10 Buck St., Millville, for all your CCC needs; Ed Bethea prediction; Friends of the Park badly needed; Mike Abbott in blue; What Bianca’s Kids is all about; CCSPCA shelter needs heavy blankets; Joann Street is going to finish her book; Can shooter and victim’s sister come together?

The column that says 10 Buck St., in Millville, is the place to go to further your education at Cumberland County College regardless of your age and make connections for employment opportunities because that’s where Dr. Terrence Hardee has his office (856-776-2370) and his only job is to fill your needs, so take advantage of it instead of complaining that you can’t afford college or can’t find a job, and we learned all that on 92.1 FM today as Dr. Hardee heroically filled in for The Prez, Ives Salamon-Fernandez, the chief at CCC.

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By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail.com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

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Good evening!

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Just in …

Jon Gruden is building a new home next to Mike Trout in Cumberland County after signing a 10-year, $100-million contract to coach the Raiders.

NOT.

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Ed Bethea was one of the five people who applied to fill out the rest of Jack Surrency’s Bridgeton City Council seat.

Bethea is No. 2 man at Gateway Community Action Partnership, and, thus, close to Mayor Albert Kelly.

We predict Bethea will run for council in November on Kelly’s slate, no doubt in place of Mike Zapolski, who has not curried favor with the mayor in this administration.

Bethea would have to replace Zapolski’s expertise in knowing how to word ordinances and regulations, something that had been lacking before Zapolski arrived.

Zapolski also made it known when the administration tried to pass its agenda without notifying city council in time to make their own decision. That was OK when a 3-2 vote was all that was needed, but bonds require a 4-1 approval and that hasn’t happened.

Can you blame the park plan being held up on that?

Not if you adhere to Zapolski saying let’s see a plan first.

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If new council member Sam Feinstein does nothing else, we hope he establishes Friends of the Park to have the sole — count ’em — sole obligation of formulating and carrying out the development of the park to not only make it a destination place and self-sustaining, but as a money maker, if that is even possible.

It’s time the stalwarts in the community are allowed to get involved it what could alleviate some of their tax burden instead of waiting on two or three people to make all the decisions.

A two- or three-person panel will NOT draw investment in the park because there is no reason to believe investors would be included the decisions.

Planner Cindy Williams presented a comprehensive 401-page document — it’s been called everything but a plan — to city council projecting as much as a $2 million profit early on, a plan that Zapolski has maintained he has never seen.

It is still not too late for the park plan to bring excitement to area residents who are a whole new dynamic that Feinstein brings to council. We expect him to make progress much more interesting for city council because his forte is common sense.

Whether other members buy into that plan remains to be seen.

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Bridgeton needs something visible to get excited about. It’s certainly not happening downtown or on the economic front.

Mike Abbott keeps saying attend council meetings and air your opinion, but, the truth is, Abbott himself speaks regularly to the gathering with little response. The catalyst has to come from the dais.

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Shep on suddenly posting at-rest photos of fellow Marines who got their heads blown off in Vietnam …

“I was just looking at the few pics I had, basically just thinking to myself, no more than that, but really lost a lot more people. Just no pics of them.”

— Shep

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THE MAN WHO DECIDED NOT TO APPLY FOR A VACANT SEAT ON BRIDGETON CITY COUNCIL.

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Established in 2010, Bianca’s Kids is a 501(c)3 approved nonprofit organization that grants wishes to foster, sick and needy children.

Our founder, Debbie Savigliano, founded Bianca’s Kids in memory of her niece Bianca Yodice. It was Bianca’s passion for children that inspired our organization, which focuses on bringing joy to the most worthy children.

Whether a child is struggling due to mental, physical, emotional or financial issues, every child in need is considered one of Bianca’s kids. To date, Bianca’s Kids has served over 13,000 children in New Jersey and around the U.S. Our goal is to make that number grow by the thousands.

In 2013, Bianca’s Kids was named one of the fastest growing nonprofits in South Jersey. In 2014 & 2015 Bianca’s Kids won the prestigious “Top Ranked Nonprofit” award from  GreatNonprofits.org.

Unlike other organizations, Bianca’s Kids’ supporters get to see their donation dollars at work via our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Every wish and every bit of outreach we preform is posted on social media for you to see.  Follow us on Facebook and visit the “Granted Wishes” tab on this site to enjoy the ride through our wish grantings.​

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Debbie Savigliano and John Fuqua are coming on 92.1 FM on Saturday, Jan. 20, at noon.

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“The shelter is in need of heavy blankets or comforters. I will pick them up if you have any you wouldn’t mind donating to keep the pups warm!”

— Robin Ricci,

secretary

Cumberland County SPCA

1244 N. Delsea Drive, Vineland

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On the high school girls basketball front …

“This coming spring, we are establishing our Cumberland County girls youth basketball AAU Team, but I am looking for a primary sponsor.”

— George Linen,

BHS girls basketball coach

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 WVLT.

Uniforms, travel expenses including meals, banquet.

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“College doesn’t have to mean reading Shakespeare. With computers invading manufacturing, the high school diploma is simply not enough.

“Technical/vocational/career-oriented degrees will help get your foot in the door.”

— The Prez,

Cumberland County College

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Breaking news …

Joann Street is going to finish her book, mostly written a decade ago about the shooting death of her son, J.R.

We saw her and her daughter Joellyn, along with Pastor James Whyte,  at DiLisi’s this afternoon and found out she sought out her son’s killer and eventually gave him a hug. That will be in the final chapter.

There is a chance that Joellyn and the shooter will come on 92.1 FM together with us and talk tragedy.

WOW!

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: Those 17 people who presented Mike Abbott with a plaque for service to his community should sponsor a one-hour radio show for him on 92.1 FM once a week.

The Prez sending backup; Roll Tide on, too; Nick Archer off DL; Eat protein; Low-cost spay, neuter; Hooray for Sam, Bridgeton!; Snowplow drivers cursed; Shep posts war’s worst side; Angel Verna Herman; Code Blue loses a homeless man

The column that says The Prez is down for the count and can’t make it to 92.1 FM Saturday, but she’s sending a replacement to talk about education and how it relates to Cumberland County College and where we were and where we are and where we’re going in this county, at noon, and then a recovering addict from Alabama who owns her own business is coming on to talk reality — the real world — not just what you wanted to be.

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ALABAMA RECOVERING ADDICT.

By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail.com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

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Good evening!

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Nick Archer has returned to the starting lineup at DiLisi’s after being down with the flu, and that’s good news for Tony Passarella’s push with the new menus, but he has to wait for Sydney Olszewski to return from vacationing in Hawaii to ramp up the takeout and delivery side of business.

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From the diet people in the $4 billion industry …

“Protein is an important part of a balanced diet. Choose breast meat or low-fat ground chicken or turkey, and ground beef that is 90 percent lean or more. Limit meat and poultry servings to 3 ounces — about the size of a deck of cards. Don’t eat meat? Lentils, plain Greek yogurt, eggs and nuts are great sources of protein, too.”

— Mayo Clinic

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Eat a deck of cards instead and lose even more weight.

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On the animal welfare front with Milllville Community Cat Program …

“You can get your dog, pet cat or community cat spay/neutered through our partnership with People for Animals. There are multiple spay shuttles each month that transport your animal(s) from the Burlington County Library in Westampton, to the People for Animals clinic in Robbinsville for surgery.

People for Animals also has a mobile surgical unit that conducts surgery in the library parking lot twice per month. You also can transport your pet to and from the People for Animals clinic in Robbinsville.

Spay Shuttle Surgery Fees for Cats (Jan. 12, Jan. 18):

• Pet $76.03 — For January clinics, surgery fees for pet cats are only $50
• Community/Feral $35 — For January clinics, surgery fees for feral cats and kittens are only $15
• Pet cats from 501(c)3 rescue groups can have surgery and rabies and distemper vaccines for $75 (painmedicine and e-collar not included)

Spay Shuttle Surgery Fees for Dogs (Jan. 12, Jan. 18):

• Male under 65 pounds $136.79
• Male over 65 pounds $156.79
• Female under 65 pounds $146.79  — If pregnant, add $10
• Female over 65 pounds $166.79 — If pregnant, add $10
  • For January clinics, surgery fees for pit bulls are only $50
• If your dog weighs more than 50 pounds, it can only be spayed/neutered at the Spay Shuttle Clinics: (Jan. 12, Jan. 18).
  • There is room on the Spay Shuttle for only THREE dogs that weigh more than 50 pounds.
  • Dogs that weigh 100 pounds or more must be dropped off at the Robbinsville clinic.
  • If you can’t make any of the clinics that can accommodate large dogs, visit the People for Animals website to make an appointment at their Hillside, Robbinsville or Clayton locations.

