Bill,

 

The Lion’s for Leon meeting was a great success. We met at OH HARA’S and had about 60 people show up. Everyone met and reminisced. It was a good time with old friends.

We raised enough money to keep a website going for a few years.

 The website is listed and if you could post it with a reminder for all former Gloucester High School football players to sign up we can get together, share old stories and keep up to date with each other in our busy lives.

 Thanks.

 http://www.LionsforLeon.com

 

Tim Tedesco

Union, NJ… For the second straight day, The College of New Jersey softball team swept a New Jersey Athletic Conference opponent on the diamond as the Lions this time took a pair of road games from Kean University on Monday. The Lions won the opening game, 5-2, and then completed the sweep with a 5-0 triumph in the night cap.

TCNJ has now won five straight games and improved to 16-10 on the year and 4-2 in the NJAC. The two losses put the Cougars at 16-4 and 3-3 in the conference.

Game 1: TCNJ 5, Kean 2
The Lions opened the scoring in the third inning as sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) hit her second home run in as many days putting TCNJ in front 2-0. They added another run in the inning as sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) singled to get on base and later scored on a base hit by senior Christina Lizzi (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo).

After the Cougars scored twice in the bottom of the fifth, TCNJ got those two runs back in the top of the seventh increasing the lead to 5-2. Seavers again came through with the big hit plating two runs with a single.

That was enough for sophomore pitcher Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) as she tossed a complete game for her ninth win of the season. She allowed a pair of runs on eight hits with three strikeouts.

Seavers and Greeby each finished with two hits, with Seavers driving in four of the team’s five runs.

Game 2: TCNJ 5, Kean 0
Freshman Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) had another strong outing on the mound as she went the distance pitching a two-hitter with eight strikeouts. It was her third shutout of the season and put her record at 5-2.

Sietsma also drove in the winning run in the bottom of the second inning with a single to score Lizzi.

TCNJ added two more runs in the third as Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) scored on an error and Kelly Armstrong (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) plated the second run of the inning with a single.

Seavers continued her torrid pace at the plate in the fourth with another two-run homer giving her home run in each of the last three games.

Seavers and senior Lauren Musacchia (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) each finished with two hits.

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CAMDEN (April 5, 2008) – Junior catcher Gerard Russomanno (Totowa, NJ/Passaic Valley) doubled home the tie-breaking run in the top of the 17th inning of the nightcap to lift the Rutgers-Newark baseball team to a 13-4, 8-6 sweep over Rutgers-Camden in a New Jersey Athletic Conference baseball marathon Saturday afternoon and evening at Campbell\’s Field.

The second game lasted 4:48 and the 17 innings made it the longest game in Rutgers-Camden baseball history. The previous record of 12 innings was accomplished eight times, last on April 22, 2007 when the Raptors lost a 6-5 game at The College of New Jersey.
The sweep lifts Rutgers-Newark to 11-11 overall and 4-3 in the NJAC. Rutgers-Camden falls to 7-15 and 1-5.

Game One

In the first game, the Scarlet Raiders ripped 16 hits and took advantage of eight walks and three hit batsmen to defeat the Scarlet Raptors. Newark scored four runs in the sixth inning to break open a tight 3-2 lead.

The Scarlet Raiders scored three runs in the game on bases-loaded walks and one on a hit batsman with the bases loaded. Seven of the Newark runners who scored were put aboard by either a walk or as a hit batsman.

Freshman second baseman Matt Connors (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ/Hasbrouck Heights) paced Newark, going 4-for-5 with two runs, three RBIs and a stolen base from his leadoff spot. Junior right fielder Brian Gill (Manasquan, NJ/Wall), sophomore DH Anthony Yeswita (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ/Hasbrouck Heights), senior first baseman Dan Zika (Kenilworth, NJ/David Brearley), senior left fielder Doug Ford (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) and Russomanno each added two hits.

The first five batters in the Newark lineup – Connors, Gill, Yeswita, Zika and Ford, combined to go 12-for-26 with six runs and 10 RBIs.
Sophomore Dan Nodarse (Rutherford, NJ/Rutherford) worked seven innings, allowing nine hits, four earned runs and two walks. He struck out four while evening his record at 1-1.

For the Raptors, sophomore center fielder Scott Fruits (Turnersville, NJ/Paul VI), senior shortstop Shawn Park (West Berlin, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) and sophomore catcher Paul Painter (Blackwood, NJ/Highland Regional) each had two hits. Sophomore right fielder Steve Myers (Millville, NJ/Millville) collected three RBIs.

