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Home Inferno Kills 2 Elderly Residents of Browns Mills

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Pemberton School District Is First to Receive a County Grant Through Program Aimed at Reinforcing High-School Security

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—The Pember ton Township School District has been chosen to usher in a county-wide campaign to buttress the level of protection given to high-school students and faculty against anyone intent on doing them harm.

A $1.2 million school security grant received by the Pemberton Township

School District on Oct. 10 is the first such allocation to be awarded by the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders — one t he boa rd has referred to as a “major milestone” in a “groundbreaking initiative to enhance the safety and security” of all of the county’s public high schools.

The district was first to submit an application for such a grant under the four-month-old $20 million voluntary program, which is administered on a

first-come, first-served basis with no deadline to apply, according to a news release issued by the freeholders.

“We’re extremely grateful to the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders for this generous school security grant,” said Pemberton School Superintendent Tony Trongone in response to the news. “Not only does it align with our plans to enhance security See CHECK/ Page 12

PEMBERTON—A raging house fire Tuesday night claimed the lives of two beloved elderly residents of the 500 block of Willow Boulevard in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township and caused the adult son of one of them to be hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

The blaze, which broke out in an attached garage shortly before 8:30 p.m., burned so intensely for a time that the heat melted the siding on the house next door. Its cause was reported by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office to still be under investigation as of press time.

The prosecutor’s office identified the deceased couple as Lore Smith and George Pikunis, both 92. Smith was pronounced dead after being transported to Deborah Hospital, while Pikunis, her companion, is reported to have died at the scene.

Smith’s son, whose name was said to be Kurt Smith, was reportedly transported to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, suffering from smoke inhalation, and said to be in stable condition. A hospital spokesperson contacted on Thursday said there had been a fire victim flown in and admitted, but was unable to provide his name or condition.

Tina Muccie, a fourth occupant of the house and caretaker of the couple interviewed by two Philadelphia TV news outlets, WPVI-TV, 6 ABC and WTXF TV, Fox 29, managed to escape after reportedly trying to extricate Lore Smith from a bedroom of the house before being overcome by smoke. She could not be reached for comment on this story.

Muccie, sitting in her car, told Fox 29 the son had been in the garage when the fire broke out.

The remains of a motorcycle, which neighbors said belonged to Kurt Smith, could be seen in the burned-out garage.

Bill Goodman, who lives in the house next door, said he saw the smoke and flames coming from the adjacent structure shortly after arriving home and dropping off Kurt Smith. He added that he heard the screams of the occupants and ran inside to try to locate them, but couldn’t.

By then the police and the fire chief, according to Goodman showed up and proceeded to break a window of the bedroom where the occupants were trapped by the inferno.

“That’s when they moved me out of the way,” he said.

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Disputed Speed-Limit Rise Reversed on Part of Hawkin Road

By Douglas D. Melegari

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SOUTHAMPTON—A speed-limit increase on a back road that spans three Pinelands municipalities and is notorious for deadly crashes has been partially reversed, at least for now.

On Tuesday night, the Southampton Township Committee voted 5-0 to return the speed limit on Hawkin Road to 25 mph from just west of Birch Drive in Southampton to the Tabernacle/ Southampton border.

The Oct. 16 decision followed months of public outcry after the Southampton Committee increased the speed limit, through an ordinance passed on May 15, to 40 mph from the Tabernacle/ Southampton line to just west of Independence Way in Southampton. That same ordinance also increased the speed limit to 45 mph on Hawkin Road from just west of Independence Way to the Medford/Southampton line.

Medford Council, on June 6, followed suit and also unanimously passed a measure increasing the speed limit on Hawkin Road to 35 mph between the Medford/Southampton Line and East Raymond Avenue.

At the time, both measures passed with no public comment as legal notices announcing governing body consideration got little attention and neither municipality, according to numerous residents, bothered sending a courtesy letter to those who reside on Hawkin Road announcing a public hearing.

New speed limit signs, installed on Hawkin Road about three months ago, were how most locals found out about the modified speed limit.

Since that time, residents of the road have written letters to local media, called officials and

appeared at governing body meetings to decry the change.

Medford’s portion of Hawkin Road is sparsely populated. However, in Southampton, there are a number of homes alongside Hawkin Road, especially between Elm and Birch drives. Most of the outcry over the last few months has been aimed at the Southampton Committee because of this, and also because the Southampton governing body had raised the speed limit more dramatically.

“I would like to thank you folks for taking this seriously,” said William Rebbmann, a Tabernacle resident who lives within seconds of the Tabernacle/Southampton line, to the Southampton Committee. “It means a lot to me and my neighbors. I really appreciate it, but I do not know what kind of person would set this into motion without taking into consideration their neighbors.”

Public records indicate that Medford and Southampton townships began moving last year on a longtime request from Steve Urgo, an attorney residing in Southampton, to increase the road’s speed limit.

Both towns, the records show, expedited Urgo’s request by ordering traffic studies after he threatened litigation, alleging the two municipalities were not in compliance with statemandated regulations.

Urgo, in a September interview with this newspaper, said that he did threaten to sue both municipalities because “sometimes it is the only way a person can get them to move on anything.”

At the time, he said there was insufficient building or land frontage along Hawkin Road to classify it as a “residential district” and thus the See LIMIT/ Page 19

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LITTLE EGG HARBOR—The Division Championship titles achieved by the Pinelands Regional School District Wildcats boys’ and girls’ Varsity soccer teams on Oct. 9, with the girls’ team’s trophy being its first in program history, have proven once again that adversity is no obstacle to success for determined competitors.

Despite coming from a school that has had more than its share of hardships in the past year, both teams managed to shut out Manchester 4-0 to achieve a B-South Championship title.

