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GIVING THANKS FOR GIVING BACK Parents and Students Recognized for Commitment to Service

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SHAMONG—Debbie and Steve Huffnagle, who selflessly transformed a personal tragedy into a positive learning experience for Cherokee High School students, received the most acclaim at the Lenape Regional High School District’s Board of Education Annual Volunteer Appreciation Night, an event recognizing at least one student and parent from each of the district’s four high schools for their commitment to service in the local community.

“These award recipients have demonstrated a commitment and dedication toward service and volunteerism, as well as leadership that truly inspires others to do the same in their own communities,” said Matthew Webb, assistant superintendent of the Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD).

The Huffnagles, parents of 2010 Cherokee graduate Max Huffnagle, who tragically passed away from an opioid overdose in 2015 and discussed the subject in a Lenape District

Television (LDTV)-produced film “Not Even Once—The Max Huffnagle Story,” were honored as Cherokee’s Parent Volunteers of the Year for their contributions.

“Not Even Once—The Max Huffnagle Story” was also the focal point of a four-day pilot program, Not Even Once, presented this year by the district to all Cherokee seniors as part of its health curriculum. The program emphasized drug awareness with a focus on the personal stories of See GIVING/ Page 15

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BASS RIVER—During the past two decades, Bass River Township has depended on Squad 85 of the Great Bay Regional Squad EMS, which operates out of adjacent Little Egg Harbor Township, as the primary provider of ambulance service for its residents, who are now estimated to number just over 1,400.

But as of the beginning of next month, that will no longer be the case.

Following a special public comment session on the evening of June 12 at which the public was a no-show, the three members of the Bass River Township Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a resolution to contract with another EMS provider, Quality Medical Transport, a commercial firm based in Bayville, Ocean County. The firm maintains a facility off Green Street in Tuckerton that already provides back-up service to Bass River residents for about four out of every 10 emergency calls.

The resolution involved had originally been on the board’s regular meeting agenda the week before, but was put on hold following an executive session in order to allow Mayor Deborah Buzby-Cope to obtain statistics from both Burlington and Ocean counties on Squad 85’s responses to emergency calls, Township Clerk Amanda Somes told the Pine Barrens Tribune.

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Tabernacle Elementary Says Goodbye to Popular Principal

By Mark Hatoff

For the Pine Barrens Tribune

TABERNACLE—Dr. Gerald Paterson, beloved principal of Tabernacle Elementary School for 10 years, will not be returning to the school for the 20192020 school year due to a RIF (reduction in force) approved by the Tabernacle Board of Education on April 29 and was given an emotional sendoff in recent days with both children and staff participating.

The RIF was one of many difficult budgetary decisions the board had to make in recent months, the result of the state significantly reducing aid to the Tabernacle Township School District due to the recent implementation of a new funding formula by Democratic Governor Phil Murphy designed to create what he calls “funding fairness” throughout school systems across the state.

“This was one of the hardest decisions I have had to make in my career,” said Tabernacle Township School District Superintendent Glenn Robbins in a recent phone interview with this newspaper. “We looked at the student population along with the staff population, and looked at where we could cut services and other staff. There was not one area that we wanted to cut from as there are a lot of great people in our district.”

The elimination of Paterson’s position, according to the district, was made on the basis of seniority.

During the upcoming school year, Susan Grosser, principal of the Kenneth R. Olson Middle School in Tabernacle, will also serve as principal of the Tabernacle Elementary School. An assistant principal will be hired to assist Grosser.

“I have been here for two-and a-half years and I valued Gerry’s leadership,” Robbins said. “I consider

him a friend and close personal colleague. That made the decision harder. No one wakes up one day and says, ‘Let’s get rid of somebody.’”

Despite falling victim to the RIF, Paterson had nothing but positive words to say about the district and his school in an interview with this newspaper.

“It has been an amazing 10 years,” said Paterson, a Philadelphia resident who was program supervisor for the Tabernacle School District from 2007-2009, just prior to becoming principal.

A graduate of LaSalle College High School and LaSalle University, Paterson also previously taught science to grades 5-8 at St. James Elementary School in Elkins Park, Pa. He graduated from Holy Family University’s Elementary Teacher Certification Program. After spending eight years teaching in the Cinnaminson School District, he earned a doctorate in educational leadership from Temple University in 2006 and continues to serve since that time as an adjunct college professor at Temple University and Holy Family University.

“I’ve been very fortunate to work with amazing students, amazing staff, wonderful parents and an awesome community,” he said. “I have been very, very blessed, and I am very thankful for my time here and I wish Tabernacle School District only the best as they move forward. I know they have some tough times with the budget, but I’m confident that the school board and superintendent, the rest of the administration and staff will move forward and continue to make the district a great place for students to learn.”

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Outgoing Tabernacle Elementary Principal Dr. Gerald Paterson. by eliminating two full-time art teacher positions, four other positions, and eliminating the director of Curriculum and Instruction position, Robbins told this newspaper that he is still worried about the future of the Tabernacle Township School District.

“The state has put us and 196 other districts in a hard predicament,” he said. “There was $312,000 cut in funding from our school for next year and $198,000 was cut this school year. We’ve lost almost $700,000 in just the last three years.”

Robbins added that the state will not provide school districts with its funding formula for proprietary reasons despite a number of Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests that have been submitted. He said this lack of information has made it difficult for districts like Tabernacle to budget each year.

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Hats Off to the Graduates Congratulations and best wishes to the Class of 2019!

We know you’ve faced challenges along the way, and we recognize the hard work and dedication you’ve put in to stand where you are today in your cap and gown.

As you turn the page to the next chapter, the future

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You can thank the Pinelands Commission, Pinelands Preservation Alliance and other environmental groups for this. If you don’t increase your ratables, base taxes will skyrocket. Even at 3 percent to 4 percent inflation, prices double every 20 years. The state and county preserve land if a so called “nonprofit” buys it. However, the taxes are zero. Small Pinelands towns have few to no services to cut, so the homeowner pays more. As it gets more expensive to live in the Pines, low- or fixed-income residents move out, raising the average income of the community and causing further cuts in state aid. Elected officials in the 8th, 9th and other Pinelands legislative districts should be voted out of office. When a politician worries about getting elected, that is the only time something gets done. Petitions are worthless.

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State Must Act to Save Barnegat Bay Now

Barnegat Bay is a treasure for all who use it, but it is also among the most threatened bodies of water in the nation for pollution.

