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PAGE 16 — SECTION TWO
OCEAN CITY (N.J.) SENTINEL-LEDGER
K-RinAV. SEPTEMBER 29.1978
Testimonial dinner slated
Former Mayor B«
will
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ByMARKSOIFER
Public Relations Director
Tom Waldman will be
honored at a testimonial dinner
Saturday evening at Greate
Bay Country Club.
The committee planning the
event began work in early
August and were all set to make
- a formal public announcement
about the availability of tickets.
Just one problem.
As soon as word got around
about the affair through initial
perspn-to-person contacts, it
was obvious that tickets would
be at a premium. Every table
was gobbled up within 10 days
and chairman, lien James,
settled down to the taxing chore
of fitting folks together and
squeezing out every last inch of
floor space for the dinner. *
The committee knows that
many of Tom's friends are
going to be disappointed and
perhaps even upset that they
weren't contacted. Please
accept their assurances that it
wasn't intentional.
Senators, congressmen,
legislators will join in honoring
Tom for his 20 years of public
service which spanned such
landmark events as the '62
storm (he pieced the town back
together in time for the vital
tourist season) and his battle
against the high rises which
helped to preserve the clean,
uncluttered personality of the
community. Persons
representing the Cultural Arts
Center and Historical Museum,
instituted under his ad-
ministration, will be on hand.
And so it will go....
* Mayor Chester J. Wlmberg
will be a guest of honor and
review his experiences with
Tom as commissioner of
revenue and finance. Chet is
known as a witty after dinner
speaker so this should be in-
teresting.
Southender, Charlie Boice
will play an Important part in
the evening as will Allen
Stretch, former commissioner,
and toastmaster for the bash.
And it will be wonderful to see.
John and Rose Warrington
together in public once again
following illness and a tragic
accident.
As for Tom, he has been
busying himself as a consultant
in the financial and travel
fields. This has served two
purposes: It keeps his con-
siderable energies occupied
and it permits his good wife,
Mildred (Babe) Waldman, to"
manage the house without
consultation from an energetic
and talented man who needs to
have his considerable energies
occupied.
Babe will be at Tom's side
Saturday evening when he is
ushered into the dinner.
MARKETING SEMINAR:
The third annual marketing
seminar sponsored by the
public relations department is
set for Friday, October 20.9:30
a.m. at the Flanders Hotel. The
past season will be reviewed
and plans for 1979 will be made
concerning senior citizens
package vacations, Joint
promotional advertising, tie-ins
* with, Atlantic City in providing
accommodations, the cen-
tennial, and others.
Assemblyman James Hurley
will be guest speaker at the
luncheon. He will discuss his
year round club promotional
concept. It is hoped that all
segments of thecommunity will
participate in the seminar. For
reservations call the public
relations department, 3994111,
ext. 222.
BAND BOOSTERS FLEA
MARKET is set for 9 a.m. to S
am. Saturday at the Music
Pier. Everyone welcome.
TWICE AS NICE: There will
be entertainment every
weekend in October at the
Music Pier as part of our an-
nual "October's twice as nice"
celebration. A schedule is listed
elsewhere in this paper. The
series DeginB with a light verse
poetry reading on Octobers and
a sing-a-long on Saturday
October 7 both 8 p.m. at the
Music Pier. Admission, free.
And please send usyour entry
for the "Twice As Nice Person?
contest. Just mail a card to the
public relations office, P.O. Box:
174, telling us why your person;
is a super nice type individual.
If you don't care for postcards,
well take a letter.
Clint Campbell, originator of
the twice as nice concept, will
be chief Judge.
First in Guest Artist Series
Hartford Ballet to perform at Stockton
POMONA — The Stockton
State College Performing Arts
Center will host the Hartford
Ballet Saturday at 8 p.m. at the
college.
The performance will be the
first in the college's Guest
Artists Series for the year and
will feature works
choreographed by Michael
Uthoff and George Balanchine
to the music of Tchaikovsky,
Leonard Bernstein, and other
composers. The program is
designed to appeal to the young
and old, the ballet novice and
the master.
