Officials Warn Illegal Dumpers Will Pay Price
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Keyport improves to 5th in girls hoop poll, 1B The Register MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1878 ^^^^W MONDAY. JAN. 23. 1989 VOL. 111 NO. 94 25 CENTS Revelers hold Super Officials warn celebration illegal dumpers • GAME ROUNDUP 3B By ELAINE CANNIZZARO THE REGISTER will pay price LONG BRANCH — Contrary to the belief of national odds-makers, "They dumped bags of leaves, house- The Sports Page favored the Cincin- By VIRGINIA KENT DORRIS nati Bengals by a slight margin in hold garbage and paint cans right under yesterday's Super Bowl. THE REGISTER the sign that said 'No Dumping, $500 Fine," " he said. "It's a big metal sign and The majority of patrons at the they dumped the stuff right under it." Brighton Avenue bar and restaurant MIDDLETOWN — Those looking for an easy way to gel rid of their trash will Letts added that police determined the were rooting for the underdogs as identity of the person who dumped the they watched the football game of find illegal dumping an expensive propo- sition, township officials have warned. trash from reading labels they found in the year on an 8-by-10-foot screen. the household trash and issued a sum- Of the 30 football fans polled at "We're going to be very aggressive on mons. The Sports Page yesterday, 17 were any dumping," Deputy Police Chief Rob- Bernice Roberts, health inspector for cheering for Boomer and the Beng- ert Letts said. "We are going to ask the the township, said a recent survey of 16 als, while 13 preferred the veteran court to deal with illegal dumpers as Middletown sites known for illegal dump- Montana and the 49ers. harshly as possible." ing showed no increase in the problem. Although a lightheaded, carefree The maximum fine for illegal dumping According to a map pinpointing the lo- feeling was in the air, individual ta- is $500. cation of the sites, 14 of them are located bles had their differences of opinion. Concern over a possible increase in ille- within the Bayshore — spanning the In some cases, a lone San Francisco gal dumping arises from the Jan. I5 clos- North Middletown. Port Monmouth, Bel- or Cincinnati fan had to face the ing of the municipal dump at Kanes Lane. ford and Leonardo sections — and two ribbing of six or seven diehard fans The Township Committee voted last are in the Chapel Hill section south of of the opposition surrounding them, month to close the site — which has ac- Naval Weapons Station Earle. Enthusiasts declared support for cepted bulk items such as appliances and "Any spot is likely to become a dump- their favorite team for a variety of furniture as well as brush, fallen trees and ing site if.the dumper feels he or she will reasons, some of which had nothing other debris — because of an expected be unnoticed," Roberts said. "We are real- to do with football. tripling of tipping fees at the county dump ly relying on township employees, people in Tinton Falls. Three women at one table matter- concerned with the environment and resi- of-factly stated the Bengals were Letts said that a guard has been posted dents to watch the situation and call us their favorites because "they have at the former dump seven days a week to with information." nicer helmets." prevent dumping there, and that all police She asked anyone with who has ques- patrols have been asked to increase sur- tions or suggestions for how to curtail ille- Others wished a different team veillance of known dumping sites. was in the game, but for the sake of gal dumping to call her at 615-2096. The competitiveness, they chose to root Police already have made one arrest in police are asking anyone' who observes for one of the two playing. connection with an incident of illegal dumping to call them at 615-2100. THE REQISTER/CHET GORDON dumping, Letts said. That incident took Roberts said a special hotline to take "I like the Giants," one patron LIKE BEING THERE — Amy Ellentuck, a waitress at The Sports Page in Long place outside the Kanes Lane site the day calls about dumping will be available See RESTAURANT, Page 2A Branch, adjusts her 3-0 glasses while watching the Super Bowl on television. after the dump closed. soon. First-aider: New dorms at Monmouth could be death trap for hurt students dormitories' building plans, the Three days and many unre- ficer J. Syd Emmons said the plans By DONALD W.MEYERS bedrooms would be totally inac- tuped telephone calls later, Seitz were within the standards of the THE REGISTER cessible to squad members bearing said, he was told that Schwartz Illinois-based Building Officials stretchers, and stairways too nar- had left for vacation and would and Code Administrators Interna- row to safely carry a stretcher- return in January to discuss the tional, which sets nationwide stan- WEST LONG BRANCH — bound patient down. matter with Seitz's successor, Pat- dards for construction projects. New dormitories planned at Mon- ricia Barr. mouth College would be inaccessi- "The landings are so small that Emmons said it would take two ble to emergency squads and could you would have to lift the stretcher Seitz's hopes to resolve his dif- to three years to affect change be a death trap for the students over the railings," he. said. ferences with the college were al- BOCA's codes to meet the needs living there, according to a mem- The dormitories' narrow halls most dashed when the Planning of emergency medical workers. ber of the borough First Aid and stairwells also would hinder Board approved the dormitory site Meanwhile, Seitz said last week Squad. workers trying to move a patient plans on Jan. 10. The former cap- that he has contacted by tain said he wanted to know how Schwartz's office and would meet Gregory Seitz, former captain of suffering from a back problem or the board could approve the plans the squad, said he and members of in need of cardie-pulmonary re- with him this week to discuss after he pointed out the deficien- changing the building plans. the Borough Council met with suscitation, Seitz added. cies. College Executive Vice President He said Schwartz wanted to Schwartz was unavailable for Richard N. Schwartz to discuss the tour the campus with him so that "I want to know who is going to comment. His secretary at the col- problems of accessibility to the Seitz could point out deficiencies lift the stretchers over the ban- lege said that he was traveling out- new dorms last year. in buildings currently on campus isters?" Seitz asked. side the state, and would not be Seitz said that according to the to illustrate his contentions. Borough Code Enforcement Of- available until Monday. Rumson man, wife wait for heart donor been waiting for a new heart since last May, an effort to organize a campaign to publicize By LAURENCE ARNOLD and is now in his fourth month at Presbyterian the need for organ donors. THE REGISTER University Hospital, Pittsburgh. Each year, she said, as many as 30 percent of Last month, the 45-year-old man underwent those needing new hearts die while on the wait- a delicate operation to insert a device that al- ing list. Ten years ago, when Edie Fisher first moved "There are simply not enough donors," she to Rumson and applied for a New Jersey driv- lows a computer to pump his heart. "He would have died without it," Edie Fisher said. said. "People are not aware of the tremendous er's license, she entered her name as an organ problem." THE REGISTER/CHET GORDON donor "simply as a matter of conscience." That was a temporary measure to keep his A person who wants to donate organs after Now, as she spends each day at the side of heart beating until a donor could be found. But death has to do more than leave written notifi- her husband Jack as he waits for a heart trans- for Jack Fisher, as it is for thousands of others, cation of that desire. Fisher said. The final de- Bearing the colors plant, she appreciates the importance of that that task has proven to be the most difficult cision, she added, is left to the deceased's fami- act. step of all. ly. Cub Scout Jimmy Gurbisz, 8, bears the flag during a proc- Jack Fisher, who suffers from cardiomyopa- One thing his wife has been doing is speak- "You have to stress to your family that 'this essional yesterday at the newly opened sanctuary of Grace thy, a disease of the heart muscle, has been in ing to local friends who know rock star and is how I really feel,' " she said. United Methodist Church, Eatbntown. 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