EGAN, MARGARET
( Nee Brennan) a 14 year resident of West Deptford, formerly of Haddon Heights for over 40 years, on Aug. 4, 2007. Aged 81 years.
Most beloved wife of William for 57 years; cherished and devoted mother of Timothy (JoAnn),William, Daniel, Kathie Quenzel, John (Kim), Margaret Lafferty (Kevin) and Sharon Harcarik (Robert); adoring grandmom of Colleen Moran (Chris), Kelly Egan, Brent Lafferty (Amy), Laura Egan, Salina Quenzel, Patrick Egan (Bridget), Marisa Quenzel, Megan Lafferty and Connie Egan; great grandmom of Brennan Lafferty; dear sister of Catherine Daiber (the late, John) and John Brennan (Eileen).
Viewing Wed. 6:30-9 PM and Thurs. 8:30-9:15 AM in the McGUINNESS FUNERAL HOME, 34 Hunter St., Woodbury. Funeral Mass Thurs.10 AM in St. Patrick RC Church, Woodbury.
Interment Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veteran\’s Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Holy Redeemer Hospice, 150 E. 9th Avenue Runnemede, NJ 08078
Tributes and memories may be shared at: www.mcgfuneral.com
McGuinness Funeral Home \’The Lifetime Tribute Funeral Home\’®

By Sara Martino

NEWS Correspondent

 \”Sorry, Opie, you can\’t play basketball in the street. Andy the sheriff\’s camper has to be moved from your private property.

\”Barney, we have to enforce our ordinances. Aunt Bee, you must help to keep Mayberry beautiful.\”

If Mayor John Soubasis\’ statement holds true, Brooklawn is the new \”Mayberry,\” and the above situations will have to be complied with – as well as several other ordinances discussed by Brooklawn Borough Council at its recent meeting.

The governing body\’s goal is to keep Brooklawn beautiful.

\”We run into some roadblocks as far as residents\’ hesitations in calling to report a neighbor that may be in violation of an ordinance,\” the mayor said.

An ordinance amending Chapter 136 of the municipal code on trailers and camp cars was discussed and voted on with the concept of adding substantial changes to the ordinance.

\”My son, who is a teacher in New Orleans, was displaced due to Katrina and had to stay in a camper on someone\’s property for a week. Don\’t abolish campers on public property,\” said resident Anthony Cippolini during the public portion.

\”Our first concern is safety. Fire and police equipment find it hard to get through some streets and around corners due to some vehicle parking,\” Soubasis said.

\”We are trying to make it possible for everyone to live here happily. We did discuss the idea to completely eliminate the vehicles, now we may allow certain size limits of 8\’ by 18\’ on a paved surface,\” he said.

Council members, Theresa Branella, Jerry Granstrom and Thomas MacAdams voted \”no\” for the ordinance. Rickie Boulden, Jim Nolan and Ryan Giles voted \”yes.\”

Mayor Soubasis carefully pondered his decision, which would be a tie- breaker, before voting \”yes.\”

The ordinance that would mean no more parking of trailers and campers in the street or private property was approved, pending the substantial changes, and will be heard again at a public hearing.

\”This is not an easy job,\” Councilwoman Branella said.

\”We are residents too, and have a hard time when we have to dictate what people can or cannot do,\” she said.

Granstrom said he did not agree with the ordinance, \”Especially when it concerns private property.\”

\”We finally came to a point when we must enforce ordinances for the good of the town and residents. We are trying to make improvements in the town,\” he said.

In old business, Council approved an amendment to Chapter 141 that prohibits parking in fire lanes and prohibiting the parking vehicles over 9,000 pounds on the streets.

A letter addressed to the residents from Soubasis explaining the reasons why the code officials will be aggressive in reporting violations will be included in the tax bill notices.

Branella thanked the Brooklawn Fire Department, the fire company Ladies Auxiliary and the EMS squad for their volunteer work on the \”duck race.\”

\”The profit of $109 taken in from the \”dump tank\” will be used for needy families during Christmas time,\” she said.

A Lancaster County bus trip will take place on Saturday, August 4, and will include shopping, a tour of Amish Country and dinner at \”Plain and Fancy\” for the cost of $55.

