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    www.moorestownsun.com MARCH 23–29, 2016 FREE

    Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Classified . . . . . . . . . . . 30–33Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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    By MIKE MONOSTRA and KRISTEN DOWDThe Sun

    As the skies turned slate grey and the temperatures beganto dip below freezing, someone placed a small, shivering dogin a box behind a local hardware store and walked away.

    Underweight, dehydrated and riddled with mammary tu-mors, the six-pound miniature pinscher mix could barely seethrough her crusted-over eyes. Severe dental disease left hermouth sore and rotting. At 13 years old, she could no longerdepend on the kneecaps in her hind legs.

    With a massive snowstorm fewer than 24 hours away, thedog curled up in the box, waiting for rescue, which luckily for

    her came in the form of a good Samaritan who happened be-hind the hardware store.

    Picking up the box and placing it in the warmth of his car,

    Millions of animals find themselveshomeless each year, and pets

    in South Jersey are no exception

    Special to The Sun

    A mixed breed puppy – one of thousands of animals endingup in area shelters every year – stares through its cage at

    the Animal Welfare Association in Voorhees.

    GET INVOLVED WITH OUR SERIES

    For the next four weeks, The Sun looks into the state ofhomeless pets in South Jersey and what is being doneto find homes – and futures – for thousands of animals.We want our readers involved! Go to our Facebookpage to share your animal adoption stories and photos.

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    A Moorestown Treasure - Stately brick colonial adjacent

    to Stokes Hill. This one-of-a-kind home features 7+ bed-

    rooms, 4-1/2 baths - over 6200 sq ft on 1.3 acres! Recent

    upgrades include newer roof, multi-zone HVAC, electrical

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    Charming Dutch Colonial in a quiet neighborhood nearStrawbridge Lake features a wonderful backyard retreatwith deck and patio that overlook beautiful landscaping

    and an in-ground pool. Master suite has balcony, walk-incloset, and private bath. 4 BR and 1-1/2 baths, finished base-ment and garage.

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    New Listing. Vacation at home! Beautifully updated

    home in Moorestown Hunt backs to open space for pri-

    vacy. This private oasis offers 4BR, 2-1/2 Baths, finished

    basement with home theater, bar, and wine cellar. Multi-

    level deck with outdoor fireplace overlooks pool and

    sport court.

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    Custom built Tudor on one acre of park-like grounds. 4BR,

    3-1/2 Baths. Updated kitchen and baths. Sunroom, fin-

    ished basement, inground pool... must see to appreciate!

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    Charming home custom-built by Steward Maines sits

    back off a quiet street on .38 acre lot. Offering 4BR, 2-1/2

    baths, plus floored walk-up attic and partially finished

    basement. Beautiful wood floors, nice moldings, andfreshly painted. Large deck overlooks private back yard

    with mature trees.

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    Magnicificent Setting on over 8 acres of privategrounds, historic "Bon Air on the Rancocas" offerswaterfront living in a convenient location. 5 BR, 3.5baths, 2-zone gas heat and A/C. Numerous ameni-ties and upgrades throughout. Inground pool withpoolhouse. Detached carriage house.

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    Sprawling Custom Built Colonial on a premier walk-

    to-town location. Stunning 6 bedroom, 5 bathhome sits on a lovely & private “park-like” lot. Fromthe amazing chef’s kitchen to the 5 unique fire-

    places & the luxurious master suite, this home has itall & much more!

    Christine Dash

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    Magnificent custom built Gary Gardner signaturehome nestled on over 3/4 of an acre of manicuredground, providing more than than 5300 sq ft of luxu-rious living space. Cathedral ceilings, 2 stunning fire-places, 5 bed, 7 baths and a knock out "cinema" forreal time movie watching from your theater styleseats on the lower level!

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    English-Style country home with a totally renovatedRustic Industrial designed interior. Chef's Kitchen opensto the sunny and bright breakfast room. Master Suite withsitting room and walk-out deck. Third floor bedroom suitewith its very own draw-bridge. 750sf finished Englishbasement with complete in-law suite. 2-story garage is theperfect setting for a game room and home office.

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    Picture perfect!Exquisite Laurel Creek "Buckingham" Estate home on PREMIUM .53 acreslocated on the 15th green. Finished basement, pond, large master suite.

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    Exquisite NW Estates 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath home offering finished basement,back staircase, and so much more!

    ! ! Charming Custom Traditional Maines built home perfectly situated on a lovelylot offering 3 bedrooms, attached garage, and much more.

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    By BRIGIT BAUMAThe Sun

    Moorestown’s Board of Educa-tion meeting on Tuesday, March 8saw the approval of the 2016-2017school year budget on first read-ing with a 6-1 vote. It is predictedthe general fund expenditures forthe 2016-2017 school year will totalaround $68 million, with schooltaxes for the average assessedhome of $446,500 increasing$208.62 per year.

    For 2016-2017, expenditures for

    the general fund total around $68million, which is a 3.67 percent in-crease over the 2015-2016 schoolyear. Including debt service andspecial expenses, the completetotal is $74.6 million

    The total tax levy is $65.2 mil-lion, which is a 2.93 percent in-crease over 2015-2016. This in-cludes the use of a 2 percent taxlevy at $1.17 million; the SpendingGrowth Limitation Adjustment,which allows for the expansion of the 2 percent cap for health-care

    costs, at $536,177; banked cap at$266,578 from the 2013-2014 schoolyear; and a reduction of $116,875from the Debt Service Fund.

    The 2013-2014 school year has a

    banked cap totaling $742,894.There is $476,316 that will not beused, as it is expiring this year.After that, there is no banked capavailable for MTPS’ use.

    Employee salaries make up amajority of the expenditures, to-taling $41.5 million. The rest of the budget is made up of employ-ee benefits and other expenses,with benefits for the 2016-2017year predicted at a 6.5 percent in-crease.

    According to interim superin-tendent Carole Butler, the pro-

    posed budget supports the main-tenance of current programs andextracurricular offerings. Addi-tions include enhanced academiccourse offerings at the highschool and middle school, requir-ing no new staff; completion of the 1:1 technology plan for gradessix to 12; implementation of NextGeneration Science Standards forgrades six to 12; initial implemen-tation of strategic plan goals; andan upgrade of the robotic pro-gram. Staffing additions include

    requests for two full-time and onepart-time special education teach-ers, two technology specialists, aspecial projects manager and adevelopment manager.