“The girls won the division championship for the first time in the history of the school,” said Pinelands Supervisor of Athletics Will Sundermann. “They lost their first game and have not lost a game since then.”

Additionally, this was the second consecutive division championship title for the boys.

“It was the second year that they won B-South in a row,” Sundermann told the Pine Barrens Tribune. “We have never won back-to-back titles in the history of the school's boys’ soccer program.”

The girls took the lead with one goal each from Aileen Cahill, Sunni DiElmo, Bridget Dudas and Alexandra Hanna.

Goalkeeper Claire Said recorded 11 saves to not allow a single goal.

“The team played as one unit,” Head Coach Dawn Paget said. “There was no division between seniors, juniors, sophomores or freshmen. They were all one.”

Paget’s team now stands at 9-1-2, despite having a bumpy 11-8 run last year.

“Many players worked hard in the off-season to improve,” she said. “They worked on individual skills and their fitness level.”

While the coach saw much potential in the girls early on this season, she was shocked to see that they had not lost a game since Sept. 4.

“I was surprised,” Paget said. “I knew from the beginning of the season that they had a competitive edge. I just wasn’t sure how far we would go.”

In the boys’ victory last Tuesday night, freshman John Hart led the Wildcats in scoring with three goals.

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Newly Introduced Lakes Ordinance Would Make 13 Crosswalks Official

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M EDFOR D LA K ES —A f ter recently determining that a number of established crosswalks are not formally recognized by code, Medford Lakes Borough Council is taking steps to rectify that situation.

The council introduced an ordinance at an Oct. 11 meeting that would amend the code “Vehicles and Traffic” to formerly designate 13 pedestrian crosswalks and install pedestrian crossing signs at each of the locations.

“These crosswalks have never been adopted by ordinance,” said Mayor William Fields. “This new ordinance would make them permanent.”

Borough Solicitor Douglas Heinold said that he researched the crosswalks in Medford Lakes on Googles Maps.

Included on the list of affected crosswalks are those on: • Aetna Way, at the intersection of Trading Post Way; • Dixontown Road at Chickasaw Trail; • Lenape Trail, where it intersects with Hiawatha Trail and Stokes Road; • Medford Lakes–Tabernacle Road at Aetna Way, as well as at Oak Drive and Chickasaw Trail (both Medford Lakes Country Club golf course crossings); • Mohawk Trail where it intersects with with Hiawatha Trail and Pawnee Trail; • Mudjekeewis Trail at Nokomis Trail in the vicinity of Nokomis School; • Stokes Road at the intersections of Comanche Trail and Bowker Road and Minnetonka Trail and Trading Post Way, and Tuckerton Road at Kihade Trail.

“Hopefully when (the ordinance) is open for public comment, if anyone knows of other crosswalks that we may have missed, they can bring them to our attention,” said Councilman Robert Hanold Sr. A second reading of the ordinance and a public hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 25.

Later in the meeting, Fields proposed a new resolution in support of encouraging the New Jersey Division of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) to withdraw a special ruling passed on Sept.

21 that severely limits the activities of independent small breweries.

On Sept. 21, ABC Director David Rible passed a ruling that would limit each state brewery to 25 activities throughout the year, which would likely curtail business. The ruling also would prevent menus and food being brought in from other establishments.

The state put a stay on enforcing the ruling just over a week later, on Oct. 2.

“Medford passed a resolution urging the director to withdraw this special ruling,” Fields said. “I want us to pass a resolution encouraging the state to withdraw this also, as it would affect residents in our town. We don’t have a brewer here, but our residents visit Medford breweries and a couple even have ownership (such as in Medford’s Lower Forge Brewery).”

According to New Jersey Law Blog, there are currently 88 small businesses that hold limited brewery licenses in the state. Medford has two of the eight such licensed establishments in Burlington County.

“I support our joining forces with Medford and any other townships that have come forward and said that this is unfair and wrong of the state to post these onerous regulations,” said Deputy Mayor Dr. Gary Miller. “Just on principle alone,

I don’t like the way this has come about.”

Councilwoman Kathryn Merkh, an investor in Lower Forge Brewery, noted that she appreciated the establishment’s efforts in educating the public about the issue.

“They’ve been really instrumental in getting information out about what’s going on,” she said.

Heinold promised to work on a resolution with Fields.

“It doesn’t happen too often that a director of an agency issues a ruling and within a week, it gets pulled back,” Heinold said. “Right now, it’s in the State Legislature’s hands, but if we want to send a message, we should work on our own resolution for the next meeting.”

In other news, Borough Administrator Dr. Robert Burton said that the installation of a new railing on Beach Drive was complete.

Replacing the original railing began in early August. The wooden railing, installed after a 2004 flood, was determined to be too high at just under five feet, causing a visual obstruction for motorists negotiating a curve. It was also in a state of disrepair.

Burton also said that the borough’s wastewater treatment plant continues to have issues with items that should not be flushed, and offered an idea for helping prevent this problem.

“I will be in discussions about starting a program with elementary and middle school students,” he said. “These students would visit the plant and we will do a presentation on what goes into it and what you shouldn’t be flushing. We would then try to revisit the program with sophomores and juniors at Shawnee High School.

“My feeling was that you can educate the public about the problem, but the best people to educate are the kids.”

In other business, council passed a resolution authorizing a two-year recycling agreement with Electronic Recyclers International for the disposal of electronic devices such as televisions, printers, computers, desktop fax machines and other devices.

“Our Public Works Department has come to this agreement to have residents dispose of these devices at Public Works on Saturdays,” Hanold said. “There will be a collection area set up.

This provides a great service for the residents and doesn’t cost them anything. Otherwise, they would have to take the items to the county offices.ˮ Hanold added that residents should be aware that if they put stuff in trash bags that don’t belong in them, the borough will get charged a premium for separating those items.