Game Two

The second game lasted five innings longer than the previous Rutgers-Camden record for innings, as the two teams matched scoreless innings from the ninth through the 16th inning. In the top of the 17th, a two-out walk to sophomore shortstop Michael Dennis (Lakewood, NJ/Lakewood) started the Raiders\’ winning rally. Russomanno, who caught all 26 innings on the day for Newark, ripped a double to right-center field to plate Dennis, and then scored on a single up the middle by freshman center fielder Matt Citro (Bloomsbury, NJ/Phillipsburg).

Trailing by as much as 4-1 early in the game, Rutgers-Camden fought back to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth on an unearned run, setting the stage for a marathon which featured 120 at bats, 27 hits, nine walks, seven errors and six hit batsmen in a game that started at 3:13 p.m. and lasted until 8:01. Two players on each side collected eight at bats apiece, including Fruits and Myers for the Raptors, who broke the old Rutgers-Camden mark of seven at bats in a game held by five players.

Zika collected 19 putouts at first base for the Scarlet Raiders, while Rutgers-Camden sophomore third baseman Kyle Ballay (Delran, NJ/Delran) notched eight assists, two shy of the single-game program record.

Rutgers-Camden sophomore catcher Greg Hunt (Marlton, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) went 4-for-7 on the day, while sophomore left fielder Zach Colgate (Haddon Heights, NJ/Haddon Heights) added three hits.

For Newark, Russomanno paced the attack with three hits, including the game-winning double.

Junior pitcher Christian Diaz (New Milford, NJ/New Milford), the last of four Newark pitchers, picked up the win with two shutout innings. He allowed no hits and one walk. Diaz (1-1) struck out two. Perhaps the best performance on the mound was turned in by Newark junior Robert Falk (Englishtown, NJ/Manalapan), who worked six shutout innings in relief, allowing only two hits. He struck out two and didn\’t walk a batter.

Rutgers-Camden freshman Eric Bosworth (Westford, MA/Westford Academy), the last of six Raptor pitchers, took the loss, allowing two earned runs, one walk and two hits in two innings. Bosworth fell to 1-4.

Rutgers-Camden hosts Rowan University in a NJAC makeup game Monday at 3:30 p.m. That game was postponed by rain on Friday. Rutgers-Newark has a non-conference makeup game Wednesday when it travels to De Sales University for a 3:30 p.m. game.

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Monday, April 7, 2008 7:00 P.M.

313 Monmouth Street

AGENDA

1. Call to Order:  
2. Pledge of Allegiance:

3. Roll Call:

4. Sunshine Law: This meeting is being held in conformance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, otherwise known as the \”Sunshine Law\”. It has been legally noticed in accordance with the law and copies have been given to those requesting the same.

5. Public Comment Period: The Governing Body, in accordance with P.L. 2002, c. 80, have adopted the following guidelines relative to the Public Comment Period (PCP) at Caucus, Worksession, Special and Emergency Meetings of the Mayor and Common Council of Gloucester City: The PCP shall occur at the beginning of each meeting; it shall be no longer than one half-hour in length; every person wishing to speak may do so once during the period for no longer than five minutes. No changes have been made for the PCP of the regular monthly meetings.

6. Minutes of the Previous Meeting(s): February 21, 28, March 3, 20, 24, 27

7. Reports: I. Engineer\’s Report

II. Committees of Council:

1. Celebrations

b) Finance & Administration

c) Fire

1. Housing
2. Licensing
3. Police

g) Public Works

8. Licenses: None

9. Resolutions:

R104 Adopting Emergency Temporary Budget Appropriations

R105 Authorizing Execution of a Professional Services Contract with T & M Associates

R106 Opposing the Governor\’s Proposed State Budget for the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year for its Failure to Treat Property Tax Relief as a Priority

R107 Authorizing an Interlocal Services Agreement Between the County of Camden and the City of Gloucester City in Conjunction with the Governor\’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

R108 Proclaiming the City of Gloucester City and the City of Gloucester Board of Education Joint Safe Route to School Project

R109 Authorizing Change Order to the Contract Between H. Barron Works, Inc. and the City of Gloucester City for Water Treatment Plant Security Fencing Replacement

10. Ordinances:  

for second reading and public hearing to be held on April 17, 2008:

O07 Amending Chapter 87 of the Code of Gloucester City Entitled Vehicle and Traffic, Providing for New Section 87-4.1 and 87-9.1 Regarding \”All Way Stop Intersections\”

