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ow that the new year is upon us, lets
take a moment to look back on the
biggest news stories in Montgomery
Township for 2013.
Committee kicks off the new year
The Montgomery Township Commit-
tee kicked off 2013 with its first meeting
on Jan. 3. New Committeeman Chris Sugden, who
replaced Mark Conforti, was inducted. Mayor Ed
Trzaska, Deputy Mayor Patricia Graham and Com-
mitteewoman Christine Madrid were re-elected to
serve terms for 2013.
Along with all of the new appointees to Mont-
gomery Townships boards and committees, Somer-
set County Freeholder Mark Caliguire, Somerset
County Sheriff Frank Provenzano and Former
Mayor Don Matthews were also in attendance.
Trzaska highlighted his four main goals for 2013,
which included protecting public health and safety
services, adhering to Gov. Christies 2-percent prop-
erty tax cap, preserving additional open space and
protecting the townships rural character, and opti-
mizing use of the limited commercial land in town.
Smoking ban
A smoking ban was discussed at the townships
Jan. 17 committee meeting.
The ban, proposed to prohibit smoking in all
parks, pathways, athletic parks and playgrounds
throughout the township, was brought forth by Lu-
cille Talbot, coordinator for the Regional Chronic
Disease/Cancer Coalition of Morris and Somerset
counties, and Donna Drummond, program coordi-
nator and health educator for the University of Med-
icine and Dentistry of New Jerseys Tobacco-Free
for a Healthy NJ Coalition.
We are bringing this to the forefront since the
Skillman Park has gone smoke-free, since our school
grounds and athletic fields are smoke-free, and other
Looking back on the happenings of Montgomery
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CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP LEFT: Montgomery High School varsity swimmer Hannah
Matheson took the state title in the 100-yard butterfly at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions
on March 3; Montgomery seniors and Johnson & Johnson employees from the Skillman
campus pack candy at the Otto Kaufman Community Centers packing event for Operation
Shoebox NJ on May 10; In the fall, the township preserved 12 acres of the 13.5-acre Pariso
Farm as open space; Montgomery resident Rich Saracino donated his time to play the
accordion at the Montgomery Senior Centers first-ever Italian Summer Festival on Aug. 2;
Visitors stopped by to check out the variety of flowers, herbs, greens and fruits available
from Von Thun Farms at the Montgomery Friends Farmers Market; Newly elected commit-
tee member Chris Sugden was sworn-in by Somerset County Freeholder Mark Caliguire at
the Montgomery Township committee reorganization meeting on Jan. 3; One of the
Montgomery High School Cougars takes a shot at the girls junior varsity basketball game
against the Phillipsburg Lady Liners on Jan. 17; Montgomery High School varsity softball
player Erin Ender safely slides into home against Ridge High School on March 15 (Courtesy
Robert J. Gleason Photography); One of the Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers privates,
Nate, sits by his dog tent in full inform at the groups annual Civil War Re-Encampment in
April; Troop No. 46 retired the colors at Montgomerys Veterans Day ceremony at
Montgomery Park on Nov. 11; One of Montgomery EMS cadets offers a guest cookies at
the Burgers and Baid-Aids fundraiser in August; and Montgomery High School presented
the murder mystery, A Murder Is Announced, in October.
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municipalities throughout New
Jersey have gone smoke-free with
their parks, Health Officer
Stephanie Carey said. We want
to present this opportunity to the
township to show leadership and
to set a good role model for the
kids in our community to choose
healthy lifestyles.
A smoking ban already in place
at the beginning of the year pro-
hibited smoking on all govern-
ment-owned land. The proposed
band targeted areas where chil-
dren are likely present.
If passed, the committee ques-
tioned health justifications and
enforcement of the new ban.
Trzaska said more discussion and
time was needed before any deci-
sions were made.
That discussion continued at
the next committee meeting,
when the Board of Health recom-
mended a more limited ordi-
nance to the committee. The pro-
posal would ban smoking in des-
ignated areas of the park such
as playgrounds as opposed to
the entire park. Carey worked to
gather more information before a
potential ordinance was drafted.
