Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 15 January '86 ' « '9

~ — -mv Seven Mile Beach Miiien Rowland flL 368-2294 '

Avalon will be holding an important and very expensive election to recall Mayor Rachel Sloan Jan. 28. In the 30 years we have lived on this island, we have concluded that the most important elections come in the apathetic season when it's too cold to get out and vote and many constituents are sunning themselves in Florida. This makes it doubly imperative to make an informed decision on issues involved and stand behind the candidate of your choice. AS WE SEE it, Mayor Sloan is running on her record: her decisions have been reached in the main, by majority vote of elected borough council persons and documented in the press. She is unavailable at this writing because her husband, Griffith Sloan, Emergency Management Coordinator, is listed in critical condition at Lankenau Hospital following surgery for an aneurism. IJer challenger, James H.J Reddiu, chairman of AValon's Planning Board, can be assessed, in part, by his actions in that office. In a letter to this paper last week, Redditt said of Mayor Sloan: "The one wjio tells the public what she knows they want to hear, be it fact or fiction". We called Redditt to see if he wanted to make a statement and he declined. As we said, you're paying for an expensive election, be sure to exercise your right. Spikr (Seashore Home Supply) Fisher is back in Stone Harbor recuperating from heart surgery performed Monday, Dec. 16, at University Hospital in Philadelphia. Most people were unaware of it but the night Jim Fisher was officiating at the Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting at Golden Inn he was undergoing much stress — his father was in surgery at the time. It was a hairy one. The Fisher family didn't relax until after Christmas but shortly thereafter, Spike came back strong. For those who don't already know it, he's a nationallyrenowned golfer who's straining to get back to the links in Florida. Sounds fully recovered, right? • • • LAST SEPTEMBER we

told you about Audrey and Bill Kaufmann who originated Pierscapes. aritfacts for table and wall decoration. Together they've sketched and replicated scenes of approaches to nearby resorts. Bill turns out the small houses and shacks and mounts them on driftwood, Audrey paints and landscapes them with natural grasses and tiny shells. They won the first competition they ever entered, a contest sponsored by Women's Day magazine. Audrey has always been an artist, she created nat-ural-habitat murals for the Philadelphia Zoo while sitting in an animal cage ignoring peanuts thrown at her by waggish visitors. SHE AND BILL, a former banker, started producing Pierscapes while he was recuperating from surgery. The results found an immediate market, a serendipitous plus for them both. We hadn't heard from the Kaufmanns since the Wings 'n Water Festival and occasionally wondered, why. On Dec. 31 she phoned to thank us for the itfem "before the year is over." Following Wings n Water she entered the hospital in Philadelphia for treatment of allergies. Unfortunately the cause was not allergies but symptoms of a more serious disease and she remained there for months. SHE DIDN'T SEE our article until a friend wrote and enclosed it. She said it buoyed her spirits greatly, as did the fact that Bonnie and Peter Atkinson, who own Avalon Flower and Garden Shop in Swainton, and Calypso Shell Shop on 96th Street, bought all the Kaufmann s completed works and left reorders for more. Audrey's been too ill to worlj on them and asked us to contact both shops and Elsie Snyder of Shell Club of New Jersey and tell them she'll finish some as soon as she's back at fighting weight. We just spoke with Bill Kaufmann and Audrey's back in Roxborough ■ Memorial Hospital for more repairs to the chassis. Pals can send her ; cards there or at their ; home: 547 Overlook Rd„ Philadelphia, 19128. If you write, send regards to the second love of her life, TyeDye, a dachshund that