While the bay has severe environmental problems, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is not addressing them. It is continuing most of former Governor Chris Christie’s failed policies, not dealing with overdevelopment or moving forward on Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) to limit pollutants.

Instead, the agency is putting out small grants and picking up trash. We are concerned if it continues doing this, Barnegat Bay will become New Jersey’s largest stormwater basin and will die.

The NJDEP recently awarded $10 million for small water projects, but not one dime to cap pollutants or for a TMDL plan. The agency has not properly examined effects of sea level rise and climate change on the health of the bay. Fish are already living in storm drains on Long Beach Island. What the NJDEP is doing is a drop in the bucket.

Governor Phil Murphy’s administration has not undone Christie’s rollbacks that allowed for 23,000 more acres of sewer development. The current administration also needs to move forward to fix Coastal Areas Facilities Act (CAFRA) rules that allow 400,000 people in the bay. They need to restore natural systems in the bay. We must limit development

in certain places, while preserving environmentally sensitive areas.

Saving Barnegat Bay will take leadership and work.

The state needs a comprehensive cleanup plan that moves forward on TMDL, sets limits on pollution, limits impervious cover and overdevelopment and addresses climate impacts.

Barnegat Bay generates $4 billion a year in coastal tourism. We need fast action to save the bay for future generations.

Jeff Tittel New Jersey Sierra Club Director Trenton, New Jersey

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Voted to Raise Military Pay, Help Military Families Find Jobs: As part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Kim voted to raise servicemember pay by 3.1 percent. He also passed a bipartisan initiative authored along with Congresswoman Elise Marie Stefanik (R-NY) to help lower the military spouse unemployment rate, which is more than six-times the national average.

Led a Bipartisan Effort to Stop Congressional Pay Raise: Kim was joined by a bipartisan group to stop a proposed pay raise for members of Congress.

Passed Effort to Allow U.S. Navy to Move Fielding of High Energy Laser, Surveillance Systems Forward: Kim passed an effort through the House Armed Services Committee that would bring $40 million in investment and as many as 70 new jobs to New Jersey. The funding was approved through an amendment as part of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act markup, which is expected to be voted on by the full House next month. The jobs would help support a new weapons system that would help keep U.S. Navy ships safer in the face of emerging threats.

Secured Critical Funding to Address Opioid and Addiction Crisis: Working alongside Congressman David Trone (D-MD), Kim helped secure $500 million in funding for opioid and addiction treatment testing.

Passed Effort to Prepare the Joint Base for the Next Superstorm: With superstorms increasing in frequency and intensity, Kim passed an effort through the House Armed Services Committee that will increase preparedness for bases like Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The amendment directs the U.S. Department of Defense to conduct three additional “Black-Start” exercises on joint military installations.

These exercises simulate the impact of an event, such as a natural disaster that cuts electrical power to a joint base, to better prepare base personnel for that possibility. In addition, the amendment would require best practice sharing.

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New Jersey SHARES, JCP&L Representatives Assist Seniors in Getting Utility Assistance

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PEMBERTON—Local seniors in need of help with their energy and utility bills received assistance last week from New Jersey SHARES, Inc., a statewide non-profit corporation with a mission to connect low- and moderate-income households with available resources to meet ongoing needs.

Also assisting seniors were representatives from one of the area’s major electric utility companies.

Jessica Correa, a Development Agency Specialist with New Jersey SHARES, came to the Pemberton Township Senior Citizen on June 11 for an event to help eligible local seniors enroll in utility assistance programs funded by the state and federal government.

All regulated electric utilities within New Jersey cooperate in these programs—and in some cases water, telephone and broadband providers.

Such programs help underprivileged residents with their heating and medically necessary cooling bills. Some of them even make provisions for emergency heating system services and emergency fuel assistance, while others enable home modifications that result in long-term energy savings.

Any senior with income less than the federal poverty level can obtain assistance. A single adult can qualify for assistance if they have a gross monthly income of under $4,163, while a family

of two adults is eligible for assistance if they earn less than $5,637 per month.

New Jersey SHARES accepts monetary donations to help with these important assistance programs. New Jersey SHARES is a safety net for households in an emergency or crisis situation.

Energy companies often match one’s contributions dollar-for-dollar.

Pemberton has two electric utility providers, Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) and Public Service Electric and Gas. JCP&L, with 10,425 customers in Pemberton Township, was represented at the event by Consultant Barbara Shissias, of the Human Services section of the FirstEnergy Utility, Customer Care Coordinator Deiek Sheehan and FirstEnergy Customer Service Supervisor Alta Bachtlin. The three JCP&L representatives assisted locals with electric service needs.

A United Way study states that 37 percent of New Jersey residents are working, but earning less than needed to cover basic living costs.

Those who meet the eligibility requirements for assistance and missed this event can visit New Jersey SHARES’s innovative and secure website, njshares.org, to fill out web-based applications for the various available programs offered.

Educational opportunities, along with socialization, is important for seniors. On the following day, 34 area seniors traveled to Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, Pa. to see the

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In the off chance that you are reading this article in a standing position, please take a moment to Dr. Richard sit down because Weber there is big news in the dental world right now!

For the first time in 20 years, the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) is revising the definitions and classifications for periodontal (gum) disease.

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The current focus is now on what is called “staging” and “grading” periodontal disease.

Staging is essentially determining how severe and complex the periodontal disease is. Grading is a way to determine if and how the disease is progressing. By knowing how severe the disease is, providers can best diagnose patients and they can receive the most appropriate type of “dental cleaning.” Knowing the likelihood for disease progression helps patients understand the risks that

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The major implications for patients are: 1. A focus on risk factors, such as smoking and diabetes, which will help patients understand how their overall health impacts their gum disease.

2. With more practical terms defining periodontal disease, there is hope that dental insurance coverage will better help cover the costs of treatment.

Periodontal disease is such a common problem, and yet there remains a great deal of confusion among patients, dentists, dental hygienists and insurance companies about the best route of treatment for each patient. I am hopeful that a clearly defined pathway for treatment will help get all parties on the same page and patients will be more likely to receive proper oral care.

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Five Natural Ways to Treat Diaper Rash A diaper rash generates misery and sleepless nights for all involved!

When my children were babies, I would prioritize this condition so that we could sleep in peace. In order to treat the condition, I would mix essential oils or clay together with commercial creams, working tirelessly to find the perfect, soothing balm for my children.