The council approved submittion of a bikeways grant application to the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) for roadway widening and bicycle lane improvements at Mohawk Circle for a total estimated cost of $107,343. The project includes bicycle lane striping and additions of bicycle symbols and signage.

The submission of another NJDOT grant for Tabernacle Road Improvements, Phase 1, to include the replacing of a curb, raised pavement markings, traffic signage and crosswalk striping was also approved for an estimated cost of $238,069.

Council also received a special event permit application for the annual Medford Lakes Colony David Nimmer Memorial Turkey Trot 5K scheduled to take place on Nov. 22, Thanksgiving morning. All net proceeds of the race go towards a charitable trust that benefits construction of Americans with Disabilities Act compliant access to various buildings, beaches and pavilions throughout the borough.

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Tractor-Trailer Overturns, Spilling Stone Onto Route 206 SOU T H A M PTON —A t ractor-t railer over t u r ned Mond ay on Route 206 i n Southampton Township after its driver allegedly swerved to miss a minivan turning into the Vincentown U.S. Post Office and lost control, spilling its cargo of stone on to the highway.

The Oct. 15 crash, which closed Route 206 for more than four hours between the Red Lion Circle and Ridge Road, occurred around 1:55 p.m.

“The tr uck in question was traveling in the northbound lane of U.S. Route 206 when it swerved to avoid the minivan, which was turning into the Post Office,” said Lt. Theodore Schafer, Assistant Bureau Chief of the New Jersey State Police’s Office of Public Information. “The truck hit the tail light of the minivan, which caused minor damage to it, but then it started turning and spinning, striking approximately 160 ft. of guardrail.”

As the tractor-trailer, owned by Barrett Asphalt of Hammonton, came to rest, it landed on its side, spilling stone on the highway.

“The company came out to assist with cleanup of stone,” Schafer said. “The road was opened back up at 6:19 p.m. and the debris was

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A tractor trailer overturned on Route 206 in Southampton Township Monday. totally cleaned up at 7:06 p.m.”

Schafer said the truck’s operator, Steven Centeno, 41, of Vineland, was transported to Virtua Hospital in Mount Holly for observation, but was uninjured.

The identity of the minivan driver, who Schafer said was also not injured, wasn’t available, given that the van suffered only

minor damage.

Schafer, when asked if either of the drivers involved in the crash will face possible citations or charges, said the crash remains under investigation.

Traffic was snarled at times during Monday’s evening commute in the area of New, Ridge and Red Lion roads as a result of the road closure.

Police Search for Tire Iron Wielding Man Who Robbed Adult Novelty Store and Doughnut Shop EVESHAM—Police are searching for an armed robber who targeted an adult novelty store in Evesham Township during daylight hours.

Officers from the Evesham Township Police Department responded to an armed robbery call at Fantasy Gifts at 731 W. Route 70, at around 4:23 p.m. on Oct. 13.

According to Lt. Joseph Friel, an Internal Affairs Bureau Commander and spokesman for Evesham Police, a police investigation revealed that a black male, possibly in his 40’s, wearing jeans, a blue sweatshirt, and a black baseball cap, entered the store and approached a lone woman employee with a tire iron.

“He instructed the female to open the register, then he removed approximately $140 in cash,” Friel said. “The suspect fled the store parking lot in a silver sedan.”

Surveillance video of the crime, released

by Evesham Police, shows the man moving through the aisles of the novelty store and pretending to be a customer, before pulling the tire iron from one of his sleeves and waving it at the store clerk.

Friel said investigators are of the belief that the same man is responsible for a Dunkin

Donuts robbery, in Chery Hill, just nine days earlier, as the crime was of a similar nature and a surveillance-video comparison reveals suspect similarities.

In the Oct. 4 robbery at 1860 E. Route 70, the suspect jumped the counter also with a tire iron in hand.

Friel said using a tire iron to commit robbery is “just as dangerous as having a firearm.”

If anyone knows the identity of the suspect, you are asked to contact Evesham Police at 856-983-1116 or their Confidential Tip Line at 856-983-4699.

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A man seen on surveillance video wielding a tire iron during an adult novelty-store robbery last Saturday.

Swastikas Said Painted on House as Result of Domestic Violence SOUTHAMPTON—New Jersey State Police have arrested a woman who is accused of painting swastikas and other types of graffiti on a home in Southampton Township as part of a domestic violence dispute.

The vandalism, reported to New Jersey State Police around 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 10., occurred in the unit block of Possum Hollow, part of the Mobile Estates trailer park.

“We received reports someone spraypainted swastikas on a residence and other types of graffiti,” said Lt. Theodore Schafer, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police.

“We did make an arrest in this one and Deborah Vanderpoel, 58, of Southampton, was charged with domestic violence harassment.”

Schafer said state police made the arrest “very quickly.”

Police Recover Farm Truck Stolen Without Owner Having Missed it

SOUTHAMPTON—A truck stored on a farm in Southampton Township was stolen unbeknownst to its owner last month and recovered by police.

The theft occurred on a Red Lion Road farm owned by Erica E. Eggert.

“On Sept. 27, the victim reported to Red Lion Station Troopers that Woodbury Police responded to her residence because they had recovered her 2005 Chevrolet Silverado, which was stolen sometime between Sept. 23 and Sept.

27,” said Sgt. Jeff Flynn, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police. “The victim did not realize it was stolen, because it was used and stored on the farm.”

Eggert, in a public social media forum, urged residents to be careful and lock all of their doors.

“They also discovered several other stolen license plates inside the truck,” she said, noting that she and the rest of her family were home when the theft was believed to have occurred.

Flynn said charges are pending based on a continuing investigation.

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Pemberton's Democratic Council Discouraging Businesses, Piling Up Debt I am a long-time resident of Pemberton Township. I moved here for the beauty of the pines and the uniqueness of the area.