O08 Amending Fees, Professional Fees, and Escrows for the Gloucester City Combined Planning Board

for adoption at meeting of April 24, 2008

O01 Vacating a Portion of Cumberland Street, Located within the City of Gloucester City, County of Camden and State of New Jersey

11. Old Business:

a)

12. New Business:

a) Denial of Handicapped Parking: 630 & 632 Market Street

13. Communications:

a) From City of Camden Division of Planning and Zoning – Master Plan Re-Examination Report

b) From Camden County Municipal JIF – safety award of $1700 received

c) Welsbach Progress Report

14. Round Table:

15. Closed Session: Resolution #R -2008 to enter into closed session for discussion of:

16. Adjournment

April 7th …………07:39 PM

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Ewing, NJ – The Ospreys of Richard Stockton College handed the eighth ranked Lions of The College of New Jersey a 6-3 loss in NJAC baseball on Monday. RSC snapped two of the Lions\’ impressive streaks with their performance on Monday as they broke TCNJ\’s 11-game win streak and ended the squad\’s 28 inning scoreless streak as well. TCNJ drops to 19-3 on the season and 6-1 in the NJAC, while RSC is now 15-7 overall and 4-4 in the league.

RSC scored in their first at bats as junior Chris Discher (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) opened the game with a lead off single off TCNJ\’s junior Dan Ramos-Dominko (Hampton, NJ/North Hunterdon). Junior Scott Fisher (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East) added an RBI double and helped the Ospreys to a 2-0 lead after one inning.

In the third inning, senior Joe Sacerdote (Deptford, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) tacked on three runs for RSC with a three run homerun to left center, his fourth of the year.

TCNJ got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth after trailing 6-0. TCNJ\’s senior first baseman Bill Kropp (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) tripled with one out and scored on a wild pitch by RSC\’s junior Sean Donovan (Hazlet, NJ/Raritan). Sophomore DH Ryan Anzelone (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township) doubled and was driven in with two outs by senior outfielder Matt Barrett (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley), pulling the Lions within four runs, down 6-2.

TCNJ added a run in the bottom of the seventh when junior Adam Tussey (Brooklawn, NJ/Gloucester) led off with a single and advanced on a misplayed ball in the outfield. He scored on a single by Jeff Toth (Parlin, NJ/Sayreville).

TCNJ threatened several times and by game\’s end had left nine men on base and racked up 13 hits.

Ramos-Dominko worked 7.1 innings with six earned runs off 10 hits, while walking just one with six strikeouts and drops to 2-1. He got support on the mound from junior reliever Eric Gertie (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) who came in the game in the top of the eighth with one out and after a walk, fanned the next two batters he faced. Gertie would work 1.2 innings with one hit and four strikeouts.

RSC\’s Donovan worked six innings with three earned runs and 13 hits, with a wild pitch in collecting the win and is 1-1 on the year. He got some middle relief from senior Amit Shah (Maple Shade, NJ/Maple Shade) who worked an inning with no hits or runs. Right handed sophomore John O\’Hara (Clayton, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) came in the game in the bottom of the eighth and worked the ninth proceeded to hit the first two batters he faced in the top of the ninth putting two base runners on with no outs. The Ospreys turned a double play putting Barrett at third and Toth at the plate for the Lions and he grounded out to the short stop to end the game and O\’Hara picked up the save, his third of the year.

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Gartland, his brother and his father all shaved their heads shortly after the family learned around Christmas that his mother, Nancy, had been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin\’s classical lymphoma.

\”It\’s cancer of the lymph nodes,\” Gartland said after going 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs in his Gloucester Catholic High School baseball team\’s 9-4 win over Sterling Saturday. \”(They found it) just in the chest area. There were a couple of surgeries in the beginning, and she\’s got to go through (chemotherapy) for 4-6 months.

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Related The Ultimate Sacrifice By Sgt. Brandon Little, USA Special to American Forces Press Service