    Reductions to staff include apart-time pre-K teacher, twosixth-grade teachers and two sev-enth-grade teachers. The reasonfor these reductions is decliningenrollment.

    At the previous BOE meeting,business administrator LynnShugars said in 2012 regular stu-dent enrollment was 3,592, and in2015 it went down to 3,343. Howev-er, the special education studentenrollment has had an increasefrom 477 in 2012 to 567 in 2015.

    Revenues outside of the tax

    levy include budgeted fund bal-ance, state aid and miscellaneousrevenues. The budgeted fund bal-ance is $1.5 million. State aid forMTPS in 2016-2017 is $3.78 mil-lion, which is $81,345 more thanlast year.

    To help gain more revenue forthe school district, revenue gener-ation ideas were created for the2016-2017 budget. Those ideas in-cluded in the budget are extendedday programs, accepting tuitionstudents, expansion of the Acade-

    my of Excellence and SummerEnrichment programs, and devel-opment projects. Projections of 

    BOE approves budget on first readingThe average assessed home would see a tax increase of $208.62

     please see TALENT, page 22

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    MARCH 23–29, 2016 –THE MOORESTOWN SUN 5

     

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    By KAHRA F. BUSS Dept. of Parks & Recreation

    The Department of Parks andRecreation has been doing somespring-cleaning. Following thewinter programming schedule,the department “cleans house”both literally and figuratively.New programs, new classes andnew schedules greet us as the

    Moorestown schools and otherlocal school systems spring breakbegins on Thursday, March 24.

    For more information aboutspecific programs, please visit theDepartment of Parks and Recre-ation website at www.moorestown.nj.us/253/Parks-Recreation.The first sessions of Introductionto Baking and Bread Baking willbe finishing the week of March21, but the second sessions begin

    the week of April 11, so registernow. Chefs MacFeeters andSklarow are preparing recipesand fun culinary projects forthese exciting and informativeprograms in the RecreationKitchen.

    For spring programs that arecurrently in session, please notethe following important dates andschedule changes. Arts & Crafts

    with Sophia Geiger has been trav-elling the globe with her latest in-stallment of art history and glob-al perspectives. Geiger has beenilluminating the importance of art from Ancient Egypt, Aborigi-nal contributions and so muchmore. Session I runs until April16, but there is no class on March26. Session II is open for registra-

    happenings at parks & rec

    Department looks

    toward spring programs

     please see OPEN, page 29

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    6 THE MOORESTOWN SUN

    GUTTERCLEANING609-586-2300GUTTER DOCTOR

    It Takes A Village New Jerseyis a compassionate, all volunteer,501c3 organization, that helps theelderly, the disabled of any ageand returning vets to live safelyand comfortably in their homes atno charge for our services.

    ITAVNJ will meet Thursday,April 7 from 7 to 8 p.m. with spe-cial guest speaker Linda Cushing,director of the Burlington Coun-ty Office on Aging and Disabili-ties. She will explain the servicesthe county offers the disabled andseniors. Come also for the music

    and free raffle. All are welcome.The meeting will be held at the

    Moorestown Library, 111 W. Sec-ond St.

    Services of ITAVNJ includepicking up groceries, driving todoctor appoints and more, as wellas bringing more joy into lives.ITAVNJ covers the followingareas: Cinnaminson, Delran,Hainesport, Maple Shade,Moorestown and Mt. Laurel.

    If you –or someone you know – have need of ITAVNJ’s services,

    please let us know. For more in-formation, visit www.ITAVNJ.org, email [email protected], or call (856) 396-5783during the day or (856) 722-1085during the evenings.

    Volunteers are urgently need-ed, including young moms whocan shop for the homebound orwhose background includes so-cial work, information technolo-gy and administration. The or-ganization is always in need of 

    good volunteers. The next orien-tation session for new volunteersis Tuesday, March 29 from 7 p.m.to 8 p.m. at Church Street Station,400 N. Church St.

    ITAVNJmeets April 7

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    WE NES Y MARCH 23Moorestown Lions Club meeting:

    7 p.m. at Sal and Joe’s Restau-rant, 300 S. Lenola Road. Serv-

    ice organization. For more infor-mation, visit www.moorestown-lions.com.

    Divorce Support Group: 6:30 to8:30 p.m. at First UnitedMethodist Church, Camden andPleasant Valley avenues. Visitwww.meetwithgod.com or call235-0450 for more informationand check current course sched-ule.

    Children’s story time: 11 a.m. atBarnes and Noble, East GateSquare. Call (856) 608-1904 for

    information.

    Overeater’s Anonymous meeting:10 a.m. at St. Matthew LutheranChurch, 318 Chester Ave. 7 p.m.at First Baptist Church, 19 W. MainSt. Call (609) 239-0022 or visitwww.oa-southjersey.org for infor-mation.

    Bethel African Methodist Episco-pal Church: Pastor’s Bible Studyat 6:30 p.m. 512 N. Church St.,Moorestown.

    First Church of Christ, Scientist,

    Moorestown: Testimonial meet-ing 7:30 p.m. 420 Kings Highway,Moorestown.

    THURS Y MARCH 24Saint Matthew Lutheran Church:

    Communion service at 7:30 p.m.318 Chester Ave., Moorestown.

    Moorestown Area Toastmastersmeeting: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Mt.Laurel Fire Station, 69 Elbo Lane.For more information, visit4887.toastmastersclubs.org.

    Moorestown Running CompanySpeed Night group run: 6:30p.m. Meet at Moorestown Run-ning Company, 115 W. Main St.Questions, email [email protected].

    Rotary Club of Moorestownmeeting: 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. atMoorestown Community House,16 E. Main St. Fellowship, lunchand guest speaker presentation.For more information, visitwww.moorestownrotary.org.

    Trinity Episcopal Church Mid-WeekService: Holy Eucharist and Heal-ing Service at 10 a.m. 207 W. MainSt., Moorestown.

    FRI Y MARCH 25

    Saint Matthew Lutheran Church:Children’s service 10-11 a.m. Tene-brae at 7:30 p.m. 318 ChesterAve., Moorestown.

    Children’s story time: 11 a.m. atBarnes and Noble, East Gate

    Square. Call (856) 608-1904 forinformation.

    Al-Anon meeting: 8:30 p.m. at Trini-ty Episcopal Church, Main andChurch streets. Closed meeting.For more information, visitwww.southjerseyal-anon-org.

