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s we brainstorm our New Years resolutions and optimistically look toward

what 2016 may have in store, its important that we take a look back at the year
that was.
Last year was a busy one for the
township of Medford.
From the action-packed school year
to the numerous issues of significance handled by
town council, there is plenty on which to reflect.

Cemetery purchase discussed, not done

The beginning of the year played host to a wildly
popular topic of discussion that often took center
stage at the Medford Town Council meetings.
A proposal was introduced in early March that
the township had been discussing the potential purchase of a cemetery as an effort to find new sources
of revenue.
Deputy Mayor Jeff Beenstock initially described

the project as purely an investment opportunity, as

the township was looking to bring in extra revenue
from sources other than taxes.
Beenstock described the amount of potential revenue created from the cemetery for the townships
general fund as substantial, potentially around $1
million on an annual basis and nearly $80 million
over 50 years.
The Medford Cemetery Association approached
the township about purchasing the cemetery more
than a year before it was publicly announced.
The MCA is a non-profit organization formed in
2008 to manage the OddFellows Cemetery in Medford Village. The organization opened the Park View
Cemetery at Kirbys Mill in 2013.
The Park View Cemetery consists of two locations, one in historic Medford Village and the other
in the Kirbys Mill location.
Unfortunately, the cost of the cemetery would
also be substantial, with the original purchase price
please see DAMAGING, page 2

CLOCKWISE, FROM BOTTOM LEFT: Jake Miller extends for his delivery as Shawnee
baseball takes on Bishop Eustace. Shawnee High School Class of 2015 enters the football field by taking a lap around the track. No. 22 Caroline Farley goes soaring through
the air as she scores a goal to tighten Shawnees game against Lenape. Pinelands
Library librarian Dannielle Haubrich and Caroline Czekanski shake a parachute as fast
as they can during a library program. Shawnees No. 21 Colette Euksuzian makes a move
toward the goal to take a shot on Cherry Hill Wests net. The 27th Pine Barrens Fest was
once again a huge hit as people from all over filed in to celebrate the Pinelands culture
with action-packed rides, cold drinks and funnel cakes. Maya Varner dances to the music

as the Pineland Librarys parachute time concludes with a crowd favorite, the bubble
machine. Shawnees No. 14 Dana Goldstein jostles for possession with Lenapes No. 23
Bella Hovis in a playoff matchup. No. 5 Chris Giunta scoops up a routine ground ball at
shortstop during the opening round of the Cal Ripken 12-year-old South Jersey State
Tournament. Medford Fire Department firefighter Steven Rockhill helps Mitchell
Maugham test the fire hose at the Medford National Night Out. St. Mary of the Lakes
student Gabriella Leonti made a fun science project about bubble gum for the school
science fair. Alice Sandman, left, and Christine Correa walk the Ladies Auxiliary Post
7677 wreath up to display at the Medford Memorial on Veterans Day.

2 THE MEDFORD SUN DEC. 30, 2015JAN. 5, 2016

Damaging storms hit Medford on June 23

DAMAGING
Continued from page 1
coming to about $10.88 million.
This had several residents up
in arms about a potential large
tax increase. Many disagreed
with the purchase because they
argued the revenue numbers
were skewed and were often referred to as totally unrealistic
with the townships steady decline in population.
However, council confirmed it
had done its homework after creating a presentation to a packed
meeting on April 1.
We wouldnt be bringing this
up if it wasnt in the townships
best interests, Councilman
Chris Buoni said.
News broke on April 16 that the
president of the Medford Cemetery Association notified Medford
officials that the association had
withdrawn its offer to the township to purchase the cemetery.
It was a relatively quiet meet-

ing. A handful of people came up

and commented that had spoken
at previous meetings who were
pleased by this outcome, and a
few people thanked us for our efforts, Beenstock said.
The township released a statement saying it received and accepted the notice from the MCA.
The Medford Township Council has accepted this notice and
expressed its appreciation to the
Medford Cemetery Association
for its willingness to explore the
feasibility of working with the
township on a unique investment
opportunity which was expected
to benefit all concerned, the
statement read.
In its final statement, the Medford Cemetery Association concluded that after careful consideration, the false information, negative statements and misrepresentations that appeared in newspapers and social media could have a
negative impact on the cemeteries.

