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Herald & Lantern 13 July '83

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(From Page 1) have been given a month to correct their water and sewer problems by the county Health Department. Homeowners arc expected to meet this week with health and -township utility officials, however. $300,000 Damage

Suit Unpreased WILDWOOD — Against the advice of hfer attorney, special education teacher Doris Cummings has decided to abandon her request for a federal court injunction to block her dismissal by the Wildwood Board of Education The local NAACP chapter supported Cummings and another black educator in the original injunction request.

WILDWOOD — Fire gutted The Ix>bster Shack restaurant at Ocean and Wildwood avehues early Friday morning. Three fire companies fought the blaze for more than two hours with 100 firefighters Damage was estimated at 1300,000. No injuries were reported Suit Dressed VILLAS - Arguing that Joseph Davis, former independent GOP candidate for township committee, refused to retract a campaign ad which accused them of having their "fingers in the cookie jar.” regular Republican committeemembers Ruth Hart and Joseph Dorr filed a libel suit against Davis and his campaign treasurer last week with the backing of the regular township GOP

Bogus Bens AVALON — Two counterfeit $100 bills were passed in a borough restaurant and department store last week. The bills, serial numbers B88934469G and C27324497A, are poorly reproduced on smooth paper lacking the normal blue and red traces Police have no suspects but are seeking information at 967-3411

Heavy Schedule COURT HOUSE - Every day. from 9 a m. until noon, from 3 p.m. until 11 p.m , the Middle Township Committee officially meets, according to a resolution

Boro Vows Action 51st Bal) y

On Noisy Renters

AVALON Mayor' Rachael Sloan and the Borough Council have pledged a police crackdown on second of fender noise violations THv decision was made follow \ mg a hot July 4th weekend overflowing with vacationers and higher than normal noise levels, accor ding to Mayor Sloan Y!ear round or long time summer residents who have families are upset by the changes taking place in the borough They are most concerned about the group rentals where there is usually an absentee landlord l,ast year arrests were made for excessive noise The landlords were notified that if arrests and convictions were continued this year, steps would be

taken to prevent them from renting for the rest of the season or stiff fines levied. MAYOR SLOAN and the members of council want to maintain the family nature of Avalon and feel that can only be done by cracking down on those who create disturbances through noise and litter "With the present noise ordinance we can arrest these people." Sloan commented .The police know the law is behind them and ’if residents will call about these disturbances they will issue the appropriate citations Residents who call in do not have to file complaints and fear retaliation The police can observe the disturbance and make the arrests

Parade Set For Aug. 5 CAPE MAY - The city will sponsor its 51st Annual Baby Parade Friday, Aug. 5. The parade will march off at 11 a m at Broadway and Beach Drive and pro-_ ceed down Beach Drive to Convention Hall The judging will be done in seven separate categories again this year Pretty Baby, Decorated Baby Carriage, Twirling Groups, Fancy Dress, Comic Dress, Decorated on Wheels and Mini Floats with prizes awarded to the top three entries in each category Applications can be obtained at City HaP and Convention Hall or by calling the CiviiL Affairs Department at {514-8411 ext 20 or 27.

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adopted to skirt publication requirements of the Open Public Meeting Act of 1975. The state Public Advocate is investigating the 55-hour week meeting schedule, however. Camper, 7, Drowns CLERMONT - Robert R. Meyer III, 7, of Bensalem, Pa., drowned in a small lake at Driftwood Campground over the weekend, ending a two^day search by 400 people including personnel from the State Police, National Guard, Coast Guard, Civil Defense, 19 volunteer fire companies and civilians.

Gas Station Held-up

MARMORA — Samuel Fosbenner, owner of Fosbenner’s Texaco service station at Route 9 and Roosevelt Boulevard, was robbed of $2,000 last week, according to State Police. The robber fled the scene, early Wednesday morning, heading south on Route 9 in a tan, twodoor Mercury Cougar, police reported