In recent years, there have been changes— some positive and some negative. The housing situation started to change with the failing economy. People were losing jobs and the military was being cut back. Many foreclosures resulted in abandoned houses, which became neglected and dangerous.

The Pemberton Township Council passed a Vacant Home Registration Fee ordinance to take care of the empty properties that are dangerous and neglected.

This, however, is not what occurred.

The fee, which starts at $500, increases to

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$1,500 the second year, $3,000 the third year and $5,000 annually thereafter.

When a bank refuses to pay the fee, it is passed on to the neglected property’s investors or the estates of the property owners. The ordinance is good for encouraging banks to sell foreclosed houses, but the money was and continues to be improperly allocated to the township’s general

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fund. The money is also not being accounted for and certainly is not going towards our growing debt.

Since the inception of this ordinance, the township has taken in over $4 million, but our debt has grown to $35 million.

The current township administration has purchased several businesses and bulldozed them.

The township now owns the old Acme complex (Browns Mills Shopping Center), whose former owner was still current on his taxes before a township takeover, paying $66,000 a year to go towards the municipal budget.

The buildings that were bulldozed were paying over $30,000 annually in property taxes. That is almost $100,000 missing from our coffers. Where do you think that money is going to come from now? Us! The township’s mayor has also turned away businesses that have tried to build here.

True Value, before leaving town, wanted to build on the corner of Junction and Lakehurst

roads. Yes, the old dilapidated Browns Mills Supply.

Then, Dollar General inquired about building on the same site and was told by the town planner that the mayor didn’t want them in town.

Even Wawa has made inquiries about a super store, and that was shot down.

When the mayor was questioned about what he is going to do about these lost revenue streams, his answer was that he is waiting for a developer who wants to spend tens of millions of dollars to build a town center boutique strip with a fountain. Really? Meanwhile our debt continues to grow.

Alan R. Cantrell is running this November as a Republican candidate for a seat on Pemberton Township Council. The 20-year township resident is broker and owner of Perfect Choice Realty & Property Management. A licensed Real Estate Broker for the past 20 years, Cantrell is also a volunteer with Clean Communities and a member of the Browns Mills Improvement Association (BMIA).

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Veasy's, Hansen's and Cooper’s Experience Will Serve Them Well on Council As a resident of Evesham Township, I am excited to see committed women on the ballot for Evesham mayor and town council.

Jaclyn Veasy, who is running for mayor, along with Patricia Hansen and Heather Cooper, who are vying for open seats on town council, have a wide range of experiences that will bring new perspectives and ideas to the council’s chambers.

It is important that the residents of Evesham are aware of their backgrounds and qualifications to serve.

Veasy grew up in Evesham. She is heavily involved in organizing and serving as a committee member for Relay for Life, along with organizing and volunteering at the St. Joan of Arc Festival each year. In addition, she coordinates programs such as the Children’s Liturgy Program at her church.

Hansen has lived in Evesham since 1989 and worked at Amtrak for over 40 years, where she served as a liaison between

management and over 6,000 union employees. While at Amtrak, Hansen served as president of her union for five terms. She fought for same-sex couples’ rights at Amtrak before the U.S. Supreme Court recognized marriage equality.

Cooper is a resource and development director for a local nonprofit, where she advocates for people who experience disabilities. This requires her to have a deep knowledge of the state and local legislative process. In addition, she recently received a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Rutgers University, and serves on the board of her homeowners’ association (HOA) and church.

Veasy, Hansen and Cooper have wideranging experiences managing events, organizations, and people.

These experiences will serve them well on town council and I am eager to vote for them on Nov. 6.

Christie DeCarolis Marlton, New Jersey

‘No Man Should Be Defined by a Single Moment in Time’

With regard to the smear campaign perpetuated against my friend George Youngkin, who suspended his campaign as a Democratic candidate for Burlington County freeholder, I would like to present my views as someone who knows him and believes that no man should be defined by a single moment in time.

A piece-of-trash smear campaign, which includes a television advertisement, can’t change any of that.

I have known Youngkin for 45 plus years and no defamatory ad will ever change the fact that he is a man of integrity, a trusted friend, a standout citizen and a fine human being.

Youngkin did the right thing by owning

his past. We lost the opportunity to have a great representative.

I think the television ad speaks more to his opponents’ character, or lack thereof, than it does of Youngkin.

I also applaud Youngkin’s running mates, who immediately rose to his defense. As citizens of Burlington County, aren’t these the kind of people you hope represent you through difficult times?

I believe all of us who know him wish this had turned out differently. This ad represents the worst of politics and the worst of humanity.

Jean Diblin Shamong, New Jersey

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Details: The Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 1 Winchester Court, Tabernacle, will have only one worship service at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 and Sunday, Oct. 28. Following the worship service on Oct. 28, there will be a reception in the fellowship hall for Pastor David Jones, celebrating his retirement.

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Admission is $10 ($5 for children under 16 when accompanied by an adult) at the door, or at Protestant Community Church office, 100 Stokes Rd., Medford Lakes. www. facebook.com/logcabinmusic.

35th 20 Chatsworth Cranberry Festival

Location: Chatsworth Details: The Chatsworth Cranberry Festival, always a New Jersey favorite, will be held Saturday, Oct. 20 and Sunday, Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. GPS: 3980 Main Street, Chatsworth, NJ 08019.

Enjoy cranberry baked goods, craft vendors, food vendors, antiques, ice cream, local wineries and cranberries! There will also be a Classic & Antique Car Show with over 100 cars on display (registration until 11 a.m., $10 – no pre-register).

Bullzeye, a local country-music band will be performing live. Festival parking at Chatsworth Elementary School, located off 2nd Ave. on John Bowker Jr. Blvd.

