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To Aid Bike Trail Planning

W. CAPE MAY - Local resident John Kwssnieski is one of six senior intern* from Stockton State College. Pomona, who will survey bike trail planning and potential in South Jersey

The interns, who are ma joring in the college en- ^ vironmental studies program, will gather informa-.

tidn from county and Mnmhers municipal recreation of- CAPE MAY — Members ficials and coordinate it of local Coast Guard Auxwith bikeway planning. IHary Flotilla 82 affected

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the lives and safety of over 130 persons during more than 250 manhours on patrol last year, according to information revealed during the flotilla’s annual Change of Watch Dinner, held Saturday night at the Officers Club aboard the Coast Guard Training Center. In citing the auxiliary for its services during the past year, the Coast Guard noted also that the value of craft assisted by the Auxiliary unit’s three patrols exceeded $437,000. During 1980, the flotilla amassed 260 manhours of duty while on 31 safety and regatta patrols (averaging 8Mi hours per patrol), and affecting l34^ersons in 37 search and l^cue assists. COMMANDER D.S. Gemmell. C.O. of Group Cape May, noted that this area of the United States is the second busiest in the world when it comes to Coast Guard involvement with the boating public. And it was also pointed out that with rising gasoline prices, the Guard and Auxiliary can expect a^ even busier 1981 boating season as more and more weekend sailors take to sailboats and double up in pleasure craft. The number of calls

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from weekend skippers out of gas can also be expected to increase, it was added. For its size, we are really busy,” flotilla Cmdr. John T. Lincoln noted after the dinner. “It’s astronomical," he said of the number of assists the flotilla and Coast Guard regulars and reservists are involved in during the

boating season.

LIEUTENANT Ken Fisher, commanding officer of Cape May Station, administered the oaths of office to the incoming flotilla officers. The occasion served as one of the final public functions for Lt. Fisher, who is leaving for a new duty assignment

in three months.

In addition to Cmdr. Lincoln, the former mayor of Lower Township, who is beginning his second year as head of the local flotilla; other incoming officers include Vice Cmdr. and material officer^ Bernard E. Wright of North Cape . May, retired from Atlantic Refinery in Philadelphia; public education officer Bob Welsh of Erma, a retired businessman; vessel examiner officer William Crouse of Villas, a retired charter boat skipper; operations officer Bob I Hill of Cape May, a semiretired executive; growth and retention officer and ur" secretary. Mel Ellis of Cape May, semi-retlred In real estate and insurance; publicity officer Augustine Steppacher, a summer resident of Cape May and owner of Elk Mountain near Scranton and a fuel oil distributorship; financial officer Lester Bieberbach Jr. of Villas, career coordination officer Russell P. Lincoln Jr. of North Cape May, also retired from Atlantic Refinery. Cmdr. Lincoln also serves as public relations and communications officer. THE FLOTILLA safety and regatta patrol units and their activity during the past year includes (by auxiliary patrol boat

designation):

Mowe-Cpt. Augustus Steppacher and crews John Lincoln, George Ellis, Bernard Wright, and Bob Hill: 140 manhours, 17 patrols, 28 search & rescue (SAR) assists, 91 persons on board (POB) assists, ajid value of boats assisted $333,010; Loveboat - <*>t. Russell Lincoln and crews John Lincoln and Bernard Wright: 63 manhours, 8 patrols, 7 SAR, 31 POB and

$82,000 value;

Lin rose —• Cpt. Lester Bieberbach Jr. and crew George Ellis: 6 patrols, 4 SAR, 12 POB, and $22,000

value.

IT WAS ALSO noted during the dinner that Flotilla 82, whose headquarters is on Yacht Ave., received the Operational and Flotilla CME Achievement Awards in I960 and 1979; and the Operational and Flotilla Metitorious Achievement Awards in 1978. The local flotilla logged almost 1,200 manhours last year; the quota is some 300 hours. (Former flotilla member Lester Bieberbach Sr. who manned Radio Town Bank logged over 500 hours himself.) The Courtesty Marine Examination (CME) Achievement Award requires | fulfilling a quota of 350 such

Cape May Flotilla provided over 500 on-botfrd exams. CAPTAIN James Kelly, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Recruit Training Center, presented the certificates to the incoming officers. In addition to Cpt. and Mrs. Kelly, other guests included CWO Wayne Carlton, of the CG Air Station, the base transportation officer and liaison officer between the Coast Guard and area Auxiliary flotillas; Lt. Fisher, Cmdr. Gemmell; and Herald and Lantern editor John Andrus. Mrs. John Lincoln and the wives of the other guests were also seated at the head table. Other guests included Bill Dischert of the Wildwood Flotilla, who is past commandant of Auxiliary Division 8; John Richardson of Villas, Division 8 captain; Division Vice Cpt. Harry Juckett of Villas; Ocean City Flotilla Cmdr. J. Royal Bradley and his vice Cmdr. George

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Division 8 includes Auxiliary flotillas in Cape May and Atlantic counties Flotilla 82 in Cape May was formed in 1943, three years after the start of the Coast Guard Auxiliary (which was originally known as the Coast Guard Reserve).

CG Housing Bids Sought CAPE MAY - The Coast Guard Training Center here is seeking bids for the construction of nine additional family housing units costing between $500,000

and $1 million.

The project includes three and four bedroom family housing units in two separate structures. All units will have solar hot

water systems.

OPENING DATE for bids is April 6 at 2 p.m. A pre-bid conference will be held at 1:30 p.m. April 2 in the contracting office in Administration Building

262 at the center.

Rate Boost Protested

COURT HOUSE - The county Board of Freeholders, by resolution, has urged the state Public Advocate’s office to investigate and audit the sudden increase in electric rates being charged by the Atlantic City Electric Co. The action was prompted, the freeholders said, by many complaints from county residents about the rate increase. Pointing out that fossil fuel prices are not regulated,- the freeholders assert that the rate rise is not justified by crude oil price increase and the cost of coal conversion genera-