People for Animals Spay/Neuter Clinic Dates
January 12, 2018 at the Burlington County Library January 18, 2018 at the Burlington County Library January 20, 2018 at the Burlington County Library January 22, 2018 at the Burlington County Library

Mobile Clinic Fees for Cats (Jan. 20, Jan. 22):

• Pet $76.03 — For January clinics, surgery fees for pet cats are only $50
• Community/Feral $35 — For January clinics, surgery fees for feral cats and kittens are only $15
• Pet cats from 501(c)3 rescue groups can have surgery and rabies and distemper vaccines for $75 (pain medicine and e-collar not included)

Mobile Clinic Fees for Dogs (Jan. 20, Jan. 22):

• Male 50 pounds or less $111.79
• Male over 50 pounds $131.79
• Female 50 or less pounds $121.79  — If pregnant, add $10
• Female over 50 pounds $141.79 — If pregnant, add $10

For December and January clinics, surgery fees for pit bulls are only $50

If your dog weighs more than 50 pounds, it can only be spayed/neutered at the Spay Shuttle Clinics (Jan. 12, Jan. 18).

**Note: Animals must weigh at least 2 pounds for spay/neuter surgery. Due to higher risk with anesthesia, People For Animals will not perform spay/neuter surgery on:

• English Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Pugs
• dogs aged 7 years or older who weigh more than 25 pounds; NOTE: dogs age 7 years or older who weigh 25 pounds or less require a CBC blood test at least three days before surgery

We suggest you contact a full service veterinary practice if you have an animal that falls into the categories above.

Surgery includes pre-op exam, pain control injection, take-home pain medication, Elizabethan collar and medical waste fee. Feral cats ONLY also receive a rabies and distemper vaccine, if needed.

To qualify for the community/feral cat price, cats are not socialized and are part of a trap-neuter-release (TNR) effort. The cat will be ear-tipped during surgery. Community/feral cats do not receive take-home pain medication or Elizabethan collar.

Add-on Services:

• Feline Leukemia/FIV Test $30
• Canine Heartworm/Lyme Test $30
• Ear Cleaning $15
• Nail Clipping $10.70 ($10 plus $.70 tax)
• Microchip $15
• Lyme Vaccine $30
• Feline Leukemia Vaccine $30
• Bordetella (kennel cough), CIV (canine influenza), cat distemper, dog distemper or rabies vaccines $19 each

If your pet is already spayed/neutered but you would like one or more of the add-on services above, you can go to the the People for Animals’ Wellness
Clinics in Robbinsville:

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• First Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Clinic Registration

Please email friends.say.snip.it@gmail.com or call 609-479-1966 and provide the following information:

• your name, phone number, address and email address
• type of animal (dog, pet cat or feral)
• your pet’s name, age and color; for dogs only, provide breed and weight

The clinics have same day drop-off and pick-up (dogs must be on a leash, pet cats in an individual plastic carrier, feral cats in a wire trap). Carriers/traps with feral cats should be covered with a sheet/towel/blanket to reduce their anxiety.

Spay Shuttle clinics (Jan. 12, Jan. 18): Dogs and cats are dropped off at 7:15 a.m. at the Burlington County Library in Westampton and picked up the same day at 3 p.m. at the Burlington County Library. The Spay Shuttle transports the animals to the People For Animals clinic in Robbinsville. There is a $5 transportation fee per animal, excluding feral cats. You also may drop off and pick up your animal at the Robbinsville clinic.

Mobile clinics (Jan. 20, Jan. 22):

• dogs are dropped off at 7:15 a.m.
• cats are dropped off at 7:30 a.m.
• dogs picked up same day at 3:00 p.m.
• cats picked up same day at 4:00 p.m.
• drop offs and pick ups are at the Burlington County Library.

Surgery Preparation:

• Your adult pet must have no food after 4 a.m. the morning of surgery.
• Your kittens or puppies younger than 4 months must not eat after 6 a.m. the day of surgery.
• Your dog must not be in heat.
• Your pet must not be coughing, sneezing, vomiting or have diarrhea.
• Your pet must not be on any medicine, excluding heartworm preventive.

**Important** You MUST call to cancel your appointment immediately if your pet hasn’t met the surgery preparation requirements.

Payment:
People for Animals requires payment at least two days before the clinic date if you’re paying with a credit/debit card. Please make your payment at the PFA Payment page. If not pre-paid, services must be paid for when you drop off your animal in the morning. Cash or money order for the EXACT amount please.

Instructions and Forms:

• Consent for Surgery Form  (English PDF); the consent form you will sign prior to your pet’s surgery.
• Consent for Surgery Form (Español PDF)
• Post-operative care for pet dogs and cats (PDF)
• Post-operative care for feral cats (PDF)

Please bring a signed consent form with you. If you aren’t able to bring one, you will be given a consent form to sign when you drop off your animal(s).

Directions

Burlington County Library
5 Pioneer Blvd
Westampton, NJ 08060

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Whhhhhoooooo!!!

Sam Feinstein is a Bridgeton City Councilman!

Imagine all the members of Bridgeton Community Bulletin Board getting interested in Bridgeton again! It will be a pandemic! An avalanche! But not many photo ops, unless he’s taking the photos, and what an opportunity that opens up!

Things you need to know will be in  pictures. How much of a push do you think this man can accomplish for his favorite projects?

A tsunami.

Of course, no pressure.

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Sam, make Bridgeton Midget Football well again.

Sam, fix the mess at the All Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey.

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No matter how hard the snowplows work, there will always be complaints about a road less traveled.

“And what the hell are they doing at Dunkin’ Donuts!”

We’d like you to drive a snowplow for an hour, then maybe you would be more lenient.

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Shep suddenly posting relaxing pose photos of all his buddies who got killed in Vietnam, and how they died.

Thank you for your service, Shep!

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Verna Herman’s Flight Line Restaurant in the Millville Airport is now serving dinner.

Next comes franchising.

There is no sweeter, more caring woman in the world than Verna Herman.

A little history

July 21, 2013

It’s 2 in the afternoon inside a restaurant tucked inside — of all places — Millville Airport.

You can look across the street and see Huey helicopters painted in camouflage.

Where’s Verna?

“That’s her vacuuming the floor,’’ said the girl at the counter.

The owner of Verna’s Flight Line restaurant vacuums the floor?

“I don’t ask anybody to do what I wouldn’t do,’’ responds 48-year-old Verna Herman to the question.

This interview had to happen after it was learned at SHINE summer camp that Verna cooks both meals each day.

SHINE (Sharing Christ and Helping to increase Neighborhood Excellence) is not an acronym for poor, hungry, lost center city youth, but it should be.

That is who the program at First United Methodist Church goes out and finds and welcomes year round, either for summer camp or after-school tutoring.

“I give as much back to my community as I can,’’ said Verna after an eight-hour Friday shift. “People come into this restaurant all the time and give back to me.’’

She has been at the Flight Line 24 years and owned it for seven.

“Rick Cerami helped me with my bathroom.

“Victor Columbo.’’

Another helped get her an ice machine.

“When we do good, people do good back,’’ she said.

She is open seven days a week.

“And I cater at night,’’ she said. “I make time for SHINE. We fix the food here during the day and head over there after we close.’’

Sometimes, she is able to get a shower.

“Darlene Davis and ‘Rocky’ Cronk get everything ready at the church and I walk in with the food in hot boxes,’’ she said.

How well does she make out?

“Spiritually, wonderful,’’ she said. “They pay me for the ingredients.’’

She does it for God because she was saved five years ago at the same church.

Here is how she thinks.

“I donated hot dogs for a church picnic,’’ he said, “And they thanked me in the bulletin. But somebody else mixed up 20 pounds of potato salad, a lot harder than what I did, and got no credit.’’

She helps in whatever way she can.

“There are so many people behind SHINE,’’ she praised. “And we need more volunteers. You really have to go there to see what is needed.’’

A good SHINE experience.

“The first day, Edwin stood outside like he was trying to avoid something.

“I touched him and he pulled away.

“I said to him, by the end of this week we’re going to be friends.

I went around introducing him to everybody.