Come March, the committee
and Board of Health were work-
ing to create a limited smoking
ordinance, considered the best
way to handle the concerns of
residents who feel that banning
smoking in township areas in-
fringes on peoples rights.
Trzaska suggested imposing a
time frame for the banned areas
and supported Sugdens sugges-
tion of putting up non-smoking
signs. The signs would be a way to
discourage smoking without tak-
ing legal action.
The committee continued to de-
bate the issue and worked with
the Board of Health on drafting
an ordinance.
In September, the committee
lowered its penalties for smoking
on designated smoke-free loca-
tions in the township; these areas
were already established smoke-
free by the townships previous
ordinance, not affecting the ordi-
nance pertaining to parks that
the committee debated over the
course of 2013.
The $2,000 fine was reduced to
a maximum fine of $200.
Energy aggregation program
In an effort to save residents
money on their energy bills,
Montgomery Township adopted
an ordinance establishing a gov-
ernment energy aggregation pro-
gram, known as Montgomery
Community Energy Aggregation.
At its meeting on April 4, the
township committee hired the
Highland Park-based energy and
public utility firm, Gabel Associ-
ates, to solicit bids from multiple
energy consumers in an attempt
to secure lower power supply
prices than what the current
providers were offering.
If Gabel Associates finds a
lower price that is worth pursu-
ing through its online bidding
process (e-bids), the only change
would be the residents supplier.
PSE&G, or whichever company
services residents in the town-
ship, will stay as their provider
only the supplier will change to
Gabel Associates.
All residents are automatically
Township started energy aggregation program
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The following incident was
taken from reports on file with
the Montgomery Police Depart-
ment:
On Dec. 19, at 2:32 p.m., the
Montgomery Township Police in-
vestigated a burglary and theft at
a home on Bridgepoint Road.
Entry to the residence was made
by breaking the glass of a french
door in the rear of the house. Un-
known actor(s) entered the resi-
dence and ransacked several
rooms. Firearms, computer
equipment, jewelry and a check-
book were stolen. The investiga-
tion is continuing. If you ob-
served any suspicious activity or
suspicious persons in the vicinity
of Bridgepoint Road and Dead
Tree Run, please contact the
Montgomery Township Police De-
partment at (908) 359-3222.
police report
The Waldorf School of
Princeton will hold an Open
House and Alumni Panel on
Saturday, Jan. 11 from 10 a.m.
to noon.
Meet teachers and parents,
take a tour, and hear from our
panel of diverse and accom-
plished alumni. Contact ad-
missions@princetonwaldorf.o
rg for more details.
The Waldorf School is locat-
ed at 1062 Cherry Hill Road.
Open house
on Jan. 11
The Montgomery Township
Health Department is working
with the Greater Somerset Public
Health Partnership, New Jersey
Department of Environmental
Protection and the Regional
Chronic Disease/Cancer Coali-
tion of Morris and Somerset
counties to recognize January as
Radon Awareness Month.
Radon is an odorless, tasteless
and invisible gas that occurs nat-
urally in soil. It is released from
the natural decay of the elements
uranium, thorium and radium,
and occurs in higher concentra-
tions in certain areas of the state,
including Somerset County.
Starting on Jan. 2 to enable res-
idents to test their homes, one
radon kit per household will be
available on a first-come, first-
served basis for $10 at the Mont-
gomery Township Health Depart-
ment, 2261 Route 206, Belle Mead.
Residents seeking more infor-
mation on radon testing or miti-
gation should contact the Mont-
gomery Health Department at
(908) 359-8211. Other residents
should contact their local health
department.
Radon testing kits available
entered into the MCEA if they
havent already acquired a third-
party for supplying their energy.
However, any resident has the op-
tion to opt-out at any time be-
fore or after the program is imple-
mented at no cost.
Later in April, the township
teamed up with nonprofit Cooling
America thru Local Leadership
to educate its residents about this
energy aggregation program.
CALL, the only group advocat-
ing for Clean Energy Aggregation
in New Jersey, was established in
2007 and has developed expertise
in implementing CEA systems for
various municipalities.
