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Vol. 21 No. 19

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May 8, 1985

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News~~^ Digest Tories Rematch by Proxy? NORTH WILDWOOD - Anthony T. Catanoso, nephew of former Mayor Anthony T. Catanoso, is opposing his uncle's political rival. Mayor Lewis Vinci, in the June 4 Republican primary. The younger Catanoso, an insurance executive, is running with Denise Bell, a school teacher at St. Ann's. She's opposing Councilman Ralph Johnson. Thf challengers announced their bids last week.

Predicted Results SWAINTON — Sanders and Thomas, engineering consultants for the county MUA, have reported that a single waste-to-energy incinerator at the county landfill, Woodbine, would be $8.5 million cheaper to build and $1.3 million-a-year less costly to operate than a two-plant plan favored by Lower Township officials. Sanders and Thomas predicted the results of its study on the two-unit plan before the MUA commissioned it in the wake of the township's proposal. More Dredging AVALON — Avalon next month will get a controversial $300,000 dredging project for Snake Creek and the waterway near Cravens Island, according to State Sen. James Hurley. The state Division of Coastal Resources originally opposed the work as a violation of a policy against new projects. But Avalon officials recently argued that the state created "the problem by building a low-level bridge on 30th Street in the 1960s that made Snake Creek the only access to the ocean for . many boaters. Leave Nov. 1 , Fdlks DENNISVILLE - The Dennis. Township Planning Board is considering tightening regulations on new timesharing or "condominium (Page 33 Please)

JOINT EFFORT — The borough bought the dune grass. The Realty Owners Association of Stone Harbor took command. And 26 children from grades ,»-K at Stone Harbor " Elementary assisted in a dun«* grass planting at K3rd Street last week. The project stabilizes the dunes and the children learn about ecology in the process.

And Burdette 's the Biggest Big Hike for Big Sewer Users

COURT HOUSE - A half-dozen of the biggest customers in* Middle Township Sewerage District No. 1 would have their bills just about quadrupled according to a Nonpartisan Elections Set In 5 Towns By E. J. DUFFY Incumbents face challengers in all five county municipalities with nonpartisan elections 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. next Tuesday. Following is a summary of polling places and candidates (Those whose names are followed by an asterisk (") did not return the Herald's April 3 questionnaires by May 6) : AVALON Borough Council President Jeannette Glazier, 72, a retired teacher, is the only incumbent standing for reelection to three at-large seats on the five-member council. Six other candidates, however, are running for her $2,750 position and those of retiring Councilmen Raymond S. Gray Jr. and James Bus ha. Those contenders are: Charles A. Krout, 62, retired manager for Pa. Bell network operations: Walter P. Murphy, 62, a retired skill forman for Eaton Corp., ^ Phila.: John P. Bretherton, 60, owner of Island Fix-it Service; Charles H. Curtis (•J; Joseph Del Vescio (*); and Daniel W. Hildreth III (•]. The latter three are running as an "Ability, Dedication to Avalon" slate. POLLING PLACE: Voters from the borough's three election districts cast ballots at Community Hall, 30th St. at the beach. (Page 61 Please)

new rate schedule proposed by the commissioners. Most individual users, however, would see little change in their bills, if the system is adopted after a public hearing set for 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, in the township municipal building. Any rate change will include this year and a second billing 1 will cover any additional amount owetT The proposed rates are based on water usage, data that comes from the New Jersey Water Co. Until now. under the prior board of commissioners rates apparently were set more haphazardly ALL RATES are expected to double two years from now when the county MUA (Municipal Utilities Authority) takes over treatment of the district's sewage bills it

about $168,000, compared to its current budget of $67,519 Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital is the district's major user. It was paying $5,228 a year. If the new rate schedule is approved, that would go to about $19,000. according to Commission Chairman Al Karaso. The McDonald's restaurant in Court House, which was billed $402 last year, would climb to more than $1,800. Karaso said. Others in the "big six" include South Cape Nursing Home county government, the Model Cleaners laundry in the Jamesway Shopping Plaza, and the Middle Township School District . THREE CHARTS with pink. blue, green (Page 61 Please)

An Astrology Column: J The Timing Is Perfect

By JOE ZELNIK STONE HARBOR — The moon was in Libra, Mercury was direct, and I was interviewing Harry Emerson Otto. One led to the other, you see. I was probing Otto because, starting today, his astrological forecasts will appear in this newspaper in a column called "Planetarily Speaking" (page 63). I'd discussed this with Otto off and on for more than a year. Last week I stopped into the Lark Motel he manages to reserve a room for guests. Otto said he knew I'd be comipg. It was the right time for his cplumn to start. The solar system said so. We arranged then for this interview, once again based on when the time was right. "Every second, every minute is important," he explained, consulting an Ephemeria. FOR EXAMPLE, if you need a plumber,

Otto explained, call in the Saturn hours. That's a time for patience, which you'll want in your plumber. "You needn't wait in an emergency," he added, seeing my raised eyebrows. Otto will research and write the columns every Wednesday: "Wednesday is mercury; short writing, newspapers," he explained. And I will pick it up every Thursday: "Jupiter, publishing," Otto explained. When you read it is up to you. OTTO IS A 38-year-old Aquarius born in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pa. He was graduated from Porter Tower Union High School in 1965 and MillersviDe State College in 1969 with a major in English and Spanish. OTTO HAS WRITTEN several articles for "True Astrology" magazine, one on "Breaking Habits," another called "Leo to Libra in the Theater." (Page 61 Please)

Cumberland Says It Has Land Branch Campus Race Quickens

By JOE ZELNIK Cumberland Community College (CCC) says it has free land available for a Cape May County branch campus Dr. Thomas Henry. CCC dean of development, told this newspaper "we are ^looking at sites and are in a position to operate a full branch campus and offer a wide range of programs in the county for county residents." CCC and Atlantic Community College (ACC) will outline their plans for branch campuses in the county in response to a board of freeholder Request for Proposals ( RFP > . For its part. ACC has signed a one-year lease for a litle more than 3.000 square feet at Village Shoppes of Rio Grande and will vacate 1.800 square feet on Main Street in Court House rented from the Middle Township School District. A June 29 grand opening is slated to coincide with one at the shopping center. But that is strictly an extension campus move, not a branch campus possibility, according to Dr. Thomas Chelius. ACC's chairman of Academic Support Services. THE COUNTY'S three-page RFP. which requests a response by June 17. at no point . says it wants a branch campus outlined Rather, it 'discusses "extending the availability of confmunity college degree programs " ACC has already been advertising the potential to secure a degree without leav ing the county. But that is admittedly a limited program. Chelius and Henry told this newspaper a branch campus is their goal. There obviously can be only one in the county, and the designation would come from the state Department of Higher Education. Criteria for a branch campus, according to Chelius. includes space.. personnel and student support facilities including a library * (Page 61 Please) 4

-inside.-. . The season's first fish pictured Along with Lou Rodia's column 01a pace 22. 4 Three views of Mother's Da\l Pake 62. \ House trim: conservative or go"crazy' Joyride III, page 63. HARRY EMERSON OTTO Every Second Is Important