MCGRATH, THOMAS W., SR.
of Gloucester City, NJ, died on May 1, 2007; Aged 78 years. Due notice will be given by McGUINNESS FUNERAL HOME, \’The Lifetime Tribute Funeral Home\’ Please visit www. mcgfuneral .com or call 1800-993-0888.

Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.

Hank is a former resident of Gloucester City NJ and owner of The Miller English School in Japan

 
\”May 5Th Is Children\’s Day in Japan.\”

May 5th is Children\’s Day. In contrast to Momo-no-sekku, or peach festival for girls on March 3rd, this day used to be called Tango-no-sekku, or the Boy\’s Day Festival.

After World War 11, May 5th was designated as Children\’s day and made a national holiday. Families with sons display warrior dolls and miniature helmets inside the house and fly very large carp streamers on long bamboo poles outdoors Families raise colorful carp-shaped \”Koinobori\” flags,one for each member of the family. The largest and uppermost flag represents the father, followed by the monther, and small carp to represent children.

The carp has the power to fight its way up fast flowing streams and even waterfalls and therefore, represents the courage and strength expected of boys.

 

Many Japanese eat chimaki, steamed rice cakes, and kashiwamochi, rice cakes stuffed with sweet bean past and wrapped in oak leaves, on and around Children\’s Day. There is also a custom of taking a hot bath with iris leaves in the water on May 5th This special bath is said to be good for the health.

Have a really great spring, here in Japan our weather is so beautiful presently and I have spent this past week a few hours each day planting flowers in our American Country Garden.

If I want to see a Japanese garden, I\’ve only to look over our wall and look into our neighbor\’s garden to see one.

Most traditional Japanese gardens are green-green-green with almost no flowers at all.

So you see I have plenty of traffic around my garden in both spring and summer with people wanting to see it.

 

Warm Regards from Japan From,

 

THE MILLER ENGLISH SCHOOL JAPAN

 

Hank F. Miller Jr.

 

Bill, 

It looks like there will be a few new restaurants soon on the Black Horse Pike. 
I talked to the owner of Fat Jack\’s the Bar B Q chain, and they are opening up a location in the Wal Mart shopping center in the next two months.

We also saw a sign for Dinic\’s which is reopening again (after its locaction in the White Castle building was moved). We have also seen a sign for Mr D\’s Pub on the Pike near the new Canals although we haven\’t seen any groundbreaking yet. There is a Mr D\’s in Wildwood (good cheese steak place) not sure if they are connected.

Also the Reel Fresh Seafood is opening up as Another Place (might already be open this week). 

That\’s what is so great about your site– you can break the news when these places open. 

The Courier has so much canned stuff from Gannet it takes them a while to cover local things like this. 

On the Road with Jack

This year\’s award recipients are as follows: Male Athlete of the Year for Gloucester City High School-Liam James, Female Co-Athletes of the Year for Gloucester City High School- Kelly Cerrone and Kate Collins, Male Athlete of the Year for Gloucester Catholic High School- Ray McKenney, Female Athlete of the Year for Gloucester Catholic High School-Megan Pierman.

Ray Floyd was presented with a special award for being a member of the organization since its inception.

The Chet Maryak Citizen of the Year Award was presented to Bobby Stafford. As most of you know, Bob is heavily involved in many of the youth programs in our city. He is an example of the word \”volunteer\” as was Chet.

This year\’s Sportsmen of the Year Award was presented to Charles \”Zeke\” Cyzirak.

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By Sara Martino

News Correspondent

Due to the high amount of rainfall recently, a backup occurred in the Camden County Municipal Utility Authority (CCMUA), which then caused a backup in the sewer system in Brooklawn.

 

During the Monday, April 16 meeting of borough council, Donna Domico, Public Works Manager, said the CCMUA system was not capable of keeping up with the flow relative to the five inch rainfall. The meeting was opened and conducted by Councilman James Nolan, Jr., in the absence of Mayor John Soubasis.

 

Borough clerk Barbara Lewis said the problem did not stem from the Brooklawn system, but as a result of the backup from the Camden facility. \”Our system residents suffered with the flooded basements and backflow. Until the problem is corrected, please use a minimal amount of water. Try to avoid running dishwashers, washing machines or else the water may come back into the homes,\” Domico and Lewis advised.

Also under discussion at the meeting was a change in the recycling pickup schedule. \”All recyclables can now be combines as a \”single stream\” where everything that is recyclable can be placed in one container for pickup,\” said Domico. \”Instead of using manpower to collect newspaper and cardboard in one vehicle then glass and plastics in another truck, the manpower and labor time will be reduced. This process will clear up time for other needed work projects in town\”, she said. Domico also said she is going to have a discussion with RecycleBank. Regarding the incentive program that is in use in Westville.

 

\”The state of New Jersey wants the municipalities to recycle 50 percent of their residents trash. There is grant money available from the state that can be awarded to the municipality as an incentive. If towns do not comply with the 50 percent mandate, the state can put a surcharge on the town,\” Domico said.

Council approved the awarding of a contract for renovations and construction of the firehouse/EMS building in the amount of $295,000. Clerk Lewis said the firm of the J.D. Lawrence Company from Westville will be the contractor.

A resolution was approved for a contract with Camden County for removal of deer carcasses at the cost of $70 per deer. The state recently made the removal a municipality responsibility.

Councilman Thomas MacAdams announced that he and Councilwoman Theresa Branella attended an Athletic Association (AA) meeting to discuss the borough\’s playing fields regarding the use of the fields and the banning of alcohol on all the playing fields.

Property owners along the river and creek banks received notification from the state regarding their intentions of bank improvements. Councilman Jerry Granstrom said he remembers paddling along the banks years ago.\” Even then, there was a lot of debris washed up along the banks, even including hospital waste,\” he said.

