled onto bleachers and spilled out onto the surrounding greenery to get a glimpse of their graduates.

Following the Presentation of the Colors by the high school’s JROTC Color Guard and the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner, led by graduates Naomi Israel, Eugene Sandel and Cayla Katana, Senior Class President Brittany Toledo took the stage to officially welcome all those who were in attendance.

She spoke of her vision of supporting one another through life’s ups and downs and remembering to celebrate individual achievements that help create a better world.

“In times of crisis, the wise build bridges while the foolish build barriers…We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe,” said Toledo, quoting from the “Black Panther” movie.

Salutatorian Jazmin Belton shared reflections focusing on the influential women in her life, such as her strong and courageous mother and grandmother, both of whom she credited with helping to shape her into the woman she has become.

She also spoke about the guidance that students get from parents and other significant figures in their lives.

“They may see a destiny for us that we do not see for ourselves, envisioning us as future presidents and Olympians, trying to help us map out our future,” Belton said.

Ultimately, however, it is up to each individual to make the decisions that work best for him or her within the scope of one’s own personality, Belton told her fellow graduates.

Valedictorian Jessica Lecorchick focused on the importance of remaining positive, regardless of what life throws in one’s way.

“It takes five positive interactions to make up for one negative one,” she said, adding that graduates need to know that they “always have value” and shouldn’t berate themselves for what they haven’t accomplished.

Lecorchick noted that one of this generation’s struggles is to find contentment, and that we must remember that, “There is no deadline to greatness.

Stop racing and start living.”

Superintendent of Schools Tony Trongone said that students should prioritize the core values of integrity, perseverance, respect and responsibility instead of focusing on having a nice home, a nice car and traveling.

“Overcome your challenges and capture your victories,” he said. “You are our future, and we expect you to contribute to the greater good.”

Adelina Giannetti, assistant superintendent of Secondary and Special Services, gave a “Tribute to Military Families,” which included recognition of students embarking on a future in the Armed Services. She also acknowledged the 15 cadets who participated in the JROTC throughout their four years in high school.

A moment of silence was observed to remember David Hopkins, who would have been among the graduates had he not died of injuries sustained in an ATV in an accident last summer.

Doug McGill was among those in attendance to celebrate the graduates in his family: Ammar Tzanakis, his stepson, and Michell Marinnie, his niece, who also completed the Advancement Via Individual Determination or AVID program.

Both graduates received recognition for college credits they earned in high school, with Marinnie also being credited with having had perfect attendance for all four years.

McGill, who was accompanied by Nicholas Tzanakis, the grandfather of Ammar Tzanakis, said he was so relieved and happy that the family had made it through the trials and tribulations of the teenage years.

“I think we are happier than they are,” McGill said, referring to the graduates.

He said that his stepson is undecided what his major will be in college, but Marinnie is planning to pursue a career as an attorney.

Parent John Cross was all smiles as he spoke about his youngest daughter, graduate Talyn Cross, who is headed to Albright College in August to explore the field of physical therapy.

Vernice Cross, John Cross’s older daughter, also spoke of the pride and confidence she has in her sister, who she said had been accepted by every school to which she applied. She said she did not know that her sister would also be recognized for her perfect attendance— since fourth grade—and would be receiving a college scholarship.

“She is the first one in the family to go away to school,” said Vernice Cross as her sister walked by wearing gold cords to signify that she was graduating with scholastic honors. “She’s going to do well and she is going to do what she’s supposed to do.”

She added that it has been a very exciting time for her whole family because earlier that day the family had attended her younger brother’s graduation from middle school.

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Pinelands Regional Grads Lauded for Triumphs in Face of Adversity

By Bill BonVie Staff Writer

LITTLE EGG HARBOR—While Pinelands Regional High School’s June 22 commencement ceremony didn’t go quite according to plan, at least it was consistent with the rest of the lesson that this year’s 242 graduates inadvertently received— that life itself doesn’t always jibe with expectations, either.

What was to have been an event held on the soccer field of the beleaguered school, which was closed from October until January after being deemed unsafe due to construction problems, was once again forced indoors by inclement weather—for the fourth year in a row, as Class President Samia Tariq pointed out in her welcome address.

As a result, students, faculty and families, who had been looking forward to an expansive outdoor ceremony, had to gather instead inside a somewhat sultry school auditorium as well as in a school gymnasium, where the ceremony was viewed on a screen.

“This past school year has been interesting to say the least,” Tariq said.

“From our school getting shut down, to being displaced, and at one point not even having enough ‘minutes’ to graduate, I can finally say, ‘We made it guys!’”

Tariq also observed it is extremely rare for a Pinelands Regional High School senior class to be able to say they spent their last year of high school in Pinelands Regional Junior High School.

“Let us rejoice in the fact that we are

leaving in the nick of time!” she said.

The class’s ability to overcome the effects of the resulting disruption by distinguishing itself in some extraordinary ways was also the focus of speeches delivered by Valedictorian Liam McGettigan and Salutatorian Tristan Culp.

Noting how “the best indicator of future success is past performance,” McGettigan said he thought “the message becomes even clearer when those past successes were at all times challenged and endangered by unexpected hardship and other adversities.”

“The Class of 2018 has achieved a great deal, despite meeting difficulties along the way that would’ve discouraged or totally thwarted the efforts of a group unlike ours,” McGettigan said.

