By CHRISTOPHER SOUTH Cape May Star and Wave CAPE MAY – Fire Chief Jerry Inderwies and mem- bers of the Cape May Beach Patrol have come up with what appears to be a simple solution to a serious problem. According to Inderwies, when there is an emergency on the beach after hours, nearly everyone has a cell phone to call 911, but many people are not sure of their loca- tion. Often visitors could not remember at what street they entered the beach. “In the past people would call for an emer- gency and would have to try to describe what they were near, such as a hotel,” Inderwies said. According to City Manager Bruce MacLeod, during busier times, 911 calls can be automatically forwarded to the county 911 dispatcher, which can lead to more con- fusion. “There was an occasion when the dispatcher would hear Pittsburgh Avenue (in Cape May) and Wildwood Crest had a problem on Pittsburgh in their communi- ty as well. Both calls ended up at county dispatch,” he said. Inderwies said as a solution to the problem of identifying beaches they came up with the idea of number- ing the beaches and posting a red sign with a white number at the beach entrances, from Poverty Beach to past the Cove. The signs are distinct enough for most peo- ple to read from the water line. “They are to help visitors identify what beach they are at. Now the dis- patcher can ask what number they see near the entrance ramp,” he said. “We knew there had been a problem over the years, and we thought a number would Please see Signs, page A2 Numbered signs should help during emergencies By CHRISTOPHER SOUTH Cape May Star and Wave CAPE MAY – Local divers believe they have finally identified the wreck of a pad- dlewheel steamer that sunk 38 nautical miles off of Cape May over 130 years ago. Brian Sullivan and Rustin “Rusty” Cassway have been diving the wreck they believed to be the Champion, an 1859 iron, side-wheel schooner-rigged steamer. Built by Harlan and Hollingsworth out of Wilmington, Del., it was the first large iron ship built in the United States and was pur- chases by Cornelius Vanderbilt for $145,000. What gave question to the identity of the wreck was there is another sunken paddle- wheel steamer just six miles away. The Admiral Dupont sunk off the coast of Cape May in 1865, and no one knew which wreck was which. They were identified as the Inshore Paddlewheeler and the Offshore Paddlewheeler. Then in June, Sullivan and Cassway made another diving trip to the wreck, the Inshore Paddlewheeler, which they – or at least Sullivan believed to be the Champion. “I always thought it was the Champion,” he said. They drove out to the site on the Research Vessel Explorer, the boat they use is a 42-foot Evans, a Chesapeake Bay workboat they have completely outfit- ted as a diving boat. With them were their crew: Sam Demore, Andy Florey, Steve Gatto, Bruce Leinan, Bart Malone, Lou Sarlo, and Tom Packer. The wreck lie in 110 feet of water, having settled on a “dimple” which was higher than the surrounding area. The divers would go down two at a time to dredge sand from the wreck site. It was during this dredging process that they found the clue lead- ing to identity of the ship, a brass luggage tag stamped with “CHAMPION” and the number 195. The divers had recovered a number of items includ- ing bottles, an inkwell, black powder flasks, a har- monica and a small single shot der- ringer. None of those items gave a clue to the identity of the wreck. “We think this is all peo- ple’s stuff,” Cassway said, indicat- ing artifacts spread out on a table in the Explorer. “This is not ship’s stuff.” One item that might h a v e belonged to the ship was the stem of a s p o o n stamped “Manhattan,” which was a steamship owned by the New York- Charleston Steamship Company. According to Cassway, when a ship was scrapped they often took off useable items and put them on another vessel. The Champion was heading to from New York to Charleston when it sank on Nov. 7, 1879. Cassway said the Champion was running light, carrying a Please see