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Stop Being Negative Off Season Banned

By JOE ZELNIK I j The county Chamber of Commercehas banned the 10-month "off Beason." A unanimous voice vote by 15 of its directors killed the "offul" phrase in favor of something more positive. Chamber executive director Robert C. Patterson Jr. suggested that businesses, promoters and journalists call the period See related story, "Bloodied Nunmy Sighted!" page 7*. between Labor Day and the Fourth of July "spring, winter, fall, Christmas or even "the quiet season." But not, be asked.

anything negative to contrast , with the "peak " summer season POINTING OUT that there is nothing "off about Cape May in September, October and possibly December, directors supported the motion offered by Dane Wells, owner of the Queen Victoria in Cape May, and seconded by A.H. (Rick) ChiMs, executive director of the county's Industrial and Economic Development Commission. "The chamber feels that 'off season' is a negative phrase which works at cross purposes with the very successful marketing efforts to develop a stronger fall, winter and spring economy," said Patterson. "The chamber does not pretend that this

wwn uu " IT single gesture will improve the economy," said Patterson, "but we feel it will help make more businesses aware of how they can begin to lengthen their seasons. You start by stop being negative." Patterson said the chamber" has 600 members; the county 5,000 to 10,000 businesses during the peak season. DIRECTORS TOOK their action at their

August meeting it the Port-O-Cail Motor Inn at the boardwalk end 15th Street in Ocean City. It was a beautiful day, Patterson said, with the sun sparkling off the ocean and the motel pool. The chamber asked al' businesses to check their brochures before they go to the printers to (unit the "off season" phrase (Page 55 Please)

'Owlet Season' on Wildwood Boardwalk

News— ~ Digest TopTstoric New Asst. Principal _ ERMA - William F. Ackley of Rio Grande became the new assistant principal of Lower Cape May Regional High School last Thursday when the district school board voted unanimously to appoint him to the $28,000-a-year post. English Department supervisor at the Richard M. Teitelman School, Ackley was selected from nine candidates to replace Thomas Turner who has accepted the post of dgef school administrator in Estell Manor, Atlantic City. Wrapping It Up? COURT HOUSE — County Prosecutor John Corino announced Friday that he expects to begin prosecuting this fall defendants indicted Feb.' 9 for an alleged kickback scheme involving the county Mimicipal Utilities Authority. One defendant, Francis Pandullo, former president of PQA Engineering Inc., has agreed to cooperate with autborites, apparently in return for having his charges reduced, and the state Attorney General has agreed to continue the county grand jury's probe that began in May, 1963. It's fifth term expires Saturday. Nice Save NORTH CAPE MAY - Coast Guard crews, rescued Glen Wagers of Holyoke, Mass., from the Delaware Bay early Thursday morning, six hours after he and two companions were swept overboard when a wave damaged their 35-foot boat about three miles west of the Cape May Canal. Roger Erben of Hanson, Mass., and Warren Winningham of West Greenwich, R.I., swam back to the Spiderweb and alerted rescuers that Wagers was missing. Warm water and a life jacket kept him alive until help arrived. (Page 55 Please)

— Early Deadline — The Herald-Lantern will celebrate Labor Day by closing its office Monday, Sept 3, and by moving up its deadline for the issue of Sept. 5. News and advertising will have to be atyhis newspaper's office, 106 N. Main St. in Cape May Court House, by 5 p.m. Thursday. Aug. 30. Too Much Crab Kills Gluttonous . Loggerhead By E. J. DUFFY TOWN BANK - If he could have talked before be died, a sea turtle found here Friday, probably would have agreed with local residents that Horseshoe crate are hazardous to your health d Lower Township Councilman Joseph Longergan and Cape May Beach residents maintain that decaying crab carcasses are not only unsightly but also attract unhealthy flies and other disgusting things But the four-foot Loggerhead turtle, who's limp body washed ashore off Avalon Road, would have held the crate more directly responsible for his condition. According to Robert Schoelkopf, direc ( Page 55 Please >

But Temporary Rain: Big Problem

By JOE ZELNIK Stagnant, polluted water clogs hundreds of storm sewer catch basins in Cape May County. Then a heavy rain hits, washing dog excrement, bird droppings, etc. into the basins and shooting a rush of polluted water into the ocean and bay via storm sewer lines The temporary result is polluted water. « reflected in the water quality samples the county Health Department takes (and the Herald and Lantern report) each week The familiar scenario occurred with a torrential downpour Sunday, Aug. 19, water samples taken Aug. 20 and 21, and results reported on page 69 of today's Herald and Lantern "WE GOT BIG problems,' was the way Clay Sutton, environmental program ad minis tra tor for the department, summed it up "But it was predictable, he added, "and cleans in a day or so. We have every reason to believe it will be clean next time we test." The department tests, and the Herald and Lantern report, weekly "This is the nature of runoff,' said Sutton. "Half the nation's water pollution runs off the land. It's the hardest to control. You can bank on these counts being up all over New Jersey after the rain " H)e DEP (Department of Environmen

tal Protection) sets a water quality stan dard of 50 MPN (most probable number) for ocean waters THE WATERS ON AUG. » showed a 140 and 540 in Ocean City, a 110 in Sea Isle City, 110 to 540 in Wildwood, 79 to 170 in Wildwood Crest, a couple of 79s at Cape May Point and a 240 off Cox Hall Creek in Lower Township The DEP sets a water quality standard k of 200 MPN for the backbays. Ocean City and Sea Isle City had numbers as high as "greater than 2,400" (the highest that can be measured), Avalon went as high as 926, Stone Harbor had a 220 and 240. North Wildwood went as high as 1,600, Wildwood had a 350 and Lower Township a 540 Asked if people should curtail swimming in the county's waters after a heavy rain, Sutton said that neither the DEP or U S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) "ever put out regulations saying don't swim after a heavy rain." He suggested the question be posed to county Health Officer Louis J La manna, after adding. "You swim in polluted water, you'll get ear nose, throat infections "It's nothing to worry about," Lamanna assured He said the "dilution factor — water constantly turning over because of the tide,' cleaned up the water in no time I go out there ( in the ocean) after a heavy rain, " he added There's no reason to stay out

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But Not in Cape May

CAPE MAY - The ocean waters off thfc> city were noticeably cleaner than most of the rest of the county after the Aug. 19 rain storm. The reason: a program oi regulrr maintenance of its catch basins, according to Clay Sutton, environmental progrrm administrator for the county Health Department "There is evidence that this problem can be controlled," said Sutton. "We're veryproud of what Cape May had done. They have a couple people full time on this They know the economic impact of a beach closing." Cape May had some beaches closed in 1975-76 because c* polluted water, Sutton said. SUTTON SAID the county Mosquito Commission to ck samples in catch basins four or five years ago, the Health Depart merit tested them, and "Just about every one ran off the scale" (higher than 2,400 MPN of fecal cotifonn bacteria) Sutton said the Health Department has met with Wildwood and North Wildwood

to tell them we have reason to think their 3ich basins are clogged " Both, he said, will be setting up storr . drain programs similar to Cape May And Wildwood Crest will be the next community scheduled for similar discussions, Sutton said — Inside ... A neurosurgeon in love with a female brain he keeps in a glass jar? Video Eye on page 41 jersey Cape fishing nght now is as good as anywhere on the East Coast. Lou Rodia on page 56. Wonder when and where your last name originated' Same Kuncevich on page 46. Enjoy while you can; a Dining and Entertainment Guide or pages 25-48.