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Cutback in Gov’t Funds Concerns County MUA

SWAINTON — Less government construction money will be available in the future and the competition for those funds will be great, the county Municipal Utilities Authority learned last Wednesday from George Marinakis, MUA executive director. Federal cutbacks have reduced New Jersey's share of the water pollution control funds available thru this fiscal year by $68 million, Marinakis explained. The federal Environmental Protection Agency recently received approval to rescind $1.7 billion of the previously appropriated $3.7 billion budgdt for construction grants. HE WAS BRIEFED on the grant impacts at a meeting convened by the New Jersey Dept, of Environmental Protection in Cherry Hill on Wednesday. "Exactly how the reduction of funds will impact on our projects is not fully known,”

Marinakis related. "And to furhter confuse the situation at this time, the state’s priority list is presently being challenged in court." ACCORDING TO Marinakis, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Congress are seriously considering the elimination of funding for new collector servers, reserve capacity, rehabilitation of old sewer systems and correction of combined sewer overflow pollution discharges. MUA chairman John Vinci, responding to the proposed cutbacks in funds said, “Looking back, for the Cape May Region, if we had funded the project ourselves, without federal funds, we would have spent 25 per cent less money because of the costly federal regulations and it would have been completed three years ago.

, Nlitln OLD-FASHIONED hoop rolling was a popular event during last Saturday's annual Victorian Fair at the Physick Estate. Cape May — just ask any of these youngsters.

Mall Set To Mark 10 Years

Clown Show For Cancer Society

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CAPE MAY - The city pauses from its busy summer resort season at 6 p.m. today to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Washington Street Mall. City officials, merchants and others of the 1960's and early 1970’s who hadihe vision to create the Mall and rescue Cape May's downtown business district, will be recognized. THOSE WHO par ticipated in the original dedication ceren\ony June 24, 1971, have been invited to return for the 10th Anniversary reunion. All interested citizens of the city, summer residents, and visitors ^re welcome to attend the early evening rededication ceremonies in the 400 block of the Mali: Mall' merchants are celebrating the 10th Anniversary with special sales, discounts, and other activities. ALREADY SCHEDULED arc paving of Carpenter’s Lane, renewal of other streets serving the Mall, restoration of some of the decorative ..Mall sidewalk squares damaged in 10 years of heavy traffic, and the start of an annual Tulip Festival to enhance the beauty of the Mall All of these efforts wil get underway in September. The Mall is Cape May’s original downtown shopping aistrict, still intact. Most of the original shop buildings once fronted wooden sidewalks and dirt streets, busy with horsedrawn wagons, whaling ship captains, vacationing Victorian gentlemen, and parasoled ladies. THE SHOPS HAVE seen the times change but remain essentially the same, and represent a good example of commercial architecture of the Victorian era. Washington Street has been "downtown" to Cape May’s citizenry for well over a century. The little downtown has been seriously threatened several tianes by devastating fires. The Great Fire of 1878, which

leveled five solid Cape May’s olds; and homes, took v Centre House 1850) which stood on the ocean side of Washington St. between Jackson and

Perry Sts.

THE HISTORIC district contains the largest concentrartion of Victorian (late 19th Century) architecture in America, a fact which was recognized in May, 1976 with the designation of the entire ci-

THE CENTRE HOUSE . ty as a National Historic

Hotel was replaced with Landmark

store-front buildings, then extending the shopping district to Perry Street. In December. 1976, in the midst ofV Christmas revelry, fire destroyed the other side of the same block. The block was quickly rebuilt with attractive shops that were open for business-as-usual for the following surpmer season. IN ADDITION to its charming old buildings, the Mall boasts several ar chitecturally significant buildings, including: The New Jersey Trust and Safe /Deposit Bank building ' %i 895), Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church (now Star of theSea -1911), and the Congress Hal Hotel

(1879).

Part of its attraction i$' the fact that the Washington Street Mall is; situated in the heart of. Cape May’s historic • district and within two blocks of the Atlantic

Ocean.

Equestrian Courses On POMONA — Two courses in Professional Horsemanship Training will be offered 6 to 8 p.m. today through Sept. 2 and 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow through Sept. 3 by Stockton State

College.

The technical, professional and administrative skills taught are geared for utilization on breeding farms,-racing farms, show stables, race tracks, training stables and equestrian

schools.

For information call Yvonne Geeve, Office of Academic Affairs, Stockton State College,

652-1776

Cape May is one of only two entire communities in the country so designated while other Landmarks •focus on one building, site! neighborhood: ordistrict.

RIO GRANDE - The Children and Clowns Crusade for the Fight Against Cancer will sponsor a clown show Saturday in the Wildwood High School Auditorium. CHILDREN VyilO help by collecting for the Cancer Society-with cans provided* by the Hoffuagles will be admitted free to the 3, p.m: show by arriving with their American Cancer Society. Can. There will be prizes for collectors For^tc^ets. cans or fur-

ther information call the Cape May County Unit Office of Thp American Cancer Society at 886-1154

or Bob Hoffnagle in North 'Wildwood at 522-4151 All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society

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