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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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media release, April 6

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame collected 16 hits in an 11-2 victory over the Rutgers baseball team in the series finale Sunday afternoon at Frank Eck Stadium. The Scarlet Knights moved to 8-18 overall and 2-7 in the BIG EAST, while Notre Dame improved to 16-9-1 overall and 7-2 in the conference with a series sweep.

Notre Dame got its first run in the second when Ross Brezovsky doubled down the right field line and scored one play later on a Sean Gaston single up the middle.

David Mills reached on a fielder’s choice in the third and raced around the bases on a pair of steals before scoring on an AJ Pollock single to open the scoring on a big inning for the Irish. A hit ND batter later put runners on first and second and the Irish used consecutive singles to plate two more runs. A third-straight Irish single off the bat of Gaston was mishandled by the right fielder, which allowed two runs to score. Gaston, who advanced to third on the error, scored the Irish’s sixth run of the frame on their fifth single of the inning to give Notre Dame a 7-0 lead.

In the fourth, Pollock drew a leadoff walk and used a pair of steals to reach third, before scoring the Irish’s eighth run on a Jeremy Barnes double.

Sophomore Brett Garlick (Livingston, N.J.) hit a leadoff single for Rutgers in the sixth and came around to score the Scarlet Knights’ first run before Tom Edwards (West Caldwell, N.J.) followed an Irish infield error with an RBI groundout to score Callahan (fielder’s choice) to cut it to 8-2.

ND sandwiched a pair of doubles from Brezovsky and Pollock around a throwing errors on a steal attempt to plate two more runs against newly-inserted Jason Downey (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) in the sixth.

The Irish added a run in the seventh en route to their second-straight 11-2 victory over the Scarlet Knights. ND has taken the last nine games from RU in South Bend, dating back to 2002.

Brezovsky finished the day 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI to lead Notre Dame offensively.
Junior Ryan Beard (Point Pleasant, N.J.) (0-3) suffered the loss for RU with seven runs (six earned) on nine hits in 2.1 innings, while Eric Maust (2-1) got the win for ND with two runs (one earned) on seven hits and four strikeouts in eight innings.

Rutgers returns home before traveling to New York City to take on Columbia University on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.

By Sgt. Jasmine Chopra, USA Special to American Forces Press Service

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq, April 4, 2008 – He was a husband, father, soldier and leader, but today Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, the 3rd Infantry Division\’s 51st Medal of Honor recipient was remembered here simply as a hero. Task Force Marne soldiers who organized a remembrance ceremony for U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, April 4, 2008, stand in the courtyard where Smith gave his life in defense of others five years ago. For his selfless service, Smith was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2005. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jasmine Chopra (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. U.S troops held a remembrance ceremony the courtyard where five years ago to the day, Smith gave his life in defense of others. On April 4, 2003, Smith was setting up a short-term enemy prisoner of war holding area near the Baghdad International Airport when his unit was attacked by enemy soldiers. Outnumbered, with wounded soldiers and damaged vehicles, Smith told his men to get back, as he manned a .50-caliber machine gun from the exposed turret of an armored personnel carrier damaged by rocket-propelled grenades and mortars. He fired at the enemy and unleashed some 300 rounds allowing his other soldiers to reorganize and mount an attack. Smith and his men defeated the enemy. During the attack Smith fell mortally wounded. A disciplined, no-nonsense platoon sergeant with the division\’s Company B, 11th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Smith received the nation\’s highest award for bravery in 2005. \”He was a soldier who took care of soldiers … he lost his life doing it,\” said Brig. Gen. William Grimsley, who commanded the 1st Brigade Combat Team at the time of Smith\’s death. Now the deputy commander of the 4th Infantry Division, Grimsley recommended Smith for the Medal of Honor. He was one of several leaders who knew Smith and took time out from operations today in order to attend the ceremony. In 2003, Capt. Christopher Doerr, of the 3rd Infantry Division\’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, was a 23-year-old brand-new second lieutenant. \”I\’ll always treasure the fact I got to serve with and know Sgt. 1st Class Smith,\” Doerr said. He admired Smith\’s expertise, precision and dedication to mission accomplishment. \”He was an expert engineer, the best in the battalion,\” Doerr said. \”The way he motivated his soldiers, they didn\’t necessarily like him, he wasn\’t their friend, but he made them train to standard. \”It all makes sense now, why he pushed us, why we did the things we did. Now we are here because of that,\” Doerr said. Smith had been in combat when he was a young private first class in Desert Storm. In Kuwait, just days before invading Iraq, Doerr asked Smith to tell him what war was going to be like. \”He said, \’war is hell,\’ and he showed me that first hand,\” Doerr said. \”He laid it all on the line and that was not a fluke … he was concerned for the safety of his men and others and he put that above his own personal safety, and I think you\’ve got to say he\’s a hero for that.\” More than 200 people attended the remembrance ceremony, including Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of Multi-National Corps – Iraq, who in 2003 was the deputy commander for maneuver for the 3rd Infantry Division. Large-scale pictures showed Sgt. 1st Class Smith in desert camouflage uniform days before the battle. Diagrams, mounted on an armored personnel carrier like the one Smith used, detailed his heroic action. Visible from the courtyard was the bullet-riddled tower that the enemy had fought for but failed to seize. A bugler played Taps and, after the ceremony, soldiers walked the site and reflected on the sacrifice he had made for our country. (U.S. Army Sgt. Sgt. Jasmine Chopra is assigned to the Multinational Division – Center Public Affairs Office.)

