Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 25 September '85 ^1

4 ir VA* H-- 3. A FEATHER TOUCH — Heather Henry. 10, of Elkton. Md.. tries her hand at creating a feather print at the Wings & Water Festival. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Henry who were visiting her father's parents. Dr. and Mrs. Norman Henry, of Stone Harbor. to ri* hk : - Doris Ward HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU - Ann. 7. and Jean. 9. W hitman were fascinated by the Black Crowned Night Heron at the Wings & Water Festival. The bird seemed intrigued, too.

Bullet Sale Ban Advances WASHINGTON, D C. - Legislation to ban the import. manufacture and sale of armor piercing, "copkiller" bullets was approved today by the House Judiciary Committee. "The Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1985," authored by Crime Subcommittee Chairman William J. Hughes (D-NJ) and Rep. Mario Biaggi <DNY), will now go to the full House of Representatives for a vote. "THERE IS absolutely no sporting purpose for armor piercing 'cop-killer' bullets and they have no legitimate civilian use, yet they are available for sale on dealers shelves across the country. These bullets are a threat to those who risk their lives each day to protect us — our nation's law enforcement officers," Hughes said. Efforts to ban these bullets stalled last fall when opponents focused on the provision to ban the sale of armor piercing bullets. However, according to testimony of major national law enforcement groups, a ban on the sale of these bullets is the critical element missing in the Administration's original proposal, and is an essential element of any effective legislation. PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN. Americas RedCroas

Hall, School to County?

(From Page 1) damaged hall that has been used for storage since its replacement was built in Villas six years ago. Stump wanted to demolish the old hall in January, but that was repeatedly delayed while the village advisory board reconsidered the township offer, then reviewed its possibilities as a Route 9 focal point. FORMER HEADQUARTERS of a local patriotic organization, the old township hall got a new lease on life and reprieve from Stump's second demolition decision when village advisors last month decided to weigh its merits against the schoolhouse for a combination Route 9 focal point and county maritime museum. That came after the announcement of a $250,000 state appropriation for the museum and the board's rejection of the schoolhouse as a village attraction. Last month, however, freeholders asked the nine-member board to reconsider that decision. While village advisors were still deciding between the schoolhouse and the hall earlier this month, the Park Commission announced that it was considering the schoolhouse for offices and recreation programs at the County Park South Commissioners agreed to form a committee for studying the financial feasibility of moving the schoolhouse from Route 47 Green Creek to Bayshore Road. Del Haven. Szathmary, owner of South Jersey Building Supply stores, has offered $10,000 toward the estimated $14,000 in moving costs. Those costs are one thing the Park , Commission wanted to pin down before a I final decision on accepting the I VILLAGE ACCEPTANCE of the old municipal hall also hinges on what Lower Township's willing to contribute toward its moving costs, Frederick said. When Stump asked township councilmen to

decide its fate last fall, they agreed to pay $1,000-$3,000 toward expenses of anyone willing to move the building that was damaged in a July 1977 arson. The estimated moving cost last fall for moving the old hall north on Seashore Road to the village was $7,000-$8,000. Frederick's been eying the old hall as a state-financed maritime museum despite a proposal by the Cape May Fishermen's Memorial Inc. for a museum, and monument to lost seamen, on Cold Spring (Cape May) Inlet at Pittsburgh and Missouri avenues in Cape May. That group continues to raise money for its project. With a $150,000 budget and $25, 000- $30, 000 in pledges last month, most of its money is earmarked toward a 17-ton, 11-foot memorial statue for the 60- by 200-foot harbor site. ^ . i ; x. ' Doris Ward BEATS WALKING — Linda Campmeier of Villas on three-wheel bicycle which answers her transportation needs. An epileptic, she can't get a driver's license.