Divers, page A12 Local divers ID 1879 shipwreck Christopher South/Cape May Star and Wave Above, Brian Sullivan and Rusty Cassway display artifacts they found while diving the site of the wreck of the Champion. Built in 1859, it sank 20 years later roughly 38 miles off the coast of Cape May. Below left, a photo provided by the divers showing Sullivan holding a luggage tag reading “Champion 195” – strong evidence the wreck they have been diving is the Champion. Below right, a 2008 photo by Bradley Sheard showing divers working the wreck site. By R.E. HEINLY Cape May Star and Wave CAPE MAY – The 19th Annual Mid-Atlantic $500,000 sportfishing tourna- ment lived up to the event’s tradition for excellence, excitement...and unpre- dictability. There were records set, last-minute win- ners, week-long winners, and an unexpected lack of one species despite promising pre-tournament catches of it. As tournament Director Bob Glover remarked Friday evening there are always some last day and last minute winners in the MA500. This year it was a tournament record setting 177 Tuna weighed in just before Friday’s 9 p.m. deadline by Matt Kriedel’s Impulse IV. It won first prize and $168,812 in the tuna category. Another tournament record was set by Russell Baiocco’s American Lady with a 56 lb. Dolphin (a.k.a. Mahi Mahi) worth $10,000. Who would have thought, Glover continued, with all the big Blue Marlin caught in the area recently, including a 1,000 lb. and 600 lb. fish, that none over the 400 lb. mini- mum tournament weight would be boated for the first time in tournament history. This lack of qualifying Blue Marlin meant that by rule the prize money for that category was added to the White Marlin pool. The winner here was the 88-pounder of Bill Zimmerman’s Billfisher weighed in on Monday. Another 88-pounder was boated by Steve Ramsey’s Lady Luck V Friday. This first place tie went to the Billfisher based on being first on the leader board and more Calcutta money. Its crew won $791,442, a tournament high, while the Lady Luck V settled for a handsome $298,514. Other winners included Don Haines’ Shelly II’s 49 lb. Wahoo worth $10,000 and Marty Judge’s Judge for most points for releases. Tournament records were also set for number of White Marlin hooked, 558, of which 527 or 94% were Please see MA500, page A2 ‘I always thought it was the Champion,’ –Brian Sullivan from the R.V. Explorer ‘This actually took a lot of work, but we had a goal.’ –Rustin Cassway from the R.V. Explorer Mid-Atlantic 500 predictably unpredictable, as usual Cape Ma Wave Star 156th YEAR NO. 34 CAPE MAY, N.J. 50¢ SERVING AMERICA’S NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK CITY ARTS Zombies invade Elaines Dinner Theater, B1 SPORTS The fisherman becomes a collector, B6 GARDEN Make jelly from fruit you grow, B7 INSIDE 8/26 9:43 9:56 3:23 3:36 8/27 10:16 10:29 3:53 4:13 8/28 10:48 11:02 4:23 4:50 8/29 11:23 11:37 4:54 5:31 8/30 12:01 5:28 6:17 8/31 12:17 12:47 6:09 7:12 9/1 1:06 1:43 6:59 8:16 Last Quarter 9/1,30 New Moon 9/8 1st Quarter 9/15 Full Moon 9/23 Apogee 9/21 Perigee 9/8 AUG/SEPT 2010 T IDE TABLE HIGH LOW am pm am pm THURSDAY, August 26, 2010 Photos by Sandy Malone of the Mid-Atlantic 500 Above, Skipper Matt Kreidel and the crew of the Impulse which brought in a record set- ting 177-pound tuna. The annu- al week-long events is growing bigger and bigger each year – just like the fish. Fire Chief Jerry Inderwies and Beach Patrol Lt. Harry Back standing by one of the new signs to help people tell 911 dispatchers wherre they are.
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By CHRISTOPHER SOUTHCape May Star and Wave
CAPE MAY – Fire ChiefJerry Inderwies and mem-bers of the Cape MayBeach Patrol havecome up with whatappears to be a simplesolution to a seriousproblem.
According toInderwies, when thereis an emergency on thebeach after hours,nearly everyone has acell phone to call 911,but many people arenot sure of their loca-tion. Often visitorscould not remember atwhat street theyentered the beach.