visits nursing homes with Audrey, clad in a chic costume for every occasion. AVALON SENIORS (ASCO) will be giving way to the special election at Community Hall Jan. 28 and their fun day will be held instead at Borough Hall from noon to 3 p.m. Kate Jackson, who's in charge of special classes and demonstrations, should be called if you have some new ideas, according to Evelyn Warren in Senior Sentinel. Evelyn also reminds ASCO to vote in the Recall Election. Her advice: "Be sure to secure an absentee ballot application NOW, and turn it in to the County Clerk in Cape May Court House ( Main Street, next to Court House Bldg.) After your signature is verified (takes about one day), you may pick up your ballot and then cast your vote at the County Board of Elections ( next to Singers, near Murpny's)." Harry Emerson Otto, the newspapers's astrologer and innkeeper of the Lark Motel, was the star (punintended) of Stone Harbor Seniors meeting Dec. Despite intense cold, a full house showed up, hoping to learn what the future holds. They wore topcoats through the entire performance and while munching goodies prepared by Vernis Pilert, Jessie Strohmetzj Dot McMahon, Sara Brady, and Betty White undef direction of Mattie Woolery. Harry held his audience in thrall and intrigued sceptics by pinpointing personality foibles to a "T". We have long been an astrology buff and were amused by some incredulous faces. He approaches his task with almost a religious fervor and his sincerity is apparent to unbelievers. In short his is an absorbing act — he's great! Mary Conweli is the program chairman who enlisted Harry's services. Poised career womanrealtor, Lydia Borek, of Century 21 Stone Harbor Realty will always be beautiful little Lydia Carboni, babysitter non pareil, in our eyes even though she now babysits two strapping sons of her own, David ana Soccer-piaying Brendan. She stopped yesterday to tell us that Michael

Sheston, of the same firm, has been appointed by the Greater Wildwood/Cape May City Board of Realtors a Realtor Associate Director of the local board which serves all Cape County. He took office at an installation banquet. Dec. 13th at the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City. Since then he's been appointed in the same capacity to the New Jersey State Association of Realtors whereon he'll be voting on the future of the industry in this state. Michael's the son of Robert J. Sheston. owner of the firm, and works at the main office aL96th and 3rd. He's a member of Century 21 Million Dollar Club and the National Association of Realtors Million Dollar Club. This year's flu strain is particularly virulent. Most of those stricken report it starts out like a classic head cold, then come chills and fever, and next THE cough. When you've coughed 'til the point of nausea and your shoelaces come up, you know ypu've bought it. This bug is a beaut, just when you think you've got it licked, the whole process starts over. It's hit dozens of victims, among those we know are: Frank D'Elia, Marie Spence, Jane Boss. Mary Conweli, Evelyn and Jack Warren, Peggy and Bill Schaffer and Jessie Strohmetz. If you think you've gotten it. run, don't walk to your doctor. Signed, One who knows.

Doris COURT EXPANSION — When this renovation of the county courthouse records room is complete, all court employes will be relocated to the airport industrial park in Erin a and work will begin on the courthouse expansion. The records room should be finished in late March or early April. The expansion will take 18-24 months. That would bring the employes back to Court House sometime in t»88. n

) t Tree Seedling Sale Runs to March 21

The Cape-Atlantic Soil Conservation District is sponsoring its annual tree c seedling sale. The sale will run through January, February, and March. Last date to order will be March 21. Three-year-old seedlings are available in a variety of species, in addition to yearold female holly trees. Also offered are White Spruce, Japanese Black Pine, Colorado Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, White Pine, Norway Spruce and Scotch Pine. THESE VARIETIES are available in bundles of 25 at a cost of $8 per bundle and bundles of 100 at a cost of $28 per bundle. The one-year old female holly trees, average height of 10 to 12 inches, are available at $3 per tree. No seedlings will be mailed and purchasers must be available to pick up the seedlings in Atlantic County at the Atlantic County Office Building. 1200 Harding Highway, Mays Landing, or at the Cape May County Extension Service Educational Center. Dennisville Road. Route 657. Court House. ALL ORDERS are to be placed through the Mays Landing Office, ar.d must be received and prepaid before March 21. Order early to be sure to get first choice. No substitutions will be made and no orders will be held past the pickup dates. There will be no refunds, and no telephone orders will be accepted

For further information, send a self-addressed c stamped envelope to: Cape-Atlantic SCD. 1200 Harding Hwy., Mays Landing, NJ, 08330. HH Q. I got a Form SSA- 1099, * Social Security Benefit Statement, in the mail. What am I supposed to do with it? A. You should use Form SSA-1099 just as you would use any other form 1099 you get from a financial institution when you prepare your Federal income taxi return. Keep it with your tax records. Do not return it to.Social Security or send it to the Internal Revenue Service. Q. What happens to the taxes that are collected on Social Security benefits? A. Taxes that are paid on Social Security benefits are deposited' in the Social Security trust funds and are used to pay benefits and administrative expenses of the program.

4 m lse"0°r seabyH |1 ' K MAYORS' Assor I c*n may mm °f I mrZ- *2" f! I ,c 10 n 11 ft.