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Dredging to Free Locked-in Boaters

AVALON - Boaters whose craft have been virtually locked into their slips behind the 30th Street bridge may find smoother sailing this summer once the state finishes dredging a path for them along Oler Thorofare. "We were given a commitment for this project in both 1961 and 1962," Councilman James Busha said after learning that the project would now go through in June, "but until last week it appeared as if the state was going to renege on the pledge." The entire $360,000 needed for the project is to be funded by state sources, with no impact on local taxpayers, Busha explained. HOWEVER, the state is also responsible for the plight of boaters between 30th and 39th Streets here who, since the late 1960s, have been forced to take a long and circuitous route to gain access to the ocean, a

route that has become so silted it is now accessible only at high tide. Until the state built the 30th Street Bridge in the\ '60s, the boaters had direct access to Townsend Inlet. The bridge, however, was built too low and has blocked this route to all boating traffic ever since. "In 1961, we started work on a project to get Olei. Thorofare dredged to make " it safer and more accessible to the boaters," Busha said. OLER THOROFARE gives the boaters a route around the 30th Street bridge and out to Townsends Inlet. "We were willing to pay for part of the project ourselves back then'," Busha said, "but the state said that since it was its fault it would pay for the entire job. In 1982, Busha said, Donald Graham, assistant commissioner of the

Department of Environmental Protection, told borough officials that the project was on the : state's list, but that a lack of funding would delay it for a year. IN 1983; according to Karate Gass CAPE MAY - The Karate program will continue into the summer recreation schedule starting June 3. The classes will be every Monday and Wednesday 5-7 p.m. at the Franklin Street Civic Center and Ken Farrell will continue as the instructor. Call the Department of Civic Affairs at 384-8411 ext 20 or 27 for more information.

Busha, the borough agreed to have the dredging delayed in deference to the clearing operation that was needed at Hereford Inlet in Wildwood. Late last year, he said, the DEP notified the borough that the project doesn't fit in with a new policy which restricts DEP-initiated dredging programs. DEP officials told us that they had the money, the spoils site was available, but the project didn't fit in with their policy," Busha said. For a while, he said, it looked as if the boaters between 30th and 39th Street would spend another summer of "dockside boating." "Then, a couple of weeks ago," Busha said, ("state Sen. ) Jim Hurley got things moving again."

Two More Join Aces

WILDWOOD - Two more college players have cast their lot with the Wildwood Aces of the United States Basketball League. Pennsylvania's Karl Racine " and Jeff Adkins from Maryland will join the battle to win a backcourt spot. Racine, a 6'1" guard, led the Quakers to the Ivy League championship. He was named the team's most valuable player for the second straight year, leading in assists and steals. Racine was also named to the second team of Philadelphia's Big 5. ADKINS. A 6'5' guard under Terrapins coach Lefty Driesell, was considered one of the best all-round players in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He was named the top academic player at Maryland on two separate occasions. Racine and Adkins join 12 other players at the Aces' training camp at the North Wildwood Recreation Center. Coach Pete Monska will put the group through two-a-day workouts until camp closes Fridav. May 24. The Aces open the regular season at Long Island Monday, May 27, against the Knights. Following a road game at New Jersey Thursday, May 30, the Aces open at

home Sunday, June 2, versus New Jersey. All Wildwood home games will be played at Convention Hall (Burk and Ocean Avenues) and begin at 8f35. SCUBA Class On June 4 CAPE MAY - The' city will have a SCUBA program as part of its summer recreation schedule. The NAUI course is nationally certified and will consist of 32 hours of instruction plus two final dives. It will be offered to students 12 years and older and will give the swimmer an introduction to equipment use and the ocean environment. Upon completion students will receive a certificate and a card verifying a passing effort. The course will begin June 4 and will be held every Tuesday night at Cape May Elementary School. Call the Department of Civic Affairs at 884-8411 ext 20 or 27 for further information. ••-t- * if i "Wi'

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