Bills Point of View:

When I received an email from one of the readers of my blog about Gloucester High School participating in Q102 Radio promotion called Pimp Your Prom I was hesitant to post the announcement. The word \”Pimp\” I thought was offensive and I couldn\’t understand why a radio station would choose such a word for a contest. According to Roget\’ Super Thesaurus, the word means whoremonger, agent, flesh peddler, madam, hustler.

I checked the list of schools participating in the contest such as Paul XI, Cardinal Dougherty High School, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Eastern Regional, Williamstown High School, Holy Spirit High School, Glassboro High School, Gateway Regional etc. I thought it must be okay or there wouldn\’t be so many schools involved. And I noticed Williamstown High School actually held a Pep Rally on campus to further advance the school\’s ranking on the nomination list.

The radio station\’s promo for the Pimp Your Prom contest states, Sony Pictures and Q102 want to take Over Your Prom! The nominations are in! Vote for your high school now! The school we select will have Q102\’s Jessie Jordan and Rocco hosting your prom along with DJ Richie Rich. We\’ll bring tons of giveaways, concert tickets, artist meet and greets and more! And we will even get some of you live on the radio! We\’ll also hook up one person from the winning school with formal wear and limo transportation to and from the prom!

 

So against my better judgment on Friday with all good intentions I wrote a blurb about the contest and posted it on ClearysNoteBook. I was still uncomfortable with the use of the word Pimp. But maybe I was overreacting.

 

Throughout the weekend I received several comments on the post. It seems the terminology was also upsetting to others. For example: 

Michael Kazmar (GHS Class of 81) wrote, \”Wow! How things have changed at old\’ GHS. When I was there (1980-81 proms) the students on the prom committee, along with our advisers (Mr. Tomarchio, Fran Thomas, for example) took care of selecting the entertainment, the centerpieces and the venue. We then sold tickets and got our tuxedos and gowns with saved-up earnings from our part-time jobs. We decorated the room and then got in our own cars or those borrowed from our parents (a limousine, are you kidding?) Our own hard work and passion for a good time for all was the result! We didn\’t need a radio station to \”pimp\” our prom.
It is really, really sad that the word \”pimp\” or \”pimping\” is glorified and used so loosely and associated with a student activity at my old school. \”

 

Another remark received on the topic was from Scott MacAdams.

\”I have to agree with Mr. Kazmar. My first response was disgust and I must admit I hesitated to respond because I thought it may not be the politically correct thing to do. I, too, went to public school but I am sure not proud to be associated with that crap. Yeah, it\’s the society we live in but I don\’t have to like it. No wonder the American graduation rate is horrible. There are some wonderful people I know as teachers, but for the most part the system has failed. America took the Word of God out of the public schools in 1963. Think there is any correlation to the decay in society. I am proud of Mr. Kazmar and his response, I\’m just not happy with myself on this one having had a second of hesitation in saying what I truly believe.\”

And then Sunday evening this comment without a name,

\”Does anyone recall that just a few years ago the Q-102 DJs came through Gloucester City making fun of us? I will not forget and that is why I think this is a shame. I also have to agree with this \”pimping\” word becoming fashionable. It is leading to many negative behaviors. Please reconsider this.\”

 

I had forgotten about the incident involving Q-102 DJ\’s who said, and I am paraphrasing, \”all Gloucester girls are toothless, fat and ugly\”. Or words to that effect.That was the last straw, so to speak. I had forgotten about that episode.

