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— inside... WHERE'D those 14-inch fluke come from? Lou Rodia, Page 48. THREE weddings in one year? Joyride III, Page 67. ONE OF THE county's youngest administrators likes helping people. Page 15. WHERE'S a good place to eat? Page 25. BILL STURM: 'You may as well take the department. They did. Page 6.

Doris Ward GOOD CAUSE — Blowing up balloons for a dart game to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Camden are, from left, Jeannie Westcott, 13, sLster April 11, and Eileen Caffrey, 14. Westcotts are daughters of Robert Westcott and Eileen is the daughter of Mrs. Adele Caffrey. all of South Seaville. Dart game was one of many activities at Middle Township's Independence Day celebration at the Goshen Complex Saturday.

Expand or Abolish? 'Friendly Suit' Seen * By JOE ZELNIK It looks like lawyers and judges may make the final decision on the future of Middle Township Sewer District No. 1. The problem was outlined in a 75-minute meeting of the fivemember, six-month old sewer commission and the three-member Middle Township Committee Monday afternoon. The commission wants to get started planning for expansion to be

ready for county MUA (Municipal Utilities Authority) regional sewage treatment plants due for completion in June 1987 and July 1988 The committee pointed out this is a township-wide service and District No. 1 covers only Cape May Court House So does the commission expand, or does the township abolish it and create a new one with a larger service area0 WHILE COMMISSIONERS and commit tee members exchanged views, commission Solicitor Carmen Alvarez and township Solicitor Bruce Gorman talked in the back of the room. Their conclusion? "Naturally, we differ," said Alvarez. "My view is that you can increase the boundaries to fill the needs . ." "I think it's clear that there is no authority for expansion of the district," countered Gorman. (Page 65 Please)

■ ■■IX..* ' " ■ — — r- — — I News— ~ — DlffPft Week's L/Igcal Top Stories First Woman OCEAN CITY — Susan E. Schalles, of Wesley Road, has been appointed a county assistant prosecutor, the first woman ever named to such a post. A former summer police officer and current member of the city rescue squad, she was graduated in January from the University of Richmond School of Law. She was a law clerk with the prosecutor's office in 1983 and 1984. Petrica Follows Glazier AVALON — Borough council unanimously elected Pauline C. Petrica to replace Jeannette Glazier in a oneyear term as council president last week. Borough Clerk Dorothy R. Brennan swore in Glazier and new Councilmen Daniel W. Hildreth III and Charles H. Curtis. Hildreth was also named a planning board member. Lawyer Loses One Job WILDWOOD — New council members took their oaths of office last week, elected former President Edward Herman back to that job, and replaced Solicitor Charles Henry James with (Page 65 Please)

Site , Library Loom As College Hurdles By JOE ZELNIK COURT HOUSE — A proposed site and library facilities appear to be two key hurdles for a county committee that will review branch campus proposals from Atlantic Community College and Cumberland County College. That 15-member committee was slated to be named by county freeholders last night, too late for this newspaper s deadline, according to Freeholder James S. Kilpatrick Jr., county education director and liaison to the colleges. Cumberland proposed to locate at the county vo-tech school at Crest Haven, and Atlantic listed vo-tech as the

most likely of four alternatives But Vo-Tech Supt. Wilbur J. Kistler Jr. told this newspaper. "We have some space, maybe for some offices, but it's very limited during this day. We have a ■ good deal of space in the late afternoon." which he identified as from 3 to 7 p.m. •THEY MAY WANT to take vocational with us during the day and academic in the late afternoon," said Kistler. "That was my premise a year and a half ago. thai the vo-tech school offers a lot of programs that could be considered candidates for college transfer. "I suggested both of them consider relocatable classrooms of the nature used (by Atlantic) at Cape May Court House," he added. Atlantic's June 17 proposal said it would need about 12,000 square feet for. three classrooms, two laboratories office space and "a library facility." Cumberland said it would need four classrooms with a capacity of 15-50 students, four offices for administrative, instructional, and counseling services, and a secretarial area plus small meeting room. SPOKESMEN for both schools downplayed the space problem in talking to this newspaper "We could use 3 to 7 p.m.," said Dr Thomas Chelius. Atlantic's chairman of Academic Support Services, "but we also would have classes at our locations throughout the county, like we do now " He mentioned the Marine Science Consortium at Palermo, also cited as a potential classroom site by Cumberland Chelius also said there was "a possibility we'll continue at Village Shoppes (of Rio Grande)" where Atlantic just opened an extension center. And he named the county library in Court House where, he said, a class will be meeting one day a week star ting in September. "There's also the possiblity of returning to Court House. Chelius said, citing the former extension center on Main Street. "It all depends on what the county wants, and the committee has to decide " "WE OFERATE from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.," said Dr Thomas Henry, Cumberland's dean of development, "and (Page 4 Please)

'Hospitality' Brings Out Hostilities "Hospitality" implies amiability, but two colleges vying to be selected to offer a Cape May County branch campus are downright unfriendly about the issue. "Hospitality management" is a phrase that primarily covers the hotel-restaurant business so significant in this tourist-ori-ented county. The problem appears to be that Cumberland County College has proposed offering a "new program in hotel/motel . management and food service." an area in which Atlantic Community College already feels it excels "That's the most glaring thing that came out of their proposal, said Dr. Thomas Chelius. Atlantic's chairman of Academic Support Services "They said they'd have a program in hospitality management, knowing that it takes approximately two years to get such a program through 'the department of) Higher Education, and knowing Higher Education is moving toward regionalization " CHELIUS CALLED hospitality management "the big program for Cape May County And Atlantic's proposal called it "a major thrust at ACC and dovetails with «► the establishment of a major hospitality center at the college. " Atlantic's proposal, referring to "the challenge of the economic revolution that is occurring in southeastern New Jersey, said that the hospitality industry " is the premier growth industry in Cape May and Atlantic counties" and proposed a "new academic division" to include "the academy of culinary arts and programs in hotel/motel management " Atlantic said its culinary arts program "on the drawing board or waiting for state (Page 4 Please)

Tourists Peak; Backbays Punk

CREST HAVEN — Proof of the county's need for its MUA (Municipal Utilities Authority) wastewater management program came with this week's Health Department water monitoring results. The department found high fecal coliform bacteria counts in the backbays adjacent to sewage treatment plants and outfall lines in Stone Harbor, North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest. The Crest also had high counts in its ocean waters, but County Health Officer Louis J. La manna dismissed that as one reading.

"We will watch to see if this repeats itself," be said, "in which case we would want to know why." The Lower Township ocean and Delaware Bay waters also continue to have high bacteria counts which have been blamed on its sewage treatment plant. A special study is looking into that. COMPLETE countywide results appear in a chart on page 63. Tidal flow has no respect for municipal boundary lines, so Avalon and Stone Harbor shared some high bacteria counts in tests taken July 2 and released Monday.

With 200 MPN (mo6t probable number) being the state maximum, Avalon had readings of 350, 350 and 928 opposite 74th, 76th and 78th streets, respectively Stone Harbor's sewage treatment plant is at 81st Street and its reading there was 170. BACKBAY WATERS within a quarter mile radius of the sewage treatment plant outfall lines are supposed to be posted against primary contact recreational activities. La manna said Monday those Stone (Page 65 Please)