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EDITORIAL<br />

Give dunes<br />

top priority<br />

Mayor Nickolas Trofa acted correctly in rescinding<br />

the dry's ridiculous policy of allowing the use<br />

of, municipal men <strong>and</strong> machinery to destroy s<strong>and</strong><br />

dunes. Unfortunately, his actions didn't go far<br />

enough: The <strong>city</strong> policy of allowing dunes to be<br />

destroyed, by anyone (municipal or private prop<br />

erty owner), should be nipped in the bud.<br />

As we said at flie time during the previous <strong>city</strong><br />

administration when the policy was being contemplated,<br />

you cannot compromise Mother<br />

Nature. By placating those private property owners<br />

who don't Uke their view of the ocean spoiled<br />

by s<strong>and</strong> dunes, the majority of property owners<br />

<strong>and</strong> the safety of everyone is jeopardized.<br />

<strong>On</strong>e of the good things about the recent Halloween<br />

tidal storm is that it proved the value of s<strong>and</strong><br />

dunes (<strong>and</strong> of dune grass to stabilize the dunes).<br />

Up <strong>and</strong> down the Jersey coast, dunes <strong>and</strong> wide<br />

beaches either kept back the sea or alleviated the<br />

<strong>flood</strong>ing. For instance, the recently pumped in<br />

multimillion-dollar beach in Cape May saved that<br />

town from the worst <strong>flood</strong>ing in 30 years. Had<br />

Ocean City had its new beach in place, our <strong>boardwalk</strong><br />

would soil be whole <strong>and</strong> beachfront <strong>flood</strong>ing<br />

would not have occurred.<br />

S<strong>and</strong>, whether in the form of a wide beach<br />

<strong>and</strong>/or a dune, dissipates the energy of waves<br />

<strong>and</strong> lessens the effects of tidal <strong>flood</strong>ing. Maintenance<br />

<strong>and</strong> nurturing of a comprehensive dune<br />

system should be a top priority dem<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>and</strong><br />

