18 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 7 August '85

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.... Why Jean-Paul Stays Home

Bv THOMAS A. PARSONS WILD WOOD - Once upon a time (I've always _ wanted to begin a story that way) there was a man . named Jean-Paul. He lived «- in Canada and spoke French. He weathered the severe Northern winters by thinking of sandy shores, cotton candy, and the Boardwalk at night. He enjoyed his winters of anticipation. Soon it was summer. dean-Paul counted his horded savings and was pleased that he had amassed $3,000 for his family's - vacation in Wildwdod. Jean-Paul joyfully went to the bank and he exchanged his Canadian currency into American Bucks'' He, could almost feel, the gut-L wretching turns of the Sea Serpent If stiff Brass it ( haljontc CAPE MAY Festive Brass, a musical group from Philadelphia will give a concert at the Chalfonte Hotel 8:30 p m tomorrow The group performs a wide range of music from Renaissance galliards to contemporary pieces Guests are invited to have dinner before the concert in the Chalfonte's dining room Individual concert tickets may be purchase^- ^Reservations for dinner are required and requested for the concert Call 884-8409

THE BANK teller thank ed Jean-Paul for his patronage and handed him an .envelope containing stacks of new. crisp - ' American Bucks" JeanPaul counted his treasure — 500, 750, 1.000. 1.250. 1.500. 1,750. 1.900, 1.950 "American Bucks." "Quoi!" shrieked JeanPaul. "but I gave you $3,000. You gave me only $1,950 American Bucks' in return." The teller quickly ft plained that the exchange rate this year hovered around 35 percent and that before going to Wildwood a Canadian must give up onet bird of his vacation money. She said that JeanPaul should be pleased that the U.S. and Canada enjoyed such cordial relations otherwise hw would have to visit the loan officer for his vacation money. JEAN-PAUL said. "Estce le meflleur cours?" • Is this your best rate'' > The loan officer was yelling in the background. "Signez ici ' " iSign here! • JeanPaul replied '*%&» <no translation necessary) I heard from Jean-Paul the other day He's been doing a lot of fishing since he exchanged his $1,950 in "American Bucks" for $3,000 Canadian and bought his boat I periodically send him "seashore" postcards as it costs me only 17 cents. He ' doesn't write me as it costs 1 almost 40 cents to send a 1 card into the U.S. and Jean- I Paul now protests even the < most miniscule price differentials. i '• 1

MORAL OF the story: We will never regain 20 percent of our Island's tourist base (Canadians) as long as the exchange rate is double the impact — 35 percent - 40 percent. And that is a shame! I know somebody out there is going to castigate me for my simplistic approach to international currency exchange. I knowthere are still bargains even with the exchange rate differential. 1 knowthat the Canadian tourist can still get an excellent bargain in lodging, notwithstanding the exchange "bite". I know that Green's super stock of "suds" is still a bargain for the Canadian traveler. 1 CAN rationalize all day long and just as fervently promote the positives of the Wildwoods. but then again, nobody tried to take $1,000 out of my pocket before 1 left him. either. Sorry, no solutions for this one. folks' I did hear today that the doilar dropped in value, which should ease the situation, but it seems too little too late • Jean-Paul isn't going to sell his boat! i. The impact is being felt all through the Wildwoods. I had calls from several merchants who said I was "nuts" for calling this a banner season in last week's column. THEY EACH complained about the absence of Canadians. Somebodytagot to find a solution asMhis problem recurs annually. 1 can remember several years go the business community was saying that we needed special incentives to off-set the 18 percent exchange rate, lest we jeopardize 20 percent of our tourist base. 1 guess now we need bigger incentives. 1 am honestly not making light of this situation, honestly ' Some situations demand two "honestlys"). It is a problem of magnitude Imagine: On any given day the 15.000 first class motel rooms in the Wildwoods should generate approximately $1 million in rental receipts at an average rate of $75 per night AN AVERAGE Canadian family stays 10 days; so theoretically during the peak Canadian season $10 million dollars should be generated in the lodging ini i

dustry alone! A 20 percent shortfall is a $2 million shortfall, a lot of money, in a ten-day period, and this applies to only the motel industry. Cast out across the board and through all tourism -related industries the exchange rate has created a. financial disaster. Ret- Committee Meets Monday AVALON — The recently reorganized recreation committee will hold its August meeting 8 p.m. Monday. Aug. 12 at 8:00 p.m. The meeting is hela in the mayor's office at Borough Hall. 3100 Dune Dr., The public is welcome to attend. New officers are: Milt Kuhn, chairperson; Ralph Johnson, vice-chairperson; and Mary Ann Busha. secretary. For any specific issues to be discussea call 967-3066 to put them on the agenda.

Middle Change Irks Residents

By TOM FLYNN COURT HOUSE - "We never dreamed it. We never dreamed we'd run into this kind of opposition." said Middle Township Mayor Michael Voll. He was surprised about the overwhelmingly negative response from residents at a special meeting Monday night concerning house renumbering. Since the meeting was a special session, called to hear public opinion, no action was taken. Township committee will review the matter at is 10 a.m. work session next Wednesday _ and during a regular meeting next Thursday at 8 p.m. Residents who still have questions or complaints can discuss them with township officials tommorrow, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Disabled American Veterans meeting house. Bayshore and Sunray roads. Del Haven. Almost all of the 75 people who occupied chairs, leaned against walls and sat on the ' floor of the meeting room Monday spoke at least once; if not when recognized by Voll. then to their neighbors. And not one supported the plan. Most vocal were residents of Del Haven. They questioned why the v

township should change < what Committeeman I Charles Leusner con- I sidered "the best number I ing system of the 16 ■ municipalities in the township." i But. Leusner said, residents should think of I the good of the township, I rather than their separate I neighborhoods i Other speakers worried I about Social Security checks sent to the wrong house, money and time spent in address changes, and mistakes made in the renumbering. Two homeowners said their properties, on the same (north side of the j street,. were assigned different (odd and even) house numbers. Voll, Leusner, and other officials explained several times the reasons for the switch.. Inconsistent numbering has confused emergency squads answering calls, and a uniform system would increase residents' safety, they said * Voll said the project has < been needed since he took , office. "We want to get { everything straightened • out for the future, it wasn't < our intent inconvenience people he said. "There's no good time to ^ do this. We can wait 10 years," Voll said. That was , met with a scattered round of applause

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