A storm brewed

down with the storm that was the

cemetery project, one of the most
devastating storms this area had
ever seen struck on June 23.
Wind gusts were recorded up to
70 mph, leaving a wide path of destruction throughout Burlington
County.
More than 200,000 power outages were reported by Atlantic
City Electric throughout South
Jersey as of the morning of June
24, and many didnt regain power
until almost a week later.
Communication became a
large obstacle with many cell
phone towers going down, so
township offices took to social
media to reach as many people as
it could with updates.
The debris left behind created a
large obstacle for Medford and
surrounding towns. The cleanup
process went on for several
months.
Folks who had been working in
these townships for more than 30
years said it was the worst storm
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Club installs garden

Continued from page 2
theyve ever dealt with. Many
compared this storm to 2012s
Hurricane Sandy, but this storm
was more concentrated, and the
towns that were hit had little to
no time to prepare.
Township officials held meetings with neighboring towns
after the fact to discuss what they
could have done differently.

Changes at cranberry locations

The popular cranberry locations in Medford underwent some
major change during 2015.
Early on in March, the
Pinelands Garden Club announced it would be installing a
butterfly garden at Cranberry
Park to help preserve a creature
that has been experiencing a population reduction after being
around for 40 million to 50 million
years.

please see LENAPE, page 4

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To combat this issue, the garden club came up with a possible

solution to allow butterflies to
flourish in Medford.
The project did not cost taxpayers any money, as it was paid for
through a butterfly tea fundraiser
on April 11. It was also supported
by various township businesses
and organizations.
The garden club played host to
a large butterfly launch on Saturday, June 6.
Cranberry Hall will also be enduring some change as it has
been made official that the name
of the historic landsite will be undergoing a change.
The building will be renamed
after Dr. James Still, a self-taught
physician in the Medford area
during the 1800s who was widely
known as the "Black Doctor of
the Pines.
The idea was originally
brought to the attention of council by members of the Medford

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Lenape district has busy 2015

LENAPE
Continued from page 3
Historical Society who believed
Stills impact was deserving of a
township landmark being named
after him.
A lot of this history is good for
our children. Whether they are
white or black, they need to hear
this story, descendant of Dr. Still,
Sam Still, said. I think this would

be a privilege for this township to

honor him, and I would support
that in any way that I can.
Council took the notion into
consideration, and after some
brainstorming, came up with the
idea of renaming Cranberry Hall,
the original courtroom of Medford that is nearly 100 years old.

Lenape Regional High School

District was active
Out with the old, in with the
new. As the class of 2019 began
their high school careers, the
Lenape Regional High School District looked back at the year that
was.
The class of 2015 was a special
one that has gone off in separate
directions to chase dreams but
not before leaving a distinct mark
on the district.
Students from this class earned
an average score of 1591 on the
SAT. This is noteworthy because,
according to the College Board, a
student with an SAT score of 1550
or higher is more likely to get a Btheir freshman year of college.
This is indicative of college
success and completion, Lenape
Regional High School District Director of Programs and Planning
Matthew Webb said.

