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S®^NEWS H^/ DIGEST If] / The Week's J j II J Top Stories (From Page 1) number of legislative meetings has dropped while the number of new laws has increased from 187 a year to 400. 'Crest Priority One ' WILDWOOD CREST - Borough commissioners are expected to hear a presentation on the resort sewage collection system during a 7 p.m. meeting next Monday. Crest Priority One, a citizens' group formed to foster "a technically and economically sound sewage system now," has retained Anthony BeFalco, a Weston Corp. vice president, to present its position to borough officials, according to Harry D. Greiner, Priority One spokesman. Burglary Boom Burst? COURT HOUSE - As of our early deadline last weekend, Middle Township police had gone five days without a reported burglary. Police Capt. Raymond Saunders credited "stepped up patrols" for the contrast to about 30 burglaries in the six-week period from early November to mid-December, mostly in the Court House, Rio Grande areas. Moment Silenced PHILADELPHIA - A three-judge panel of the Third U.S. Circuit of Appeals voted 2-1 last week that a New Jersey law permitting a moment of silence in public schools is unconstitutional. The court said the state legislature had a religious purpose for enacting the law and therefore violated the constitutional requirement of separation of church and state. Backers of the law are considering an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling upheld an October 1983 decision by U.S. District Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise. However, three school districts — Woodbury. Pennsville and Sayreville — continued the moment of silence after that ruling. Interesting Conflict a AVALON — Recall candidate James Redditt called for the resignation of borough Councilman Richard Light Dec. 22, after the state Attorney General's Office ruled that Light apparently was violating state law by serving both on council and as the municipality's risk manager and insurance consultant. Redditt also said Light should return all the money he made while serving as risk manager and insurance consultant. A state statute forbids elected or appointed officials from being involved in any contract, work or materials furnished or performed for the municipality, according to First Assistant Attorney General Michael R. Cole. For his part, Light released a May, 1983 legal opinion from Borough Attorney Robert A. Fineberg saying Light could hold both offices. Can it on Thursday VILLAS — Lower Township residents, whose trash would usually be collected this Wednesday, will have it picked up on Thursday instead along with refuse from neighborhoods whose regular collection day is Thursday, according to Charlotte Anderson, deputy municipal clerk. The New Year's Day change is in keeping with the township's new holiday trash collection schedule. A Little Opposition WOODBINE — A proposal to open the closed Foundations and Structures landfill to about 25 truckloads of trash a day from Philadelphia over an 18-month period faces opposition from the state Department of Environmental Protection, the county Municipal Utilities Authority, and the county Board of Freeholders. The landfill is owned by Woodbine Borough and leased to F&S Borough Mayor Ernest Materio is against

opening it, but says Wee or four councilmen may favor it F&S lawyer Joseph Ferrante says the Philadelphia trash would raise the $1.5 million needed to seal the landfill. No Money to Close TRENTON — Gov. Thomas H. Kean cut $22 million from a grant fund for landfill closures last month, which may prevent eight inacth e landfills within the county from getting grant money to close in accordance with I iepartment of Environmental Protect on (DEP) regulations. The landfills a re located in Lower Township, Wildwood , Sea Isle City, Dennis Township. Upper Township and Woodbine. Kean has directed the DEP to ! prepare a priority li: t for closures of 300 to 400 landfills in the state, a task that is estimated to cost $2(0 million to $300 million, according tc George Tyler, DEP assistant commissioner for environmental management. Kejan cut the grant fund from $30 million to $8 million. I Blaze Guts Trailer I p MAYVILLE — Majude Jones lost her trailer in the Presidential Lakes Mobile Home Park here lasd week when an electrical fire spread through a heating duct and gutted the trailer while she was away. The blaze bro*e out around 3:15 p.m. Dec. 23 and greftv so intense that it melted the walls. 4 Switching Si^es SEAVILLE — Deciding they were making a bad deal on a $105,000 Prosit Lane house, state officials'are ready to negotiate the purchase of a $139,000 house on Shore Road as a Aroup home for six mentally handicapffctd men, Assemblyman Guy F- Muziani said last week. Opposed by ntjighbors, the Prosit Lane property is 7QD! square feet smaller than the Shore Road-alternative and the former needs $40,000lin improvements. Improvement estimates are pending inspection of the Shorj? Road house. Condition Improves ERMA — Michael (B. Dunwoody, 20, of 719 Columbia Ave., (|ape May, was listed in stable condition at! Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, last week after a single-vehicle crash «')n the nearby Garden State Parkway Dec. 21. He was admitted then in serious condition to Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital. Court House, with multiple trauma, a collapsed lung and abdominal injuries. Rio Grande firefighters extracted Dunwoody from his southbound'automobile which had crossed the med an and careened into trees. State Police reported. Beached Whgle Dies ANGLESEA — Rescuers freed a pygmy whale from a) nearby sandbar «n Dec. 22 and watched it swim through Hereford Inlet to the sea. But the ninefoot, 1,000-pound mammal returned to the inlet the next day an I died. Individual whales are known to beach themselves when sick or injured This whale was thought to be pregnant. An autopsy by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Brigantine. will dete mine the cause of death and any contr ibuting factors James Resigjs Post WILDWOOD - Ef ective Jaifcjl, City Solicitor Charles Her ry James, 53, will resign his post after nore than five years service with City Hai i. He has served two separate appointmen s as director of the Department of Law dnd one as counsel to City Council. James vas solicitor from 1968 to 1972, then left municipal service until Dec. 1984, when he was appointed by Mayor Victor Di f ylvester to serve as solicitor. James offer 3d no reasons for his resignation. In October, council cut his salary by $13, 000 j from $40,000 to $27,000. Sanitary Sentence WHITESBORO - ilwood R. Johnson of S. Johnson Rubbish Removal Service, • r i S d