“In the past peoplewould call for an emer-gency and would haveto try to describe whatthey were near, such asa hotel,” Inderwiessaid.
According to City ManagerBruce MacLeod, duringbusier times, 911 calls can be
automatically forwarded tothe county 911 dispatcher,which can lead to more con-fusion.
“There was an occasion
when the dispatcher wouldhear Pittsburgh Avenue (inCape May) and WildwoodCrest had a problem on
Pittsburgh in their communi-ty as well. Both calls endedup at county dispatch,” hesaid.
Inderwies said as a solutionto the problem ofidentifying beachesthey came up withthe idea of number-ing the beaches andposting a red signwith a white numberat the beachentrances, fromPoverty Beach topast the Cove. Thesigns are distinctenough for most peo-ple to read from thewater line.
“They are to helpvisitors identifywhat beach they areat. Now the dis-patcher can ask whatnumber they seenear the entranceramp,” he said. “Weknew there had been
a problem over the years, andwe thought a number would
Please see Signs, page A2
Numbered signs shouldhelp during emergencies
By CHRISTOPHER SOUTHCape May Star and Wave
CAPE MAY – Local diversbelieve they have finallyidentified the wreck of a pad-dlewheel steamer that sunk38 nautical miles off of CapeMay over 130 years ago.
Brian Sullivan and Rustin“Rusty” Cassway have beendiving the wreck theybelieved to be the Champion,an 1859 iron, side-wheelschooner-rigged steamer.Built by Harlan andHollingsworth out ofWilmington, Del., it was thefirst large ironship built in theUnited Statesand was pur-chases byC o r n e l i u sVanderbilt for$145,000.
What gavequestion to theidentity of thewreck wasthere is anothersunken paddle-wheel steamerjust six milesaway. TheA d m i r a lDupont sunk offthe coast ofCape May in1865, and noone knew whichwreck waswhich. Theywere identifiedas the InshorePaddlewheelerand theO f f s h o r ePaddlewheeler.
Then in June,Sullivan andCassway madeanother divingtrip to thewreck, theI n s h o r ePaddlewheeler, which they –or at least Sullivan believedto be the Champion.
“I always thought it was theChampion,” he said.
They drove out to the site onthe Research VesselExplorer, the boat they use isa 42-foot Evans, aChesapeake Bay workboatthey have completely outfit-ted as a diving boat. Withthem were their crew: Sam
Demore, Andy Florey, SteveGatto, Bruce Leinan, BartMalone, Lou Sarlo, and TomPacker.
The wreck lie in 110 feet ofwater, having settled on a“dimple” which was higherthan the surrounding area.The divers would go downtwo at a time to dredge sandfrom the wreck site. It wasduring this dredging processthat they found the clue lead-ing to identity of the ship, abrass luggage tag stampedwith “CHAMPION” and thenumber 195.
The divers had recovered anumber ofitems includ-ing bottles,an inkwell,black powderflasks, a har-monica and asmall singleshot der-ringer. Noneof those itemsgave a clue tothe identityof the wreck.
“We thinkthis is all peo-ple’s stuff,”C a s s w a ysaid, indicat-ing artifactsspread out ona table in theE x p l o r e r .“This is notship’s stuff.”
One itemthat mighth a v ebelonged tothe ship wasthe stem of as p o o ns t a m p e d“Manhattan,”which was as t e a m s h i powned by theNew York-
Charleston SteamshipCompany. According toCassway, when a ship wasscrapped they often took offuseable items and put themon another vessel. TheChampion was heading tofrom New York to Charlestonwhen it sank on Nov. 7, 1879.Cassway said the Championwas running light, carrying a
Please see Divers, page A12
Local divers ID1879 shipwreck
Christopher South/Cape May Star and WaveAbove, Brian Sullivan and Rusty Cassway display artifacts they found while diving the site of the wreckof the Champion. Built in 1859, it sank 20 years later roughly 38 miles off the coast of Cape May. Belowleft, a photo provided by the divers showing Sullivan holding a luggage tag reading “Champion 195” –strong evidence the wreck they have been diving is the Champion. Below right, a 2008 photo byBradley Sheard showing divers working the wreck site.
