Month: January 2013

Sportsmen\’s Activities Prove to be a Powerful Economic Force

 

Sportsmen\’s Economic Impact Report Shows Hunting and Fishing Expenditures Are on the Rise

 

 

 

(Las Vegas, NV) January 17, 2013 – The Congressional Sportsmen\’s Foundation (CSF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) released two new reports today documenting the importance of sportsmen\’s activities in America. NSSF\’s \”Hunting in America: An Economic Force forConservation\”and CSF\’s \”America\’s Sporting Heritage, Fueling the American Economy\” reports provide detailed information about participation and expenditures by American sportsmen and women. The reports were released to the country\’s top outdoor writers and industry professionals during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show) in Las Vegas.

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Four Gloucester Catholic Seniors Nominated to U.S. Military Academies

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CONGRATULATIONS: (Left to Right) Rory McPeak, Devin McCall, Nicholas Marks, and Brandon Wethman are congratulated by Principal John Colman on their nominations to military academies by local Congresssional representatives. (photo provided)

 

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ-Four of Gloucester Catholic\’s finest seniors were each nominated by local Congressmen to various United States military academies. 

Nominated from New Jersey\’s 1st Congressional District by Rep. Rob Andrews were: Devin McCall, nominated to the United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Merchant Marine Academy; Rory McPeak, who was nominated to the United States Naval Academy; and Nicholas Marks who was nominated for United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Air Force Academy.

Nominated from New Jersey\’s 2nd Congressional District by Rep. Frank Lobiondo was Brandon Wethman, who was nominated to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

According to the 1st Congressional District site, applicants will be judged on character, scholarship, leadership, physical aptitude, medical fitness, goals, and motivation in determining each nominee’s \”whole person\” evaluation.

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Help The Seeing Eye… and your 2012 tax bill!

Looking for a way to help The Seeing Eye while reducing your 2012 tax bill? It\’s not too late! You or someone you know who is over 70 ½ can still make a charitable gift donation and claim it under last year\’s taxes. 

On January 2, 2013, the president signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (\”ATRA\”) into law. ATRA brings back the popular IRA charitable rollover provision allowing donors age 70 1/2 or older to make a gift of up to $100,000 from their IRAs directly to charity without having to include the amount in income. 

Congress included two special 2012 rules being referred to as the \”January sale\”: 

  1. Donations made directly from an IRA before February 1, 2013 may be counted retroactively for the 2012 tax year, if you so elect;
  2. Cash distributions you may have taken from an IRA in December 2012 may be used to make a cash contribution to charity before February 1, 2013 and treat it as a 2012 rollover gift.

The IRA Charitable Rollover is also in effect for all of 2013 with the same rules as in prior legislation that allowed for such gifts. 

To discuss ways you can make a gift to The Seeing Eye please contact Davida Isaacson 973-539-4425 or [email protected] 

The Seeing Eye does not provide tax or legal advice. Please consult your tax adviser.

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Philadelphia The Great Experiment

PHILADELPHIA THE GREAT EXPERIMENT

If you enjoy Early American History this is a great video series produced by History Making Productions.

From their website: We are excited by the upcoming broadcast on 6abc of Episode II, Fever: 1793 on Wednesday April 4 at 7:30pm. Jim Gardner will be hosting this thirty minute commercial free airing. We want to thank all of our sponsors that have helped make this possible.We are deep into production on Episode III: 1944-1964 so stay tuned.-History Making Productions…

reposted here with permission OF HISTORY MAKING PRODUCTIONS

 

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The Medical Minute: Cold or flu? Visit your doctor, not the ER

Thursday, January 17, 2013

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — During cold and flu season, most of us inevitably will experience one or more acute illness. Fortunately, most acute problems are treatable without hospital admission. With that in mind, doctors say it is important to seek care in the proper place for the best possible treatment, outcome, cost and satisfaction.

According to Ryan Ridenour, family physician and member of the Penn State Hershey hospitalist team at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, many times people utilize the emergency room (ER) for problems that are far better suited for their primary care doctor.

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Sevier Tea Party Members/TN HB 0042 Urgent Information

Tea Party Members,

If anything good came from the re-election of Obama, it\’s that I\’m seeing an apparent change in state legislatures across the land. The states are beginning to see the threat to state sovereignty our federal government–namely the Obama administration–poses to a free and Constitutional form of government. They seem to shifting their focus from \”How can we manage our state\” to \”How can we protect our right to self govern\”. Since Obama began his anti-gun rhetoric, there have been 47 states draft legislation designed to exempt themselves from government over-reach as Obama attempts to chip away at the Second Amendment.

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OBITUARY: George Callahan, age 84, of Runnemede NJ

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George

On January 2, 2013. Age 84. Of Runnemede. Loving Brother-In-Law of Dorothy Callahan and cherished uncle of William Callahan. Funeral Services and Burial private. Family and friends may phone the funeral home for additional funeral information. Condolences and Memories may be shared at www.mccannhealey.com under the obituary of George Callahan. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through:

(McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City

PH: 856-456-1142

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Kerry nomination hearing set for January 24 | AFP

 

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DECEMBER 2012 CHEERS AND JEERS | cnbnews

 

CNBNEWS POINT OF VIEW

 

BY BILL CLEARY

 

CHEER-Musician Dave Bakey, a graduate of Gloucester Catholic High School, Class \"Images-12\" of 2002 has joined Celtic Thunder, an Irish folk and rock group, who last year was named by Billboard Magazine the top World Music Artists of the Year. Dave previously toured Ireland with his band Tsunami Rising.

 

CHEER-Twenty-six wooden angles representing the 20 children and six adults killed on December 14 at the elementary school in Newton, Connecticut were erected in their honor at old Saint Mary’s Cemetery on Market Street, Gloucester City. Joe Carlino, owner of Gloucester Transmission Service, along with his employees, built and painted the angels. A fitting memorial and tribute to those who lost their lives in this horrifying tragedy. To those who made the memorial kudos for trying to make a difference.

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Gloucester Catholic Remembers Victims and Families of Sandy Hook School

 

\"GCHSGLOUCESTER CITY NJ-Gloucester Catholic students prayed for peace on Friday, January 4, in a special prayer service to welcome in the New Year.

A special prayer was offered for the families of Sandy Hook School in Newtown, CT as the names of the teachers and students were read out and placed at the Nativity set during a period of silent prayer and reflection.

The students remembered the Sandy Hook community, as well as their own Gloucester Catholic family, to begin the new year of 2013.

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