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WASHINGTON - Congressman ^Bill Hughes is pleased live Coast Guard will be expanding its recruit training mission at Cape May by bringing recruits from across the nation into the New Jersey facility, but he isn’t so happy about Reagan Administration cutbacks in the Nation's Oldest Seagoing Servicq. Mr. Hughes, who was appointed last year to the Coast Guard Board of visitors, plans to visit the training base in the near future to inspect the facilities, and to meet with the commanding officers to discuss their plans for accommodating the new recruits. THE second-ranking Democrat on the Coast Guard Subcommittee, the congressman said, although he supports the expansion of the Cape May training center, he remains "greatly concerned" about the overall impaet of the administration's budget cuts for the Coast Guard. These budget cuts he maintains will make it "extremely difficult" for the Coast Guard to carry out its responsibilities in the areas of drug enforcement, search and rescue operations, ocean dumping monitoring, and enforce-

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The South Jersey lawmaker pointed out last week that he has already introduced legislation in the House which would provide additional funding for the Coast Guard, to lessen the impact of the recent budget cutbacks. Without this additionar funding, he “asserted, the Coast Guard will be forced to reduce its personnel force by some 3,400 uniformed members, decommission 10 cuttefs, and close 15 Coast Guard stations nationwide. AT PRESENT Hughes noted, about 70 new Coast Guard recruits enter the Cape May training facility each week for an eightweek training program. With the planned closure of

the training facility in Alameda, Calf., and consolidation at Cape May, . Hiis number should ihcrease to about 120 new recruits per week. He said the total number of trainees pit the center at any tinjc would rise froth about 560 to 960. Hughes said he has been advised by the Coast Guard that the existing facilities in Cape May are sufficient to handle the increase in personnel. Although no new facilities are envisioned at this time, he said some renovation will be undertaken at the center, and permanent staff at the base is expected to increase by 35 to 40 people. The Cape May facility is larger than Alameda. In addition. Mr. Hughes

‘Operation I.D.’ Slated

SEA ISLE CITY - The Police Department is offering a service to Citizens of the resort aimed at helping prevent robberies, and should they occur, making items easily identifiable in case they arc stolen The program. "Operation I.D.", is a systematic marking of all easily stolen valuables in residents homes. Upon request,

Boro Wants Clarification Of ‘Point’

STONE HARBOR - Ted Pain, administrative assis- • tant to the mayor here, has advised Borough Council to look into the federal government's designation of “Stone.Harbor Point" as off limits to development. His comments came during the Jan. 26 Borough Council meeting as he reviewed documents and a communication he had received earlier from the U.S. Dept, of Interior concerning its determination under the provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconcilation Act of 1981. THE Gist of the Ipw is

that those areas determined to be undeveloped barrier islands of the U.S. would henceforjh ( as of Oct. 1.1983) not be afforded protection under federally subsidized flood insurance Without the insurance protection potential, development on such lands would thereby be effectively precluded. According to Mr. Pain, the Interior Dept’s map showing the undevelopable section of Stone Harbor Point i.4n’t delineated clearly enough for officials to determine whether it includes the lands south of.

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pointed out the Cape May center has the advantage of being equipped to handle female recruits in the training program.

AVALON - The Police Department was kept busy during December checking residences for absentee owners. There were 1,373 checks of homes and 1,577

Fertility Workshop

COURT HOUSE - Because of an increased interest in natural methods of birth control, the County Planning Services will be presenting another workshop on Fertility Awareness. The workshop will be held at the County Health Department, Crest Haven Complex, 1 pm.. Feb. 17 Fertility Awareness is the process of being knowledgeable of physical,

hormonal and emotional changes that occur during the menstrual cycle. This allows a woman to become very atuned to the Cyclical changes that take place in her body and to determine her fertile time each month. For more information contact Dale. Watson, Family Planning Counselor, at 465-3181 ext/ 300.

business checks during the month. In December 64 motor vehicle checks were made as compared with 137 in November. There were no drug-related incidents or,, arrests. In November there were four automobile accidents and three in December and only one motor vehicle summons given for speeding. Four criminal arrests were made v Juvenile problems handled during November and December totaled nine. Throughout the month The department handled eight sick calls. 16 incidents of •property damages, 173 minor incidents, four fire calls and answered 17 war ning alarms

police officers will visit residents' homes with an engraving machine and assist - in marking items with an easily identifiable code. There is no charge for this service, which will be available 8 a m.-3 p.m. and 4-11 p.m. Feb 13 through 17 Residents are urged to contact the Police Department at 263-4311 for an appointment.

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122nd St. or south of 127th St. This is what Mr. Pain would like clarifed. BOROUGH officials and others have contended for some time that the municipality has the right to develop the area between existing development and the bulkhead line at 127th. Some other people, concerned only with the possible effects of development on the environment (i.e., bird life and ac- . celerated erosion), maintain the area between 122nd and 127th should be considered wetlands and not developed Local officials are also concerned with the possibility of federal government's usurption of authority, which the borough believes lies with the local and state governments. THE BOROUGH has already by ordinance and agreement with the state set aside the area south of 127th as a conservation area where development is out of the question for the foreseeable future. For the time being, then, the definition of Stone Horbor Point continues up in the air insofar as what specific area is and is not open to development under the federal delineation. That on top of the fact that there will apparently always be those who maintain “The Point” as already .partfally developed by existing homes north of 122nd St.

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A typographical error in last week's paper had that when the Training Center in Cape May finally receives all the recruits from the service’s only other "boot camp" in Alameda, Calif., which is being closed for economy reasons, there should be about 1,00 recruits here The Correct number is 1,000.

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