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By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

MEDFORD—Ryan Farrell is off to Carson Wentz Country.

Farrell, a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan from Medford Township, landed his dream job last week as a sports anchor and reporter with KFYR, an NBC television station in Bismarck, North Dakota.

“At 23 years old, to be a sports anchor and reporter, no matter in what capacity, is a dream come true,” said Farrell, a 2012 graduate of Shawnee High School and 2017 graduate of Rutgers University. “I’ve always envisioned this moment and now that it is here—it’s unreal.”

Bismarck is home to Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Carson Wentz, making it a truly special place for Farrell to get established in the television industry.

Working in television broadcasting can be glamorous, but getting in front of a camera requires years of learning the ropes and tenacity.

Farrell said he started to embark on his media career during his freshman year of high school when he elected to take TV Broadcasting Technology courses led by technology teacher Brian Pistone.

His coursework emphasized both theory and hands-on experience in video production and provided advanced instruction in electronic

news gathering and other programming formats.

At the end of Farrell’s sophomore year, while most of his classmates were undecided about what career path to choose after high school, he made a commitment to broadcast journalism in a notable way.

Farrell, who played basketball and football for the Shawnee Renegades during his freshman and sophomore years, said he gave up his participation in the sports for a chance to be part of the Lenape District Television’s (LDTV) Student Production Crew.

The production crew produces programming for the educational access channel of the Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD).

The channel, available through Comcast and Verizon FiOS, has potential viewership in communities across Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties.

“I loved playing sports, but I knew I wasn’t going to go pro,” Farrell said. “I also knew that playing D2 or D3 (college sports) wasn’t going to set me up for a successful career in the long haul. So, I went into the coaches’ office and I told them I was no longer going to play sports.

They weren’t happy about it, but you don’t get many opportunities at age 14 to work on a crew for a cable outlet.”

One of the main assignments of the

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Morris Selected to Fill Jaggard’s Remaining Term on Woodland BOE

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

WOODLAND—The search for a resident to a fill a vacancy on the Woodland Township Board of Education is over.

On Aug. 28, Business Administrator George Gahles swore in resident Linda Morris to the post. Morris will finish out Colleen Jaggard’s three-year term on the school board.

Jaggard ran unopposed in last year’s general election for a second term.

On May 22, it was announced that she had resigned from the school board.

“Mrs. Jaggard has chosen to step down from her position on the board after five years of service due to the fact that her children are now in high school,” said Superintendent of Schools Misty Weiss at the time. “They (her children) are both involved in various activities and she does not feel at this time she has the time to commit to the board anymore.”

Morris, in an interview after the Aug. 28 board meeting, said she was “surprised” when she received word that she had been chosen to fill the vacancy, especially in light of the fact that she has critiqued and criticized the school board at recent public meetings.

“I have done this before—where I put in letters requesting to fill a vacancy—but to no avail,” she said. “But, this time, unlike others, I was interviewed by the county superintendent (Daryl J. Minus-Vincent) and was never interviewed by the school board.”

Gahles, when asked about why the county superintendent was involved in the decision-making process, said the school board is required by law to appoint a resident to fill a school-board vacancy within 60 days of receiving a resignation letter.

However, he said recent school-board

meeting cancellations forced a delay in a decision being made and caught the attention of the county superintendent, who was under obligation to report the school board’s choice to the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE).

“The county superintendent was under obligation,” Gahles said. “She (Morris) was the preferred choice and what the board of education wanted. There was a good meeting of the minds and it is nice to have a secondary person give an outside view.”

Gahles said the school board received three applications to fill the vacancy.

Morris said she will serve on the school board with no hidden agenda.

“I think it should be a well-rounded group now, with me serving on the board as a senior citizen and not having a child in the district,” she said. “I think I can approach it (the different issues and challenges) with a different perspective.”

Morris is a 13-year resident of Woodland Township. She is originally from Manahawkin.

In February, as a private citizen, she called on the board to address all district transportation issues immediately after a number of parents raised concerns. Weiss, with direction from the board, has taken a number of steps since that time to improve the district’s transportation system.

Morris, coincidentally, is the transportation coordinator for the Stafford Township School District. She has held the position for 34 years.

Morris said one of her first goals as a board member is to work with district officials to address the frequent cancellations of schoolboard meetings. Several school-board meetings have been canceled due to a lack of a quorum,

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Education Commissioner Gets Preview of Upgrades; Advancements in Tabernacle Schools

By Judy Cohen Minches For the Pine Barrens Tribune

TABERNACLE—A sneak preview of innovations that are transforming the Tabernacle School District was given on Aug. 31, when Commissioner Kimberley Harrington of the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) came for a visit.

Harrington’s enthusiasm set the tone for a very lively tour, given by eighth-grade students Sophia Abate and Bella Quartarone.

Tour participants also included the district’s leadership: Glenn Robbins, Jr., superintendent of schools; Dr. Gerald Paterson, Tabernacle Elementary School principal; Susan Grosser, principal of the Kenneth R. Olson Middle School (OMS); Barry Saide, the director of instruction and curriculum; and Victoria Shoemaker, Tabernacle Board of Education president (and former Tabernacle teacher for nearly 30 years).

Numerous summer projects were highlighted during the tour, including, an upgraded gym floor, the creation of white walls to encourage creative expression, the purchase of dry-erase desks, and reconfigured desk arrangements in each of the buildings.

Tabernacle Elementary School has a brand new “Collaboratory,” where teacher Brittany Murro will focus on developing the youngest minds to solve real-life problems through Integrated Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (iSTEM).

“It all starts here,” said Robbins, who joined the district in November 2016 from Northfield, where he had been principal of the Northfield Community Middle School.

Inspired by the “design thinking” process— modeled from the Stanford d.school program— Robbins has implemented learning initiatives

that he believes will engage and assist these youngsters in becoming deep, empathetic, creative thinkers and doers.

Helping one another and making the world a better place will follow, he said, citing an example of the potential for a child to design a prosthetic hand for another child on the 3-D printer that he or she will learn to use in the Collaboratory.

In middle school news, the eagerlyanticipated TV/video studio has been completed, the library has been renovated and various upgrades in the iSTEM lab will further encourage collaborative problem solving.

Harrington, who for 20 years taught grades K-8 and was an administrator in Warren County before joining the NJDOE in 2012, said she is very pleased that math is becoming more integrated in school curriculum and that iSTEM is engaging male and female students of all ages.

Harrington said she is hopeful that attitudes such as “I’m not a math person” will change; that math should not be seen as an isolated subject, but rather, that real-world applications involving math are relevant and part of every day life.

In other news, OMS is pleased to offer signlanguage instruction to every student.

A fun cut-out in one of the middle-school’s hallways has been created to house parts of a computer for those students who want to try their hand at piecing it together.

During and after the tour, Harrington thanked everyone for their hard work and commitment to their students.

In addressing the staff for both district schools, she spoke about the importance of listening to student voices.

“Students need to be in on every

PHOTO BY JUDY COHEN MINCHES A Tabernacle Elementary School has a brand new “Collaboratory,” where students will learn to solve real-life problems through Integrated Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (iSTEM). conversation, both figuratively and literally,” Harrington said. “They have strong opinions and we need to hear them. They are always speaking, but are we listening?”