Call the municipal office for tickets at 456-0750 ext. 162.

first published Gloucester City News August 2, 2007

 

Of Bellmawr; formerly of National Park, NJ, passed away on August 5, 2007. Aged 60 years.
A spirited and strong willed woman, Sandy will be remembered for her independent nature and her love for her grandchildren. Sandy enjoyed her many trips to the casinos, dancing and boating. She also loved collecting angels.
Born in Camden, NJ, Sandy was a 27 year resident of National Park prior to moving to Bellmawr in 2000. She was a former member of the Women\’s Auxiliary at the National Park Boat Club and was a cashier at Helen\’s Greentree Diner in West Deptford for 7 years.
She is the beloved wife of 40 years to John J.; devoted mother of Deana A. Kizer (Matt), John J. III and Thomas K. (Christina); dear sister of Linda and Karen Stout; loving grandmother of Matthew, Noah, Evan and Zachary.
Visitation Thursday, 6:30-9:00 PM and Friday 9-10 AM at the McGUINNESS FUNERAL HOME, 34 Hunter St., Woodbury where a service will follow at 10 AM.
Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Samaritan Hospice, 5 Eves Drive, Suite 300, Marlton, NJ 08053. Tributes and memories may be shared at: www.mcgfuneral.com McGuinness Funeral Home \’The Lifetime Tribute Funeral Home\’®

SHARKEY, JOHN JOSEPH
51, formerly of Deptford, NJ on 8/2/07. Mem.Svc 8/10 Most Holy Redeemer 2pm. Trust for Sharkey Children Commerce Bank, Deptford

Changing the names of numerous streets in Gloucester City would be a huge mistake. A lot of folks are still trying to figure out the difference between Stinson Avenue and Stinsman Avenue. Residents of Ridgway Street have been spelling the street\’s name wrong for years, as has the city\’s signage, for \”Ridgeway\” Street.

Vietnam hero Wayne Colantuono\’s name was misspelled in the front-page article submitted for last week\’s City News, as \”Colantuno.\”

Combined with the one-block, one-way streets and any other anomalies someone may be cooking up, the City\’s residents, their visitors and tourists will be confused for years. All the effort that has gone into making street names compatible with the 9-1-1 emergency system will be undone with a few pen strokes. My home phone sends my address to 9-1-1 dispatchers automatically now.

It is a good public safety measure, but would be irretrievably lost if the street name were changed. I can hear myself trying to explain to Comcast why my street is different from its emergency-management location.

Changing the names of streets on the City\’s plat map and spending money twice (once for the \”period of adjustment\” and again for the permanent signage) may satisfy a vocal – and honorable – constituency, but it will be a disaster everywhere else. All the maps distributed by Camden County will be wrong for years. So will the multitude of internet mapping services like MapQuest and Google, and the commercial maps bought at gas stations, convenience stores and book stores.

In Canada, a movement is underway to name streets after Canada\’s Provinces, just as ours are named after New Jersey\’s counties, instead of faraway places. While we are at it, why not rename the City as well?

There are genuine, historical reasons why our City and its streets were given English place names. Before becoming the king, Shakespeare\’s Richard III was the Duke of Gloucester in real life 500 years or so before Billy Thompson was given the title.

Historian Crane Brinton warned against changing place names, especially street names, after a change in government administrations because of the unease it causes among the populace. And, no reputable City planner would recommend doing what\’s proposed here.

I implore the vets and other interested parties to place their suggestions for street-name changes on new streets in proposed new developments in the city or come up with another, more imaginative and less hazardous way to honor the fallen heroes we all venerate.

Stephen N. Roche, Gloucester City

Bill\’s Point of View

In Monday\’s (July 30^th) Philadelphia Inquirer a legal notice advertising the Synopsis of 2006 Report of Audit of the City of Gloucester City appeared in the classified section of the newspaper. The notice was signed by Paul J. Kain, City Clerk. The notice was missing the legal fee, which is required under State Statue. Also required under state regulation is for the legal to be printed in a newspaper that is published and circulated in the county where the municipality is located. The Synopsis was approved by City Council at the July 19^th Caucus meeting.

My first thought was what was Gloucester City trying to hide? Remembering of course last year\’s administration holding a special meeting on a Sunday afternoon in October to approve bond ordinances totaling $5.3 million. I also wondered how many other legal notices besides the audit has the City published in The Inquirer that I didn\’t see. And I wondered if any other local government in our area is also using the Inquirer for their legal notices.

