Wednesday, March 11,1981

The Herald and The Lantern

Page 31

Wildlife Week Stresses Threat of Polluted Oceans

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Can anything so vast as the oceans — which cover nearly three-fourths of the earth's surface — really be in danger of dying? The answer is yet — unless they are treated with more respect. For the immense oceans are in fact a single, fragile ecosystem. That’s the message the National Wildlife Federation is emphasizing during its annual observance of National Wildlife Week, March 15 through 21. The theme of this year’s National Wildlife Week, which NWF has sponsored for 44 years, is “We Care About Oceans.” It’s the first time a Wildlife Week theme has focused on the sea. "For centuries we have taken from the ocean's riches, and with a growing world population we will hum more and more to this bountiful resource,” explained Thomas L. Kimball, executive vice president of the NWF. “We must stop polluting and treating the oceans carelessly, for a threat to the oceans is a threat to our own futures.” Valuable ocean resources include: • FOOD: About 99 per cent of the world’s bromine is found in the sea. There is enough copper on the ocean bottom to last the world 6,000 years, and enough nickel to last 150,000 years.Other elements, minerals, and organic com-' pounds found in the oceans include magnesium, chlorine, sulphur, boron, iodine, calcium, silicon, carbon, and phosphorus. • ENERGY: The oceans have become an important source of oil and gas, and today offshore walls are producing petroleum around the globe, scientists are studying various ways to tap the oceans’ enormous energy potential. Possibilities include thermal water decomposition, tidal power, and ocean thermal energy conversion. The U.S. Dept, of Energy estimates that 180 million kilowatthours of power — about 75 times as much as we used last year — could be generated annually from the Gulf Stream flowing along the East Coast if the current tould be harnessed. • RECREATION: Huge industries have grown around our love of swimming, fishing, boating, scuba diving, and snorkeling. * • • ■ In addition, the oceans are a reservoir for more than 97

WEDNESDAY. MARCH II GarfenlaK by lhr s«-a Clab, Phila. Flower Show Bub Trip, burta load at K-Mart end of Rio Mall parting lot, i:15 a.m. Trip to Phila. ’fTowrr Show by Garden Club of Stone Harbor, from Firehouae, 8:30 a.m. Coagretaman Hagbea’ Office Visit. Municipal Hall. Wildwood Great, 10-11:30 a.m. Wildwood Civic (lab buaineeamen's luncheon (benefits Community welfare). Hof Brau ReaUurant. Oak li Pacific Ave.. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Coagretaman Haghet' Mobile Office Visit, City Hall. Wildwood. 13-1:30 p.m. Free Weeklv Dance Claaaea for men <i women, Community Ctr , Sea lale City, every Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. Coagretaman Haghet' Mobile Office Visit, City Hall. North Wildwood. 3:30-4:00 p.m. Klwaata Clab dinner meeting. Clubhouse. 1111 Beach Dr . Cape May, every ' Wedneaday, 8:18 p.m. Social Night by Ladies Aw. of Angleaea Fire Co. *1. Angleaea Fireball. 2nd A N J. Avea . 7:30 p.m Mca'a Rcgalar GOP CM meeting. Bayahore A Weber Rds , Villas, 8 p.m. THURSDAY. MARCH It Free Tai RKarat prepared for senior clUsena, sponsored by American Aaan of Retired Persons, every Tuesday A Thursday during March, Social Servtcea Bldg., Rio Grande, 8 a.m. to noon. LaaeAeoa Meeting of Stone Harbor-Avalon Branch of Burdette Tomlin Hoapftal Aux. Robert Rich, Stone Harbor Reacue Squad will diacusa C.P.R. A other emergency measuree. guests welcome. Utile Rock 'N Chair. 2Sth A Dune Dr.. Avalon, noon. National Asaa. at Retired Federal Employrn Chapter 1187 monthly meeting (meet 2nd Thun, of month), Miilman Center, Villas, 1 p.m. Cape May Paint Ovtc dab meeting (Ray Ores, U.S. Postal Service ftwpector, will diacusa Mall Fraud), Fireball, 1 p.m. flea Isle CNy Chapter A.A.R.P. meet'ng (John Reed of Guarantee Bank will diacusa Trust Semcea A Estate Planning), Community Ctr, J.F. Kennedy Blvd., Sea Isle City. FRIDAY. MARCH It Wemca'a Regalar RepabUraa Club social (public Invited), Bayahore A Weber Rde , VUlas. 1-4 p.m. Heme Visits to the disabled or blind, sponsored by For Counseling for Elderly. H. Stanton Center, Ocean City, every Monday A Friday during March, 1-4 p.m. Feed Storage Seminar. Church of Jesus Christ of Utter-day Saints, Jonathan Hoffman Rd . Cold Spring, 74 p.m. Feature Film Serin, sponsored by C M County Library <e8S-7*T7), every Friday at 7:80 p.m. at the library, C.M. Court Houae. 3rd Aamal Diaatr Deace to benefit C.M. County of American Cancer Society (tickets 88&-I1M), Holiday Inn. Wildwood Great, 7:30 p.m. ■Sweet Charity.• spring musical production Lower Cape May Regional H S , Rt. 0, Erma (884-3473 for reaervalions), 8 p.m. tonight A trarw. SATURDAY. MARCH 14 Opening Reception, C.M. County Art League (the works of Leslie Collina). Carriage Houae Gallery, Phytkk Estate, 1080 Washington St.. Cape May. 7:304:30 p.m. (League resumes regular schedule following opening 11 to t Tuesday thru Saturday A I to 4 Sunday*). Maelc A Fellowship. The Lighthouse ChriaUan Coffeehouse (804-3434), Broadway near 4th, West Cape May, every Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

