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Now' the Hour “Now is th« time for unity within Cape May County,',' said Charles Hathaway, chairman of the county Municipal Utilities Authority, in calling upon all municipalities on the Cape to get behind the authority, now on the threshold of receiving some $60 million in much needed funding for wastewater treatment construe''The MUA has been beleaguered over the years by various accusations and allegations - a predicament almost guaranteed when a relatively new unit of government is charged • with the multi-million dollar-task of cleaning up the waters of a relatively ?mall county The fact, however, that our waters — which attract increasing numbers of vacationers each season - need cleaning is reason enough to heed Mr. Hathaway’s request. viewpoint

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Not Root of Evil by Jane Ann Cunningham . There, is a philosophy hold by many of the opinionmakers in this country that poverty is the cause of every evil Within the past few weeks, there haveOeen headlined articles in major newspapers asserting that |child abuse has surged amid economic stress', ‘economic downturn will lead to racial unrest this summer', and crime is expected to rise with the drop in the economy' Do such headlines make for self-fulfilling prophecies? The sadists, whether poor or not. wh6 abuse their children, are being given vindication for their anti-social

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Predictions of racial unreal indicate that the writers, who are the same ones who have been irvthe front line of the anti discrimination movement, are as bigoted as those they condemn. They are saying, in effect, if you don't throw a few bones to the animals. theyAvlll attack This is pretty insulting to the majority of black kpeople in this country. AN FOR THE NOTION thht poverty is the main cause of crime, when was the last time you read of a burglary being committed to buy food for starving children? It's true that those with expensive drug habits turn to crime to sup port It, but* is that f^m the easy availability of drugs or tightened supply of money’’ There are no easy answers to the problem of poverty The communistic/socialistic redistribution of income approach is difficult to enforce in a democratic society Today. the average worker puts in 2 hours 44 minutes each day just to pay taxes, much of which goes to support social programs The next highest portion of time is 90 minutes ' for housing, with 65 minutes for food One positive goal would be to improve the quality of education Schools should re-evaluate their objectives It is obvious that the trendy programs of the last two decades have led to a decline in basic skills Per missiveness. situation ethics, controversies over racially balanced schools and bussing have harfned children, rather than helped them V I.KAHNINO doA TAKE DISCIPLINE. If children are not getting it at home, the schools must provide it The schools should take leadership in supplying an atmosphere of good moral standards Unrealistic child labor laws and minimum wage laws discourage employers from hiring teenagers who are - eager to work Many of the social programs which were instituted to • provide temporary help to the needy and underemployed have become a way of lifr and are considered a ‘right How many people receiving unemployment checks con sider taking a job (at least one where the income is reported) Until their benefits run out? Lack of money is not responsible for all the problems June Ann Cunningham in former publisher of The Herald

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by R. I/exile Chrixmer Steep thyself in a bowl of sommertlmel - Virgil (70 19 B.C.) Time never stands still, of course, but if there is a season when it seems to do so it is Sumn|er. Spring is always on the move, and although.it may be slow , in getting started, it gathers speed as it goes along Eventually, its burgeoning, and blossoming overlap with such urgency that we are overwhelmed by the abundance of new leaf and opening flower. Alas! We are also overwhelmed by a realization of their transiency Is it not a common experience t<ffeel that Spr- . ing has come and gone before we know if Never do its ^ multitude of light green leaves and its\delicate wild flowers last long enough for us to fully eh joy them. OUR ONLY RECOURSE is to follow the advice of William Blake: tfe who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who hisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sumi»e. Summer is the antithesis of Spring for there is nothing sudden about it. except the speed with which is sometimes engulfs the earlier season in a wave of heat that wilts June roses. But. even if it arrives in haste, the race of Summer soon slackens. The song in Porgy sums it up: “Summertime and the livin is easy." For summer is not dply leisurely, but also prodigal Grass and weeds always seem to be growing Gardens and farms always^eem to be producing. Sunshine and Warmth seem uneading. IT IS AN ILLUSION of course, for all things end, or, rather change; as that sensitive, and scientific’, nativist Hal Borlarid once said: “Change is the one constant in this living world. The essential element of life." Even at the beginning of Summer there are signs of its departure. Falling leaf and changing tree occur in early July. Tree leaves which displayed myrid shades of pastel green in early Spring now have almost uniformly green color, and. all too soon, that mature green will show the tired look of age. Here and there, a splash of red on the front of a wayward sumac or a touch of orange on the twig of some maverick sassafras will fortell the inevitability of Autumn. WE THINK OF GOLDENROD8 as Fall flowers,

which they are, in the main. Nevertheless, a few of the hundred or so species which grow in our country (there is only a single one native to Great Britan) will be showing signs of color before Summer is half over. This is not true of the most magnificent of all, the Seaside goldenrod, which blooms eveywhere in Cape May County, even a few yards from the ocean’s edge, in late September. But the appropriately named Early Goldenrod (Folidago juncea) is often seen nearly as early as the Fourth of July — about the same time some of the shore birds begin their southward migration. „ “How early in the year it ‘begins to be late, said

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R. Leslie Chrismer writes from Cape May.

