18 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 10 July '85

Contract Drawn Merge Police?

By JACK SMYTH w WEST CAPE MAY - Two Lilliputian police departments are weighing a proposal to join forces. Borough Commissioner Marvin Morell last week announced that West Cape May and Cape May Point "are exploring" the possibility of working together "hopefully for a better police department." Morrell said negotiations have been going on for a month, but are awaiting a check of insurance ramifications. Morrell declined to answer any questions about the details of the proposal beyond saying that a contract had been drawn up WEST CAPE MAY currently employs two full time policemen and five part-time officers to cover an area of about one square mile and serve a population of 1,074 persons in the 1980 census. Cape May point has one full-time officer, and five part-timers to cover an area of less than one-half square mile, and service 255 year-round residents. The two communities have three police cars between them, and have provided back-up support to each other on car stops and other instances where concentrated coverage was required. T1IE QUESTION OK police protection has been a continuing issue in West Cape May for a number of years. The current police budget is $47,000 and some residents feel coverage is inadequate But others are opposed to paying higher taxes to increase the size of the force. lip until about six years ago, police coverage in the borough depended upon federal Comprehensive Educational and

Training Administration (CETA) funds. When CETA funding dried-up, expenditures for police were severely restricted through a state-imposed cap on budget increases of five percent. IN 1983, federal funds boosted police funding by $10,000. and in 1984 police got another $6,000 from federal sources. Late last year, however, it was disclosed that the police were $80,000 over budget, and officials imposed severe restrictions on police training. At least one officer. Mark Reilly, quit as a result, but has since rejoined the force. Ruth Spriggs, a restaurant owner and community activist, said that with the exception of Senior Officer William McPherson. all members of the force have the status of special police officers, which means they have never completed comprehensive training at the police academy in Sea Girt. MOKRELL'S ANNOUNCEMENT of an agreement between the two communities brought qeustions from the monthly meeting audience about why the borough had not turned to Lower Township or Cape May for assistance "Ix)wer Township and Cape May asked a fee for services," replied Morrell. "We are trying not to overspend our budget." Mayor John Vasser, Jr., said that in 1976, Cape May had asked for $12,000 to provide dispatching services. An unidentified man claimed that Lower Township was ready to provide police for three shifts and equipment for $80,000. "We met with Lower Township's mayor and police chief," Vasser told the man. "How could we live with $80,000?" "It was $120,000 a number of years ago," added Morrell. "I was party to it."

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jL ^ , T Dor it Ward PLANTERS — Dolly Moore, her husband Robert, chairman of 'Make Avalon Beautiful," and Daniel Keen, past president of the Avalon Chamber of Commerce, display an oak planter. The chamber is selling the planters of flowers and ivy to downtown merchants for the beautification project. The planters cost $48.50 delivered. For more information call 967-5511.

Succession Crops Can Boost Yield

COURT HOUSE - The vegetable gardner who gets the most from hit garden during the year is a planner with a knowledge of the growth habit and seasonal adaptability of each vegetable, according to Larry Newbold, Cape May County Agricultural I Agent. An efficient use of space . means that you will harvest more; succession plantings are a way of increasing your total harvests. There are several forms of succession plantings; one type is the replanting of the same crop at intervals to give continuous harvest j of that vegetable A good I example is green bush I beans, sometimes referred , to erroneously as string- | beans. A first planting is I made when the soil is I warm and danger of frost is I j past — usually in early to : mid-May. SUCCESSIVE plantings i 1 can then be made every I ! two to three weeks until , late July or early August. the last planting date j depending on the time it i takes for that variety to | mature before cool nights and frosts in the fall. A second form of succes- I sion planting is the planting of different varieties of the | same vegetable on the I same day Those selected I should vary in the number I of days each takes to mature. This is usually specified i in seed catalogs, though the I actual number of days each variety will" take in your garden may differ from the '

figures in the catalog depending on your location, the time of the season it is planted and weather conditions during growth. SWEET CORN can be planted this way. Select, for example, an early, a second-early, a midseason and a late-maturing variety. When planted on the same day. they will ripen in sequence from early to late, so you will have a steady harvest of succulent ears.

A Review 'Chicago' Delights AC By HARRY EMERSON OTTO ATLANTIC CITY - From now until Sept 15. Harrah's Marina, Broadway by the Bay Theatre presents the indefatigable Chita Rivera in a 90-minute version of "Chicago." a musical by Kander and Ebb. 0 Also starring are veteran performer Harry Guardino as a razzle-dazzling lawyer and relative new-comer, Kirsten Childs, who steals the show as a murderous broad with an awesome ability to strut her stuff. Jackie Warner directed. Set in Chicago in the late 1920's, the show follows the trials and tribulations of Roxie Hart, a flapper arrested for the murder of her lover. Based loosely on a real life murder, the plot allows ample time for breathtaking choreography, memorable music and witty dialogue guaranteed to delight. Music abounds in every nook and cranny of Harrah's Marina Casino and on the night of July 3rd members of the news media were blessed with selections from the David Limascola Trio. The versatile Lomascola tickled the ivories with several Gershwin tunes and a sprinkling of classical offerings: perfect accompaniment for a banquet regally prepared by Harrah's chefs.

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