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INSIDE THIS ISSUEHonoring volunteers

Two Evesham residents

to receive award. PAGE 2

ZANE CLARK/The Sun

On Dec. 4, the Main Street Fire Station was once again filled with holiday spirit when Evesham’sannual Winterfest returned. Families and township officials gathered for a chance to enjoy somewinter fun and watch the arrival of Santa Claus. Two of Santa’s elves, Abigail Hackman and NikKadirisani, were ready and waiting for Santa’s arrival. For more photos, please see page 12.

Evesham Winterfest

By ZANE CLARKThe Sun

For Cherokee High Schoolteacher and field hockey coachDevon Bell, student athletics areabout more than just competingin a game.

It’s through travel athleticsBell believes students can learnskills such as dedication, respon-sibility, respect, self-motivationand teamwork – skills that willhelp students continue to succeedthroughout their lives.

However, getting the necessaryequipment to play those sportscan also be expensive, which iswhy in the summer of 2014, Bellstarted the nonprofit Power For-ward, which works to help thosestudent athletes who have the po-tential to excel in athletics and

learn from the opportunity, butmight not have the financialmeans to do so.

The organization helps localkids with the cost of club andAAU sports by holding fundrais-ers and soliciting donations toprovide local kids in need withthe equipment required for themto play and succeed.

“I played sports my entire life. Igot a scholarship to play field

hockey in college and now Icoach, and I have learned how ex-pensive sports can be havingplayed with athletes and nowcoaching them,” Bell said.

With those expenses in mind,this holiday season Power For-ward is continuing its missionwith the launch of its “Adopt anAthlete Campaign.”

Through Dec. 23, Power For-ward is accepting shoes, equip-ment, sport bags, sports clothing,sporting goods, gift cards, grocerygift cards, GNC gift cards andmonetary donations for its PowerForward athletes.

“It’s just to be able to help kidswho have holes in their sneakers,and this is the perfect time to dothat,” Bell said.

For those interested in giving alittle more, supporters can also

make a single athlete’s holidaysbrighter by “adopting” them andpurchasing their holiday wish listof athletic equipment.

“Just as some organizations letyou ‘adopt a family’ for the holi-days, if someone wants to adopt aspecific athlete and get all of thechild’s wish list, they can contactme and get a specific child,” Bell

Power ForwardCherokee High School coach uses her

nonprofit group to help disadvantagedkids afford club and AAU sports

please see PROGRAM, page 3

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The Volunteer Center of Burlington County has an-nounced the three recipients of its 2015 Community ServiceAward, two of whom happen to befrom Evesham.

This year, Evesham residentsEdward O’Malley and Dave Silverwere chosen by the center to re-

ceive the Lloyd Ritter Communi-ty Service Award, which is pre-sented annually to BurlingtonCounty residents who demon-strate acts of service that embodythe attributes of Lloyd Ritter, afounding member of the center.

Although professionally O’-Malley works as a risk and bene-fits executive and Silver works asa business analyst, it’s the two

men’s efforts outside work thathave earned them recognition.

O’Malley’s volunteer activitiesinclude serving as chairman of the United Way in BurlingtonCounty; vice chairman of the NJGovernor’s Jefferson Awards;past chairman of the NJ March of Dimes; chairman of the Gover-nor’s Office of Volunteerism andCommunity Service; past presi-dent of Cerebral Palsy of New

Jersey; a board member of theEvesham Education Association;chair of the Lenape RegionalFoundation; past president of theMarlton Rotary; and serving as aformer commissioner of Eve-sham Fire Rescue.

Silver’s volunteer activities in-clude his work as chair of Opera-tion Yellow Ribbon South Jersey,which collects and mails care

package items for members of thearmed forces serving overseas, aswell as arranging public welcom-ing ceremonies for those armedservice members returninghome. Silver is also a member of the Evesham Education Founda-tion and served in the past as a

Excelling at community service

please see O’MALLEY, page 11

SILVERO’MALLEY

Evesham residents Edward O’Malley and Dave Silver

to receive Lloyd Ritter Community Service Award

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said.Those who support a Power

Forward athlete are also support-ing that athlete’s academic stud-ies and the community they livein, as, to qualify for Power For-ward funds, the non-profit re-quires a student hold at least a

2.75 grade point average and com-plete 12 hours of communityservice in a year.