John Andrui SUMMER VACATIONERS whli past Rugosa rosebushes on the Route 109 Canal Bridge approach. The wild roses are already setting rosehip fruits. Nature knows that summer is fleeting, even as It's Just beginning for many tourists.

The State We’re In Pinetands Plan Still Bats 1,000

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by David F. Moore MORRISTOWN - Something very important has been going on in the Pinelands for the last couple of years. Despite all kinds of protests, the preservation of tins priceless and unique part of New Jersey hafi been moving ahead By now people are realizing that, with the promise of support from the Kean administration, it’s going to keep on working. \ i . J July 16 will be an important date in' the Pinelands, because that's the deadline the PinelaitdsCommission has set for all 52 municipalities and sevrt/qounties in the region-to have master plans and zoning oWpances revised to conform with Commission criteria. | Not all will have reached that advanced state, but a surprising number are getting close. To me, it's further gratifyjnfa evidence that despite lawsuits, doomsayers and connivljg opportunists, the state federal plan to preserve the Pines' way of life and natural resources is actually working. IT'S TAKEN LONGER THAN it was supposed to. For example, the Pinelands Commission gave an extra six months to local governments to moke their land-use laws conform with the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan The revised date is the aforementioned July 16 I mentioned above The earlier deadline was Jan. 14, 1982 This led to one of the more fascinating chapters in the whole saga Atlantic County thought it saw a golden opportunity to throw a roadlblock in front of the parade, lawyers for the county hastened to Appellate Division of Superior Court, claiming that the Pinelands Commission couldn't get away with extending the deadline. I The Cape May County governing body, though not a party to the Knit, nevertheless, supported the litigation / It just happened that Atlantic County and a half dozen of its municipalities were the only places in the Pinelands (except for one in Ocean County) which had refused to begin making the conformity adjustments in their laws The other six counties and 47 municipalities had at least started, so the extension went to those places which had shown that much good intention. But not to Atlantic County and its errant municipalities Their penalty for noncompliance was loss of their right to review any Pinelands Area development until after it is first approved by the Commission SO THAT’S HOW GREAT lawsuits are born. And lost The three judges on the Appellate panel declared that Atlantic County had no legal standing to challenge the .Commission's decision Those of us who have been rooting for the Pinelands program all these years find it significant that Atlantic County’s suit ended just like every other case involving Pinelands issues, with the objectors losing For example, all the major controversies created by the Pinelands Protection Act and the resulting Pinelands Comprehensive Management Act have so far been taken to court There was a case in the issue of insufficient municipal input TJurstayto stop the planning processes failed, so that suii was withdrawn. Another suit claimed that the Pineland^fan and regulations took private pro

perty without paying for it. The state won that one. What we see is that bit by bit, sometimes with glacial slowness, the Pinelands plan is coming into maturity. There have had to be lots of compromises along the way. Indeed, some conservationists think too many SOME TOWNS WANT the Pinelands Commission to take over for them. Others seem willing to fight the pro cess forever. But most will have their planning well under way toward a regional land management program by mid-July The Pine Barrens, provided not too much is given away by compromise, will be the place tomorrow which it is today. and often was yesterday. It will ha^e a viable agricultural industry, small farms, plenty of Woodlands, clean streams and a way of life that will maxe New Jerseyans proud to have created the nation’s first National Reserve! David Moore is executive director of the N.J. Conservation Foundation (201) 539 7540. reader's forum Don’t Compromise The Pine Barrens by Helen & David Sciarra The people of New Jersey and all lovers and defenders of the Pine Bam. .. have much to be alarmed about — once again The most ardent supporters and movers of the pinelands preservation law, Gary Patterson and Mayor Floyd West are being considered for replacement on the commission by Gov. Kean. If the governor choses to replace these two most dedicated public servants, it will signal to the people that Gov. Kean has reneged on his campaign pledge as a staunch conservationist of the Pine Barrens. We people of New Jersey will be denied a precious heritage and an implacable resource — water THE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING considered for replacement to the commission are from Cape May County and Atlantic County. These two counties have gone on record opposed to the Pinelands Management Plan Politically, Cape May County is growth-oriented. Woody Jarmer who is being eyed as one of the successors is director of the Cape May County Planning Board and a conflict can easily arise. We urge all who care to sharpen your pencils, write directly to Gov. Kean and remind him of his pledge to the people of this state. We must not be apathic with such a crucial decision. Was not Gov. Byrne swept into office in his second term because of this one issue? Let us demand no less than what we need. There are simply some areas that we cannot compromise away. The Pine Barrens are one of them. Helen Sciarra and the David Sciarra family are from Woodbine.