Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 25 June '86 73

l/JS^NEWS " flNT / DIGEST '7/ Hi / The Peek's jj jj j j Top Stories (From Page 1) Neil 0. Clarke. The remaining work requiring closings will be done between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., he said. Still to be done, said Clark, is "programming the operation of the drawspan and installing the locks which hold the leaves of the drawspan together when the bridge is closed." Behind Closed Doors COURT HOUSE - Freeholders and county MUA (Municipal Utilities Authority) board members were scheduled to meet last night, too late for our deadline, in a closed session to discuss litigation with Foundation <t Structures of Woodbine. The firm wants to accept trash from Philadelphia in the landfill it leases from Woodbine in order to raise money to cover the cost of closing the landfill. The state, county and MUA are opposed. A Greener Corridor COURT HOUSE - The second-floor corridor of the county library office building got a bit more attractive this week with the addition of seven large potted plants, each as tall as a typical freeholder Facilities and Services Director Harry E. (Skip) Kehr said they cost about $600 and were specially selected to survive in low light areas. Razing 'Avalon ' AVALON — Philtone Inc. will go before borough zoners for a use variance next month to replace the Avalon Hotel of 1888 and Bongo Room with a 50-unit, fourstory complex on First Avenue between 7th and 8th streets. Borough environmental and planning boards have approved the $4 million project which also has received a conditional CAFRA (Coastal Area Facility Review Act) permit from the state. Included in that permit is construction of 10 single-family units adjacent to the hotel Fines For Sewerage THE WILDWOODS - The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) last week levied a total of $23,100 in fines against Wildwood and Wildwood Crest for failing to meet deadlines for sludge removal at their sewage treatment plants. Both Wildwood Mayor Victor DiSylvester and Crest Mayor Frank McCall said they are now in compliance with DEP consent orders and are negotiating with it on the fines and expect them to be waived. Wildwood faces the largest fine, $16,000. More Pit Complaints SEAVILLE — Residents living near the Action Supply gravel pit here are complaining that salt marsh fill being used to grade slopes at the pit has a foul odor and are concerned that salt in the fill may contaminate area wells. John Higgins, a state Department of Environmental Protection official who authorized use of the fill, said that salts are usually contained within sediments and don't move with abnormal or normal rainfall and that the smell is from hydrogen sulfite. Jaywalkers Are Next WILDWOOD — Liquor law violators will not only have state and local lawmen to deal with here, but City Council as well. Identified as an "ABC Investigator — City of Wildwood" on their $22 badges, council members, minus Elaine Vignola, will be patrolling the streets by next week. Vignola says she won't pin on a badge and Police Chief Ralph Sheets is worried about those who do. Protest Licensing STRATHMERE — Residents near the Deauville Inn are attempting to prevent its liquor license renewal, citing noise

and parking problems. They testified for nearly four hours before Upper Township Committee last week. Inn Manager Linda Scanlon said she would submit proof that noise levels are within acceptable limits at a public hearing scheduled yesterday, after this newspaper's deadline. 1 Down , 1 To Go WILDWOOD - City Council last Wednesday adopted an amendment eliminating the office of personnel officer and introduced an ordinance to abolish the assistant business administrator's post. Mayor Victor DiSylvester said he believes both ordinances are violations of recent amendments to the Faulkner Act and said he will veto both acts, ignore both if his veto is overridden and will wait to be sued by council in litigation he i- believes he will win. Station Sale OCEAN CITY — Local radio stations i WSLT-FM and WIBG-AM will be sold to 0 a North Jersey partnership. Ocean Communications, for $1,162 million with other considerations totalling about $900,000, pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval. Shore Broadcasting Inc. owners Robert A. Fox of Philadelphia and Neely D. Crowley of Ocean City signed a sales agreement with the partnership of Steven Sinn of Wycoff and William Koplovitz of Franklin t- Lakes. Settlement is scheduled for Sept. 1, following FCC approval. Trial in Fourth Week CAMDEN — Attorneys for Dr. Suketu Nanavati rested their case against Dr. Robert Sorensen and Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital last week when the hospital began its defense in the court case that's entering its fourth week. 8 Nanavati, an Indian national, is suing the hospital for $4.4 million, alleging that attempts to dismiss him were based on racial discrimination. The hospital and Sorensen are suing Nanavati for an unspecified amount, alleging he defamed them. Acme, Office Okayed SEAVILLE — Cedar Square Development received final site plan approval June 19 for a 55. 000-squa re-foot Acme supermarket at Cedar Square Shopping Center from the Upper Township Plann1 ing Board. Groundbreaking is delayed, however, until a New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit is issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection. In other action, the board approved a septic system and site plan for Mayor Daniel Beyel and his brother David's $1 million Marmora office complex. Charged With Escape ERMA — Charles Elmer Harris, 24, of Eldora, who allegedly stole a truck and escaped from his work detail at the coune ty airport May 16, was indicted last week on charges of escape and theft. Harris > was arrested in a Vineland motel May 18 and the truck was found undamaged in Dennisville May 19. Harris received a nine-month sentence for a parole violation in September, 1985 and was on work f release for about one month before the incident. Charged With Assault WILDWOOD - James J. McNulty, 33. of Snyder Avenue in Philadelphia, was charged with aggravated assault last week after allegedly stabbing Benjamin i Dooley, 42, of West Wishart Street, Philadelphia, during a fight on the Boardwalk at Gienwood Avenue June 16, according to city police. McNulty is being held in the county jail on $2,500 cash bail and police are continuing an investigation. Suspect Jumped: Cop OCEAN CITY — Resort Detective Joseph Beisel testified last week that murder suspect Lester Allen Wilson jumped through a second floor bathroom window at police headquarters Aug. 18. upset at the prospect of taking a lie

