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DESTIN Florida– Adlee Bruner\’s fishing story is about the big one that didn\’t get away.

Bruner and five friends headed out Saturday morning on a charter boat, hoping to catch some grouper to enter in the annual Destin Fishing Rodeo.

Instead, Bruner landed a gargantuan 844.4-pound mako shark, setting a new record for the decades-old tournament.

\”It was tense,\” Bruner, 47, said about the fight to land the 11-foot shark with a mouthful of huge teeth. \”I\’ve fished for 40 years. I\’ve never see one that big.\”

WILLIAM HATFIELD Florida Freedom Newspapers

VIDEO: Watch video of the shark being brought up to the harbor

Bruner and his fishing buddies were on the 52-foot charter boat \”Twilight\” with Capt. Robert Hill of Destin and deckhand Eric Hayles.

\”We were precisely 70 miles southwest of Destin,\” Hill said. \”In beautiful blue water. It was about 280 feet deep.\”

The fishermen first noticed the big mako because it kept eating grouper and scamp they had hooked.

\”I told them to bring up their rigs,\” Hill said.

When the rigs came up, the big shark surfaced just behind the boat.

\”A huge shark,\” Bruner said.

\”That was an incredible sight,\” Hill said. \”You sort of run around not knowing what to do, it was so big.

\”It was like \’Jaws.\’ \”

Hill hooked a two-foot amberine on as bait and tossed it out. The rig included a stout fiberglass rod and a Shimano PLD 50 reel custom built at Destin\’s Half-Hitch Tackle, with 100-lb. test line and a steel leader.

About 10 minutes after the bait was in the water, at 12:20 p.m., the shark hit about 200 feet from the boat, and the fight was on.

\”He went to the bottom for about 30 minutes,\” Hill said of the shark. \”(Then) it just decided to come up to the surface.\”

Bruner was not strapped in to a chair as he battled the huge fish.

\”I was standing up the whole time,\” he said.

When the shark surfaced, Hill backed the boat up to it. That is when things got tense, Bruner and Hill said.

\”My deckhand (Hayles) was the most courageous of all,\” Hill said. \”He reached out there and gaffed him. He\’s the one who knew the fish wasn\’t worn down. He\’s tough.\”

\”He went crazy,\” Bruner said of the shark. \”It was a fight.\”

At one point the rope attached to the gaffe wrapped around the boat\’s rudder and began to fray. But after 10 minutes they were able to get another rope around the shark\’s tail.

\”Once we had the tail roped, we had him,\” Hill said. Still, it took about an hour for the fish to succumb.

But then a challenge arose.

\”We couldn\’t get him in the boat,\” Bruner said. \”We tried for about an hour, but we couldn\’t pick him up.\”

CAREY, HOWARD W., JR.\’COACH CAREY\’

Of Camden, NJ, he passed on October 10, 2007, at the age of 68.
He was a 20 year retiree from Camden County Municipal Utility Authority.
He is the father of the late Ronald \’Magic\’ Carey. He is survived by his loving wife, Emily Edwards Carey; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Shelene Carey of Lithonia, GA; daughter, Sophia Carey of Mt. Laurel, NJ; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; special aunt, Frances Poke; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Services will be held 11AM, Wednesday at First Refuge Baptist Church, Kaighns Ave. and Park Blvd., Camden, NJ, where friends may call after 9AM. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, Penn- sauken. Arrangementsby CARL MILLERFUNERAL HOME,Camden and Lawnside.

October 17, 2007

source Rider University http://www.rider.edu

We are deeply saddened to inform you of the death of one of our students, 18-year old Westminster Choir College freshman Justin R. Warfield. We know that we speak for the entire University when we extend our heartfelt sympathy to his family.

Justin was pronounced dead this morning at University Medical Center at Princeton. We are fully cooperating with all officials investigating the cause of death and will share information with you as it is learned. There are currently no other details available.

Our counseling and campus ministry staff will be available for all students, faculty and staff on both campuses. We will plan a memorial service for Justin and will inform you of the specific time and location.

 

Mordechai Rozanski President

Robert Annis Dean, Westminster Choir College

College Student\’s Death Investigated

Source http://www.6abc.com

October 17, 2007 – Investigators are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine what caused an 18-year-old college student to suddenly die.

The student attended the Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey.

Rider University has identified the student as Justin Warfield of Columbia, Maryland. The Mercer County Prosecutor\’s Office said Warfield was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Officials said he was taken by friends to another friend\’s apartment on Witherspoon Street around 11:30 Tuesday night. A few hours later, the friend and resident of the apartment noticed Warfield was not breathing, began CPR and called 911. The student was transported to Princeton Medical Center and pronounced dead around 6:00 this morning.

