58 Herald/Lanlern/Dispatch 10 April 85

Our Readers Write 'Official' News Is Cheery

To The Editor: I'd like to congratulate Jacqueline Fortino. new Wildwood tourism director, for hanging in there. She finally made it. , One news article stated that Fortino expressed surprise about her nomination. I guess so. since she was also nominated about eight months ago by former Mayor Earl Ostrander. and she, along with five other candidates, was rejected I saw no mention of this in any news article. Mayor Victor DiSylvester stated that she is very ag gressive and has some super ideas. She apparently has been a very busy lady in the last eight months obtaining these qualifications I'M ALSO GLAD to see such harmony between council and mayor on this appointment It didn't take the right nominee for this position, it only took their mayor to nominate her. There also was an incorrect statement in her press release. This position has not been vacant for two years since DiSylvester resigned and took office in July. Tom Parsons was acting director from the time the administrative code was passed until he was rejected by council, and the "new hunt" began IN RELATION TO tourism and the Information Bureau, the employe who permanently staffed the boardwalk information office was moved back to the mayor's office as his secretary. This left another employe who is responsible for building maintenance to man the "800" phone. As DiSylvester quoted last year "he can't be there all the time, he has other duties" referring to Mike Melincoff). This vacancy has been ongoing for over two months until Fortino started on March 11. The headlines last year read Wildwood's Hotline" goes cold. Emma Jackson "pleads." Elaine Vignola "chastises." Adeiizzi "mans the hotline " This year there is no mention of the same situation. Why? THESE SITUATIONS bring to mind the subject "official party newspapers" These newspapers carry only "official" non-controversial type news, which many Sat. Shopper To The Editor: Poor Thomas C. Dixon of North Cape May (April 3 letter. "Ban Seniors on Saturday?"). He sounds like an old lady already So many complaints and so many problems. Poor-baby, did all those "old people" get in his way? There, there, stop crying. We'll stop shopping on Saturdays and we'll try to walk a little faster And we'll turn up our hearing aids BUT IS IT ALL RIGHT if we still pay cash for our goods? Is it okay if we have, jobs through the week to help pay our way? And how about, can we still volunteer at the local hospitals? And bake cakes and all that good stuff for our church? I do hope he shows his letter to his parents or an old aunt They will get a chuckle. IF WE LIVE long enough; sooner or later we all get "old." But he is such a sweet "young" person he will probably sit in a corner and not get in anyone's way And he also mentioned free time. That's right, free to shop whenever we please And free to take advantage of the sales that occur on weekends. I usually shop through the week, but I'm going to start shopping on Saturdays and get in his way. And I'm glad his Jap car got bumped. JANE ELLIOT Cape May Herald Lantern by the seawave corporation P.O. Box 430 cape may court house N.J. 08216 Joseph R. Zelnik Editor Bonnie Reina General Manager Gary L. Rudy Advertising Director John Dunwoody Special Promotions Director Darrell Kopp Publisher DEADLINES News & Photos Thursday Advertising Friday — 3 P.M. Classified Advertising Friday — 3 P.M. 465-5055 For News or Advertising Information CAPE MAY Herald-Dispatch

readers like, since it acts like a sedative; giving the impression that all is well and everything is cheery. Rules and regulations were drawn and an ordinance passed on the use of city property by employes. Does this cover the transportation in the Wildwood ambulance of one of the councilman's brothers (who resides in Middle Township) from Burdette Tomlin to Somers Point Hospital? It seems that rules and regulations only apply to a few. Has council been devoting all its time for the "good" of Wildwood over the past 11 1/2 years, or to get Earl Ostrander out of office? In any case. I would like to thank them, for they did me a great favor. Have things "really" changed since last year? ARLENE J OSTRANDER Wildwood (ED NOTE Ostrander is the wife of former mayor Earl Ostrander. )

the peacekeeper

Stamp Out the Burn Job

To The Editor: In December of 1983, Lower Township Committeeman Robert Fothergill came up with the brilliant idea of forming an Incinerator Authority. This was suppose to be an at tempt by the township to research solid waste removal alternatives and save the community money on tipping fees. etc. It was a noble thought But, basically this was a plan by Fothergill to purchase the Harbison Walker (123-acre) site. You see. Fothergill is a broker. He knows how to make deals and make money. That is his profession There have been tens of thousands of dollars already spent on this scheme. The final price tag would have run into the millions. The scheme I speak of is what I call. "Lower's Burn Job" or "How to play bocci with hot feet." If Fothergill would have gone to the county MUA in 1983, he would have been told of the 1975 Solid Waste Management Plan. The law reads . ."It is the purpose of this statute to establish the framework within which all solid waste collection and disposal activities are to be coordinated within the state."It specifically designates each county as a Solid Waste Management District, with the responsibility for developing and implementing a comprehensive S W.M.P. and addressing the needs of every municipality within each county. LOWER'S SOLICITOR Bruce Gorman makes over $60,000 a year. He should know the law. He should have discussed this matter in detail with Fothergill and the county MUA before it got out of hand. It did, and the taxpayers are the ones who got hurt - right in their wallets, or should I say, right out of their wallets. Commissioner James Busha of the MUA recently said. "1 think we made a mistake right in the beginning — we

