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Ice hockey
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The Eastern Vikings Ice Hockey Club is looking for interested
players for the spring season
which starts in March and consists of 10 games. Games are
played at the
Voorhees Flyers Skate Zone.
Students
from Eastern High School and
Voorhees Middle School are eligible to play. For information on
registration and signups contact
rvigg@verizon.net.
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the Walt Disney Company, and as
director of after-school programs
for the McCarter Theatre Center.
Each workshop is limited to
the first 25 students who register.
To register, visit voorheestheatre.org. The participation fee is
$30 per class or $75 for all three.
Registration deadline is April 10.
Donations to Broadway Cares /
Equity Fights AIDS will be accepted.
The Voorhees Theatre Company is a non-profit community theatre organization.
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PARCC has no equal credibility or validation (as SAT) and the fact that so much
training of educators and students just
to take the test presents a reason for parents to say no.
I have researched PARCC and seen an
example PARCC math question whose answer of 1/4 was marked wrong because
PARCC claimed the only correct answer is
2/8. Can PARCC spell LCD?
Second Point: The Suns opinion also
states: Sometimes in life, we have to do
what we dont want to do and dont agree
please see LETTER, page 12
Tim Ronaldson
Joe Eisele
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voorhees edItor Zane Clark
art dIrector Stephanie Lippincott
advertIsIng dIrector Arlene Reyes
Russell Cann
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THURSDAY MARCH 5
AARP Tax Aide: Adults. 10 a.m.
Voorhees Branch Library at 203
Laurel Road. Volunteers prepare
and process simple tax returns.
First-come, first-served basis. No
appointments. Sign up is at the
information desk on the first
floor.
VITA Tax Program: Adult. 4 p.m.
Voorhees Branch Library at 203
Laurel Road. VITA volunteers prepare and process simple tax
returns. First-come, first-served
basis. No appointments.
Next Chapter Book Club: Adult. 7
p.m. Voorhees Branch Library at
203 Laurel Road. The Next Chapter Book Club offers weekly
opportunities for adults and
teens with intellectual and developmental disabilities to read and
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NAMI Support Group: To provide
mutual support, education and
advocacy for individuals, families
and friends of persons affected
by severe and persistent mental
illness. 6 to 8 p.m. at M. Allan
Vogelson Library, Camden County Library Branch. Questions, call
Gale at (856) 701-8143.
Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club:
7:15 a.m. at Short Hills Deli &
Restaurant, 486 East Evesham
Road, No. 103, Cherry Hill. For
more
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Overeaters Anonymous: 10 to 11
a.m. at Hope United Church, 700
Cooper Road. Call 609-239-0022
or visit www.southjerseyoa.org.
Body After Baby: 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. at
1011 Main Street Promenade. Use
FRIDAY MARCH 6
Babies' Playgroup: Ages 1-18
months. 10 a.m. Voorhees Branch
Library at 203 Laurel Road. Little
ones meet new friends! The
library provide the toys and
books but no organized programming.
Toddler's Playgroup: Ages 18 - 36
months. 11 a.m. Voorhees Branch
Library at 203 Laurel Road. Play
with new friends! The library provides the toys and books but no
organized programming.
Senior Card Group: Adult. 12:45 p.m.
Voorhees Branch Library at 203
Laurel Road. Seniors meet, weekly, to play various card games.
Gaming Fridays: Grades 6-12. 3 p.m.
Voorhees Branch Library at 203
Laurel Road. Drop by The Corner
for board games, Wii, and XBox
360 fun.
Open Mic Night: Adult. 7 p.m.
Voorhees Branch Library at 203
Laurel Road. Poets gather to
share their works.
South Jersey Yarners: All. 7p.m.
Voorhees Branch Library at 203
Laurel Road. All things yarn!
Come with your knitting needles,
crochet hooks, and yarn for an
informal session with yarn enthusiasts. From beginners to
advanced. All ages welcome.
Congregation Beth El: Shabbat
service at 6 p.m. based on traditional liturgy and infused with
spirit by upbeat melodies and
camaraderie. 8000 Main St.,
Voorhees.
Hands & Foot Card Game for Senior Citizens: 1:30 p.m. in room A
or C on the third floor, Voorhees
Branch Library, 203 Laurel Road.
Questions, call Jeanne McCabe at
(856) 784-4676.
SATURDAY MARCH 7
Seuss-sational Story Time: Ages 310. 11 a.m. Voorhees Branch
Library at 203 Laurel Road. Celeplease see CALENDAR, page 12
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nario in which only ninth-, 10thand 11th-grade classes would receive iPads.
In that second scenario, 1,065
iPads and cases would be purchased, along with everything
else in his first scenario, for a
lower price of $885,000.
Harris said the first priority is
looking out for the PARCC testing, meaning if the price had to
be lowered, then grades nine, 10
and 11 are the ones who need the
iPads most.
