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November 6, 1985

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Tally Shows Who Won What Where

Following were incomplete and unofficial Cape May County election returns as of this newspaper's presstime at 10:00 last night: GOVERNOR Thomas H. Kean, R, 24,010 Peter Shapiro, D, 7,820 GENERAL ASSEMBLY (ELECT TWO) Cape May County, Cumberland County, and total Peter Amico, D, 8,722 ; 8,460; 17,182 Raymond A. Batten, D, 10,745; 7,711; 18,456 Joseph Chinnici, R, 19,473, 15,541 ; 35,014 Guy F. Muziani, R, 19,178; 14,104; 33,282 FREEHOLDER (UNOPPOSED) James S. Kilpatrick Jr., R, 21,217 DENNIS TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE Frank L. Murphy Jr., D, 780 Charles Brittingham, R, 646 R. Wayne Tozour, D, 705 Harry L. Creamer. R, 707 ICo"lesled' LOWER TOWNSHIP COUNCIL (ELECT ONE) Thomas H. Clydesdale, 1,421 John M. Moran, 1,354 M.M. Bieberbach, 2,213 MIDDLE TOWNSHIP ^ COMMITTEE Charles M. Leusner, D, 2,403 Edward J. Rosenberg Jr., R, 1,374 POLICE PENSION TRANSFER: Yes, 2,085 No, 1,295 NORTH WILDWOOD SECOND WARD Robert J. Scully Jr., D, 685 John C. Janoski, R, 610 OCEAN CITY (SUNDAY SALES) Open All (stores), 2,828 Close Most (stores), 3,084 WOODBINE COUNCIL William Gervasi, D, 159 Walter Guy Chalow, I, (Unavailable) Anthony M. Bogushefsky, R, 230 Enrique Rodriquez, D, 153 Leon J. Cheesman. R, 268 WILDWOOD CREST Crest Pier Bond Issue Yes, 993 No. 410 UPPER TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE (ELECT TWO) Robert W. Jeffers Jr., R, 1,929 Kenneth Baker Sr, R. 1,786 Bruno Tropeano, I, 1,865 /jlgs^wr SS^SV DIGEST / The Week's II II II %>*»><*« Sewer Bills Up SWAINTON - Cape May and Ocean ftty will pay higher bills for sewage treatment next year, the county Municipal Utilities Authority announced last week. Cape May's bill will increase 10 percent to $794,000, and Ocean City's will rise about eight percent to $2.6 million. The cost of treating sewage from West Cape May will drop from $114,242 to $86,660, and Cape May Point will pay about the same. Bad Signs TUCKAHOE - Political signs and those advertising civic or social gatherings can't exceed 32 square feet, be a traffic hazard, interfere with visibility along public streets, or be used for more than 60 days, a new Upper Township sign ordinance says. Also, the candidate or candidates endorsed must ensure signs are removed within 10 days after an election, or they face a $50 fine. (Page 30 Please)

.mr Doris Ward Photo SOARING — Almost airborne. Skipper Jastremski. 7, performs a wheelie along the Cape May promenade. Skipper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester (Skip) Jastremski of Wildwood Crest, was accompanied by his dad, who spent afternoon surfing.

School Enrollment Up

Three Years in a Row; A Five-year Trend?

By GREGG LAWSON County public school enrollment increased for the third consecutive year, causing some school districts to add classes, hire new teachers and rent portable classrooms. Current enrollment is 12,010, up from 11,625 last year and 11,415 in 1983, according to fall figures submitted to the county superintendent of schools. "We continue to have both a student enrollment and population increase," county Superintendent Robert G. Bongart said Friday. "I think it is a trend that will continue in the forseeable future — five years at least." The biggest increase is in the lower elementary grades, which many administrators attribute to higher birth rates in the county. In Middle Township, kindergarten enrollment increased from 129 to 164, prompting the hiring of a full-time instructor to teach two sessions a day. Middle alsb hired a second grade teacher and one for its high school, where the number of students rose from 915 to 961 • THEY WERE TOTALLY unexpected.

Superintendent Dr. Theodore B. Johnson said of the figures. "It was an odd year in relation to experience, but that doesn't mean it won't happen again. We are looking to provide space at the primary school and will look at the high school one more year to see what happens there." Middle's five-year projection "reflects a decrease (in enrollment)," Johnson said. But, he said, several factors make predictions difficult. "After the summer, folks leave, there is an influx for the winter rentals," he said. "Because of the winter rentals, we are unable to ascertain ahead. And people want to know why we don't plan for these things. "We also get high school students transferring in from other districts. Some youngsters are living with guardians and going to school here while their parents live in other districts," he added. "We are looking into this, to see if there is a family problem that makes this necessary. Otherwise, we may have to deny them admission." Johnson said Stone Harbor and Avalon send children to Middle's high school, so "whatever happens there affects us " (As in Cape May, West Cape May, Wildwood Crest, Woodbine. Dennis Township and Lower Cape May Regional districts, enrollment has decreased or remained fairly constant in Avalon and Stone Harbor over the years.) Johnson said higher birth rates account for the lower-level increases in Middle — along with the availability of housing. "I CAN SPECULATE that more people can find a place to live here, even if it's temporary," he said. "We had a case one year where 17 people lived in the same house!" In Upper Township, a kindergarten through eighth grade enrollment has increased from 994 in 1981, to 1,132 last year, f to a current total of 1,150. Superintendent John D. McGovern credits new development in the township. "It's an attractive place to build, and taxes are still fairly low here," he said. No new teachers were hired this year, but a first grade teacher was hired last year and. the superintendent said, two ad(Page 49 Please) MAPPING IT OUT — Middle Township Mayor Michael Voll inspects (below) the test well recently drilled at the Williams' toxic waste dump. Swainton, and reviews an area map (left) with Roy Redmond and Ken Seborowski, geologist with Woodward-Clyde Consultants of Wayne. That firm's been awarded the contract to conduct a feasibility study on cleaning up the contaminated site. * ■

College Committee Okays Proposal

By JOE ZELNIK CREST HAVEN - Acknowledging they need professional help, members of the county's Community College Proposal Review Committee voted unanimously last week to ask educator Dean Evans of West Chester, Pa , for a proposal He is the 60-year-old, retired president of Warren County Community College and heads a consulting firm called Foxgill Consultants. The committee also stated what has been apparent from almost its first meeting in August — that its higher education recommendations to county

freeholders will take much longer than first anticipated. Freeholder James S. Kilpatrick Jr., committee chairman, said any change in the current system might not come until 1987. "We'd better do it right." he cautioned, "Don't be in a rush," agreed Evans. "You've gotten along pretty well under the > chargebacks. The latest schedule calls for a proposal from Evans in a month followed by a committee meeting, and presumably a decision on that proposal, on Dec. 11. Pointing to the difficulty in getting (Page 30 Please)

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