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Herald & Lantern 13 April '83

Good Reading— /\ RtVIl W by Owen Murphy

By .Irromr f>eiihu(i«e* Dial Pren», 1982, 405 paRen I All of the hoohn reviewed In thin column are available at the County Library) Jerome DeshutMCft, a younfl Frenchman with an erupting volcano-of a mind, ha* been compared favorably by criticn to both Voltaire and Jonathan Swift Anyone who read* The Eighth Night of thp Creation, published In France in 1979 and only recently translated Into English, will understand why. RX _ Health

Awareness of the resources available to us is an important aspect of our health program The Cape May County Unit of the American Cancer Society makes available a number of important services to residents of our county, ns individuals, families and civic groups The Cancer Society is a network of volunteers, American citizens who have banded together to cope with ami fight cancer "Health Watch" is one of my volunteer projects for the Cancer Society Hun dreds of Cape May County volunteers make available many excellent, important services including the following OUR FREE speakers bureau has 10 different pro grams available for your civic group or club Call the Cancer Society office to receive a brochure and ar range a series of these preventive medicine talks Free counselling to families and individuals stricken by cancer who cannpt afford to pay for these services is offered by a social work volunteer and several of our area ministers These dedicated volunteers help people cope with the ravages of cancer, plan their lives, ami where necessary, die with dignity C ANCER REHEARCII is supported through the funds we raise on a state and national basis Our local unit is also par ticipating in two state wide projects During the month of April when a Cancer Society Volunteer comes to your door seeking support, you will also receive a coupon for a free test to screen for colorectal cancer The data gathered from these tests may hot only save your life, but will also help resear chers better understand colorectal cancer We are also involved in a long range study of New Jersey residents and cancer There are hun dreds of volunteers par ticipating in Cape May County alone SUPPORT GROUPS are an important part of our unit's activities For those undergoing mastectomies i breast removal > there is a wonderful support group to help deal with feelings and learn practical ways to cope We also have a club for ostomates, people who have a part of their colon or urinary tract removed so that they cannot eliminate through the usual channels This dynamic group meets monthly to discuss the best care of their ostomy, new scientific developments

Deshusses sees the world with Voltaire's clear eyes but his spectacles are col oured by Swift's misanthropism The Eighth NitfHt of Creation is filled with startling insights that will delight you. but it also contains at least some ideas that will probably appall you. Deshusses tilts at Religion, Love, Parcn thood, Government, Schools, Capitalism, Unions, the Liquor In dustry, and The Meek of the Earth - to list but a few of his targets HIM THESIS - which is

Watch by Ur Robert (, lleiirrifin they should know about, and to help one another return to a normal lifestyle after their surgery They Also have voluntecrie'who will meet with people considering ostomy at their home or in the hospital to discuss what it is Ilk** to have one THE NEW VOICE Club is for those who have had their "voice box' i larynx i removed or altered due to cancer They learn to speak again and can meef people who have had similar experiences and share ideas and feelings The Great American Smokeout is a program we bring to the schools and workplaces to help prevent youngsters from starting to smoke and aid those who want to stop Why Join the tens of thousands of Americans who wil die needlessly from lung cancer this year 0 Con tact the Cancer Society for Smokeout information TO THE EXTENT we are able, the Cancer Society helps families endure the often tremendous ex pense of dealing with cancer. We have some funds for chemotherapy for the indigent and also some equipment for loan such as hospital beds, walker, wheelchairs, etc Sometimes families donate used equipment to us so that it later can lie shared with others in need The library at the Cancer Society is ideal for students of all ages preparing papers on Cancer related topics, as well as the general public who want to learn In a clear, direct fashion about various aspects of cancer All materials, including posters and brochures, are available at no charge THE C ANCER Society is not a government pro gram It is a citizens' pro ject developed by people like you and me We hove lost loved ones and friends to cancer TogetherAve can beat the beast! Our funds are raised through every means we can think of Door-to-door solicitation, parties, cookbooks, trips and shows Sometimes people we've helped leave money to the Cancer Society in their wills Our next pro Ject Is the annual Telethon I hope Health Watch readers will time In and participate Saturday. April 16 from 12 a m to 12 p m Excellent entertainment and important segemnts on health information will be featured For help or information on the Cancer Society call 886 11M

hardly novel — is that the end of the world is at hand We arc at the brink of an nihilation, says Deshusses. and we've brought ourselves to that brink by pollution, the arms races, overpopulation, and economic warfare The eight day of creation saw the fullest flowering of humanity; now it is the eight night, and humankind is faced with this choice to continue sliding into the nameless, masochistic gulf that Is about to swallow the world as we know it. or to totally rebuild society from the ground up It is up to us. says Deshusses, to choose either Death or Transfiguration Either the earth is doomed to death or the era of Awareness will begin with the present generation All of the following quotations are by the author. Jerome Deshusses Every man lies to every woman every fime he pretends he desires her alone If polygamy did not involve such a lot of Irou ble, no male in the world could Imagine himself wan ting anything else