She shared her practice as a teacher, where on the last day of the summer vacation, she would turn out the lights in her classroom and sit in every child’s desk for that coming year.

Harrington said there were some kids she knew, some she did not know and some she had heard about when she got a copy of her class rosters. She said she made the conscious decision to cast aside what others had said about them so that she could start the year open-minded and without judgment.

As she sat in each of their seats, she said she asked herself, “‘How could I make the most of the year? How can I remove obstacles they may have?’”

She reflected on the fact that, as educators, “we create and touch on all their careers.”

“We don’t know who the kids are destined to be,” Harrington said.

Harrington asked teachers to take a moment to turn out the lights, sit in each child’s seat, and listen to every boy and girl—then, and throughout the year.

“Listen and be present,” she said. “Listen to your children’s voices.”

Lenape High School Awarded Olympic Conference Sportsmanship Award

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MEDFORD—Lenape High School has been selected as a recipient of the 2017 Olympic Conference Sportsmanship Award.

The selection was made at the athletic organization’s meeting on Aug. 29.

The award, which was based on nominations from coaches in various sports from member schools in the conference, as well as on a vote taken by all athletic directors in the Olympic Conference, is a prestigious recognition for everyone involved in the Lenape athletic program.

Athletic Director Brian Laddey was elated about the school’s selection.

“We are thankful to the Olympic Conference for honoring Lenape High School with this award and are thankful for all of the student-athletes, coaches, parents, and community members whose efforts contributed to this selection,” he said. “We couldn’t be more proud to see the participants in our athletic programs achieving excellence in the classroom and on the athletic fields of competition and conducting themselves as responsible citizens at the same time.”

Lenape High School will be presented with their official Sportsmanship Award banner by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association during the current school year.

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Mayor and Adversaries Quarrel Over Lebanon Lakes and Chatsworth Firehouses

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

WOODLAND—The latest Woodland Township Committee meeting, held at the end of August, featured more fiery comments as a multifaceted political feud continued right where it left off.

The feud involves members of the Woodland Township Committee, Chatsworth Cranberry Festival Committee, Woodland Township Historical Society and Woodland Volunteer Fire and EMS Co. Louis Cantafio, a resident who ran last year as a write-in candidate against Mayor Matthew Henrich and is a supporter of the fire company and festival committee, challenged comments made by Henrich at a July 26 township committee meeting.

At that meeting, Henrich said the township committee told the fire company in 2016 that they would provide them with $75,000 to conduct roofing repairs at the Lebanon Lakes and Chatsworth firehouses and place a lien on the properties.

The township committee voted, 3-0, on April 26, 2016 to provide the Woodland Volunteer Fire and EMS Co. with $75,000 to make the repairs despite the fact that the firehouses are not owned by the municipality.

The committee cited the need to protect equipment partially paid for by the township, especially inside the Chatsworth firehouse where the roof was in poor condition and leaking.

However, the fire company, led by Fire Chief Shawn Viscardi, later alleged that Henrich wanted them to sign over the firehouse deeds to the township in exchange for the money.

At the time that the Woodland Volunteer Fire and EMS Co. levied the accusation against the mayor, the township committee was entertaining the idea of allowing the installation of a cellphone tower somewhere in the Chatsworth section of Woodland Township.

The township committee leaned heavily towards having the tower installed on Chatsworth Elementary School grounds and Henrich made it a point to work with the Woodland Township Board of Education.

However, the township committee did tell a resident during a March 23, 2015 special meeting that alternatives for the placement of the tower included the township parking lot, firehouse property, property across from the inn, the inn itself, and a property belonging to a Mr. Huber.

The admission that the township committee viewed the firehouse property as an alternative location for the tower raised eyebrows with the Woodland Volunteer Fire and EMS Co. since the township did not own the property.

Ultimately, the fire company decided to seek other sources of financing for the repairs as they believed both properties were worth more than $75,000.

During a township committee on June 9, 2015, the township committee entered into a sharedservices agreement with the school board for the tower’s construction at the school. The tower project has faced a number of hurdles and remains incomplete.

Cantafio, at this latest township committee meeting, said he filed an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request with the township for documentation that substantiates Henrich’s claim that the committee wanted to place a lien on the firehouse properties. He said Township Clerk Maryalice Brown, also the township’s custodian of records, couldn’t find any documentation.

“The municipality was not able to find any— not a single document,” said Cantafio to Henrich.

“Is it possible you misspoke?”

Henrich said he didn’t misspeak.

“My intentions were to get the money back over the roof,” he said.

Henrich asked Township Solicitor William Burns to explain what happened. “$75,000 was a significant budget expenditure and there were discussions about the how the (township) committee could recoup that money—whether it be through a loan, mortgage document or some other vehicle,” Burns said.

“But, as discussions progressed, there seemed to be significant implications with open contracts law on a municipality lending money and setting up payment schedules and what not.”

Cantafio interrupted Burns and said he was waiting for the solicitor to use the word “lien.”

“I think it was generally discussed how to recoup the money from the fire department after a loan was set up and the money wasn’t paid on it,” Burns said.

Cantafio asked Burns if he was going to use the word “lien” in his recollection of what was said during the negotiations.

“No documents were drawn up for a lien, mortgage or loan,” Burns said.

Henrich halted the back and forth between the two men.

“Let’s be clear, because there is no discrepancy between the members of the committee on what I am about to say,” Henrich said. “The $75,000 we agreed to give to the fire company—at that time—none of us knew that we did not own the firehouse. We later found out that we did not own the firehouse, hence the discussions of a lien, mortgage, reverter (clause), or what have you.”

Henrich questioned how the township committee can agree to give anyone $75,000 for new roofs if they knowingly don’t own the buildings in question.

“How are we going to recoup our money?” he said.

Cantafio said the township may not own the buildings, but has $1 million worth of equipment under their roofs.

“Understood—but the buildings were not built by any of the volunteer firefighters or the chief,” Henrich said. “They were built by the old Pineys who lived in this town a long time ago.”

Resident Ken Bowker shouted that he was “one of those old Pineys” Henrich was referring to.

“The short of it is there is no documentation to support the assertion of a lien,” Cantafio said.

Henrich said Cantafio was taking things out of context.

“The bottom line is the three of us (township committeemen) did not know we did not own the fire department,” he said. “We would have never agreed to give them the money if we did not own the firehouses.”

Cantafio also chastised the mayor about the cellphone tower project.

“I understand there is now an application to put that cell tower on private property,” he said. “So, after all this work and all this money, we are going to get more bars (increased signal strength); but not reap the benefits of the revenue stream.”

Henrich said the township initiated two requests for proposals (RFPs) and got no responses back from companies or contractors that construct cellphone towers.

“We really don’t have any other avenue,” he said. “We hear somebody has an application in, but I highly doubt that anybody is going to build a cell tower on private property. We tried (to have one built), but nobody responded.”

Cantafio said that the resident must be “a lot easier to deal with.”

The tensest part of the quarrel came about when Cantafio questioned the integrity of newly-

appointed Emergency Management Coordinator Justin Wozniak and Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator Tom Toth.

“That is a stand-up guy (Cantafio)—a man who questions their integrity,” Henrich said.

Henrich then pointed to Wozniak who was sitting in a chair placed against the wall. A great deal of sadness washed over Wozniak’s face as he stared at and listened to Cantafio. Wozniak then bowed his head.

