Gault, Fredrick J. \”Ric\” ; 57, of Williamstown, suddenly passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2008.
Born in Philadelphia and raised in Bellmawr, Ric will be fondly remembered by his family and friends for his love of life and his ability to live it to the fullest.
He was a proud combat veteran serving with the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War where he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device and the Rifle Marksman Badge. Ric was employed with the United States Postal Service, Blackwood Office for more than 35 years, where he was a Vehicle Operations Maintenance Assistant.
Away from his work, Ric was the \”Original Adventure Seeker\” where he enjoyed; flying planes, Hot Air Ballooning and riding his Harley. Ric also had a knack for tending to and maintaining a meticulously manicured lawn. He will be dearly missed by those who knew and loved him.
Dear brother of Jim and Liz Gault.
Father of Todd Durante.
Ric\’s Lifetime Tribute will be an intimate gathering of his close family and friends held at their convenience.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Ric\’s memory may be made to the NJ Vietnam Veteran\’s Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 648, Holmdel, NJ 07733 for the care of the Memorial.
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KIERNAN, Judith C., FMJC, 57, of Woodbury Heights, on July 2, 2008.
A devout Catholic all of her life and was a perpetually professed member of the Franciscan missionaries of Jesus crucified. Born in Philadelphia, and raised in Woodbury Heights, Judie graduated from Gateway and soon earned an associate degree in Education. Her true passion was to join the Convent, could always fill the air with a beautiful song and was known to her family and friends as a generous, courageous woman. Judie especially enjoyed holidays with her family and singing in St. Margaret\’s choir.
Loving daughter of Clare (nee Karlovich) and the late Charles Kiernan. Beloved Sister of Rita Anne (Ron) Riskie and Clare (Jim) DeSantis. Dear aunt of Ronald and Timothy Riskie and Christine and James DeSantis.
Viewing Monday 8-9:30AM in the McGUINNESS FUNERAL HOME, 34 Hunter St., Woodbury. Memorial Mass 10AM in the St. Margaret\’s RC Church, 3rd & Beech St. Woodbury Heights.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the St. Margaret\’s Church OR the Abigail House, 1105 Linden Ave, Camden, NJ 08102
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Inquirer Staff Writer Two bald eagles that last year nested in Philadelphia – the first in at least 200 years, according to state game officials – have returned.
And while last year no young survived, this year the pair hatched a tiny eaglet that grew from fluff to feathers and learned to shred a fish.
Finally, in late June, it left the nest to begin its life in the wider world.
A year after eagles were removed from the federal endangered-species list, their numbers continue to grow.
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Game Summary: Cody Brown pitched a complete game giving up 5 hits with 5 K\’s and only giving up one run. Andrie Frias had 2 hits, 2 runs scored and 2 rbi\’s for the winning team. For the losing team Dan Gosney had 2 hits with 1 run scored.
Brooklawn Legion\’s Joe Barth and Sonny Graci, tie for first!
July 02, 2008 –
OK, it was supposed to be a baseball banquet but it turned into a salsa contest between two hot-blooded \”young\” coaches, Joe Barth and Sonny Graci! Between the two of them, Emmitt Smith and Elio Castrovenes do not have a chance.
Barth showed off his classical dance style and destroyed the competition with moves that make Gene Kelly look weak. The smooth-as-silk Barth showed the clearly less talented group of remaining coaches in his set, that there is nothing more captivating than experience and hard work on the dance floor. Of course having a hot looking partner doesn\’t hurt either!
Graci, on the other hand resorted to nothing less than bump and grind tactics that brought his players and the guest speakers to their feet for a rousing ovation! If Graci made some of those same moves in the 3rd base-coaching box, he\’d get ejected for crossing the line. However, once again, having the tallest blond in the room following every move he made in masterful synchronicity, didn\’t hurt his cause either.
To say that the crowd was \”jumping\” with these two hoofers is a gross understatement. It was, and they were, \”ELECTRIC\”!!
