CAUSEY, SAMUEL E.

Of Camden, NJ on October 14, 2007, age 59.
Stepfather of the late Emma Smith, Patricia Smith and Ray Pratt; Brother of the late Sharon Brooks; He is survived by his wife, Ida L. Causey; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Kevin Welch; 4 step-children Margie Riley (Charles), Dorothy Pratt, Willie Smith (Roselyn) and AlethiaSmith; his mother Elizabeth Causey; 4 grandchildren, Lance and Lawrence Hurdle, Kevin and Natasha Welch; 6 brothers and sisters, Charles, William, Mitchell (Joyce) and Dwayne Causey, Elizabeth Causey and Willa Davis (Thomas); a special aunt, Bernadette Wharton; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Services: Saturday: 11am at the CARL MILLER FUNERAL HOME- 831 Carl Miller Blvd. Camden, NJ where friends may call after 9am. Interment: Harleigh Cemetery- Camden, NJ.

Beginning Monday Oct. 22nd to approximately Friday Nov. 2nd.

Captain Brian Beppel was informed by the construction officials that due to the current street improvement plan that is taking place on Kings Highway the following streets will be closed for construction activity:

Lincoln Ave. will be closed between

Kings Highway and Linwood Ave.

James St. will be closed between

Kings Highway and Warrington Ave.

If you have any question please feel free to call the police station at 856-931-2225

BOOS, BRIAN

On October 14, 2007, of West Deptford. Age 31.
Beloved son ofChristina (nee Metz) (Wes) and George Boos and his wife Mary Ann. Loving brother of Tracie Boos (Rich) and George Boos (Lisa). Dear Uncle of Stephen, Tyler, Connor, Austin and Riley. Grandson of Frank H. Metz, Sr., Betty Adams, Alice Boos and the late George Boos. Nephew of David Boos, Debby Boos, Kenny Boos (Susan), Gerry Bobjak and Frank Metz (Anna Mae). Also survived by numerous cousins.
Brian lived life the way he chose and would want to be remembered that way.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing Sat., 8:30am – 10:30am at the EGIZIFUNERAL HOME,119 Ganttown Rd., Washington Twp. Funeral Service 10:30am at the funeral home. Interment Rosehill
Cemetery, Newfield, NJ.

JONES, GRACE L.
(nee Roork), 64, of Audubon Park on October 15, 2007.
She is survived by her husband Thomas C. Jones, her Children, Thomas Jones (Sharon), Tammy Busch (Allan), William Jones (Rita), and Christopher Jones (Denise), her brother and sisters Marie Silverstein, Chic Wilt (Lou), Carol Avella (John), Jay Roork (Joseph), and Christopher Roork (Kristen), her grandchildren, Stephen, Matthew, Timmy, Melissa, Rick Miller, Megan Miller, Christian, Emily, and Zach, and her great grandson Gary Baines.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alberta and Robert Roork, and her brothers Thomas Roork, Alfred Roork, and Samuel Roork.
Relatives and friends are invited to her Funeral Service on Saturday October 20, 2007 at 11:30am at the JOHN A. HEALEY FUNERAL HOME, 9 Whitehorse Pike, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035. Viewing from 9:30am to 11:30am. Interment Private. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.
Arrangements by JOHN B. BRYERS FUNERAL HOME of Willow Grove, PA, J

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We told an 11-year-old he did the right thing by snitching on his dad. Then, we let him get lost in the system.