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Location: Batsto Village Details: The annual Country Living Fair will be held at historic Batsto Village, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., located off Route 542, eight miles east of Hammonton. Enjoy crafts, food, pony rides, quilting and much more. For more information: www.batstovillage. org/country-living-fair.htm.

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Location: Shamong Details: American Heart Association HeartSaver CPR/AED Class will be from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Shamong EMS, 48 Willow Grove Rd., Shamong.

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Location: Medford Details: Jane Peters Estes will speak about the origins of holiday traditions and Christmas customs observed during the Civil War era. The program will feature period dress and artifacts.

7:30 p.m. at Friends Meeting House, 14 Union Street, Medford. 609-3156266.

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Location: Toms River Details: Geeks assemble! Fans of scifi, gaming, comic books, animation,

Location: Lumberton Details: The Lumberton United Methodist Church is having its annual bazaar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The church is located at 5 Municipal Dr., Lumberton.

DECEMBER Decorating 01 Wreath Workshop Fundraiser

Location: Medford Lakes Details: The Medford Lakes Garden Club is hosting a Wreath Decorating Workshop Fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to noon, at Vaughn Hall, 79 Tecumseh Trail, Medford Lakes. A participation fee of $35 includes a 20-24-inch real Holiday greens wreath, ornaments, decorations and ribbon. Participants are asked to bring glue guns and scissors. All Colonists 13 and older are welcome to attend. RSVP by November 1 to reserve a wreath and confirm attendance, by contacting Linda Stahl at 609-451-5172, or email lindastahl@msn.com.

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Local Seniors Get into Spirit of Oktoberfest in Spring Lake

By Ebba Liguori

For the Pine Barrens Tribune

PEM BERTON — Ok t ob e r fe st wa s celebrated in traditional German style by a group of Pemberton seniors who took part in an excursion to Doolan’s Jersey Shore Club, in Spring Lake, on Oct. 10.

The group, while at the shore club, was entertained for most of the afternoon by GB’s Bavarian Show Band, a multi-talented quartet whose members have been playing together for more than 45 years.

The band’s clarinet player also played the saxophone, flute, piccolo, and harmonica, while its keyboardist was able to play almost any song without reading music.

Selections included a few polkas, as well as some slower numbers and others that were good for line dancing. Most of the seniors took at least one spin around the dance floor.

Mike Byrne, Irish tenor and guitarist who sponsors the themed shows at Doolan’s, led a sing-a-long during a band break and everyone was soon joining in with old favorites. The GB’s also led some sing-a-longs, which included Ger man folk t unes and some rudimentary German lessons. Of course, these were “drinking” songs, so there was a lot of clinking of glasses and swaying around each table.

Just when it seemed like it could not get any better, Byrne introduced the comedian of the day, Billy Garan, whose humor covered a broad range of subjects and brought to mind the Shakespearian quote, “Though he be but little, he is fierce.”

At the conclusion of a day filled with song and dance, the GB’s initiated a patriotic medley, with everyone standing to join in the final chorus of “God Bless America.” This band always offers a salute to our veterans and some patriotic music and finishes on a similar note, which is particularly inspiring See SENIORS/ Page 11

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The Mouth:

Gateway to Your Health A Dental Halloween Guilt Trip

It’s that spooky time of year when parents are looking for just the right costumes, kids are planning their trickor-treat routes and the streptococcus Dr. Richard mutans are getting Weber ready for the biggest party of all an all you can eat, all day sugar buffet!! Strep mutans are the primary cavity-causing bacteria in your mouth and as you guessed, they love sugar!

Now the whole point of this segment is to discuss the connection between the mouth and the body, but when it comes to the effects that sugars have on our system, the mouth and the rest of our body act a little different. Let me explain: When we eat sugars, our blood glucose (blood sugar) levels increase.

In response to this, our bodies release insulin from our pancreas which helps to regulate/decrease our blood sugar levels and moves those sugars into our body’s cells to be stored or used as energy. If we have small amounts of sugar throughout the day, our body is able to regulate this fairly well without major spikes or dips in blood sugar.

If, however, we binge on sugars our bodies regulation systems become overwhelmed and it results in higher levels of blood sugar which can be bad.

Our mouth on the other hand reacts differently to sugars. Our mouth has million of cavity-causing bacteria.

They feed on the sugar that we eat

and release acid on our teeth when they are done with their meal. These bacteria are very, very tiny, so it only takes a tiny amount of sugar for them to have an “all-you-can-eat buffet.” For this reason, our mouths are harmed more by the FREQUENCY of sugar intake, not by the amount of sugar in something. From the perspective of your teeth (not your body), it is better to eat a large quantity of sugar all at once and then rinse your mouth out and brush than it is to eat small funsized candy bars throughout the day.

To summarize: Your body can better handle small amounts of sugars more frequently while your mouth can handle large quantities of sugar, but only infrequently.

The Takeaway: Enjoy your Halloween, but eat candy in moderation. Rinse your mouth out, even if it is just with water, immediately after eating something sweet.

Finally, keep in mind, sipping on sugary drinks (coffee with sugar, soda, juice, sports drinks, etc.) is very damaging to your teeth.

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(Continued from Page 8) to the many seniors who have served in the Armed Forces.

The “Toasted Almond,” an Amoretti and cream concoction, was one of the most popular drinks offered at the shore club.

The meal served to the seniors began with a crisp, tossed salad served with balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

Cream of mushroom soup followed.

The main course was a choice of sauerbraten with a sweet-sour gravy, chicken Kiev and broiled encrusted salmon. Oven-browned potatoes and a string bean carrot medley was served with each dinner.

Dessert was an apple strudel with ice

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cream.

The group already has made reservations for both a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, March 12, and next year’s Oktoberfest.

As the seniors returned from their shore club trip, they looked ahead to upcoming events at the Pemberton Township Senior Center, which sponsors such activities.