I have decide not to give the contest anymore publicity on ClearysNoteBook and I have removed the announcement from the site.

I haven\’t spoken with the school administration so I don\’t know if they approved the contest or not. Although one would presumed they did since the administration would have to allow the radio station access to school property.

 

Unpopular as it may be among students to withdraw the school from the contest, I believe it would behoove our school board and administrators to reexamine the school\’s participation in the \”Pimp Your Prom\” contest.

 

If for no other reason the word \”Pimp\” is demeaning to all women. A word that should not be associated with Gloucester City High School or the community of Gloucester City.

Media release, April 6, 2008

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey softball team picked up a pair of New Jersey Athletic Conference wins on Sunday sweeping a doubleheader from visiting Richard Stockton College. The Lions edged the Ospreys 2-1 in the opening game and won the second, 7-0.

TCNJ is now 14-10 on the season and squared its NJAC record at 2-2. Richard Stockton saw its modest four-game winning streak come to an end falling to 17-5 overall and 2-4 in the conference.

Game 1: TCNJ 2, Richard Stockton 1
The first game started as a pitcher’s dual as Richard Stockton’s Kaitlyn Corica (Iselin, NJ/JFK) and TCNJ’s Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) each kept the opposition’s bats quiet in the first two innings.

The Ospreys opened the scoring in the top of the third as junior Jamie Heller (Fair Lawn, NJ/Fair Lawn) singled and later scored on a passed ball.

That lead was short lived as sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) drilled a two-run homer run to left center scoring freshman Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross). Those runs put TCNJ in front, 2-1.

Minervini tossed a complete game for the Lions to earn the win as she gave up one run on six hits with nine strikeouts.

Corica suffered the loss for the Ospreys despite giving up only two runs on a pair of hits.

At the plate for the Ospreys, Danielle Accardi (East Brunswick, NJ/Mount St. Mary) and Natalie Berrios (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) each finished with two hits.

Game 2: TCNJ 7, Richard Stockton 0
TCNJ jumped out to an early lead in the second game as sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) drove in run in the first with a single.

The Lions added two more runs in the second as junior Kelly Armstrong (Jackson, NJ/Memorial) raced home on a throwing error and Steph Cintron (Northvale, NJ/Old Tappan) scored on a ground out by Cawley.

TCNJ made it a 4-0 game in the fourth as Camille Heller (Maple Shade, NJ/Maple Shade) doubled, was pinch ran for by Cintron, who eventually scored on a sacrifice fly to right by Kathy Sikora (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee).

Cawley added another run for TCNJ in the sixth as she singled in a run with a base hit to left field.

In the seventh, freshman Amy Ullrich (Colonia, NJ/Colonia) hit her first collegiate home run with a two-run shot to left field.

Freshman Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) started for the Lions and pitched 3.1 scoreless innings before leaving the game after being hit by a line drive. Minervini closed out the game picking up her second win of the afternoon.

Accardi took the loss for Richard Stockton dropping her record to 7-2.

Greeby had a bid game at the plate for the Lions with four hits, while Cawley had three.

Berrios and Barb Kutch (Mt. Holly, NJ/Rancocas Valley) each had two hits for the Ospreys.

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TRAENKNER Wayne A., Jr.

On April 4, 2008. Age 24. Of Paulsboro. Loved, surrounded and cared for by his parents; Wayne A. Traenkner, Sr. and Rosanna Huber. Proud father who loved his son; Trenton W. Vansant. Beloved brother of Amie CaHill, Nicholas Ellis, Melissa Ellis, Jamie Huber, Brandon Traenkner, Christopher Newman, Jeffrey Busan, John Palmer and Sarah Traenkner. Survived by many devoted family members who loved him dearly.

Wayne was a 2001 graduate of Gloucester City High School.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 pm at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (At Brown Street) Gloucester City. Methodist Service 8 pm in the funeral home officiated by Pastor Gary Brennan of Westville United Methodist Church. Cremation will be private at the request of the family. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Wayne\’s memory to his father, Wayne Traenkner, Sr. c/o: P.O. Box 358, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Wayne A. Traenkner, Jr.