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    www.shamongsun.com DEC. 9–15, 2015 FREE

    Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–15Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

    INSIDE THIS ISSUESeneca support

    High school votes for anotherin competition. PAGE 2

    SEAN LAJOIE/The Sun

    From left, Shamong residents Madelyn Fluharty, Abby Waite, Andrew Waite and Patrick Fluharty show off their special balloon blowupsat the Medford Dickens Festival. South Main Street was transformed into a winter wonderland to ring in the holidays. Lights werestrung on the buildings, Christmas tunes filled the air and a number of local businesses set up shop for guests to purchase souvenirs.

    Celebrating Dickens FestivalMakinga better

    Shamong

    By SEAN LAJOIEThe Sun

    Shamong Township Commit-tee kicked off last week’s meetingwith two special proclamations torecognize a couple of Shamongresidents whose efforts to supportthe township have gone aboveand beyond.

    Jacob Uscinowicz recentlycompleted his Eagle Scout projectin which he made an upgrade tothe community, and Gary Vin-ciguerra has served the Shamong

    Township Joint Land Use Boardfor more than 20 years.

    “Jacob stepped up to the platefor us in a nice way,” TownshipAdministrator Susan Onoratosaid.

    Uscinowicz built five bat hous-es and placed them in numerouslocations to help minimize the in-sect population and combat mos-

     please see VINCIGUERRA, page 9

    Committee honorsJacob Uscinowicz,Gary Vinciguerra 

     with proclamations

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    2 THE SHAMONG SUN — DEC. 9–15, 2015

    By SEAN LAJOIEThe Sun

    When it comes to the “Senecafamily,” one thing that is near anddear to their heart is protectingtheir home field when the lightscome on Friday nights.

    Home field advantage for thefootball team has become a tradi-tion at Seneca High School withthe creation of the “Bird’s Nest” – a name that was developed by the

    student section that fills thebleachers at every home game tocheer the Golden Eagles to victo-ry.

    So when the school got newsthat NJ.com would be conductinga contest to declare the best homefield advantage in New Jersey,students were instantly deter-mined to win the contest.

    “A group of our fans and teach-ers nominated our school and

    posted a couple pictures of ourstudent section. Within minutes,it went viral like crazy. Our whole

    community was on their phones

    Special to The Sun

    Maggie Mitchell, left, and Samantha Scarpello make signs to showsupport for Warren Hills Regional High School after the death of itsquarterback, No. 18 Evan Murray.

    Choosing class over competitionDespite showing great pride every Friday night, Seneca proves its home

    field advantage during football games is not its No. 1 priority 

     please see WARREN, page 4

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    voting to show our Seneca spiritand love for our school,” studentMaggie Mitchell said. “The racewas on to bring home that title!”

    Mitchell teamed with her class-mate Samantha Scarpello to enterher school into the competition.

    The competitive duo knewthere was something special

    about going to a football game atSeneca and wanted to portrayhow much the student body andcommunity gets behind the teamto the rest of the state.

    “As a freshman, you’re so excit-ed to go to every game, and as asenior, you don’t want it to end,”Mitchell said.

    So the two girls teamed withhead coach Bill Fisher, and theyspread the word to acquire votesthrough word of mouth and so-cial media.

    They took to Twitter and usedthe Seneca Bird’s Nest account,@senbirdsnest15, to alert their

    fellow students to vote.Scarpello saw this as the per-

    fect vehicle to drive votes, as itwas successful in the past whenthey used it to sell t-shirts forgame day or spread the news of athemed spirit day.

    During the girls’ lunch andlearn period, they went aroundselling t-shirts and promotinghome games, they took photos

    during the games they submittedto NJ.com for the contest, andthey even made a video for one of the games in which Fisher donat-ed hundreds of old jerseys theywashed and handed out for every-one to wear.

    The votes were pouring in afterthis, and Seneca was in greatshape to make a serious run atbringing home this competition.

    However, one afternoon,Scarpello was volunteering at theblood drive for student counciland overheard a group of peopletalking about whom they wouldbe competing against in the com-

    petition, and Warren Hills Re-gional High School was men-tioned.

    But the school was brought upin discussion for a reason thathad nothing to do with the besthome field advantage competi-tion.

    Warren Hills quarterback andthree-sport star athlete EvanMurray, 17, was injured on a tack-

    le during the second quarter of the team’s game against SummitHigh School. He flashed his team-mates a thumbs-up as he wastaken away on a gurney. But notlong after, he passed away.

    An autopsy found his spleenwas abnormally enlarged, leavingMurray susceptible to this type of injury. The cause of death wasmassive internal hemorrhagingfrom a lacerated spleen.

