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Recycling Expresses Her Talent

by I.lbby Dcmp Forrest MIDDLE TWP. — Ann Jennings wears a white hard hat on her curly brown hair when operating a forklift at the county Municipal Utilities Authory’s newly opened recycling facility on Rio Grande Blvd. It* is one of several hats she weafs as manager of the MUA’s new*program for municipalities, which will tufn whiskey and soda bottles, beer cans qnd newspapers into tax rebates as well as,energy savings. “I consider myself an environmentalist”. Jennings said as she walked through the cold, dismal warehouse in the former Menhaden fish processing plant which is being used to store, sort and compress recyclable trash trucked to the facility from North Wildwod, Stone Harbor. Sea Isle and the City of Wildwood. “I love getting up ip the morning and coming to work," she commented. shivering in her down coat. "I feel I'm very fortunate to havte landed such a fantastic job. I can express my talent through recycling." It may be a little difficult to imagine how piles of whiskey bottles and bales of newspaper can be viewed creatively, but Ann Jennings makes a convincing statement about the salvage operation: Paper might be sold to manufacturers who will recycle it into wallboard and insulation for beautiful new homes-. ‘You have to look beyond this material and say to yourself a better environment is going to come out of it," she said. Jennings thinks her credentials as an artist, therapist and supervisor were all taken into consideration for the salvage job. An admitted workaholic, she is willing to tackle a variety of tasks — including searching for a couple of "large, large cats. There are water rats around here." Ann said. Eventually she will be required to operate all the>nachinery in the salvage facility. She has used old bricks to pave a walkway to her office in a trailer alongside the old fish plant She is planning to use her lunch breaks and her green thumb to plant XPagel4 Please)

GLASSBORO — Several Cape May County High school studehLs attended a leadership seminar here last week provided by U.S. Senafor Bill Bradley — considered a potential contender for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Seniors Mary Handout and Daniel Christopher of ,Cape May and Lisa Heminway of Erma R6rk -*■ all from Lower Cape May Regional — and Wildwood Catholic senior Patricia Gibbons of Cape May, were among more than 140 South Jersey students to meet the senator and learn first-hand the difficult choices a legislator must make daily. The six-hour session was designed to provide students interested in public service. an opportunity to examine critical issues facing the nation. "LIFE IS A SERIES of choices." the senator told the young people, adding that, if his seminar helped them decidcv whan they want to do with their lives, he had accomplished his goal.

Quoting D.H. Lawrence Bradley said. "Amencans are always saying whai they are not but you can not truly be free until you decide what you want to be." In addition to hearing^ Uie senator, students attended group s*essions with members of Mr Bradley’s staff and discussed such topics as the military draft and national service, future energy concerns, the problem of hazardous waste and the environment, the future national social problems and American economic competivencss, and productivity. Although students Randour, Heminway or Gibbons aren’t planning to pursue careers in politics, they said after the session that they felt the day was really "worthwhile ” “IT .MAKES YOU REALIZE how hard if (Page 14 Please) A New Way To Measure AC’s Impact OCEAN (TTY — The Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority has come up with a rathqr novel way of showing the impact of nearby Atlantic City casinos on the Jersey Cape’s northern most municipality here. According to the MUA. the volume Of water going down the drain is up 45 per cent over projections and authority, officials see this as an indication of the oasino influence A recent MUA press release noted that the authority's chief engineer, Charles Norkis, said the impact of Atlantic City casinos is "being felt" in Ocean City: "The wastewater flow has beeh running 2.25 to 2.4 million gallons a day When the projectioas were made years ago — before casinos were in place — it was expected to be l.6 million gallons a day at this tim^ of y£ar. n The MUA's treatment facilities here recently went on line — the first of a four part countywide regional system. According to engineer Norkis, the start-up of the wastewater plant here was exceptional: "Very smooth, the smoothest one I’ve ever witnessed."

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More for Electric Atlantic Electric has applied to the state Bpard of Public Utilities for a base rate hike of $I72 4 million - a move that would rdise monthly electric Bills 30 to 40 per cent The increase — which cannot be applied until at least Sept l - is needed , because of the cost of new power plants, high Interest rates, and the general impact of inflation. Company president JohmFechan indicated that 37 per cent of the hike — the - first major base sate increase since Sd|)tember 19B0 — will be used to reimburse the Utility for some of the cost of new pollution equipment, transmission * lines-and other recently installed facilities. Hit, Rob Ex-Mayor , WILDWOOD — After a cjiase thru backyards and city streets here last THur^flay police apprehended three suspects who allegedly hit and robbed former mayor Charles Masciarella and hls.wi/e at their home The suspects - arraigned Friday on I0 charges each - allegedly entered the Masciarella home on E Leamfag Avc. disguised ns telephone repairman then held the Masciarella's at gunpoint one of them hitting the former mayor in the head wfthia pistol butt and knocking him tO v the floor About 25 police officers from Wildwood , and Wildwood crest armed with shotguns and automatic weapons were called fo the scene. The out-of-town suspects were apprehended within minutes in three different locations. Free-Beach Push Wildwood CREST - Residents wanting free beaches here submitted petitions with more than 4fi0 names to the Borough Commission fast week mark ing the (hied attempt to halt the implementation of a beach fee ordinance passed late last year Borough Clerk Ethel Filer has until the end of this week to examine the signatures and determine if they are valid Some 300 signatures are needed to legally bind the petitions Petitions sub milted two other times were invalidated bn technicalities. Bid for Concert NORTH WILDWOOD - The co owners of tlie Miss Kitly'sf Saloon and Dance Hall hef-e submitted a $50,000 bid Friday for a proposed huge country-western concert May 22 on the beath between I5th and 22'nd Aves While no entertainers had been contracted,as of the bid submission, a number of big name singers have been' mentioned In addition to the $50,000 bid, the lease agreement includes stipulations that the city receive $100,000 within week after thq concert, and 50 per cent of any rt^enues over $17 million. They Favor Hike OCEAN CITY THE Chamber of Commerce and business associations here are apparently in favor of raising Ihc price of mercantile licenses by 50 per cent in Order Id double revenue Available for city advertising But before mercan- . tile fees can Ik- used for anything but administering the licensing program, state legislation must4k? passed permitting the move - a proposal both Assemblyman Guy Muziani and Senator James Hurley reportedly support .According to city Public Relations director Mark Sqifer, the 50 per cent hike eoufa boost advertising*revenue to $80,000 There would be no increase to the taxpayer, while those paying the extra fees would be the ones benefitting most by increased tourism. Currently, mercantile licenses range between $50 and $100 A similar plan was recently discussed in WiMwopd End of Discount? CAPE MAY - City Manager Fred Coldren is moVing to eliminate the quantity discounts on sewer and water rales currently available to the city's largest water consumerit While noting th^ change wouldn't affect (Page 15 Please)