ERVIN
Toni Lynn

On April 18, 2008. (nee Piergross) Age 45. Of Marlton. formerly of Cherry Hill. In the loving and devoted care of her husband, John J. Ervin. Cherished mother of Ashley Piergross and Joseph Ervin, both at home. Devoted daughter of Frances Piergross (nee Miceli) and the late Anthony J. Piergross. Beloved Sister of Lisa Piergross of Cherry Hill and Kim Harper of Marlton. Beloved niece of Conni Simon and Joseph Miceli. Loving Aunt to Kristen and Robert Harper. She is survived by her lifelong friend, Dawn Watson.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her visitation on Monday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 pm and Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 10:15 am at Saint Mary’s R.C. Church (CHAPEL) : 2001 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill. Memorial Mass 10:30 am in the Church. Cremation is private at the request of the family.

Family strongly requests no flowers at all. Memorial donations are preferred to the Ervin Children’s Education Fund: c/o John Ervin: P.O. Box 358, Gloucester City, NJ 08030.
Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Toni Lynn Ervin. Funeral arrangements and inquiries may be made through the McCann-Healey Funeral Home, 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, 456-1142.

By Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 16, 2008 – Retired Army reservist Joseph L. Bowser was 9 years old when he first experienced the thrill of skating and using his hockey stick to whack a rubber puck across the ice on a frozen pond in his birthplace of Toledo, Ohio. Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph L. Bowser plays competitive ice hockey despite the loss of his lower right leg due to an injury suffered from an exploding enemy rocket April 12, 2004, in Balad, Iraq. Courtesy photo (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Today, the 48-year-old Iraq veteran still plays ice hockey, despite the loss of the lower portion of his right leg four years ago during a rocket attack on Camp Anaconda, in Balad, Iraq. Bowser, then a truck driver with 283rd Transportation Company based in Fairfield, Conn., recalled that the enemy attack occurred on April 12, 2004, soon after he returned to Camp Anaconda after delivering a 5,000-gallon load of jet fuel. Bowser credits Connecticut Army National Guard Maj. Michael McMahon, a physician assistant, for saving his life. McMahon, he said, used his fingers to slow the bleeding from a gashed artery on Bowser\’s injured right leg. \”He reached up on my leg to clamp off my artery so I wouldn\’t \’bleed out,\’\” Bowser recalled. McMahon, now 45, recalled during a recent phone interview from his home in Hamden, Conn., that his military training kicked in when he saw the stricken Bowser bleeding profusely. \”You just react,\” McMahon said. \”We took care of him and got him stabilized. There was a combat surgical hospital in Balad. \”Once we got the bleeding controlled, … I thought he was going to make it,\” McMahon recalled. Bowser and McMahon keep in touch; they met up in February when Bowser was in Connecticut to play a hockey game. Wearing body armor probably also saved his life, Bowser said, noting his armored vest was riddled with shrapnel damage. The then-staff sergeant also suffered shrapnel injuries to his left hand. Bowser said he arrived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here about a week after being wounded. The doctors thought he would have more mobility with a prosthetic leg, he recalled, rather than by keeping his mangled limb. \”The first thing that I thought of was that I wanted to play hockey again,\” Bowser said. \”So, I said I wanted to have it amputated.\” Bowser spent more than two years of inpatient and outpatient recovery at Walter Reed, and he was medically retired from the Army as a sergeant first class in July 2006. He rates the medical care he received at Walter Reed as \”awesome.\” \”You couldn\’t ask for a better place,\” Bowser said of Walter Reed. Bowser now works at the Pentagon as an administrator for Army Secretary Pete Geren. In his spare time he plays pickup hockey games at Maryland rinks near his present-day home near Baltimore. He also occasionally travels to play in hockey tournaments. Bowser plays right wing, one of the three forwards on an ice hockey team. The center and left winger make up the other two-thirds of the forward line, and their job is to harass the opposing team and score goals. Two defensive players are positioned rearward to protect the goalie. Bowser said his artificial leg can be adjusted to accommodate his skating style, and that having a prosthetic limb actually has its advantages during a rough-and-tumble game of hockey. \”You don\’t have to worry about getting a puck slapped on your foot,\” Bowser said, noting he enjoys ice hockey\’s speed of play and physical aspects. Bowser completed as a member of the U.S. National Amputee Hockey Team during the 2008 Standing Amputee Hockey World Championships that were held April 2-6 in Marlborough, Mass. Team USA won the silver medal at that four-team tournament, beating out teams from Latvia and Finland. Canada won the gold medal, and Finland took the bronze. Before he got his job in the secretary of the Army\’s office, Bowser had volunteered to work with injured military veterans as part of an initiative administered through Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England\’s office. Bowser met with a number of Washington Capitals professional ice hockey team players and coaches when they paid an April 6 visit to the Pentagon last year. Later, he got to skate with some Capitals players during a team practice. The Capitals hockey club has sponsored several Military Appreciation Nights at the Verizon Center here for servicemembers and their families, Bowser noted. \”I\’ve gone there several times with wounded warrior guys from Walter Reed,\” Bowser said. \”They\’ve just opened their doors to us. They totally support us.\” Bowser, who got married April 12, said God gave him a second chance at life after being severely wounded in Iraq. Grateful for each day of existence, he strives to help his fellow wounded warriors. \”I treat each day like my last … (while) helping my fellow soldiers,\” Bowser said.

