The Herald And The Lantern

Thursday, September 13,1979

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Letters To The Editor \ Says No Thanks To Bay Bridge Plan

To The Editor: As a relatively young lifetime citizen of, Cape May County who plans to spend a considerable amount of the rest of his life in this area, I can only recoil in horror at the prospects of a Bay Bridge across the Delaware When one stops and. ponders the eventual impact of such a project, hdw can it be so actively endorsed? Please note that I am not anti-growth .for Cape May County (although, of course; everyone, including the most rabid preservation groups makes , that claim all over the nation! >. but I do feel that perhaps on this fragile penninsula the American axiom ‘‘Bigger is Better” becomes a threat to everything we in this area hold dear Let s examine what the future holds for us should such a project become reality. Number one. by the time the thing gets completed, cost overruns will reach the zillions (possibly only a slight exaggeration. * considering inflation and. oh yeah, the remarkable track record of every other federal project. But, that's OK. we’re not paying for it. the government isl (?). Number two. who wahts more traffic in this county? Aren't tHfere ENOUGH cars on Rt 47 and the 1 Parkway in the Tieat of summer’’ Would YOU like to put up with that on a year round basis? i Hopefully, before we get a bridge across the Delaware Bay. weTI have some alternatives to the death traps on the Parkway intersections at Crest Haven and Stone Harbor Blvd. i dumber, three, tftis county is physically rather small We are rapidlyapproaching the saturation point for quality tourism before we plunge headlong into an abyss of a cultureless' mentality (riiore. more, more; bucks, bucks. Bucks; a half million a day going to whom?) The beauty and allure of Cape May County is that it is a seashore paradise very close to the cities. We can learn by the mistake of other resorts (notably Northern New Jersey) that are no more than

microcosms of urban blight stuck on the ocean. We should be proud that we have the best resorts along the Jersey coast. I. for one, would hate to see the land of my parents and future children squandered as a sacrificial lamb to a noble experiment by the Army Corps of Engineers (no infallible group they) for the sake of ^‘unknown vistas of economic and cultural progress “...(?) Think'about it! Young Citizen of Cape May County Name Withheld Upon Request

There have been a number of programs and approaches suggested in response to the continuing decline in basic skills test scores in the New Jersey public schools, but none which contains the potential for greater controversy than one recently revealed in a Department of Higher Education study which would require public school teachers to pass a licensing examination to continue teaching. Ironically, published reports concerning this proposal appeared on the same day the Senate approved and sent to the Governor for signature, legislation establishing statewide standards which must be met to qualify for a high school diploma. The Department of Higher Education study tails for testing all new leathers in the basic Skills, and recommends a oneyear training program to assure that teachers currently employed are proficienkin their duties. This proposed licensing examination for teachers would be similar to the procedures currently in force for -members of the legal and medical professions as well as pharmacists. All must pass . a licensing examination before being permitted to practice in New Jersey.

Thanks Rescuers

ToThe Editor: I wish by*tbe means of your newspaper to send my heartfelt thanks to the many people that were instrumental in saving my son's life from drowning on Friday, Aug. 17 while surf fishing. ‘ Words cannot express what I wish to say. I expecially wish to thank the two girls that administered artifical respiration, the, persons that broughihim in out of the surf, the lifeguards, the police department and last, but not least the rescue squad. I wish I could personally thank the two girls, wh^. when almost everyonq almost gave up kept saying, "give us time,” I more than appreciate it as

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I many years rescue work. I want to thank the lady that kindly rode with me to the hospital. If by any chance these people's vacations are over and they have left, anyone knowing them please send them a copy. As the good book says, "Ten were cured but only one returned tosay thank you . " I would have written sooner but I ( have been badly shaken up. It is one thing to bring people out of the surf orTrom a burning or collapsed building, but when it is your own it is a different story. Thank you to everyone. m David P. Gerhart Philadelphia, Pa

