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1 C4 Asbury Park PressFrl. Feb. 1, 1980 J7 foman facing flrk f- fit to prison sentence in shooting death Eight seek VFW title Eight girls will compete for the title of Miss Monmouth County Veterans of Foreign Wars at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Harold Daley VFW Post 1333, 701 Lake Asbury Park. Tickets, at will be available at the door.

The contestants are (left to right) Mary Ann Alvarado, Liza Gilbert and Anne C. Benja- min, all of Wall Township; Mary Orem, Shrewsbury; Suzanne Brown, Ocean Towiiship; Dorothy Grace Mieras, Ocean Grove; Patricia Thiers, Belmar; and Lorl Frances Gizzi, Middletown Township. Winner will represent the district in the Miss New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars contest in Wlldwood in June. State nests luring ospreys to new home When the project began, osprey eggs were brought here from nests in Maryland, Miss Galli said. This was necessary because DDT, which is stored in the system and increases in concentration the higher it reaches in the food chain, caused the osprey to produce infertile eggs or eggs with shells too thin to support the nesting bird's weight.

Project personnel removed eggs from infertile New Jersey nests and replaced them with healthy eggs from Maryland. The adult birds hatched these eggs as if they were their own. When the birds were born, they became imprinted to return to locations in this state to nest. Due to a decrease in the concentration of DDT in the birds' bodies and an increase in the osprey population, eggs are no longer transferred from Maryland although they are still moved from nests within the state, Miss Galli said. Project personnel install the 12-foot poles, made from old telephone poles with a wood-' en platform pallet on top, with the aid of a helicopter, which lowers the pole into place, McLain said.

Poles are installed in remote or reach spots to lessen the chance that the birds will be disturbed or destroyed, he said. Ten poles will be installed this year throughout the state, McLain said. The project has been so successful that it may be possible to remove the osprey from the endangered species list within the next few years, division director Russell A. Cook- -ingham said in a prepared release. If this happens, it would be the first time since the list began that a species was re- -moved, he said.

posito how to load and fire the 30.06 rifle, according to Mrs. Esposito. Mrs. Esposito said she, her husband and four children used the Lakewood home on weekends and in the summer and that Pettison lived on the property year-round and did handyman jobs and acted as a watchman there. Mrs.

Esposito said she had traveled from northern New Jersey after 5 p.m. May 19 to work on a church project and another project for a daughter. She said she could not have yelled to Pettison when she heard the noises early the next morning because the trailer is 300 feet from the house and had no telephone. She said that after she fired the rifle toward the woods at the rear of the 7.5-acre property, she heard a scream. Mrs.

Esposito said she ran in the house, turned on the floodlights to brighten the back yard and saw Pettison coming toward the house. She said she ran outside and Pettison told her to drive him to the hospital because he had been hit in the thigh and was bleeding badly. Mrs. Esposito said she was hysterical and told Pettison she was in no condition to drive but went inside and called for an amu-blance. POLICE ARRIVED a few minutes later, about 1 p.m., and the ambulance arrived 10 or 15 minutes later.

Police testified Pettison was unconscious when they arrived. Police said they did nothing to aid Pettison and did not rush him to the hospital because an ambulance was on the way. Pettison was admitted to the hospital at 1:25 a.m., according to hospital records. The pathologist at the hospital said Pettison might have lived is he had received medical help sooner. During its deliberations yesterday morning, the jury asked to hear parts of Mrs.

Es-posito's testimony. By DANIEL S. CLAY Press Staff Writer TOMS RIVER Roseanne Esposito faces up to 10 years in prison after an Ocean County jury found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Trent A. Pettison Sr. May 20, 1978.

A jury of seven men and five women deliberated nearly seven hours before unanimously agreeing Mrs. Esposito, the mother of four children, was guilty. Superior Court Judge Harold Corley White set April 18 for sentencing and continued her $5,000 bail. Mrs. Esposito and her husband wept when the Jury returned the verdict at 2:05 p.m.