“We give away tickets to kids who deserve something special, so, at the end of the week, I gave Edwin all of my tickets.’’

The last day, Judy Lokey donated the pizza for all the kids.

“Edwin came over to me, didn’t say anything, but hugged me.’’

At the next day camp last week, for younger kids, Edwin was standing outside with his skateboard kind of hanging around.

“I saw him and asked him if he wanted to come in and have dinner with me,’’ said Verna.

SHINE volunteer Keith Walters told him he could come to camp the next day, even though being older.

“The third day was Edwin’s birthday,’’ said Verna. “It was also volunteer Mary Beth Forcinito’s birthday, so we decorated a cake with happy birthday, Edwin and Mary Beth.’’

Edwin didn’t show up.

“We even went to his house and knocked on the door, but he wasn’t there,’’ she said.

They may see him again for the four SHINE trips to Parvin State Park in August.

Verna Herman has been there. She grew up under poor conditions, and has made sure her three daughters haven’t suffered the same fate.

What do you want now, Verna Herman?

“If everybody gave $10, we’d have thousands of dollars,’’ she said. “Drop off food. If you’re hungry, come eat.’’

She wonders how to reach more people. But she hesitates.

“I’m just helping people who have already started programs,’’ she said.

Then daughter Tara, 28, joined the conversation in the empty dining room.

The out-loud dreaming began.

It culminated with phone calls from cell phones and the promise of more phone calls.

Numbers were crunched.

SHINE Camp may be over for another summer. But Verna’s wheels are turning.

Edwin would be proud.

DINNER AT FLIGHT LINE.

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COMING ON 92.1 FM SATURDAY A WEEK FROM NOW. SMOKIN’!

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“This is an extremely hard post to make. By doing so I hope awareness will be made. Yesterday during the storm in Cumberland County one of our Vineland homeless was found dead.

“What makes so sad is Code Blue was open. The idea that he died alone in a parking lot is horrible. I wonder if during the time he lay there after falling and ignore him thinking it was just a drunk that fell down.

“At Millville Code Blue many volunteers and guests were crying when we got the news. I went into kitchen and had everyone come out front before dinner. Everyone was informed about his death. Annamarie Forte Harris said a beautiful prayer.

“So many of our guests knew him. One actually saw him the other day. They gave him their own boots because the guy was only wearing flip flops on his feet.

“I’ve been stressed since about 1:30 when one our guests that has issues walked out of our facility wearing light weight flannel pjs, no jacket and tennis shoes. We called the police and are hoping they found him and took him someplace safe.

“Please everyone if you see someone that doesn’t appear to belong outside, call the police.”

— Cindi Cooke

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: The circle won’t be completed until there are 24-hour warming centers because sending them back outside in the early morning is cruel.

Latino businesses were open; Absolute Mechanical LLC will respond to call for help; Who is hands-on — superintendent and BOE?; Pennsville Animal Shelter optimistic; Mike Trout shirts; One year ago here — Jack Horner, John Fuqua, Jorge Romero; 119-pound nationally ranked boxers would make a great Tri-City show; Another Michael DeLeon story

The column that says all of the Latino businesses in Bridgeton were open and so was the Dunkin’ Donuts downtown, but not the one at Carll’s Corner and Hopewell Pizza was open along with Mainline Deli, but no banks, and, oh, yes, DiLisi’s was not only open, but also doing a tremendous delivery and takeout business thanks to Tony and Sabrina Passarella, and those that were open tried to keep the local economy going — and Route 49 was bare.

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By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail. com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

Google all columns at jackhummelblog

Good evening!

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If you have a heating problem …

“We are working! Please don’t hesitate to call if you are experiencing emergency heat loss. Our technicians are working to address all emergency calls even in this weather.

“Stay home, stay safe.

“Be warm! 856-825-3175.”

— Robin Ricci,

Absolute Mechanical LLC.

Millville

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Robin is also secretary for the Cumberland County SPCA Board of Directors.

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Interviewed another Cumberland Regional graduate, who said ALL of her friends smoke weed, but not her because she doesn’t like the feeling it gives her of slowing down.

“I’m a leader,” she said.

But, of course, she’s tried it and her friends are always pressuring her to smoke weed.

Another statistic to add to the mix.

Wonder how many teenagers Gov. Christie managed to interview before diving into the substance abuse pandemic?

How many teachers does Big Ed interview on a regular basis before making the wrong decisions they make?

How many failing, falling behind students does Big Ed interview before setting the curriculum?

And while we’re at it, how many students are periodically interviewed by the local board of education before decisions are made? For if the superintendent of schools and the board members aren’t keeping in constant touch, it’s assured failure because they make all the decisions.

How do you not be hands-on?

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On the abandoned, unloved, unwanted pets we throw away …

“2018 promises to be a great year for Pennsville animal shelter.

“Good luck and best wishes to Terri Cobb, who has been appointed shelter manager and ACO for our township. Terri’s love and compassion for animals is inspirational. We couldn’t be happier to say welcome aboard.

“Please join us in congratulating Terri and wishing her all the best in her new role at the shelter.”

— Pennsville Animal Shelter & Adoption Center

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Welcome her with a donation to the cause.

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Designed this for all Mike Trout fans. Order at https://viralstyle.com/c/

0R7VK. Not sold in stores.

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Wouldn’t it be great if sales supported Millville youth programs?

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One year ago in this space …

“Will miss going to Bridgeton every night and have dinner with Jack Horner.

“But now he can rest in peace.

“Now, for Toto, when I go in to take care of her, she is always next to his bed. She misses him. I need a good home for her. Had one reply, and when I said I wanted to be able to check on her occasionally, that ended things quick.

“She would make an older person a great friend. She needs a home with no other dogs. She is content being by herself with someone who would care about her.

“That is part of finding the proper home. I must be able to visit and be sure she is happy and cared for.”

— Shep

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Dec. 18, 2013 Code Blue …

Pastor Ella Rutherford, of St. Andrew’s, has been in Bridgeton for four and a half years.

“Do we look ready?’’ she asked us during an interview.

They looked ready.

And she looks and talks like an angel.

She spent the entire first night volunteering at the shelter, and was back the second night.

“We’ve had a lot of volunteers from different churches,’’ she said. “That’s a good thing.’’

What is God telling her?

“We’re good neighbors,’’ she said. “We help our neighbors.’’

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Pastor Ellen is one reason Bridgeton is the best place in the world to live.

Sam Feinstein is the other.

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Same column …

“Just my wish!

“I wish more parents show their children support! Encourage them to work hard while in high school so they can have a bright future!

“Don’t just push them to play sports or push them out the door at 18! Push your children to do better than you! Don’t just be there for the fights!

“Attend a meeting or two at their school! Parents, please pretend if you have to that raising your children is the most important thing you will ever do!

“Just my wish!”

— John Fuqua

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Same column …

“John Fuqua, we don’t need a wish. We need prayer and a lot of positive examples to make lasting impressions on these young people in and outside the home.

“The sad reality is that those role models and support people are not in the home in the form of a parent. But that shouldn’t keep these kids from succeeding if they so desire.

“These kids out there have role models/support in teachers, friends, friends’ parents, church members, and even social(Internet). The fact that they choose to look up to the wrong people and then mimic their behavior is the real problem.

“Young people’s sense of right and wrong and no sense of responsibility for their actions is also a great problem, which later leads them down the wrong paths in life. Young people lack direction because they are content or unwilling to have faith in themselves and/or their ability to change their life or situation, so they give up before even starting in school, work and life.

“It’s a cycle of despair and wasted potential that needs to change. Yes, they need support but inner strength and love of one’s self goes a long way in life.

I’m with you John, I believe that my most important job in life is to support, teach, love and care for my children. I’m present in all aspects of their lives in every which way possible, doctors appointments, school matters to walks in the park, I’m there.

“My father on the other hand, was cold, callous and non-existent. But it stops here with me, I refuse to be my father. I’m one of those dad’s that takes cup cakes and ice cream to the whole class on birthday’s, I’m there for award ceremonies and special shows.

“Why? Because it’s important to show support, love and enthusiasm for the things that are important in your child’s life. They will remember who was in the back waving while they received that certificate, who was taking pictures or yelling their names when they finished a performance. I want my kids to remember me in a good light because I was present, supportive and cared.

Jorje T Romero

Bridgeton Main Street

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Hey, Jerry and Terry!

Do you think we could get a formidable Tri-City boxing card out of these 119-pound national rankings?

