Herald & lantern 2 November '83

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Sound of Music Muted

«From Page 11 everything elae ” For 20 pupils at S18 a month for rune months the coat apparently would be about S3.240 Avalon and Sea Isle City school officials said that about 20 pupils in each district had expressed interest in the program Avalon has an enrollment of 111 in grades 14. Slone Harbor has 5*5, Sea Isle City 185 Avalon Elementary School Board Presi dent Nancy Hudamch said it was "still trying to work out a program for the children Our solicitor advised us not to go ahead with the program, so we are going back to the drawing board " Hudamch described the program as "in abeyance" and said she was "disheartened that it had been canceled MIDIH.F TOWNSHIP High School has a tremendous marching band." she said It would be nice if our kids had a little exposure " The Avalon board may discuss the issue at its regular meeting at 7 Tonight Frank C Dougherty, administrative principal at Sea Isle City Elementary School said parents "were concerned about the cost and unhappy because of the Avalon spillover "I was afraid it could start and have to stop." he said, "which would be an educa tional farce So I opted not to go with the program It's postponed, but it may still happen "We re taking a wait and see attitude rather than cancel," he said, "but in all honesty I don't think it's going to go " DOUGHERTY REJECTED an after school solution as "not feasible We tried it five or six years ago and it didn’t work The students didn't want to come after school Dougherty said he thought the program would cost from $5,000 to $7,000 if the school offered it. whether by paying an outside instructor or sharing a teacher with Avalon and Stone Harbor Sea Isle's pupils go to Ocean City School; Avalon's and Stone Harbor's go to Middle Township All offer grades K-8 Middle Township band director Richard Ludwig said he would "favor a music program in Stone Harbor and Avalon, but I w ouldn 't want to say a contract program I would prefer a full time teacher " I .IT) WIG SAID he couldn't recall one

student from Avalon or Stone Harbor in the Panther marching band He said students should have two years experience and be playing a£ instrument by the seventh grade to qualify for the band "It takes a lot of time, "he said "It's not just understanding music, but muscle tone and developmeirt " Thus the Middle Township High School hand is rttade up entirely of Middle and Denmstownship students About 100 pupils in Middle Township Elementary School No. 3 <for fourth and fifth-graders j take instrumental music from Mrs Leslie Weber. Ludwig said. The Middle Township Middle School, for grades six, seven and eight, has its own instrumental music instructor. Richard Sterling And the marching band has 65 members. Ludwig said DENNIS TOWNSHIP Elementary School, which also has grades K-8, has an enrollment of 512 and has offered instrumental music for some time. It has two part-time instructors. Sue Helmer in K-4 and Carol DeFalco in grades 5-8. Students there learn music in early grades and start with instruments in the third grade, DelFalco said "Dennisville has made a commitment to a music program." said Ludwig. He said the high school instrumental music program "doesn’t turn kids away. We offer certain instruments for students with no prior experience There’s always room in percussion, but too much prior training is necessary for brass and

woodwinds ”

Bongart said the Stone Harbor issue is “not the normal situation. The usual procedure is that an aggrieved party has to complain I don’t expect that some citizen

will do that

“I'll be in contact with the Department of Education to see the next step they wish me to pursue,” he said. “The first step might be a letter to Stone Harbor outlining the law and regulations to see if that deters

them from their current course

“This is the first time we had this problem,” said Joseph D. Euculano, director of Instrumental Music Program “It was •not our premise to usurp any jobs that existed. We are an educational organization and serve for the advantage of the

students."

He said his firm gives lessons to 2.500 students in 150 schools in the tri-state area.