The valedictorian then expounded on some of those achievements, including the Drama Department’s production of “White Christmas,” which despite being “totally uprooted and relocated 12 miles down the road,” was restaged in only two days and went on to produce “one of the program’s highest grossing productions to date.”

He also mentioned the Speech and Theater Association of New Jersey (STANJ) team having taken home three Governors Awards and fifteen other finals placements after having to prepare for a competition date three weeks earlier than usual.

In athletics, McGettigan noted the school also excelled, with its volleyball team winning the school’s second Shore Conference Title ever and its first in over 20 years, the field hockey team continuing its domination of B-south and taking home yet another title,

and the boys soccer team winning B-south for the first time in over a decade and going “farther in the state tournament than the team has ever gone before.”

All of this, McGettigan said, was achieved within the context of a split-schedule that had teams practicing in firehouses, at odd times of day, and in awkward and hardly optimal circumstances.

He also encouraged his fellow graduates “to continue to be the people, who live and thrive on high stakes and steep odds.”

In a similar vein, Culp observed that life won’t always be by a person’s side, holding a person’s hand, no matter how much a person wishes that were the case.”

“More than likely, you’ll have to struggle and persevere for what you hope to achieve,” he said. “As a class, we’ve experienced this, with the construction of the school early in the year. As a class, we’ve adapted, persevered, and made our own way, speaking and working with our faculty to learn what was necessary.”

Culp told his fellow graduates that all of them can do the same thing again in the future.

He concluded by quoting the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”

Also alluding to the character-building aspects of the unexpected impediments encountered by the student body were Pinelands Regional High School Principal Shaun Banin, Pinelands Regional Curriculum and Instruction Director (and former Interim and Acting District Superintendent) Dr.

Cheryl Stevenson, and Pinelands Regional Board of Education Vice President Patricia Chambers.

Noting that the past year has presented numerous challenges for the students of Pinelands, Banin pointed out how each time they were confronted with obstacles, they shrugged these challenges off, which he called “the truest indicator of their future success.”

“They have proven themselves to have grit,” the principal said.

Banin then defined grit, quoting from author and researcher Angela Duckworth: as “passion and perseverance for very long-term goals,” as well as “having stamina, sticking with your future day-in, day-out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years” and “living life like it is a marathon and not a sprint.”

He also urged the graduates to attack each hurdle with the same grittiness and determination that they displayed during their time at Pinelands.

“When obstacles present themselves, continue to ask, ‘What can I learn from them?’ and ‘How can I become stronger because of these events?’” Banin said. “If you let the answers to these questions guide you, there is no telling what greatness you will be able to achieve.”

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LENAPE: Student Experiences Now Part of a Shared Story (Continued from Page S6) “On a personal note, while I am an historian, I’m frankly amazed to be a salutatorian. There’s students right here who are probably smarter and undoubtedly some who worked a lot harder.

“Well, however I got here, it’s kind of unnerving. When there are so many others who are also deserving.

“Now before I go off to my graduation hibachi, I’d be remiss if I didn’t congratulate Sakshi, our valedictorian, no surprise there I’m afraid. She probably fi nished her speech in fi fth grade.

“But, whether you ended up with an A-plus or C-minus, GPA is just a number—it doesn’t defi ne us. We each have our thing at which we excel. A skill or a talent we do pretty well. It might be singing or acting or tennis or spelling. Photography, woodworking or storytelling. It can be boating, karate, or cooking or roasting. Public speaking or dancing or Instagram posting.

“Whatever your talent, the thing that’s essential, is that you use your gift to your full potential. If each of us does that, life would be much less stressful. We would make this world better and we’d all be successful.

“So, to conclude fellow students, whatever your course is, be it college or tech school or the Armed Forces, you have to admit, it’s been a great ride. May it always stick with you, your Lenape pride.”

That pride was reflected in conversations with graduates and parents attending the ceremony.

For graduating seniors Jaelyn Alexander and Adrianna Pilla, their stories at Lenape focused on performing.

Alexander, who will be attending Elon University in North Carolina for music and theater, performed in the school choir and musicals and also was a member of Lenape’s football cheerleading squad for four years.

Like Cattani, she also mentioned the football team in recalling her favorite school memories.

“I’ll miss Lenape’s school spirit and pride,” she said. “Cheering at the state

football championship this year brought out a lot of emotion.”

Although Alexander said that she would miss Lenape’s dedicated staff, she would regret leaving choir instructor Brendon Moore the most.

Moore conducted the Lenape combined choir in its performances of the National Anthem and Miley Cyrus’s “The Climb” at the graduation ceremony.

“He works hard to see that everyone feels safe and welcome,” Alexander said.

“He has always been very optimistic, always pushing us (in the choir) on difficult pieces and saying that he believes in us.”

Pilla, who will be attending Loyola University of Maryland for business administration with a minor in Italian, performed in school musicals all four years, while also dancing outside of school. She singled out science teacher Mary Pallis as the Lenape teacher who had the most effect on her in high school.

“I had her for Environmental Science and Biology during my freshman and sophomore years,” she said. “She set me up on how to motivate myself and not procrastinate.”

Melinda Ota, Mother of graduating twins Kira and Jared Ota, who will be attending the University of Pittsburgh and Rowan University respectively, was grateful to Lenape for providing opportunities for her children. The pair each participated in the German Club for four years.

