Pet of the Week VADA

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Vada is a 4-5-year-old black lab mix who is very active and would love a home with a large yard or a family who would take her on long walks. She is a great dog who loves toys and going for long walks.

She just likes everybody and is excited about life in general. She listens well and would make a great addition to any family.

Please stop in and meet Vada soon.

If you are interested in adopting , please call the shelter at (856) 663-3058 and check on his/her availability. All dogs adopted from our shelter will be spayed/neutered prior to leaving the facility. Feel free to e-mail us with any questions or comments that you may have.

My Contact Info

Almost Home Animal Shelter

Pennsauken, NJ

Phone: 856-663-3058

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Track: Rams Cross Country off to a 3-0 Start


The Gloucester Catholic girls cross country team is off to a 3-0 start. 

Above frosh Taylor Mickle winning the race and setting a course record at Woodstown of 24:07.

Gloucester Catholic girls took the first four places as Taylor was followed by Shannon McGowan, Rachel Busarello and Liz Glassman.

 

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The Breakfast Club Meeting Saturday, Sept. 29th

Meeting Saturday

 Sept.29th at 9

Dining Car Depot

Monmouth & Railroad, Gloucester City

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Ada B. SANDERS, longtime resident of Division Street, Gloucester City

On September 23, 2007. (nee Murphy) Age 82. Longtime resident of Division Street in Gloucester City. She retired from Campbell Soup Company in 1984. Wife of the late George Sanders. Daughter of the late Harry and Georgeanna (nee Bates ) Murphy of Camden, NJ

 Also Survived by 16 Children:Barbara North ( Franklinville, NJ ), Patricia Gates ( TN. ), Frank Sanders ( Seminole, FL ), Bonita Werz ( Seminole FL ), the late Veronica DeCasanova ( FL ), Theodore Sanders ( Camden, NJ ), Baron Sanders ( SC ), George Sanders ( Hephzibah, GA ), Nancy McCullough ( Williamstown, NJ ), Peter Sanders ( Mantua, NJ ), Joan Jones ( Unknown ), Rose Sanders ( West Deptford , NJ ), Brenda Ellis ( Mullica Hill, NJ ), Robert Sanders ( Seminole, FL ), Sandy Greenan ( Palm Harbor, FL ), Richard Sanders ( Gloucester City, NJ ) and the late Veronica DeCasanova.

 Also survived by 42 Grandchildren and 100 Great Grandchildren.

From all of your surviving family, We Love you Mom ( & Grandmom )

Your Legacy will live on…

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewing on Thursday Evening from 7 pm to 9 pm at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City.

Celebration of Ada\’s Life 8 pm in the funeral home. Cremation private at the request of the family.

Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Ada B. Sanders.

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Pet Tips by Allan: What is safe for humans can kill your dog within hours

Hey Bill ,

Dog Quote: A dog is like an eternal Peter Pan, a child who never grows old and who therefore is always available to love and be loved.
….Aaron Katcher

Doggy Model: Darby Tussey

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Many people are unaware that some of the foods that we eat on regular basis can be deadly to your dog.

A piece of chocolate can cause seizures, coma and death.

Even a small piece of chocolate is dangerous.

Anything containing caffeine can have a similar effect and be as dangerous as chocolate, and that includes coffee grounds, tea, and tea bags.

Grapes and raisins can cause kidney failure and even a single serving of raisins can kill your dog.

Excessive salt intake can also cause kidney problems.

Onions can cause anemia by destroying red blood cells while tomatoes can cause tremors and heart arrhythmias.

Tomato plants are particularly toxic to dogs.

Avocados are also highly toxic and can cause breathing difficulty and fluid accumulation around the abdomen chest and heart.

More Information:
http://AboutDogs.info/recommends/dogfood.html

When giving your dog bones ensure that they are raw as cooked bones can splinter and damage their internal organs.

Excessive fat can cause pancreatitis, so it is not wise to feed your dog a diet of fatty foods.

Fried foods also fall into this category and are not good to retain maximum health in your dog.

Certain nuts, such as Macadamia nuts and walnuts can cause weakness and muscle tremors.

Peanut butter however is generally okay provided you use the salt and sugar free peanut butter as sugar can encourage cancer growth.

The core and pits of fruits such as Apple\’s cherries and peaches contain cyanide, which is poisonous to dogs and can kill them within 24-hours without warning.

If in doubt, always refrain from feeding your dog foods that we are eating assuming that they will be okay.

What is safe for humans can kill your dog within hours.