Mikiah Kreps has already fought in Bridgeton, and along with Christina Cruz, is on the U.S. National Boxing Team.

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Could Carll’s Corner use a national chain hotel to explode the area?

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How much longer are we going to use no big access to Route 55 excuse for lack of economic development on the western side of the county?

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“Spent time with a dedicated police chief in Camden County yesterday, affluent suburban town.

“He told me that yesterday, their 6th high school student had a parent die since September from a drug overdose!

“Does anyone understand the trauma that is developing among the youth of America from Parental Addiction?

“Are we addressing it?”

— Michael DeLeon,

Steered Straight

IT’S EVERYWHERE!

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: So many things that need fixing, but so much apathy.

A new dawning in Bridgeton?; Changes at DiLisi’s; Small Jeep wanted; Enrico’s busy; Super Bowl $$$ game; Code Blue volunteers needed; Carriage House memories; New Petsmart owners not participating; Ric Kuhns stays the course, despite being shadowed and scuttled; In 4 feet of snow, roads will be clear by 4 p.m.; Raising Kings in Delaware

The column that says we expect a new dawning in Bridgeton — especially with the city park — now that Dr. Sam Feinstein is a city councilman because it runs in the family given his father, Authur, our dentist at one time, served many years on the board of education, and because Sam served on that ill-fated city panel commissioned by Mayor Jim Begley to develop a master plan for the city — the last plan ever seen on paper, but we hope that will change, bot only in the year ahead, but four years hence as the Bridgeton Memory Lane people and the Bridgeton Community Bulletin Board people have a voice in government.

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By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail.com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

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Good evening!

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Changes going on at DiLisi’s Ristorante in the Upper Deerfield Shopping Center as Tony Passarella takes over, new menus come in and every business in the area will get one hand-delivered, but we insist Tony has time to find us a small Jeep in the under-$10,000 price range, even if Dwayne Hemple will have to be called on to make it purr like a kitten.

SMALL Jeep, like the one we drove in Uijongbu, Korea, 1965-67, from the motorpool while printing the I Corps (Group) newspaper.

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Speaking of Italian eateries, Enrico’s west of Shiloh right after the sharp bend is packed almost every night, closed Sundays and Mondays.

May need more parking, or a bigger boat.

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Playing in a Super Bowl pool this year?

We had one explained to us tonight where a block costs $100. It’s all luck, with a winner each quarter. You don’t even get to pick your numbers.

What we didn’t know is people running such block boards today charge 10 percent for the privilege of playing. Are you kidding? That’s prison time. You’re not allowed to make money off such offerings.,

And many expect a tip above that from the winner. What is this, Las Vegas?

Anybody remember when Mayor John Lorenzetti won $10,000?

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If you win, good American, make sure you notify the IRS.

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Who remembers the Carriage House on East Commerce Street in Bridgeton?

Who remembers that it sold for $3,000 at auction — plus leins of like $1,400 — when John Ewing was a city councilman? Who remembers that the new owner also owned the up-for-sale Bridgetowne — not the building, but the eatery?

And who remembers that the people who were going to buy the Bridgetowne were sold the Carriage House for $27,000 by the owner of the Bridgetowne?

And never opened the Carriage House, even though the tables and chairs were still there from previous owners.

Who were all these people wheeling and dealing in downtown Bridgeton is the late 1900s?

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How some people look at Code Blue volunteering …

“This is a story about four people named Everybody,

“Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

“There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.

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“The M25 Initiative is a 501c3 non-profit in Cumberland County, created for the sole purpose of engaging, equipping, empowering, and mobilizing individuals and organizations to employ innovative and cooperative solutions to alleviate suffering, feed the hungry, end poverty, reduce crime, revitalize a spirit community and transform lives!”

Phone: 1-844-M25-HOPE.

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On the feral cat trail …

“The shelter had applied for grant/funding strictly for TNVR already. It seems that no one in this area received Petsmart grants.

“We have other applications in and are crossing our fingers that something comes through from these other sources.

“The shelter is also involved with the county committee and doing our best to bring fruition to a county-endorsed plan that can be presented to each municipality.

“It’s the work that goes on behind the limelight that is difficult for everyone to gauge. We are ALL working to see this being implemented and reaping the benefits of a reduced feral population for our communities.”

— Robin Ricci,

secretary

Cumberland County SPCA Board of Directors

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We’ve been gauging long enough, Robin. It’s time for action in a county that features stagnation and apathy over action.

If you want to make an omelet, you have to break some eggs. Nobody seems to want to do that in Cumberland County. Notice how many media outlets we have put to sleep!

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“I’m thinking funding will come when municipalities and SPCA apply.

“Once the shelter dust settles and they can put a number on it, it’ll all happen at once. I’m thinking by then, CCSPCA will be directing the effort, and that’s right where we wanted them to be when we started this thing last year. This is what they do.

“My ultimate wish was for the SPCA to be running the feral program with the same ‘get down to business confidence’ they put toward everything else.

“Hey, we kept the ship between the beacons and, if nothing else, we helped force the issue. Remember, this time last year we wanted our SPCA to endorse and lead. If we back their effort like you all backed my effort, can’t miss. …”

— Ric Kuhns,

Animal Friends Foundation

Cumberland County face of TNVR

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Everybody in a position to lead has to lead sometime and not just follow the leader.

Remember that, members of the Chosen Board of Freeholders.

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If it snows 3 feet tonight, roads will be clear by 4 p.m. Thursday. There is no such thing as a paralyzing blizzard anymore once the snow stops.

ShopRite shoppers don’t realize that.

It’s like dogs still circle before lying down because their ancestors did it to tamp down the tall grass.

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What Chandra Pitts is doing across the bridge …

“Parents, you’re in for a powerful session of open, honest and courageous conversation that could prove life saving in raising your sons. It’s not too late to register to join Author and Global Change Agent, David Miller and many other national speakers at the Raising KINGS Conference. Click now to RSVP! — with David Miller.”

— Chandra Pitts

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A little history.

Oct. 28, 2011

Mrs. Fletcher’s Hotel.
Ever hear of it?
It was on Bergen Street, where the Mt. Zion Church parking lot is now.
“Everybody who came up from the south to work at Ritter’s and Hunt’s lived there,’’ said Arlene Richmond Wiltshire. “It was a rooming house.’’
It was owned by Annie Fletcher, wife of a pastor.
“She got into everybody’s business,’’ said Wiltshire. “When she talked to you, you didn’t walk away. She scolded everybody, even me as a little girl.’’
This all came up because of Wednesday’s story on Mike Winrow and growing up on Suger Hill.
“Did you know our city clerk came from Sugar Hill?’’ asked Wiltshire.
Darlene Richmond?
“My sister, Darlene Richmond,’’ she said.
Mike Winrow echoed the thought Wednesday night.
“Sugar Hill pulled out of poverty,’’ he said, “producing a doctor, registered nurse, funeral

MIKE ‘SUGAR HILL’ WINROW

 

director, cleaning business, beauty parlors, school teachers, postmaster, law enforcement, taxi service, politicians. business people and more.”

— Mike Winrow

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When is the next DeEdwin Hursey going to emerge?

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: Send in the jugglers, we’re through with the clowns.

Sam Feinstein on city council; Be thankful you’re not cold; New blood pressure machine, cholesterol machine; Beats dying; The Prez coming on 92.1 FM; Alabama recovering addict also on telling her story; Ruth Jones not doing well; Sincere apologies to Ric Kuhns; One year ago in this space; Nate Feinstein clears up our problem; Michael DeLeon setting 2018 schedule to include CASA advocates; The Prez has earned her own newspaper column

The column that is grateful that we don’t have to experience the freezing cold unless we want to while some others have no choice and still others don’t have enough money to heat their homes and that can be a fatal experience in trying to rig an alternative like keeping the oven door open, or being threatened to have the electricity turned off which we believe is now against the law.

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By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail.com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

Google everyday columns at jackhummelblog

Good evening!

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Sam Feinstein is the new Bridgeton city councilman.

God help Keren Cox!

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Fun playing with the new blood pressure machine because it reads 103 over 68 with half the blood pressure medicine used before, and when you’ve had one heart attack — although silent and you don’t know when it happened — means you’ve had your one break to stay in this rat race, and a fib doesn’t help, either, so you either do something to combat Big Comfort Food, LLC, or you die.

And riding in the ambulance on the way to the hospital is not the time to make that choice.

But you already know that.

