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JONES, CORRINE

(nee Banks), of Bellmawr, NJ, age 80, on February 22, 2008.
Beloved wife of the late Theodore (Happy) Jones, and sister of the late Haywood and Harold Banks and Marie Gibson, she is the mother ofEugene Alford, his wife Gladys, Beverly Roberts, her husband, T.A. and Yvonne Jones, her husband Joe DeGuierre. She also leaves to mourn a dear sister-in-law, Joycelyn Jones and a brother-in-law, Milton Warfield. She was the grandmother of nine grandchildren and thirty – four great grandchild ren. She will be sadly missed by her family and many dear friends.
She was a member of Harris Temple AME Zion Church for over 70 years. She enjoyed playing the piano and sewing.
Relatives and friends are invited to her view- ing at Harris Temple AME Zion Church, 926 Florence St., Camden, NJ on Thursday, February 28, 2008, at 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Services at 7:30 pm. Burial will be on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 9:00 am, at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Vet. Cem., Arneytown, NJ. Arr. by BAGWELL FUNERAL HOME, PENNS GROVE, NJ.

Toms River, NJ…The College of New Jersey swept to its 11th consecutive New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Conference as the Lions captured the men’s competition with 157 points and won the women’s meet with 184 points.

TCNJ’s men and women have won every indoor championship since the conference began conducting the meet in 1998. The meet featured a conference record 376 student-athletes in competition from nine different NJAC institutions.

With their 157 points, TCNJ’s men finished 31 points ahead of second-place Ramapo (126), followed by New Jersey City (80), Montclair State (77), Rutgers-Camden (41), Rowan (28), Kean (17) and an eighth-place tie between Richard Stockton and Rutgers-Newark, with 16 points apiece.

TCNJ’s women outdistanced Richard Stockton (108), while New Jersey City finished third (90), followed by Ramapo (61), Montclair State (59), Kean (15), Rutgers-Newark (14), Rowan (9) and Rutgers-Camden (7).

TCNJ’s duo of junior Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) and senior Brian Donatelli (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) were named the Gerrity Award winners as the Most Outstanding Female and Male Athletes respectively. Herrick won both the mile run (5:00.87) with an NJAC record and an NCAA provisional qualifying time and the 800 meters (2:23.34). Donatelli won the weight throw (16.14) and was second in the shot put (15.63).

The Lions will be right back in action on Friday, February 29 participating in the New York University Invitational held at the 168th Street Armory in New York City.

Men’s Highlights…
Junior Chris Guerriero (Saddle Brook, NJ/Saddle Brook) won the 5,000 meters with an ECAC qualifying time of 15:19.19 and was second in the 3,000 with another ECAC mark of 8:45.10.

In addition to Guerriero taking second in the 3,000, the Lions also claimed the next three spots with junior Kyle Alpaugh (Clinton, NJ/Voorhees) taking third (8:58.92), TJ Bocchino (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East) fourth (9:06.04) and Brandon Rodkewitz (Wharton, NJ/Morris Hills) fifth (9:08.97).

In the mile, the Lions earned a one-two finish as freshman Dennie Waite (Little Silver, NJ/Red Bank Regional) posted a winning time of 4:19.57 and senior Brian Kopnicki (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) was second in 4:21.67. Both of those times met ECAC qualifying standards.

TCNJ had another strong showing in the 800 meters as junior Pasquale DiGioacchino (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards) won the race in 1:58.60 with teammate Josh Krowicki (Hilltop, NJ/Triton) placing third (2:01.08) and DeShard Stevens (Jersey City, NJ/James T. Ferris) finishing fifth (2:01.80).

The Lions also won the 4×400 relay as the team of Woodrow Prevard (Sicklerville, NJ/Winslow Twp.), Stevens, Kyle Gilroy (Oak Ridge, NJ/West Milford Twp.) and DiGioacchino combined for an ECAC worthy time of 3:26.0.

TCNJ added second-place finishes in both the 4×800 and the distance medley relay.

The Lions gained valuable team points from a several other second-place finishers. Junior Anthony Arnold (Brielle, NJ/St. Rose) was second in the 5,000 (15:45.19) and junior Rob McGowan (Monroe Twp., NJ/Monroe Twp.) took second in the 400 meters (50.74), while meeting and ECAC mark. In the pole vault, freshman Tim Blashford (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) cleared the bar at 4.10 meters to add another second for TCNJ.

