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hetwfn » that member* at the Pubbc t System may be paid one-half of their nefc time, up to a maximum of $15,000 upon

ear The apphcation must be received by uw rawtoa aymsm wtthbi o* yw of the dale df letire■wnkor the benefit n bat b addttson to this institution the iolloWtrvg state msvv das glao have offices in the cbunty Division at Motor Vshiciek. State Pohce, Department at Agriculture, Dm pertinent of Labor, rbpsrtatseit of Transportation. Department at Corvucrioae, Department of Defense, Department of Environmental Protection. Division of Youth

Flea Market Helps Park? ‘bTheidhor I read in your newspaper abo mash than at the county park Thenr are employes who ate getting a good salary and benefits to do this kind of work. When the flea market was there for yaan, money from I the dealers went towards upkeep of the zoo They are > longer wanted there. The park's executive director said they did not aead that money, as they had pbnty of

of about CZjOOO for upkaap of the huts and ImtingjMopie of the county come there without a charge AS IT Is, I UNDERSTAND THAT awat at tham give a dollar on the way in anyway Between this and grants, ale. there should be afl the money they naad If they don't want the Are market ta the mwm piece as psevtoue years, put it somewhere slsr They not only brought income for the park, but more than arK* people said T have bvad hare aU my Ufc «id did not know there was a park here but I saw the ftaa market sign ’ It brought new people in from the commurmy Strice so much is geared toward the senior dtizen. why not let them mcreaae than fixed ino

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One final point the question on the county's job application, Xu* any friend* or relatives working for us." is a discriminatory question and slyould not be printed on any pre-employment application Thu m according to the rhnailowiil of Law. Divi^on cri Cn-il R^hts Hnally. if rroNc would care to visit Woodbine we would be very happy to show them our facility and answer any questions they might ask. EUGENE) O'BRIEN North Cape May (ED NOTE O'Brim is persoimei officer of the Woodbine DeoebpmentMJ Center.}

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'Taxed Into Poverty?

second (first?) hr gcst retirement ares in the east, county freeholders are * ‘ —^ ■ nma. the 1908 tax increase and e next year and the next? A|ID/ HOW WILL THEY care for the new homeless, oka a possible triple expansion of Crest Haven Nuntr^ Home when the retirees are Used into poverty? Retirees have much to contribute to a community and most have planned for an independent retirement, but - the future is still unpredictable Perhaps this is the time for freeholders to pause and reflect on die effect the tax increase will have on South Jersey in 10 or IS yean.

n the setters and the customers?

DORB MURPHY

Learning Japanese

To The Editor Coo.mutaiion. to jo. Zcimk I n, gang lo W.m lo writ, and nod japan*, to I caa n. th. mn. tarna Zalnik had in hit March It column W an importing 60 poom of japan*, product. wtiil. dMy only import 20 p*»« <d oura I'm nnd of looking at that can. TV., ovm, * tohk. up folks.

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The 24-Hour Escape— Grandmother Did It First

■yJOEZELNIX I apau the 6t* 22 yoan of my hie an hour', drive from Niagara EalK a aatural nond* viand by 10 mil. bon po-ipie a year But I don't think I ever went there until I mrumed ai a tounat 0 w* probably waiting lor the movie which, if you nerwtnb* Marilyn Monroe in "Niagara." w* weij worth a.) 1 bvad at the naladeiphia an* tor .bout 10 year, befote 1 filially Went to a* Independence Hall and the Liberty Ben became my dad was netting. People often overlook wonderful things that a* do* to home. Wbah brings me to Cape May I'VE BEEN THESE lots of lim. but net* * a bonafide tourist — staying at a bad and hnakfari iaa— until leal we*

I

o a same in mg .paper aboul the Queen

Vksoeis offering special (low*) prices in March. What follows is an account of our ‘eecape 24 hours' from the

innocent point of view of fbst-time visitors

Mb followed the Queen Victoria's directions down the parkway. ov*aample bridges, and I immadiateiy knew we we* in a Buriat caMar^Casobae peic* see* a dinw

a gallon mo* than get up theSoad.

The duucho* look m into town via Lafayette Stram The moat dhnct touse. k aleo is a pnriy ugly appmach If a tour* already had reaervatiuns. he'd probably comm

he. If he didn't, he might turn around

BUT WHEN MfE made a left at Ocaan Street and nw

the ocaaa ttmighl ahead, we were hookad.