per cent of the world’s water supply. Through a natural process known as the hydrologic cycle, water is continuously transported from the seas to the land, and back again, providing water for plants and animals. Life-

ball. "We’ve polluted the seas with oil, pesticides and other chemicals, radioactive compounds, sewage, sludge, and'toxic heavy metals, such as mercury and lead." THE MOST HEAVILY polluted ocean waters are those

“With all that the oceans give us, it is ironic that tve have treated them as bottomless dumping grounds.

supporting oxygen comes to us from the oceans, too. Some scientists believe that the oceans’ one-celled plants, phytoplankton, supply more oxygen to the atmosphere

than all the forests on earth.

"With all that the oceans give us it is ironic that we have

Boh Shllf« THE WETLANDS INSTITUTE on Stone Harbor Blvd. has gone a long way toward educating the public about the importance and fragility of life in the salt water estuary. Still, there are many who seem to have little regard for the marine environment, believing, perhaps, that the ocean is infinite and can readily disperse man’s pollution (which also appears limitless).

shallow waters near land, and this is upfortunate, because most marine life is concentrated in the 4 per cent of the ocean relatively close to land.' Even the most far-off waters do not escape, however, for the oceans’ efficient circulatory system — currents which carry oxygen and nutrients from one sea to another, thus joining them into a single ecosystem — carry pollutants across the globe. For example, radioisotopes from atmospheric nuclear bomb testa are appearing in Antarctica's Southern ocean, once thought to be pristine; as are toxic heavy metals, released from the burning of fuels in far-off industrialized countries. » . "FORTUNATELY, we have taken the first steps toward insuring a cleaner, healthier ocean,” Kimball noted. "A new federal law requires that dumping of municipal sewage sludge be halted by the end of this year. And just last year, the NWF won three lawsuita it had filed against government agencies. As a result, ocean dumping of dredged harbor bottom spoils, often badly contaminated with heavy metals and oil, tyill be/strictly controlled." "Clearly, healthy oceans are vital to all of us, no matter where we live — by the sea or far inland," Kimball emphasized. “During Wildlife Week we hope concerned Americans will take the time to learn how the oceans' resources can be managed more wisely, and will join us in saying, ‘We Carqj(bout Oceans. TV news anchorman Walter Cronkite is chairman of this year's National Wildlife Week observance. The "week” was first proclaimed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 as a means of educating the public and rallying support for wildlife conservation measures

County Calendar Items for COUNTY CALENDAR muat be received the Thursday prior to publication Send them to: Libty Demp Forrest. P.O. Bo* 0. Avalon, N J

■Sweet Charity.' (see under Friday), Erma, 8 p in. Irish Concert Nl|(h«. Wildwood Catholic High School (tickets 322-9000 or 3302), N Wildwood. 8 p.m St. Patrick's Night (ham A cabbage dinner, music for dancing; advance tickets only thru 3834385), St. Joseph's Auditorium. Sea Isle City, 8 p.m -1 a.m. Civic Clab Social Night, MUtman Center, Bayshore Rd.. Villas, 8 p.m. M. Patrick'* Day Donee sponsored by St. John of God Church, Town Bank Rd., N. Cape May (888 2808 for reservatkma, ham A cabbage buffet 10 p.m., byob; music by the Musical Knights), 9 p m 1 a.m SUNDAY. MARCH IS Fan CWme Dinner sponsored by Democratic Club (all welcome), Bayshore Rd A Washington Ave., Vllias, 14 p.m. NpagbKtl Dinner spotwored by Middle Twp. Democratic Club (888-4804 or 4884000 for tickets A Info), Democratic Hdqa., Pacific Ave A the Partway. C.M. Court House. 3-7 p.m. Concert (performed by Donna Boll A Debbie) to benefit American Red Cross, Methodist Church. C M. Court House, 4 p.m. «th Anneal Fashion Show A Dinner by Delta Nu of Beta Sigma Phi (tickets 488-5848); fashions by Jenns-Jeans-Jeans, Mi mi's A Wine Barrel), benefits Muscular Dystrophy, Enrico s. Diamond Bach. 5 p.m. MONDAY. MARCH It Avals* Garden (Ink meeting (Joseph Lomax will diacusa "Pineland Plaint A Cedar Swamps, An Ecology Overview"), Borough Hall, 10 a.m. Overeaten Anonymous (884-4884), Sth Anniversary "Month of Sharing" (all welcome), Advent Parish House, 812 Franklin St. Cape May, every Monday, 13:30 p.m. Horne visits to the disabled or blind (tee under Fit), Ocean City, 14 p.m. Line Dance Classes sponsored by Atlantic Community College SAGES program. every Monday 1:30-3 p.m.. Great Pier, Heather A Atlantic Avea., Wildwood Crest Ovenelera Anonymon*. Boro Hal), 3100 Dune Dr.. Avalon, every Monday, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY. MARCH IT La Lee be Lea gar of Court House meeting (4884831 or 5547 for Info),. 9 Hertford Ave., C.M. Court Houae, 9:30 a m. Stroke Onb meeting (887-3308 for info), Conference Bin , Burdette Tomlin Hospital, 7 p.m. Cheea dab. Community Cty., N. Wildwood, every Tuesday 7:15 p.m. Square Dance sponsored by Miilman Senior*, Inc., Miilman Center. VUlas, every Tuesday 7:30 p.m. C.M. Cenaiy Chapter NOW meeting (Intereated public invited), C.M. County Library, Court House. 7:30 p.m. Animal Welfare Society meeting (new member* welcome). Social Service* Bldg.. Rio Grande. 7:30 p.m WEDNESDAY. MARCH It Luncheon sponsored by Ladies Aux. of Lower Twp. Rescue Squad (social follows). Squad Bldg . Main A Georgia Avea . Vllias, noon

