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Seven up for three seats on LTPS board BY BILL SANSERVINO
Addie Ihlefeld of Lawrence Township is the starting varsity goalie for the Notre Dame field hockey team.
Ihlefeld continues to improve in goal for Notre Dame field hockey RICH FISHER
Addie Ihlefeld joined the Notre Dame High field hockey program as a freshman for the simple purpose of making friends. Little did she realize it would lead to making saves. The junior from Lawrenceville and ND’s starting varsity goalie had never played the sport before
her ninth-grade year, when she landed on the Irish’s freshman team. “We were looking for someone to play goalie,” Ihlefeld said. “I wasn’t 100 percent set on being a goalie. I told the coaches if they couldn’t find one then I would definitely do it. But if they found somebody else who wanted to be it, I’d be totally fine with just play-
ing the field. It ended up that the other girls that tried it did not like it, so I just stepped up and played it, and I just loved it.” Well, she loved it as a freshman, when the shots being faced weren’t all that challenging. “At the freshman level, it’s not as intense, so the balls getting hit weren’t that hard, and they weren’t See IHLEFELD, Page 9
There might not be a contest for municipal government on the Tuesday, Nov. 8 ballot, but there’s still a hotly contested local race in which residents can cast their ballots. A total of seven candidates are running for election to the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education. They include three incumbents, a husband-wife team and a recent graduate of Lawrence High School. Running for re-election to the board are Patricia “Pepper” Evans, Michelle King and Amanda Santos. Also running are Carlos Raziel Rodriguez, Thomas Figueira, Amy Gregor y and Nathaniel Gregor y. The Lawrence Gazette asked each of the candidates to provide biographical information about themselves and a statement regarding why they are running for the board. Their answers are presented in alphabetical order below. Patricia “Pepper” Evans, 65, has been a resident of Mercer County for over a half-centur y, 40 years in Lawrence Township. A current member of the board, she is running on a slate with incumbents Michelle King and Amanda Santos on the “Building Tomorrow Together“ slate.
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Evans says she was denied the opportunity for higher education and is largely self-taught. She says she is committed to becoming a highly-trained school board member. Building on her Certified Board Leader certificate, she earned Master Board Member, ultimately reaching the highest level from the Board Member Academy, Certified Board Leader. Passionate about reading, she tries to meet the 100 Book Challenge each year. Evans has launched several successful entrepreneurial enterprises and now works as an independent living consultant helping older adults age with dignity. She is also a long-time staff member of the Silver Centur y Foundation, a private family foundation that addresses ageism and proactive aging issues. Evans, whose husband died in 2006, has two daughters who are now in their 20s. Both attended the LTPS and graduated from Lawrence High School. Before her board ser vice, Evans was the founding board president of what is now HomeFront. She ser ved three threeyear terms on the LTPS Board, including a year as vice president and president. She is currently vice president of the Woman’s Club of LawSee ELECTION, Page 2
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