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- ” tjPL//\ I , JUPIE. t, IVoU EVERY WEDNESDAY 8 1 ■ CORTORATHW, P Q, BOX 0, AVAt Pinelands and Casinos Seen Funneling Year-round Growth - Three Jersey Cape preservation. The new master Dlanthreatrna fn nhlitomta . ✓ ■ __

preservation. The new master plan threatens to obliterate

the economic benefits of casino gambling

TIIE ., E PT_ OK COMMUNITY AKFAfRS estimates

1 ‘■ ,1 J "* ~~‘e a need for new housing of

r~”: 12 casinos are In operation in Atlantic City Pinelands Commission officials say they have provided areas to accommodate casino growth but the designated growth areas are so small that property values in the area are beginning to skyrocket already. ... A spokesman for the (commission's! consultant was quoted as saying that the casino housing shortage wiii push housing prices so high that senior citiiens living as far AU/AV AC cstlltharn rUrsnnrs ill u : .. . ,

TRENTON — Three Jersey Cape

a epresentatives from two levels of- govern- uw economic oenemaoi casino g ment called upon the state last Thursday to -v THE dept, of communc delay implementation of the Pinelands tha t <**‘00 gambling will create Commission Plan and to give greater consideration to ab <^ ^.OOO.imita by tha time II

the plan’s impact on the Jersey Cape.

Here are excerpts from the statements of two state legislators and -a county freeholder prepared for presentation before the Natural Resources and the Agriculture and Environment Committees of the State

Assembly:

Assemblyman James Hurley

I am in agreement with the announced plans for the preservation area This unique core, under which the great aquifer is directly situated, should be perserved However, I do have concerns about the project plans

elsewhere.

The extraordinary land and power grab outside the preservation area must be reexamined ... More than one million acres isn’t justifiable from any scientific,

geological and engineering data I have seen ..

THE AREAS SET ASIDE FOR growth need to be expanded. The proposed Transfer Right concept is unclear and unworkable. You need to carefully focus on the

Pinelands Commission's role and function...

The new map clearly draws the battle lines of two conflicting state interest groups, casino gambling and environmental preservation. Both of these interests are

powerful and an essential part of the state.

I believe the overzealousness of the Pinelands Commission tips the scale too far toward environmental

— iw mi iwwai u « Is Agriculture Polluting Cape Water Supplies?

COURT HOUSE - Freeholder Gerald Thornton of Villas has called upon the State Health Dept, to monitor the ground water in Lower Township for possible chemical pollution. The freeholder director of health for the county, Thornton’s request to state Health Commissioner Joanne Finley came three days before an article approved in Sunday’s Newark Star Ledger reporting that traces of potentially harmful chemicals have been found in almost all of the state's drinking water supplies. MR. THORNTON'S request of the commissioner was in response to the department’s May 27-released report on the state’s investigation into birth defects in Cape May County which found no connection between the defects and the insecticide spraying of the chemical Sevin, and to the fact the state was concluding its investigation into the in-

cidents.

In a letter to Dr. Finley, Mr. Thornton blasted the Health Dept., saying the report lacked depth and failed to even attempt to identify the cause(s) for the defects. "ADVANCED TESTING

of the ground water in the Lower Township area is absolutely necessary at this time,” according to

Thornton.

"Eight of sixteen wells tested in the Cold Springs area have shown Nitrate (Page 32 Please)

* o r- mai rcmui iiiitcna jiving us far away as southern Ocean County will be prices out of their homes. (The consultant] also believes that vacation homes along the coast will be sold to casino employees as

year-round housing.

THIS SHIFT FROM SENIOR citizens and seasonal housing to family housing will cause hugh new demands on the existing infrastructure and surely drive the local

tax burden up.

The latest and most bizarre side effect of dissatisfaction in southern New Jersey is a suggestion that South Jersey

secede...

I oppose this rush into an August. 8 raUficatton date ... I can see no emergency situation here. I have legislation in draft form to hold the implementation of this Pinelands Master Plan until January 1,1882. Assemblyman Joseph Chinnici ...LETS FACE IT, THIS entire proposal has been hastily conceived without weighing the implications for South Jersey. Can we afford to write off a huge section of South Jersey through a hasty decision. I say this is a serious mistake... The casino employees cannot afford to build in Atlantic City or its immediate suburbs because it is simply too expensive. If they try to build to the north or west of Atlantic City, they run into the Pinelands core area where restrictions are impossible to overcome. Therefore, the pressure of housing generated by the casinos is forcing itself southward into Cape May County and particularly into the shore resort communities. A good example of this is Ocean City where apartments and homes which were previously used by summer tourists are being purchased and converted into year-round dwellings for casino employees. PROGRESSIVELY. THERE IS LITTLE or no room left for summer tourists and this is resulting in a tremendous change in the local economy. If it keeps up there will be fewer tourist dollars flowing into Cape May County ... The (Page 32 Please) fi y

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NEW RECORD beats by over IB lbs. the former state drum fish title. Here, the Gloucester County angler who caught the ‘giant minnow' applied the tape during the

official weigh-in.

Record Drum

Over 100 lbs.

LOWER TWP. - A 102 3/4 lb. black drum not only set a New Jersey state record for a Clarksboro, N.J. angler, but it also won him $760 as first prize in the annual Lower Cape Optimists club Drumfish tournament May 25. John R Tnmbcltv. 37, an employin' of the N.J Department of Traraportation, has been fishing Delaware

Bay for drum since he was to years old

His suite record fish was one of over 100 fish caught in the overnight Optimists Club tournament It was weighed In at Jim's Bait and Tackle, Cold Spring and was also

entered In the Cape May County Fishing Oontesl

The current state record at 92 lb. is h<fld by Hcrschell

Layton of Millvilfe.

IT IS THE LARGEST BLACK drum fver entered in the 45-year old county tournament The flah will be processed for state record consideration by the .county's Public

Affairs Dept.

Bumbelty was fishing with Fred Signore of Washington Township, N J. It was one of Uie drum caught on Signore's boat. Summer Breeze. Signore caught the other a 36'4

pounder.

The record drum measured 57 inches In length and had a 17 Inch girth. It was caught east of 14 ft. Light In Delaware Bay on surf clam bait and 50 lb. test line OVER MS ANGLERS PARTICIPATED in the event Proceeds from the »S entry fee were split with the winner and the Optimist Club Youth Fund getting *160 each. Second place in the Tournament went to Harvey Hendrlckson of Pemberton, with an 80 lb black drum; third prize went to Bill King of Palmyra, with a Wo lb. black drum. Winner of Uie drawing prize was Jim IHColi of Cape May. , All three anglers won rod and reel combination outfits