Courier Post reports

MEDFORD — A 36-year-old man was injured when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a pickup truck on Tuckerton Road near the Atsion Road intersection.

Don Eccleston of Brooklawn was traveling east on Tuckerton Road aroud 3 p.m. Tuesday when he was struck by the passenger side mirror of an eastbound pickup truck driven by Barbara Jackman, 49, of Medford, police said.

Eccleston fell off the bike and sustained multiple cuts to his limbs and on his chin and had pain in his lower left arm, police said.

He was taken by ambulance to Virtua Memorial Hospital in Marlton.

No charges have been filed pending further investigation.

COSTANZO, ROSE MARIE
(Nee Overnack), on May 21, 2007, of Gloucester City. Age 75.
Beloved wife of Samuel J. Devoted mother of John Costanzo and his wife Angela Cella of Alexandria, VA and Lisa Pyffer and her husband Michael T., Sr. of Dennisville, NJ. Loving grandmotherof Michael, Jr. and Samantha Rose Pyffer, also of Dennis-ville. Dear sister-in-law of Mary Colletti. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Costanzo was a waitress at Max\’s Café in Gloucester City for 20 years.
There will be a viewing from 7 to 9pm Thursday eve and 8 to 9am Friday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE. Funeral Mass 10amFriday at St. Mary\’s RC Church, Gloucester City. Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.
Family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Mrs. Costanzo\’s memory to the Deborah Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 820 Browns Mills, NJ 08015. Expressions of sympathy may be e-mailed to Condolences@Gardner FuneralHome.com.

The company overseeing the Brownsfield remedial cleanup at Klemm Avenue and Highland Blvd. site gave a report by letter to the Gloucester City Council for the month of May. The report was read at the Work Session of Council on May 17. The report reads as follows:

The prime contractor is continuing the excavation of contaminated soli. The soil that they are excavating is being trucked to the Transshipment Facility (TSF) located at Stinsman and Brick Roads via the approved shipping route. Work has started on the remediation work on Klemm Avenue 4 (b). The road has been closed to all traffic.

The new 100 gpm waste water treatment plant is continuing to process and discharged water while meeting the states discharge permit criteria. Backfill of the Klemm/Highland site was started on May 7.

On May 1 while excavating SES unearthed three 75 gallon drums. The drums are in the process of being analyzed for any product residue. At this time it appears the drums are empty and not radioactive.

Load out and shipping of rail cars with radiological contaminated waste is continuing at TSF. Waste is being transported to permitted disposal facilities at either US Ecology of Idaho or Energy Solutions of Utah. The waste water treatment plant at this facility will be on line by mid May.

Sgt. Allen James Dunckley, age 25, of Glassboro was killed last Monday, May 14 in an ambush in Salman Park, Iraq by small arms fire and an improvised explosive device.

Sgt. Dunckley was a sniper and paratrooper in the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning, Ga.

He is survived by his wife Jen, of Philadelphia, his three and half- year- old son Joshua, his two -year- old daughter Hannah and his parents Mae and Allen Dunckley, of Glassboro.

The family will celebrate Allan James Dunckley at his funeral Thursday — a military service at Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia, 13500 Philmont Ave. The viewing is from 9 to 11 a.m. The service begins at 11 a.m.

An Army general will present the family with medals, likely the Purple Heart and Global War on Terrorism medal.

COSTANZO, ROSE MARIE
(Nee Overnack), on May 21, 2007, of Gloucester City. Age 75.
Beloved wife of Samuel J. Devoted mother of John Costanzo and his wife Angela Cella of Alexandria, VA and Lisa Pyffer and her husband Michael T., Sr. of Dennisville, NJ. Loving grandmotherof Michael, Jr. and Samantha Rose Pyffer, also of Dennis-ville. Dear sister-in-law of Mary Colletti. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Costanzo was a waitress at Max\’s Café in Gloucester City for 20 years.
There will be a viewing from 7 to 9pm Thursday eve and 8 to 9am Friday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE. Funeral Mass 10amFriday at St. Mary\’s RC Church, Gloucester City. Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.
Family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Mrs. Costanzo\’s memory to the Deborah Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 820 Browns Mills, NJ 08015. Expressions of sympathy may be e-mailed to Condolences@Gardner FuneralHome.com.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday May, 24 at 11:30 a.m. at Saint Mary\’s Church, Monmouth and Atlantic Sts., for Charles A. Hagan Sr., of Gloucester City who passed away suddenly on May 21. He was 50 years old.

According to media reports a relative went to check on Mr. Hagen late Monday afternoon when no one had heard from him. The relative saw soot on the curtains and called 911. Police went in and found Mr. Hagen dead in his bedroom. He apparently died of smoke inhalation. The fire had smoldered in the basement and burned itself out. Cause of the fire is still under investigation, but believed to be accidental.

