4 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 1 1 December '85

SHOP AT HOME IN CAPE MAY COUNTY

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Despite the inclement weather. SI. 752.06 was raisj — ed during the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Bike-a-thon in Rio Grande Nov 2 Mayor Mike \ oil presented Jon Kkstrom of Goshen and Kric Neri-(iuthrie of Green Creek each with a $50 U.S. Savings Bond at the . regular evening township committee meeting Dec. 5. The two boys collected the most in donations among the youngsters who participated in this event Kkstrom collected $111 in donations while NeriGuthrie collected $87.40. Each will also receive a St. Jude's tote bag and T-shirt. Marine National Bank and First Jersey National Bank-South donated the savings bonds. OTIIKR youngsters who collected $75 or more included Trevor llamann and Laurie Rittershach. both of Court House: and Brian Moore of Rio Grande. Among the adult par-

I ticipants. Dr. Ted Johnson i of Court House collected $121 and Joe Minch. also of Court House, raised $248.26. They will both receive a tote bag and T shirt, as will all the youngsters who collected $75 or more in donations. Another 27 participants will receive T-shirts for collecting $25 or more in donations. Mayor Voll and his wife Susan were the cochairpersons of this event Attorney John IV . Sjostrom of Court House has become the newest member of the Middle Township Chamber of Commerce The local chamber 'has also had its benches installed in "front of Township

Hall. Sam's Barber Shop, and Hale Bicycle /on Mechanic Street in Court House: and Schmidt. Assan. and Kourv Lriw Offices and Sturdy Savings and I.oan on Main Street, also in Court House LAURA FALSE Y of Swainton has been selected as an alternate for the National 4-H Leadership Conference at the National 4-H Center in Washington. D C. next spring She was selected for her outstanding achievement in leadership, citizenship, and community service. Laura is a student at Middle Township High School and the daughter of Bill and Eileen Fausey. Only six delegates and two alternates were — r u i ic i ii it i tf a were

selected from the entire i state to participate in the I conference. Students from Berniece i Bright 's and Sandra Kurtz's second grade classes at Elementary School 1 will be performing a Christmas program for I the residents of two local nursing homes this month. The children's parents and guardians will be given an opportunity to watch the program at the school Dec. 16. TIIE ANGELUS Chorus under the direction of Sherman "Bud" Scull of Court House will perform an 'Angels' Song: a Christmas Cantata'' byJohn Innes and Don Krueger at the First Baptist Church 101 S. Main St.. Court House. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15. The kindergarten students at ElementarySchool 1 were recentlyvisited by several "community helpers" and learned first hand what a minister. Rev. Jerry lleslinga. does to strengthen our community: how a nurse. Mrs. Metz. and a dentist. Dr. Vecere. works to keep community members strong; how an electrician. Mr. .Mills, keeps our township bright ; and how a grocery man provides good food to our community's residents i Mrs. Klebaui and Mr. Murphy from the Court House Acme). Officer Evangelista told the children how to keep the community safe. Mrs Moore, from a local bank, explained how money is necessary to make the community function. Mr l.eusner talked about the job of township government. and Mr Ziegler explained how food is prepared for the schools We wish our friends Pal and Janet Kennedy of Court House a very "Happy Anniversary!" RADIO STATI O \ WBNJ. McDonald's Family Restaurants, and Cape Human Resources are teaming up to bring the Christmas - Love Trees" back to Cape May County. The "Love Trees" will be located outside the mall entrance of K Mart in the Rio Mall: at the WBNJ 105 5 FM Studios. Professional Plaza Building. 223 N Main St in Court House, and the McDonald's Restaurants. 227 N. Main. Court House, and Rio Grande Avenue and Park Blvd.. Wildwood. You can "Spread a Little Christmas Joy with the Love Tree" by placing canned goods in a box or buying a gift and marking it male or female and age intended and placing it underneath the "Love Trees" at the various four locations. Your gifts will be picked up by the Cape Human Resources and distributed to the needy in our township and throughout the county.

THE FIRST Methodist Church Choir and Friends will present "The ManyMoods of Christmas." byRobert Shaw and Robert Bennett under the direction of LaNetta Desrosiers, with soloists Joann Hasley. Nancy Harris, and Jay Delivorth at the First Methodist Church. Route 9 and Church Street. Court House. 4 p.m. Saturday. We wish our friend Ted Croitor of Court House a belated 'Happy Birthday!" Mayor Voll was honored along with several other individuals by Phi Delta Kappa. Stockton Chapter, with the organization's Achievement Award for significant contributions to education as non-educators at a banquet Nov. 18. Phi Delta Kappa is the largest education fraternity. VOLL WAS recognized for acknowledging students' and teachers' achievements with proclamations presented at township meetings, conducting the Annual Bike-a-thon for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: issuing proclamations for special school recognitions: assigning a special police officer to the high school to deal with youth problems, readily assigning mobile police to handle special school problems; and for attending many- studentcentered school activities and speaking to many classes as a curriculum resource PDK's goals are torimprove and perpetuate \the profession of educatioft-^'^ This is accomplished through study grants, inservice activities, scholarships to youths, educational trips, periodicals, research, books on varied subjects, and recognizing individuals who contribute to education Elementary School 1 will perform its Christmas Concert in the Elementary School 3 auditorium 7:30 p.m. Dec 18 MTHS ATHLETIC Director Terry Brad way's team, consisting of students Ed Peterson. Mark Hindle. Boh Hicks, and Tami Seymour won the "First Annual Turkey Trot" held at MTHS Nov. 27 Each winning team member was awarded a 20-pound turkey However. Bradway gave his turkey to Jim Ratchford. who was the high scoring team captain The top five boys were Joe Accardo. Sean Smith, Mark Hindle. Chris Wolf, and Michael Brittingham. The top three girls were Tami Seymour. Holly Bollinger. and Michelle Clayton. The dozen teams participating did the half-mile course around the school twice. Although Accardo came in first, his team lost. Bradway was the coordinator of this event. The Middle School will