    S TUR Y MARCH 26Moorestown Lutheran Crossing

    Community Easter Egg Hunt: 10a.m. to noon at MoorestownLutheran Crossing, 255 E. MainSt. The Easter Bunny arrives onSaturday, March 26 at 10 a.m. andthe hunt begins at 10:30 a.m.,sharp. Bring your camera andtake your picture with the EasterBunny, make and take an Eastercraft, enjoy refreshments, facepainting and support the Luther-an Crossings Auxiliary by pur-chasing a gently used children’sbook. Early registration isrequested by calling (856) 813-5824 or by emailing [email protected].

    Moorestown Business Associa-tion’s Easter Egg Hunt: 9 a.m. atJeff Young Field. TheMoorestown Business Associa-tion and the Lenola Fire Compa-ny join forces for an Easter EggHunt, for children ages 0 to 12. Avisit from the Easter Bunny com-pletes the day.

    Moorestown Running Companygroup run: 8 a.m. Meet atMoorestown Running Company,115 W. Main St. Distances andpaces vary.

    SUN Y MARCH 28Saint Matthew Lutheran Church:

    Worship service at 9 and 11 a.m.

    318 Chester Ave., Moorestown.

    MON Y MARCH 29Spring Recess Craft & Movie

    Bonanza: 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. atthe Moorestown Library. That

    Ramona Quimby is a lovable littlepest! Make your own little lovablepest, a bee, to take home andenjoy. “Ramona and Beezus” willbe the featured movie.

    Celebrate Women’s History Month:7 p.m. at the Moorestown Library.Women Scientists. Learn aboutAlice Hamilton, Rachel Carson,Erin Brockovich and AdmiralGrace Hopper. Register by calling(856) 234-0333.

    Overeaters Anonymous: 7:30 p.m.at St. Matthew Lutheran Church,

    318 Chester Ave. Call (609) 239-0022 or visit www.oa-southjer-sey.org for information.

    TUES Y MARCH 30Spring Recess Craft & Movie

    Bonanza: 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. atthe Moorestown Library. Every-body loves Ralph, the daredevilmouse. Make your own colorfulmouse visor and wear it whileyou watch “The Mouse and theMotorcycle.”

    Historical Society of MoorestownMansion Tours and Gift Shop: 2to 3 p.m. at Smith Cadbury Man-sion. For more information, visitwww.moorestown.com/history.

    Al-Anon Men’s Meeting: 8 p.m. atTrinity Episcopal Church, Mainand Church streets. For moreinformation, visit www.southjer-seyal-anon-org.

    Garden State Chorale Rehearsals:7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church.For membership information, vis-

    it www.gschorale.org or call (856)858-9322.

    Bethel African Methodist Episco-pal Church: Afternoon with theBible at 1 p.m. 512 N. Church St.,Moorestown.

    CALENDARPAGE 8 MARCH 23–29, 2016

    WANT TO BE LISTED?Send information by mail to: Calendar, The Moorestown Sun, 108Kings Highway East, Haddonfield, NJ 08033. Or by email:[email protected]. Or you can submit a calendar listingthrough our website (www.moorestownsun.com).

     

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    the man brought the little dog tothe Animal Welfare Associationin Voorhees, where she wasdubbed Shiver, fed a filling mealand given another chance at life.

    Climate changing for homelessanimals, pet industry

    Shiver is just one of the 6 mil-lion to 8 million animals shelterstake in across the United Stateson an annual basis, according to

    the Humane Society of the UnitedStates. Only about 4 million areadopted each year, leaving manyof these animals’ futures indoubt.

    The good news for Shiver andother shelter animals is more peo-ple are adopting from sheltersand animal rescues. According tothe American Pet Products Asso-ciation’s 2015-16 National PetOwners Survey, 37 percent of peo-ple who acquire a dog got it froma shelter or rescue, up 2 percent

    from 2012-13. Forty-six percent of cats were acquired from a shelteror rescue in 2015-16, up from 43percent from three years ago.Shelters and rescues are the topsource for Americans looking to

    acquire a dog or cat today, justahead of breeders and acquiringanimals from a friend or relative.

    The increase is reflective of the“adopt, don’t shop” movement

    many animal advocates havepreached over the past few years.Puppy and kitten stores, commonsights in places such as shoppingmalls in decades past, are nolonger places where people ac-quire pets.

    In the APPA’s2015-16 survey,only 4 percent of people who ac-quired a dogand 2 percent of 

    people who ac-quired a cat pur-chased it at a petstore. In New Jersey, the numberof pet stores selling animals isnow down to approximately 30 to35 locations, with many of themin North Jersey. Locally, there areno puppy or kitten stores remain-ing in Camden County and onlyone left in Burlington County.

    Lawmakers go afterpuppy mill stores

    Animal advocates have beenbattling pet stores for manyyears. The argument from advo-cates is these stores are sellinganimals coming from puppy and

    kitten mills – commercial breed-ing facilities where cats and dogsare bred at high rates and in sub-standard conditions.

    In New Jersey, government of-

    ficials have taken action againstthe pet stores selling mill ani-mals, which has had a real effecton how people acquire pets.

    “Studies have shown that thereare extraordinary medical prob-

    lems attached to puppy mill ani-mals because of inbreeding anddisease that is inherent in thattype of operation,” said CamdenCounty Freeholder Jeff Nash,whose county was one of the firstin New Jersey to take actionagainst stores selling animalsfrom mills. “The consumer is sad-dled with heartbreak and extraor-dinary veterinary expenses.”

    Janice Fisher, puppy millawareness coordinator for an ad-vocacy group named Friends of Animals United New Jersey, was

    By MIKE MONOSTRAThe Sun

    During the summer, aprotest outside a newly openedpet store on Route 70 in Cherry

    Hill caught the attention of many people who passed by, in-cluding Camden County Free-holder Jeff Nash.

    “(Animaladvocate AlanBraslow) wasprotesting onRoute 70,”Nash said. “Iwould pass byand I reachedout to Alan to

    ask himwhat’s goingon. He startedto educate meon the issue athand withPat’s Pups andwhy they wereprotestingthere.”

    The protesters claimed Pat’sPuppies was selling dogs thatcame from puppy mills – com-

    mercial breeding facilitieswhere cats and dogs are bred athigh rates and in substandardconditions. After speaking withBraslow and learning about theprotesters’ arguments, Nashdecided to do some research.