detector test. Wilson, 37, is charged with slaying Mai Negoc Hoang, 14, a motel employe on Aug. 6. Atlantic County Medical Examiner Donald Jason testified during the third day of Wilson's trial that an autopsy showed Hoang had been strangled. Board Picks Onorato COLD SPRING — Frank Onorato of Trotter Way, Erma, was selected by Lower Township's elementary school board from five applicants last week to replace Joseph F. Wagner who retired from the board May 20. A nine-year township resident and county native. Onorato administers a $20 million budget as Leesburg Prison business manager He holds a business administration degree from the University of Baltimore and serves as vice president of the Lower Optimist Club. He and his wife, Dorothy, a district teacher, have two children: Christy, 10, and Frank, 6. Board Taps McDade COLD SPRING - Robert J. McDade of North Cape May will replace Lower Township elementary schools Supt. Joseph Cirrinicione as principal of Sandman Consolidated School here, the superintendent confirmed Monday of last week's school board decision. Principal of Philip P. Baker elementary school in Wildwood Crest, McDade will be paid $37,500 a year in his new post. He has five years' administrative experience, 14 years as a former Consolidated teacher and a master's degree, Cirrinicione noted. Auction Grosses $23,000 COLD SPRING — Lower Township collected $23,000 during its surplus equipment auction at the Public Works Department compound here last week, township official Freeman S. Douglass confirmed Monday. A Ford front-end loader went for $5,000 with four police cars drawing high bids between $500-$2,150. Douglass said he didn't get the $10,000 minimum bid on a Vac-All truck, though, so he's going to convert it into a dump truck. Poplars Doomed (From Page 1) a hazard for children. I could see saving the trees if they were living, *but they're not. They have no aesthetic value anymore." Freeholder-Director William E. Sturm told the board June 10 that he had "interceded" on behalf of Vaughan eight years ago. "The state forester then said they were overmature and going to die," said county Engineer Neil O. Clarke. Sturm joined in the unanimous vote to remove the trees "with a broken heart." Vaughan told this newspaper it was "those trees, as well as the beautiful lawn on the property" that attracted her to the Shunpike location when they moved here in 1948. "There were originally eight trees, all tulips, and they were lovely", she said. "They had beautiful yellow and white flowers on them in the spring when they bloomed. The limbs used to come down and touch the lawn, and my grandchildren used to play under the trees."

Wood Bridge ( From Page l ) "The society feels we've gone thi&far for an authentic covered bridge, that a wooden deck could be made safe," said Albrecht. He said he had talked to the president of the American Society of Covered Bridges who said the wood could "support 20 tons." THAT'S NOT the problem," said Freeholder Ralph W. Evans. Albrecht suggested the covered bridges expert be brought in as a consultant and get his thoughts regarding concrete and wood. "Years from now." he said, "there will be little of the past that's left." "I feel that anything other than wood, you couldn't say this is the way they used to build 'em," said DeHaven •ANY SUGGESTIONS?" County Enginee. Neil O. Clarke asked the freeholders. "Leave open the question of the deck surface," said James S. Kilpatrick Jr. Then he asked about the "life expectancy of wood?" And that's when Clarke proposed the possibility of Bongossi. He reffered to an article in the May issue of "Roads & Bridges" magazine which reports on a bridge under construction in Ocean County using Bongossi. It said it was believed that bridge is "the first use of this wood in a roadway bridge deck in the U.S." The sales literature promoting Bongossi shows an elephant walking across a pedestrian bridge made of it. Clarke has a small hunk of it in his office. It's heavy. Mile Marker (From Page 1) Hohnstein said they're asking $25,000 an acre for the 30-acre Route 109 parcel and $1.5 million for all 64 acres east of the Parkway. No price has been determined yet for the 154 acres west of the Parkway, he said... — . ACCORDING TO his press release last week, the 264 acres "are part of a 300-acre tract once purchased by Henry Ford as the site for a proposed automobile plant that was never built." Marie Kelly Garretson of Erma records in her Bicentennial Story of Lower Township that "at one time, Henry Ford owned a farm in Cold Spring and would have liked to build his plant here. "But. as the story has been related," she added, "he found in another area a more sympathetic welcome for his undertaking." Senior Week (From Page 1) SHEETS SAID that two 10-person "noise breaker squads" targeted about two dozen - houses where most of the complaints centered. DiSilvester said those places, which "packed in too many kids, will not be tolerated." He said owners risk losing their licenses. "Wildwood is not just a money machine, but also our home," said the mayor. "If you don't look at it that way, you don't belong here." DiSylvester also said that although the problems are "accented" during "Senior Week." they are present all season.

— — mL H Doris Ward _ HOUSE TOUR — The Little Yellow House on Petersburg Road, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cepreghy of Dennisville. will be among 16 historical homes shown during the Dennis Township Historical Society's Old House Tour this Saturday. Tickets are on sale at the Methodist Church Social Hall on Main Street.