“I’m excited because I see them becoming adults and I’m ready for them to take the next step,” she said. “For such a huge school, the staff was very caring and the guidance counselors were phenomenal.”

Before the students were called up to receive their diplomas, Dr. Justin Smith, Lenape Regional High School District’s Assessment, Accountability and Planning Coordinator, left the Class of 2018 with some fi nal words to live by.

“To be, rather than to seem,” he said.

“Do great work. No reward without effort. Truth and service. And fi nally, why not? Graduates, as you embark on your future, what is your motto? I have a suggestion. Perhaps one word—‘do.’”

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facing society.

“Fifty years ago, in 1968, the year that changed everything was filled with turbulence and division,” she said. “In 50 years from now, will we have solved problems such as equality? Will we have reversed the damage to our planet?”

Pantano ended her speech by urging the Class of 2018 “Let’s get to work.”

Salutatorian Paige Elizabeth Neher’s speech included sentiment that while high school years are a time to “grow into ourselves,” it will now be crucial for the graduates to not be held back by fear.

“It is time to believe in yourself and take risks; time to shatter self-limits,” Neher said. “Honor yourself. The world needs someone just like you.”

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families and friends and give opening remarks to the students, while Principal Matthew Campbell was attending his son’s graduation at another school.

Fuoco counseled the graduating class to think and make good decisions every time they get into a car or go to a party.

Students who achieved straight A’s, and students who had perfect attendance for four years, were individually recognized

by Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Richard Dodd.

Senior Student Council members Claire B. Flannery and Scott John Hoover read each graduate’s name as the graduates walked up the aisle to receive their hardearned diplomas.

On this celebratory day, Danny Hill summed up his experience to the Pine Barrens Tribune.

“Always do something,” he said.

“Don’t try to do something—just do it!”

PINELANDS: Grads Praised for Overcoming Adversity (Continued from Page S14) full of disruptions.”

She also emphasized that adults should learn from the high school students, especially the members of the class of 2018.

“They knew right away that our school is not defi ned by a physical building, but rather by the people who represent and make up the school community and who handled adversity seamlessly and continued to forge ahead and adapt to the situations presented to them,” Stevenson said.

Chambers praised the graduates for having “learned to overcome tremendous adversity due to the continuous obstacles they faced over the past year and a half.”

“Your class never let any of the unforeseen events of this school year stop you from making your mark,” she said directly to the graduates.

There was, however, one senior who never made it to graduation. That was Mikeylah Shabazz, who died unexpectedly at her New Gretna home in January, and in whose memory the graduates wore red

ribbons on their gowns.

Shabazz’s passing was acknowledged

by Tariq at the beginning of her speech, in which she repeated sentiments offered by some close friends of hers among the graduates.

“Abbygail Clifford says, ‘When Mikeylah walked through the door all you could see was her smile,’” Tariq said.

“Mikeylah is the one friend that no one will ever forget, everyone shall remember her as the young beautiful girl we all knew. She will forever be in our hearts.”

Tariq also repeated the lament of two other close friends of Shabazz, Gabriella and Concetta Esposito, that “sometimes we take our friends for granted and in one blink of any eye that can be gone. We wish we could have another moment with ‘Keylah’ to hear her contagious laugh one more time. We love you.”

“Mikeylah will always be in our memories and the Class of 2018 is incomplete without her,” said Tariq, who called for the graduates and their familys to observe a moment of silence.

SENECA: Bonds of Friendship an Enduring Legacy (Continued from Page S8) them to express how much they love you.

They only want to arm you with the skills enabling you to progress, as they protect you.”

Preceded by an acapella rendition of “Viva La Vida” by Seneca Singers, Lenape Regional High School District Superintendent Dr. Carol Birnbohm talked about “love, love of learning, hard work, service to others and of each other.”

Birnbohm’s farewell to the graduates reflected on a comment a student made to her recently about how “being a student at Seneca feels like being in a warm hug.”

“Hugs come when we greet one another, celebrate our victories, and accomplish something grand,” Birnbohm said. “Hugs come when we share a moment together.

Hugs come when we need support and we are sad. Simply put, it’s a way to show our love for one another.”

The superintendent reminded the students that they were the ones accomplishing feats and supporting each other in times of sadness.

“Tonight, the entire Seneca community— the teachers, coaches, mentors, parents and classmates, give you one final hug before you leave,” Birnbohm said. “It is a hug for goodbye. Picture it and feel it. It feels safe, yet it is tight. It’s strong, because in a way it’s letting you know that you will be missed. It’s letting you know that you

shaped Seneca.

“You built upon Seneca’s character through your dedication to one another, your teachers, and your community. You shaped it through your accomplishments, tragedies and triumphs, and most importantly through your love. You will forever feel the impressions of it—arms wrapped around you tightly and caringly— and you will forever feel the love you gave Seneca and Seneca gave you.”

Junior Class Officers Jonah Mikulski and Alyssa Fox recognized the top ten percent of the graduating class, among them Jenna Rose Birnbohm-Kaminski and Kaitlyn Ann Birnbohm-Kaminski, daughters of the superintendent.

Assistant Principal David Knecht also recognized Kathryn Chromeck, Gabriella DiMenna, Michael James McMullen and Zachary Zoltowski for their perfect attendance record.

