WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Mario Lancioni (Runnemede/Triton) averaged 13.8 points per game and scored in double figures three times in Stockton’s last four games. Lancioni also achieved a personal milestone by scoring his 1,000th career point in Stockton’s 72-50 win over Lebanon Valley.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Lisa Neira (Cresskill/Cresskill) led Stockton to a 54-51 victory over Catholic with a game-high 18 points plus five assists. Neira has scored at least 18 points in three consecutive games.

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HOUSTON — A tracking dog apparently stepped on a loaded shotgun in the bed of his owner\’s pickup truck, firing a fatal blast into the man\’s thigh during a goose hunt, officials said.

Chambers County sheriff\’s investigators said Price, 46, was hunting on a lease near Stowell, about 60 miles east of Houston, when he shot down a goose.

Price then set the gun in the back of his truck and was about to open the tailgate to release his tracking dog when the shotgun fired, investigators said. The blast penetrated the truck\’s tailgate before hitting Price.

Paw prints from the dog, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Arthur, were found on the muddy shotgun, Sheriff Joe LaRive said. Daniel Groberg, Price\’s hunting partner, said he tried to stop the bleeding with clothing before driving him to seek help.

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Cape Cod, MA (1/8/08) – With the release of the 2007 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southeast Football All-Star Team, The College’s New Jersey’s senior defensive tackle, Joe King (Mountainside, NJ/Governor Livingston) has captured another honor for his outstanding play for the Lions.

King was named the 2007 ECAC Southeast Division III Player of the Year, while a total of four Lions were named to the All-Star Team. King finished the season tied for second in the nation with 28 tackles for a loss (2.4 per game). He also finished third in the nation in sacks with 15 (1.3 per game) for total losses of 125 yards. King received the New Jersey Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year honor for his efforts. TCNJ, which had been picked seventh in the NJAC preseason coaches’ poll, finished the season with a 6-1 NJAC record and a share of the 2007 championship crown. The Lions advanced to the second round of the 2007 NCAA playoff before closing the year with a 9-3 record.

Joining King on the team were senior offensive lineman, Robert Keyes (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central), senior defensive back Andrew Larkin (Hamilton Square, NJ/Notre Dame), and senior punter Jeff Struble (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Township).

Perfect records on line for locals
Today\’s Sunbeam – NJ.com – Salem,NJ,USA

Only four local high school swim teams remain undefeated the Gloucester Catholic and Woodstown boys and the Washington Township and Clearview girls. …

By: John P. Schmidt

NEWS Correspondent

Gloucester City Councilman Jay Brophy informed the public at the reorganization meeting held Thursday, Jan. 3 of Mayor and Council that the city did not spend $670,000 that was appropriated in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 budget and that it will be carried over in FY 2008, for revenues purposes.

Photo: James Gang, from left, Councilman Bill Hagan, Councilman Jay Brophy, Mayor Bill James, Councilman Nick Marchese

Councilman Nick Marchese added \”We saved close to a million dollars from FY 2007. He explained the City saved over $500,000 on legal fees as a result of hiring a new City Solicitor, John Kearney.

Marchese explained, \”For fiscal year 2006 the law firm of Parker and McCay, who employed City Solicitor James Maley charged the City $570,000 for legal fees. In comparison the present City Solicitor John Kearney billed the City $43,000 for legal fees in 2007.

Marchese also mentioned that there is $335,084 in the Urban Development Grant (UDAG), and when they came into office last year it was $3,783.

Before the 139^th Annual Reorganization meeting was held a brief Sine Die meeting of the outgoing council took place.

Present in the audience were U.S. Representative Rob Andrews (D-NJ), Camden County Surrogate Patricia Egan Jones, and Former Camden County Freeholder Tom Gurick, and Former Mayor Bob Bevan.

Outgoing Council Members Elsie Loebell, Jean Kaye, and Rocky Kormann, all thanked the residents of their wards and the people of Gloucester City for their support.

In an emotional farewell address Loebell recognized and thanked her son Ted, who was in attendance as well as the employees of the City and second ward residents.

She said that people may not have always agreed with her but that she only wanted the best for Gloucester City. Loebell left office after 19 years, which is the longest tenure of a member of Council in City history.

The Re-organization meeting began with an invocation by Fr. Michael Goyette of St. Mary\’s Church.

Andrews administered the oath of office to three new council members: John Hutchinson (First Ward), Bruce Parry (Second Ward), and Kellie Ferry (Third Ward).

see photos by Karen Jackson

Andrews spoke briefly thanking the outgoing members of council and welcomed the new members of council. He spoke about Gloucester City and mentioned how the basics are always at the front of people\’s minds, and that it is a close nit community. He said he was humbled to represent the people of Gloucester in Washington D.C.

