RICHMOND, THOMAS
On December 20, 2007, of Gloucester City, NJ. Age 70 yrs.
Beloved husband of Dorothe E. (nee Whitzell). Loving father of David Richmond, Terri Wooster and Kevin Richmond and loving grandfather of 9 grandchildren. He is also survived by his step brothers and sisters William, Alan, Thomas, Lillian, Debbie and Becky.
Mr. Richmond worked for many years delivering Meals on Wheels for the Salvation Army. He was also a former mechanic at the Garden State Race Track.
Relatives and friends are invited to meet Thursday morning from 9:00 to 11:00am at The ETHERINGTON- CRERAN FUNERAL HOME 700 Powell St., Gloucester City. Funeral services will be held 11:00am at the funeral home. Interment to follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Gloucester City. There will be no evening viewing.

 

Rider Media RELEASE

Rider Men 19^th / Women 20^th in Mid-Major Poll
by collegeswimming.com

LAWRENCEVILLE—Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving team are ranked in the Division I national \’mid-major\’ team power rankings as compiled by collegeswimming.com and are the only Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference school currently ranked in the top 25.

The men’s team is currently 19^th with 168.35 points and the women’s team is currently 20^th with 172.13.

Released four times a year, the rankings are compiled using results from each dual meet that the teams compete in during the season. The next poll is scheduled for release on February 6.

CollegeSwimming.com produces a Power Ranking for Mid-Major Division I institutions. The mid-major rankings were designed to support and promote institutions that do not benefit from large football and basketball television agreements. Rankings are based on each team’s best dual meet lineup as judged and submitted by participating teams. Rankings are announced four times throughout the season and entries are due on November 14 (Pre-Invite), December 20 (Post-Invite), February 6 (Pre-Conference), and March 6 (post-conference).

Harvard University currently leads both the men\’s and women\’s rankings

Source Kennebck Journal Morning Sentinel

This story happened just a few days before Christmas so many years ago. Sleet had turned to a near-freezing rain that fell with a constant \”sh\” sound, compacting the knee-deep snow in good shape and providing a good base for me to fly along on my old ash-and-rawhide snowshoes.

I had just rushed to the edge of a fir thicket to get ahead of the yodeling bawls of my long-legged hound, a beagle-bloodhound-Lab mix that looked a little like a small yellow Lab.

His name was Stormy, and he was running beyond sight in the near distance, barreling toward me fast. The rabbit would fly across an opening any second, making my heart pound and hands shake.

The afternoon was dark, wet and raw, lousy weather for rabbit hunting, but I was 11 years old and 11-year-olds don\’t care about bad weather, particularly when they\’re listening to that rhythmic yet paradoxically screaming song of a hound coming straight at them on the further side of a thicket. Low cloud cover made the dog sound so loud.

Before the dog came into sight, a large varying hare hopped into a clearing 20 yards away and stopped. I don\’t remember cocking the hammer on the single-barrel, 12-gauge shotgun or feeling the kick, which nearly knocked me down and left an ugly bruise on my cheek.

A second later, read on…………

 

By Hank F. Miller Jr.

2008 or the 19th year of Heisei, has come, the year of the rat.

December 31^st, 2007 st the last day of the year is begun with greetings such as \”Akemashite (or Shinnen or Shin shun) Omedeto gozaimasu\” or \”A Happy New Year! The morning of the very first day of the year, January 1 st, is called \”gantan\”.

At night most people stay at home and eat a traditional bowl of buckwheat noodles specially prepared to symbolize longevity. TV and radio stations broadcast special programs. Most Japanese sit up until midnight to listen to the 108 bong-bong from the temple bells at the nearby Buddhist temple. The custom is based on the Buddhist teaching that man has 108 worldly desires which lead to suffering. Consequently, the bell in each temple is struck 108 times in hope of relieving people of the suffering caused by such earthly desires.

New Year day\” It is the day when people welcome the God of the New Year, express their appreciation to the God of good harvest and peacefulness from the past year, and pray for good productivity and peace during the New Year. During the period when the lunisolar calendar was used, these prayers were made on the night of the full moon in January.