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“We’re anticipating almost $2.7 million being cut in the next five to six years,” Robbins said. “This just hits at the heart of our children. I am very worried, since having this money cut from us will make us a shell of a district. This is probably one of the worst years in my professional career, as it probably is also for other districts across the state. Things are getting grimmer and we need to make the community see the hard decisions we have had to face.”

Compliments about Paterson and regrets about his departure have been universal from staff and parents.

“I hope that I am wrong, but I think that his leaving could completely change the atmosphere of our school,” said school parent Amy Gareu, who has a first-grade daughter and fourth-grade son at Tabernacle Elementary.

She mentioned that Paterson helped her son get into a Science, Technology, Education and Math (STEM) summer camp.

“I am not sure if the kids are going to get the same education and friendship as someone who is going back and forth between the two (elementary and middle) schools,” she said.

Guidance Counselor Kim White, who is completing her twentieth year at Tabernacle Elementary, told this newspaper that she is really fortunate to have worked with Paterson.

“He listens and he cares,” she said. “We will miss him terribly. He will be our loss and someone else’s gain. He is very authentic and would do anything for the kids. He is just real and the kids love him.”

Stephanee Kwelty, a long-time fourth-grade teacher at Tabernacle, who is also a parent of a third grader at the school, as well as a former student now in sixth grade, noted that Paterson would always make appearances in the school’s classrooms to play his guitar, show slides of a trip to Berlin and paint with kids during art lessons.

“He is 100 percent involved and always wants to see the kids succeed,” Kwelty said. “When my older son, who has food allergies, was in third grade,

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“Dr. Paterson spent a whole lunch and time after school planning with him, giving the opportunity to him so that he could be included. We have had the tournament for two years now.”

In his final days at Tabernacle Elementary, Paterson, according to long-time Administrative Assistant Donna O’Malley, was given a Book of Memories prepared by the school’s children.

“That was a whole school project,” she said.

“Some classrooms also did individual Books of Memories.”

Additionally, a staff luncheon was held in his honor on June 17 where he was sent off with a “gift of luggage” as his new school district is sending him on trips, according to O’Malley. Paterson was also the recipient of a Plaque of Thanks from the Home and School Association.

“It’s been wonderful to work with Gerry for the past 10 years and the next principal has pretty big shoes to fill,” O’Malley said. “He knows every kid’s name and comes to every event. He always sits and listens to his staff and to parents. When they have a concern, he always finds the best solution.”

Paterson, who declined to name the school district he will soon be working for, said he is excited about the new opportunity that awaits him and is confident that Tabernacle Elementary will continue to grow without him.

“One of the most important things to understand is that there is going to be change and change doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing,” said Paterson, who is currently working with Grosser on transition planning. “It can be very positive. It is the one constant in education and I think we all, at times, need to change, because it makes us better educators.

“I consider this place to be my second family,” he said. “I will continue to be their biggest cheerleader and only hope for success with this school district.

We have a lot of awesome people here and I’m confident that this will continue to be a great place for kids to learn.”

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Cherokee Graduates Urged to Be ‘Generation That Never Forgets Love, Laughter’

By Kevin Callahan

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EVESHAM—Four years ago, when Alexis Armstrong was a freshman at Cherokee High School, she had an insightful conversation with a new graduate of the school.

“Shaye McGoey told me that I would be a leader one day and would be successful here,” Armstrong recalled about the former Cherokee Chiefs’ basketball star.

Armstrong certainly proved McGoey prophetic, as she not only became a leader, but the salutatorian for the Cherokee Class of 2019.

The high-rising lights were on at William H. Foltz Stadium June 17, and were especially bright for early evening, since dark rain clouds hovered overhead when Armstrong encouraged her classmates wearing white and brown robes “to be the generation that never forgets love and laughter.”

A downpour an hour earlier had dampened the turf field, but not the spirits of the 519 graduates and the thousands of spectators at Cherokee’s 42nd annual commencement exercises.

Both bleachers were filled like a Friday night football game against Shawnee, and the hills surrounding the scoreboards—with 20:19 on the clock and 20-19 as the score—was rimmed with family and friends in lawn chairs.

Senior Class President Rachel Martin applauded her classmates for “taking advantage of all that Cherokee has to offer.”

Supervisor Shannon Bretz saluted graduates with straight A’s (Russell Abate, Ian Aquino, Gabriela Calderon, Caraline Christie, Matthew Goffin, Emily Kramer, Collin Mahoney, Harrison Olt, Andrew Palmer, Emily Paluba, Zhudi Pan, Aayushi Parikh and Armstrong),

along with seven students who had perfect attendance (John Boyle, Kyra Connolly, James Fell, Jason Gruber, Alex Kaup, Kara Rosner and Taylor Slade), before wishing the graduates “best of luck” as they continue their journey “beyond the walls of Cherokee High School.”

Athletic Director Scott Agnew congratulated over 250 award winners as a whole before singularly recognizing the seniors who were going into the military: Brian Hysler (U.S. Navy), Gwendolyn Kline-Daley (U.S. Navy), Tyler Lanza (U.S. Navy), Gary Nofer (U.S. Marine Corps.), Zachary Rubin (U.S. Navy), Shane Silver (U.S. Air Force), Maximus Voiro (U.S. Navy) and Jacob Witham (U.S. Marine Corps.).

The skies remained threatening when Martin and Student Council President Nicholas Colucci received their diplomas first so they could continue a four-decade Cherokee tradition of the heads of class presenting the rest of the graduating class with their diplomas.

Armstrong was joined on the graduation stage in the middle of the Chiefs’ famed football field by classmate Parikh, who was the valedictorian for the Class of 2019.

“It means I worked really hard to get the chance to represent my class,” said Parikh, who will attend Rutgers University in New Brunswick majoring in Cell Biology and Neuroscience with the plan to attend medical school and ultimately become a surgeon.

Parikh’s message to her peers was that there is so much more to do in life beyond high school.

“This is just the start,” Parikh said. “…We have a lot of potential, so we should use it.

We have a chance to make a positive impact in the world.”

Parikh, who was a swimmer at Cherokee for three years, played the piano in the Cherokee Jazz Ensemble during all four years of high school and was editor of the school paper, said in an interview before the ceremony that one of her favorite classes was Latin.