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We also have a home cholesterol taking machine we didn’t know existed since nobody ever tells us what our number is, but we do know the bad has always scored higher than the good.

And that’s not good, and pizza — even personal, pan size — doesn’t seem to fix it and neither does carrot cake, though skinny enough to pierce armor.

Hooray for grilled chicken!

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Coming on 92.1 FM with us Saturday at noon will be The Prez, the very top of Cumberland County College, yet not a bit stuffy and acting much younger than her age and more like a football coach trying to get to the Super Bowl.

She wants her students to feel the same way, and not stop with an associate degree, but go on for the whole four years while never leaving the county.

If nothing else, those students can cry to us, “We went all four years like you begged and we still can’t find a job!”

Don’t be sucked in to that rant. There are a hundred more doors open to people with a four-year degree than those who choose to enter the workforce right away.

But we digress …

At 1 p.m., Saturday, a recovering addict from Alabama will be calling 856-696-0092 to tell her story. We hope she doesn’t back out, because she did go on the Internet with what she is facing every day, and she didn’t hesitate to say yes to the invitation.

We’ve had recovering addicts on before, but only one not involved in helping other addicts and we’re not sure what happened to her, but we’ll take a wild stab and say when her rock, her mentor in the process fell off the wagon, we believe our friend totally lost it.

She said she got in her ca and went screaming into the darkness, not believing it. Then she said she turned around and went back home.

We don’t think so. The last time we heard from her, she said she was OK. We pray that she is.

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We met Gregg Jones coming into the Roadhouse as we were leaving tonight, and the news is not good about his wife, longtime waitress Ruth Jones. She went from OK to a wheelchair in one week.

They’re still testing to determine the cause, this time in Kansas City with her daughter.

We first met her at Country Rose and her latest gig has been Aunt Betty’s in Greenwich.

You know how we feel about waitresses, and Gregg Jones has given us more comedic relief than anybody besides Shep.

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Unfortunately, we did nothing to advance the cause of Ric Kuhns and his Trap/Neuter/Vaccinate/Release program in Cumberland County because we were mistaken in the simple morality we thought certain people would exhibit for such a program.

We unknowingly ran him into a hornets nest, and he was forced to fight back at a time when everybody should have been coming together to eradicate the feral cat program once and for all.

We’re still waiting for the Press of Atlantic City to follow up their negative editorial of TNVR taken from the views of a few organizations, and come up with an alternative solution that those other groups didn’t provide, so the Press would have had to do their own study.

Mass spaying and neutering of feral cats would be an enormous undertaking if everybody were on board. Identifying, trapping, transporting, setting up sites complete with veterinarians, then placing them into recovery before returning them to their “homes.”

Ric Kuhns deserved better than what he got.

This has been a county that is big on making a big splash with solutions for everything, but short on following those programs to some kind of conclusion — whether good or bad.

“Hey, we’re starting this and look at all the dignitaries gathered here to ballyhoo it …”

Take pictures, put one in the newspaper and fill the invited reporter’s notebook …

Did Weed & Seed, the program for which the then-police chief said he couldn’t wait for the funding, work? Did anybody do a final report?

Do we ever get an analysis of any of these wishful programs so we don’t make the same mistakes twice? No, instead, we get the Midget Football reports and the PAL basketball and soccer updates and the United Advocacy Group’s 18 program reports, and Code Blue updates on a daily basis.

All non-governmental.

Ric Kuhns may win yet because, as everybody knows, government works as slow as molasses running uphill in February in Vermont.

But he should have been hailed a champion long before this.

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One year ago in this space …

It was fun covering the Evening News tournaments for no pay on three straight weekends every summer until the tournament moved to Holly Hills.

The Holly Hills clubhouse had a strip steak on the menu and sometimes it got boring waiting for the last golfers to go off, getting back from driving the photographer around to take pictures and also waiting for the last golfers to come in.

So we would have a strip steak or two or three.

Bill Wranich ran the tournament, answering only to Publisher John T. Schofield.

“What’s all these steaks on the tab!” roared John T. while going over the bill one year.

“Those are Hummel’s,” Wranich told him.

“What did he do, feed all the golfers?” J.T. flicked his mustache.

“No, sir, he ate those himself,” the harried chairman replied.

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Remarked Rich Morey that year: “You’ve gained a pound.”

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In Korea, while we were RA13815980, we served on a compound where a 9-hole golf course snaked around the general’s helipad.

The tiny clubhouse was run by SSgt. Orville Moody.

Never in our wildest dreams did we think Moody and his Texas drawl would leave the Army 13 years in, go on the pro tour in 1967 through local qualifying and win the 1969 U.S. Open.

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Nate Feinstein solves a lot of our problems …

” Baby has a bigger brain, but that doesn’t really matter. What matters is the brain to body mass ratio. Pancho is 1:14 while baby is only 1:110. So in relation to their bodies, Pancho has a gigantic brain compared to Baby.”

— Nate Feinstein

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We are not Pancho.

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MICHAEL DELEON

“Recovery Army Tour 2018. February, March, April and May, leaving NJ/Philadelphia and hitting 35 states in 3 months.

“Please let us know Where we should stop to bring resources, educational materials, detox and treatment resources. We are coming to schools, colleges, city councils, Mayor’s, police departments.

“Let Us Know where to come. Dates and Route announced in the next 10 days! #RecoveryArmy#RecoveryArmy #DrugFreeWorld #SteeredStraight#TransformationsTreatmentCenter.”

— Michael DeLeon

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Michael, CASA of Cumberland, Salem and Gloucester counties. The advocates want you to address them.

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Have you read anything about Michael DeLeon, founder of Steered Straight, in the newspaper. Michael Mickey Williams, of Minor Adjustments?

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: Let’s get The Prez her own column in the local newspaper — even a weekly — because she’s that personable.

 

 

Good health, happiness to you; Wendy’s open on a holiday with two bags of nuts; Get into the weight loss business and make a mint — any crazy weight loss idea; Carolscatz’s 3 reasons for TNR; Michael DeLeon’s message for today; 2017 was stagnant; Campani’s Legacy Lanes; Alabama recovering addict coming on 92.1 FM

Happy New Year, everybody, and may it be your best year ever in the 12 months ahead, with, first, good health, because if you don’t have your health, you can’t enjoy anything else, and, second, happiness, which seems so hard to find these days without drugs, both legal and illegal, and not the kind of happiness you find from a snow day with school closed, because, scholar, you are the only — count ’em — only hope this county has for getting out of poverty and, thus, crime.

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By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail.com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

Google all columns at jackhummelblog

Good evening!

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Hey, you know it’s a good day when Wendy’s is open on a holiday, even though the girl taking the money slid the window open only enough for her arm to reach through and the server was smiling only because she was getting off in five minutes, but the full-size apple pecan chicken salad was as good as ever with two bags of pecans — not one.

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If you want to hit it big in 2018, get into the weight-loss business. Get some of that $4 billion we spend on trying to lose weight, and the crazier your plan sounds, the better, because Americans don’t know how to stay away from bad food, worthless pills and ridiculous exercise equipment never, ever as pretty as Dr. Barb Fralinger.

From your friends at the Mayo Clinic …

“To successfully lose weight, you need to figure out what motivates you — what gives you an ongoing, burning desire to succeed. Why do you want to lose weight? By answering this key question, you can unlock your inner motivation, which is exactly what you need to do to make healthy habits stick and reach long-term weight loss.”

— Mayo Clinic

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Like words help when you’re staring down the barrel of a pizza loaded with pepperoni.

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Words of wisdom from carolscatz …

“My basic three arguments for TNR:

“80-95% of all kittens born in any given year come from the feral or free-roaming cat population.”

“Free-roaming cats are the one pet demographic that is 100% guaranteed going to breed. You could sterilize every owned cat in your city/county/state but until you fix a large portion (70% or more) the outdoor cats, they are going to keep filling your shelters and making their way out into the community through rehoming to make more cats.

“Low level culling increases cat populations.”

“If killing/adopting cats worked to reduce the cat population, there would be decades worth of data to prove it. When you remove even a large percentage of the cats, say 25% or 50%, but don’t change any of the underlying habitat (available food, water, shelter, breeding opportunities), it takes only one generation for the remaining cats to breed and replace the cats that were removed. I call this farming cats. It doesn’t matter whether the cats were removed for homing/rehoming/relocation or euthanasia. The effect on the remaining cats is the same, a temporary vacuum allows more kittens to survive in the next generation to replace the cats that were removed.