By R.E. HEINLYCape May Star and Wave
CAPE MAY – The 19thAnnual Mid-Atlantic$500,000 sportfishing tourna-ment lived up to the event’stradition for excellence,excitement...and unpre-dictability. There wererecords set, last-minute win-ners, week-long winners, andan unexpected lack of onespecies despite promisingpre-tournament catches of it.
As tournament DirectorBob Glover remarked Fridayevening there are alwayssome last day and last minutewinners in the MA500. Thisyear it was a tournamentrecord setting 177 Tunaweighed in just beforeFriday’s 9 p.m. deadline byMatt Kriedel’s Impulse IV. Itwon first prize and $168,812in the tuna category.
Another tournament recordwas set by Russell Baiocco’sAmerican Lady with a 56 lb.Dolphin (a.k.a. Mahi Mahi)worth $10,000.
Who would have thought,Glover continued, with all thebig Blue Marlin caught in thearea recently, including a1,000 lb. and 600 lb. fish, thatnone over the 400 lb. mini-mum tournament weightwould be boated for the firsttime in tournament history.
This lack of qualifying BlueMarlin meant that by rule theprize money for that categorywas added to the WhiteMarlin pool. The winner herewas the 88-pounder of BillZimmerman’s Billfisherweighed in on Monday.
Another 88-pounder wasboated by Steve Ramsey’sLady Luck V Friday. Thisfirst place tie went to theBillfisher based on being firston the leader board and moreCalcutta money. Its crewwon $791,442, a tournamenthigh, while the Lady Luck Vsettled for a handsome$298,514.
Other winners includedDon Haines’ Shelly II’s 49 lb.Wahoo worth $10,000 andMarty Judge’s Judge for most
points for releases.Tournament records werealso set for number of WhiteMarlin hooked, 558, of which527 or 94% were
Please see MA500, page A2
‘I always thoughtit was theChampion,’
–Brian Sullivanfrom the R.V.
Explorer
‘This actuallytook a lot ofwork, but we hada goal.’–Rustin Cassway
from the R.V.Explorer
Mid-Atlantic 500 predictablyunpredictable, as usual
Cape Ma WaveStar156th YEAR NO. 34 CAPE MAY, N.J. 50¢SERVING AMERICA’S NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK CITY
ARTSZombies invade Elaines
Dinner Theater, B1
SPORTSThe fisherman becomes
a collector, B6
GARDENMake jelly from fruit
you grow, B7
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8/27 10:16 10:29 3:53 4:13
8/28 10:48 11:02 4:23 4:50
8/29 11:23 11:37 4:54 5:31
8/30 12:01 5:28 6:17
8/31 12:17 12:47 6:09 7:12
9/1 1:06 1:43 6:59 8:16
Last Quarter 9/1,30 New Moon 9/81st Quarter 9/15Full Moon 9/23Apogee 9/21Perigee 9/8
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HIGH LOWam pm am pm
THURSDAY, August 26, 2010
Photos by Sandy Malone of the Mid-Atlantic 500
Above, Skipper Matt Kreideland the crew of the Impulsewhich brought in a record set-ting 177-pound tuna. The annu-al week-long events is growingbigger and bigger each year –just like the fish.
Fire Chief Jerry Inderwies and Beach Patrol Lt.Harry Back standing by one of the new signs tohelp people tell 911 dispatchers wherre they are.
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CAPE MAY – With theadvent of Dancing with theStars and So You Think YouCan Dance, America has real-ized dancing is more than justan art form: it is one heck of aworkout.
Zumba has piggy-backed onthe popularity of these televi-sion shows and is the latestfitness craze. Zumba instruc-tor Kelsy Wise teamed upwith the Cape MayRecreation Department tobring this fun and intenseworkout to the beaches ofCape May.
