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NICK COHEN/The Sun
Liza Barr of Shawnee High School chases down a loose ball against Eastern High School in a South Jersey Group IV playoff game
played May 19. The third-seeded Renegades overcame an early deficit to lead at halftime, 8-6. Caroline Farley chipped in four goals
and three assists to ensure the 10-8 victory for Shawnee.
Shawnee tops Eastern, 10-8
Backyard
chickens
draw ire
at meeting
By MIKE MONOSTRA
The Sun
Chickens ruled the roost at last
weeks Medford Township coun-
cil meeting.
Council is looking at possible
changes with an ordinance pro-
hibiting residents from keeping
agricultural animals on their
property if they own five or fewer
acres of land.
The discussion arose after a
Fairview Road resident filed a
complaint. Township manager
Chris Schultz said the complaint
was the first he heard regarding
backyard chickens in Medford.
While the chicken discussion
at last weeks meeting resulted in
a number of jokes and some
chuckles from the audience, there
was some serious discussion
among council members regard-
ing chickens and whether home-
owners should be permitted to
keep them on their property.
Councilman Randy Pace said
the topic of backyard chickens
has come up in many places
across the country as more resi-
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Time has come to rethink the
American automotive industry
Ever since the government's bailout in
2008 of Chrysler and GM, I've been going
back and forth on whether these compa-
nies should have been allowed to fail, or
should have been broken up.
At the time, when the entire U.S. econo-
my was in a free fall, I think, in hindsight,
that it was the right policy to come to the
industry's rescue. The alternative could
have been a financial tsunami that could
have spread to other automakers and other
industries. In short, a disaster of major
proportions.
But now, six years later, I think the time
has come to rethink the future of the
American automotive industry, and to
break up General Motors, or for GM to
break up itself.
Worldwide, GM has recalled 12.8 million
cars and trucks. Some of the defects are
minor, many, however, are serious.
The culture inside the company of medi-
ocrity and low expectations is so deeply in-
tegrated that no management will be able
to change it.
That includes Mary Barra, the newly ap-
pointed CEO. A 30-year veteran of the com-
pany, she, herself, is a product of that cul-
ture.
As head of the company, she has not
managed to get "ahead" of the problems by,
for example, making persuasive and con-
vincing statements regarding how the com-
pany will reorganize and take serious steps
to produce better and safer cars.
The company should be broken up into
two or three units, under entirely new and
outside management.
Get rid of the "old guard, the sooner, the
better.
It goes without saying that it is in every-
body's best interest that the American auto
industry be allowed to prosper and retake
its No. 1 position among global automak-
ers.
But that will not happen with the cur-
rent management or under the current cor-
porate structure.
Something of major proportions is need-
ed to regain the confidence of car buyers
worldwide.
Let's not wait much longer.
Karsten Malmos
W
elcome to the beach! Were
so glad you came. I see you
have six people in your
party this afternoon. Will that be
smoking or non-smoking?
Remember that question smoking
or non-smoking? Seems like ages ago
that, every time you went out to eat,
the hostess at your favorite restaurant
would ask you that question.
Would you like to negatively im-
pact your health and those around
you, or would you like to breathe un-
sullied air? Maybe that would have
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Now, it seems like that question
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of all places, at the beach.
Last week, a state Senate committee
approved a bill that would ban smok-
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throughout the state. The committee
amended the bill, which the state As-
sembly passed in March, to add a sec-
tion to allow towns to set aside up to 20
percent of a beach or park as a smok-
ing area.
Yep. A smoking area. Outside.
Seems funny, doesnt it?
New Jersey, like the country as a
whole, is taking a major step to control
smoking, even though it isnt a con-
trolled substance. And good for New
Jersey.
Studies continue to show or,
rather, they show even more so how
harmful second-hand smoke is, and as
such, it is right and proper for govern-
ment entities to further control when
and where smoking can occur.
Smoking is still legal in the state, of
course, so basically, New Jersey is tak-
ing the stance that it doesnt care if
you harm yourself as long as you
dont harm others.
Good for New Jersey, and good for
every other place that is passing simi-
lar bills.
People who travel to the beach, a
playground or a park do so to enjoy the
outdoors in all its glory. Nearby smok-
ing, to non-smokers, can ruin that ex-
perience and affect their health. It is
only right and fair, then, that our gov-
ernment protects non-smokers from
that which is harmful to them and in
which they are choosing not to partici-
pate.
Now if only tobacco wasnt such a
big business and didnt bring us so
much tax revenue, we could outlaw it
all together.
Smoking or non-smoking?
Thats a question that you could be asked once again
Your thoughts
What are your thoughts on the continued
expansion of smoking bans? Share your
thoughts on this, and other topics, in a let-
ter to the editor.
dents have opted to keep animals
on their property. However, he
also admitted he didn't know
enough about the topic to take a
stand.
I'm asking for the public to
give their input on this, Pace
said.
Mayor Chris Buoni showed
concern for the current ordi-
nance, as he called it a property
rights issue.
He was also unsure of how se-
rious some of the problems of
noise and disease were regarding
chickens. While he acknowledged
the dangers chickens could pres-
ent if not taken care of in a
healthy manner, he said the same
thing can be said of pets and
other animals.
For every case you make
about a chicken, you can make a
case that dogs should be banned,
Buoni said.
Councilman Jeff Beenstock
echoed many of his fellow council
members statements. While he
said there were definitely health
issues to consider, he is open to
reviewing changes to the existing
ordinance.
My initial reaction was that
we should look to loosen the re-
strictions, he said.
Members of council agreed
there are likely a number of resi-
dents who keep chickens in their
yards and are in violation of the
ordinance.
However, the township has not
enforced the law recently since no
one complained.
In addition, it is unknown
whether the chicken issue is one
affecting a large number of peo-
ple. Pace was particularly unsure
of how many Medford residents
would even be affected by a
change in the ordinance. He esti-
mated only 30 residential units in
the township would be affected by
such an ordinance.
Buoni added some homes in
Medford may not be allowed to
have chickens even if a new ordi-
nance is passed. Homeowners as-
sociations can still prohibit chick-
ens if they choose to do so. Buoni
said there are also homes in
Medford where the deed specifi-
cally prohibits agricultural ani-
mals.
It is unlikely the chicken ques-
tion will be answered soon. Coun-
cil is looking for additional feed-
back from the public and agreed
it would like to review a potential
draft ordinance before moving
forward with possible legislation.
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Paws to read: 3:30 p.m. at
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On May 16 at 9:06 a.m., Medford
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