CAMP TAJI, Iraq, April 4, 2008 – Throughout their military careers, Army Staff Sgt. Shane Hansen and his brother, Army Sgt. 1st Class Zane Hansen, have always been on opposite sides of the world. Army Staff Sgt. Shane Hansen (left), a section sergeant in Company D, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, poses for a picture with his older brother, Army Sgt. 1st Class Zane Hansen, a platoon sergeant in Troop T, 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, at Camp Taji, Iraq. Photo by Sgt. Brandon Little, USA (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Over the years, as they got married, had children and were stationed in different places, they haven\’t had many chances to see each other. But an unexpected mission change, combined with a little good fortune, brought them together in Iraq. Shane, who is stationed in Katterbach, Germany, deployed to Logistics Support Area Anaconda in July; Zane, who is stationed in Fort Hood, Texas, learned in November his unit also would deploy to Iraq. When Task Force 12 received the mission of becoming the aviation task force for Multinational Division Baghdad, the Hansen brothers found their first opportunity to be stationed together. \”I was excited when I found out we would be here together, because the last time I saw (Zane), before this deployment, was at our parents\’ house in August of 2004,\” said Shane, a section sergeant in Company D, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment. \”We usually get to see each other about once every five years.\” Even though the brothers, natives of Wichita, Kan., live and work less than a half mile away from each other here, they still remain worlds apart. \”Right now, I\’m working night shift, and (Shane) works day shift; it seems like every time my shift changes, so does his,\” said Zane, a platoon sergeant in Troop T, 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. \”Since we\’ve been stationed here together, we\’ve only seen each other about three or four times.\” \”Our different shifts and different \’reset\’ days makes it difficult to see each other unless we really put forth an effort to going over to where the other one works,\” said Shane, who has been in the Army for 12 years. Their families have mixed feelings about the brothers being stationed together in Iraq. \”Our wives are happy that we are stationed here together, because they feel we have someone to talk to,\” said Shane, a UH-60 Black Hawk maintainer. \”Our parents don\’t like the idea of us being here together, because if something happens, it might happen to both of us; but our older sister isn\’t too worried about us being here.\” Both brothers are on their second deployment; Zane previously deployed to Bosnia and Shane to Afghanistan. Zane joined the Army a little more than a year before Shane. \”When I joined the Army in 1994, I got stationed in Korea,\” said Zane, an AH-64D Apache Longbow maintainer. \”When he joined the Army and got stationed in Hawaii, I was stationed in the states.\” Communicating with each other was difficult for the first couple of years because there was no Internet access; but now, it\’s definitely gotten a lot better, Shane said. Zane has been in aviation for his entire career, but Shane started out as a signal soldier. \”I really didn\’t like that job, and Zane would always tell me about his job and all of the cool things he did,\” said Shane. \”He wasn\’t the only reason I chose this job, but he definitely helped me make my decision.\” The brothers are living up to a long legacy of military service in their family. Their grandfathers served in the military during World War II. Their father also served in the Army; he joined shortly after the Vietnam War. Growing up, they had plenty of good times mixed with a little bit of mischief, they said. Although they try to stay professional, and call each other \”Sergeant Hansen\” when around other soldiers, childhood memories sometimes resurface. \”All of (Zane\’s) soldiers want to know about him,\” Shane said. \”Every once in a while, one of them will come up to me and ask me questions about him, and I\’ll give them a tidbit of information about some of the things he did growing up.\” Shane has been selected for promotion to sergeant first class and said he would like to be stationed back in the United States in the future. Zane said he and his wife are discussing the idea of asking to go to Europe. (Army Sgt. Brandon Little serves in the Task Force 12 Public Affairs Office in Multinational Division Baghdad.)

COOPER James T.

On April 3, 2008. Age 65. Of Brooklawn. Predeceased by his loving parents Thomas G. and Katherine Cooper (nee Polimeno). Survived by his loving and devoted cousins; Anna (James) Doherty, Anthony (Maryann) Dogostino, Jacqueline (Francis) Brown, Angelina (Francis) Collins, and Angelo (Maria) DiCicco.

James proudly served during the Vietnam War and was retired from the United States Air Force. He was a long-time member of the Brooklawn American Legion Post #72. James was a faithful and devoted parishioner of St. Maurice R.C. Church in Brooklawn.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Monday evening from 7 to 9 pm and Tuesday morning from 9 to 10 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St. (at Brown St.), Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 am at Saint Maurice R.C. Church : 401 Community Rd., Brooklawn. Interment New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.

The family requests memorial donations in James\’ memory to a charity of your choice. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of James T. Cooper. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street , Gloucester City. Phone: 856-456-1142.

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In South Jersey, Cherokee had planned to develop a mix of homes, hotels, shops and a transit stop on up to 600 acres at a former industrial site along the Delaware River in Pennsauken. The private equity firm had spent three years working on the project, which some environmentalists had opposed. They wanted the property to be used as a wildlife refuge.

The company\’s decision is a result of the sluggish housing market, which has made it difficult to obtain financing and reduced the value of undeveloped land, the News & Observer reported.

In an exchange of letters March 20, the town of Pennsauken and Cherokee agreed to let their waterfront development agreement expire at the end of that month.

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