The Hartford Ballet was
founded in 1972 and within three
years became the most actively
toured ballet company in the
nation. Under the direction of
Michael Uthoff, the company
developed an extensive and
diverse repertory that appealed
to seasoned dance fans and new
audiences as well. The com-
pany's dancers have been
drawn from many of the
world's foremost companies
including the New York City
Ballet, American Ballet
Theatre, the Joffrey Ballet, and
many others.
Michael Uthoff became ar-
tistic director of the Hartford
Ballet in the summer of 1972. A
native of Chile, where his
parents were the founders of
the Chilean National Ballet,
Mr. Uthoff has choreographed
over a dozen ballets in the neo-
dasslcal, romantic, and con-
temporary styles which have
become the foundation and
hallmark of the Hartford
Ballet's repertory.
Truman Flnney, ballet
master for the Hartford Ballet,
came to the company In July of
1978. He was a Ford Foundation
Scholarship recipient at
Balanchine'a School of
American Ballet in New York
aty.
Tickets are available at the
M-Wing Box Office, open week-
days between 11 a.m. and 3:30
p.m. Tickets are priced at $4.50
for orchestra, $3.80 for mez-
zanine; and generous discounts
are available for students,
children and senior citizens.
Reservations can be made by
calling the box office during its
regular hours at 652-9000. All
telephone reservations must be
picked up and paid for by 7:30
p.m. on September 30, or be
subject to release to other
patrons.
House enacts chemical ban
Meats
Lamb • Veal
Fancy Fruits and Groceries
Imported and Domestic Cheese
from around the World
Homemade Baklava
Complete Delicatessen
Hours: 7:30 a.m
INSURANCE
Plus Service
• Ufe
• Accident and Health
• Automobile
• Homeowners
• liability
• Fire and Extended Coverage
• Yachts and Motor boat* .
also BUSINESS
INSURANCE
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INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
Wesley Avenue at North Street
Ocean City, N.J.,0022*
The House of Represen-
tatives has passed over-
whelmingly legislation spon-
sored by U.S. Rep. William J.
Hughes (D-2nd) which bans the
dumping of harmful industrial
wastes in the ocean by the end
of 1981.
The legislation, Hughes said,
would broaden significantly the
1981 statutory deadline for
halting the dumping of
municipal sewage sludge.
Hughes was the author of that
law, enacted last year, setting
the 1981 deadline for municipal
dumpers.
"The legislation represents a
major step forward in our
continuing effortsto protect the
environment of our oceans and
coastlines," Hughes said.
"Industries will no longer be
able to use the oceans as cheap,
convenient places to dump their
chemical waste products. Both
industrial dumpers and
municipal dumpers would be on
notice that they will ha veto find
alternatives to their current
harmful disposal activities."
Under the legislation, the
Environmental Protection
Agency would be required to
prohibit industries from
dumping waste products after
December 31. 1981. The
Boating tip
legislation also extends funding
authority for programs carried
out under the Marine Protec-
tion, Research, and Sanc-
tuaries Act.
Hughes Bald figures from
EPA bear out the need for an
end to Industrial waste dum-
ping in the ocean. "In 1977,
industrial wastes accounted for
25 percent of the total wastes
dumped at sea," he said. "Host
of these wastes, nearly 1.8
million tons, were dumped into
the Atlantic."
The 1981 cut-off date, he said,
would not impose an
unreasonable burden on the
industries that are currently
dumping in the ocean. He
pointed out that, at pretext,
eight Industrial plants are
dumping waste materials into
the Atlantic off New Jersey and
New York. Most of these plants
already are scheduled to phase
out their dumping, activities
before the cut-off date imposed
by the legislation, he explained.
Hughes said the House-
passed legislation would be a
logical follow-up to his 1977
measure to ban municipal
sludge dumping by 1981.
"Ocean dumping, whether by
an industry or a municipality,
is an unsound practice that
threatens our environment," he
said.