“Some friends told me about Latin my freshman year and how it was really cool and so I took it all four years, and it was really amazing” Parikh said. “I hope to take it in college. I feel very lucky here, there are so many resources and all the teachers are really helpful. Even though Cherokee has a lot of people, it still feels like one big family.”

As more raindrops began to fall 50 minutes into the ceremony, Parikh asked her classmates to stand and flip their tassels from right to left signifying they were now alumni.

Armstrong will attend Boston College and major in Biology on a pre-med path with the plan of being a doctor with the intention of working in a hospital.

“Cherokee has prepared me by offering classes that are rigorous and classes that pushed me to be the best possible person I can be,” Armstrong said. “Also, the teachers are extremely helpful and they will go out of their way to help if you don’t understand something…they are willing to help you anyway they can.”

Armstrong is particularly grateful for George Speck, who taught her honors chemistry.

“He would stay after school and do problems with me and explain things so I can remember them,” Armstrong said. “He also allowed me to realize that I really liked the science field.”

Armstrong, who played both basketball and softball for the Cherokee Chiefs, received a

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MEDFORD—Although stormy weather passing through Medford Township forced officials to move Lenape High School’s 59th annual graduation ceremony indoors to the school’s South Gym, it didn’t diminish the enthusiasm of the 435 seniors who graduated on June 17, nor their supporters.

Themes of “overcoming fear of failure” and “doing for others” dominated student speeches heard during the commencement exercises, including those from Valedictorian Priya Paresh Shah and Salutatorian Ashley Nicole Zavodnick.

Before Shah and Zavodnick spoke, however, Senior Class President Branden Nathan Spitzer touted the Lenape Class of 2019 as being trendsetters.

“We were the first to hold a dance in the courtyard and now every class since then has,” said Spitzer, who was later recognized as being one of six students graduating with straight A’s throughout high school, along with Shah, Zavodnick, Martina Diao, Allen Sha and Brian Charles Nasielski. “We came in second at Pride Day (a high-school wide competition) as freshmen. Mr. Lenape (a student skit/talent show) was sold out for the first time, we had the highest ever turnout for senior pinning and we had the highest percentage of Senior Day of Service involvement in a long time. Our academic achievements have notably been above average.”

Zavod n ick, who is bound for t he University of Maryland as a Cell Biology and Neuroscience major, spent much of her time, when not studying, in service to others. She tutored other students in math at the school’s

tutoring center, participated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and served in the Lenape Community Service Club. She was also part of the National Honor Society, Latin Club and manager of the softball team in her final year.

“I da re you to persist in ga in ing knowledge,” said Zavodnick, who counted AP Biology teacher Bridget Rubin and AP Chemistry teacher Kimberly Condurso as her favorite Lenape instructors. “I dare you to change someone’s life for the better. Find someone who needs your help and willingly give it. Offer to pay for someone’s groceries who may be struggling. Invite those with no family of their own to spend holidays with yours. Take time to tell someone how much you appreciate them. These seemingly small gestures might mean the world to someone.”

Zovodnick, who has a twin sister Jessica also graduating, also dared her fellow students to learn to accept failure.

“I often found in the past that I either want to do something and I am going to do it very well, or if I don’t think I am going to do it very well, I decide that I won’t do it at all,” she said. “I regret doing that. I think that people should be OK with taking classes to challenge themselves and taking a risk on an assignment or project. Stop making excuses for why you didn’t get the grade you wanted, why you didn’t make the team or why you lost the game. Instead, make excuses for why you can’t give up. The worst that will happen is that you will have to try again.”

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“In order to grow, you have to live at the edge of your capabilities. You have to live in a way in which you’re constantly pushing yourself.

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Shah concluded her address to the graduates by noting that the only thing standing between them and their dreams is the limit that they set for themselves, or worse, the limits they allow someone else to set for them.

“Measure your success in joy and go forth fearlessly,” she said. “It took a great support system for me to get here. I have been constantly surrounded by love. If anyone is questioning whether they can be a valedictorian, it can definitely happen. I was a kid who got straight C’s in fourth grade.

It is something that anyone can work for. It is not something you have to be born with.”

Lenape Student Council President Trevor Reece Montgomery left the graduates with sage advice.

“The blockbuster movie, ‘Up’, which just happens to be our class theme this year, is famous for a line, ‘Adventure is out there’,” he said. “After this point forward, you get to create your own adventure.”

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Hum id conditions inside the unairconditioned gym, with industrial-size fans providing little relief, forced officials to abbreviate the ceremony, with Lenape Principal Anthony Catani and Lenape Regional High School District Assistant Superintendent Matthew Webb both forgoing their prepared speeches. Musical selections by the Lenape Chorus were also canceled.

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PEMBERTON—Pemberton Township Superintendent of Schools Tony Trongone, quoting former president Theodore Roosevelt, advised over 250 graduates of Pemberton Township High School (PTHS) to “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” during a June 18 commencement ceremony.

“Your success will be based on the investment you place in yourself through your hard work and belief in yourself,” he added.

Trongone’s speech was short and to the point in light of threatening weather at the William McDowell Athletic Field.

The procession of graduates started around 6 p.m., followed by Principal Eder Joseph’s introduction, the presentation of colors by the JROTC Color Guard and the singing of the national anthem by Kathryn Hightower, Makenziy McClure, Maya Pacheco and Carly Tracy.

Senior Class President Daishaun Cavanaugh gave the official welcome, talking about the power of his generation to achieve great things. He cited examples of individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank, who greatly influenced the world at young ages, as well as young athletes and others who have set new records.

He also pointed out that half of all the graduates at PTHS will be first-generation college students.

Salutatorian Emily Ruzicka shared her appreciation for all the people and moments she has had in the past four years, all of which have shaped her into the person she is and will become.

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and dedicated staff who are great at preparing students for college and provide guidance for what might be a good path.”

Ruzicka also spoke about the bond that developed among her classmates, who “leaned on one another, struggled and developed.”

The emotions that come into play at this time are all over the board, she said, “from anticipation, excitement and happiness to nervousness and uncertainty.”

“Dare to be brave,” Ruzicka advised. “Know you have done the best you can to prepare.”

Ruzicka, who will be entering the Washington & Jefferson Medical Scholars Program with the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, will be majoring in psychology at Washington & Jefferson College. She will then move on to study psychiatry.

