Link:Saugus, MA – Saugus Advertiser.

Saugus –

The Fox Hill Yacht Club recently held its fifth annual Striper Tournament.

The tournament, open to all, raises money for the club’s scholarship fund, as well as the Friendship Club of Saugus. The Friendship Club provides social opportunities for the developmentally-disabled young adults throughout the year.

More than 110 fishermen turned out to fish both Saturday and Sunday.

Leo Maggioli took first place overall, with a fish weighing in at 44.3 pounds. Second place went to Art Nigro, whose catch weighed 40.55 pounds. Russ Burgess pulled in a third place fish, at 37.85 pounds, but also earned top billing from Sea Tow, Inc.

FLETCHER Thomas E.

On July 2, 2008. Age 72. Of Gloucester City. Loving husband of 29 years to Eileen M. Fletcher (nee Bernhardt). Devoted father of Thomas A. (Jennifer L.) Fletcher and Brian Fletcher. Beloved grandfather of Colin and Drew Fletcher. Dear brother of Mildred Myers and Brother-in-law of Harold Bernhardt and Harold Myers. Beloved uncle of Greg Myers.

Thomas was born in Philadelphia and had been a resident of Gloucester City for more than 40 years. He worked 17 years at Most Holy Redeemer School and Church in Westville Grove. Thomas was a faithful and devoted parishioner of Saint Mary\’s R.C. Church in Gloucester City.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Monday morning from 8:30 to 10:30 am at McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 am at Saint Mary\’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City.

Interment New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.

There will be no evening viewing. Family requests memorial donations in Thomas\’ memory to St. Mary\’s R.C. Church Special Fund: 426 Monmouth St., Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Please write in memo: Thomas E. Fletcher. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Thomas E. Fletcher.

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

Kamps, Charles E., III, 32 of Woodbury, NJ on June 30, 2008.

Beloved husband of Kimberly (nee Lynch).
Devoted father to Charles E., IV and Julia-Lynn.
Son of Joan Kamps and the late Charles, Jr.
Brother of Kevin Kamps. Chuck is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Chuck Kamps was an outgoing, friendly guy who loved his kids. He was an Air Force veteran and was working for the City of Woodbury at the time of his death.
He previously had worked for Pep Boys, Red Bank Lukoil and Wawa. Chuck was especially proud of earning his Class A Tractor Trailer License.

Chuck will always be in our hearts and thoughts every day.

A viewing will be held Monday evening from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the McGuinness Funeral Home, 34 Hunter St., Woodbury. Funeral services will begin at 8:00 PM Monday.

Interment will be held privately at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Charles and Julia-Lynn Kamps Fund c/o Commerce Bank 562 Mantua Ave. Woodbury, NJ 08096
Tributes & memories may be shared at: www.mcgfuneral.com.

Stinsman, Mary G. ( Nee McAteer), 94 , of Brooklawn formerly of Gloucester City and Cherry Hill, NJ on June 27, 2008 in her home surrounded by her loving family. Mary was devoted to her faith and her family. She is the loving wife of the late George, the devoted mother of Genevieve ( Frank) Cipolone,

Mary Ann Duus, George ( Carol ) Stinsman, Catherine Lieberum and Dennis Stinsman,

Loving grandmother of 9, Great grandmother of 11, Great Great grandmother of 1, dear sister of Gertrude Schultes.

Relatives and friends are invited to Mary\’s Funeral Mass on Tuesday 10 AM in St.Maurice R. C. Church , Brooklawn. Interment New St. Mary Cemetery
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In lieu of flowers Donations may be made to Dominican Sisters of Hope, Development Office, 320 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, NY 12550-3498.

Gault, Fredrick J. \”Ric\” ; 57, of Williamstown, suddenly passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2008.

Born in Philadelphia and raised in Bellmawr, Ric will be fondly remembered by his family and friends for his love of life and his ability to live it to the fullest.

He was a proud combat veteran serving with the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War where he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device and the Rifle Marksman Badge. Ric was employed with the United States Postal Service, Blackwood Office for more than 35 years, where he was a Vehicle Operations Maintenance Assistant.

Away from his work, Ric was the \”Original Adventure Seeker\” where he enjoyed; flying planes, Hot Air Ballooning and riding his Harley. Ric also had a knack for tending to and maintaining a meticulously manicured lawn. He will be dearly missed by those who knew and loved him.

Dear brother of Jim and Liz Gault.

Father of Todd Durante.

Ric\’s Lifetime Tribute will be an intimate gathering of his close family and friends held at their convenience.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Ric\’s memory may be made to the NJ Vietnam Veteran\’s Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 648, Holmdel, NJ 07733 for the care of the Memorial.