    “I immediately just wanted tohug my brother (Seneca quarter-back J.J. Scarpello). It made mestep back and think about howlucky I am and to appreciate

    everything that I have in my lifetoday,” Scarpello said.

    That’s when it hit Scarpellothat this wasn’t about winningthe best student section in NewJersey anymore. It was about howSeneca could help support War-ren Hills through this tough time.

    “All we wanted to do was figure

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    DEC. 9–15, 2015 –THE SHAMONG SUN 5

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    This law is the Individualswith Disabilities Education Act.IDEA has undergone several revi-sions over the course of 40 years.In schools, all students are afford-ed a free and appropriate publiceducation in the least restrictiveenvironment.

    Dec. 2 was about acceptance

    and the events planned in bothbuildings were ones that promot-ed friendship and embracedeveryone’s unique qualities.

    This event promoted a positiveclimate in both buildings and ashared vision for all learners!

    Our elementary school songtheme this year was by BrunoMars “Count on Me.”

    A library has been created tocelebrate special education and

    diversity at Indian Mills Elemen-tary School. Events to celebratediversity are woven into the aca-demic day for students at IndianMills Memorial School and in-clude:

    - Morning announcements.- Adaptive physical education

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    - Celebrating the differences of each other through language arts.

    - Making the school theme: “Weare all unique fish in the sameschool.”

    Schools celebrate ‘Diversity Day’

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    The Shamong Township School District celebrated ‘Diversity Day’ on

    Dec. 2. The day was about acceptance and the events planned inboth buildings were ones that embraced everyone’s unique qualities.

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    6 THE SHAMONG SUN — DEC. 9–15, 2015

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    out how we could make the best out of thissituation and help a community that wasmourning the loss of one of their own,”

    Mitchell said. “Seneca emphasizes familyand how good it is to come together duringtough times, so we knew we needed tocome together for Warren Hills.”

    The girls then completely refocused oncreating a new campaign, one that wouldcompletely negate all the work they had al-ready done and all the hours they had al-ready poured into their original campaign.

    They were now doing everything theycould to get people to vote for Warren HillsRegional High School to beat Seneca andwin the competition.

    The girls told everyone to vote for War-

    ren Hills on social media, had everyone

    wear blue to school one day in honor of their school colors, raised money for ascholarship in Evan’s name during theirTurkey Bowl game on Thanksgiving andalso sent a package with a signed Senecafootball helmet with all of the members of the Seneca student section names on it.

    That helmet now sits in the hallway at

    Warren Hills Regional High School whereit is displayed as a symbol of compassionfrom a competitor.

    Warren Hills wrote Seneca a heartfeltletter thanking it for the kind gesture.Seneca also received a video from the War-ren Hills’ student section, “The BlueCrew,” thanking it for the helmet.

    Seneca athletic advisors KathyDonoghue and Brad Bauer, guidance coun-selor Sam Maira and Fisher were 100 per-cent on board with the idea when the girlsapproached them.

    The girls could not say enough about

    how thankful they were for their support

    and that they could not have gone throughwith it without them.

    The school reacted the same way thegirls did when they got wind of the newsand immediately ditched the idea of votingfor themselves and started accumulatingvotes for Warren Hills.

    While Seneca still ended up getting the

    most votes for the South Jersey bracket,Warren Hills won the North Jersey bracketand took home the No. 1 overall prize of being granted the best place to watch foot-ball in New Jersey.

    The girls credited how much theylearned during this experience by ac-knowledging a quote from their favoriteguidance counselor.

    “A little love can go a long way,” Mairasaid.

    “We did it because we wanted to help,but the reaction and feedback we have got-ten back has been overwhelming,” Scarpel-

    lo said.

    SENECAContinued from page 4

    How many times have you seen

    it: People driving around town

    throwing caution to the wind,

    as if they were on a NASCAR track?

    You’d think someone was giving away

    free $100 bills.

    Do they not know we have children

    walking around town? Do they notcare about the safety of other mo-

    torists? Do they not care about their

    own safety?

    Seems like today, everyone is in a

    rush at all times; it seems like it’s get-

    ting worse with each passing year.

    Somehow, by some miracle, New Jer-

    sey drivers aren’t the worst in the na-

    tion, at least according to an annual

    study recently released by CarInsur-

    anceComparison.com. Well, we’re al-

    most the worst –we rank 45th on this

    list of the nation’s worst drivers.

    If we’re not the worst, we’d hate to

    be on the road in Minnesota, whose

    drivers were collectively ranked as the

    worst in the nation.

    Even though we’re not as bad as

    some of our American brethren, it’s

    worth repeating: Slow down out there!