The class of 2015 had a graduation rate of 96 percent. This qualifies as above average for Burlington County, New Jersey and on a
national scale.
Each school widely celebrated
its students college acceptances a
number of different ways, using
its websites, videos, pennants,
shirts, tweets and even ceremonies such as the academic
award night some schools held.
I have to say I am extremely
pleased with our principals and
how they have celebrated their
students college acceptances,
Webb said.
Last school year was also the
best one the district has ever had
in terms of students taking AP
classes and AP tests.
Academic tests were not the
only thing on which these students scored highly. Last years
students also scored well on the
harassment, intimidation and
bullying
assessment,
being
awarded 74 out of 78 total potential points.
Each school has to provide a
self-assessment to the state for review, and once this grade is approved by the state, it has to be
posted on each school's website.
We have an award-winning
harassment, intimidation and
bullying program that we are
proud of, Webb said.
Webb is referring to the districts Step Up and ID program
it plans to continue to build on
please see SCHOOLS, page 6

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Lets resolve to give back in 2016

For the New Year, we could all give some of our time to lend a helping hand
ost of us are lucky enough to
spend the holidays with our
loved ones. Most of us are
lucky enough to be able to give and receive presents, to put a home-cooked
meal on the table and to sit back, relax
and enjoy whats important in life.
There are many, though, living right
here in our state who are not as lucky
as we are. And these are the people
who need our help the most.
So as we are about to put 2015 behind
us and enter a New Year, lets all resolve to give back more in 2016.
We like to think of ourselves as giving people, but compared to the rest
of the country, thats just not the
case.
A study released recently by the Corporation for National and Community

Share your thoughts

Do you volunteer, or do you plan to
volunteer in the New Year? Share your
thoughts on this, and other topics,
through a letter to the editor.

Service and the National Conference

on Citizenship found that 22.5 percent
of New Jersey residents volunteered
their time in 2014.
That ranked us near the bottom,
45th, in the nation. Utah topped the list
at 46 percent.
The study found that 1.61 million
residents volunteered a total of more
than 225.5 million hours of service.
The stats counted only non-paid work
as volunteering.
These numbers did get better since
2013, even if New Jerseys overall rank-

ing did not, as 1.45 million residents

volunteered a total of more than 206
million hours of service that year.
The good news is it doesnt take
much to change this trend. Volunteering doesnt have to take up all of ones
free time, and it doesnt have to include
big monetary donations.
Volunteering can be as simple as
pitching in at a soup kitchen, coaching
a Little League team or collecting trash
at a public park. Doing a little can go a
long way. What may seem as not much
to most of us can have a huge impact
to someone else.
So while youre compiling your list
of To Dos for 2016, add giving back to
the community by volunteering. Youll
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Schools collect 56,373 pounds of clothes

SCHOOLS
Continued from page 4
through seeking teen input.
Our program encourages every student
to walk the walk and defend their friends
and classmates if theyre ever harassed or
bullied for any reason. It empowers every
student and all four Lenape high schools to
stand up, step up and be an upstander not
a bystander, District Superintendent
Carol Birnbohm said.
For the third consecutive year, all four
schools have been deemed a no place for
hate by the Anti-Defamation League Program. Each school received its award for
this accomplishment during the week of
respect in October.
These exceptional students shined outside of the classroom as well, excelling in
different things such as community serv-

ice. Students from across the district partook in the fifth annual Senior Day of Service last year. They also participated in a
clothing drive for Goodwill, collecting an
overwhelming 56,373 pounds of clothes to
donate to the organization. Cherokee High
School edged Seneca High School in
pounds per student and was awarded a
plaque from Goodwill.
We enjoy a friendly competition, but
this is for a great cause, Webb said.
School officials could not say enough
about their excitement for the 2015-2016
year to get underway. The new schedule
was a particular highlight on this list of
new initiatives.
It was a very long, collaborative process
that led the district to this schedule change,
a process that included 48 teachers, 47 students and 23 editors administrators, custodians, sports staff and child study team
members, to name a few.
Increasing instructional time with

longer periods, increasing staff collaboration, having a common lunch and reducing
academic stress are a few advancements
Webb touched on.
The district was also proud to announce its participation in the statewide
You Got Brains competition. Fifty-nine
New Jersey schools competed in the fifth
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sponsored by the Brain Injury Alliance of
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WEDNESDAY DEC. 30
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The app includes several features

