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■K' " Doris Ward BE A CLOWN — In case their parents don't recognize them, this is Denise Robinson, left, and April Nordaby, both five and both of North Wildwood. at the county Vocational School District Spring Fair last Wednesday. The kids paid a quarter apiece to be made up like clowns by students in the Office Occupations class, who also sold the chocolatecovered strawberries in foreground. Denise is the daughter of Mrs. Evelyn Robinson; April is the daughter of Mrs. Maureen Nordaby.

Water Monitoring: No 'Media Events' By GREGG I.AWSON CREST HAVEN — Want to know the quality of the county's recreational waters this summer? "No news is good news," according to county Public Health Coordinator Louis J. Lamanna. Even though the county will be using a new, improved testing method (called A-l Testing) that gives results in 24 hours, the public won't be informed of any "significant problems" for at least three,

more likely four, days. And if there are no "significant problems," the public won't be informed at all — until the following Wednesday when this ' newspaper will publish, for the third ygar, the complete results. THE SCENARIO is this: (Page 20 Please)

«S£y DIGEST f 7/ /// / Week's // // // Top Stories Apathy in Action COURT HOUSE - Only 35 people attended the second of a series of meetings on toxic waste at the Methodist Church Hall last Friday. A previous meeting drew over 200. Sponsored by the Court House Neighborhood Association and the American Association of University Women, the meetings are intended to increase public awareness of Chemical Waste Management's proposal to burn hazardous wastes 140 miles off the coast of Cape May. Although press releases were sent to all local elected officials, only Wildwood Crest Mayor Frank McCall and Stone Harbor Mayor Arden W. Hand have attended. What Else Is New? STONE HARBOR — Yes, this is the Memorial Day weekend. Yes, the Great Channel Bridge Unking this borough with Middle Township was supposed to be completed. No, it's not. Latest guess (Page 81 Please)

Crest Haven Cost • r Up; Need Down? By JOE ZE1.NIK CREST HAVEN — The county's proposed 180-bed Crest Haven Nursing Home has grown 27 percent ini size and at least 29 percent in cost in the last four years. But the present 140-bed home is "current," with almost no waiting list. And the latest state population projections predict a slowdown in the county's age 65 -plus growth rate. Wildwood architect James A. MacDonald originally proposed a 71 iinP.cnil irn . fnnl hnildinfl flpith in

75,000-square-foot with an estimated cost of $6.8 million (in 1982 dollars). LAST WEEK, he said the current design "got a little larger." It now totals 95,000 square feet. The county's bond issue to borrow money to pay for the building estimates it will cost $8.8 million. MacDonald said he'll give a final cost estimate to the freeholders before the jab goes to bid, hopefully this summer. He warned: "Everybody's busy, and that drives prices up." MacDonald said changed state requirements are largely responsible for the building's increased size. It now has more single bedrooms, more square feel per bed, a dining room that is separate from the recreation room, and a much larger laundry, he said. This project began April 13, 1982, with a county contract to MacDonald to study the present building and recommend whether it should be upgraded to meet current construction code requirements, or a new structure built. He found a number of conditions in the 30-year-old building that did not meet code requirements and. especially because of the problem of trying to modernize around current occupants, recommended a new building. ( He estimated modernizing the old one would have cost $5.4 million.) IT WILL BE located on a 12-acresite between the county Health Department and county vo-tech schools. It is designed so that a second floor can be constructed at a later date, if needed State reviews of plans have taken "extremely long," MacDonald said. "Like everybody else, they're understaffed." He said the state Health Department took 40 weeks to approve his second submission of plans. Final construction documents are at Health now. Among problems was a need to deal with infiltration and inflow ( I and I > and make (Page 4 Please) .

2 Architects 2 Different Fee Systems Edwin N. Howell and James A. MacDonald — two architects involved in large ■ county projects necessitated by population growth. Howell, of Ocean City, is designing the county's courthouse renovation. MacDonald. of Wildwood, is designing the county's Crest Haven Nursing Home. At one point it was hoped the nursing home would be completed first and the courts could move there during courthouse renovation. Now it is assumed both projects will be concurrent. MacDonald has suggested a late summer start for the nursing home. Freeholders are eying late fall for the courts move. Each project is supposed to take 18-24 months. HOWELL GOT HIS first contract, for the planning study, on May 24, 1983. MacDonald got his initial contract, to determine the condition of the nursing home, on April 13. 1982 Howell's first cost estimates were $4.2 million to $5 million. That's up to $6 million * now MacDonald's first estimates was $6.8 million. That's up to $9 million now Howell has been publicly criticized — mostly by Freeholder Gerald M. Thornton, who called the project "poorly planned" — for coming back to the board with changes. The most controversial came with the recent decision to demolish the 121-year-old (Page 65 Please) J

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