“You know this man?” said Henrich to Cantafio.

Cantafio said he didn’t know Wozniak.

However, he said Wozniak got thrown off the Woodland Township Planning Board for not showing up to meetings. He also referenced Wozniak’s past relationship with the fire company.

“The books for the firehouse prior to 2012— did you have to have the township auditor take a look at them?” Cantafio said.

Henrich turned to Committeeman William DeGroff and Deputy Mayor Mark Herndon.

“Do either of you know what he is talking about?” Henrich said.

Both committeemen didn’t respond.

“I am talking about how screwed up the books were prior to 2012,” Cantafio said. “I know a lot of that stuff is past the statute of limitations, but interstate fraud has no statute of limitations. We

can discuss all of that and more in the future.”

Wozniak and the committee did not respond to Cantafio’s allegations.

Cantafio was followed by fire company and festival committee attorney Nancy Valentino.

“The word lien or mortgaging was not involved in our discussions (about the firehouse),” she said, while noting that she could only speak to the period of time that she began representing the two entities.

Burns said Valentino was correct.

At the beginning of the Aug. 23 meeting, prior to the fiery public comment session, there was a short-lived glimmer of hope that the feud between the fighting parties was subsiding.

The township committee voted unanimously to appoint Cantafio to fill a vacancy on the planning board.

Cantafio and resident Thomas Getz submitted letters of interest for the position.

Getz, who had the backing of Henrich, unsuccessfully challenged DeGroff this past May in a Republican primary.

Many longtime Woodland Township political observers speculated that Henrich was going to oppose any action by his colleagues to appoint Cantafio to serve on the planning board.

Herndon said after the appointment that there may be another vacancy soon and encouraged Getz to apply if he was still interested.

Plans Finalized for World War I Memorial Dedication Ceremony in November

PHOTO BY AUSTIN MARSDALE The Vietnam War Memorial located in Freedom Park.

By Vince DeBlasio

For the Pine Barrens Tribune

MEDFORD—During an Aug. 15 Medford Council meeting, representatives from the Burlington County World War I Memorial Committee gave updates on a plan to dedicate a World War I Memorial in Freedom Park.

Information on the initiative originally emerged at a May 2 council meeting.

The monument dedication ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 4 at 10 a.m., with a rain date of Nov. 5.

“I really want to thank the council for getting involved,” said Mike Panarella, one of the leaders of the Burlington County World War I Memorial Committee. “I really appreciate a council that basically has its eyes on the future, but doesn’t forget the past—which you’ve shown.”

Council members looked over two renderings of the design during the presentation.

The monument will be 50 in. tall x 50 in. long x 10 in. wide. It will be made of polished black granite.

Another section made of smooth white stone;

54 in. tall x 14 in. long x 6 in. wide, will have engravings.

Nile Mills, another leader of the Burlington County World War I Memorial Committee, said the committee is working to raise more than $6,000 to fund the project. They’ve received $1,180 so far and are anticipating matching funds from the Medford-Vincentown Rotary Club.

“We’re accepting donations, of course, for those who are listening and would like to contribute,” he said.

Cliff Toye, who serves as the Americanism Chairman for Medford VFW Post 7677, said that a comedy-show fundraiser will be held at the VFW on Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. The proceeds will support the monument’s construction.

Panarella said the November ceremony is anticipated to be approximately an hour long. There will be displays of armed forces, interpreters of artifacts and war reenactors.

Plans also include having local student involvement, live music, a bagpiper and a possible flyover of a vintage biplane. Several

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SCANNER Pharmacist Convicted of Illegally Distributing Opioids from ‘Pill Mills’

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MEDFORD—A local pharmacist was convicted on Aug. 23 for his role in illegally distributing and dispensing oxycodone from two pharmacies located in Medford Township.

Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said that Michael Ludwikowski, 45, of Medford, the owner of Olde Medford Pharmacy and Medford Family Pharmacy, was convicted on six counts in an indictment charging him with illegally distributing and dispensing oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and maintaining a drug-involved premises.

Ludwikowski was convicted following a five-week trial before U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle in Camden federal court.

The jury deliberated for three days before returning the guilty verdict.

The trial follows the guilty plea of codefendant David M. Goldfield, also a pharmacist who Ludwikowski had hired to work at Olde Medford Pharmacy, to engage in a conspiracy to dispense controlled substances with him, and the pleas of Dontees Jones, Matthew Lawson and Patrick Clark, all long-term customers of Ludwikowski and Krystal Wood, a former employee of Olde Medford Pharmacy.

“For the people of New Jersey and across the United States, the suffering, loss of life, and enormous financial losses attributed to the opioid epidemic are all too real,” Fitzpatrick said. “In the midst of this crisis, Ludwikowski—a pharmacist who had a duty to ensure that prescription opiates were dispensed only for legitimate medical purposes— knowingly sold them to customers with fake prescriptions or to individuals whom he knew to be addicts. He didn’t just fail in his professional responsibilities, he actively contributed to the opioid crisis, and as the jury decided today he broke federal laws in the process.”

Timothy Gallagher, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Newark office, said opioid and prescription drug abuse have been spreading throughout the country.

“We are determined to investigate and prosecute those who unlawfully distribute oxycodone within our community,” he said.

“Today’s conviction highlights the commitment of the FBI and our partners to combat the growth of this epidemic that continues to impact our society.”

Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, said the current opioid epidemic is widespread and is tearing families apart.

“A pharmacist has a responsibility to play a role in curtailing this problem,” he said. “In this case, the defendant chose to ignore that responsibility and instead was more interested in profiting on people’s addictions.”

According to court documents and testimony, from March 2008 through August 2013, Ludwikowski and his employee, Goldfield, knowingly distributed and dispensed oxycodone and other controlled substances to

individuals, including addicts, who presented phony prescriptions.

Ludwikowski ordered large quantities of oxycodone from a national distributor. The distributor established thresholds for the quantity of controlled substances that it supplied to certain pharmacies. Ludwikowski and his pharmacies received large quantities of 30mg oxycodone pills, even though he knew the painkiller was not going to be used for legitimate medical reasons.

In some instances, the customers presented fraudulent prescriptions for a non-narcotic substance that had been “washed” or “bleached” through a chemical process that removed the original writing. The customers then rewrote the prescriptions for their drug of choice, oxycodone.

Ludwikowski and Goldfield also ignored concerns raised by an employee who pointed out an obviously altered prescription.

Customers who used the fraudulent prescriptions generally paid in cash and provided gifts to Ludwikowski and Goldfield.

In some instances, these customers filled fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone multiple times a week.

In furtherance of the scheme, Ludwikowski and another pharmacist he employed— referred to in the indictment as “Pharmacist 3”— reached an agreement with a physician— referred to in the indictment as “Doctor 1”—to “steer” Doctor 1’s patients to Ludwikowski’s pharmacies.

In a text message from Pharmacist 3 to Ludwikowski on Jan. 11, 2013, Pharmacist 3 wrote: “I talked to [Doctor 1] and he is going to direct all of his patients to us…he is the pain doc in Cherry Hill.”

Each of the five substantive counts of illegal distribution of oxycodone carries a maximum potential penalty of up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense. The count of maintaining a drug-involved premises carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense.

