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Treating Drinking Water COURT HOUSE - Homeowners are becoming more aware of groundwater quality problems as a result of their exposure to radio, TV and newspaper media. A new publication entitled Home Drinking Water Treatment Technologies and Devices is available by contacting the Cape May County Extension Service. According to Larry Newbold. Cape May County Agricultural Agent, this 8-page fact sheet covers mechanical filtration, carbon filtration, reverse osmosis and distillation. It also covers some tips for homeowners when approaching the market place to buy this new equipment. NEWBOLD SAID that under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. the federal government has established 22 mandatory water quality standards for public water systems. However, more than 200 substances have been detected in drinking water, according to a study by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.

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GETTING READY — Upper Cape Branch of Cape May County Library in Petersburg will open next Monday, according to Freeholder James S. Kilpatrick Jr. Ceremony and reception are set for it a.m. Oct. 19. Above, research librarian Tony Butler of Seaville and head librarian Lois Ostermayer of Ocean City unpack some of the initial supply of 20.000 books in the new $895,000 facility.

BTMH Weathers Gloria

COURT HOUSE - Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital (BTMH) was well prepared for storm emergency, according to its president William H. Waldron III. When hurricane warnings were received, a disaster plan was reviewed in meetings with nursing staff and department heads, he said. Steps were taken to ensure vital services — food, water, fuel, blood supply, and adequate staffing, he said. As evacuations proceeded. bedridden patients from barrier islands who needed more care than regular shelters could provide, began arriving at the hospital emergency department, he said. Since local nursing homes were already overburdened, the hospital placed them in beds and Emergency Management provided a nurse to watch over them, Waldron said. Eleven of these patients were taken in. he said. Beds were also made up for staff wishing to stay the night. Approximately twothird's of the nursing staff was able to make it in and everyone else pitched in to help. Some nurses and . aides worked through the entire storm, taking time out only for occasional breaks or cat naps There was no disruption in patient care, Waldron said. The emergency departIment had extra physicians on hand to meet whatever need might rise, he said. Fortunately, as of 3 p.m. Friday, there were no serious injuries related to the storm. There were three minor auto accidents, with the injured treated

and released — people driving in high winds. Other people came in needing medications such as insulin and dilantin that they had left at home when they evacuated. ONE BABY WAS BORN during the hurricane. Parents, Wilmer and Dorrie Laufman, were evacuating their home in Cape May when mother went into labor Baby boy Wilmer Berlin Laufman, V, was born 1:43 a.m., Friday at seven pounds, six ounces. Free food in the cafeteria was provided for all staff, rescue workers, and visitors, said Waldron. The only power outage occurred at 11:07 a.m. and lasted about a half hour. The hospital switched over to its auxiliary generators during the interim. At noon, the hospital's 199-foot communications tower was toppled by high winds, bending it in half and piercing the roof of the south wing. Patients on the floor below were not disturbed, except by the crash, Waldron said. As a precaution, four patients were moved to other rooms, he added. Later in the afternoon, men went up on the windy roof in an effort to reestablish the long-range communication for the mobile intensive care units that had been disturbed by the incident.

A satellite dish, used to receive educational programs from the Healthcare Information Network, was sheered from its moorings on the roof and fell into an inner court. There were some roof leaks with minor damage but no flooding, Waldron said. "On behalf of the community, I would like to thank hospital staff and employes, volunteers, paramedics, rescue squads, Cape May County Emergency Management personnel and all others who worked together during this emergency," the hospital president concluded. "Their efforts are greatly appreciated."

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