So what exactly is Zumba?
Zumba is a total body work-out that incorporates danceand interval training, whichtones and sculpts the bodywhile also burning fat.
“Zumba is based on fourLatin rhythms: Salsa,Merengue, Cumbia, andReggaeton, and then it alsoincludes various internation-al music such as Samba, BellyDancing, Bhangra, Flamenco,and more,” Wise said.
The class incorporatesmovements from all of thesedifferent styles. At times,participants are dancing at ahigh intensity levels, and thenthe next move or song will belower intensity. This iswhere interval training
comes into play, helpingexercisers to burn more calo-ries and fat.
“Within one song, we maybe jumping around during thechorus, and then when theverse comes in, we may do amove that is not as intense,”Wise said.
While the fitness benefits oftaking Zumba are obvious,some people feel intimidatedby the class because they arenot skilled dancers. Wiseinsists that you don’t need tobe a great dancer to reap thebenefits of Zumba. The classis about having fun and let-ting loose.
“I tell people to pretendthey are dancing in their bed-rooms. I also mention that itmight help to just focus onmoving the feet and not wor-
rying about the arms or viceversa,” she said.
The way the class is struc-tured there is a lot of repeti-tion of moves so even non-dancers are bound to catch onquickly. Also, the incorpora-tion of popular songs into theclass helps set dancers atease. Wise likes to includesongs from artists like LadyGaga, Daddy Yankee, andBeyonce into her routines.
Many critics argue that yes,Zumba sounds fun, but how isit more effective than runningon the treadmill or liftingweights? Wise counters thiscritique by pointing out thatthe average participant canburn anywhere between 400and 900 calories during a 45minute class and have funwhile doing it.
“Zumba makes working outsomething people want to do.It provides a great cardiovas-cular workout, and studentslose track of the time and stopthinking about the rest oftheir lives. They just havefun,” she said.
Exercisers can expect tofeel results after the very firstclass, and after a few moreclasses they will begin to seea change in their bodies.They will see more definitionin their abs, buttocks, leg, andarms, and their endurancewill improve with each ses-sion.
“It is awesome the feedbackI get about how people feelthe need to take a lot ofbreaks between songs whenthey first start, and then howamazed they are at needingfewer and fewer breaks withthe more classes the take,”Wise said.
Even participants withinjuries can make Zumbawork for them. Depending onthe injury, students can mod-ify the dance moves to workfor their bodies.
“Students can contact me ortalk to me before class if they
have questions about how tomodify. I also suggest peopletalk to their doctors aboutwhat movements they cando,” Wise said.
Wise teaches Zumba classesMondays and Saturdays from9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. on thebeach at Trenton and BeachAvenues. The summer ses-sion is scheduled to end Sept.4, but she plans to continuethe class during the fall. Timeand dates are to be deter-mined. For class schedules goto Wise’s websitewww.KelsyWise.com .
The class is only $5, andaccording to Wise the turnouthas been incredible, attract-ing 10 to 20 people on aver-age. She asks participants tobring water and a towel andwear comfortable clothes.
“Students have the option ofleaving their sneakers on andstaying on the wooden planks,or they can be barefoot in thesoft sand. Because we havethe ocean right there, on hotdays I tell the class to feelfree to jump in if they want tocool down during the class orafter,” Wise said. “They loveit.”
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By CHRISTOPHER SOUTHCape May Star and Wave
CAPE MAY – Ever sinceConvention Hall was deemedstructurally unsound in April2008, people have been won-dering when it is comingdown.
It was always the intentionof the city to bid the demoli-tion of the existingConvention Hall with the con-struction of a new structure.
At an Aug. 18 meeting of theConvention Hall ProjectTeam, however, discussionled to the idea of dividing theproject three ways: demoli-tion of the old structure in thefall, doing the piling work inthe later winter/early spring,and starting construction inMay 2011.