CEA is based on legislation
the Government Energy Aggre-
gation Act of 2003 that allows
local governments to buy electric-
ity wholesale and sell it to their
businesses and residents, which
in turn, saves money on their en-
ergy bills, according to CALLs
website.
The Montgomery Community
Energy Aggregation officially
went into effect on Nov. 14, giving
residents the ability to save
money on their utility bills, with
the possibility of added benefits,
such as higher renewable energy
content and other programs, offi-
cials said.
Residents who were customers
of PSE&G received letters from
the township in early November
informing them their electric sup-
ply provider unless they chose to
opt out was switching to Consoli-
dated Edison Solutions, Inc.
The ConEdison Solutions con-
tracted price of $0.10427 was ap-
proximately 10 percent below the
average PSE&G rate, and will re-
main in effect until December
2015.
Municipal taxes rise
In April, the Montgomery
Township Committee introduced
a $25.7 million budget for the year,
which included a 2.8 percent tax
rate increase, or $44 per year for
the average assessed home valued
at $500,000.
The average homeowner would
see their municipal bill increase
from $1,565 to $1,609.
This was a very challenging
budget, Trzaska said. In addi-
tion to the typical cost increases
that we face every year pension,
health care and union contracts
we also had to deal with Hurri-
cane Sandy cleanup costs and a
$13.5 million balloon debt pay-
ment that was created back in
2006. We took advantage of histor-
ically low interest rates and refi-
nanced this debt. It was the re-
sponsible action to take and helps
improve Montgomerys financial
health, but it did increase our
debt servicing costs by $250,000.
In total, the mandated spending
increases for 2013 were over
$900,000.
In 2013, the township planned
to continue to work on closing its
structural budget gap through
long-term budget planning; re-
vamping the municipal govern-
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to optimize head count, responsi-
bilities and efficiencies by re-eval-
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tasks, a three- to five-year process;
seeking additional municipalities
to participate in shared services
agreements for health and animal
control; and analyzing new oppor-
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code.
The budget was adopted in
early June.
Environmental and
historic developments
Through 2012 and into the new
year, new trails were being devel-
oped in plots of Montgomery
Townships open space.
In January, the Montgomery
Friends of Open Space completed
a newly designed trail extension
into the Cherry Brook Preserve, a
375-acre plot of mature woods and
open fields in the southern part of
the township.
The new trail, which began on
the Lenape Pool access road at the
end of Pine Brae Court off Route
518, traversed a field and entered
a wooded area before joining the
existing trails at the Preserve,
and was made possible by a
$36,000 donation from Bloomberg
Associates, according to presi-
dent of MFOS Mary Penney.
"This is the first time that
Montgomery Friends has collabo-
rated with one of our resident
corporations to create a trail, and
I am very excited about that," she
said. "We so appreciate this gener-
ous financial contribution from
Bloomberg Associates to enhance
Montgomery's trail system. With-
out it, this project could not have
been completed."
In addition to Bloomberg Asso-
ciates, Gibraltar Rock in Belle
Mead, Montgomery Township
and MFOS member and profes-
sional engineer Dave Schmidt
also made considerable donations
to the projects completion.
Another open space feat for the
township in 2013 came in the fall,
when the Pariso Farm in Skill-
man was preserved.
Twelve acres of the 13.5-acre
farm between Skillman Road
and Fairview Road were pre-
served as open space, leaving the
latter acreage as living quarters
for current owners Jan-Michael
Blakely and his wife Tiana.
The preservation was a collab-
orative effort among the town-
ship, Somerset County and the
state Agricultural Development
Committee, said Lauren Wasi-
lauski, township open space coor-
dinator. The bulk of funding was
provided by grants.
Trails designed in open space
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At the same time as the Pariso Farm
preservation, Rocky Hill Borough became
one of the six historic sites in Somerset
County to receive a historic preservation
grant from the Somerset County Open
Space, Recreation, Farmland and Historic
Preservation Trust Fund.
The borough received a $52,600 grant to
fund infrastructure improvements to the
Borough Hall, a brick, two-story Colonial
Revival schoolhouse that was built in 1908
and which is considered a pivotal structure
in the Rocky Hill Historic District, accord-
ing to Mayor Ed Zimmerman.
