Sep 1985 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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The Sentinel-Ledger
iBditoriali/eomment
^ Autumn
fat the shore
, * Another summer season is past history now, and
what an eventful summer It has been; the demise
of the resort's century-old blue laws heading the
list of newsworthy events,
rHowever, like the Sunday closing issue itself
the summertime atmosphere and the fun
feelings associated with the relaxing time of year
continue.
For years we on the Jersey Shore have extolled
the virtues of off-season vacationing and
• ^visiting in the fall and now that autumn has of.
'Jfltlally arrived, we renew that call,
./p..- It's been a long time since the days of rolling
ijup the boardwalk after Labor Day, but many of
-"Us can easily remember the time when post
if Labor Day meant the resort was a ghost town,
W Those days are gone as more people and groups
-gtsome to realize the beauty of tht golden days at
•" toe Jersey Shore; warm days and cool nights in
.'.'w-a/iti&xing, less hurried setting — to say nothing
'ohrfMeason rates.
This week especially, with the arrival Monday
of competitors from Japan, Canada and other
states for the international shuffleboard tournanientrwe
have another chance to editorialize
anew on the beauty of pur tpwo to persons who
nay be visiting with us for the first time.
Enjoy our shores, and come back to see us.
JOSEPH R, GILBERT
Some problems
seem to linger
locally
I noted with much interest, Inadequate police
a letter to the editor of The protection: I called attention
., jjmtindr&dfer L Sept 6. It to this about,four yean ago
' 'deattwitbsuggestlonsoabow when the situation was^wt as
^ttiaro Oceiuf Oty br;ad- badasltnowseem«tot>e.^^BDE
The letter was ieadllned .be fault of tbe police; they
"Suggestions to save i. are spread thin a't any time of
• sJntdog cjry." the year and, to look Kin tbe
The writer enntunerated • eye, If we eipect adequate
those problems; there were police protection then we had
five la number. Some of my better be prepared to bunker
f previous columns through the up more money In the tax
'years have dealt with the package to pay for that
exact same problems. I do protection. It's as simple u
beuevelbavefoundaUndred that. ;
soul! lie enforcement of trash
Bikes on the boardwalk and Utter la wi: Heel so very
after the prescribed time: sorry for those folks who live
Urdy, the dry could make a across from a convenience IT*!*** n**.*.^ — • *
bundle, have more than store or •upeMarket; 24 1 11© State WC rC 111
enough to pay additional noun of trash seven days a
' enforcement officer! In this week,
.regard and make the walk You can't blame the stores.
safe for everyone. . Put the blame right where It
i .'Aa I mentioned In a column belongs — on the human
of. some two yean ago, I beings with non-human habits
watted north from 20th to 12th who throw everything they no
streets one evening In August longer have a use for on
1 arid In that brief walk of eight lawns, sidewalks, even onto
' blocks, I counted 103 bikes on porches.
me walk and, would you AndwbUeweareatlt,letus
believe It three mopedst not forget the moron on the
Speeding by motorists, other end of the leash of man's
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Watching the Hobie Cat races at 2fith Street beach.
Tuesday, September 24,1985
Good resource management
makes good fiscal sense too
By DAVID F.MOORE
Executive Director
best friend — tbe damage NJ.CotuervaHoo Foundation
was ft voice howling to the done to lawns, properties,
wDdemesa when I wrote a personal wearing apparel and Things are reatty burring hi
column on this some three tempers Is considerable. the marshes and wetlands of
jeers ago. It Is no Idle coin- It has long been my belief this state we're to. This Is the'
' ddence that our causeway is that laws and ordinances time of year when Mother
one of tbe most dangerous should be stiffened in this Nature 1s working
roads in the entire state, regard and that the fines be ddubletlme. It's as though
;• LtJieSareitiuchtoonarrow, increased to a point where every lifeform has a
speeding'is' rampant and people will make their subliminal warning system
'many of the driven seem to mistake Just once. After which says, "Eat more, Jump
have gotten their license* at shelling out, they will make more*' • swim more, for
the local hardware store. the mistake no longer. tomorrow we may die."
At any rate, the frogs are
OCEAN CITY GOVERNMENT— busy catching insects, which'
I MAYOR
J Jack Bfttner
,-„ r 18Sw«jetwatercr.
;!'399-*lU (City Hall)
;j\ 399-6204 (Horns)
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Henry S. Knight
.'22-17 Haven AV.
