1 Herald & Lantern 25 April '84 9 22 • • : zz

*- . - . — ; ~m~ — : ~T~~ T~. ~ News / Digest « From- Page 1 - side oi 83rdkSt reel and the south side ol H4th Streid. and on both sides o! First • \ucriuc from 82nd Street to K4tb St ree\ Toxic Solution ■ / SWAIN'J'nN Cape May ("punty s lli-alth l>i pai-.tnienl banned new. wells and plaits h> deny sewage conn'eetiun per mils within one mile -nt a to\u- waste dual}) oti'SeigUiw n Ibiad That jHilicy I ol lows a county Planning 1 Jopartihont ban against building w-dhm' lis jurisdiction ib the dump vicinity and both actions honor a request 'lyoni county freeholders „ !o prdhUijt development in tin* area. The dump is tentatively -siated lor clean up in * 19ft7 Several years ago. the state . reported arftindergrouiid toxic plume »" • traveling a toot. a day northeastward Iroirt the dump The Health Department has aski^J for an update on that report: The Hsail Solution NORTH WfLDWnuD Those who use city services should pay the bill, the " Governor's Management Improvement . Program team concluded in its 37 recommendations onliow to improve resort government, . Proposed yser. less? such as. . Ix-ach tags will the the tearii's toji priority wjien'it starts to implement the recommended clRmg.es Based on interviews . wyth .Vi pcfyplc. the team also suggested that the city adopt an administrative code. buy ctata processing equipment, update. its piaster plan and form a permanent trouble-shooting group Permanent Solution STHATIIMEKE Frecholde; Gerald 'Thornton told hrs colleagues last week that he "-will not vote lor any more money to protect that highway i Ocean limp - and those homes up there < Whale Bench iUthe county does not take the initiative with Upper Township in finding a permanent solution to storm flooding and dune-damage at Whale Beach. v Freeholder William Sturm suggested a - mining I let ween township, county, state and federal Mlliciuls to formulate <Uch a solution Without it. Thornton-said he j. woutd consider "abandoning the rogff £ altogether

Shore Solution OCEAN CITY - Members of the Coastal Conservation Commission-havi* recommended lhat this resort allocate softie or all of S45.tKM» from unspent 1983 shore protection lunds to -extend storm sewers, construct dunes and build stair ways iAer -them at- the ocea^i-end ot streets .The commission" also recommended that ihe city rebuild mounds o! sand washed away iiy last month's storm, (-)ne pommiswonVr is, -finding out • how much a front-end loader would cost theeity . it could lx- used solely for Ix-ach work. v IMintjuent Solution SEAYILLE Cape May County* FreehordersSoted to support Upper Township officials and residents by op- ■ .posing state department. oj Correction plans to relocate a grou(Hiome for 3o juvenile delinquents from Estelle Manor to the Marine Science Consortium on Route !). The freeholders also called for a meeting' lief ween township, county and - slate .officials on the matter Man the Pumps' CAPE" MAY- — .Mayor Arthur Blomkvest has announced a 7 :3li/neeting tonight at city hy II to discuss flooding in South ("a ix- Meadows and Cape Island -Creek with officials oj West Cape May. Lower Township and Cape May Point. The meadows, which extend from the southern boundary of Cape, May to the north end ol Cape'.May Point through L#wer Township, flood from even minor storms and occasionally cover Sunset . Boulevard with water Filial ('.rush SWAINTO.N — Marcia Giltin. lit. ol Swainton was pronounced dead at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital where her sister. Vienna. 22. was listed in serious condition Tuesday after a head-on collision 11:22 Friday morning along Koute 9 here. Driving northbound. Vienna Hilton's car- entered the southbound lane, police said, and crashed into a car driven by Sandra Carbone. 25. ol North Cape 1May She was treated lor mipor injuries 'and released.

