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Drive a success
We thank you for another successful
Deck the Paws. PAGE 4
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S t a n d a r d
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SEAN PATRICK MURPHY/The Sun
Deanna Costello wheels her son, Alex, outside their home. A group of volunteers helped repair the ramp as well as other parts of the house.
By SEAN PATRICK MURPHY
The Medford Sun
When Deanna Costello needed
help, many came to her aid.
Costello, who has a handi-
capped child to take care of, sim-
ply couldnt make sorely needed
repairs to her home.
Costello, who was born and
grew up in Medford, has lived in
the house for more than 20 years.
Aside from general wear and
tear, the house had broken win-
dows, a kitchen sliding door that
needed weather stripping and re-
pair as well as glass replacement.
A step was dry rotted and a door
jam needed repair.
A tree branch smashed the
back of the house and drywall
needed to be repaired.
Costello said her good friend,
Paul Zetts, who lives in Medford
Lakes, came forward because he
knew what she was going
through. She said Zetts knows
men who simply go around help-
ing people.
That helped a lot, Costello
said. Its fantastic. Theyre the
nicest group of men you could
ever want to meet.
She said the guys worked a
tremendous amount of hours.
Also, her older sons helped and
the volunteers taught them about
home repairs.
Costello has five boys: one is a
26-year-old working professional
in Central Jersey; one is 24 and
another who is 20 and who are
still in college; a 16-year-old, and a
14-year-old.
The men also painted and re-
paired a wooden ramp that was
in desperate need of a paint job,
Costello said, noting the rails and
spindles were damaged.
Her 16-year-old son, Alex, has
Down Syndrome and a congenital
heart disease and needs to use the
ramp to get into and out of the
house.
Costello said she is absolute-
ly grateful to the men who didnt
charge her a dime for their servic-
es.
With most of the work done
through the summer and into the
fall, the gentlemen finished in Oc-
tober, when they also cleaned the
Repairs improve neighbors lives
please see HOMER, page 4
Pace
prepares
to lead
New leaders say
taxes may increase
By SEAN PATRICK MURPHY
The Medford Sun
Facing an enormous budget
shortfall in the coming year,
Medford residents could very
well see a tax increase some-
time soon.
And in the coming year, the
town will be led by a new
mayor, James Randy Pace.
Pace was selected mayor by
council and new Councilman
Frank Czekay was made
deputy mayor.
But it was new Councilman
Chris Buoni who tackled the
dire financial straits the town-
ship faces.
Raising taxes isnt off the
table, Buoni said at the recent
reorganization meeting. One
of the things we were very
careful about when we
knocked on doors we made
campaign promises (but) we
never promised anyone we
wouldnt raise taxes.
But, Buoni said, raising
taxes would be a last resort.
As a very conservative
man, the concept of raising
taxes is anathema to me, he
said. However, its a realistic
possibility.
We are in a financially im-
possible situation right now.
We are in desperate straits.
He said there is a $21 mil-
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to pay for it.
The fact is weve got to make
up that gap somehow, he said.
The residents are going to ex-
perience cuts in service, Buoni
said. Were going to have to fur-
ther reduce services because we
dont have the money.
The councilman said he was
nervous at his first meeting, but
hopes he settles in soon.
The one thing I can tell you is,
I feel good about my town, he
said. I believe that were going to
take the steps to move in the right
direction. Were going to stamp
out every bit of waste that we
have.
Buoni also voted along with all
of the other new councilmen in
appointing Charles Watson as the
replacement for former Mayor
Chris Myers, who resigned last
month amid scandal.
Because the other two candi-
dates who were nominated to re-
place Myers Charles Clancy and
Ann Davidson had ties to the
school board, Buoni felt uncom-
fortable because of possible con-
flicts of interest.
The choice needed to be
Chuck Watson, Buoni said,
The three names were submit-
ted by the Medford Township Re-
publican Committee.
Im humbled and honored to
have the opportunity to serve the
town that I was born and raised
in and raised my children in,
Watson said. I look forward to
working together with the four
councilmen and making a differ-
ence in Medford.
Watson agreed the townships
finances are the main issue mov-
ing forward.
Its a big problem and theres a
lot that has to be looked at, Wat-
son said, noting he wants to look
at the budget line by line to re-
duce expenditures by negotiating
with employees.
I dont like to raise taxes, (I)
dont want to raise taxes (but we)
certainly cant rule it out, he
said.
BUONI
Continued from page 1
Buoni: budget funding falls short by $4M
Tim Kerrihard, president and
CEO of the YMCA of Burlington
and Camden counties, has an-
nounced Kevin Quinn will serve
in the newly created position of
Executive Director of Branch Op-
erations.
