submitted by Gary Marcucci A man was sitting reading his papers when his wife hit him round the head with a frying pan. \’What was that for?\’ the man asked. The wife replied, \’That was for the piece of paper with the name Jenny on it that I found in your pants pocket\’. The man then said, \’When I was at the races last week, Jenny was the name of the horse I bet on.\’ The wife apologized and went on with the housework. Three days later the man is watching TV when his wife bashes him on the head with an even bigger frying pan knocking him unconscious. Upon re-gaining consciousness, the man asked why she had hit again. Wife replied. \’Your horse phoned\’     Let us pray………. Give me a sense of humor, Lord, Give me the grace to see a joke, To get some humor out of life, And pass it on to other folk.

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MARCH 15

 

Papi ties game with RBI single in ninth, wins it with HR in 11th

CLEMSON, S.C. – Mike Papi (So., Tunkhannock, Pa.) hit a pinch-hit, game-tying single in the ninth inning and the go-ahead solo home run in the 11th as the No. 12 Virginia baseball team rallied to top Clemson, 6-5, Friday evening at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, S.C. Virginia (16-1, 3-1 ACC) trailed 5-2 with one out in the ninth inning before staging a comeback to force extra innings.

Virginia has won nine straight games against Clemson (10-6, 2-2) dating to 2010, marking its longest win streak ever over the Tigers.

UVa mounted a big ninth-inning comeback, scoring three times to tie the game. Brandon Downes (So., South Plainfield, N.J.) doubled off the top of the left-field wall to start the inning against Clemson closer Matt Campbell, and Joe McCarthy (Fr., Scranton, Pa.) followed with a single to move Downes to third. McCarthy stole second as Towns struck out on a check swing. Nick Howard (So., Olney, Md.) grounded to short to score Downes to cut it to 5-3, and Reed Gragnani (Sr., Richmond, Va.) hit a rocket off the top of wall in right-center to plate McCarthy. Kyle Schnell came on in relief, but Papi, pinch hitting for Nate Irving (So., Yonkers, N.Y.) singled up the middle to score Gragnani to knot the score.

Virginia loaded the bases with one out in the 10th, but reliever Mike Kent came on to strike out Towns and get Howard to fly out to right. Papi then crushed a one-out pitch from Kent over the right-field wall for his second homer of the year.

Eight of the Cavaliers’ starters had at least one hit, while Papi, Branden Cogswell (So., Ballston Lake, N.Y.) and Kenny Towns (So., Burke, Va.) each picked up a pair. UVa finished with a dozen hits, with nine coming after the sixth inning.

Virginia’s bullpen allowed just two hits over 5 2/3 shutout innings. Kyle Crockett (Jr., Poquoson, Va.) allowed just one hit and struck out four over 2 2/3 innings to earn the win and improve to 2-0. The seventh pitcher of the night for Clemson, Kent (0-1) took the loss after giving up Papi’s solo blast.

Virginia starting pitcher Brandon Waddell (Fr., Houston, Texas) allowed five runs (four earned), eight hits and two walks over 6 1/3 innings. He struck out eight. Clemson starter Daniel Gossett worked seven innings, allowing two earned runs, five hits and no walks while fanning six.

Clemson used the long ball to take the lead in the second inning. Garrett Boulware reached on a throwing error by third baseman Howard to lead off the inning and one out later Shane Kennedy homered into the third row of seats in left-center field. It was the first home run allowed by Waddell this year.

Virginia cut the lead in half in the fourth inning, following a leadoff double from Derek Fisher (So., Rexmont, Pa.). Downes grounded out to second base to move the runner to third, and McCarthy hit a sacrifice fly to left-center field.

Clemson promptly responded in its half of the fourth with a pair of runs. Steve Wilkerson hit a leadoff double and Boulware and Steven Duggar hit back-to-back singles to plate Wilkerson. Kennedy followed with a sacrifice fly to push the lead to 4-1. Jon McKibbon then singled to left, but Fisher nailed Duggar at the plate with a perfect throw.

The Tigers tacked on a run in the fifth. Following a one-out walk to Thomas Brittle, Jay Baum and Wilkerson hit consecutive singles to bring the run home.

UVa scored once in the seventh inning as Towns tripled and Howard followed with a single to left.

The Cavaliers threatened in the eighth when, with a runner on first, Fisher launched a long two-out fly ball to right-center, but the ball was caught at the top of the wall by Brittle.

The teams will play the second game of the series at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, while the finale is set for1 p.m. Sunday. Both games will air on ESPN3

 

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Chief Paul E. Hartstein lost his battle with cancer. Paul was surrounded by his family at the time of his passing and expressed his wish for the following.