Senior Andy Lim (Lodi, NJ/Leonia) contributed with a fourth-place finish in the long jump (6.58 meters), while Gilroy was fifth in both the 55 hurdles (7.91 seconds) and the 400 meters (51.48).

Women’s Highlights…
Herrick anchored two of TCNJ’s top events winning both the 800 and the mile as the Lions placed four runners in the top five in each race. In the mile, TCNJ swept the top four spots with junior Martine McGrath (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) finishing in second with a NCAA provisional time of 5:02.93, with senior Heather Garleb (Howell, NJ/Howell) taking third (5:29.81) and Julie Ullmeyer (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) in fourth (5:29.82).

Following Herrick across the finish line in the 800 for the Lions were freshman Meryl Wimberly (Farmingdale, NJ/Colts Neck) in second place (2:23.47), sophomore Jianna Spadaccini (Butler, NJ/Butler) in third (2:25.02) and Rochelle Prevard (Sicklerville, NJ/Winslow Twp.) in fifth (2:25.66).

Junior Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) placed in a pair of events winning the long jump with an ECAC worthy leap of 5.26 meters. She also placed third in the 200 meters with another ECAC mark of 26.93 seconds.

The Lions dominated the relay events placing first in all three. The team of Wimberly, Prevard, Spadaccini and Meghan Miller (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial) won the 4×400 in 4:06.04, while McGrath, Ullmeyer, Kirsten Gerbehy (Califon, NJ/Voorhees) and Justine Carnevale (Oceanport, NJ/Shore Regional) won the 4×800 in 10:05.24, with both times meeting ECAC standards. TCNJ completed the sweep of the three relays winning the DMR as Carnevale, Jennifer Caratola (Brigantine, NJ/Atlantic City), Carolyn Gray (Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) and Michelle Wallace (Emerson, NJ/Emerson) combined for a clocking of 13:28.72.

The Lions took second and third place in the 3,000 meters with Wallace finishing second (11:01.07) and Megan Donovan (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) third (11:21.59), while junior Nicole Ullmeyer (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) was second in the 5,000 with an ECAC qualifying time of 18:41.75.

Senior Jessica Bonelli (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) picked up a second-place finish in the 400 meters with a time of 1:00.86, while teammate Alexandra Tomaselli (Hillsdale, NJ/Pascack Valley) claimed fourth (1:02.33).

In the 55-meter high hurdles, the Lions had a pair of runners place in the top five as Miller was second (8.86) and sophomore Priscilla Senyah (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial) was fourth (8.92).

In the shot put, freshman Cristina D’Amato (Madison, NJ/Madison) had a strong performance placing third with a toss of 11.18 meters and freshman Sarah Wehrhan (Dodge City, KS/The Peddie School) was one place behind in fourth with a throw of 11.13 meters.

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Bill:

I am writing in response to your email regarding the King Street RFQ\’s which we\’ve recently received back from 2 developers — Taylor Capitol Group, LLC and Sora Holdings, LLC.

I am in the process of reviewing their qualifications and making sure that they submitted all materials that were requested of them by the City for this RFQ.

On Monday, March 4 at the Work Session meeting, I will be providing a report to City Council regarding my suggestions for how to move forward.

Upon meeting w/ them I will email you of their response and the steps will be taking to move forward.

Let me know if you have any other questions…Gina

—
Regina A. Dunphy
UEZ Coordinator/Director of Community Development
City of Gloucester City

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Hey Bill ,

Dog Quote: Man is an animal that makes bargains; no other animal does this….no dog exchanges bones with another.
….Adam Smith

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How much food does your dog really need?

Along with the general population of people, dogs are also suffering from obesity from eating the wrong food and eating too much food.

It is relatively easy to control the amount of
food your dog is eating and it is essential that
you gauge its weight on a regular basis to ensure
that it doesn\’t get obese.

Dogs can suffer from many different ailments due
to obesity including diabetes.

There are an increasing number of dogs suffering
from this disease and in most cases this could
have been avoided through the correct nutrition
and monitoring the amount of food the dog has been
eating.

Having a dog with diabetes will necessitate the
injection of insulin or in some cases taking of
pills to assist in the maintenance of the correct
sugar levels in their blood.