 

by Brian Hickey (source http://www.citypaper.com)

\”Hopefully, down the road, this won\’t be a story about a kid who did something great to escape a bad life but wasn\’t able to in the end. Hopefully, it won\’t be a story about him ending up in a gutter, in jail or 6 feet under. Will people be there to help him when all the attention goes away? How this story ends is going to be up to all of us.\”

These are the words of Tony Wrice, son of Mantua\’s legendary anti-drug fighter Herman Wrice, circa December 2002. He was talking about Eddie Sheed Jr., an 11-year-old symbol of doing the right thing. It was around the time that the mayor and police commissioner couldn\’t say enough about Eddie\’s \”incredible bravery and resolve.\”

THE FAMILY: Eddie\’s older sister Rachonda Lewis and 4-year-old niece Najanae, outside the DHS offices

While most adults take the path toward self-preservation, Eddie walked into a police station and told the desk officer that his father regularly placed a loaded handgun into his tiny hand and forced him to sell crack; if he refused, Daddy said he\’d beat him with a belt or throw him into the Schuylkill. Then, Daddy would promise that everything would be better — someday.

Eddie didn\’t buy it. He took the officers to the Brewerytown corner he worked, pointed and said, \”That\’s him, right there.\” An undercover buy came next, followed by the press conferences and good-example-making. Before long, Eddie\’s dad was off to serve 12 to 25 for his crime against humanity.

But what\’s happened since might be the greatest offense of all.

In the time since the spotlight faded, and other opportunities for officials to exploit arose, Eddie hasn\’t been sleeping in his own bed. Nope, he was shipped off to child-placement facilities in central Pennsylvania, Colorado and Texas. Along the way, he\’s run away, gotten into countless scraps with kids who, according to his mother, Rhonda Overton, were there because they \”raped their sisters.\” At times, the police have gotten involved.

\”He\’s confused, tired and scared. He wants to know what he\’s doing surrounded by these crazy people,\” says Overton, a mother of six. \”Yeah, he\’s got an anger problem. Hell, I\’m angry. But he didn\’t have it until the system took him away. He was calm, but now he\’s getting madder by the day.\”

Overton, along with Eddie\’s brother, sister, niece and other supporters, were standing outside the DHS office at 15th and Arch last Friday. They wore T-shirts silk-screened that read, \”DHS: Let Him Come Home,\” and watched a pair of DHS workers inexplicably, insensitively laugh at their protest from second-floor windows.

Turns out that six weeks ago, Eddie was brought back from Texas. When the case worker showed up at Rhonda\’s house and declared it fit, the mother figured it was OK to start planning the Welcome Home block party. So did Eddie, who, his mom says, \”just wants to come home.\” Well, they smiled too soon.

This much is clear: Eddie won\’t be staying at the Fairmount Behavioral Health center for \”children and adults who have psychiatric and behavioral problems\” much longer. That\’s because, after Rhonda refused to sign off another placement, a judge signed an emergency order to send him off to Alabama. Seems that the home visit was a mistake. \”They said it was a glitch,\” says Rhonda, who can see the pain in her son\’s eyes when she visits him at the facility.

DHS says it\’s out of their hands and won\’t say why Eddie has yet to go home. Though answers are scarce, police never implicated Rhonda in the drug ring — she got a minor-possession rap — and she wasn\’t charged with endangering her child. Besides, DHS never questioned the care she provided Eddie\’s siblings. If he could just come home, she knows the anger would subside.

\”He can\’t understand why they\’re treating him like this. This little boy who had so much courage? This is no way to treat a hero. Where\’s the mayor and the commissioner now? Have they even thought about Eddie in the past five years?\” asks Eddie\’s older brother, Andre Young. \”He told me that if he could take it back, he\’d have never told on his father. He knows he did the right thing, but now he wishes he hadn\’t said a word.\”

Well, Philadelphia, we\’re down the road now, and it looks like a kid who did something great to escape a bad life hasn\’t. On the charge of not being there to help when the attention went away, we\’re collectively guilty.

No, the system isn\’t perfect; there are few clear-cut rights and wrongs here. After all he\’s been through, Eddie has acted up and officials should be fearful of how that might manifest itself in Mantua. But of all the kids who\’ve fallen through the cracks into a system that breeds anger, Eddie should haunt Philly. We called him a hero, but then we didn\’t do a goddamned thing to keep him from the gutter, jail or 6 feet under.