Denis Tit] > Bieberbuch

• From Pagb 1 ) tilling Catanpso's Mux-s. but McCall has withdrawn his bid and Guhr was" reported ly planning to do the same He has not con lirmed-th'at report, however. ( Ol \TY (.ol* I. i: \DKBS planned to endorse freeholder and sheriff candidates last -month. Expecting Plousis to get the nixl lor sheritl. Firs asked Superior Court * to blfx-k tjie endorsements. Judge Michael - i minor obliged April 1(1.. The following day. '.Mif comity Regular Republican Organiza- , » oo:i threw Fox out.ol its ranks. .. Snvr the freeholder flection is not a one i ~ ■ im iim- contest the top tyvo vbte-getters » will, lannone. a treeholder candidate last sear .md m I9tfc. \ iews this year'.s contest *!s particularly lavnable to Democrats. Eacng one -o|H-n sea/ against a'nou I iycumbent iij tlx freeholder ' race and- : Hop "hghlipg .n-tbe sheriffs- race, he -urri. .1 think wi ve got a shot there too." [. >- * Republicans . he .Tddi'd. are "very ' vulnerable When Sheets. a 25-year veteran of Iht-^y Wiidwood force, ran against Fox in 19RL "the i - vej-cvery close. Sheet s*;aid In ii/xT^of^The count y. "Sheets said he fan whovarnol Ocean City and Carrying Ocean City this year probably won't tie, a - likely tor Fox Resort -, Republicans .arc apt to eorhe pyl lor Plousis as a /aconite son and organization ' candidate The Oee.-tn City edge Uylpcd pi.t Free)iol(j(sr -lames Kilpatrick .Jr^pver the top when he ran .against lannone tor a freeholder hoard vacancy in 1982 In the reSLftf the courtly, lannone recalled h»did "rather well." Since the edge isfn't a- factor in the " Ireeholder cofHi.-st thi\fall. Pl» Speculated Hiat4-x Kepuljgcan Downs. -owpcr 61 Rod's Seafood in Green Crgek-TMid a volunteer fireman there, stands a godri chance of taking Catanoso's seat away from , t - ' f.

Frederick or Guhr while Bieberbach can draw more votes than-Thornton BKCAl'SE TIIK VICTORY goes to the. top two vote-getters, though. Downs would also have to outdraw Thornton, the incumIxint and Ixiwer Township GOP chairman, to fill a seat on the all-Republican board. A Republican for 25 years. Downs Yirst got involved in local politics when supporting Middle Township Committeeman Charles Leusner s campaign in 19R2. He switched parlies last year while supporting Committeeman James Alexis' successful hid to unseat the incumbent. Patricia Peterson. Downs has lived and operated his business in Green Creek lor 2<i years Facing -two or more opponents in her 1977 and 19K0 campaigns lor I-ower Tow nship.Coftimitlee. liielx-rbach won by 2(mi and lKK>-vote margins, respectively. She won last, November by 9ii voles A resident of Ray shore East, near North Cape May . since 1971 and a county resident -• >ince 19(i5. the AAA office manager has syryed as viOe president and -president of Ihe Lower Township Taxpayers' Association and as a -member of the Lower Cape May Regional school board. Thornton, a wholesale wine salesman, is an 11 -year county resident from Hollywood Avenue. Villas A 10-year I'.S. Air- Force veteran he serves as freeholder director of Health and Humeri Services with responsibility ferine county offices of Adjuster. Aging. Health. Medical Examiner. Welfare. Veteran's Bureau. Operation Junction. Crest Haven and R.S.V.P Mayor Frederick, who has won the support of the county Men's Republican Club, is an industrial arts teacher .at -Wiidwood High School Commissioner Guhr operates Charles Guhr and Company. Stationers, on Park Boulevard. Wiidwood As «i Monday afterqpon. only Fox had filed as a candidate for the election. The filing deadline is tomorrow r

Workers Ready Great Channel Bridge For Reopening.