Supporters are also promotingsportsmanship, as Power For-ward has a rule that anytime stu-dent athletes are excessively re-moved from athletic competition,that student athlete will lose fund-ing.

Bell also notes that many of the

athletes helped are local children.“When you think underprivi-

leged, someone might thinkinner-city, but anyone can be dis-advantaged if they just have asingle parent or a sick parent, andso Power Forward helps themplay,” Bell said.

Those who wish to drop off their donations can do so at Ap-penzeller Training Systems, 465E. Taunton Ave., Suite 302, inWest Berlin, and those who want

to arrange a donation pickup canemail [email protected].

Bell said those who are lookingfor information on how to adopt aspecific athlete this holiday seasoncan also use that email address.

“I don’t make any money fromthis. I don’t take any salary and Inever will. I just wanted to giveback,” Bell said.

PROGRAMContinued from page 1

Program supportssportsmanship, too

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The following comes from theEvesham Township Police De-partment:

Each year people are killed intraffic collisions during the holi-days.

With many motorists travelingto attend gatherings with familyand friends, it is important thatdrivers are responsible and to re-member that buzzed driving isdrunk driving. The consumptionof alcohol or impairing drugs,and driving don't mix.

Saving lives on roads is a top

priority of the ETPD, and the de-partment asks for help from allmembers of the public to do it.

That is why the ETPD is re-minding members of the publicof some simple steps they cantake to enjoy a safe and festiveholiday season without jeopardiz-ing their life and the lives of oth-ers on the road.

ETPD offers the following tipsfor safe travel during the holi-

days:• Don't drink and drive. Des-

ignate a driver or take a cab.• Eliminate distractions, in-

cluding the use of mobile devices.• Buckle up everyone in the

vehicle – it's the law.• Slow down – especially in

bad weather and heavy traffic.• Slow down or move over for

police, fire, EMS, State Depart-ment of Transportation vehiclesand tow trucks that are stoppedon the side of the road with emer-gency lights activated – it's the

law.• Don't drive fatigued.• For those who happen to

see a drunk driver on the road,don't hesitate to contact the policevia 911.

Driving a vehicle while im-paired is not worth the risk of killing oneself or someone else.Don't let this holiday season in anarrest, or even worse, a tragicdeath.

Police stress responsibledriving during holidays

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By MIKE MONOSTRAThe Sun

Marlton resident Marc Bertinoknew he was competing with avery good adult tennis team whenhe took the court with a UnitedStates Tennis Association Leagueteam from Washington Crossing,Pa., this year.

However, he never thought theteam would be one of the best inthe United States.

“We were pretty confident we’dget to the district tournament,”Bertino said. “But beyond that, Ithink we surprised ourselves.”

Washington Crossing did muchbetter than just win its local dis-trict. The team qualified for theUSTA Team National Champi-onships on Oct. 30 and advancedall the way to the championshipmatch before losing to Dallas,

Texas.The team included a number of

players from South and CentralJersey including Bertino, Had-donfield resident Jeoffrey Pur-nell, Cherry Hill resident Alex

Lawrason and Princeton residentJoseph Hargrove. The team con-sisted of about two dozen experi-enced tennis players from Penn-sylvania and New Jersey.

Washington Crossing compet-ed in the USTA 40 and older 4.0adult league. During the regularseason, the team competedagainst other teams from around

the Philadelphia area. The teamthen competed in district and re-gional tournaments, winningboth to advance to the nationalchampionships at Indian Wells,Calif. Washington Crossing wasone of 16 teams to advance to na-tionals. There were about 1,500teams nationwide who played inthe division this year.

“To know that you’re one of only 16 teams to make it out there,that’s a big accomplishment,”Hargrove said.

With the team consisting of some of the better adult tennisplayers from around the area,Bertino felt the team was going tobe competitive. When the seasonstarted, however, he didn’t think

they’d get all the way to the na-tional level.

Purnell said all of the teammembers were avid tennis play-ers who practiced anywhere fromfour to seven days per week. Hefelt this was a key to their suc-cess.