Switching Seats

OCEAN CITY — Jack Jones replaced Jeanne Clunn as city council president and Henery Knight succeeded Jones as vice president during council’s reorganization meeting last week Its members favor amending the ad ministrative code to create more than one city department; council would then have a say in whom Mayor Jack Bittner selects as department heads. Getting Tough WILDWOOD - Victor DiSylvester, newly elected city council president, threatened to revoke the mercantile licenses of apartment house ownenTwho permit disorderly tenants in their buildings when residents of Baker and Youngs avenues complained about vacationer rowdiness at council's first meeting last week. 300 Working— (From Page 1) summer gross of about $1,172. Participants must meet low-income guidelines (about $7,000 for a family of two) and must have been county residents for 30 days, Roy said. Although most of the jobs are in clerical or maintenance, Roy named a number that he termed "innovative." Among them is a project at the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC) in Cape May where four students are working in the technical aspect of stage production for a theater workshop being given by the Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University. Eight educationally handicapped youngsters are working in a special maintenance program in Cape May, 10 educationally handicapped are at the county park, and 10 residents of the county Juveniles in Need of Supervision (JINS) Center are working at Belleplain State Park ON THE OTHER HAND t a request for eight persons to work as counselors with partially blind and handicapped children at the Stone Harbor Home for the Blind in Avalon fell through because Cape Human Resources had no eligible applicants from Stone Harbor-Avalon and lacked funds to transport youths from elsewhere. Roy said requests for jobs by youths, divided by general areas, included 150 from the Middle Township area, 120 from Woodbine, 90 from the Wildwoods, 70 from Sea Isle, Upper Township, Ocean City; and 60 from the lower part of the county The project at MAC, according to program coordinator Elsa Vernon, should be “a catalyst toward a wide variety of educational and vocational goals." Jack Burke, producing artist director at Mid Atlantic Stage, said participation of the young people "has had an extremely positive effect on the total program. They have become a crucial part of the summer picture, and I'm happy to have them with us.” The participants are James Gloria, 18, Wildwood High School graduate; Kim Sudan, 16, Middle Township High School student; Kim Snedacker and Marisa Warner, 18 and 19, respectively, Lower Cape May Regional graduates.

PIC Blamed (From Page 1) told us on June 6 to do it. That was ridiculous. We should have started in March. I knew we'd never get it off the ground." Roy complained. The private sector program, a favorite of the Reagan administration, would have paid local employers at least 50 percent of the minimum wage paid to youths for the summer. \ ROY AND GORDON also implied criticism of PIC for taking 20 percent of / the '$520,000 federal allocation for I "administration." "They took $104,000 and hired four monitors for three months," said Roy. "I asked Caren (Gross) what she was going to do with the rest and she said 'use it for closeout.’ ” ^ Gross said it was "presumptuous for them to decide they should know what the money’s for She pointed out that Cape Human Resources is "only a subcontractor." “They were allowed by legislation a maximum of 20 percent (for administration)," conceded Gordon. "They control the money, unfortunately. It’s up to them, and their conscience " BEHIND tHE inter-agency sniping appears to be the tension caused by the im pending merger of Cape May and Atlantic County PICs, which is expected to reduce Cape Human Resources Operations. The county's community action agency since 1965, it has been doing work experience and skills training programs for the unemployed as a subcontractor for CETA (the Comprehensive Employment and Trainipg Act) since 1974. PIC is replacing CETA, effective Oct 1. Cape Human Resources anticipates its role as a wbrk experience subcontractor will be taken over by PIC and its 14-member division may be eliminated. "If we merge (with Atlantic County)," said Gross, "we may not be able to afford a subcontractor They can still submit a pro- * posal to the PIC of both counties and try to get it through." "THERE IS GOING to be a major change in our operation," said Gordon, "PIC creams the crop of people with skills and leaves the unskilled for our agency to deal with. WHat's going to happen to this segment of the people? PIC industry has not demonstrated the ability to deal with the very poor, the disadvantaged segment of the community." "It's perfectly normal for there to be a conflict between two agencies in a delicate situation like this," said Gross. Roy charged PIC administrator Mavromates never took Cape Human Resources' proposal to her board, "They 'v should have been aware; they're responsible," he said. "We should have been permitted (to operate the program) based on our experience of working with these people," said Gordon. SHE SAID SHE has asked Mavromates and Freeholder Director Anthony T Catanoso, in charge of PIC, for several months to be "on the agenda to make my case to the PIC board. In April I was sick," she said. "In May they changed the date and in June I didn’t bother ..." PIC is not meeting this month Roy also charged that PIC turned down * a request for a $38,000 project that would have meant jobs for 17 persons. "Nan told me there was no additional money," he said. "Then I read there was $25,000 for P-R. She said not to write any more contracts, but to send referrals to Mark Mansell :of PIC).’’ "They don’t understand that monies are allocated for specific things," said Gross. "There are administrative prerogatives a prime sponsor is allowed to take," she added On the Lam ""I (From Page 1) barracks, Limerick, Pa. "If he doesn't waive, he’s going to be extradited." NINETY-FIVE to 98 percent of fugitives waive extradition, Miller noted, because they figure they’ll be spending time in jail regardless of which state they’re in. If he is extradited, the trooper added, arrangements will be made by Montgomery County District Attorney Joseph A. Smyth Cape May County Sheriff Beech Fox said Monday that Cheeks' arrest on the fugitive warrant was the first major case cracked here with the help of the national computer link with the Cape Communications System. The system was set up by Shagren and Hunter at the county correctional facility in Crest Haven and became opera tional last June.