Hughes noted that the
legislation would have
economic as well as en-
vironmental advantages,
particularly in the South Jersey
area that he represents in
Congress.
"Tourism and fishing are two'
of the mainstays of the
economy in South Jersey, he
said. "Both of these industries
must have dean oceans and
beaches to prosper. A ban on
ocean dumping of municipal
sludge and Industrial wastes
will eliminate a ^igniflpont
threat to the livelihood of our
area."
Hughes said he was hopeful
oat the Senate would act on
«irnHpr legislation In the near
future, so the measure could be
enacted into law this year.
Trees and shrubs donated by the Ocean City Flower Show Committee
were planted this week along the Roosevelt Blvd. median. Here commit-:
tee members Mrs. D. Norman Young, Andrew Strang and Mrs. Fred
Tarves III assist members of the public works department in the plan-
ting. Monies collected from donations at the annual Flower Show in June
were used to purchase the black pines and junipers.
Classified ad* bring results
Gardens Section or Ocean
Parking and
Essential.
Garage
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Todays Market Place!
Dry gear before storing
A familiar sight in ^
ports is nets hung up to dry.
Cbmmerdal fishermen know
that it's inviting expensive
trouble to put their big nets into
storage lockers while still wet
It leads to mildew and rot.
And In popular yachting
centers you can see docked
sailboats with sails and ropes
spread out and hung up so they
can dry thoroughly.
The MerCrulaer stern drive
tvmtjng authorities rfC4y"inif n ^
that you take a profitable tip
from these observations.
If you use your boat only on
weekends, try to put things
away on Sunday evenln
gs such as PFD's and
nahtans spread out so they can
dry thoroughly.
A good cockpit cover will
have provisions for ample air
circulation. Otherwise, marine
supply stores sell plastic
ventilating scoops that can be
fitted into a cockpit cover.
When it's time to put the rig
away for the winter, a really
thorough drying-out program is
in order. The more you look
around, the more things you
can find that will benefit from
an airing.
THE OCEAN CITY
BUTCHER SHOP
and DELICATESSEN
We are once again operating our own Lun-
cheon Meat Section, Bringing you our
original Hne of Fine Quality Lunch Meats
and Cheeses.
Featuring Our Popular
"BOILED HAM"
EasyParking f:
399-098*1 to
Corner off
8th & West
TUE.-8 AT.
9a.m. to 6 p.m.
"Serving Ocean City Since 1952"
The "Scottish Mist" oew
by Robert Daice
Great sportsmanship's
a snap with Robert
Bruce's crewneck
pullover. A favorite with
young and old,
traditionalists and
trend-setters, this
popular sweater's a
hardy blend of 70%
wool. 30% polyester.
Looks its best for years,
even with a minimum of
care. What could be
easier?
Asioriad tolldt, (roitt and
heattwr oudn. Carnal Frost.
Blue Fro»t, Shertwft Green.
Rust and LlgM Grey.
Sizes: SML and XL....$18.00
Other styles to S35.00
MEN'S WEAR
793 Isfcwy Amm MalJft-IMI
Open Fridav Nights
•AMD MOKAM, HASia OUtBE AM
already dried out, or arranged
ao they can dry thoroughly
diving the week.
For example, toward the end
of the day you can spread the
anchor line out on the cockpit
floor en route back to port, ao
that the combination of
wmnining sunlight and moving
air can go to work on It.
One of the advantages of
having a cockpit cover for a
docked or moored boat is that
since It keeps cockpit Items
covered and out of tight by
passers-by, you can leave
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98TH YEAR NO. 43 Telephone 399-5411 OCEAN CITY. NEW JERSEY 08226
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5.1978
City looks to long-range erosion battle planning
By CHUCK THOMPSON
City officials are looking toward a
4t) comprehensive beach study as the only
- means of determining an overall erosion
battle strategy, the Sentinel-Ledger has
learned.
In an interview with the Sentinel-Ledger
this week, City Administrator Paul T.
McCarthy reported that he had already
A "opened up contacts with one consulting
W firm" to determine some idea of scope and
costs.