Injured Army veteran Joseph L. Bowser, left, and physician assistant Michael McMahon meet up at an ice hockey tournament in Connecticut in February. McMahon was the military medical person who first treated Bowser after he was wounded by an exploding enemy rocket in Balad, Iraq, on April 12, 2004. Courtesy photo Download screen-resolution Download high-resolution

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

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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

RIBCHINSKY Michael
On April 16, 2008. Age 45. Of National Park. Loving Husband of 21 years to Peggy Ribchinsky (nee Murphy). Loving father of Michael, Ryan, and Colin Ribchinsky. Beloved son of Rosemary Farrell and Fred (Jenny) Ribchinsky. Dear brother of Deneene (Chris) Cutuli and Joey (Sandy)Ribchinsky. Also survived by many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

Michael worked over 10 years for the Woodbury Board or Education. He loved watching his sons play in various sporting events.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Sunday evening from7 to 9 pm and again Monday morning from 8:30 to 10 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St. (at Brown St.) Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Phone: 856-456-1142. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am at St. Matthew\’s R.C. Church: 4th Street and Monument Ave., National Park, NJ. Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to the Ribchinsky Children\’sEducation Fund: c/o Margaret Ribchinsky, P.O. Box 358, Gloucester City,NJ 08030. Expressions of sympathy can be sent to the family through ourfuneral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Michael Ribchinsky.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

313 Monmouth Street

AGENDA

1. Call to Order:  
2. Pledge of Allegiance:

3. Roll Call:

4. Sunshine Law: This meeting is being held in conformance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, otherwise known as the \”Sunshine Law\”. It has been legally noticed in accordance with the law and copies have been given to those requesting the same.

5. Public Comment Period: The Governing Body, in accordance with P.L. 2002, c. 80, have adopted the following guidelines relative to the Public Comment Period (PCP) at Caucus, Worksession, Special and Emergency Meetings of the Mayor and Common Council of Gloucester City: The PCP shall occur at the beginning of each meeting; it shall be no longer than one half-hour in length; every person wishing to speak may do so once during the period for no longer than five minutes. No changes have been made for the PCP of the regular monthly meetings.

6. Minutes of the Previous Meeting(s): April 7, 2008 (pending)

7. Reports: I. Departmental Reports

II. Committees of Council:

1. Celebrations

b) Finance & Administration

c) Fire

1. Housing
2. Licensing
3. Police

g) Public Works

8. Licenses: None

9. Resolutions:

R113 Correcting Billing Charges on Utility Records

R114 Authorizing Senior and Veterans Deductions

R115 Making Adjustments to Tax Records

R116 Returning Overpayments on Various Tax Records

R117 Awarding a Contract to International Fireworks Manufacturing Co. for Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services

R118 Amending Resolution #085-2008 – Gloucester City Urban Enterprise Zone Project \”Business Recruitment/Retention & Shopper Awareness via Special Events – Year 2 \”

R119 Authorizing the City of Gloucester City to Enter Into an Access Agreement with Public Service Electric & Gas

R120 Authorizing a Person –to-Person and Place-to-Place Transfer of Non Sited Plenary Retail Consumption Liquor License 0414-33-030-003

R121 Authorizing Refunds on the Planning and Zoning Board Escrow Account

R122 Authorizing the Sale of City Owned Vehicles

R123 Authorizing Economic Development Loan from the City of Gloucester City Façade Improvement Loan Program to Bridges Real Estate LLC

R124 Awarding a Contract to Triad Associates for Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services

 

 

 

10. Ordinances:

TABLED until April 24, 2008:  

O01 Vacating a Portion of Cumberland Street, Located within the City of Gloucester City, County of Camden and State of New Jersey

For second reading and public hearing this evening:

O07 Amending Chapter 87 of the Code of Gloucester City Entitled Vehicle and Traffic, Providing for New Section 87-4.1 and 87-9.1 Regarding \”All Way Stop Intersections\”