present its Christmas concert in the school's allpurpose room 7:30 p.m Dec. 12. Richard Sterling is the band director and John Snyder is the vocal music teacher. THE CHILDREN of the transitional first grade at Elementary School 1 learned a bout the first Thanksgiving in a theatrical manner as they became Indians. Pilgrims, and Turkeys for a play called the "Turkey Hunt". The children made their own costumes and performed before the video camera. The play was directed and filmed by teachers Nancy Rosenberg and Ann Sherman. It was shown to the children's parents and guardians last week during conferences. The Indian Boys were played by Duane Ramsey. Alex Jones. Bobby More, and Tommy McDonnell. The Pilgrim Boys were played by Henry Ginyard. Joey Andryczak, Derek Richardson. Davidson Blong. and J. I). Letts. The Pilgrim Girls were played by Kerry Randolph. Jennifer Lauritzen. Dawn Yearicks. and Jennifer Szigeti. The Thanksgiving turkeys were played by Janet Benezet. Denise Hickman. Felicia Freeman, and Walter Belles. NORM ZIMMERMAN, who is the Adult High School Principal at the Cape May County Vocational School, was the guest speaker Nov. 21 at the dinner meeting of the Court House Kiwanis Club. He informed the group that there are 60 adult high schools in New Jersey and that 1.300 students dropped out of the four public high schools in the county from 1980 to 1984 One third of the ^-adttUs in the county do not h a v e\ a high so+i o o I diploma-.^ ^ ' There are currently 50 adults aged 18 to 72 attending the County Vocational High School The provisions for earning credits are identical to a regular high school. Credits may be earned through previous work experience, independent study, apprentice program/on the job training. basic training in the military, military training courses, credit by examination. previous high school or college coursework. and course work at the Adult High School THE MIDDLE Township High School Choir and Concert Choir's Christmas Concert under the direction of LaNetta Desrosiers will be held at Elementary School 3 at 8 p.m. Dec. 17. In addition to the students performing in the concert, the MTHS Faculty Chorus will sing "Christmas Is Coming" from the Muppets Christmas Album. We send our condolences to Joan Vance and family on the passing of her husband Bill, who was a building inspector and building subcode official for the township. His good humor and "down to earth" personality will always remain alive and be treasured in our memories.

Contractor Accepts 25K

i From Page 1 1 and costs of the suit: OF THE $25,000 SETTLEMENT. 10.000 is money the county withheld pending completion of the project. When it was learned the matter would go to court, freeholders decided to hold the amount and refused to release it. "To get out of litigation, with the potential of $310,000 damage, for $15,000. I thought, was a good settlement." said county Solicitor Harry A. Delventhal Jr.. who recommended settlement. Fiocchi and Pearl both refused comment. The $15,000 represents payment in full for extra excavation at the site. Delventhal said the money will come from the bond ordinance for this specific work. Freeholder James S. Kilpatrick Jr.. said the contract allowed for a specific amount of excavation and any required beyond that would be paid on a per-cubic-yard basis The $15,000, he said, represents the difference between the contracted work and additional required work. In October 1979. Pearl agreed to provide design and construction details of the school. In July 1980, bidding began and Fiocchi entered the low bid. $2,240,800 The second lowest bid was $2,496,000. from Arthur J. Ogren Inc. of Vineland. SOMETIME AFTER THE BID process opened. Fiocchi claimed he found a

"$250,000 mistake" caused by failing to include the cost of concrete in his bid. According to the suit. Fiocchi felt that "since his company was expanding into larger jobs, it could sustain its mistake." The bid was awarded to Fiocchi and the contract signed on Sept. 9. 1980. Ground was broken Oct. 22. 1980 arid the school opened Nov. 22. 1981. Fiocchi claimed Pearl "negligently prepared said drawings, plans and specifics and same were not prepared in accordance with (the) standard of care and skill normally utilized by other practitioners of the profession of architecture and/or planning." Changes and corrections, the suit stated, required extra labor and materials, "in order to properly complete construction of the school according to the contract." Change order requests were submitted to Pearl, who "denied" them, and to the county, which "ignored" them. Fiocchi claimed. He sued on the basis of the change orders March 23, 1983 The county's counterclaim stated that Fiocchi "never made any formal application of relief from its bid to ... Freeholders ... prior to institution of its suit." As for the concrete mistake, the countycontended Fiocchi entered into the county contract two months after he realized his mistake. Freeholders unanimously approved the settlement at the Nov 26 meeting.

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