Became of the cutthroat cmnpatfttvene* af ttu bad and braakiaat utduriry. which mak* the IranTrac war look Eke a piatic. 1 am afraid lo prarie the Queen Victoria too much. But « was s dehglitful place in every way. from the hospitality of the hoots to die fresh Bonus

in our room ,

Mb wee assigned to the Prince Aktn roam, who* walls included four portraits of the man to whom 1 b*r a startling meemblance Unfortunately, the pktur* start with Mm u a young man and show him pengia*iuiy loeing hie hair and gaining weight, a depressing thought. Ariuaily I have a low regard for the prince because he married hit first cousin. Queen Victoria I always

you weren 't supposed to touch your first cousin ! ALL tountts, we quickly unpacked and rushec -to the ocean, encountering the first obstacle to an eaten dad season The temperatu* in island aanmuniti* u about 20 degrees lew than on the mainland in the spring. Shivering, we optad for hutch with an ocaan view, and catne up against the aacond obstacle: <695 for a dub sandwich A brisk walk around the Washington Street up with the third obstacle to tourism, akhough I personally welcomed it: hardly a no* was open. Scratch 'ahopptng' « a pastime The chocs for dinner in Cape May on Tuesday March 21 the Inflate. House. Pilot House. Omen View. Ugly Mug Manchester, and Kim Moor WE PICKED the Lobster Home for a drink hw«— | knew they pots a giant Dubonnet And we left undsddcd the choice ofwhe* to oat. figuring the selection would be aaaier after a stiff drink Whet looked like a thousand cars ringed the Lobaser House Mb shoved through a crowd to find k was the night of the monthly League of Municipabti* dinner Trying to 'escape.- I had bhmderod into a room full of

Wedinad

back into the tour in ks library, sitting in front of i what leieviaion programs we wa

(The differencehmweesi-staying kt a molal and a bed and btaakfaat n starting In a motel I immediately turn on the TV and talk loud. In the inn. the* w* no TV or radio aatd 1 found myeaff wtaapming aB the time-) BREAKFAST WAS battvaan 8 JO and 930 and shand wkh nine oth* people around a huge dining room table h suddenly became dear to me that mnkaepers are doing esactfy what my grandmother did 60 years ago: taking in boardms. Only she also served moonahine our toy by sitting m the tun on from chilly But k w* also warm, you know what I m*n. My conclusion is that this cky can probably become e tourist attraction, ami bed and breakfast inns can probably make k But not tat March

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Our Readers Write Reservations About Kilpatrick

In eapsd * fbetbrlin jam* S KBpasrick's plea to run again he a aam on the board. I Java some gram Cosutdmlng that be hm baan aanrktg the county for two tanaa, I have aami no kapeotuatM hr the road skuaboa m Cepe May Madiaon Aatenue fa now Hka driving on taro mads — owe the* inch* high* than the oth*. To try and mass the protrudmg nwnaol* and poshoi* is Ita driving an The cky Itaa^ will nm aocept any mes artel that Is pnktirally orianaod That cove* a wide as* of rapotts, from aaonky to hnelllgie-i. that tad p* what is malty goi^ on hr Russia, how they ate a* infiltrated wkh the KGB. al mfaemalinB that we w ckiaero a* aekkled to hmrw. THEY MflLL NOT ACXSTT a book from the Nslaoml Council for Better Education, ntpiammg the ppww structu* of the Naafonai fidisnttoa Asaocsation and the Dedicated, Caring

Tm gUd Middle Towiuhip hm eudk a dmdinsmA and cafing animal control officer. Bob Tomlin, on its staff. Whom Daisy, my sfotil yarn old istiriswr. ran away from home to explore die woods and dm world in general, she ended up on the Carden State Parkway at rush OFFICER TOMLIN SAW HER, rescued her and took her to a nearby kennel where she was sheltered on a very cold night Nor knowing that she was in good hands. I kept vigil aB night with die house lights on, die gate open and Daisy’s fovorhe blanket on the beck steps. To quote my son, who has more recently estsbfashed himsett in this area. This towyfifc^jaany does extend itself in personal serq^e to the taxpayer." ELIZABETH ALEXANDER

Bravo for the Eagle

To The Editor. I recently read about the eagle at the county zoo who likes to eat live chickens -(Now there's an eagle who kI Onbritrtf cf'tbr'mgk I soy tbe u practicing her Codgiven natural instinct of being a bird of prey ! understand someone said it would be terrible if children saw tins eagle eating a live docker. Better take them to the hospital and let them watch mommy give birth. That's beautiful and part of real life. Who's nuts?

wrongs it is lining. They do allow pie school children to I thought Mbsaries were msant for study, quiat and Inretiy I tore thn^hf todlriid ‘

Joyride HI By Libby Decnp Forrest

SIDNEY WETHETOU. ChpoMmr

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wm * , imyifrttf tku gormg kfaflv Mpririck ■* tkr county hot onythmg to 4c with the dtyt Ubrsry or iU polides HfeterC caaU net hr readW tr etfdmn whet the thinks 'happened with the vocetumsJ school ' There wm no Read* tummy Wsr rmmmtmmni at Hwttnc Cold Spring VSUoge jar the 4tk of ftdy There wm one the jnrvums week, hat Ki pmrkk. who is m charge of the tdUoge. is not rmponsdiU fw

