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Our Readers Write County Socks Lower Again To The Editor: TV had the Brady bunch. Lower Township has the "Greedy hunch, headed by Lower's resident and county Director of Freeholder-Director Gerry Thornton Thornton was present in Township Hall on Nov. 18 to sock it to Lower's taxpayers again in his attempt to acquire the Chamber of Commerce building for county programs If the county is interested in the building, let them take it to 4hc highly ratable grounds they have alreadyconfiscated from Lower's tax rolls. The ground on which it presently sits is sorely needed for expansion of township services in our rapidly growing community LEASING THE ground to the chamber was a serious mistake from the beginning, one that has proven not to be in the best interest of Lower's taxpayers That mistake must not Ik- repeated For those ol you who may not Ik- a wart; of Ixiwer's treat men! by the county, the following may serve as reminders a Your '85 tax bill revealed that the county took 20 per cent of the total, our local share was 27 percent I' To reiterate, the county occupies some of the most highly ratable ground in the Township the airport and Cold Spring Village. I lu-reby robbing our tax rolls i THE COl" VIA t'SES Millman Center, maintained solely by Lower Township tax dollars, for it's Nutrition .• Program Since the inception of their program at Millman. tin- county has not contributed one cent for rent, services or utilities > - II is glaringly obvious that the pro » gram should Ik* revamped to provide only for the needy. " Most of those availing themselves of the inexpensive meals can well afford the most expensive restaurants in town as evidenced by the cars they drive It is not at all iinusuaHo sin* them leaving with bags of excess food d The county owes 1,ow<t $39,000 for sewerage To col led will undoubtedly cost lamer legal fees that probably match, or exceed the amount due lawyer's taxpayers THE EIGt !KI-Mpresonted by Thornton in support of the nutrition prograiWkippear just as phony as the figures he supplied some time ago in support of Cold Spring Village Those members of the Chamber supporting the county' acquisition of their building and a lease for township ground to house it are biting the hands that are feeding them Without the patronage of community residents they would long ago have closed their doors Their loyalty tH'longs to their township patrons not to the political parasites who appeared with them at the Township Hall on Nov 18 / GRACE BIELKOWSKI Secretary Lower Township Taxpayers Association

Why Did She Run? To The Editor I aim writing not as a politician hut as a confused citizen I cannot understand why M M •'Peggie'' Bieberback ran for "deputy mayor of Lower Township AS I RECALL, she was 100 percent against the newform of government and voiced her opinion loud and clear, as also did Thomas Clydesdale Now- she is happily part of it This is very confusing Perhaps it's another stepping stone to run for freeholder again? Time will tell. I suppose VIOLET DUNN Villas ■ Jt*u ^

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— — — ■ I ~ iMf {tUfcft j "Now Then What Can We Do For You7" Extend Child Abuse Limitation To The Editor: The Cape May County Advisory Commission on the Status of Women has been contacted by Jacqueline Rot leveel. founder and facilitator of New Jersey Incest Sur \uvors Support Group Rotleveol was seeking our support for passage of Bill A -2205 which was introduced by Assembly woman Angela Perun into the New Jersey Assembly in June of 1984. The bill deals with victims of child sexual abuse and would, if passed, reform the New Jersey statutes covering prosecution of child sexual offenders. AT PRESENT, the New Jersey statute of limitations for reporting and prosecuting child sexual abusers is five years Thus means that a child abused at age five cannot prosecute an offender beyond the age of ten Most children are not able to even cope w ith the facts of sexual abuse un til entering adulthood in the late teens and early twenties, much less report a crime-particularly one' of an incestuous nature. Statistically, the average pedophile abuses between 70 and 75 children. How many of these crimes against our children could be prevented if our laws were changed to (Page £7 Please)

More Traffic, More Problems To The Editor: In the very near future, the central business district of Cape May Court House will see an expanded county court facility, more than likely the opening of a nursing home, and potentially, an addition to the Middle Township Municipal Hall. t Currently, it appears that local and county officials are planning for this in terms of parking only. Granted, there has been some discussion regarding the building of overpasses and the addition of a third signal I light on the Garden State Parkway. However, there seems to be no thinking as to the impact of increased traffic flowwithin the immediate area, that is. Main Street. Magnolia Drive. Mechanic Street. Hand Avenue, etc. LAST WEEK. I was caught in probably the first bottleneck in the history of Cape May Court House at the intersection of Mechanic and Main streets. A few days later, it took three changes of the signal light at the intersection of Main and Dennisville Road for me to make a left-hand turn. If there are problems now in 1985. what can we expect in 1990 or -2000'.' I urge all residents of Middle Township to encourage our local, county, and state officials to begin planning for the inevitable increase of traffic in this area or else begin buying stock in Excedrin. EDWARD ROSENBERG Cape May Court House The Cost of Recall To The Editor : On Nov 14. James Busha. an ex-councilman who served i ? i Avalon with Mayor Rachel Sloan, saw fit to turn in his recall petitions consisting of 446 names. lrNDEK THE laws of New Jersey, this appropriate onefourth of Avalon 's registered voters, can force the other 1.157 registered Avalon voters into a recall election, which will cost these same taxpayers and voters from $3,500 to $5,000. When your taxes go up and you wonder why. remember Busha will living in Stuart. Florida, away from the dissension his personal feelings have caused. ANYONE WHO signed this recall who has changed his mind, or feels that maybe he didn't exactly know what this would entail, remember to vote no to recall, and yes for Mayor Sloan MARY N. McBRIDE Avalon