By Kathy Zingaro Clark 

  Note: The article below was published first in the Gloucester City News. The writer\’s name was listed as Frank Anello.

However, that was incorrect. The author was in fact, Kathy Zingaro Clark.

Few things in life are free. Yet a night on the riverfront with the spirited Gloucester City \”Old Timers\” String Band is both free, and delightful.

After decades of professional musicianship, this energized crew really knows how to put on a show.

The band was formed in 1988 by the late Ralph Anello, who just couldn\’t imagine giving up the music he loved after being \”retired\” from the Mummers \”Garden Sate\” Club.

Fortunately, as more mummers joined his ranks, they too knew they\’d be lost if they put down their instruments just because marching had become a little harder with age.

Today Ralph\’s legacy is a tight, 32-piece, \”string\” band that offers up engaging toe-tapping concerts with timeless appeal.

As Ray Kosyla, Assistant Music Director, and mummer with 46 years of experience noted, \”These guys are the cream of the crop… the elite.\”

Ralph\’s banjo-playing brother, Frank, and his buddy Richie Olsen, who helps coordinate each musical performance, have been with the band since its inception. Like their fellow band-mates, they know the thrill entertaining tens of thousands of people while marching in the Philadelphia annual Mummer\’s Day Parade.

With over 90 percent of the musicians coming from award winning bands such as \”Fralinger,\” \”Ferko,\” \”Quaker City,\” and \”South Philadelphia,\” it is not surprising their performances are perfectly spiced with a sprinkling of humor, variety, nostalgia, and good old fashioned American charm.

The more modern arrangements for the \”Gloucester City\” band come courtesy of relatively new member, and saxophonist, Harry Rivell, who follows another talented Music Director, the late George Pine.

\”I really enjoy challenging the guys with sophisticated compositions. Sometimes the more contemporary stuff is a stretch, but they got the talent,\” Rivell said.

Although the band and audiences love the old Mummer standards, Rivell has increasingly moved the music to new levels of appreciation.

Today audiences are as likely to hear contemporary pop, show tunes, and rollicking Dixieland, as they are familiar numbers, tin-pan alley, and the ever crowd-pleasing, \”Golden Slipper.\”

Every Tuesday night you can catch rehearsal at the American Legion, where drop-ins are welcome.

Although members sorely miss guys like the recently deceased, Georgie Leader, the old time banjo player on Cozy Morley\’s Tune, \”On the Way to Cape May,\” they welcome newcomers who help keep the band inspired and growing.

Besides gigs sponsored by local businesses, member clubs, and institutions, the \”Gloucester City\” band frequently performs at community events, parks, and parades around the region, often on their own float.

But be forewarned about seeing them outdoors. Followers start snapping open lawn chairs and staking out their spots by the stage well before the band arrives.

\”Better put on your struttin\’ shoes and get there early.\”

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EASTON, Pa.—The Broncs lost a non-conference game at Lafayette Wednesday night. \”It’s the story of our season,\” said head coach Lori Hussong. \”We didn’t play well together. We played like individuals and when we do that we are very ineffective.\”

For Rider (7-8), senior goalie Jen LoCastro (Cherry Hill/Camden Catholic) made five saves as the Leopards out-shot the Broncs 10-3.

\”We should be winning more games for ‘J-Lo’,\” said Hussong. \”Our offensive productivity has been just bad for lack of another word. If we don’t shoot, we can’t score. If we don’t have the ‘one two scoring punch’ offensively and have everybody working together then we don’t do well and we don’t win games.\”

\”I think our defense needs to be tougher in the circle,\” said LoCastro who entered the week 12^th in the nation in saves per game, 13^th in save percentage and 40^th in goals against average (1.93). \”We need to work together more as a team. We have no excuse even though we are young. We need to understand that we need to come together more as a team and support each other and we aren’t doing that on the field.\”

Junior Tricia Crotty (Lewistown, Pa./Indian Valley) had two of Rider’s three shots with Lafayette goalie Kelsey Anderson making two saves for the shutout.

\”It’s not that we aren’t scoring,\” Hussong added. \”It’s that we aren’t making improvements. We need them to do what we tell them to do each time out instead of doing it one time after being told. We are going back to our same old ways and it is frustrating. Potentially we have the ability to be excellent. It is a matter of getting the players to believe in the program and believe in our philosophy. We waited for misses, we didn’t move to the ball. We just got out-hustled tonight.\”

After a scoreless first half, the Leopards scored off a penalty corner with 23 minutes remaining for the only tally of the night. Lafayette (6-9) held a 13-5 corner advantage.