Obviously this involves additional expense and
inconvenience and there is also a danger that
should the insulin level be incorrect your pet
could die.

It makes sense then that your dog should only eat
what is good for it and in quantities that won\’t
result in it developing health problems later in
life.

Working dogs will need more food for the energy
that they will expend in the course of the day but
a dog that lays around the house all day and
doesn\’t get any exercise will not need to eat the
same portions of food.

You should weigh your dog on a regular basis and
see whether it is gaining or losing weight and
adjust the amount of food it is eating
accordingly.

More Information:
http://AboutDogs.info/recommends/dogfood.html

Thanks,

Allan
http://AboutDogs.info

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Dave Stallwood, president of the Gloucester City Business Association announced that GCBA will meet Tuesday, February 26^th at Caps, 314 Jersey Avenue at 5.30pm.

Representatives from PATCO will be at the meeting to discuss the high speed line coming through town in the future. The Mayor and some of the council members along with other city representatives will also be there if you have any questions or concerns for them.

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DAVIDSON, MARGARET D. \’MIMO\’

(nee Ansaldo) On February 21, 2008, age 77, of Westmont. She was the beloved and devoted mother of Cathy Eskew, of Oaklyn, Mickey Tesoro, of Westmont and Joey Tesoro (Angel), of Woodlynne. She was also the loving andcaring grandmother (Mimo) to Jesse Seymour (Sue), Jamie Schaefer (Michael), Kris Mustacchio (Jennifer), Shane Holmes, and Stephanie Cokos. Also survived by 2 great grandchildren, Jesse, Jr. and Savannah Seymour and 3 sisters, Sally Tedesco, Mary Grosso and Joanne Anthony.
\’Marge\’ was a longtime waitress for the Crystal Lake and Newton Diners in Haddon Twp. – She will be sadly missed by her family and many friends that she happily and lovingly served.
Family and friends are invited to Mrs. Davidson\’s Memorial Service, Wed., 7 PM, at KAIN-MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, 15 West End Ave., Haddonfield. Interment private. The family requests in lieu of flowers that memorial donations in Mrs. Davidson\’s name may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1851 Old Cuthbert Blvd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08034. 

 

February 2005…..\”The primary criteria was reducing the number of residents who would be displaced by the new school,\” Superintendent Mary T. Stansky said. …

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February 20, 2005
New schools being built on contaminated sites
Asbury Park Press

In the state\’s 31 poorest districts. The Schools Construction Corp., which is overseeing the massive program in mostly urban areas, has purchased at least 22 contaminated or possibly contaminated sites, a review of state records shows.

SCC and state environmental officials say the sites will be cleaned or Wren, a spokeswoman for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Commissioner Campbell said New Jersey changed its cleanup standards because of the new information. In the fall, state environmental officials compiled a list of 55 contaminated properties, and 38 more properties possibly contaminated, which are under consideration to become schools. Four were rejected.

Seebode said the DEP has not estimated cleanup costs because they must be paid for by the SCC.

Lenny Siegel, director of the California-based Center for Environmental Oversight, a nonpartisan activist group, also reviewed state DEP records of several sites for Gannett New Jersey.

Siegel, who has taught site mitigation at UCLA, said the DEP has done well to test the soil at the Trenton site, recommend more study in New Brunswick and make plans to remove radiation in Gloucester City.

But he said if state officials are going to clean up the sites correctly, it will likely cost them more than they anticipate.

A $1 million cleanup estimate in Trenton, Siegel said, would \”do some superficial removal.\”

He said the state should not make a final decision on a property that will become a school site until all the cost estimates are in.

\”Too often people put the cart before the horse and say, \”Here\’s how we\’re going to solve this problem,\’ and they don\’t know that,\” Siegel said.

As an example of how cleanup costs can escalate, Siegel pointed to the Belmont Learning Center, a Los Angeles high school. There, officials already have spent $175 million on a cleanup and plan to spend $111 million more. The site is nationally known as an example of how costs can escalate once remediation begins.

A California state investigation called it \”a public works disaster of biblical proportions.\” The project is now on hold.

DEP Commissioner Campbell was an environmental adviser to President Clinton in the 1990s and familiarized himself with Los Angeles\’s school-building problems. Campbell said he designed New Jersey\’s program to avoid similar problems. 