"We're talking about a substantial In-
vestment just to get our marching or-
ders," McCarthy said.
Less than three years ago, under the
administration of former Mayor B.
Ihomas Waldman, the city commissioned
Hugh Zimmers Associates, a Philadelphia
planning firm, to make an' in-depth study
of beach erosion dynamics for $8,000.
"After a lot of pushing we finally did get
(he study." Mayor Chester J. Wlmberg
told the Sentinel-Ledger yesterday, "but it
didn't contain anything we didn't already
know."
McCarthy said what the dty really
needs now is a study to help lay out an
eight-year plan for combatting the effects
of beach erosion.
"Right now everybody's an expert and
everybody has different ideas," he said,
"but we really don't have any difinitive
study to tell us where weare and where we
should be going."
A perennial controversy of the city's
current beach erosion battle revolves
around the city dredge, the Sandpiper, and
whether or not the expensive* operation
contributes any real defense in the war
against the ocean.
Last year the city spent $25,000 in
repairs alone and expects to spend $10,000
in maintenance costs next year.
McCarthy said one aspect of the
proposed study will delve into the role of
the dredge In erosion control.
"Hie future of the dredge is not what
we're discussing though," he emphasized.
Roots of the crisis
The Mowing it a brief "picture" of the Ingredients ol me
city's current fiscal crisis.
UNEXPECTED APPROPRIATIONS
Stsnndamsgt to ths Music Pier. $20,000
SMCM Rd. erosion battle $0,000*
tasunact overrun $20,000* *
Seasonal emptoyet cost overrun $20,000
Personnel legal settteaienta .$15,300
Unexpected detMngelowances $36,500
North SLbKfthead overran $23,000
Dredge repairs $25,000
Labor contract Increases $135,000
total $302,000
CITY'S RESPONSE
Lay-offs net saving $16,800
Paving redactions $35,000
riling drainage work $2,000
total $53,000
Projected emergency appropriation $249,000
*CeuM ran from $20,000 to a maximum of $50,000
* *ConM run as Mgh as $35,000 '
"What we're talking about is the best way
to get it (a beach building program)
done."
McCarthy said he wants a specific cost-
benefit analysis made for each of the
current methods of erosion control along
with any proposed solutions.
He also reported that the ground rules
for hiring any firm will include that it be
an outside company with no local political
ties and that it also have no connection
with any firm, such as a construction
company, that may benefit from its
recommendations.'
"Whoever it is," McCarthy emphasized,
"has to have the guts" to report its fin-
dings objectively, "regardless of how
controversial they may be."
He said he hopes to have the plans for
hiring a consultant firm drawn up in time
to be eligible for funding under the state
$20 million shore protection bonding issue
passed in last November's general dec-
don.
Despite belt-tightening
City still needs emergency fund law
For longer bar hours
Referendum
By TIM FAHERTY
"We're going to have to go to
an emergency appropriation,
there's no doubt about it."
These are the words of City
Administrator Paul T. Mc-
Carthy, who told the Sentinel-
Ledger Tuesday that Ocean
City's appropriations would
exceed the state's cap law this
year and would require an
emergency appropriation,
possibly as high as $230,000.
This will be necessary despite
severe cost-cutting moves in
the past few weeks that have
included lay-offs of U percent
of the year round work force.
Currently, McCarthy is
looking for funds that can be
transfered, and other cost
savings to make the ap-
propriation as small as
passible.
At last Thursday's dty
• - •<
council meeting, McCarthy
announced a final list.of lay-
offs. They included eight
positions that have been
abolished, one that has been
reduced, and 19 employees who
have been laid off, but who may
get their Jobs back in January.
McCarthy said this mi "the
total of all reduction* that we
anticipate for 1978."
When added to positions
abolished and reduced in
September, this comes to a
total of 39% positions that have
been affected by the budget
crises.
The positions that had been
eliminated previously are: one
laborer, the acting court clerk,
Vk telephone operators, and
four police dispatchers. In
addition, the position of sign
shop foreman was abolished,
but the employee was retained
at a reduced salary.