Wildwood, has until Jan. 8 to remove 100 i tons of trash illegally dumped off Fishborn Street here or go to jail. Middle Township Municipal Court Judge Robert L. Taylor told him last week. Facing a $500 fine and jail, Johnson agreed to perform 30 days community service — picking up rubbish along township roads — instead of a 30-day suspended jail term. Murder Charge e OCEAN CITY - Lester Allen Wilson. 37, was charged last week with murder.

f aggravated sexual assault and burglary in connection with the Aug. 6 killing of Mai Negoc Hoang. 14. Both lived and worked at the Biscayne Hotel on Ocean Avenue here. Hoang, a room attendant, was found beaten and strangled in her room by hotel owner Joseph Pinomonte after she failed to report for work The indictment also alleges she was sexually abused. Wilson, a handyman, was brought to police headquarters for ques- ' tioning Aug. 18, and tried to escape by crashing through a second-floor restroom window. He is being held in Cape May County jail on $250,000 cash bail

• Holiday Plants: Keeping Them Alive

To keep holiday plants in the spirit throughout the season, proper watering, sufficient light, or other cultural needs must be met. According to Larry Newbold, Cape May County Agricultural Agent, popular plants such as Christmas Cactus, Christmas Pepper, Jerusalem Cherry, Poinsettias, Cyclamen, and Kalanchoe were all grown under special conditions in order to have them ready for the Christmas holiday. However, there are certain procedures that can be followed to keep these holie day plants as future companions. CHRISTMAS CACTUS. Schlumbergera bridgesu, is a flowering houseplant that is very long-lived if it receives the proper care. When you bring your Christmas cactus home, it will probably have flower buds or even flowers already. At this time, put the plant in a very bright location. Some winter sun is also good for it. Make sure that the location you choose is free of drafts and sudden temperature fluctuations, as these may cause buds to drop off. Although these plants are a type of cactus, they require more water than you'd think. Keep the soil evenly moist at all times. Do not overwater the plant or allow the soil to dry out because these may cause

the plant to drop its buds too. The Christmas cactus is one of the few holiday plants also suited to life as a permanent houseplant. Many plants are grown for their holiday color and then discarded. After the Christmas Cactus has stopped flowering, continue to water it normally, and feed it with a liquid plant food about every two weeks. AFTER THE last frost, the plant can be set outside in a shady location. In late summer and fall when the flower buds are forming, stop fertilizing the plants, and water them only enough to keep them from shriveling or wrinkling. The flowering of a Christmas cactus is related to the length of the day and the night temperature. Because the plants can be left outside until the night temperatures dip below 50 degrees, the buds will form regardless of how many . hours of darkness they receive. But if your plant is indoors, it will need about 13 hours of uninterrupted darkness every night. You can do this by draping the plant with a dark doth from about 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. After the flower buds are formed, you can put the plant back into its usual location, keep the soil moist, and fertilize it every two weeks. That is a year in the life of a Christmas cactus! THE CHRISTMAS Pep- |

per (Capsicum annuumt and Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum pseudocopsicum) have brightly colored fruits. Keep the plants in full sunlight, and keep the soil moist. Cool temperatures will help prolong the life of the fruits. After the fruits drop, discard the plants. New growth is ungainly, and they will not flower again. The fruit is poisonous if. eaten. Kalanchoe plahts are small, compact, and bear red. orange, and yellow flowers in clusters above the foliage. The plants are usually available throqghout the winter. For extended bloom they require cool temperatures, full sunlight, and constantly moist, soil. After flowering, the plants can be retained for their foliage if they receive direct sunlight, ungainly new growth develops if they receive too little light. Rebloom is unreliable without controlled daylength; for Christmas bloom, put the plants in complete darkness from' 6 p.m. until 7 a.m. for 30 days, beginning Sept. I. After this treatment, plants will develop buds under normal conditions.

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