HcraM & Lantern 17 February '82

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COURT HOUSE — Enter the Hundred Acre Wood u*ith Christopher Robin and Pooh Bear by Attending a Pooh party this evening fWednesday at 6:30). at the County Library.Meet Piglet, Eeyo're, Kanga; Roo, Ow* and Tigger whiJe hearing about some of their wonder-

ful advenutres.

Discover what happens to Pooh when he gets stuck in Rabbit s hole...vyhat happens to Piglet when he meets u Heffalimp,..how they find Eeyore’s missing tail. Participants wijl also be making bookmarks in the shape of

Eeyore’s lost tail.

Join librarians Beatrice Gibbs and Kathleeh Duffy for arrold-fashioned story fest to celebrate the 100th birthday of Pooh creator, A.A. Milne.

Historical Exhibit On

Court house - "Ten Crucial Days", ap exhibition of. 15 colorful prints depicting significant events during the critical period of the _ American Revolution that followed Washington’s historic crossing of the Delaware, is on view at the County VoTech Center through March 8. Organized by the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, ‘-Ten Crucial Days" is one of more than Magazine Bargain CO0RT HOUSE - The County Historical and Genealogical Society is offering a tremendous saving on their annual magazines. This publication, contains fascinating articles and anecdotes about people, places, and events in county history. A set of 21 issues dating from 1961 to 1981 is available. Contact the Museum at 465-3535 for copies. Controlling Your Mind

MAYS LANDING - A free introductory lecture on Silva Mind Control, the art of controlled relaxation and mind development, will be held at Atlantic Community College here, beginning 8 p.m. Feb. 23. The four-week class teaches the student to reach, within seconds, a level at which the mind is able to control vitality and energy for the body, as well as aid in the solution of problems without stl-^ss of strain. Students learn to improve intellectual skills, such as ponceniration, memory, creative imagination and verbal or artist expression. Silva Mind Control also aids in bolstering self-confidence, motivation and leadership. The course will begin 7:30 p.m.. Thursday, March 4.

two dozen exhibitions of objects from the Museum’s art, culthral history, science and archaeology/ethnology collections that are circulated through its Traveling Exhibition Service, Arrangements for the showing at Cape May County Vo-Tech Center were made by Paulette Goodman, media specialist. The portfolio of "Teh Criicial Days" prints was created originally as a bicentennial celebration project by a group of talented women artists from the Princeton area.

by Ima Bvrd We birds flew over to the newspaper office the other day to escape the bitter cold and look tor a few handouts from our illustrious friends. Newspaper people are a tough breed, but deep down they have a good heart and strong conscience... A reporter is often in touch with what’s wrong with the world and because of this, he sometimes develops a cynical attitude Toward life and its problems. Along with that attitude there is an underlying optimism that in spite of all the war and strife, the people, like the great Phoenix, will rise up from the ashes and continue on to advance mankind. But without freedom of the press, it seem? such advancement, at least for mortals, is impossible. ^ Any reporter worth his salt develops a deep appreciation and awareness of the fact (hat he is helping to maintain a free and open press, a sensitive and vital factor in a free and open society. Personal feelings, pressure from friends, lack of financial compensations for his abilities and a daily battle with the high ego of. talented people around him, may limit a reporter’s capacity to effect* change, but it can never remove his overall purpose — informing the public. Reporters, by far, represent one of the greatest forms of freedom this notion can ever possess. WHILE THERE ARE SQME WHO MAY ABUSE the integrity and honesty of their calling; we birds have observed that the press is such a unique and challenging profession that it cannot accept or tolerate such conditions and the abuser is eventually removed from his position. Considering the pressures, payoffs to reporters are rare. When a reporter does take a bribe, other reporters are sickened by his conduct and. in turn, revitalize their

League Resuming For 1982

CAPE MAY - The County Art League, located in the Carriage House of thd .Physick Estate, 1050 Washington St., have announced activities to be held upon reopening for the 1982 season in March. The first program in the League’s Jecture'series will be 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, when Harry Lanza will speak on the framing of 4 pictures He will discuss . framing pictures to best advantage and also discuss the various types of frames. ON SATURDAY. March 13, there will be a free program with a showing of the film “The Messiah,”

courtesy of N.J. Bell Telephone, at (he Carriage House. Bettyne Hull;will give an illustrated travel lecture, "Yucatan, Home of the Lowland Maya," 8 pm. Tuesday, Mardh 23. The League’s exhibit schedule will begin jgith two exhibits oif school art from the couhty’s public and. private schools. The Elementary Schools exhibit (Grades I through 6) will be held from Saturday. March 27 through Wednesday, April 7. The Young People’s Ar|t Exhibit (Grades 7 through 12) will be held from Sunday. April 18 to Saturday] May 1.