“Perfect attendance is a very rare and singular accomplishment, and deserves the highest plaudits,” Knecht said.

Knecht also honored students and veterans who have committed to military service. They included Alexa A. Adams, Army National Guard of the United States; Shane Patrick Brennan, United State Air Force Reserve; Timothy Daniel Lyon, United States Marine Corps; and John Walker Mimlitsch, United States Marine Corps.

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former Revel has been renovated and renamed Ocean Resort Casino. Both casinos plan to open on Thursday, June 28.

Soon, a parasailing couple came into view. A speedboat was towing the couple as they soared high over the ocean. It was fascinating to watch them flying high and often dipping down to actually touch the water and rise up again.

Following the cruise, Gordon Goldberg, the Safety Bus’s driver, transported the seniors to Resorts Casino for an afternoon visit. Seniors were given a $25-coin card and a $20 food voucher.

Most of the seniors participating in the trip went to Breadsticks Restaurant for lunch and everyone's meal was supersized and delicious.

The food vouchers were valid for meals in any Resorts restaurant or in a food court.

Some also also took advantage of the great weather during their lunch hour and spent time walking on the boardwalk.

Skyline cruises leave Gardner’s basin at 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday from June until September. “Captain Jeff” can be reached at www.atlanticcitycruises.com or 609-347-7600.

Several cruise options are available.

The next trip to Atlantic City and Resorts will be on July 10. Seniors will first visit Tomasello Winery for a wine tasting and meal, then head to Resorts. Check at the Pemberton Township Senior Center if interested in participating in

the next trip.

On Friday, June 22, the senior center arranged to bring seniors to Mirror Lake Beach for a Luau in spite of cloudy weather. Staff members were at the beach and set up table and chairs. In spite of a few sprinkles, the decision to continue with the plans was reaffirmed just before midday and at 11 a.m. the seniors began the trek to the beach.

If you have not been to this beach recently, you are in for a pleasant surprise. A boardwalk has been added from the entrance gate to each building. A large gazebo has been erected and there are picnic benches available. The beach is clean and guarded by some well-trained young adults. The docks have been renovated and are in excellent shape. Paddle boats are available and free. Flotation jackets are also provided.

The Luau party included boxed lunches and plenty of beverages, including juice, water, and soda. Each boxed lunch contained a generous sized sandwich on a round hard roll, chips, fruit, and dessert.

Seniors had an opportunity to ride in the paddleboats after the meal and many took advantage of this. What fun to paddle around the lake and enjoy a really different experience!

Before the party ended, the staff held a raffle and many seniors went home with prizes. This fun day was enjoyed by more than 60 seniors.

There was even recorded music and plenty of Hawaiian decorations to set the mood. Every attendee was gifted with a lei.

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Nygee Kinlau Taylor is fouled by Trooper Andrew Whitmore, while Sgt. Nicholas Gavillan looks on.

Playing for Seneca were Jack Brocket, As the second half proceeded, the lawmen Nygee Kinlau Taylor, Steve Rodeschin, appeared winded and started to fade about Tom Johnson, Dan Kane, Rachel Roseboro halfway through the third quarter, though and Kaitlyn Birnbohm-Kaminski (daughter with strong efforts all around—particularly of Lenape Regional High School District from Cooper and Whitmore, as well as Superintendent Dr. Carol Birnbohm).

Gavillan—the State Troopers were able to The seniors started out slow, with the State take the game within five points in the final Troopers only trailing by four, 21-17, at the seconds. first-half buzzer.

But the seniors, led in the second half by Brocket, a member of the school basketball Taylor, managed to hold on to their lead for team who is known as “The Rocket,” showed back-to-back wins over the barracks. off his spectacular skills throughout the first The event was described by Seneca English half; with both speed and agility, scoring from teacher Sean Cassel as “a great vessel for anywhere and at anytime on the court. community building with the troopers.”

Brocket will be attending the University The charity game raised an additional $550 of Scranton next year and playing basketball toward the post-prom event. as a Royals’ student-athlete.

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It’s Tough Getting Older

s we age, we notice symptoms creeping up every few months.

W i t h w o m e n , i t ’s c a l l e d menopause and includes many symptoms such as fatigue, forgetfulness, hot flashes, vaginal discomfort or atrophy, decreased libido, irritability and insomnia.

Menopause can be surgically induced, as occurs when you get a total hysterectomy.

With men, it’s termed andropause and the symptoms include increased fatigue, reduced sex drive, weak erections, depression, loss of strength and muscle mass, weight gain as well as occasional night sweats akin to a woman’s hot flash. You might find that you’re less competitive than normal.

In the news recently, there have been some interesting findings reported from brand new studies. The first that comes to mind is about post-menopausal women and how they have an elevated risk for heart failure or coronary hear t disease, if they have have higher testosterone levels compared to estradiol (an estrogen hormone).

What about your brain and mood? For sure, psychological symptoms are one of the first (and worst) things noticed by men and women during menopause and andropause. You might think you’re going crazy, and so might those around you. It differs for everyone, and new research suggests that if you’ve been struggling with mental health issues prior to menopause/andropause, they are bound to get worse. In particular, symptoms such as panic attacks and suicidal ideation seem to heighten, and it’s much harder to deal with than typical annoyances such as depression, irritability, mood swings, insomnia and memory loss.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) found that the rate of women committing

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suicide has been on the rise since the year 2000; it is up by 50 percent and the average age is between 45 and 64. I have to wonder how many of these people were brought to the brink from the use of mind-bending anxiolytics or antidepressants that are thought to impair otherwise good judgement and possibly raise the risk of suicide. It brings to mind fashionista Kate Spade and TV chef Anthony Bourdain, both of whom were taking anti-anxiety medications. They impact your brain and sometimes in a good way, but also in a bad way due to unexpected side effects.