In this position, Quinn will
provide leadership and supervi-
sion to the associations member-
ship, facilities staff and branch
fundraising strategies. He will
also be responsible for the admin-
istration of the policies and pro-
grams of the aquatics, wellness,
membership and facilities depart-
ments at both the Mt. Laurel and
Burlington-Riverfront branches.
A veteran of the Y, Quinn has
more than 25 years of experience
in working various YMCA organ-
izations. ties Burlington-River-
front Branch.
Quinn named to YMCA newly created post
Another Deck the Paws and
Help a Collie animal shelter
drive has come and gone. And,
again this year, there are a lot of
happy animals, thanks to your
generous donations.
We had more, far more, proba-
bly three times more, drop spots
this year than in the previous
seven years we have been con-
ducting this drive.
To all of you who donated your
office and home space to collect
and temporarily store bags of
food and other supplies, we thank
you.
The amount of donations this
year was tremendous as well.
Since the shelters and rescue
groups helped with pickups and
some drop spots took donations
directly to shelters themselves I
dont have an exact amount of
supplies collected. But I do know
that, at a minimum, there were al-
most 20 carloads and truckloads
of food, cat litter, bleach, etc., col-
lected. That is quite a haul.
A bit of housekeeping: As I
mentioned, we had way more
drop spots this year than in years
past. At times, this led to some
confusion over collections.
By now, all of the drop spots
should have been visited and
cleaned out. However, if your spot
fell through the cracks and you
still have supplies that need to be
picked up, please email me at
alan@elauwit.com.
I will make sure to get out to
your location right away.
Among those groups sharing
in this years bounty: the Burling-
ton and Camden County animal
shelters, the Voorhees Animal Or-
phanage, the Animal Sanctuary,
Almost Home, NJ Aid for Ani-
mals and 4 Paws with a Cause.
I know I speak for all of those
groups when I say that your dona-
tions, again this year, made a
world of difference. And I know
that they all are extremely grate-
ful for your generosity.
Alan Bauer is the general man-
ager of Elauwit Media.
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Costello had a gathering at the
house at the end of the project
with everyone involved.
Along with Zetts, volunteers in-
cluded Charlie Kojoski, Tom
Meisse, George Ellis, Jerry Duffy,
David Hayes, Jim Wescott and
Dave Taylor. Businesses that
helped include Spotts Hardware,
Miles Technology and Burlington
Carpet One.
Duffy belongs to the group
Handsome Older Men Enjoying
Retirement (HOMER), which can
be found online at myhomers.com.
The groups three goals are to
volunteer services to the commu-
nity, to help each other and to
have fun all the while.
Duffy, who was a founding
member of HOMER in 2000, said
the group has grown from three
men to 17.
We just always keep an eye
out on where we could volunteer
that would fit us and them, he
said. Duffy was a computer pro-
grammer who worked at a manu-
facturing company before he re-
tired.
We felt we had a lot of skills
within our group, he said, noting
many among the groups mem-
bers know carpentry and handy-
man skills.
We re not really looking for
recognition, Duffy said, indicat-
ing he is aware of Costellos
predicament.
Its a tough situation, he said.
I guess that was one of the rea-
sons I decided to volunteer.
HOMER
Continued from page 1
HOMER group continues
to gain volunteers
Thanks for making Deck the
Paws and Help a Collie
another successs
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ford and now practices in Hous-
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AAUWs (American Association
of University Women) Medford
branch and guests at a book
luncheon at Medford Leas on Feb.
11 at 11:30 a.m. She will discuss
her book, The Light Within,
which is a personal story about
her friendship as a surgeon with
patient Deborah Rose Sills, a reli-
gion professor at Lutheran Uni-
versity in California who waged a
nine-year battle with ovarian can-
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ty within medicine. Tickets for
the champagne mimosas and buf-
fet are $30, with half of it being
tax deductible. Checks should be
made payable to AAUW Medford
and should be sent to Mary
Strickler, 105 West Maple Tree
Drive, Westampton, 08060. Ticket
proceeds will help fund college
scholarships.
For further information, con-
tact Rita Manno at
ritamanno@comcast.net.
Ramondetta to address
American Association of
University Women at luncheon
The Medford Township Depart-
ment of Recreation is seeking
basketball players in grades 9
through 12 to participate in a
boys basketball league. This
league provides an opportunity
for high school aged boys to play
some fun, yet competitive, basket-
ball.
Player evaluations will take
place Jan. 18. Individuals will be
placed on teams for league play
beginning Jan. 25.