—A Concession to Squato The First Thanksgiving By JOE /El. NIK Wetlands Institute. Spark Plug and his son Spike, enchanted by the cries of the gulls, brought a flock back to (ED. NOTE For best results, read aloud to a 5-year Cape May County old i f Feeding in the salt marshes, the Pilgrim-Audubot birds About four million years ago. the Pilgrim -Audubots regained their strength. TRANSFORMED themselves decided to run away from a mean king on the planet of back into Pilgrim Audubots. and built a "Crystal Castle" 0 Cyber Iron because he was insisting on two collections at at Diamond Beach The Pilgrim-Audubots prospered, renchurch every Sunday ling rooms in the Crystal Castle to South Philadelphia and 1-ed by Optimus Prime, their largest, strongest and Delaware Count ians wisest member, and Princess Adora. his girlfriend, they Bl'T TIIE DECEPTIONS, who had been hiding in an fled across space in the Mayflower In pursuit was a con- abandoned retreat house in Cape May Point, and plotting tingent of the king's forces, the Deceptions, led by a recall in Avalon learned of the Pilgrim-Audubots and Megatron. who was no slouch himself planned revenge. The Mayflower lost power as it passed through an Megatron had Frosta. the empress of Etheria. use her asteroid belt and crashed into Plymouth Rock The snowflake wand to freeze the ocean That sent the infests Pilgrims moved inland a few miles, only to be pinned scurrying home tHp * down by a tribe of savage Indians led by Squato Then the evil Decepticons split Lower Township Encircled by Squato's warriors, and with an oncoming Republican Party and elected their own Catra. the jealous tiny speck in the sky indicating the impending arrival of beauty, and Double Trouble, the glamorous, two-faced the fearsome Megatron. the Pilgrims were in what came double agent, to control the town The Decepticons quicklv to be known as "between a rock and a hard place raised taxes on the Crystal Castle TIIEY REASONED that, if Reagan could talk to Gor- Facing Chapter 11, the desperate Pilgrim-Audubots bachev i for they could see into the future ». they ought to sent John Alden to woo Double Trouble But when he askbeablo to negotiate -with the Squa to-led savages ed her if she would marry Optimus Prime, she asked. Squato had been named for his phenomenal ability to "Why don't you speak for yourself. John"" squat and talk for hours The Pilgrim Audubots. on the So he did. and the two were wed. Marriage removed other hand, soon felt their legs fall asleep and were toppl- Double Trouble from the county's "happy hour scene ing over left and right and left Catra with no one to be jealous of Thus mellowed. Squato. stuck w ith acres of corn, was adamant He the two of them agreed to lower the taxes on the Crvstai wanted directions on how to make the Pilgrim Audubots Palace universe renowned corn liquor The desperate Pilgrim BI T THE EVIL MEGATRON prepared to launch an atAuduhots gave in and. lor good measure, threw in Gary tack and the out manned Pilgrim-Audubots sent for Rudy s recipe for a Southern Comfort sour Squato. now a freeholder, begging him to use his torces 4> PERMITTED TO PASS, the Pilgrim Audubots headed dispatch the Decepticons. TV south, their goal being the Steger bathhouse in Cape Ma> Squato said he would need help from King Nummv and But someplace in central New Jersey, their computer and the price would be high Thev squatted negotiated and power source went dead In Us final moments, the com once again the Pilgrim Audubots legs asleep toppled puter. realizing the Decepticons were close behind, over and gave in to Squato's terms TRANSFORMED the Pilgrim-Audubots into gulls and They agreed to throw a huge Thanksgiving partv at the organized an Audubot Society to protect them from harm county's struggling Historic Cold Spring Village and proThe evil Decepticons unknow ingly rushed right by mised to make it an annual observance on the fourth Many years passed before visiting members of the Thursday in November Thus began our Thanksgiving