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Ry BOR SMILES Are mosquitoes bred in Cumberland County biting the folks in Cape May County? The Cape May County and Cumberland County Mosquito Commissions hope to find out this summer by participating in a study that for the first time attempts to use dye to trace the movement of mosquitoes.

The object of its detection is the Aedes solicitans. or salt marsh mosquito. County entomologist James McNelly said the chemical dye giemsa will be applied in June to watering holes in Cumberland County where larva is plentiful. Ingested, it stains the mosquitoe s internal organs blue That will show up under a microscope used to view captured, squashed mosquitoes

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AVALON- — The director of the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control told the county Licensed Beverage Association that beer and wine licenses for restaurants would cause ■ purely horrendous enforcement problems " But John F. Vassallo also said he doesn’t think the state Legislature will approve creating such licenses anyway

ALTHOUGH GIEMSA has been used in human blood work for years, and helped trace the migration of starfish about 50 years ago. this is the first attempt to trace mosquitoes with it. McNelly said “It is estimated tha,t the salt marsh mo&quito migrates as far as 20 to 30 miles from its breeding ground in the marsh during the adult stage of its three year life cycle," McNelly

said, adding that they have been reported as far as 100 miles out to sea. According to Cape May Commission Director Judy Hansen, finding where the salt marsh mosquito migrates, how long it takes to get there, and when it moves will significantly boost the commission’s ability to control the pest at its source “The marsh mosquito is i Page 20 Please)

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April 27,1983

Cape Kids Fingerprinted

Thunks, Atlantic UPPER TOWNSHIP - The 1983 budget totals almost $5.9 million, a $762,540 increase over last year, but taxpayers won’t know it. There's no local purpose tax thanks to about $5 million in gross receipts and franchise taxes levied on Atlantic Electric's generating station at Beesleys Point. Too Much Too Soon WILDWOOD - Most of the municipal records sought by mayoral candidate Earl Ostrander were denied by city of finals last week. In a letter from City Solicitor John Groon, the candidate was informed that too little time was provided for the material to be made available The attorney also csked Ostrander to be more specific about what he wanted, and asked that any information on the disap-_ pcarance of $2,500 in evidence money from the local police department will have to come from the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office

Sounds Like O.C. SEA ISLE CITY — In continued snarling between Mayor Dominic Raffa and (Page 20 Please)

By JOE ZELNIK Cape May County's new fee system for Health Department inspections was defended last week as necessary to pay for five additional employes to handle the "awesome seasonal burdens " Public Health Coordinator Louis J. l^imanna told county Chamber of„Commercc directors last Thursday that the 10-fold summer population increase — from 82.000 to 800.000 (“and a million on a holiday weekend") is "a strain on the county health department We don't have the resources to cope with that." Lamanna said the new staff members will start April 29, May 2 and May 15 and work until October at an estimated cost of $30,000. He said the inspection fees will bring in about $32,000. LAMANNA TERMED IT “unfortunate" that the board of Freeholders "made the decision to go with fees rather than with general taxation. “The fees are low in comparison to other areas," he said. "We're not in this to make money. It will only cover the temporary cost for seasonal help." The fee schedule charges $10 for inspec ting small food establishments such as coffee shops and custard stands. $25 for private grocery stores, and restaurants which seat less than 100, $50 for larger restaurants and chain stores. There is a $100 fee for campgrounds. $50 for mobile home parks, $25 for pet shops and kennels. THERE ALSO ARE reinspection fees if the establishments flunk the first time, but Lamanna said the second of two required

Ooru Ward GOOD IDEA. BUT MESSY — Cape May County correctional officer Len Larkin of Erma fingerprints Joseph Jason DeRose. son of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DeRose of Stone Harbor. At right. Nicheie Gervasi.' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gervasi of Woodbine, shows off her inked fingers. They’re pupils at St. Joseph's School in Sea Isle City.

food establishment inspections will be free. , Lamanna said the county had been “written up by the state" for not being able to meet required inspections in the past "Until now.” he said, “we had to deal with the more serious problems first and many routine ones fell by the wayside." "I’m not sure that everything that opened in April was inspected before it closed in October." said Freeholder Gerald M Thornton, who is in charge of Health Services. PRACTICALLY every service it pro vides is swamped by summer tourists, Lamanna indicated For example, the county has the largest number of campground spaces in the state and “looks to us to make sure they're safe" in terms of water, sanitary facilities, food, pools.