 

Viewing- A public viewing to held on Friday evening, March 15, 2013 at the Healy Funeral Home, # 9 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights, New Jersey from 18:00 – 22:00 hours.

 

Services- A Saturday morning viewing will be held at the St. Vincent Polotti Church, 901 Hopkins Road, Haddon Township, New Jersey from 09:30 AM till 10:45 AM with a Christian Mass at 11:00AM. Interment will be at the New Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Browning Road, Bellmawr.

March 12, 2013 

 

 

HOBOKEN, N.J. (March 13, 2013) – For the fourth time in six games this season, the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball pitching staff struck out double-digit batters in a 10-2 victory over the City College of New York on Wednesday afternoon. Although the game was played at Dobbelaar Field, Stevens was the away team in the box score since the contest was originally scheduled at CCNY.

Eight different Ducks toed the rubber and combined for 11 strikeouts in nine innings. Sophomore Peirce Marston (Silver Spring, Md.) led the way by punching out the side in the third inning to earn the victory. Juniors Craig Leopold (Edison, N.J.) and Mark Poinsett (Ocean Gate, N.J.), and freshman Jayson Yano (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) each fanned two CCNY hitters in an inning of relief. Freshmen Bridger Cohen (Chester, N.J.) and Robert Robbins (Tallahassee, Fla.) accounted for the other two strike outs for Stevens.

BRANDT

Jean M.

On March 10, 2013 (nee Dignan) of Gloucester City, NJ, age 73 years. She is the beloved wife of William L. Brandt, loving mother of Terrie Newmark (Dr. Jeffrey), LaVerne Foreman (Penni), John Grube (Christina), Glen Grube, and Danielle Kiefrieder (Chuck), cherished grandmother of 14 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren and dear sister of John Dignanand Molly McKay.

 

Relatives and friends are invited to meet Thursday morning from 10:00 to 11:00am at St. Mary’s Church 426 Monmouth St., Gloucester City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:00am at the Church. Interment to follow at Brig. General Wm. C. Doyle NJ Vets Cemetery, Arneytown. There will be no evening viewing. Arrangements entrusted to the ETHERINGTON-CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, Gloucester City.

English: Pope Benedict XVI performing a blessing during the canonization mass in St. Peter\’s Square in Rome, Italy on Sunday October 12, 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

To the media, reduced to \”Dancing with the Stars\” after the Super Bowl and the Oscars until re-entering Eden as the Masters Golf Tournament blooms again, the gods have suddenly delivered a gift seemingly from heaven, a surprise papal resignation and a conclave to elect a new pope.

There will be a new pope by St. Patrick\’s Day, but the timing was so good for the media that you would think that, for his resignation, Pope Benedict XVI had the same reporter adviser who told Pancho Villa to postpone his revolution until after the World Series.

This papal election has everything Americans love: color, drama, great sets, a cast of thousands and, in common with \”Downton Abbey,\” the challenge of keeping a medieval castle running with, briefly, the master\’s valet in jail. The gathering throngs give off a Kentucky Derby crowd buzz as the post time neared — get your bets down now. The odds shifted every day after Irish oddsmaker Paddy Power first put America\’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan at 33-1 and Africa\’s Cardinal Peter Turkson at 2-1. If the media moguls could figure out how to sell commercials — in good taste, of course; say, the Clydesdales caparisoned in papal colors clumping solemnly across St. Peter\’s Square — the sky would be the limit for network charges for every commercial minute.

Then there is the Dickensian touch of two popes living in the Vatican at the same time, one a world-class theologian who promises, using a word that must resonate for a boy who grew up in wartime Germany, \”unconditional\” obedience to his successor. Dramatic possibilities tingle in the air with two white-cassocked popes crossing each other\’s paths constantly in a Vatican City that is smaller than some Wal-Marts.

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BY EUGENE CULLEN KENNEDY
LINK SUBMITTED BY CATHERINE GOTTERT

The third vote results in black smoke on the morning of March 13, 2013. Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNA.

Vatican City, Mar 13, 2013 / 09:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The smoke signals that indicate whether or not a new Pope has been chosen might be earlier than in the past because there are no cardinals in the infirmary.

\”Just for Seniors\” Event Schedule

Senior Events are being added to the Spring event schedule, our latest addition ison April 6th – Ann Hampton Callaway Presents The Barbra Streisand Songbook Dennis Flyer Theater, Lincoln Hall at Camden County College (Blackwood Campus), College Drive, Blackwood, NJ 08012. We are offering a discount price for the performance to Camden County seniors at a cost of $20.00 per ticket. In addition to the concert there will be a Camden County \”Just for Seniors\” VIP reception. You must RSVP for the reception by calling Tom Castellano at (856)-858-2986. Space for the reception is limited and is on a first come, first served basis. For more information on this and other senior events please click here.