Fishermen Tace Hind in Health Care News-^i£

thru St*wart Tweed Commercial fishermen have a health care crisis. For almost 200 years (from 1790 to 1981) most commercial fishermen on documented U.S. fishing vessels have . qualified for free medical care from Public Health Service «PHS) doctors, M clinics and hospitals. This care was provided to qualified 7 fishermen who were injured or got sick while on land or at sea. As a result of these benfits, these fishermen in the past have paid little Attention to their need for private health insurance coverage. THE FISHERMEN'S NEED for health insurance has changed in*198l. During this past summer, the Reagan administration discontinued free medical care for

After nearly 200 years, * f^ee medical care for fishermen js ended Fishermen and other seafarers and closed many of the PHS facilities. What impact will this action have on commercial fishermen? Beginning immediately, it means that fishermen who deed care will have to obtain and pay for their health care from privade institutions. In order to pay for this care, fishermen who have not had*private insurance in the past, should now ihvestigate the types of health insurance coverage that are available to them. After evaluating these

plans, fishermen should select the plan that provides the benefit coverage they need at a cost they can afford. A RECENT National Fishermen editorial (November 1961) predicted tlwt ■ the Reagan administration's actions will have a major impact on a fishermen’s P&I insurance. The editorial stated that the Marine Insurance Co., will now have to "bearthe full brunt" of health care cost for fishermen injured aboard ship. These increased costs will lead to higher P4I insurance premiums and unfortunate-i •ly. .may cause captains to lower their insurance coverage. This is a dangerous decision because Injuries inevitably occur and the vessel’s owner-operator could be (Page 13 Please)

CAPE MAY COUNTY

Vol. 17 No. 1 nil MowovtCarp All rf

January 6,1962

Prominent Residents Heading Up Fund Drive

COURT HOUSE — Several prominent county residents were named last week to leadership positions in the $1.5 million fund drive for modernization and expansion of ' Burdette Tomlin Hospital. The appointments keep the momentum going on the fund drive, an integral part of the $33 million project to upgrade the only hospital in Cape May County, which opened Its doors over 30 years ago. "The willingness of these leaders to serve points up the countywide support that the Burdette Tomlin Hospital has received since the fund drive began," commented Robert J. Smeltzer of Cold Spring, chairman of the campaign. "We are confident that their efforts in helping us achieve our $1.5 million goal will be supplemented by others as the campaign progresses in 1982." r AMONG THE appointments ware attorney Louis Dwyer Jr. of Lower Township and businessman John JM. Davis III of Upper Township. They complete the 10-member fund drive steering committee which also includes James Billmeycr, Dr. G. Raymond Brown, William Waldron III, Alan Gould, Virginia Way, Henry Peddle and Jane Hartin. Jn addition, Smeltzer has named four persons to head up the fund drive efforts in their respective areas of the county. In addition to Mr. Davis, who will chair the Upper Twp. division of the drive, are County Surrogate W.' Robert Hentges of Court House, who will chair the Middle Twp. division; Councilman Harry Gilbert of Cape May, who will spearhead the drive in the Greater Cape May area south of the canal; and E. Warren Garretson, an advertising executive and former county (Page 28 Please) inside ANOTHER READER expresses an opinion in favor of Channel 12 over the NJPTV offering...?. 26 ADOPT-A-PET. The yuletide feature proved so popular and the need is so great that it will continue regularly....?. 20 A CURE FOR the common cold? This week's Mother Earth News column relates what’s worked for some....P. 27

NEW YEAR BABY Crystal Nicole yawns a greeting to 1982 in the arms of her'rnolher! Millie Edwards of Summer Ave.. Woodbine, the 7 16. 5 oz. infant arrived at Burdette

Tomlin Hospital 7:15 a.m. January I.

Pinelands Exemption Deadline Next Week

NEW LISBON — Pinelands property owners who wish to take advantage of the "grandfather" building exemption in the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan have until Jan. 14 to apply to Jhe

Pinelands Commission.