Valedictorian Robert Reid spoke about taking “the road less traveled,” or advice often given to graduates. He noted that clichés like this often miss the mark for young people looking to take their next steps in life.

He explained that early on in his academic career at PTHS, he was seen as the new kid walking in someone else’s shadow, which he said he found frustrating as he wanted to seen as his own person.

He has since learned, however, that “it is not how the road starts that is important; it is how the road goes beyond to further the path…and that which paves the road for others.”

Reid will be going to Rutgers New Brunswick for bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering, while also double majoring in biomedical engineering. His goal is

to learn how to make augmented prosthetics, or robotic arms and legs and wearable technology.

He thanked everyone who helped him along the way, giving special mention to his science teacher, Walter Stark, for being his mentor and encouraging him to learn not only in the classroom, but out in the real word as well.

Assistant Principals Ron Dickenson and Danielle Strother recognized the accomplished graduates who have earned a scholarship and/ or award.

Ida Smith, chief academic officer, recognized graduates who participated in a College Acceleration Program (CAP) and received credits for college-level courses taken through universities such as Rowan, while enrolled in their high school classes. About 20 students took advantage of this opportunity, with one graduate, Madilyn Kirby, receiving as many as 36 college credits.

In addition to numerous students graduating with scholastic honors (4.0 GPA weighted minimum), students were recognized for their participation in the Aerospace/Science/ Technology/Engineering & Math Academy (Christian Barkley, Daishaun Cavanaugh, Joseph Ditaranto, David Doty, Kiernan King, Alexander Massimino, Marissa Przemelewski, Robert Reid, Atomu Saul, and Donovan Stewart) and JROTC ( Cameron Begley, Alexandria Beyers, Kayla Buckelew, Sebastian Desmarais, David Doty, Sarah Gaffney, Austin Hitchner, Joshua Holmes, Julianna McCarthy, Austin Park, Sean Rodgers, Andrew Schoenhofer and Nicole Shotzberger.)

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“Now it’s time to be an adult,” said the elder Bongiovanni.

Kyle Bongiovanni will be heading to the U.S. Coast Guard’s boot camp. He has one brother there and another in the marines, both of whom are stationed in San Diego. His older sister chose a different path, as an accountant.

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LITLLE EGG HARBOR—It was almost as if the inspirational and congratulatory speeches delivered at the graduation ceremony for some 169 Pinelands Regional High School seniors on the late afternoon of June 17 were deliberately accentuated by a message from Mother Nature.

As if to underscore the reminders of how those graduates had to make it through a particularly disruptive two years of displacement in an overcrowded junior high-school facility while the senior-high building underwent extensive renovations, the threatening weather not only caused the ceremony to be rescheduled from the evening to the late afternoon, but to be rearranged so diplomas were handed out first in the event of a sudden cloudburst.

But despite the midsummer-like heat and humidity and uncertain skies, the outdoor event, which took place on the athletic field of the still out-of-commission high school, went off with nary a hitch just as those seniors managed to navigate all the turmoil and rack up some extraordinary achievements in the process.

What the graduates experienced was perhaps best summed up by Co-Valedictorian Catherine Coverdale, who made a point of the difference between the media’s and public’s perceptions of the situation at Pinelands and that of the students who experienced it firsthand.

“They did not see our daily routines

in which we succeeded in establishing normalcy,” she said. “They did not experience the academic progress and success of our class, or the impressive college acceptances or the dedication and pride of our student athletes. Finally, they did not observe the unwavering professionalism of our teachers as they continued to teach and support their students.”

Coverdale then recounted how the class had turned what was expected to be a “rough year” into “many fun, new experiences,” from staging the very first senior field day to kicking off the reopening of the high school gym with a successful Mr. Pinelands event.

“In your future endeavors, remember that it is your perspective that makes all the difference,” she reminded her classmates.

Remarking on her own personal perspective that “everything happens for a reason,” she also noted how she had started life as “an abandoned female baby in China” who was found inside a box with only the clothes on her back and a bottle— the result of that country’s one-child policy.

“My story has always been a source of pride for me,” Coverdale declared. “From one day old, I overcame seemingly insurmountable odds.”

It was something she said had shown her that “anything is possible.”

Thanking Coverdale for her “amazing speech” and for “being an amazing friend,” her co-valedictorian, Alyssa Vitiello, after also observing how together, the Class of 2019 had faced adversity, overcome obstacles and

triumphed, proceeded to offer a perspective of her own.

Noting how graduation, while an exciting time, is “also a terrifying one” and that many of her classmates suffered from doubts and concerns about their future path, she revealed that “there were times this year when I also felt lost” and “felt like a fraud to be at the top of my class without any real direction.”

To h elp “a l lev ia t e s om e of t h a t apprehension,” Vitiello then shared some advice from her father: “that no matter what choice I make, it would be the right one. Not because I magically made the right decision, but because I would do everything within my power to make it the right one.”

“You see, we are all in control of our own lives,” Vitiello declared. “We control the things we do and we control our reactions to the adversity we face.”

She urged her classmates to remember that “anything worth having is difficult to attain,” and that the definition of success is different for everyone.

“Remember this when you start to question the validity of your impact: if we all became doctors, there would be no one to build our homes; if we all became celebrities, there would be no one to teach the next generation,” Vitiello said. “We all have different passions and different talents; we are all important parts of not only this community, but this country and this world.”

Senior Class Co-Presidents Alexandra Heck and Andrew Schulz also offered messages of hope and encouragement to their

classmates.

After asserting that she “couldn’t ask for a better school” and thanking its teachers, as well as expressing her gratitude to her parents and EMS Squad 85 for helping her reach her goals, Heck reminded the graduates that they must start to look forward from here.

“Some of us may go on to save lives, change policies or raise the next generation to come,” Heck said. “Remember, changing the world takes small action from ever one of us.”

Schulz pointed out, that despite all the obstacles it faced, the 2019 graduating class “was the most achieving athletic class in the history of Pinelands,” with “over 15 division titles in all sports from all seasons,” among other distinctions, including winning backto-back Shore Conference championships.

“None of that would have been possible without our great coaches, of course, but this is just another lasting legacy our class will leave on Pinelands,” he asserted.

Also addressing the graduates and their families were departing Principal Shaun Banin, who presided over the ceremony, Dist r ict Super intendent Dr. Mel issa McCooley, Pinelands Regional Board of Education President Susan Ernst and Little Egg Harbor Township Mayor Barbara Jo Crea.