Let Rhonda\’s protest be fair warning: If we forget him again, none of us are any better than his father.

Special to Runner\’s Gazette

A Conversation with Shane Victorino

BY JACK HEATH

(Note: Jack Heath is the cross country track coach for Gloucester Catholic High School, Gloucester City)

On Sunday, September 30 the Phillies clinched the National League East Championship and their first trip to the National League Playoffs since 1993. Many of the Phillies players said that one of the keys to the Phillies season was a bunt by Shane Victorino a few days before against Atlanta Braves ace John Smoltz that had propelled the Phillies to a 4-0 lead. Victorino\’s 20-foot bunt was the key hit and the catalyst in a must-win victory over the Braves as the Phillies closed on the faltering Mets. Victorino celebrated the Phillies improbable comeback–down 7 games to the Mets with 17 games to play in September by squirting the fans with a fire hose. They didn\’t seem to mind. The story of how Victorino went from a small school in a small town in Hawaii to one of the most popular members of a championship Phillies team is a story every bit as inspiring and unexpected as the Phillies magical march to the Playoffs this season.

Photo: Shane at bat

Many of us have had a coach or parent or friend tell us that running would lead to greater things. For Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino this is literally true. Running led Shane Victorino to the Big Leagues. This year five ft. 9 in, 180-pound Victorino led the Phillies with 10 assists and 34 stolen as well as leading the Phillies to one of their most exciting seasons in at least 14 years–since the exciting 1993 team. The 26-year-old Victorino grew up in a tight-knit family in an unusual place for a baseball player?Wailuku Hawaii. In fact, Shane is only the second Hawaiian born in Maui (Tony Rego, 1924 St Louis Browns) to make the major leagues. The first Hawaiian player to make the Majors was \”Honolulu Johnnie\” Williams, a pitcher who had a \”cup of Kona\” with the Detroit Tigers in 1914, appearing in only four games.

Shane\’s mother, Joycelyn, explains: \”Shane running track was directly responsible for him getting drafted. He won the 100, 200, and 400 in the Hawaiian State Track Championships. It was the first time he had run the 400 and he was only entered because a teammate couldn\’t run that day. I remember looking at the starting line of the 400 and thinking, my little Shane, what is he in for here? He was smaller than everyone else in the field and has never run this distance before. Coming around the final turn he was the first one and he had a big lead.\” Victorino flashed through that 400 in 50.35.

Victorino lettered in four sports at St. Anthony\’s: baseball, football, soccer, and track and his mother remembers him changing from his baseball to track uniform and spikes when he had both on the same day. Victorino was offered a full ride to the University of Hawaii for football as a kicker, punt returner, and defensive back, and he also caught the eyes of the Dodgers who selected him in the sixth round of the draft that June based largely on his speed. It was around this time that Shane picked up his first nickname \”the Flyin\’ Hawaiian\” for his speed.

PHILLIES’ OUTFIELDER SHANE VICTORINO SHINES
ON THE TRACK AS A SENIOR IN 1999 AT ST.
ANTHONY HIGH SCHOOL, WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII.
MAUI NEWS PHOTO

Shane, who led the major leagues in assists (throwing out a runner from the outfield) for much of the season, joked with writer Jayson Stark that he developed his strong arm throwing coconuts in Maui. Shane did not throw the javelin in high school but one can\’t help think that with his strong arm he would have won that event as well.

Ironically, Shane\’s father, Michael, didn\’t play baseball, but basketball, growing up: \”I was pretty busy on the farm in Wailuku but being tall for an Hawaiian (a shade over six ft.) I did play basketball for the University of Hawaii in Maui and I was the center.

\”At one tournament I bumped into Robert Parish the seven-foot Celtic great who was playing for Centenary College of Louisiana. He asked me who our center was and when I said \’me\’ I could see the shocked look on his face!\” Michael Victorino is now a councilman in Wailuku.

