A College on the Jersey Cape?

COURT HOUSE - A study is currently underway to determine the feasibility of building a facility and staffing it here to give the Jersey Cape a community college like many of the other counties in the state — but with a difference. Under study is the possibility of creating an annex of Atlantic Community College, probably located in the Crest Haven government complex here, according to Freeholder Jack Bittner, director of education for the county. ••QUITE A number of our residents attend Atlantic Community College (in ^lays Landing] and the thought was, since many of our counties provide community colleges, would it be practical for us, and would the public desire such a facility in Cape May County," he said Monday night. He described the possible county college annex here as a “relationship where we would put up the building and they would staff it. They have the administration and personnel." A committee, co^chaired by Ocean City attorney Joel Mott and Erma advertising executive E. Warren Garretson, is meeting monthly at the VoTech School and with top officers of the college. (Page 3 Please)

AS MASSIVE AS the one-million dollar price-tag are some of the pipes that will be used in Cape May City's long planned drainage improvement project. Here, a 4-ft. youngster peers into a 4tfc-ft. diameter pipe that will soon be placed beneath the ‘Frog Hollow' section of town, eventually

becoming part of a combination force main and gravity system which has been designed to quickly rM the area of storm water before flooding can begin in earnest. It will also carry off ocean flood waters, but won’t prevent serious flooding from the sea.

School District Elections Next Tuesday

Voters in school districts throughout the county will have the opportunity next Tuesday to decide on the expenditure of millions of dollars through local tax levies for the support of

education.

At the same time, the electorate will be asked to

vote for members of the local board of education. While school board members are officially officers of the state, they are usually considered the citizen’s local representative to the school district. Board members — sitting together as the board

DIAS CREEK 8CHOOLHOU8E will be razed, probably withla the week. Middle Township officials had began refurbishing the Interior with new paneling and wiring, bot vandals worked even qnkker, destroying or carting off the materials and breaking virtually every window. On Dias Creek Rd. near Rt. 47 In Dias Oeek. the building was last med by the county’s

Special Service School District. Once the building to razed, the site win be used to expand township recreation facilities as a playing field. Bids to demolish the old, but structurally sound, buildbig ranged from 91 to I4.SM. The owe-dollar bidder, who was awarded the contract, will make use of the value timbers.

of education, not as individuals — are empowered by state law to see that the school system is run properly by the school district superintendent and school administrators. THE POLLS in the March 25 election will be open from 5 to 9 p.m. Voters not certain about their polling place may obtain this information by contacting their local school board secretary. The annual school district elections traditionally attract few voters to the polls despite the million dollar tax levies involved and/or the contests tor seats on the board of education in many districts. Iri’this regard, the Jersey Cape electorate is little different from their counterpart throughout the rest of (he Garden State. STATISTICS show that of the almost three million eligible to vote in the Annual school elections, a little over 345,000 went to the polls last year — a voteK turnout of only fl

percert

"We Vannot be content to allow sWh a small percentage \}f the voting population tbdetermine the educational future of New Jersey’s childW "asserts Jeffrey Fiscmfr, president of the N.J^School Boards Assodajmi." We must increajfe voter turnout until

e representative of voters are in-

volved in choosing school district representatives. "I wonder," he continued in a NJSBA news release, "just how many voters realize the fiscal importance of participating in the elections Their impact on public education and management of the tax dollar is momentous

especially when you consider that the total cost for public education in New Jersey is over Mbillibn. BUT EVEN more important is the impact of the elections on the lives of more than one million of our children. "A member of the local (Page 20 Please)

How-To Workshop On Resort Trade Has Free Advice OCEAN .CITY — A free How-To workshop covering package tours, printing, hospitality and selling will be conducted by members of the New Jersey Travel & Resort Association here March 26. The Association will draw from the expertise of its members to offer a concise, "nuts and bolts” session following luncheon at the Flanders Hotel, 11th St and Boardwalk. Scheduled to begin the session at 1 p.m. is Bob La Torre who will speak on How to get the mo«t in hospitality from your people. Mr. La Torre is director of public relations for Seaside Heights and an instructor at Ocean County College. Prior to settling in New Jersey, he was vice president of a national marketing firm and lectured in 44 states over a 15-year period. He is a current viedpresident of NJTRA. HOW TO GET most for your printing dollar will be the topic presented by E. Warren Garretson, vice president of Coastling Advertising, who is also associated with Law’s Printing Company, Erma. Mr. Garretson and Robert Laws, president of the company, will discuss the differences between full-color and other methods of printing and how to stretch a printing budget. Mr. Gahetson is treasurer and a director of NJTRA. Mark Soifer’s topic will be How to package vacation plans. He has helped to establish successful senior citizen’s packages in Ocean City where he serves at public relations director. He has been the owner of a public (Page 3 Please)