august 2, 2010 but howard injured. sports, b-1 u.s. up...
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By Jessica [email protected]
DEPTFORD TWP. — Slowly and quietly a group of young nature-lovers trekked through the fields of Gloucester County College, stop-ping at just the right moment to lower their nets over unsuspecting moths, grasshoppers and beetles.
“I’m trying to catch butterflies and stuff but I also like stink bugs, grasshoppers and spi-ders,” said Blair Ashwell, 6, of Washington Town-ship as she bent down to study what was crawling on a blade of grass. “This is a fun camp because we’re out in nature.”
Blair was one of the young campers involved in the Nature Safari - one
County kids get early taste of college at GCC
(See CAMP, Page A-5)
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■ As the war in Afghanistan faces a loss of public and congressional support and U.S. casualties rise sharply, the Obama administration is painting its goals for the war as humble and achievable while warning there is no quick fix.
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DOWN & DIRTYPhils avoid sweep by Nat’ls, but Howard injured. SPORTS, B-1
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Staff photos by Lori M. Nichols
Deanna Beaucher, 9, of Pitman, works on making a decoupage jewelry box at Gloucester County College’s summer camp.
■ Boys & Girls Clubs of Gloucester County looks to Glassboro native with non-profit history to lead group
Tyler Landon (left), 11, of Mantua, and Jonathan Mar-colongo, 10, of Mullica Hill, watch the robot competi-tion during the Robo Challenge class at camp.
By Peggy Ackermann
Statehouse Bureau
Caught in a political standoff over her nomina-tion to the state Supreme Court, attorney Anne Pat-terson remains in a legal limbo that can last nearly two years — enough time for a pilot to complete astro-naut training.
Most nominees to the court go through an uncom-fortable period between the time a governor announces their nomination and the state Senate approves it, but Patterson’s lag is becoming a lifestyle.
She passes the three-month mark on Tuesday — longer than any Supreme Court nominee in recent memory. But time is not the only cost to Patterson, 51, of Mendham and the high-powered Morristown law
firm Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, where she is a partner.
As she waits, the court-room ace has had to curtail her practice to avoid poten-tial conflicts.
“I know she’s very sensi-tive to the fact that she has to be careful,” said retired state justice Stewart Pol-lock, a colleague at Riker Danzig.
While nominees aren’t handed a laminated list of do’s and don’ts as they await Senate confirmation, Patterson is taking a very conservative approach, said Glenn Clark, a partner at the firm.
“I know definitely she doesn’t go to court,” said Clark. “That’s a big deal.”
Patterson — who declined to be interviewed for this report — is paying the price
N.J. Supreme Court pick will now have to play waiting game
(See PATTERSON, Page A-5)
By Josh MargolinStatehouse Bureau
What were those two thinking?
Publication of confiden-tial e-mails between former Gov. Jon Corzine and Carla Katz in The Sunday Star-Ledger left friends and enemies asking the same question.
Why, they asked, would the governor secretly dis-cuss everything from state business to politics and media strategy with his former girlfriend, a pow-erful union leader, while negotiating one of the most critical labor contracts in decades?
Why, they asked, didn’t Katz, trying to regain the governor’s attention, just play it cool?
And, for the others: What was Corzine trying so hard to hide?
“Having these e-mails in existence, undermines the public’s perception of him,” said state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), who was Corzine’s running mate in his unsuccessful re-elec-tion bid last year.
“There was nothing in there that he did that he should be embarrassed about,” said Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex), Corzine’s predecessor in the gover-nor’s office. “I don’t know what he was thinking when he thought something would be damaging. Some-times his political acumen wasn’t always the best. Sometimes he just wasn’t thinking clearly.”
Katz has declined repeat-ed requests for comment. Corzine declined to com-ment Monday.
On Friday, Corzine’s lawyer issued a statement criticizing the newspaper
and stressing the e-mails confirm what Corzine has long said.
“He defended the case in order to vindicate the rights and privileges of future gov-ernors,” the attorney, Marc Elias, said of Corzine’s two-year court battle to keep the e-mails private. “The release of these e-mails proves that Jon Corzine met all applicable ethics standards expected of pub-lic officials.”
Sunday, Tom Wilson, the former Republican state chairman who sued for access to the e-mails, said the mystery is not yet solved.
“This is still an incom-plete story,” Wilson said. “We know more than we knew before. I’m not sure that we know everything there is to know. This dam-aged Corzine’s credibility. At this point, my guess is that Jon Corzine doesn’t care about his legacy. But it is something which will be noted in history.”
Even those in Corzine’s own Democratic Party said his battle to keep the messages hidden from the public was just another example of how politically tone deaf the businessman-turned-politican was.
The e-mails, revealed for the first time in The Sunday Star-Ledger, vindi-cated Corzine, some said, by showing he did not directly negotiate behind the scenes with Katz. But Corzine misled the public, said others, some of whom said they felt duped by the former governor’s repeated efforts to deny he had a close friendship with Katz while talking secretly with her about a host of public and private subjects.
Corzine, Katz e-mails cause stir across N.J.
(See E-MAILS, Page A-5)
Associated Press photo
A vendor tries to salvage his melons after a fire broke out at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. It was not clear what caused the fire.
By Christina [email protected]
WOODBURY — Joe Tin-gle has tapped into nearly every money-making busi-ness in the city. The auto-mobile dealerships have been generous but the health care field has yet to make a big splash.
Private donations are on the rise, but the law firms here haven’t quite stepped up.
Tingle is the chief orga-nizer of the proposed Boys & Girls Club of Woodbury. The group had hoped for a September opening all year, but the money isn’t there just yet as Tingle had hoped.
“This is an important thing for Woodbury. It takes the entire city,” said Tingle.
Hopefuls press for location in Woodbury
(See WOODBURY, Page A-9)
By Mary Lee [email protected]
Despite blue-ribbon cre-dentials and a unanimous vote of approval, the newly appointed executive direc-tor of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Gloucester Coun-ty was offered only a six-month contract.
It’s not that Ka-Msiyara Corbett wanted a big sal-ary or a corner office.
Actually, she took a pay cut to accept a position “working for goals I believe in,” Corbett said recently.
Instead, the Boys & Girls Clubs — the county’s only site-centered, non-profit, children’s support group which relies exclusively on donations and fundraising — is running short of cash.
As a result, Corbett’s first task when she assumes top leadership of the 10-year-old organization today might not only be to main-tain and expand club pro-grams that have grown exponentially during the current recession, but also to find the money to pay her own salary.
Operating at two sites — Glassboro and Paulsboro — while hoping to estab-lish a third site soon in Woodbury, B&GCGC offers after-school programs that include homework help, supervised recreation, positive socialization, cul-tural activities, music les-sons, healthy snacks and an early supper to nearly 800 children in Glouces-ter County. Every day,
Charity lands pro for top job
(See DIRECTOR, Page A-9)