Frank R. Lucas, 45, of West Deptford, suddenly on February 26, 2008.

Frank will forever live on in the hearts and minds of his family and friends for his wonderful, full of life, upbeat personality and his warm smile that would light up any room that he entered.

Born and raised in Woodbury, Frank graduated from Woodbury High School with the Class of 1980.

He was an accomplished bass player in several local rock bands, including Rough Dymand. Frank worked for the Public Works Department for the City of Woodbury for the past 11 years and away from his work, Frank passionately coached his sons and their Football, Baseball and Wrestling teams with the West Deptford Athletic Association.

Frank enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his wife and children and was a devoted NASCAR and Dallas Cowboy fan.

Frank is the beloved husband for 18 years of Vicki (nee Benton).

Loving father of Frank W., Dylan I. and Casey L. Lucas.

Devoted son of Frank E. and the late Lynne G. Lucas.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing Sunday 2 to 6 p.m. and Monday 9 to 10 a.m. in the McGUINNESS FUNERAL HOME, 34 Hunter Street, Woodbury.

Funeral Service will follow at 10 a.m. in the Funeral Home.

Interment Woodbury Memorial Park, West Deptford.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Frank¹s memory may be made to: The Frank R. Lucas Memorial Fund c/o Commerce Bank West Deptford Branch, 1106 Mantua Pike, Mantua, NJ, 08051. Tributes and memories may be shared at www.mcgfuneral.com

\”The Lifetime Tribute Funeral Home\”

\”How Œbout them Cowboys!\”
Published in the Gloucester County Times on 2/28/2008.

Media release

Ewing, NJ…On the day of their conference tournament opener, The College of New Jersey women’s basketball team earned three special honors from the New Jersey Athletic Conference for their efforts during the regular season.

Junior Hillary Klimowicz (Photo right) (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) was voted as the 2008 NJAC Player of the Year, while freshman Kelsey Kutch (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) was selected as the NJAC Rookie of the Year. The honors weren’t limited to the players as Dawn Henderson was tabbed as the Coach of the Year. 

Klimowicz, who was also named First Team All-NJAC for the second consecutive season, has been a force for the Lions all season leading the team in scoring (16.8 ppg), rebounding (11.2 rpg), blocked shots (103) and field-goal percentage (65.0%). She current leads the NJAC in field-goal percentage and blocks, while ranking second in scoring and third in rebounding. Her shooting percentage from the floor ranks her second nationally and is fourth in blocks at 4.1 per game. She has recorded 19 double-doubles in 25 games this season and has scored in double figures in each game but one.

So far this season, Klimowicz has received various honors including being named the NJAC Player of the Week six times and ECAC Metro Player of the Week twice. She was named the most valuable player of the Gwynedd-Mercy College Classic and earned a spot on the Marymount University Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team.

Klimowicz is a standout in the classroom as well as she named CoSIDA’s ESPN The Magazine All-District II Third Team earlier this month.

The center is the first Lion player to receive player of the year honors since Theresa DiMedio was the 2004-05 NJAC Co-Player of the Year.

Kutch (Photo left) has been an impact player for the Lions starting every game and scoring 10.7 points a game and grabbing 6.0 rebounds, putting her second on the team in both of those categories. The forward, who was honored as the NJAC Rookie of the Week once this season, has been consistent throughout the year scoring in double figures on 16 occasions and leads the NJAC in free-throw percentage (82.7%) and is fifth in shooting from the floor (50.3%).

Henderson guided TCNJ to the top seed in the NJAC South Division with an 11-2 record with the team going 20-5 overall during the regular season. Those 20 wins marks the sixth time in her tenure the team has hit the milestone. This marks the fourth time (‘94, ’99 and ’05) she has won the award outright and shared the honor on one other occasion (’02). The veteran coach boasts a career mark of 332-162 and has a mark of 286-112 since taking over the Lion program in 1993.

TCNJ had one other player recognized as sophomore Alexandra Gregorek (Mahwah, NJ/Academy of Holy Angels) received All-NJAC Honorable Mention. Gregorek is having balanced season averaging 9.3 points a game to go with 5.2 rebounds a game. She has been making the most of her chances as she ranks fourth in the NJAC in field-goal percentage making 51.5 percent of her attempts.

Earlier this season, Gregorek earned a spot on the Marymount University Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team.

The Lions begin their quest for a second NJAC Championship in the last three years tonight, February 27 hosting Montclair State University at 7 p.m. at Packer Hall.

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source http://blog.markmatthews.com

Where do you find the most expensive homes in Camden County? Haddonfield, Cherry Hill?

