by Tom Luicci

Saturday November 10, 2007, 7:12 AM source www.nj.com

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Bolstered by Ray Rices record rushing game and the effective-enough play of backup quarterback Jabu Lovelace, Rutgers became bowl-eligible for the third straight year with a 41-6 victory over Army Friday night at Michie Stadium.

Lovelace saw the most extensive action of his career when Mike Teel was forced to the sidelines after taking just seven snaps, having apparently aggravated the thumb injury to his throwing (right) hand. The severity of the injury, and how it might affect him for next Saturday\’s game against Pittsburgh, were not immediately revealed by Rutgers, which improved to 6-4.

Teel left after going 1-for-4, suffering an interception that was returned for a touchdown and having two passes batted down.

But it didn\’t matter because Rice was in top form, rushing for a school-record 243 yards and two touchdowns on 34 carries. It was the fifth 200-yard rushing game of Rice\’s career.

Lovelace, used mostly as a runner, directed a season-best rushing attack against an Army defense that came in ranked 109th nationally against the run. He rushed for 81 yards and two scores as Rutgers flirted with 400 yards rushing overall.

The Black Knights (3-7) have now allowed an opposing back to top 200 yards against them three times in the past five weeks.

Rice scored both of his touchdowns in the second half as the Scarlet Knights controlled the game despite going 3-for-12 passing. Army couldn\’t function at all against the Rutgers defense.

Read more on the Rutgers blog.

DESHER, FLORENCE M.
(Nee Watson), on November 8, 2007, of Gloucester Twp., formerly of Bellmawr, age 89.
Beloved wife of the late Henry. Loving mother of Robert, Sr. and his wife Faith. Devoted grandmother of Robert, Jr. and Lorrie. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Desher was a former member of the Sterling Chapter of Deborah Hospital and the Eastern Star.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing Monday evening from 7 to 9pm and Tuesday morning from 9 to 10am at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE. Funeral Service 10am, Tuesday at the Funeral Home. Interment Locustwood Memorial Park, Cherry Hill.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Florence\’s memory to: Deborah Hospital Foundation, PO Box 820, Browns Mills, NJ 08015-0820.
Expressions of sympathy may be e-mailed to Condolences@Gardner
FuneralHome.com

The Camden County Improvement Authority agreed Thursday to issue $3 million in revenue bonds to expand and renovate the Mount Ephraim firehouse on Bell Road.

The 98-year-old volunteer fire company has about 80 members, including 25 in its Ladies Auxiliary. The new facility will consolidate operations that are divided between two smaller, obsolete fire stations.

In addition to fighting fires in the 1-square-mile community, the Mount Ephraim team assists on second- and third-alarm blazes within a 30-mile radius.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers senior linebacker Brandon Renkart (Piscataway, N.J.), a finalist for the 2007 Draddy Trophy, was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team, as voted by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Renkart now advances to the national ballot for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors.

Renkart was named in October as a finalist for the Draddy Trophy, which recognizes athletic accomplishments, academic honors and community service. He heads into Friday\’s game at Army as Rutgers\’ third-leading tackler with 57 stops to go with 6.5 tackles for loss. He is majoring in civil engineering.

It marks the second consecutive season Renkart has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team. The Piscataway native has also been the recipient of the Rutgers Scholar-Athlete Award, an honor given annually to the top student-athlete on the Rutgers football team.

source Rutgers Media Release

HORAY, EMILY A.
(nee Addison) on Nov. 4, 2007, of Gorman Manor, Gloucester City; formerly of Haddonview Apts, Westmont. Age 80.
Beloved wife of the late John W. Horay. Loving mother of Diane (Richard) Francesconi of Pennsauken, Susan (John) Boehm of Audu-bon, John (Kathy) Horay of Harper\’s Ferry, W. Virginia and Eileen Hansbury of Magnolia. Dear Mom-Mom of sixteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren. Sister of Randy (Linda) Hammond of National Park, Sarah White of Berlin and the late Charles \’Hap\’Hammond. Sister-in-law of Miki Shea of Merchantville.