Fitzpatrick credited many with the investigation leading to the conviction: special agents of the FBI’s Newark Field Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Gallagher; the DEA New Jersey Division, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Kotowski; the Medford Police Department under the direction of Chief Richard J. Meder; the Moorestown Police Department under the direction of Chief Lee R. Lieber; the Florence Police Department under the direction of Chief John Bunce; and the Lumberton Police Department under the direction of Chief Tony Diloreto.

The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin C. Danilewitz and Senior Litigation Counsel Jason M. Richardson of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Camden, as well as Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Devlin of the Office’s Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Unit.

PHOTO SUBMITTED The Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office fielded a team for the second annual Fallen Heroes Softball Tournament hosted by the Evesham Township Police Department in August.

PHOTO SUBMITTED The money raised from this event will benefit the families of fallen police officers and firefighters.

PHOTO SUBMITTED The game was held at the diamonds at the Arrowhead Baseball Complex.

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With two tropical cyclones churning in the Atlantic Ocean this week and the peak of hurricane season now underway, it is a good time to update your hurricane action plan.

Everyone needs to be prepared for the unexpected. If you didn’t experience wind or flood damage during Irene and Sandy, don’t assume you aren’t vulnerable. No two storms are ever alike.

Know if you live in an evacuation area.

Assess your risks and know your home’s vulnerability to flooding and wind.

Put together a disaster supply kit which has a flashlight, batteries, cash, first aid supplies, medications, and copies of your critical information.

Your friends and family may not be together when disaster strikes. How will you

find each other? Will you know if your children or parents are safe?

You may have to evacuate or be confined to your home. What will you do, or can you do, if you lose water, gas, electricity or phone services?

Now is the time to find answers to these questions.

Each town has an emergency management coordinator and they are employed in your town, in part, to help you prepare for disasters. Contact your local emergency management office for more information on how you can best prepare for a hurricane and where to evacuate to in an emergency.

Let’s all hope hurricanes Irma and Jose stay well away from our area and others aren’t waiting in the wings.

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We just saw the devastation by Hurricane Harvey and now Monster Irma is approaching!

It’s not just rain, wind and flooding that leads to a disaster, it’s also earthquakes, landslide and fires.

You just never know when severe weather will strike, you never know when you’ll have to jump in your car and evacuate… or rush down into the basement for a tornado! It’s important to have a plan, but I can’t say everything here in 500 words, so read the complete version which is three Suzy Cohen. times longer (it’s posted on my website (live right now): suzycohen.com.

In the meantime, this will get you started: 1. Medications: Keep a handwritten list in your wallet. Even better (if you have the time) is to stick the prescription label onto a piece of paper so all your dosing information is shown.

I’d also keep the list on your smart phone. When the power goes out, pharmacies can’t access your medication profile on the computer anymore. Your list allows paramedics to give you the correct pills or shots.

2. Ziploc with Water: Fill a Ziploc bag about 75 percent full with some fresh water, then freeze it. Keep several frozen at all times. If you need to leave in a hurry, grab them. While frozen, it can protect insulin, food or liquid antibiotics. As it melts, you’ll have pure water, which you can drink in an emergency.

3. Portable Charger: Buy a portable cell phone charger (aka power bank) and a transistor radio, it can be hand-cranked, battery operated, or even solar-powered.

4. Dishwasher Storage: Your dishwasher is waterproof, so, if floods are anticipated, store

photo albums and documents inside the dishwasher. When the water recedes, they should be perfect.

5. Loved One List: If a rescuer wants to call your loved one or spouse to assure them of your safety and rescue, having a handwritten “Loved One List” is invaluable. Let’s face it, nobody knows phone numbers by heart anymore.

6. Children: I lived in Florida for 35 years, and when the hurricanes barreled through, I always made sure that my kids were pleasantly distracted with puzzles, painting, beading or “camping” in the (safer) hallway.

7. Emergency kit: You can buy some very nice ones on Amazon or Costco, or you can create your own like this: DIY First Aid Kit * Analgesics like ibuprofen or acetaminophen * Hydrocortisone and antibiotic ointment * A little blanket and a pair of socks * Toothpaste/brushes and deodorant * Small salt shaker to replenish electrolytes * Spare undies if you’re evacuating to a shelter * Eyeglasses or contacts * A whistle to call for help * Spare keys to your house/car * A multi-purpose knife * Flashlights/batteries * N95 or N100 mask * Ziplock bags and toilet paper 8. Map: If you have to drive because of an immediate evacuation, and you can’t use GPS in your car, or your smart phone, then an actual map is a blessing. Just get in the car and drive to safety!

Editor’s Note: Suzy Cohen, who writes “Dear Pharmacist,” featured weekly in our newspaper, has provided this special commentary/column as Hurricane Irma approaches the East Coast.

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Event: American Legion Post 294 Golf Outing Location: Lumberton Details: Sign up to play at the Golden Pheasant Golf Course, $105 per golfer; includes cart, refreshments, buffet luncheon, and two-hour open bar. Proceeds help veterans and active military. For more information, call 609-894-2203.

Event: Volunteers Training for Reassurance Program Location: Moorestown Details: CONTACT of Burlington County, a 24/7 Crisis Helpline, is seeking volunteers to make brief “care calls” to elderly and disabled clients of our Reassurance Program. Calls can be made from the volunteer’s home, to check on a client’s well-being and to provide friendly conversation. A two-session training program will be held on Monday, Sept. 11 & Sept. 18, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., focusing on listening and communication, crisis skills and community resources to address aging-related issues. For more information, contact Lisa Harkins at 856-234-5484 x 212, or lharkins@contactburlco.org.

Event: Community Yard Sale Location: Woodland Details: The Chatsworth United Methodist Church will be holding a community yard sale, Sept. 9, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the White Horse Inn, 3960 County Road 563, Chatsworth. Rain or shine. All proceeds benefit the ministry of Chatsworth United Methodist Church. All are invited to donate items for the sale by dropping them off at the Church Parsonage (at the corner of Main and 2nd Street) on Wednesday, Sept. 6, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, email chatsworthumcnj@ gmail.org Event: Rally Night & Day Location: Medford Lakes Details: The Protestant Community Church is hosting an event for all ages. Games, movies, food, fellowship, sleepover, and Sunday School/Church Service. Starts 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9, and ends at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 10. Contact Andria Gross, 609-654-4220, for more information, or visit www.protestantcommunitychurch.org

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Event: Pinelands Garden Club Location: Medford Details: The Pinelands Garden Club of Medford will meet at the Medford Leas Auditorium, Route 70, on Monday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. Members will auction Jersey-fresh farm produce, baked goods and flowers. Visitors and new members welcome.

Event: New Jersey Folk Revival Music Location: Vincentown Details: Please join The Southampton Historical Society for a New Jersey Folk Revival Music celebration, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m., at Old Town Hall, 25 Plum Street, Vincentown.

Michael Gabriele will highlight his book which traces the evolution and living history of folk revival music in the Garden

State. Light refreshments. Free to the public. For more information, call 609-859-0524.

Event: Sons of Italy Meeting Location: Marlton Details: The Sons of Italy, Marlton Lodge #2315, will hold its General Membership Meeting at the Gibson House, 535 Main Street, Marlton, at 6:30 p.m. Interested guests and new members welcome. Cugini Sandwich Night, $7.

