* ' • • 1 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 20 November '85 & 51

Joyride III , dfc By Libby Demp Forrest \J JJ" J

When the surf is up. No. 2 is up. When the surf is down. No. 2 is down. Just as a linebacker hungers for a tackle when the season is over. No. 2 hungers for waves on days when they're off Australia or Malibu. When No. 2's bedroom was repainted a few months ago. he chose a color called ocean blue Every inch of No. 2's bedroom walls is covered with pictures of waves. Before he falls asleep at night. No. 2 lies staring at the pictures of waves until they become part of his dreams. IT NEVER CEASES to amaze me that a human being can stand up on a board (a very expensive board) eyeball to eyeball with a wave that is coming in for a landing. It helps to be young, but from time to time I notice a few gray heads sprinkled among the mohawks. I am telling all this because young mothers who take their tykes for a dip to the local pool may not realize what lies ahead. When No. 2 was little his rubber duckie was uncommonly fascinating to him. He liked to throw rubber duckie into a sink or bathtub. He also liked to fill up basins of water so that he and rubber duckie could play together. Left on his own for a few minutes outside the house, it wasn't long before No. 2 made his way to the hose and turned it on full force. EVERY PUDDLE AFTER a rainstorm got No. 2's full attention. When No. 2 was taken to the beach he liked to socialize. With the water. We'd take rubber duckie to the beach, but it wasn't long before No. 2 noticed there were kids out there on things called floats and rafts. When No. 2 started to pull them away from the other kids, I decided it was time he needed one of his own. Back home at bath time. No. 2 would try to put his raft into the tub. So, I was forced to spend more and more time at the beach with No. 2 because I figured out the raft fit into the ocean a lot better than it did in the tub. TIME MARCHED ON and No. 2 went off to the elementary school, and eventually made it to the grade when students get swimming in the pool as part of the curriculum. His favorite subject was swimming. It even beat out lunch and recess, which had been his favorite 'subjects' until then. Thus, a surfer was in the making. Mothers with babies in arms who are wondering if a rubber duckie would make a nice Christmas present might want to choose a teddy bear instead.

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ARIES: You will be in complete control of everybody I and of every circumstance, because the Moon is in your sign this weekend! If you travel, make allowances for delays. Strive for accord with painter. TAURUS: Someone with a pioneBWg spirit promises to back your ventures. Get your joint financial affairs in order within the next few weeks! Too, organize your tax information and insurance papers. GEMINI: Follow up your leads, back-track and reevaluate your progress. Anything new attempted before Christmas invites problems, while Mercury, your ruler, is in a retrograde motion. CANCER: Your current career achievements receive long overdue praise and recognition. Be wary of the attempts of others to steal your thunder, and do not be afraid to blow your own horn! LEO: Favorable Sun aspects provide more time for creativity, children and hobbies. Travel this weekend will be adventurous. Do not procrastinate opportunities for home improvement: decorate now! VIRGO: Expect to be trapped at home this monthl Double check insurance policies and other important documents to assure that you are getting what you pay for. Self-improvement programs pay off. LIBRA: Personal drive and ambition lead you into arenas where angels fear to tread. Neighborhood affairs, short trips and publishing occupy your hours, and intellectual horizons expand. SCORPIO: You feel as if a great weight has been lifted. Financially you begin to solidify your accounts and to restrict unnecessary expenditures. A sacrifice made this weekend improves your outlook. SAGITTARIUS: Saturn entering your sign now will enable you to get your act together in the coming years. This is a lesson-learning cycle, so do not allow temporary frustrations to get you down. CAPRICORN : By now you realize how valuable it has been to heed your "inner voice"! Someone confined to a hospital or in "self-imposed exile" needs your compassion and your time. AQUARIUS: From now until Christmas find time to complete a "research" project begun some time ago. The rewards for the finished project will be worthwhile. Friends lend assistance and support. PISCES: Special talents enable you to make extra money. Your health outlook improves with your enlightenment about what causes "dis-ease". Hopes and wishes inspire you to get through temporary difficulties.

The State We're In (From Page 50) While lots has been done to clean up some of the more immediate "drum dumps." having a place to go with large quantities of toxic wastes is a big problem. We recently found that out with radon-contaminated soil, for which the only approved disposal sites are in the far west ... and Nevada, for one. doesn't want our junk. In a recent poll conducted by the Eagleton Institute at Rutgers University, concern over toxic waste problems appears to have reached a new high among New Jerseyans. When asked "What do you think is the most important problem facing the state that whoever is elected governor will have to deal with?," over 40 percent of respondents said environmental problems — with toxic cleanup by far the largest percentage. Indeed, those who were polled thought environmental matters a bigger problem than the economy, social services, taxation, education, crime and government performance combined! In 1981, the economy was the big issue, with the environment holding only 5 percent of the respondents' attention. So if you are part of the high percentage of New Jerseyans who think Superfund is part of the toxic cleanup answer, you'd better let your Congressperson know — and add that you want something better than the DingellBroyhiil bill, H.R. 2817.

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