Alcohdlism dhthel^ape (Part III)-

Passing The Bottle: Kids Who Drink

by Terry Xughes It’s very hard for me to talk about this. To remember ... the nightmares that I lived through. I hate the old guy. I won't call him my father. I never see him now. I know he’s alive because I haven't seen his death notice in the paper yet.” The speaker is a 26-year-old mechanic. He’s referring to his step-father — an alcoholic. The tale is frightening. "If he died I would not go to the funeral. I wouldn't feel anything; I might enjoy it." LISTENING TO this man, you sit

transfixed — feeling sympathy alternating with fear. The fear is from listening to the horror that he experienced years ago and seeing that even today, recollection of the

"He used to come home late at night. Bombed and raising hell. I have brothers and a sister; I couldn’t stand him being near them. I was afraid he would attack

the alcoholic parent’s lifestyle is passed down to the children^ The number of children that abuse drugs and alcohol in the area is phenomenal

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terrible memory still bums bitterness in his ey^s and brings loathing to his voice.

my mother like he attacked me. Sometimes he beat the hell out of her. All I

wanted to do was kill him "One night he came in. I long hair so he dragged chopped it off. If we wer£ table he might come in ai right off of the table. Just

floor. .

• WHEN MY MOM used both of them. I spent as litd< possible. When things got just would say God. please wasn't anyone else around

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c didn't like my out of bed and at the dinner tear the food throw i( on the

o drink, I hated e time home as wd, I prayed. I help me There

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Vol.17 No.33 Corp aw ry»» n—rvd August 18,1982

GOP Wants To Dump Candidate

by Bob Shiles It’s been a tough year for the Lower, Township Republican Organization. First it had to fight an uphill ba'ttle in the June primary campaign to assure that Township Committee candidate, newcomer Bill Hevener, and all 28 district Committee candidates weren’t upset at the polls by GOP malcontent Jack Moran and his slate of 27 opposition candidates. It was a battle that if lost, probably would have led to several changes in the organization the most evident being'The ouster of veteran leader i Maurice Catarcio NOW. ONLYJTWO | months after Hevener defeated the I incumbent commitI teeman by more than l a 2-1 margin and all I regular organization I committee canI didates won their I districts, the Hevener organization has decided not to support Hevener in the upcoming general election. But while district committee members made it clear two weeks ago that they won't support the candidate in November. Hevener made it just as clear last week when he defiantly announced his intention to remain in the race — a move that doesn’t leave the loyal GOP committee members much choice but to launch a write-in campaign or support Democrat Robert Fothergill or Independent Joe Link. •T'M STILL RUNNING," Hevener said Saturday, asserting he has no intention of being forced into withdrawing from the race. He said that "everything" being said about his candidacy is "lies” and that he won't have anything to say about specific allegations now. "I expect to respond in the near future, but at this time there’s no need to," he said. Reports that committee members are upset because Hevener has refused to campaign door-to-door, won't attend Township Committee meetings, and even boycotts his own campaign strategy sessions. have been circulating for several weeks. These and other allegations - including that the candidate feels he can win the November election without any help from the organization — were confirmed by leader Maurice Catarcio in published reports. AT A MEETING last Friday of cam(Page 28 Please)

The state Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife will begin a training program for hunters and trappers next month which is expected to add 109,000 hunters and 4,000 trappers over a five-year period. Over the objections of assorted Cape May County residents and groups, the program will be financed by a $1.8 million federal wildlife restoration grant Among the critics of the grant was Elwood Jarmer. director of the county

planning board, and Ruth Fisher and her associates in a variety of environmental concerns. THE MONEY for the grant comes ffom a federal tax on the sale of pistols, bows and arrows, and other weapons, the proceeds of which dre apportioned to the states The program was created by the federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Act of . 1937 (Page 15 Please)

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Of Parenting

RID GRANDE -Thei shortage of sorts whic i critical proportions in ty Homes and foster teenagers and siblin \ children are badly needi Chuck Hiddemen of thr of Youth and Family heads the effort to reel terested in being substit^l

teenagers

Hiddemen points out who lose their parents family disorganization, abuse and feel that they may carry scars throubl

life.

FOSTER PARENTS ing, board payment, me< allowances, and mbst rewarding feeling bf become a productive Those interested in

are asked to call the Divj;

and Family Services

write to Hiddeman, Socli

Foster Home Finder. RL« Box 222, Rio Grande

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Week's op Stories

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WILDWOOD CREST authorities believe was <• ordered in retaliation ov testimony against reputmobster Nicodemo "Lilt Joseph Salerno Sr was Rene motel here last Tu ACCORDING TO repo who survived the attack the neck with a 38 ca man wearing a hooded, ing suit and a ski mask Authorities view the

ning to anyone consideri i| against the mafia Saler it

is a protected governme has recently testified ag other alleged Atlantic Ci

crime figures

Chemical Watch

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‘ Dort* War'd WHAT BIG TEETH Numar, the County Zoo lion, has! He hammed it up over the weekend and was the star attraction for thousands who visited the County Park during the annual fair whose proceeds help maintain Numar's abode and the rest of the little ’ zoo, Just north of the county seat. Training Hunters •To Restore Wildlife?

is scheduled to begin in

COURT HOUSE A jjroRoim In monitor pesticides use iij Cape May County — a project advocated for some time by CAPF] lCitizens Assn, for the

C ection of the F'nviro^iment) president

i Fisher - October

Freeholder Gerald Thirnton has indicated the cost of the program will be minimal as it will be run locally through the County Extention Service, Planning Board and Health Dept He added there has been no recent monitoring of the amount of pesticides usid by various county agencies, emphasizing that the program will show if thire is an ex- ' v cessive amount of pestidides, herbicides qnd chemicals being us^d Fox Fire Flares COURT HOUSE - Cdunty GOP leader Phil Matalucci has mjijested the eoyrity’s 168 committee members to ’ determine whal Sheriff JBeech F ox’s future should be in the itepublican 'Page 15 Please)