O08 Amending Fees, Professional Fees, and Escrows for the Gloucester City Combined Planning Board

11. Old Business:

a)

12. New Business:

a)

13. Communications:

a) From Highland Park Neighborhood Association – request for City to provide monthly cost of electrical service for fountains.

b) From Gloucester Catholic High School – request for use of Proprietor\’s Park on April 21^st

c) From Gloucester City Girl Scout Brownie Troop 942 – request for use of Proprietor\’s Park on June 7^th.

d) NJSLM Bulletin

e) From Patrick J. Healey – resignation from UEZ Board

e) From Rescom Environmental Corp. – Proposed Telecommunications – 912 Paul Street

f) From Key Engineers – Master Plan Re-Exam Haddon Township

g) Welsbach Progress Report

14. Round Table:

15. Closed Session: Resolution #R -2008 to enter into closed session for discussion of:

16. Adjournment

 

Mt. Ephraim School District Press Release:

 DVD’s were collected during these past fall and winter months from the Mt. Ephraim Public Schools, various town organizations and members from the community to send to our troops overseas. In February four large boxes of DVD movies and music CD’s were received by the Strykehorse Troopers in Iraq

. These young men and women have asked that we share their letter of appreciation to all of the individuals that contributed to this cause.

 

 

By Army Sgt. Waldemar Rivera Special to American Forces Press Service CAMP TAJI, Iraq, April 16, 2008 – U.S. and Iraqi soldiers made April 13 a happy day for Iraqi children at two schools near Taji, northwest of Baghdad. Iraqi soldiers from 1st Battalion, 34th Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, hand out toys at the Asim bin Omar school in Sab Al Bour, northwest of Baghdad, April 13, 2008. During Operation Bounty Hunter Pencil, the Iraqi soldiers worked with Company A, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team \”Warrior,\” 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad, to hand out toys and school supplies to children. Photo by Army Sgt. Waldemar Rivera, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division\’s 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team \”Warrior,\” and Iraqi soldiers from the 9th Infantry Division\’s 1st Battalion, 34th Brigade, brought toys and school supplies donated by American children to the Iraqi students in a mission dubbed Operation Bounty Hunter Pencil. Army 2nd Lt. Lauren Bowen, a native of Roscoe, Ill., and a platoon leader with Company A, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, conveyed the American children\’s spirit of giving. \”These toys were sent to you children with lots of love from the American people,\” Bowen told a classroom full of children at the Asim bin Omar school in Sab Al Bour. The U.S. and Iraqi soldiers helped distribute the toys and school supplies among the rows of children in the classrooms. After the distribution of gifts was done and after a signal from the teacher, the children said, \”Thank you very much\” in English as a token of friendship. Army Sgt. 1st Class Yvonne Barnes, a Lane, S.C., native, said it was an honor to deliver toys and school supplies from American children to the Iraqi children. \”It was my first contact with Iraqi children, and I was impressed of how well the children verbalized English phrases such as, \’Thank you very much,\’\” said Barnes, the operations sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 225th Brigade Support Battalion. Next, the convoy headed toward the That Al Natakhein school, also in the town of Sab Al Bour. Toys and school supplies were distributed among the students by soldiers from both armies, once again under the supervision of school officials. The event closed with a promise from Bowen to return to both schools with more gifts from the American people. (Army Sgt. Waldemar Rivera serves in Multinational Division Baghdad with the 25th Infantry Division\’s 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office.)

Related Sites: Multinational Corps Iraq

Army Sgt. 1st Class Yvonne Barnes, a Lane, S.C., native, talks to a child April 13, 2008, at the Asim bin Omar school in Sab Al Bour, northwest of Baghdad. Barnes, along with members of her unit and soldiers from the Iraqi army, handed out school supplies and toys to children as part of Operation Bounty Hunter Pencil. Barnes serves as an operations sergeant with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team \”Warrior,\” 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad. Photo by Army Sgt. Waldemar Rivera, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad

Gloucester City High School

Alumni Assoc.

\”Annual Scholarship Social\”

 

\”ELVIS SINGS AGAIN\”

Saturday, April 19, 2008 7 p.m. \’til Midnight

Brooklawn American Legion Hall – Second & Railroad Avenues

● Hot Buffet ● Beer ● Set-Ups ● Door Prizes ● D.J. $25 Donation

Tickets can be purchased at Shapes \’N Forms, Carr\’s Hardware or RolFerry\’s

 

For more information and tickets call –

856-456-5511, 856-456-4580 or 856-627-3617

(All proceeds benefit \”Scholarship Fund\”)