Oh yeah, there was a baseball banquet in there somewhere and the theme for the evening was put on everyone by the guest speaker, Greg Raab. Greg did an incredible job bridging the chasm between the player’s expectations of going to the \”show\” and eventually living the show everyday…but not in pin stripes, but in a Brooks Brothers suit.
I had the opportunity to talk with a few players after the dinner and they admitted that they never thought that being an engineer, a school teacher, a business owner or an executive at any level, was really about being a \”professional\” living the show. That the practice and lessons learned while playing American Legion baseball, were truly life-long lessons. That their world will always be challenged and tested from the green rookie, to the seasoned veteran.
I may have only sampled a couple of players tonight, but I have a feeling that this night will be remembered many years from now in a much more critical time and place and while his name may be forgotten, the message will endure, whatever they will be doing as they provide for their families, they will be doing it as \”professionals\”.
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Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey’s Sharon Pfluger added another honor to long list of awards as she was tabbed as the 2008 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Boardwalk Region Coach of the Year.
This past season, Pfluger guided the Lions to the NCAA Division III semifinals for the 23rd time in program history and finished with a 17-2 record.
Acknowledged as one of the premier women’s lacrosse coaches in Division III, Pfluger became TCNJ’s all-time winningest coach in the sport in less than six full years at her alma mater.
Her teams have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 22 times, advancing to the NCAA Division III Championship game on 16 occasions.
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The Camden County Emerald Society Pipes and Drums was just one of the bands in the parade. Behind the drum major in the first line of bag pipes (center) is Gloucester City Mayor Bill James.
Photos by Steve Skipton SEE PHOTO GALLERY
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Friday, June 27, The Gloucester City News filed an OPRA request for a copy of the Email correspondence between Gloucester City Councilman Nick Marchese, Finance Chairman and City Administrator/Municipal Clerk Paul Kain. The request was hand delivered to the municipal building and given to the clerk.
Several sources say the Email referred to a number of issues including but not limited to the naming of a builder for Freedom Pier. Recently the City announced that 29 condos will be built at the old Coast Guard Base located on the Delaware River. The city is still seeking a builder for the project.
What is OPRA?
The Open Public Records Act (OPRA) provides procedures for the public (the \”requester\’) to review or copy government records.
*To access government records, a requester must determine which records he or she wishes to see or copy, and then determine which public agency holds them. OPRA applies to requests for records, not request for isolated facts. The requester should ask the custodian of records for help in identifying what public record is likely to contain the information or facts being sought.
*In order to be considered a valid request under OPRA, the request must identify the specific record(s) desired, the request must be submitted to the records custodian of the public agency that has the record, and that agency\’s records request form must be used to ask for the record.
*As general guidance regarding the release of records, OPRA provides that \”… government records shall be readily accessible for inspection, copying, or examination …. With certain exceptions …\” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.
*Additionally, OPRA defines a government record as a record \”made, maintained or kept on file … or that has been received in the course of … official business …\” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.
From what I have been able to gather from a confidential source (CS) on Friday, June 6 Councilman Marchese via an E-mail asked City Administrator Kain if he completed his new assessment and vision of the former Coast Guard Base property. Kain supposedly had a week to put together the report.
The following day, early Saturday morning according to the CS, Kain responded via Email to Marchese. Copies of the Email were sent to all council members. Along with deputy clerk Kathy Jentsch, Gina Dunphy UEZ office, Police Chief William Crothers, Frank Robertson and Bowie Johnson at the public works department.
Plus a CC: was sent to Fire Chief Brian Hagan, Joe Stecklair, Housing inspector, Joanne Marone, tax collector, Robert Saunders at a Cooper hospital E-mail address, John Dymond, tax assessor and to the Community Office. And it was sent to a person with the E-mail address of Gorman-Kain, and to a person with the E-mail address of James Ferry
According to the CS, Kain said he was putting this information together and unfortunately other matters had delayed his ability to complete it. That he works 60 hours a week 24/7 for the City.