More Information:
http://AboutDogs.info/recommends/dogfood.html

Thanks,

Allan
http://AboutDogs.info

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Rutgers Returns to Top 10 in National Rankings

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – For the second time in school history, Rutgers will play a college football game ranked in the Top 10 as the 10th-ranked Scarlet Knights host Maryland Saturday, Sept. 29 at 3:30 p.m. on ABC. The Scarlet Knights vaulted into the nation\’s top 10 in both major polls – No. 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 10 in the USA Today/Coaches Top 25, after yesterday\’s play in college football. The Scarlet Knights were idle this past weekend and moved up one spot in both polls from No. 11.

The No. 10 ranking in both polls is the second-best in school history, just behind last season\’s ranking of No. 7 in the Nov. 12 AP Top 25 and the No. 8 selection in the Nov. 12 USA Today/Coaches Poll Top 25.

Dating back to last season, Rutgers has been ranked in 17 consecutive polls, the longest stretch in school history.

Rutgers is one of four BIG EAST teams ranked in this week\’s AP Top 25, joining West Virginia, South Florida and Cincinnati.

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GHS Retires No.19; Lions Win Game With 19 Seconds on The Clock

The Number 19

By Bruce Darrow

 

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Saturday’s weather called for early fog giving way to perfect late morning sunshine, the playing field was decorated in honor of Marc Ryan as a Marine Flag flew beneath the American flag. This true story of an American Hero was beginning to unfold in the City of Gloucester. As the family, of Gloucester’s Fallen Hero Marc Ryan, Mother Linda, Father Tom, Sister Lauren and Brother Chris gathered in the GHS gymnasium for the retirement of Marc Ryan’s football number 19 the early clouds gave way to an unsuspected down pour outside.

As the GHS Families and friends surrounded the local media outlets covering the dedication, Principal Jack Don presented the Ryan Family to the public. A composed Linda Ryan spoke of her son Marc Ryan’s tenure at GHS. As Linda spoke the quietness was only overcome by both the patter of the falling rain and the tears from those in attendance.

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Coach Leon Harris, Linda Ryan and Principal Jack Don.

One by one member’s of the Ryan Family spoke, then Gloucester’s Coach Leon Harris took the stage and gave a terrific speech filled with memories and love of Marc Ryan. Coach Harris finished his speech by referring to the rain that this is Marc’s kind of weather and you know he is watching. As the Ryan Family unveiled the shining white #19 dedicated jersey, magically the rain stopped.

The Lions opening kickoff was recovered and returned by Penns Grove’s #19 Jay Brown. Both Gloucester and Penns Grove fought in the trenches Marc Ryan during a scoreless first quarter.

In the second quarter Penns Grove took the first lead 7 – 0 on Aaron Haywards 55 yard touchdown run. Both teams traded field position throughout much of the first half until Gloucester’s Kyle Stewart rushed 33 yards for the touchdown to close the score 7 – 6 under the Marine Flag SEMPER Fi #19 flag. Penns Grove’s responded immediately as Darien Surrency scored on a 43 yard touchdown pass from Jon Coppage to give the Grove a 13 – 6 with 1:16 remaining in the first halftime. As the clocked ticked to 0:00 Penns Grove left for the halftime with a 13 – 6 lead.

After an emotional halftime presentation of a #19 jersey to the Ryan family, the Lions looked to extend the honor on the field. After a scoreless third quarter, the Lions hopes of a win would go through the SEMPER Fi endzone.

In the fourth Penns Grove took a punt return by Aaron Hayward 60 yards then he handed the ball to #19 Jay Brown where he was tackled at the Lions 16 yardline. But after a lost fumble by Penns Grove the Lions returned the favor on the next play at their own 16 yard line when they fumbled.

With 6:50 remaining Jon Coppage threw a 12 yard touchdown pass to give Penns Grove a seemingly winnable 21 – 6 lead. Slowly the solid Lions fan base headed towards the gates.

Quickly time passed and after the snap to the Penns Grove punter was mishandled the Lions took over at the Penns Grove 12 yardline with 1:26 remaining. With the Lion’s trailing 21 – 6 the sun suddenly burst through and shined down on the GHS field.

As the intensity grew, a sudden rebirth of the \”Old Gloucester Pride\” began to filter throughout the entire stadium. The Lions used this solar power from the sun as a guiding light. The Lions used 60 seconds to score on a 16 yard touchdown pass and two point conversion from Steve Goad to Robert Filer to close the gap to 21 -14 with 1:26 remaining in the game.

Faced with the need to recover an on-side kick, the Marc Ryan pride filtered through each player and coach.. This air of confidence spilled onto the field as Gloucester’s Mike Becker recovered the on sides kick giving the Lions hope.

