Herald - Lantern ■ Dispatch 18 )une '86 75

Our Readers Write Why Meters On Kennedy? To The Editor: I would like to question why the matter of parking meters on John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Sea Isle City was not placed on a referendum. My next question is how does the city have the right to put parking meters on state and county roads? The city does not patch potholes or repave the streets. This is all done by the state and county. I object to R.V. campers and panel trucks coming into town. They park, eat, sleep and shower in their vehicles. It is a health hazard. NONE OF THESE people have a sticker from the nearby campgrounds. One lady told me this morning that she and her husband sold their home on Landis and moved to 47th and the bay. The reason, she told me, is that out of state people were using their shower to rinse off after coming from the beach. They also were living in their vehicle. Apparently, this has been going on for quite some time. We want the parking on Kennedy put back the way it was. We don't want cars to be parked length-wise. Our elected officials should take more care and concern about these matters. Charles Dalrymple was granted parking space for his (11 ) tenants when apartments were put in. Now, he won't be able to provide tenant parking on Kennedy Boulevard. I DID ASK earlier that parking for handicapped people be put on Kennedy. We managed to get two spaces. Why parking meters in front of the Methodist Church? Are visitors and regular members supposed to pay tribute money to hear the service? What about wedding rehearsals and weddings? The church provides two summer services from July to September in the morning and Sunday night services. Sea Isle City does not need parking meters, but does need to eliminate people living in their vehicles all over town. MARJORIE GALAMORE Sea Isle City (ED. NOTE: The county has to approve metered parking on county roads, according to the county Engineer's Office ) Losing Battle (From Page 74) One Oncologist in Somers Point mentioned how one of his patients had spent $25,000 for interferon injections. Why did he even bring this up ..could it have been for conversation's sake or for the obvious reason? God only knows. Yes, I'm mad! There is a murderer out there running free, killing our loved ones. The professionals say early identification is still the best safeguard. Thanks! It is so easy to overlook early signs, especially, as in the case of my mother, when they are so healthy and never smoked or abused their body. THE BLOOD IN her urine about seven months ago was the sign. It only happened once. The doctor said it was a urinary infectioryand gave her antibiotics. She would still be alive if we hifd gotten a second opinion in Philadelphia. Dr. Brownstein, a kidney specialist from Jefferson Hospital, and his nurse were truly professional and kind and caring in this matter. Dr. Brownstein even called even after we went to our family doctor for final comfort. The Oncologist from Somers Point, after sending us on a wild goose chase in New York to see if we could get my mother into an experimental program, went on vacation in California for 10 days. He didn't even leave a forwarding number of a doctor to contact in his stead. The experimental program in New York was looking for "healthy cancer patients." That is a direct quote. That's how your cancer research money is being spent: on healthy cancer patients. That's as sick as the disease itself. The recent American Cancer Society fund raiser in Cape May County was a noble cause. The problem with the format was, basically, that it seemed like more of a "Ted Mack Amateur Hour" for up and coming stars than anything else. I didn't see one segment dealing with the disease itself, causes, research, warning signs and/or professional conversation. I hope next year's fund raiser will include more insight into the disease and a little less tap-dancing. I GUESS THE FINAL dead-end came the afternoon my mother died. She was given last rites the day before. My sister called the desk at Jefferson and spoke to the loving priest who administered extreme unction. She asked if he would come up and hold my mother's hand and pray with the family. His response was, "I was there yesterday and I'm sorry, but she's not on my list so I won't be able to come up..." To the good priest : you need more prayers, father, than my mother did. May God bless you. My father is crying so much. Forty-eight years in love with a good woman and, today, we kiss mom goodbye for the last time. She has gone were all the good souls go. The bright lights in the skies of Cape May are shining like diamonds, like 10,000 jewels in the sky. Tonight there will be another jewel in the sky. I love you, mom! MICHAEL J. STUBBS North Cape May

— , fir DURINC THf NEXT Mwal weeks, ' . . (1 H female diamond-back terrapins come out of > ■ CL-i I ft- ^ wa,ef ,n ***'<* of "est sites 1 1 Smce undisturbed dunes are so limited. I i turtles will often nest in yards parking lots. ' I ; roadbeds and other sandy areas U . |_ THE FEMALE DIGS the nest using only | | her large, webbed hind leet The total nest ' | operation varies in length from 12 I jij minutes to an hour Don t disturb her or I JO » V I 1 1(| she will leave the site and look for another Pi nesting area I If IT 'I A (hitch consists of S to 1 J eggs which in-V-,UI I cubate for 60 to 90 days \Sost Thatchings -¥■«!_ | emerge in late summer or fall although I U ni\.5 ^ome will remain in the nest until the || I | following spring ' li a terrapin m an aquarium They need very special water and environ , E ment to survive I MANY FEMALE TERRAPINS are killed ; | during this time of year while crossing road.1 ways looking lor their nesting site I « you see a turtle crossing a roadway 1 ! stop and carry her across to the rushes by I N the bay side Use two hands and point her I N head away from you. ijl CAUTIOUS MOTORISTS can also help ,-r |L to preserve the species by avoiding these r J |r , slow moving mothers to-be *§& ^

