Link: Sportfishermen.

Another good lookin day! Reported on July 3, 2008 Hopefully we get some guys on the beaches today. The weather shouldn\’t be a problem – Sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Ocean water temps are in the low 60\’s. We are still suffering from a fisherman deficiency which produces a highly deficient fishing report. It\’s looking like everybody is fishing on the internet waiting for somebody else to find the fish and report it and you know what I say – Dry hooks don\’t catch fish! We had one weigh-in yesterday: Dave Leonard – fluke 21\” 3.2 lbs on a squid/spearing combo The weatherman is looking forward to his favorite forecasts of doom and gloom for the weekend. Just remember his recent accuracy ratio (or total lack thereof) and get a plan into place to enjoy the holiday weekend rather than sit home waiting for a 20 minute rainstorm that may never come. We got a surprise box of rod blanks yesterday. We used it as a training mission for Mike before the big box of blanks arrives! He was able to use a sharp tool without removing any necessary body parts! And you guys think he is untrainable. Grumpy hisself That was so much fun that today I\’m going to try running with scissors ………..Mike

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By Bill Cleary

Students from Fabulous Feet located in Bellmawr NJ will be participating in Bellmawr’s 4^th of July Parade on Friday beginning at 10:30 AM.

The school is owned by Bill Robinson and the dance director is Tara Robinson his wife.

Mrs. Robinson once suffered from a viral infection that paralyzed her for months. Beating all odds she has successfully brought the students to National championship level in two short seasons.

Photo: Tara and the dancers performed in Washington DC this past April. Click on photo to enlarge

The dancers and Tara have been working hard on the particular piece of choreography they will be performing on Friday morning. This will be the 3rd year participating in this event. This dance is used for all their charity performances.

The Bellmawr mayor and council have issued proclamations to all the dancers for their hard work in winning the NJ state dance competition with 18 awards last year and 22 this year. The governing body is also purchasing all the students jackets.

Most recently Tara & the dancers were hand selected to dance in the
National Cherry Blossom parade with the National All star tap team. They went and did so well that they were invited to participate in next year\’s parade in the opening dance. The School was also invited to send dancers to perform in Philadelphia\’s own Thanksgiving Day parade.

The parents and students of Fabulous Feet have formed a charity dance troop to help raise money every year for Childhood Cancer Research. They have raised almost $14,000 in two years for the Alex\’s Lemonade Stand foundation. They have another benefit planned for this coming August.

Tara is truly an inspiration to these kids who range from all ages. She not only gives her time and knowledge to the dancers but truly cares for each of them.

Tara husband Bill said, \”To be able to stand and walk again is a gift. But to dance with these kids in and out of the classroom is truly remarkable.

\”This story goes to show you no matter what life throws at you, there is always gold at the end of a rainbow.\”

Link: – Breaking News From New Jersey – NJ.com.

Philip Lore can\’t escape the fact that he looks like a kindly grandfather. He\’s got a round face, a snow-white mustache and twinkling green eyes.

It turns out the 58-year-old New Jersey Army National Guard staff sergeant is a grandfather — six times over. Pity the new soldier who calls him grandpa, though.

Lore reacts to that word in an explosive flash, putting his face an inch from the offender\’s face, his eyes bulging, tobacco-flecked spittle flying and screaming out: \”Grandpa? The last guy who called me that got a bullet!\”

Link: al.com.

You\’ve no doubt heard the ages-old story.

Scuba divers inspecting a nearby dam emerge from the water terrified. In the dark waters below, they had spotted catfish as large as a Volkswagen. They refused to go back into the water for fear they might get swallowed whole.

That urban legend dates back to the 1950s. More than half-a-century later, fishery biologists in Alabama say they still hear the giant-catfish-below-a-dam story dozens of times a year.

By Sara Martino

NEWS Correspondent

The most frequent comment heard when a robbery or other injustice is noticed is \”I didn\’t want to call the police,\” Mayor John Soubasis said during last week\’s Brooklawn Borough Council.

He urged residents to call the police department for any disturbance or theft that they might see.

The Brooklawn Police Department recently arrested suspects in nine recent robberies.

A student came home from school during the daytime robbery and called 911 and the out-of-town suspects, who had allegedly been staying at a near-by motel, were caught by the police.

