20 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 8 lanuary '86

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Committeeman Charles Leusner was sworn in for his second three-year term on township committee by Township Clerk George Simpkins noon Jan. t. The ceremony was performed in the family room of Leusner's home in Court House. . Leusner's wife. ( aria, stood along side her husband holding a Bible, along with their younger son Matthew and Congressman Kill Hughes. About 55 friends and relatives of Leusner attended. including Hughes and his wife Nancy. Mayor Mike Voll and his wife Susan: Township Solicitor Bruce Gorman: Committeeman Jim Alexis: Sea Isle City Commissioner Jim lannone; Sea Isle City Solicitor Hay Katten ; Cumberland County Freeholder Kd Salmon; and Leusner's two other children. Christopher and Amy. "I'm iooking forward to the next three years and working with the people of Middle Township," remarked Leusner. THE GREATER Wildwood Elks Lodge "Hoop Shoot" contest was held at the Middle School Dec. 14. There were 67 boy and girl participants, ranging from 8 to 13 years, from elementary schools in our area. 17>e first and second place winners in each age category in the basketball shooting contest were presented with plaques by the lodge. The first place winners wfte John Kauterman in the boys' 8 to 9-year-old group and Maggie Trainor in the girls' 8 to 9. Both attend Avalon Elementary School. The 10 to 1 1 age group winners were Maurice Howell and Kalhy Graham. Both are students at Middle Township Elementary School 3. The 12 to 13 age winners were Mathew McGaffney from Teitelman Elementary School and Michele Conklin from Avalon Elementary. The champions from the game Dec. 14 participated in the District contest held at the Crest Haven School The Greater Wildwood Lodge's two district winners were Kauterman in the boys 8 to 9 and Conklin in girls 12 to 13. There are 10 lodges in this district anc^all were asked to send their winners

to the district contest. The state contest will be held sometime this month in Bordentown. The winners will proceed to the regional contest. Bill Dougherty of Court House assisted the Greater Wildwood Elks in coordinating the local contest. We wish our friend Carla Leusner of Court House a very "Happy Birthday"! And another "Happy Birthday" to County Freeholder Bill Sturm of Rio Grande. THE MIDDLE Township Optimist Club was organized in 1976 as a non-profit service organization devoted to helping young people. The club has expanded to aid and encourage the development of youth through participation and sponsorship of national projects. These include Youth Appreciation Week. Youth Safety Week. Bike Safety Week, and Respect for Law Week. An Optimist Club is a group of citizens working together to make their community a better place to live. There are over 3,500 Optimist Clubs in the United States and Canada, which includes 49 clubs in New Jersey. The local club since organization has offered scholarships to needy young people continuing their education beyond high school. The club has also more recently become involved in various projects which aid college groups OTHER ACTIVITIES and programs which the township Optimist Club sponsors include the Oratorical Contest. Christmas Food Baskets for needy families. Math Bee I Grade School). Spelling Bee < Grade School ) . the Little League Baseball Team. Award Science Fair Trophy (High School). Raffle for the Middle Township 4th of July Celebration. It also sponsors the Olympic of the Mind Contest (Grade School). the Christmas Party for the Resource Room (Grade

School), annually awards academic and "need" scholarships, provide buses to take Special Education Children to the Zoo, and sponsors the Challenge Trophy to benefit Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital (awarded to the best child rider). The club's fund raisers include Bingo held every Sunday night at the Leroy May Center in Court House. Casino Bus Trips, and a pancake breakfast held early in the spring. Membership is open by invitation only to civic minded men interested in activities dedicated to voluntary, constructive service to youth and the community. Anyone interested in becoming a member is asked to caD G. Thomas Todd, club president, at 465-9380. Attention All Court House Kiwanians! The regularly scheduled weekly meetings of our local club will resume tomorrow at the usual time in the V.F.W. Building in Court House We wish our friend Isabelle Hawkey of Reed's Beach a very speedy recovery from her recent fall which caused her to be hospitalized in Burdette Tomlin Hospital. She is employed in the Middle Township Construction Official's Office. Greg Mayer was the guest speaker at a recent dinner meeting of the Court House Kiwanis Club. Mayer is executive director of the Cape May County Council on Alcoholism The council began operating on a formal basis in January. 1983. Mayer has been with the organization since January. 1984. He infornied the Kiwanians that alcoholism affects everyone, regardless of social or economic background. every five minutes someone dies from alcoholism. Six other people are usually affected by one alcoholic. One out of five adults in our country are alcoholics. Mayer, who has been in-