City Manager BruceMacLeod said the teamlooked at the potential of sep-arating the project into thosethree phases and awardingthree separate contracts.Asked if there was a consen-sus on moving forward withthe plan, MacLeod said,“There was an absolute con-sensus on separating thedemolition from the construc-
tion of the new structure.”He said there was some dis-
cussion and debate on sepa-rating the pile driving into aseparate contract from theconstruction.
“There are pros and consfor doing it as an individualcontract and some pros andcons for keeping that underthe auspices of the contract ofthe general contractor for theconstruction,” MacLeod said.
According to MacLeod, sep-arating all three contractswould allow the city and theproject team to continueworking on the project lead-ing up to the May 2011 startconstruction date. He said itis anticipated that the specif-ic contract for demolition bebid in late September and theaward of the contract wouldtake place in late October.Under that scenario the dem-olition would take place inNovember and December.
With three separate con-tracts, the timeline for piledriving would be: bids inJanuary, awarding a contractin February, and the piledriving to be accomplished inMarch and April. Bids for theconstruction would go out in
March with the anticipationof awarding a contract inApril in order to commenceconstruction in May.
“You can see how the time-lines mesh,” MacLeod said.“If you don’t separate thecontracts, it’s possible piledriving wouldn’t occur until aMay date in 2011.”
MacLeod said there couldbe a 30 to 60 day delay by notseparating the contracts,which doesn’t seem like along time, but added thattime is of the essence in thisproject.
“It is a very aggressivetimeline, yes, but it’s gotta be.We have to open by MemorialDay 2012,” Deputy MayorJack Wichterman said.
Wichterman commendedthe project team, saying itwas a great committee, andsaid they would be hearingfrom the architects, whowould be attending the nextproject team meeting sched-uled for yesterday. He saidthe team would be presentingideas for modifications of apreliminary design known asScheme No. 6, which calls forthe demolition of theSolarium.
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be the easiest to identify.Numbers are pretty univer-sal.”
On Monday some of thepoles were up and mostshould be up by the end ofthis week. The number sys-tem was designed to be of
help during emergencieswhen the lifeguards are noton duty, such as after hoursor in the off season.
In recent days the BeachPatrol has seen a number oflifeguards leave to return toschool and some beaches arenot being guarded. The lastofficial day for lifeguards is
Sunday, Sept. 12. After hoursstaffing of the Beach PatrolHeadquarters will continuethrough Sept. 30. After hoursstaffing means three life-guards, including one lieu-tenant, are on duty at theheadquarters to respond to anemergency, but no guards areon the stands.
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released......and for WhiteMarlin caught (includingreleases) per boat fishingdays at 1.39.
Marine conservation con-tinued to be a big winner atthe MA500. Blue Marlinreleases were 11 of 13 or 85%and White Marlin releaseswere 526 of 557 or 94%. Dr.John Graves, of the College ofWilliam an d Mary’s VirginiaInstitute of Marine Sciencewho oversees conservationissues during the tournament,credited use of circle hooksand increases in releases bysportfishermen for the recentslight increase in the
Atlantic’s White Marlin popu-lation and a steadying of theBlue Marlin population. Heemphasized however thatsportfishing accounts for lessthan 1% of billfish fatalities.By far the biggest factor inreducing billfish mortalityrates are new rules forcingthe foreign flag long linecommercial fleet to quicklyrelease any they catch. Thisrule has applied to UnitedStates fleet for years. In addi-tion, this year’s fundraisingraffles $25,000 was raised forthe Guy Harvey OceanFoundation and over $3,000for the Recreational FishingAlliance.
A few things remain pre-
dictable at the MA500. It fea-tures world-class sportfisher-men enjoying world-classhospitality and service.These anglers, while compet-ing for big money and pres-tige, also bask in the cama-raderie of their sport also.They and their families andfriends also enjoy the uniquehistoric attractions and finedining and accommodationsof Cape May. The MA500also provides a big yearlyboost to the area’s economywith this year’s infusion esti-mated at around $5 million bytournament officials.
