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Our Readers Write Sachs ' Plan 'Refreshing' To The Editor: I extend my compliments for your in-depth report explaining to county residents the desires and aims of Walter S. Sachs Jr. for the county airport's future. It is refreshing to hear from someone who thinks beyond the present to bring his future aspirations to the citizens. I trust that in the near future. Sachs' plans become reality, abetted by the support of county residents and leaders. SACHS. THE NEW director of the county airport, plans to revitalize sections of the county by actions somewhat comparable to inner-city improvement plans which are successfully being utilized throughout our nation. However, it goes further and deeper. It includes not only improving the existing "leisure industry" (tourism), but it also encompasses a viable plan for the industries which are now. or soon will be, struggling with high rental and operating costs because they are located within our "leisure industry" areas. v It will offer these owners the opportunity to re-locate in a brand new area of operations. This movement will improve not only their income but also their prestige as a private industry in a well known, ideally located area. THIS MUST BE a welcome thought to not only local residents but also to summer leisure visitors, many of whom might well becdfne year-round visitors to our county. Imagine, if you will, an area where you park your car without hassle, shop to your heart's content, rest, eat and enjoy the fruits of labor performed by our very own artisans as well as specialities from "outside." To those whose thoughts concern the demise of the present "Cape May heritage" format, consider this: the industrial users presently located in the valuable heritage areas would be given the opportunity to upgrade their business locations and profits by re-locating to the new airport site. This, in turn, will open up greater areas of "leisure industry" for further enhancement of the heritage industry' BOTH INDUSTRIAL entrepreneurs and their employees would profit greatly, as have the people in Savannah, Ga. Another major problem could be favorably brought under control — that of parking. I am quite impressed by your interview report and en- * courage county residents to become involved in this movement. EDWARD J. HAMMERER North Cape May Do you have an opinion on this subject? Write a letter to the editor. P.O. Box 430, Cape May Court House, N.J. 08210 /■ Letters Welcome ^ The Herald, Lantern and Dispatch welcome letters to the editor on matters of public interest. Originals, not copies, are requested. Writers must sign name, address and phone number. i

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I What's Your Excuse? I To The Editor: I thought you might like to read some excuses I've received for children not doing their homework: i 1. I had to go somewhere with my father (6th grader). 2. 1 didn't know we had any homework. The assignment i was on the board (5th grader). 3. MY BABY BROTHER tore it up (3rd grader). I 4. I forgot my books on the bus so I didn't do it (6th f grader). 5. I have a dentist appointment for tomorrow at 3 p.m. The Homework was due in the morning (4th grader). 6. I had Little League practice after school. I was too I tired to do it ( 4th grader ) . 7. I FORGOT TO do it (5th grader). 8. My rnom forgot to put it with my lunch when she packed it (6th grader). 9. I had to play soccer after school and didn't have time for homework. 10. I don't have no pencil to right with at home (4th grader.) 11. MARIE DIDN'T understand the assignment, her i mother said. It was written on the board and I explained it in class (4th grader). 12. 1 had to go to bail practice and didn't have time to do i it (5th grader). 13. I couldn't be bothered to do it (5th grader). 14. I just didn't feel like doing it (4th grader) 15. My dog ate it! 3rd-4th-5th graders. ONE THIRD-GRADE boy "Stubby" lost hsi house in an early morning fire. He had to run out of the house in pajamas barefooted and there was snow on the ground. Stubby came to school five minutes late with tears in his eyes "You won't mark me tardy, will you? My books got burned up so I don't have my homework." After spending 25 years in education, I thought it would be of interest to learn about excuses. What is your excuse? MARJORIE GALAMORE Sea Isle City

