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Our Readers Write Booed , Hissed And Ridiculed To The Editor. After reading Kammerer's letters in your Dec. 18 and j Jan.29 editions. 1 wondered if Kammerer ever attended a I Lower Township Council meeting. If he hasn't, he should I consider attending one as it might be well worth his time. I I have attended several meetings, many as an active I participant. I thought that as a citizen and taxpayer of I Lower Township. I had a right to voice my opinion on cer- I tain subjects. I thought wrong. I was naive enough to think that my opinions would be accepted with respect and dignity. I SOON FOUND out. however, that if you are not part of the ,in" crowd and differed from their opinions, you were ridiculed, booed, hissed and generally laughed at to the point of embarrassment by these same people who took of- I fense to Freeholder Gerald Thornton's proposal to purchase the Chamber of Commerce Building and his subsequent remarks. What was even more appalling was that the township committee and township council, both of which your "dynamic" Peggy Bieberbach serves on, never did anything to stop it. These are not "nice" people IN A COUNTRY where freedom of speech and expression is a guaranteed right under our Constitution, it is unfortunate that these people feel they have a right to deny it to certain people. Perhaps Kammqjer should also attend a Freeholder meeting. I think he would see quite a difference. If he hasn't attended a Council meeting, I can understand his feelings. If he as. well, I can understand that too. DEBI DE LA CRETAZ North Cape May (ED NOTE de la Cretaz is a Republican Committeewoman in Ward 3. District 3).

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Porn Legislation Needed To The Editor: Write your senator today and ask that he join the growing number of other senators co-sponsoring senate bill S.1090. The bill is known as the Cable-Porn and Dial-A-Porn Control Act. Dial-A-Porn can only be dealt with by federal legislation : there is no way it can be controlled by the states The purpose of the bill is to eliminate the use of cable television and interstate telephone service for the transmis1 sion of obscene and otherwise indecent material. SIDNEY T WETHERILL Cape May

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Seniors Alive and Well To The Editor: I noticed that James Redditt, referring to his unsuccessful bid for the office of mayor, stated that the senior citizen vote "was coming out of the woodwork." He must have had his head in the sand these past few years. The senior citizen movement in Avalon is alive and well; Nay. more than that — growing, prospering, interested, and active! Recent events are evidence for that. The newly rewritten and proposed by-laws of ASCO (Avalon "Senior Citizens Organization) state that the purpose for which the organization is formed are "to promote the welfare of its members through mutually supportive social, educational, patriotic, cultural and physical activities." Please notice that the word "political" was deliverately omitted. THE KEY WORDS in that statement of purpose, however, are "mutually supportive " That is how it is; the organization transcends any label of political affiliation. But should anyone publically berate or demean one of its own, or anyone else for that matter, without proveable excellent c^e and good reason, then they must expect the exodus "St of the woodwork" that so concerned Redditt Having written that, let us hear no more about it. Let us support our mayor in her desire "to unite the town, and get back together. " We invite anyone who may have any doubt about the livliness of ASCO to come to Community Hall on the second Tuesday of each month and break bread with us Fences are easily mended in an aura of good fellowship, and that is what ASCO has to offer KEN WERNER Avalon

Lookin ' and Listenin ' Modern Rules A needed Evil By DOROTHY D. FREAS Looking at the beginning of a year, we also take a backward look, wondering if everything improves as time passes. Computers are fine, as long as they are given the correct information. Sometimes they are difficult to teach a new fact, after an error has jecome part of their "knowledge." Life seems to have been simpler years ago. but in some instances, it needed just a few more rules and regulations COULD YOU FEEL that a new driver was ready for life behind the wheel if the method of obtaining a state driver's license in Florida over forty years ago was used today? J This is a tru story: a husband stopped in a noRe^jkrtion to inquire how his wife, who had no license bijtJ&dew how to drive, could apply for one. The desk officer asked for her name, age. height and weight, blonde or brunette, and then wrote the details down. His next words were "Here's her license. That will be a dollor." Banks, too. had relaxed methods fifty years ago. The daughter of a woman who died wrote a little note to a wellknown bank in New York City, requesting that the mother's account be closed and that the amount of money be transferred to the 20-year-old's acccount. ALTHOUGH NO ONE on the bank's staff knew either party, by mail came confirmation that the transaction had been made, with only the little hand-written letter as proof that the account, much larger, should be added to the few dollars in the account of the girl just past her teens. With these examples of "easy-going" methods, we should be willing to admit that modern procedures, although frustrating at times, at least guard the safety of life and limb, and even of cash, with better results. Excellent Response To The Editor: Allow me to take this opportunity to thank you for your fine article on our radio station. We like the way it was done, and all take pride in your coverage. By the way. we received excellent response to the article. so you know your readers are out there. DAVID W. KLAHR General Manager WBNJ-FM 1 Court House

