Note: Susan Kehoe, was one of five animal rights members, who harass Bill Devine, (a former resident of Gloucester City NJ)c and son- in- law, Jon White back in December 2005. She was never charged because she ran away when law enforcement, came into the woods. Bill and Jon were bear and deer hunting at the time.

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A former member of Bear Education and Resource, an anti-hunting organization that blames people and their unsecured garbage for New Jersey\’s bruin troubles, was charged yesterday with deliberately feeding the animals.

Susan Kehoe, 57, was videotaped providing bags of sunflower seeds to bears in the backyard of her Vernon Township home, the state Department of Environmental Protection said. Charging her with creating a public nuisance, a disorderly persons offense, the DEP contends conservation officers watched her repeatedly feed bears since March 28 in the Lake Wanda area.

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The 1976 Gloucester Catholic cross country team did not have had state of the art training facilities. They didn\’t have a school bus– the 9 team members traveled to meets in their coaches volkswagen van. They didn\’t even have a conference to call their own, but that freed the team up to travel throughout south jersey running against the best teams in the southern half of the state as they won 19 meets becoming the most successful boys cross country team in the schools history (See 1976 Cross Country Team Part 1 post). One thing the team surely had was a world class coach in Browning Ross and a strong desire to have fun and to achieve despite the obstacles. The team and the coach were a perfect fit. The desire to succeed and overcome obstacles is still evident in the lives of the team members today. The members of the \”Bicentenial\” \’GCHS \’76 team have gone on to success in their personal and family lives and are scattered far and wide. Here is a look at what the team members are doing today:
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4/19/2008 7:43:27 PM

Bill Kropp had a banner day at the plate in the Lions\’ sweep.

Game # 1 Box Score

Game # 2 Box Score
WAYNE, N.J. – Down to its last strike and trailing by one, No. 7 The College of New Jersey (25-6, 11-4 NJAC) was able to score two runs during the ninth inning of the doubleheader night cap, securing a twin bill sweep with a 6-4 victory at William Paterson (21-13, 9-6 NJAC) April 19. The Lions won the opener at Pioneer Baseball Field, 14-4.

Trailing by a single score with base runners at first and second and two outs, Adam Tussey (Brooklawn, N.J./Gloucester High School) had a 0-2 count at the plate when Pioneer reliever Steve Schlitzer (West New York, N.J./Memorial) threw what appeared to be strike three. The home plate umpire did not see it that way, and two pitches later, Tussey laced a single up the middle to tie the score at 4-4. Jeff Toth (Parlin, N.J./Sayreville) later hit a two-run double to center field, giving TCNJ the 6-4 lead.

William Paterson put its first two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth after Vin Ganz (Waterbury, Conn./Holy Cross) singled and Dan Limone (Teaneck, N.J./Teaneck) walked. Ganz was lifted for pinch runner Derek Koppinger (Columbia, N.J./North Warren Regional), but TCNJ reliever Eric Gertie (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) entered the game and promptly picked Koppinger off second, giving WP one out with a runner on first. Andrue Laguerre’s (Jersey City, N.J./St. Benedict’s Prep) fielder’s choice resulted in an out at second, and Mike Guadango\’s (Upper Saddle River, N.J./Northern Highlands) bouncer to shortstop ended the Pioneers’ comeback hopes.

The Pioneers crossed the plate three times during the bottom of the first inning of Game Two, a rally started by a Limone lead-off walk and Laguerre single. After Limone stole third and Laguerre moved up to second after a ground out, senior Anthony Perrone (Midland Park, N.J./Bergen Catholic) hit a sacrifice fly to left field, plating Limone for a 1-0 edge. Three consecutive singles by Vince Joyce (Franklin, N.J./Wallkill Valley), John Elia (Emerson, N.J./Pascack Valley) and James Gregory (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey) pushed two more runners across, giving WP the early 3-0 advantage.