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M E DF OR D — He av y dow np ou r s and the th reat of lightning dur ing Shawnee High School’s Class of 2019 Commencement exercises did not dampen the graduates’ excitement over their final day as seniors, a summer of no homework and a future of unknown possibilities.

A total of 397 students received diplomas on Monday evening as proud parents, relatives and friends crowded into the school’s gymnasium, auditorium and classrooms to watch the ceremony, which was held indoors for the first time in years due to the inclement weather.

The audiences were greeted with the heavenly a cappella voices of the Shawnee Ensemble, while the Shawnee Wind Ensemble flawlessly played “Pomp and Circumstance,” the traditional processional march, as the graduates entered the gym.

Once everyone was assembled, senior Shawnee Singers sang the national anthem.

Senior Class President Owen Blemlek, as the first student to speak during the exercise, told his classmates to never forget their roots.

“Medford and Medford Lakes is our home and these communities have given us so much, and so many memories,” he said. “Friends and memory moments are home.”

Valedictorian Jacob Delancy spoke— sometimes humorously, sometimes ser iously— about how power ful a n individual can be when they strive for excellence, take ownership of personal decisions and remain true to one’s self.

“I challenge you to come out of the next four years still being true to yourself,” said Delancy, who was involved with cross country and tennis at Shawnee, all while participating in the school’s Debate Club.

Delancy, prior to the ceremony, told this newspaper that he plans to attend Villanova University in the fall and major in Mecha n ica l Engineer ing, while pursuing a minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship. He added that he looks forward to earning his Professional Engineering license, pointing out that one of Shawnee’s Science, Technology, E n g i n e e r i n g a n d M a t h (S T E M ) teachers, Stefani Kirk, inspired him and maintained his level of interest in the engineering and STEM fields during all four years of high school.

“I always wanted to be an engineer,” said Delancy, who also served as class president dur ing his freshman and sophomore years, remained on student council throughout high school and was active in the Technical Student Association (TSA). “My dad was in STEM sales and my brother is a chemical engineer.”

Salutatorian Aditya Deshmukh, duing the graduation ceremony, challenged the graduates to ask themselves, “How can I contribute to society?”

“Our nation was founded on the principles of volunteerism and service,” he said. “Be an active citizen—we are the ones who will change the world. We can’t rely on older generations to make changes. We are the ones who have frontrow seats to (witness) world suffering. We are resourceful and resilient.”

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“I hadn’t initially really considered a military career, but during my junior year, my brother did a summer program at both West Point Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy,” he said in an interview with this newspaper. “He told me how great the schools were and about military culture. That summer I visited the schools and made my decision.”

Besides i mp e ccable g rades a nd character, another requirement of gaining entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy is to have a personal referral by a local legislator, which Deshmukh received last year. “(Former) Congressman Tom McArthur interviewed me and wrote a letter to the admiral recommending my acceptance into the Naval Academy,” said Deshmukh, who was a co-captain of Shawnee’s Varsity Tennis team (with Delancy) and became involved with the school’s soccer team, Renaissance Club and Spanish Club.

“Jacob’s and my grades, all our activities and our high level of achievements did not come to us by sitting back. It wasn’t easy—we worked hard.”

In addition to Deshmukh, four other Shawnee students plan to enter military service after graduation: Kaili Nicole Beck, U.S. Coast Guard; George Michael Vernon Blackwell, U.S. Army ROTC at Seton Hall; Sean Hughes Riley, U.S. Coast Guard; and Marc Voorhees, U.S. Army ROTC at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

T he s en ior s r e c og n i z e d du r i ng commencement for achieving straight A’s during all four years in high school: Joshua Timothy Atwater, Gina Nicole Chryssofos, Aditya Deshmukh, Emma M. Fortino, Leah Faith Ginion, Charlotte Rose Mandy and Maria Sangataldo.

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(Continued from Page S13) “Regardless of where we go next, we will always have Seneca,” Mikulski said.

He then imparted practical wisdom: “Don’t be that person who flunks out in your first semester at college!”

Valedictorian Shannen Preble shared the Walt Disney-inspired wisdom that has guided her thus far.

“Work hard to achieve your dreams, and don’t let obstacles deter you,” she said, although acknowledging that not everyone will achieve their dreams, which may also change along the way. “With dedication and hard work, you’ll still find something you’re passionate about… you can accomplish your goals in another way.”

Preble said she has been influenced by a four-year engineering course she took at Seneca called Project Lead the Way, which opened her eyes to her strengths and potential career paths. She also found her involvement with the robotics team at Seneca very fulfilling.

The valedictorian, who is planning to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute to study engineering and will have a dual major along with chemistry or physics, has identified various goals, including conducting a project abroad to help people living there and conducting

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class. “You will be presented with hurdles that may at times seem insurmountable, but it is in those instances that you must rise up and show your true character, just as you have throughout your time here.”

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Seneca Principal Jeffrey Spector told the graduates that every one of them is making a difference. As an example, he cited two former Seneca graduates he met recently, one, a cancer survivor, and another who has a career in law enforcement and is also a volunteer firefighter.

“They have both made a difference and are a positive influence,” he said. “…You are all members of the Seneca legacy. Make it a great one.”

Bradley Bauer, Seneca’s assistant principal, presented the award for perfect attendance for all four years to Bruce Kirschbaum, Jr. He also named nine students who received straight A’s for four years: Boisvert, David Eakin, Kirschbaum, Jr., Matthew Kustrup, Owen Lovett, Leigha Novelli, Preble, Pronchick and Linden Webb.

Bauer also recognized six students for their commitment to military service: Dennis

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Some 51 graduates were recognized for their place in the National Honor Society.

Additionally, over 65 different scholarships and/or financial awards have been bestowed upon deserving graduates.

was thrown at them while always remaining positive. She then recounted how last June she had met with a small group of students to discuss the upcoming year, being fully prepared to listen to complaints and concerns about the unfairness of their situation.

“Instead, to my surprise, I met with young adults that were fully prepared with a list of ideas, requests and solutions,” McCooley said.

The Class of 2019 refused to allow a change in physical placement to ruin their senior year.”

Ernst encouraged the graduates to show special gratitude to their parents and extended families.

“It is they who have taught you how to fly,” she said. “For years, they have kissed your boo boos, have taught you what is morally right and wrong, paced the floor awaiting your homecoming and encouraged your independence while listening to you rant.”