— Yes, Sir, St. Peter' — Count the 'Fishers' and Win By JOE ZEI.MK ACTUALLY, and this will astound many of you. I was Someone has told Danielle there are no angels kidding. To make amends. Fisher's name is in this week's If I find out which of her felkw kindergartners did that. jssue a number of times. Since we haven't had a contest in I 11 bend back his or her little finger. .... awhile, the first person to call me 'at the office) with the My 51 .'-year-old stepdaughter has no trouble believing correct number of times will get a prize Fisher herself is in Jesus. She knows he has a room at a local church and nQt eiigjt»Ie. she says she has seen his picture in the newspaper Who Although not angry at Fisher. I am a little ticked off at . am I to argue? do-gooders who delayed last week's normally swift The angels have proven invaluable to us. especially at free bolder meeting to complain about ocean burning. As a bedtime. _ . result, my birthday dinner burned My priorities place my They watch over Danielle and sprinkle the dust that . chops way ahead of toxic wastes smoldering 140 makes her sleepy But they have many places to go ancL mUes off the CQast of Cape May Heck by the time burning since they cannot leave until she is asleep, she has to nod begins, Cape May's beach tags will be so expensive that off quickly. nobody will be there anyway. IF SHE DOESN'T fall asleep, the angels are late to their M mos{ recent preoccupation with the supernatural next house, which may be why your kid stays awake. stems from dad.s Jast ,ettef in which he enclosed $20 If Danielle doesn't fall asleep, this can make the angels footba„ ,a ff winnings late getting back to heaven, where they have other duties. Jy K ^ ^ So one does not mess with sleep dust-carrying angels. I AM A CANNY GAMBLER and he bets with his heart. I have never seen these particular angels, but I have rooting for the team closest to Gowanda. New York, heard them at the door and overheard my wife explaining (That's usually Cleveland, which should give you an idea to them that Danielle is being a little difficult, but will be how he does.) asleep soon. 1 won 55 on the Bears over the Giants in the first playoff. You can see that whichever kindergartner cast doubt on doubled that when he gave me the Bears over the Rams, this scenario could be spoiling a good thing. Finally, he took the Dolphins over the Patriots. $10 to $5. I IKE ALL OF YOU. 1 have my own Guardian Angel to With the $20 came a note in which he wrote that bouillon whom I pray at least each Sunday I had stopped many cubes were selling slowly in his small grocery store and years ago but resumed lately due to a combination of so. rather than let them go stale, he was eating broth, peer pressure fear, and sound judgment, not necessarily This was an obvious attempt to make me feel guilty as I in that order Considering what's kt stake, how could sat here in Cape May County, dining on blackened redfish. anyone 40 minutes from two million slot machines not SD NOW I HAVE this recurring nightmare in which I gamble that there might be a Guardian Angel listening? stand before St. Peter, awaiting his decision on where I The supernatural seems to be on my mind a lot lately, will spend eternity. That could be because I had a birthday last week and the "You remember January 1986?" he asks, card that expressed the most sincere wishes for my con- "Yes, sir." ' tinued good health cam* from mv life insurance agent. "D«d you take the Bears against the Giants and Rams BobDooley " wiU> your father, even money? Birthdays make one wonder how he will be regarded by Yes, sir, but... history and in the hereafter. I've been concerned because "And wasn t your father, in fact, existing on bouillon many thought I was a nasty guy for writing that Ruth cubes -at the time Fisher's name would never appear in this paper after she JWI. I ^ verdjc, ~ called my car a bomb. J