. . . - 31 Herald & Lantern 2 lanuary '85 . ~ __

News Notes from r~ ! The Wildwoods 1 Thomas Parsons 729-5768 v . v V

The Greater Wildwood Jaycees are in the news again! This excellent organization has scheduled its second annual basketball game against the USFL Philadelphia Stars. All proceeds from this popular fund-raiser are used by the Jaycees to fund their youth athletic program and to renovate Maxwell Field. Last year, the • match-up" was very well attended and the proceeds were put to good use. e

; This year, the game is scheduled for Jan. 5 at 5 Wildwood High School Gym. Tickets are $2 in adi vance from any Jaycee h member and $3 at the door. "Tip-off" is 7:30 p.m. II GROVER BRADSHAW s and his talented wife, Lori Cesar, are announcing yet

another "Upcoming AUr f traction" for their family: 't Seems this talented duo is t expecting their second t child this summer. 1 The very popular and > talented performing pair 1 feature the entertainment ( line-up at Garvin's t Irishman's Cafe in North < Wildwood. Over *the I holidays all were wishing

hem the best as their fami- i y trio becomes a quartet. i THE WILWOOD CREST jfficials seem to have won round one in what promises to be a somewhat confrontational relationship with the Cruz Construction Company, the firm retained to install the myriad of pipelines for the MUA system in the Wildwoods. Wildwood Crest Commissioners have historically been opposed to much of the MUA philosophy and have repeatedly expressed concern over the need for the system and the inherent economic impact that the MUA system will have upon the economy of the "island." The latest confrontation revolved around the property damage being done by the construction firm as they dig the trenches to accept the huge pipeline sections. Much of Jefferson .Avenue looks as though it was storm ravaged and as work continues we can expect other "host community" - MUA impasses. ON A RELATED NOTE, it seems that much of the business community is just realizing that the MUA system hook-up is a reality. For years, the business community has been told, primarily by Wildwood Crest Commissioner Frank McCall, that the personal economics of the system 1 will be shocking. According to McCall, literally millions of dollars will be siphoned out of the : economy in MUA sewerage bills. Motels and f restaurants will be hardest • hit with utility bills . skyrocketing into the J thousands of dollars. 1 Also affected will be each l

municipality on Five Mile Beach. Particularly sen- . sitive to the problem is the I island hub community of Wildwood. ] I recently had the oppor- | tunity to review a detailed ' study of the watersewerage system for Wildwood. The report completed several years ago by | Van-Note Harvey Associates indicates many problems throughout the system and numerous abuses to the system that will cost the taxpayers money as the city is forced to pay for sewerage treatment once connected to the MUA system. Hopefully, the full economic impact of the MUA will be mollified somewhat as the communities endeavor to correct system inadequacies and unacceptable infiltration problems, i, £lso needed is a good PR i campaign from the I Wildwood Water Utility to ; educate the consumers as to the impact and the various personal water 1 conservation systems that ' exist. A wealth of excellent literature was available at the last League of * Municipalities Convention

in Atlantic City. | THE MEMBERS of the 1^ Wildwood Crest, North Wildwood, and Wildwood I fire departments deserve I the communities' apprecia- I tion for their respective ex- I tensions of holiday spirit I throughout the Island's I various school systems. K many years, the fire I departments have visited I the local schools with Santa I Claus as they distributed I gifts te' the children | Thi$ long-standing tradi- i tion is notable and those I many volunteers who col- I lect and distribute toys are I to be commended for their I community spirit. I HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1 wishes are to be extended I to two members of the I "Sleepy Hollow" Nursery I school gang: Carrie Ewan I and Nicky Catanoso each I wore the Birthday Crown I . at the school's recent I Christmas luncheon. Turn- I ing 5 and 4 years old I respectively, Ewan is the I daughter of James and 1 Nancy Ewan of Wildwood I Crest, and "Nicky" is the I son of Leonard and Cindy I Catanoso of North I Wildwood. Regional Sets Budget Meets Thurs., Mon. __ ERMA — Lower Cape May Regional School District Board of Education will hold workshop meetings on the preparation of the proposed 1985-86 budget tomorrow, Jan. 3, and Monday, Jan. 7, at 7 30 p.m. , The sessions are open to the public. Tomorrow's will cover all aspects of the academic program with principals, assistant principals and supervisors to be present. Monday's fwill cover various categories including supervisors of I buildings and grounds, food t service, transportation, » etc. Capital improvement ; projects also will be discusses.