Chuck Reibel from Kei Associates, Borough Engineers, asked council to discuss a traffic signal at Old Salem Road and Rt. 130, that would support the NJ State Department of Transportation (DOT) concept. He also talked about the Adopt-A-Highway idea along Rt. 130 whereby local business and organizations would sponsor part of the highway and also of the possibility of transferring drinking water to the Borough of Westville. Council will further discuss both of the issues.

A special meeting will be held on Monday, April 30 at 5:30 p.m. for the public hearing and adoption of the 2007 budget.

On April 30, 2007. (nee Haley). Age 83. Known to many as \”Mrs. D.\” Of West Deptford. Formerly of South Philadelphia. Loving wife of 57 years to the late Fred \”Reds\” D\’Imperio. Surrounded and cared for by her devoted children: Michael F. D\’Imperio of Philadelphia, Judith Ann Puleio (Joseph N.) of Cherry Hill, Joan M. Navarro (John V.) of Springfield, PA and Mary Campbell of West Deptford. Beloved grandmother of 8 and 7 great-grandchildren. Julia was born and raised in South Philadelphia and was a graduate in 1941 of West Catholic High School.

She has been a resident of West Deptford for the last 35 years. Julia was a devoted and active parishioner of Saint Matthew\’s R.C. Church in National Park.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewing on Thursday morning from 9:15 to 10:15 am at Saint Matthew\’s R.C. Church: 4^th Street and Monument Avenue, National Park. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 am in the church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA. There will be no evening viewing and no viewing at all at the funeral home. Family requests memorial donations in Julia\’s memory be made to Saint Matthew\’s R.C. Church Memorial Fund: 307 Wesley Avenue, National Park, NJ 08063. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Julia D\’Imperio. Funeral Arrangements and Inquires may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ.

The meeting of the Gloucester City Breakfast Club was held Saturday, April 28 at the Train Station. Guests were Tom \”ChooChoo\” Murphy, Bill \”Wibby\” Yeager, Walt Hall. Members present, Bill and George Cleary, Harry and Jim Blymer, Jim Coppola, Joe DiGiacomo, John Hindsley, Joe Miller, Chalie Pitzo, Ron Villanova, Jack Persichette, Ron Raube, Harry Walker.

Winner of the 50-50 Coppola. By the way he was in charge of the numbers bucket; not to say there was anything wrong but….. !

The Club meets the fourth Saturday of each month at the Train Station, 9:30 PM. All are welcome. Next meeting Saturday, May 26th. The organization was formed in May 2006 by Chalie Pitzo. Chalie is out of the hospital and is able to walk with the assistance of a cane. He like to thank everyone for their prayers and cards.
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Ted Morris from Universal Field Services (UFS) said I would receive $28,000 in installments over three and one-half years after the state forced me to move to make room for the new middle school. I had lived at 507 Jersey Ave.

I have lived here in Gloucester City all my life. I moved to another home. My landlord and Mr. Morris discussed my lease and agreements. I moved December 10, 2004.

The state sent me a check for $7,800 that I gave to my landlord for rental assistance. The next year, on December 10, I called Ted Morris and I was told that he no longer works there and Elaine Hathaway took over my case.

I asked her for my check and she said she did deposit the check into my landlord\’s checking account. On December 10, 2006, I called about my money and they discharged Elaine. Leslie Pachanco took over my case.

My landlord called and said he never received money from UFS this year. I called and called and all I have gotten is the run around. Now my landlord has filed for eviction. I have to go to court on April 26. I need help, my children go to school here, and I cannot afford to lose my home.

The state still owes me $7,800 for this year and $4,600 for the next year.

Michael Burke and Family, Gloucester City

 

sTORY Written by Home News Tribune Online 04/30/07
STAFF REPORT

Notre Dame broke a 4-4 tie with two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Rutgers baseball team, 6-4, in a see-saw battle in front of a Bainton Field record crowd of 1,024 on Sunday.

The loss dropped Rutgers (25-16, 13-5 in the Big East) out of first place in the Big East standings for the first time in more than a month, a game behind league leader St. John\’s and into a tie with Louisville.

Tied at 4-4, Notre Dame\’s Danny Dressman led off the ninth with a slow bouncer between the pitcher\’s mound and first base for a single and Jeremy Barnes hit a ball to the wall in center field for an RBI triple before scoring on a sacrifice fly to give the Irish (24-19, 8-9 in Big East) a 6-4 lead.

The Scarlet Knights threatened in the bottom of the ninth, putting two of the first three batters on with a Todd Frazier walk and a Ryan Hill single, and moved both into scoring position on a double steal with two outs. Notre Dame lefty reliever Sam Elam came in to face the lefty Tom Edwards and struck out the Scarlet Knight to give Notre Dame the victory.

With the score knotted at 2-2 in the top of the sixth, the Irish put a pair of runners on, but pitcher Casey Gaynor got Matt Weglarz to hit grounder to third base, where Tim Querns picked it up, stepped on third and fired the ball to second baseman Mike Bionde for the force at second and Bionde completed a triple play when he threw to first baseman Tom Edwards to get Weglarz.

Gaynor ended the day with five strikeouts and allowed four runs on five hits in a strong 7.2 innings. Chris Lillis (2-2) was charged with the loss, giving up two runs on two hits and a strikeout in 1.1 innings of relief.

PRINCETON SPLITS: Needing a sweep of the four-game series at Cornell to tie Penn for the Ivy League\’s Gehrig Division title, Princeton University\’s baseball team lost the final game of the weekend, 5-4 in 12 innings on Sunday to be eliminated from title contention.

The Tigers won the opener 7-5.