Some 800,000 people who travel the Cape May-Lewes Ferry each year will have something to look at besides themselves and the water during the 17-mile, 70-minute trip across the mouth of Delaware Bay. Illuminated advertising signs just above eye level and running the length of the passenger cabin will entice them to various activities once they arrive at their destination. Edwin Golin, President of the Gauge Corp. of Wilmington, Dela. told Cape May County Chamber of Commerce directors last Thursday that he’s holding space for county businesses that want to pay $2,000 a

He said more than 1,000 food' establishments and 500 pools need to be inspected. There are sizable increases in everything from rabies to VD. which has a "300 to 400 percent increase in the summer." Uamanna said. Vacationers bring everything with them from communicable diseases to doctor’s orders for physical therapy and skilled nursing service. Lamanna said. • Things may get worse, he indicated. He said the state’s new County Environmental Health Act will cost the county $95,000 to implement. “I don’t know where we re going to get the money," he said. "The Department of Environmental Protection dpn’t fill its commitment and is throwing it on us, but not any money. We’re shortchanged."

year for a 2-foct by 3-foot sign on each of four ferries. There will be seven signs per boat with a message on each side for a total of 14. GAUGE DOES public relations for the Delaware River and Bay Authority which owns and operates the ferries. The advertising program is called “Ads Ahoy" and is coordinated by Loretta Parkhill of Gauge. She said Golin “batted 1,000" when he approached Atlantic City casino^ "They're all anxious to advertise," she said. She added that the only signed contract is with Harrah’s. Golin told the chamber the casinos were

The Cape May County Sheriff's Depart ment last week started fingerprinting the county's estimated 13,000 school-age children The voluntary program started last Thursday at St. Joseph s School in Sea Isle City. It continued this week at Ixiwer Township elementary schools Sheriff Beech N Fox said he hopes to complete 2,500 to 3,500 pupils before the school term ends in June, then resume in September The program is going on in many loea lions across the country to give parents a permenent record in case their child should turn up missing. THE PROGRAM is costing parents nothing and taxpayers next to nothing. Fox said The fingerprint cards are being printed by the county Department of Public Affairs. Work is being done on a volunteer basis by about 22 of the Sheriff's 55 uniformed officers Fox first broached the idea at a meeting of county police chiefs a month ago and got unanimous approval He went to a meeting of county school administrators a week later and they also endorsed the program, he said. Schools sent permission slips home with children, attached to letters explaining the program to parents. Only one set of finger prints is made and it goes to the parents The schools invited parents to be present at the fingerprinting FOX PRAISED his officers for volunteering their time to participate “A 50 percent response shows they believe in the program," he said. Officers brought in about 35 of their own children for a "practice run." Fox said It taught the department that "kids are dif ferent than adults, they wiggle more." Fox said. The officers also found they had U» work more slowly and take breaks because they were spending more tipie bending over smaller children Fox invited persons with questions about the program to call 465-71M. extension 346, during regular working hours, or 465-7915 at other times. , The county had 11,385 in public schools, 1,232 in Catholic schools, and an estimated several hundred in other nonpubiic schools.

eager to reach a “captive audience," but he didn't want "an all-casino boat," so he has stopped approaching them in order to give county firms a chance If one couldn't afford $2,000, he said, it, would be possible for several to band together and "divvy up" the signs or divide it by seasons PARKHILL SAID the,signs will serye a "dual function of lighting and advertising." They’ll be mounted from the ceiling, she said, and lighting will be provided by a translucent panel on the bottom, of each

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The ferry operates four boats, each with (Page 20 Please)

Tourist ‘Burden’ Led to Health Fees

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