W(^ V Rittersbach. left, and sister Jennifer, oftouruio^ examine some of the goodies in the touch tank at the Wings & Water Festival as f v/p Young, of Ocean View, watches. Uv al Gre*

Nursing Home Still Without Approvals

(From Page 1) nick replied. When the Committee reconvened Sept. 5. it tabled the resolution Gorman revised with a disclaimer that the officials "make no determination with regard to the technical adequacy of the project and in no way 'approve' same." "I move we table it until we get a copy of the application, certifying 12,000 gallons per day (treatment capacity)," Committeeman James Alexis had said. "If it (the nursing home) doesn't open, it doesn't open." Hours before last Thursday's meeting, the township received a letter from Eugene Mayer, genera! partner of Cape May Convalescent Center Inc. Attached was a letter from Dr. Joseph P. Martin, PhD, stating that "the designed facility can handle a hydraulic loading of 12,000 gallons of effluent per day." Another enclosure, from D2L Associates Self-Help Center (From Page 1) with the affliction, she said. EPILEPSY ISN'T hereditary but. perhaps because of his suicide. Campmeier's parents allowed her the relatively normal life denied to other epileptics subject to the social stigma that still persist today. Ridiculed by other children then. Campmeier considers herself better off than many epileptics who were shunned by their families and shut away in mental institutions. As an LPN, she worked in a psychiatric hospital years ago and saw those outcasts. Although it affects the brain, epilepsy is not a mental illness, she explained "Nerve cells just give off too much power and your muscles can't contain it." Seizures result. Some are severe, but they can be controlled by several medications. Seizures are brought on by many factors including worry, excess body fluid or weight, menstural cycles. ONE OF THE PERSISTENT social consequences of epilepsy is high unemployment among those who have told prospective employers they have the disorder With commendable exceptions in a few area utility companies. Campmeier said, many employers are opposed to hiring epileptics. Job applications often require would-be employes to verify whether they're epileptics. "If you put down on your application that you're an epileptic you don't get a job," said the unemployed nurse. She said she's lost two jobs because she didn't list her disorder on the employment applications and suffered seizures at work. That's just one of the problems Campmeier proposes to deal with during the fledgling self-help group's first meeting, 7-8 p.m. Oct. 17 in Lower Township's Recreation Center behind Municipal Hall, 2600 Bayshore Rd., Villas (Call Campmeier for details at 889-1447).

Inc., noted that the plant's operator will supply a licensed operator, according to Mayor Michael Voll who summarized the correspondence at last week's meeting. FEDERAL EXPRESS DELIVERED yet another letter to the township, just before last week's committee meeting, from Deputy Attorney General Priscilla E Hayes. According to Gorman, she advised Middle officials they needn't "approve" the nursing home's proposed sewage treatment project; they could simply "not object* to it. "I don't think Ms. Hayes solved the problem from the last time." Gorman said, seeing little difference between approving the project and not objecting to it. "It's almost one and the sarfie thing." "We don't really care" whether the township approves or doesn't object to the project. Zlotnick said last week, as long as the Committee adopts a resolution, notifying the DEP that the proposed plant'would . comply with municipal regulations. WHY DOES THE DEP WANT such a resolution? he asked, answering with the question; "because who knows the local zoning better than the. Ideal government body? "And they (DEP officials) depend on you to provide that basic information," he continued. "Pass whatever you feel is right as township officials." "Her letter makes it clear that it is not only the zoning ordinance that's in dispute here." Gorman said of Hayes, noting her reference to "other relevant local ordinances." Alluding to the last-minute letters. Deputy Mayor Charles Leusner questioned the "air of crisis" surrounding the push for a Committee resolution. He said he wanted to see the suit bet ween the association and the DEP settled first. Leusner said he doesn't trust the DEP; it would likely approve the project based on any township resolution, however worded, he observed. Zlotnick suggested a resolution that even expressed "no faith" in the DEP But Leusner beforehand said "I think DEP would throw it in the trash can." John Bietel, association president, agreed with that assessment Although Zlotnick said that a DEP per mit for the sewage treatment plant requires "a competent operation." and paperwork is probably in Township Hall listing plant capacity at 12,000 daily gallons. Gorman and Voll maintained that Hospicomm did not provide supporting documents as required when the resolution was tabled Sept. 5. Voll said then, "They lied to us and made fools of us in May. I'm not going to let it happen again. We should see the (DEP) application before we go any further." "I feel that ... we have no choice but to table the matter (again) .. ." Alexis said last week. "I think we have an obligation to protect our residents." Committeemen voted unanimously for his proposal to table the resolution "until such time as the (Hospicomm) litigation is solved" between the association and the DEP.