An eight-week schedule, which
includes playoffs and a champi-
onship game, will be provided
once teams have been assigned.
All regular season games will be
played on Wednesday evenings
between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in
the gymnasium of Kirbys Mill
Elementary School, at 151 Hart-
ford Road, Medford.
Those interested in playing
must be residents of Medford or
Medford Lakes. The fee to partici-
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fees. Visit the recreation depart-
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www.medfordrec.com to complete
an online registration form.
Once the online form is com-
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mail it with your payment to
Medford Township Recreation
Department, 17 North Main St.,
Medford.
Checks should be made
payable to Medford Township.
You may also drop off your reg-
istration form at the recreation
departments office Monday
through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
For more information about
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T
he state recently announced,
with great pride, that New Jer-
sey will be getting $38 million
in federal funding through the Race to
the Top program.
Now, getting $38 million is way bet-
ter than not getting $38 million. But,
still, this is a reminder that, a couple
of years ago, when there was $400 mil-
lion on the table, the state dropped the
ball.
You might recall that thats when
then-Education Commissioner Bret
Schundler messed up some paper-
work, or Gov. Christie messed up a
compromise application, depends
whos talking. The result was that
New Jersey fell a few points short of
getting the money. Back then, the com-
petition for Race to the Top funds was
fierce. Now, well, its kind of like get-
ting named Miss Congeniality.
But, with school budget time almost
upon us, money is money. And those
districts that signed up to be a part of
the program will split half of the
money, with the other half going to-
ward education reform, the governors
office said.
So, the good news is that, this time,
nobody messed anything up, and the
state is getting some money from the
federal government.
The bad news will be apparent in
the weeks ahead as school districts
begin to study their budgets. Since
school taxes make up the lions share
of your property tax bill, you should
pay attention to what they are doing
long before the April voting date ar-
rives.
There probably wont be the budget
chaos we saw a couple of years ago,
but there still will be struggles over
taxes and services. And it wont be
easy for any district to make the num-
bers match up.
Many districts invite the public into
the decision-making process. They
seek feedback and ideas. They actually
pay attention.
So, dont drop the ball. Get involved.
Its your money.
State still short $362 million
Recent school funding announcement brings back bad memories
It beats getting nothing
On one hand, its not $400 million. On
the other hand, getting $38 million
beats getting shut out again this year
due to messed up bureaucracy.
Facebook posts, Apple Store, Rowan University
Facebook post puts school
board member in hot water
How often do we have to keep relearning
this?
When you put something online espe-
cially on Facebook everyone can see it,
eventually.
Everyone.
School board member Sean Brown faces
possibly censure by the state Ethics Com-
mission for linking to a picture of the Cam-
den school superintendent from a Face-
book wall post mentioning local terror-
ists, according to the Courier-Post in
Cherry Hill.
Specifically, Browns May 2 posting said,
Now if we could only do something about
our local terrorists that destroy dreams
and burn futures.
This linked to a picture of Superintend-
ent Bessie LeFra Young on the school dis-
tricts web site.
Brown got about 50 likes for that com-
ment, until he realized oops he was
Facebook friends with Camden School
Board President Susan Dunbar-Bey, who
eventually brought the complaint to the
Ethics Board.
This will be the states first penalty for
improper Facebook use.
Though Brown said he did not plan to
appeal the commissions ruling, he told the
Courier-Post, I dont feel like I did any-
thing wrong other than not filtering people
Im friends with.
Barry Lank
2 and 1 is sought for picking
the fruit at Apple store
Two smash-and-grab thieves have been
charged with Apple picking computer
gear from a store in the Cherry Hill Mall
early on Christmas Day, and a third sus-
pect is being sought, according to the Asso-
ciated Press.
Police say the thieves gave themselves
nearly $36,000 worth of products from the
Apple Store for Christmas. The men al-
legedly pulled up in a stolen car, put on ski
masks, threw rocks through windows to
get into the store, and filled trash bags with
merchandise.
Police were already after them by the
time they got back in the car, and chased
them until they hit a dead end, authorities
told the news service.
Barry Lank
Man broke into Rowan rooms
using girlfriends RA pass key
How did so many rooms at a Rowan Uni-
versity apartment complex get burglarized
so easily?
Police say the intruder had an electronic
master key to many of the rooms which
he allegedly got from his girlfriend, the res-
ident assistant, the Gloucester County
Times reported.
Campus police said the boyfriend and
two others were caught recently after they
tried to enter a unit at the Rowan Boule-
vard Apartments at Route 322 and Main
Street.
Barry Lank
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