Red Bank remains top boys' basketball team, 1B The Register MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1878 ^^^^W MONDAY, JAN. 9. 1989 VOL. 111 NO. 84 25 CENTS State nixes Hunt Meet Bayshore group challenge seeks to avoid By VIRGINIA KENT DORRIS Th4 REGISTER traffic troubles MIDDLETOWN — The head of the By RANDAL C.ABCHIBOLD N.J. Racing Commission has ruled that THE REGISTER the annual Hunt Race Meet will continue Route 36 is the spine of to run despite a challenge by local lawyer the Bayshore. There's no Larry Loigman. Plans to replace the Kcansburg Amuse- ment Park with a $100 million devel- question that as the plans The Friday decision by Bruce Garland, opment have generally received kudos go forth for \jie Bayshore executive director of the racing commis- from residents and officials, but the traffic sion, came after he received an opinion increase on Route 36 generated by that of the future, that it is from the state Attorney General's office project and others in the Bayshore could imperative that Route 36 turn the praise into gripes. that classified the annual charity event as be an integral part of that a long-running fair or agricultural event. Nobody knows lor sure how much traf- fic could increase on the state highway if planning. Under such a classification, an event the project goes through, but a study does not need a license from the commis- Arthur Z. Kamin under way on traffic patterns on Route 36 Director, Bayshore Development Office sion. and area mass transit could provide some answers. Loigman, who. has called the annual on traffic on Route 36, but also on the event "an attractive nuisance," said he Since last August, a Philadelphia plan- effectiveness of the bus lines that cross the disagrees with the state Attorney Gener- ning consultant has been counting traffic- highway's area, said Gillian Thomas, the al's Office's interpretation of the statute on the highway, surveying public trans- stucK's project manager and secretary of and added that he may file either a crimi- portation users and studying intersections the Monmouth County Planning Board's nal or civil lawsuit on the matter. to determine what needs to be done to Transportation Coordinating Committee. allow efficient passage through the area. The feasibility of using the old Central "The hunt is not organized as a fair or Free-flowing traffic on Route 36 is es- Jersey Railroad right of way. extending an agricultural evept," he said. "This is an sential to the success of Bayshore Devel- from Matawan to Atlantic Highlands, for illustration of how out of touch (the Attor- opment, experts say. and that is why the a light railway or monorail route also is ney General's Office) is with the statutes Route 36 Corridor Study was started. , being studied. Thomas said. and court decisions in this state." She stressed, however, that such uses "Route 36 is the spine of the Hay- would not be considered until well into .< Loigman contacted the Racing Com- shore," said Arthur Z. Kamin, director of the future and that for now. the right of mission in October seeking to have the the state's Bayshore Development Office. wa> could be used fora pedestrian path or race discontinued after he determined that "There's po question that as the plans go other recreational use. forth for the Bayshore of the future, that it it operated without a license. is imperative that Route 36 be an integral The study will cost $50,000. $41,000 of part of that planning." which will be picked up by the state De- "1 don't intend to take any action at partment of Transportation and the re- this point," Garland said, adding that he THE REGISTER/ED BRETT The study, slated for unveiling around mainder by the county. Thomas said. would provide racing commissioners with Dennis Stiles of Shrewsbury pumps gas at the Mobil station on Shrewsbury Memorial Day. will provide data not onlj 'See ROUTE Page 2A copies of the opinion. Avenue and Newman Springs Road, Shrewsbury. The station's operator, Craig Huber, a deputy attorney general' James Russo, is fighting a request by his franchisers, Mobil Oil Co., that the who wrote the opinion, said his reading of Borough Council allow the station to stay open around the clock. the statute indicates that the hunt race is exempt from the license requirement be- cause betting on the rate is not sanctioned by the event's organizers, the Monmouth Shrewsbury to consider County Hunt Racing Association. "My understanding is that this is al- allowing 24-hour stores most like a picnic event," Huber said. "The law exempts certain organizations like the 4-H — they wouldn't need a li- Service station operator battling proposal cense for an event. To exclude the Mid- nesses selling goods for off-the-prem- dlctuwn Hunt Race from that exemption By ELAINE