should have cut this short long ago and said. Sorry Charlie, you don't have the right to do this." If everybody is going to get in on this, it's going to be anarchy." There are over 500 municipalities in New Jersey. The law was created to prevent what Fothergill went and did. Would Fothergill and his council like to see 500 incinerators in the state? Our five-member council is obviously ignorant to this matter. It has voted time and time again to pursue this costly scam. It is either ignorant of the law or afraid of Mayor Fothergill. I feel council falls into the latter category. IF THEY (COUNCILMEN) are going to be whimpified by this Wolverine, then they should resign their positions. Gentlemen, you can't keep playing both ends against the middle. Manager James R. Stump is also a Wolverine He owes a lot to Bob Fothergill. But. he owes more to the citizens of this township. If he doesn't start putting the citizens first, he may end up back in Michigan with Sue Sanborn and Mark Lange — the two so-called professionals consultants who started this whole mess. Stump and council should immediately stamp out this Incinerator Authority. Quit wasting time and money on this white elephant. And, possibly take Peggy Bieberbach's advice and develop an outdoor recreation facility behind the Millman Center. I don't like gutless councilmen and neither do the rest of the voters. The next scam you'll see is the overdevelopment of Diamond Beach. You can't drink salt water! Ask any Villas resident. MICHAEL J. STUBBS North Cape May

Medical Phenomena Libido Lag Nonoccupational?

By JOE ZELNIK My apologies to people whose Easter cards arrived late because the post office was swamped by entries for my Name the Faces contest Bushel baskets of postcards are jammed in every nook and cranny of our office and determination of a winner will require at least another week The massive response suggests the likelihood that there will be a tie for the most correct answers. And I'm beginning to doubt the wisdom of the previously announced random selection method of picking one winner. We are currently leaning toward having a professional handwriting analyst examine the tied entries and determine which person is most worthy I should say that the delay in determining a winner is not all bad The money for this prize has been set aside in an interest-bearing account The longer it takes our judges to pick a winner, the more the prize-will be worth. IN ONE OF THE MOST unfortunate side effects of the contest, a mail carrier delivering entries suffered a slight hernia. This is just one of a number of medical phenomena revealed in the county in the last few days. For example, I know a lady who just had a baby and rush ed home from Burdette-Tomlin. Asked why she didn't lie around the hospital a couple days and rest, she said the place was so busy they were making her do more work than she'd do at home. Ever the reporter, I learned B-T has a 12-bed maternity section and it's not unusual to find it filled lately. Births seem on the rise Consider these B-T birth statistics: January. 45; February, 51. March, 62; and in the first five days of April. 13 (If April continued at that rate, it would total 78). NOW IF ONE GOES back nine months, which, if you think about it, is not a bad idea, you will reach the startling conclusion that more babies are being made in-season than, as normally suspected, in the dead of winter It has always been known that people down here work their tails off in the summer and cool it when it's cool. And

it has always been assumed that most of the women in this county work during the season, come home late from their jobs. and. if approached by their husbands, respond. "Are you kidding"' I served 1 12 seafood combos today Leave me alone!" The latest B-T birth statistics cast suspicion on that scenario Apparently occupational fatigue does not make the libido lag Textbooks may have to be rewritten. ONE OF THE COUNTY'S most bizarre health stories occurred at the parkway's Rio Grande southbound entrance where an exact change honor system calls for motorists to throw in a dime to see a ligjit change briefly from red to green \ A parkway employe last week checfcfc^the hopper, found a dime, and went into shock. No one had tossed a dime into that basket since the last tourist left on Oct. 14. 1984. . This true story carries two implications. First, the collector tells me he must endure a long wait for his weekly psychiatric treatment, verifying my suspicion that the county has an insufficient number of psychiatrists. And I can assure you from the mail I receive that there are one heckuva lot of people who could use a short line for professional help Even more ominous, though, the surprise dime portends an earlier-than-usual tourist arrival. OF COURSE this is something for most of us to celebrate. If it were not for tourists, how many of us would ever see tri-colored deck shoes'' Who but tourists four-deep at the Windrift would believe the lies the locals have been practicing all winter? If it were not for tourists broiling in the sun while reading "The One-Minute Manager." think how many Realtors and motel owners would be in welfare lines reading "The OneMinute Sales Person." Of course there are always some negative people. There will be a few professional worriers - year-round employes of the county Health and Planning departments — who will echo their annual cautions about water quantity and quality To them I say v when was the last time you saw a tourist drink a glass of water?