“My worst case scenario is when some “rescues” kittens, without fixing the mother and rehomes unsterilized, unvaccinated cats.

“It costs the same amount to fix a cat as it does to kill it.”

“Intake a feral nuisance cat and kill it. All you got now is a dead cat. Take that same cat and Shelter Neuter Return it, and now you have an investment, a cat that will occupy his niche in the habitat without fighting and creating kittens.

“I’ve found many people who will not respond to emotional appeals for humane treatment of cats will see the logic of not wasting money endlessly trying to eradicate the cats through euthanasia or relocation.”

— Carol Hickman

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30,000,000 people went on a diet today.

30,000,000 fast-food makers are scoffing at them.

10,000,000 quit smoking today.

10,000,000 tobacco employees are scoffing at them.

Hospitals were too busy working on  last year’s 40,000,000 to comment.

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“Recovery is stronger than ANY addiction!

“I don’t care if some disagree. Recovery is more powerful, more real, more giving, more rewarding, more altruistic, more beautiful and more loyal than ANY addiction, regardless.”

— Michael DeLeon

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There is even more to do in 2018 than there was at the start of 2017.

2017 was like a stop along the road to take stock, to ponder, to study, or you could call it apathy.

We wound up trying harder than the end results. More people have to try in 2018 or we’re all going to lose. Too many paper tigers. Too many emperors wearing no clothes.

Too many people not held accountable. But, then, what’s new.

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What’s happening at Campani’s Legacy Lanes.

WEEKLY RESULTS OF 12-24-2017
TUESDAY MIXED SOCIAL
FRED KENDALL	244-223-244	711
ORVILLE JOHNSON	235-255-185	675
BRIAN SHIFLET	245-199-201	645
ALFRED PIERCE	181-216-233	630
BRIDGETON CHURCH LEAGUE
SUGIE HENRY SR	195-267-247	709
BOBBIE HOUGH	172-241-253	666
JOE GUINTA	222-203-182	607
BOB RIGGINS	183-236-187	606
SUGIE HENRY JR	215-177-210	602
COFFEE AND DONUT
BECKY MILLER	173-158-208	539
JOANNE BENNETT	182-160-179	521
DONNA MORRIS	159-158-187	504
GOLDEN AGE
SUGIE HENRY SR	267-216-235	718
ALFRED PIERCE	269-211-215	695
EVERETT DICKSON	185-154-192	531
RANDY DICKINSON	216-1859-151-	526
PEGGY ANDERSON	160-167-188	515
BOB MURPHY	175-185-148	508
DAVE HITCHNER	170-156-182	508
JUNIOR LEAGUE
ERIC JOHNSON	257-237-203	697
ZACH SLOBODA	179-170-184	533
CAROLECE HENRY	169-179-183	531
TANNER STRING	167-197-151	515
WYNN MURRAY	226-146-142	514
J AND J MEMORIAL
CHRIS HUNTLEY	273-257-231	731
JAYSON HAGUE	213-247-248	708
JOE GUINTA	235-214-257	706
DAVE WILLIAMSON	196-248-258	702
MICHAEL DEFALCO	226-226-249	701
DAVE HEMPLE	234-241-226	701
NICK DURHAM	258-190-232	680
BOB GALLAGHER	238-207-226	671
JAMES MESSECK	223-217-223	663
KARL HERMAN	223-225-214	662
DONNA WILLIAMSON	251-203-197	651
JOHN MUFFLEY	214-217-218	649
CHRIS CAREY	223-202-223	648
ERIC HOLLENWEGER	254-211-178	643
DAVE FRANCE	203-231-205	639
TONY DEMARCO	213-195-222	630
ALFRED PIERCE	198-191-237	626
MIKE SAMMONS	207-225-191	623
BJ COTTMAN	156-209-256	621
JR NUTZ	224-201-193	618
GREG SABLA	258-205-155	618
PAUL LAWRENCE	234-199-184	617
GARY BERES	210-191-215	616
JIM SANTORA	214-186-215	615
ROD BARRETTA	193-223-199	615
PHIL GANNON III	196-203-214	613
RAY MOONEY	169-192-246	607
BRIAN SHIFLET	237-201-169	607
JEFF TANAGUICHI	216-189-200	605
MIKE PETIT	218-184-202	604
STEPHANIE ARCHETTO	211-227-165	603
FRED PIERCE	243-183-175	601
DAVE ZIEGER	269-168-163	600
FRIDAY MIXED SOCIAL
BILLY ROBB	236-235-279	750
ABE JONES	237-278-203	718
TRAVIS CLARKE	244-259-212	715
BRIAN SHIFLET	231-247-208	686
FRED KENDALL	248-249-188	685
DANA WOLBERT	212-268-201	681
ALFRED PIERCE	225-202-243	670
MARK COUCH JR	184-238-247	669
BRYCE COTTMAN	182-245-237	664
TINY LITTLE	224-185-247	656
MATT	207-216-230	653
ROB MAGDIN	182-223-224	629
SHANE HARRIS	171-213-245	629
JAMES MESSECK	193-224-210	627
CHRIS RAUNER	222-180-212	614
AUSTIN BOONE	201-225-185	611
HEATHER RIPA	195-216-190	601
FRIDAY NIGHT CHURCH LEAGUE
ERIC JOHNSON	187-233-235	655
STEVEN MORRIS	225-218-203	646
DAVE HITCHNER	181-178-201	560
JOE COX	201-175-179	555
ZACH SLOBODA	200-180-154	534
DAN MILLER	168-211-145	524
CAROLECE HENRY	143-170-200	513
TOTIANA MIRANDA	179-136-198	513
CARLITOS FIGUEROA	182-156-170	508

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We’re now into Perry Mason, Johnny Carson, Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock every weekday night on MeTV, except Johnny on Channel 252. Better than ANY late-night comedian now.

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: We may have a recovering addict from Alabama coming on 92.1 FM Saturday at 1 p.m., so if you’re into scoffing at “Heroin & Hallelujah,” we’re warning you now.

Chessie makes no Sunoco fans; Bless the outside animals — humans know not what they do; A veterinarian’s presence SPCA new expense; Maria Stoerrle’s shelter has a good day, except for Olivia; A recovering addict we want to hear from; Shep in Jan. 2, 2012 BEN column

The column that says big isn’t bad unless it’s a 125-pound Chessie in a car barking at a gas station attendant and the window glass isn’t enough to keep him from pulling the hose out of the tank and walking away so another gas jockey had to finish the job, and we respect his fear because he must have a reason.

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By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail.com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

Google all columns at jackhummelblog

Good evening!

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God bless all the animals who cannot find shelter inside tonight and all the cold nights to come, and may their owners find compassion even though they don’t own an indoor dog, and may SPCA cruelty agents find the time to nail those who don’t.

At least the CCSPCA will still be a shelter at 1244 N. Delsea Drive on Jan. 1, although insiders say they knew it wasn’t going to close.

And here is the reason it came down to a real threat.

If an animal comes into the shelter and needs treatment, it must be seen by a veterinarian first. Not an SPCA tech who has been administering treatment for the last 15 or 20 years.

A real, bonafide vet.

Do you know how expensive that can be? If you take good care of your dog, you do. If you’ve had to take your dog to an emergency hospital, you do.

Is the U. of Penn going to send down an intern on a daily basis to take care of this chore for a nominal fee?

No.

Can the shelter stop what it is doing, load the animal(s) into its van and take it to a vet and wait in line with everybody else?

No.

Can the shelter hire a vet just starting out and pay him enough to make it worth his while?

No. Not unless their is an infusion of funding from an outside source. A cheaper answer could be a vet stopping by every morning on his way to the office and mass diagnosing the poor, the sick, the animals yearning to be free.

You know who that is passed on to? The municipality from whence the dog came.

Whatever the answer is, it will have to come from Executive Director Bev Greco, who has been in talks with the county, who has been in contact wi†h the municipalities, who should have been in contact with the people.

The purpose of the SPCA is to prevent cruelty to animals, which doesn’t necessarily carry over to providing shelter until they can be adopted or fostered or both. But the CCSPCA does that to the best of their ability, and the beyond-the-call work they’ve done to connect with agencies everywhere have been well-documented.

We may be a poor county, but we’re not cruel where it counts.