New Year is the biggest and largest celebration and is recognized as a national holiday from

December 31st till January 4th. Since Christmas isn\’t celebrated or isn\’t recognized as a national holiday and thus is a regular work day for most Japanese people. Remember Japan is a Buddhist country.

But here at the Miller household we are on holiday from December 22nd till January 6th, so Christmas is celebrated on December 25th.

Warm Regards From Kitakyushu City ,Japan.

A Very Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year !

Hank, Keiko, Lucas, Max & Rachel

The Miller Family

The Capital-Journal

Published Friday, December 21, 2007

 

While more than 700 friends and family members packed an Emporia church Thursday to mourn Beau Arndt, investigators were writing reports about the death of the young Americus man who was shot while hunting five days earlier.

Authorities have said a shot from a passing pickup truck struck Arndt as he was in hunting in a field.

Lyon County Sheriff Gary Eichorn told the Emporia Gazette investigators went to Topeka on Wednesday, located the three people who were in the pickup and interviewed them. One of them, a 57-year-old Topeka man, is believed to be the person who fired the fatal shot. That man, Eichorn said, talked to his attorney and cooperated with authorities.

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Virginia Hungridge, 84, (nee Carter) on December 20, 2007 of Deptford, formerly of Barrington. Wife of the late Herbert C. Hungridge. Mother of Wayne Hungridge of Edison, N.J., Janet Richards (Robert) of Elk Township and Jeryl Sherm of Clarksboro. Sister of George Carter of Elm, N.J. and Elmer Carter of Marlton. Four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Virginia was a member of Deptford Lions Club and the Altar Guild at Ascension Lutheran Church.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service Saturday, December 29, 11 a.m. at Ascension Lutheran Church, 4th and Highland Aves., Haddon Heights, NJ 08053.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the church. Arrangements by BOUCHER FUNERAL HOME, Deptford

www.boucherfuneralhome.com.
Published in the Gloucester County Times on 12/23/2007.

PISCATAWAY–During Revolutionary times, there was the Battle of Trenton, the Battle of Princeton and the Battle of Monmouth. At the Louis Brown Athletic Center Friday night, the Division I men’s basketball Battle of New Jersey took place, with Rider upsetting host Rutgers.

\”I’m very proud of our kids,\” said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey. \”Points were hard to come by but our defense carried us. We have mental toughness, and we don’t win this game tonight without great team chemistry.\”

Sophomore Ryan Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) compiled 19 points and nine rebounds to lead the Broncs to victory. \”Ryan and Harris were super tonight,\” Dempsey said. \”There was a stretch in the first half when Ryan really put on a show and showed he was the best player on the court at that time.\”

Junior Harris Mansell (Cheltenham, PA/Cheltenham) made a left-handed lay up with 38 seconds left to give Rider (8-4) a 59-57 lead. Mansell finished with 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists. \”We have a resilient group,\” Dempsey said. \”We showed a lot of heart, a lot of character.\”

\”I wanted the ball in my hands,\” Mansell said, \”even though it seemed every one of my shots was getting blocked tonight. I saw the lane open up and I just wanted to get it up quickly before it got blocked.\”

The victory was Rider’s second over a major conference this year, having defeated Penn State on November 23. \”We’ve been working hard on our defense, fighting for respect, and we’ve been able to take advantage of the opportunities we had this year to earn some respect for our program,\” Mansell said.

Trailing 55-45, Rutgers (7-5) out-scored Rider 12-2, seven points by Anthony Farmer, to tie the score at 57-57 with 2:00 remaining. \”I told the team that with the score tied, don’t worry about the offensive end,\” Dempsey said, \”that if they don’t score we can’t lose. As it turned out we didn’t let them score.\”

Rider led 48-45 before going on a 7-0 run, four points by Harris Mansell and three by freshman Patrick Mansell (Cheltenham, PA/Cheltenham), to take a 55-45 lead. Patrick Mansell finished with six points off the bench, making a pair of three-pointers.