Dear Dog Murderer: To The Editor: I would like to direct this letter to the murderer in Green Creek. You know who you are. You must really be a sick man. And to teach your sons to be as sick as you is really demented. I don't know what kind of gratification someone gets from shooting a 10-month-old, pedigree Labrador. A dog whose only mistake was to love swimming in an unfenced - sandwash not far from his own backyard. DID YOU ENJOY taking aim on this unsuspecting puppy? You must have really been content when you realized you had made a direct hit through is young heart. Well, let me tell you something that will really please your demented mind. There'a s six-year-old boy who is not only mourning the loss of his dog, but his best friend, his constant companion, his best buddy. WHEN I VISITED my friend's son the other night to try and take his mind off his loss, I found it impossible to do so. The boy is in shock. He had gone to school the other day. only to vomit on the school bus. Then he sat down at the nurse's office, crying for his dog. Weeks have passed since "Tuggy" was murdered, and Tommy still cries. Having known Tommy's "Tug O' War." I join him in his tears. I hope you are satisfied. JANE LITTLE-POULLIOT Ocean View

Nurse Feted

BUENA VISTA — A Cape May County woman was honored by the Millville Hospital Nurses' Association at a retirement dinner at Buena Vista Country Club here recently. Emogine D'Agostino. R.N., of Tuckahoe, retired recently after having worked as staff nurse, operating room nurse, head nurse, evening supervisor and relief supervisor during her 15 years at Millville Hospital. MRS. D. AS she is affectionately known at the hospital, was characterized by a number of speakers

as a "nurse's nurse, a kind, sensitive, firm, intelligent and caring nurse who will be greatly missed." D'Agostino said she looked back on her career at Millville Hospital with satisfaction and with gratitude for her association with the nurses and for the support she received from the administration. Among the guests honoring D'Agostino. including members of the nurses' association, the medical and administrative staffs and friends, were her husband, Bud. daughter. Cathy, son, John, brother. Wayne, and their families.

loyride III (Jk By Libby Demp Forrest \J JJu 1 Can we talk? For several weeks, while I lay close to death's door, the editor of this newspaper took swipes at me when he had to run a few back columns of mine. (Need I remind readers that Joe Zelnik's columns for the Mother's Day issues of 1984 and 1985 were identical? > Yes, I am getting better; strength is starting to flow through my veins. I am starting to feel feisty again. Now I can get a few things off my ample chest. BEFORE I WENT into the hospital I went through 20 months worth of columns and selected a couple I thought had stood the test of time. I attached a note, suggesting that the imperial editor decide each week which one he wanted to run. (It is my experience that you have to give editors something to do. After all, their job is to edit. If you give them perfection they feel inadequate because they have nothing to do. ) Thus, on my first day home from the hospital, I reached wanly for this newspaper to find my column. And. of course. I found the first of several editor's comments about my re-runs. It brought tears to my eyes, not from the joy of seeing myself in print again, but by having my own words used to butt me for taking time off for surgery IN MORE RECENT WEEKS, the imperial editor has accused me of luxuriating with chocolates and flowers while I recuperate. (Can I help it if people love me and keep sending tokens of their affections? P.S. Keep it up ) While I am getting things off my ample chest I want to tell every body that Joyride is about to embark on its' 1 1th year of continuous publication in Cape May County. (Last year when Joyride approached its' 10th anniver sary I modestly asked for a front page banner headline proclaiming that week a holiday in Cape May County, but the editor only went to the pencil sharpener to sharpen up his blue pencil.) I THEN HUNG AROUND his desk some more, hoping he'd type out some neat editor's comment, something like. .."this newspaper is proud to publish Cape May's County's longest running column..." I had to wait another year before the editor typed out a comment and it wasn't quite what I had in mind (P.S. As soon as the doctor says I'm able to withstand cruel and inhuman punishment again I'll be back. I'm warning you. Joe.) (ED. NOTE: Promises, promises...}

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