“We’re all playing four to sevendays a week, so we all kind of

trained on our own,” Purnellsaid.Prior to going to nationals, the

team practiced together inDelaware for two days. Lawrason,who has played for multipleteams in USTA leagues in thepast, said the trip was huge inbuilding camaraderie among theteam members.

“The camaraderie was excep-tional,” Lawrason said. “Therewas only one other team wherethe camaraderie was equivalent.”

“I played team sports growingup. I played college baseball atDrexel,” Bertino said. “Tennis isa fun sport, but you don’t get the

Marlton tennis playerbrings skills to national stage

Marc Bertino was one of four South Jersey playerscontributing to Washington Crossing, Pa., team’s success

Special to The SunThe Washington Crossing USTA League 40 and older 4.0 adult team poses with its finalist banner afterfinishing in second place at the USTA Team National Championships on Oct. 30.

please see TEAM, page 14

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Over the past eight years, I have commit-ted to put community first. This holidayseason will be no different.

Evesham Township and Evesham Cele-brations Foundation are working togetherto brighten the holidays for Evesham fami-lies who are facing hardships.

We have created the “Evesham Holiday

Wishes Program” for the month of Decem-ber. We are asking our residents to consid-er donating items to help one another inthe spirit of holiday giving.

Through Dec. 19, we will be collectingnew unwrapped toys, new taggedcoats and food items at seven selected drop-off locations throughout Evesham Town-ship.

As noted by Councilman Ken D’Andrea,who is also the president of ECF, “ECF is awonderful foundation, a team of selflessvolunteers that bring the community to-gether through amazing events and pro-

grams. We are hon-ored to be involvedin Evesham’s Holi-day Wishes Pro-gram. This is an-other great way toshow our fellowresidents that they

matter and are im-portant to the fu-ture of our town-ship.”

Together, as anEvesham commu-nity, let’s make abrighter holidayseason for ourEvesham familiesin need.

Non-perishable canned items being col-lected include vegetables, potatoes, fruitand gravy.

Non-perishable boxed items being col-lected include stuffing, potatoes, bread-crumbs and pasta.

Please review below for drop-off loca-tions and times.

Drop Off Locations• Evesham Fire House: 100 Main St., 8

a.m. to 5 p.m.• Evesham Fire House: MerchantsWay (Kings Grant), 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• Gibson House Community Center:535 East Main St., 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.

• Evesham Township MunicipalBuilding: 984 Tuckerton Road, 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m.

• Blue Barn Recreation Center: 1004Tuckerton Road, 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.

• Indian Spring Country Club: 115 S.Elmwood Road, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

• Evesham Mortgage: 65 E. Route 70, 9a.m. - 5 p.m.

‘Evesham Holiday Wishes Program’ underway

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Have a news tip? Want to send us a press release or photos? Shoot an interesting video?Drop us an email at [email protected]. Fax us at (856) 427-0934. Call the editor at (856) 427-0933.

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 year

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.

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THURS Y DEC. 10Snack Attack: 10:30 a.m. Ages 3-6

years. Evesham Library at 984Tuckerton Road. Join Ms. Holly

and the registered dietician fromthe Shop Rite of Marlton as thelibrary listens to a story andlearns how to prepare a delicioussnack. List any food allergies.Register online at www.bcls.lib.nj.us, in person or call the library at(856) 983-1444.

Kids Can Cook: Ages 6-9. 4 p.m.Evesham Library at 984 Tucker-ton Road. Join Ms. Holly and Ms.Ashley, a registered dieticianfrom the Shop Rite of Marlton, forsome kid-friendly cooking. List

any food allergies. Registeronline at www.bcls.lib.nj.us, inperson or call the library at (856)983-1444.

FRI Y DEC. 11Boppin Babies: Ages 12-24 months.

10:15 a.m. Evesham Library at984 Tuckerton Road. Join Ms.Jenn for a fun circle time with

parachute play and more. Sib-lings must remain seated. Regis-ter online at www.bcls.lib.nj.us, inperson or call the library at (856)983-1444.

Little Movers and Shakers: Ages 2to 3. 11:00 a.m. Evesham Libraryat 984 Tuckerton Road. Join Ms.Jenn for a half- hour of musicalfun and movement. Siblings mustremain seated. Register online atwww.bcls.lib.nj.us, in person orcall the library at (856) 983-1444.

