20 * Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 19 February '86

^P^news Jpjv DIGEST 1^7 f/j / The Week's jj II j J Top Stories ( From page 1 > of the County Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA), Daniel Riley of Ocean City to a second vacancy, and George Gadsby of Avalon to Betts' alternate vacancy. The appointments were on the freeholder agenda Feb. 11. but deleted without comment at the last moment. One possible reason: Freeholder James S. Kilpatrick Jr.. apparently pushing for fellow Ocean City resident Riley, was absent. Perseverance Pays COURT HOUSE — The county has saved $58,000 by twice refusing to accept high bids for construction of an addition to the Mental Health Services building at Crest Haven. Two rejections made it legal for the county to negotiate. It got a price of $230,000 from Toll Construction Co. of Marlton which made the low bid of$288,000 last December. County Purchasing Director Edmund Grant said the new specifications contained "a few minor changes " Architect fees will add another $15,000 to the project, for which the county has a $267,000 federal grant. Philly Trashing Boro? WOODBINE — Over the objections of Mayor Ernest Materio, borough Council unanimously approved a resolution last Thursday that would allow 600.000 cubic yards of Philadelphia trash to be dumped at the municipal landfill here over a 12-18 month period. The imported trash would cover much of the estimated $5-million cost of closing and maintaining the site, leased by Foundations & Structures, for 30 years. The plan now needs approval from the county MUA and the state Department of Environmental Protection. Colorful Crime STONE HARBOR - Three boys. 16. two from Chatham in Morris County and

one from Philadelphia, will be charged with juvenile delinquency after allegedly going on a graffiti-spraying binge on 96th Street and Third Avenue here Feb. 8. Police followed a blue-and-orange graffiti trail down Third Avenue to a house where the youths were staying for the weekend. Police Sgt. Elmer Borger said the boys' parents have been notified 'and charges will be filed through juvenile# court. B-T Re-Elects Gould COURT HOUSE - Cape Health Systems Inc., the holding company that runs Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital, re-elected lawyer Alan Gould as board chairman and board members Douglass Collins, William Mauruchi and Merrill Thomas. They all ran unopposed. Only 26 of the holding company's 900 members showed up to vote last week. Out in the Cold WILD WOOD — Due to a computer breakdown, more than 200 jobless people waited outside the state unemployment claims office. New Jersey and Spicer avenues here, in near-freezing weather last week. Manager Anthony Arasin said most of the people had to wait outside .because of fire codes and the "mass confusion" that would result. $250, 000 for Sewers WILDWOOD — An emergency $250,000 bond ordinance, for sewage lines to more than 20 houses along Old Rio Grande Boulevard, was approved last week by city council'. The houses were ordered vacated or closed in January by the county Department of Health after they were found to have improper sewage systems. Four have plumbing that carries sewage directly into the back bay. Most of the cost of the work will be paid by the homeowners. Newsletter to Debut TUCKAHOE - Sea Isle City Public Relations Director Richard J. Alliger will be paid about $3,500 a year to edit and publish Upper Township s new eightpage newsletter, which will inform

Sturdy's Rates 1 *) Are Up! While Others Are Down Interest rates on certificates are up at * .^turdjyl, Our medium-term CDstiSSto ea#ti • -ir* interest, and that's especially impor- * "Writ to know since other financial institutions have lowered their interest rates. Compare, save, and earn more at Sturdy! LENGTH OF CUEEENT ANNUAL TERM INTEREST YIELD 18 months 8.65% 8.93%* 2l/t yogs 9.20% 9.52%* Minimum Deposit $500 All Deposits Insured Up to $100,000 by FSLIC "Quarterly compounding Substantial Interest Penalty lor Early Certilicale Withdrawal Ask Us About Our Other Rates A Terms STMY SAVINGS mi ^ | IMi MMCIM— W. Stone Harbor - 368 291 1 • Anion - 967 7541 | iVjfj « Denmsville — 861 5152 ^.North Cape May — 884-5656 I Llllj:: Cape May Court House — 465 2700 I-— ~