With runners on second and third with zero outs in the top of the fourth, Vince Mazzaccaro (Gloucester, N.J./Gloucester Catholic) grounded into the unusual 5-3-5 double play, but Tussey was able to score from third to cut the lead to 3-1. William Paterson had a chance to extend the lead in the fifth when Perrone attempted to score from third after a groundout to the pitcher was thrown to first, but the home plate umpire ruled that both Perrone missed the plate on his slide and Lion catcher Bill Kropp (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) missed the tag, but Kropp was able to touch-out Perrone after WP’s third baseman attempted to go back and safely step on home.

A Dave Mebs (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) double and Tussey RBI-single helped pull the Lions within a run at 3-2 in the sixth, and Kropp blasted his first home run of the year, a solo shot over the left-field fence during the seventh inning, to deadlock the score at 3-3.

William Paterson manufactured a run in the bottom of the seventh to regain the lead, as Limone roped a single to right-center to lead off, was sacrificed to second by Laguerre, and Guadango hit a hard shot up the middle, making it a 4-3 game.

Tussey was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs, while Toth was 2-for-5 with a two-run double to lead TCNJ. Laguerre, Joyce and Gregory each had two hits for William Paterson.

Senior Bob Buskett (Trenton, N.J./Notre Dame) took the win (5-1), allowing 10 hits and four earned runs in 8.0 innings. Gertie picked up his sixth save of the year with 1.0 inning of scoreless relief. Sophomore Scott Zirul (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove) started for the Pioneers and gave up five hits and three runs (two earned) in 6.1 innings, while Schlitzer took the hard-luck loss (3-3) in 2.2 innings of relief.

During the opener, the Lions pushed four runs across during their first at-bat and never looked back, taking advantage of three first-inning hits and two Pioneer errors. Kropp’s sacrifice fly nudged TCNJ ahead 5-0 in the third, and the Lions broke the game wide open with five scores in the fourth, as Matt Barrett’s (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley) two-run single helped make it a 10-0 game.

TCNJ extended its lead to 12-0 with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth before the Pioneers were able to break through and post two scores during the home-half of the inning after Perrone knocked in Ganz and Scott Fischer (Woodcliff Lake, N.J./Pascack Hills) with a base hit up the middle. WP plated two more runners after a throwing error in the sixth, and TCNJ finished the first game’s scoring with a Kropp RBI-triple and a Tyler Hall (Stockton, N.J./Immaculata) run-scoring single.

Tussey was 3-for-6 and scored two runs, Mazzaccaro was 2-for-3 with three runs and two RBI, and Kropp was 2-for-4 with four RBI, a triple and two runs.

Junior Will Courter (Roseland, N.J./West Essex) was 2-for-3 at the plate to pace the Pioneers. Laguerre added a 2-for-4 effort with a double.

Senior Mike Oliver (Crosswicks, N.J./Hamilton West) improved to 5-0 with 8.0 innings of seven-hit ball, allowing four runs (three earned) with seven strikeouts and six walks. Freshman Chris Mongelli (Riverdale, N.J./Pompton Lakes) fell to 2-3 after allowing 10 runs (five earned) over 3.1 innings.

Prior to the doubleheader, William Paterson honored former head coach Jeff Albies, who retired last summer after winning 862 games during his 33 seasons, including 11 NJAC titles, seven regional crowns and the 1992 and 1996 NCAA Division III national championships.

William Paterson will return to action Tuesday, April 22, at RPI at 4:00 p.m. TCNJ will play at Johns Hopkins April 21 at 3:30 p.m.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers baseball team mounted a two-out rally for the second-straight day but fell just short as USF escaped with a series-clinching, 6-4, victory Saturday afternoon in front of a season-high 673 fans at Bainton Field.

Rutgers cut USF\’s lead to a pair of runs and loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth, but could not produce another score as the Bulls (20-18, 8-9 BIG EAST) won their second-straight, tight game to take the series from the Scarlet Knights (13-21-1, 5-9 BIG EAST).

USF\’s Trey Manz led off the third with a ground-rule double and came around to score the Bulls\’ first run later in the inning.