Event: Acoustic Music Performance Location: Medford Details: The South Jersey Acoustic Roots Society will be featuring the acoustic band, Sanctuary, Monday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 S. Main Street, Medford. After the performance, there will be an all-level acoustic jam until 9:20 p.m. $10 at the door for visitors, free for SJARMS members. For more information, call 609-280-4926, or visit www.sjarms.com.

September 13 Event: Meditation and More Location: Shamong Details: Meditation and Dharma Teaching. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Pine Wind Zen Center, 863 McKendimen Road, Shamong. Join us for an evening of quiet contemplation with both sitting and walking meditation, followed by an enlightening talk over tea. Suggested donation: $15 individuals, $25 spouses & partners. 609-268-9151, www.PineWind.org

PEMBERTON TWP. SENIOR CITIZEN COLUMN

Pemberton Senior Citizen Council Plans More Activities

By Ebba Liguori

For the Pine Barrens Tribune

PEMBERTON—Senior residents of Pemberton are able to enjoy many benefits just because they reside in the township.

The township government employs a Senior Services Director and supports a full-time “Senior Center” with a paid staff to provide various services to the local seniors. The center is located in an historic building which was moved to a site across from the Browns Mills Post Office on Brook Street.

After the move from the former site on Lakehurst Road, a large addition was constructed to house a dining room, kitchen and serving area. Up to 100 seniors congregate at the center daily to enjoy the nutritious meals served in conjunction with the Burlington County Nutrition Program. Pemberton Township subsidizes the meals so resident seniors can participate for only $2 per meal.

Out-of-town seniors can register to join and are charged $3 per meal. The food is catered

by Colonial Village Caterers of Pemberton Borough, who also provide meals for the other county sites and the Meals on Wheels program.

On the first of each month, the Senior Gazette is published and includes the many activities along with a monthly menu. In order to enjoy the daily meals, one must register with the staff and reserve lunch the week prior.

Every Tuesday, the staff calls in the order for the following week. If one is late placing an order, there is a wait list and as seniors call to cancel, the wait list is moved to the meal list.

Often, there are enough meals that “walk-ins” can be accommodated, but residents should not depend on this.

Meals are served at table to handicapped seniors, but others have tray service. Meals are usually served close to 11:30 a.m. daily and include an entrée, veggie, and a starch. Milk

and dessert are also provided. Coffee and tea are available all morning at no charge. Many seniors arrive at the center by 9 a.m. and meet friends for conversation and morning coffee.

Trips are announced in the Senior Gazette and reservations for these trips are taken daily between 9 a.m. and noon. Resident seniors are able to sign up for trips and pay a fee that is usually below the “market value” of the trip.

Non-resident seniors are charged closer to the value, but most trips are usually priced below advertised trips for other senior organizations.

All this is possible because the township government provides benefits for the resident seniors. One provision is the Department of Senior Services, headed by Joe Marrolli and staffed by Maria Martinez, Heidi Blankenship, and Melissa Cuevas. A bus is available to transport senior non-drivers daily to participate in meals and activities. Willis Mahoney serves as driver of this bus. All the staff is caring and

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looks out for the well-being of participating seniors. If a senior is absent without contacting the center, a staff member will phone to check on him/her. This is the reason that all must register for the programs. There is no cost to register, but important family and emergency contact information is recorded for each senior.

The staff truly has each senior’s health and safety as their primary concern.

In addition to the financial sponsorships the township provides, there is also the appointed Pemberton Township Senior Citizen Council. Members are appointed by the mayor and township council for three-year terms and the appointee volunteers serve to assist the Senior Services Department with running multiple functioning programs. Most seniors look forward to the monthly announcements in the Senior Gazette and are ready to sign up as soon as a new activity or trip is announced.

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The Senior Citizen Council meets once a month, usually on the first Thursday, to plan trips, dinners, and activities. Usually the annual calendar is formalized by mid-October for the following year. This planning continues throughout the year and varies according to opportunities available. Members vote on all decisions keeping in mind other planned activities at the center.

Frank Journeigan is a Senior Council

Member and he is currently planning the annual “International Festival” to be held on Friday, Oct. 20. Seniors are invited to bring a “Covered Dish” or “Pot Luck,” symbolic of one’s country of origin. We have so many participants who have come from all over the world that there will be a great variety of food items available.

Buffet tables are set at the front of the room and dishes are placed on them. Members of the Pemberton Township Education Association (PTEA), school administration, and the Pemberton Township Board of Education all join in serving as the seniors proceed down a

buffet line. There are usually about one hundred choices available and the variety is extensive.

Mayor David Patriarca usually is one of the servers and he brings one of his own homemade specialties to share. Journeigan has his hands full as he shops for all the paper products and assigns tasks to volunteers and recruits a “clean-up” committee. Reservations and a food contribution are required. Any senior who does not desire to take part is able to enjoy the daily lunch option.

Fran Love is also a Senior Council member and she serves as chair of the

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Saturday, September 9, 2017 craft program. Each Monday and Thursday mornings, “crafters” gather to work on various art projects. Love is also in charge of the centerpieces for the annual Senior Prom scheduled for Wednesday, April 18, 2018. She always comes up with a new and unique idea and provides some very unusual centerpieces.

At the end of the evening, these are given away as door prizes. The winners are happy to take home a decorative remembrance of the event.

The next Senior Council sponsored trip is on Sept. 20 to Renault Winery. The day also

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HEALTH

Are Vaccines Safe For Pregnant Moms?

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

Dear Pharmacist

By Suzy Cohen, R.Ph.

Suzy Cohen is the author of “The 24-Hour Pharmacist” and “Real Solutions.” For more information, visit www.SuzyCohen.com.

Birthday Cake is a Health Hazard We’re programmed to blow the candles out on birthday cakes and then enjoy the dessert. How splendid! But, you realize people are spitting on it, right? For years I’ve ignored this one gruesome detail at birthday parties. If you’re not the blower, you better wish for a strong immune system and a pack of probiotics!

For goodness sakes, it’s gross! But, we overlook it, don’t we? Now there’s a study published in the Journal of Food Research, which has discovered that blowing out birthday candles results in 1,400 percent more disgusting germs on the cake’s frosting than if you don’t blow those candles out.

(I’ll have a slice of birthday cake with a Z-Pak please.)

Studies only test regular candles, so don’t get me started on those trick candles which turn your party into the pneumonic plague.

I can see you rolling your eyes from here, worried about how silly or anti-social you will appear for not bonding with the birthday boy and all that splattering spit on the communal cake. Maybe you can make an exception for your adorable toddler, or your spouse, but not for a stranger, yuck!

Here’s my God’s honest truth: If I was at a restaurant and the waiter came over and blew on my food, I’d honestly get up and leave! I wouldn’t even be nice about it. I’d leave a terrible Yelp review.

Are you with me on this? Are we germiphobes or just precautious, dare I say intelligent?

The older you are, the worse the phlegm flying! Forget 8-year-old Johnny, consider 88-year-old Edith. By the time she’s done blowing, you might have to pick her dentures out of the icing!

(Yes I’ll take a slice if it’s chocolate, hold the wisdom teeth.)

Okay, okay, I’m completely out of my mind

about this, but just for a moment—humor me.

You have about 650 different species in your mouth. Go just 24 hours without brushing, and 20 billion germs becomes 100 billion! Here’s what’s in there (and also on your cake): Rhinovirus Associated with the common cold.

