Herald & Untcfn 28 October frl

Prison Farming Project. Moving

COURT HOUSE - Sheriff Beech N. Fox an-, nounced today that the priaori farm program at the county jail is moving along on pchedule as had been

hoped.

Fox said that the plot of ground .adjacent to the county jail which will be used during the first year of operations will be plowed, fertilized and limed this week with the assistance of Rick Robbins of the Robbins and layers Farm of Goshen. Seeding for the rye grass cover crop will also be completed this

week, Fox said.

“We will be in good shape for the early spring plowing and planting of the basic produce and vegetables," Fox said. "Our first priority will be to supply the jail kitchen with sUch basic items as beans, tomatoes,, lettuce and cucumbers. "Any excess goods will be offered to other county institution kitchens such as the Crest Haven Nursing Home, the Juvenile Shelter Home and the Vocational Technical School." FOST SAID that the double purpose of the farm project is to reduce'kitchen expenses by supplying the much used produce and Jail Shutout Protested

Sheets

WILDWOOD-Lt. Ralph Sheets, Democratic candidate for sheriff, is wondering if his opponent is hiding somethign behind the walls of the County Jail. Recently, Sheets felt it was about time he toured the courUy Jail. A representative of the Sheets campaign committee contacted Sheriff Beech Fox and asked for permission to tour the jail A complex. That request was flatly denied with no reason

given.

"WHAT IS FOX hiding?" asked Sheets. "There is no excuse to deny me a tour at a time convenient tohim. He allows grade school children to tour, police officers to touf, but not

me."

Sheets went on to say "Maybe Fox doesn’t want me to see the telephones the prisoners have, or listen to the FM music that’s piped into their cells, or watch their televisions (hat are quickly replaced when a ’prisoner’ smashes one. I won’t even bother them for a doughnut that guards travel every morning to Mister Donut for, to * pamper the prisoners."

By

vetetable type items and to keep as many prisoners busy working as possible. "Anything that can be> done using manual labor will be accomplished that way," Fox said. "Those of us with experience know full well that the greatest enemyof any penal system

is idle time."

Fox said he has been greatly assisted with the jail project by county agricultural agent John MacLeod as well as the senior staff at the Leesburg State Prison system, who maintain a large prison

farm.

To Discuss Questions

FOR HEROIC RESCUE. Patrolman Lawrence Champion (holding plaque) was honored by Sea Isle City Board of Commissioners. At ceremony citing him for saving a 7-year-old boy from the surf were: Director of Public Safety William Kehner. Champion’s grandmother. Mrs. Bessie Klitnch. and his mother. Mrs. Bettv Champion. .

) . SEA ISLE CITY - •Commissioner William Kehner has called an open meeting at 7:30 tonight in the Public-Safety Building on Kennedy Blvd ’ ^ "There are many im- t porta nt questions on the ballot this year," Kehner stated, "and many of them are very confusing. Many of them will have a direct effect on the way we wHI live here in New Jersey for many/years to come, and I thought it important » have an open meeting to discuss these questions in a non-partisan wa y^ "THERE, IS AN im portant question on riparian claims by the

state, that if not passed, will give the state the right to claim nearly every property in Sea Isle. City. There is an important question concerning our senior citizens, another of frniing, plus several

others," Kphner continued.

’i am now attempting to line up some non-partisan specialists on each of these qdestions, so that the ballot questloas can be explained to the •satisfaction of everyone present." Kehner continued. "This meeting is Tor the sole purpose of explaining i the all important ballot questions, and no local partisan politics will be discussed "

28, October 1981

A. James Kane 304 N. New Jersey Awe., North Wildwood, N.J.

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regarding our island s future. v . o,., , h .r"x, as Quebec and Flon , y hosoitality and recreation athere is to enjoy the virgin beaches, fine motel and mosphere provided by th nrofessional family enhotel accommodations t ^ £ e so p e rior citizens of North tertainment centers, a p OSS ible. Take away any one of rh^ra^^andour island loses its attractive personality.

On Tuesday. November

faced with the option °f P r ® s ® ? the character of our ensonality, or destroying ♦ by cha g^ ^ wj|1 have t comp ete

tertainment centers to p , n , an d similar licensed

with themselves. By forc '"9 unrea |i s tic early hour, the proposed \ establishments to close „, nh |i s hments to reschedule prime-time

new law will cause *hese establishments ^^ ^

' activities for early event g . our own boardwalk, ’ petition with the pnme-tim a|th anc | unC alled-for comdining, and shopping sp • ^ attractiveness to future petition ^ c h«th.sno lyh redudng ,he opportunity for

vacationers to Norm vvuuwuu,

you ’reduce the opportunity ^^^rreactions V Proposed laws like this "'^ assessment and • Jt in loss of jobs, and the a severe blow to the cre ate hardships for total economy of ’^d oLlice department who will now be an already over-burdened police aep ^ the sam e t.me , asked to enforce an awkward ^ g ru|es and

control crowd movements and enforce

regulations all at the same our ^ ^ tWnk about,the harm- ' With this concern in mind a PP J wl ,| have on us, and I ful consequences this proposed^ |o ^ tain its

urge you to vote NO attractive personality.

Thanks,

A. James (Jirnmy ies ., dent and has been comments hv mail or phone (522-7414). —