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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER CH3 Ordinance to deliver a single zip code to residents of Berlin Twp. Some addresses will change. House numbers will be standardized and must be displayed on buildings. house numbering had been discussed at public-safety meetings, he said. So when the U.S.

Postal Service and the county 911 system sought changes, the township decided it was a good time to come up with a uniform numbering system, too. The ordinance will be phased in, beginning Jan. 1, and residents will have 90 days to comply. The township will send out letters to all residents on Tuesday to explain the changes. The key change will come Feb.

1, when all township residents will have a single zip code and their mail delivered through one post office, known as West Berlin 08091. West Berlin, Atco and Berlin Borough's post offices service the area. But over the years, there was some confusion among residents in Atco and Berlin Borough zip codes over which police or fire department serves them. During the summer, a majority of residents responding to a U.S. Postal Service survey voted in favor of having one zip code and one post office 'serve Berlin Township.

Some residents still have rural delivery addresses, and about 100 addresses will be changed, said Morris. Also facing changes are some condominiums and small warehouses divided into individual units that have letters assigned to the property address instead of a separate street number, said Gil Goble, the township tax assessor. Goble will issue a street address, block and lot number to each of the township's new properties, including lots. "About 60 percent of the township was in pretty good shape and 40 percent needed work," said Goble. Some of the residents living in the two zip codes that will change 08004 and 08009 will receive the numbers to place on their homes.

Earlier, the township received funds from the county to buy 500 sets of numbers for its participation in a crime-watch program. Any leftover numbers will be given to those with the most need, such as senior citizens, said Morris. All street numbers should be at least three inches high and dis played on the facade parallel to the street. For homes, numbers should be placed near the front door or the garage. Morris said this would enable the number to be visible from the street during daylight and to be illuminated at night by house lights.

If a house is more than 50 feet from the street, the number should be displayed on a roadside mailbox or fence or near the walkway. Residents will have until March 1 to comply with the number requirements. Those who violate the ordinance will be sent a written notice and given a month to respond. If they do not act within 30 days, a citation will be issued and fine levied at $1 per day plus costs to a maximum of S100. By Lillian Weis INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT BERLIN TOWNSHIP After the new year, Berlin Township residents can look forward to a more unified home-numbering system.

And the municipality will have one zip code and one post office, instead of the three it currently has. The council adopted an ordinance Tuesday to standardize the street-address system. Besides incorporating a uniform, sequential numbering system throughout the township, the law requires all properties to display building numbers to assist emergency crews. The township's move is part of a larger effort to eliminate any confusion in identifying a property and tc comply with the Camden County 911 emergency system. "We got to make it easier for the emergency systems," said Councilman Chris Morris.

Morris, who is also a volunteer firefighter, said he knows how hard it is to find an address when driving through a residential street at 2 in the morning. The lack of consistent Sunday, October 15, 1995 bwbwt In this class, math exercises can mean students break into a sweat A new Tech Prep course adds practicality to the numbers. 4 lit kl c- "2j similar Tech Prep programs across the state and country. Five years ago, New Jersey was the 48th state to fund a state Tech Prep program, said Cappello. Camden County receives $80,000 from the New Jersey Department of Education to pay for workshops and teacher training.

Individual school districts must come up with funding to start its programs. Sterling, Collingswood and Audubon were the first high schools in the county to start Tech Prep courses three years ago. Now, even schools that do not have the formal program are practicing some of its methods. "Colleges that run education programs are slanting their courses toward this type of program," said Cappello, who added that more than 400 teachers had attended Tech Prep courses at the Camden County College. "The current state is that educators have recognized that students need more than pencil and paper." Students in Tech Prep courses at their high schools take day trips to Camden County College and can receive up to 12 credits through various specified courses.

The students are then given preference in admissions to vocational technology classes when they get to college. Haddon Township hopes to build its program to three classes next year, said principal Vic Mignogna. So far the school has budgeted $6,000 By Shawna McCoy INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT HADDON TOWNSHIP The thumping of ninth graders' feet shook the second-floor classroom for a full minute. "Imagine what people downstairs are thinking," remarked one student, as he and others ran in place. An indoor gym class? No.

But teacher Diane Young coaxed the students to think of it as such. This was a lesson in the high school's new applied-math course. The students tooR their pulse, then "pumped it" for a minute, took their pulse again, rested, then took their pulse again. Results of their regular, aerobic, and resting heart rates would be added, averaged, and then used as a lesson in negative and positive numbers. The unusual lesson was one of many that will be used this year in Haddon Township High School's two sections of applied math.

The program is part of a new learning project at the school called Tech Prep. Haddon Township joins 18 other schools in the county in offering a Tech Prep course in mathematics, science, or one of the social sciences, said Fredrick Cappello, the county's Tech Prep coordinator. The program, in addition to giving students practical exercises that relate to course work in order to get For The Inquirer BOB HILL In a math class at Haddon Township High School, Andy McGuigan keeps his eye on a stopwatch as Jon Hoffman and Pete Rivello (right) run in place. The exercise gave students practical data to calculate. Laura Lewellen takes her pulse.

Students took their regular, aerobic, and resting heart rates. them interested in math and science, offers students a "bridge from high school to college" with pragmatic emphasis on getting a job, he said. "Most students in math class say, 'How is this going to affect us in real said Audrey Randolph, who, along with Young, is trained to teach the course at the school. "This answers the question." High school students participate in Back in the Haddon classroom, the Tech Prep students had just finished running in place and were sitting for two minutes to get a resting heart rate. They huddled together in each of their four groups, and seemed a little apprehensive about what math lesson they could possibly learn from all that running.

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