Lafayette holds a 23-6 advantage in the series with the Broncs defeating the Leopards last season by a score of 2-1.

Rider travels to Monmouth for a Northeast Conference game on Friday at 4:00pm. \”We want any chance of making the NEC playoffs and advancing, we need to start tomorrow [Thursday] and work extremely hard in practice doing the things that we are supposed to do.\”

-RU-

GEBHARD, JOHN W. (JACK) Age 77 of Woodbury, died on October 15, 2007. Survived by his loving wife, Deborah S. (nee Snyder), brother in law, Anthony W. Snyder of Eatontown, NJ, and sister in law, Diana W. Gebhard of Mullica Hill, NJ.

Jack was prede-ceased by his brother William H. Jack was a 1947 Haddonfield Memorial High School graduate. Jack retired in 1991 as a Supervisor of Administrative Services at Mobil R&D, after 29 years of service. Jack was an active member of the Military Vehicle Preservation Association (MVPA).

He was a life member of the Millville Army AirField Museum, and the P-47 Thunderbolt Advocates, having served a term as the Advocates vice-president. He was also a member of the National Rifle Association. Jack loved animals and served as a volunteer at the Gloucester County Animal Shelter in Clayton, NJ. An antique car enthusiast, he was a long time member of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA), having served as a Senior Judge. Jack was a member of the Garden State Model A Region AACA, the Ankokas Region AACA, the Model A Restorers Club, of Dearborn, MI, the Model A Ford Club of America, La Habra, CA, and the Plymouth Owners Club. Jack was also a member of the Society of Automotive Historians.

He had co-managed the Woodbury Auto Show for 14 years. He was a member since 1972 of the Train Collectors Association (TCA). Jack was an associate member of the National Railway Historical Society since 1981. He was also a member of the A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society. Jack was a life member of the Woodbury Old-City Restoration Committee (W.O.R.C.). He was also a member of th Growth and Revitalization Organization of Woodbury (GROW), serving as chairman for several years.

In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, the family has requested memorial contributions be sent to Tranquility Hospice, 335 Glassboro Rd., Bldg. A, Unit 102, Woodbury Hts, NJ 08097 or to Underwood Memorial Hospital Foundation, 509 N. Broad St., Woodbury, NJ 08096. Memorial service will be at 10am on Friday in The Presbyterian Church at Woodbury, Broad St., Woodbury, NJ. Arrangements by the BUDD FUNERAL HOME, Woodbury, NJ.

MACADAMS, THELMA F.
(nee Hubbard) of Pembroke Pines, FL, formerly of Glassboro, NJ on October 14, 2007, surrounded byher family. Age 79 years.
Born in Gloucester City, NJ, Thelma lived in the Gloucester County area most of her life before retiring to Florida. In the 1940\’s she was employed by the former Bell Telephone Company as an operator and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. For 20 years, Thelma was employed by Acme in Glassboro, working in their meat department, retiring in 1982. She was a master at solving crossword puzzles and enjoyed knitting and crocheting.

She is the beloved wife of the late Joseph S, Sr.; devoted mother of Joseph S., Jr. (Kathleen) and John C. (Janet); dear sister of Letitia Holden, Margaret Cooper and Eliza Joan Pye; loving grandmother of Luke, Cory, Caitlinand Christopher.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing Friday 6-9 PM and Saturday 9:30-10:15 AM, with funeral services 10:30 AM in the McGUINNESSFUNERAL HOME, 34 Hunter St., Woodbury, NJ.
Interment Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: American CancerSociety, 1851 Old Cuthbert Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 or online at: www.cancer.org.
Tributes and memories may be shared at: www.mcgfuneral.com

Source http://www.nj.com

by Claire Heininger, Ana M. Alaya and Rick Hepp

Wednesday October 17, 2007, 8:51 PM

An 18-year-old Rider University freshman who authorities said appeared to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol died this morning after he was found unresponsive in a Princeton apartment.

Justin R. Warfield, of Columbia, Md., a theory composition major at the Lawrenceville university\’s Westminster Choir College, was pronounced dead at about 6 this morning at University Medical Center at Princeton, officials said. He had used heroin the night before, which was a factor in his death, authorities said tonight.

 

Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger

A Princeton police officer stands guard outside the apartment where Justin Warfield was found dead today.