>• By KATHLEEN BYRNES
_ SOMERS POINT — Council
|L vRts "compelled to pass" a
resolution at its regular
meeting that will allow the
referendum for extended bar
" irs to go on the ballot In
vember.
Since Qty.Clerk Mary C.
Lennle validated 1,600 of the
2,008 signatures on the petition,
council either had to approve
the resolution or more than
likely face a lawsuit.
il'The matter of extending bar
TOUTS for dinner theatres from 3
&m. to 3 a.m. now rests with
the voters in November and will
not appear before council again
misfe&Y
If the voters reject the idea,
_ then the issue will be dead.
xtjfiowever, if the referendum
passes, it will then be up to
council to pass an ordinance
defining a dinner theatre and
the various criteria that must
be met.
City Solicitor Mark Biel
^•sured council that if the
Referendum passes, no liquor
establishment may im-
mediately extend its hours to 5
ajn. Since there is "no specific
ordinance on the books (about
dinner theatres) nothing can
happen until such time the
governing body considers,
introduces and passes an or-
dinance," Bid said.
.He noted the ordinance could
be the same as the one defeated
in July by council in a six-to-one
vote or it could be a different
me. There is nothing "com-
Voting or mandatory 7 ' which
says it must be the same or-
dinance. Bid explained.
If the November vote is af-
firmative, coundl bas an
"obligation" to pass an or-
dinance, Biel said although
there was no time limit on when
die ordinance must be passed.
Coundl will be faced with a
major headache if tbe
referendum passes. When the
ordinance was under discussion
in July, many residents and
business people were opposed
to it. The local Licensed
Beveragemen's Association
brought in its lawyer to speak
on the "discriminatory" aspect
of allowing only certain
establishments to stay open
beyond the compulsory 3 a.m.
closing.
The only establishment which
qualified for the later closing
was Bay Diner-Mediterranean
Lounge, the same establish-
ment which was pushing for the
ordinance and is also the prime
mover behind the referendum.
The diner's lawyer, Steven
Ferskie, pointed out that any
establishment which met the
criteria for a dinner theatre
could stay open the additional
hours,
Last week the president of the
Licensed Beveragemen's
Association, Anthony Colaserto
Sr., said the group will take "no
active effort for or against the
referendum" and will "wait
and see" what happens at the
polls. "Well let the public
decide," Colaserto said. When
asked what the association will
do if the ordiance council
passes in the event the
referendum is approved will be
of a "discriminatory nature,"
he admitted there is "always a
possibility of a lawsuit" but
declined to comment on how
strong a possibility it is.
Any ordinance council ap-
proves which directly effects
liquor license holders must go
Total: 26,935 days
McCarthy announced the
following final reductions in
force Thursday. The positions
of a wdder, a repairer car-
penter, a mechanic, and five
laborers were abolished. A
general public works foreman
position was eliminated, but the
employee retained at a reduced
salary. Nineteen employees
were laid of f with the possibility
of being rehired In January.
They were a maintenance
repairer plumber, a senior
maintenance repairer, car-
penter, a painter, six truck
drivers, five laborers, a senior
engineer aide, two heavy
equipment operators, one deck
hand, and one signal system
repairman.
These last 19 employees will
receive their fringe benefit
insurance program to the end of
the year. Because of the 45-day
noticerequired by civil service.
v:
issue
before the Division of Alcoholic
Beverage Control (ABC),
Director Joseph H. Lerner
pointed out. ABC will not
concern itself with the
referendum but before an or-
dinance can go into effect it
must be approved by AB-
C Lerner said an ordinance
can't be selective toward only a
few liquor license holders in the
same classification; it must
apply to the whole class.
Bay Diner-Mediterranean
Lounge shares the same
classification as most of the
(Please turn to page 13)
Sick time could cripple the city
By TIM FAHERTY
Ocean City is faced with a
liability of over SI million
because of the city's terminal
leave plan and no money has
been set aside to pay for it.