Joycelyn recalls the closeness of Shane and his brother, Michael Jr., growing up: \”They are four-and-a-half years apart but are as close as twins. When one is going through something the other one feels it too. They are very close.\”

Because of his speed and his propensity to sometimes bowl over opposing players Victorino progressed through the Dodgers and Padres systems earning his first nickname \”the Maui Masher.\” His dad recalls Shane running over a first baseman on a close play at first. The first baseman looked around first for Shane who was already standing on third.

From the Dodgers, Shane made his way to the Phillies first as a \”Rule 5\” draftee and finally as a starting right fielder. This year Shane had a \”bobble hip\” doll giveaway in his honor. (The hula doll features Victorino in a traditional hula costume with bare feet, a grass skirt, holding a ukulele, and flashing the \”shaka\” or hang-loose sign—Shane said that he liked the doll and it was a fairly good facsimile.) Fittingly, Victorino sent the crowd of 44,000 people home deliriously happy with a walk-off home run on his day to win the game. Shane also managed to give the \”shaka\” sign to his teammates before crossing home plate for the winning run.

The high-energy Victorino, who always steps up to bat at Citizens Bank Park to the rousing tune of Bob Marley\’s \”Buffalo Soldiers\” took time out to talk to Runner\’s Gazette before a recent home game at Citizens Bank Park.

JH: Shane, Can you tell us a little about your family and where you grew up and went to school?
SV: I grew up in Wailuku, on the island of Maui Hawaii. It\’s a small plantation town in Wailuku. I went to school in Wailuku Elementary school then to St Anthony\’s High School, a small Catholic high school.

JH: What sports did you and your brother Michael play growing up?
SV: My brother Michael and I were both involved with many sports: Football, baseball, and soccer.

JH: When did you realize you might become a major league player? Was it a goal of yours as a kid?
SV: I always wanted to play a professional sport. But growing up it didn\’t really matter which one.

JH: How (and when) did you first get involved with track? What events did you do?
SV: I ran a little Kiwanis in middle school, but I really didn\’t get involved in track until high school at St Anthony\’s. St Anthony\’s is a small Catholic school—there were only 64 graduates in my class.

JH: What have your parents taught you about sports?
SV: They taught me to set goals, work hard, and never give up!

JH: You set the Hawaiian state 100-meter record in 1999. An editor at Track and Field News said you were one of the top high school track men in the country–which other events and times did you run?
SV: My fastest times were a 10.5 in the 100 and a 21.3 in the 200 meters. I did both relays (the 100 and 400) and also long jumped.

JH: How instrumental was running track in starting your professional baseball career?
SV: Running track kept me in shape and I would definitely say it also helped my speed.

JH: What\’s the longest distance you\’ve ever run?
SV: The 400 meters is the furthest I ever ran in an actual event.

JH: How much do you run (miles a day) pre-season and during the season?
SV: I do much more running in the off-season than during the season. There is a lot more time to run after the season.

JH: Do you run on the roads or at the ballpark during the season?
SV: I run on a treadmill a lot and on occasion I run on the streets.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — It\’s not easy being No. 2 — just ask South Florida.

The Bulls became the third second-ranked team to lose in the last three weeks, having their unexpected unbeaten run snapped by tricky Rutgers 30-27 on Thursday night.

Third-string quarterback Andrew DePaola threw a 15-yard touchdown pass off a fake field goal to give the Scarlet Knights the lead in the third quarter and Rutgers also used a fake punt to set up a field goal in the first quarter.

Ray Rice provided a more conventional 181 yards on 39 carries for Rutgers (5-2, 2-1 Big East) and Mike Teel threw two touchdown passes to Tiquan Underwood.

\”We just went out there and played our best football,\” Rice said.

The Bulls (6-1, 1-1) had their eight-game winning streak come to an end, no doubt to the delight of Boston College, LSU, Oklahoma and the rest of the teams hoping to grab the second spot in the BCS standings USF held this week.