A representative from “Life, St. Francis,” a Bordentown-based medical facility offering all-inclusive care for seniors, will be speaking at the senior center about its programs and options for independent assisted living on Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. There is no cost to attend this presentation and one does not have to sign up in advance.

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CHAMPS (Continued from Page 4) His teammate Aniello Lubrano recorded another point to contribute to the 4-0 shutout.

Goalkeeper Gavin Harris managed to prevent three shots in the net.

“We were dangerous the entire game offensively, and we were disciplined and stingy defensively,” Head Coach Nino Scotto di Carlo said. “It was an all-around strong performance.”

The coach added that he was not surprised by his team’s performance last Tuesday night, as its playing has been strong for the past two seasons.

“The guys on our team, especially the seniors, have been focused on attaining a back-to-back B-South championship since the end of last season,” he told the Pine Barrens Tribune. “They undoubtedly expected to be successful this year, and they have been more than willing to put the work in to achieve this goal.”

CHECK (Continued from Page 1) at the high school, but it allows us to directly address the concerns of our own students.”

Noting that students’ concerns regarding security at their own school had been reflected in their reactions to “devastating national events over the past year,” Trongone said school officials “are pleased to be able to let them know that their voices have been heard.”

“We remain committed to putting our students’ safety and security first,” Trongone said. “This grant allows us to do that in a thorough, efficient and fiscally responsible way.”

The enhancements the grant will be used to

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM fund, as enumerated in a statement sent out by the district, include: • the creation of a secure vestibule area; • upgrading of classroom door locks so that doors can be secured from the inside; • installation of shades on classroom doors; • upgrading and expanding the scope of an emergency notification system; • the installation of “visual signage and strobes” to alert visitors and first responders to any issues inside the building; • upgrades to security cameras and exterior lighting; • the installation of various signs designed to discourage trespassers as well as exterior door and classroom numbering and “corridor designation identification”; • the creation of an enclosure for exterior trash bins, and • installation of ballistic film for glazing the exterior of windows leading to the entrences, complex wide.

Those first and last items appear to be particularly significant when it comes to deterring potential threats.

Creating a “secure vestibule,” according to the statement, means “building a wall of glass windows and doors with ballistic film glazing inside the main entry way” as well as installing “access control, intercom and video surveillance cameras.” These measures, the statement says, “would ensure the safety of students, staff, and visitors by creating a safe access point where visitors can be properly vetted and security provided to others.”

The ballistic film to be used in the vestibule would also be used “on all exterior door glass leading to the entrances, complex-wide” for the purpose of significantly reducing someone’s ability to break glass and access interior doorlocking devices and associated hardware.

Camera upgrades would include replacing analog cameras with digital ones and expanding

the capability of others to cover parking lots and approaches to the school, with upgraded lighting further enhancing the cameras’ capabilities T hat nu mber i ng of classrooms a nd designation of corridors could also “greatly assist in identifying locations for first responders when they are called to the complex,” especially in times of crisis or emergency, the statement noted.

In addition to the types of improvements the Pemberton district plans on making, security grant funds can also be used for things like portable screening devices, panic alarms and entry buzzers.

Such security infrastr ucture upgrade decisions are not mandated by the program, but “best left up to the individual school districts,” according to the news release from the Board of Freeholders.

Securing a grant under the program requires that a school district make an application to the county and agree to a security evaluation by USA Architects of Somerville, described by county spokesman Jason Tosches as a highly qualified architectural firm that has designed schools and government buildings with security measures throughout New Jersey.

Their work, he said, includes the new Student Success Center at Rowan College at Burlington County, and the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex in Trenton.

“The county has committed to funding capital enhancements identified in the evaluations,” Tosches told the Pine Barrens Tribune. “We selected one architectural firm to perform all of the evaluations so that each of our schools would be reviewed through the same eyes and on a level playing field.

“As our schools begin to implement their security recommendations, they are encouraged to utilize the professionals of their choosing.

Our goal is to get the security enhancements implemented as quickly as possible.”

Saturday, October 20, 2018 Tosches added that by the end of the summer, just three months after the program was launched, all 21 public high schools in the county had agreed to take part and had their evaluations completed, and the firm’s written reports and grant application paperwork were received by every school simultaneously in September.

Freeholder Director Katie Gibbs also expressed her satisfaction with the progress of the program to date.

“Earlier this year I stood before our superintendents, teachers, parents and students and said the county is here to help make their school buildings safer and more secure, and to do it quickly,” Gibbs said. “I am pleased now to begin to deliver on that promise by awarding the first of many grants.”

Gibbs added that the county freeholders encourage all other public high-school officials in the county to follow Pemberton’s lead and promptly submit their applications so that they can provide timely security measures and local property tax relief for residents.

Trongone, who was presented a ceremonial check for the grant by Gibbs at Pemberton Township High School on Oct. 11, said he believed it to be his “responsibility to do everything that can be done” to keep teachers, students and staff safe from “awful acts of violence.”

“From day one, Director Gibbs has been a leader on school security and this grant validates her willingness to help,” Trongone said. “I am proud to call her a partner and I look forward to implementing our security projects.”

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1.Provide adequate shelter.

Cattle are fairly hardy, but they still need protection from the elements, especially during snowstorms. Make sure your cows have access to shelters that they can access when needed.

2.Keep cattle well fed.

Cows generally eat more in the winter because they have to burn more calories in order to stay warm. And although cows can graze through the winter, they won’t be able to find much to eat if the fields are covered in snow. Make sure you’re providing your cattle with other nutritious sources of food, such as high quality hay and energy supplements like corn or soy hulls.

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everal years ago my husband, Pat, and I decided we should start an antiquing business.

We spent the days leading up to our opening and a lot of the days that followed seeking out and buying antiques. After all, one can’t open a catalog and stock up on 20-gallon Redwing crocks simply because one is running low.

