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PAGE 3
Robotic
relays
By NICK COHEN
The Sun
If you were to pull into the park-
ing lot of Seneca High School over
the weekend of March 22, you may
have been surprised to find it packed
with cars and open spaces near the
school at a premium. As you entered
the building, youd hear the sound of
top 40 music playing, laughter and
raucous cheering. And when you
made it to the gymnasium, youd
find its not high school students
competing but the robots those stu-
dents built taking center stage.
Welcome to the FIRST Mid-At-
lantic Robotics district competition.
Seneca competes in FIRST
Mid-Atlantic Robotics competition
please see REGION, page 7
NICK COHEN/The Sun
Robots took over the gym at Seneca High School the weekend of March 22
as part of the Mid-Atlantic Robotics district competition held at the school
each year. Forty schools competed.
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On Thursday, April 10 begin-
ning at 6:30 p.m., the Indian Mills
Parent Advisory Cooperative
Team will present a seminar on
the topic of concussions spon-
sored by the Brain Injury Al-
liance of New Jersey. Dr. Sarah
Levin Allen, neuropsychologist
and certified brain injury special-
ist, will discuss a variety of topics
including: concussion myths and
facts, what a concussion is, physi-
cal symptoms, cognitive symp-
toms, social and emotional symp-
toms as well as when it is safe to
return to school and when it is
safe to return to sports.
Allen is a licensed pediatric
neuropsychologist, certified
school psychologist and certified
brain injury specialist, who spe-
cializes in the area of evidence-
based interventions for schools.
Her passion is in promoting and
integrating brain-based learning
approaches in the classroom.
Allen is currently fulltime faculty
at the Philadelphia College of Os-
teopathic Medicine and executive
director of the Brain Behavior
Bridge. She has directed campus-
es at the Y.A.L.E. School, which
serves children who learn differ-
ently than their peers due to
brain injuries, learning disabili-
ties or other social or executive
deficits. Allen consults with dis-
tricts and families to establish
programs to promote the academ-
ic, social and emotional develop-
ment of students. She also works
closely with medical and school
professionals to design and imple-
ment "return to school" program-
ming for students with concus-
sions as well as other brain in-
juries.
The seminar will take place at
the Indian Mills Memorial School
library, 295 Indian Mills Road.
RSVP required by April 8. Email
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Parent group to host
concussion seminar April 10
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By NICK COHEN
The Sun
An increase in state aid for the
Shamong School District is rarely
seen as a bad thing, but some resi-
dents were hoping for more as ne-
gotiations over a new contract be-
tween the Board of Education
and Shamong Township Educa-
tion Association remain at a
standstill.
The Shamong school system,
like each of the 40 Burlington
County school systems, received a
small increase in state aid. An in-
crease of $16,500 brought the dis-
tricts total state aid package to
$4,244,351, a 0.4 percent boost.
While slight, that puts Shamong
right around the median among
Burlington County districts. Fif-
teen districts received higher per-
centage increases, 17 lower and
seven the same.
At last months board meeting,
Michael Holt, an auditor with the
firm of Holman, Frenia & Alli-
son, P.C., of Medford, said much
of the budget surplus is ear-
marked for specific areas, with
relatively little available for gen-
eral spending. He added that an
estimated $896,000 surplus for
this May must be used, under
state law, for various set-asides.
A parent, Carmela Van Horn,
said she saw merit in both sides
argument but simply wants a set-
tlement, and soon. Van Horn, who
operates a preschool and has a
daughter in seventh grade, fears
Residents hope for
increase in state aid
for school district
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the Shamong Township Public
Works Department will go
through the township one time
only the week of April 7 picking
up brush that has been left prop-
erly in the township right of way.
Please follow the rules listed
below to ensure your brush is
picked up.
Brush cannot be larger than
six inches in diameter nor less
than four feet in length. All brush
must be tied with twine in bun-
dles of no more than 60 pounds.
No firewood length 12" to 24" or
longer than eight feet in length
will be accepted.
Leaves cannot be included in
the brush bundles. The town-
ships chipper does not grind the
leaves, and it has no place to dis-
pose of the leaves.
The township cannot chip
lumber, railroad ties, building
material, telephone poles or fence
posts. Any bundles containing
these materials will be rejected.
Please be considerate of town-
ship employees and do not place
any poison ivy or briars in the
brush piles. Severe allergic reac-
tions are possible. Any bundles
containing these items will be re-
jected.
Decaying and excessively brit-
tle branches cannot be chipped
and will be rejected. Be advised,
rejected piles will not be reconsid-
ered.
Please remember, brush pick-
up is provided as a free service to
residents who are cleaning up the
yard around their house. It is not
to remove bushes, stumps, trees
and other debris resulting from
plant removal, lot clearing, pool
installation, construction, addi-
tion, new decks, etc. Removal of
debris resulting from these activi-
ties should be arranged by the
homeowner or the contractor.
