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ACADEMY-BOUND — Martin Marcolongo, a recent graduate of Wildwood Catholic High School, is presented with his certificate of appointment to the U;S. Air F orce Academy at Colorado Springs by Dr. Jeffrey Vecere, Air Force Academy liaison officer. Marcolongo. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Marcolongo of North Wildwood. is pilot qualified. He reports for basic Friday.

Car Insurance Has Big Senior Option

UNION — While many New Jersey motorists stand to gain from taking advantage of the new auto insurance options, senior citizens will lose if they don't. This unusual set of circumstances was clarified by the AH Insurance Industry Information Committee, a state-wide group representing all facets of the New Jersey auto insurance industry. As the committee explains it, senior citizens enjoyed a special discount on no-fault auto rates — the medical portion of their auto insurance — prior to June, 1983, because Medicare, and not the auto insurance companies, paid the bills. In an attempt to limit the growth of Medicare benefits, new federal legislation changed the situation so that Medicare would no longer bear primary responsibility for paying medical bills resulting from injuries caused by car accidents Auto insurance com panies were thus expected * to fill the gap and replace Medicare as the number one insurer. Since auto insurance companies are now responsible for these medical bills, an increase in senior citizen rates for the no-fault, or Personal Injury Protection t PIP >. por tion of their premium was necessitated When New Jersey lawmakers drafted the legislation that created the new insurance options, they took into account the problems seniors were facing because of this Medicare-related ra'te increase. The solution was to make the savings on the no-fault (PIP) options available on Dec. 3, 1983, the earliest possible date, and a full seven months before July 1, when the remainder of the law takes full effect. These options enable car owners who choose a $500, 41,000, or $2,500 medical ex- . pense deductible (out-of- * pocket payment ) to save on t h e c QfSXs ff t h e i c. premiums. " - \ Senior citizens who elefet thel$2,500 deductible will\ paw a reduced premium " similar to what was in eff«t before the June 1983 rate rise. Those who elect the $1,000 or $500 options will save proportionately less.

For those who choose the highest ^deductible. Medicare will pay the first $2,500 of medical bills resulting from an auto accident, subject to the usual Medicare deductibles and co-insurance payments The All Industry Committee advises seniors who carry supplemental coverage, also known as "medigap" or 'wraparound" coverage, or who can afford the Medicare deductibles, to review both their auto and health policies with their insurance representatives to see if the $2,500 deductible makes sense for them Health insurance restrictions on the number of days for which benefits are available" should be carefully considered together with the actual dollar amount an injured person might have to pay For example, it Medicare benefits are exhausted by a period ol hospitalization and a senior citizen is in an auto acci dent before becoming eJigi ble again, the $2,500 would have to be paid out-of pocket unless the person is covered by a supplemental health policy The Committee emphasizes two other impor tant points about the PIF deductible options that ap ply to everyone, not just seniors. In a move that made the deductible more attractive to policyholders, the state amended the original law on May 15. 1984. so that the deductible would apply to each accident rather than to each family member Thus those who select a $1,000 deductible will pay only $1,000 if four family members are injured in an accident rather than the $4,000 required by the law as it was first written. The committee also recommends that motorists review their policies each time they change employers or health coverage since the Vied uctible originally selected may no longer be the best option. Car owners are reminded to check with their agents, ".brokers, or company, -.representatives if they have questions, or to call the toll-free hotline for more information: 800-624-0479 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on business days through July 31. I - '

Experts Ask Help In Study UPTON, NY — Marine scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory are conducting a research study dealing with oxygen depletion of salt water along the mid-Atlantic coast, from North Carolina to Maine. They would like to ( receive first-hand reports from shore residents, ( watermen, fishermen, ship/tug/ferry captains, and others who are familiar enough with a body of salt water to < recognize some of the unusual or abnormal things (jMT occur as a result of ox- • ygen depletion. The study deals with salt water only, in coastal areas or in estuaries, not with fresh water. THE SCIENTISTS are interested in information on the following things, particularly if they have occurred since 1979T- fish kills, red tides, algal blooms or scums, unusual smells ( especially sulfurous bottom mud), the disappearance of | "regular" marine life (fish, plants or birds), and the appearance of "new" fish, plants, etc. The results of the ; research study will be im- '■ portant to people who live 1 in coastal areas because oxygen depletion can be 1 very destructive to marine ' resources, particularly fish and shellfish. Anyone who can contribute information on any of these things is invited to 1 write or call Dr. Terry 1 Whitledge. Ocean Sciences ! Division. Brookhaven National Laboratory. Upton NY 11973 (Telephone: 516-282-2945'

