Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 29 May '85 Q-*

ARIES: Current undertaking can best be accomplished by use of the written word. Attend meetings and conferences confidently. Neighbors and kin beseech you to help them with a touchy problem. TAURIS : Physical attractions are strong at present . Someone on the "work front" attempts to sweep you off your feet. Allow for adequate sleep and exercise during this "sacrificial" cycle. GEMINI: You attract aggressive, professional people. Mercury in your sign for the remainder of the month gives you the go ahead on virtually any project you wish to begin. You will be wittier, happier and friendlier. CANCER: Allow time for introspection and selfawareness. When you recognize your weaknesses, you can conquer anything. Learn to say that you are sorry on the home front. Lost article re-appears. LEO: You find new ways of Incrementing your income. Association with clubs and organizations brings novel ideas and trustworthy acquaintances. If entertaining, expect the unexpected! VIRGO: Responsibilities increase. Ask for that raise or promotion: you have earned it. If the telephone is not ringing off the wall and your mailbox stuffed with correspondence, you are not a typical Virgo. LIBRA: Energy cycle is high for sports, danfing and other forms of exercise. You meet someone who is highly attuned to your philosophies and creeds. This is no time to hide your feelings: be honest. SCORPIO: Stifle the desire to blurt out a secret which was shared in private. Make certain that paper work of a financial nature is letter perfect. Above all, do not resort to negative habits. SAGITTARIUS: Try to arrange for a change of scenery this coming month. Heed advice from professional, or mate. When you realize that others are working for you, not against you, your stubborness will dissipate. CAPRICORN: Once you get into the routine of things, life will be much simpler. Organize a schedule which allows flexibility as well as mobility. Co-workers will be helpful and co-operative. AQUARIUS: Circle of friends widens bringing excitement, recreation and romance. Exercise your creative talents, striving to perfect your God-given gifts. Avoid extravagance and excessiveness. PICES: Matters familial and financial are under good auspices. Harmonize with parents and kin, and meditate on "behind the scenes" lucre. Your knack for lending a sympathetic ear helps others in need.

Dying Caterpillars (Page 63 Pjease) WE ARE CONVINCED that BT is used to appease the ! environmentalist and is of no benefit to those of us who must live with these creatures. If this is the way that BT , works, we prefer it not be used near our property. , The township officials insist that the state will only f spray residential areas. If you happen to live in an area . surrounded by woods ( that never get sprayed) , there will ] always be a problem. If nobody cares what we i homeowners have to put up with, what chance do we have | of making anybody care about the uninhabited, surroun- « ding woodlands? J Somehow I can't believe that this situation will last forever. For pretty soon there will be no more woodlands. f No more beautiful colors, no more rabbits, no chipmunks. < no red-tailed hawks. Just the sound of the rain. (And by r this I don't mean the sound of water falling from the sky, t but the sound of the caterpillars' dropping on the floor of r an empty forest. ) f MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL CAMPBELL f ED. NOTE: Mrs. Campbell reported this week that they 1 have sprayed their house twice with Sevin and the cater- t pillars are " not quite as bad. They're still in the trees, eating away, but I'd rather have them in the treei than dy- g ing on my house. " f c Nummy-Fleece Connection— I (From Page 63) of "humongeous "traffic jams out on the bear trails p King Nummy leaned back with a musing, poetic look on c his face. He began speaking in a soft and gentle voice a "Now comes the best time of the year. The golden, balmydays: the warm caress of the surf; the crisp nights with 0 shimmering stars, the " n "Sell it, baby, sell it!" cried the captain. "Nummy c you're beautiful, we both had the same thought at the u same time!" j( "What thought?" p "Why, the Extend the Season thought, what else? I've tl got it all planned — What we need here for the next two months is a bunch of elderly white settlers on fixed in- e comes. Philadelphia is full of them. I'll sail my ship up ti there ; give them a cheap package price ; load them up and t< bring them down here. We'll give them free transporta c tion and baggage handling, free lodging and free entertainment." v "What entertainment?" "Well, I figure that they can play around in the sand ^ during the day, and at night your daughter can do her raccoon imitation." n "That's cheap, alright." w "Sure, they want cheap, they're gonna get it, and here's Si another angle—' S| It is time to take leave of King Nummy and his dynamic n companion, perhaps to re-join them at a later date when a they get into some interesting off-shore developments . ^