CANNIZZARO ises consumption from staying open would be unfair." THE REGISTER after 10 p.m. As to the complaint made by Loigman Ben Dinkins, in-house counsel for and others thai betting occurs at the hunt Mobil, said "there is a Texaco station SHREWSBURY — The fate of a on the opposite side of the street that is race, Huber said private betting is out of long-standing ordinance preventing bo- allowed to remain open 24 hours be- the racing commission's control. rough businesses from operating 24 hours a day may be decided at tonight's cause it's in another municipality. One "At every football game, you go into the Borough Council meeting. of the reasons we're requesting this is stands and there are people betting," he that we're at a significant competitive In an effort to be competitive with disadvantage." said. "I don't think the racing association nearby service stations, Mobil Oil Co. has to police everyone there." But Mobil station operator. James asked the council in November to Russo, who was unaware of the cor- The Hunt Race, run for the 58th time amend the ordinance so that the Mobil poration's request at the time, hus said station on the corner of Newman he docs not want to stay open around last October, is a steeplechase event con- Springs Road and Shrewsbury Avenue the clock for fear of crime at the sta- THE REGISTER/MARTIN PETTERGHAK ducted at the 500-acre Woodland Farm could remain open 24 hours. off Chapel Hill Road. In 1988, the event tion. TRAFFIC THREAT? — Projects planned in Bayshore municipalities along the raised more than $300,000 for charity, The 1967 ordinance prohibits busi- See COUNCIL, Page 2A Route 36 corridor could increase traffic on the road, which provides access to the said organizer Todd Thompson. northern Monmouth County seacoast as well as the Bayshore. Long Branch group plans benefit to fund preservation effort For almost a year, the United woods, the council will host 10 sicians, guest speakers are sched- ticket sales for the event "quite a I he remainder will he used "to By LAURENCE ARNOLD Community Council of Long hours of music and guest speakers uled to include Rep. Frank Pallone statement by the public". advertise in any way we can to get Sunday, according to Chris El- Jr., who opposed plans for the con- THE REGISTER Branch has been waging a legal The concert, scheduled to last the public's attention." he said. fight against the planned construc- Iwood, project organizer for the dominiums when he served on the UCC. City Council. from 4 p.m. until 2 a.m., will be- Last February, when the council tion of 82 condominium units in held at the Green Parrot rock club voted to remove a controversial LONG BRANCH — A battle Ellwood said the group has sold "We want more people to know Jackson Woods, an II-acre parcel in Neptune. clause from the deed for Jackson over a wetlands tract that has been of forested wetlands in the North more than 400 of the 500 tickets it of the need for open spaces, the printed up, at a cost of $5 each. Woods, five \K'C members sued fought in the courts for months End section of Long Branch. need to strike a balance between Some of the event's proceeds will have a new stage Sunday "We're going to try to sell out," he open space and the need for devel- will go toward paying expenses in- the city. In July, a Superior Court when nine local bands perform in In an effort to raise money for said. opment," said UCC president Mi- curred by the UCC in its litigation judge ruled in their favor. a benefit for Jackson Woods. its campaign to preserve the In addition to the featured mu- chael DeStefano. who called the against the city, Ellwood said. See GROUP, Page 2A THE BOTTOM LINE Library move Scholar-athlete Soviets see red Having overcome a financial It's been a slow start for the Soviet President Mikhail Ann Landers 7A Movies 4B Obstacle. Eatontown officials Shore Regional High School Gorbachev said In a speech Business 7B Nation/World 4A will resume plans to move the basketball team but things published yesterday that the Classified 8B Obituaries 4A public library from the should change soon, says Kremlin is besieged by municipal building to a new senior Joe Nappo Jr. financial problems that may Comics 6B Sports 1B require defense cuts. Crossword 7A State 8B home In the old post office. Nappo, The Register's Editorial 6A Television 5B The relocation of the library Scholastic Athlete of the Week, His speech painted a picture Horoscope 7A Town Crier 9A is intended to relieve what Is averaging nearly 20 points a of a leadership struggling to blot the red ink while Living 10A Weather 4A library workers, police officers game, and wads the team In rebounds with about 11 per consumers blame the reforms Lotteries 2A Your Town 8A and municipal officials say are cramped conditions.