39?;5555 (Work) i
( 399-4646 (Home)
to theu* turn are munching on
vegetation, or, other Insects,
and the greenery to this
biological supermarket Is also
at Its peak, wanned by late
' summer sunshine and
nourished by water running
CotlNClilMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER cff of farms and woodlands.
AT-LAROE
Herbert Brownlee
530 W. Surf Rd.
399-4040 (W)
-1 3°9-T407 (H)
AT.-LARGE
Jeanne Clunn
315 Central Av.
399-6232
Indeed, this concentration
of life in wetlands makes
mem especially valuable for
people, too. Wetlands can
dean up dirty water and
t flooding by. slowing
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«34SeacrestRd.
! l 3980157 (W)
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CotlNCILMEMBER
, 2nd WARD
William A/lels
600 E. 9th St.
1 399-2789 (W)
398-5337 00
So you'd think we would do
a better Job .of wetland
protection than we do.' But
summertime > ii construction
time, too, Some of our roost
water, soaks down to our manau
_.. . . . aquifers; and channeling' It makes.no sense to me to
wetlands nave performed for water In pipes and ditches to promote a shopping center
"flmtLiv.un^tft,i« "T* tt f*?*>**JtT *** torthe *" mua «
i sirongiy suspect that we cely a chance to be used for produces, only to have to pay
. double tomorrow to hold back
"t '•.f'r.
promote a shopping center
today for the tax revenues
it produces, only to have,
to pay double tomorrow
to hold back the flooding, ,
it creates through fast runoff
• Pavement and roofing
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where to go/'
wh&ttodo
OnpMcf »t Oct.il City Milt H wluntr
SPECIAL EVENTS?
International flhuffleboard tournament hosted by 6cean *
City Shuffleboard Oub, 5th Street and the boardwalk;
each day through Friday, Sept. »». v *< ,.,
Dessert card party sponsored by Shore Memorial'
Hospital Ocean City auxiliary on tbe Music Pier, 12:30*
pjn. Tuesday. Proceeds to benefit the hospital.
New Ufe Ministries Gospel program on the Music Her,"'
8pjn., Wednesday. : -• -> - •••: -.—-*
Banjo Band sing-along and dance on the Music Pier, 0'
pjn. Thursday. Admission $1. * ' ' •*
Decoy show on tbe Music Pier, 10 ajn. to 10 pjn. •
Saturday.
Children's video pageant on the stoatc flsr, Sunday. ;
SAGES (Senior Adults Gaining Education andi
Stimulation) dassea to begin Monday, Sept. SO, at the St.,
Pteter'a United Methodist Church. Courses will be held at,
10 ajn. for eight weeks. . .
EXHIBITS
Ocean Oty Historical Museum; 409 Wesley'Av.^. open''
Tuesday through Saturday, Ito4pjn. Guides win explain
•', Vj
Ocean aty Arto Oaiter, 409 Wesley Av., open ITajn. to 5'
pjn. Monday through Friday; 9ajn.to4p.in. Saturday' 7
to 10 pjn. Monday through Thursday while classes are in
session. The month of September will feature the center's
permanent collection in the Upper Gallery and Mary
Federid-batik and watercolor works in tbe Lower -
Gallery. Call 399-7628 for taformatton. '
PARTIES.
Matchpototjjrs, card party, 7:30 pan^Tuesdaya to the.
community center, 18th Street and Simpson Avenues
_ me flooding - . it . creates „. through , Matchpotat duplicate bridge game, 7:30 pjn, Thursday- ,,>
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^^g"^"—Sg •pavement fast .runoff and from- rooftop, ail' / that In the h community center, 18th Street and Simpson *
Long overdue, wetlands Avenue. * '
It makes no sense to
protection legislation (S402)
b now under active review by
- the New'Jeney Senate, and
awaiting a vote (A-672) In the
s
Assembly. - '• ' ,'< ,
Since this la an election year
for the Assembly,' no action
can.be expected there before
November. That'i because
me Assembly, doesn't meet
much,'what-with all that
campaigning,, and; because
campaign contributions from
majordevelopment interests
might-be, Jeopardlttd Hi a
. legislator votes- the. wrong
^way. /• ,. ,t " -L-,
Vou may think rae,cynl4jt
1 ^tweataerved, you ask? Your * . ' . - . . . . '
^ votestmcounta.soyouibQHld
make your voice beardJThc
'yevefy'day. T v w» v; J" ^^v^i ,,•' Green'a descriptive;Jnto'.each
recipe
failure when he or she is
stressed or tastes high-calorie
foods, As the resolve to
continue dieting temporarily
crumbles, the dieter decides
feat the day Is lost 1 times could also be explained
by the physiological consequences
of losing weight.