With :26 remaining and looking into the SEMPER Fi endzone Goad connected with Filer again and Filer fell into the endzone to close the gap 21 – 20. The two point conversion to Mike Becker gave the Lions a hard fought 22 – 21 lead.

As the crowd went wild knowing they were witnessing something special Penns Grove had one last chance. With :19 remaining the Lions pass rush sacked Penns Grove’s QB Jon Coppage and ended the day as predicted \”PERFECT\”

As players and fans exited the Stadium it was announce that today’s game would be televised on channel 19.

Thank you Marc Ryan as shown you will always be a part of Lions Football.

Note: The feature High School on NBC 10 this Friday at 6:15 PM will be Gloucester City High School

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Chuckles submitted by Tony Thornton: Senior Driver by Grandmom

The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a \”Honk if you love Jesus\” bumper sticker.

I was feeling particularly sassy that day, because I had just come from a thrilling choir practice followed by a powerful prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.
I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is, and I didn\’t notice that the light had changed.
It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus; because if he hadn\’t honked, I\’d never have noticed.

I found that LOTS of people love Jesus. Why, while I was sitting there, the nice man behind started honking like crazy, and he leaned out of his window and screamed, \”for the love of God, GO! GO!\” What an exuberant cheerleader he was for the Lord.

Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people.

I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love. There must have been a man from Florida back there, because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach. I saw another man waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I\’ve never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back.

My grandson burst out laughing; why even he was enjoying this religious experience.

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So I waved to all my sisters and brothers, smiled at them all, and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again, and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window, and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!

 

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WHEN EAST MEETS WEST Sumo A Traditional Japanese Sport

 

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Continued Park Three: 

 

Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr. 

 

 

Due to sumo\’s popularity, many of these non-tournament events that were previously mentioned end up on TV. 

In recent years viewers have been treated to the sight of rikishi buying souvenirs in Honolulu, New York or London crooning with professional singers at the Kokugikan (the National Sumo Arena in Ryogoky Tokyo) But the Sumo Association hierarchs discourages kikishi from becoming TV and recording celebrities or commercial pitchmen. 

 

They feel that these activities can be only demeaning but morally dangerous. Once rikishi realize that they can make easy yen off the dohyo (Sumo Ring) they will be less eager to perform well on it. Despite the frequent appearances of off-duty rikishi on the tube, most fans still see them during the tournaments. The easiest broadcast to catch these days is that of NHK\”s general channel; even in English translation. Every Chinese noodle joint and sushi shop in the country tunes it in, especially on weekends. Beginning at 3:00 p.m.  

On most days, it gives viewers a three-hour slice of the someday, ending with the last bout at 6:00 p.m. 

 

Viewers who want a larger slice can watch the NHK satellite#1 broadcast, which begins at 1:00 p.m. 

And those who want their dose of sumo while driving can tune into NHK-FM, beginning at 4:05 p.m.NHK also offers bout highlights during its news and sports broadcasts. 

Finally, viewers with satellite TV tuners can listen to English play-by-play on the sub-channel of NHK Satellite Channel1, starting with the makunouchi (top-division) bouts. 

 

Sumo is a sport that I have really learned to enjoy these years I\’ve spent here in Japan.  

 

In the next article I\’ll explain how to watch and understand sumo in its entirety. 

 

Warm Regards from kitakyushu City, Japan  

 

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Lions Win It for Marc; Final 22-21

PHOTOS BY Bruce Darrow/Penns Grove\’s Jon Coppage #8 avoids being tackle by #1 Michael Becker before being brought down by Ian Hart #33. Running to assist is #25 Jeremy Collins.

see GHS Honors Marc Ryan Album GHS 22 Penns Grove 21

GLOUCESTER CITY (September 23)- Gloucester City High\’s QB Steve Goad threw two touchdown passes and a pair of conversion passes in the final 70 seconds for an amazing comeback win over Penns Grove on Saturday.

With 6:48 left in the fourth quarter, Penns Grove scored to go ahead 21-6. With 1:10 left Lions Robert Filer #84 caught a 15-yard TD pass from Goad. Filer also caught the conversion pass from Goad.

On the ensuing kickoff, Michael Becker recovered the on side kick. Fourth and five from the 31, Goad found Filer for a TD to bring the Lions within a point.

Lions Coach Leon Harris sent in the signal to go for the two- point conversion setting up Goad throwing a pass to Michael Becker #1 for the final 22-21.

Note: NBC 10 will feature Gloucester City High School this Friday at 6:15 PM. School.

Photo by Bruce Darrow/Lions Kyle Stewart #9 breaks through the defense as Penns Grove\’s Kenneth Jefferson trys to grab him.

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