Today, I’d like to offer a few tips that could help you, as a couple, age more comfortably together, and minimize the problems that drive people to doctors, or worse, to psychiatrists who numb you with mind-bending drugs.

Here are eight ideas to get your hormones balanced: 1. Manage stressful situations 2. Avoid estrogenic chemicals 3. Maintain a healthy sex life 4. Watch what you eat 5. Exercise 6. Actually, sleep at night 7. Get enough rest 8. Aswhagandha If you’d like to read the extended, more comprehensive version of my a r t icle, please sign up for my free newsletter at suzycohen.com.

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The Mouth:

Gateway to Your Health

Lesser Known Tooth Villains: Part 1 Acid From Within In this multiarticle segment of ‘Gateway to Your Health’ we are going to explore very common conditions which Dr. Richard Weber can have major, even devastating, effects on your teeth.

First, we will discuss damage to your teeth caused by acid from within your own body. Teeth are mostly made up of mineral content, and minerals are exceptionally vulnerable to acids. When exposed to acid, your teeth start to dissolve.

The enamel of your teeth will begin to dissolve in a pH of 5.5 (7.0 is a neutral/balanced acid level) and the dentin can start to dissolve in a pH of just 6.5! So can you imagine what happens when your teeth are exposed to stomach acid, with a pH between 1.5 to 3.5!?

Two main conditions result in stomach acid affecting your teeth: Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR or ‘silent’ reflux).

GERD often shows its ugly head as heartburn or indigestion. As many as 22 percent of Americans

have GERD. ‘Silent reflux’ gets its name because it typically does not have symptoms (at least not obvious symptoms). Silent reflux has been reported to be present in 18 percent of the U.S. population.

Be on the lookout for things such as hoarseness, frequent throat clearing, chronic cough and difficulty swallowing as these may point to silent reflux.

With your teeth being chronically exposed to acid they can become worn down, sensitive, develop cavities, change your bite and appearance of your teeth and even lead to needing root canals! Worse yet, is that chronic exposure of the throat to acid results in a much higher likelihood of developing throat cancer.

By having your teeth evaluated, your dentist can help to identify if you are experiencing acid reflux and can take the appropriate measures to ensure your health and well being.

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practices,” Parke said. “These projects have many benefits for not just the quail habitat, but other natural resources for the region, particularly for forest management and the pollinator habitat.”

He explained that practices required to restore the quail population—forest thinning, cutting and prescribed burning—reduce fuel load, diseases and pests, resulting in successful regeneration and forest function.

“This 'young-forest', early-successional habitat is critical for nesting, resting, escape cover, and food resources for the bobwhite, as well as other species,” he added.

Maintaining forest stewardship practices for the quail is mutually-beneficial for many other species in the area, he noted. These species need early-successional growth and late-successional growth in close proximity, just as much as the quail—it is crucial to their survival, he noted.

Some of these species benefitted include, but are not limited to yellow-billed cuckoos, wild turkeys, red-headed woodpeckers, indigo buntings, and three different types of warblers.

The Pine Barrens Tribune was present at PICC on June 6—a landmark day for the project—when Mike Adams, a research technician ser ving under University of Delaware PhD candidate Phil Coppola, found the first nest of the year. This nest contained 14 eggs, one laid per day, which will be incubated by a hen for 23 days.

Since then, two more nests have been found—eggs in two of the three discovered nests hatched on June 21, introducing 29 new bobwhite quail into the wild.

The translocated birds, originally from Georgia and Flor ida, are capt u red by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, which also runs saliva and blood samples to ensure the birds’ health.

The bobwhite quail are then fitted with

frequency collars for telemetry tracking and leg bands with identification numbers.

This process is time sensitive, requiring all birds to be captured at night to have the tests run on them and then released no more than 36 hours after they are penned.

Over the past four years, 320 wild bobwhite quail have been translocated and tracked via telemetry at the PICC site. Each year, there are 40 pairs of birds released into different checkpoints throughout the property.

This year, however, New Jersey Audubon decided to try a different approach, releasing all 80 quail into a concentrated area that had surviving tagged bobwhite from the previous year, as well as a few of their progeny. This method is expected to allow for lower mortality rates, leading to more holdovers into the next year.

To date, there have been 148 confirmed chicks that have successfully hatched in the wild. These translocated bobwhites have also been confirmed to adapt and survive the northern winters and carry on to pair with newly released quail.

Parke said the “positive preliminary project results, coupled with the outstanding forestry stewardship practices at the PICC site” were directly responsible for the first-ever allocation of federal funding in 2017 specifically intended for quail-habitat restoration. The funds were provided through the USDA-NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife Program.

Those seeking financial support for active management and forest stewardship should contact their local NRCS office to ask about Working Lands for Wildlife quail funding.

This is the last year that New Jersey Audubon will be heading the Northern Bobwhite Action Plan, which the state plans to take over next year using the information gathered by the fouryear study to help return the bobwhite quail to its former prominence in the wild.