Alsosurvived by many nieces and nephews.

Emily was a graduate of Collingswood High School. She was a member of Oaklyn Post 84 American Legion Auxiliary and the Order ofthe Eastern Star. Emily enjoyed playing Bingo.

Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing Thurs., 9-10:30 am TERRANOVA FUNERAL HOME, Inc., 402 White Horse Pike, Haddon Hts., followed by her Funeral Service at 10:30 am. Int. Calvary Cem. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions to Children\’s Hospital of Phila Foundation, P.O. Box 827790, Phila., PA 19182.
To express condolences and share memories visit: terranovafuneral home.com

SHUSKO, RAYMOND A.
On September 24, 2007, Age 79. At home in Boynton Beach, Florida. Formerly of Gloucester City and Runnemede.
Raymond completed 29 years of service for the U.S. Postal Service before retiring at the young age of 60. Most of all he loved his family. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Pauline Shusko (nee Lind); daughter, Andrea Shusko (Bob Perlman) and granddaughter, Hannah and son, Alex (Susan Shusko) and grandchildren, Alex and Jessica.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his Celebration of Life Service at 2 pm on Saturday, officiated by Pastor Gary Brennan at the McCANN-HEALEYFUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street,Gloucester City.

Gloucester City will unveil its new Veterans Memorial Saturday, November 10, at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Broadway and Monmouth Street.  

It will honor all the fallen vets from Gloucester City, including U.S. Marine Corporal Marc T. Ryan.  

\”All Gloucester City residents, friends and family are invited,\” said members of the Ryan family and of the Cpl. Marc T. Ryan Memorial Committee.  

The new memorial, honoring all Gloucester City veterans, will be unveiled to the public with a ceremony and guest speakers promptly at 10 a.m.  

The Memorial Committee and the Ryan family thank everyone in advance of the unveiling for their support and their generous donations to the Corporal Marc T. Ryan Memorial Statue Fund.  

\”Without your support this beautiful tribute would not be possible. Please come out and support our living veterans and fallen servicemen and women of Gloucester City and our nation in observance of Veteran\’s Day,\” they said.  

\”All those who knew and loved Marc know he would not want this tribute to be just about him. He fought side by side with his fellow marines and soldiers, therefore, he would want to be honored next to them.\”  

All citizens of Gloucester City and the surrounding area are encouraged to attend the tribute honoring all veterans, they added.

Related: The Ultimate Sacrifice  

Note: The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) will conduct Veteran Day Services on Sunday, November 11 at 11 AM at the War Monument.

The names of 65 men and women from Gloucester City dating back to World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War are listed on the monument. For more information about these individuals go to this

Gloucester City NJ War Memorial
 

 

 

  

College Swimming & Diving

LAWRENCEVILLE—Members of the Rider University swimming & diving teams won all four of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference weekly awards this week after defeating MAAC-rival Marist. \”It is good to see them be recognized by the conference for their performance,\” said Rider head coach Steve Fletcher.

Junior Josh Rosenbluth was named the men’s Swimmer of the Week for the second consecutive week, junior Priscilla Modrov was named the women’s Swimmer of the Week for the second time this year, junior Amanda Burke was named the women’s Diver of the Week for the second time this year, and senior Dylan Korn was named the men’s Diver of the Week.

 Against Marist Modrov (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge) won the 200 butterfly (2:05.82), 200 breaststroke (2:28.68) and set a Rider pool record in winning the 200 IM (2:08.20), and swam on the winning 200 medley relay (1:49.41). It was the third Coppola Pool record she has broken this season in just two home meets. \”Priscilla has come back to the college season fit and ready to go, and it has shown in her record-setting early season performances,\” said Fletcher. \”She has more of a relaxed confidence in training this year that should push her to new levels of performance.\”

Rosenbluth (Lawrenceville, N.J./Lawrence) won the 100 back (51.89), 200 back (1:56.05) and the 200 IM (1:57.48) and swam on the winning 200 medley relay in a time of 1:36.29 in Rider’s win over Marist.