KIERNAN, Judith C., FMJC, 57, of Woodbury Heights, on July 2, 2008.

A devout Catholic all of her life and was a perpetually professed member of the Franciscan missionaries of Jesus crucified. Born in Philadelphia, and raised in Woodbury Heights, Judie graduated from Gateway and soon earned an associate degree in Education. Her true passion was to join the Convent, could always fill the air with a beautiful song and was known to her family and friends as a generous, courageous woman. Judie especially enjoyed holidays with her family and singing in St. Margaret\’s choir.

Loving daughter of Clare (nee Karlovich) and the late Charles Kiernan. Beloved Sister of Rita Anne (Ron) Riskie and Clare (Jim) DeSantis. Dear aunt of Ronald and Timothy Riskie and Christine and James DeSantis.

Viewing Monday 8-9:30AM in the McGUINNESS FUNERAL HOME, 34 Hunter St., Woodbury. Memorial Mass 10AM in the St. Margaret\’s RC Church, 3rd & Beech St. Woodbury Heights.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the St. Margaret\’s Church OR the Abigail House, 1105 Linden Ave, Camden, NJ 08102

Link: Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/03/2008.

By Sandy Bauers

Inquirer Staff Writer
Two bald eagles that last year nested in Philadelphia – the first in at least 200 years, according to state game officials – have returned.

And while last year no young survived, this year the pair hatched a tiny eaglet that grew from fluff to feathers and learned to shred a fish.

Finally, in late June, it left the nest to begin its life in the wider world.

A year after eagles were removed from the federal endangered-species list, their numbers continue to grow.

Source http://www.legionbaseball.com/game.cfm?GameID=1779

(1) Binghamton Post @ (6) Brooklawn, NJ

Date/Time: July 4, 2008 9:00 AM
Location: New Hartford HS
 

Line Score:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Binghamton Post	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1	5	4
Brooklawn, NJ	1	1	0	1	2	1	X	X	X	6	7	5
BKLN ﾠ- Brown.C (C) ﾠ- Rodriguez.F BING ﾠ- Matthews.P (C) ﾠ- Gosney.D

Game Summary: Cody Brown pitched a complete game giving up 5 hits with 5 K\’s and only giving up one run. Andrie Frias had 2 hits, 2 runs scored and 2 rbi\’s for the winning team. For the losing team Dan Gosney had 2 hits with 1 run scored.

Binghamton Post	Brooklawn, NJ
Team LOB – 5	SBﾠ- McFadden.R,ﾠ- McFadden.R,ﾠ- Spingler.G,ﾠ- Gartland.M,ﾠ- Frias.A, Team LOB – 8

Link: LegionBaseball.com. reprinted with permission of www.legionbaseball.com

Brooklawn Legion\’s Joe Barth and Sonny Graci, tie for first!

July 02, 2008 –

OK, it was supposed to be a baseball banquet but it turned into a salsa contest between two hot-blooded \”young\” coaches, Joe Barth and Sonny Graci! Between the two of them, Emmitt Smith and Elio Castrovenes do not have a chance.

Barth showed off his classical dance style and destroyed the competition with moves that make Gene Kelly look weak. The smooth-as-silk Barth showed the clearly less talented group of remaining coaches in his set, that there is nothing more captivating than experience and hard work on the dance floor. Of course having a hot looking partner doesn\’t hurt either!

Graci, on the other hand resorted to nothing less than bump and grind tactics that brought his players and the guest speakers to their feet for a rousing ovation! If Graci made some of those same moves in the 3rd base-coaching box, he\’d get ejected for crossing the line. However, once again, having the tallest blond in the room following every move he made in masterful synchronicity, didn\’t hurt his cause either.

To say that the crowd was \”jumping\” with these two hoofers is a gross understatement. It was, and they were, \”ELECTRIC\”!!

Oh yeah, there was a baseball banquet in there somewhere and the theme for the evening was put on everyone by the guest speaker, Greg Raab. Greg did an incredible job bridging the chasm between the player’s expectations of going to the \”show\” and eventually living the show everyday…but not in pin stripes, but in a Brooks Brothers suit.

I had the opportunity to talk with a few players after the dinner and they admitted that they never thought that being an engineer, a school teacher, a business owner or an executive at any level, was really about being a \”professional\” living the show. That the practice and lessons learned while playing American Legion baseball, were truly life-long lessons. That their world will always be challenged and tested from the green rookie, to the seasoned veteran.

I may have only sampled a couple of players tonight, but I have a feeling that this night will be remembered many years from now in a much more critical time and place and while his name may be forgotten, the message will endure, whatever they will be doing as they provide for their families, they will be doing it as \”professionals\”.