Well how about Bellmawr?!

Since the fall of last year, a newer construction home has been on the market in Bellmawr… and it is currently listed at $1,280,000!!

Count the zeros. That\’s ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND!!

Heck.. drop the price a million bucks and its still one of the most expensive homes in town!
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Shining Star Park on Harding and Lowell Avenues

Saturday, March 15^th

Rain date March 22^nd

1:00pm and will run consecutively until all ages have completed

Ages: 1-2 years old

3-4 years old

5-6 years old

7-8 years old

9-12 years old

Children of all ages with special needs

Bring your camera for pictures with the Easter Bunny

 

Congratulations to the Brooklawn ACES girls\’ basketball team, coached by Chuck Thomson, for winning the Camden County Elementary League championship.

They were the winners of the Colonial division with a 12-2 record and went on to beat 3 opponents from both the Colonial and Suburban divisions to win the championship.

Pictured are players Makenzi Cooper, Sydney Thomson, Brianna Murphy, Rachael Cowgill, Kathi Velez, Kate Boulden, Melissa Mackey, Meghan Ryan, Amanda Boulden, Taylor Farrow, and Taylor Blackiston. Coach Thomson was assisted by Pat McCrea in the championship game.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Jerome Hubbard (Neptune/Neptune) averaged 18.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 steals in two Stockton wins last week. Hubbard scored a game-high 21 points to go along with his five steals against Kean.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Alyssa Reiter (Sewell/Gloucester Catholic) led Stockton with nine points and three blocks in Stockton’s game against Kean.
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD: Tony DeFeo (Mays Landing/Oakcrest) was named Outstanding Male Field Athlete and NJAC Field Athlete of the Week after winning the pole vault (4.88m) and finishing third in the weight throw (13.62m) to score all of Stockton’s 16 team points at the NJAC Championships.
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD: Meredith Malloy (Hamilton/Hamilton West) was selected Co-Outstanding Female Track Athlete at the NJAC Championships after winning the 3000m run (10:39.38) and also winning and setting a new meet record in the 5000m run (17:48.34).

LATEST RESULTS

Men’s Basketball (18-6, 10-3 NJAC)
Stockton 84, Manhattanville 71
Stockton 70, Kean 65

Women’s Basketball (12-13, 5-8 NJAC)
Kean 95, Stockton 39

Track & Field
Women second, men tied-eighth at NJAC Championships

UPCOMING EVENTS (Home opponents in CAPS)

Thursday, February 28
Men’s Basketball vs. RAMAPO/KEAN 7 pm
(NJAC Tournament)

Saturday, March 1
Baseball vs. POLYTECHNIC (DH) 12 pm
Lacrosse @ Wesley 1 pm
Men’s Basketball – NJAC TOURNAMENT 2 pm
(if Stockton advances)

Monday, March 3
Baseball vs. CENTENARY 3 pm

Wednesday, March 5
Baseball @ Haverford 3 pm

Stockton Athletics Home

 by Hank F. Miller Jr.

The Doll Festival, which is also called The Girls\’ Festival or Peach Festival is observed on March 3.

This is a festival of young girls.

Dolls in ancient costumes are displayed on tiers of shelves covered with red cloth. These dolls represent the emperor and empress, their noble court ladies-in- waiting and ministers.

The Doll Festival dates from medieval times, but it was not until the 18th century that the custom of displaying dolls came into fashion.

The dolls are usually on display for about a week, but it is customary to put them away soon after March 3, because leaving them out for a long time is said to delay a daughter\’s marriage.

Warm Regards from Kitakyushu City, Japan

Hank F. Miller Jr.

Tom Gurchick, a retired Gloucester City School science teacher died suddenly on February 15 in an automobile accident. Tom began his teaching career in 1965 and retired in 2000. He left a career he so dearly loved to enjoy his hobbies of growing orchids, fishing and building model planes.

Since the tragic accident there has been a number of Toms’s former students and friends posting comments on CNB.

It should be noted that at no time did the family ask to hold the funeral services for Mr. Gurchick at the high school. What they did ask was to be able to hold a Memorial Service at the school for Tom at a later date. That request was denied by Administrator Paul Spaventa and the Board solicitor.

What a tribute this would have been to the man who gave his whole life to the Gloucester City School District.

According to Board member Jim Everett the new Superintendent, Paul Spaventa said if he was to okay their request for a Memorial Service the Board of Education and himself would be open to all kinds of law suits. Explaining if you do it for one person then you have to do it for everybody.

