Council Members Unaware Legal Notices were not being Advertised in The NEWS

Bill\’s Point of View

A change in the salary ordinance for the City of Gloucester City was advertised in the Philadelphia Inquirer on August 10th. The ordinance was passed by Council at a meeting on August 6. If you recall last week I told you that our City is advertising Legal Notices now in the Inquirer instead of placing the information in the Gloucester City News or the Courier Post.

Placing legal ads in the Inquirer came about in March after the Camden County Freeholder Board sought bids for advertisements of Legal Notices from area newspapers. The County awarded the contract to the Inquirer, the lone bidder. Other municipalities and authorities in Camden County, as well as Gloucester County, can \”piggyback\” on the bid, printing their ads in The Inquirer for the same price. The Courier Post has filed a lawsuit against the Camden County Freeholder Board claiming that Legal Notices advertised in a Philadelphia newspaper is a violation of state statue.

If the Court rules in favor of the Courier all legal notices placed in the Philadelphia Inquirer by the County or any other municipality in Camden County will be declared null and void. Gloucester County and the City of Camden City have held off placing any Legal Notices in the Inquirer until the lawsuit is settled.

Council\’s recent action amends Subsection B of the salary ordinance and deals with titles in the Public Works Department. Two New titles were listed: Senior Building Maintenance Worker and Senior Garage Attendant. The rate of base pay for the new titled employees is to be the same as that of a Senior Water Repairer. The salary for these jobs was not listed in the ordinance.

The new ordinance also changed Subsection F of the Salary ordinance. It states the positions in this section are for regular appointments under the provisions of the NJ Dept. of Personnel to part-time positions. They are not entitled to benefits other than those specified in NJAC Title 4A. The salary for Fire Protection Inspector will range between $4,657 to $5,692. The establishment of these positions shall be retroactive to June 21, 2007.

Final passage and public hearing is scheduled for August 23 at 8 PM in council chambers, 313 Monmouth Street.

On Monday August 13^th I talked with City Councilman Nick Marchese and he said that council members were under the impression that the City\’s legal notices were always placed in the Gloucester City News. Marchese said he was unaware that the recent salary ordinance and the City\’s audit synopsis of the budget were not advertised in the local paper. Marchese said he planned to discuss the matter with Municipal Clerk/City Administrator Paul Kain to find out why neither legal was advertised in The NEWS.

He added that even if there is a situation where it is an emergency and the City has to use another newspaper because of time, Marchese said he felt the Legal Notice should also be advertised in The News too so the public is kept in the know.

See The Public has a Right to Know

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Yo Bill! Have you heard the Good News for Gloucester City?

There is a strong possibility that a well known Bank will be opening an office in Gloucester City in the not too distant future. If my source, who wants to remain anonymous, is correct the bank will occupy the vacant lot at Broadway and Cumberland Street, (the former site of Dooley\’s Tavern). I am told negotiations are almost complete and a formal announcement will be forth coming.

The old Democrats proclaimed one month before the November 2006 election that Reel Fish Seafood was going to open a restaurant at that location. Under the Kilcourse administration the owner of the property, Gerry Dooley Inc. received $425,000 for the dilapidated building. Many citizens thought the City paid too much for the property, and couldn\’t understand how the owner could sell it without bringing the property up to code.

In January after Mayor Bill James and council members Nick Marchese and Jay Brophy began their terms the public was told the \”Old Dems\” forgot to get a written agreement with the owner of Reel Fish Seafood. Reel Fish Seafood, located in Bellmawr, went out of business in February 2007.

The building was demolished in January by Franchi Demolition at a cost of $34,400. Since then the James Administration has been trying to attract a tenant to develop the site.

As soon as the \”chitchat\” is confirmed you will be the first to know; stay tuned.

