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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Monday, October 11, 2004 Del. Powerball win worth $214.7 million B2 South Jersey www.philly.com that matched the first five numbers in the drawing, but missed the powerball. Each of those tickets is worth $100,000. Three were sold in Pennsylvania. The jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing will be worth an estimated $10 million.

Kristin Holmes A Powerball game ticket purchased in Delaware matched all six numbers drawn Saturday night, entitling the ticket-holder to a jackpot worth an estimated $214.7 million. The winning numbers were 1, 3, 10, 47, 48. The powerball was 27. The power play was 3. There were 17 tickets sold Hear this, T.O.: There are plenty of hoppin' spots in Moorestown Who needs a liquor store when you have the town dump and a Friendly Open or Closed for Columbus Day By Dave Boyer Today Pennsylvania New Jersey Banks Closed Optional Savings loans Closed Optional Federal agencies Closed Closed Federal courts Closed Closed State agencies Closed Closed Localstate courts Closed Closed Liquor stores Closed Optional Postal service Closed Closed Arraignment court at the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert will be open.

Windows at the Franklin Mills Mall office will be open. Museums closed: African American Museum Historical Society of Pennsylvania Mummers Museum Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia Museum of Art University Museum Schools: Public closed, parochial open. City agencies: Closed. District health centers: Closed. Libraries: Closed.

Recreation centers: Closed. Trash and garbage collection: Trash and recyclables will not be picked Regulations enforced. Zoo: Open. Museums open: Academy of Natural Sciences Atwater Kent Museum Franklin Institute Independence Seaport Museum Independence National Historic Park Liberty Bell Center National Museum of American Jewish History Please Touch Museum Pennsylvania: SEPTA'S Regional Rail, City and Suburban Transit lines will operate on regular weekday schedules. For information, call 215-580-7800.

New Jersey: PATCO High-Speed Line trains between Philadelphia and Lindenwold will operate on regular schedules. For information, call 856-772-6900. New Jersey Transit buses will operate on holiday schedules. For individual route schedules, call 800-582-5946 or, in Philadelphia, 215-569-3752. I IIII JIM MEEHAN So I happened to read in our sister newspaper, the Daily News, that Eagles superstar Terrell Owens thinks his new neighborhood in Moorestown is "kind of quiet." As a Moorestown resident, I must object to this characterization of my township as a sleepy burb.

Why, Main Street has at least three traffic lights. And a Friendly's restaurant. How much action does a guy need? Owens recently moved into a $3.9 million home in Moorestown. I suppose a house costing that much can get really quiet, what with all the walk-in closets. Owens isn't the first Eagle to live in Moorestown.

Quarterback Donovan Mc-Nabb lives there, too. And wide receiver Freddie Mitchell has lived in Moorestown the last few years, although he's moving. Mitchell got into a dispute with a neighbor over trees, and has been looking for a place that is repeat after me, T.O. quieter than Moorestown. Like, maybe, Greenland.

Perhaps Moorestown does seem quiet to a big-shot football player who hears tens of thousands of fans howling his name every week. But trust me, T.O., Moorestown can bring the noise, too. When the leaf blowers all get cranked up at the same time, it's bedlam. And when they hold the Halloween parade at Baker Elementary School near my house? Fuhgeddaboutit. The parking on my street is tighter than Center City on a Saturday night.

They held a "parents' night" at the school, and we had our first case of seasonal parking rage. Cops were called; one guy started quoting his property-tax bill (five figures!) to anyone who would listen. It was downright lively. I will grant you, that Moorestown has its quieter moments. When the kids are off from school for Christmas break, my neighborhood does become rather desolate.

There's hardly a soul to be seen for two weeks. But the outdoor loudspeakers at the school keep blaring holiday music anyway. I call it "Christmas in Chernobyl." And in summer, when I sleep with the windows open in my affordable housing in Moorestown, that's anything under half a million sometimes I can hear a hoot owl just before dawn. Either it's calling its mate, or it's wondering aloud who-who-who the heck can afford the school taxes in this bucolic little burg. SRe ipfiilaieljjliiallnquirer The library is another jumpin' joint.

If you visit on the night when parents take their kids to sign up for storytelling, you'll be lucky to get out alive. It's a mob scene. You already missed the designer show house on Main Street, T.O. That's just your loss. It was to die for.