Mrs. Esposito was found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Pettison by shooting him with a rifle at 1 a.m. May 20. Pettison, a handyman who lived in a trailer on the Esposito property at 1521 Massachusetts Lakewood, died of loss of blood at Paul Kimball Hospital at 2:05 a.m., 65 minutes after the shooting. Mrs.

Esposito told police at the time and the jury Wednesday that she was alone in the house, thought she heard prowlers and fired a gun toward the woods in an effort to attract Pettison's attention and scare away any prowlers. She said she purposely fired away from the trailer in which Pettison lived and away from the noise she heard because she didn't want to hit anyone. But the prosecution argued that firing into the darkness was a reckless disregard for human life. Assistant Prosecutor Edward Oles said Mrs. Esposito had other alternatives and that she could have fired into the air.

Defense lawyer Marshall Wofsy told the jury in his closing statement that it is easy to be a "Monday morning quarterback" and think of many other things Mrs. Esposito could have done. IT WAS PETTISON who taught Mrs. Es Board bars ASBURY PARK The Board of Education adopted a lunch policy last night prohibiting high school students from leaving the property during the school day. A board member said the move was prompted, in part, by the death last week of a student who was struck by a train during the lunch recess.

"We are very upset over the incident" that took the life of 16-year-old Christopher Smith, said board President Maureen Burgess. She said the tragedy prodded the board absences during lunch Four persons indicted in kidnapping ing to Joaa Galli, a state nongame biologist. LAST YEAR that number had increased to 87 nests, 15 of which were new, Miss Galli said. Osprey eggs usually hatch in June, McLain said. In September, the young birds fly south, usually to South America, where the males remain for two years and the females for three, he said.

When the birds mature, they return to nest in the area they were born due to a biological process called imprinting, McLain said. Imprinting is a learning process at a very young age and produces behavior that is difficult to erase. Birds that hatch in this part of the state will return here to nest, thereby increasing the species, he said. Council wants to hire former official of DEP TOMS RIVER Ocean County officials want former state environmental commissioner Richard J. Sullivan to represent them in discussing the county's solid waste management plan with the state.

That is one of the recommendations the county Solid Waste Advisory Council has made to the county Board of Freeholders to comply with modifications the Department of Environmental Protection wants in its plan. The recommendation is for the county to retain Westwater and Gaston, a Trenton consulting firm, as an "intergovernmental" agent. Sullivan, the state's first DEP commissioner under Gov. William T. Cahill, is associated with the firm, county planning director Steven L.

Pollock said. Pollock told the freeholders yesterday that instead of a single consultant the council has been using, M. Disko Associates, Union Township, the council wants to use a few firms. Disko would be retained to provide technical advice, especially on the operation of landfills, he said. gained by forcing a rear door, police said.

Safe-crackers foiled WALL TOWNSHIP Police say delivery men scared off thieves trying to crack open the safe in McDonalds Restuarant, Route 35 hear Lakewood Road, early Wednesday. When the delivery men arrived in a tractor-trailer about 1 a.m., they found the window of the side door smashed, according to Detective Capt. William D. Miller. The driver, Kenneth Miclionico, called police to report the break-in.

Miller said he believed the thieves were in the building when the men entered to make their delivery, but escaped. Police found safe-cracking tools on the floor around the safe, Miller said. But the safe had not been opened. Thieves were more successful a year ago when they broke open the safe and made off with its contents, Miller said. The incident was the township's third attempted safe-cracking in two years, he said.

Detective Bart Cox and Patrolman William Gleason are investigating. Bomb found in car WALL TOWNSHIP Police arrested a Neptune man early yesterday after allegedly discovering a pipe bomb in his car during a motor vehicle check. Ronald Mills, Pine Brook Drive, Neptune, was being held in $4,100 bail at the Monmouth County Jail last night, Detective Capt. William D. Miller said.

Patrolman William Gleason stopped Mills at Route 71 and 18th Avenue about 3 a.m., Miller said. Gleason allegedly saw a small quanity of marijuana and some amphetamines in the car, Miller said. When he searched the car, he allegedly found the pipe bomb on the floor of the back seat. A bomb squad from Fort Monmouth took the bomb away. Fort Monmouth officials described the bomb as "live" and said its power was three times that of an M-80, a powerful firecracker.