residents about current events, trash pickups and recycling, according to township Clerk Barbara A. Camp. The first issue will be out in early March with one following every other month. The township will pay for production and mailing to ail residents. Cops Get Raise OCEAN CITY — Council ratified a new two-year police contract last week, calling for a 5 percent across-the-board pay hike, retroactive to Jan. 1, and a 5.75 percent raise in 1987. Police will also receive a $50 clothing allowance increase, from $4 50- $500 a year. Guilty of Conspiracy BELLEPLAIN — Randolph Mason, 24, of here, was convicted of conspiracy in the 1984 robbery-murder of Alice • Riendeau, of Miilville by a Cumberland County jury last week. The jury cleared y him of additional charges of felony murder, burglary and robbery. Mason faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in state prison. Superior Court Judge Isaac Serata set April 25 for sentencing. Hall Moves to Village COLD SPRING — Lower Township police blocked Seashore Road from Academy Road to Bennett Crossing while the old Township Hall was moved to its new home in Cold Spring Village Thursday. Tree limbs broke a storm window and fencing had to be cut at the i village when it was found that the building was wider than the entrance ! gate. The move was done by Joe Edwards House Movers of Delmont. The old 1 hall will become the county's maritime j museum. 1 Free on Bail (Again) BURLEIGH — Robert and Connie Meyers of Wildwood posted their Champion Motel on North Wildwood Boulevard here as bail last week for Clarence M. > Moore. 36, a self-employed mason from t Iselin Avenue. Town Bank. While free on 1 $70,000 earlier property bail and awaiting trial for two 1984 rapes and an attempted ' rape then. Moore was arrested Feb. 5 for 1 the Jan. 14 rape of a woman, 26, from I Gibbs Avenue. Somers Point, where he's J a suspect in two other recent rapes Big Plans 1 & f i DIAMOND BEACH - Lower Township s Planning Director Harry W. McVey confirmed Friday that developer Will Morey « Sr. and his family representatives are 1 ekpected to present sketch plans* Feb 27 1 for a major development here between 1 Padific Avenue and the ocean. The £ Moreys presented "very preliminary" " dominiuim'4BBafMnientk. McVey said. ' ( Prayer Split , 1 ERMA — Lower Cape May Regional j school board has referred a request from : two high school seniors, for permission to hold voluntary prayer meetings before morning classes, to county Supt. of Schools Robert Bongart. "There are a ! difference of opinion about the request among board members." said board ^

secretary Jane D. Turkington. Board Solicitor Peter M. Tourison has advised that the request violates U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the separation of church and state. Teacher Contract ERMA — Lower Cape May Regional school board and Lower Cape May Regional Education Association have successfully negotiated a new three-year contract, for teachers, nurses, media specialists and guidance personnel, that calls for a 7 percent salary increase this year, and 6 percent raises the next two years. The pact goes into effect July 1 at the expiration of the current contract. "Negotiations were smooth and cooperative, and we were able to reach a fair settlement for both sides," said board president Del ton R. Brooks Hotel-Motel (From page 1) Atlantic Community College ( ACC) won the contract. "Vo-tech was too high," Haggerty said of its bid. He added that, although the county was supposed to supply 20 students, it now is sending "seven or eight." f Kistler pointed out that ACC does not have a motel facility to use in the training. HAGGERTY SAID vo-tech later offered a different type of program in which JTPA and vo-tech would split the cost. "I had my outreach people try to find students, but they had no luck," he said. Most JTPA students are paid while attending classes, accorcfing to their needs, said. All get $7 a day for transportation to ACC. Federal Retirees ( From page 1 ) widowers who should be aware of any survivor benefits for their own financial securihe said. Eligible widows and widowers on average receive $350-$400 a month from their deceas ed spouses' federal retirement benefit. Di said. If they've worked, those survivors would qualify for Social Security benefits as well, he added, but they should know now what will happen after their spouse dies. "EVERYONE THINKS FEDERAL <re tirees) are fat. dumb and happy." said the employe of the Naval Ship Engineer ing Center in Washington, D.C., "but that's simply not true." Former workers of the Frankford Arsenal and Philadelphia Navy Yard, who retired with others from the U.S. Agriculture the IRS or Social Security Ad ministration, are living on $90O-a-month average retirement checks That's more Uian the average Social Security check. Di FiUapft crowded; but . percent below pKfrfe industry ' ■benefits. -~'f ' . "But. ihe thin* 1s. iM |«fiSli »■#! M can also get. a pension, in most cases (besides Social Security)." he noted In some cases, he said, federal retirees — entitled to Social Security because they worked other jobs along with, before, or after their government employment — see their federal annuities reduced because of that On its anniversary. NARFE is still seeking to liberalize benefits and protect them from inflation or reduction. For more information about the organization, contact Di Filippo. 109 Rose La.. Box 49. Villas. N J . 08251

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