Burke (Churchville, Pa./William Tennent) won the one-meter (254.10) and three-meter (289.95) dives against Marist, as did Korn (Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake) winning the one-meter (275.40) and three-meter (277.13).

The Broncs swim at Lehigh November 10.

Rider at MAAC Tournament

LAWRENCEVILLE— Rider University freshman soccer player Jim Bradley was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week for all games played the final week of the regular season.

Bradley (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township) scored two goals in Rider’s MAAC victory over Canisius in the regular season finale Sunday. Bradley collected a loose ball and scored just 2:03 into the game. Bradley scored his team-high fifth goal of the season off of a crossing pass for a 2-1 Rider lead in the 3-1 victory.

Bradley was also the MAAC Rookie of the Week September 10-17.

The Rider soccer team is the ninth seed and will play the eight seed, Siena College, in the first round of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship tournament.

The 10-team tournament is being held at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida November 14-18.

Rider (7-9-2, 2-5-2 MAAC) ended the regular season on a two-game winning streak, defeating fourth seeded Canisius and seventh seeded Niagara. This season Rider tied the sixth seed, Marist and the tenth seed, Manhattan.

Rider lost 1-0 at Siena on October 7, and also lost by one goal to the second seed, Saint Peter’s (4-3), the third seed, Fairfield (1-0), and the fifth seed, Iona (1-0).

If the Broncs defeat Siena (5-9-4, 2-5-2 MAAC) at 2:00 pm Wednesday they will play the top seed, Loyola (15-3, 8-1 MAAC), at 1:00 pm Thursday. The semi-finals are Saturday and the Championship Game is Sunday at 1:00 pm.

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By Lois Staas

NEWS Correspondent

Mayor Frank R. Filipek asked Bellmawr citizens to exercise their responsibility and call in obvious vandalism to public property as they witnessed it during last week\’s Borough Council meeting.

His comments followed Councilman John P. Bollinger\’s report about some incidents on October 19 on Roberts Avenue that involved tire slashing and car scratching. House break-ins also occurred on Roberts Avenue and Old Kings Highway, he said.

\”As Mayor and Council, we cannot assist citizens unless they come out and complain about damage to park benches and lights,\” Filipek said. \”I see people walking in Sauter Park, but people are afraid to call in. They don\’t have to give their names.\”

Councilman Louis P. Di-Angelo said, \”The cost to replace the damaged benches, lights, and playground equipment is $3,000.

On another matter, Councilman James F. D\’Angelo related the purchase of some new public works equipment, including a new trash truck. He said that because of several prior incidents, it is cost prohibitive for trash pick-up in the alleyway of Alcyon Drive.

\”Our insurance company will not cover accidents in the alleyway. Trash trucks can get in, but they have to back out. If there is an accident, the driver gets points and loses his CDL license,\” D\’Angelo said. \”We are stuck between a rock and a hard place.\”

.Councilman Stephen M. Sauter said, \”Buildings and Lands are up and running. I thank everyone who helped with the holiday decorations of haystacks, mums and pumpkins.\”

\”Football will come to a close this week, and it is time to bed down the Rec Center. If we look closed for following weekends, it is because we are getting ready for Christmas in the Park,\” DiAngelo said.

Filipek said that last year five or six families donated decorations to Christmas in the Park. This year\’s donations will be acknowledged with a plaque.

In the public forum, citizens again pressed their concerns about the trash pick-up in the alleyway.

Issues were with the difficulty of certain residents in placing their trash for collection, retrieval of trash containers, and fire department accessibility.

Both fire chiefs were concerned with the welfare of the citizens and fire department members, as well as damage to $375,000 worth of equipment should its mobility be compromised.

DiAngelo said this area was private property.

Solicitor Robert L. Messick added that residents need to police themselves.

Councilman D\’Angelo repeated that this was not a onetime issue.

As closure, the mayor cited times when the area would be cleaned up, only to fall back into congestion two weeks later.