VOLLARO, RALPH J.
On January 5th, 2008, age 91, of Gloucester City, N.J.
Beloved husband of the late Antoinette. Devoted father of Robert (Karen) Vollaro and Rose-mary (John) Shields. Loving grand-father of Heather, Erica, Rachel and Taylor. Soon-to-be great grandfather. Also his four-legged sidekick \’Buddy.\’
Mr. Vollaro was a WW II Army Veteran receiving several medals including a Purple Heart.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his visitation Tuesday from 9:15 to 10:15 AM at the Church of the Holy Family, 226 Hurffville Rd., Sewell, N.J. Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday 10:30 AM at the church. Entombment New St. Mary\’s Mausoleum, Bellmawr, N.J.
Arrangements by MAHAFFEY-MILANO FUNERAL HOME,Mt. Ephraim, NJ

ALBRIGHT SURVIVES SCARE WITH 71-67 OT VICTORY

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team hosted the Lions of Albright College on Wednesday night. Albright College would triumph 71-67 in overtime to improve to 9-2 on the year, while TCNJ drops to 4-7 on the season.

The game would end in a 58-58 tie at the end of regulation and Albright would lead by as many as five in overtime, 65-60 (2:06), before the Lions would claw back and pull within one, 68-67 with 25 seconds left to play. Sophomore guard Andre Murphy (Philadelphia, PA/Engineering and Science) would sink a pair of free throws at 19.2 second left before senior guard Taylor Steltz (Womelsdorf, PA/Conrad Weiser) would make the first of two free throws with 7.2 seconds left and provide the edge in Albright’s fourth straight win, snapping TCNJ’s two-game win streak.

By game’s end, Albright had three players finish in double-digit scoring as freshman guard Zac Shaeffer (Lampeter, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) led the way with 14 points, while senior forward Albert Medoro (Exton, PA/West Chester) and freshman forward Andrew Pomager (Philadelphia, PA/North Catholic) each added 11 points.
TCNJ led 27-25 at the break after sophomore guard Aaron Syvertsen (Midland Park, NJ/Midland Park) came off the bench to hit a three-point basket with only 28 seconds left in the half to break a 24-24 tie. Albright’s Steltz would hit only one of two free throws with 2.5 second left as the Lions of TCNJ took a 27-25 lead into the locker room.

TCNJ’s junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) added 10 of his 13 points in the first half. Albright’s Shaeffer had eight points in the first stanza for his team as he was a perfect 2-2 from three-point range in only eight minutes of play off the bench.

At the end of regulation, TCNJ’s senior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) had a layup with 3.0 seconds left to tie the contest and finished the night with a game-high 20 points. Molinelli was the team’s second leading scorer with 13 points, while sophomore guard Jay Frank (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) added 11 points as he made his first start of the season.

TCNJ returns to Packer Hall on Saturday, January 12 hosting Montclair State University in a 3 p.m. NJAC match-up, while Albright College travels to Penn State-Berks for a 3 p.m. match-up.

Official Basketball Box Score
Albright vs The College of New Jersey
1/9/08 7 pm at Ewing, NJ (Packer Hall)

VISITORS: Albright 9-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
23 Jeff Sparrow…….. * 2-6 1-3 0-2 1 3 4 1 5 3 2 0 0 25
32 Andre Murphy…….. * 1-6 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 1 4 3 1 0 2 32
33 Phil Hall……….. * 2-8 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 14
44 Tom Murphy………. * 3-8 2-4 0-0 0 6 6 2 8 4 1 0 0 33
45 Albert Medoro……. * 4-8 2-2 1-2 3 5 8 2 11 3 2 0 0 32
3 Taylor Steltz……. 0-3 0-2 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 13
30 Zac Schaffer…….. 4-7 4-7 2-4 0 1 1 1 14 1 1 0 0 26
42 Andrew Pomager…… 5-9 1-2 0-1 2 6 8 0 11 1 3 2 1 21
5 Kyle Brudvig…….. 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 2 6 0 0 0 0 14
50 Matt Bazsika…….. 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 15
TEAM……………. 1 1 2
Totals………….. 27-66 10-24 7-15 9 32 41 10 71 20 10 3 4 225

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd Half: 14-32 43.8% OT: 4-6 66.7% Game: 40.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% OT: 2-3 66.7% Game: 41.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% OT: 3-5 60.0% Game: 46.7% 3,1