Then I remembered that there is a legal battle playing out in the courts over the issue of whether or not the State law governing the advertisement of legal notices can be ignored.

Earlier this year the powers to be in Camden County sought competitive bids from newspapers for advertising legal notices at discounted rates. The county accepted the bid in March, awarding The Inquirer a two-year contract. 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 sued Camden and Gloucester Counties and the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority earlier this month, saying it\’s illegal for them to run ads in an out-of-state newspaper. In the July 30 Inquirer besides the City\’s legal there were two legal notices authorized by the Camden County Freeholders pertaining to bids for services.

\”The point is that any legal notice that appears in The Philadelphia Inquirer could be an invalid notice,\” said the Courier-Post\’s attorney, Daniel Haggerty. \”Being invalid, it would allow anyone to claim they didn\’t receive proper notice. There\’s just a whole plethora of issues.\”

John O\’Brien, the executive director of the New Jersey Press Association, agreed.

He said the standard for determining where a newspaper is published is the location of its principal business office.

\”From what I see, the office of publication for The Inquirer is 400 N. Broad St. in Philadelphia,\” he said.

O\’Brien also said the law that sets the rate newspapers can charge – on a sliding scale based on circulation – does not allow a price \”in excess or below\” that rate.

Camden County and its municipal utilities authority have run legal ads in The Inquirer, but Gloucester County officials are waiting for the courts to rule before placing their ads in the newspaper. The City of Camden, originally a defendant, was dropped from the suit after officials there decided not to publish in The Inquirer, Haggerty said.

Camden County expects to save $1 million in advertising fees by placing the legal notices in The Inquirer. The amount is a pittance when you compare it to the County\’s overall budget.

On Thursday\’s when The Gloucester City News hits the streets, the paper has more circulation in Gloucester City then the Courier Post and or The Inquirer. If our leaders in Gloucester City were serious about keeping the public informed then they along with the Camden County Freeholder Board would reconsider their stance on this important issue.

Legal Notices are published in the local newspaper (s) so the public is kept up-to-date on how their tax dollars are being spent. Our local and county officials should realize by advertising important information in an out-of-state newspaper they are giving the public the impression that what they are doing is surreptitious.

How many of us would think to look in a Philadelphia newspaper for a notice about Gloucester City finances being audited. It was only by chance that I came upon the City\’s audit. I bet you can\’t find another person in Gloucester City who can say that he or she saw it.

In my opinion the Camden County Freeholder Board and the Mayor and Council of Gloucester City, along with any other local body that places legal notices in a Philadelphia newspaper, is doing a disservice to the public.

We the public have a Right to Know! Placing advertisements in a newspaper that has very little circulation in South Jersey is a violation of that right.

By the way, the cost to advertise the City\’s audit synopsis in the Gloucester City News, only $122.

*Source for information: June 28^th Philadelphia Inquirer, A two-state newspaper fight over competitive rates for ads

HUSH HUSH DON\’T TELL THE PUBLIC

The recipients of Gloucester City High School Scholarship Awards for 2007 are as follows: William Cory Labbree and Erika Wadsworth, $125, Gloucester City Business Association Scholarship.

John Aman, Matthew DiNardo, and Michael Marchionne, $500, Jim Kelly Memorial Scholarship. John Aman, $250, Earl M. Moore Scholarship. Kathryn Seternus, $1,000, Henry Evans Vocational Scholarship presented by the Gloucester City Rotary Club.

Kaitlin Collins, $500, Sportsman Athletic Club Scholarship. Kyle Kramer, $500, Louis D. Stief Memorial Scholarship. Jenai Gonzales, $500, Gloucester City Educational Scholarship. William Cory Labbree, $200, William W. Yerkes Sr. Memorial Scholarship.

William Cory Labbree, $100, Dorothy Sasse Scholarship. Kelly Cerrone, $500, Gloucester City Ponytail League. Megan Sweeney, $500, Thomas G. Stewart III Memorial Scholarship c/o Gloucester City Professional Firefighters Union.

Kathryn Seternus, $250, Charles A. Harker Memorial Scholarship. Jonathan Beres, Kristi Bobo, Evan Peterson, Thomas Uibel and Nicholas Wright, $1000, Gloucester City High School Alumni Scholarship.

Kelly Cerrone, Christine Mason, Salvatore Russo, Erika Wadsworth, and Kristen Wright, $500, Gloucester City High School Alumni Scholarship. Thomas Uibel, $100, Joseph and Nanette Levins Scholarship.