I Hosting : r foreign ; Students ( l GREENWICH, CT. - < The Educational Founda tion for Foreign Study offers opportunity for American families to host students from aboard. County representative for the non-profit, public foundation, which has been < designated for the purpose < by the United States Infor- i mation Agency, are Charles and Toni Miles, « 886-7577. \ STUDENTS from i2 dif- < ferent European countries are placed by the founda- ; tion, arriving in mid- i August and spending a year with their volunteer | hosts. > For further information, ■, contact the Greenwich of- i fice 235 Greenwich Ave., I Greenwich, CT. 06830, Telephone (203 ) 629-2754, i or call the local representa lives. f

Organization Outspent Fox, 3-1

By E.J. DUFFY COURT HOUSE - County GOP organization candidates for freeholder and sheriff spent more apiece than their three rivals combined during Republican primary campaigns last month. According to post-election financial disclosures filed with the county clerk by both slates last week, the organization's Committee to Elect Plousis, Thornton and Frederick (CEPTF) increased its 2-1 preelection spending edge to 3-1 over ( Sheriff i Beech Fox Regular Republicans in the final days of campaigning. CEPTF spent $34,606 94 ($11,535.64 each) of the $36,157.24 raised compared to $11,264.22 spent ($3,754.74 each) of $14,379.25 collected by its opponents. FOX WAS RUNNING for a sixth threeyear term against Ocean City Patrolman James Plousis, a political novice. Plousis' freeholder running mates, incumbent Gerald Thornton and former West Wildwood Mayor Herbert Frederick, faced Fox allies. Cape May Point Conffnissioner Charles Reeves and Upper Township school board member Dorothy Armand Organization candidates won the Republican primary. Plousis will face Democrat Nicaso Zagone in November while his allies«will be up against former Lower Township Mayor Peggie Bieberbach and fellow Democrat. Middle Township businessman Rodney Downs The Democrats filed statements that they did not expect to collect more than $2,000 during their party primary: they stood unopposed. Zagone as a write-in candidate. CEPTF treasurer James A Mott reported that its candidates jointly received $12,557.24 in contributions of $100 or less, another $8,600 in larger donations and $15,000 in three loans of $5,000 borrowed by Thornton Plousis and Frederick. Serving as treasurer for his slate. Fox reported $3,868 10 in contributions ol $100 or less and $10,511 15 in larger donations. $8,461.15 of it from his pocket UNDER-SHERIFFS Louis Fiocca and William Hunter kicked in $275 each for banner plane ads ; Hunter also contributed . another $250 The slate received $50 each Fox's administrative secretary Ed ward C Reeves and West Cape May Com missioner Leroy E. Reeves, plus $2(>o each from Harry Satt. operator of the Atlas Motor Inn. Cape May. and from Cold Spr ing Fish Supply Co ()»pe Advanced Tech of Cape May donated $250 worth of labels Wildwood Crest Realtor Earl Calloway kicked in $500 CEPTF received $500 contributions from Cape May insurance executive Charles Pessagno and Van Note Harvey surveyors of Court House The committee received

