Herald & Lantern 13 February, 1985 39

I l| / PJP^^T^ ' yj>iaJP>iWP^ \ESm3 '"^^Iiiiii ' Don* Word SLOWED — (iokl weather ha* slowed the (ireat Channel « Mth Street i Bridge reconstruc (ion project in Stone Harbor, which is 5* percent completed instead of the 83 percent it should he. according to state sources. Rut contractor Raymond International Builders of Houston. Tex., still expects to complete by the April 19 deadline. The company faces a S2.r*oo-a-da) penalty for every day beyond that.

^J^From The Principal I By Stanley Kot/en \ Principal, lower Cape May Regional High School '**"

Right in the middle of the flu season we were hit last week with a severe case of BIG GAME fever You know (he signs Allofasud den more people want to come to school than you have room for. and a lot of media types want passes for their friends It's a little bit crazy, because lunchroom conversation among the staff includes memories of previous bouts with "the bug,*' while youngsters fidget and watch the clock an inordinate amount of time THERE IS no cure for the fever, and you khow you are facing a sizable dose when you are hosting a game between neighborhood rivals play ing for a conference title All you can do is enjoy the temporary madness and remember the time in your life when anything seemed to mean as much In the midst of all the ex cltement last week, as we prepared to play Wildwood for first place in the Tape Atlantic lvalue. I couldn't help but reflect on all the other cases of "BG ' fever I had experienced as a youngster and a coach Being In education gives you that opportunity to see something of your youth reflected in others If you were here last week and you had ever been in or Takes Basic wii.nwoni) , in • - - I Army National Guard Pvt William J Pollm son of William J and Florence A Pollni of 101 E Buttercup Rd . has completed haalc training at Fort l)tx He la a 1000 graduate of Witdwood High School More Time For I init * SOMFRS POINT Shore Memorial Mmpital has expanded Its dally w visiting schedule hy three hours Regualr visiting hours will now he from It a m ton 90pm instead of 9pm tolJftpth

around a "Big Game" you would have loved it' There were kids making posters and generally talking all around and ahout the game THE PLAYERS walked through the halls a little taller and generally smiled much more often They probably hadn't slept very well for a few nights, but which one of us wouldn't have longed for that kind of insomnia The excitement in an ticipation of the game was positively electric — and inescapable All afternoon the phone calls requested ticket information All morning we were busy preparing to accomodate an enthusiastic overflowcrowd WHEN VIEWED in the cosmic order of things, of course, who cares* We're not this excited ahout tm port ant issues like solving the world hunger problem or checking nuclear pro Itferatton. hut perhaps this is the real value of such a diversion For a few hours we can cheer our hearts out for our school and ride an emo tional roller coaster on the efforts of a few 17 year-old kids In a real sense the world stops for a few hours and everything is focused on 10 players on a 10 foot basketball floor As adults we all know that tomorrow will come and we will he hack at struggling with the hard stuff of reality, hut for the moment it's a genuine lift to he caught up In the excitement t ill ALLY THERE games are artistic and dramatic disappointments Our* wasn't It was not decided until there was literally no time left on the clock The noise level re quired you to shout com ments to the person next to you as the game huttt to tta climax with time running * out and the score getting rlnaer TV sun came up the next morning a Thursdav Wildwood had won The height of their joy and fhe depth Of our disappoint meat perfectly define the terrific excitement that the players . coaches and fans provided in with during our temporary cane of the fever "

To Speak COURT HOUSE - Reducing Stress in Children" will be covered by family counsellor John DelCorio at the hi monthly meeting of the New Reginn ings Support Group for divorced, separated and widowed 8pm Friday at the County Extension Center, about one mile north of Acme/Jamesway shopping center For more information about the group, call .199 2689. 886-6519 or write PG Box SSI. Cape Mav Court House. N J (18210 All interested persons are welcome

Seedlings Offered For Sale MAYS LANDING - The Cape-Atlantic Soil Conser vation District is sponsoring its annual tree seedling sale The sale will run through March Las! date to order will be March 22 Three year-old seedlings are available in a variety of species, in addition to. one year-old female holly trees We are offering White Spruce. Japanese Black Pine, Austrian Pine. Colorado Blue Spruce. Douglas Fir, White Pine. Norway Spruce and Scotch Pine THESE V ARIETIES are available in bundles of 25 at a cost of $7 and bundles of. 100 at a cost of 926 The one year -old female holly trees, average height of io to 12 inches, are available at a cost of $3 per tree No seedlings will be mail ed and buyers must be available in April to pick up the seedlings in Atlantic County at the Atlantic Coun ty Office Building. 1200 Harding Highway. Mays landing, or at the Cape May County Extension Service Educational Center. Iiennis ville Road. Rte 857. Court House All orders are plac ed through the Mays land ing Office ALL ORDERS must be received and prepaid before March 22 Order early to be sure to get first choice No substitutions will be made and no orders will be held past the pick up dates There will he no refunds and no telephone orders will he accepted For further information send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Cape Atlantic SCD. 1280 Harding Highway. Mavs landing NJ 883.10

_______ . » ,v -1 I,,, * Joyride III rim Cve heard them all Excuses. Excuses. Excuses "I had my assignment right here. Mom right in this book, but it's gone You didn't take it. Mom. did you*" Or. "It seems to me I did write that thank you Mom I'm sure 1 wrote it 1 left it out on the dining room table Did you straighten up or something Mom*" My friends in the teaching profession have heard more excuses than I ever will and some of them are pretty good Kids come into and get out of classrooms year after year, but they leave behind them the same old excuses Once in a while some kid will come up with a reallv good excuse for not having his homework but he'd have to he a first rate con artist to fool tea^'her TRADITION AL EXCI SE fall into Mv dog ate mv homework " "Mv little brother flushed mv homework down the toilet " "Teacher, teacher, listen to this I was coming to school this morning holding onto my homew ork when this big wind came along and blew it away Can 1 br ing it in again tomorrow*" Some excuses are so good and so complicated that you just want to lister, to the tale teller to see how everything turns out in the end "Do you know that big old tree on the corner where I live* You do" Well, you know that tug ok) overhanging branch that dips down real km * You do" Well when 1 was coming to school this morning 1 thought 1 beard a cat up m that tree I looked up and got hit hy that big branch It knocked me down and I dropped all my hooks and my homework fell out and it started blowing around I ran after it . hut it blew down into that gutter near 4he red house You know the house I mean*" OR. "REMEMBER that big btrthdav party I told you about that my Mom and Dad were going to give for mv grandmother* She's MS. you know Well, all my aunts and uncles and the neighbors came to the party And my little first cousin Humphrey came with my aunt and uncle, and they tok) him to go upstairs and plav with mv toys in mv room Well. I was busv downstairs getting everything ready and helping Mom. and then I went upstairs to see what Humphrey was doing Do you know what Humphrev was up to* He had gotten my homework out of my hook and he had torn it all up and he was standing by my fish tank and he was dropping pieces of it into the tank for the fish to eat " Teacher replies That seems hard to believe " Student "It's true, teacher Do you want me to bring in my cousin Humphrey so you can ask him ahout it*" Teacher "I don't think I want to meet Humphrev As for you. you're going to have to slay after school today ." Once in a while, a teacher encounters a kid in tears "Oh. teacher. 1 don't have my homework I worked so hard on it I stayed up last night to get it done I indented and everything It wnv the best paper I 've ever done But 1 forgot it - yes. 1 forgot it 1 left it on the kitchen table I'm sick ahout it I feel so sick ran I go to the nurse teacher* "

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