Herpes Simplex Type I This one causes fever blisters, aka “cold sores.”

Influenza This is usually the bug behind The Flu. Streptococcus Many diseases including Strep Throat.

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans A mouthful huh? It causes gum disease.

Clostridium A very dangerous germ causing severe diarrhea.

The study was simple: Researchers spread cake frosting onto a Styrofoam base (to mimic cake) and then spread foil over the frosting. They pushed birthday candles through the foil, down into the Styrofoam ‘cake’ base.

Then the scientists rounded up people who were interested in eating pizza.

I am dead serious.

After consuming pizza (and probably beer but I can’t confirm that yet), the test participants blew out the lit candles. Since pizza is my second favorite food behind sushi, I would have gladly volunteered for this research, but no one bothered to ask me. Regardless, frosting samples plated to determine bacterial growth.

The contamination level was nothing to celebrate.

Would you like more information as well as safer alternatives for birthday candles? If so, sign up for my newsletter at suzycohen. com and I’ll email the extended version of this article to you.

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National Immunization Awareness Month is a great time to discuss childhood vaccines, but it’s also a good time to discuss vaccines for adults. Adult vaccines help to protect our children, especially the Tdap vaccination during pregnancy.

Immunizations may protect a newborn, and this is accomplished by immunizing the mother during her pregnancy. It is routinely recommended that all pregnant women receive the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine at 27-36 weeks’ gestation. The goal of maternal immunization is to provide the newborn infant with “passive protection” from circulating antibodies that cross the placenta.

Passive antibodies will provide the newborn some protection from disease, specifically pertussis (whooping cough), prior to the first dose of DTaP given at the two-month pediatric visit.

A recent study published in Pediatrics looked at the effectiveness of maternal Tdap vaccine on preventing pertussis in newborns. In the study of more than 140,000 infants, there were 17 cases of pertussis in infants under two months of age, and 16 of those cases were in infants born to unvaccinated mothers. There was only

one case of whooping cough in the vaccinated group. In other words, maternal Tdap vaccine provided 91.4 percent effectiveness in preventing pertussis in the first two months of an infant’s life. Pretty great odds!

This is important data in that whooping cough has become more and more prevalent in the United States and is especially dangerous in young infants. By immunizing a pregnant mother, these precious newborns are protected.

The study also found that maternal Tdap vaccination during pregnancy reduced an infant’s risk of pertussis by an estimated 69 percent in the first year of life.

So, the importance of vaccines during pregnancy is well studied. I know my pregnant daughter-in-law, who is now in her last trimester, will be getting her Tdap vaccine; as will her husband.

It is equally important that pregnant women receive flu vaccine in their last trimester, and the 2017-18 vaccines are just arriving. Studies have found that this maternal antibody also transfers to the baby and is protective for those infants born during flu season who are too young to receive flu vaccine, which is not given prior to six months of age.

Dr. Sue Hubbard is an award-winning pediatrician, medical editor and media host. “The Kid’s Doctor” TV feature can be seen on more than 90 stations across the U.S. Submit questions at http://www.kidsdr.com. The Kid’s Doctor e-book, “Tattoos to Texting: Parenting Today’s Teen,” is now available from Amazon and other e-book vendors.

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FUN AND GAMES Are We There Yet?

By Lori Clinch

Lori Clinch was born and raised in North Platte, Nebraska, a hotbed of material for writers whose passion it is to make people laugh. Lori Clinch is the mother of four sons and the author of the book “Are We There Yet?”

Turnabout Is Fair Play with This Crew Our four sons have numerous ways to entertain themselves.

They have ESPN, basketball games on the driveway and when all else fails, they like to wrestle each other down to the ground for no apparent reason.

However, their favorite form of entertainment comes from picking on yours truly. They like to mess up my hair, put me in a bear hug until I get spitting mad and they really enjoy boobytrapping my office.

I suppose I have it coming as I relish in pulling a prank or two myself. I like to jump out of closets to scare the wits out of them and once even went so far as to replace the filling in their Oreos with toothpaste.

But now that they’re all grown, they’ve become more creative in the pranks they play on their mother. Take for example the time that they tied a rubber band around the spray nozzle on the kitchen sink and watched with glee as I gave myself a fully-dressed shower by simply turning on the faucet.

Knowing that they are how they are, you can imagine my chagrin when I realized that our vehicle had an icon on the control panel that folded the headrests in the third-row seat down with great force.

“Oh no,” I said to our youngest son, Charlie, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

“How long do you think it will take them to figure it out?” Charlie asked. Being the smallest members of our family, the backseat is where Charlie and I spend our family vacations.

Therefore, he was as nervous about the situation as I. “Well,” I replied, “they’re all away at college so we have some time.”

I suppose I’m to blame for having them wait in the car while I started my good-bye tour at a social engagement when the boys were home on break. One would think that a seasoned mother, such as I, would know that her sons would not be spending their time praying the rosary or discussing world peace.

No sir, for the 10 minutes it took me to get out

to the car, those young whipper snappers were in my cherished sedan pushing buttons and playing with the control panel.

Although I wasn’t there to witness it, I’m quite certain that exclamations of excitement and a series of high fives were passed around once they realized that they had been blessed with a brand new form of pranking their mother, courtesy of the aforementioned icon.

“It’s about time you got out here,” one of them said as I climbed into the vehicle and prepared to fold myself into the tiny third row seat. I had barely gotten into position and hadn’t even buckled myself in before they touched the head rest icon and subsequently smacked me in the back of the head.

“That’s great!” our eldest and wise-cracking son, Vernon, exclaimed.

“Yeah,” I agreed, “that’s just rich. You got me, now let’s NOT do it again.”

They are all good boys, they really are. We raised them right, gave them a proper upbringing and always made them mind. That being said, they weren’t going to mind on that fateful evening. The temptation was far too great.

We had barely driven two blocks before the headrests recoiled and once more smacked me in the back of the old noggin.

Following a series of threats that involved, but weren’t limited to, taking away birthdays and canceling cell phone plans, I concluded with a heartfelt, “and I mean it!”

Did they mind their mother this time, you might ask? Well, that’s going to be a big fat no.

It took them a while, but then the lure of it all was too much and I’ll be dogged if that dang headrest didn’t come down into the back of my cranium for a third time.

I won’t tell you exactly what followed, but I’ll tell you this, it wasn’t pretty.

Now that they’re all back at their campus homes and far away from their loving mother, I’m sure they feel a little bad for picking on me.

They’re really going to regret it when they have to take turns riding in the third-row seat on our summer vacation.

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PAGE 2 in part, due to resignations of board members.

“I would like to understand why meetings are canceled for an entire month and are not just postponed until later that month when everyone can get together,” she said.

Following the appointment of Morris, the school board conducted a fair amount of business.

Here are the highlights: A public hearing was held on Weiss’ contract with the Woodland Township School District, with no action taken. The board is beginning discussions regarding amendment(s) to her contract.

Nobody from the audience chose to speak during the public hearing. Gahles said at the end of the meeting that Weiss’ contract is up next year. Weiss was absent from the meeting.

The school board ratified a contract between it and the Chatsworth Elementary Teacher Association.

Gahles said in a later interview that all school employees will receive a 2 percent raise during the 2017-18 school year, a 2.7530 percent raise during the 2018-19 school year and a 3 percent raise during the 2019-20 school year.

