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NewsDigest ( From Page 1 > DiMarco. Audrey Hardy and Dolores Reese The unanimous vote came at 1964 s last meeting. Dec. 27. \ ; * Erosion Meetings V VILLAS — Lower Township officials are expected to attend two meetings today about beach erosion. Jhe first will be about bayfront problems, with the state Department of Environmental Protection ^nd U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at 10:30 a.m. in Township Hall. 2600 Bayshore Rd. The second will concern seashore erosion, along South Cape Meadows, with Cape May. West Cape. May and Cape May Point officials. It will be held 7:30 tonight in West Cape May 's municipal hall 3-1 For Homes COLD SPRING — Lower Township councilmen voted 3-1 Monday night to amend the zoning code by allowing nursing homes as a conditional use in R-2 residential districts. Currently; they're not permitted anywherp' in the municipality The amendment would allow construction of a nursing home here if the Philadelphia firm that plans it can purchase a 20-acre tract between Town Bank and Ferry roads. Councilman -^""Joseph Lonergan opposed the amendment ; Deputy Mayor Joseph Davis was absent Hospitalized with a lung ailment, he's due to be released tomorrow. Lou Replaces Tony o NORTH WILWOOD - City councilmen selected Lewis O. Vinci to succeed his arch rival. Anthony Catanoso, as mayor last week when Lewis Ostrander was named council president. James McGoldrick and Robert McGullion took their oaths of office as councilmen. Vinci's council seat will be filled from a list of three candidates nominated by the resort Republican organization. Catanoso. who stepped down as mayor and county freeholder last month, favored Councilman Anthony Visalli to succeed him. Two In, One Out WOODBINE — Theodore DeSantis and William Pikolycky took their oaths of office to new three-year terms as borough councilmen last week. DeSantis was reelected president. Councilman Seymour Benson, citing illness, resigned from council, however No plans were announced for replacing him. Belts Takes Oath TUCKAHOE - George Betts. owner of Tuckahoe Turf Farms, took the oath of office as Upper Township's newest committeeman Friday. He and his predecessor. Leonard Migliaccio. each collected 893 votes in the June Republican primary, according to Superior Court. That left GOP candidate selection up to the local party organization which chose Betts. He defeated Democratic candidate Bruno Tropeano and independent Frederick M. Armand in November. Also last week, committeemen named Daniel Beyel to a second term as mayor. Murphy, Knoll Tapped DENNISVILLE — Dennis Township committeemen renamed Frank L. Murphy as mayor last week and selected Albert J. Knoll deputy mayor. Standing as Democrats. Murphy was reelected to another three-year term in November when Knoll won election to an unexpired . one-year term. He was appointed earlier ^iast year to fill the vacancy created when Committeeman Gary Errickson resigned.

90-Day Notice DENNISVILLE - Dennis Township School District was one of six denied certification by the state Board of Education last week. The district has 90 days to im•prove its science curriculum, find more room for speech therapy and offer more in-service training for teachers. Paul Chila, principal of the district's one school on Academy Road, said it began vfttjrrecting the problems even before state monitoring in October. Future Ratables CAPE MAY - Resort planners granted preliminary approval to developers James MacDonald and Carl Buck last week for construction of Cape Country Club Estates, 60 townhouses in 12 buildings on 18.6 acr<is along Lafayette Street. The planners also granted final approval to Harry Hirsch, owner of the Montreal Inn. to convert National Associates insurance agency on the Washington Street Mall into an 11 -store mini mall. Hold It, Cowboy OCEAN CITY — Citizens Organized for Responsible Government plans to present the resort Planning Board with a petition today, opposing final site plan approval 1 for a Roy Rogers fast food restaurant at Ninth Street and Bay Avenue. The organization argues that the proposed restaurant would increase traffic and safety hazards at the accident-prone intersection. The restaurant is the third proposal for the site that residents have opposed Earlier, they fought plans for a market, and Burger King there. Fire Gilts House \1 SOUTH iilENNIS _ Fire gutte<i a twostory too use on Sduth-Bennis-South Seaville Road when the ice storm caused a power surge Friday afternoon. Icing knocked out power to Dennis Volunteer Fire Co. which answered the alarm with five other local companies. The power surge knockjed John Robbins, the home's owner, out of his chair arul across the room along with the fuse box. Fire spread through the walls and under the floors. The house" was the site of an apaprent arson about a year ago. according to fire officials. r Fire Sale , Cheap OCEAN CITY - The old. abandoned firehose at 612 Asbury Ave. will be auc- . tioned Friday. Jan. 18, at 10 a.m. No bid less than $85,000 will be considered, with 10 percent cash down. Settlement is planned for sometime in February or March, after city council ratifies the deal The city also intends to bill the successful bidder for its own advertising and printing costs in connection with the auction. Plant May Curb Crud DENNISVILLE - Gov. Thomas Kean is expected to sign into law this week a bill appropriating $2 million to construct a sewage treatment plant at the Woodbine Development Center and curb pollution in Dennisville Lake (Johnson's Pond) here. State assemblymen passed the bill, sponsored by Assemblyman George Otowski (D-Middlesex), last Thursday. Although state officials consistently refused to link lake pollution to the center's sewage discharge, health officials made that connection several years ago. * Couple Killed COURT HOUSE - Lester Moore, 50. i was dead on arrival at Burdette Tomlin I. Memorial Hospital at 4 p.m. Dec. 30 and

his wife, Shirley, 48, died there three hours later after their 1979 Buick crashed into a tree along Dennisville Roiad. The Whites bo ro couple had apparently been returning home from jobs at the Woodbine State School. Arrested for Assaults WILDWOOD — Police arresled Steven R. Marino, 29, of West 16th Street, North

Wildwood, early Saturday morning as he left a home on West Rio Grande Avenue here where he allegedly beat a man and sexually assaulted a woman, 24, after breaking into their house. Marino was carrying a spiked club when arrested, police reported. Besides assault, sexual assault and burglary, Marino was being held in lieu of 950,000 bail for conspiracy to commit burglary. Warrants have been issued for other men wanted in connection with the case, police said.