$300 each from state Sen. James R Hurley, the Cape May City Republican Club and McCarthy Paving, Court House It collected $250 each from: C. Schmidt & Sons Inc owner William H Pffaumer of Beer World. Villas: Jersey Cape Medical Assoc.. Court House: the Avalon Republican Club; Cape May County s bond counsel. Kraft & Hughes. Newark. Annette Webb. Rio Grande. John P Millar. Avalon, county Solicitor Albert Ash. Jack Sparks. North Cape May. Joe Franko. Wildwood Crest; former state Sen James Cafiero; Gerald Barrett. Court House, and Associated Products of America. New York. N.Y. JAMES A. WALDRON. solicitor for t'p per Township and Woodbine, contributed $200 to CEPTF' as did Tuso, Gruccio and Pepper, the Vineland law firm of county labor attorney Larry Pepper. Cumberland Count JKIOP chairman Contributions of $200 were also received by the committee from : Woody 's Seaboard Air, Atlantic City; Appraisal Survey. Cherry Hill; Charles Hennigan. Fairfield; Cape May Realtor Sol Needles, county Engineer Neil O. Clarke; Fern Mead. Avalon: Julies Haber. Cape May: and state Assemblyman Joseph Chinnici's Major Coat Co.. Bridgelon. The organization's slate received $175 from Leon Cheesman. president of the Woodbine board of education, and $150 from each of the following Joseph Lennon. Feasterville. Pa ; Tapco Inc . Fort Dix; John Scarpa. Atlantic City: Dr Clayton Carr. Rio Grande; Earl Simpkins. South Seaville. and Cape May solicitor John L Ludlam CEPTF collected $125 donations from Woodbine Councilman William I^ikolycky Ken Moore. Marmora. Norma Warrington. Ocean City; the West Wildwood Republican Club: and Thornton Some CEPTF' contributors also donated to the 1984 Republican ( ampaign ( 'ommil tee (RCC't. directly or indirectly KCC s next quarterly disclosure is due later this month Mott. who serves as treasurer for CEPTF. RCC and the county Regular Republican Organization, filed the latest RCC report in late April Tvs Major CEPTF' contributors listed on the April RCC disclosure include Van Note Harvey. $600. and McCarthy Paving. $4<mi The RCC received $200 donations Iroin these CEPTF contributors, their associates or businesses Jacquline Bron son of Beer World: John Scarpa. Ap praisal Survey: Major Coat Co. Sol Needles Agency. Charles Hennigan Woody's Seaboard Air. Woodbine Coun cilman Pikolycky: Woodbine Mayor Ernest Materio. Ken Moore of Marmora. Larry Pepper, and Associated Products of America

Nursing Home

( From Page 1 1 week blamed wet weather the last several weeks for the high sewage flow which, according to plant operator Walt Turnier, went as high as 200.000 gallon a day. Commission member Michael Vistenzo said last week he still felt the plant was under capacity "if you averaged it out a year." But he conceded that is not what the state Department of Environmental (DEP) would do VISTENZO HAS SAID much of the plant flow is the result of infiltration of groun water into the sewage lines. But he also agreed that wouldn't make any difference in giving permission for additional The township sewage situation was dealt one-two-three punch First the flow meter was calibrated and found to be reading 15 to 18 percent low, according to Ai Herman, consulting engineer. After that calibration about three weeks ago. daily flow totals generally running from 100.000 to 130.000 gallons were recorded In the meantime, a Millburn firm studied the 46-yearoJd plant's capacity

and confirmed that it is between 95.000 and 106.000 gallons per day OTHER DISAPPOINTED applicants for sewage service in Court House include the Jamesway Plaza, Cape Shore OrthopedicAssociation and Mr. Donut. The most recent large addition to the plant was the new wing at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital, which was estimated to add 13,800 gallons a day to the system. The commission also last September okayed a connection for the 19-home Romney Associates subdivision on Romney East It Would add about 5.700 gallons a day. Romney Associates is a partnership that includes Repici, Tozour. Kerr and Marino Cosenza and Roger J. Soens of Avalon. IN OTHER BUSINESS at last Wednes day's commission meeting. Caprioni Cesspool Service of Belleplain was awarded the contract to remove and dispose of sludge from the plant's digestion tank at a price of $4,000. This was being done twice a year at $3,000 each time The commissin now intends to do it four times a year. The increased annual cost, another $io.OOO has been mentioned as possibly leading to a sewage rate increase. Caprioni. who had the previous contract, was the only biddej-.