The bomb will be held at Fort Monmouth for 90 days, then destroyed, Miller said. Police charged Mills with possession of a pipe bomb, manufacturing and transporting the bomb, possession of amphetamines and possession of less than 25 grams of marijuana. He will be arraigned here Monday. By LYNDA L. WIRTZ Press Staff Writer BAY HEAD The osprey has a place to call home on a stretch of land on Twilight Lake.

A nesting pole for the birds was installed at the lake yesterday as part of the state Endangered and Nongame Species Project. The project, operated by the Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, attempts to replenish the population of ospreys and other endangered species in the state, according to Paul D. McLain, deputy director of the division and project supervisor. McLain and Joann Frier, a conservation officer, biologist and project leader, were part of a group that installed four nesting poles near the Bamegat and Manasquan inlets. THE OTHER sites were Gull Island in the Manasquan River off Point Pleasant Beach and on Sedge Islands In the Barnegat Bay off Island Beach State Park.

The poles were put up to provide the returning birds with additional nesting areas, McLain said. They are being installed here to try to introduce the birds in areas where they have not been feeding, he said. The osprey is a bird of prey in the hawk family. It was once plentiful along the coast, but almost disappeared from the state as a result of widespread use of the pesticide DDT and general destruction of its natural habitat. When work with the ospreys began in 1974 there were 50- nests in the state, accord- to leave school during the 25-minute lunch periods.

But it wasn't until the current school year that problems began to develop with pupils littering neighborhood properties and returning late for their afternoon classes, Jannarone said. "They have not been accepting the responsibility that accompanies the privilege," he said. According to the school board resolution, students are to eat lunch in the school cafeteria, or other "designated areas." Courts dairy store on Joline Avenue last night. According to police, two juveniles approximately 17 and 15 years old entered the store about 9:45 p.m. and directed the clerk to hand over the money in the cash register.

Police estimated the suspects got away with $70. The older of the two carried a large stick. There were no customers in the store at the time, police said. The two fled on foot. Police described the older of the two as a light-skinned black youth of medium build with a medium afro.

He was wearing a navy blue fur coat with maroon trousers. The other youth, also black, was wearing a blue coat with fur strips, and brown corduroy trousers. Two charged in theft ALLENHURST Two men were charged yesterday afternoon and charged with trying to steal aluminum wire belonging to Jersey Central Power Light police said. officials signed complaints against Joseph M. Roussell, Pemberton Avenue, Oceanport, and Ralph E.

Marra, Broadway, Ocean Grove, charging both with theft and trespassing. Also charged with trespassing was Robert C. Ward, Elberon Avenue, Elberon. The three were released in $50 bail each. Patrolman William Duerr said he saw the suspects trying to load the wire from a storage shed at Cedar Avenue and Main Street on their truck at noon.

Two larcenies probed OCEAN TOWNSHIP Police are investigating two forced entries and larcenies in which cash, jewelry and camera equipment were stolen. Both burglaries happened between Jan. 24 and 27, police said. Patrolman James Condos is investigating an entry at the home of Lester Davidson, Maplewood Avenue, Oakhurst, in which an undetermined amount of jewelry and camera equipment was taken. Entry was gained through a rear door, police said.

Patrolman Samuel DiLieto is continuing an investigation of an entry at the home of John Glbbs Wickapecko Drive, In which a small amount of cash, a gold pocket watch and a wristwatch were taken. Entry also was Area Representatives Governor Brendan T. Byrne State Capital Trenton, N. J. 08625 U.

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Kennedy Steven P. Perskie 503 Washington Blvd. 1125 Atlantic Ave. Sea Girt, N.J. 08750 Atlantic City, N.J, 08401 Assembly Assembly William F.

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07724 Ocean City, N.J. 08226 District 11 District8 Senate Senate S. Thomas Gagliano Barry T. Parker 105 Middletown Rd. 115 High St.