such as being able to customize it
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parents being able to sign up for
grade alerts, parents being able to
deposit money in their childs
lunch accounts and parents being
able to view the four-day rotating
schedule.
This is just scratching the surface of what this app can do,
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Another project that debuted
in all four schools this past year
was Project Lead The Way, which
was only implemented at Lenape
and Seneca last year. It is a national program that develops
STEM curriculum in high
schools.
STEM is where jobs are today
and where the growth is going to
be, Webb said.
Lastly, the district wanted to
show its gratitude in regard to donation numbers from the 20142015 school year totaling almost
$88,000. This adds to the nearly

$2.5 million that has been donated

to the school district since it started keeping track of donations in
2007.
A large chunk of these donations have gone to things such as
turf fields at Shawnee and Cherokee high schools, and numerous
driving simulators for drivers education classes at all four of the
high schools.
2015 also marked the maiden
voyage of the new standardized
test the district will now be using,
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The PARCC tests were presented to the students exactly as the
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Continued from page 10
ever, the district did not single out
students for refusing the test, as it
will not be a graduation requirement for students in high school
until 2019.
Birnbohm said Common Core
and PARCCs increased difficulty
is not different from changes the
state has made in standardized
testing in the past.
We have a history of increasing rigor in our standards, she
said.
Birnbohm described PARCC as
an opportunity for students to
perfect their skills. She noted
other tests such as the SAT are
being aligned to Common Core
State Standards in 2016 and will
feature questions similar to
PARCC.
This is another chance for
them to practice and show their
proficiency, Birnbohm said.

The test took place on March 2

and the results were recently released to the public.
LRHSD students in grades
nine, 10 and 11 exceeded or
equaled statewide percentages of
students scoring Level 4 or better
and average overall scores for all
English language arts assessments.
District-wide math results varied by subject. LRHSD algebra II
results exceeded the state average
percent of students scoring Level
4 or better, while LRHSD algebra I
and geometry results were below
the state average percent of students scoring Level 4 or better.
Justin Smith, the districts assessment, accountability and
planning coordinator, noted approximately 33,000 New Jersey
students took the PARCC algebra
I and/or geometry assessment in
middle school. Those advanced
students scores do not factor into
LRHSDs outcomes.
A more equitable comparison
for PARCC algebra and geometry

would be to compare the LRHSD

average to the New Jersey average of students in grades nine
through 11 and not the entire cohort of algebra and geometry
test-takers in New Jersey, Smith
said. This comparison, of
LRHSD scores to scores of only
high school students in New Jersey, revealed the LRHSD met or
exceeded the New Jersey average
percent of students scoring Level
4 or better for both algebra I and
geometry.

A lot went on in K-8 schools

The Medford Township School
District also made leaps and
bounds this year, as it implemented a full-day kindergarten
program and achieved sustainability.
It was one of five districts in
the state that had each of its
schools recognized for the first
ever Sustainability Jersey for
Schools certification.
please see FULL-DAY, page 13

DEC. 30, 2015JAN. 5, 2016 THE MEDFORD SUN 13

Full-day kindergarten debuts

FULL-DAY
Continued from page 12
The district has been pursuing
the effort to go green for more
than a decade by being a leader in
utilizing solar projects in most of
its facilities to enable sustainability for cost savings in an effort to
put money back into classrooms.
The Sustainable Jersey for
Schools organization is a new
nonprofit that certifies schools in
sustainability based on efforts in
achieving
environmentally
green practices.
There are numerous requirements these schools must achieve
that the organization describes as
rigorous.
Becoming certified with Sustainable Jersey for Schools is a
significant
achievement
for
schools and their school district,
co-director of Sustainable Jersey
Donna Drewes said. They are
leaders in implementing sustain-

