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Now the
Meeting of the minds
budget is
up to you
Lenape, K-8 district budgets
put to the electorate April 27
By AUBRIE GEORGE The Mt. Laurel K-8 school dis-
The Mt. Laurel Sun trict is sending an approximately
$55.6 million budget to registered Special to The Sun
voters. Holiday Village residents were treated to a morning of food, conversation, and friendly competi-
It’s time to head to the polls, The total tax levy is increasing tion recently when a group of second-grade students from Mrs. Rubba's and Mrs. Lynn's classes
folks. by 1.87 percent from the 2010-2011 traveled to the Holiday Village community in Mount Laurel. The pen pals from Countryside and
This April 27, set out for your budget, bringing the tax rate up Springville elementary schools visited the senior citizens and had fun teaching the senior citi-
local polling place to approve or 3.5 cents. zens a variety of investigation math games.
deny proposed tax levies for your The average assessed home of
local and regional school dis- $142,000 would see an approxi-
tricts. mate $49.77 increase in its local
Open seats on both Boards of
Education will also be up for
votes, though there are no con-
tested elections this year.
Keep in mind this year’s school
school taxes this year, or $4.15 per
month, if the tax levy is ap-
proved.
The average home assessed at
$200,000 would see a $70 increase,
Ruskey knows the layout
board election is on a Wednesday,
not a Tuesday, as has been the
or $5.83 per month.
According to district officials, a
Hartford Upper Elementary student ranks
case in the past. please see VOTE, page 12 in the state’s top 10 at National Geography Bee
By AUBRIE GEORGE from New Jersey to compete in isters a 70-question multiple
The Mt. Laurel Sun the state level of the contest. choice test to students. The top
A tough question about the 100 or so scorers are invited to
Geography isn’t its own subject Chattanooga River stumped compete in the state contest.
at Hartford Upper Elementary Brendan, knocking him out of Brendan won the school geogra-
Miss out on last week’s $50 prize? School, but that hasn’t stopped the running. But, that wasn’t be- phy bee and was one of the high-
No worries. The Sun Score page is back again this week with another sixth grader Brendan Ruskey fore he got pretty far in the con- est scorers on the test in the state.
heart-pounding, adrenaline-inducing mega-experience. All you have from knowing it and knowing it test. Brendan fielded all kinds of Geography isn’t something
to do is visit sunne.ws/contest and follow a few really simple steps. well. geographical questions and got to that’s exactly new to Brendan, ei-
Then, you’re entered to win your choice of prizes from our pool of The 12-year-old Mt. Laurel resi- the final round of the geography ther. This was his second year in
fantabulous gifts. Experts agree: There’s no better way to spend a few dent recently competed in the Na- bee, placing eighth overall out of a row to compete in the state con-
moments of your time. tional Geography Bee at Rowan the top 10 contestants. test. Last year, he won the school
University, which is part of a na- To get as far as Brendan got in geography bee and was one of the
tion-wide contest sponsored by the contest, students really have top 100 scorers on the written test
National Geographic. Brendan to know their stuff. Each school before being invited to compete in
was one of about 100 contestants holds a geography bee and admin- please see RUSKEY, page 11
PRSRT STD
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
PAID Blazing a trail Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
BELLMAWR, NJ Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Police Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Suffragist Paul wins award
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Camden Counties has announced all day to day operations. He has velopment, healthy living and so-
that James Also- also held positions as a fitness cial responsibility.
brooks will serve and nutrition director and per- The YMCA serves more than
as wellness direc- sonal trainer for Bally Total Fit- 24,000 individuals in Burlington
member involvement and pro- certification courses. Alsobrooks tion and summer camps are of-
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RUSKEY The winner of this year’s geog-
raphy bee at the New Jersey level
Continued from page 1
was Kevin Pang, a seventh-grade
student from Stewartsville Mid-
the state contest. dle School. The winner from each
What drives him to be so state goes on to compete in the na-
knowledgeable about geography? tional competition in May. Each
It seems to be an inherent curiosi- contestant is vying for a $25,000
ty about the world around him – a college scholarship and the honor
curiosity he’s had since a of being named the national
young(er) age. It all started when champion.
he was 6 and his grandmother The annual geography bee is
bought him an atlas. open to students in grades four
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