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October 30, 1985

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JP^SEESt' iffe7/ DIGEST rfTFV // // // T**»~ flote Sweet It Is COURT HOUSE — After two closed door meetings, Freeholder Director Gerald M. Thornton found out what it's like to be in the minority. Freeholders last Thursday "reached a consensus" (they can't vote in secret sessions) to reverse an earlier Thornton-backed decision to make about 500 employes, who missed work Sept. 27 because of Hurricane Gloria, take a sick day. personal day, or vacation day. Instead, the position of vice-director James S. Kilpatrick Jr. prevailed: no-shows will be paid; those who came to work will get time and half and maybe an extra comp day, too. And the election is next Tuesday. Fourteen to Go SWAINTON — Thirteen months late, the much-delayed feasibility study, prerequisite to the eventual cleanup of the Williams toxic dump, reportedly began last week with the installation of one monitoring well by contractors for the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Its samples should show in a month whether the toxic waste plume is moving. Fourteen more wells are to be drilled in three weeks as "fullscale work" on the $450,000 study begins. No one's saying when the clean-up would start. The DEP did say the study should be done in four months. Earlier this year it was saying it would take 9-12 months. And the election's next Tuesda^^ With Extra Cheese? TRENTON — 5, 11, 12, 21, 22 and 31. Those six numbers added up to half of an almost-$8-million jackpot in the state lottery last Thursday for Philip R. Matalucci Jr. of Burleigh. He is county treasurer, chairman of the county's Republican Committee, and a state Civil Service commissioner. The other winner was Evelyn Marie Adams of Point Pleasant. Ocean County. Matalucci said he'll share his prize, payable over 20 (Page 56 Please)

TAKE THAT! — Twelve-year-old Edward Moore Jr. of Rio Grande splits a cement slab with his fist at a demonstration to mark his ceremony receiving a black belt in karate last Friday. See story page 47.

Gov., Assembly, Five Local Races on Ballot

By E.J. DUFFY Sample ballots have been mailed to nearly 52,000 county residents eligible to vote in next Tuesday's General Election. Of what total, 23,794 voters are

registered Republican, 9. 150 as Democrats and 18,197 as independents, according to the latest (Primary Election) breakdown by the county Board of Elections. Pools open at 7 a m and close at 8 p.m with polling places for each municipal i voting district listed in a box in the upper left corner of the sample ballots. Voters from throughout the county will . select a governor, two First District'state assemblymen and a freeholder while deciding seven statewide ballot questions Voters in Middle Township. Wildwood Crest and Ocean City also answer municipal questions t bottom right of ballot) while those in Woodbine; Middle. Lower. Upper and Dennis townships select | candidates competing for municipal seats I Republicans are running unopposed for I municipal seats in Stone Harbor and for all I but one North Wildwood council seat. Following is a summary of who's runn- | ing where, the state and local ballot questions. DENNIS TOWNSHIP I Democrat Frank L Murphy Jr.. who i was appointed to his late father's Commit- ' tee seat earlier this year, is running to i Page 69 Please > (

Tomorrow Halloween (For Most } By GREGG LAWSON Two of the county's 16 municipalities will not observe Trick-or-Treat on the traditional Oct. 31 date. And. as usual. Cape May Point is keeping the date a secret. Ocean City will celebrate the annual event tonight, and Upper Township on Nov. 1, to avoid conflict with Ocean City's Halloween parade on the 31st. Cape May Point traditionally does not reveal its date, in an effort to keep strangers off its turf. "We do this because there are so few children here, and the older people get scared if strangers from other towns come to their door for candy," Borough Clerk Irene M. Monge said. She said the half-dozen or so children are usually taken from house to house in a truck. Once the truck makes its visit to a house, the residents turn their outside lights off and their trick -or-treat obligation is over. (Page 20 Please)

.—inside ONE 'sport where there's no guess- I ing; mushrooming. Outdoors with Lou Rodia, Page 46. f DOES back-to-school absenteeism mean most parents don't care? From the Principal, Page 11. WATER lines assured for Middle < Township moratorium area. Page 8

County Plans Push For More Industry By JOE ZELN'IK SCHELLENGER'S LANDING — The county intends to attract industrial growth. That, plus more use of Industrial and Economic Development Commission members and more assistance to local municipalities, was proposed at a commission meeting last week. The session, at the Lobster House Restaurant, also gave the sevenmember board its first Irvilr at not!' member look at

•executive director Walter S. Sachs Jr.. a Cape May Point commissioner. Sachs, a retired planner, said he intends to prepare an overall "strategic plan for economic development in Cape MayCounty . ^ "MY TENDENCY as a planner, is going to be looking further ahead then maybe some of my predecessors." said Sachs, "but not so far ahead it won't have anv current meaning." Sachs on Oct. 15 took the economic development and airport director posts vacant since Sept. 6 when former director A.H. (Rick) Childs was forced to resign. Sachs was hired at $33,500 a year Childs was making $39,375. At the request of Freeholder Herbert Frederick, who heads those agencies, the board went into closed session at the end of its meeting so Frederick could explain some of the circumstances leading to the ouster of Childs. Frederick indicated he'd sent members a written explanation, but some still had questions. DURING THE OPEN session, Frederick said he wanted the commission to "become a very, very active part of the whole program. It hasn't been used to its fullest advantage " He also said that he wanted "local municipalities" to be more involved with the commission and its goals. "We want to extend a hand out td the local communities." he said, "and1 let them know we do have expertise available to help them. "We want the commission to take a (Page 20 Please)

Crowded Special Ed Asks Help By JOE ZELNIK CREST HAVEN - The county's four-year-old school for the severely handicapped is filled and needs at leas! two or three more classrooms "immediately." Special Services School District Supt. George E. Bailey has proposed to the freeholders a new, 50,000-square-foot middle school behind the present building plus renovations and a second floor addition on the Ocean Academy portion of the building. The academy serves elementary children; the other portion of the building houses the Alternative School for high school children. THE FREEHOLDERS asked Bailey for a quick cost estimate since they are preparing to start 1986 budget deliberations. Bailey has already had a preliminary design prepared by the architectural firm of John Sabatino Associates of Cape May Court House The middle school would be connected by a walkway to the present building The total (Page 20 Please)

Bit V'" ^ Us/ "'Ui' ^ >*. Doris Word WHO'S SCARED? — Two-year-old Kate Back Isn't a hit afraid of scarecrow on her front porch created by mom. Mrs. Ruth Back, of Cape May Court House.