The slated improvements included re-
pairing the structure under the stairs, re-
fastening diagonal braces and roof fram-
ing, reinforcing the main wood girder and
the floor joists, replacing the fire-alarm
wiring and the junction box in the attic, re-
pairing/replacing grounding, and modify-
ing emergency exit/exterior lighting.
Another grant arrived in late October,
when Sustainable Jersey awarded a $10,000
grant to the Montgomery Township Envi-
ronmental Commission/Sustainable Mont-
gomery for its bicycle safety pilot program.
Montgomery was one of 15 municipali-
ties in the state to receive a $10,000 grant on
behalf of SJs Small Grants program, fund-
ed in part by Walmart.
The Environmental Commission
planned to work with the Montgomery
Township Police Department on communi-
ty safety education programming. The bi-
cycle program was scheduled to begin in
early 2014.
Arts in the forefront
From art exhibits to theater produc-
tions, the arts had a strong influence in
Montgomery Township throughout 2013.
On March 15, for the first time in Mont-
gomery High Schools band history, the
schools wind ensemble got the chance to
perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
The concert was hosted by Princeton-based
orchestra The Eastern Wind Symphony.
The 58-student wind ensemble played
two pieces during its time on Carnegie
Halls stage Southern Harmony by
Donald Grantham and Fiesta Del Pacifi-
co by Roger Nixon.
Wed been preparing for this concert
since January; the kids were very excited,
Adam Warshafsky, conductor of MHS
wind ensemble and associate conductor of
T
he ball has dropped. The new
year is here. Resolutions have
been made, and hardly any
have been broken so far. Were all back
to work, for full, five-day weeks. Life is
back to normal.
You may be in settle-down mode
following the holidays, but there is so
much to look forward to in 2014. To wit:
Cold weather...and lots of snow?
OK, so maybe this isnt your cup of tea,
but the kids in the community are sure
to get fired up about this. The new year
rang in with blisteringly cold, winter
weather. Will there be more in store? If
so, how will it affect traffic, business,
school and our mood?
Speaking of weather potentially
disrupting our lives...the Super Bowl is
coming to New Jersey next month! The
Farmers Almanac is predicting pretty
lousy weather for the Sunday, Feb. 2
game. Wonder if the NFL will regret
its decision to host the game in a cold-
weather city with a non-enclosed field?
Online gambling will be in full
force. At the end of November 2013, on-
line gambling was rolled out to New
Jerseyans, with casinos offering every-
thing from online slots to craps to
poker. Registered accounts eclipsed the
125,000 mark at the end of December,
with numbers rising sharply each
week. How high will it go? How suc-
cessful will it be for the casinos? What
impact will it have on our economy?
President Obamas health-care law
is in (relatively) full effect. Some line
items are still to be phased in, but
major initiatives such as the public
health-care exchange are here. The
time has come for the real assessments
to begin.
New Jerseys minimum wage in-
creased by $1 to $8.25 per hour on Jan.
1. Some think itll help workers; others
think it will hurt business. What will
come of it?
As is the case each year, local issues
such as school and municipal budgets
and elections will be hot topics. And, as
always, well be right there along for
the ride, keeping you informed on
every tidbit of information.
Heres to a prosperous 2014!
in our opinion
Welcome to the new year
2014 figures to be a year full of action for New Jerseyans
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TEWS, said.
This is my 10th year here and
I havent heard the wind ensem-
ble sound like this. Weve always
had a fantastic wind ensemble,
but now, theyre playing at a dif-
ferent level than theyve ever
played at before.
In the theater world, the teach-
ers, administrators and various
staff members from the Mont-
gomery Township School District
took off their educating caps on
Saturday, April 27, to present
their rendition of Once Upon A
Mattress as part of the districts
annual fundraising effort, Music
From the Heart.
Music From the Heart began 13
years ago to showcase talent from
the district and raise money to
help support local band scholar-
ships, according to Margaret
Weinberger, robotics teacher at
Montgomery UMS and this years
director.
