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Thursday, September 27i 1979

The Herald And The Lantern

Letters To The Editor Legion Thanks Herald

Optional Jury Duty

Dear Editor / I have just completed my one year term a* State Commander of the American Legion. As Commander. I was ' spokesman for 75,000 Legionnaires ' in New Jersey on matters ol concern to veterans and their families Although my term of office took me to every comer of the*state and afforded me the op port Witty to meet tens of thousands of our fellow citizens. I could not have accomplished my personal goal of bringing 1he message of the American

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Legion, namely, "Service to God and Country," to all of our citizens without the support of your newspaper It is for this reason that I write to thank you for the excellent coverage yoli have given to Legion programs such as - the OraTorical Contest. Baseball program, NJ American l<egion Boys State, etc. Ydun sorely needed help which was there when needed'is moat appreciated Sincerely. Anthony Lori Past State Commander American Legion Trenton

MILLVILLE - If you are age 86 to 75 and are called for jury duty. K may soon be up to you whether you serve or not. Assemblyman James McHurle/s bill giving the senior citizens a choice, which already passed the lower house, has been cleared for a vote in the Senate by the Judiciary 4 Committee. Action is expected soon. The Governor would have the final say. 1 A similar measure, introduced in the Senate by Senator James Cafiero, was ready for action and has now been merged into Hurley’sbi.l, A-1394. The legislation introduced by Hurley and Cafiero, both of whom represent Cumberland-

Cape May, provides that any person 65 years of age or older who is summoned for services as a grand juror or petit juror in any court of this State shall be exempt from such service if he notifies the jury commissioners of the county of his residence at least 7 days prior to the commencement of the jiiry terfn that he does not wish to6erveasa jurof. According to Hurley, several senior groups were vitally interested in the passage fl( the bill. "Many senior ld{izens enjoy serving off juries while to others it is a frightening experience! especially if they have infirmities," ; Hufley said. "This bill will, enable them to make a choice."

Says-INo To Outdoor Bar

State Chamber Supports Transport Bond Program

To the Editor The following is a copy of a letter I recently sent to fcthe State Division of G Ale ohol Be v era ges Control * I am writing to ask you to uphold the Avalon Borough's decision not to permit the Whitebriar Hotel to operate an outdoor bar » My husband and I have been property owners in Avalon. New Jersey since 1971 Uhtil two years ago we owned the property at twenty-first street directly across from the Whitehriar's outside bar While currently the noise level has increased, during the summer of 1977 I found the noise level untolerable . and placed the property on the real estate market (It was sold during the winter of 19W while the' outside bar was closed i As I have shafed with Mayor Armacost..I feel the location of such a com . mercial facility is inapproprlau* in a rcsidental area. While the Whitebriar Hotel was operating when we purchased the twentyfirst street property, it then catered to families and was nm offensive Now the operation of the outdoor

PLEASANTVILLE - A recertification course for CPR Instructors Will be held by the American Heart Association at Shore Memorial Hospital October «and 11 at 7:30p.m.

bar has brought a different *type of clientele to the facTlity The bar is frequented by a rowdy, young adult crowd. Their presence devaluates not only the property near the facility but. potentially could . cause the devaluation of Avaloh property as a whole. Avalon has been a family centered resort and I hope it continues to be this type of community. We now own a home at 11 South Inlet Drive. Avalon and hope that Avalon will retain (and-or regain) its family focus. I regret that I will be unable to attend the Board's hearing of this case, I am committed to my teaching position at Carlow College in Pittsburgh, Pa. As responsible citizens who are chargedto protect the publici's welfare 1 would enti^at you to deny the Whitehriar’s appeal to retain operating their outdoor bar. Thank, you for your consideration of my request Sincerely, Marly Chopak Avalon & PittsbuBgh. Pa

Those who plan to attend are asked to call thi Heart office at 641-5035 qr 522-0228 to register for the course. There is no fee for

enrollment.

'NEWARK - The New Jcfsey State Chamber of Commerce has announced its endorsement of the $475 million transportation bond issue proposal which the State’s voters will be considering this coming Election Day, November 6. The Chamber’s position was announced following completion of a poll of its 60-member Board of Directors and based upon analyses by the Chamber's . staff and its Transportation and Cost of Government committees. "We agree with Transportation Commissioner Louis J. Gambaccini that the vast physical plant which comprises our road and public transportation system should be.improved and upgraded", said John D. Feehan, the Chamber’s Board chairman. “Taxpayers have a very ^ substantial investment in these facilities and it is important that they by fully maintained so as to protect that investment. "But even more important is the ability of this system to meet chang-ing public needs in this era of energy uncertainties; to move people and goods smoothly, safely and with the least possible expenditure of energy”, Feehan commented. The proposal calls for funding repairs and improvements to state highways in the amount of $245 million; state assistance for county and local road improvements m the amount ol 80 million, and for Renovation and impro^ement of the state’s public transportation facilities ~ rail and bus commuter system - in the amount of $150 million. It is expected that these state monies will trigger Federal funds amounting to as much as $4 for each $1 the state puts into the

program.