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Caroline Phelps, 84, formerly of Audubon and Washington Twp

PHELPS, CAROLINE

(nee Furlough) formerly of Audubon and Washington Twp., was called home on Aug. 13, 2007. She was 84 years of age.
Devoted to her family, Caroline was a caring woman, who treasured her close relationship with the Lord. Born in Columbia, NC, Caroline moved to the Phila. area in the late 1950\’s. Devoted mother of Charles D. (Genya), Diana P. Dintino (Paul) and Anthony L.; loving grandmother of Alana, Charlie, Paul, Anthony, Brittney & the late Jennifer and Diana; great grandmother of Jackie, Charlie, Nicole and Chloe.
Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing 9:30 AM and funeral services 11 AM Thurs. in the Gloucester County Community Church, 359 Chapel Heights Road, Washington Twp. Interment Manahath Cemetery, Glassboro. MCGUI-NNESS FUNERAL HOME, 573 Egg Harbor Rd., Washington Twp. (Sewell), NJ Tributes & memories may be shared at: www.mcgfuneral.com
\’The Lifetime Tribute Funeral Home\’

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Anna May Palmieri, 84, resident of Audubon for 52 years

PALMIERI, ANNA MAY
(nee Milano) On August 14, 2007 of Audubon, NJ age 84 yrs. Beloved wife of the late John C. \”Chic\” Palmieri, devoted mother of Dennis A. Palmieri of San Antonio, TX, John G. Palmieri of Marlton, NJ, Mark B. Palmieri of Lancaster, PA, Anna May Fichter of Gibbsboro, NJ, Mary T. Palmieri of Audubon, NJ, Joan B. McCracken of Haddon Height s, NJ, Maureen Kavano of Cherry Hill, NJ, Donna M. Christy of Audubon, NJ; loving Grandmother of 18, loving great grandmother of 4; dear sister of Bartholomew Milano, Edward Milano, Robert Milano, Mary Milano and Pat Smith.
Mrs. Palmieri was a resident of Audubon for 52 years. She retired from Campbell Soup, research division.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing Thursday evening 7:00-9:00PM at the HENRY FUNERAL HOME, 152 W. Atlantic Ave., Audubon and AGAIN on Friday morning from 10:00-11:00AM at Holy Maternity Church, 431 W. Nicholson Rd., Audubon where a Mass of Christian will be celebrated at 11:00AM. Interment Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to: Convent of Devine Love (Pink Sisters), 2212 Green Street, Phila., PA 19130 or The Central Association of the Miraculous Medal, 475 E. Chelten Ave, Germantown, Phila., PA 19144-5785

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Thomas Rogers, 82, of Mt. Ephraim, WWII Army Vet

ROGERS, THOMAS H.
On August 14, 2007 Age 82 of Mt. Ephraim, NJ. Beloved brother of Dorothy S. Rogers of Mt. Ephraim and the late Edward and the late Charles Rogers. Also survived by numerous cousins.
Mr. Rogers was a retired electrician for West Jersey Hospital in Camden and also a former employee of the New York Shipyard. Healso was an avid cabinet maker. He was a WWII Army veteran and a life time member of the VFW Post 6262 Mt.Ephraim.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing from 12 noon to 1pm Thursday at the:
MAHHAFFEY-MILANO
FUNERAL HOME
11 E. Kings Hwy
Mt. Ephraim, NJ
856-931-1628
Funeral Service Thursday 1pm at the funeral home. Interment Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ.

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WHEN EAST MEETS WEST/ The Times, There has been a change

Commentary By Hank F. Miller Jr.

Thumbing through some of my faded old photographs of my early days abroad here in Japan, I find a mustachioed face with hair almost down to my shoulders and water-clear eyes, eyes perhaps indicative of a vast space behind My face. Thirty years almost thirty years later the mustache is still here but the hair is just a memory it\’s still here but shorter and thinner.

Only the wide eyes-and perhaps that empty space-remain today.

But those eyes have seen a lot in the past three decades. The Japanese of now is not the Japan of then. Here are just a few of the ways it has changed.

Inhale and you can almost smell it -the heady fragrance of money.

Japan was not quite a poor sister in the mid 1970s, but since that time she\’s been tossing yen around like confetti. Forget those damp years after the burst of the bubble-years of overall gloom, business foreclosures and micro fractions holloweening as interest rates. Yet years when Japanese cash registers still ring with respectable vibrato.

Now you see it everywhere-in architecture, fashion, and on the streets of pearly neon. Japan was once working class, but not anymore. Shaky economy and sky-high prices be damned, the Japan of today is flat-out rich, rich, rich to say the least!