The governing body, spearheaded by Councilman Jerry Granstrom, has strongly pushed for a Town Watch. Interested volunteers may call the Borough office for information.

\”We do have a safe neighborhood, but we should be locking our doors and cars,\” Councilwoman Theresa Branella said.

Police Chief Fran Mc-Kinney told Council that compared to the $100 fee charged by surrounding towns, Brooklawn\’s towing fees were inadequate.

Currently the fee for towing, which is mostly tows necessitated by police stops, is $85.

Council approved an ordinance creating a one-way traffic flow on Chestnut Street. The entire length of Chestnut Street will be one way in a northerly direction between the hours of 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Residents in that location have complained about speeding and other hazards that occur when drivers use the street as a cut through.

Traffic will flow from Town Center toward New Broadway between those hours.

Resolutions were approved that authorize tax liens on properties where the Borough had to have high grass cut.

Borough Clerk Barbara Lewis said an hourly rate will be charged to the property owners for labor, equipment use and administrative duties.

Council accepted the annual audit report, which did not contain any findings against the Borough.

\”When I first came to work here, there were 24 findings that year. Now the findings are zero,\” said Lewis, who was thanked by Mayor and Council for her diligent work.

Councilman Greg Giles said the Town Yard Sale was a success.

\”There were 65 participants in the sale,\” he said.

Giles also reminded the public that the Fireworks celebration will take place on Saturday, June 28.

It was noted that Camden County removed some trees along Broadway up to Verrocchio\’s Produce.

The Borough plans to widen that area and place benches and trash cans along the way.

 

 

JOSEPH F. HANRAHAN

On July 1, 2008. Age 85. Of Haddon Heights. Loving husband of 23 years to Barbara Lovett (nee Costigan). Beloved father of Lois (Jim) McQuaide of Delran, Kelly (Ted) Krwawicz of Voorhees, and George (Mei-Shu) Lovett of Collingswood.

Loving and caring grandfather of Dani (Matt), Kelley (Rob), Stosh (Sue), Stacy, Katie, Marlene, Justin, Morgan, Maya and Alexander.

Loving great-grandfather of Max, Page, Owen, Estella and Allen. Dear Brother-in-law of Mary (Tony) Caruso, Annie Butz, Kathy (Bud) Clifford, Ed (Joanne) Costigan, Theresa Costigan, Lynn (David) Shamlin and Denise (Sean) Reilly.

Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Joseph proudly served our country during World War II and the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Merchant Marines.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Sunday evening from 6 to 8 PM and again on Monday morning from 9 to 10:15 am at the HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 9 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights. Phone: 856-547-1675.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday morning at 11AM at Holy Saviour R.C. Church: 50 Emerald Ave., Westmont.

Interment with Military Honors in Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations in Joseph\’s memory to Samaritan Hospice: 5 Eves Dr. Suite 300, Marlton NJ, 08053. Please write Joseph F. Hanrahan in the memo of the check.

Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Joseph F. Hanrahan. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Phone: 856-456-1142

GLASSBORO, NJ – Rowan University athletic director Joy Solomen has been named to the NCAA Division III Football Committee.

 

Solomen will serve a four-year term starting in September. She is only the second woman appointed to the NCAA Division III Football Committee. The first was Debra Warren (2003-04) from Chowan College.

 

\”I am honored to have been selected for the national football committee,\” said Solomen. \”It is a wonderful opportunity to represent our region. I am excited to accept this new challenge and look forward to working with a group of outstanding individuals.\”

 

The NCAA football committee is responsible for evaluating teams throughout the season, participating in regional and national conference calls, assisting with the selection of teams and the creation of the national championship bracket and assigning crews of officials to work the playoff games. The committee staffs selected playoff games and attends the championship game, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. In addition, the members serve as chairs of respective regional committees, develop and review agenda items for the annual meeting and attend the meeting.

 

The NCAA Division III Football Committee consists of eight members, two from each of the four regions (East, North, South, West). This year’s committee members are: East – Michael DeLong, Head Football Coach, Springfield College and Joy Solomen, Athletic Director, Rowan University; North – Dick Kaiser, Director of Men’s Athletics/Compliance Director, Defiance College and Norman Eash, Associate Athletic Director/Head Football Coach, Illinois Wesleyan University; South – Chris Smith, Associate Professor/Head Football Coach, Grove City College and Steve Mohr, Head Football Coach, Trinity University (TX); West – Michael Maynard, Head Football Coach, University of Redlands and Chad Eisele, Athletic Director, Knox College.

