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Mount Ephraim: CVS Partners with Sylvester/ West Golf Outing

 

Photo By Bill Bates

 

$11,000 Raised Last Year - From left, Andy Gilmore, Golf Outing Co-Chair, Sue Cain, Sylvester & West Memorial Monument committee Co-Chair, and Keith Kalbach, Golf Outing Co-Chair presents the check for $11,000 that was raised from last years golf outing.

 

CVS Pharmacy will once again participate in the Sylvester/West Memorial Golf Outing to be held on Friday, May 16, 2008. Last year CVS sponsored all of the pictures that each player received.  Last years outing was the largest held in its five year history with over 130 golfers participating. The event raised $11,000.00 that was donated to the Sylvester/West Monument Committee.  The Monument was dedicated on Saturday, December 15, 2007 but still needs funds for final completion. Anyone interested in playing in the outing can go to either www.MEFD.org and click "Events" or email KKalbachmefd@aol.com for more information.

 

CVS wants to remind all Emergency Services personnel to sign up for the Photo Business Account Program. Forms are available at your local CVS Pharmacy. Participation in the program will save you 10% on all of your Photo needs. Please have a member of your organization contact Donna Twombly at DBTwombly@cvs.com with any questions or to get your group signed up. Please support the businesses that support us.

Rowan Softball Players Earn NJAC Conference Honors

Retrial Underway in 1985 Murder of Philadelphia Police Officer

Posted April 30, 2008  http://www.kyw1060.com

A Philadelphia jury is now hearing the retrial case of a man accused of murdering a city police officer in 1985.

Defendant Wilfredo Santiago had been convicted previously, but the conviction was thrown out and the case has been tied up in the courts until now.

Prosecutor Carlos Vega told the jury in this latest trial that the evidence will show that Santiago killed officer Thomas Trench by shooting him twice at close range as the officer sat in his marked patrol car near 17th and Spring Garden Streets.

Vega contends that Santiago was out to settle a score with another police officer who had been driving the same patrol car -- number 912 -- just hours earlier, and that Santiago rode up on a bike and shot Trench in the face.

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Gloucester City:Howard Clark New Coordinator of UEZ

By Albert Countryman Jr.

  The Gloucester City Business Association (GCBA) announced at its meeting last week (Tuesday night) that Gloucester City has named Howard Clark of Channel 19 as the new coordinator of the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ).

  A longtime officer with the GCBA, Clark had applied for the position after the current coordinator, Gina Dunphy, announced she was stepping down to spend more time with her family.

  Clark, who is also the owner of Sports Video, will receive an annual salary as Coordinator of the Gloucester City UEZ.

  Over the past 15 years, he has consistently supported local businesses working together to make Gloucester City a better place to live, work and shop.

DoD Announces Casualties:PFC Wm Dix., 32, Sgt David McDowell, 30 and Senior Airman Jonathan A. V. Yelner, 24

Media Release April 30, 2008

The Department of Defense announced today the death of the following military personnel

 

 Pfc. William T. Dix, 32, of Culver City, Calif., died April 27 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident.  He was assigned to the 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, I Corps, Fort Lewis, Wash.

          The incident is under investigation.

           Sgt. 1st Class David L. McDowell, 30, of Ramona, Calif., died April 29 in Bastion, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.

           Senior Airman Jonathan A. V. Yelner, 24, of Lafayette, Calif., died April 29 near Bagram, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.  He was assigned to the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.

 

Soldiers Missing from the Korean War are Identified

Media Release April 30

           The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

 

            They are Cpl. Robert L. Mason of Parkersburg, W.Va.; and Pfc. Joseph K. Meyer Jr., of Wahpeton, N.D., both U.S. Army. Both men will be buried Saturday. Mason will be buried in Belpre, Ohio, and Meyer will be buried in Wahpeton.

 

            Representatives from the Army met with the next-of-kin of these men to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army.

 

            Mason was assigned to B Company, 32^nd Infantry Regiment, and Meyer was assigned to K Company, 31^st Infantry Regiment. Both were attached to the 31^st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 7^th Infantry Division. The team was engaged against the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, from late November to early December, 1950. Both men died as result of intense enemy fire, and their bodies were not recovered at the time.

 

            Between 2001 and 2005, joint U.S. and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), conducted excavations of several burial sites near the Chosin Reservoir. The sites correlate closely with defensive positions held by the 31st RCT at the time of the Chinese attacks. The teams recovered remains there believed to be those of U.S. servicemen. Analysis of the remains recovered from the sites led to the identification of several individuals, including Mason and Meyer.

 

            Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory and JPAC also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in both Meyer’s and Mason’s identification.

 

            For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1420.

 

FBI Statement Regarding Midwest River Deaths

Media Release

"Over the past several years, law enforcement and the FBI have received information about young, college-aged men who were found deceased in rivers in the Midwest. The FBI has reviewed the information about the victims provided by two retired police detectives and interviewed an individual who provided information to the detectives.