The school board president then pointed out that many of those parents were more than likely holding back tears of joy and sadness.

“Use the sleeve of your graduation gown to dry their tears—because they have always dried yours,” she said.

Crea urged the seniors, in looking around at their fellow graduates, to “realize that there are future doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and teachers, artists, accountants, public servants and maybe even a future mayor sitting right beside you.”

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These Days We’ll Just Let the Jungle Grow It is hard to believe that nearly a decade and a half could take such a toll on a woman’s body. However, it is true.

Fourteen years ago, I crawled out of bed with Lori Clinch nary an ache, not one single catch and (this is huge) COLUMNIST I didn’t moan as I moved.

I use this dateline as a guide because 2004 was the year that my husband and I, along with our four sons, spent the bulk of our time building our new home. their big boy jobs with yards of their own.

My husband, Pat, is a builder and, as such, he was This year, once winter finally released us of its the supervisor and we were his crew. I wouldn’t say nasty clutches, I walked out into what looked like that the boys and I whistled while we worked, but we a jungle in the flower beds. The Creeping Charlies certainly got the job done. I reminded my husband had all but choked out the Hydrangeas, the crabgrass every-so-often that he was not the boss of me. had taken over the Spotted Nettie, and worse yet, Pat called us the “B” crew because we worked in Dandelions had an all-out invasion going on where the evenings and he had the “professionals” work the Butterfly bushes had been. during the day.

Unlike my vibrant and energetic self those many We framed, insulated and painted the walls, laid years ago, I looked at the task that lay before me and the wood floors and grouted tile like it was our job. I I have to tell you, I wasn’t feeling it. am here to contend that the “B” crew had it going on!

Back in the day I would have pulled the weeds The last, but certainly not the least of the tasks and felt refreshed and renewed. “Look!” I would that the “B” crew tackled alongside their illustrious have exclaimed to our four sons as I did my best leader, was the flower beds. Pat, being a man who to push them on, “Why it is practically addicting! doesn’t like sprinklers “liming up” the bricks, put We are giving the flowerbeds new meaning! We are those beds all around the house. breathing new life into the Jack Mantis Clematis!

“Let us hire someone to do it,” I suggested over a Whatever could be more rewarding?” “kitchen table” that consisted of a two by six sitting This year, as I wore my sweat pant shorts that on two sawhorses. sport a pocket to hold my sunblock, Chapstick and His response was, “You’re crazy!” a Kleenex to dab at the parts of my face affected by To the tune of, “Alrighty then!” the boys and my recently obtained mid-life allergies, I looked at I helped him create those beds post-haste and in an obnoxious weed that had the audacity to grow up doing so, placed and dispersed landscaping fabric in the middle of a rose bush and asked, “Really?” and river rock all around the premises.

I could tackle those flower beds and do them As a woman, it was my God-given right to step justice. I could spend eight-hours a day, four days back and watch my family of men toil the soil and a week and have them looking nothing less than tackle this tedious task, but I jumped in with both the phenomenal. However, the fact is, the mind is feet, and although I felt I was working like a man, willing but the flesh is weak and she has a bum back.

I was criticized for wearing cute flip flops.

I could do it, but I just don’t want to.

Working like a man doesn’t mean you have to “Let us hire some help to weed the flower beds,” look like one.

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In the years that followed, I utilized those His response was, “You’re crazy!” four sons of ours every spring to dead head the Looks like we might be living in our newfound flowerbeds, cut back the vegetation overgrowth jungle for a while. But I am not playing Jane to and tackle the weeds. his Tarzan!

They hated it to say the least. But I held things like Playstation over their heads and threatened to hold back life-sustaining things like ice cream if they refused to free the mums of winter’s debris.

Lori Clinch was born and raised in North Platte, Nebraska, Oh, how I long for the day again when I can hold a hotbed of material for writers whose passion it is to make video games over their heads in exchange for hard people laugh. She is the mother of four sons and the author working labor. These days they are off and working of the book “Are We There Yet?” © 2019 LORI CLINCH

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The primary reason given for making the switch, the advisability of which was discussed among the commissioners for about 30 minutes, was that the response rate from the all-volunteer Great Bay squad had substantially declined from about 80 percent in past years to about 60 percent on average in recent months, according to the mayor.

“With 80 percent, we always felt, OK, and that we could live with that,” Buzby-Cope said.

Commissioner Louis Bourguignon then responded that, “You can’t play percentages

with people’s lives.” and that he did not feel it was right “letting this go on.”

As the concern about delays in response time were discussed by the board, Bourguignon noted that the governing body has a “responsibility to its residents.” He added that the “golden hour” in which a heart attack or stroke victim’s life is in the balance is jeopardized by them having to wait an additional 15 minutes for an ambulance when the volunteer squad is unable to respond.

“I am fortunate I am an EMT, but I cannot be at everybody’s residence,” he said.

The switch in EMT responders will also have financial implications for Bass River residents who require emergency service.

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take it up with the company,” Somes told this newspaper.

One apparent source of the commission’s unhappiness with Squad 85 was its having been notified that the volunteer service planned to send a “cost-recovery incentive letter” to patients to whom it had provided service soliciting a donation from them. The letter, Buzby-Cope said, “was not something that we wanted to take part in,” since, as Deputy Mayor Nicholas Capriglione indicated, it might make financially pressed residents feel obliged to make such a contribution lest they be kept waiting in the event that they again needed an ambulance.

Another concern was that a sufficient number of ambulances were unavailable to the township in the event of multiple emergencies. The mayor said that Quality had told her it had three at the start of each day and “two there at all times.”

“That is huge,” Buzby-Cope said.

The mayor also noted that Tuckerton is “very happy that they have Quality,” which the borough has been using for the past five years.

When Capriglione indicated he wished members of the public had been at the special meeting to weigh in on these issues, the mayor noted that “we can make a decision tonight,” or table the matter until the next regular meeting.

Bourguignon, however, said that he didn’t feel confident the commission could “keep kicking the can down road.”

“That is what everybody does, all these politicians, until something catastrophic happens,” he said.

Buzby-Cope and Somes also expressed disappointment that Squad 85 representatives had failed to accept an invitation to meet with

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township officials to try to work out some of these problems.

“That is not how professional organizations should run,” Somes said. “That doesn’t solve anything.”

Capriglione, at that point, called for action to be taken without further delay.