A one-out single back up the middle from Bulls\’ DH Stephen Hunt brought in two runs in the fourth to give USF a 3-0 lead.

Back-to-back doubles to the gap in left center field from Jarred Jimenez (Monroe, N.J.) and Pat Biserta (Point Pleasant, N.J.) gave the Scarlet Knights\’ their first run of the game, trimming USF\’s lead to 3-1.

However, the Bulls used five hits in the fifth inning, including a pair of run-scoring doubles from Addison Maruszak and Joey Angelberger, to score three runs in the frame and build a 6-1 lead.

Rutgers capitalized on a USF error in the sixth to bring home two runs and make it 6-3. Freshman Jaren Matthews (Teaneck, N.J.) stepped to the plate with one out and Jimenez (single) on second, and Tom Edwards (West Caldwell, N.J.) (walk) on third, and hit a ground ball to the shortstop. Matthews, who had beaten the throw to first as Edwards crossed home plate, raced to second when the throw bounced in front of the first baseman and came to a rest in foul territory, allowing Jimenez to come around and score on the play.

With the three-run lead, USF went to its closer, Shawn Sanford for the second-straight day and Rutgers mounted a comeback against the Bulls\’ hurler for the second-straight day. Sophomore Jayson Hernandez (Belmar, N.J.) began the two-out rally with a single to center field and Vic Cegles (Phoenix, Ariz.) followed with a double to the gap in right-center field. Senior Donny Callahan (Sparta, N.J.) then hit a grounder up the middle and beat the throw to first for an infield single as Hernandez crossed home. Sanford then walked Betteridge on four pitches to load the bases for Edwards. The Bulls yanked Sanford in favor of lefty David Torcise against the lefty Edwards. Edwards worked the count to 3-1 before popping up to the shortstop, allowing the Bulls to escape with the victory.

USF\’s Randy Fontanez (3-3) got the win with four strikeouts and three runs (two earned) on six hits seven innings of work, while Rutgers\’ Kyle Bradley (Howell, N.J.) (0-2) took the loss with six runs on 10 hits in 4.1 innings. Senior Matt Patterson (Passaic, N.J.) worked four scoreless innings of relief for RU.

Cegles\’ double extended his hitting streak to 10 games, while Biserta posted his third, three-hit game in the last five contests.

The Scarlet Knights and Bulls will conclude their series with Sunday\’s series finale. First pitch has been changed to 11:00 a.m. where Rutgers righty Jason Downey (Ballston Lake. N.Y.) will get the ball against USF righty Derrick Stultz.

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey softball team strengthened its post-season hopes with a doubleheader sweep of visiting New Jersey City University on Saturday and in the process gave head coach Sally Miller her 350th career victory.

The Lions plated the only run in a 1-0 in the bottom of the seventh to win the opening game, and completed the sweep in dramatic fashion, winning 7-3 on a grand slam in their final at bat.

TCNJ improved to 20-14 on the season and 8-6 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, while the Gothic Knights slipped to 14-18 overall and 4-10 in conference play.

The two wins put Miller’s career mark at the head of TCNJ’s program at 350-157-2 and she is in her 13th season.

Game 1: TCNJ 1, NJCU 0
TCNJ’s Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) and NJCU’s duo of Andrea Delucrezia (Belleville, NJ/St. Mary’s-Rutherford) and Lacey Skowronski (Bayonne, NJ/Holy Family Academy) locked up in a pitcher’s dual in the opening game with the Lions plating the only run in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Junior Camille Heller (Maple Shade, NJ/Maple Shade) led off that inning with a double and freshman Kathy Sikora (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) came in to run for Heller and scored two batters later when Minervini singled through the left side for the 1-0 victory.

Minervini fired a one-hitter for her 10th victory of the season and she finished with four strikeouts.

Minervini received a solid defensive play from shortstop Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) in the sixth inning as the Gothic Knights had runners on the corners and nobody out. Seavers made a diving catch on a line drive by pinch-hitter Krystina Kingston (Mountainside, NJ/Governor Livingston) and then doubled a runner off from third quickly ending the threat.