Senior Jason Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) played just 12 minutes in the first half due to foul trouble and finished with a season-low 12 points and seven rebounds in 29 minutes of action. \”It wasn’t one of Jason’s better games,\” Dempsey said, \”but guys stepped up all over the place. In other games this year when Jason struggled, we struggled, but tonight everybody picked him up.\”

\”I struggled tonight with foul trouble but my teammates really stepped up,\” Jason Thompson said. \”Harris made some big shots. That gives me a lot of confidence in my play, knowing that if I do get in trouble the other guys are going to pick up the slack.\”

\”I think our big guys did a great job on Jason,\” said Rutgers head coach Fred Hill. \”I don’t think the people in attendance here tonight got an appreciation of how good Jason really is because of what our guys were able to do. Jason is a legitimate first round draft pick.\”

Rutgers led 39-38 before Rider went on an 8-2 run, all eight points scored by the Thompson brothers, to take a 46-41 lead with 10:30 left to play. That was the ninth and final lead change of the game.

Trailing 27-19, Rider scored the final seven points of the first half, five points by Harris Mansell, to cut the lead to 27-26 at the half.

Freshman Matt Griffin (Philadelphia, PA/St. Joseph’s Prep) played a career-high 18 minutes and grabbed an offensive rebound to keep the play alive, setting up the game-winning shot by Mansell. \”Matt is a competitor,\” Dempsey said. \”He was taking care of the basketball (zero turnovers) and gave us energy. He’s a winner.\”

Freshman Mike Ringgold (Philadelphia, PA/Roman Catholic) made one of two foul shots with 6.4 seconds left to seal the victory. \”Mike is a warrior,\” Dempsey said. \”We’ve struggled from the foul line and Mike has really struggled from the line, but I knew he would find a way to get one of those two foul shots in.\”

For Rutgers, Farmer finished with a team-high 18 points and JR Inman compiled 15 points and five rebounds.

Trailing 12-10, Rutgers went on a 14-4 run, 10 points by Inman, to take a 24-16 lead with 5:00 left in the first half.

Rider out-rebounded Rutgers 45-39 and held Rutgers to 36 percent shooting from the field. \”We weren’t great tonight, but anytime you out-rebound a Big East team and hold a team to 36 percent in their building you have to be pleased,\” Dempsey said. \”That’s a pretty good sign.\”

In the battle for New Jersey supremacy, Rutgers is now 2-2 against NJ Division I teams. Rider is 4-0 against NJ teams.

Thompson now has 1584 career points, six points shy of seventh. Thompson is already the Rider career leader in rebounds (894) and blocks (181).

Thompson came into the game ranked fifth in the nation in rebounding (11.6), 12th in blocks (3.3) and 29th in scoring (20.5).

In three games this year against the ACC, Big Ten and the Big 12, Thompson averaged 23 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.0 blocks.

This was the lucky 13th meeting between these two teams since the series began in 1947-48, and the first victory for Rider.

This was the first meeting since 2000 when Rutgers won 65-53. Rider took Rutgers into overtime twice in the 1980s.

Rider has now won three in a row and five out of the last six.

Rider is 7-3 in non-conference games this year with two remaining. Rider was 7-6 in non-conference games last year.

Rutgers is 6-2 at home, the only other loss coming to #1 North Carolina. Rider is 3-2 on the road this season and 1-2 on neutral court.

Senior Joel Green (Philadelphia, PA/Harriton) missed the game with a concussion.

The Broncs have now won three consecutive road games, at Canisius and at Monmouth, before traveling to Piscataway.

The Broncs travel to Philadelphia to take on Drexel December 27.

-RU-

Source Media Release

Mr. Ammerman is one of many public school officials who are adamantly opposed to their teams’ competing in a wide range of sports, most notably football and basketball, against private and parochial schools throughout New Jersey. (The football and basketball teams meet during the regular season, but have separate postseason championships.)

The playing field, many public school officials contend, is not level, because private schools — not just Catholic schools — can recruit students from anywhere in or outside the state, while public schools are restricted by district boundaries.

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