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REGION A2- The Daily Journal Friday, May 5, 1995 Loan OK'd for industrial park tenant POLICE BEAT Police, Lottery Corrections Ail items in "Police Beat" are based on official reports of events that occurred within 48 hours before publication. after reading of Vineland in ar) economic development magaj-zine. "It just worked out great' Lelli said. "Once in a while, things just work out right" At the time, Lelli said Mas ada obtained one of the last four lots available in the Industrial Park. Presently, only two lots remain undeveloped and available.

"It's a good, solid business to add to our industrial park," Lelli said. He said $10,000 of Masda's $560,000 loan will be used for legal fees. "This is a loan," Lelli said. "As they pay it back, it will be recycled into our second generation loan pool for other businesses." Lelli said Masda officials initiated interest in the site ricated gas fireplaces and appliances. The company will construct a office warehouse at 1859 Chammings Court James Lelli, Vineland Economic Development director, said Masda will bring new construction and permanent jobs and boost city ra tables.

The project is expected to be completed by Sept. 30. ByGENEVERNACCHIO Staff Writer MILLVILLE The local Urban Enterprise Zone Development Corp. Thursday approved a $560,000 loan that will help lure a new Vineland Industrial Park tenant and create at least six new jobs. The board voted to extend the low-interest loan to Masda a distributor of prefab Decision Man held for attack wjth screwdriver MILLVILLE Kevin Baer, 26, Dock Street, was held on $5,000 cash bail on a charge of aggravated assault early today.

Baer was accused of punching a 45 year-old man in the face with a screwdriver during an argument at Second and Broad Streets at 2 a.m., according to Capt. Ronald Harvey of Millville Police. The victim was released from South Jersey Hospital System, Millville Division, after receiving two stitches to close a cut of the forehead, Harvey said. on Shieldalloy site Finishing touch T7 4 mm minor after he beat his 7-year-old nephew with a belt, according to police reports. A guidance teacher at the Durand school and representative of the state Division of Youth and Family Services found numerous deep bruises on the child's back, chest and shoulders after being notified by a family member, police said.

Mendez told police he tried to dicipline the youth because he dropped his 10-month-old sister. The juvenile said he was holding his sister trying to stop her from crying. The child's parents told police they did not mind the uncle exercising discipline with a belt, according to police reports. Tatiana Vega, 43, Delsea Drive, and Carmela Osorio, 21, Bridgeton, were charged with shoplifting $50 in clothing at Value City in Cumberland Mall. Michael Crescitelli, 32, Grove Road, was charged with violation of a restraining order after a disturbance at the Fireside Tavern, North Main Road.

Quentin McClellen, 32, Village Apartments, East Walnut Road, was charged with possession of an open container of alcoholic beverage and consuming an alcoholic beverage in the 600 block of Landis Avenue. Debra Moreno, 31, Redwood trailer park, 1811 North Delsea Drive, also known as Debra Lumberk, was charged with drunken driving after her car was halted at Seventh and Elmer streets by Officer James Filluzzi of Vineland Police. John Hopkins, 22, Luciano Avenue, was charged with illegal possession of a handgun and possession of marijuana after the car in which he was riding was halted by police at Delsea Drive and Walnut Road at 2 a.m. Thursday. A 16-year-old youth was arrested for calling 9-1-1 from VHS 0-10 and reporting a fire at the school.

The juvenile, who said he did it "as a joke," was charged shortly after several fire trucks arrived at the school, police said. Robbery charges were lodged against Kimberly Grant, 18, Brewster Apartments, Chestnut Avenue and Brewster Road, and Josette Bennett, 21, South Maple Drive. Louis Reyes, 20, Jackson Drive, was charged with wanderingremaining in a known drug area at Boulevard and Grape Street Miguel Mendez, 36, Montrose Street, was charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a Frank Baxter, 53, South Beaver Drive, Laurel Lake, was charged with drunken driving and carelees driving after his car was stopped at Buck and Mulberry streets at 2 a.m. Thursday by Officer Emil Gardner of Millville Police. i i Staff photoCharles J.

Olson Jimmy Marandino of Marandino Concrete parks. Marandino was one of the workers at puts a finishing touch to part of the the park on the intersection of Landis Avenue construction site of one of the Vineland mini- and the Boulevard in Vineland. Spanish channel out of cable line-up NEW JERSEY PICK 3: 076 Straight: Box: $50; Pairs: $30 PICK 4: 2427 Straight: Box: $256.50 THURSDAY'S PICK 6: 6-13-35-36-40-44 BONUS NUMBER: 17142 (mtmm Sammons tions is asking viewers interested in Spanish programming to write WTGI-TV (Channel 61) management and urge station management to reconsider broadcasting Telemundo. Phone number: (215) 923-2661. Sammons Communications quiere que los tele-videntes interesados en programacion en espanol le escriban a WTGI-TV (Canal 61) le pidan a la jerencia que reconsidere transmitir Telemundo.