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07728 Bordentown, N.J. 08505 District 12 District 9 Senate Senate Eugene J. Bedell John F. Russo 1 Church St. Dover Mall 5 Keansburg, N.J.

07734 Routes 166 37 Toms River, N.J. 08753 Assembly Assembly William E. Flynn Hazel Gluck 550 Route 9 Dover Mall P.O. Box 515 Rtes. 166 and 37 Old Bridge, N.J.

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08753 County Officials Monmouth County Area Ocean County. Area Freeholder Director Freeholder Director Ray Kramer Leonard T. Connors Jr. Hall of Records Ocean County Administration Building Main Street 101 Hooper Ave Freehold, N. J.

07728 Toms River, N. J. 08753 to reinstate a ban on leaving school grounds during the lunch period. Smith, 111 Third Belmar, a former Asbury Park High School student, was a student at the Learning Center on Grand Avenue. Superintendent of Schools R.

Thomas Jannarone said the board had been considering the ban for about six months, and the youth's death acted as "the punctuation mark, indicating it was time to move." Since 1976, students have been permitted Police, Foster, William Foster's former wife, Slover said. He said Mrs. Foster lured Kinseher on a pretext to Ocean Township, where her former husband and the other suspects were waiting to kidnap him. Mrs. Foster had complained to her former husband about treatment she and her daughter Jodi had received from Kinseher, Slover said.

The three men were charged also with three counts of threatening to take the life of Kinseher, one count of atrocious assault and battery upon Kinseher by striking, beating and lacerating his ear and causing a traumatic nasal fracture, one count of assault with intent to rob Kinseher, and one count of stealing $70 and a wallet both belonging to Kinseher. Mary Evelyn Foster was charged with one count of aiding and abetting Lutchko, Des Biens and Foster in atrocious assault and battery on Kinseher. She was charged also with two counts of aiding and abetting Lutchko, Des Biens and Foster in threatening to take the life of Kinseher by stating to Kinseher that "if you try to get away we will end it right now," and that if Kinseher "did not stay away from Mary Foster and Jodi Foster," he would be killed. Slover said a fifth suspect was still being sought. Ex-sergeant gets term FREEHOLD Former Keansburg police sergeant Charles Hoff was sentenced to three months in the Monmouth County Jail yesterday for violating the terms of his probation.

Hoff was convicted of misconduct in office and larceny in July 1977 for stealing 13.6 gallons of gas from a municipal pump. He was given a 2- to 3-year suspended sentence, fined $1,000, and put on parole for two years. Hoff, who lives in Tuckerton, failed to pay the fine. Superior Court Judge John P. Arnone sentenced him to a year in the county jail but suspended all but three months.

Judge Arnone also gave him a suspended 2- to 3-year state prison sentence. Store clerk robbed LONG BRANCH Police are searching for two juveniles armed with a large stick who robbed a clerk at the Welsh Farms FREEHOLD Three Highlands men and Neptune woman were indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury yesterday in the alleged kidnapping of an Ocean Township man on June 2. Wayne Thomas Lutchko, James Edward Des Biens and William Foster were charged with one count of assault with intent to kidnap and one count of kidnapping Thomas H. Kinesher in Ocean Township and taking him by automobile to a boat off the coast of New Jersey. They were charged with one count of threatening to kidnap Kinseher by allegedly stating to Kinseher that "they were going to take him for a boat ride and use him for chum." Although the indictment mentioned no motive for the kidnapping, Ocean Township Detective Ervin Slover said the motive was revenge.

Kinseher had recently moved out of an apartment he shared with Mary Evelyn Give Us a Call The Press is your newspaper, and we want to hear from you. Did you see a mistake in our news coverage? Got a complaint about the coverage? A suggestion? A request? Here's how you can get a direct line to the right person, any weekday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: In the immediate toll-free area, call 774-7000. In areas requiring a toll call, use free 800-822-9770 line. The Person To Ask For General news questions Raymond J.

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