    Nothing can be of such importance

    that you need to speed and drive errati-

    cally ... every time you drive! It’s just

    not possible that your wife is giving

    birth for the fifth time this week.

    Our children are walking our

    streets. Our elderly are still behind thewheel. Our ready, willing and able are

    out on the roads, trying to get shopping

    done. And it’s going to be extra crowd-

    ed like this for a few more weeks.

    Let’s make sure everyone gets where

    they’re going safely. Let’s all share the

    road with each other, and let’s stop

    being such maniacs – even if we’re not

    the most maniacal in the country.

    in our opinion

    Slow down out thereUse caution when driving on the roads, especially this time of yea r

    Your thoughts

    How bad is the driving out there? How canwe get better? Should more regulationsbe put on New Jersey drivers to improvesafety? Let your thoughts be heardthrough a letter to the editor.

    Email us at [email protected]

    Seneca came together to vote for Warren Hills

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    Burlington County Sheriff Jean E. Stanfield announced thatthe Sheriff ’s Department’s 20thannual toy drive is officially un-derway, and that residents andbusinesses can donate toys forchildren of families in need atany of more than 50 drop-offs lo-cated throughout the county.

    Stanfield said that the collec-tion will continue until Dec. 19,when sheriff’s officers will gatherup the bins and return them to

    the County Complex.Human service agencies work

    with the sheriff to distribute.“We always receive a wonder-

    ful response to the toy drive eachyear,” Stanfield said.

    “The holiday season brings outthe best of people in BurlingtonCounty, and it enables us all to puta smile on the face of a child whomight otherwise go without.”

    Last year, the department col-lected approximately 1,000 toys,and the sheriff said she is opti-mistic that it will exceed that

    number this holiday season.Drop-off locations include mu-

    nicipal buildings and police de-partments, County governmentbuildings, and private businesses.

    A list of local drop-offs follows:• Golden Tiger Martial Arts;

    1576 Route 206 Unit No. 2, Taber-nacle

    • Nixon’s General Store; 540Chatsworth Road, Tabernacle

    8 Tabernacle ElementarySchool, 132 New Road, Tabernacle

    • Tabernacle Township Munici-pal Building, 163 Carranza Road,

    Tabernacle• Shamong Township Munici-

    pal Building, 105 Willow GroveRoad, Shamong

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    Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield is reminding resi-dents that free checks of childsafety seat installations are of-fered by the Sheriff’s Departmentevery Wednesday from 10 a.m. to2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. in the park-ing lot of the County Administra-tion Building, 49 Rancocas Road,Mount Holly.

    “It is important for our resi-dents to know that these servicesare available to them year

    round,” Stanfield said.Our Child Passenger Safety

    Seat Program conducts hands-ontraining for parents and care-givers to ensure that their chil-dren’s safety seats are properlyinstalled.

    “We are very pleased that weare able to offer this additionalservice to busy parents,” Stan-field said. “The Sheriff ’s Depart-ment Child Safety Seat Team con-sists of state-certified technicians

    who also check all child seats forsafety concerns and recalls.”

    The Burlington County ChildPassenger Safety Program has in-spected more than 13,000 childsafety seats since its start 16 yearsago.

    During the last year, only 8 per-cent of seats checked were in-stalled correctly. This 92 percentmisuse rate is higher than the na-tional average of 73 percent re-ported by Safe Kids USA.

    According to the NationalHighway Traffic Safety Adminis-tration, research on the effective-ness of child safety seats showstheir use can reduce fatalities forchildren under 1-year-old by 71percent and for toddlers (ages 1-4)by 54 percent.

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    Free child safety seat installation checks weekly

    Sheriff’s Department collecting toys for holidays

             

                 

               

     

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    WE NES Y DEC. 9Pinelands Young at Heart Seniors

    Club: Noon at the TabernacleCommunity Center, 81 Hawkins

    Road. Cake and coffee are served.Membership available for $12 ayear for those 55 and older. Tripsto all over the area and the nationare available to members andfriends.

    Open Prayer Gathering: 6:30 p.m.at Crossroads Community Churchof Shamong, 445 Oakshade Road.For any local residents seekingprayer.

    THURS Y DEC. 10Parachute Play: Ages 2-4. 10:30

    a.m. at Pinelands Branch Library.Join for a half hour of parachute

    games and play time together.Must be accompanied by a care-giver. Registration requested. Vis-it www.bcls.lib.nj.us/calendar/parachute-play-6.

    Lego Club: Ages 7-12. 4 p.m. atPinelands Branch Library. Jointhe Lego Club for creativity andimagination in action. Please donot bring your own Legos. Regis-tration requested. Visit

    www.bcls.lib.nj.us/calendar/lego-club-6.