Joy ride III By Libby Demp Forres

"I remember this house," I overheard one appliance delivery man say to another as tfiey approached our house. "You mean there's a German Shepherd here or something?" the other delivery man asked. "Worse, said the first fellow. "You'll see." No. 2 ran to open the door. "Hi," he said. "Are you afraid of Doberman Pinchers We have a couple of Doberman puppies and they're real cute and frisky." . ••I THOUGHT you said there's no dog here, said the newcomer. ..... . "There's no dog here," said the pro. It s not the animals you have to be leery of here. It's the house." - Old houses have their charms, but appliance delivery men who come to our house don't think much of the antiquity of were we live. "First," the experienced delivery man explained uvthe newcomer, "the only way we're going to get the washing machine in the door is up the back steps. There s a bookcase in the front hallway that's built in. Nothing goes Pa^HAVE YOU BEEN HERE before?" No. 2 asked him. • "I've been here; I can say that," said the pro. "Want to see my scars from the last time?" . "Are you the guy who brought the dryer in last year asked No. 2. "I was In school, but Mom told me all about how you had to take off the back door, then the kitchen door, and how you had to lift the dryer over the laundry tub and the toilet in the utility room after you got the old dryer out first." ... .... ... "Geez," said the new delivery man. And I thought today being Friday would be easy . " "This house is a five day week," said the pro. | I CAME TO the door. "Hi, I said to the delivery men. "Have I been waiting for you. We're out of clean clothes. When the old washing machine went up, I thought to myself how can something that's only 12 years old give up. When I was 12 years old I hadn't even begun to live. One delivery man looked at the other. "I tried to tell you about this house," said the pro to the newcomer. . . .. For the next 45 minutes the delivery men wrestled the old machine out and the new machine in. Doors came off, shelves were taken down, furniture got moved. "If I ever see this address on another delivery form, I m going to call in sick for the day," said the newcomer as ! going io can in »i» urc

signed the delivery form. "Let's get going to the next delivery, said the pro. "Ntitybe they only have a gorilla there." * j Our Readers Write— (From Page 30) r will eventually be contaminated by salt water and that the onlv dependable supply of potable water is the water table aquifer recharged by precipitation. The Holly Beach aquifer (surface aquifer) which supplies the Villas, as well as other areas, has considerable salt water intrusion. The solution, as outlined by some officials that is, providing the Villas with water from the Lower Township MUA wells, is not the solution, but, only a stopgap measure. ' . „ The deep wells (Cohansey Sand) in the Cape May peninsula have lowered the water table below sea level in several places. The landward migration of saltwater from the ocean is underway now; it cannot.be reversed. Based on professional studies, Dpwer Township has approximately 10 percent of the potential water supply in Cape May Gounty. ,. Notwithstanding these facts, development is proceeding to cause the potable water to be used faster than it is replaced by nature... Result-a chloride intrusion into the wells of Villas residents at an alarming rate. If our township council would redefine its priorities, seek funds from the state, and institute studies to determine how to protect our precious water supplies and perhaps locate new supplies, then perhaps the homeowners of Lower Township will be able to sleep at ""Northern New Jersey has already begun studies in various counties. Let's consider our present taxpayers first. SAMUEL M. STUBBS North Cape May • dv

- "J umberland \ y r*ounty Vfcoilege

AL THOM,\g I Alumnus of the Monti I T hree weeks ago. a buzzer woke up Al al I 3 O'clock in the morning He knew it wasn t theT I alarm dock next to his bed because he had se,t« I I for the usual time - 5 a.m. 1* I I The sound was a signal from the greenhouse i I area in his back yard. When the temperature I I one of his greenhouses drops twlow M degrees. » I | sensor causes a buzzer to blare in his bedroo^ i Al quickly got up and, wearing a robe and shjf I [ pers. repaired his greenhouse heating system* t I "A crop you've been growing for months can I I quickly be ruined by cojd weather.' the Ocean I V iew resident explained, "f lowers and plants are ■ 1 my livelihood, and I care for them as though they I I ""fs^merest in plants bepaninl%9 when hewas I I a senior at Middle Township High School .While a I I student there, he won first prize for a landscaping I 1 project he had entered in a future farmers of 1 I *' Though he was accented at several colleges the I I alumnus chose to enroll at t umberland County I I College in the fall of 1969. the year the I I Agriculture/Ornamental Horticulture program I I was implemented at the college. 1 Cumberland offered the education 1 was seek- I I ing,)' Al said. " And it's close to home and very in- I I expensive to attend. , , , _ I I After attending CCC. A IwW 1 a > years I I as a landscape designer. In 1975. he builJ® I 1 greenhouse in his backyard and grew tomatoes. I I TTie following year, he built three more I I .greenhouses. * , , . 4 I 1 Then the cost of oil skyrocketed. I | -I couldn't produce enough tomatoes pcr square I | foot to make a profit." Al recalled, so 1 decided I I 52,000 square feel of' 1 I greenhouse area. Along with six ei mplovees. he I 1 grows poinsettias. geraniums. Easter lilies and ! I other ornamental flowers as well as potted plants I I According to Robert Parvin. coordinator oi I I CCC's Agriculture/Ornamental Horticulture pro- 1 I gram. Alis one of the best greenhouse managers I I UI*^ve seen many people fail in this business I I because they haven't possessed the knowledge to I I produce quality crops in an efficient manner. Al I 1 related. "I've succeeded because Cumberland s I I two-year Agriculture/Ornamental Horticulture I I program gave me an excellent educational I 1 background to pursue this career. . I I Al's advice for success is to strive for improve- I I ment. "No matter what y our business, try to V I make vour product better every year, he said. I | "If you make a quality product that s in demand . I ^MumS^ with his wife f.zyle and off- I | spring Derrick. 12. and Jamie. 9. J I We're Proud of Our Alumni I

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