    “I was really educated onhow horrific a situation ex-ists,” Nash said. “I realizedthat, when I grew up, therewere pet stores in malls. It wasthen I recognized that there areno pet stores anymore in the

    malls. There are no dogs forsale in places like PetSmartand Pet Valu. I realized therehad been this movementagainst the puppy mills to re-strict the sale of those animals

    in the large chains. The more Iread about it, the more I wasconvinced that...the communi-ty that I represent was not facil-itating this cruelty to these ani-mals.”

    Nash decided to do some-thing to stop the sale of puppyand kitten mill animals in

    CamdenCounty. InSeptember,the freehold-ers passedNorman’sLaw, namedafter Nash’sdog, adoptedby his familyas a rescue six

    years ago.The coun-

    ty’s resolutionhad two parts

     – one was theprohibition of the sale of ani-mals frompuppy and kit-ten mills, and

    the second dealt with encour-aging municipalities to passsimilar ordinances.

    To spread the word, Nashhad a number of allies. Onewas Voorhees Township MayorMichael Mignogna, who servedas president of the CamdenCounty Mayors’ Association in2015.

    “The first thing I did wasreach out to the Mayors’ Associ-ation, to Mayor MikeMignogna, who was quickly anally of this legislation,” Nashsaid. “He’s also an animalrights advocate. He recognized

    this was something he wantedhis community to do. He sent aresolution to each of the may-ors for their consideration. Sev-

    ZANE CLARK/The Sun

    An Animal Welfare

    Association volun-teer recently tooksome time to holdSweet Heart, an 11-month-old domes-tic-shorthair mix.Sweet Heart is justone of the hun-dreds of cats avail-able for adoptionat the AWAthroughout theyear.

    MOREContinued from page 1

    Norman’s Law fighting

    puppy, kitten millsFreeholder Jeff Nash spearheads effort to prohibit sales of animals from

    unhealthy commercial breeding facilities

    More people ‘adopt, don’t shop’

     About 4 million animals

    of the 6 million-8 million brought

    into shelters each year are adopted.

    Humane Society of the United States

    ‘The more I read

    about it, the more

    I was convinced

     that...the community 

     that I represent was

    not facilitating thiscruelty to these

    animals.’

    JEFF NASH

    Camden County Freeholder

     please see NASH, page 12  please see STUDIES, page 11

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    a key player in getting a pet storedisclosure bill signed into law inNew Jersey in 2015. Fisherbrought the idea of a disclosurebill to legislators after purchasingan ill puppy from a store sevenyears ago. She said the legislationwas essential to getting pet storesto be honest about where their an-imals were coming from.

    “They were hiding something,”Fisher said. “They didn't wantpeople to know where their pup-pies are coming from.”

    The disclosure bill, signed into

    law by Gov. Christie in February2015, required all pet stores inNew Jersey to give details onwhere each animal came fromand prevented stores from obtain-ing animals from non-reputable

    breeders who weren’t caring forthe animals properly.

    The disclosure bill only workedto a certain extent, though. Fishersaid many of the pet stores wereunwilling to comply with the lawand didn’t feel the state wouldcrack down on them.

    However, just a few monthsafter the disclosure law took ef-fect, a stricter piece of legislationbegan to appear. In the summer of 2015, Cherry Hill resident and an-imal activist Alan Braslow beganworking with government offi-cials across South Jersey to banpet stores that sold animals ob-tained from puppy and kittenmills. The impetus came after theopening of a pet store named

    Pat’s Puppies in Cherry Hill.Braslow and other activists wereprotesting the store’s operation,claiming it was selling dogs com-ing from puppy mills. The groupwanted to make consumers aware

    of the issue.“Some people go to puppy

    stores not knowing that they'repuppy mill dogs,” Braslow said.

    Braslow reached out to Nash tosee if Camden County could takeaction. Shortly after, in Septem-ber 2015, Camden County free-holders passed Norman’s Law,preventing pet stores from sellingdogs and cats from commercialbreeding facilities. Many munici-palities in Camden County laterfollowed suit, including CherryHill and Voorhees.

    Pat’s Puppies changed its busi-ness model shortly after Nor-man’s Law passed. Braslowteamed with owner Pat Youmansto transform the store into P&T’s

    Puppy Love Adoption Center, anonprofit offering rescue puppiesfor adoption.

    In less than a year, 25 munici-palities and five counties in NewJersey have passed legislation

    prohibiting the sale of commer-cially bred dogs and cats, and abill extending the ban statewidecould be on the Legislature’s floorlater this year.

    All of this legislation has fur-

    ther promoted a message Fisherand other animal activists wantthe public to know about acquir-ing pets.

    “It's adopt or buy from a rep-utable breeder,” Fisher said.“Those are the two choices.”

    Spotlight put on adoptingat local shelters and rescues

    Statistics show Americanshave taken the “adopt, don’tshop” message to heart. With

    Americans gravitating towardadopting pets, a greater focus hasbeen placed on the efforts of areashelters and rescues.

    While the focus of Norman’sLaw was to attack the puppy mill

    industry, Nash said one effect itdid have is it gave the county anopportunity to promote adoptionsat local shelters.

    “It does bring awareness to (theshelters’) issues,” he said.

    In New Jersey, municipalitieswithin a county must have anagreement with a facility to takein strays and abandoned animals.The Camden County AnimalShelter and Voorhees Animal Or-phanage are the two open admis-sion facilities for Camden County,meaning they service these mu-nicipal contracts.

    “So essentially, at the end of the day, I don’t have a choiceabout what comes in,” said VickiRowland, executive director of 

    the Camden County Animal Shel-ter. “We have to take these ani-mals into our facility.”

    The CCAS has 18 municipal

    By MIKE MONOSTRAand KRISTEN DOWD

    The Sun

    No two shelters or rescues arethe same. In South Jersey alone,there are a variety of sheltersand rescues that bring dogs andcats in on a regular basis.

    One of the most commonplaces for people to adopt petstoday is at a shelter. There are

    more than 100 licensed sheltersin New Jersey.“Shelters are places where

    dogs are taken in,” animal ac-tivist Janice Fisher said.“They're housed there, and theyare placed up for adoption.”

    Shelters take in animals thatwere relinquished by a previousowner, stray animals brought infrom animal control or an indi-vidual and animals collectedduring a raid.

    Some shelters, such as the

    Camden County Animal Shelter

    and Burlington County AnimalShelter, are taxpayer-funded fa-cilities.