The Council and mayor then proceeded to pass the first 35 resolutions of 2008 by a unanimous vote. They appointed Bowman & Company, LLP, as Auditor, John B. Kearney as City Solicitor, Edward Vernick as City Engineer, Paul Dougherty as Prosecutor, Charles Wigginton as Public Defender, The Waetzman Planning Group as the City Planner, T & M Associates as the Redevelopment Engineer, Parker McCay, P.A., as Bond Counsel, and Paul J. Kain, City Administrator all for a one year term.

Also on the agenda for the evening were Appointments to the Board of Health. Bernadette Gorman, Eleanor Kain, and Anna Marie Smith were all appointed to a three-year term, Joseph Hartzel was appointed for a one-year unexpired term, which he has held since Effie Hagan resigned earlier this year.

Bruce Marks was appointed as the first alternate for a two-year term, and Dan Dobleman was appointed to the second alternate unexpired term for one year.

Mayor appointments to various boards included: Tim Carpenter (Mayor\’s Designee), Robert Bevan, Michael Smollock, Patrick Cerrone, Steve Martarano, and Lynn Bucher were appointed to the Planning Board. Councilman Nicholas Marchese was re-appointed by mayor and council to be the Councilmanic Member of the Planning Board.

Dave Townsend, Rae Whelan and Louisa Llewellyn were appointed to the Gloucester City Historic Preservation Commission. Jean McLaughlin, and Joanne B. Gurick were appointed to the Gloucester City Library Board of Trustees.

In the public section of the meeting Gurick spoke about the new members of council, and he also mentioned how nice it was to see a lot of young adults present in the audience.

Following the public sector Mayor James gave his state of the city address to the residents of Gloucester City (see below). He said that accountability would be the word in 2008. Read State of the City Address

In other news Councilman Jay Brophy told people that student Rory Gallagher had asked him to ask the citizens of Gloucester to pick up the trash in front of there houses to make Gloucester cleaner.

 

By Dry Creek
Published: Friday, January 4, 2008 11:09 AM CST

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As the guys brought four dogs, two bird and two retrievers, with only the retrievers getting any action, our next stop was a CRP field. Once again a picture perfect hunt. We slipped into the grass through a milo field and caught the birds from behind. With the cold bunching the birds, the next two hours was like a box of marbles dropped down the stairs. You never knew what or which way one was coming out and just as you thought it was finished the second row popped out.

Counting up, after the hunt, the four of us with major-major help from the dogs ended up with a \”brought to the game bag rooster\” every seven minutes until we\’d hunted two hours and had 16 roosters. Not once during this hunt did we ever have two roosters within gun range at the same time nor any hunter shooting a double. It was here, there, behind, to the side and in front about every fifty steps. I\’ll tell you, those guys from Missouri were a pleasure to hunt with. Even with all the excitement not a single gun was ever pointed in an unsafe manner.
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Monday, January 7, 2008 7:00 P.M.

313 Monmouth Street

AGENDA

1. Call to Order:  
2. Pledge of Allegiance:

3. Roll Call:

4. Sunshine Law: This meeting is being held in conformance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, otherwise known as the \”Sunshine Law\”. It has been legally noticed in accordance with the law and copies have been given to those requesting the same.

5. Public Comment Period: The Governing Body, in accordance with P.L. 2002, c. 80, have adopted the following guidelines relative to the Public Comment Period (PCP) at Caucus, Worksession, Special and Emergency Meetings of the Mayor and Common Council of Gloucester City: The PCP shall occur at the beginning of each meeting; it shall be no longer than one half-hour in length; every person wishing to speak may do so once during the period for no longer than five minutes. No changes have been made for the PCP of the regular monthly meetings.

6. Minutes of the Previous Meeting(s): November 5, November 29, December 3, December 20, December 27

7. Reports: I. Departmental Reports

II. Engineer\’s Report

III. Committees of Council:

1. Celebrations

b) Finance & Administration

c) Fire

1. Housing
2. Licensing
3. Police

g) Public Works

8. Licenses: None

9. Resolutions:

R036 Authorizing Execution of a Professional Services Contract with University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey

R037 Rejecting Bids Received for 2007 Road Repair Program

R038 Authorizing the Removal of a Property from Tax Sale

10. Ordinances:  for first reading this evening with second reading and public hearing to be held January 24, 2008 at 8:00 P.M. in City Hall, 313 Monmouth Street:

O01 Ordinance to Exceed the Municipal Budget Appropriation Limits and to Establish a Cap Bank Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.14

O02 Vacating a Portion of Cumberland Street, Located within the City of Gloucester City, County of Camden and State of New Jersey

11. Old Business:

a) Handicapped Parking Spaces: redistributed to current Governing Members this evening: 630 Market Street; 632 Market Street; 306 Jersey Avenue; 220 N. King Street

b) 2008 Elected Officials Seminar: January 23, 2008 5:00 P.M. Collingswood Community Center (need RSVP)