The body responds defensively
to weight loss - for
and Instance, by Increasing
overeats with a vengeance. hunger and salivation, The
control difficult, if not Impossible."
Dr. Lowe's moit recent
research tends to support the
physiological eiplahatlon for
dieWnduced overeating. The
. "Howevtr," Lowt eontlnues,
"the tendency for
dieters to overeat at certain
physical stress associated
win weight loss may combine
with other sources of distress
in make continued dietary
research was conducted In
association with Barbara J.
Mayedck of Undenwold and
Alberto R. Cebollero of
ADKE
suspect
WeS paced suspense mat
builds to a complicated studio
climax and is set within a
wonderfully realised atmosphere.
- As the story opens, Martin
, Hothihaa^jujt run into
An inventive and highly
satisfying novel
ttihres, and the wide variety.^fate being d^Vd
of people Involved in Psychological suspense
emergency medical service at augments this clever
a large Los Angeles hospital. mystery.
Not all, however, Is miracle THE $IQN OF TUB
working and glory.
SERPENT by Sara Her/
Sword finds himself In this well contrived
devoting more and more of his romantic novel set against the
Mfe to Mi demanding career. backdrop of 11th century
"Nowhere, except in the white Ireland, the threat of a
corridor, do I fee! so totally French Invasion and the
alive, HO self octualiicd/'TIUB ongoing strife between
career has already cost him tenants and landlords In-
two marriages, and he is tensify the dangerous rivalry
currently seeing a thatis the central action of the
psychiatrist
story.
Emergency treatment Is Caroline Morritey is
rapidly becoming a major working as a teacher la
specialty in modern medidne. Dublin-trying to forget the
Readers of Trauma Center anguish of her father's death
wfll obtain a realistic and and the loss of their ancestral
gripping picture of the people, home :•* when she is coerced
equipment, and emotions at into taking a job as governess
work In such a setting. • to the borne of the man who is
CLASSIC COW CUISINE responsible for the gfl
" by Karen Green
For those to whom cold food
means turkey sandwiche* and
lettuce, Karen Green's fifth
cookbook will provide a
particularly delightful range
•'of new eating experiences.
Tbe more than 370 recipes for
dressings, dips, drinks,
salads, appetizers, soups,
main dishes, and desserts
draw from a variety of
cuisines, Including Asian,
African, Russian, South and
TJatln American, Middle
Eastern, and European and
American.
The book Is organised into
six main sections by course
and, within each section, the
recipes are alphabetical by
the name of the country of
origin. Old favorites, Induing
Caesar salad and
spinach and cheese, pie, ap-
m t> 1| ferry's memorable couple,
Inspector Pitt and his
splendid wife Charlotte,
pursue another murder investigation
that takes them
from the squalor of the slums
to the hypocrisy of Ugh
society drawings in Victorian
London. Pitt Is uncomfortable
with a cane built against a
humorless tutor by a zealous
young policeman who
possesses a potentially obstructive
reverence for tht
upper class. .
However the witnesses
appear irrefutable, especially
after one is murdered, and
Pitt's superior is adamant
about not reopening so embarrassing
a case — a
teenager from.a wealthy
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family was murdered in a
fiasco that led to her father's
bathtub and shoved down a
nun, ,
London Sewer, .
Hely provides plenty of Charts, Impelled by the
intrigue, casting suspicion on tutor's wife, launches her own
various characters before campaign to prove Oat the
unmasking the true villain, wrong man has been arrested.
and she naturally Includes a Much to Pitt's marvel and
romantic subplot, In which tBsmay, she does not limit her
Caroline becomes Involved Inquiries to soirees and tea
with a very eligible widower. parties, but carries her titled
light historical fare.
sister along to a morgue and
FOUL SHOT by Doug
to various seedy London
Homlg
neighborhoods.
This solid first: novel stars, The suspense is perfectly
private eye Loren Swift from executed to this masterworib
Charlottesville, Va.,Swift's nXusiom OF LOVE by
creator displays a sure hand Cynthia Freeman
with tbe mystery genre in this Freeman la not only a
account of a simple missing skilled ..-_.- writer „.._ of n romance ,
persons case mat leads to fiction but an astute observer glamour of traveling with and
murder, religious cults, L of character as well In her assisting his mother - he
college basketball, financial latest novel she takes what began touring with her at age
and sexual blackmail, race* could have been Just another » months - to a fierce
riots, more murder, and, of
. ., fwroutawmanceWaround ««*» ta «|J fy^B*
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