\”But no place beats the old\’ USA!\”Says an American buddy, basking with pride up on his quiet prairie town of pot-holed roads shopping opportunities starting and stopping with Wal-Mart. Yes, the folks back home are as fine as people anywhere, but in 30 years time Japan has upped the ante affluence-wise. Increasingly wealthy and increasingly cosmopolitan-I also find that the Japanese of today are simply increasing. Not in numbers, but in size. At 5\’8,\”(173 cm) it used to be that I could hang on to a subway strap and gaze above every head the entire length of the car. Now I\’m lucky if I can see as far as five feet. But it\’s not just height that\’s evolved here.

\”Hey, look! A fat guy!\”

A foreign friend once elbowed me this while nodding to a man on the street. In the 1970s, obesity here was rare enough to raise eyebrows.

Maybe it still is, as most Western counterparts. Yet, sumo-size is not exception it once was. With plump bellies and chubby cheeks both up and down-today\’s Japanese carry much more meat than their earlier models.

For proof, check out seating arrangements still around from yesteryear, like in the peanut gallery of Japanese Diet, a spot where visitor used to

\”slide\” right in. Now the only workable verbs are \”squeeze\” and \”cram.\”

Junk food, fast food, snacks food-through the years the Japanese have adopted the worst eating habits of the West. But as the West wises up to those wicked dietary ways, so do the Japanese, after all we now have Billy\’s Boot Camp CDs, plastered all over in TV commercials, and they are selling like hot cakes, what a clever guy Billy is!

A 1998 cover article of The East magazine predicted the end of \”smokers\’ paradise\” in Japan. And paradise it was. The offices of the engineering company where I worked in 1977 and the faculty room of the high school where I started teaching in 1983 boasted only one nonsmoker-me. Yet, to me perhaps the largest change is on people\’s faces.

I think the Japanese of today show much more emotion than those of 30 years ago.

Here\’s a sample\”victory\”interview from TV shows of the \’70s:

Emcee: Well, Taro that was quite a game you played. Your winnings include 300 tons of gold, plus eternal life. Tell us how do you feel? Taro 🙁 Head down, feet shuffling, and voice barely audible) Oh, I suppose I\’m pleased. Sports heroes, game show champs, contest winners-it was all the same. People were humble. Too humble. Unnaturally humble. As if to be happy was a crime. Contrast that with the first-pumping \”guts poses \”of modern athletes or Olympic swimmer Kosuke Kitajima\’s gold medal whoop at the games in Athens.

Thirty years ago such reactions would have been picked apart by the Japanese press as sheer embarrassments. But today it\’s really OK, with the resulting release of feelings being somehow much healthier. Now it\’s not so unusual to see Japanese hug each other in public too. Sometimes even when they\’re sober. A wealthier, heavier and happier Japan. That\’s 30 years of observations in a nutshell. Of course, some things haven\’t changed at all-a topic for some another time maybe, OK?

Warm Regards From Kitakyushu City ,Japan

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Anna Gellura, 77, of Mt. Ephraim a member of the sons of Itlaly

GELLURA, ANNA
(Nee Dalanni). On August 12, 2007. Age 77. Of Mt. Ephraim, NJ.
Beloved wife of the late Angelo C. \’Sonny\’. Devoted mother of Deborah (George) Henderson of Merchantville, NJ,Thomas R. (Earline) Gellura of Gloucester. Loving grandmother of Richard (Elizabeth), and Lori. Dear sister of Rose Hall of St. Louis, andthe late Otti, William, Domonic, and recently deceased Helen. Also many nieces & nephews.
Mrs. Gellura was a longtime member of the Sons of Italy, Lodge #2362, Mt Ephraim.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her Visitation Wednesdy evening 7-9pm at the
MAHAFFEY-MILANO
FUNERAL HOME,11 E. Kings Hwy,Mt. Ephraim, NJ
856-931-1628
There will be a celebration of Life Memorial Mass, Thurs. 10am at Sacred Heart Church, Kings Hwy, Mt. Ephraim, NJ. Interment of Cremains will be New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr, NJ. Family request In Lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to The American Heart Assoc., 1 Union St., Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 in Anna\’s Memory.
Expressions of sympathy and condolences may be sent towww.milanofuneral home.com

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