Gloucester City High School

Alumni Assoc.

\”Annual Scholarship Social\”

 

\”ELVIS SINGS AGAIN\”

Saturday, April 19, 2008 7 p.m. \’til Midnight

Brooklawn American Legion Hall – Second & Railroad Avenues

● Hot Buffet ● Beer ● Set-Ups ● Door Prizes ● D.J. $25 Donation

Tickets can be purchased at Shapes \’N Forms, Carr\’s Hardware or RolFerry\’s

 

For more information and tickets call –

856-456-5511, 856-456-4580 or 856-627-3617

(All proceeds benefit \”Scholarship Fund\”)

By Army Sgt. Waldemar Rivera Special to American Forces Press Service CAMP TAJI, Iraq, April 16, 2008 – U.S. and Iraqi soldiers made April 13 a happy day for Iraqi children at two schools near Taji, northwest of Baghdad. Iraqi soldiers from 1st Battalion, 34th Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, hand out toys at the Asim bin Omar school in Sab Al Bour, northwest of Baghdad, April 13, 2008. During Operation Bounty Hunter Pencil, the Iraqi soldiers worked with Company A, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team \”Warrior,\” 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad, to hand out toys and school supplies to children. Photo by Army Sgt. Waldemar Rivera, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division\’s 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team \”Warrior,\” and Iraqi soldiers from the 9th Infantry Division\’s 1st Battalion, 34th Brigade, brought toys and school supplies donated by American children to the Iraqi students in a mission dubbed Operation Bounty Hunter Pencil. Army 2nd Lt. Lauren Bowen, a native of Roscoe, Ill., and a platoon leader with Company A, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, conveyed the American children\’s spirit of giving. \”These toys were sent to you children with lots of love from the American people,\” Bowen told a classroom full of children at the Asim bin Omar school in Sab Al Bour. The U.S. and Iraqi soldiers helped distribute the toys and school supplies among the rows of children in the classrooms. After the distribution of gifts was done and after a signal from the teacher, the children said, \”Thank you very much\” in English as a token of friendship. Army Sgt. 1st Class Yvonne Barnes, a Lane, S.C., native, said it was an honor to deliver toys and school supplies from American children to the Iraqi children. \”It was my first contact with Iraqi children, and I was impressed of how well the children verbalized English phrases such as, \’Thank you very much,\’\” said Barnes, the operations sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 225th Brigade Support Battalion. Next, the convoy headed toward the That Al Natakhein school, also in the town of Sab Al Bour. Toys and school supplies were distributed among the students by soldiers from both armies, once again under the supervision of school officials. The event closed with a promise from Bowen to return to both schools with more gifts from the American people. (Army Sgt. Waldemar Rivera serves in Multinational Division Baghdad with the 25th Infantry Division\’s 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office.)

Related Sites: Multinational Corps Iraq

Army Sgt. 1st Class Yvonne Barnes, a Lane, S.C., native, talks to a child April 13, 2008, at the Asim bin Omar school in Sab Al Bour, northwest of Baghdad. Barnes, along with members of her unit and soldiers from the Iraqi army, handed out school supplies and toys to children as part of Operation Bounty Hunter Pencil. Barnes serves as an operations sergeant with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team \”Warrior,\” 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad. Photo by Army Sgt. Waldemar Rivera, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad

 

Mt. Ephraim School District Press Release:

 DVD’s were collected during these past fall and winter months from the Mt. Ephraim Public Schools, various town organizations and members from the community to send to our troops overseas. In February four large boxes of DVD movies and music CD’s were received by the Strykehorse Troopers in Iraq

. These young men and women have asked that we share their letter of appreciation to all of the individuals that contributed to this cause.

 

 

Thursday, April 17, 2008

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): April 7, 2008 (pending)

7. Reports: I. Departmental Reports

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:

R113 Correcting Billing Charges on Utility Records

R114 Authorizing Senior and Veterans Deductions

R115 Making Adjustments to Tax Records

R116 Returning Overpayments on Various Tax Records

R117 Awarding a Contract to International Fireworks Manufacturing Co. for Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services

R118 Amending Resolution #085-2008 – Gloucester City Urban Enterprise Zone Project \”Business Recruitment/Retention & Shopper Awareness via Special Events – Year 2 \”

R119 Authorizing the City of Gloucester City to Enter Into an Access Agreement with Public Service Electric & Gas

R120 Authorizing a Person –to-Person and Place-to-Place Transfer of Non Sited Plenary Retail Consumption Liquor License 0414-33-030-003