Our Readers Write Cox Hall Creek: Sad Conditions To The Editor: I can sincerely sympathize with Mayor Robert Fothergill. In your May 15 issue, learned about the mayor's baleful expression over the loss of a state recycling grant. When a politician dealing with an administrator of a political agency comes out a loser it is a sad loss. And especially after a grant application of 40 pages is submitted. But consider the sad health condition of the people living in the environs of Cox Hall Creek. Mere civilian taxpayers attempting to motivate administrators of politicians. Summer of 1984: County Health Department reports unacceptable high coliform counts at the outfall of Cox Hall Creek. July 1984: Concerned citizens called this health hazard to attention of local officials. October 1984, past Executive Director. LTMUA. hopes the MUA will correct drainage before spring The engineer has been put on notice to inspect pumping station and recommend corrections. April 29, 1985, James Stump, executive director. LTMUA, assures the undersigned that work will commence during the coming year. These are just the salient points in the time machine, and if I may paraphrase a quote from the mayor, hell, we have a half pound of documents and correspondence and to no avail today. Tony Jurvic Town Bank Prevention Is KeyTo HMO Services By DEL BROOKS Social Security Manager in Wildwood

A health maintenance i organization (HMO) is an i organized system of health 1 care. Although these organizations may assume a variety of forms, four elements are characteristic of each. First, an HMO provides comprehensive health-care services for its members. These services are coordinated and continuity of care is assured. The HMO is than an insurance system. It actually furnishes the health-care services to its members rather | than simply paying for the 1 services its members I require. SECOND. THE com- 1 prehensive services provid- 1 ed by an HMO emphasize I prevention without neglec- 1 ting needed medical treat- I ment. This approach differs 1 that of the usual fee- I system, which 1 the financial incentive 1 provide preventive care. | Third, individuals or | may enroll in an HMO for a specified period of time. The length of the contract is usually one year Under the agreement, members are entitled to health-care services from physicians and other healthpersonnel who are associated with the HMO. FOURTH. THE HMO is obligated to furnish its members with all healthservices called for under the contract. The the HMO's costs of providing these services, greater its profit. Thus. HMO's have an incentive to emphasis prevenmedicine and generally make their services as cost-effective as possible. Q. How can an HMO provide its members with quality care and still reduce the cost of care? A. For example, unhospitalization, which is extremely expenis avoided. Minor ~ surgery and diagnostic tests be performed on an outpatient basis rather than «>. s. twwitaJ. .saws. . .

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Joyride III dk By Libby Demp Forrest \J 1 The subject is cars - old cars. Not antique cars that everyone admires when they go down the road. I'm talking about clunkers. The Hubby has just bought a clunker. The first time I saw it. I asked him if he could park it around the block. The first thing No. 2 asked when he took a ride in it was. "Hey, let's turn on the radio." radio's broken." said The Hubby. "Oh." said No. 2. THE FIRST THING No. 1 said when he took a ride in it was, "I feel like I'm riding around in a shopping cart." The first thing I said when I took a ride in it was, "It sounds like there's a family of crickets that came along with this clunker." "What?" The Hubby shouted to me over the sound. "I can't hear you." "I really like this car," said No. 2 "I like all the different colors it's painted ." "If we ever decide to rob a bank." I said, "we couldn't take this car for the getaway. We've be picked up before we got to the corner." "THIS CAR HAS character," said The Hubby as he scrapped off some of the rust in the driveway "I hope someone says that about me when I'm old," I said. The Hubby pulled open the hood and looked down into the motor. "Look at that motor," he said. I looked. "There's the motor alright." I said. The Hubby went to the garage, got a wrench, and started tightening things. "It just needs a little work here and there," he said. "I hope someone says that about me when I'm old," I said. THE HUBBY WENT BACK to the garage and got a can of motor oil. "This will take care of the squeaks," he said. "You should have bought a drum of oil," I said, watching The Hubby at work. After a while The Hubby came into the house and washed his hands at the kitchen sink. "How about we ail go for another ride?" he said. "Let's hear how things sound now." We all piled into the car. "I like this care," No. 2 shouted from the back seat. "What did you say?" The Hubby shouted back.

"Double Mj you* money Ik In 6V2 yea*s. IB 1 VJith our e« II 1 - . 1| 1 . nn s.ueat certificates earning IK 1 11 1 interest remain '" , re.investment. IB I Bates may change I seIB'! Cape May County Savings & Loan Association Main Office: 225 N Mam St.. Cape May Court House a 465-5600 I