Bundles resulting from these ac-
tivities will be rejected and other
arrangements will have to be
made by the homeowner to re-
move them at their expense.
A rummage sale will be held at
Indian Mills United Methodist
Church located at the intersec-
tion of Indian Mills Road and Wil-
low Grove Road.
The sale is Friday April 4 from
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday
April 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Brush pickup is week of April 7
Rummage sale set for April 4-5
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children are being disrupted.
I want to see them at Camp
Ockanickon, Van Horn said. I
want them to take their eighth-
grade field trip.
Van Horn added that she be-
lieves most teachers arent in it
for the money, citing a teacher,
Don Giordano, who earlier at the
meeting described getting his
first paycheck as a teacher and
thinking, I cant believe Im get-
ting paid for this. She said she
fears long-term effects of a three-
year budget, not necessarily in
the first year, but down the line.
Van Horn did agree with Holt
in believing that most of the sur-
plus is spoken for, with very little
of it available for discretionary
spending. Shamong teachers have
been working without a new con-
tract since December 2012.
Julie Johnson, a teacher in an-
other district who has three chil-
dren in the school system, said
she objected to an earlier speaker
who cited high costs of education
for special-needs children as a
reason for tight budgets. She
thought this charge was being
used as a smoke screen and
simply wasnt valid.
A third speaker from the pub-
lic, Colleen Tucci, was clearly on
the side of the board. She has two
children attending Shamong
schools.
Its a thankless job. They take
hits from all sides, Tucci said. I
applaud their efforts and think
they do the best they can.
SHAMONG
Continued from page 3
Shamong teachers without
contract since December 2012
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At the Wednesday, March 26 public
meeting of the Burlington County Board
of Chosen Freeholders, the board voted
to elect freeholder Bruce Garganio as di-
rector.
In remarks thanking the board, Gar-
ganio said, I look forward to working
across the aisle to extend our long held
tradition of cutting government spend-
ing and holding the line on taxes, all
while maintaining and expanding the
first rate services that we strive to pro-
vide to our residents.
I will preserve the priorities set out by
this board at the beginning of the year.
We will pass a budget that once again re-
duces the tax burden for Burlington
County residents, and we will pass it
soon, Garganio continued.
As director, Garganios freeholder as-
signments include oversight of the coun-
ty administration, economic develop-
ment efforts and human services depart-
ment. He will also serve as liaison to
Burlington County College, Burlington
County Institute of Technology and the
Burlington County Special Services
School.
Seneca High School will host a designer
bag bingo fundraiser on Tuesday, April 29
in the Seneca cafeteria at 6:30 p.m.
All proceeds from the event will help
fund the "110 Carranza Prom House," an al-
cohol- and drug-free post prom party to be
held at Seneca High School.
It is $20 to register prior to April 25, $25
after and at the door.
Contact Karen O'Neil at
koneil@lrhsd.org for more information
about the fundraiser.
Bruce Garganio elected new
freeholder director at meeting
Dan McDonough Jr.
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T
he states of Colorado and
Washington legalized marijua-
na for recreational purposes in
2012. Could New Jersey be next?
State Sen. Nicholas Scutari is hop-
ing that it will. This week, he is sched-
uled to formally present a bill that
would legalize marijuana in the state
and tax it heavily. His bill would be
modeled after those in Washington
and Colorado, which earned $2 million
in the first month of sales last year.
Scutaris bill plans to tax and regu-
late marijuana much like alcohol, and
he estimates that New Jersey could
earn $100 million per year in revenue
from weed tax.
Anybody that looks at the facts
knows that the war on marijuana has
been a miserable failure, Scutari said
in a press release. Were not delusion-
al about how simple the effort would
be, but I think from a standpoint of
moving this state and this country for-
ward on its archaic drug laws, I think
its a step in the right direction.
From a purely financial perspective,
legalizing marijuana makes sense.
While $100 million may seem like an
inflated number, its probably not out
of the realm of possibility. New Jersey
had 2 million more residents than
Washington as of the 2010 Census and
3.7 million more than Colorado.
Much like alcohol consumption and
gambling, if people are going to par-
take in the practice of smoking mari-
juana, why not reap the benefits of
taxing the substance while at the
same time avoiding the cost of polic-
ing against it?
From an operational standpoint,
New Jersey has two other states to
model its plan after, plus many other
states in the U.S. that have decriminal-
ized the possession of marijuana for
recreational use. The Garden State has
also already legalized its use for med-
ical purposes.
People are also behind its legaliza-
tion. Lake Research Partners released
a poll last year that said 59 percent of
Jersey voters would support a bill
such as this, and an October Gallup
poll said 58 percent of Americans are
in favor of marijuana legalization.