Educators Bring Lists To Budget Workshop

ERMA — about 80 percent of the 1985-86 } budget of the Lower Cape May Regional School District will go towards salaries and fringe benefits, Supt. Ephraim ft. Keller said at a workshop session of the board last Thursday. "All salaries have been set, except .supervisors and principals. And with fringes, we're talking about 80 percent of the budget. So, we're here to talk about the 6 percent that goes into the classrooms — for the kids," Keller told a gathering of principals, assistant principals and department heads. The educators came armed with shopping lists of things they requested everything from textbooks to typewriter ribbons. Among the big ticket items was $35,000 to buy 25 computers; 10 for the math department, three for English, two for the guidance department, two for science, three for the library, and two for social studies. THERE WAS a $9,000 request for new microscopes for oceanography studies, and $15,000 to replace all the cabinets and counter tops in the home economic rooms of the high school. "Why do the cabinets have to be replaced?" Keller asked. "They're 24 years old," replied Principal Stanley Kotzen i know my wife wouldn't go 24 years without new kitchen cabinets." "It might be cheaper." Keller said, "to get a new wife." The science department requested $6,500 to buy dead frogs, turtles and cats, chemicals, plus 2,000 to 3,000 disposable plastic gloves for students working with formaldehyde. The gloves would be a first; until now. the students have worked bare-handed. DURING the budget session, which

lasted several hours, the educators also requested $12,000 for new chemistry, physics and biology textbooks to replace editions printed in the 1970's and said to be outdated. History and psychology texts were also deemed out of date, being 10 years old. And other $3,100 was asked for French, Spanish and Latin books. Also, more challenging math books for 7th and 8th graders studying algebra, $2,000 to $3,000. And other $8,000 for science books in 7th, 8th and 9th grades. Plus another $22,000 for library supplies, including popular books and references. Hie Teitelman School also asked $10,000 for library books, plus $9,500 for audio visuals, $1,000 for computer software supplies, and $2,000 for other supplies. Three departments — wood shop, drafting and home economics — requested $75,000 for all the things they needed, from paper to pencils, even gas for the driver education cars. New gym equipment, including balls, will run about $3,500. THERE WAS a $25,000 request for general high school supplies, covering everything from typewriter ribbons in the principal's office to car rentals for the instructional program. Dont't forget $2,000 for new drapes in the home economic room, and $1,800 for six other new microscopes to replace some that couldn't be fixed last year and were thrown out. The budget requests were noted by the school board and taken under consideration while it is compiling the total budget for the year. Later the following Monday, the board was to consider other budget requests for food service, transportation, maintenance of buildings and grounds, and capital improvement projects.

MUA Rate Boosted — ( From Page 1 > although the spring flood is to blame,- "We get no relief from the MUA." "Water consumption was down in '84. tyit flood infiltration and sea water washing into the streets went into the air vents ifythe sanitary sewer systems," Graham added. THE MUA SAYS it processed 498 million gallons of wastewater from Cape May in 1984. That was 70 percent more than the city had estimated for the off-season, and 20 percent more than the city expected for the summer. For 1965, the MUA projects that it will process 487 million gallons of wastewater from Cape May, including Schellinger's Landing The MUA says that conditions associated with the receipt of federal and state funds to build regional wastewater systems require each user or class of users to pay their proportionate share of the cost of treating waste according to volume and flow. That cost-sharing also extends to all debts and administrative costs incurred by the MUA in regard to planning, design and construction of sewer systems. . y That's why Cape May is being billed $723,403 by the MUA in 1985, even though city residents actually used less water last year. STREETS WERE inundated by sea water washing into the streets, and a steady, 24-hour rain whipped by high winds late last March. When flood conditions were reached, storm sewers couldn't carry the water off fast enough, so water began rushing into

sanitary sewer air vents which are required by state plumbing codes in order to ventilate the lines of methane gas. Methane gas is a natural byproduct formed by decomposing organic matter. Evqn household lavatory lines are equipped with a roof vent to let methane gas escape. Municipal sewage lines buried under the , street have vents close to ground level, in manholes, for example. LAST FEBRUARY, a secondary wastewater treatment facility began operation at the site of the former Cape May City treatment plant. The higher rates also reflect that. too. The MUA said it installed three new pumping nations and about 20,000 lineal feet of new force mains. The system can handle up to 3 million gallons per day. But during the peak on March 29 when 6.84 million gallons was handled, the sewage was so diluted by flood waters that the plant stopped treating it chemically. "We just let it go right on through," said Charles Norkis, the MUA's chief engineer. Treated sewage is pumped through an outfall line into Delaware Bay. During the flood, the system was going full blast. * Charging municipalities for processing flood waters that leak into sewer line air vents might not be construed as normal sewage, but the MUA does have a service agreement with participating towns. "They are paying for us to treat that water, but if they plug those leaks better, as they do in Ocean City, they wouldn't be paying so much," Cathcart said. Hie sewer lines themselves are Cape May's responsibility, not the MUA's, he added.