The team, led by co-captains James Burkhardt and Phil Dickinson, finished the season with an impressive 18 – 4 record. These young men represented St. Mary School and Gloucester City with the utmost pride, determination and sportsmanship all season. Congratulations to the outstanding coaching staff and all the players on a great season.\”

Grade 8 – James Burkhardt, Phil Dickinson, Chin Akwarandu, Nathan Theckston, Colin Ward, Patrick Rafferty, Steve Masino, Luke Driscoll, Billy Simila

By Bill Cleary

Although the state of New Jersey submitted an application it was not chosen. The reason, according to NJ Commissioner of Education Bret Schundler, is because the teachers unions did not back the federal program.

Schundler states, \”President Obama’s education initiative, Race To The Top, embodies many ideas that Governor Christie and I agree with and will advocate for in the next four years. While we are extremely disappointed that New Jersey was not included as a finalist in this first round of funding, we are not surprised.

\”From the start of this process it has been clear that while the Corzine administration submitted a good application, a major deficiency in New Jersey’s submission was the lack of support from local union leadership. With union leaders in more than 350 participating districts refusing to sign on, it would have been very difficult to convince the U.S. Department of Education that New Jersey was united behind this effort.

\”In these extremely difficult fiscal times, the entire education community in our state must come together to fight for New Jersey and put the best interest of our children first. As we begin to work on the second round due in June, I am encouraged that the NJEA leadership has agreed to work on this with us. With their support of what the President is seeking from New Jersey, I’m convinced we will be able to put forward a winning application.\”

ONLY IN GLOUCESTER CITY-Jim Bowie Johnson, who retired from his job as

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SHOTGUN – This course is required before purchasing your first firearm hunting license. You must be at least 10 years of age.

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RIFLE/MUZZLELOADER – You must first pass the shotgun course or have a firearm hunting license before you can take this course. You must be at least 10 years of age.

On January 22, 2010. Age 83. (nee Holubowicz). Of Gloucester City. Loving and devoted wife of 53 years to the late Peter J. Juck. Loving mother of Marilyn A. Sheehan. Loving grandmother of Jennifer and Christopher Juergens. Dear sister of Josephine Borger.

Sophia graduated from Mt. Carmel Catholic High School class of 1944. She was a lifelong devoted parishioner of St. Mary’s R.C. Church in Gloucester City. Sophia was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Giese #439. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her visitation on Friday, March 12 from 10 to 11 am at St. Mary’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth St., Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am in the church. Inurnment with her late husband, New St. Mary’s Mausoleum, Bellmawr.

As the population ages and dementia becomes a more frequent diagnosis, there\’s increasing impetus to determine the causes of the disease, associated risk factors and how to prevent it, explained study co-author Dr. Aron S. Buchman, an associate professor in the department of neurological sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

\”There has been a lot of interest in psychosocial factors and their association with cognitive decline and dementia in later life,\” he said.

The study looked at the positive aspects of life and their possible effect on keeping dementia at bay, \”looking at happiness, purposefulness in life, well-being and whether those kind of concepts are associated with a decreased risk of dementia,\” Buchman explained.

For the study, published in the March issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, Buchman and his colleagues collected data on 951 older people without dementia who participated in the Rush Memory and Aging Project. The participants were asked to respond to statements such as: \”I feel good when I think of what I have done in the past and what I hope to do in the future,\” and \”I have a sense of direction and purpose in life.\”

After an average four years of follow-up, 16.3 percent of the people in the study developed Alzheimer\’s disease. Taking into account other factors that could account for Alzheimer\’s, the researchers found that people who responded most positively to statements about their lives were the least likely to develop the condition. Also, people who said they had more purposeful lives were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment and had a slower rate of cognitive decline.