“If we lose a resident or a child because we decided we don’t want to change the status quo, I don’t think I could live with myself,” he declared.

In seconding the motion to vote on the resolution made by Bourguignon, however, the deputy mayor noted that the board is “not locked in with Quality” due to a 30-day withdrawal stipulation that will allow the township to make sure it is comfortable with the new arrangement.

The commissioners also approved the issuance of a $6,000 check to Squad 85, which would cover its services for the first six months of the year. The check, the board said, will include an accompanying letter thanking the squad for their services. Capriglione expressed the hope that the volunteer service would continue to perform “in good faith” for the duration of the month of June.

As for any situations in which the new ambulance service provider may not always be able to show up in a timely manner, the township will rely on EMS units in adjacent Galloway Township (in Atlantic County) and Washington Township, as well as hoping that Squad 85 will continue to be on stand-by if needed.

“Thank God we’ve got our own first responders (with the township’s volunteer fire department),” Capriglione added.

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(Continued from Page 1) Cherokee graduates who are recovering heroin addicts and some, like Max Huffnagle, who weren’t so lucky.

“I am honored to recognize Debbie and Steve for giving the students, parents and families of Cherokee their heart through sharing their son Max’s journey,” said Cherokee Principal Donna Charlesworth. “I met the Huffnagles at the (Marlton-based) King’s Photo Contributed Crusade’s Inaugural Max Huffnagle O pioid Epidem ic Conference in 2017, where I also met (Evesham) Chief of Police Christopher Chew who told me about the Not Even Once program. After the Huffnagles heard the other stories at the conference, they said that they wanted to do something. The Not Even Once program at Cherokee quickly progressed and LDTV got involved.”

As shown in the film, Max Huffnagle started out as a normal, happy kid with loving parents and a great relationship with his younger brother Aaron. He also had earned his junior black belt in karate when he was nine years old, was an accomplished ice hockey and lacrosse player, and was a good student who got along well with all of his teachers.

Max Huffnagle was also someone who was kind and “treated everyone the same,” according to his mother, Debbie, who described how her son was part of a “great family dynamic” and could be “really happy about anything.”

Max Huffnagle’s father, Steve, characterized his son in the film as a young man who could develop friendships very easily because he was easy to get along with and “very conscious of other people’s feelings.”

But things started to change for Max Huffnagle, according to the video, when he began smoking marijuana just before starting high school. He

eventually got hooked on painkillers.

That set him on a path that ended when he was found dead from a heroin overdose in 2015 at age 23.

“The Huffnagles knew they could make a difference,” said Charlesworth during the volunteer appreciation night. “Thank you, Debbie and Steve, for sharing Max’s battle with addiction in the hopes of preventing another parent, another student and another family from fighting or suffering. Thank you for the efforts you have taken to take the stigma away from those that lost to addiction. You have given our students a chance to make an informed choice before the disease of addiction takes that choice away from them.”

The other district parent volunteer awards were presented to Lory Cole (not in attendance), for her work with the Lenape Boys Lacrosse Booster Club and the school’s football team; David Gutwirth, who, with his wife Becca has been involved with the Shawnee Band Parents Association for seven years, including coordinating the band’s craft show fundraisers for the past five years; and Mark Jasinski, who has served as vice president of the Seneca 12th Man Club (football booster club) for the last three years.

Student honorees were Caroline Small from Cherokee, Gabrielle Roberts from Seneca High School, Jacob Delancy from Shawnee High School and Cyndi-Lea (Mia) Miller from Lenape High School.

“This is our ninth year recognizing one student from each of our high schools,” Webb said. “The purpose of the award is to encourage student participation in community service. These four very special students (all seniors) really stand out. They go beyond participating in community service. They are leaders and influencers.”

Small was recognized primarily for her work in creating and running a Sign Language Club at Cherokee. The senior led the club in making t-shirts to raise money for the purchase of sign language dictionaries. The dictionaries were then distributed to children at a local school who are hearing impaired.

“Caroline’s interest in sign language began with a People-to-People student ambassador trip to Italy, where she visited a school for disabled children,” Charlesworth said. “It was there that she met a toddler who was hearing impaired, couldn’t speak and was

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Pictured from left to right are Rick Miller (accepting award for his daughter Cyndi-Lea Miller), Caroline Small, Jacob Delancy and Gabrielle Roberts. trying to express herself. After the trip, Caroline was determined to learn sign language and teach it to others.

She created a club that now has over 80 members.”

Small has also volunteered with Special Olympics and Cathedral Kitchen in Camden and participates in a church mission trip each summer to repair houses and install Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant ramps.

“I think that a lot of teenagers who are my age don’t realize the impact we can have when we are all coming together to volunteer,” said Small in a video that was shown during the volunteer appreciation night.

At Lenape, Miller served as a student leader for the school’s Challenge Day, a program designed to promote inclusivity and a positive school culture.

Miller has also volunteered to assist special needs students and organized a letter-writing campaign to recognize Special Education teachers at Lenape.

As part of a Foundations of Leadership Class Miller took at Lenape, she participated in Operation Santa, a program that provides gifts for children during the holiday season. Her father, Rick Miller, accepted the award in her absence.

Roberts, who was presented with the Seneca award, has been a leader in the school’s Peer Training Program through the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). She has also participated in Thanksgiving drives with her mom

to assist less fortunate families and collected personal hygiene items for Distributing Dignity, a program that supports underserved women who are victims of domestic violence.

Delancy’s Eagle Scout project was at the YMCA Camps in Medford where he coordinated more than 40 volunteers to donate a combined 200 hours of service to restore Cherokee Beach. They collectively restored the beach with 25 tons of beach sand, built a new boat rack and cleaned up winter debris.

Delancy, while a senior at Shawnee, also served as a member of the Medford Township’s Neighborhood Services Advisory Committee. Now a Shawnee graduate as of Monday, he continues in this capacity for now where he helps construct e-newsletters and organizes welcome kits for new community members.

Each student award winner received a $250 scholarship from Goodwill Industries, which has been the recipient of the district schools’ annual clothing drives for the past eight years.

“Kids, I hope you see yourselves as influencers,” said Dr. Carol Birnbohm, superintendent of LRHSD. “Because of the work you are doing, your peers should be recognizing you as influencers as you are bringing attention to certain causes. It is a wonderful thing to give of yourself and I want to thank you for being excellent role models.”

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