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The shelter’s Maria Stoerrle had a good day …

“Yesterday and today, 10 (TEN) dogs went to rescue on 6 transports! 2 dogs scheduled for rescue next week. And Quasi was adopted! And 11 cats went to rescue, as well!

“This means we have a few open kennels in the shelter for incoming dogs! Thanks to everyone -rescues, shelters, and especially our transporters- who made that little new year miracle happen.
Karina Sharma Becky Burton Kathleen Leary Michelle Meehan Ariella Steve Charlene Rosenbaum.”

— Maria Steorrle

“P.S.: Olivia is making amazing progress! She was spayed and put back together with her buddy Elliot and really began to come out of her shell. We saw her tail wagging and a beautiful personality emerging.

“Elliot was adopted and Olivia remains at the shelter, so we’re hoping we can find a home for her as soon as possible so she doesn’t become sad again. Olivia has done great with other dogs and is such an affectionate, loving lady.

Beautiful, sweet, sad Olivia was found running stray with her companion (Elliot). Olivia has been sweet, yet very, very shy since her arrival. She wasn’t feeling well, but now that she’s doing better, she has begun to come to the front of her kennel and wag her tail- such a big step for our girl!

“Olivia is lovely and deserves a happy home. Please contact CCSPCA_rescue@yahoo.com.”

OLIVIA

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Eagles come away with no injuries in meaningless game against Cowboys, but sports radio has to fill air time over the next two weeks, and the Sixers won’t help and the Flyers are still the Flyers, so the same things will be said over and over again because the Eagles bring ratings, and that’s what drives advertising, so let us know one thing you hear that you didn’t know before.

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On the substance abuse front …

“Unfortunately for my disease, relapse is a part of recovery, and since being an addict doesn’t alleviate me from ever feeling severe pain again when put on pain medicine out of necessity for extended amounts of time.

“Coming off of those pain meds makes relapse — an almost certainty due to the way addiction is still misunderstood and vilified by most these days. Not displacing blame.

“I most certainly have my own share in it. Something has got to be done legislatively and within peoples hearts and minds for those who suffer with this disease when they do face times when they must be placed on pain medications out of medical necessity so that when they come off of them they do not lose the lives and families they have worked so hard to rebuild.

“I’m putting my story out there so that I may be a catalyst towards change. Something has to be done. The stigmatization of drug addiction must end.”

— Alison Brooke Saucier

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These are the people we need to hear, to listen to.

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A little history

Jan. 2, 2012

“There were probably some times this year when I may have …
“Disturbed You,
“Troubled You,
“Pestered You,
“Irritated You,
“Bugged You,
“Or got on your nerves!
“So, today, I just wanted to tell you:
“Suck it up, Cupcake!
“‘Cause there ain’t no changes planned for 2012.
“Happy New Year.’’
— Shep

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: He’ll never change!

Savigliano, Boudreau is one heckuva starting lineup; Jerry Young taking the praise with a left, then a right; Abe Morris and his famous cookies; Chandra Pitts and Raising Kings; Michael DeLeon rages on in Gatlinburg; When arrested for major offense, more than just “from …”

The column that says the show on 92.1 FM today from noon to 2 p.m. was an absolute keeper with, first, Debbie Savigliano of Bianca’s Kids, and then in the second hour, Michelle Boudreau, formerly of the Cumberland County SPCA and now owner of Deaf Helen, an 11-year-old pit bull who goes everywhere the Ragin’ Cajun is invited, or she doesn’t go, and Savigliano talked about how Bianca’s Kids received a $100,000 donation from all the school student councils in New Jersey, who pick one project a year to support, and Michelle had nothing but outstanding things to say about how hard the SPCA works to place unloved and unwanted animals up and down the Delaware Valley.

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By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail.com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

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Good evening!

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“Scheduled to be on air with the Jack Hummel at 1 p.m. Outside now listening to current guest, the director of Bianca’s Kids. This will be a tough act to follow. They are doing so many good things for disadvantaged kids.

“Jack is a huge community advocate & uses this platform to promote good deeds & his support for animals. http://www.biancaskids.org/.”

— Michelle Boudreau,

before she wowed us with her insight while working for the SPCA

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We wish the SPCA would sponsor part of our show so we could keep them current in front of everybody, not just those who take the time to go to their website.

Updates every day of the week.

Then you would have people say, “… I heard on the radio that the SPCA …”

It makes a difference.

Or, we could have a sponsor, sponsor the SPCA on the radio while getting their own message across. So many avenues to go and so much traffic blocking progress.

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Debbie Savigliano couldn’t praise Jerry Young enough for all the work he has done in the Bridgeton community. Of course, he will defer credit to Terry Gould, the silent partner in Dynamic Duo.

It’s fair exposure for Jerry, who has been slapped a couple of times in his volunteering.

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Abe Morris, the bull rider who cut his teeth at Cowtown, doesn’t know it but those cookies he’s baking can be taken by Rutgers off Broad Street in Bridgeton and packaged, distributed and making big money for Abe, if he would only stop by.

Here’s why …

“Didn’t bring any cookies. Didn’t really have to, but I’ve baked several batches since I arrived.

“One of my high school classmates, Bob Borton, wanted to sample a few so I gave him some. The next day, he ordered two dozen. I baked them last night and Bob came back and picked them up while they were still warm right out of the oven.”

— Abe Morris,

“My Cowboy Hat Still Fits”

“Spending some valuable and enjoyable family time @ Cowtown, Woodstown, New Jersey, with my retired bull rider cousins Jimmy Lee Walker and John Harp.”

— Abe Morris

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“Shout out to these brothers @newdy302 and @malcolmlocs are hitting the streets serious about saving our youth! #RaisingKings#streetteam #snow #grinding #shining #inwilm#netde #jan9.”

— Chandra Pitts,

Raising Kings

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And the rant goes on …

“Closed minds and Confirmation Bias is preventing real progress from being made in the midst of the worst public social health crisis America has ever seen. It’s time that truth trumps rhetoric.

“Hmmmmmmm! If you’re recommending treatment to a family, and you’ve never set one damn foot into the Treatment Center you’re recommending, you’re simply a hustler.

“If you’re recommending a treatment METHOD to someone as the BEST method for recovery, and you’ve never even met them, assessed their history, discussed their underlying issues, you’re simply a Facebook counselor.

“Maybe YOU’RE the problem with what’s wrong with advocacy!”

— Michael DeLeon,

Steered Straight

in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

 

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Every time we read about somebody arrested for a major offense, we beg to know where they were born, where they went to school, etc.

All we get is where they live now, which could be since they came down from Passaic three days ago.

Are they one of us, or not?

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: There’s more to fixing something than cold, end-of-the-year statistics.

Faster we circulate money, the better the economy; Debbie Savigliano, Michelle Boudreau on 92.1 Saturday; Do spirits have shapes?; Code Blue stats; EMS Cafe and pot pie; Petsmart turns down grant requests; Second Chance Pets with SPCA’s Maria Stoerrle

The column that says the best way to help the economy is to spend money where it will then be spent the fastest, for instance, in the big tip you leave at your favorite restaurant, like DiLisi’s or Las Palmas, where the $10, $15 or $20 gratuity you leave will be spent immediately because waitresses are either going to school or are divorced with young children, and will spend the money immediately, and if spent locally, chances are, it will be spent immediately again because we are a poor economy.

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By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail.com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

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Good evening!

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Debbie Savigliano of Bianca’s Kids coming on 92.1 FM with us Saturday along with Michelle Boudreau, formerly of the Cumberland County SPCA and still an advocate for animals.

Debbie will share stories of goodwill, maybe too late for Christmas, but maybe what we do on the 26th, 27th, 28th is more important for some than the one present-giving day.

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Do you think spirits have shapes?

We can’t see them, of course, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have shapes.

We look at it like this — at a viewing for someone like us, you’re looking down at a 1941 Chevy with 76 miles on it, rust on the frame, dents on the fenders, an engine long leaking oil and headlights much dimmer than when newer.

The spirit has dropped its worldly shape, like getting out of an old car that no longer starts. It is the spirit that lives on. We have been told by many seers that when you die, you are met by a guide from earlier in your life and led away.

No one with a near-death experience has ever said any part of it was unpleasant, so we have that to hold on to. We’re hoping we get to reunite with all the animals we have loved on earth. If not, we’re going to be disappointed.

Why bring this up now? Just food for thought, especially since we’ve ramped up the speed on the treadmill to 4.1 mph on the last quarter-mile.

As we said to a waitress tonight, do you believe in the hereafter?

