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Vol. 20 No. 45 November 7, 1984

c * K $150,000 Goal v\ United Way Opens

WILDWOOD - The county's United Way has opened its fall campaign with a 1150,000 goal The drive is focusing on a fund-raiser dinner later this month and on the work of four units: • A "metro" division that divides the county north and south and is sending volunteers to small businesses, local governments and schools • Government and services: a focus on county, state and federal employes phis Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital and the vo-tech school district. • Major employers with 15 or more employes. • Special gifts; a division that contacts

people w£o have given large donations in the peat. * AN EARLIER SUMMER campaign directed solely at some 15,000 seasonal businesses yielded only 52,300 from 50 resort merchants in a direct-mail appeal. The summer drive wps admittedly understaffed and got off to a late start, sending out its mailing in mid-August, too late to do much good The year before, summer merchants contributed only $2,000 in a door-to-door campaign. Getting enough volunteer help was a problem then, too The current campaign began Oct. 15. The $150,000 goal is the same as last year, (Page 12 Please)

GOP WINNERS - Freeholder Gerald Thornton, left, woo re-eieetioo and Chock Frederick, center, was elected Freeholder yesterday with 23,17$ and 22.2C3 votes, respectively, to 13,503 and 11,736 for Democrats Peggie Bieberbach and Rodney (towns James Pkmsb. right, defeated Democrat Nick Zagone for Sheriff. 23.528 - I1.5SS. President Reagan carried the connty by 14,834 but Democratic Sen. Bill Bradley also won ty by 3,445 and Democratic Congressman William J. Hughes by 8.SSS. according to unofficial returns. Four local police pension changes were approved. <9

News— Digest ToSUs 50 Cents an Hour? CAPE MAY — Motorists may be <■ paying more to park their care next summer if Mayor Arthur Blomkvest has his way. "I'm personally in favor of seeing the meters go to 25 cents a halfhour foe the majority of the town," the mayor told city council Monday night. The current rate is 25 cents for 60 minutes. "WUdwOod and other places are raising their rrtken," Blomkvest said. Another Tax STONE HARBOR — Borough Council's regular meeting next Tuesday will begin with a public hearing at 7 p.m. mi a proposed mercantile license ordinance slated for adoption that night. The annual fees would vary between $100 and $200 a year. Copies of the proposed ordinance are available in borough hall. Crest Fights Cavities WILDWOOD CREST - Resort commissioners blasted county MUA official Thursday because an MUA contractor dug test boles in borough streets without street opening permits. That happened after the MUA was told permits would not be issued until Crest and MUA officials agreed on bow the streets would be repaved. Hie test holes were dug to find out if underground utility lines are in the path of the MUA's proposed ocean outfall sewer lines. Cited for Contempt COURT HOUSE - Superior Court Judge James A. O'Neill cited lawyer Francis Hartmap for contempt of court (Page 36 Please) GG Sitting On Lighthouse Decision 4 By E. J. DUFFY , CAPE MAY POINT - Mid-Atlantic for the Arts is still at the airborne end of a Coast Guard see-saw on leasing the historic lighthouse here. And it looks like MAC will remain that way for some time to come. "The decision might be to make no decision for a year or so, "explained Capt. Jan Smith, comptroller of the Third Coast Guard District, which uses the 145-foot lighthouse as a navigational beacon. Thirteen months ago, MAC proposed to lease the 125-year-old landmark, restore it and maintain it as a tourist attraction and memorial to lost seamen. Twelve months ago, the Cape May Point Civic Club, which includes 52 of the Point's 250 permanent residents, unanimously opposed MAC'S (Page 36 Please)

Septic Complaints Delay Home

Nursing Home Site Was Cleared This Week. Doru wont

Election in January Vistenzo Resigns Post

COURT HOUSE — Michael Vistenzo has resigned from the Middle TownShip Sewerage Commission in the wake of sharp criticism by a special investigative grand jury. , Vistenzo wrote his fellow commissioners — John M. Ludiam and LeRoy Westcott — that "I have enjoyed working with you for so many years, but I feel at this time I must step down for yours and my own peace of mind. "I do not intend to seek reelection," he added. The unpaid three-member commission, now down to two, announced last month that an election or a new, five-member

board will be held Jan. 26. It was supposed to have been held last January. That failure, along with numerous alleged viola tions of the Open Public Meetings Act, , were among reasons the grand jury found the commission "has not been operated in professional or business-like manner." VISTENZO ALS0 1 "removed himself after a review with the (Middle) township committee from any duties in reference to inspections or as construction official in relation to the ( Court House ) convalescent home," according to Committee member James Alexis. Alexis said he was "having difficulty finding someone to take that job. It's a paid salary and it will have to be negotiated." be said. Vistenzo is paid $26,672 a year in the construction official post. The grand jury presentment, published in its entirety in the Herald and Lantern last week, said it was not a good idea for Vistenzo to hold so many positions: construction official, zoning officer, flood hazard officer, plannir^ board, advising the Zoning Board of adjustment and sewerage commissioner ALEX SAID construction official is the only paid job. And he said he felt the township's construction official "should (Page 36 Please)

r inside WHAT'S a "presentment?" Everything you ever wanted to know, but never dared to ask. Page 47. TEN pretty misses will compete for the^ junior Miss title Friday. •Turn to page 14 and pick your choice.

) — x • / Health Says System Is Undersized By JOE ZELNIK COURT HOUSE - The county Health and Planning departments Have raised new obstacles to the proposed Court House Convalescent Center on Magnolia Drive. The Health Department said the proposed septic system is "undersized" and will have to be redesigned. An earlier acceptance of a 100 gallon per-person, per -day capacity for connecting to a public sewerage system would have to be increased to 150 gallons per-person, per -day for an on-site septic system, it said. The Planning Department said it will appeal the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Coastal Areas Facilities Review Act (CAFRA) permit in the belief the home's septic system "will not meet ground water quality standards. " Any delay could affect the home's race with Old Man Winter to pour concrete for its foundation before cold weather. It has already completed clearing the site "IT LOOKS LIKE our understandings are different," said Benjamin Miller of Court House Associates, the home's developer, in response to the Health Department objections. He will be meeting with its representatives today. He could not be reached to comment on the Planning Department appeal, revealed late Monday afternoon. Hie Health Department concerns could (Page 12 Please) - Early Deadlines A number of early news and advertising deadlines are upcoming so that Lantern-Herald staffers can celebrate Thanksgiving like the rest of you. The Thanksgiving edition will be distributed on Tuesday, Nov. 20, and the deadline for news and advertising is Thursday, Nov. 15. Since the Herald-Lantern office in Court House will be dosed Nov. 22 and 23, the deadline for the Nov. 2$ issue will be Wednesday, Nov. 21.