Spaventa also told Everett that it would have cost the Gurchick family $1 million in \”rider insurance\”.

A local insurance agent said the cost for a $1 million insurance rider would be a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $700. So much for that excuse.

If you recall the family of deceased Corporal Marc Ryan made the same appeal to the school district in 2004. There request was granted by the School Board/Administration; the viewing was held at the high school from 5 PM to 9 PM. This past November there was a memorial service held for Corporal Ryan during the half-time of a football game.

By granting the Ryan’s family’s petition a precedent was set to allow others to use the school for the same purpose.

God forbid if another young man from Gloucester City is killed fighting in the War. Are the Board of Education /Superintendent Spaventa going to say no to that individual’s family if they make the same request that the Ryan’s did ?

As others have said already Mr. Gurchick would not want to be the subject of any discord in the school district or for that matter among the residents of his beloved City.

Personally I see no harm in allowing a funeral services or a Memorial Tribute at the high school for any prominent resident, official, soldier or teacher. It is the logical choice for such event because of it size.

I wonder if the Rotary Club, who holds a Pancake Breakfast annually at the high school, is required to have a million dollar insurance rider for their event each year?

Since 2004 I have yet to hear of anyone else besides the Ryan family wanting to use the school for funeral services. So for anyone to suggest the district would be inundated with request to hold Memorial Tributes and or Funerals at the school are baseless.

I would guarantee the majority of the populace would emphatically say YES if they were asked if a Memorial Tribute should be allowed to be held at the high school for Mr. Gurchick.

The Board of Education must understand the School District belongs to the taxpayers of this City. With that thought in mind they need to address this problem immediately so it can be handled properly in the future.

A Memorial service for Mr. Gurchick will be held Thursday, February 28, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Etherington Creran Funeral Home, 700 Powell Street, Gloucester City.

Related: Gurchick Obit

Related: Breaking News

 

FRANKOWSKI, MARY J.
(Nee Zamagni), eighty six years old, of Mt. Ephraim, NJ.
Widow of Alfred A. Frankowski with whom she spent thirty-eight years. Dear sister of Anna Donofrio and Nicholas Zamagni, both deceased. Survived by her loving son and daughter-in-law, Frank and Maryann of Mt. Ephraim. Survived by her grandson and his wife, Matthew and Gina of Mt. Ephraim whom she adored. Her prayer was to see them married last July. Survived by many nieces and nephews, grand and great nieces and nephews, whom she cherished, especially Anthony Donofrio and Vera Parker.
Long time parishioner of Sacred Heart Church and a member of the Altar and Rosary Society. Long time member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
Mary was proud to be born and raised in Camden, NJ and moved to Mt. Ephraim with her parents in the 1930s. She moved back to Camden when she married in 1945, when Freddie returned from WWII, after serving in the 5th Army in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. She returned to Mt. Ephraim in 1985 after Fred\’s death to be nearer her family. Mary enjoyed spending time with her family and at her Church when she was able. Mary is now reunited with her beloved parents, Primo and Elvira, to whom she was devoted.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewingWednesday 8 am to 9:30 am at the
MAHAFFEY-MILANO
FUNERAL HOME
11 E. Kings Hwy.
Mt. Ephraim, NJ
856-931-1628
Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday 10 am at Sacred Heart Church, 7 W. Kings Hwy., Mt. Ephraim, NJ. Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr, NJ.

KAMINSKI, MATTHEW

On February 24, 2008, of West Deptford, NJ. Age 93.
Beloved husband of the late Madeline (nee Carey). Father of Matthew Kaminski (Barbara) of Seabring, FL; Judith Whitcraft (Walter) of Marlton, NJ and the late Bruce Kaminski. Father-in law of Emma Kaminski of Deptford, NJ. Grandfather of Bruce, Kara, Drew, Brad and Brooke and great grandfather of Ethan, Arielle, Kayla, Killian, Thane, Zarre, Kyle, Connor, Garrett, Delaney, Logan, Harper, Madison and Brianna. Brother-in law of Leona Kaminski of Ocean City, NJ.
Mr. Kaminski was the founder of Kaminski\’s Ale House which he owned and operated for many years and still stands as a Cherry Hill landmark on Brace Road today.
Viewing Friday morning 9:00 to 9:45am in St. Joseph\’s Catholic Church 1010 Liberty Street, Camden, NJ. Mass of Christian Burial Friday 10am. Interment Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, NJ. In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory may be made to Fox ChaseCancer Center 7701 Burholme Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111. Arr. by the SCHETTER FUNERAL HOME, of Cherry Hill, NJ.