Critics: Money diverted 

Environmentalists contend the state is diverting money intended for the new urban school buildings and are pouring it into expensive cleanups of contaminated properties.

Wolfe, the former DEP analyst who now is a consultant for a nonprofit state environmental group, said the school construction program may be a back-door attempt to fund environmental cleanup under the cover of a state Supreme Court order aimed at improving school buildings.

\”Why are we diverting money that\’s supposed to go to the educationally neediest for environmental cleanup?\” Wolfe said. \”Why? Because we\’ve done poor planning. Does this then become a big-ticket item to pay environmental consultants?\”

DEP, SCC and local school officials, and McNeill, the former SCC head, insist that in dense urban districts, there are few large clean sites on which to build new schools without tearing down houses. The options are to knock down blocks of houses, or clean up old industrial property and put the schools there.

Cleanups are \”a last resort, and it\’s expensive,\” said former SCC director McNeill, adding that he did reject some sites proposed by school districts. \”There are some you\’d never put a kid on.\”

McNeill said he believes some cities and school districts are willing to place schools on contaminated properties as a way to get the state to clean them up and keep other properties on their tax rolls.

\”They figure it\’s not usable for much else, and they figure the state has the money,\” McNeill said.

Fewer contaminated sites might be chosen if the state were to let school districts, especially small ones, build on land outside of their community. \”Maybe the answer is to put it in the next town over,\” he said. 

Won\’t send grandaughter 

Such an option was not considered in Gloucester City.

From the front window of her house in Gloucester City last week, Kim Garwood expressed reservations about whether the cleanup would be long term. She could see men in protective white suits walking around, getting ready to remove radioactive soil from the federal Superfund site across the street.

Before long, the site, which was contaminated when spent radioactive ore produced nearby was dumped there, will be transformed into a sports field for the new middle school. Other toxins, such as chromium and benzene from three other former industrial sites, also pollute parts of the future school property, according to state records.

So, Garwood says, when her 16-month-old granddaughter is old enough, she\’ll go to the local Catholic school instead.

\”I feel sorry for them,\” Garwood said, referring to the children who will go to the public school.

Gloucester City, a 2-square-mile town south of Camden, where its Delaware River waterfront once teamed with good-paying manufacturing jobs, is suffering a long industrial hangover.

One business, the Welsbach Co., produced mantles for gas lanterns for almost 60 years until closing in 1940. The company refined radioactive thorium from monazite ore, then spread some of the waste ash around town, filling gullies and old stream beds, and may have offered it for use as fill by city residents.

The federal EPA, since then, has said thorium is a long-term cancer risk. In the 1990s, the Welsbach waste sites were added to the federal Superfund list. Since then, the EPA has removed radioactive soil from several residential properties, a public park and municipal swimming club.

In 2000, when the Gloucester City Board of Education sought to build a middle school, it chose one of the contaminated areas. The primary criteria was reducing the number of residents who would be displaced by the new school, Superintendent Mary T. Stansky said.

\”We only agreed to it because we know it\’s going to be perfectly safe,\” Stansky said. \”I think if we had a non-contaminated property, that is the choice. I have kids, too. That is certainly the best choice. But . . . you can\’t take eight acres of houses.\”

She said all the sites the district considered had some contamination. She said the district didn\’t consider placing a school facility in a nearby town that would require neither environmental remediation nor the razing of homes. The annual busing cost could be $200,000 to $300,000 a year, she said.

In Gloucester City, residents are accustomed to the byproducts of their former industry.

\”When you live in Gloucester, no matter where you are, you can be pretty sure that there\’s something contaminated beneath you,\” said resident Helen Whitcraft, 37. \”You just hope for the best.\”

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Wilkes-Barre, PA… The College of New Jersey wrestling team won its second straight Metropolitan Conference Championship behind the strength of two champions and several other place winners on Sunday at Wilkes University.

TCNJ, which is ranked 17th in the latest Brute – Adidas NWCA Division III poll, led the charge with 90 points followed by 14th-ranked New York University (82) and 23rd-ranked Wilkes (71.5). Rounding out the team standings were York (PA) College (67.50), King\’s College (58), Hunter College (46.5), Centenary (NJ) College (29.0), Elizabethtown College (29.0) and the University of Scranton (9.5). With the win, the Lions have captured their 25 conference tournament in the last 30 tries.