S TUR Y DEC. 12Refresh & Renew Yoga for Adults

& Teens: Ages 13 and up. 11 a.m.Evesham Library at 984 Tucker-

ton Road. Bring a mat or toweland a bottle of water and wearcomfortable clothing. Registeronline at www.bcls.lib.nj.us, inperson or call the library at (856)983-1444.

SUN Y DEC. 13Star Wars Scavenger Hunt: Fami-

lies. 1 p.m. Evesham Library at984 Tuckerton Road. Open to all

Star Wars fans. Small prize givento all participants. Registration isnot required.

Lego & Games Club: Ages 6 and up.3 p.m. Evesham Library at 984

Tuckerton Road. Come into thelibrary and have fun making Legocreations for 60 minutes of funand collaboration. Legos, boardgames and Go Fish cards are pro-vided. Register online atwww.bcls.lib.nj.us, in person orcall the library at (856) 983-1444.

MON Y DEC. 14Family Holiday Craft: Kids. 6:30

p.m. Evesham Library at 984Tuckerton Road. Drop in for a fun

family holiday craft that is per-fect for families and all ages. Allsupplies provided. Register onlineat www.bcls.lib.nj.us, in person orcall the library at (856) 983-1444.

Wagging Tales: Families. 7 p.m. Eve-sham Library at 984 TuckertonRoad. Learn all kinds of interest-ing things about dogs, practicereading and bring the family. Reg-ister online at www.bcls.lib.nj. usor call (856) 983-1444.

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Maria’s Mom’s Italian Cookie

Cupboard is holding its eighth an-nual “Cookies with SensitiveSanta” during the month of De-cember, which provides an oppor-tunity for kids to meet with Santafor free.

On Saturdays, Dec. 12 and Dec.19 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m., andThursdays, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., familiesare invited to visit with Santa forfree at the Cookie Cupboard, lo-cated at 13 North Locust St.

Each family sees Santa private-ly in a quaint atmosphere, and allchildren receive a complimentaryhomemade cookie.

Families are encouraged tobring their cameras.

This year’s theme is a “Minion

Christmas.”

Attendees can also get pictureswith Minions while visitingSanta.

Due to the high volume of cus-tomers, families are encouragedto call and make an appointmentfor their visit. Call (856) 988-8189.

“Last Christmas, Santa visitedhundreds of families,” said MariaRitter, owner of Maria’s Mom’sItalian Cookie Cupboard. “We’vehad many visitors return sincewe opened the bakery, and we

gain new ones each year by wordof mouth. Families are opting forour event instead of enduring thelong lines, crowds and pricey pic-tures at the malls.”

The tradition of visiting withSanta is a happy event, but that is

not always the case for children

with special needs, including thosewith Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The event is sensitive to chil-dren with special needs. Thesmaller room and quiet atmos-phere make families feel likethey’re visiting Santa right athome.

Ritter’s daughter, who is a spe-cial education teacher, helps herfamily make the event “sensoryfriendly,” and ensure that eachchild has both a positive and

memorable experience.“Christmas is the reason we’rehere, so this time of year is espe-cially important to us,” Rittersaid. ”Our goal is to continue togive back to the community yearafter year.”

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member of Evesham TownshipSchool District Board of Educa-tion.

“It’s consistent with how Lloydwent about his community volun-teer service, and our candidateshave a body of work,” said MikePippin, coordinator for the center.“It’s not so much what they’ve

done in a single year, but it’s forhaving done work across time, soit’s an award for a pattern of doing service.”

For O’Malley, the award putshim on the other side of a posi-tion he normally finds himself in,as he said his work with the gov-ernor’s office usually sees himgiving out awards rather than re-ceiving them.

Nonetheless, O’Malley said hewas truly honored to be sur-rounded with the honorees this

year and prior years.“It’s very meaningful, and the

Volunteer Center does such goodwork and has a reach throughoutthe community, and to be consid-ered in the same class as Donnaand David is an honor,” O’Malleysaid.

Donna Aromando of Lumber-ton is this year’s third honoree,and works as a counselor at Ran-

cocas Valley Regional High

School where she has spearhead-ed numerous activities for stu-dents’ health and wellness issues.