    The CCAS gets about two-thirds of its operating budgetfrom municipalities it serves. Italso houses a public clinic onsite, providing low-cost spay andneuter and low-cost vaccines,and the shelter relies on that rev-enue.

    “There’s no magic formula,”

    said Vicki Rowland, executivedirector of the Camden CountyAnimal Shelter. “The cost peranimal … It costs me about $100to $250 to care for each animalthat comes into my facility – times more than 4,000 animals ayear, on average.”

    The BCAS operating budget isa county budget, but BurlingtonCounty public information offi-cer Eric Arpert said there is alsoa tremendous fundraising efforton behalf of the shelter. Much of 

    this goes through the Friends of 

    the Burlington County AnimalShelter, an all-volunteer non-profit whose mission is to “en-hance the lives of shelter ani-mals and help them find homes.”

    There are a number of privateshelters that operate similar tothe county ones. These private-ly-funded shelters rely moreheavily on donations andfundraising. For example, theVoorhees Animal Orphanage

    gets two-thirds of its operatingbudget annually from fundrais-ing and donations, with the re-maining one-third coming fromcontracted municipalities.

    Some shelters are also knownas no-kill shelters. The policyfor a no-kill shelter is it will noteuthanize an animal because of a lack of space. Other sheltersthat do euthanize animals willbegin to put them down if theshelter reaches capacity and theanimal has been housed there

    for a lengthy time.

    “There are few shelters that(go no-kill), and we’re proud tobe one of them,” Arpert said,crediting the BCAS’ recent tran-sition to a no-kill facility withhelping the shelter’s increasingadoption rates.

    Rescues operate a bit differ-ently than shelters. Rescues areorganizations committed tobringing in stray, unwanted andabused animals and giving them

    a place to stay until they areadopted.Cherry Hill resident Alan

    Braslow fosters for a pit bull-spe-cific rescue based in Sewellnamed Don’t Bully Us. He de-scribed the operation as a com-munity effort, with dozens of families taking dogs into theirhomes.

    “We have foster families allover the place,” he said.

    The rescue fosters dogs frommany locations, including some

    of the local shelters.

    “We pull dogs many timesfrom the shelters because of their capacity,” Braslow said.“We take in the ones that aregoing to be put down.”

    Braslow said the benefit of having animals stay with fosterfamilies is it helps with trainingsome of the dogs as well as pro-viding socialization.

    Don’t Bully Us and other res-cues are funded almost entirely

    through fundraising and dona-tions.“It's all donations and all out-

    of-pocket,” Braslow said. “Thereare a number of other rescuesthat do that same thing.”

    Even though there are differ-ences in the way shelters andrescues operate, Rowland saidthe organizations have similargoals.

    “We all have the same mis-sion. There’s no difference be-tween what we do,” Rowland

    said.

    Studies show puppy mills create ‘extraordinary medical problems’

    STUDIESContinued from page 10

    The ins and outs of animal shelters and rescues

     please see SHELTERS, page 12

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    contracts, with approximately2,000 animals a year coming fromCamden alone. According to Row-land, statistically, underdevel-oped areas such as Camden havehigher pet populations, withmore than 80 percent of the ani-mals unaltered.

    The Camden County AnimalShelter is operated through anonprofit called the Animal Wel-fare Society of Camden County.

    “That’s our nonprofit. We’re avendor running the CamdenCounty Animal Shelter,” Row-land said. “There’s pros and consto it all, but at the end of the day,we’re still a nonprofit organiza-tion making ends meet. We’re fi-nancially set – we’re not operat-ing in deficits – but we do rely onfundraising … That’s a constant.”

    Along with Animal Welfare As-sociation, Animal Adoption Cen-ter, Voorhees Animal Orphanageand Independent Animal Control,the CCAS is part of the AnimalAlliance of Camden County. Theagencies formed the alliance in2011 to help improve the servicesit provides to animals and com-munities.

    “We’re all great minds think-ing alike, and we’re just trying topull our resources together tomake a better difference,” Row-land said.

    The directors in the alliance

    meet once a month and strategizeprograms they want to work oncollaboratively. One programfrom last year was the monthlypet food pantry.

    Members of the alliance alsoshare the same animal manage-ment database, too. With a back-end portal linking lost and foundsections together, animals arebeing located and returned toowners faster than before.

    Camden County officials also

    support and work with the al-liance.“We work with all of them to

    offer in-kind services and market-ing for them,” Nash said.

    Burlington County operatesdifferently than Camden County.For example, Burlington Countydoes not have an alliance of shel-ters or rescues. However, theBurlington County Animal Shel-ter still maintains strong workingrelationships with other groupsand the Friends of the Burlington

    County Animal Shelter.“We meet with them on a regu-

    lar basis to brainstorm whatmore we can be doing,” said EricArpert, public information offi-cer for Burlington County. “Any-thing we can do to increase adop-tions or better serve the animalswe are housing.”

    When shelters operate at ca-pacity, it can have a trickle-downeffect to other shelters and res-cues in the area. Right now, theBurlington County Animal Shel-ter is not operating at capacity, in

    large part due to administrative

    efforts and collaborations withrescue groups and other partners.Arpert said when the shelter doesreach capacity, it presents chal-lenges, including a higher risk fordisease, stress to shelter staff andan increased cost to care for theanimals.

    “When we’re all operating atcapacity level, it limits our abilityto network with other shelters,”Arpert said.

    It takes a villageto make shelters go

    With her many ailments andadvanced age, the shelter envi-ronment was not an ideal placefor Shiver. Luckily, one of the Ani-mal Welfare Association’s seniorfoster homes stepped up to giveShiver a place to rehabilitate be-fore she is put up for adoption.

    “We have a fantastic, large net-work of foster homes,” AWA shel-ter manager Nanci Keklak said.

    “We sent Shiver into foster care torecoup, get some weight on herand help her eye condition im-prove.”

    Foster families are just one of the elements to help animal shel-ters run smoothly. Shelters de-pend on these families, as well asvolunteers, donations and more.

    Rowland said while the CCAScould always use more volunteersand foster families, it has a goodsystem in place for those alreadyon board. She also said there’s nocomparison to an individual

    choosing to volunteer at a publicor private organization.

    “It’s really the volunteer’s deci-sion on where they want to spend

    their time and where they find thatthe need is,” Rowland said. “Ourvolunteers step up. They take own-ership … They’re a good group.”