We would like to provide an
opportunity, that when we do provide PARCC testing, that we could
do all the testing at one time,
Harris said.
As for the total prices in both
scenarios, Harris said the estimates are already based on receiving a 3 percent discount as
the district did with the purchase
of iPads last year, and while
Apple said the total price wont go
any higher, Harris said it wont be
much lower either.
HOPE Church
plans craft fair
for March 14
HOPE Church, located at 700
Cooper Road, will be hosting its
annual Spring Craft and Gift
Show on Saturday, March 14 from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Nearly 100 vendors will be on
hand selling a host of items from
high-quality custom jewelry, art,
and home accessories to beautifully sculpted wooden articles, ceramic pieces, and delicious baked
goods just to name a few. With
food and refreshments also on
sale, families should plan on
spending the whole day.
For more information about
the show, contact Dennis Kessler
at hopemensgroup@hotmail.com
or (856) 278-3802.
Im proud to be part
of a new initiative
will have an instant impact on the overall
homeless populationthroughout the county
and allow us, as a region, to start making a
real change on this
issue. The program,
Housing First, puts us
on the path to ending homelessness
in Camden County.
The New Jersey Department of
Community Affairs, New Jersey Department of Human Services, Camden County Board of Freeholders,
local hospitals, Camden Coalition of
Healthcare Providers, Southern NJ
Continuum of Care and local housing providers launched this collaborative effort to reduce homelessness
across Camden County.
It is an innovative, evidence-based
approach to ending homelessness
that has been effective in communities across the country. These programs have been successful in
keeping the costliest, most vulnerable, long-term and chronically homeless patients stably housed,
dramatically reducing unnecessary
hospitalizations, emergency room
visits and incarcerations. A decade
of evidence has shown that it is more
expensive to keep a homeless person
on the streets than it is to get someone into permanent housing,
through a Housing First approach.
The New Jersey Department of
Community Affairs and the New Jersey Department of Human Services
are committing 50 vouchers for a
Housing First project for high-utilizers of the health care system in Camden County. A competitive RFP
process is expected to open next
month with an expected launch date
this summer The Camden County
Freeholder Board will invest
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webpage.
The website also includes an
area for suggestions and comments as well as a bulletin board
that allows community information to be shared.
Be sure to like our Facebook
page, which is updated daily.
Local happenings and events
with pictures around town are
shared. The Shop Voorhees Business of the Month deals and
coupons are also shared on our
Facebook page. In addition, pictures and descriptions of all of
our municipal parks are viewable
in an album. If you are looking
for something to do around town
this weekend, start with our Facebook page. The page also pro-
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fore the latest BOE meeting, representatives from the state had
still failed to provide information
as to what can or cant be done
with students not taking the test.
However, Brosel admitted that
he and the district could have
done a better job keeping parents
updated about PARCC.
Parent Sally Lytle, who also refused the test, said the district
should have done a better job
communicating to parents, even
if the communication was simply
that they didnt have any answers
at this time.
This sit and stare isnt going
to cut it anymore, Lytle said.
Youre not going to make our
kids sit and stare, and were not
going to accept sitting and stare
by anybody who works for or was
elected by us anymore.
Board President Richard Nelson said he was speaking for the
board when he told all parents
that the children refusing the test
would not be sitting and staring.
The likelihood is theyre
going to be in a separate room.
Depending on how large the class
is, the size of the people that are
waving the test, depending on the
number of students, there will be
some location in the school. We
dont know what that location is
right now because we dont know
Whats on your
bucket List?
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Welcome to the Web: Adult. 10:30
a.m. Voorhees Branch Library at
203 Laurel Road. Using a web
browser, navigating a webpage,
basics of using a search engine.
Adult Intermediate. Must know
how to use the mouse.
Totally Toddler Story Time: Ages 18
months 2 years. 10:30 a.m.
Voorhees Branch Library at 203
Laurel Road. Stories, songs,
movements, finger plays, and a
coloring sheet at this drop in toddler story time!
Voorhees Toastmasters meeting:
7:30 p.m. at Heritage Church, 110
Kresson-Gibbsboro Road. Visit
voorhees.toastmastersclubs.org
for more information.
TUESDAY MARCH 10
AARP Tax Aide: Adults. 10 a.m.
Voorhees Branch Library at 203
Laurel Road. Volunteers prepare
and process simple tax returns.
First-come, first-served basis. No
appointments. Sign up is at the
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with doing.
Does The Sun know that a majority (27) of states chose to not
participate in PARCC? And as of
today, 13 of the 23 states that initially joined PARCC have now
withdrawn support and participation.
Only 10 states of our 50 are in
PARCC as of Feb. 25. (Source:
PARCC Wikipedia)
Does The Sun oppose the overwhelming majority of 40 states
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