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'From Page 1) breakdown, again from the spring primary, was 17,911 Democrats. 14,311 Republicans and 27,217 independents. Two years ago, veteran Chinnici put together 18,822 in Cape May County and 14,762 in Cumberland to lead four candidates for two seats with 33,584. Muziani was next with 17,790 in Cape May County and 11,240 in Cumberland for 29,030. Democrat Henry Ricci of Cumberland received 10,978 in Cape May County, 16,040 in Cumberland for 27,018. Democrat William H. Woods of Cape May County got 12,518 in Cape May County, 12,355 in Cumberland for 24,873. THINGS LOOK tighter this year in the 1st District because Cumberland, which leans Democratic, has added more than 5,000 voters while Cape May County, generally Republican, registered only another 500. A united Democratic front, with Gorman pulling a big vote in home town Ocean City, and Salmon doing the same in Cumberland, could be formidable. But each is running a separate campaign and, if each cuts the other in the hope of being the one candidate to top Muziani, Republicans should be able to celebrate their usual sweep next Tuesday night. Their incumbent state senator, James R. Hurley of Millville, is challenged by political newcomer Christopher H. Riley of Vineland. Riley was a "throwaway” candidate until Hurley’s legislative colleagues reprimanded him for an “error in judgment" — accepting a “finder’s'fee” from a client that sold property to the state. Riley has hammered on that issue, but there is little indication he's nailed Hurley with the voters. THE COUNTY’S Republican and Democratic chairmen agree on one thing — voter turnout — but not on what it will mean. Republican Philip A. Matalucci and freeholder candidate lannone both predict 65 percent will vote, but each says his party “will win everything.” Matalucci calls 65 percent "one of the highest in the state," though, while lannone says that’s “a medium turnout.” Eight of the county's municipalities will elect local officials next Tuesday, but only six have races. In Stone Harbor, incumbent councilmen Louis C. Clelland and Kenneth J. Hawk, both Republicans, are unopposed. In Wildwood Crest, five candidates are unopposed for Charter Study Commission: Fred Liguori, Pantaleo "Leo” Giuliano, Patricia Ann Caliman, Madelyn Calloway and Will Morey. In the six communities with voter choices, most attention seems to be focused on Lower and Middle townships, where Democrats are in control. LOWER. WITH A 2-1 Democratic township committee, will choose between incumbent Democrat M. M. Peggie Bieberbach and Republican Samuel M. Stubbs. His victory would give the GOP control of the committee but the race is complicated by a charter change question that, if approved, would result in a five-member-council-manager system replacing that committee. Stubbs favors the change; Bieberbach is officially neutral. Middle, also with a 2-1 Democratic committee, is safe for the Democrats no matter what since it is Democrat-turned-Republican incumbent Patricia Peterson who is seeking reelection. She’s opposed by Democrat James E. Alexis. Except for Peterson’s switch, the township committee has been all-Democratic for about 20 years. The other races: Dennis Township: incumbent Republican John S. Champion is opposed by Democrat John A. Barry for township committee. It has a 2-1 Democratic majority, so the outcome won’t change township control. IN NORTH WILDWOOD, a rematch between Robert F. Plum and Anthony Visalli to represent the 1st Ward on City Council has voter attention. Plum, elected as a Republican, lost the GOP primary U> Visalli. But he won enough write-in votes in the Democratic primary to be on the ballot representing that party. The outcome won’t change control of the city since it’s 5-2 Republican, even counting Plum as a Democrat. Also on the ballot, unopposed, are incumbent Republicans Tim O’Leary, council president running at large; and Lewis G. Vinci, seeking reelection in the 2nd Ward. UPPER TOWNSHIP is expanding from a three-member committee, now 2-1

Republican, to a five-member committee. Republican candidates for two threeyear terms include incumbent Daniel Beyel and Louis M. DiLuzio. Also running for those seats are independent Republicans Franklin Sack and Robert W. Jeffers Jr. and Democrat Charles F. Cossaboone Running for one two-year term are Republican John McDonough and Democrat George Sherby. Woodbine, with an all-Republican government, will elect two council members. Incumbents Charles Payne and Jose Rodriguez are being challenged by independent Walter Guy Chalow. News

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when new directors are chosen on Feb. 28. Oxley agreed that, with 4,500 eligible voters, long lines may result.

Smokey Sunrise? WASHINGTON - William Ruckelshaus, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, announced last week that it will soon decide whether At-Sea Inuneration Inc. can burn toxic wasteAout 150 miles east of Cape May. The ^PA is looking favorably on that plan but local officials are more concerned about how the wastes will get offshore. County Freeholder William Sturm said he and his colleagues will take a long hard look at any proposal to transport toxic wastes through the county to a Cape port.

Nov. 22 Hearing BURLEIGH — Middle Township Committeeman Charles Leusner and Mayor Michael Voll want the county Municipal Utilities Authority to reconsider its recommended opening of a trash transfer station here next year and build it on county-owned land at Crest Haven instead. Committeewoman Patricia Peterson wants the MUA to locate it at the former Menhaden plant along Route 47. Burleigh residents don’t want it in their community and plan to turn out in force when the county freeholders hear the matter Nov. 22.

Ocean City Echo? AVALON — Ten million dollars worth of sand they’ll have to share with Stone Harbor may not be borough council members’ idea of the best way to spend money earmarked for Seven Mile Beach in a proposed $50-million dollar shore protection bonding question on the Nov. 8 ballot. Officials said last week they'd rather see a stone revetment or seawall built if the referendum passes. Council, however, decided to support the bond issue anyway.

Strictly Cape ERMA — Louis A. Rodin Jr,, county assistant director of public affairs, has advised the Cape freeholders not to con(Page 41 Please) Social Security (From Page l) Statistics from the county Office on Aging show that 27 percent (22,212) of the Cape’s current population (82,266) are residents 60-years-old or older. More than eight percent of the elderly (1,888) are living below the poverty level, the statistics indicate. More than half of the county's seniors (12,096) reside in three of the 16 Cape municipalities: Lower Township, Middle Township and Ocean City. Lower’s 4,789 seniors represent 28 percent of the township population (17,105) Thirty percent (4,464) of Ocean City’s 13.949 population is elderly while 25 percent (2,843) of Middle Township’s 11,373 residents are 60-years-old or older. Woodbine has the smallest percentage of seniors. Only nine percent (25) of its 2,809 people are elderly, according to the Office of Aging figures.