Charles was a lifelong resident of Gloucester City and proudly served as a volunteer firefighter from 1976 to 2003. He rose to the rank of Battalion Chief of Gloucester Heights Fire Department. Charles loved to go crabbing, fix cars and these were his passions in life.

Mr. Hagan is survived by his wife of 11 years, Colleen B. Hagan (nee Sweeney) of Gloucester City. His children, Christine Twiford of West Lawn, PA, Megan A. Sweeney of Gloucester City and the late Charles A. Hagan, Jr.

Son of City Councilman William R. Hagan, Sr. and Effie M. (nee Harker) of Gloucester Heights. Brother of William R. Hagan, Jr. (Dawn), City Fire Chief Brian \”Fuzzy\” Hagan (Anne) and Michael J. Hagan (Jennifer) all of Gloucester City.

Grandfather of Alison Hagan, Kevin C. Twiford, Felicia Twiford and Brody Minder. Survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Relatives, friends and fellow firefighters are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Thursday morning from 9 am to 11 am at the McCann-Healey Funeral Home, 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. There will be no evening viewing. Interment New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.

Family requests that memorial donations be made in Charles\’ memory to the Crozer-Chester Foundation: One Medical Center Boulevard: Upland, PA 19013. Attn: Burn Treatment Center. Please write in the memo of the check Charles A. Hagan, Sr.

Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Charles A. Hagan, Sr.

 

Mount Ephraim Community Wide Yard Sale

Saturday, June 2

 

(Rain Date: Sunday, June 3)

 

To Get Your Address Listed

Contact Laura Oehlert at 933-2024.

 

For More Information, please visit www.freewebs.com/mountephraimyardsale/

PHOTOS BY BILL BATES

Bagpipers from the Camden County Emerald Society play \”Amazing Grace\” at the CamCo Fire Chief\’s & Fire Officer\’s Annual Installation Banquet held at the Bellmawr Ballroom on Thursday, January 11th.

Mount Ephraim Fire Department Honor Guard members (L to R) Firefighter Nikki Campanell, Battalion Chief Jeff Vilardo, Captain Mark Campanell, and Captain Joe Imielinski exit the ballroom after they concluded posting the colors for the evening.

CAMCO FIRE CHIEF\’S & OFFICER\’S INSTALLATION BANQUET HELD

By Bill Bates

NEWS Correspondent

 

Bellmawr, NJ – On Thursday, January 11, 2007, the Camden County Fire Chief\’s and Fire Officer\’s Association of New Jersey held their Annual Installation Banquet at the Bellmawr Ballroom adjacent to Bellmawr Fire & Rescue – Station 32. The evening started off with bagpipers from the Camden County Emerald Society playing several selections including \”Amazing Grace\”. Joining them were members from the Mount Ephraim Fire Department Honor Guard who were given the honor of displaying and posting the colors of this great country.

MSGR Michael T. Mannion from the Immaculate Conception of Camden performed the invocation just before dinner. MSGR Mannion is known to many in the CamCo Emergency Services Field as \”Father Mike\” as he has been assisting many departments and communities through-out Camden County since the dreadful morning of July 4, 2002 when he provided his assistance in the removal of the victims from the fatal house fire at 200 N. Broadway in Gloucester City where three firefighters and three children lost their lives.

Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Chief Joseph A. Riggs, Jr., from the Haddon Fire Company #1 in Haddonfield. Chief Riggs introduced the Honored Guests including executives from All Risk – Property Damage Experts who pledged to donate $10,000 a year, for the next four years to the C.C.F.C.F.O.A. to use for training, education, and scholarship programs through-out Camden County. Also in attendance was the family of Fallen Camden City Firefighter George Jackson who passed away last year as a result of injuries he sustained at a house fire in the early 90\’s. His family was presented with a special plaque followed by several kind and encouraging words from President Michael A. Hall.

Chief Riggs introduced the 2007 Officers and Board of Directors prior to being sworn in by Bellmawr Mayor Frank Filipek. The 2007 Officers are; President Michael Hall, 1^st Vice President Robert Mortka, 2^nd Vice President Robert Giorgio, Secretary Scott Longfellow, Treasurer Michael Croissette. Chief Fire Marshall Paul Hartstein, County Fire Coordinator William Schaefer, and Chief of Communications John Waechtler. The 2007 Board of Directors are; Sal Catania, William Glassman, Thomas Calhoun, Joseph Reichert Jr., Randall Freiling, Samuel Funches, and John Amet. Chief Riggs also mentioned for all of those in attendance to keep Camden County Chief Fire Marshall Paul Hartstein and Camden County Assistant Fire Marshal Andy Braig in their thoughts and prayers. Both men have been recently hospitalized, Andy Braig is the more serious of the two, he may possibly lose his right leg from the knee down due to his diabetes. A 50/50 raffle and collection raised over $1500.00 which was done by fellow county employee\’s to help with Andy\’s expenses. A motion was made by Past President Jack Plasket, with numerous seconds, to donate all proceeds collected from the 50/50 raffle to go to assist Andy Braig in his time of need. The motion was successfully carried.