Delucrezia pitched five scoreless inning allowing just four hits, while Skowronski suffered the loss in relief.

Sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) and Minervini paced the Lions at the plate as each player picked up a pair of hits.

Sophomore Tara Pellucci (Wallington, NJ/Wallington) singled in the second inning for NJCU’s lone hit.

Game 2: TCNJ 7, NJCU 3
TCNJ’s offense picked things up in the second game as Greeby started the scoring in the top of the first with double into the corner in right field driving in a pair of runs and sophomore Danielle Hagel (Egg Harbor, NJ/Oakcrest) followed with a ground out that increased the advantage to 3-0.

That score stood until the bottom of sixth when the Gothic Knights pushed three runs across. Stephanie Gomez (Belleville, NJ/Belleville) brought in the first of those runs getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, before Danielle Delfino (Jersey City, NJ/County Prep) tied the game with a two-run single to center field.

TCNJ’s first baseman Christina Lizzi (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) prevented NJCU from taking the lead making a diving stop on a line drive that was headed into right field to end the inning.

That defensive play proved pivotal as Hagel blasted a two-out grand slam to center field for a commanding 7-3 lead in the top of the seventh. The home run was her third of the season.

Minervini pitched the final 1.1 innings to earn her second win of the day after starter freshman Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) went into the sixth inning.

Sophomore Christen Hall (East Rutherford, NJ/Becton Regional) had a good game at the plate for the Gothic Knights going 2-for-3 with a run scored.

TCNJ will back on the field on Tuesday, April 22 with a doubleheader at Rutgers-Newark, while the
Gothic Knights return home on that same day to face Ramapo College.

JOSEPH FRANCO

 Funeral Services were held for Joseph Franco, 44, of Gloucester City, who died April 5, 2008.

 Joe loved spending time with his family and also enjoyed many outdoor activities.

 He was the dear father of Joseph Franco, Jr., grandfather of Arianna Franco and beloved son of the late Alfonso and Charlotte Franco. He was also survived by his loving brothers and sisters: Janet Robertshaw (Earl) of Westville, Pat Franco (Rosemary) of Westville, Mike Franco (Joanne) of Franklinville, Kim Esposito (Steven) of Mount Royal, Debbie VanLienden (Gerald) of W. Deptford, Alfonso Franco, Jr. (Cheryl) of Gloucester and Charlotte Matera (Mike) of Mickleton, and dear nieces and nephews Chrissie, Michael, Jessica, Rashelle, Eric, Kelley and Brittney.

 Friends met at the Etherington-Creran Funeral Home, 700 Powell Street, Gloucester City. Interment was held at the convenience of the family.

 

Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.

While watching the CNN Cafferty File broadcasts last Wednesday some comments were made by commentator Jack Cafferty.

Jack Cafferty was referring to China\’s leaders when he described them as a \”bunch of goons and thugs,\”

\”We continue to import their junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food and export, you know, jobs to places where you can pay the workers a dollar a month to turn out stuff that we\’re buying form Wal-Mart, Cafferty said, according to the Broadcasts transcript.

He later apologized to everyone who thought otherwise.\”He said that he was referring to China\’s leaders in government, and not to the people of China or to Chinese Americans, \”He said of his \”goons and thugs\” comment.\”I was quite surprised and shocked I almost fell off my chair.\”When I heard his comment on the air, did he think that he could get away with such a comment on the air? On Tuesday, China demanded an apology for Jack Cafferty\’s remarks broadcast on CNN, in which he also described Chinese products as \”junk.\”

Beijing had already singled out U.S. based CNN as among Western news outlets that produced allegedly biased coverage of violent antigovernment protest in Tibet and across Western China last month.

I heard on different TV news broadcasts and I read also in the newspaper here in Japan that \”CNN would like to clarify that it was not Mr. Cafferty nor CNN\’s, intent to cause offense to the Chinese people, and would apologize to anyone who in this way, CNN went on to say that an e-mail was sent to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

\”The e-mail read that Cafferty comments reflected his ignorance and hostility \”toward China.