Princeton police responding to a 5 a.m. 911 call found Warfield (photo below)unresponsive at an off-campus apartment on Witherspoon Street, authorities said. Warfield was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, authorities said.

Warfield was apparently already under the influence of drugs and alcohol – though not yet unconscious – when he was taken to the apartment by friends at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Casey A. DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor\’s Office. A few hours later, she said, a friend who was the resident of the apartment noticed Warfield was not breathing and called 911.

DeBlasio said Warfield used heroin Tuesday night.

\”Certainly heroin contributed to his death,\” she said tonight. \”We\’re investigating whether other drugs or alcohol he may have ingested also contributed to his death.\”

DeBlasio said the prosecutor is investigating where Warfield and his friends were before he was taken to the Witherspoon Street address, a two-story home containing side-by-side apartments.

The coffee-colored house was sealed off with crime scene tape late this afternoon when two residents of the apartment, both male Westminster students, returned with police to collect their belongings. Before leaving by car, the residents – who live there with a third student – both declined to comment.

\”I\’m not in an emotional state to say anything,\” one of the students said.

Warfield\’s death comes less than seven months after another 18-year-old freshman, Gary DeVercelly of Long Beach, Calif., died from binge drinking. DeVercelley died March 30, two days after he attended a Phi Kappa Tau party on Rider\’s campus where prospective members were told to drink large quantities of liquor.

Westminster Choir College, a Rider subsidiary, is a residential college of music located on a 23-acre campus in Princeton. About 330 undergraduates and 110 graduate students attend.

Warfield lived on the Westminster Choir campus, less than a half mile from the Witherspoon address. Rider spokesman Dan Higgins said Warfield was not a member of a fraternity and that there is only one honorary fraternity on that campus – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

\”There\’s no indication at this point that it was any type of hazing incident or related to a fraternity or campus party or anything along those lines,\” DeBlasio said.

Warfield graduated in June from Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md., which is located midway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. He was the drummer for a band, \”The Getaways,\” that played gigs at clubs and bars in both Baltimore and Washington, according to the band\’s Web page.

In several pictures posted on the Facebook social networking Web site, Warfield appears behind his drum set, deep in concentration as the band performs. Other photos show him posing with friends before prom and with family members on the steps of a church. By late afternoon, friends had begun to write tribute messages on the profile page apparently kept by Warfield, praising him as a talented drummer and thoughtful friend.

\”We know that we speak for the entire University when we extend our heartfelt sympathy to his family,\” Rider President Mordechai Rozanski and Westminster Dean Robert Annis said in a statement posted on the school\’s Web site.

At Warfield\’s home in Columbia, Md., no one answered the door this afternoon, and neighbors said his family had left for New Jersey after receiving the news this morning.

\”He was a really nice kid. He was involved with the church. I believe the whole family played instruments in the church choir,\” said Maureen Howley, who lives across the street. \”It seemed that he was very close with his family.\”

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers true freshman free safety Joe Lefeged (Germantown, Md.) was honored as the BIG EAST Football Defensive Player of the Week, while junior running back Ray Rice (New Rochelle, N.Y.) was named to the Conference\’s honor roll, the league office announced on Monday.

Lefeged, who has played in all six games in 2007, registered a career-high six tackles in Saturday\’s 38-14 victory over Syracuse in the Carrier Dome. He sacked SU quarterback Andrew Robinson twice, causing a Robinson fumble, which RU recovered on his second sack of the afternoon. In addition to his two sacks, the safety also applied pressure to Robinson in the fourth quarter, causing the Orange quarterback to throw an interception to fellow true freshman Jonathan Freeny (Margate, Fla.).

Rice amassed a season-high 196 yards on 36 carries and scored three touchdowns in the win over the Orange. He has now scored a touchdown in 13 consecutive games – the longest streak in the nation. Rice has ran for at least 100 yards in 18 games in his career, one shy of the school record set by \”JJ\” Jennings from 1971-73. The running back moved into third place in BIG EAST history in rushing yards (3,735) and into a tie for fifth place in league history in rushing touchdowns (38). The junior also tied his career high (for the third-straight week) with four receptions for 29 yards at Syracuse.

It marked the second time this season a Scarlet Knight was honored with one of the league\’s Player of the Week awards. Junior wide receiver Tiquan Underwood (Lawrenceville, N.J.) was honored on Sept. 3 following his performance against Buffalo.

Rutgers hosts No. 2 USF on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in front of a sold-out Rutgers Stadium and a national television audience on ESPN.

Source Rutgers press release