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HOME TEAM: The College of New Jersey 4-7
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Jay Frank……….. * 5-12 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 11 3 0 0 1 38
20 Jeff Molinelli…… * 5-12 3-6 0-0 1 4 5 2 13 0 1 0 0 40-
22 Mark Aziz……….. * 9-19 0-1 2-2 3 3 6 2 20 2 3 1 0 36
23 Jeff Warner……… * 1-8 0-6 2-2 1 7 8 4 4 6 2 0 1 36
30 William Jett…….. * 4-9 0-3 0-0 1 6 7 2 8 3 3 0 1 35
34 Eric Hayes………. 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 19
35 Adam Gonzalez……. 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 11
42 Aaron Syvertsen….. 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 10
TEAM……………. 2 4 6
Totals………….. 29-71 5-23 4-4 9 34 43 16 67 17 10 1 3 225

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd Half: 14-29 48.3% OT: 4-11 36.4% Game: 40.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% OT: 1-3 33.3% Game: 21.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 2-2 100 % OT: 0-0 0.0% Game: 100 % 0,1

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Officials: Bryan Scipio, Chris Jennings and Peter McGuire
Technical fouls: Albright-None. The College of New Jersey-None.
Attendance: 200
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total
Albright…………………. 25 33 13 – 71
The College of New Jersey….. 27 31 9 – 67

 

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Traverse City Record-Eagle……….Northern Michigan\’s newspaper

www.record-eagle.com

BY DAVE RICHEY
Local columnist

I enjoyed being alone. Even the travel was fine, and the long hours on the road allowed me to write stories in my head. Stories would be fleshed out on paper before bed, but people often asked how it was possible to write so many stories, and the answer was always the same.

\”I write while driving,\” I\’d say. \”I also write things in my mind while glassing distant alpine meadows for elk or rocky tundra for caribou. If a good fish was caught, it\’s memory is captured in my mind, and recorded on paper later on for an article.\”

What are the benefits of fishing or hunting alone? The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages of spending time with another person.

The advantages of aloneness are many. Solitary sportsmen never have to consider another\’s opinion when making decisions. They just act.

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All isn\’t well among the two factions of the Gloucester City Democrat Club. Ray Coxe Jr., the most recent Club Chairman has move on to become a member of the State Police force. Coxe wanted to appoint former chairman Bowie Johnson to his vacated position without a vote from the membership. When Johnson resigned he appointed Coxe to the post. The \’Old Guard\’ say the by-laws were changed shortly before the \’New Members\’ joined the club, and under the new rules the out going chairman can appoint his successor.

The \’New Members\’ are opposed to the move. Their choice is Dan Spencer. I was told the \’Old Dems\’ originally agreed to support Spencer but at the last minute broke their word. While this is all going on Lynne Bucher is presently acting chair

My suggestion; the New members of City Council should have nothing to do with the Old Guard. When will the \’James Gang\’ learn? Walk way from the Democrat Club altogether. Without Council\’s support the \”Good Old Boys Club\” would fade away into oblivion. In my opinion the \”Old Boys\” (and women) are responsible for all the problems the new administration inherited anyway. Who needs them!

Someone mentioned to me that the registration on the vehicle used by the police for issuing parking tickets had expired.

Lt. George Berglund said, \”The registration is current but the sticker did expire. It was recently taken to the inspection station and it failed. The problem has been fixed and the vehicle will be re-inspected.\”

I asked a confidential source if he knew why council members appointed Parker and McCay at the reorganization meeting to the position of City Bond Council. If you remember this was the former law firm that represented the City in a lawsuit filed by one of the contractor\’s who built the City\’s Marina. The suit was settled for $260,000. Parker and McCay charged the City $300,000 plus.

According to the source Parker and McCay, the former employer of City Solicitor James Maley, was the only law firm to submit a bid for bond council.

My suggestion; put the position out for bid again!

Speaking of Parker, McCay (Maley), in 2006 the law firm billed the City $570,000 to draw up legal notices, ordinances and other documents. This past year the new Solicitor John Kearney only charged $43,000 for basically the same services. A big difference wouldn\’t you agree.

I am flabbergasted that the James administration would even consider talking to Parker and McCay knowing how they (the firm) overcharged the City taxpayers in the past.

It has come to my attention that the Gloucester City Board of Education has been censoring what meetings you and I get to see on the local cable Channel 19.

From what I have learned there was a flare up at a recent Board meeting between several members over the students from the Highland Park Alternative School taking field trips to various sites under the guise of a gym class. Example: busing the 47 students to a ski resort and calling it gym. The video from that meeting never appeared on TV 19. This isn\’t the first time this has happened said my source.