volved with the counseling of alcoholics since 1968. was awarded an appreciation certificate from Dan Money, first vice president of the Court House club. 4 THE "LOVE TREES" helped to spread much "JOY" to 125 children by providing them with gifts and toys and by feeding 40 people with 10 baskets of food throughout our township and surrounding communities during the holidayseason. Radio Station WBNJ 105.5 FM. McDonald's Family Restaurants in Court House and Wildwood. and Cape Human Resources teamed up to sponsor this charitable

project. However, the citizens in our area were also responsible for the success of this project by their generous donations of gifts, toys, and food that were left under the four "Love Trees" set up in our area. It helped a number of needy families have an enjoyable holiday. ATTENTION ALL Bike-A-Thon participants! If you collected $25 or more in donations, your T-shirts are waiting for you at Township Hall. If you collected $75 or more, you also have a tote bag in addition to your Tshirt ready for you to pick up. Stop by Township Hall. 33 Mechanic St.. Court House.

between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and see Kathy Meers to claim your prizes. Mayor Mike Voll was reappointed to another one year term, and Committeeman Charles Leusner was reappointed to another one-year term as deputy mayor during the Township Committee's Annual Reorganization Meeting Jan. 2. Voll became mayor of the township in January, 1983. one year after he was sworn in for his first term on township committee. Leusner has been deputy mayor ever since he was first sworn into office in January. 1983.

Two Slates Vie to Head Local 1983

( From Page 1 ) for each year. No longevity is provided for employes hired after execution of the contract, Ginsburg. said, and normal step increments for salaries have been done away with. Ginsburg warned that Tracy's slate will negotiate the next county employes' contract in 1988 if elected to the three-year terms. "These people should blame (the contract ) on their own actions, or should I say inactions." Tracy countered "Some of Ginsburg's people, and Ginsburg himself, were asked to participate in negotiations and either didn't participate or didn't do anything once they got on the negotiating committee." Tracy said that Ginsburg turned down an offer to join the 14-member negotiating committee. GINSBURG ALSO SAID the contract was signed by Williams without a second membership vote after the rank-and-file turned down a previously-negotiated contract on May 24 by a 283-111 vote. Tracy said Williams signed to avoid binding arbitration. The previous two-year contract had expired Dec. 31. and the new contract meant more than seven months of retroactive pay to employes, he said. Ginsburg. a registered Republican, said he is uneasy about Tracy's ties to that party. Ginsburg pointed to Tracy's former stint as Cape May Men's Republican Club president, his friendship with that city's GOP leader. Harry Gilbert, and the fact that his wife and son ail have pity jobs TRACY IS ON a six-month leave of absence from the County's Office of Community Affairs. His wife is deputy treasurer and deputy tax collector of Cape

May. and his son. Joseph, is assistant director of the city Department of Civic Affairs. "One thing I'm having trouble with is, where do we separate county job positions and politics." Ginsburg said. "It seems to go hand-in-hand down here. "I'm running so Joe Tracy will have some opposition." he added, "because I feel he is too close to the Republican Party and the Board of Freeholders, who are all Republicans. "Our group is not self-serving." Ginsburg said. "No one is so connected to the county, a community or any political identity." 0 "WE LIVE in a republic that allows people to join the political party of their choice." Tracy said. "My union membership does not prohibit me from doing that. "No one controls Joe Tracy," he added. "Ginsburg is blowing a smokescreen to hide the fact he's a leader in the disaffiliation movement." Tracy referred to the unsuccessful attempt of former business-manager and exunion member Sam Kelly to disaffiliate from the international. The move was rejected by the state Public Employment Relations Commission and a federal judge. Tracy's slate claims that Ginsburg is close to Kelly. Someone has scrawled "Kelly Slate" on the list of Ginsburg candidates posted in the county library office building. "We don't want to talk about disaffiliation or Sam Kelly — he's history." * Ginsburg said. "We want to reorganize, get people involved in the union and do something for labor."

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