She said yes, and we said then you know what we’re here after. Oh, we’e going to miss the pizza!

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A note to the people who love to tell us how warm it is where they live.

As many as 45,441 Florida residents die of heart attacks every year.

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Dr. Rob Weinstein trying to save lives …

45/500/3000

~ Did you know that Code Blue is 100% reliant upon volunteers? It takes approximately 45 volunteers each night that temperatures warrant a Code Blue activation to keep our warming centers open. We love and appreciate our volunteers who are true heroes!

~ Did you know that Code Blue is 100% funded by donors like you? It costs approximately $500 per night to have warming centers in all three municipalities

~ Did you know it costs about $3,000 to get a chronically homeless person off the streets? The Housing First Collaborative is able to use the most cost-effective best practices to provide a year of wrap-around services to help the homeless rebuild their lives.

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Back on the food kick …

Holy Moly it’s cold out there.
Come into EMS Cafe and warm up, we have the heat on with some delicious homemade Chicken Pot Pie. We will have it available all day Friday!

Eat in, Take out or delivery 8 miles!

Call early and reserve your platter or quart it goes fast!
www.emscafe.com

Quart $8.99
Plater $7.99 mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce
97 Quinton Marlboro Rd, corner of Jericho Rd and route 49 in Quinton Twp.

EMS CAFE

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Bad news for feral cats …

“I was notified yesterday that the municipalities that applied for PetSmart grants have been declined.

“So there is no grant money available for. Downe Township and Commercial Township.

” New avenues will be approached to help with TNVR.”

— Carol Hickman,
carolscatz.com

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Maybe Bev Greco, executive director of the CCSPCA, made out better.

She has written some six-figure grants that the anti-SPCA people either don’t know about or don’t care about or are too short-sighted to comprehend, and no doubt Las Vegas is betting on the third possibility.

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Meanwhile, at the SPCA …

“Loved up these sweeties this week, now to find homes or rescue for them! Check out Second Chances page for more about them.

ALL THEY NEED IS LOVE.

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But it’s just as bad on the substance abuse front …

“It’s the truth. It is about getting another day sober and helping another person. All I read is people fighting. And now there is money out there it is worse. My conscious is clear.Michael DeLeon keep doing what you think is spreading a message. We all are different. Me as a person in recovery am embarrassed by all the bashing by people in the biz of recovery.”

— Brian Neil

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“So am I. And, gee, that was the entire point of the post, but you only read what you want to read. Selective outrage is kinda silly, don’t ya think?

“Why don’t you focus your attention on those that are REALLY doing the bashing. Is that too politically incorrect?”

— Michael DeLeon

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On texting while driving from a famous soccer coach …

“Traffic fatalities: Since 2013 in NJ, there has been a 16% increase in deaths on the road. The main cause? DISTRACTED DRIVING. Keep texting while driving, folks. We see it every day. Maybe you are guilty

“Last year, Middle Twp. or one of those towns down there did a morning ‘sweep’ on cell phones. In about 2 hours, they wrote over $2,000 in tickets.

“Doing that especially in the summer would generate enough $$$ to hire another cop or some part time Class II officers.”

— John Donovan,

Schalick High on the pitch

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Insight from across the bridge …

“I remember how I felt at this very moment. It was my birthday, which is always a really special time for me. But this year was very different.

“While I didn’t realize it at the time, in this very moment the universe was aligning perfectly around me. I had spent so much energy struggling to make sense of things that just weren’t right, holding on to things that I needed to release, and blocking the beautiful new gifts that were being placed at my feet.

“In this moment, I was overcome with peace, freedom, certainty and surrounded in true love in spite of me! I let go and let God. This is the day my new year began.”

— Chandra Pitts,

Raising Kings

One Village Alliance

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 She’ll be coming on 92.1 FM soon.

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: So much for the new owners of Petsmart, handing out meals instead of grants.

 

College student’s words shocking; ShopRite buying Carll’s Corner?; Trolleybarn Custard for sale?; Old tires with a cut-in window for feral cats?; Daddy Drive starting soon?; Spruce Street or Franklin Drive face of Bridgeton?; Remembering Tri-Chamber of Commerce weight-loss competition; Michael DeLeon swears by 90 pounds bulaFIT; Get pets inside!

The column that says we’re trying to push education in the poorest county in the state and we talk to a college student who doesn’t go back to school until Jan. 22, and we ask her, why all the time off in a down month like January when it’s cold and nasty, and she said maybe it’s because I don’t want to be walking on campus in all this cold, but she’s going to school three days a week instead of two next semester, and we said you probably got out at noon in high school, and she said yes, punctuating it with, “I learned nothing in high school that will help me in life,’ and we went into full cardiac arrest wondering what the hell are we thinking these days in Cumberland County, and whatever happened to “Knowledge is power.”

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By Jack Hummel

Radio: 92.1 FM WVLT Saturdays noon to 2 p.m.

Email: jhummel9794@gmail.com

Phone: 856-237-6645

U.S. Army: RA13815980

Google all columns at jackhummelblog

Good evening!

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Looking for a rumor, but from a reliable source?

ShopRite will buy the Carll’s Corner shopping center for the right price and move into the old Acme.

That’s the side closest to Bridgeton.

What makes sense is their site in Laurel Plaza seems to be too small to handle all their clientele.

We know that the first rumor was Planet Fitness moving into the old Acme.

We have been told ShopRite has not renewed their lease in Laurel Plaza, which has that name because the developer thought what was their before — the drive-in — was named the Laurel Theater — not the Bridgeton Drive-in.

True story.

The possible move, if true, would hinge on the selling price of the shopping center.

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By the way, the other of Cornwell Drive is for sale, from Tractor Supply to Aldi’s.

You buy it and bring that old plan out of mothballs that called for a theater, chain restaurant and chain hotel to be part of massive renovations.

Not a Motel 6. Not an Italian restaurant or Chinese restaurant or a Golden Corral or a Red Lobster.

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And, heaven forbid, not another pizzeria.

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Trolleybarn Custard on Washington Street has a For Sale sign on the building.

Can’t be the neighborhood, can it? Maybe they’ll relocate to Parker or Spruce Street.

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Best looking building in the city park is the old waterworks, now being used by the fire department. Buildings around the old canoe house are UGLY!

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Suggested new advertising for the city park:

“Slowly enjoy the raceway.”

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On the subject of feral cats …

Kuhn’skin tougher than Davy Crockett’s hat.

What do you think for a feral cat colony? Old tires everywhere!

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Daddy Drive starting soon!

After the backpacks and the winter coats are given out, get involved in the Daddy Drive so the next generation won’t need backpacks and winter coats because education will trump poverty in our neighborhoods.

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Is Spruce Street the face of Bridgeton?

Or is Franklin Drive the face of the city?

Depends where you live.

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Remember when?

Jan. 20, 2010

Tri-Chamber of Commerce Weight Loss Competition.

You and/or your team of five people can still enter the competition.

Contact the chamber office for information. If you are on a team, but haven’t done the official weigh-in and paid your $5 per person registration fee, please make arrangements to do so soon.

The date for the next registration/weigh-in will be announced soon.

The first monthly team weigh-in night is Thursday, Feb. 4, at 5:30 p.m., at the Fitness Connection, Sherman Avenue and Orchard Road, in Vineland.

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All the teams that participated lost a ton of weight. It almost signaled the beginning of a new era in Cumberland County.

Almost.

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“You can’t lose weight on a diet.”

— Michael DeLeon,

loser of 90 pounds

He swears by bulaFIT.

“Ketosis occurs when low levels of carbohydrates cause the body to switch to burning fat for energy. This metabolic process creates ketones as source of fuel.

“Ketones are also known to fuel and stimulate the brain. Think of ketosis as the state when your body is in a pure fat burning mode. In the ketogenic diet, approximately 75% of calories are obtained from fat, with 20% from proteins and 5% from carbohydrates.

“Ketosis is a completely natural process and is generally regarded as safe. The “keto diet” is called the “feel good diet” because of the high amounts of energy that metabolizing fat provides.

:”Ketones also fuel the brain and help to avoid “brain fog” caused by other low carb diets. Keto diets taste great and allow dieters to enjoy butter, cream, cheese, eggs, bacon and other guilty pleasures.”

— part of bulaFIT

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Get those pets inside tonight or face a judge tomorrow.

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YOU CAN BOOK IT: Overeating and drug abuse are both addictions.