To date, we have not developed any evidence to support links between these tragic deaths or any evidence substantiating the theory that these deaths are the work of a serial killer or killers. The vast majority of these instances appear to be alcohol-related drownings.

The FBI will continue to work with the local police in the affected areas to provide support as requested," said Supervisory Special Agent Richard J. Kolko, Washington, D.C.

   

LODD:Minnesota Firefighter Collapses in Fire Truck

Firehouse.com LODD E-Alert Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Pine City firefighter Jeremy Jylka, 34, died Tuesday afternoon en route to a grass fire. According to the Pine City Sheriff's Office, Jylka collapsed while riding in the fire truck on the way to a fire between Hinckley and Pine City. Jylka stopped breathing and another firefighter started to perform CPR. » Read More Full Story Updates: www.firehouse.com

TCNJ SOFTBALL PLAYERS NAMED TO ALL-NJAC TEAMS

Media Release

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey softball team had four players honored by the New Jersey Athletic Conference for their performances on the diamond during the regular season, with two Lions earning a spot on the All-NJAC First Team.

Senior Christina Lizzi (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) and sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) both garnered first-team honors, while sophomore Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) was named All-NJAC Second Team and sophomore Danielle Hagel (Egg Harbor, NJ/Oakcrest) received All-NJAC Honorable Mention.

Lizzi made the team as a first baseman after earning second-team honors in 2005 and 2006 as an outfielder. The change of positions did not slow her at the plate as she batted a steady .291 with three home runs and 19 runs batted in. She was also a perfect on the base paths with 16 steals in 16 attempts and leads the team with 21 walks.

At shortstop, Seavers and anchored the middle infield for the Lions and has led the team in a host of offensive categories this season. She has been consistent from the start hitting safely in 33 of 38 games with 17 multiple-hit games. The infielder put together hitting streaks of 11 and 12 games and is batting team-leading .396. She received All-NJAC Honorable Mention as a freshman last season.

Minervini has been the workhorse of TCNJ’s pitching staff logging a team-best 136.1 innings in 27 appearances and is third in the NJAC in strikeouts with 124. She is also fifth in the conference with 13 wins, which is a career best, to go along with a 1.90 earned-run average.

Hagel earned All-NJAC Honorable Mention for the second straight year, with this year’s recognition coming as an outfielder. The sophomore has set career highs in home runs (3) and runs batted in (20), while making 36 starts this season. One of her home runs was a game-winning grand slam in the top of the seventh inning to beat New Jersey City University.

The team has already advanced to the second round of the NJAC Tournament as the fourth-seeded Lions knocked off third-seeded Rowan University on Tuesday, 4-0.  TCNJ is currently 24-15 on the season and has won six of its last seven games.


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Westville: Without State Aid Borough Taxes Will Increase

By Sara Martino

NEWS Correspondent

Westville is one of the municipalities that, so far, will not receive any discretionary state aid.

  "We have lost $250,000 in state aid this year," Borough Administrator William Bittner said during the recent Borough Council meeting, where the 2008 municipal budget of $4.5 million was approved.

  Property owners will see an increase of 28 cents per $100 of assessed value in the local tax rate.

  Resident Virginia Horn asked if there were any efforts to cut the budget.

  Council members said the budget will be gone over line by line item to find if there can be any cuts.

  Bittner said that if the state does decide to give Westville extraordinary aid, there would not be any increase in the local tax.

  Representatives from the Gateway Regional High School (GRHS) and the Parkview Elementary Sch-ool, addressed the governing body explaining their proposed budgets.

  Joyce Stumpo, superintendent of the high school, said an increase of 17 cents per $100 of assessed value in Westville would be necessary to incorporate the necessities demanded by the education process for the students.

  Westville voters voted 118 yes and 118 no on the budget. In other districts sending students to GRHS, Wenonah, National Park, Woodbury Heights voters defeated the $8,222,125 general fund allocation.

  Parkview School representatives told the governing body that there would not be an increase in the local school tax year. On Tuesday, April 15, in a very low turnout, voters approved (151 to 96) the $1,635,551 general fund allocation.

  For the average property owner, the taxes will remain at $977 per year, the same as last year's tax.                         

  Council discussed a Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for the age and income restricted proposed senior complex on Broadway. Borough officials said the builders of the $6 million improvement offered $16,000 per year instead of paying taxes, but the Borough asked for, and will receive, $89,000 with increases over 15 years.

  Council President Russell Welsh, sitting in for Mayor Michael Galbraith, startled the audience just prior to the adjournment, with notice that Fieldstone, Associates would be pulling out from their proposed "The Cove" project, citing financial difficulties and the serious housing situation.

  According to sources and an email, the redevelopment committee had met with Fieldstone's representatives on Tuesday when the redeveloper's reasons for the cancellation of the project were explained.

  The rest of the Council members did not learn of the development news until just prior to the Wednesday council meeting.