LAWRENCEVILLE—Just as the 2007 season has come to an end, the Rider University baseball team has added three more players to its 2008 roster.

Mason Heyne of Shrewsbury, PA, John Ralston of Fairfax, VA and AJ Albee of Ashley, PA have signed national letters of intent and will further their education and athletic careers at Rider in September, Rider head coach Barry Davis announced.

Heyne, a 6’2\”, 210 pound senior shortstop at Susquehannock High School, hit a school record 12 home runs this spring, batting .444 with 40 runs batted in, seven doubles and a triple, leading his team to the District Tournament. \”Mason will give us a potential power hitter,\” said Davis. \”He can play both corners (first and third base) and possibly catch as well.\”

Ralston, a senior shortstop at Paul VI High School, was an All-State selection as a junior, batting .375 with just seven errors in 97 chances. This year Ralson is again a gold glove winner with just two errors in 73 chances. \”John is very solid in the field,\” Davis said. \”He brings a lot of intangibles to our program.\”

Albee is a senior at Hanover Area High School, where he is batting .533 this season with 24 hits. \”AJ can play second, short or third as well as all three outfield positions,\” Davis said. \”He possesses plus speed and a plus arm.\”

These three join Patrick Devlin of Richboro, PA, Nate Eppley of Dillsburg, PA, Jeff Giordano of Massapequa, NY, Mike Thomas of Forest Hill, MD, Steve Galella of Wilkes-Barre, PA, and Carlo Petrillo of Norristown, PA, as freshmen on the 2008 squad.

Devlin is a left-handed pitcher at Council Rock North High School, Giordano is a left-handed pitcher at Massapequa High School, Thomas is a left-handed pitcher at Fallston High School, Galella was twice an All-Area infielder at G. A. R High School, Petrillo is an outfielder at Kennedy-Kendrick Catholic High School and Eppley is a 6’6\” right-handed pitcher at Northern York High School.

Rider won 20 games this season, the 15th consecutive 20-win season and 24th in the last 25 years for the Broncs.

By Allan

\”Stay\” needs considerable practice when training your puppy. You can teach him to stay either seated or lying down. By repeated practice, say
\”Stay,\” walking away, and acting shocked if he rises and follows. Take him back and go through itagain. Always, of course, return to praise him
mightily when he has \”stayed\” for even a few brief seconds. Gradually lengthen the time. You canperfect this obedience command while moving about
at housework or in a cellar workshop; it needn\’t take too much time after the idea has been implanted.

Your dog should also learn to walk on a leash without pulling; the command \”Heel\” is often used here. As with \”Stay,\” practice makes perfect. He
should also be taught some signal to use when he wants to go out. The appropriate bark for speakmeans he will let you know, if you do not see him
at the door, that he needs to go out. He should learn not to jump on people, and having him \”Sit\”as a new friend approaches will control his
enthusiasm. He also should not bark and dash forward at anyone, even a suspected interloper, until given a command. He should not be allowed on
furniture, unless you permit him on one special chair; he also should not beg for food at the table, although here it is often the family that
must be trained, not the dog!

You should see that he is not allowed to wander the neighborhood, making a nuisance of himself,and that he never runs loose in the street. The
dog should not go off your premises without being on a leash. Everything you teach him to do or not to do will help at some time, If the leash breaks
or he gets outdoors without a collar, obeying your call may save his life. An owner of obedience-trained spaniels once failed to close her house
door when she went to cross the street to her car.

Looking back, she saw to her horror two eager little fellows loping down the front steps – and an automobile coming down the street. She called
\”Down!\” raising her arm in the obedience-taught gesture. Instantly, the little things droppedflat, and the car whizzed past between them and
their mistress. Not till she called \”Come!\” did they rise and trot happily to her. Obedience training won\’t \”make a robot\” of your dog. It
certainly will make a better citizen of him – and who knows? – of you. That\’s all we could ask,isn\’t it?

Learn more about puppy training here:
http://AboutDogs.info/puppy-training

Allan
http://AboutDogs.info

BADA, CARMEN, SR.
On May 22, 2007, of Bellmawr. Age 88. Beloved husband of 61 years to Marie (nee Cirucci). Devoted father of Dorothy Cortese (Stephen Cohen), Maryann Tsiaras (Steve), Eileen Bada, Loretta Doherty, Carmen Bada, Jr. (Carol), Joan Guida (Eric) and Steven Bada (Diane). Loving grandfather of 17 and great grandfather of 7. Dear brother of Frank Bada (Louise) and Anna DeVaro. Also survived by many loving friends and relatives.
Mr. Bada was a WW II Army veteran. He was a former employee of Owens Corning Fiberglass Co. in Barrington.
Relatives and friends are invited to the viewing from 7 to 9pm Monday evening and 9:15 to 10:15am Tuesday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE. Funeral Mass 11am Tuesday at Mary, Mother of the Church in Bellmawr. Entombment at New St. Mary\’s Mausoleum in Bellmawr.
Expressions of sympathy of sympathy may be e-mailed to Condolences@Gardner
FuneralHome.com.