 

At Rowan, Solomen was appointed the director of athletics in 1993 after serving as the director of women’s athletics since 1986. She directs a NCAA Division III athletic program of 18 sports, eight for men and 10 for women. 

 

Solomen has been active at the state, regional and national levels. She was president of the New Jersey Athletic Conference, the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women and the Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey (CAANJ). 

 

Solomen was a member of the NCAA women’s basketball committee and the region chair for seven years. In addition, she has served on the region volleyball committee and several Eastern

College Athletic Conference committees. Solomen completed two years on the Board of Director for the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA). 

On the national level, she was elected chair of the NCAA Division III Management Council in 2001 and served as the vice chair the previous year. She was a member of the NCAA Executive Committee and was chair of the Division III Women’s Basketball National Committee from 1996-98. Solomen represented Division III on the NCAA association wide Recruitment Committee and the Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee. She was also the chair of the Division III Championship Committee and the NCAA convention planning sub-committee and a member of the Division III Initiatives Task Force.

 

Solomen graduated from Glassboro State College, now Rowan University, in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education and later earned her master’s in 1975. She was a three-sport athlete and a captain of the field hockey, lacrosse and basketball teams. From 1973-74, she was a graduate assistant for the Profs and was the assistant coach for the field hockey, basketball and lacrosse teams. She taught and coached at Houghton College (NY) and Moorestown High School (NJ). 

 

At Biola University (CA) from 1981 to 1986, Solomen coached volleyball and was an assistant professor. Her volleyball teams were second in the NAIA National Championship in 1985, NAIA District III Southern Division Conference Champions in 1984 and 1983 and NAIA District III Champions in 1982. She was also the chair of the health and physical education department at Glassboro High School from 1974 to 1981 where she coached girls’ field hockey, basketball, softball and track and field.

 

Solomen was inducted into the Gloucester County Hall of Fame, the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame and the Rowan-Glassboro State Hall of Fame. In 2002, she was honored by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics as the Division III Athletic Director of the Year for the Northeast Region and recognized as the Administrator of the Year by the CAANJ. She was named the 2003 Division III Administrator of the Year by NACWAA and received the General Robert R. Neyland Athletic Director Award from the All-American Football Foundation. 

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Link: Drowning victim ID\’d as Mantua man- NJ.com.

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

ELK TWP. A Mantua Township man has been identified as the one who drowned this week in a pond near Oldmans Creek Campground.

Earl Jester Jr., 45, of Cove Road died from accidental drowning, according to an autopsy conducted Tuesday by the Gloucester County Medical Examiner\’s Office.

Link: Passing league kicks off season | CourierPostOnline.com | Courier-Post.

In its 10th season, the league is sponsored by the West Deptford Parks & Recreation department and run by West Deptford High School football coaches. There are 11 teams, playing two games per week. The title game is set for July 29.

Triton, Gloucester Catholic, Collingswood, Penns Grove, Woodbury, Pitman, Kingsway and Woodrow Wilson are the other teams in the league, which plays its games at 6 and 7 p.m. Haddon Heights also has a second team.

On Sunday, June 29 a motorcycle and a car collided at the intersection of North Burlington and Hudson Streets in Gloucester City.

The motorcyclist, John \”Peanut\” Vazquez, 26, of this city was critically injured and taken to Cooper Trauma

According to his mother Helen Wilcznski, John is still in the Cooper Trauma Intensive Care unit.

\”He sustained head injuries and is listed in critical condition\”, said his mother.

\”Anyone who wants information about my son\’s condition can call me direct at 856-432-6159. I want to thank everyone for their concern.\”

\”Peanut\” as he was known by his friends is the brother of Chalie Cheeseman and Brian Vasquez. He is engaged to Kristin Stranahan.

The family is asking the public to keep John in your prayers.

The Gloucester City Board of Education held an emergency meeting Monday night in the high school media room. Chairman for the Board meeting was School Superintendent Paul Spaventa.

The Board approved a resolution to award bids in the amount of $525,200 to renovate the high school auditorium. Also several new employees were hired.

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).

The results of the study will be released to the City’s Business Association at an upcoming meeting.

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