Matt Grothe threw for 247 yards and a touchdown and ran for 58 yards, but Rutgers\’ defense swarmed South Florida\’s multitalented quarterback in the second half and sacked him seven times in the game.

A week after No. 2 California lost to Oregon State and two weeks after then-No. 2 Southern California was upset by Stanford, the Bulls became the 11th Top 10 team to fall to an unranked opponent this season.

Though Rutgers, which started the season ranked 16th, but fell out after two straight losses last month, might not be unranked much longer.

Jeremy Ito lined a career-long 51 yard field with 11:59 left in the fourth quarter to give Rutgers a 30-20 lead.

Grothe\’s gang wasn\’t done. He led the Bulls on a 70-yard touchdown drive that Mike Ford capped with a 1-yard run with 9:16 left to make it 30-27.

When USF linebacker Ben Moffitt recovered Rice\’s fumble near midfield with 4:11 left, the Bulls were in business at the Rutgers 40. But Damaso Renkart sacked Grothe on the first play, and the Bulls were forced to punt.

Rutgers was unable to kill the clock and the Bulls got one more shot to keep their perfect season alive, starting at the Rutgers 49.

On the first play, freshman Joe Lefeged came on a safety blitz and sacked Grothe from the blind side. On fourth-and-22, Amarri Jackson caught a pass down the sideline beyond the first down marker, but the play was wiped out by an offensive pass interference call because the receiver pushed off.

The last gasp came on a fourth-and-37 from the Rutgers 24. Grothe heaved a desperation pass into traffic and Rutgers defensive back Zaire Kitchen intercepted.

For the second straight season Rutgers came up with a huge victory on a Thursday night at home. Last year it was No. 3 Louisville, at the time the highest ranked opponent Rutgers had ever beaten.

Not anymore. This win set off another celebration, though not quite as wild as last year\’s after beating Louisville, with fans again flooding the field.

After reaching the rankings for first time in the 11-year history of South Florida football earlier this season, the Bulls shot up the charts behind a quick and hard-hitting defense and Grothe\’s dynamic playmaking.

In this topsy-turvy season, the Bulls\’ national title hopes can\’t quite be put to rest. But they took a major hit.

The Scarlet Knights, last season\’s surprise team from the Big East, gave their season a much-needed jolt.

With Rutgers up 20-17 midway through the third quarter, Rutgers defensive back Devin McCourty blocked a field goal to preserve the lead.

Rice and Teel responded with a drive that stalled at the USF 15. Ito came out to attempt a 32-yard field goal, but Rutgers coach Greg Schiano had something else in mind.

DePaola, the holder, took the snap and rolled right, barely avoiding a sack, and floated a pass into the outstretched arms of Kevin Brock. The tight end scooted into the end zone with 4:09 left in the third to give Rutgers a 27-17 lead.

\”We haven\’t done a lot of that around here,\” Schiano said. \”Thank God it worked.\”

Rutgers used a trick play on its first drive, too.

Ito lined up to punt but instead lofted a perfect pass over a USF defender to James Townsend for a 36-yard gain to the Bulls 13. That set up Ito\’s 26-yard field goal.

Rutgers scored more points than any team had hit up USF for this season and kept defensive end George Selvie, the nation\’s leader with 11.5 sacks, away from Teel.

USF hadn\’t allowed a runner to reach 100 yards in the 14 games since Rice went for 202 in the Scarlet Knights\’ 22-20 win last year. Rice had 94 at halftime Thursday night.

\”When my number\’s called,\” Rice said, \”I\’m going to do whatever it takes.\”

  Runners and walkers get ready as Engine 452 prepares to \”sound the siren\” to officially start the 6th Annual Heroes to Hero 5K Run/Walk on Saturday morning.