The guest speaker for the evening was Fire Chief Ronald Kanterman, from Merek Pharmaceutical located in Union County, NJ. Chief Kanterman grabbed his audiences attention right from the beginning as he told several humorous fire related jokes and then began address the audience on his topic; \”You can\’t know where you are going until you know where you have been\”. Many in attendance found his topic very interesting as well as educational. He did a great job driving home several key points for fellow Chief Officers and Fire Officers to remember and hopefully to utilize in the future.

At the conclusion of the evening, Chaplains MSGR. Michael Mannion, Robert Harper Jr., Robert Cummings, and Anthony Saranchak performed the memorial service were the reading of the names of the deceased firefighters from Camden County who passed away last year and the ringing of the memorial bells took place. A fabulous job was done and a special thank you to Chief Gary Burgin who sang The Lord\’s Prayer. Another special thank you goes out to Camden County Fire Photographers Curt Hudson, Bob Bartosz, and John Axford who created a special slide show of 2006 incidents for the Annual Installation Banquet and also a special slide show of deceased firefighters from 2006 for the memorial service and candle lighting.

 

Mayor Bill James (1974) slid home past Billy Eller in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Rams the win in dramatic fashion.

The final score was 14-13. There was a good crowd at Saturday\’s game (May 19). Officials at the game (Pat Rodgers) are trying to move the \”Old Timers\” game to the Old Mens Softball field on Johnson blvd.

Only time will tell, the Lions will still be upset at everything Gloucester Catholic does!!!!!!!!!

The money raised from the event will go towards providing a $400 scholarship to a graduating senior from each school. The Gloucester Catholic recipient is Tiffany Fisher.

Gloucester Catholic players included: Ryan McColligan (01); Adam Carpenter (00); Bill James (74); Bob Chew (86); Kevin Ryan (79);Pat Rodgers (79); Kayla Chamberlain (06);Byran Barth (05 );Matt Ryan (00 ); Rich Dott(79); Pat Enright (04 );Mike Bottino (04); Steve Cianchetti (04); Jay Brophy jr (04);John Brophy (05);Chris Medany (04);Mike Kenney (85);Ted Allen (04).

Gloucester High players were: Steve Cowgill, Jay Brophy, Patrick Rodgers, Edward Cowgill, Todd Blaylock, Joe Hartzel, Keegan, Adam Tussy, Jason McDonald, Ed Malone, Dave Saunders, Nigel Rodgers, Joe Green, Peeze, Joe Brophy, Josh Cassidy, Kenny Jones.

 

 

By: Lauren Marchese, Kyle Johnston,

Stephanie Lado and Alysia Haney

Mr. Lattanzio\’s 7^th grade advanced Science Class

 

As Earth Day was rapidly approaching, and our class was covering a unit on plants, we chose to makeover our courtyard, to help our environment.

In this bleak, unused garden TLC was desperately needed. Our science class wanted to eliminate this problem, and that is exactly what we did.

So, as we spiritedly redid this distorted land, it was running through our heads who to thank — the generous parents who donated supplies, our teacher who organized the whole thing, and other 7^th and 8^th grade students who helped us immensely. We decided that being grateful to everyone would be the only fair thing to do.

Everyone contributed to this project and definitely made this challenge and service a complete success. Admiring our work and taking it all in was the best part.

The smell of freshly planted mulch and plants filled the air. We achieved our goal and the courtyard looked as good as new. Flowers, shrubs, mulch, and trees, all in full bloom. Our hard work and donations made this project a success.

We feel it is a privilege to have been able to humbly serve our school, students, and our community. Our class made the courtyard a better place, and set an example for others to do the same for their community. We are proud to have done our part to help the environment.

An added bonus to the makeover was when we discovered a mother duck incubating eggs in a nest. We have named the duck \”Quackers.\” The real surprise was when we returned to school on Monday, April 30^th, and found ducklings running around in the courtyard.

Students learned a first-hand lesson about the food chain on May 1. A hawk had entered the courtyard and was determined to feast on a duckling. Quackers defended her young diligently; however, the hawk escaped with one of the ducklings. A rescue operation was successful.

Quackers and the remaining ducklings were moved to a safer place in the green house, where they were much safer in the green house then in the courtyard.

But, we realized that Quackers and the ducklings needed to be free. So, on May 2, some students and our teacher, Mr.Lattanzio, took Quackers and her ducklings to the minihole, where we released them into the wild where they could be free.