Gahles stressed that the raises apply to “everyone,” including the administration.

“What is fair is fair,” he said.

Weiss’ goals for the 2017-18 school year were approved.

The superintendent will lead the district in implementing a Reader’s Workshop model for grades K-5. Weiss will also develop an action plan in alignment with student and staff wellness. Additionally, Weiss has pledged to operate the school district in a fiscally-prudent manner, while balancing education needs and opportunities.

The school board certified that the district has $104,256.66 in their general account, including special revenue. This certification process is now a monthly tradition, after concerns were raised about the district’s financial circumstances.

Bills totaling $652,525.22 from June were approved for payment. Gahles said the bills list is “not a normal bills list” because the period involved reflects the end of the school district’s fiscal year.

Gross wages from June totaling $163,022.54 were also approved. Gahles said this amount is also not normal because most teachers had off from work during the latter part of the month.

A 10-cent increase for student lunches was authorized. Student lunches will now cost $2.70.

The school board accepted the resignation of music teacher Gianna Moscatello.

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includes a visit to Resorts in Atlantic City and a coin return for some gaming. There will be time to walk on the boardwalk and visit some waterfront venues. At 4 p.m., the bus will head to Egg Harbor City and the Renault Winery, where a family-style meal will be served. Of course, there will be wine tasting included and an opportunity to purchase a selection of wines.

This time of year is perfect to do some early holiday shopping for the perfect gift for family or friends. The food is always delicious and most of the items served have wine included in the preparation.

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Moscatello resigned from her position on Aug. 23. It was not immediately clear why she resigned.

Cassandra Sicolo was hired to replace Moscatello. Sicolo will work two days per week at Step 1 of the teacher’s salary guide.

Teacher Tara Corsner will receive a raise for recently earning a master’s degree.

Additionally, Corsner was authorized to conduct a research study for the purpose of determining the effectiveness of integrating mindset instruction into the resource classroom. The research study is part of Corsner’s Capstone project coursework.

Several school-board members had questions pertaining to the project.

However, due to Weiss’ absence, they could not be answered. The school-board members asked the audience members in attendance, many of whom are teachers at the Chatsworth Elementary School, if they had information on the project.

Many shouted from their seats, “We can’t hear you!”

The questions were inaudible due to a lack of a microphone and a setup in the school’s cafeteria that places the board members at least 20 feet away from the audience.

This seating arrangement has been in place since this newspaper began covering the Woodland Township Board of Education.

Board Vice President Edward Vincent, who was presiding over the meeting in the absence of Board President Dennis Cronin, said to the audience “you can yell at us to speak up.”

“Speak up!” said one attendee in response.

“My advice is to condense this seating arrangement. We don’t need to be so far away!”

Gahles told the Pine Barrens Tribune after the meeting that he would have the meeting setup changed beginning with the September board meeting.

He said he believed the district’s custodian always arranged the seats based on lines that are painted on the floor for basketball. The cafeteria, where the meetings are held, also serves as the school’s gymnasium.

New job descriptions for an Art Club Adviser, Athletic Coach, Assistant Athletic Coach, Yearbook Club Adviser, National Junior Honor Society Adviser, Battle of the Books Adviser and Teacher-In-Charge were approved.

A Chatsworth Elementary School teacher questioned where she can find a copy of the job descriptions.

Carolyn Fischl, district supervisor and custodian of records, said they would be made available to staff, but did not provide a timeframe for their availability. She encouraged the teacher to check for them in a binder, placed at the meeting room operating wineries in the US. It began when Master Vintner Louis Nicholas Renault set sail for the new world following a devastating failure of the entire French wine industry caused by a tiny insect. He tried, and failed, to begin a vineyard in California, as the same parasite began to attack his vines there. He learned of a variety of Native American grape that grew on the east coast and had a natural resistance to certain pests and disease. Renault headed to southern New Jersey to find this “miracle” grape.

Finding soil and climate similar to that which he knew in France, he decided to settle and establish his own vineyard. He purchased land in the Egg Harbor area and soon was producing his New Jersey champagne. He was successful and won many prizes for his wines. His winery’s success earned Egg Harbor the

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PHOTO BY DOUGLAS D. MELEGARI Linda Morris takes the oath of office for the Woodland Township Board of Education. entranceway, which contained documents for the meeting. Fischl said she wasn’t sure where Weiss was going to store the descriptions in the future.

The Lexia Reading Core program by the A Rosetta Stone Company was approved as a supplemental special education instruction program for the 2017-18 school year.

Approval was given for 25 policy revisions.

Measures to abolish an independent study program policy and an early graduation policy were approved on second reading.

Five new policies were passed on second reading. Some of the new policies establish in-service training needs for professional and paraprofessional development, guidelines on school security, and guidelines regarding records retention.

Additionally, the new policies address board of education website accessibility, district sustainability and any future bed-bug infestations.

Word of the board conducting a first reading on the bed-bug policy last month caused several concerned parents to contact the Pine Barrens Tribune about the need for such a policy.

Gahles, when asked about these concerns, said there has not been and never was a bedbug infestation at the Chatsworth Elementary School. He said the NJDOE mandates that school districts across the state adopt certain policies and this was one of them.

All action taken during the meeting was unanimous. Morris elected not to vote on the agenda items since she did and could not partake in discussions and meetings leading up

to the school board meeting.

Back to School Night has been set for Sept.

12. An open house will also be offered. The next school board meeting has been tentatively scheduled for Sept. 25. Prior to the school board meeting, School Boards Field Service representative Jesse Adams Jr. will provide board members with training on their roles and responsibilities.

Vincent said he is really looking forward to the class.

After the meeting, Gahles confirmed to the Pine Barrens Tribune that the school board decided to part ways with Greg Hale, who was in charge of the district’s technology department.

“The board let him go,” he said.

Gahles said Hale was never employed by the district, but was rather an independent contractor. He said Hale has been replaced by a contracted firm called Omni Data Inc. This move comes after several parents complained at school board meetings earlier this year that classroom computers inside the Chatsworth Elementary School are not working and the internet connection is poor.

The school board in January authorized Weiss to spend up to $5,000 to secure an IT professional to update the school’s network.

At the start of the meeting, unrelated to the internal technology problems, Gahles said the district was without internet and phone service for five consecutive days in August. He said service was restored just before the meeting started.

moniker of “Wine City.” There are a few seats available for this trip and there will be a wait list. Time will be allotted to participating

seniors to view parts of the winery and to shop in the gift shop. This trip is offered at $45 for resident seniors and $55 for guests.

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Medford organizations are involved and expected to attend.

This will be the sixth veterans monument set

up by the committee.

“Primarily, we’re there for educational purposes, as well as honoring the veterans,” Panarella said.

The committee has a goal to establish WWII and Korean War monuments in the future.

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At the risk of sounding ridiculous, I’m going to email Betty Crocker now and ask them to formulate antibacterial cake frosting, and then pay me royalties. This will cut down on the

obsessive thoughts of consuming all those germs at your next office birthday party.

Oy! This whole conversation reminds me of the old English proverb, “You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.”