Large Turnout for This Year\’s Heroes to Hero 5K Run/Walk

Bill Bates 

NEWS Correspondent

On Saturday, October 13 many residents from Gloucester City joined residents over in Mount Ephraim along with neighboring communities along with runners and walkers from neighboring states and countries that joined firefighters, family, and friends to participate in the Heroes to Hero 5K Run/Walk from Mount Ephraim Fire Department to Gloucester City Fire Headquarters.

The race is organized months in advance by 11 committee members that meet once and sometimes twice a month to put together this great event year after year.

Race Director Jerry Hubbs thanked everyone for attending the 6th annual event that is reserved for a day of honor and celebration of the lives of Jim Sylvester, John West Sr., and Tommy Stewart III who perished along with three little girls, Claudia, Alexandria, and Coletta Slack in the early morning hours of July 4, 2002.

  Participants pass by Mount Ephraim\’s Engine 451 that displays a banner remembering Jimmy, Westy, and Tommy as the walkers turn onto Winthrop Avenue.

Participants pay an inexpensive $20.00 donation where they receive a colored long sleeve tee-shirt along with plenty of free food and free beverages after the race. Money collected helps provide scholarships to three area high school seniors from Gloucester City High School, Gloucester Catholic High School and Audubon High School who will be attending college or an accredited school for Fire Science, Nursing, Law, Forensic Science or Communications.

The remainder of the proceeds are given to the Camden County Hero Scholarship Club who has committed itself to providing scholarships to the five surviving children of our three fallen hero\’s and children of permanently disabled or deceased firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical personnel from Camden County.

Gold Sponsorships for this year\’s event were Cooper University Hospital, Browns Family Shop Rite of Brooklawn, Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Magellan Hill Technologies of Mount Laurel, Homestead Carpet Inc. of Gloucester City and Mullica Hill, Holcomb Bus Service of Bellmawr, Sitzler and Sitzler Attorneys at Law of Hainesport, M. James Maley, Jr. – Maley & Associates of Collingswood, Comcast-Spectacor-Philadelphia Flyers, 76ers, Phantoms and Wings, Mount Ephraim Chrysler/Dodge, and Mount Ephraim Exxon.

Camden County Freeholders were on hand to thank the participants and congratulate all of the winners and members from the Heroes to Hero 5K Run/Walk. Gloucester City Mayor or City Council was not present for this great event that brought over 1400 participants to the city on race day.

Additional corporate sponsorships were provided by Balloon Celebrations of Stratford, Haddonfield Running Company, Joe Conklin at
www.joeconklin.com, Holt\’s Logistics Inc., OH! Hara\’s Pub of Gloucester City, New Balance, Corporate Imagination, Charles W. Wigginton Esq. of Gloucester City, Konrad Beer Distributors, Michelob Ultra – www.michelob.com, PRD Management, Sign*A*Rama of Gloucester City, Michael I. Slansky – NCTMB, NJ AMTA Sports Chair, Gloucester City and Mount Ephraim Fire Department\’s.

Race organizers thanked all of the countless volunteers who made this day a great success. Without the help of the volunteers, this race would have not been possible.

HAMMOND, DJ

On Oct 17, 2007 David \’DJ\’ of Clementon, age 30 yrs. Beloved husband of Kristin (nee Hahn) Hammond. Survived by his daughter Kylee Hammond, parents David (Lynn) Hammond of Stone Harbor, Patricia (Jim ) Govan of Somers Point, grandmothers Madeline Chaya of Sea Isle & Peggy Speers of Glen Mills PA, sisters Kristy (Mike) D\’Ottaviano of Washington Twp., Kelly (Alex) Coulter of Cape May, sisters-in-law Gretchen & Jan and many loving aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Dave worked as a bartender for Olive Garden Restaurants.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Sat morning 11:00-12:00 noon withfuneral services starting at 12:00pm at the:
ORA L. WOOSTER
FUNERAL HOME
51 Park Blvd.
Clementon, NJ 08021 Cremation will be private following services. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Hammond Family (for Kylee\’s education) c/o the funeral home.