Wednesday, July 2,1*80

The Herald and The Lantern

by JMmetf • O'Moy

Club’s Efforts Highly Visible Pretty Posies Everywhere! The gals of the Garden Club of Stone Harbor have made certain that our town is aglow with beautiful blooms. This summer they have planted crimson begonias, dusty miller, marigolds and cannas on six islands along Second Avenue, in addition to the center islands maintained by the borough. The plantings now extend from 90th to 102nd, and next summer flowers will adorn another six or eight islands. ' Seven hundred plants were needed for the six new islands. OUR GARDEN CLUB first met on December 11,1977, at the firehouse, and Henry Vance of the Gate House Shop was the initial speaker with a demonstration of flower arranging. There were 25 members enrolled at that time and the number has grown to 100. They are a busy bunch, with many activities planned for September through June. Bus trips have been made to the Doris Duke Gardens, Longwood Gardens and the Philadelphia Flower Show. On the agenda this October is a trek to Winterthur Museum. MANY OUTSTANDING programs have been presented to the Garden Chib, among them such knowledgeable horticulturists as Roy A prill of Learning’s Run, and Larry NewboM of the Extension Service, as well as interesting talks about herbs, bonzai, African violets and orchids. Martha VandePol was the lady who selected the plantings fbr the original six borough islands, and since 1976 Nancy Ritchie and Jan Crego have performed this service. Mrs. Ritchie, as president, has a very capable roster of co-workers. JEAN CHRISTIE is her v.p., Jane Owings, is secretary, and Jan Crego treasurer. Committee heads are Alberta Pain and Florence Coyle, hospitality; Anne Townley and Dorothy Petnuzo, membership; Dede Harris, island beautification; and Ramona Wilson, publicity — assisted by Al Westhoff with his trusty camera. Come September, The Garden Club will again be busy planning the season's activities. A sale of garden plants and flowers in the spring helps to raise money for the beautification projects. If you love the beauty of nature (and who doesn't?) and have a green thumb (if you haven't, you can grow one), join the club. A thing of beauty is a iov forever!

‘Power Grab’ (From Page 1) , now carried out by the governments of Atlantic city and surrounding communities, possibly extending into Cape May and Ocean Counties. Declaring that the proposal is "typical of the arrogance of power we have come to expect from Trenton these days,” Hughes said it would represent "the most direct assault we have seen to date on the principal of elected local government, and the separation of responsibilities among local, county and state officials." ACCORDING TO the Ocean City attorney, "We are still reeling from the unveiling of a plan to place most of South Jersey under 3^acre zoning. The people of South Jersey are losing their property rights, and now it appears they will be losing their voting rightaas well as locally elected officials are replaced by state-appointed bureaucrats. / "I cannot imagine," he continued, "what prompted a power grab of this magnitude. I am incredulous that the concept of a partnership among different levels of government has seemingly evaporated overnight. "I FRANKLY don't know what South Jersey has done that is so wrong, or who we have failed so miserably, as to justify this unprecedent string of proposals to strip local governments of their traditional powers,” Hughes declared in a press release. He cited CAFRA, the Wetlands Act, Section 206 Water Quality standards, and the A-95 review process, as among a few of the numerous programs that exert major restraints on the rights of local government and property

owners in southern New Jersey. HE ADDED that the draft Pinelands plan, Sole Source Aquifer designations, the Energy Facilities Siting bill, and the proposed Dunes Protection Act, now under active consideration, "would only add further to the morass of overlapping, duplicious, and often oppressive restraints that already exist. "Taken as a whole, these proposals are a direct insult and challenge to the rights of everyone who calls South Jersey 'home,'" Hughes asserted. "THERE 18 NO question but that South Jersey will need regional planning and reasonable restraints to prevent haphazard development, because we do not want the same unplanned sprawl that is so much in evidence in the northern part of our state," he said. "We have already made substantial progress in these areas, as exemplified by the recent fourcounty transportation planning effort. "But these proposals such as the latest one for a superagency, amount to an almost absolute takeover by unelected regulators who, in many instances, will not have to live with their Own heavy-handed decisions, r "SOUTH JERSEY has preserved its environmental resources and is looking forward to a bright future of balanced growth, decent year-round jobs, and overall economic progress," Hughes continued. "We have done this in spite of decades of neglect from Trenton, which has often been indifferent to both our needs and the substantial contribution made by South Jersey to the economy and treasury of the state. "We neither want, need nor deserve this type of shabby and condescending treatment from Trenton," Hughes concluded.