Montgomery Township stu-
dent artists had a strong showing
in 2013, winning local and nation-
al contests for their artwork.
In April, Montgomery High
School junior Aaron Schankler
took first prize in the Princeton
Photography Clubs photo con-
test, Plantscapes. The contest
was open to all high school stu-
dents in the area.
Students who submitted photo-
graphs to Plantscapes, which
was sponsored by PPC and the
D&R Greenway Land Trust, were
asked to focus on plants in the
natural landscape with the goal of
increasing awareness of open
space.
Since students were allowed to
submit up to three photos,
Schankler submitted a triptych of
a Birch tree, a site he saw every
day on his way to diving practice
at MHS.
Its the same tree during three
different time periods, he said.
One is when its snowing and the
tree is covered in snow, another is
when its foggy and gloomy, and
the last one is at night.
Later in the spring, Arlina Cai,
a senior at Montgomery High
School, won several awards for
her painting, Vermeer, in the
Scholastic Art and Writing
Awards.
The national contest is geared
toward teenagers.
There are two types of awards
in which students can be recog-
nized regional and national.
Less than 1 percent of the partici-
pants who submit work to the
contest receive medals, Cai said.
Cai received medals on both
scales. She obtained two Gold Key
awards one for Vermeer and
one for her entire portfolio the
highest level of achievement at a
regional level. Approximately 7-
10 percent of all regional submis-
sions are recognized with Gold
Key awards.
She also received a Silver
Medal, the second-highest award
on a national level, which recog-
nizes works that demonstrate
high honors for Vermeer.
Sports news
To kick off the year, the Mont-
gomery High School varsity
cheerleading team reached yet
another milestone in its success-
ful season at the UCA Empire Re-
gionals Competition, where it
snatched sixth place and secured
a bid to the Nationals competition
in Florida.
The team competed against 16
teams at Hofstra University.
This year was also the first
year the MHS varsity cheerlead-
ing team placed in the top 10 at
Regionals, which was also gratify-
ing for all of the girls and espe-
cially new head coach Tiffany
Riley.
Being that it is my first year
as the new head coach, I am in-
credibly proud of the accomplish-
ments of this new team, Riley
said.
This was a rebuilding year,
yet this talented group of ladies
won the Somerset County Cham-
pionship for the first time in
Montgomery history, as well as a
bid to compete at the National
Championship once again in
Florida. I am eager to see what
this team's determination and
drive will bring next.
In March, Montgomery High
School senior Hannah Matheson
became the state champion in the
100-yard butterfly at the NJSIAA
Meet of Champions at the
Gloucester Institute of Technolo-
gy.
Matheson, who competed
against 40 other swimmers from
around the state, nabbed first
place with a record-setting time of
55.59 seconds, beating the second-
High school student wins national awards for painting
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WEDNESDAY JAN. 8
Board of Health meeting: 7:30 p.m.
in the courtroom. For more infor-
mation and to confirm meeting
time, visit
www.montgomery.nj.us.
Open Space Committee meeting:
6:30 p.m. in the meeting room.
For more information and to con-
firm meeting time, visit
www.montgomery.nj.us.
THURSDAY JAN. 9
Story Time: Ages 2-6. 10 to 10:30
a.m. at Mary Jacobs Library. Sto-
ries, songs and more. This weeks
theme is Awesome Author. No
registration needed.
Affordable Health Care Enrollment
Assistance: 3:30 to 8 p.m. at
Mary Jacobs Library. Make an
appointment to consult with a
professional regarding the
Affordable Health Care Act. Get
help applying online or fill out a
paper application. Bring: Social
Security card; birth date; employ-
er and income information for
every member of household who
needs coverage; policy numbers
for any health insurance plans
covering members of household;
information about health insur-
ance available through jobs;
email address. Call (609) 924-
7073, ext. 4.
Perspectives: 7 to 8:30 p.m. at
Mary Jacobs Library. Monthly
book discussion group. This
months selection is Lone Sur-
vivor by Marcus Luttrell.