fought for by local government.<br />

Furthermore, Ocean City needs a comprehensive<br />

beachfront maintenance policy geared toward the<br />

protection of Me <strong>and</strong> property, not the convenience<br />

or desires of a h<strong>and</strong>ful of property owners.<br />

There should be no permanent structures on the<br />

beachfront. Massive walk-overs are unnecessary<br />

when temporary, old-fashioned <strong>boardwalk</strong>s,<br />

which could be quickly picked up, are available.<br />

Street-end openings to the beach should become<br />

part of the dune system <strong>and</strong> access to the beach<br />

should be narrow <strong>and</strong> diagonal.<br />

None of this requires any engineering or scientific<br />

research. It is all common sense <strong>and</strong> has been<br />

practiced for years up <strong>and</strong> down the Atlantic coast<br />

by communities which ^aye.tH^^ljrtorittes<br />

*-«striilght. Ift-time for Ocean City ftTjoin their<br />

ranks! v-<br />

Published In America's Greatest Family Resort<br />

The Sentinel-Ledger<br />

A Division o( South Jersey Radio, Inc<br />

Howard L, flreen, Ptesldon!<br />

112 i. lighih Street, Ocean Oily, N J., 682ZM238<br />

Established 1M1<br />

Phone area coda (608)<br />

ClissHiidi 399.5411 • Cireuiiition 3S9.S412<br />

Newsroom 399=5492 • Advertising 399.1220<br />

Fax 399-0418<br />

RALPH J, COOPER, Publisher<br />

JOHN H. ANDRUSII, Editor<br />

" IYRONT.MIRCER, Advertising Manager<br />

10 YEARS AGO<br />

An investment brochure to be drculate^l to Wall Street<br />

captains of mdusny by the New Jersey Transit Corporation<br />

<strong>and</strong> meant to mtice a private takeover of the flnantially<br />

ailing South Jersey rail line could mean an end to<br />

service into Ocean City, according to City Admlnlstamtor<br />

Paul T. McCarthy,<br />

McCarthy, who circulated a draft brochure to the <strong>city</strong>'s<br />

legislative branch during its Tuesday workshop meeting,<br />

explained "what is not said (in the proposal) might be<br />

more important than what is actually said.*<br />

What is not stipulated, according to McCarthy, is a guarantee<br />

of continued rail service into the <strong>city</strong> by potential<br />

investors; nor has anything been said by New Jersey Transit<br />

— a quasi-public transportation company — concerning<br />

the life expectancy of the system after December 31,<br />

i :<br />

• B4<br />

The SBntinal-Ledger<br />

Thursday, November 14,1991<br />

^<br />

%\<br />

,#*. i$-#<br />

Allstate\s withdrawal Anti-abortionists:<br />

can prove a savings Do what you say<br />

Editor, Sentinel-Ledgir;<br />

When Allstate Insurance<br />

Compiny publicly<br />

announced their planned<br />

'withdrawal from writing<br />

automobile insurancein<br />

New Jersey, I found it pru-<br />

dent to assist them.<br />

Fortunately, my<br />

for two autos <strong>and</strong> homeowners<br />

policies far both<br />

homes all expired in October.<br />

I had no difficulty in find-<br />

Ing a company that eagerly<br />

wanted my entire package<br />

<strong>and</strong>, incidentally, I obtained<br />

better coverage at an'appredable<br />

savings in premiums<br />

(Right here in Ocean City,<br />

too).<br />

Iven if Allstate is playing<br />

games <strong>and</strong> may not withdraw<br />

in five yean, I don't<br />

care to be a pawn in their<br />

negotiations.<br />

If every current Allstate<br />

policyholder would take<br />

the same initiative, Allstate<br />

would be out of the auto<br />

<strong>and</strong> property damage<br />

insurance coverage in New<br />

Jersey in less than two<br />

years,<br />

Andy Bell<br />

Ocean City<br />

<strong>and</strong> Madden Heights<br />

looking back clippings from past issues<br />

the expimnon date given <strong>sever</strong>al months ago, — The Sattind-Ltdger,<br />

Nov. 12,1981,<br />

25 YEARS AGO<br />

Ocean 01/8 badly eroded beaches <strong>and</strong> the <strong>sever</strong>ely<br />

shoaled Great Egg Harbor Inlet would be improved<br />

under a coastal improvement plan announced by the U.S.<br />

Army Corps of Engineers yesterday,<br />

The first section of the multi-million dollar plan which<br />

includes the coastal section from Great Igg Harbor Inlet<br />

ttt Stone Harbor will be disclosed in detail at a public<br />

hearing to be held in this area on December 9.<br />

The coastal study was made by the Army Engineers following<br />

the Atlantic storm of March, 1962, but it had been<br />

asked for earlier by Governor Richard Hughes who, to his<br />

1961 election campaign, promised to seek a solution to<br />

m<br />

•m<br />

i'*t%<br />

Iditor, Sentinel-Ledger;<br />

TWs is in response to a letter<br />

in the Oct. 17 issue by<br />

Michelle Bell concerning<br />

abortion. i .!_;'„!,•,<br />

I have often wondered if<br />

all the anti-abortion people<br />

would consider approaching<br />

a woman who plans on<br />

having an abortion or going<br />

to a dime <strong>and</strong> saying:<br />

"Have the baby. We wUl<br />

pay aU the bills. We wUl<br />

take the child <strong>and</strong> raise <strong>and</strong><br />

careforit.lt will be our lifetime<br />

responsibility."<br />

Now, that would be truly<br />

noble. A life would be<br />

saved. They could go to<br />

Harlem, Los Angeles or<br />

places as dose as Atlantic<br />

City <strong>and</strong> maybe •yen.MiBmora.<br />

.<br />

Instead of demonstrating,<br />

letter writing <strong>and</strong> finger<br />

pointing, real action would<br />

be taken, Or do the antiabortion<br />

people prefer it the<br />

other way—juit talk?<br />

Incidentally, I believe in<br />

saving the whales <strong>and</strong> the<br />

planet—our home,<br />

Linda Sehaub<br />

Berkeley Heights<br />

<strong>and</strong> Ocean City<br />

beach erosion on a statewide basis.<br />

A spokesman for the Engineers noted yesterday that the<br />

implementation of the plan must await approval by congress<br />

which also must allocate ftmdi for the protect. —<br />

The Sentinel-Ledger, Nov. 10,1966.<br />

50 YEARS AGO<br />

A call for volunteers far*Hve different types of special<br />

training work to fit An for emergency services in"civilian<br />

defense, was issued today by WUlard Matthews, vice<br />

. chateiah of the Ocean City Defense Council.<br />

Ocean Gty men <strong>and</strong> women who would like to enlist as<br />

emergency helpers, <strong>and</strong> at the same time receive free,<br />

educational instruction, are invited to register at the office<br />

of Mayor George D. Richards, chairman of the coundl at<br />

City HaU,—The SentM-Ledger, Nov. 14,1941.<br />

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