The plan's grandfather provision a^ows property owners in the outer Protection Area of the Pinelands to build homes during 1982 for themselves or their immediate * family on lots of one acre or more which meet CMP environmental standards. In Cape May County, the Outer Protection Area includes the northern half of Middle Township and virtually all of Dennis Township, Woodbine and Upper

Township.

The Plan also allows municipalities (hat

have completed their Pinelands planning revisions to incorporate a similar grandfather clause into their own local zoning ordinances after the Jan 14, 1982 expiration pf the state's grandfather provision Municipalities which choose not to revise their master plans and zoning ordinances to conform to the CMB will not be able to adopt a local grandfather ordinance, according to Pinelands Commission ex-

ecutive director Terrence Moore This exemption applies to propcVty.

owners in three subregions of the Protection Aren — the Forest Area, Rural Development Area, and Agricultural Pro-

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. ’ Week s UlgeSt Top Stories D^lay Trailer Tax TRENTON — Disappointed over the veto of his bill for a three-year extension to the moratorium on taxation of mobile homes. Assemblyman Joseph Chinnici (R-Cape May. Cumberland) nevertheless received a holiday present yjhen another bill calling for a one-year extension was signed into law, by the governor. While still contending that another extension will have td be enacted next year. ' the assemblyman said he was glad the moratorium—whiclvwill effect some 13,000 South Jersey mobile home owners—was extended for at least another year. » Thb first moratorium was imposed by the Legislature in 1979 after the state Supreme Court ruled that mobile homes are-real property, not personal property, and as such shoufd be taxed as real

estate.

MU A Alternatives? AVALON - Representatives from at least four county municipalities will meet here Jan 12 to discuss alternative ap proaches to the county Municipal Utilities Authority's sewerage proposals Officials/rom Cape May, Sea Isle City. Middle Twp and Wildwood have ac copied an invitation to attend the closed session where it is expected MUA’s proposed rate structures will be discussed Some municipal officials have express • ed concern over the wayMUA costs will br£ak down in charges to the individual consumer. While the MUA contends the average homeowner will be levied with a $90.to $140 per year sewage treatment costf. officials in Cape May and Avalon have performed their own calculations thrfl indicate the costs could lie two or three.times greater Coastal Western? NORTH WILDWOOD City Council has given its approval for a big-name country-westehi concert that could draw as many as 125,000 on the beach here next spring Bids will be received Jan. 8. for the lease of the beach from 15th to'22nd • Aves. for a May 22 country-western or country-rock concect. • Although city officials feel it is unlikely anyone else will want to lease the beach . •for May 22 at'the minimum bid of $100,000. competitive bids must be sought to meet legal requirements Seeks Rate Hike WILDWOOD The city is asking the state BPU to approve*a $680,000 rate in crease forThiers of the local water utility that will permit establishing a new rate structure While the increase is intended to upgrade and expand'facilities to meet peak summer demands, the proposed rate structure-effecting users in ■ Wildwood, North Wildwood, West Wildwood, Wildwood Crest and parts of Low^r and Middle townships is directed toward reducing peak demand Under the new rates, all users would piy an $80 minimum for 60,000 gallons of water, $1.40 per 1,000 gallons up to 100.000 gallons apd $1 64 per 1,000 galldns after that Currently, users pay $1 05 per 1.000 gallons after their minimums and as additional gallonage is used, the rate drops ■■ 1 ) Rezoning Favored SEA ISLE CITY - City Commission received little opposition last week to rezoning plans that will tighten controls over condominium development here Under the new regulations, some of the current business zones will In-come residential, allowing for single-family homes and duplexes, and a new busincss- > residential zone will be created where owners of businesses will be permitted to .live on premises. According to both CUy engineer, Andy Previti, and Commissioner J. Alan Gansert Jr., the new plan is needed to prevent development of multi-family dwellings in parts of the city where such use was never intended • . i i Page 28 Please i