Herald & Lantern 27 February, 1985 47

County Library by Kathleen Duffy

There are some new additions to the children's room at the main library'. A new paperback rack just for the youngsters has been installed at the foot of the stairs for browsing The second new furniture addition is a new record rack just the right height for little ones The rack is full of new, recent and classical records for your child Rhymes for counting, alphabets, exercise records share room with Mother Goose and beginners' introduction to music, instrument sounds and famous scores STORYTELLING records are certainly our forte and we have some of the best: Old as the World. Fresh as the Rain. Laura Sims: White Horses and Whippoorwills. The Folktellers; Stories from the Black Tradition. Jackie Torrence. The Hairy Man and Other Wild Tales. David Holt; Songspinnner, Heather Forest Adaptions from famous children's literature round out the record selections The round rack which has been added near the librarian's desk is for cassete selections, which include languages, classics, fairy tales and other story forms FOR THE PARENT waiting for their offspring at story hour or overseeing Curran Now Sr. Airman WOODBINE - John P.* Curran. son of Francis E and Madeleine Curran of Rural Route 2. has been promoted in the U S Air Force to the rank of senior airman Curran is a facility maintenance team chief at Whiteman Air Force Base. Mo , with the 351st Strategic Missile Wing

home book selection, we now have a parenting area Many new books are on display and separate shelving will be added A brief survey to show the spectrum of parenting materials being accumulated include; The Parent's Guide to Baby 6 Child Medical Care by Terril H Hart; Sue Weeks to Better Parenting by Caryl Krueger; Movie Guide for Puzzled Parents by Lynn Minton; tVho Educates Your Child ? by D Bruce Lockerbee; Parenting the Difficult Child by Florence K Rogers These books are a prelude to the Parenting Series being planned for Cape May County residents as a service of your library THE LAST addition to the children's room is a new subject card catalog to help youngsters locate the information they need It might be comforting to the littlest patron if in your role as parent you looked, discovered and discussed the changes to avoid confusion by ourhavtng changed the familiar Storyhours attendance has increased dramatically over the last few months Attendance at the Main Library averages about 30 for Thursday (10:30 a m ) sessions The Lower Cape Branch continues to attract a full audience on Tuesday mornings (10:30), and the Avalon Library storyhours have increased more than 300 percent on Friday mornings. also at 10:30 Storyhours are a great way to introduce toddlers to their first group situation, foster an interest and enjoyment in books and storytelling and engaging in an activity which fosters an attention span and listening enjoyment. Brighten up a winter morn ing by bringing your youngster to storyhour and browsing our parenting area or spending some time on yourself

The Principal I ^^IpiiSley Kotien \ Principal, lower Cape May Regional High School

If you walk by classroom 18 any fourth period you will find there is considerably less noise each day The 10 students and their teacher are busily at work learning the sounds of silence They are engaged in a course in "Signing", the art of communicating with the deaf The better they get. the less they speak Paula ( urliss is the. teacher and this particular class, which meets every day. includes one of our guidance counsellors. Ellen . ( larks, among the students enrolled It is really a unique offer ing and a wonderful oppor tunity to attempt to see the world as one of the un r hearing w ho too often are a detached segment of the population that we know on ly as those for whom "closed caption " has special meaning THE STUDENTS have selected the courRfC Tbr a variety of reasons, but moat \ ly because the> have a friend or relative who is deaf Paul a teaches from a wealth of experience that in eludes a Master 's Degree in Deaf Education from

Gallaudet College and a Bachelor's Degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Adelphi University, and she is tor rific with her students For the past two and a half years she has worked in the district primarily with Brian Mehan. a senior who has been deaf from birth Her enthusiasm is infectious and generated our expan ding the curriculum to include this opportunity for all of our students WHEN WE PI Ton a fall production of The Miracle Worker, she taught one of our youngsters to sign the first act for the audience, hut she really shines in that special one to one relation ship with Brian, who is able to experience a very typical high school education with her help and support They spend two periods each day together with Paul teaching Brian English and then sitting with him in his science class to sign the i work of his teacher Bernle Bisehoff Brian takes a full load of classes that include drafting, typing and al gohra, and he is a hurdler on the trad team with plans to go to college next fall

]£ iL fl • 1 L - HOSPITM \RT — Mrs. Marie Metz of Court House, left, and Mrs. Bonnie Eeise of Stone Harbor supervise hanging of paintings for art display and sale at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital, resumed recently after several months' suspension. «