FRIDAY JAN. 10
Kids Music Round: Ages newborn
to 4. 10 to 10:45 a.m. at Mary
Jacobs Library. Sing, dance and
play rhythm instruments. Regis-
tration required. Call (609) 924-
7073, ext. 5 or visit
somerset.lib.nj.us/maryjacobs.ht
m.
SATURDAY JAN. 11
Saturday Sing Along with Pat:
Ages 1 to 4. 10:30 to 11 a.m. at
Mary Jacobs Library. Sing along
fun with Pat McKinley. No regis-
tration.
MONDAY JAN. 13
Site Plan/Subdivision Committee
meeting: 7:30 p.m. in the court-
room. For more information and
to confirm meeting time, visit
www.montgomery.nj.us.
Wildlife Management Committee
meeting: 6 p.m. in the meeting
room. For more information and
to confirm meeting time, visit
www.montgomery.nj.us.
Youth Services/Municipal Alliance
meeting: 7 p.m. in the community
center. For more information and
to confirm meeting time, visit
www.montgomery.nj.us.
TUESDAY JAN. 14
Toddler Sing with Pat: Ages 1 to 3.
10:30 to 11 a.m. at Mary Jacobs
Library. Sing along fun with Pat
McKinley. No registration.
Photo Tips for Better Pictures: 7 to
8:30 p.m. at Mary Jacobs Library.
Photographer and author Walter
Choroszewski brings his expert-
ise and humor for an informal
and fun Back-to-Basics photo
class. Registration suggested.
Call (609) 924-7073, ext. 4.
Veterans Memorial Committee
meeting: 7 p.m. in the meeting
room. For more information and
to confirm meeting time, visit
www.montgomery.nj.us.
Recreation Committee meeting: 7
p.m. in the community center. For
more information and to confirm
meeting time, visit www.mont-
gomery.nj.us.
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Cougars 11D travel baseball team
won championship in June
place finisher by seven hun-
dredths of a second.
It was amazing, Matheson
said.
Ive been at this meet for all
four years (of high school), and as
a freshman, I wouldnt imagine
having a state title, but being able
to accomplish that this year is in-
credible.
More Montgomery sport histo-
ry was made in June, when the
Montgomery Cougars 11D travel
baseball team won the 2013 U.S.
Amateur Baseball Leagues
American Northwest Division
11U Spring League Champi-
onship.
The team of 12 prevailed over
its neighbors and top-ranked ri-
vals, the Hillsborough Raiders,
with a final score of 8-2 to take the
title of spring league champions,
said Ken Reilly, Montgomery
Baseball League secretary and
11U team scorekeeper.
The Monty boys overcame an
early two-run deficit to take a 4-2
lead in the third inning which
began with a two-run single by
Dylan Gerdes and never looked
back, Reilly said.
Although some players stood
out performance-wise at the
championship game, all players
contributed to the teams success
and overall title win, Reilly said.
Also in the world of baseball,
hundreds of people came out to
the McKnight Baseball Complex
in Montgomery on July 20 to
watch the first-ever official Spe-
cial Olympics New Jersey base-
ball game, which was a huge suc-
cess.
The game, the first of a three-
game series, was hosted in con-
junction with the Montgomery
Baseball League.
Throughout the more than 45
years of the Special Olympics
movement, baseball has never
been offered as a sport, which is
why the SONJ has worked toward
establishing baseball as an offi-
cial sport over the last year, SONJ
representative Jeff Baldino said.
This was an incredible experi-
ence for both teams, Baldino
said.
It really has been incredible to
see the evolution of the sport and
the achievements of our ath-
letes.
COUGARS
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Montgomery Pop Warner Midget Cheerleaders, the Wildcats,
girls age 12 to 14, won the National Pop Warner Cheer and
Dance competition held Dec. 13 at the ESPN Wide World of
Sports complex, Disney World. The Montgomery Wildcats com-
pete in the Midget 2 Large team category (24 to 35 members)
and won with a score 91.10. This was the 26th National Cheer &
Dance Championships and featured more than 300
cheer/dance squads from 64 leagues representing 24 states.
The Wildcats were winners of the New Jersey state competi-
tion and the Eastern Regional Competition to advance to the
National Championship.
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