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production crew is to broadcast district athletic games to LDTV viewers using the district’s production truck. Farrell became highly interested in an on-air LDTV sideline reporter opening that is part of the production and emailed John Donaldson, the station’s leader and director of media and communications for the LRHSD. He said days later, after much anticipation, Donaldson offered him the position.

“I would watch Channel 19 and this is what I always wanted to do,” he said. “It was a great experience.”

Farrell said during his senior year, he also chose to enroll in the LDTV Option Two Program.

Every day, at noon, Farrell would leave Shawnee High School and drive over to the station’s production studio at Lenape High School to partake in television learning experiences outside of the traditional classroom environment that earned him five credits towards his diploma.

Throughout the course of a 56-minute interview for this story, Farrell repeatedly attributed his success, in part, to Donaldson and the rest of the staff at LDTV. “My relationship with them is big,” he said.

“They’ve also helped me with my reel and anchoring experience. It means a lot.”

After graduating from high school, Farrell completed coursework at Rowan College at Burlington County and joined WBZC, the college’s radio station.

He said he was an in-house producer for the station’s Camden Riversharks coverage and sideline reporter for the station’s Philadelphia Soul coverage. He also said he contributed to the station’s weekly sports program.

Two years later, Farrell transferred to Rutgers

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While earning a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism and Media Studies, he partook in two internships: one at the Big Ten Network (BTN) and the other at SportsNet New York (SNY).

He also served as a counselor for Play by Play Sports Broadcasting Camps.

The camps, which are for kids between ages 10 and 18, are very near and dear to his heart as he also credits his participation in them for helping to shape his career path.

At the Big Ten Network, Farrell said he started as a cameraman for a sideline reporter.

He was eventually afforded the opportunity to do some directing and sideline reporting for the network.

SNY utilized Farrell’s skillset to provide viewers with coverage of the New York Jets.

“I was tasked with everything Jets,” Farrell said. “I had to compile stats, gather game highlights, log interviews and ensure post-game sound.”

He also said he served as a production assistant for Geico SportsNite, a late night sports show on SNY. “Ray Lucas (SNY’s studio-based NFL analyst) is a great guy to learn from,” Farrell said.

But, Farrell said it was advice from SNY’s Jonas Schwartz, during the internship, that played a major role in his decision to accept the position with television station KFYR. “Jonas Schwartz said to me, ‘Listen, my first gig was in Idaho. Whatever opportunity you get, run with it,’” he said.

Farrell said he will work full-time with the television station. He said he will serve as the sports anchor for the station’s weekend broadcasts at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. He added that during the week, he will cover high school football games and serve as a producer for the news department.

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Ryan Farrell poses for a picture outside television station KFYR. “Since North Dakota is Wentz’s alma mater, I’ll get to report on the Eagles game scores as there are so many Eagles fans there,” said Farrell, also an Eagles season ticket holder.

“I’ve worked so hard, it all happened so quickly and I am excited to take the first step after college.”

But Farrell admitted his first step after college is a “big step” for him as he’ll be leaving the very people who have always encouraged and supported him when he decided to pursue a career in sportscasting.

“I am a family-oriented guy and my family— including my grandparents—have always been within driving distance,” he said. “So, it will take some time for me to get acclimated since my whole family is in New Jersey. Jersey will

always be part of me.”

Before departing for Bismarck, Farrell worked with the LDTV staff and Lenape graduate Jack Watson to produce a five-minute broadcast titled “Teacher Center,” modeled after ESPN’s SportsCenter program, to announce new hires in the LRHSD for the 2017-18 school year.

Farrell, realizing many students from his alma mater may read and share this story, offered some advice to those who may be considering a career in broadcasting.

“The tools are there in the LRHSD to start thinking about your interests,” he said. “Just try the many things that are offered—clubs, etc.— that is when you’ll know if something is right for you.”

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HOME, GARDEN, AND FARMING Farm and Food File

By Alan Guebert

Alan Guebert is an award-winning agriculture columnist who was raised on a 720-acre, 100-cow southern Illinois dairy farm.

Groundhog Day

The calendar may show Labor Day but with out over and over in the 1993 movie, no is easy; another enormous American harvest and its it carries its own strident righteousness.

Here’s how Senate Ag Committee Chairman resulting low prices just around the corner it Pat Roberts, R-KS, recently explained why feels more like Groundhog Day. The movie, I mean, not the shadowy holiday. the status quo “no” of today will become the The reason why, as Bill Murray’s status quo “no” of tomorrow: “This is no time to boorish character learns, is because we’ve been be proposing revolutionary ideas with the farm here before. And before and before and before. bill… crop insurance is, for many, the most In agriculture, old-timers see these repetitive, valuable tool in the risk management toolbox.”

Besides, he added, he “doesn’t want to big harvest-low price loops as the proverbial make cuts in crop insurance, but rather reduce “farm problem.”

After decades of these endless loops, regulations that impact farmers and ranchers.”

While Chairman Roberts didn’t point to any however, maybe the real “problem” isn’t on the “farm.” Maybe the real problem is our specific regulation whose elimination would loopy farm policy that all but guarantees long deliver more profit to farmers and ranchers, stretches of little-to-no profit interrupted by his committee colleague, Nebraska Republican short bursts of (usually) disaster-inspired, low Sen. Deb Fischer, did recommend the elimination of one that not only isn’t a yields and high profits.

That’s our past and it will likely remain our regulation now, it won’t be in your lifetime or future because farmers, ranchers, and mine.

“Fischer said there is a movement by some taxpayers are about to go for another lap in the farm policy hyperloop machine. Congress is activists,” reported the Columbus (NE) back in Washington and its ag leaders hope to Telegram, “to tie more conservation programs finish the 2018 Farm Bill before the snow flies. into any kind of farm payments. These programs By all accounts, however, the new law will can, in turn, be tied into crop insurance.”

That would be very bad, she said, because mirror the old law because old is what our mostly old representatives and senators deliver “… putting an extra burden on our farmers isn’t when we mostly oldsters out in the country are the way to go.”

“Extra burden” is an interesting and revealing asked what we want. New ideas, it seems, are as rare in rural America as they are in Washington. phrase for what should be at the very center of That means the well-worn, low-and-going- all Farm Bills: a clear public benefit—cleaner lower price centerpiece of recent Farm Bills, water, less soil erosion, more vibrant rural crop insurance, will again be the centerpiece communities, and a safe, abundant food supply of the new—and in all likelihood, really low to name but a few—in return for the subsidies received by farmers. price—Farm Bill of the future.

Accountability, after all, is how wellLike crop insurance, other tired policy elements won’t even bother to shower and deserving farmers and ranchers build trust with shave before going back into the new law: there hungry, helpful taxpayers.

But today our farm and political leaders often will be no meaningful conservation on cross compliance, no program payment caps, no are so scared of their own shadow—a primary increases in Land Grant research funds, no challenger, a knee-buckling White House tweet, needed increase in rural infrastructure some awful “activist” with an idea that spending, and no new money for beginning challenges convention—that few pause to consider what change could mean for rural farmer programs.

All, either individually or collectively, could America’s economic and cultural future.

And yet change is what is needed to make be a starting point to meaningful farm policy tomorrow a new day, not another Groundhog reform. But, no, no, no, no and no.

We know this because, as Bill Murray finds Day again and again and again. © 2017 AG COMM. The views expressed in this column are the author’s own views and do not reflect the view of the Pine Barrens Tribune.

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