R121 Authorizing Refunds on the Planning and Zoning Board Escrow Account

R122 Authorizing the Sale of City Owned Vehicles

R123 Authorizing Economic Development Loan from the City of Gloucester City Façade Improvement Loan Program to Bridges Real Estate LLC

R124 Awarding a Contract to Triad Associates for Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services

 

 

 

10. Ordinances:

TABLED until 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

For second reading and public hearing this evening:

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

11. Old Business:

a)

12. New Business:

a)

13. Communications:

a) From Highland Park Neighborhood Association – request for City to provide monthly cost of electrical service for fountains.

b) From Gloucester Catholic High School – request for use of Proprietor\’s Park on April 21^st

c) From Gloucester City Girl Scout Brownie Troop 942 – request for use of Proprietor\’s Park on June 7^th.

d) NJSLM Bulletin

e) From Patrick J. Healey – resignation from UEZ Board

e) From Rescom Environmental Corp. – Proposed Telecommunications – 912 Paul Street

f) From Key Engineers – Master Plan Re-Exam Haddon Township

g) Welsbach Progress Report

14. Round Table:

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

16. Adjournment

RIBCHINSKY Michael
On April 16, 2008. Age 45. Of National Park. Loving Husband of 21 years to Peggy Ribchinsky (nee Murphy). Loving father of Michael, Ryan, and Colin Ribchinsky. Beloved son of Rosemary Farrell and Fred (Jenny) Ribchinsky. Dear brother of Deneene (Chris) Cutuli and Joey (Sandy)Ribchinsky. Also survived by many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

Michael worked over 10 years for the Woodbury Board or Education. He loved watching his sons play in various sporting events.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Sunday evening from7 to 9 pm and again Monday morning from 8:30 to 10 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St. (at Brown St.) Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Phone: 856-456-1142. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am at St. Matthew\’s R.C. Church: 4th Street and Monument Ave., National Park, NJ. Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to the Ribchinsky Children\’sEducation Fund: c/o Margaret Ribchinsky, P.O. Box 358, Gloucester City,NJ 08030. Expressions of sympathy can be sent to the family through ourfuneral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Michael Ribchinsky.

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The 4th Annual Browning Ross Bob Kupcha 5k 1 mile walk and kids run was held in March at Haddon Lake Park, Mount Ephraim. To see the photos click here

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He explained the adjustment is necessary because some communities\’ property values have appreciated faster than others over the course of a year.

The fact that property values overall are rising in their towns didn\’t make a county tax increase any easier to bear for residents Elaine Hansell, of Pennsauken, and Gordon Thomas, of Gloucester City.

Hansell, 74, would see her county taxes increase by $58 in 2008. That\’s money she could otherwise use on her prescription medication, she said.

\”I\’m frustrated because in Gloucester City people are building new homes and I thought more homes in the city was supposed to mean lower taxes,\” Thomas said.

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Gloucester City Budget Proposed tax levy: $2,976,018 Proposed tax rate: 97 cents per $100 YES 228 No 152 Candidates (Select 1) 1-year unexpired term EDWARD HUBBS 258 James Everett 86 Kathleen McHugh, Robert Bennett Sr. and Jacqueline Borger were unopposed for three three-year terms. John Schmidt write-in-candidate, one year received 46 votes

Mount Ephraim Budget Proposed tax levy: $4,504,149 Proposed tax rate: n/a Yes 167 NO 255 Candidates (Select 3) ROCCO VESPE 259 Nicholas Salamone Jr. 212 DELORES WARD 276 JAMES PACETTI 275

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YOUNG, ALAN
Suddenly on April 14, 2008, age 37, of Sicklerville formerly of Oaklyn passed away.

Alan was a jokester and he loved surfing and snowboarding. He was a member of I.B.E.W. Local 351 in Folsom. He was a 1989 graduate of Collingswood High School. He always had a smile on his face and he was an outstanding husband, father, son and brother.

He is survived by his wife Karen Young (nee Mortimer) who grew up in Gloucester City and is the Pre-School teacher at Alice Costello School in Brooklawn. The couple just had a baby two weeks ago.

Also survived by his sons, Trevor and Jayden; his parents, Albert and Blanche; his sister, Tracy (Conrad); his grandmothers, Blanche Abrams and Gertrude Young; his mother-in-law, Blanche Mortimer; his brother-in-laws, Kevin (Mary) and Kenny (Colleen); his grandmother-in-law, Blanche Borger and numerous nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing Thursday from 7:00 -9:00 PM at the HEALEY FUNERAL HOME, 9 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights. His Funeral Mass will be held Friday morning 10:00 AM at St. Aloysius Church, 37 W. Haddon Ave., Oaklyn.

Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The Family of Alan Young c/o Healey Funeral Home, 9 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035.