"If this were a private
pension plan we'd be in
violation of federal law," said
City Administrator Paul T.
McCarthy.
McCarthy revealed the figure
at last Thursday's council
meeting, giving it as a long-
term reason why layoffs of dty
employees are necessary.
As of Thursday afternoon,
McCarthy estimated the dty
was liable to pay 28,833 days of
sick leave. Based on an average
salary of $10,000, the days add
up to an unfunded liability of
S1.0KU00.
McCarthy said this was the
most serious fiscal problem
facing the city, because when
an employee retires, he is paid
for every day of unused sick
leave.
Until this year, a city em-
ployee could accumulate an
unlimited number of sick days
toward his retirement. But
labor contracts that were
negotiated this year set a limit
of 240 days that may be
acquired.
Even so, with a work year of
less than 260 days, on employee
who retires today may still be
on the payroll next September.
And yet there is no place In
the present budget where
money is set aside to pay ter-
minal leave. So that much of
the expenditure for salaries
may actually be to pay people
who are no longer producing.
This will change in the 1979
budget since McCarthy will
break down salaries and wages
into six categories, one of which
will be terminal leave, the
"anticipated payment to em-
ployees for accumulated sick
leave following retirement."
The $1 million figure is a
temporary estimate. In ac-
tuality, the figure grows as
time goes by. This is because
the pay an employee receives
for unused sick days is not a
fixed amount. It changes as the
pay scale changes.
For each unused sick day, an
employee is entitled to one
day's pay. But that means one
day's pay at the pay rate at the
time of retirement. So, a sick
day accumulated in 1954 and
(Please turn to page 13)
Recipe deadline tomorrow
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Small business advice
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Consumer report
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[•Obituaries
'iWeather and tides
Section 3, page 7
Section 1. page 6
Section 2. page 8
Section 3, page 2
Section 3, page 3
Section 2, page 6
Section 2, page 2
Section 1,page It
Section 1. page 3
Deadline for recipes for
What's Cooking '78, the cooking
contest being sponsored by the
Sentind-Ledger, is tomorrow,
October 6. All recipes must be
postmarked no later than
midnight tomorrow or brought
to the Sentinel-Ledger office.
Entries may be deposited in the
mall slot in the front door at the
Sentind-Ledger if the office is
doted. *
Very few rules have been
drawn up. Recipes may be
submitted for any of the three
categories, both men and
women are welcome to enter
and there is no limit to the
nwrnrwr of recipes each entrant
may submit.
The finals will take place
Friday, October SO at 7 p.m. in
the high school cafeteria.
Finalists will be selected by the
Judges and notified to bring
their dishes to the high school
that evening when the judges
will select first, second, third
and honorable mention winners
in each category.
The public also will be invited
to the finals and after the prius
have been awarded all will be
given the opporunity to taste
the entries.
Two weeks following the
finals, on November 2, a sup-
plement will be published with
the Sentind-Ledger which will
ktdude all recipes submitted,
pictures taken at the finals and
picture* and interviews with
the winners.
Serving u, juug will be
Fran Ostrowski, home
economics teacher at Ocean
aty High School; Joyce
English, home economics
teacher at Mainland Regional
High School; and Lorraine
Richards who is associated
with the Cape May County Vo
Tech School.
The three categories will be:
1- appetizers 4 soups; 2- en-
trees 4 breads, and 3- salads 4
desserts. Prizes of $90 for first,
$25 for second, $19 for third and
a menu planning calendar for
honorable mention will be
awarded in each category.
All those pjynni'w to par-
ticipate are reminded again to
get thdr recipes in by midnight
tomorrow, October 8.
many of the lay-offs will not
take effect until November 17.
McCarthy has estimated that
the lay-offs will save $10,800
this year and the positions that
have been permanently
abolished will mean an annual
saving of $277,200.
Although he said he took no
jay in laying people off, Mc-
Carthy said he believes it is
necessary. "I think anything
less than what we're doing
would be fiscal irrespon-
sibility," he said.
