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■In Dor it Ward PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST — Lower Cape May Regional High School principal and artist Stanley Kotzen poses before his montage of Cape May. The original print was done in acrylic and pen and ink. Several thousand montage posters are being made and will be available for sale.

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| "Mom." said No. 2, "I don't think you should be watching this show. It's too steamy for you." "I wasn't born yesterday, you know." I said. It isn't everyday I get to sink my teeth into a good miniseries with lust, debauchery and wickedly beautiful clothes spun over three nights. For three nights I raced home from work, cooked a fast dinner and settled in front of the TV to watch "Crossings. " USUALLY NIGHT finds me with a good book or a good load of laundry, but last week I forgot everything except keeping track of the TV tale. "At nine o'clock the TV is mine," I announced coming in the door from work. "You're really hooked." said No. 2. "I've never seen you like this. Mom." No. 2 was given strict instructions that if I dozed off in my chair after dinner, I was to be awakened at 8:55 p.m. without fail. "I CAN'T BELIEVE this is you talking," said No. 2. "You usually don't care about watching TV." While the plot unfolded I gave running commentary. "That boat is the Queen Mary," I said. "I went aboard it before it sailed out of New York Harbor for the last time. It was quite a boat." "Shhh, Mom." said No. 2. "Look at that dress, look at that dress." I gushed. "HOW IS SHE holding it up?" asked No. 2. "Mom, you shouldn't be watching this show." "Hey." I said. "I'm a grown up woman. Remember?" "But you're not into TV." said No. 2. "This is pretty steamy. Mom." "I love it. I love it." I mushed. "I can't believe you, Mom," said No. 2. "Is this the way I raised you?" "ARE YOU SAYING it's okay for you to watch Miami Vice and all those shows, but you expect me to watch kiddie cartoons?" I said. "That's called a double standard." "You don't watch soaps You don't like crime shows. You like old Shirley Temple movies and goody two step stuff like that. I've always told my friends how you only watch symphony music and boring programs. " said No. 2. "I guess I never knew what I was missing." I sighed. "Mom, I have a feeling you shouldn't watch this next scene." said No. 2. "Here she comes, here she comes." I gushed. "Look where she's hung her jewel."

The Golden Edge (From Page 46) of those anxious to buy return tickets. "Sell your ticket. Mister" (or Lady), they would cry. Anyone carrying a suitcase who looked as though he or she might be starting on a vacation was approached, and sometimes sold their tickets for fifty cents — hoping that by the time their twoweekers were over, they would have the good fortune to accost incoming excursioners and persuade them to sell, thereby saving the more expensive cost of a regular return passage. AFTER A GLORIOUS (if it didn't rain! ) day of sun and sandy bottoms, paining, hot -buttered sunburn, overdoing, over-sunning, over-exertion, over-etc., we'd arrive once again at the end of the day. Into the crowded ferry we poured, crossed Delaware Avenue and ventured up Chestnut and Market streets, the lucky ones boarding trolleys and elevated trains. We had to walk. But once again, in the not-too-distant future, when the swelter and dust and humidity of the big city once again became unbearable, like the pangs of childbirth, all the memories of pain, frustration, exhaustion and anxiety were forgotten in the prospect of another visit to "the shore " Even though we had to walk. (ED. NOTE: Cooper writes from North Wildwood)

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Health Watch ; by Dr Robert C Beitman

Dear Dr. Beitman: After scratching ourselves until we bled, my wife finally went to the doctor and found out she had "crabs", and apparently so do I, since the treatment worked on me too. What's eating at me more than the crabs did, is whether she was unfaithful to me. She swears she wasn't and that one of us must have picked them up from a toilet seat, or maybe she got them working at the home for mentally retarded where she teaches. What do you think? B.B. Woodbine DearB.B.: I'LL NEVER forget the day I was using a public washroom on the Parkway and looked down to see a tiny reddish black dot moving along the edge of the toilet seat. I held it up to the light and saw miniscule legs and antennae waving at me — a public louse (crab) ! Another centimeter closer to my body and it would have grabbed onto the pubic hair and if it was female, probably laid eggs and infected me. So there is no doubt in my mind it is possible to get "crabs" from other things than sex. UNDER USUAL cir-

1 cumstances it take quite a > while to get symptoms t from the crabs, they need ; several weeks to multiply > and really start irritating . you with their blood sucking. They sometimes tend to appear like miniature beads on your pubic hairs i and sometimes on the . eyebrows, eyelashes and other body hair. Other times they are so miscroscopic that only the persistent scratching is a clue to diagnosis. Normal washing will not remove the problem. The substance the female uses to attach the egg sacks to the hairs is tremendously strong. AFTER YOUR doctor has ruled out other sexually transmitted diseases that have similar symptoms, s/he will prescribe a strong chemical in a shampoo (kwell). Be sure to use it for as long as stated on the bottle! Just because the symptoms go away, doesn't mean there aren't eggs waiting to hatch. Follow the directions carefully. ^ Absolutely skip sexual contact while you have

i crabs, because you will i pass them on. an inconI siderate thing to do. YOU MIGHT also want ; to disinfect toilet bowls and not share towels, combs I and brushes during this time; Even if you didn't get your crabs through sexual contact, you can certainly 1 spread them that way. Low-Cost Spaying RIO GRANDE - Lowcost spaying and neutering for pets is available to county dog and cat owners through a slate Department of Health project, according to the county Department of Aging. The fee is only $10 for participants in any of the following programs: SSI. AFDC, General Public Assistance. Medicaid. PAAD, Lifeline, or rental assistance. For local veterinarians taking part in the project, call the office at 886-2784 or 886-2785. y e

Another form o7 lice, called human lice, are slightly longer and are most commonly passed I among school children. These are most common among people who live in [ crowded, un hygienic conI ditions. although uk'.v can j appear anywhere ; THESE ARE very tough t creatures to handle when I they get onlQ clothing. r Usually theytare found in the air. £g,ain. the chemical shampta is used for treatment. Hats have to be burned. Health Watch, is a public t education project of the American Cancer Society, of which Dr. Beitman is president in Cape May County. Letters to the docj tor should be addressed jj care of his office. 108 N. Main St.. Cape May Court House. NJ 08210. Gift to SWIM NORTH CAPE MAY - c Xi Beta Tau' Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi recently I presented the Wildwood Crest Specialized Water Ins terest Movement (SWIM) with a donation as one of its r service projects for this year

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