I was bora with two Ml feat, but buck in school I was to take gym I was the daas disaster * ‘ then right lag forward,' the gym t She'd look * awl said right lag she'd direct while 1 shifted gears, __._mvre*fm Whan he pulling myself up oa thi rings, I i course, those were the dty* of Medi the gym, and if you couldn't do something, only the altotinr a wanaif GYM CLASS * „ four days a week, terrorized by the fort that I had gym las* period. On Fridays, I bvad. Weekends, the sweaty bins gym suit was taken home, then washed and ironed for next week's torture course in the gym It didn't help to have friends who fhtted through the air with the greatest of ease, who raced after school to ballet. votteybaO and fuller skating Me? I walked home from school, tripping over the curb, grateful classes wees over for the day. IT WAS ABOUT tins time one of my agile friends sugaestatl the way to beat my tears was to nn teto a

the aDagsd fatigue of the Daniel Morgan Rifle jaassmd gras* from North Jersey Finally, t of the leading opponents, not advocates.

Walks Speak For People

To The Ed nor

r noticed how much a person's walk tells

From The Past

Reprimted From the CAPE MAY HERALD 1902

Have you

you?

A little observation can due you in on what kind of a man or woman you're observing There are certain give-away mannerisms that do reaDy "speak louder than words ' I know a man who sets each foot firmly, looks straight ahead and tells you by his walk that he knows where he's going and intends to get there. He probably will Watch out for the "hitcher ' He's constantly “hitching' up his pants with his elbows and jerking his shoulders up and down. He's a con man and he thinks all women love him. ANYONE — MAN OR WOMAN — who keeps putting a jacket down (though it doesn't need it), is insecure and not too sure of doing anything right. •. When a man walks along constantly straightening his necktie, he is afraid o^oeing his job. Anyone — woman or man — who sits down, crosses their kgs and kaspt shaking a foot from aide to side has a big problem that seems unsoIvaMe. Women should watch out for a guy who, with each step, rises on his toes a bit. He's on toe prowl. Check this

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Dictionary Needed? \ ^Eo The Editor imns Joe Zelnik did recently on the an

I didn't want to become a member of a teem. I didn't want a team to go down in defeat bemuse of me. 1 didn't want to be the onea team turned on. tarring and feather- , Kxhatridc vm tng me out of the locker room

of the pnnxned My friend assured me 1 had to meet my fears head on

■'Once you do it," she told me, "you'll love k." I reluctantly agreed to come to one practice and the minute I

got thfcre, I wanted to go hotne.

Wher my team was assembled behind the net, I feh

myself shrinking. Those girls towered over me. They had good, sohd legs from jumpang, leaping and kicking Me.

whatever muscles I had were behind my ears WHEN 1 SAW a ball headed my way, I ducked I was

sure the ball was going to hk me in the head. The second time the ball «vas batted my way, I put my arms up

around my face.

After a while my teammates were leaping all around me so I didn't have to do tnything but jump around

Even that 1 didn't do weU

Coming back from that one and only volleyball game of my Me. my friend acknowledged maybe I ought to

drop off the team.

"I still think you could do k," she said heading for bal-

let practice before going to tennis

Me? I went home and washed my gym suit for next week, grateful my time as an athlete was over.

EVERY SINGLE FRAME IS ON SALE l|0W.

Mrs SoffaL who tried to OKipe from the pfl at Pk* tabufgh with the Biddle boyv hat imjveied from her

i of two mopth*. train, an i

The wane plant at Mfoodbine will be tnoaaaad lo throe, i hi fiirowil capacity by the addroan of a number of

They woe without a doubt die hauiteai piec* of writine I've wen in a lone tune and far aurpa* the ridt we we oa TV irgaid to the Maith 14 column, my rwponv my native tongue (Phiiadeiplua)»thrt “He left hh HAY-ua in North** Firi-UTT-yuh and not Mo hh co* to CEFoh DAY-un to Sfcpring QOR-den Shorn Bke he ayi do* ButonthewayhegotMoa FUH-eet whh another driver k w* BEE-ad.' TRANSLATION: "Hr left hh hou* In Noltheart Philadelphia and riot Mo hie car to gn down to Spring Canden Sttari Bke he alwaya do*. B* on the way he got Mo a fight wtdiaeMhw drtvee.lt twa bad." R might be a good id* for aooe local chamber of commerce to MtMe a little dtctioaary-type paperback far the urn of tbe incoming lye nr* ao they can better

HELENE E.PASQUITH Norih Cape May

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