Quiet? Stand in front of Our Lady of Good Counsel on any Sunday when the 8:30 a.m. Mass lets out, and tell me it's quiet. Wait in line for a slice of white pizza at Passariello's at 7 o'clock on a Friday night, and tell me it's quiet. Whatever you do, stay away from the entrance to the Friends School on weekday mornings, when parents drop off their kids. You couldn't cause such gridlock if you pranced around Ritten-house Square in a Cowboys uniform and demanded to be traded.

Quiet, my foot. Have you seen the big sledding hill along Main Street after a snowfall? Well? Have you? I hesitate even to bring this up, but I hope you are aware that Moorestown is a dry town. That's right: No booze is sold in the entire township. This probably affects the decibel level. No taverns, no house bands playing until 2 a.m., no karaoke night.

I don't know whether you drink, T.O. But if you're looking for a fifth of scotch, you need to go to the Dunkin' Donuts shop over the border in Mount Laurel. It's also a liquor store. Don't ask. Moorestown may not have a vibrant night life, T.O.

But there is plenty of action in Moorestown, if you know where to look for it. For example, the town dump on a Saturday morning is probably the busiest place east of the Delaware River. You can load up your SUV with just about anything and get rid of it there. Technically, it's a "recycling center," but in reality it's one of those "don't ask, don't tell" dumps. I swear, I have seen some suspiciously lumpy rolls of carpet deposited there.

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All opinions expressed in this section are the writers' and not necessarily those of The Inquirer. To contact all other departments: Main switchboard, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Get the violins out for poor Sidney Kurtz, who had to walk three whole blocks in the heat of August to get to the Haddonfield Public Library because there is no parking lot nearby library spots?" Oct. 6).

And then, to add insult to sweaty injury, once inside he had only a fan, not air-conditioning, to cool his body temperature back down. Hey, Sidney, imagine what the people of Florida, including my 82-year-old dad, who had to evacuate three times in six weeks and has twice been without electricity, not just central air, have been going through. Bet any of them who were sitting in the dark several nights in a row would have been thrilled to have a fan. Or cold water. How about the people in Haiti, many of whom have no place to live, let alone to go to read a book, thanks to all the recent hurricanes? Or those poor souls living in war zones such as Iraq? I hope you somehow can recover and bravely go on with your studies, even if you have to, horror of horrors, go back to the Haddonfield library again before the Cherry Hill library reopens.

Lauree Padgett Cherry Hill Thank you for stating the obvious! You're darn tootin' the state police would be blanketing Cherry Hill, if those places were experiencing such "carnage" violence: Make Camden safer," Oct. 5). As a foot soldier here in Camden, I greatly appreciate the call for action, and I'm glad that other people, all the way across the river, see the need here. Lots of good people in Camden are working tirelessly at trying to rid their neighborhoods of blight, but they can't do it alone. Thanks again for your editorial.

Here's hoping it helps! Wren Ingram Camden Voting is vital The Statue of Liberty has become a kind of patron saint of freedom. She proudly holds aloft her torch to guide new followers to her sanctuary. Once here, the arrivals strive to become worthy by becoming citizens and receiving the precious right to vote. These new citizens have been taught that they have the responsibility and obligation to think for themselves and gather relevant information before casting a vote. Most of us would agree that our nation would be a more perfect union if we followed that simple guide.

Voting, therefore, requires thinking and evaluating by the individual prior to voting. In other words, some effort is required. I believe many factors can influence the un- wary and effectively steal that vote. Sadly, many of us are complacent, misled or even coerced into undermining our prized heritage. In addition to an informed electorate, the vote is crucial to democracy.

So any intruder on an individual's right to formulate his personal criteria to vote becomes an enemy of democracy. Some of our institution that we hold most dear can intrude on our rights if we permit them. Any organization, institution or group that implies that you are required to vote its way is flat-out wrong. Robert J. Freno Haddon Heights Tuning out It's how you know.

"Try satellite I'll be sure to let as many of your sponsors that I can possibly contact know that you, WPEN, are directing former longtime, loyal listeners to satellite radio. Hopefully, they'll find another local outlet to spend their advertising dollars. Your response is one of the most thoughtless and uncaring comments on what the management at WPEN must think of its listeners. There are still many older folks around who enjoyed the previous format, and we dodid spend on your advertisers. I think you have made a huge error and have misjudged the demographics in your audience.

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