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gymnasiums and locker rooms.

Additionally, main entrance and main office reconfiguration is part of the interior renovations.

“The interior contractor we have not worked with before,” Costello said. “But, the review we have done with the architect and attorneys (determined) the contractor meets all of the qualifications. We expect this (project) to go well, as well.”

Newport Construction, as part of their contract, bid on more than a half-dozen alternate projects in case Phase Three’s essential projects are completed under budget.

This process allows any leftover funding to be utilized for other projects the board would like done, as long as the same contractor that did the base project is involved, hence reducing the number of times that the board has to go through the onerous and costly bidding and contracting process.

One of the alternate projects, being given top priority by officials, entails making upgrades to the junior high school’s fire alarm system.

That system has been the subject of controversy, due to the excessive number of failures it has had during the 2017-18 school year.

At one point during the school year, students were allegedly told not to evacuate the junior high school when the alarm went off, while at another point, students were reportedly evacuated f rom the building during a thunderstorm when the alarm went off.

“Part of the fire alarm system is addressable, which means when the fire department arrives, they look at the panel and can find the address of the device that sounded the alarm,” Costello said. “They are able to go right to that location.

That is a newer type system. Half of the building does not have that.”

Newport Construction, along with three other contractors who lost out on the job due to price, explored and priced two different options to upgrade the junior high school’s fire-alarm system.

Officials settled on only upgrading the part of the school’s fire alarm system that is not addressable and decided against redoing the entire system.

“With the way the pricing worked out, we are going to do the lower cost (option), save a little bit of money, and just correct the portion that is not addressable so that you have an addressable system in the whole building,” Costello said.

“Our architects checked it out—the addressable part of the system is fine, so why spend the money (on redoing the entire system).”

Resident Anthony “Bubba” Saccomagno, however, upon hearing Costello’s planned course of action, raised the issue with the board of the excessive false alarms this past school year at the junior high school and urged it to “stop tying in new stuff to old stuff.”

“This year alone we had four or five false alarms because the system was failing,” he said.

“What they (the repairmen) did was they went in and fixed old stuff. It might be a smart idea to not do just half the building that isn’t done already, but just revamp the whole system.”

He warned the board to not be “pennywise and dollar foolish.”

“If you spend the money now, you are not going to chase old problems down the line,” he said.

Dr. Melissa A. McCooley, who joined the district as a shared superintendent on June 1, responded that what the contractors considered as an “old” part of the system is actually “not very old.”

One item that is not part of Newport Construction’s contract, despite the firm placing a bid on it, is a junior high school courtyard landscaping-improvement project. Currently, the courtyard is a mess with numerous trees and shrubs overgrown and deteriorated walkways.

The project, which was part of the list of alternates, was removed due to cost.

“The contractor’s bid was a $250,000,” Costello said. “That is a lot of money to restore that courtyard. We would like to maybe (put the project out to bid) next year when we redo the site development for the junior high school site. It may cheaper to do at that point or less

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A probe of Pinelands Regional High School showing over 1/2” loss in flange width, with the remaining top flange so fragile it would crumble under modest hammer impact. expensive.”

In addition to cost, Costello and Brian Moore, also of Epic Construction, have limited the amount of work to the junior high school for Phase Three due to the need to reopen the building in September.

“We want to get them (the contractors) in and get them out of here,” said Costello, cognizant of invasive work planned for the high school requiring its closure through Sept. 2019, and the need to use the junior high campus to also hold high school classes in the wake of the closure.

In anticipation that the high school improvements and repairs will take at least a year to complete, the board previously adopted a plan for the 2018-19 school year to send district seventh graders to Frog Pond Elementary School and hold eighth through 12th grade classes at the junior high school.

Ten temporary classroom units are being installed on the junior high campus to help accommodate the greater number of students who will be utilizing the campus.

“The fact that the high school isn’t occupied, I know that is a difficult thing,” Costello said.

“But, I think the fact that nobody is in there means things will be done safely and with less disruption. It is just better for everybody.”

Costello elaborated that most work inside the junior high school for Phase Three is slated to end on Aug. 19 of this year.

“On that date, they (the contractors) will stop working in the junior high school because you need time to get the building back and cleaned,” he said. “Except for door (installation), the plan is they are not back in here between Sept.1, 2018 and June 26, 2019. So, no disruptions. We understand how important that is.”

Costello said that all junior high school door work will take place during after-school hours and cleanup will take place before student arrival.

“The work (in the junior high school) “will stop when everybody comes back to school, with the exception of a small amount of work, which will be done at night,” he said. “The contactor must have all work areas restored, cleaned and code compliant each morning.”

However, a caveat was offered that does in some ways contradict the promise that all major work to the junior high school will cease from Aug. 19 until next summer.

“The reason I say ‘the plan’ is if we find out the contractor is doing very well and we have a period of time during Spring Break or during Christmas Break and they come in and knock something out, we are going to allow that,” Costello said. “But it is a feeling out process.”

The construction manager has been much more circumspect with the work time frame for the the high school, issuing a warning to those who may want to hold the district to an Aug. 2019 completion date for Phase Three.

“Look, it is a very, very aggressive schedule for both contracts,” Costello said. “We are always looking for a way to cut time and make things go better. We don’t know, until we open up walls, what we will find. Listen, it is a renovation job. If we open walls up, things could be different than we anticipate. We’ll see.”

