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By Stanley Kotzen Principal, Lower Cape May Regional High School e rinisipei, sunei \.i La(»r m«T nrgiuuei •>'K" *noui

Toward the end of the • first act of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, the ubiquitous stage manager in this allegorical play tells the audience that this civilization should leave posterity some clue about our daily life. He suggests that in the cornerstone of the new bank in Grovers' Corners, they put a copy of the local paper so that "people a thousand years from now" will know that "'this is the way we were." If the local paper from 1985 came from the first . week of August future generations might have

- great difficulty understanding us. . TWO SETS of headlines from that week would certainly set an alien society ' to wondering about the sanity of this one. One group of stories concerned education and the need to improve student performance on standardized tests that measure the basic skills of Reading. Writing and Mathematics. In this set of stories was an article stressing the need for all students to be able to take more intellectual skills from their public education. This was posi-

tioned on a page directly fl across from an article ' decrying the performance of education majors 4 (potential teachers) in the State of New Jersey on a teachers test designed to improve the quality of teacher applicants. 10 PERCENT flunked. This was 10 percent of college graduates < 16 years of formal schooling) who had failed what amounted to a more advanced Basic %- Skills test. These stories appeared in the back section of the paper, and when some future world reads these stories it will have to surmise that we are not getting the results we want because we are' not working hard enough or else we have confused our purpose The Page One' banner story that week was all jj about a baseball players strike that involved stopping a game where men hit and throw a ball for an average salary that could provide teachers, books, and supplies for an elemen- ^ tary school for a whole year. THE FRONT page furor was capped by a joint | resolution by the Congress of the United States that demanded the disputing parties negotiate an immediate settlement so that the game could be + resumed To be sure, we are talking about our national pastime, but the future world ( presumably a more intelligent strain of life) would certainly be confus- '2 ed about this society's priorities. I can almost hear it now as those cultural anthropologists from the year 2085 discuss the specimen newspaper. "IF YOUNGSTERS were doing poorly in academics, and teacher candidates , were doing poorly on qualifying tests, why didn't their Congress pass a joint resolution to demand immediate improvement? Why wasn't that civilization with the greasiest amount of fre^ public W education able to get better results'' Didn't they care? Wh ere were their priorities?" Is it necessary for a 1.000 years and a more advanced civilization to ask these questions'' Finishes Basic CAPE MAY — Army Private Shawn T Kelly, son of John T. and Evelyn , I Kelly of 917 Corgie St., « has completed basic training at Fort Jackson. S C.

Wildwood News Notes

(From Page 24) Wll.l. WE BE seeing I) u f f i n e 1 1 i ' s Con do Restaurant next season? Duffinetti's is one of the most successful restaurants in our area. Imagine being able to buy a table at Duffinetti's for $10,000! For this price, of course, you will get all the tax advantages of investing, and like the motels, you will lie able to use your "property" without paying, simply because it is yours. Everybody who would come into Duffinetti's and sit at your table for an Italian feast would mean a profil upon your invest menl. Not a bad idea Just don't try to "sell" me a dis counted table by the kit chen door because it was my idea! WII1CII BRINGS us back to square one and an article 1 wrote several weeks ago Basically, my idea of selling shares of the Board walk is d type of con dominium approach. I don't mean to imply that in vestors in the "walk" should share in the profits of the structure < What do you expect for a lousy $25 investment'"!, but I must mention it again only because I find a groundswell of support developing for the concept To date. I have attracted one supporter via letter, two via postcard, and three by phone The issue, however, is gaining ground The ratio of people thinking I'm nuts versus those who think 1 am sane now sits at about 25 to if with "nuts" still holding the edge I REMAIN undeterred There are positive issues in • the forefront that will bolster the cause In North Wildwood. the Lighthouse Mall concept is gaining in strength This excellent ' idea will be a cooperative effort between the City of North Wildwood and the t merchants who will benefit by its construction For the Lighthouse Mall , construction, the $900,000 price tag will become the city's responsibility ( $540.000 1 and the mer chant's responsibility i$:t60.000> This is an excellent idea wherein the burden of construction and development is covered to . a degree by the taxpayer and to a large degree by the businesses directly affected by the enhancement It is a forcsightful move and it would seem immediately acceptable byall concerned NOW. WHEN you consider the millions that a resurfacing of the Board •

walk will cost you have an t interesting scenario. When > the powers that be in ' Wildwood begin to discuss a cooperative effort I wherein the taxpayers will absorb a portion of the i millions and the Boardwalk shops affected by the upgrade will contribute their share of the millions, you will find "shares of the I Boardwalk" selling like hot cakes YOU II.AVE to give new Wildwood Councilwoman Karen Dougherty credit for her candor' She is proposing stiff fines and/or incarceration for owners of dogs who fail to cleanup their pets' mess along the sidewalks and in yards. Surely this issue ranks up there with the wayward feline issue .also being discussed in Wildwood City Hall This issue, however, stands a greater chance of passage and certainly less resistance than tjie, cat licensing ordinance Dougherty should receive the credit for this issue's universal acceptability We all agree that the problem is unsavory It is indeed an unsightly issue But Dougherty wants the "pooper-scooper " ordinance passed because she is "tired of stepping in it" What a display of public candor Certainly, she has raised the issue in such a manner that we can all relate to the problem Who, now. would dare to oppose the issue'' Not 1' I don't think any of the council members either This should go down in the books as the ordinance that passed with the least resistance J /

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