ability measures that save money,

improve the learning environment and prepare todays students to address the challenges of
tomorrow.
I commend the schools that
have achieved certification for
their demonstrated commitment
toward the long-term goal of a
sustainable New Jersey, co-director of the Sustainable Jersey program Randall Solomon said.
After years of discussion and
planning, the full-day kindergarten program finally came to
Medford
Township
Public
Schools.
Superintendent Joseph Del
Rossi sent a letter to parents on
Feb. 4 informing them full-day
kindergarten will debut at all five
of the district's elementary
schools for the 2015-16 school year.
Del Rossi believe the timing
was right to implement a full-day
kindergarten program. He said
the new program will increase
class time for kindergarten students to better prepare them for

their academic futures. In addition, Del Rossi said the program

will result in no additional cost to
the taxpayer.
The district is able to pay for
the program mostly through cost
containment and a reduction of
class sections in the older grades.
With the district experiencing a
decline in enrollment, the elementary schools will have fewer
class sections across the board,
which has freed up resources for
full-day kindergarten.
With the district now offering
full-day classes, half-day classes
and the extended kindergarten
option will not be continued.
With full-day class, kindergarten students will have more
instruction time. However, Administrative Director of Programming and Planning Thomas
Olson stated there will not be
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tion time will be used for better
reinforcement. Olson said teachers will be able to do more enrichment and focus on individual students better. The increased instruction time will also allow
classes to put more focus on science, music, art and physical education.
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in NCAA history prior to that season.
Vasturias team fought tooth
and nail but came up just two
points short of the Wildcats as
they improved to 38-0 on the season.

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Another former basketball

player from the Medford area who
had success at the collegiate level
published his first book about his
experience with the game this
past year.
Tyson Hartnett received a full
scholarship offer during his junior year at Shawnee High School
to play with a Division-I basketball team at the University of
Maine.
However, his experience at the
school was not quite what he expected it to be, and after two years
of only getting on the court three
times, he decided it was time for
something else.
During the offseason, he received a call from Rowans Head
Coach Joe Cassidy who was interested in having Hartnett play for
his team.
He decided to return home to
New Jersey where he would finish his college career at Rowan as
an all-conference player.
He went on to play professionally after his college days in Sweden, Argentina and Chile all for
one year each.
I tell people I played pro basketball and they want to hear all
about it, Hartnett said. Ive experienced all of these things that
arent normal, and I figured a
book would be the best way to express these experiences with people.
After many years of experiencing life as a professional basketball player, he discovered much of
it to be unlike how people described it to be, so he decided to
write a book based on what he felt
to be the truths of being a pro athlete, called Hoop Dreams Fulfilled.
There's a lot that goes on inside the minds of athletes and
their families during a career. I
want to bring light to these things
that people are scared to talk
about, or they just don't
know enough about, Hartnett
said.
Hartnetts former high school
had another successful year on
the court, accounting for more
trophies and banners to decorate
the school.
The Shawnee boys tennis
please see LITTLE, page 15

DEC. 30, 2015JAN. 5, 2016 THE MEDFORD SUN 15

Little League team wins district title

LITTLE
Continued from page 14
team put together a dominant 21-1
season as it won its fourth consecutive South Jersey Group IV
championship, defeating districtrival Cherokee, 5-0.
The title was the culmination
of a season head coach Jim Baker
described as a total team effort.
We had to be a real team this
year, Baker said. More than
most years without a doubt.
The Shawnee boys lacrosse
team snatched the South Jersey
Group III championship back
from Moorestown this year, winning its second South Jersey
Group III title in three years.
The Shawnee and Moorestown
battle for the title has quickly become an annual tradition.
For the third year in a row, the
two teams faced off in the title
game. For the third year in a row,
the game was decided by one goal.
For the second time in three
years, the game went to overtime.
This year, it was Shawnee coming out on top. After dropping the
2014 South Jersey Group III title
game to Moorestown, 10-9, the
Renegades got their revenge, defeating the Quakers, 8-7, in double
overtime on May 23 for their first
sectional championship under
second-year head coach Erik Stilley. David Smith scored the gamewinning goal for Shawnee to
bring home the title.
It was a big deal for those
guys, Stilley said. That was my
freshman group when I came in,
so getting to create success is really special.
The Shawnee girls soccer
team overcame its past playoff
disappointments by breaking
through and winning its first sectional championship in nine
years.
The Lady Renegades defeated
Eastern, 2-0, in the South Jersey
Group IV championship Nov. 12.
The previous season ended in
heartbreak as Shawnee was tied
with Lenape High School for
nearly the entire match in the
South Jersey Group IV championship game before the Indians
scored with less than five minutes
left to stun the Renegades, 1-0.