FOR FURTHER infor mation call the League at 884-8628 ll a.m.-3 p m Tuesdays through. Saturdays. In January the following took office, to serve fdr 1982: Charles Bernard, president; Carolyn Gunthrop first vice president; Evelyn McCoy, second vice president; Anita Currier, treasurer; Mary Federici, corresponding secretary, and Barbara Knipple, recording’ secretary. Trustees are: AdriCnne Crunden, Robert Cunn; ingham, Octavia de Miranda, Florence Heal, George Howell, E#rl Kidd, Edith Reuscb; Sarah Umansky and Douglas Warner

Bald Eagle May Be On Way Back

TRENTON - Seven bald eagles, both a federal and state endangered species, were sighted in New Jersey . during the ; annual midwinter eagle survey held in January The bald eagle, our nation’s emblem, has been in danger of becoming extinct in New Jersey for several years, but there are indications that through ‘ awareness and management, the bird is making a comeback to the Garden State. COOPERATORS FROM . the Cape May Bird Observatory, Stockton State Col-

The State We're In (From Page 26) on a floodplain. Environmental groups entered the action on the side of EPA. THIS TIME THE RULING FAVORED the government The verdict in U.S. District Court upheld EPA’s position, by pointing out that it was acting according to an executive order barring grants to build in floodplains. EPA had approved the grant, provided there be no hookups in the floodplain. The Court said, "In conditioning the grant on not providing hook-ups to new development in the floodplain, the agency acted consistently with (its) mandate to ‘avoid direct or indirect support ol floodplain development wherever there is a practicable alternative. This case was dismissed before it ever went to trial. It’s just another example of the problem with ill defined rules. There is a policy in the coastal zone of not building in floodplains, but there was room for bending, so the rules were bent. You guessed it, CAFRA administrators had granted approval for this olSe also. David Moore is executive dlrectoi* of the N.J. Conservation Foundation.

legd and the New Jersey Raptor Society in cooperation with the 1 Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species program conducted the survey as part of the annual national survey of eagles wintering in the United States. In 1981, a total Of 10 eagles were observed in' New Jersey. The bald eagle is showing a gradual increase in numbers due to protectiUh and wise land management. Presently the State Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife is endeavoring to

acquire critical eagle nesting habitat in New Jersey through its Endangered and Nongame Species Program which will be funded in the future only from the New Jersey voluntary state income tax refund check off. Donations from the citizens of New Jersey for endangered and nongame wildlife will be used to support programs S uch as this eagle census nd the. acquisition of critical nesting and wintering habitqts Presently. New Jersey has only one nesting pair of bald eagles* compared to .over 20 pairs prior to the 1950’s. V-, Legal Aid CAPE MAY - The Army’s 153D Judge Advocate General (JAG) Detachment, stationed at Naval Air Station. Willow Grove. Pa., will provide legal assistance March 27 and 28 at the Coast Guard Training Center here. Eligible for such assistance are military personnel of the U.S!, active and retired and their dependents, including survivors, who would be eligible if the^eligible member was alive. Appointments may be made by calling the Training Center legal office at 884 8451 ext. 2l0

determination to see that the "house." is put in order Of course reporters are human and they make mistakes Some even seem insensitive to the community around them, while others reflect the apathy of the populace But by and large their interest to report honestly and fairly, to alert the public to the eyils of our society and to provide insight into the human aspects of livirig, is seldom compromised. Reporters are often blamed for a newspaper falling short of its goals, but oftimes the blame should be placed on an apathetic public. Such 4 public does nothiiig to inspire a free and honest press. Such a public ignores the fact that the newspaper is their instrufnent for change, offering them a tremendous opportunity to expose corruption and injustice The key word in any newspaper is integrity and in order to main Um that element it must have the input and interest of citizens. Witbout that interest and pressure from a con cerned populace, the American press, the Bird press, or for that matter any press cannot survive A NEWSPAPER, LIKE A COUNTRY, is only as good as the people it represents, for it is the people who must exer cise their freedom of expression, their freedom from in timidatidn. their freedom to be heard That takes an .tc tive and vital participation of energy, time and concern In addition to public interest and' support, a newspaper is also dependent on the dedication and insight of its editors An editor can also inspire reporters to push their energies beyond the regulat meetings, beyond the story, to discover what im|Jact certain conditions, events and laws have on the ffeople. A good editor, a good reporter never loses sight of the fact that understanding 4 those impjicts creates a better understanding ,of self and society And, in effect, guarantees a free press. A good editor doesn't demand quantity, but insists on-quality reporting. A good editor give* his reporters space and lime to communicate, and doesn’t tie him down to a constant desk-telephone-moeting routine. A good editor has a feel for his position a’nd shows a genuine respect for the abilities of his staff We birds have watched this nation undergo countless changes over the past 50 years, changes that have somehow eroded the basic freedoms and ideals necessary to keep a country alive and growing. Newspapers have become victitys of that change with wire service stories and syndicated words replacing ‘ on-the-street" types of reporting. The systeirt is*sufferjng from a kind of self inflicted censorship, eroded by the complexity of sameness.. THE WIND WAS HOWLING AS 1 MOVED over to the newspaper office window. My bird friends followed my lead as I pecked noisily at the window The men and women inside looked up from their work The window pecking bit never failed: Reporters were suckers for a sad story We watched as they gathered things out.of their lunches and broke them into tiny pieces .The wind whacked at our feathers as the editor came otftside and placed the hkxl in a protected area. Then he went inside, back to his work My friends moved down for the feast but I just stayed by the window watching. I had high respect for this gang of newspaper people and as Ipng as I could still get their attention with my sSd eyes and window pecking, IJtnew, in spite of all the changes — they hadn’t lost their heart

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