Stephen James, $300, Congressman Rob Andrews 1^st Congressional District Scholarship. Sarah Clemency and Lauren Ross, $500, Mary Ellen Kraft Memorial Scholarship.

W. Bruce Marks Jr., $250, Camden County Bar Association Scholarship. Mae Nettie McHugh, $500, Joseph G. Kelly Memorial Scholarship. Nicholas Wright, $521, Pine Grove Volunteer Fire Association Scholarship.

Sarah Clemency and Christopher Kraft, $1,250, Highland Park Volunteer Fire Association Scholarship. W. Bruce Marks Jr., and Edward Nastos, $100, AFSCME Maintenance Local #3858 Scholarship.

Kelly Cerrone, $200, Ladies of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Melissa Fedore, $500, Horace Bevan Memorial Scholarship.Megan Sweeney, $1,000, Bill Siman Memorial Award.

Kristi Bobo, Sarah Clemency, Jenai Gonzales, Kyle Kramer, William Cory Kramer, W. Bruce Marks Jr., Brandon McElwee, Kathryn Seternus, Thomas Uibel and Nicholas Wright, $100, Family and Friends of GHS Scholarship.

Kathryn Boody, $100, Class of 1977 Art Department Scholarship. Jenai Gonzales, $100, Kate Sweeney Scholarship. Derick Fowler, $250, Gloucester City Mustang Jimmy Zearfoss Scholarship.

Daniel Reader, $500, Ad-Youth Scholarship. Jessica Ritchie and Kristen Wright, $100, Frozen Cow Scholarship. Regina Bucher and Liam James, $250, Independent Citizen\’s Athletic Club – ICAC.

Kelly Cerrone, $500, David Martin Memorial Scholarship. Ryan Wyatt, $200, Cpl. Edward A. Slavin – South Jersey 82^nd Airborne Division Association Scholarship. Regina Bucher and Shea O\’Donnell, $100, Harry P. Ferry Memorial Scholarship.

Liam James, $500, Joanne Gorman Memorial Scholarship. Leah Hill, $250, Franklin C. Carr Memorial Scholarship. Steven Barcklow, $3,000, Anna Grabowski Scholarship. Liam James and Kyle Kramer, $500, Marc Ryan Memorial Scholarship.

Kelly Cerrone and Bernadette Malone, $500 each, Harry Boulden Jr. Memorial Scholarship. Kyle Kramer, $1,000, Heroes to Hero Scholarship.

Kyle Kramer and Bernadette Malone, $250, Carmen Palmiero Basketball League Scholarship. Kathryn Seternus, $150, Knights of Columbus Scholarship. Stephen James, $100, Appreciation of History Scholarship.

John Aman, Mitchell Conroy, and William Cory Labbree, $500, James McNully Memorial Scholarship. Maribeth Deleski, $500, Jack Carlson Memorial Scholarship.

Jenai Gonzales and Salvatore Russo, $600, Stephen James and Mae Nettie McHugh, $500, Kristen Wright, $300, Alyshe Gile and Loretta Pregartner, $250, Demarest Family Memorial Scholarship.

Kelly Cerone, $400, James \”Zonk\” Rodgers Memorial Scholarship, Kyle Kramer, $500, Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship. William Cory Labbree, $500, Brooklawn EMS Scholarship Award.

William Cory Labbree, $500, Gloucester City Youth Soccer League. Liam James and Bernadette Malone, $250, Memorial AA Scholarship. Bernadette Malone, $500, Michael Reeves Memorial Scholarship.

Salvatore Russo, $500, Collingswood Cloud Lodge Scholarship. The Thomas Uebele III Resiliency Scholarship.

This Scholarship was presented to the following students that have displayed perseverance and determination to overcome numerous obstacles to graduate from GHS. The following students received $50 each: Jessica Baehr, Steven Canning, Norberto, Castro, Melissa Ellis, Jeffrey Flood, Amy Franchi, Donna Jo Havers, Carol Holmes, Brian Lee, Anthony Lewis, Amanda Multanski, Edward Nastos, Cody Peters, Evan Peterson, Keith Rusk, Amanda Steeg, Thomas Uibel, Kristen Wright, and Ryan Wyatt.

