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The Busy Season For Police Here AVALON - A* the number of summer visitors mcresM* the demand for* police services doe* also The traffic influx causes a me in both speed and. parking violations The police on patrol also have to check for Irash not properly placed in con tainers. dofi allowed to run loose, and other such nuisance problems During May, for example the department issued 45 motor vehicle summons and 32 parking tickets There were also 13 motor vehicle accidents investigated. ^ PATROLMEN handled 304 minor incidents during the month, which averages some 10 such calls per day A total of 92S residential checks 777 business checks and 52 bank checks were made

FOUR JUVENILE arrests were made, and there were 17 incidents of damage to property In addition; 19 sick or injured were assisted by police Chief Joseph Foley has noted to Borough Council that he can do nothing about complaints on trash unless the individual who makes the complaint is willing to sign a complaint form He is also having the dog catcher” in town more frequently to try to control the number ot dogs running loose He also reminded visitdrs that the speed limit In town is 25 mph

MUA-Gov’t Haste Could Save Millions

THIS OLD PIER now serves little more than a resting place for seagulls and a picturesque view for motorists and bicyclists traveling Stone Harbor Blvd.

May Ferry Traffic Up 16 Per Cent

During May, vehicle traffic on the Cape May

Authority Chairman Garrett Lyons praised

I-ewe* Ferry increased 18 former Chairman Clarence per cent over May 2 years McCormick for anagn ticipating (he need two William Miller Jr., vears ago for a fourth ferry

director of the Delaware vessel

River A Bay Authority. The new vessel, being noted during the monthly built in Norfolk, at an commissioners meeting In estimated cost of $10.6 New Castte. Del. that such million, is expected to be traffic increases generally completed and put Into experienced throughout the operation during the country summer of 1981 Chamber Adds New Members

COURT HOySE - Sixteen new members including two from outside the county, have been added to the growing mefhbership rolls of the ('ape May County Chamber of Commerce. The newest members include: Thomas Jewelers of Ocean City, Farrell Realty of North Cape May, Country Motel of Rio Grande, Jeffries Dodge of Marmora, 1st Eastern Realty of Court House,

Mariner Motel of Wildwood Crest, Jameswap Dept. Store of Court House, Suketu Nanavati. M.D. of Court House, Merwln Associates of Flourtown. Pa., Jack Eckerd Corp. of Rio Grande and Ocean City. Carroll Villa of Cape May, Wildwood Crest Motel Assn., South Jersey Tourism Council of Millville, Greater Wild wood Hotel/Motel Assn., Mahana Enterprises of North Wildwood, and Moray’• ^ of North Wildwood.

SWA INTON — A new federal Environmental Protection Agency "fasttracking" system which hns been applied to the planning grant application fnr Cape May Point’s local collection system "could save millions of dollars If it were applied to the Wlktwoods-Iiower Region in the MUA's project Mon)” according to George Mariqakis. acting director of the Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority. "We are pleased to see the federal agency doing It fnr Cape May Point but we would also like it tried other places." he told an MU A meeting last Thursdav. FART-TRACKING moans the EPA is required In comment on an application 45 days after receiving it. The $1.8 million Cape May Point collection svstem is a project the municipality must complete before it is able to connect to the regional wastewater treatment system of the Cape May County MUA The Point must submit the plan by mid-December. Mr Marinakis asked EPA officials earlier this month to consider applying the faster application svstem to the Wildwood-I-nwer Region.

••IT IR UNDER con sideratinn now by EPA," he explained. "After all, we've had the Step I planning grant request in since April and no action has vet been taken. Moat of our previous applications have wailed two months to

a yearfnra response." Delays in the WildwoodLower project are estimated to cost $1 million per month In increased construction cost*. Construction progress continues in the Ocean City Region, according to Ken Holm* t nip. Construction Coordinator fnr the MUA. “THE OCEAN outfall contractor has laid four 60ft sections so far." Mr. Holmstnip said. "He expects to really gear up now fnr laying 120 feet per day. At the treatment plant site, l.ono cu. yds. of concrete have been poured in the past three weeks and the carpenter force has quadrupled.” The Ocean Qty Region protect is scheduled for 1981 completion. Mr. Marinakis who reported to MUA has proposed to federal and state regulatory agencies that a second phase be undertaken to the cultural resource study in the Seven Mile Bbach-Middle Region "There are specific areas that should be considered." he related, “such as the shell middens (old Indian dump sites) where Crooked Creek crosses Route 9 and the pnssiblity of shipwrecks along the outfall corridor."

Library Has Film Hour For Family COURT HOUSE - The Cape May County Library will present a Family Film Hour every Tuesday evening beginning July 1. The programs will feature either full length films or a combination of shorter films and cartoons All showings, except Oliver fwhich starts at 7) begin at 7:30 p.m For more information, call 4657837 The schedule In-

cludes:

July t—Oliver; Julv 8—Octopus, Octopus; Cider Maker; Robt. Frost’s New England, and Perfect Day ; July I*—Legend of Lake Titicaca, Birch Canoe Builder. Football Funnies, and Automania 2000. And .Inly 22—The Golden Voyage of Sinbad; .hdv 29—Mysterious Inland; Aug. S—American on Everest. Bats to Village, and Betty RoopMoslac. Also Ang. 12—Beaver Valley. Bridge of Adam Rush, 18 Footers; Aug. 19-Captain Kidd; Chicken Come Home. Dear Kurt. Dream of Wild Horses. Ang. 2t—Come Clean. Fishing on the Niger, Ghosts of the Pine, and Hang Gliding.

C.D. Seeks Names Of Handicapped

AVALON - Civil Defense Coordinator Griffith Sloan would like all residents or summer visitors who are in any way handicapped to call in their names and addresses. In the event of a hurricane, flood, or other emergency, the Civil

Defense would like to be able to assist those unable to fully help themselves, including those in wheel chairs and heart patients. Invalids may call James Henry 9*7-3450 or Griffith Sloan 9*7-3442 and should keep these numbers handy ' in case of an emergency.

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