Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 30 October '85 _____

Five Local Races on Ballot

(From Page 1) complete that unexpired term against Republican Charles "Bud" Brittingham Sr. Republican Harry L. Creamer and Democrat R. Wayne Tozer are competing to replace retiring Committeeman Albert J. Knoll. LOWER TOWNSHIP Three members of the former Township Committee — Thomas H. Clydesdale. John M. Moranand M M. "Peggie" Bieberbach — are vying to fill the unexpired term of the late Deputy Mayor Joseph H. Davis on the five-member municipal council that replaced the committee as Lower's government last year. MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Democrat Deputy Mayor Charles M. Leusner is defending his seat on the threemember Township Committee against Republican Edward J. Rosenberg Jr. As a Democrat. Rosenburg ran unsuccessfully for County Clerk in 1982. In 1983. he switched parties to support incumbent Patricia Peterson's unsuccessful * Township Committee reelection bid. Middle voters are also being asked to decide a ballot question which, if approved. would allow police to transfer from the Public Employment Retirement System to the Police and Fireman's retirement system — with the township picking up the tab. Township Committee has decidedlo pay for the switch through 25 vc.-trfik installments of $93,731 ( $2,343,275 Total ) rather than with a lump sum of $1,080,870 — if it's approved. Changing pension plans also means a $136,319.27 annual contribution from the township which currently contributes $70,000- $80,000 a year toward the existing police pension plan. Costs of the new plan would be paid from real estate taxes and. police estimate, that means the owner of a property assessed at $60,000 would pay about 89 cents more a month in 1986 and 1987 and about $2.19 more each month in 1988. The change will also double each lawman's contribution to more than $2,000 a year- while doubling his pension benefits and easing retirement at 55. Signs urging passage of the pension ballot question outnumber those ofLeusner and Rosenberg combined. NORTH W1LDWOOD Democrat Robert J. Scully Jr. is defending his Second Ward (full-term) council seat against John C. Janoski. He and his "North Wildwood Republican" running mates — Lewis G. Vinci. Ralph G. Johnson Jr., L^wis M Ostrander and Aldo A. Palombo — swept the GOP Primary away from Regular Republican challengers. Janoski's running mates stand unopposed for mayor, councilman at-large. First and Second ward councilmen. respectively. Palombo for an unexpired term. OCEAN CITY With a Superior Court decision in May. striking down the city's blue laws against some Sunday sales, voters are being asked their views through a non-binding referendum on whether all sales should be permitted or just some as in the past A committee, selected to draft the ballot questions, however, decided not to give voters the third choice — baring all Sunday sales. STONE HARBOR Republicans Eric J Arenberg and Robert E. Sellers stand unopposed to replace Councilman Harry E Strohmetz. and for Councilman Robert J. "Jack" Fitzpatrick's unexpired term which Arenberg was selected to fill until the election. WOODBINE Democrat William Gervasi and Independent Walter Guy Chalow are challenging Republican Anthony M. Bogushefsky for his borough council seat while Democrat Enrique Rodriquez and Republican Leon J. Cheesman are vying for a second seat W ILDWOOD CREST Borough voters are being asked to decide if Crest Pier should be reconstructed as a community center through a bond issue of no more than $2 million.