    The CCAS does well with dona-tions. Creating a specific, tangibleneed for donations is helpful, ac-cording to Rowland, whether it isfor medication for animals orbuilding a new cattery space, likethe CCAS recently was able to dobecause of generous donations.

    “You have to create that need inorder for them to give. Peoplewant to give for a reason. They

    want to give for a purpose,” Row-land said, “and if they can seewhat that impact is, they’re goingto give. And they want to give – 

    you just have to be able to guidethem in directing the need.”

    Arpert said BCAS has an ac-tive and large volunteer group,but is also looking for more peo-ple to join. The shelter is alsovery welcoming of new dona-tions.

    “We’re always looking formore,” Arpert said. “If anybodywants to donate, come by the shel-ter … By and large we’ll acceptany donation, whether it be mon-etary, dog food, toys – whatever itis, we’ll find a use for it.”

    eral of them adopted resolutions.”Braslow was another key ally

    in getting municipalities outside

    of Camden County to jump onboard with the law. Braslow andother advocates spent much of the fall and winter attendingmeetings around South Jerseyand speaking in support of the or-

    dinance.Braslow said it has been diffi-

    cult at times to pitch the ordi-nance to municipalities, especial-ly considering there are so fewtowns with pet stores still in oper-ation.

    “The biggest challenge is say-

    ing to the municipalities, ‘Youmay not have one, but you don’twant one,’” he said.

    As news of the ordinancespread, interest in a statewideban began to grow. In December,

    state Sen. Ray Lesniak an-nounced he was going to proposea bill similar to Norman’s Law.

    Nash testified at a hearing be-fore a Senate committee on thebill Feb. 8. He said the bill takesaim at establishments sellingpuppy mill dogs, including online

    sellers.There has been some opposi-

    tion to the legislation, much of itcoming from pet store ownersand others who believe con-sumers should have the freedom

    to purchase animals.However, Nash described the

    opposition’s arguments as “legalstatic” and said it doesn’t addressthe issue at hand.

    “No one denies that the millstreat these animals horrifically,”Nash said. “No one denies that

    these animals are sick. The indi-vidual storeowners will say, ‘mydogs aren’t sick.’ The Humane So-ciety will counter them.”

    After testifying, Nash felt itwas a certainty the bill would

    find its way to the Assembly andSenate for votes.

    “The committee is passingthis,” Nash said. “It was stated ex-plicitly that there will be a billthat comes out of that committee.That’s the first step.”

    In the meantime, Braslow

    plans to continue pushing munic-ipalities statewide to pass apuppy mill ban ordinance.

    “You have to keep up the mo-mentum and keep up the pres-sure,” he said.

    ZANE CLARK/The Sun

    Mel, a 3-year-old Coonhound mix, was sure to give some love and af-fection to the Animal Welfare Association volunteer who recentlytook him outside for some exercise. Mel was happy to spend a littletime running in the AWA’s play yard.

    SHELTERSContinued from page 11

    Shelters rely on fundraising, fosters and volunteers

    Nash is certain bill will find its way to Assembly and Senate for votesNASH

    Continued from page 10

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    By BRIGIT BAUMAThe Sun

    It Takes a Village New Jersey, located inMoorestown, is a non-profit, volunteer or-ganization that helps the elderly, disabledand returning vets who need assistance,free of charge. The organization was start-ed by a caring Moorestown couple, Irwinand Trudi Herman, in 2011.

    When Irwin, the president of ITAVNJ,passed away at the end of last year, ITAVNJwas in need of a new president.Moorestown’s Jason Scala has stepped upto the plate to become the new presidentand has been successfully filling the duties

    so far.“I guess Trudi saw some of Irv in me; he

    was a mechanical engineer, too. So sheasked if I would fill the position,” Scalasaid.

    “I think it is wonderful (he is president);he is just a caring, sweet guy. (I hope) hebrings youthful enthusiasm and peoplewho might help and become volunteers.We’re helping people and making them

    happier,” Trudi said.Scala lives in Moorestown with his wife

    Sarah, and her two daughters Claire andElla, and works in Trenton as a mechanicalengineer, just as Irwin did before his retire-ment. He found out about ITAVNJ when he

    saw the flyers up in the old library andcalled to find out more about ITAVNJ.

    “ITAVNJ is a great organization. Trudiis a wonderful, thoughtful person who hasvolunteering in her blood. I admire thework she and Irv have done throughouttheir lives … It's heartening to know thatthere are so many people out there willingto donate their time to help others,” Scalasaid.

    Scala is no stranger to volunteering.Serving with a church youth group carol-ing to the homebound, he learned what adifference a small effort can make.

    Jason Scala takes helm of It Takes A Village NJ After previous president Irwin Herman passed away, Scala named president of non-profit

     please see SCALA, page 27

    In November, New Jersey voters

    will have a very important choice

    to make at the polls. We’re not talk-

    ing about the choice between the Re-

    publican, Democratic or independent

    candidates for president of the United

    States – although that is an important

    choice, too.

    We’re talking about the choice of 

    whether you believe the state should

    authorize the creation of two new casi-

    nos in North Jersey. And we believe

    your answer should be “no.”

    Last week, the Legislature approved

    the ballot question that will ask voters

    to approve the expansion of casino

    gambling in the state to two undeter-

    mined locations in separate counties

    in North Jersey.

    Atlantic City, the state’s only current

    location for casino gambling, has been

    devastated by competition that has

    popped up in neighboring states in re-

    cent years. More than half of casinorevenue in Atlantic City has disap-

    peared because of this, and four casi-

    nos shut the doors in 2014 as a result.

    Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian

    predicted that three more of the eight

    remaining casinos would close if the

    North Jersey casinos were approved,

    and some analysts believe that number

    could even be four.

    Supporters of the plan say the extra

    casinos in North Jersey will help re-

    capture gambling money that is going

    to casinos in other states. And some,

    including Jeff Gural, operator of the

    Meadowlands Racetrack, say the high

    taxes the North Jersey casinos would

    pay – he has offered a 55 percent tax on

    casino revenue, while Atlantic City

    pays around 8 percent – could go to

    help beef up A.C.

    We’re not so convinced that would

    happen. The market is already flooded

    with gambling options –both in terms

    of in-person and online casinos in New

    Jersey and surrounding states. Build-

    ing new casinos won’t definitely gener-

    ate new revenue; it may just shift it

    from one part of the state to another.

