A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Sacred Heart Church, Mount Ephraim, for Alma R. Banecker, (nee Finnegan), 87, of Mount Ephraim, who died November 25, 2008.

Mrs. Banecker was a graduate of Haddon Heights High School Class of 1940. She was also a longtime parishioner of Sacred Heart Church in Mount Ephraim.

Interment was in New Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.

ROBERTS

Lillian \”Caroline\”

On November 30, 2008. Age 67. Of Sewell. Formerly of Haddonfield and Somerdale. Survived by her dear and beloved friend Paul Cimino of Sewell.

Caroline was born in Fort Kent, Maine and was a 1959 graduate of Haddonfield High School. Caroline worked at Comcast Cable as a Customer Account Representative for 18 years.

At Caroline’s request, Cremation is private and there will be no services. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the funeral home through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Lillian \”Caroline\” Roberts.

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For at least 300 hours this academic year, Gonzales and Enijah are paired in an after-school program called Jumpstart that is designed to add literacy and basic skills enrichment to preschool-aged children already enrolled in school at LEAP. \”I just love to see her smile, and the progress she\’s making in every Jumpstart session. Every day, I ask about the books we\’re reading. It\’s neat to see the things they pick up,\” said Gonzales, a child studies and psychology major from Brooklawn. \”Hopefully, 15 years from now, these kids will be the college students.\”

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ-The seventh annual \”Joe Stiles Memorial War\” was presented to Gloucester Catholic’s Brian Knell and Gloucester City High’s Ian Harter before the kickoff of the City Series Thanksgiving football game held at Gloucester High School.

Presenting the awards were Karen and Michaelene Stiles. .

 www.buckmanager.com When it comes to unique deer hunts this really is one of those once in a lifetime deer hunting stories. In fact, it is downright amazing! A of a reader of Buckmanager.com tipped me off to this story, which is making its way into hunting forums around the country — and for good reason. The harvested buck was a good animal, but so was the head of the dead buck he was carrying around on its head! That’s right, apparently the bucks got into a scuffle and the better buck won — but he also ended up carrying around the dead buck because they had locked antlers. It’s wild, check out the story: click link above

PHOTO OF THREE BUCKS FROM GOOGLE IMAGES

 Special to American Forces Press Service

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., Dec. 5, 2008 – The New Jersey National Guard is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its alliance with the republic of Albania through the State Partnership Program.
The State Partnership Program, launched by the National Guard Bureau and the U.S. State Department in the 1990s, was started to foster alliances between U.S. states and former Soviet countries, officials said. 

Gloucester City Christmas Parade/video
In years past the parade traveled the lenght of Broadway. This year it started at King and Powell Streets and headed out through the inner streets of the City. In the video a light snow/sleet falls as the parade (two fire engines, a police scooter, several corvettes, a truck with children and Santa Claus) heads north on Lane Avenue towards Thompson. The caravan ended at the Mary Ethel Costello School were a large crowd of children and adults waited for Santa\’s arrival.

At the school there was a Christmas Tree Decorating Contest, photos with Santa, a Ginger bread House Contest, cookie contest, gift and craft vendors, and carolers.

Gary Devine forwarded this great wildlife photo of a whitetail deer shaky off the rain.

The photo was taken by his cousin, Brian Bower, of Pitman, who is a professional wildlife photographer. His present assignment has taken him to the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee where this photo was recently shot.

Bower and Devine are former residents of Gloucester City.

From the Smoky Mountain website…..Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky National Park. World renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, and the quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachia mountain culture, this is America\’s most visited national park. To read more Great Smoky Mountains