During the next half hour, the world will have 7.000 more babies, and 1.000 fewer people, Of its 4.(KM) extra passengers, one-third will /not have enough to eat. oi^e had wdl never know how to read, one tenth - at the very leartt will die because of war * Elders used to represent the collective memory of a family or village group, now they are pushed aside as drivellers because what they know is infinitely more vague than what is available in libraries, iconographies, and audiovisual media

A woman who wants children does not want adults but babies The distinction would hardly Ik* of importance if so many parents did not regret see ing their offspring pass from the status of toys to human beings The future, which even more than the oceans serves as a universal gar bage dump Each year, concrete covers an area of grassland the size of Holland IN THE EVENT of war. all people who are now at the point of death for want of a handful of rice would have the right to 2 r ) tons of TNT each Take the most beautiful love poems that humantity has produced, take all the apparently noble deeds that love has ever inspired, and remove sexual ex clusivity from that love — and everything collapses — nothing is left the ecstasy was merely drunkenness, the gift merely a loan at ex orbitant interest, the tenderness merely hypocrisy ALCOHOL ICM ACCOUNT for one third of the expenditures of all the clinics in France They are responsible for at least three out of 10 fatal accidents Every 10 minutes, another Frenchman dies of alcoholism or its effects

CQunty Library by Kathleen Unity

"For every person in the United States, there are four or five pets Hut you needn't put up fl fence Most of them are fish In fact, pet fish outnumber people in this country by at least three to two Only one household in 16 has fish, but those that do own them by the tankful " If this has made you want to dust off the aquarium and get some wet pets

begin by visiting the Coun ty Library, where you will find a wealth of informa tion and how to set up. maintain, breed, and even tips on how to treat sick fish The Complete Home Aquarium Handbook Saltwater and Frenhwater • 619 14.S' goes over the aspects of both types of aquariums and Includes in formation on planning and building a garden pool The Complete Hook of .Saltwater Aquariums i6i9i4Si include* collec ling hints for catching your own saltwater pets Tropic at Marine Aquaria <639 !4Cj and Aquarium F 11h e * and PI a n t n '6.19 MR) have color plates illustrating the variety and beauty of various breeds along with hints for raising, how they get along' with other fish, required temperature and breeding tips FOR THOME interested in saving or even making money with their finny friends Breeding Aquarium Fishes 1 619.14A > gives all the necessary in formation If tropical fish are too much bother, try The Goldfhh Guide for some easy to chro for fish that come in many

have at least a chapter on diseases, but there are also available titles such as Treatment of F. xotit Marine Fish Diseases ’ One out of 19 American households owns birds, and one of every too households own a creature the pet in dustry refers to as other which includes turtles, snakes g e r b 11 s and hamsters Great Pels' An F.xtrunr •Unary Guide to Usual and U n us u a I Family Pels 1 6 .1 9 0 8 S i* covers everything from ants to frogs or ferrets and livestock and includes construction ideas for housing the everyday or extraor dinary pets Core of the Wild Feathered and Furred A Guide lo Wildlife Handling and Care I6.19 96H) gives care technique's for broken wings, shock, incubating eggs and what to feed a wild animal until it is well enough to, release The

Complete Care of Orphan ed or Abandoned Baby Animal* I636 089S) gives formulas, feeding sch«*dule*. trouble signs for sickness or disease for vir lually everything from an armadillo, monkey or wolf lo a calf, kitten, rabbit or wild bird Pel Medicine Health (are and lint Aid for Household Pels <6.16 0891'• and Who I To Do TUI the Veterinarian Comes 1616 OH • lolls you how to keep pets healthy and how lo ease their suffering when ill When looking for Infor mation on pels scaled, furred or feathered from How To guise and Train a Skunk ' 616 97411 > to Fun with Land Hermit Crab* i680f»44M» come lo the County Library. f.Htatislics quoted from American Average* by Mike Feinsilber and William It Mead. Double day St Co., 19801

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