But then, of course, comes the
curveball emotion, morality and ex-
ample.
Just because people do it doesnt
make it right. And just because states
can legalize and tax marijuana doesnt
mean they should.
What example does legalizing mari-
juana set for our children? How far
will we go just to make, or save, a
buck? Or are we just being too prudish
about this weed thing?
in our opinion
Puff, puff, pass ... on lower taxes?
Should New Jersey give green light to legal marijuana? Its an interesting case
Your thoughts
Should New Jersey legalize and tax
marijuana for recreational purposes? Or
would it be doing too much for the
almighty dollar? Share your thoughts
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Seneca to host
designer bag bingo
fundraiser April 29
MAR competitions closely re-
semble the biggest high school
sporting events complete with
cheering crowds, mascots and
banners. Each robot competes in
a three-team alliance against a
second similar alliance in a game
that changes every year.
Seneca played host to 40
schools from across New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. Four of the
Lenape Regional High School
District schools, Cherokee,
Lenape, Shawnee and Seneca, as
well as Eastern Regional High
School and Moorestown High
School, were among those in-
volved, as well as schools as far
away as York, Pa., and Wanaque.
The goal of FIRST, as well as
the competitions they hold, is to
inspire high school students to be
excited about careers in science,
technology, engineering and
mathematics as well as to give
them the tools they will need to
become leaders in these fields.
The students are given a new
game to play each year, and have
six weeks to design, build and
program the robot to be success-
ful on the competition field.
Most robots are about the size
of a small chest freezer. Each
team is given the same basic com-
ponents to build their robots, but
no blueprint is provided.
The result is a diverse collec-
tion of cleverly and uniquely
crafted machines.
What was this years game?
Aerial Assist, which involves the
robots throwing 25-inch diameter
balls into goals of varying point
values over a two-minute, 30-sec-
ond period.
Shamong Township resident
Robert Fraley attended the event
with his wife and kids. The
uniqueness of the event was a
draw for the Fraley family.
It was quite impressive and
lots of people attended, Fraley
said. The competition was pretty
cool, kids want to go back again.
Each team has an electrical,
mechanical and software sub
team. The team also contains stu-
dents to work on areas such as
management, web design and
photography.
Students also speak and make
presentations to the companies
that sponsor them. Sponsors
range from local businesses to
major corporations such as Lock-
heed Martin and The Boeing
Company.
The impact of the event goes
beyond just competing against
other high school students. It may
act as a glimpse into a potential
career path for the competitors.
Many students go on to col-
lege and pursue STEM careers.
These competitions are amazing,
and I guarantee that you have
never seen anything like this,
Seneca High School parent Kathy
Andjel said.
The students are assisted
in their endeavors by mentors
who help the students to grow
their technical knowledge,
self-confidence and leadership
skills.
What the teams pull off is re-
ally incredible to watch, and
what they learn is transferable to
college and in their career,
Voorhees resident and parent Je-
remy Cramer said.
Not just the technical skills
but to learn to work as a team, to
make a presentation for a compa-
ny. Its impressive.
At the end of the competition,
domo arigatos were handed out
to all Mr. Robotos on a weekend
well done as eyes turned to the
MAR Region Championship that
will be held April 10 at Lehigh
University.
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 2
Toddler Time: Ages 2 to 3. 10:30
a.m. at Pinelands Branch Library.
Toddlers are invited to join Miss
Danielle for stories, songs and a
craft or activity.
THURSDAY APRIL 3
Storytime with Mr. Rick: Ages 4 to
6. 10:30 a.m. at Pinelands Branch
Library. Join Mr. Rick for stories
of all kinds to be followed by an
engaging and creative activity.
Yoga Pretzels: Ages 6 to 12. 4:30
p.m. at Pinelands Branch Library.
Yoga Pretzels is a fun and vibrant
way to get kids bending, breath-
ing, twisting and stretching. Kids
will find their connection with the
universe though playful poses,
such as rabbit, dog, camel, river,
stone, star and more.
Celebrate Whole Grains Day: 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at ShopRite Medford.
Learn about quinoa and farro and
other ancient grains as nutrition-
ists demonstrate ways to use
these healthy grains. Samples
and brochures will be provided.
Candlelight Yoga: 5:30 p.m. at
Pinelands Branch Library. Join
Babita Kapoor, registered Shakti
Om Yoga instructor, to learn
yogas ancient science of breath
control and re-energize your
body and mind. Learn self aware-
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and breathing, learn meditation
techniques to help with insomnia
and fatigue and much more.
FRIDAY APRIL 4
Library Babies: Ages 0 to 2. 10:30
a.m. at Pinelands Branch Library.
Our littlest library goers are invit-
ed to join Miss Danielle for sto-
ries, songs, rhymes and play time.
Must be accompanied by a care-
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