The Golden Edge Perpetual Motion

By DOROTHEA * F. COOPER Laughter is said to be good for a number of things T* won't, like the proverbs. apple, keep the doctor away (on the other hand, who knows that for sure?) but it will expand the lungs, exercise the diaphragm, fill the old bod with loads of much-needed oxygen and. best of all. put one in a better humor Look at television, with those aerobic enthusiasts jumping up and down. < and they ain't all that terrific either ! ) dressed in costumes that go up to and very scarcely cover that portion of the anatomy that is not discussed in polite conversation Or in magazines where those macho men. mostly sports figures, appear with a naively provocative smile, in their teeny weeny green or red whatsitsnames WE CAN LOOK into a mirror and say to ourselves. "I looked like that once" (had memory?) or else have an attack of honest belly-shaking laughter Once we've regained our composure, perhaps the idea may occur to us that for a long time we've had a had case of telefanny and slumps, and that a little exercise shouldn't hurt anybody, if the doctor says it's O K in moderation He will probably say that best of all are good brisk walks at least once a day in the open air But how about those of us who can't walk, in the first place, or else are afraid to go out alone* One solution to the latter there must he a friend or neighbor who would like to walk. too. hut feels fear as we do Fine Get together* In walking " and talking with a com pa nion. time and miles speed by quicklv. pleasantly and healthfully MANY PERSONS hesitate to do anything physical, especially after a bout of illness or surger> but there is really not too mucji exertion when wak ing in the morning to stretch in bed. lift one leg at a time slowly < straight, if possible', move gently any part of the body, gradually getting it up to at least 10 times Meanwhile. • smile to or at yourself, or laugh in that good deep breath It will finally get to he a habit that you will like Arthritis seems to he the name of the game with many of us. particularly in the hands and arms Many a cup or plate has gone into oblivion because of drop itto * What to do* Play the piano! Remember that old adver

tisement "They laughed when I sat down at the piano?" Youll have the last laugh Even though you never took a lesson, there is no problem to sitting down at a table, plac ing both hands on it in a grasping position, wrists straight and flat, when making like Paderewski or Horowitz or Liberace MOVE EACH finger up and down, slowly at first, then with time and proficiency gradually do scales up and down the grand playano If you have a piano in the house, of course, you have it made This exercise can also be done at any time even in the lap. so long as those digits feel your mastery and power Speaking of muscles, a smile uses a number of them Even thumbing one s nose at pain is a good start Two of the important things in life are LAUGH. LAUGH. LAUGH, and KEEP MOVING - in more ways than one Perpetual motion is bet ter than perpetual care

Joyride III jfe By libby Demp Forrest v ^-T J Some people are prepared for anything They do not have to rely much on ingenuity because they ve made ade quite preparations for what to have for dinner what to wear in the morning when they get dressed, and what to do the day they wake up and find postage stamps have gone up another two cents Such a day came in my life last week It might have been a Sunday like any other until I remembered ! had forgotten to mail a letter and didn't have a spanking new 22-cent stamp to stick on it No 2 came into my study and found me crawling around in the closet "What are you doing dow n there* " he asked "I'm looking for some stamps." I said He seemed a little perplexed "HOW COME you took all those things out of the closet*" he asked staring at a pile of junk I had pulled out "I remember seeing a one-cent stamp on the floor a lor* time ago. ' I said "This closet is really a mess. Mom. said No 2 "You shouldn't really talk about me and the way I keep my room I ignored his advice and kept searching Behind a box of old letters I found a lone onecent stamp stuck to the closet floor "Eureka'" I shouted and started to scrape it from the floor NO. 2 w ATCHED in fascination as I worked "Why don't you just wait until tomorrow and bu> a new stamp*" No 2 asked Because I have to get a letter out today/* I said victoriously holding up the now shriveled penny stamp No 2 stared at the stamp "I never saw a penny stamp like that." he said "It's pretty old," I said "Now all I have to do is find enough other stamps to come to 21 cents." I said "I think I saw an old stamp in the dining room chest." said No 2 •THAT'S RIGHT. I remember seeing one there too when I didn't use the envelope 1 put a wrong address on." I said as I got out the glue stick No 2 ran downstairs and checked the drawer "1 found it. Mom." he shouted upstairs lie ran hack upstairs earn ing the envelope "Go get the tea kettle going in the kitchen." I said, "and we'll steam it off " "This is beginning to be fun. said No 2 WHILE NO. 2 steamed I rummaged through drawers until I found another penny stamp stuck to the lining of an old handbag I gave it a little yank and it tore in half, but I got the glue stick and pasted both halves on the envelope No 2 came upstairs vith the wilted stamp fresh from steaming and I glued it on the envelope "We've got just enough time to run to the mail box and mail this letter." I said happily "Wouldn't it he something if we've missed the mail truck*" asked No 2

I I inn __z: ; Tifl - ■ TI Inn — ~ it ion nr id* ~~ mr JJqruoY _ JX TP B3HTAB T8I 101)38 | J |f . JUMP H TZZXT T> 1 3HT XI, HQ I 30I8MI IJL jr i pwxooj n ifl.TUO 1 IT WE CAN HELP. Jtrfifc, Call on the mortgage specialists *•*» o«n m « W c«p» m* —a wt Sam' < ♦ v— nm-rv « W» HW I I 1 1 i A. *v. * [w, M|| ,,, TL U -1 , lrir %