OUR GREAT FLAG – Members of the Mount Ephraim American Legion and VFW start off the July 4th Parade by proudly displaying the great flag of the United States of America.

PARADE GRAND MARSHALL\’S – The seven brave men and women who returned home safely from over seas leading the parade in Mount Ephraim. A Special Thank You goes out to these troops and a warm Welcome Home!

BABY PARADE WINNER – One of the Baby Parade Winners proudly shows off their patriotic float.

BROOMALL STRING BAND – Members of the Broomall String Band play a patriotic tune as they march down Kings Highway in Mount Ephraim.

Bill Bates

Mount Ephraim News Correspondent

The July meeting of the Mount Ephraim Board of Commissioners (BOC) started off with recognizing the men and women from the borough who recently returned home from over seas by presenting them with proclamations on behalf of the towns people.

These brave young men and women are SPC Nick Rabeau, PFC Marcus Wild, SPC Martin Coogan, SSG John Blagojevich and his wife SFC Pricilla Blagojevich all from the Army National Guard, SSGT Jeff Calhoun from the US Air Force and LTC Peter Garcia from the Army Special Operations. All seven of these courageous individuals were warmly welcomed home and invited to be the Grand Marshall\’s for the July 4th Parade.

BELLMAWR, NJ—July 21, 2009—Evergreen Printing is doing what many printers aren\’t: aiming to increase sales this year by 15%, in their case, planning to reach $26 million. It\’s headed in the right direction. This heatset and cold web printer of monthly business publications recently won two big newspaper deals.

Evergreen Printing came under new leadership last September when it was purchased by Carmen Pinto. Soon after taking charge of the 95,000-sq.ft. operation, Pinto established a \”sales-first\” culture.

In February, Evergreen began printing the North American edition of London\’s The Guardian Weekly. The U.K.-based newspaper, ranging in size from 48- to 64-pages, is printed on 22-lb. newsprint on one of Evergreen\’s Manugraph DGM 440 coldset presses. Expanded color capabilities offered by the press were key to the deal, and the newspaper now features every page in four-color. 

Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.

However, astronomers who were on Iwojima, and also here on Kyushu Island, about 1,350 Km south of Tokyo, and adjacent areas in the Pacific were treated to the spectacular astronomical event as they observed the first total eclipse visible on Japanese soil in 46 years. I watched the whole event here in my garden in Kitakyushu,City,with my wife Keiko and daughter Rachel who is home for her summer vacation from Portland State University located in Portland ,Oregon.

A listing of the teams that have advanced to one of the eight World Series Tournaments of Little League Baseball and Softball

By Communications Division
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.
July 20, 2009

Little League Softball World Series at Portland, Oregon on August 13 thru 19
Asia-Pacific: Guam Little League of Guam
Canada
EMEA: Lombardia Little League of Milano, Italy
Host
Latin America: Soraida Juliana Little League of Willemstad, Curacao, NA
Puerto Rico
U.S. Central
U.S. East
U.S. Southeast
U.S. Southwest
U.S. West

By Tim Hipps
Special to American Forces Press Service

CHULA VISTA, Calif., July 22, 2009 – Army Sgt. Jerrod Fields hasn\’t just learned to adapt as an amputee since hitting a roadside bomb in Iraq. He is on his way to becoming a record-holding sprinter.

Fields capped his track and field season by winning a gold medal at the 2009 Endeavor Games and setting his sights on the 2012 Paralympics.
A below-the-knee amputee sprinter in the Army World Class Athlete Program, Fields won the 100 meters with a time of 12.15 seconds June 13 in Edmond, Okla., site of the Endeavor Games for athletes with physical disabilities.
This spring, he finished second against an able-bodied field of collegiate sprinters with a 12.0 clocking in the 100 meters at the Occidental Invitational in Los Angeles.
Fields\’ coach, Al Joyner, said he believes his sprinter will flirt with world records on the road to London for the 2012 Paralympics.
\”I think he\’s a potential world record-holder,\” Joyner said in early February. \”I would put my money on him in both the 100 and 200.\” 

There\’s little reason to doubt Joyner, an Olympic gold medalist and Jim Thorpe Award winner who helped his late wife, Florence Griffith-Joyner, and sister, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, sprint and jump for Olympic gold during their illustrious careers.
Joyner, Team USA\’s sprint and high jump performance coach, began working with Fields in November at the U.S. Olympic Training Center here. 

Bridgeport took the first game thanks to a complete (7-inning) game from Esteban Yan, who struggled a bit with control, but gave up just two runs in seven strong. The win improved his record to 8-3 on the year. Josh Newman (1-3) threw four innings in his second start of the season for the \’sharks, and was saddled with the loss.

Collecting RBI in the first game for Camden were Vito Chiaravalloti, who drove home Brett Bonvechio in the second inning, and Bryant Nelson, who blasted a solo home run to right centerfield in the third. 

The U.S. Senate is now considering the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1390). As a part of the consideration of that legislation, Senators John Thune (R-SD) and David Vitter (R-LA) will offer an amendment this week to provide for interstate recognition of Right-to-Carry permits. There is a very high likelihood of a Senate floor vote on this important and timely pro-gun reform today Wednesday.

It\’s hard to believe that we are at the mid-point of the \”unofficial\” summer months of June, July & August. I hope each of you is enjoying the outdoors and taking advantage of the agreeable weather.

Have you the chance to reel in a striper this year? Have you stood knee-deep in a gurgling stream while pulling in summer trout? Is the thought of a fall hunt beginning to creep into mind as you motor past the woods that hold your \”lucky spot\” or the fields where \”man\’s best friend\” last pointed for pheasant?

I certainly hope so. These are the simple treasures of life and are meant to be savored.