    New Jersey needs a new revenue-

    generating plan, not a re-configuration

    of a plan that is already not working.

    Our lawmakers need to be creative. If 

    casinos aren’t working in Atlantic City,

    what guarantee is there that they will

    work in North Jersey?

    When you go to the polls in Novem-

    ber to pick your next president, we ad-

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    The club donated $500 to theMoorestown Police Department,which will have five officers par-ticipating in the three-day ride.

    This is a charity event thatplays out across the United Stateswith a bicycle ride to the Police-man’s Memorial that is located inWashington, D.C.

    This memorial has the namesall the police officers killed in theline of duty across the UnitedStates. Unfortunately forMoorestown the memorial hastwo of the town’s own officers’names on the memorial.

    The ride is done every yearwith a ceremony in our nation’scapital during Law Enforcement

    Week. This year, five Moorestownpolice officers will be riding start-ing in North Jersey and ending inWashington, D.C., after three daysof bicycling. Each officer whoparticipates is required to eitherraise or pay $1,500 each to partici-pate, with this money going to theUnity Tour and the memorial tohelp with expenses and scholar-ships for the families of the fall-en. This is done on the officers’own time, and they are not paidby the township for the four daysthey participate.

    "We are honored to partnerwith the Moorestown Police De-partment in support of the PoliceUnity Tour, and trust other localleaders and Moorestown busi-nesses will support our officerswho protect and serve the com-munity,” Rotary Club PresidentScott Aschoff said.

    Rotary Club donatesto police department

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    Stephen was a graduate of Hampshire College, Fairfield Uni-versity and Rutgers UniversityLaw School in Camden. He wasretired from the Princeton Boardof Education where he was themedia specialist for 15 years.

    He was the husband of Kather-

    ine (nee Hartman); father of Margaret (Molly) Hamilton andRiley Richard Dunbar; and broth-er of Scott Dunbar, Casey Dunbar

    and Carla Dunbar Dimmock.The memorial service was held

    at the First Presbyterian Churchand Lewis Funeral Home. Inter-ment was private. Please no flow-ers. Memorial contributions maybe made to the James BaldwinScholar Program, c/o HampshireCollege, Hampshire Fund, 893West St., Amherst, Mass. 01002 orat tinyurl.com/HampshireDona-tionsforSteve, please note JamesBaldwin Scholar Program, orSamaritan Hospice, 5 Eves Drive,Marlton, N.J. 08053.

    Condolences may be left atwww.lewisfuneralhomemo-orestown.com.

    Pellham Capers Moorer March 9, 2016 

    Pellham Capers Moorer, a

    beloved husband and father,passed away peacefully on March9 at the age of 93. He was a long-time resident of Moorestown, for-

    mer president of MoorestownField Club, owner of Penn CityElevator Company and a WWIINavy pilot. He loved sailing, play-ing golf and telling jokes. He wasknown for his generosity andnever turned his back on anyone.

    He was the husband of the latePatricia Anne Moorer. He is sur-vived by his daughters Susanne(Ray) Reis, PeggyLou (Tim)Welch, Pamela (Rick) Templetonand his son Robert (Maureen)Moorer, eight grandchildren andseven great-grandchildren.

    His memorial service was heldon March 16 at the Lewis FuneralHome. In lieu of flowers, sendcontributions to Samaritan Hos-pice, 5 Eves Drive Marlton, N.J.08053. Condolences may be left atwww.lewisfuneralhomemo-orestown.com.

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    March and April are two of themost important months of theyear for our Board of Educationand school district administra-

    tion. The administration has pro-posed our budget for the 2016-2017school year, and the board is dedi-cated to providing the best educa-tion for every student, while keep-ing fiscal responsibility in mind.

    In May 2015, the board ap-proved the 2015-16 school yearbudget, which made significantinvestments in our district, in-cluding:

    • Dell laptops for every studentin grades seven, eight and nineand additional staff to support

    the rollout• Additional staff and re-

    sources to support our special ed-ucation population

    • Robotics advisors at the Mid-dle School

    • Continuation of all of our ac-ademic programs; our 32 sportsprograms at the high school andmiddle school; our five theater

    productions; and more than 40clubs.

    As we develop our 2016–2017budget and future forecasts, we

    project significant deficits due toinsufficient and inequitable stateand federal funding, increasedstate mandates, and rising health-care and staffing costs. Our re-cent BOE meetings and websitearticles have shared that our 2016-2017 projected budget shortfall is$1.98 million with a 0 percent taxincrease. If we choose to raisetaxes to our state mandated 2 per-cent tax levy, and utilize one-timeadditional taxing authority op-tions, we may close the 2016-2017

    budget gap by increasing taxesnearly 3 percent. The full budgetpresentation can be found atwww.mtps.com.

    In future years, the board willhave fewer options to close ourbudget deficit. We project deficitsof $4.7 million for 2017-2018, $7.33million for 2018-2019 and $9.71million for 2019-2020 before utiliz-

    ing the 2 percent tax levy cap.Given these substantial deficits,we likely will require significantdrastic budget cuts unless we rad-

    ically change the structure andprocesses of our district.

    Our district faces multiplestructural challenges that will re-quire innovative thinking, realchange and timely execution. Wealso must identify and act on newways to generate revenue to helpaddress these deficits. We mustmove away from incrementalsteps and half-solutions to ourstructural problems and confrontthe stark reality that our districtfaces an ongoing, growing fund-

    ing crisis.The board will consider these

    issues and many more on May 2at 7:30 p.m. at the William AllenMiddle School media center whenthe BOE will vote on the final2016-2017 budget. Do not hesitateto contact us at [email protected] in the meantime if youhave any questions or concerns.

    Message from the Moorestown BOE

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    22 THE MOORESTOWN SUN — MARCH 23–29, 2016

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    can be found at the MTPS web-site, www.mtps.com.

    Board vice president BrandonPugh voted “no” and board mem-bers Albert Panzarella and AnnMarie Reyher were not in atten-dance. Pugh said his reasoning tovote against the budget was theuse of banked cap and not acting

    on savings for future budgets now,such as alternatives to the tech-nology plan.

    “We were presented with sever-al options for potential changesfor reductions and cost efficien-cies, and they were never elabo-rated on. I felt we were backedinto a corner to approve the budg-

    et without knowing the impact,”Pugh said.

