Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 22 May '85

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. • •. . " " ' • ' " " " " - T* . Students 'Run' County Gov't; Teach Freeholders

By JOE ZELNIK COURT HOUSE - People who've been saying a bunch of high school seniors could run county government were proved right last week^^ County freeholders held their first annual Stuldent Participation Day May 14. Seniors from each of the county's five high schools were selected to par-ticipate-in the freeholders' caucus at 7 and regular meeting at 8. Freeholder Herbert (Chuck) Frederick coordinated the project. One could not say they received the full county government experience, however, since they were not invited to a secret meeting "excluding the public" that the board held at 9: 15. Purpose of that, the resolution said, was to discuss "personnel mattere" and "a matter involving the purchase/lease or acquisition of real property)."

THE STUDENTS did offer the motions to adopt resolutions and even "voted" (all in favor) for resolutions decking May Foster Care Recognition Month and National High Blood Pressure Month, and May 1 2i- 1 8 National Hospital Week. K Picked* by school officials, the youths seemed to fit right in as each sat alongside the freeholder to whom he was assigned! One even yawned once. Only Freeholder Director Gerald M. Thornton had no student sharing his duties. This was not because he refused to give up the gavel, even for a moment, but because Howard Souder of Lower Cape May Regional took ill. IN ADDITION to the proper geographic mix — from Lower to Ocean City — the students in two ways offered a blend this board does not have. There was one female, Michelle Coon of Middle Township High School, and one apparent Democrat, Robert Iannone of Wildwood Catholic High School. The freeholders are all male Republicans. Iannone's brother, James, is a former county Democratic chairman and twice unsuccessful candidate for freeholder. He was elected to Sea Isle City Commission last Tuesday. The other two students were Ed Terry of Ocean City High School and Ross Hoffnagle of Wildvyood High School. \

All • seemed somewhat surprised at the lack of an audience. Other than county officials, only this newspaper's reporter was at the caucus. One other reporter and environmentalist Ruth Fisher of South Dennis came to the regular meeting. ^ FISHER TOLD th^> students she regretted -she was the only member of the public, whicRshe called "a very sad comment." She urged them to "go back and urge anyone to come with yoa." Fiaher had 30 minutes of comments and complaints V " J)

running the gamut from Atlantic Electric's most recent rate increase request to the freeholders' opposition to a bottle bill to the need for a caution light at the intersection of Routes 47 and 657. The freeholders rallied to the defense of the county agents — John N. MacLeod and Larry E. Newbold — J\ whose antilitter and farmland preservation work she termed "superficial efforts drawing away from serious problems." Thornton responded that the county MUA's recycling efforts were "not suc-

cessful" becaud^ it was unable to >reducate homeowners" and the market to sell glass and cans is "limited." "WE SHOULD HAVE a state mandatory resource recovery law." added Thornton. "The bottle bill doesn't address the issue of litter along the highways." Fisher said deposit bot ties would provide the necessary "incentive and reward." She went two for six, an unusually high average, against the freeholders. They said they'd provide a job description of the coun-

i ty agents, who they fund 25 ■ percent. And they said - they'd request a state study i of the dangerous . intersection. i The students, who had : dinner with tlje freeholders 1 and several county officials 1 * prior to the meetings,, f presumably learned something about county government, t But the freeholders apI parently learned something too: "Their humor." said Thornton, "to say the least, makes light of what we sometimes consider to be serious."

* „ Ct. House Memorial Observance COURT HOUSE - Thurston Elmer Wood Post No. 198, American Legion will observe Memorial Day on Monday, May 27 with a program starting with flag raising at 7:30 a.m. at the post home, Hand Avenue and Dias Creek Road. Mayor Michael Voll will be the speaker. The firing squad will proceed to County Veterans' Cemetary, meet with Stone Harbor Stephen C. Ludlam Post No.331 at Evaas Corner in Clermont at 8 o'clock; South Dennis Cemetery at 8:15; St. Elizabeth Cemetery in Goshen at 8:30; Goshen Methodist Cemetery at 8:45; Whitesboro Cemetery at 9; Court House Baptist Cemetery at 9:15; Post Home at 9:30. Parade formation will be at 10, led by the Middle Township Marching Band under the direction of Richard Ludwig. Units will march down Hand Avenue to Boyd Street, stop at South Cape Nursing Home, proceed to Route 9, to Romney Place, down Boyd Street to Mechanic Street, to Dias Creek Road and back to the post home for Memorial Services.

i . Dumpsite Closing Ok'd WASHINGTON. p.C. - Legislation developed by South Jersey Congressmen Bill Hughes (D-N J) and Jim Saxton ( R-NJ ; to close the 12-mile sludge dumpsite and improve New Jersey's coastal water quality has been approved by the House Merchant Marine and.Fisheries Committee. Saxton and Hughes, both member of the committee, joiifed in developing the bipartisan ocean dumping proposal. They said their legislation will go a long way towards bringing an end to all ocean dumping, and restoring the water quality in the polluted areas off the coast of New Jersey. The EPA recently announced plans to close the 12-mile site, and has begun negotiations to move sludge dumping to a deeper water site located 106 miles off the coast.

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