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Succumbed to illness at Hahnemann Univer-sity Hospital on August 2, 2007. He was fifty-eight. Survived by his beloved wife, Franny Balis and devoted father to his children, Elizabeth and George Poulianas, Mary Balis and Evelyn Balis; grandchildren Nicko and Peter Poulianas; and his brothers, sisters and in-laws Haralambos Balis, Anastasia Balis, George and Angela Tas-iopoulos, Angela Balis, Vasilios Patouhas and mother-in-law Maria Pa-touhas. Pete enjoyed the support and prayers of his many relatives at home and in his native Greece.
Born June 3, 1949 in Kentriki, Greece, \’Pete\’ immigrated to South Jersey in 1963 at 13 years of age. Immediately Pete began honing his entrepreneurial skills working at notable area restaurants including the Diamond Diner, Olga\’s and the Coastline in Cherry Hill. Pete Balis helped change the face of the restaurant landscape in South Jersey with the Adelphia Restaurant in Deptford, which he co-founded with his brother John V. Balis, cousin John N. Balis and nephew Bill V. Balis guiding it to current prominence as a favorite landmark of many local celebrities, sports and political figures. His plate never full, Pete was also instrumental in bringing the Philly Diner in Runnemede to prominence and more recently led the revival of Kam-inski\’s in Cherry Hill.
Despite counting numerous celebrities and politicians as acquaint-ances who regularly dined at his restaurants, Pete never lost sight of his humble beginnings and always catered to the average family. He also never forgot his roots and in 2005 was honored for leading and funding the full restoration of St. Mary\’s Church in Ken-triki, Greece where he had been baptized decades earlier.
Pete\’s family and friends recall that Pete often joked he had a \’degree in everything.\’ Pete was eager to discuss all topics from world politics to world cup soccer and finished every discussion with his trademark line \’forgetabout-it.\’ Always ready with an outstretched hand and unguarded smile, Pete\’s friends remember him as a class act who was a \’friend for forever.\’
All are invited to pay their respects at the St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church, 615 Mercer Street, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 on Sunday, August 5th from 7-9pm and Monday, August 6th, 11am-noon. In lieu of flowers, the Balis family requests donations be made in Pete\’s honor to St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church.
Arrangements under the direction of MUR-RAY-PARADEE FUNERAL HOME, Cher-ry Hill, NJ.

Photo(s) by Steve Skipton

Volunteers put the final touches on the landscaping and moved in the furniture Saturday, wrapping up a hectic week of construction on the \”Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\” house.

As camera crews gathered outside, hundreds of volunteers swarmed around a Levitz furniture truck ready to take directions from Ty Pennington, the show\’s host, who kicked off the move-in process.

Designers Ed Sanders, Paul DiMeo, Tanya McQueen, Rib Hillis and Pennington completed their work to get ready to \”move that bus!\” sometime between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. today. read more

Army Staff Sgt. Stephen Sutherland, 34, of West Deptford, (photo) was killed in Iraq 1½ years ago, but before he left to fight in the war, he made sure his wife would be able to have one more child — just in case.
 

Sutherland died November 12, 2005 in Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, when his Stryker military vehicle accidentally rolled over. He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Sutherland had his sperm frozen, and now, more than a year after his death, his surviving family — including his parents in Westville, N.J., and wife and older son in Alaska — is dealing with the bittersweet birth.

\”I think that Stephen had a sixth sense telling him he needed to do this because he didn\’t think he was coming back,\” wife Maria Sutherland said.

Maria gave birth to Baby Stephen six weeks early in Anchorage, but all seems to be well and his grandparents were busy packing for a trip to visit the new baby.

\”He was great with kids, and so it\’s bittersweet,\” the fallen soldier\’s mother, Pat Sutherland said. \”But I\’m looking forward to holding him and I can\’t wait to get up there.\”

Pat and her husband, Bill, chronicled the pregnancy and birth through videos Maria sent home.

After losing his father, the couple\’s older son, Omar, was nervous about the pregnancy.

\”I\’m okay,\” Omar Sutherland, Stephen\’s older son, said. \”Scared a little bit. I\’m just worried about my mom and the baby. I want everything to be okay.\”

Despite the pain of the past, everything seems to be just that — OK.

With a new baby waiting in Alaska, the proud New Jersey grandparents leave with one thing in mind. They are a family once again.

Source: http://southjersey.com/

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