Free Weekly Dance Oasse* (see under Wed ), Sea Isle City. 1:30 p m Klwani* Club dinner meeting (see under Wednesday). Cape May Roller .Skating Party. Community Hall. Avalon, every olner Wednesday, tonight 7 to 9:30 p m txiwer Twp. Chamber of Commerce meeting, first A third Wed of each month. Guarantee Rank. ViUas. 9:30 p m LATER THIS MONTH C.M. County Chamber of Commerce Brd of Directors meeting >443-7181 before March 17) Mart Dtederich. director. C M Co Office Consumer Affair* gun I speaker. Country Club. Golf Course Rd , Burleigh, noon. March 19. ' Lower Twp. Chapter N J Federation Senior Citizens meeting, Miilman Center. Villa*, t p m March 19 Part Place Caibto Bm Trip sponsored by ladles Aux of I/Twer Twp Reacue Squad (reservations 8884640). bus leaves Squad Bldg. 5 pm. Main A Georgia Avea., Villas. 5 p.m March If. Avalon Chamber of Commerce Meeting (reservations 887-3438. Boro Mgr Andrew Bednarek featured speaker). Rock 'N Chair Tavern. Avalon.'7 p m March 19 Rrifbtoa Hotel Casino Esrortlaa. Kiwanis Clubaponaared fund-raiser < reservations 881 8888 or 9413). buses leave Acme Parking M. Cape May, 7: IS p.m. March 19 Peony PaiSy benefiting Cub Scout Pack 48 of C.M C.H. (door* open 4 p.m ). First Methodist Church Social Hall. Church St. C M. Court Houae. 7 pm. March 30 Flea Market to benefit Deborah Hospital (3481575 for tables A information). Avalon Community Center. March 21 2nd Annual Dance-a-thon benefiting Burdette Tomlin Hospital <7294801 for pledge forma). Penalty Bod.j.Wildwood. 9 to 9. March 22 Capon Dinner benefiting* St Anna Parent-Teacher Aaan. (tickets from school children or at door), school auditorium. Wildwood 2-7 p m March 22 Ham A Cabbage Dtteer. Miilman Ctr . Villas (reservations 8485852). 2 tot p.m. March 22 Parents Without Partner* orientation (7294884 or 4884800 for Info A location, welcome* single parents with living children). Tuesday, March 34 Cm IK ion Against Rape A Abase In CM County meeting < 32244A9 for direc bans or info). Tuesday, March 34. Deceratlng Show by Ladies Aux of Angleaea Fire Co. No 1. Fire Hall. 2nd A N J. Avea . N. Wildwood. 7:30 p m. March 25 CONTINUING Art Crater, 009 Weeley Ave., Ocean City. 10 to 4 Monday thm Saturday A 7 to 10 p.m. Monday thru Friday Pet Adopttea. Animal Welfare Society (4854843). Rio Grande. Women la Touch, career counseling A referral service, (4882383), 13 3 Main St., C M. Court House Klwani* Onb meets every Wedneaday. Clubhouse, nil Beach Dr., Cape May, 8:15 p.m. Rape A Abase HaUlnr (5224488). Confidential; 24-hr., no charge Counseling, support, legal, for victims of rape or domoatte physical violence Shelter arranged Flrsl Cal Far Help. CM. County'* Dr ied Way information A Referral Service; call 7292256 for information or help (ns 14* Jogging A Walking. Community hall. Avalon, every Monday, Wednesday A Friday, 10 a m to ! p m Geo. Bayer Hlstorteal Museum. Rn 212 218 City Hall (522 2444) N J A Montgomery Ave., Wildwood, Monday thru Friday 1 to 3.

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