The Recreation Facility Enhancement funding will allow Joe Barth Field to meet the demands and exposure the Brooklawn American Legion Baseball brings to the Camden County Area. The $25,000 grant includes removal of 10\” to 14\” of infield dirt which has accumulated in the past 20 years since the last renovation. Once the existing dirt is removed and the field graded, infield sod and infield sprinkler system will be installed. Crushed red stone will surround the infield fencing providing a warning area.

In addition to the infield project the outfield will be hydro seeded and the batting cages repaired. Once this construction is completed replacement of the scoreboard will be considered.

The Brooklawn American Legion Baseball team plays a high caliber brand of Baseball winning over 25 State American Legion Titles. Currently the Brookawn Legion has both Greg Burke (San Diego Padres) and Zach Braddock (Milwaukee Brewers) on Major League Rosters.

Construction started on Friday, February 18 by a local contractor and is scheduled to be completed by March 10, 2011.

Delaware Deepening Project, Not in President’s Budget Once Again:

Haddon Heights, NJ – Earlier this week, Congressman Rob Andrews announced that for the third year in a row the Obama Administration had decided not to invest a single dollar towards the Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to deepen the Delaware. In both his State of the Union Address and his $3.7 trillion budget submitted to Congress Monday, the President has signaled to America that only the most economically sound projects will be funded for Fiscal Year 2012.

Image: Congress Rob Andrews (1st District NJ D)

Congressman Andrews stated that the dredging project’s significant shortcomings, both economic and environmental, continue to keep it off the President’s list of approved projects year after year.

Funeral MASS Monday 10 AM in St. Mary\’s RC Church, 426 Monmouth St., Gloucester City. Interment beside his beloved parents & sister at Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill. Arr. by BLAKE-DOYLE FUNERAL HOME Collingswood 

Dina Patel (above) of Clementon, the Camden County 4-H Senior Ambassador and Amber Bizup (below) of Sicklerville, the Camden County 4-H Junior Ambassador, attended the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention Delegates\’ Dinner on Tuesday, February 8. Patel and Bizup, along with 27 other New Jersey Fair, Commodity and 4-H youth representatives, were presented at the dinner as part of a longstanding convention tradition. The young people were honored as the future of the state\’s agricultural industry. Patel and Bizup are pictured with New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher (left) and NJ State Board of Agriculture President W. Scott Ellis (right).

 presented by Nike

ATLANTA – The nation’s top 20 high school senior girls’ basketball players have been selected to participate in the 2011 WBCA High School All-America Game presented by Nike, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today.

The 20th annual All-America Game, which is held as part of the WBCA National Convention, will be played Saturday, April 2, 2011, at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., site of the 2011 NCAA® Women’s Final Four®. Tipoff is 4:30 p.m. ET. The game will be played on the NCAA Women’s Final Four court for the second straight year.

In addition, I would also like to recognize the Mt. Ephraim Fire Department for all that they do for the school district to educate the children in fire safety. With the combined efforts of all these departments they continuously create a safe environment for the children of Mt. Ephraim.

Respectfully,

 Joseph G. Rafferty, Sr., Chief School Administrator