12. New Business:

a)

13. Communications:

a) From Chief Brian Hagan – Mark Maiese, Jr., volunteer fireman placement to Battalion #52

b) from NJDOT – Not approved for 2008 Municipal Aid Program for Joy Street.

c) from Knights of Columbus – request for coin toss Friday March 28^th 3-6 p.m. and Sat., March 29^th from 9-5

d) from Welsbach – Progress Report

14. Round Table:

15. Closed Session: Resolution #R -2008 to enter into closed session for discussion of:

16. Adjournment

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team hosted the Bengals of Buffalo State College on Monday night in the Lions’ home opener of the 2008 half of the season. TCNJ would run away with the game and tally an 80-68 victory as the team had five different players finish in double-scoring figures, while senior guard Jeff Warner (Jackson, NJ/Jackson) added his second straight a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. TCNJ is now 4-6 overall, while Buffalo State drops to 3-5 on the year.

TCNJ would take a 41-37 halftime lead into the locker room as senior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) and sophomore guard William Jett (Browns Mills, NJ/Pemberton) paced the team with 10 points each in the first half, while holding a narrow 17-16 edge on the boards. Aziz added a game and team-high 18 points for the Lions, while Jett tied his career-best with 14 points.

BSC’s junior guard Jamar Gray (Rochester, NY/Bishop Kearney) and sophomore guard Santo LaMar (Buffalo, NY/Maryvale) each had eight points in the first half for the Bengals. The Bengals shot 55.2% from the floor as they hit 16-of-29 shots. Junior guard James Tyndal (Bronx, NY/Mnsgr. Scanlon) had six first half assists as well.

TCNJ never trailed in the second half and managed to hold the Bengals at bay despite several runs. The Lions would finish with a 37-29 edge on the boards on the night and shot an impressive 51.7% from the floor (30-58), while holding the Bengals to 43.5% (27-62).

TCNJ’s sophomore Jay Frank (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) added 14 points on a 6-11 shooting performance for the floor and junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) added 14 points as well with four assists.
Buffalo State’s freshman forward Mike Maloney (Buffalo, NY/Cheektowaga) provided a spark in the second half for the team as he finished as the team’s co-scoring leader with 11 points and five rebounds in just nine minutes of work. Santo finished with 11 points as well, while Gray added 10 points. Senior Dion Mozelle (Rego Park, NY/Xaverian) added nine points and a team-high seven rebounds, all defensive.

TCNJ returns to Packer Hall on Wednesday, January 9 hosting Albright College at 7 p.m., while Buffalo State hosts SUNY-Potsdam on Friday, January 11 at 8 p.m.

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey women’s basketball team hosted the Sea Gulls of Salisbury University in a non-conference game in Packer Hall on Monday night. TCNJ posted a 47-36 win to improve to 9-3 on the season, while Salisbury falls to 4-8 overall. TCNJ’s defense held SU to a season-low 36 points on the night, while allowing just 15 points in the second half of play.

The Lions held a 22-21 halftime lead as junior center Hillary Klimowicz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) paced TCNJ with eight points and six rebounds in the first stanza of play. TCNJ shot only 33.3% from the floor (11-33) and was unsuccessful from three-point range as they were 0-8.

SU’s junior guard Monica Merkel (Walkersville, MD/St. John’s) had nine points in the first half after shooting 4-6 from the floor. The Sea Gulls also struggled from three-point range in the first half as they were 0-4 from beyond the arch.

The Lions would go on a 10-0 run to open play as they held SU scoreless until the 13:52 mark of the second half. Klimowicz would add her eighth double-double of the season as she would net 12 points and 11 rebounds in the win, freshman forward Kelsey Kutch (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) also had a strong performance as she tallied 10 points with nine rebounds and nine steals in pacing the Lions to the convincing victory, the third in a row for the Lions.

Merkel led the Sea Gulls with 11 points and shot 50% from the floor (5-10) as SU and TCNJ finished with 47 rebounds each. TCNJ forced 27 turnovers and added 18 steals along the way.

By Anthony Campbell

Source: alabama game and fish

Here’s a look at two hunters in north Alabama that had the kind of season that we all dream of. The bucks they took were big — all of them! (January 2008)

Beasley’s big non-typical 14-pointer, taken on private land near the Crow Creek Waterfowl Refuge in Jackson County, scored an incredible 157 2/8 Boone and Crockett Club points and is Alabama’s new No. 2 all-time non-typical muzzleloader buck. Pugh was hunting a carefully managed piece of private ground in Madison County when he pulled the trigger on a 150 1/8 B&C 10-pointer, capping an incredible streak of luck for him and his brother Jack that saw them both take their best deer ever.

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