THE STRATUM ERE Flounder Tournament, this year on July If. la becoming a family affair, with entire clana signing up at well as Individual aporUmen. Here, for example, the Garrison family of Morristown go over details of the tourney with dock matter Bill Chambers (sunglasses) and Mary Chambers (front center) at Larry’s Dock.

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WASHINGTON - The fatality rata for recreational boating acddenta increased slightly last year after reaching an all-time low in ItTt, the U S. Coast Guard reports. Coast Guard statistics show 9.7 boating fatalities for every 100,000 beau In 1970 compared with a

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faUlity rate of 9.4 in 1978. Total fatalities last year reached 1,400 - up 79 from the 1978 total. LAST YEAR, 6,934 boats were involved in 5,368 accidents, according to reports filed with the Coast Guard. In 1978, 8,576 boats were involved in 6,529 reported mishaps. Hie Coast Guard attributes about one-half of the decline in booting accidents to a change in reporting criteria. Boating regulations previously required that reports be fildd On all accidents involving 8100 or more in damages. The amount was raised last year to 8200. BOATING ACCIDENTS in 1979 caused injuries to 2,483 persons and 816,681,500 in property damage. Total injuries were up at least 15 percent from any previous year while property damage rose 35 percent. Coast Guard officials again attribute the apparent increase in injuries to new reporting criteria. In 1979 all injuries requiring medical treatment beyond first-aid were required to be reported. •Previously, the Coast Guard had to be notified if a person lost consciousness or received medical treatment, only if the person was disabled for more than 24 hours. PROPERTY DAMAGE, while down overall in 1979, increased nearly three-fold for accidents involving damage to property valued at 880,000 or more. There were 18 accidents of this magnitude id 1978 and 53 in 1979. Damage from these miahaps touted 81.7 million in 1978,88.2 million in 1979. This increase, together with the impact of inflation on boat values, may account for the large Jump in total property damage last year. Fires and explosions caused 24 of these boating accidents in 1979, up from five in 1978.

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Pro-Am Bike THE WILDW0008 - The International Pro-Am Bike Race on Sept. 27 and M will bring more foreign and domestic bikers to the Wildwoods than ever before, according to the

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“These ardent cyclists will be vying for 815,000 in prizes,” said Ms. Katherine Cramer, president and promoter of the international bike race." In addition, solid gold, sterling silver and bronze medals will be a warded for some events.

Race Sept. 27, THE EVENTS of tbit WMkend will attnet thouundo of opectotoro at did Last year'a melting racoa,” Ms Cramer continued "We are anticipatlng over 500 national, Olympic and world races champions to be here." Many motels and hotels will be offering off-season rates as part of a Wildwoods Weekend GeUway. THE WEEKEND of racing will begin with opening ceremonies at 9 e.m, Saturday, Sept. 27.

28 immediately followed by the Veteran end Masters Race. The race will be a 52 kilometer course Other races that day are scheduled approximately two hours apart. The mein event for the weekend will take place Sunday afternoon at 1:45 with the. running of the 100 kllometerf62« mile) race Winners of this event will share 90,000 in prizes and medals. They will peddle their cycles the equivalent of 1214 times around the Wildwoods resort island

from North Wildwood, Ihnaigh Wildwood and into Wildwood Oert. The actual course will be * 15 mile conhinstlon Boardwalk - Ocean Avenue course.