I had hopes that the new Superintendent, Paul Spaventa would do things different than his predecessor. Meaning keeping the public informed on how the school district spends the $40 million budget. No doubt you recall the past superintendent was an expert on keeping the public in the dark.

Also in the wind, pardon the pun, is a study to erect windmills and solar collectors to generate electric in an area of the South Port redevelopment property at the foot of Water Street. From what I learned the idea (s) are being discussed because some paper work was discovered showing that 60 acres of the property contains radon which has been capped underground. As long as the radon remains the City is not allowed to build any residential properties on those 60 acres. There is also talk of building a 9 hole golf course on the property. The bottom line the original projection of 1000 homes being constructed in the South Port section has been reduced to a lower number.

In closing I was asked why the link to ClearysNoteBook was removed from the City of Gloucester City\’s website. The link from the City\’s site to CNB stated \’To read more news about Gloucester City go to ClearysNotebook\’. The reason given by a source for removing the link was that the administration was upset that an anonymous remark was posted on CNB about Paul Kain, the City administrator, which referred to his children. After the remark was brought to my attention the comment was removed.

Ironically the person who posted that comment was a friend of the City Administrator. But that is another story.

It has been suggested once before that I require people to sign their names. I view a lot of blogs and not one requires a name to be given. My policy is to delete comments that I feel are nasty remarks. The one in question happened to get by me.

Even so the \”Powers\” in charge thought it was best not to link the City\’s website with ClearysNoteBook.

A passing note ClearysNoteBook is reaching the 200,000 visitor mark. And I am proud to say it is listed now on BlogNetNews as one of the top 20 most influential blogs in New Jersey. To see the top 20 list Click here.

Keep your ears to the ground and send me your Tips so I can pass them along.

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RELATED:

CNB story on Parker and McCay

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MURPHY, DOROTHY ELIZABETH
(nee Maywell), age 90, of Audubon, NJ, formerly of Stratford, NJ. On January 8, 2008 at Kennedy Memorial Hosp., Cherry Hill, NJ.
Beloved Wife of the late Carl J. Murphy. Devoted Mother of Thomas (Veronica) Murphy, Joseph (Margaret) Murphy and Patricia (Christopher) Reichel. Loving Grandmother of eight. Loving Great Grandmother of six.
Family and friends are invited to attend her viewing and visitation with the family on Friday, 8:30 – 9:30am at EUGENE J. ZALE FUNERAL HOME, INC.,712 N. White Horse Pike, Stratford, NJ PH: 856-783-5100
Funeral Mass at 10:00 on Friday at Our Lady of Grace R.C. Church,35 White Horse Pike, Somerdale, NJ.

BANKS, GLORIA JEAN

Age 57, of Haddonfield, passed away January 2, 2008.
She is survived by two children Veronica Banks and Christopher Banks, five grandchild- ren, one brother Alfred Toliver, three sisters Gail Martinez-Hudson (Irving Hudson), Regina Montague and Carol Bingham and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be Friday, 11 am at MAY FUNERAL HOME, 46th & Westfield Ave., Pennsauken. Viewing 9-11 am. Interment Lakeview Cemetery. Ministry of Comfort entrusted to the May Funeral Homes Camden, Pennsauken and Willingboro. Expressions of sympathy may be sent through www.
mayfuneralhomes.com

CAIRNS, SCOTT M.
On January 4, 2008, Age 51, of Westmont, NJ.
Beloved husband of Karla P. Cairns (Nee Pertusi). Devoted father of Scott J. Cairns (Cindy), Lauren M. Cairns, and Katelynn E. Cairns. Dear brother of Robert Cairns (Gina) of Pennsauken, NJ, Thomas Cairns of Westmont, NJ, Daniel Cairns and Brian Cairns both of Atlantic City, NJ and the lateDeborah Hall. Grandfather of Shawn. Loving son-in-law of John &Lucille Pertusi of Haddon Twp., NJ and dear son of the late Joanne E. Cairns.
Scott served with the Westmont Fire Company No. 1 and later with the Oaklyn Fire Department. He worked for many years as an auto mechanic at Lakeview Custom Coach in Oaklyn and was an avid NASCAR fan.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his visitation Wednesday morning from 9 to 10:45AM at Holy Saviour Church, 50 Emerald Ave., Westmont, NJ, followed by his Funeral Mass at 11:00AM. Interment private. In lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions in Scott\’s memory be made to either Fire Company. Arrangements by the JACKSON FUNERAL HOME of Westmont, NJ.