    FRI Y DEC. 11

    Paws to Read (Ocho): 3:30, 3:45, 4,and 4:15 at Pinelands BranchLibrary. Children are welcome topractice their reading skills andmake a new friend by readingaloud to Ocho, a registered thera-py dog. Sign up for a 15-minuteslot and see what it's all about.Registration requested. Visitwww.bcls.lib.nj.us/calendar/paws-read-ocho-20.

    S TUR Y DEC. 12

    Medford VFW annual Cookie Walk:Doors open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.at 317 Church Road Medford. Letus help you with your cookies forthe holidays. Treats are $8 perpound. Call (609) 654-9823 formore information.

    Minecraft at the Library: Ages 5-17.11 a.m. at Pinelands BranchLibrary. Join the PinelandsBranch Library for an afternoon

    (approximately two hours) ofMinecraft on the Xbox 360. Reg-istration guarantees you gamingtime, walk-ins are accepted. Visitwww.bcls.lib.nj.us/calendar/minecraft-library-0.

    Star Wars Jedi Knight Academy:Ages 3-12. 3 p.m. at PinelandsBranch Library. An engaging pro-gram by veteran family entertain-er David Engel. Kids 3 years andolder are encouraged to dress astheir favorite Star Wars charac-ter. Registration requested.www.bcls.lib.nj.us/calendar/ star-wars-jedi-knight-academy.

    MON Y DEC. 14

    Toddler Time: Ages 18-35 months.10:30 a.m. at Pinelands BranchLibrary. Join Ms. Danielle for sto-ries, songs and a craft or activity.Registration requested. Visitwww.bcls.lib.nj.us/calendar/tod-dler-time-8

    TUES Y DEC. 15Snack Attack: Ages 4-12. Noon and

    4 p.m. at Pinelands BranchLibrary. Join Miss Niki, DTR, fromthe Shop Rite of Medford for afun activity and a lesson on howto prepare a healthy snack. Reg-istration requested. Visit

    hwww.bcls.lib.nj.us/calendar/chess-club-2.

    Family Movie Night: “The Night-mare Before Christmas”: 6 p.m.at Pinelands Branch Library.Bring the whole family to thelibrary for this month's feature,"The Nightmare Before Christ-mas" (76 min.). Snacks and bev-erages may be served, but feelfree to bring your own goodiesand blanket to get comfy. Regis-tration requested. Visitwww.bcls.lib.nj.us/calendar/fami-ly-movie-night-nightmare-christ-mas.

    Shamong Township Board of Edu-cation meeting: 7 p.m. in mediacenter of Indian Mills MemorialSchool, 295 Indian Mills Road.Combined work session and regu-lar meeting. For more informa-tion, visit www.ims.k12.nj.us/boe/boe.htm.

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    stalled in heavily wooded areas inhopes of attracting bats to helpcontrol insect populations. As amajor predator of night-flying in-sects, bats can reduce unwantedpests in the lawn and garden.

    A single bat can eat as many as600 insects in an hour, accordingto the USDA.

    To build these bat houses, Usci-nowicz raised money through

    sales of Krispy Kreme donuts.He organized and constructedthe houses with the help of mem-bers from his Troop 47.

    Uscinowicz earned 25 meritbadges to qualify for his EagleScout status, the highest honor at-tainable for a Scout. He serves ashis troop’s senior patrol leader,patrol leader historian and juniorassistant Scoutmaster.

    The township passed a motion

    to honor Uscinowicz for reachingEagle Scout after his court of honor ceremony was held Nov. 1.

    The second proclamation hon-ored Vinciguerra, who was the

    township’s joint land use boardchairman for several years afterShamong Township merged itszoning and planning boards tocreate the Shamong TownshipJoint Land Use Board in 2008.

    Vinciguerra moved to thetownship in 1990 and began serv-ing the residents of Shamong as avolunteer member of the plan-ning board on July 5, 1995. He wasnamed chairman of the planningboard on Jan. 15, 2002.

    Vinciguerra retired on Sept. 14due to a change in his residencystatus.

    “Gary Vinciguerra’s passionfor his beloved community wasinstrumental in his contributionsmade to Shamong Township’soverall master plan,” Mayor Ken-neth Long said.

    He was awarded the Volunteerof the Year award for Shamong in2014 at the annual Pine Barrens

    Festival for his services to thetownship.

    Committeeman Michael DiCroce was “honored,” as he put it,to make a motion to proclaim that

    the committee recognize Vin-ciguerra’s more than 20 years of service.

    VINCIGUERRAContinued from page 1

     Vinciguerra was joint land use board chairman

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