UPPER TOWNSHIP I Running as "Your Willing Servant." Bruno Tropeano is vying for one of two Township Committee seats against Republican businessmen Robert W. Jeffers Jr. and Kenneth Baker Sr. They beat incumbent Jack McDonough | and his running mate. George Doerr, in the GOP primary for McDonough's seat and that of retiring Democratic Councilman Thomas Bonner. Tropeano ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic write-in candidate in a three- j way race for Township Committee last j year. FREEHOLDER Republican James S Kilpatrick Jr . and Ocean City lawyer, stands unopposed for reelection; he was unopposed in the primary. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Democrats Raymond A. Batten, a Sea Isle City lawyer, and Peter Amico. a » Vineland * security firm executive, are challenging GOP incumbents Guy F Mu ziani of Wildwood and Joseph Chinnici of Bridgeton for their First District tCape May-Cumberland counties) seats. The highest two vote getter? in both counties win them. GOVERNOR Incumbent Republican Thomas H. Kean enjoys a substantial lead over his nearest rival. Essex County Executive Peter Shapiro, a Democrat — 38-52 percentage points depending on the particular preelection poll. Complaining that Shapiro wasn't "combative" enough, state General Assembly Speaker Alan J. Karcher. a ranking Democrat, just about conceded the election to Kean last week, urging emphasis on preserving the Democrat's four-seat Assembly majority that could be lost on Kean coattails. But Kean and Shapiro aren't the onlycandidates running for governor. Listed on the b^ck of the sample balots are five others: Mark Satinoff of the Socialist Workers' Party. Libertarian Virginia Flynn. Communist George M Fishman, Rodger Headrick. "The True Light" candidate. and Julius Levin of the Socialist Labor Party. STATEWIDE BALLOT QUESTIONS 1. (Wastewater Treatment Bond Fund Issue) — approval authorizes $190 million in state bonds for low-interest loans or grant to local governments for construction of sanitary sewage treatment plants. 2. ( Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal Facility Fund Bond Issue) — approval authorizes $85 million in state bonds for low-interest loans to local governments for construction of resource recovery incinerators and environmentally safe landfills. 3. (Pinelands Protection Bond Act) — approval authorizes $30 million in state bonds toward grants and loans for roads, sewerage and water systems in pinelands communities, provided county and municipal master plans and zoning codes comply with Pinelands Commission management regulations 4. (Financing Resource Recovery Facilities from the "Natural Resources Fund") — approval authorizes repayment of loans and interest from a 1980 state fund to the fund established by Question No. 2. (above). 5. (Simulcasting Horse Racing) — ap proval permits horse racetracks in the state to televise races from other U.S. tracks and accept bets on them. It would, therefore, create off-season jobs and tax revenue. Critics complain that it would also create more compulsive gamblers 6. (Constitutional Amendment: Use of "Casino Revenue Fund" Monies) — ap proval eliminates homestead rebates from that fund to senior citizens and the disabled, retroactive to June 30 7. (Constitutional Amendment: Legislative Disapproval of Rules and Regulations) — approval allows a majority of state legislators to invalidate by resolutions rules and regulations of state officials without risking a governor's veto. Gov. Thomas Kean and four exgovernors oppose this measure.

SITTING PRETTY — Diane Thompson. II. of Palermo, performs effortless split atop balance beam at Gymnastic World, now housed in former Jersey Cape Racquet Cluh on Garden State Parkway. Court House.

Red Cross Slates Bus Trips

COURT HOUSE - "Fun-On-Wheels '. Cape May County Red Cross Chapter's fund-raising bus trips, announces the schedule of trips for 1986: Tuesday. March 18. a live stage presentation Easter show. "Sight and Sound", with side trips to Sturgis Pretzel Factory and Museum and Wilbur Chocolates and Museum

Dinner at Willow Valley Farms. Thursday. May M. Baltimore Inner Harbor* Saturday. June 7. West Point tour including noon dinner at Hotel Thaver Cruise down the Hudson and tour of the Military Academy SEPT. K-ll. four daysIhree nights in historic Connecticut and Massachuset tes including Sturbridge Village, Mystic Seaport. Mystic Village. Essex, boat cruise and train excursion into Connecticut countryside. Friday. Oct. 10. outlet shopping in Lancaster with 'dinner at Miller's Pennsylvania Dutch Fare.

Wednesday. November 5th. Washington. D C Smithsonian building of choice. National Geographic and Ex plorer's Hall Dinner at famous Horn & Horn WEDNESDAY. DEC. 10. Christmas at Lily Langtry Dinner Theater in King of Prussia. Reservations are being accepted now for all trips Call 39H-14R8 for information. daytime only Buses pick up at Jamesway in Court House and Commuters' Parking in Marmora Only remaining seats for 1985 are for Outlet Shopping in Lancaster. Wednesday. Nov. 5. with dinner "at Willow Valley Farms Call for reservations.

t^LSECORnJ jiil M Q. MY WIFE and I have just quit our jobs and started our own business. Which one of us should report the net earnings from the business for Social Security purposes? A. If you jointly operate the business, each should report your respective share of the business profits as net earnings from self-employment The amount each of you reports depends on the terms of the partnership agreement regarding the division of the business profits. Q. I WOULD LIKE to know exactly what Medicare covers. A. Medicare hospital insurance helps pay for inpatient hospital care and. after a hospital stay, for inpatient care in a skilled nursing facility and for home health services. Medicare medical insurance helps pay for doctors' services, outpatient hospital services. outpatient physical therapy and speech pathology services, as well as a number of other medical services and supplies not covered by Medicare hospital insurance. The free leaflet, A brief explanation of Medicare, available at any Social Security office, gives more details.

Dorii Ward UP IN THE AIR — Dannielle Mazzuca. 9 months, gets a ride on the swings at a Stone Harbor playground. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Mazzuca of Hockess in. Dela., who were visiting Dannielie's grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Emmert of Avalon.