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Drainage system installation underway at Pinelands Regional High School. although not a majority—have expressed that they work prior to 6 p.m. during the week.

However, Susan Ernst, president of the board who represents Little Egg Harbor Township, said she does not have a concern regarding the change in format of the meetings, nor does she have any concern regarding their length.

“Many meetings were long due to the issues with construction,” she said. “However, the key to keeping meetings short, yet still taking care of business, has everything to do with getting all of the information to the board members so that they can make the necessary decisions.

For example, the majority of the information necessary to understand the draft of the regular agenda had already been sent to us (for this latest work session meeting). As such, we were able to send our questions to Dr. McCooley in advance and, as a consequence of that, we whipped through the draft.”

McCooley, prior to the July decision, did provide the board with another option to consider and it is still possible that it will be used instead, especially if too much action becomes crammed into one evening: hold “completely different” board meetings twice per month.

“So, the first one of the month would be essentially a work session with a set agenda, standing alone (from the regular meeting),” she said. “It may come up that we want something placed on the next agenda and it can just be placed on it. So, then that (work session) meeting is over. Then we can start planning for the next meeting that happen.”

A lot of other notable news has emerged from the two June meetings of the board.

McCooley said she is working closely with a group of alumni to form a Pinelands Regional Alumni Foundation.

“This is something that I am extremely excited about,” she said. We are meeting with a local attorney who is an alumnus and he is going to give us some direction in terms of the legalities and paperwork. We have another attorney on the team too, who is helping with it and we have our first alumni small group meeting scheduled for the end of June.”

The superintendent said it is her hope that the foundation makes donations, such as scholarship money, to the district and its students.

“It is really a way to give back to the students and the district without going through the local budget,” she said.

McCooley also announced that she was meeting with a large group of Stockton University professors on June 27 to explore creating a partnership for district students.

She said she is interested in expanding dual-enrollment program offerings to district students.

“It is going to be a large team of Stockton professors and we are going to brainstorm

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different ideas and programs that we can start planning for our students,” she said, as she added that she has also been in touch with Ocean County College.

Student attendance has become a matter of concern to the superintendent, and at least one member of the board, after a district discipline report for May was released to the public.

“Of 266 infractions (at Pinelands Regional High School), 108 of them were for lateness,” said Stephen Kubricki, a board member also representing Little Egg Harbor. “Forty-one percent of the high school infractions were for being late (to school). This is not surprising because they start classes at 7:25 a.m. The corresponding figure in the junior high school was 13 percent and was not the highest.”

Kubricki said he believed the marked difference is the result of the junior high school having a later start time. While during this upcoming school year, both the junior high school and high school students are scheduled to have a common start time due to the construction, Kubricki called on the board to change the high school start time to a later time for future years to come.

“I would hope that while we are in this transition period, we can look at the start times because they are crucial to learning and discipline,” he said.

McCooley said that after meeting with Shaun Banin, principal of Pinelands Regional High School, she will be reviewing the district’s credit completion policy.

“One of the things that I am seeing is that you can have 20 days out of a class before you lose credit, yet being out for 18 days is considered chronically absent by the state,” she said, while also announcing that she is in the process of recommending changes to the district’s drug policies.

Two policies were revised on second reading, including one that now prohibits any board members from using their private internet accounts to communicate with the public.

“All business conducted and communications related to school district and board operations shall be sent and replied to only through the use of the district-assigned email,” the policy change reads. “Board members shall refrain from using personal or work emails to conduct board business.”

This policy received unanimous approval despite at least two board members using their private email and social media accounts to communicate school district business to the public in the spring.

Two revisions in policy were introduced on first reading, that would change who's entitled to get a $40 monthly reimbursement for personal cellphone use. All titleholders listed are required to be “on call” for emergencies to possess a cellphone.

If approved on second reading next month,

Are you a gardening novice looking for some easy-togrow plant varieties to get started with? Here are a few foolproof options for you to try this summer.

1. Marigolds Deep golden yellow marigolds grow easily and require little maintenance: all you’ll need to do is remove wilted flowers as they appear and water when the weather gets really hot. Their pungent smell acts as a natural repellent against aphids, among other pests.

2. Tuberous begonias Tuberous begonias grow to be about 30 centimeters tall and wide. These bulb plants grow in full sun or partial shade, in fresh, well-drained soil. They come in all sorts of shapes and colours, from yellow to pink to bright red and even white.

3. Cosmos These large flowers are perfect for flowerbeds. They bloom throughout the summer and attract butterflies.

Plant them in full sun and don’t over water, as they prefer a drier soil. Using compost is not recommended for cosmos.

4. Geraniums Colorful and easy to care for, geraniums only require a little bit of effort. You’ll need to regularly remove wilted flowers and yellow leaves to stimulate healthy growth. Water them with fertilizer-enriched water once the surface of the soil is dry.

Pinelands Regional School District’s business administrator, school principals, athletic director, Information Systems Department personnel, educational facilities manager, business manager, attendance officer, SchoolBased Youth Services director, assistant principals, director of Student Services and director of Special Education Services would be eligible for the reimbursement.

In an unusual development, the board authorized payment of a $50 E-ZPass fine.