Bridge ()]>ens on Schedule

( From Page 1 •! Oct. 15 to April 19. 1985. Bl T STATE AMI FEDEIt \l red tape . delayed the start' ol the job until Jan. 19 Raymond and DOT both asked, at a preconstruction meeting Jan. 18. 'for an extension this year to Memorial Day Both Stone Harbor and Middle Township officials said no. although Stone Harlxir did okay a three-week earlier start and bridge closing > next fall on Oct. 1 Middle Township hasn't yet indicated whether, it. too. will approve But Hovick said an earlier start next tall will not lx- as valuahhle as a later deadline this spring would have been He said forms on the concrete skirts and caps on 11 piles would have to be left up lor II days in winter weather next fall as opposed to one day this spring, for example. STONE HARBOR borough manager Edwin F. Pain said last' week that Nil the contractor can't finish by next April 19. he would "just reopen the bridge any way and finish the job in the tall of 198<>." Construction and engineering sources, however, said that would lx- most unlikely . "You just can't do that.'" said an official who asked not to lx- quoted. "It's not like iuAv. You won't fx* -able to patch it up in 1985." "Once the bridge is torn down, you're committed." said Wall. Raymond's contract provides that it pay a penalty ol S2.500 per work day and S2.5U0 per calendar day for running over Ihe contrail deadline of April 19. 1985. v BIT COl'NTY Engineer Neil.O, Clarke said he didn't think il likely the state could i impose the penalty because ol Ray mond's late start, which was due primarily to bureaucratic red tape, i Clarke said that the county 's consulting engineer. A. G. Lichenstein of Fair Lawn, had allowed two six-month stages lor the job. hut had anticipated losing one month I to the weather in each stage and felt a total of eight months would lx- sufficient. i Raymond actually has had only three months work so far and has only completed pile driving for approach piers, according to Wall Repair of the drawbridge and replacement of the superstructure is slated for phase two. Sodium Levels i From Page 1 » Street He reported the following results Irom 1 the distribution system: 2200 Asburv . 29.9 1 44th Street . 29.8: 200 block of Asburv. 29 4 ! * and 1400 Asburv. 29.fi. lor an average ol ' 29.7. These were "consistent with our earlier p results." he said. "I'm not worried about sodium right now * The earlier county sample lound the 1 wells with levels of 43.3 and 180.3. and the L* distribution system averaging 71 I WII.DWOOIVS (MWN " sample figures were not available Monday because city offices were closed for the Easter holidav But Eugene Comiskf. acting assistant n water superinlendenl and chief pumping station operator, said the test resultFdone '• by Century Lab of Thorofare. were "all '• favorable." d The earlie^ county survey- had found s wells averaging 38. but the distribution i system . with figures- of 134.3. 131.9. 1174 and 78.7.. an inexplainable inconsistency 1 % Wiidwood water serves Wiidwood. North e , Wiidwood. Wiidwood Crest and West - Wiidwood.

While the bridge was closed, traffic had a 9-lO-mile detour via either Avalon or North Wiidwood. A SECOND MAJOR Stone Harbor project. "revitalization" of the downtown business district, also is behind schedule. It was to Ix* completed this month, but Pain said he's hoping for May 1 1 . which he called a "very tigbt" schedule. In the meantime, traffic coming info Stone Ha'rbor will fx* diverted, whether north or south, via Third Avenue. This project, which includes moving utility lines, wider and new sidewalks, new street lighting, benches, landscaping, etc. will cost close to $500,000. all local iftoney lnnHpH hv a RnnH

Ml A Appointment COURT HOUSE - Herbert VandePol of Middle Township was named by Cape May County Freeholders to a vacancy on the Municipal Utilities Authority last week. A former Stone Harbor borough councilman. VandePol is a retired plant engineer for Owens Illinois Glass Co. ol Vineland. It's a three-year term and pays S5.ooo'a year. Gypsies (From Page 1) on its agenda, and said she was "appalled" to hear that no members had "hangups" over use of pesticides. She's president of C.A.P.E.. Citizens' Association for the* Protection of the Environment. "Is it true B.T. (the insecticide Bacillus Thuringiensis ) will kill all moths?" Long asked MacLepd. "Yes." said MacLeod. "Anything you do will have a risk." MACLEOD CHARGED the state has had a very poor natural resource plan tor that lorest "cause they don't have the money. It's a darned shame. They practically got that land for nothing. But it's Ixt'ii practically abandoned except for spraying Lake Nummy and the camp site.'" He said there was no money in the state budget for spraying stale lands and the. .board's motion called for the county freeholders and state legislators to push for funding to enable DEP to spray the state forest. Keck and Walker agreed that lack of funds were part of the problem, and that they would like to see more spraying. "We are experiencing a lot of defoliation." said Walker. "We'd like to do more • spraying 1 because we do have a heavy infestation. But the best entomologists in the state say much of the infestation will collapse next year." KECK SAII) DEP will spray about 400 acres in the park, "as funding allows." Walker said the state forester "wanted to spray 3.000 to 4.000 acres, "but we can't afford it; the mopey isn't appropriated." Much of the board's discussion centered on use of B.T. versus the more effective and more controversial chemical Sevin. MacLeod said B.T. was twice as expensive. but he would accept either as long as the higher cost of B.T. was made clear.