El numero de telefonoes (215) 923-2661. programming. Now, Taylor said Sammons is unable to drop Channel 61 because of "must carry" rules and cannot add WNJU because all allotted channel space is now in use. Univision, the other Spanish channel, continues its broadcasts on channel 41 on the Sammons system. Subscribers such as Felix Colon of Millville said they are angry about the switch and the cable carrier is the typical target.

"When they switched from Channel 47 to Channel 61, I could see the trouble brewing," PENNSYLVANIA DAILY: 370 BIG 4: 5011 CASH FIVE: 10-14-28-32-33 due in fall; Residents speak to DEP official By VIC MONACO Staff Writer NEWFIELD The state is; expected to decide this fall on how to clean up chromium! groundwater contamination caused by the Shieldalloyj Metallurgical Corp. i That decision, an official ofi the state Department of Envi- ronmental Protection (DEP) said Thursday, could state that; the company's cleanup equipment used since 1992 is; adequate. It could also allow; the company to move ahead with its plan to close three-lagoons that continue to leak; chromium. Donna Gaffigan, of the DEP's; Bureau of Federal Case Man-; agement, said a half-mile area of groundwater contaminated; by chromium has improved, since the time just before the equipment was installed. "The new electro-chemical' system is doing a wonderful job," Gaffigan told about 25 people at the St.

Rose of Lima Church. The community meeting was sponsored by the New-field Residents Environmental Group. Jim Valenti of Shieldalloy said the chromium contamination has improved from as bad as 20,000 parts per billion to as low as 5,000 parts per billion. However, Terry Rag-one of the local environmental 1 group pointed out that anything over 100 parts per billion is not considered safe for drinking. The DEP restricted the use of wells in the area in 1986.

Gaffigan said chromium has caused cancer in laboratory mice and is a suspected carcinogen for humans. Shieldalloy, which produces ferroalloys and aluminum alloys for the production of steel and aluminum, has been on the Superfund cleanup list of the federal Environmental Protection Agency as a result of volatile organic compound (VOC) contamination of groundwater at the company site on West Boulevard. Also, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to issue a report in June on how the company should discard three huge piles of low-level radioactive waste. Gaffigan said the DEP is still studying the issue of the VOC contamination because there are several other local companies that could be responsible. Gaffigan said Shieldalloy must close several lagoons which have leaking linings.

Plant Manager Kenneth Pugh said the company wants to do that because operating the groundwater cleansing system costs $2 million a year. He said the company must await the DEP's cleanup decision before it can move ahead. "We want to close them as quickly as possible from an environmental and cost standpoint," he said. Gaffigan said the DEP will complete its work on the groundwater cleanup plan by June. After that, she said, a public hearing will be held in late summer or early fall and the DEP will render a decision.

Ragone said her group has been focusing on the radioactive cleanup, and Thursday's meeting provided the chance to learn, more about the groundwater problem. "I heard that remediation was stalled but it sounds like it hasn't stalled, so that's good," she said. WHAT IT MEANS: Donna Gaffigan, of the DEP's Bureau of Federal Case Management, said the DEP will complete its work on the groundwater cleanup plan by June. After that, she said, a public hearing will be held early fall a decision will be made on the clean-up. Susan Pale, 31, Parkland, was charged with possession of heroin, possession of a hypodermic needle and possession of drug paraphernalia after her car was halted at East Main Street and Route 55 by Officer David MacDonald of Millville Police.

tl 'J III Ml K'i-f TP DELAWARE DAILY-AFTERNOON: 555 PLAY 4-AFTERNOON 7588 DAILY-EVENING: 047 PLAY4-EVENING: 8228 Journal In Millville Fath't Department Store 1 20 N. High Street, Millville, NJ 08332 Publication No. 349980 Single Copy 35 Published dally HOME DELIVERY Carrier $2.30 Motor Route $2.40 Paid In Advance 3 Months Motor Route .20 6 Month Motor Route 1 Year $1 1 9.60 Motor Route $1 24.80 Mall Subscriptions 3mol 127.30 6 .154.80 tyr $109.20 Colg(9mol) $81.00 MlllUry $81.90 Woman works for senior citizens program Catherine Spera, who was quoted in a feature on Vineland Pride Week Wednesday, is a worker for a senior citizens Green Thumb program at the Fiorilli Senior Center. Her job description was incorrectly reported. The policy of this newspaper is to correct all factual errors in articles as soon as possible.

Errors may be called to the attention of the following editors: (Local news) Geri Ferrara, 563-5248; (Living Section) Features Editor Corrine Sheppard-Borton, 563-5243; (Sports Section) Sports Editor Joseph Morita, 563-5261; or Executive Editor William Chanin, 563-5240. The direct line to the newsroom is 691-6966. ByGENEVERNACCHIO Staff, Writer VINELAND The number of Spanish programing channels carried by Sammons Communications has been cut in half to one. But Sammons, which provides service to Vineland, Millville, Buena, Newfield and other surrounding municipalities, says it was a decision they were forceli into making. Earlier this week, Philadelphia-based WTGI-TV Channel 61 replaced its Spanish-language programming from affiliated network Tele-mundo in favor of religious and infomercial programs.

