Day: April 18, 2008

Rowan University Sports: Focus Stays on Stretch Run

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Jackie Sasko led the Profs to their 23rd win of the season. She pitched her second complete game victory in two weeks and struck out eight Ospreys in the process. \”Jackie is just a quality pitcher,\” said coach Kim Wilson. \”She knows what she\’s doing out there and I think the whole team is confident when she takes the mound. Full Story

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Barbara \”Hillman\” Lauria Battling Stage 4 Lung Cancer

Barbara graduated from Gloucester High School in 1976 where she was involved in many school activities i.e. cheerleading, lead in the school plays etc.

Barbara is now fighting for her life and has been giving it her best. I recently visited her and found that she is fighting something she cannot beat.

Her husband told me that she really lights up when she receives a get well card.

Anyone wishing to send a card can send it to:

Barbara Lauria
7 Parkview Drive
Fayetteville, TN 37334
Barbara will be happy to hear from you

Thanking you in advance,
Soles

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Army Vet, Hockey Player Puts Iraq War Injuries \’On Ice\’

By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2008 – Retired Army reservist Joseph L. Bowser was 9 years old when he first experienced the thrill of skating and using his hockey stick to whack a rubber puck across the ice on a frozen pond in his birthplace of Toledo, Ohio.

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Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph L. Bowser plays competitive ice hockey despite the loss of his lower right leg due to an injury suffered from an exploding enemy rocket April 12, 2004, in Balad, Iraq. Courtesy photo
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Today, the 48-year-old Iraq veteran still plays ice hockey, despite the loss of the lower portion of his right leg four years ago during a rocket attack on Camp Anaconda, in Balad, Iraq.

Bowser, then a truck driver with 283rd Transportation Company based in Fairfield, Conn., recalled that the enemy attack occurred on April 12, 2004, soon after he returned to Camp Anaconda after delivering a 5,000-gallon load of jet fuel.

Bowser credits Connecticut Army National Guard Maj. Michael McMahon, a physician assistant, for saving his life. McMahon, he said, used his fingers to slow the bleeding from a gashed artery on Bowser\’s injured right leg.

\”He reached up on my leg to clamp off my artery so I wouldn\’t \’bleed out,\’\” Bowser recalled.

McMahon, now 45, recalled during a recent phone interview from his home in Hamden, Conn., that his military training kicked in when he saw the stricken Bowser bleeding profusely.

\”You just react,\” McMahon said. \”We took care of him and got him stabilized. There was a combat surgical hospital in Balad.

\”Once we got the bleeding controlled, … I thought he was going to make it,\” McMahon recalled. Bowser and McMahon keep in touch; they met up in February when Bowser was in Connecticut to play a hockey game.

Wearing body armor probably also saved his life, Bowser said, noting his armored vest was riddled with shrapnel damage. The then-staff sergeant also suffered shrapnel injuries to his left hand.

Bowser said he arrived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here about a week after being wounded. The doctors thought he would have more mobility with a prosthetic leg, he recalled, rather than by keeping his mangled limb.

\”The first thing that I thought of was that I wanted to play hockey again,\” Bowser said. \”So, I said I wanted to have it amputated.\”

Bowser spent more than two years of inpatient and outpatient recovery at Walter Reed, and he was medically retired from the Army as a sergeant first class in July 2006. He rates the medical care he received at Walter Reed as \”awesome.\”

\”You couldn\’t ask for a better place,\” Bowser said of Walter Reed.

Bowser now works at the Pentagon as an administrator for Army Secretary Pete Geren. In his spare time he plays pickup hockey games at Maryland rinks near his present-day home near Baltimore. He also occasionally travels to play in hockey tournaments.

Bowser plays right wing, one of the three forwards on an ice hockey team. The center and left winger make up the other two-thirds of the forward line, and their job is to harass the opposing team and score goals. Two defensive players are positioned rearward to protect the goalie.

Bowser said his artificial leg can be adjusted to accommodate his skating style, and that having a prosthetic limb actually has its advantages during a rough-and-tumble game of hockey.

\”You don\’t have to worry about getting a puck slapped on your foot,\” Bowser said, noting he enjoys ice hockey\’s speed of play and physical aspects.

Bowser completed as a member of the U.S. National Amputee Hockey Team during the 2008 Standing Amputee Hockey World Championships that were held April 2-6 in Marlborough, Mass. Team USA won the silver medal at that four-team tournament, beating out teams from Latvia and Finland. Canada won the gold medal, and Finland took the bronze.

Before he got his job in the secretary of the Army\’s office, Bowser had volunteered to work with injured military veterans as part of an initiative administered through Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England\’s office.

