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Guaynabo, Puert (3) @ Haddon Heights, (1)
Location Murnane Field
Game Date July 6, 2008 Game Time 4:00 PM

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GNBO – 2,0,1,0,0,0,0,X,X – 3 5 1
HHTS – 0,0,0,1,0,0,X,X,X – 1 7 1
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GNBO [SP]ﾠ- Rosario.W [C]ﾠ- Yazquey.Y [RP]ﾠ- Coste.Jﾠ- Quiley.B HHTS [SP]ﾠ- Schneider.Z [C]ﾠ- Gallagher.S [RP]ﾠ- Workman.Bﾠ- Dondarski.Cﾠ- Romond.S

Game Highlights:

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico wins 1st Annual Adrean Blue and Gold Tourney with outstanding pitching and clutch hitting.

Rosario Wilfredo went 4 innings to get the win giving up 1 run on just 4 hits and 2 strike outs. The run was an earned run. Rosario got outstanding relief pitching from Jorge Coste and Bryan Quiles. Hitting stars for Guaynabo were Ryan Santos, 2 for 4, scored twice and had 1 RBI and Xavier Feliciano who went 2 for 3 with a double..

For Haddon Heights Zack Schneider took the loss giving up 3 runs on 4 hits with no strike outs. Only 1 run was earned on his watch.

Hitting stars for Haddon Heights were Brandon Winkler 3 for 4 and Anthony Chiliberti who went 1 for 4 with a triple and a run scored.

Symbol: M0442K Title: CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TRAINEE

Issue Date: 6/19/2008 Closing Date: 7/10/2008

Jurisdiction: GLOUCESTER CITY Salary: $15.00 Per Hour

Num. of Positions: 4 Workweek: 18 Hours per week

Application Fee: $15.00

Open to Residents of:

Gloucester City

Requirements:

LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver\’s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Application and more info

 

It has been brought to my attention that the City of Gloucester City is seeking five people to add to the payroll. HelpWanted advertisements have been posted on the New Jersey Department of Personnel website .

The announcement for *Code Enforcement Trainees started on June 19 and expires on July 10. The announcement for a *Program Monitor was placed on June 24 and expires on July 15.

I want to thank Lori for bringing the announcements to my attention. Without her help I doubt many of us would have known the City was going to hire more people. Just last week Mayor and Council hired Lori Kraft to assist City Administrator/Municipal Clerk Paul Kain.

Does anyone know the job description of a PROGRAM MONITOR? According to the announcement the person is required to have a college degree. But there is no description of duties for that position.

One further thought; as you drive around our community it is obvious the City’s housing stock is shrinking. With less homes why are we are hiring more people to work in the Housing Office?

To those who asked why Council’s agenda for the Caucus meeting and the regular monthly meeting hasn’t been posted on CNB for the past two months. I am assuming there must be an oversight. I have requested Assistant Clerk Kathy Jentsch to put me back on the Email list for those monthly announcements.

I was told the UEZ meeting scheduled for Monday at 4 PM (yesterday) was cancelled at the last minute because the Board lacked a quorum. One of the topics to be discussed was a BID program for the Monmouth Street Business District. The City of Gloucester City has authorized a feasibility study for a Business Improvement District (BID) that would include businesses in a four block section of the City. The center hub for the BID would be Broadway and Monmouth Street.

The JCSG group is conducting the study for a fee of $5,000, according to Howard Clark, director of the City’s UEZ (Urban Enterprise Zone). In June the City paid the JCSG group $4500 for the study. See City Bills for June

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*Application/program monitor……………*Application/trainees

 

The article is authentic was written by Ken Blackwell, an African American conservative columnist. This column appeared on Townhall.com on March 14, 2008.

Blackwell is the Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment for the Family Research Council in Washington D.C. He is a columnist for the New York Sun and a contributing editor for Townhall.com.

It\’s an amazing time to be alive in America. We\’re in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first front running freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first.

We won\’t truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won\’t arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender.

Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics.

The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him.

Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He\’s not. He\’s the next George McGovern. And it\’s time people learned the facts.
Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton.

Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.
Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he\’s not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant.
Mr. Obama talks about getting past party, getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America. But let\’s look at the more defined strokes of who he is underneath this superficial \’beauty.\’

Start with national security, since the president\’s most important duties are as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists – something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.

Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on \’the rich.\’ How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.

Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, \’All praise and glory to God!\’ but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have \’hijacked\’ – hijacked – Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and promises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote against a statewide ban – ban – on all handguns in the state. These are radical left, Hollywood, and San Francisco values, not Middle America values.

The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don\’t start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of \’bringing America together\’ means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandoning any conflicting beliefs.

But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and – yes – they\’re talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama\’s radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.
It\’s time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let\’s first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilization war.

 

Link: The Pocono Record.

July 06, 2008

News this week: Hunting licenses are on sale. You can go to the county treasurer\’s office to buy a license, but then you\’ll miss the chance to browse at all the hunting equipment at area stores. We tell you where you can buy them.

If you need something to get you in the mood for hunting, take a peek at last year\’s photo gallery.

Our reader fishing photo of the week was submitted by Travis Capalbo who caught this striper, weighing 6 to 7 pounds, at Beltzville State Park. Check our fishing photo gallery for others caught this season

By Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith Special to American Forces Press Service ARLINGTON, Va., July 7, 2008 – The first group of 200 California National Guard members called out by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for direct ground support on the fire line July 1 have competed their classroom training and are ready to deploy for hands-on training tomorrow, National Guard officials here said today. California Army National Guard soldiers receive firefighting training from California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention instructors to prepare them for the possible dangers they might face. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stuart Brown, California National Guard (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Answering two call-ups by Schwarzenegger for additional wildfire assistance on the ground last week, 400 California National Guard members joined or were preparing to join the more than 20,000 civilian ground-based firefighters and support personnel today engaged in extinguishing 330 active fires charring the state. Officials said that the addition of Guard members at the fire lines will help relieve \”overburdened and exhausted\” firefighters on the ground. It\’s the first time California Guard members have formally deployed for the governor to a fire line in nearly three decades. \”I have ordered additional California National Guard soldiers to provide direct ground support to our firefighters in their efforts,\” Schwarzenegger said. \”These additional soldiers will bring much-needed assistance to the efforts of the firefighters who continue to tirelessly battle the blazes across California.\” Nearly 1,000 National Guard members are supporting numerous firefighting operations in California. Since June 21, at least 32 Guard fixed- and rotary-winged aircraft and aircrews from more than half a dozen states repeatedly have joined state and federal agencies battling wild land blazes from the state\’s smoke-filled skies. The Guard\’s aerial missions have dropped more than 1.7 million gallons of water and fire retardant in and around the state\’s wild land fires. Most recently, aircrews from the California Guard\’s 129th Rescue Wing joined the air battle as the state\’s first combat search and rescue wing to qualify and carry 660-gallon buckets of water to the wild fires. The recent introduction of National Guard ground forces into the fire fight includes 200 soldiers who trained at the state\’s Wild Land Fire Training Center at the former McClellan Air Force Base. \”The California National Guard is actively engaged in responding to the wildfires in Northern California by providing assistance to local authorities and to the citizens of the affected communities,\” Army Maj. Gen. William Wade, California adjutant general, said. \”We continue to do this through air assets and personnel and equipment on the ground. The California Guard is proud of its ability to respond rapidly to those citizens affected by this horrible disaster.\” Officials said the soldiers were trained by the state\’s Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention personnel in fire behavior, fire safety and how to create fire containment lines using hand tools. The soldiers will be issued equipment tomorrow and conduct hands-on fire training today at a \”cold-line\” section where wild fires have previously burned. A majority of the soldiers are from the 100th Troop Command and the 115th Regional Support Group. \”It will be tough work, tedious and dangerous,\” said retired Army Col. Terry Knight, director of community relations for the California Guard. \”They are getting hot and heavy as we speak.\” Knight said a primary function for the two teams will be to construct fire lines, by hand, in places heavy equipment cannot reach. Still, other Guard officials said, the Guard members also will provide follow-up support and may possibly end up fighting active wild fires. Officials said an additional 200 California Guard soldiers, called out by the governor July 4, are the next group to train at McClellan for ground firefighting support. Other California Guard forces on the ground are providing truck transportation and command and control personnel for civilian responders. Eight California Guard bulldozers and operators are also cutting fire lines in their efforts to contain the blazes. (Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith serves with the National Guard Bureau.)