The CS said it was his opinion the tone of the Email gave the impression that Kain was mad that Marchese had the audacity to ask him for this report which was a week overdue. The Confidential Source went on to say Kain was going to ask that Marchese be removed from the finance committee and that he be censured by the rest of council. That he (Kain) infers that Marchese had a professional relationship with one or more of the builders for Freedom Pier. And that Kain closes the correspondence with a demand that Marchese direct any further questions to him through the City solicitor said the CS.
There are 24 specific exemptions from disclosure included in OPRA. To view see link. http://gloucestercitynews.typepad.com/clearysnotebook/2008/07/opra-exemptions.html
It should be noted that just because the document you are requesting contains one or more of these exemptions it doesn’t mean the rest of the material in the document cannot be released if it meets the proper criteria.
Contacted for this article for an opinion on the Email was the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government. President Elizabeth Mason said all correspondence between government officials is open to the public for viewing. Likewise attorney Thomas Heim, of Woodbury said it was his belief that an Email or any other correspondence between community officials conducting city business would be public.
In Gloucester City the records custodian who decides whether or not this Email or other government records are made public is City Administrator/Municipal Clerk Paul Kain.
UTICA, NY – Mark your calenders folks. July 3,4,5, and 6th will be four days of top caliber American Legion Baseball. It\’s the 26th annual Blue & Gold International Baseball Tournament. The tournament has ballooned from six teams last year to 12 this year. There three local teams: Adrean, New Hartford, and Utica plus nine from out of the area. There are teams from New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Puerto Rico.
Teams from New Jersey include, Brooklawn, Haddon Heights, and Hamilton.
They\’ll play 33 games in four days. The competition will be very strong. To follow the tournament go to www.legionbaseball.com.
(As of 6 p.m. July 3)……………..http://adonovan-uticaod.blogspot.com Army Division Guaynabo Post 295, Puerto Rico (1-0) Shrub Oak Post 1080, N.Y. (1-0) Utica Post 229, N.Y. (1-0) Vestal Post 89, N.Y. (0-1) Haddon Heights Post 149, N.J. (0-1) Adrean Post 625, N.Y. (0-1)
Navy Division Hamilton Post 31, N.J. (2-0) Brooklawn Post 72, N.J. (1-0) Gaithersburg Post 295, Md. (1-1) New Hartford Post 1376, N.Y. (0-1) Melvin Rhodes Post 1231, N.Y. (0-1) Binghamton Post 80, N.Y. (0-1)
SCHEDULE CHANGES: Today\’s 1 p.m. game between Brooklawn, N.J. and Shrub Oak, N.Y. at Murnane Field\’s Donovan Stadium is rescheduled for 8 p.m. tonight. Tonight\’s 8 p.m. game between New Hartford and Brooklawn, N.J. at Murnane Field\’s Donovan Stadium is rescheduled for 5 p.m. on Saturday. Saturday\’s 5 p.m. game between New Hartford and Gaithersburg, Md. at Murnane Field\’s Donovan Stadium is rescheduled for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Joe Corr Memorial Field.
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* INSIDE BOXING: De La Hoya still assembling the post-Floyd pieces * Smokers denounce cigarette tax hike * Thugs won\’t give peace a chance * Acquitted murder suspect released on $1,000 bail for aggravated assault charge * INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND EVENTS * Recent arrests from New Bedford * Some Mattapoisett beaches closed due to bacteria levels
MIDDLEBORO — Pratt Free School may have been the underdog entering the Middleboro Little League Major League championship series against Kelly\’s Tire, but they were playing their best ball of the season.
Sometimes that\’s all it takes.
With a 12-0 win in Game 1 last Monday night at the Field of Dreams and a 4-2 win in Game 2 last Wednesday night, Pratt Free swept Kelly\’s Tire to win the 2008 Major League title.
For the champs, which earned the number three seed in the playoffs with a record of 16-6, the series was highlighted by Andrew Card\’s shutout gem on the mound in Game 1 and back-to-back fifth-inning solo home runs from the bats Sean Chipman and Card, the game-winner and a little insurance, in Game 2.
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