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Date: 040311
From: http://www.phillyburbs.com/
By Paul Leakan and John Reitmeyer
Burlington County Times, March 11, 2004
A Woodland man who teaches at Burlington County College and once
managed the cranberry operation for A.R. DeMarco Enterprises Inc. has
been named the county's representative on the state Pinelands
Commission.
The Burlington County Board of Freeholders yesterday voted 4-0 to
appoint Patrick T. Slavin to the 15-member panel.
"I think he's especially qualified to serve," Freeholder William
Haines Jr. said.
Slavin, 57, has been a full-time lecturer at Burlington County
College since 2002, teaching anatomy and physiology, general biology,
microbiology, ecology and human affairs.
He was the manager of A.R. DeMarco Enter-prises from 1987 to 2001.
The Hammonton-based firm boasted the third-largest cranberry operation
in the country before it stopped harvesting two years ago.
Slavin also served as the director of public health in Cumberland
County and the director of the Cumberland County Mosquito Commission.
He holds a doctorate in ecology from Rutgers University, a master's
degree in entomology from the University of Maine and a bachelor's
degree in biology from Marquette University.
Slavin said he looks forward to serving on the commission, which
oversees land use in the million-acre national Pinelands reserve,
covering parts of Burlington and six other counties in South Jersey.
"I feel pretty strongly about a number of environmental issues, and
saving the Pines is certainly one of them," he said yesterday.
Slavin replaces S. Joseph Kowalski, a Moorestown resident who has
been the county's representative on the commission since 1995.
Earlier this year, Kowalski told the freeholder board he did not want
to serve another term.
The freeholders formally accepted Kowalski's resignation yesterday.
"He certainly will be missed, and his service was definitely
appreciated," Freeholder Director Vince Farias said.
The Pinelands Commission is made up of seven gubernatorial
appointees, one representative from each of the seven counties in the
Pinelands and one person appointed by the U.S. Secretary of the
Interior. Commission members are not paid.
Pinelands Executive Director John Stokes said he looks forward to
working with Slavin.
"Pat brings with him to the commission an indepth knowledge of the
Pinelands and an outstanding reputation in the community," Stokes
said.
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Email: pleakan@phillyBurbs.com and jreitmeyer@phillyBurbs.com
(c)2004 Copyright Calkins Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
Date: 040311
From: http://www.phillyburbs.com/
By Paul Leakan and John Reitmeyer
Burlington County Times, March 11, 2004
A Woodland man who teaches at Burlington County College and once
managed the cranberry operation for A.R. DeMarco Enterprises Inc. has
been named the county's representative on the state Pinelands
Commission.
The Burlington County Board of Freeholders yesterday voted 4-0 to
appoint Patrick T. Slavin to the 15-member panel.
"I think he's especially qualified to serve," Freeholder William
Haines Jr. said.
Slavin, 57, has been a full-time lecturer at Burlington County
College since 2002, teaching anatomy and physiology, general biology,
microbiology, ecology and human affairs.
He was the manager of A.R. DeMarco Enter-prises from 1987 to 2001.
The Hammonton-based firm boasted the third-largest cranberry operation
in the country before it stopped harvesting two years ago.
Slavin also served as the director of public health in Cumberland
County and the director of the Cumberland County Mosquito Commission.
He holds a doctorate in ecology from Rutgers University, a master's
degree in entomology from the University of Maine and a bachelor's
degree in biology from Marquette University.
Slavin said he looks forward to serving on the commission, which
oversees land use in the million-acre national Pinelands reserve,
covering parts of Burlington and six other counties in South Jersey.
"I feel pretty strongly about a number of environmental issues, and
saving the Pines is certainly one of them," he said yesterday.
Slavin replaces S. Joseph Kowalski, a Moorestown resident who has
been the county's representative on the commission since 1995.
Earlier this year, Kowalski told the freeholder board he did not want
to serve another term.
The freeholders formally accepted Kowalski's resignation yesterday.
"He certainly will be missed, and his service was definitely
appreciated," Freeholder Director Vince Farias said.
The Pinelands Commission is made up of seven gubernatorial
appointees, one representative from each of the seven counties in the
Pinelands and one person appointed by the U.S. Secretary of the
Interior. Commission members are not paid.
Pinelands Executive Director John Stokes said he looks forward to
working with Slavin.
"Pat brings with him to the commission an indepth knowledge of the
Pinelands and an outstanding reputation in the community," Stokes
said.
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Email: pleakan@phillyBurbs.com and jreitmeyer@phillyBurbs.com
(c)2004 Copyright Calkins Media, Inc. All rights reserved.