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Gypsy Moths Took Big Bite Out of Cape Solution: Parasites or Pesticides? (see Editorial Page) COURT HOUSE — According to Cape May County Agricultural Agent Larry Newboldf I960 was a record year for gypsy moth defoliation on the Jersey Cape with a total of 19070 woodland acres chewed up. •Min Kegg, entomologist with the N.J. Dept, of Agriculture, has completed an aerial survey' of the Garden Slate and has compiled statisUcs on Cape May County. Newbold related. , Of the tout defoliation (19,070), a total of 16,115 acres hat severe defoliation; 1,845 had heavy defoliation and 1,110 showed light defoliaUon Last year only 3,206 acres Were defoliated here. Here's the comparison ltM Im

acres acres

Upper Township l.oss sis

Dennis Township 8.738 Middle Township .T.ME

Lower Township I t »75 2 41 Woodbine T85 l|

Total is,070 J.lss According to Newbold, onsite inspections by state in-

•spectors will help predict defoliation in 19R] This inspection process will take place during the winter months

Homeowners who hsve experienced defoliation this

year should make sure their names and addresses are on file with their respective municipalities, the county agent emphasized so that gypsy moth inspectors can use the

information for defoliation projections in ISSl Push Septic Switch SWAINTON — The as a disposal site for septic

County Municiapl Utilities ••

Authority is pressing the state in the hopes it will relent and allow the MUA to use the Woodbine landfill

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1980

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wastes'NJnslead of the Lower Township MUA plant in the Fishing Creek section of the Township.

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u ’» attention ol the judges al last Saturday s Dog

Show In Rio Grande Park, sponsored by the Middle Township Recreation Dept. Ashley * “ven-year-old poodle "Odette" won first prize In the Funniest Dog category

*"< l Best Behaved - "Mlsly Dawn." Dave N.pter;

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Fair

To Aid

Zoo

COURT HOUSE - After long months of preparation, the Cape May County Park Fair will be a

reality this weekend

Saturday morning at 10 the park grounds will be transformed into a big, oldfashioned fairgrounds with rides, games, shows, displays, booths and dozens of other attractions for the entire family. The entire two-day gala is being held to benefit the park

Children’s Zoo.

Saturday and Sunday afternoons will be filled with square dancing, singalongs, reviews and demonstrations: Saturday. Aug. IS 1:30 North Wildwood Senior Group Square

Dancers:

2 Skip Kehr and the Four Moatccmbo; Sfm US Coast Guard Training Center Band; 5 Cape May Diamonds Dance & Song group; 5:30 Burgess Hamers Karate Demonstration; Sunday, August 17 1:30 North Wildwood Senior Group Square

Dancers,

2:30 Mt Laurel Regional

Ballet:

3:30 Sal Barbo, host of "Great Moments of Opera" onWCMC; 5 dape May Diamonds Dance & Song group; 5:30 Yvonne's All-Star

Review

AMUSEMENTS WILL include a baseball dunk.

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iruge jneasej Best In Show. ••WiffH," Nkole Dahlen. . ' (Page3P

Hughes Negotiates Compromise Dunes Protection Act

A Double Line of Snow Peace Helps Protect T%ls SectiM of 8<«w H#rbor Dune.

CAPE MAY — A meeting between Congressman Bill Hughes and top state officials has resulted in a tentative agreement on major revisions to the controversial dunes and shorefront protection proposal. According to the Ocean City lawmaker, the revised proposal calls for increased assistance to local units of government to give them needed resources to develop and enforce a model dunes protection code AT THE SAME TIME, the revised program would eliminate the most controversial provisions of the original Dunes and Shorefront Protection Act, such as confiscation of property which is 50 percent 6r more destroyed by a storm, or th* creation of a major new state bureaucracy, Mr. Hughes said. The tentative agreement was worked out at a closeddoor meeting here last week between Hughes. Assemblyman Robert Hollenbeck, the principal author of the original dunes act; Assistant DEP Commissioner Donald Graham; State Senator James Cafiero, and Assembly Members John Doyle and Hazel Gluck. "I AM VERY PLEASED with this revised approach towards protecting our dunes and beaches." Hughes stated. "The conditions along our coastline are very diverse and local units of government must ha^e enough flexibility to respond to individual shorefront problems. "Many coastal communities," he continued, "already have highly effective dunes protection laws, but others simply lack the resources and expertise needed to carry out such programs. Under this approach, the state will provide increased assistance to the local governments This will enable them to work together with the state in a (Page 3 Please)