“What happened is our maintenance crew picked up a piece of equipment that was under repair and wasn’t paying attention that we didn’t have an E-ZPass reader in the truck,” said Business Administrator Stephen J. Brennan. “So, they went through the E-ZPass lane.”

The business administrator said that if the same crew commits future violations, they have been warned that they are responsible for the resultant consequences.

“Basically, they get a get-out-of-jail free card (this time),” he said.

The E-Zpass matter was not the only unusual development to occur this month. The board authorized the disposal of 2,900 books due to their condition and age. The list of disposed books is 320 pages long and contains a plethora of titles.

“Many of the books had not been checked out of the library in more than a decade and a lot of them were moldy,” Ernst said. “The books are placed on a state website for 30 days. If no school or public entity claims them, they are discarded.”

Also discarded was “obsolete/inoperable IT equipment.” Sycamore Technology Purchasing and Recycling will receive the 113 pieces of

discarded equipment.

Aides, building monitors, club advisors, coaches, program planners, and substitutes were approved for the 2018-19 school year with the list 10 pages long. Head cheerleading coach Ashley Debella-McNemer will be the highest paid fall coach, receiving a $6,653 stipend.

Head Boys Basketball coach Fred Johnson and head wrestling coach Joseph Adelizzi will be the highest paid winter coaches, receiving a $9,026 stipend.

Jeffrey Bonicky, another board member representing Little Egg Harbor, has asked that the board communicate with Stafford Township about possibly using their athletic fields for the homecoming football game later this fall.

“I think this is something that needs to be done sooner rather than later,” Bonicky said.

Pinelands Regional School District’s athletic fields are being upgraded and repaired as part of Phase Two of the construction project and will be unavailable for use this fall.

With the closure of the high school and athletic fields, many of the school’s athletic games will be away games for the 2018-19 school year.

Betti Anne McVey, another board member representing Little Egg Harbor who leads Stafford Recreation, said there are no locker rooms by the fields. This resulted in a discussion about possibly setting up a tent.

“It would be something nice,” Williams said. “They suffered through (the construction debacle) and will suffer through everything (the new construction) going on across the street. I think using Stafford fields would be a minor inconvenience.”

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My Journey to Losing a Quarter of a Pound

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t’s not fun to be heavy.

Unless, of course, you’re heavy on LORI CLINCH money. But when it comes to weight, COLUMNIST light is the weigh to go. Pun intended.

I’m stating this statement straight up.

Nobody wants to not be able to fit into a pair of designer jeans that she gave too much money for, see a picture of themselves with a double chin and I’m here to testify that other than week. It was perfect. The juices were flowing, Santa, nobody wants to rest their arms on their the tenderness divine and Lord help us if the belly as they chit chat. aroma didn’t fill the air.

Coming from a long line of fine folks who When I cleaned up after dinner, I packed have battled the bulge along with the proverbial a nice little lunch for Terrie and me. I even fat gene, I know what I’m talking about. I battle went so far as to toss in cottage cheese and the bulge every day. I don’t eat sweets, rarely cherry tomatoes. touch a slice of bread and have nothing to do I thought about the lunch often during our with sugar-packed beverages. morning work. I pondered the roast, debated “Exercise!” they say, and that is good advice. between mustard and horseradish and couldn’t But I walk an average of 15,000 steps a day wait for the palate to enjoy the fruits of my in our antique shop and those who say that labor.

I’m not getting my heart rate up during my “Lunch is ready!” Terrie called as she rang activity have never been present while we’re the proverbial dinner bell. loading a 200-year-old-hutch from Poland. If “Yay!” I exclaimed from afar as I answered that won’t get the old heart to pumping, I don’t the cattle call. I raced across the premises, know what will. giddy with joy as I envisioned the roast and Truth be told, it got my heart pumping just pondered the aroma. looking at it.

One can only imagine my dismay as I I voiced my discontent concerning my happened into the kitchen and laid eyes on a weight to Terrie, my good friend and faithful plate of canned tuna accompanied by a side employee. (She likes to think of herself as the of cauliflower. boss, so don’t tell her any different.)

“It will be great,” Terrie said as she doused “What we've got to do,” Terrie said as she the disgusting meal with a soybean seasoning. sat there enjoying her size-seven britches, “is “You just have to give it a try.” work on our lunch. No more leftovers, no more “But I brought roast,” I whined to deaf ears. cheesey meals, and we've got to stop dining on “This will be fine,” Terrie answered. “If anything that has substance.” you start eating like this, the weight will just That sounds like a great plan for fine folks drop off of you.” who sit at desks in the air-conditioning and Well, go me! I lost .25 pounds and Lord crunch numbers and aren’t heavy. That would only knows how much I would have gained if be awesome for people who float from the bed I ate good food. to the desk and, thanks to genetics, burn enough I probably would even have kept it off if I calories to help them sustain their tiny little hadn’t dined on that delicious roast for lunch sizes along with their closets. the next day.

I just can’t help but feel that it’s going to take something more than a bag of carrots to get me Lori Clinch was born and raised in North Platte, through the day.

Nebraska, a hotbed of material for writers But I knew Terrie was right. Perhaps if I gave whose passion it is to make people laugh. She up that extra cheese stick for lunch and decided is the mother of four sons and the author of the to forgo dressing on my salad, the weight would book “Are We There Yet?” fall off of me.

That being said, I made a killer roast last © 2018 LORI CLINCH

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