Bowser met with a number of Washington Capitals professional ice hockey team players and coaches when they paid an April 6 visit to the Pentagon last year. Later, he got to skate with some Capitals players during a team practice.

The Capitals hockey club has sponsored several Military Appreciation Nights at the Verizon Center here for servicemembers and their families, Bowser noted.

\”I\’ve gone there several times with wounded warrior guys from Walter Reed,\” Bowser said. \”They\’ve just opened their doors to us. They totally support us.\”

Bowser, who got married April 12, said God gave him a second chance at life after being severely wounded in Iraq. Grateful for each day of existence, he strives to help his fellow wounded warriors.

\”I treat each day like my last … (while) helping my fellow soldiers,\” Bowser said.

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Toni Lynn Ervin, age 45, of Marlton, formerly of Cherry Hill

ERVIN
Toni Lynn

On April 18, 2008. (nee Piergross) Age 45. Of Marlton. formerly of Cherry Hill. In the loving and devoted care of her husband, John J. Ervin. Cherished mother of Ashley Piergross and Joseph Ervin, both at home. Devoted daughter of Frances Piergross (nee Miceli) and the late Anthony J. Piergross. Beloved Sister of Lisa Piergross of Cherry Hill and Kim Harper of Marlton. Beloved niece of Conni Simon and Joseph Miceli. Loving Aunt to Kristen and Robert Harper. She is survived by her lifelong friend, Dawn Watson.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her visitation on Monday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 pm and Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 10:15 am at Saint Mary’s R.C. Church (CHAPEL) : 2001 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill. Memorial Mass 10:30 am in the Church. Cremation is private at the request of the family.

Family strongly requests no flowers at all. Memorial donations are preferred to the Ervin Children’s Education Fund: c/o John Ervin: P.O. Box 358, Gloucester City, NJ 08030.
Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Toni Lynn Ervin. Funeral arrangements and inquiries may be made through the McCann-Healey Funeral Home, 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, 456-1142.

 

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Rowan’s Byrnes Adds to his Post Season Honors

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Gloucester City: Cherry Blossoms are blooming, spring has arrived

Photo taken on Johnson Blvd., looking towards the Jogging Track

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STOCKTON HOLDS OFF #7 THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, 10-9


(Atlantic City, NJ) – Richard Stockton (19-10, 7-6) opened up a 10-2 lead and held on to upset seventh-ranked College of New Jersey (23-6, 9-4 NJAC) 10-9 in an NJAC baseball game today. Jeff Lundell (Henderson, NV/Kentridge (WA)) went 3-4 with a double and two RBI while Scott Fisher (Toms River, NJ/TR East) was 3-4 with two runs and two RBI for the Ospreys. Stockton completed a sweep of the two-game season series that included a 6-3 win on April 7.

Winning pitcher Joe Mihalyi (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham) improved to 5-0 on the season, allowing six runs (three unearned) on eight hits with three strikeouts in 6.1 innings pitched. Jeff Toth (Parlin, NJ/War Memorial) went 4-5 including a two-run home run and Matt Barrett (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) was 2-4 with a two-run homer for College of New Jersey. Chris Esperon (Union, NJ/Union Catholic) also blasted a three-run home run for TCNJ.

Stockton scored three runs in the first inning, including a two-run double by Lundell, and the Ospreys added a two-run single by Fisher in the second frame for a 5-0 lead. TCNJ got on the board when Barrett hit a two-run homer to left field in the top of the third for a 5-2 score. Joe Sacerdote (Deptford, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) ripped a three-RBI double to cap a five-run outburst in the fourth inning that increased Stockton’s lead to 10-2.

TCNJ roared back with seven runs, five unearned due to two Stockton errors, in the seventh frame to pull within 10-9. Toth slammed a two-run homer and Esperon slugged a three-run blast off the scoreboard in the inning. Stockton closer John O’Hara (Clayton, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) then pitched 2.1 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit to preserve the one-run lead and collect his school-record fifth save of the season in the 10-9 Stockton triumph.

Richard Stockton will travel to Montclair State for an NJAC doubleheader tomorrow at noon. The College of New Jersey will visit William Paterson tomorrow for an NJAC twinbill at noon.

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Gertrude McGarrigle, age 94, of Maple Shade

McGARRIGLE

Gertrude


On April 16, 2008. Age 94. At Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, NJ. Of Maple Shade. Survived by her loving and devoted caregivers at the Sterling Manor Nursing Center in Maple Shade.

Graveside Burial will be private at the Land of Canaan Cemetery in Elk Township. There will be no viewing or services. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Gertrude McGarrigle.

Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Phone: 856-456-1142

 

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