2015 proved to be a different

story for the team that finished
with a 20-3-2 record.
After losing to Eastern earlier
in the year during a regular season game, the resilient bunch was
able to pull off the victory when it
mean the most.
Resiliency quickly became
the motto for the Shawnee athletics program in 2015.
The girls lacrosse team was
also able to bounce back from a
huge loss, the loss of one of their
teammates.
Katie Kernan, an accomplished
defender and team leader for the
Renegades when she was diagnosed with brain cancer, passed
away at the age of 19 during the
summer before the season.
The girls decided to keep Kernan with the team by honoring
her through giving co-captain
Caroline Farley the opportunity
to wear her jersey number.
For the selection, each senior
on the team would write an essay
nominating a teammate who they
thought had characteristics best
resembling Kernan. The coaching staff read through the essays
and made their selection based on
them.
When we looked to pass it on,
we were looking for a player (who
was) not only skilled, but exemplified the teamwork, head
coach Aimee Seward said.
Farley wore the number with
great pride and the team was able
to rally around her and the passing of their teammate to win 13
games in 2015.
The resiliency also trickled
down to the Little League ranks
as the Medford 10-year-old baseball team was finally able to overcome losing to its rival, Marlton.
After two years of finishing
runner up, Medford beat Marlton
by a score of 6-5 to win the 10U
Cal Ripken District 5 Title in
Southampton.
When we finally beat Marlton
in the district tournament, the
boys were elated and they really
started to believe in themselves,
which gave them a lot of confidence going into the state tournament, head coach Rich OBrien
said.
The irrepressible bunch went
on to take home the 10U Cal Ripken Southern New Jersey State

title after defeating Washington

Township by a score of 5-4.

Goodbyes
Medford said goodbye to a few
familiar faces in 2015.
Former township manager
Chris Schultz was replaced by
Kathy Berger after his abrupt resignation in August.
Schultz was appointed by the
former council in 2011 and came
on board during a difficult economic time when the town faced
a $2.3 million deficit and layoffs in
the police, fire and public works
departments.
Following a drawn out interview process, the council decided
on Berger.
We are very happy with the
job that she is doing filling in our
last managers shoes, and she
continues to do a great job,
Mayor Charles Watson said.
The township also said goodbye to a cornerstone of the Medford Police force who has dedicated his life to ensuring the safety
of the township and its schools
since 1990.
Lt. Jeff Wagner began with the
Medford Police Department as the
communication officer in 1990 and
became a police officer in 1992.
Jeff was a consummate professional and was always willing
to do anything that was asked of
him, Police Chief Richard
Meder said. He always put the
best interest of the township
first.
He also served as a school resource officer, detective and later
supervised those units, working
intimately with all schools.
Medford also said goodbye to
Thomas Corbi and James Geiger,
who served as chairperson and
vice chairperson, respectively, of
the Neighborhood Services Advisory Committee.
It was a general consensus that
no one anticipated these resignations when they were announced
at July 7s town council meeting.
I wish you would take a hard
look at the fact that these people
who have worked so hard for the
town and so hard for the council
and so hard for people of Medford
are now resigning, resident
Mike Panarello said. And if you
do not do that, I think you are
making a mistake.

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