O’Malley said his drive to vol-unteer comes from consideringhimself blessed, living in a greatcommunity in a great neighbor-hood and raising six healthy chil-dren who were all successful aca-demically and professionally.

“I think it’s so important togive back to the community,” O’-Malley said. “It makes our neigh-

bors, our country and our state somuch better a place to live andwork and raise our families. It

just connects us.”Silver said receiving the award

is an honor and hopes it willbring more attention to his workwith Operation Yellow Ribbonand other organizations he sup-ports.

“All the stuff I do I don’t do forthe attention of awards like this,but it’s a nice byproduct of whenyou get recognized that you can

bring attention to the folks whohelp support you and love you themost,” Silver said.

Like O’Malley, Silver said heconsiders himself blessed, and

those who have the means to give

back to the world should do so.“Whether it’s seeing the happy,

crying family of a soldier whenthey come home or receiving aletter from someone who receivedour care packages … when youget responses like that, it onlymakes you want to do more,” Sil-ver said.

All three honorees will receivetheir awards at the VolunteerCenter’s Community ServicesAwards dinner on Thursday, Dec.

10 at Deerwood Country Club inWestampton.Those interested in attending

or supporting the event can callthe Volunteer Center at (609) 894-9311 ext. 1492, or visit www.volun-teercenterburlingtoncounty.org.Tickets are $65. The event beginsat 6 p.m.


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Evesham’s annual Winterfest returned to the Main Street Fire Sta-

tion on Dec. 4. Along with free hot chocolate and pictures to color,Santa Claus also arrived to spread holiday cheer. Clockwise fromabove: As tradition, Santa Claus arrived to the second floor of thebuilding in a fire truck and got to the first floor by sliding down thefire station pole. Little Doug Luciano, 11 months, got a chance to seeSanta all by himself. Mike and Casey Karwacki were in attendancewith baby Maci, 4 months, who was a little tired from all the holidayfun. Alexander Peralta, 11, and his sister Natalie, 9, got a chance tosee Buddy from the movie ‘Elf.’ Attendees were also treated to somesongs from a choir made up of school students and members of Marl-ton United Methodist Church.

Winterfest celebrates the season

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team camaraderie. That’s what’snice about the USTA League.”

Hargrove had been to nationalswith another team in 2013. Hesaid the key for a team to make itto nationals is to have strongteam unity.

“The difference with bothteams is that there’s good chem-istry,” Hargrove said. “Winning atthe national level means havinggood singles and good doublepairings.

“This team had quite a fewfolks that were able to pair togeth-er as a good doubles pairing.”

At nationals, WashingtonCrossing continued its winningways. The team went a perfect 3-0through the round robin portionof the event on Oct. 30 and 31 andadvanced to the semifinals onNov. 1.

In the semifinals, WashingtonCrossing defeated Centennial,Colo., 4-1, to advance to the na-tional championship match

against Dallas. The team fell justone victory short of being nation-al champions, losing to Dallas, 3-1.

Hargrove said the team wasdisappointed after losing thechampionship, but the loss didn’ttake away from what the teamhad accomplished.

“We didn’t lose the match somuch as the other team just beatus,” he said. “They had a better

roster out on the court, but it wascompetitive. We didn’t beat our-selves.”

There were individual successstories among the team’s success.

Bertino and Purnell played dou-bles together throughout the sea-son and were unstoppable. Thepair went a perfect 14-0 in tourna-ment matches, including a perfect5-0 at nationals. They earned theteam’s lone win against Dallas.

“Marc and I took our tennis toa whole new level,” Purnell said.“We scripted tennis plays and weexecuted these plays from start tofinish. It worked for us.”

Lawrason said the entire expe-rience, from the matches to theactivities off the court, was spe-cial. He was especially pleasedwith the good sportsmanship andcamaraderie the teams sharedwith one another.

“Everybody exhibited reallygood sportsmanship and were re-spectful of everyone else,”Lawrason said.

USTA League rules don’t allowteams who advance to nationalsto compete together again in sub-sequent seasons, so Washington

Crossing’s team will have a differ-ent look next year.

However, all team members saythey will continue to play tennisand dream of making a returntrip to Indian Wells in the future.

“I’m looking forward to doingit again next year,” Purnell said.

“Hopefully, you can catch light-ning in a bottle and get back thereagain,” Lawrason said.

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