    The initial submission for the

    budget was March 22. A publichearing will be held betweenApril 25 and May 9. Changes canbe made between the initial sub-mission and the public hearing.The final approval is set for May 2at the William Allen MiddleSchool media center beginning at7:30 p.m.

    The next regular BOE meetingis April 19 at WAMS at 7:30 p.m.

    In other news:• Kahra Buss of Live Civilly

    gave a presentation to the BOE

    asking it be an official off-boardorganization to the district. It hasorganized food drives and educa-tional outreach programs withinthe schools since its beginning in2011, focusing on getting youth in-volved with volunteerism. If theboard is in favor of Live Civillybecoming an off-board member, it

    will be on the next BOE agendafor approval.

    • The High School Talent Show

    is on April 21 at 7 p.m. All pro-ceeds will be donated to charity.

    • Moorestown sixth gradersraised more than $6,000 to helpunderdeveloped communities inIndia get clean water.

    • A policy on first reading wasintroduced and passed, address-ing transgender students. Follow-ing the state and federal law,transgender students were addedas a protected class to the equityin educational programs andservices policy. Those who identi-

    fy as transgender, and parents of children who identify as trans-gender, are asked to speak toWAMS Principal Matthew Keithto learn how that individual willbe accommodated.

    • A policy was passed on secondreading, adding student represen-tatives to the board.

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    mously voted to endorse Mike Lo-catell, Victoria Napolitano andPhil Garwood as the Republicancandidates for Moorestown TownCouncil in 2016.

    “Following a number of inter-views with a pool of impressivecandidates, we are thrilled to an-nounce the Locatell/Napoli-tano/Garwood ticket as the teamthat will carry us to victory in No-vember,” said MRMC vice chairJamie Boren, who led the Candi-date Screening Committee for

    this election cycle. “Mike, Victo-ria and Phil are optimistic andcommitted leaders who have adeep understanding of the issuesfacing Moorestown, and each be-lieves strongly in our ideals of fis-cal responsibility, efficient gov-ernment and the Moorestownspirit of community.”

    “Victoria Napolitano and PhilGarwood have a record on Town

    Council of putting Moorestownresidents first. They have foughthard every day for the last fouryears to make our great towneven better, and they deserve oursupport for re-election,” MRMCchairman Steve Solomon said.“Longtime community leaderand volunteer Mike Locatell is astrong addition to the ticket, and I

    feel confident that come Novem-ber, the people of Moorestownwill join us in supporting thesethree candidates who will repre-sent this town with the enthusi-asm, passion and dedication ourcitizens deserve.”

    To follow the campaign, visitwww.facebook.com/Moorestown-First.

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    This honor was a first forMoorestown Friends in 18 yearsof competing.

    The Delaware Valley ScienceCouncil recognizes talentedyouth in the Delaware Valley

    with outstanding capabilities inscience and math to encouragestudents in the region to pursuecareers in STEM fields.

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    based on the results of two three-hour exams administered in No-vember at the University of theSciences and interviews conduct-ed in January.

    Science department chair Dr.Barb Kreider encouraged stu-dents to participate in the ScienceCouncil’s program, and she alsoacted as advisor for Ed’s seniorcapstone project on heart diseaseresearch.

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    said Kreider. “He has pursued hisinterests in cardiac health withinour curriculum, on our DeborahHeart Challenge Team, and in thecontext of his capstone project inthe laboratory of MFS parent,

    Michael Milone, MD, PhD atPerelman School of Medicine atthe University of Pennsylvania. Ihave heard him describe his re-search to professors, post-docs,grad students, high school teach-ers, high school students and hisgrandparents. Ed is an effectivespeaker in all these venues, andthat bespeaks a strong under-standing of the subject material.Ed’s enthusiasm and drive is acredit to his teachers, his family,and himself.”

    In college, Ed plans to studycomputational biology. Outside of the sciences, Ed has been in-volved with jazz ensemble, thestudent newspaper Wordsworth,swimming and golf.

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    Since attending the training anumber of years ago, he hashelped Trudi with the many hats

    she wears for ITAVNJ.When Trudi asked him to be

    president, Scala was hesitant atfirst. He said, with the number of clients and volunteers, he wasconcerned he would not be able tocommit the time needed to every-one. But running on Trudi's phi-losophy of doing your best andnot stressing about it, he has feltconfident ITAVNJ will get peoplethe help they need one way or an-other.

    His duties as of now are toserve on the board and help theVillage grow.

    “I've been to two board meet-ings so far and feel like I'm still

    settling into the role,” Scala said.

    Scala is looking forward tohelping get enough volunteers tomeet the clients' needs. Right now,ITAVNJ has more clients thanvolunteers.

    “I also hope that we're able toget a steady stream of donationsthat will help guarantee the fu-ture of the Village,” Scalasaid.

    ITAVNJ’s mission is to helpelderly and disabled neighbors of any age and returning veteransremain safely and independently

    in their homes by providing freesupport services, such as goingout for groceries and running er-rands; visiting, calling or readingto the visually impaired; givingcaretakers a break; and drivingclients to local doctors, librariesand stores. Towns served includeMoorestown, Cinnaminson, Del-ran, Hainesport, Maple Shadeand Mt. Laurel.

    Volunteers do not provide serv-ices such as giving or dispensingmedication to clients, cleaningthe household or premises or giv-ing personal care and bathing.

    Coming up next for ITAVNJare its general meeting and vol-

    unteer training.

    ITAVNJ is always in need of volunteers. New volunteers areinvited to an hour-long trainingsession held on the last Tuesdayeach month with a social workerfrom Princeton House BehavioralHealth in Moorestown, JenniferGiovainazzi. This month, themeeting is Tuesday, March 29from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at ChurchStreet Station, 400 N. Church St.,Suite 100. Those interested shouldcall if attending.

    The general meeting will be

    held on Tuesday, April 7 at theMoorestown Library from 7 p.m.to 8 p.m. with special guest speak-er Linda Cushing, director of theBurlington County Office onAging and Disabilities. She willexplain the services the county of-fers the disabled and seniors.Also at the meeting will be thepremiere of the ITAVNJ song,written by Trudi and edited andput to music by Neil Arot, and afree raffle. All are welcome.

    For further information aboutITAVNJ, to refer a new client or tovolunteer, go to www.itavnj.org,email [email protected] or call (856) 396-5783.

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    Scala hopes to gain enough volunteers to meet clients’ needs

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