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Vol. 20 No. 43 '»»* s*ow0w Con. AI ri,hn October 24, 1984 i . * • I 'f '

A Chance to Pass Go, Collect

By E J. DUFFY WILDWOOD CREST — He could' ve landed in jail or gone broke, but local lawyer Robert A. Fineberg has wheeled and dealed his way into the U.S. Monopoly Championship. Fineberg captured the New Jersey Monopoly Championship after dicing players in statewide tournaments last month. Now he's been named to represent New Jersey during the national competition in Beverly Hills, Calif., next month. "I do represent the home of Monopoly,"

Fineberg reflected. It's a honor 's He said he hadn't played Parker Bro6. popular board game "for about 15 years" when he entered the county tournament hosted by Or. Mark Petrelli at his Crest home. "It was a night out," added the partner in Fineberg & Rodgers law firm who serves as solicitor for Avalon and the Cape May City school board. "EVEN WHEN HE GOT notified that he won, he didn't believe it," Petrelli said of Fineberg. Last 'month's was the second year for a

local Monopoly tourney, the optometrist explained. "I'm going to have it annually and maybe make it into a big thing." Separated into several groups, about 30 players competed in the county Monopoly games according to strict Parker- Bros rules. After 90 "minutes, each player's assets were totaled, converted into points, and reported to Rowland Co.. Parker Bros, public relations firm in New York. Reviewing tournament returns from around the state, Rowland declared Fineberg the New Jersey champ with 11,663 points. Youngsters from Toms River

and Trenton finished second and third with 8,820 and 4,460 points, respectively. (Page 21 Please)

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News— 2^ — DigeSt TbpTstories Raps, Taps Upper STRATHMERE — Upper Township will take over operation of Aramingo Water Co. so resort residents can get a reliable simply of safe water, Superior Court Judge Steven Perskie ordered Friday. Hearing a suit filed in August by the Strathmere Improvement Association, Perskie said he found inaction by state and local officials incredible and indefensible. In August 1963, state environmental officials ordered the township to develop plans to fix the utility or face (5,000 fines. Kean, Cabinet Here AVALON - Gov. Thomas H. Kean, 20 cabinet officers, and several staff members are holding their annual "cabinet retreat" at the Golden Inn today. Ihis is the first year-round season for the inn, which had a (2-million expansion project this year that added 24 rooms and a fully-equipped conference center. Carl Golden, the governor's press secretary, said the group arrived last night for this "opportunity to get away . from Trenton ami pressures and meet in a more relaxed and informal kind of atmosphere." Golden said the entire day would be spent in business meetings, but (Page 21 Please)

Clinic for Poor Closes

By JOE ZELNIK WILDWOOD — Cape Human Resources will close its 19-year-old free or low-cost ■ ledical clinic tomorrow because of a lack uf funds. Patients will be advised to go to Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital in Court House.

"Something had to go, and that's going." said David Fothergill-Quinlan of Cape Human Resources. The agency, an offshoot of the old federal "War on Poverty," is the county's Community Action Agency. It has a budget of "under $200,000," be said, all of which is federal money except $10,000 from the

county. Go6ing the clinic will save about $10,000, Fothergill-Quinlan said. The clinic, which was free but started charging $5 a visit a year ago. serves needy from throughout the county. It was open for three hours every Thursday morning and staffed by Dr. Robert Renza of North Cape May. "I'm saddened with the closure," said Renza. "We have treated the poor, indigent person, primarily the person that could not get care anywhere else, who woke up sick and had no mooey to go elsewhere. Very few in society know about these people. We got to know them as friends as well as patients." Center director Curtis Miller said the clinic served 50 to 70 persons a month. "I hate to see a service like this go," he said. "These are people who fall between the (Page 21 Please)

Women Gain Officials' Ears

COURT HOUSE — Women may be getting a bigger voice in county government. Freeholders voted unanimously last week to establish an "Advisory Commission on the State of Women to the Board of Freeholders." The advisory commission is a project of

the American Association of "University Woman whose Cape May County Branch president, Barbara L. Chojnacki, of Ocean View said it * jld "let the freeholders know what we Uunk women's needs are. "We will originate and recommend pro(Page 36 Please)

— The Freeholder Race

• " ^ ED. NOTE : Four candidates are seeking two positions on the five-member Cape May Coun- * ty Board of Freeholders, a $15,000-a-year, parttime job managing county government. The current board is aD Republican. Democratic challengers were profiled last week. Tbday, the Republican candidates. ) — a r

Thornton: County Great Financially

Frederick: Til Give It 100 Percent'

Cape May County is in "magnificent shape financially " said Freeholder Gerald M. Thornton, and he counts off a halfdozen of his own "significant achievements" that warrant his reelection. The Republican has served eight years I -1~

t as freeholder (appointed in 1976 and I elected in 1977 to an unexpired term, and reelected in 1978 and 1981 ) and is seeking t another three-year term. \ • Thornton said the county ranks third in the state in mandated costs per capita i (what it's spending on its citizens ), yet its tax rate is 18th lowest of the state's 1\ counties. • He attributed the 7.27 percent interest ~ rate the county received this month in borrowing $15.4 million in bond anticipation notes to "good management. Wee have a very conservative board of freeholders that is very innovative and tries new ideas." THESE ARE THE "achievements' Thornton listed: The county Special Services School i miii

District with its Ocean Academy and Alternative School "came because I had an idea in 1976 and I asked for an advisory committee Jo look at needs and resources for the hall wcapped." The school is already overcrowded and I using a temporary classroom. "I think i we're going to have to look at expanding," said Thornton. He called the school "one of the most modern in the state. Persons in the Coast Guard ask to be transferred here (the (Page 18 Please)

Herbert "Chuck" Frederick, Republican candidate for freeholder, has a number of proposals, not "promises." "I'll be the new kid on the block," said Frederick, 34. "I may find some things not as easy to do as I hoped, but I'll make a commitment to check. " IBs concerns include tourism, beach protection, trash, jobs, transportation and senior citizens, not necessarily in that order. Assuming he is one of five freeholders who reorganize county government in January, he's hoping to be given the public affairs responsibility now held by Freeholder Director Anthony T. Catanoso. who is retiring. Tourist promotion, a special interest, comes under public affairs.

"But no matter what departments I get, I'll give it 100 percent," he added. FREDERICK SAID TOURISM keeps many people working six to eight mouths a year, what with preparing to open and repairs after closing. But that's not enough. An industrial education teacher for the last 11 years and a Boy Scout merit badge counselor, he said he's concerned that -"we lose a lot of students to the outside. "The only thing for kids down here to go into are family businesses, like motels and

restaurants," he said. "Otherwise there is ** nothing to keep 'em here. If we had some small business and industry (he mentioned clothing or furniture), it would encourage them to stay in the area. It's to our advantage to have our young educated stay here. (Page 18 Please)

The Herald/Lantern Interview

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