photos by Bruce Darrow,

Gloucester Catholic High School junior pitcher Brittney Carosia allowed just three hits and knocked in the game-winning run with a safety squeeze bunt in the top of the fourth as the Rams, No. 11 in the \”Courier-Post\” Top 20, knocked off crosstown rival No. 6 Gloucester 2-1 in Tri-County softball action Saturday.

The win was the 200th of Gloucester Catholic coach Julie McHenry\’s coaching career.

Both teams came out swinging early. An inning after Kristen Collins led the game off with a solo home run, Gloucester\’s Kesley Cutler hit a lead-off homer of her own to tie the game.

story written by Courier Post see photo album

RHODA, MAE(MICKEY)
On May 22, 2007, (nee Nesbitt) of Brooklawn, NJ, age 86. She was the beloved wife of Samuel T. Rhoda and loving mother of Donna Kirk, Curtis and John(Dottie) Rhoda. Carol Ferren and the late Charles A. (Bud) Nitzky. She is the dear sister of Charles Berryman(Helga) and the late June Taylor. Her 11 dear grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren also survive her.
Mickey was a 1938 graduate of Gloucester High School and a long time member of the Brooklawn United Methodist Church. She was a member of the United Methodist Women and also the Geraniums, her women\’s group.
Relatives and friends are invited to meet Friday morning from 9:00 to 11:00 am at the ETHERINGTON-CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, 700 Powell St. in Gloucester City. Mickey\’s funeral services will be held at 11:00 am with interment to follow at Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ. There is no evening viewing.

Dear Bill,

When I saw the article on the WWB (Walt Whitman Bridge) it brought back many memories to me. If you don\’t mind I am going to share some with you.

During the summers of 1955 and 1956 I spent many a long afternoon lying on the grass by the old swimming pool watching as the two side of the bridge came together. There was a regular group of guys who hung out down there. I will name as many as I can recall but am sure I will leave someone out. Jack Bakely, Jake Miller, Dick Fitzpatrick, Bobby Bevan, Joey Brandt, Albie Brandt, Billy Kimmey, John Mullen, Denny Stinsman, Geo Cleary, Frankie Herman, Joe and Hootie DiGiacamo, Gordie Thomas, Jimmy Fritz, Ken Keenan, Ken Keezer, Pete Pitzo and more. We use to play a game called \”Pinch the Castle\” if you are not familiar with it shame on you. It was brutal. 

(Photo taken 1996 from Proprietors Park, Gloucester City looking north towards the Walt Whitman Bridge).

I worked for Joe Nunes the summer of 1956 in the mornings delivering ice to the workers up on the bridge. It was awesome watching those guys do their jobs and still laugh and kid around even with a runt like me. 

One of the things I have bragged about to people for the last 50 years is that a week or so before the bridge had its official opening a group of us snuck onto the bridge and walked and crawled ( they had watchmen) more than halfway over so that we could lay claim to being the first over. 

It was a great time of life in Gloucester at that time and has left me with some great memories. 

Gary M 

The Times

LOCAL COLLEGES

BROOKLYN, N.Y — Second- seeded Rutgers collected 18 hits and broke a 2-2 with a seven-run sixth inning en route to a 13-2, eight-inning victory over seventh- seeded Notre Dame in the Big East Baseball Tournament first round yesterday at KeySpan Park.

The Scarlet Knights (37-18) will face third-seeded Louisville at 5 p.m. today, Thursday.

Big East Player of the Year Todd Frazier went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs, Mike Bionde went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a run, and Tom Edwards went 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs, backing winning pitcher Steve Healing.

Rider at NCAA regionals

LAWRENCE — Five members of the Rider University track and field teams will compete in NCAA Division Regional I action Friday and Saturday at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Senior Jazmine Fenlator will compete in the women\’s shot put, discus and hammer, and senior David Payne will compete in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes. Sophomore Desmond Hamilton will compete in the men\’s long jump, sophomore Kelly Kajunski will compete in the women\’s high jump and junior Rebecca Clatch will compete in the women\’s javelin.

FOOTBALL Tigers: Friday Night Lights again

PRINCETON TOWNSHIP — Princeton will play a Friday night game on ESPNU for a second straight season, this time Oct. 26 against Cornell (7 p.m.).