We’ve taken on many looks during our antiquing excursions. Although we never strapped Granny to the roof, we’ve looked like the Clampets, The Pickers and sometimes Sanford and Son. A couple of years ago we tidied up our act and purchased an enclosed trailer. While it’s secondhand appeal didn’t make us look classy, it did spiff up our appearance.

When we heard that our niece was going to be getting married in Dallas, Pat and I did as we do, and thought to ourselves, “Can we somehow tie antiquing into the trip?”

The answer (of course we were the only ones we asked) was a resounding yes.

We decided that taking the truck and our trailer would be cost-prohibitive, and that we should take the car and buy conservatively.

As our four sons will tell you, during many vacations, they’ve had to give up legroom for “great” boxes, headrests to Chiffon bedspreads, and living quarters in our camper to porcelain signs.

Knowing that Pat and I would be picking up Vernon, our eldest and wise-cracking son, and his new beautiful bride, Stephanie, at the Dallas airport, Pat and I took their comfort into consideration as we made our antiquing way across the states.

By all means, we definitely did not want to offend our new daughter-in-law with our antiquing ways.

Our Vernon is tolerant, patient and has a witty sense of humor. Yet, if there’s one thing the poor man cannot stand, it is this—a subtle noise, an undetermined squeak, or an annoying peep in the backseat.

While we hadn’t anticipated this scenario during its purchase, it was certainly brought to the forefront when we hit our first bump after purchasing an antique wall phone.

Some fine folks might tremble when pondering irritating an eldest offspring. But you see, the thing with our Vernon is that the more miserable he is, the funnier the situation becomes.

I listened to the cute little “chings” coming out of the antique wall phone across Kansas. I smiled when I heard it chime on the Oklahoma highways, and as we approached the Dallas airport and I heard that subtle ding, I should have felt awful for Vernon.

But I didn’t.

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Vernon is so funny when he’s irritated.

Pat and I were so happy to greet Vernon and Stephanie at the airport. Vernon offered to drive and while the antique phone was doing its thing, I think I was the only one to notice.

The radio was on, we were talking and laughing, and while a small part of me wanted to point it out, I decided to let the ding-dong situation unfold on its own.

We drove to downtown Dallas the next day, (not a small feat) and Vernon navigated while I drove.

With the radio playing he asked, “Is there a Casino around here?”

“I don’t think so,” I said as I managed to muster a straight face.

“Where’s the railroad crossing?” Vernon asked moments later. “I keep hearing this constant dinging.”

“Must be ringing in your ears,” I answered nonchalantly.

Although I smiled to myself over the next day or so, I never let the ball drop, nor the bell toll, I simply let the situation play itself out with a song in my heart.

Until the last day, that is, as we were leaving church, of all things.

“What is that incessant ringing!” Vernon called to the back seat in search of an answer.

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LIMIT (Continued from Page 4) speed limit should be increased above 25 mph.

Urgo added that he felt most of the road fell under a statutory 50 mph criteria, but that the part with a greater concentration of homes could qualify as a “suburban business or residential district” with a 35 mph speed limit.

“I got better things to do then sue the township,” he said. “But, I want to see them post the speed limits in conformance with state and federal law.”

Urgo, who said that he was petitioning for a higher speed limit because motorists were getting ticketed based on allegedly invalid signs, teens bypassing Hawkin Road were speeding through his neighborhood, and the manual for uniform traffic-control devices must be respected, also pointed to the results of both towns’ traffic studies which recommended that the speed limit of Hawkin Road be increased.

“Their hands are basically tied at this point,” he said.

However, Patricia Finlay, a resident of Hawkin Road and former engineer who worked on state highway projects, discovered the Southampton traffic study fell short of its intended scope.

Finaly spent more than 15 minutes in August outlining to the Southampton Committee the errors in the study, including incorrect starting points.

Township Administrator Kathleen D. Hoffman, as the ordinance to return the speed limit to 25 mph was introduced last month, conceded that Southampton’s traffic study did not look at Hawkin Road from just west of Birch Drive in Southampton to the Tabernacle/Southampton border, or the part of the road with the greatest concentration of homes, as it was supposed to.

She used the study’s shortcomings to justify returning the speed limit to 25 mph from just west of Birch Drive in Southampton to the Tabernacle/ Southampton border.

“The portion that is being reduced back to 25 mph is the one, in this traffic study, that they (engineers) did not study,” said Hoffman last month. “So, that area will go back to 25 mph.”

The Southampton Committee has not yet scheduled action to authorize a new traffic study to examine the portion of Hawkin Road that was supposed to be studied, but was said to actually not have been.

Southampton Mayor James F. Young Sr., when reached by phone Wednesday, said the township has no plans to study from just west of Birch Drive in Southampton to the Tabernacle/ Southampton border because as far as the township is concerned, it is a residential area.

Southampton Township Solicitor George Morris said last month that he does expect that the matter will go to court.

Young, however, said Wednesday he is certain that the township can successfully defend the decision if it does.

“If Urgo decides to go after us, I am pretty sure we will defend it and all of the residents who turned out at these meetings will appear in court,” he said. “It is a residential area and there is no need for a traffic study because you have young children and what-not in that area.”

Urgo was not present for Tuesday night’s Southampton Committee meeting. When reached Wednesday by phone, he said there have been three speed studies done on Hawkin Road, one by each municipality, and none of them support a 25 mph speed limit.

“The town is inviting litigation against themselves,” he said. “While not at present am I considering legal action, the New Jersey State Police can issue tickets, but they won’t be valid.

It is fundamental aspect of law that you can’t be issued a citation for violating an ordinance that is not valid.”

Urgo also questioned how Southampton can make the assertion that part of Hawkin Road is residential.

“They admit it hasn’t been studied,” he said.