Related Sites: National Guard Bureau Related Articles: Air Guard Rescue Unit Certifies in Firefighting Technique

Link: Philadelphia Daily News | 07/07/2008.

Pier 11 coming back from the dead?

By CHRIS BRENNAN
Philadelphia Daily News

[email protected] 215-854-5973

The \”opportunistic species\” – that\’s horticultural lingo for some serious weeds – soar 10 feet and taller on Pier 11, a historic structure that juts into the Delaware River just south of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.

The pier\’s tale tracks the story of Philadelphia – a life launched from and thriving upon commerce that comes with a perch on a big river.

photos by John Schmidt

The Schooner \”Northwind\” arrived on Saturday from Greenwich, NJ, to its new home at Freedom Pier, in the City of Gloucester. The schooner is docked at the former Coast Guard Base, King and Cumberland Streets. Aboard for the ride from Greenwich were Mayor Bill James and other city officials.

As it was about to dock the Mayor gave the ship a welcome tune on his bagpipes.

Plans call for using the former sail training 75-foot vessel for public sailing excursions up and down the river and as a working marine educational exhibit, attracting maritime business and programs for adults and youth. The city recently purchased the schooner with funds from its Urban Development Action Grant.

Along with the schooner, a 65-foot, 150-passenger excursion boat, The Flagship, will operate from the pier throughout the summer, offering sightseeing excursions and group charters; and the development of an outdoor cafe at the pier is underway.

Link: MyCentralJersey.com.

The gun, a Gamo P-23, was sitting under the rear window of the 2004 coupe. Looking like a larger-caliber handgun, the firearm drew a quick response from the bicycle-patrol officer who stopped Narciso for doing 40 mph in a 25-mph zone. With gun drawn, the officer arrested him.

Narciso\’s father, an architect, bought the pellet gun at a garage sale a few years ago to fend off squirrels that made their way into the attic of the families home on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Edison, the father and Narciso\’s lawyer, Amilcar Perez of Perth Amboy, said.

Under a new state law, Narciso\’s possession of the weapon qualifies as a Graves Act offense. Narciso could face what prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys call a \”hard three,\” meaning three years with no prospect of parole.

Hi Bill,

I am not a graduate of Gloucester Catholic and yet I am another person who has been \”closed down\” or \”regionalized\” by the Diocese of Camden.\” With a letter in my children\’s backpacks, I was notified of the closure of Sacred Heart Elementary School in Mount Ephraim. This was 2 years after many parents made significant contributions to the parish of which 50% went to the school for renovations which included new windows, flooring, etc.

We kicked and screamed enough to have a meeting with the Diocese administrators to discuss the closing but their minds were made up and their plans were in place long before we said our peace and made proposal after proposal on how we could increase the funding and keep the school open.

Bill, the bottom line is the bottom line for the Diocese in terms of black and red. They do not care about history and tradition. They do not care about the impact that 2 empty and vacant buildings in the center of the Gloucester City community. They care about how many additional, new students they can lure, with undoubtedly a higher tuition to a brand new high school in Mullica Hill. Nothing else matters to them.

The shame of it all is that they are losing so many souls who simply give up to the religion who has given up on them. The foundation of the Catholic School is the Catholic Education. When you educate your population in God\’s teachings, they give back to the church and community. When you show your parishioners and community that you simply don\’t care what they think and you will go about your plan to close and regionalize you Catholic Schools, and \”relocate\” as the try to pull of the Gloucester Catholic move, you turn your back on them.

Is it any surprise that people are abandoning the church in droves. When you step inside the church, how many young people do you see? What is the average age of the parishioners who are attending? Abandoned Catholic\’s and their children stop attending church. Why go to a place where you have been abandoned yourself. The Diocese saw fit to close your schools and regionalize your parishes. Do you just continue to take it from them?

What happens when they tell you that St. Mary\’s has too few parishioners and costs too much to remain open? What happens when the backlash hits were all the affected Gloucester Catholic students and parents stop showing up for mass and stop putting money in the collection boxes? When Sacred Heart Elementary closed the Sunday collections were immediately cut in half.

With few people entering the vocations and no change coming from the Vatican, the richest, non-profit corporation in the world, and the largest real estate landholder (The Catholic Church), will be bringing you video priest and home mass to you soon.

Bill, your article hit a nerve. Best Regards.

Tom Taraschi