Michael Taylor, general manager of Sammons Communications, said Sammons is forced to carry Channel 61 as part of provisions of the 1992 Cable Consumer Protection and Competition Act. Taylor is encouraging angered subscribers to write or call WTGI and ask that Spanish programming be returned. Officials at WTGI did not return telephone messages by The Daily Journal Thursday. When WTGI was added to the Sammons line-up less then two years ago, WNJU-TV Channel 47 in Newark was dropped. At the time, Taylor said both stations were Spanish-oriented Telemundo affiliates and offered duplicate JF tt Colon said.

"Channel 61 started cutting an hour here and then two hours of shows there. Now they cut everything. It stinks. "We pay good money for cable, why can't they give us this?" Colon asked. "I will miss Telemundo." Colon said he and other family members particularly liked the news programs on Telemundo.

With about 20 percent of the Vineland population Hispanic, Lydia Munoz, chief executive officer of the Spanish Community Center in Landisville, wonders where many area residents will be able to tune in for entertainment and cultural programming. "I really think this decision is doing a disservice to a portion of the population," Munoz said. Casa PRAC officials in Vine-land refused comment. Taylor said Sammons recognizes the cultural diversity of Cumberland County and would like to resume carrying Telemundo if possible. Taylor said he has received several calls from angered subscribers since the programming shift on May 2.

"We want to inform the public that this is not something their cable operator has done," Taylor said. "We have no recourse. Our hands are tied." Thursday that DeFilippis asked that no further information be disclosed about her condition. Alfred DeFilippis left his home around 9 p.m. Sunday to go td work in Atlantic City at 11 p.m.

but he returned home unexpectedly around 1 a.m. Monday, police said. He was found in a chair in the family room and was pronounced dead at the scene. "An autopsy has revealed that the wounds to the man's chest are con-sistant with that of being self inflicted," Zatzariny said. The couple's dog was also found dead inside the house.

Vineland veterinarian Dr. Michael J. Hennesy, who examined the animal, told police it died of knife wounds. The Daily Vol. 8, No.

104 USPS 349-980 Friday, May 5, 1995 Second Class Postage Paid at vineland, New Jersey 08360 SAL DEVIVO Publisher BILL CHANIN GERALD COVELLA EikuUv Editor NM Editor CORRINE SHEPPARD-BORTON JOSEPH MORITA Uving Editor SpOrU Editor GERI FERRARA City Editor The Dally Journal In Vineland: 891 E. Oak Road Vineland, N.J. 08360 Theater From A1 During a public hearing two jweeks ago, the council called the MandersMerighi plan "the most viable" option presented to date. said he had tried to a number of parties together 'but was unable to solidify any (agreement within the two-week lextension granted by the council. Hopefully, he said, others will develop options and the City ICouncil would give them serious Iconsideration.

"Obviously, I would like to see theater saved," Manders said. Members of Landis Theatre 'Redevelopment Association were lupset by the recent developments feared the council would proceed with the Rite Aid proposal. Catherine O'Donnell, a member the volunteer group, said the met its mandate to up with several options but Ithere was no one with any money, especially for their community center idea. On Tuesday, the City Council will hold a public hearing to sell the Landis Theatre and the adjacent Mori Building to a private developer. The wording of the ordinance has been altered so the city isn't locked Into selling the property to Rite Aid.

However, the city officials said they will not purchase property to own it. They plan to take possession of the property only to immediately sell It to a private developer. The council has previously approved a $330,000 Urban Enterprise Zone application to purchase the buildings from the Resolution Trust Corp. Now it will have to determine who to sell it to. The public hearing begins at 7:30 in City Council Chambers.

Suicide From A1 ing on a couch when she was stabbed in the back and cut on the throat, police said. She managed to stagger to a neighbor, Marie Valdiseri, who called police and the Emergency Medical Service. "The pounding was just so said. "I heard her calling, 'Help me. Help me'.

"When I looked, she was laying down in a fetal position. I saw a pool of blood and I could see her throat was slashed. don't know if I'll ever get that picture out of my mind." DeFilippis was reported to be in stable condition in Newcomb Medical Center Wednesday. A hospital spokesperson said For that to happen, she said, the city would have had to be involved. The group was given two weeks to develop ways to save the theater, which dates back to 1937.

The council gave the extension to fine-tune proposals. "A group of volunteers was able to do more in two weeks that the city was willing to do in two years," she said. During Thursday's work session, the council expressed concerns about Albrecht's auto mall plan because it lacked an explanation how the Mori Building would be renovated so tenants could move in. Albrecht couldn't be reached for comment O'Donnell said she was disappointed with her interaction with the city. "I fear that this might discourage others from getting involved," she said.

Another member of the group, David Lowernstern, said he'll attend Tuesday's council meeting to "watch the ship go down. During the meeting, he said, the council will probably vote to go with the Rite Aid project. "That's what's going to happen," he said. "All of us worked so hard for nothing. Miracles don't happen, that's the reality of it.".