The bond program plus normal state transportation improvement appro-priations, taken together with the state’s $600 million TRANSPAC program, which is being financed by the Port Authority of'New York and New Jersey and the Federal government, would comprise a total transportation improvement “package" of

$2.1 billion.

Feehan said that New

Jersey is undergoing a shift of emphasis from' the construction of new facilities -- limited access highways in particular - during the past decade or more, to the renovation and improvement of existing facilities, including rail lines recently acquired by the State. "While we do not expect this bond issue to resolve all of our trans portation difficulties, it will go a long way toward eliminating potentially serious problems ;'ijwni make our * public t$bsit services more useftJTor the public; it will e$ninate many energy-wasting traffic bottlenecks, and it will strengthen our ability to cope with future energy shortfalls", Feehan stated. He said that the Chamber was pleased with the controls provided by the enabling legislation with respect to expenditure of the bond issue proceeds. In addition to the normal appropriations procedure of the legislature, expenditure of transportation bond funds must be reviewed by the Transportation and Communications committees of the Senate and the Assembly and all significant contracts must be reviewed by the special joint legislative committee known as the "watchdog" committee. Moreover, he added, the State Capital Budgeting and Planning Commission, which has recommended submission of the proposal to the electorate, will play a pivotal role in the allocation of funds during the Tour-year period of the program. Feehan also stressed Uwt the bond plan debt service requirements do not, in the State Chamber’s view, appear to place any undue burden upon State financial resources. • New Jersey enjoys a "triple A" bond rating - the highest available, he noted. "Hiere's n<$ question that this bond program constitutes /a worthwhile investment on behalf of present and future citizens of New Jersey. The needs are there and this program provides a comprehensive, business-like means of meeting many of them within a reasonable-period of time". Feehan con-

cluded.

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•4. « \ CPR Recertification

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More Beach Erosion

Answers Needed

by Donald T. Graham, Assistant Commissioner for Natural Resources of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection The remnants of Hurricanes David and Frederic have come and gone and thanks to a quirk of nature New Jersey’s 127 miles of beaches, which provide recreational opportunities for hundreds of thousands of .metropolitan area visitors/ are still Intact. / It might/not have been .that way,/for had those storms moved up our coast instead of turning inland, their 5h-mile-per-hour winds and accompanying high tides would have coused coastline damage reminiscent of other serious coastal storms. Those storms were a dramatic lesson that man should be mighty careful about tampering, with nature's j>wn defense.' Depsite man’s extensive and expensive efforts to contain the natural erosion of our shores, those storms vividly demonstrated how frail and ineffective our efforts have been. Fortunately, former Hurricane David caused little damage to our shoreline, but its presence did help us once again focus on the very serious problem of shore protection. The fact of the matter is that for at least the past two decades. New Jersey losses about three feet of its shoreline each year thanks to erosion caused by actions of the wind, the waves, and the natural drift of the water. Studies have shown that from Barnegat Inlet south, the natural drift of the ocean is towards the Delaware Bay, and from the inlet north, the drift is generally towards Sandy Hook and Raritan Ba. So what happens during a major storm is that the sand is swept from the beaches and carried by the drift from one beach Ja another, or, as is usua^ $10 million for the clean up of the harbors and rivers, and $20 million for beach

erosion control. We are now having prepared a master plan to outline present and future steps the state must take to control beach erosion. This matter plan is being developed by the con'sulting firm of Danes & Moore and will be completed during the spring of nextyfear. In addition to examining the effectiveness of present control measures such as groins, jetties and seawalls, the engineer will make recommendations concerning the dredging of the ocean floor for sand replenishment, the construction of new sand dunes, and new controls on land uses of property adjacent to the shore. The outlook for beach erosion is not especially encouraging /It has been our experience that we are powerless to completely halt the erosion, but we can slow it down and in some cases control it. But for the efforts to be successful, the problem must he tackled on a cooperative basis, which is sometimes difficult for the shore municipality which under present law is required to put up one half of the funds needed for shore protection projects. The present law requires the affected municipality to share equally with the state in the coast beach erosion projects, and this is often too large a pill for a small town to swallow. At present, discussions are underway in the administration and the legislature of the state to revise the formula to permit the state to assume a larger share of the costs. We are also hopeful that in the forseeable future, the 'state may become eligible to receive federal funding for shore protection projects. I In the meantime .we in thd Department of Environmental Protection are continuing to expand and upgrade existing shore protectioif structures not only to keep erosion down to a minimum, but hopefully to keep our sands of summer from heading out to sea.