Claiming individual titles and automatic berths in the 2088 NCAA Division III Championships were freshmen John Barnett (Oakridge, NJ/Jefferson Twp.) and Justin Bonitatis (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East). Barnett was a perfect 3-0 at 149 pounds, while Bonitatis swept his way through his three matches at 165 pounds.

The 2008 NCAA Division III Championships are set for March 7-8 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with Coe College and the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference hosting the event.

The conference also has seven \”wild card\” spots for the NCAA Championship that will be selected by the coaches. Those selections will be made later this evening.

Barnett won his weight class as the third seed edging New York University’s Matt Magill 5-3 in the finals. The top-seeded Bonitatis won his title with a narrow 2-1 decision against Frank Heffernan of Wilkes.

Two other TCNJ grapplers advanced to the finals as senior Ray Sarinelli (Rockaway, NJ/Morris Hills) and freshman Dan Hughes (Delran, NJ/Delran) each won their first two bouts before falling in the finals. Sarinelli lost to 2007 NCAA Champion Dave Morgan from King’s by fall in 4:40 at 133 pounds, while Hughes fell 12-5 in the title match at 125 pounds to Kyle Flickinger from York.

Four other Lions battled their way to third-place finishes gaining valuable team points. Junior Chris Prihoda (Trenton, NJ/Hamilton) went 4-1 in at 141 pounds scoring a 4-0 decision over Brandon Prentice of Wilkes in the consolation finals.

Sophomore Dan DiColo (Budd Lake, NJ/ Mount Olive) also took third winning his final two matches of the tournament at 157 pounds. He capped his day with a 7-4 victory over Adam Penberthy from Wilkes.

Junior Greg Osgoodby (Waldwick, NJ/Waldwick) was upended in the quarterfinals, but bounced back to take third by pinning Naum Shuminov of NYU in the consolation finals in 6:34 at 174 pounds.

The final Lion to place third was senior Steve Carbone (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) at heavyweight. Carbone edged Scranton’s Neil Slocum 8-7 in the third-place bout.
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p>Marion E. Mullary (nee Barr), age 65, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2008 at the J. F. Kennedy Hospital, with her family at her bedside. She was raised in Gloucester City, N.J. In 1961 she met and married the love of her life, Stephen Mullary. Together they moved to Deptford and have resided there for over 40 years. She will be remembered as a loving caring person who never turned her back on anyone in need. She formerly worked with the Deptford School District as a lunch aid, where she enjoyed sharing her life and energy with the students. Marion also was a professional singer who frequently sang in many South Jersey Nightclubs. After which she opened and operated, with her husband, The Mullary Fast Fuel Store at \”Five Points,\” together they shared and made life long friendships with many of their regular customers. To Marion this was a very enjoyable and satisfying part of her life. She was a fun-loving and energetic person who loved life to the fullest. Even through her recent sickness she always made it a point to go to work just for the opportunity to interact with those she loved whether it was family, friends or customers. Marion was preceded in death by her parents Bill and Cass Barr of Gloucester City and also by all of her siblings. She will be sadly missed by her husband of 48 years Stephen Sr. of Deptford; their children Stephen Jr. and his wife Mary of Deptford, Glenn E. Sr. and his wife Heather of Williamstown, Vincent Sr. and his wife Maria of Deptford, she was a second mother to Howard W. Riddell of Billingsport, Wayne E. Riddell of Westgrove, Lori G. Campbell of Bensalem, Judy Langsdorf of West Deptford and Howard Barr Jr. \”Sonny\”, her grandchildren Stephen III, David, Glenn Jr., Amanda, Jessica, Arianna and Vincent Jr. An uncle and aunt Ed Sr. and Elsie Cowgill, nieces, nephews and cousins. Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing Monday eve. 6:30-9 p.m. at the ETHERINGTON FUNERAL HOME (loc. 700 Powell Ave., Gloucester City) and again on Tuesday 10 a.m. to noon. A service of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12:30 at St. Mary¹s Church. Interment will follow in Bethel Memorial Park. To honor Marion¹s life, her family has decided to create a yearly scholarship fund and all are invited to help honor her life by making donations to The Marion Mullary Scholarship Fund, c/o Mullary Fast Fuel, Inc., 108 Delsea Dr., Sewell, NJ 08080. Published in the Gloucester County Times on 2/24/2008.