Heading College’s Cape Ext.

S. COLD SPRING — A local resident has been named the first director of Atlantic Community College’s Cape May County Extension. Yesterday was the first day on the job for William H. Knouff (pronounced ‘Noff’) of the 1100 block of Wissahickon Ave., between Schellenger Landing and the Cape May Canal. SINCE HE had yet to assume his new position when interviewed briefly on Monday, Mr. Knouff declined to speak on specifics of the extension s fall program. He did, however, comment on the outlook of the Jersey Cape extension of the Atlantic County-based community college. ACC has reported a decline in fulltime enrollment which school officials attribute to an increase in casino-related job opportunities plus the college’s offering of noncredit, leisure time activities which are increasing in popularity. WILL DECLINING fulltime enrollment have an adverse effect on the Cape May County Extension? , Mr. Knouff replied by pointing to his appointment as the extension's first fulltime director as an indication that ACC was gearing up to providing .secondary education opportunities to Jersey Cape residents. Prior to his appointment, the college

had only an in-county representative CAPE MAY and Hun terton County in central ,New Jersey are the only counties in the state without a public college Cape May County opted more than a decade ago for a vocational school in an effort to increase job skills and decrease unem payment in! the resgrt economy. Since then, the Cape May, CountV' Vocational-Technical Center expanded tremendously in both program offerings and physical plant. THE NEW director of the Cape May County Extension for ACC has been a Jersey Cape property owner for more than 20 years and is familiar with And Then Was Wild Wiki Woodie has arrived in the Wildwnods. Whatis Wild Woodie? Actually, he's about 8 ft. tall. 6 ft round, and has the charm and appeal of a PhilllePhanatic. The larger-than-life character is the brain child of North Wildwood's- A.J. Kennedy and Slawka Ogodchuk. In bringing him (it?) to reality, they motivated 60 area merchants into entering a coupon booklet arrangement — a concept which has been used successfully in resorts such as San Francisco and Ft. tauderdale. The booklet of moneysaving coupons, available

the area despite not having worked here previously. The Knouff s renovated their home here about a year ago. Before joining ACC, Mr Knouff served as superintendent of schools for the Daniel Boone School District and as assistant to the president of Montgomery County (Pa.) Community College. In addition to administrative positions in secondary education, he was also a teacher with the Merchantville (N.J.) School District Mr. Knouff holds a B.A. from Central College in Fayette. Mo., and an M S. in education ad ministration from Lehigh University. * There Woodie for $4 from many local merchants, is designed to save vacationers between $200 and $300 if used completely A special offer is being made to potential vacationer*! to the Wikiwoods. featuring discount prices of $3 to anyone sending for their discount booklet in advance. $3 check or money order may be sent to Cape May County Super Saver.237 Seahreere Court. North WiMwooH.N.I.ftSZflO. Wild Woodie may he seen nightly on the Wildwood Boardwalk or at any of the special events. He has been invited for several guest appearances throughout the Delaware Valley.

(From Ptfe 1) supply. THE 296 program in Cape May County is currently in what is termed the "continuous planning phase " The objectives for this time period are to implement the septic management program and, in addition, to develop programs for marinas, surface runoff, wastewater reclamation and Pinelands coordination Some environmentalists will argue that one way the county could steer clear of a water shortage would be to limit population growth in general. BUT MR. JARMER doesn't share that opinion "As A professional planner, I perceive my role as one which deals with environmentally bazar dous issues, such as the water supply problem, by effectively managing the problem itself — not simply by telling other people to go away," he said.

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