Candidates Promise Access

WILDWOOD - Jerry Livingston and Randy Wilhelm announced recently that when they are elected to the Assembly, residents of Cape may CountyA.will be able to speak to their Assemblyman without making a l6ng distance call. Livingston explained; "Our current Assefnblymen do not live in Cape MayCountyand do not even have a legislative office here. How can they represent Cape m«y County when they are not here. If someone wants to talk ( with their Assemblyman iMs a longdistance toll call to Cumberland County. I am here everyday. I work here and I live here.” Livingston pointed out that .wlpeq , he, and his

running mate, Randy Wilhelm are elected to the Assembly both Cape May and Cumberland Counties, the two Counties in our legislative district will have effective representation in the Assembly. There will be a full tiem legislative office in Cape May County after they are elejked. Wilhelm said: "Jerry and I have pledged to open a legislative office in eatn County and it will be done. When a person has a problem he will know where to go in Cape May County. If someone has a problem today, he would have to waste valuable time and energy for the long trip to Cumberland County. It is not right and after we are elected it will beebanged." .

^ Teachers, on the other Mnd, receive a permanent Wfcnse upon graduation from state-approved colleges - an immediate certification which remains in force for life. According to the departmental report, proficiency tests for public school teachers would assure that all certified teachers possess the capabilities to instryt in the basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics, as well as in their particular field of* specialization. The departmental study recommends further that standards for admission to teacher education programs be made tougher, that teachers complete a one-year apprenticeship before receiving certification, and that teachers show evidence of continuing their education. One of the first critical reactions to the study and recommendations came from a teachers group spokesman who said it was litlk^pore than a backdoor effflft to undermine the ttMier tenure law. Ik should be borne in mirw that the teacher testing recommendation' is merely a part of a departmental report which is under study. ' No legislation has yet been submitted to implement the recommendations and it is reasonably safe to assume that any legislative action in this area will not be taken for quite some time. The report and the interest it has aroused is, in my view, indicative of the growing^iublic and official awareness of the problem posed by what seems to be the failure of the state's system of public education to produce youngsters who have a strong foundation and background in the basic skills. The diploma standards legislation referred „ to earlier in this report is one of the steps which has •enjoyed rather broad support in the Legislature toward meeting this problem. It would be a grave error, I feel, to use the teacher testing recommendation ps an instrument Ip lay blame for declining test scores or to view its implementation as a panacea for the real or imagined ills of the educationalsystem. Expanded remedial education programs in the elementary schools, for example, may well prove to be infinitely more Valuable in reversing the trend toward lower test scores than the proposed teacher testing program. Obviously, the state must take steps to assure that its teaching personnel are capable and competent. Care should be taken, however, tb' avoid having any of those steps become an attempt to single out scapegoats.

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Hughes Blasts

Heating Oil Stockpile

WASHINGTON, D C. - Congressman Bill Hughes (D-NJ) has chargejJ, that the Federal government’s program to stockpile 240 million barrels of home - heating oil for the coming winter will cost consumers hundreds of millions o£ dollar^ in unnecessary hi glWr prices. At the same time, a su^ey conducted by Hughes' office showed that many oil dealer and customer storage tanks are still below last year’s levels despite an overall improvement since June. The oil being stockpiled at the refinery level which might otherwise go to dealers and customers is increasing in value by an average of 5 cents a gallon per month, Hughes said. In a telegLam to Energy Secretary Charles Duncan, Hughes said that DoE should begin releasing supplies from refineries to avoid major disruptions later in the year, particularly for those dealers with long rural delivery routes or if colder weather arrives sooner than anticipated. Such a move would also allow customers to take advantage of the somewhat lower heating oil prices which prevail at the prese nt ti me, he sa id. Hughes said that refiners

should be allowed to credit oil sent to dealers against their overall inventory targets. He urged the DoE to order increased refinery yields of home heating oil ' for those producers who arc allocating less than normal amounts of fuel to their dealers. "With fuel oil prices rising at a rate of about 5 cents a gallon per month, it's not at all surprising that refiners would prefer to keep this oil in their own storage tanks, rather than the tanksof theirdealers ro customers," Hughes said. Meanwhile, many dealers are still unable to fill normal customer orders. A telephone survey taken by Hughes's staff of fuel oil dealers in the Southern New Jersey area showed about a third of the dealers with 70 percent or less of normal supply, with several reporting 50 percent or more below normal. A similar statewide survey by the New Jersey Fuel Merchants Association showed about 40 percent of the dealers responding as having less supplies than last year. Checks with public officials and fuel oil dealers associations in Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire showed a similar pattern, Hughes

said.

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