All employees let go in this
last action were in the public
works department McCarthy
said this was because the.
salary deficit in that depart-
ment, $82,000 was more than
twice the deficit in any other
department.
Tbe employee reductions
wereone of several steps taken
to reduce the budget shortfall.
Five other measures included:
-a. lid on all non-essential
-a cutback of major projects
(for instance, the appropriation
for street paving has been cut
from S60.000 to $25,000);
-shelving equipment that is
down, rather than repairing it;
some equipment in the dty
would take $30,000 to repair
(McCarthy said snow removal
will be handled by private
contractors this winter);
-a damp was put on over-
time; employees are now
receiving compensatory time
off for overtime hours, and
-half of the dty's 382 seasonal
employees were fired toward
the end of the season; this
saved the dty $60,000, but the
expenditure for seasonal
employees is still $20,000 over
budget.
Despite the problems he is
having staying within it, Mc-
Carthy said this year's budget
was "a very tight budget, a
good budget by and large."
Then why la the city In its
present fiscal crisis} Jicputhy_
gave two reasons: some un-
foreseen expenditures and the
New Jersey cap law.
The largest unforeseen ex-
penditure, $135,000, is the result
of the contract s signed this year
with the city's unions. The 1S7S
budget provided for five per-
cent increases in employees'
salaries. Instead, when the
contracts were negotiated, the
increases were from six to 11
percent.
Other overages occurred due
to natural disasters. Storm
damage to the Music Pier cost
$20,000 to repair and the
emergency plan to battle the
erosion at Seacllff Rd. has cost
$8,000 so far, and may even-
tually cost $50,000.
Insurance estimates by both
the carrier and the state were .
$20,000 short of tbe actual cost,
and could be as much as $35,000
short. Repairs to the dredge
cost $25,000. and the dry's
share of a 50-80 grant for North
United States Amateur longboard champion Bob McLaughlin smiles,
recalling his recent victory, which began in the surf of Ocean City.
Surf's up!
Ocean Gty crop of 'hang 10' rich
By TIM FAHERTY
Manufacturing haa never been Ocean
City's claim to fame, but the resort la
becoming well known for one commodity it
seems to produce more than its share of —
championship surfers.
"Some of the best surfers come out of this
town, this area." These are the words of Bob
McLaughlin, the Ocean City man who
recently won the title of top longboaro surfer
in the United States.
"There are probably five or six guys in the
area who could go up against any of the five
or six best guys on the east coast and come
out on top."
McLaughlin, 21, has been surfing since he
was nine. Inmid-SeptemberaUthooeyearsof
riding waves came to a sort of climax as
McLaughlin won the longboard amatcur
championship at the national competition in
Cape Hatttras, North Carolina.
A longboard is one that measures three feet
above its rider's height. The category is a
relatively new one in surfing competitions.
Most riders now use a shorter board, con-
siderably shorter than the boards that were
in vogue when surfing was so popular in the
1960s. But the longboard that McLaughlin
rides is not a throwback to the last decade. It
is a lighter, more maneuvers! board made
with newer types of foam and fiberglass.
The longboards are more stable than their
shorter counterparts, and, McLaughlin said,
allow the rider to be more "artistic." It la still
possible to "hang 10" on tbe longboards
(something that can't be done on a shorter
board). McLaughlin surfs on both types of
board and says the short are more
maneuverable, but the long more stylish.
To win the longboard championship,
McLaughlin had to compete against the best
surfers from as far away as Hawaii, Texas,
and California. This contest was part of the
week-long competition sponsored by the
Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) and held
at Cape Hatteras, which has "the best waves
on the east coast." McLaughlin estimated
that a total of 500 or 600 people took part in all
the competitions, in 11 different categories.
McLaughlin actually finished seventh in
the longboard division of tbe east coast
championships, but that was good enough to
oualify him for the "death beat" which would
decide who from the east coast was eligible
for the national competition. He finutod
second in this heat and went on to win tbe
championship.
Surfing is a rather large part of
McLaughlin's life. "I try to get out every day
for a couple of hours," he said For the past
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