At St. Joseph 's Work Hard, But It's Worth It (ED. NOTE: Following letters were selected as representative of 15 received from pupils at St. Joseph's Regional elementary school in Sea Isle City.) To The Editor: My name is Marlie Gown and I'm writing because I want to tell you how great St. Joe's in Sea Isle really is. Whatever you plan to be, this school will help you fulfill your plans. 1 am learning to be more responsible and independent. All of us work hard, but it's worth it! We also have fun things like computers. Yo don't have to spend a lot of money on clothes because we wear uniforms. I go to St. Joe's because it's greaf^ MARLIE GOWN Sea Isle City To The Editor: My name is Tracy Rothmel. I am writing this letter to tell you how much fun St. Joseph's Regional School in Sea Isle is. In St. Joseph's, the teachers teach me all the things I need. They teach me math to add up all the prices, religion to know how to treat customers, language for conservation, spelling to know how to read. The school has taught me in six years to grow as a good Christian. TRACY ROTHMEL Court House To The Editor: My name is Tim Hallissey. I'm U years old. My school is St. Joe's in Sea Isle. I learn a lot here. I'm learning how to be responsible for my homework and daily work. I'm learning how to keep my brain cells working. I need to know to do that because I want to be a helicopter pilot. I also want to invent something that our country could use against war. I'm learning science, religion, social studies, reading, spelling, language, math, phonics, etc. I'm new here, but I made friends fast I have more friends here than I did where I used to live. \ TIM HALLISSEY Avalon

-Off With Their Heads! — From Joe to Blake to Peter

By PETER ZELNIK Midway through the TV miniseries. "Peter the Great," I felt an overwhelming sense of "deja vu." Not only had I been in 17th Century Russia before, but I had done many . of the same things as Peter Alekseyevich : been impetuous, drank vodka, felt attracted to waitresses. I came to the breakfast table the next morning, filled my bowl with Captain Crunch, and announced that, henceforth. I would like to be called Peter. My wife snickered in a way I found most offensive. I will admit that I myself had previously thought Peter a suggestively silly, or sillily suggestive, name But Danielle, to her credit, immediately welcomed the proposal. "PETER, PETER, pumpkin eater!" she shouted. 1 Children, it has been noted, are more resilient and adaptable than adults. "Had a wife and couldn't keep her! " Danielle continued, a shout I found fraught with Freudian connotations. 1 Danielle, 5V5, has no difficulty with quickly changing i roles. Her generation is being raised on "Transformers" , that switch from vehicles to robots and back again. She has ' a doll, "Double Trouble," that changes faces with a flick of the finger. And she, herself, can in one day be Rebecca, "Stacy, Elizabeth, etc. This is in addition to her continuous shifts to child-mother, nurse-patient, detective-criminal, ballerina-rock 'n roll star, angel-devil. THE FAMILY has become accustomed to my own multi-faceted personality. Shortly after being married last May in a Dynasty-style tuxedo ( rented for $75, or $15 an hour), I assumed the role of Blake Carrington, filthy-rich husband of Linda Evans, i As Blake, I am permitted to make lascivious comments ' ■MBHWAY TO GO, RH0DA!^HHHH Rhoda Reeves of West Cape May was the first person to ■ | correctly report that Ruth Fisher's name appeared in last W week's issue 18 times. Reeves' prize was lunch for two at Henny's in Stone Harbor.

about Linda Evans which, were they made by Joe Zelnik, would offend his wife. But my latest change had a more substantial foundation: eight hours of "Peter the Great" followed by some library research generated by the TV miniseries. WHILE MOST OF YOU surrendered to your prurient interests and watched "Sins," featuring the bedroom antics of Joan Collins, a woman old enough to be mother to 48 percent of the county's population (1980 Census). I and the Revs. Fincke (George W. and George B. > were watching the educational "Peter" in a quest for more knowledge of Russian history. It is true that Peter and his cohorts also spent a considerable amount of time in the sack, but in 17th Century Russia this was done primarily — well, coincidentally — to keep warm. The evidence that I am Peter reincarnated is considerable. There is our similar Slavic backgrounds, for example. And there is the eerie coincidence that Peter died on Jan. 28 ( 1725) and I was born on the same day, a few years later. OF COURSE the passage of time has smoothed some of Peter's rough edges. He could sentence his own son to death. I have difficulty saying "no" to a child selling unwanted Girl Scout Cookies. Peter personally beheaded a number of his enemies. I confine my pointed jabs to the keys of a typewriter, which never draws blood. But now, aware of my earlier life. I understand the flush of excitement I recently felt as I watched "Alice in Wonderland" and heard the Queen of Hearts order, "Off with their heads!" WE PROBABLY never will know for sure if Peter the Great (or "Peter the Greatest." as Danielle calls him) and I are one and the same. But consider this final bit of evidence: Princess Sophia of Hanover is quoted as saying of Peter, "He must be very good and very wicked." The exact same words were used to describe me dozens of times when I was single and going to happy hours.