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Herald NEWS Are Sun, Age Factors in Top Cancer Rate? By JOE HART tem (106.4), urinary system (51.2), oral cav- Because of these statistics, cancer was the ity (14.5), lung (85.7), skin (37.4), leukemia main topic of discussion at the July 24 meet- DI GESTS COURT HOUSE — Cape May County has the (18.5) and myeloma (8.3). ing of the Cape May County Chronic Illness highest rate of cancer in New Jersey. All rates are per 100,000 residents. Coalition. Ferry Traffi c Down According to the state Department of Health This county was also tops in the overall rate Coalition Chairman Dick Colosi provided a and Senior Services Cancer Registry, this county of cancer (580.4) and cancer in males (706.5). cancer fact sheet that said the death rate for NORTH CAPE MAY — In May, vehicle led the state from 2001 through 2005 in the County females rank second in the state (489.1) cancer in this county was 252 for men and 182 and passenger traffi c on the Cape May- following invasive cancer rates: digestive sys- behind only Ocean County (490.9). (Page A7 Please) Lewes Ferry decreased 8.1 percent and 6 percent respectively, when compared to May (Page A4 Please) Today’s Select Spout Off Why doesn't Stone Harbor advertise their Fine Art & Craft Show in August? I happened to come across it last year by accident, and was pleasantly surprised that it was even going on. I didn’t see any banners, signs, or advertisements in any major newspapers. Shouldn’t we be telling tourists about this fi ne event or do we just want a select few to attend? —Stone Harbor (ED. NOTE: “Select few thousand” would be more like it.) Turn to Page A26 for more Spout Offs or log onto www.CapeMayCountyHerald.com to see them all! PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY THE SEAWAVE CORP. Vol. 44 No. 31 Copyright 2008 Seawave Corp. All rights reserved. July 30, 2008 1508 Route 47, Rio Grande NJ 08242-1402 Imagine, in 3-D, ‘Landmark’ Case Cape May’s New Gives County Convention Hall Funding Victory By JACK FICHTER By AL CAMPBELL CAPE MAY — Last night’s Convention Hall town meeting was too late for yesterday’s print CREST HAVEN — When the New Jersey edition noon deadline, but the Herald attended Supreme Court, on July 28, unanimously re- a preview presentation of a new 3-D design versed an Appellate Court decision on a Bigley image to the city’s Convention Hall Commit- application by Cape May County Prosecutor tee July 23. Robert Taylor, it upheld the county’s position Architect Martin Kimmel, of Kimmel Bo- on salaries and budget for his offi ce. The case grette of Conshohocken, Pa., presented the his- rested on small, but powerful, words. tory of his participation in the Convention Hall The county argued that the trial judge project. He said the convention hall committee should have applied a “reasonably necessary” asked him to study options for what could be standard rather than a “reasonably appropri- constructed on the current site with an option ate” standard. of demolishing the neighboring Solarium. “The Supreme Court said ‘necessary’ means Kimmel showed a timeline of design ideas he necessary, not appropriate. That changes the had prepared dating back to June 2007 ranging dynamics of Bigley for the entire state,” said from a one-story 16,000-square-foot building County Administrator Stephen O’Connor with an estimated cost of $6.4 million on the yesterday. current footprint to a 33,000-square-foot, two- “That is why the other 20 counties fol- (Page A4 Please) (Page A45 Please) Davenport Blasts Freeholders Told: Al Campbell DeMarzo’s Video With historic Hereford Inlet Lighthouse as a backdrop, early morning runners take advan- Messenger Ballots tage of North Wildwood’s seawall jogging trail. The well-paved path wends its way just Taping of Sessions off the beachfront, and connects the municipal parking lot to Kennedy Beach Drive. Foster ‘Chicanery’ By LAUREN SUIT By AL CAMPBELL WILDWOOD — The camera has been roll- Brave Brett Battles Wilms’ Tumor; CREST HAVEN — To the average voter, S- ing at Wildwood Commission meetings here 1380, would make it easier to vote by mail. since May 2007. Community Rallies to Help Family On the other hand, Egg Harbor Township After more than a year of videotaping the Committeeman John Risley views the bill as bi-monthly meetings, Commissioner Gary By JOE HART remove his right kidney along with six lymph the embodiment of what can be corrupt about DeMarzo will make those tapes available to nodes and a month-long stint on a politics. the public. COURT HOUSE — There’s a little feeding tube due to a surgical com- Risley attended the July 22 freeholder meet- On July 23, Commissioner William Daven- Court House boy who is in the fi ght plication. ing to urge the fi ve-member board to go on port questioned the legality of Commissioner of his young life and his mother wants Chemotherapy started the same record in opposition to the bill, and get Sen. Gary DeMarzo using his personal video equip- to thank those who have been in his day he was diagnosed and standard Jeff Van Drew (D-1st) to make some major ment to fi lm commission meetings. corner along the way. hair loss and vomiting have resulted, modifi cations to it. “You issue memos on the transparency be- Brett Staino, a precocious 19-month- according to his mother Shannon. Risley, a former Atlantic County freeholder, ing the cornerstone of government, but we old toddler, was diagnosed on March Despite these trials, Brett is report- spoke during the public portion of the half- don’t have an archive of the tapes. The public 28 with a rare form of pediatric cancer edly still developing a playful and silly hour meeting. “I ask you to consider joining the Atlantic hasn’t even seen them,” said Davenport. called Wilms’ Tumor. BRETT STAINO personality, Shannon said. “I promise to show them to the public,” Since then, Brett has endured che- “He’s a favorite with the staff at County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the (Page A7 Please) motherapy, radiation treatments, surgery to (Page A7 Please) Mayor's Association and others in a resolution to oppose Senate Bill 1380,” he said. The bill is “going to come up for its third Shore Respite Lifts Blind Youths’ Spirits and fi nal reading after Labor Day, and action now…is crucial,” he declared. By LESLIE TRULUCK packed with activities for visually-impaired He offered the board a sample resolution for youth aged 7 to 15. its consideration. AVALON –– A piano echoes through the hall The home hosts a new group of children The 32-page bill, said Risley, is called the as Kayla Richardson of Hillside plays an original each week from June 21 to Aug. 16. During “Vote by Mail Bill.” song for camp counselor Mary Forr. their stay, children enjoy amusement rides at “It makes voting by mail very, very conve- A table lined with children draws pictures in Morey’s Piers, crabbing, riding the Cape May- (Page A6 Please) crayon as others cheerfully sing while working Lewes Ferry, performing talent shows, boat on Braille writers. It’s a typical day at Helen rides and beach trips. L. Diller Vacation Home for Blind Children, (Page A12 Please) It's Inside. Fresh Air Home Silent; Kids Miss Beach By LAUREN SUIT But the home hasn’t been full of children Dining, since the Fresh Air Home’s board of directors NORTH WILDWOOD — It is the end of made the decision not to open the home for Entertainment, July and the Children’s Fresh Air Home stands the 2006 season, due to the condition of the silent at 1100 Surf Avenue. building. Shopping, Leslie Truluck A few years ago, passersby might have heard According to the faith-based organization’s Fishing Natanne Norman, 9, of Philadelphia enjoys volunteers call for a group of children to line literature, the Fresh Air Home is the longest a speedboat ride with counselor Mary Forr. up on the wrap-around porch before heading to continual outreach program in the nation. For and More... David Sotter volunteers boat rides for kids the beach or boardwalk. Laughter might have over 80 years, with the structure on Surf Av- attending Helen L. Diller Vacation Home been heard in the backyard as a game of tag enue, it housed needy children. Many of them for Blind Children. got into full swing. 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