\”We are shocked and strongly condemn the vicious remarks made by Jack Cafferty.\”

\”I think the relationship with China and the United States as well as many other countries has certainly changed,\” After the many comments that I have heard through the various newspapers and broadcasts about the unrest in Tibet and China\’s handling of the situation, \”Not to mention the friction with spoiled and tainted foods, children’s toy many problems seem to continue and a multitude of other problems causing friction which has risen lately.

Warm Regards from Kitakyushu City, Japan

Hank F. Miller Jr.

Related: When East Meets West

 

Baseball 2008

CAMDEN (April 18, 2008) – Ramapo College senior right fielder Jairo Jimenez (Bronx, NY/Dewitt Clinton) ripped a solo home run to left field leading off the ninth inning, breaking a 4-4 tie and sparking the Roadrunners over Rutgers University-Camden, 6-4, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference baseball game here Friday afternoon.

The shot by Jimenez lifted the Roadrunners to 14-16 overall and 3-9 in the NJAC. It also sent the Scarlet Raptors to their ninth straight loss. Rutgers-Camden fell to 7-22 overall and 1-11 in the conference.

The home run was the first run allowed by Raptors sophomore Michael Kondrath (Medford Lakes, NJ/Holy Cross) during his long relief stint. Ramapo added an insurance run in the ninth after junior third baseman Gino Gallagher (Cedar Grove, NJ/Cedar) collected a two-out infield single and stole second. He scored on a single up the middle by freshman shortstop Rob Dimperio (Jackson, NJ/Jackson).

The two teams traded leads all day, with Rutgers-Camden holding edges of 1-0 and 2-1 before Ramapo scored three runs in the fifth inning. That frame was sparked by RBI singles from junior left fielder Mike Manges (Glen Rock, NJ/Paramus Catholic) and sophomore first baseman Peter Sita (Bayonne, NJ/Hudson Catholic). Sophomore second baseman Mark Ruggiero (Fairfield, NJ/West Essex Regional) capped the rally with a sacrifice fly.

Rutgers-Camden bounced back to tie the game with a two-run sixth inning, started by a double from sophomore left fielder Zach Colgate (Haddon Heights, NJ/Haddon Heights). An infield error scored Colgate and a pair of singles by senior shortstop Shawn Park (West Berlin, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) and sophomore third baseman Kyle Ballay (Delran, NJ/Delran) produced the tying run.

Dimperio had three hits for the Roadrunners. Colgate went 2-for-4 with one run and two RBIs for the Raptors, who collected five hits in the game. Colgate had a double and a triple for his two hits.

Raptor sophomore catcher Greg Hunt (Marlton, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) went 0-for-4 to snap his 11-game hitting streak, the longest on the team this season.

Kondrath (0-2) took the loss, working four innings and allowing four hits, the two ninth-inning runs and one walk. He struck out one.

Ramapo junior starter Dan Mulligan (Wilmington, DE/Concord) was the winning pitcher, working eight innings of five-hit ball. He allowed four runs (two earned) and four walks, while striking out three.

Rutgers-Camden returns to action Saturday with a 4 p.m. NJAC doubleheader as it hosts Kean University, the defending NCAA Division III national champions.

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Jackie Sasko led the Profs to their 23rd win of the season. She pitched her second complete game victory in two weeks and struck out eight Ospreys in the process. \”Jackie is just a quality pitcher,\” said coach Kim Wilson. \”She knows what she\’s doing out there and I think the whole team is confident when she takes the mound. Full Story

Barbara graduated from Gloucester High School in 1976 where she was involved in many school activities i.e. cheerleading, lead in the school plays etc.

Barbara is now fighting for her life and has been giving it her best. I recently visited her and found that she is fighting something she cannot beat.

Her husband told me that she really lights up when she receives a get well card.

Anyone wishing to send a card can send it to:

Barbara Lauria
7 Parkview Drive
Fayetteville, TN 37334
Barbara will be happy to hear from you

Thanking you in advance,
Soles