“How can they make the assertion it is residential.

It makes no sense.”

Urgo added that a traffic study is supposed to allow a municipality to make a determination about how much it can decrease the speed limit from a statutory 50 mph and that it is required to justify such a decrease.

“The point of the traffic study wasn’t to raise the speed limit,” he said. “The traffic studies were done to legally lower the speed limit from

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Southampton Committeeman Ronald Heston said last month that officials cannot return the speed limit back to 25 mph from just west of Birch Drive to the Medford/Southampton line to due to the traffic study performed prior to May’s ordinance.

Finlay, however, alleged in August that some of the errors she found in the traffic study also pertained to this part of the road.

Additionally, after the Southampton Committee voted Tuesday to return the speed limit to 25 mph from just west of Birch Drive in Southampton to the Tabernacle/Southampton border, Finlay discussed a curve that lies in the area where the speed limit was raised to 45 mph.

She brought to the attention of the committee cor respondence between the township’s engineering professionals and solicitor that say the curve has a design speed of 35 mph and that its actual speed limit should be 10 mph below the design speed.

“A letter, part of public record from Parker McCay, refers to the sharp curve that exists in the roadway and because of adjacent conditions, the engineer could not design a super-elevated or banked curve which would have been required to make greater speed through the curve,” said Finlay, before reading from the actual letter. “‘Based on the conditions and restrictions, the curve was designed at 35 mph. The engineer confirms that the design of 35 mph equates to a posted speed limit of 25 mph.’ At present time, it is 45 mph. That is 10 mph over that design speed.”

Fi n l ay ex p r e s s e d c o n c e r n t h at t he correspondence will result in legal ramifications for the township and, in return, cost taxpayers.

“In this letter, it also refers to concern that should there be a bad accident on this road, the township is open to a big problem,” Finlay said.

“You would be responsible and may open up the whole township to a lawsuit.”

Young, in response to Finlay, said he will have an engineer “look into that.” Young on Wednesday said discussions were underway with the township’s engineering professionals and solicitor, but that a new study for this area was not going to be requested.

Hawkin Road resident Lawrence Semprevivo told the Southampton Committee Tuesday night that he has not observed State Troopers patrolling the road during the past few months and felt it may be because they think that they cannot successfully prosecute any speeders due to the uncertainty surrounding the speed limit and anticipated legal challenges.

“Where my home is at is where the new speed zone is and it has become complete chaos,” Semprevivo said. “There are people driving 80 mph down this road now, and I am not exaggerating. It is really quite frightening.”

Semprevivo called on the Southampton Committee to look at installing speed bumps on the road if returning the speed limit to 25 mph does not slow motorists down.

“It is ridiculously out of control right now,” he said of the road paved in 2005, shortly after a teenager was killed in a crash on it—one of at least five deadly Hawkin Road crashes over the past two decades.

Finlay told the committee that since the speed limit was increased, she has observed an increase in the number of motorists passing school buses with their flashing red lights activated.

Heston, following the vote, announced that the township obtained a second mobile speed limit sign for $3,700, after purchasing one a few months ago.

Young said both trailers will be deployed to Hawkin Road to alert motorists that the speed limit has been returned to 25 mph from just west of Birch Drive in Southampton to the Tabernacle/ Southampton line.

“We will have our speed signs out there blinking 25 mph,” Young said. “We’ll also notify the New Jersey State Police (that the speed limit has been returned to 25 mph.)”

Young said the speed signs were purchased with software that will allow the town to monitor how many motorists are speeding and what times of day they are speeding.

“We cannot give tickets out, but at least we know how many people are speeding and we can share that information with the state police,” he said.

Semprevivo, who has two kids, thanked the Southampton Committee for considering their concerns and taking time to come out to Hawkin Road after the outcry.

“You are really a good group of folks and I

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The siding on a house adjacent to the one that caught fire melted.

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The remnants of a motorcycle are visible amid debris in burned-out garage. to the blaze. He added that first responders had the three victims out of the house within five minutes.

The smell of smoke still hung in the air outside the gutted home the following evening when Goodman recalled to the Pine Barrens Tribune how Lore Smith, who had survived two heart attacks, two strokes and had just returned from the hospital a week earlier, had served as kind of a “block mother” for those living nearby.

“She was a loving person who is going to be very much missed by the whole community,” he lamented. “We need more people like her.”

F r a n k We l l s , o n e o f a n u m b e r of other residents of the street who had gathered near the charred remains of the house, now surrounded by yellow tape that partially covered a blue and white wooden sign on which was inscribed a message about guardian angels protecting the house, said the fire victims were very good people.

“They welcomed me to the neighborhood,” Wells recalled.

Goodman said he will particularly miss arguing about football with Lore Smith, who was a loyal Giants enthusiast while he is a fan of the Patriots.

But as upset as he was about the loss of next-

door neighbors of whom he was extremely fond, to say nothing of the damage inflicted on his own home, Goodman, an employee of a Lakewood lumber mill, indicated that the tragedy had made him even more appreciative of living in a closeknit neighborhood whose residents “look out for each other.” He said it also made him proud to be a resident of Pemberton Township.

In fact, he said he doesn’t mind paying taxes to the township after witnessing how the first responders” were “right on itˮ and did everything they could to save the victims. How the fire marshals then proceeded to “clean the garage out piece by piece, including cleaning the floor around the furnace,” trying to determine the cause of the fire also impressed Goodman.

“On behalf of the 500 block of Willow Boulevard, ‘kudos’,” he said.

He added that the episode had also helped him to “appreciate life, period.”

“That’s why you’ve got to be good to people, because you never know.”

Augustoni said that when death results from a fire, it is routine for state and county fire marshals to investigate the origin and cause.

“Coincidentally two brothers died in a house fire on that same street in the 1980s,” Augustoni said.

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