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j Anglers Spot Pelican Flock

By LOU ROD1A STONE HARBOR - Brown Pelicans have been spotted on their recent visit to Cape May County. They were in a flock of 30. according to Lou Tucker of Philadelphia and Stone Harbor. He was one of several persons who spotted the pelicans. Tucker, who films sports events as his profession, is a birder and fishing enthusiast on his visits to Stone Harbor. He was fishing for tautog at the Great Channel Bridge between Stone Harbor and Grassy Sound when he saw the flock fly over. The birds were also seen by Norm Hutchinson of State College. Pa.. Dick

Biele. of Ulysses. Pa., and Lou Rodia, of Court House. They were fishing from Rodia's boat south of Clark's Point in the inland waterway behind Stone Harbor around 6:30 p.m. Thursday when the flock of pelicans flew over. They saw the same flock spotted by Tucker. SIGHTINGS of pelicans were also reported last week in the Bidwell's Creek area on Delaware Bay. The flock seen behind Stone Harbor flew south of the Ocean Drive bridge. Four split off and headed out toward the ocean, according to Tucker. The others continued on toward Stone Harbor Point at the south end of the resort. It is not known if the Stone Harbor

area flock and those seen at Bidwell's were the same or two different groups of pelicans. bill and Eisa Thompson, former Avalon residents from Marietta, Ohio, where they publish Bird Watchers Digest, said that pelicans are an infrequent visitor to the Jersey Shore. They are making a comeback and more should be seen more often in Cape May County from time to time, even though this area is a little north of the normal range of brown pelicans. The Thompsons said White Pelicans also visit the area. Sightings have been reported with increasing frequency. They are most apt to be seen in June and early July. White pelicans come from the

West to the East Coast at this time of the year. Sightings are usually in Cape May County and at Brigintine Wildlife Refuge. Brown pelicans have been reported in Cape May County. Brigintine and Holgate in New Jersey. Anyone sighting pelicans and wishing to report them should call the Cape May Bird Observatory. 884-2736, or the county Birding Hotline, 884-2626.

Program , Pictures Shorebirds, Crabs

WEST CAPE MAY - The Cape May Geographic Society's evening slide program, Friday focuses on an internationally famous phenomenon happening in our own back yard. Peter Dunne, of the Cape May Bird Observatory and the New Jersey Audubon Society, will present the program, entitled "Calidris Canutus and Kings". Since 1981 Dunne, through the observatory, has been involved in aerial surveys to study the concentrations of northbound shorebirds attracted to the billions of eggs laid by horseshoe crabs on the beaches of the Delaware Bay. D U R I N G THESE surveys he and other researchers counted literally a million-plus shorebirds. These birds stop here only briefly, during a threeweek period in late May, before flying on to the Arctic tundra where they breed.

They arrive tired and underweight having flown 4,000 miles from their wintering grounds in Central and South America. THESE SHOREBIRDS instinctively know of a glut of food available to them here on the shores of the Delaware Bay — the billions of eggs laid by spawning horseshoe crabs. The crabs' mating and egg laying is triggered by the high tides during the new or full moon in mid-May. This is timely, since only a month ago the states of New Jersey and Delaware joined to dedicate 25 miles of the Delaware bayshore as a Migratory Shorebird Reserve. The slide program begins 8 pm. and is held at West Cape May's Muncipal Building, behind the Fire Hall, on Broadway. Admission is free to members of the Cape May Geographic Society. Mb |

Bodenschatz AF Graduate OCEAN VIEW — Airman James E. Bodenschatz, son of Frank E. and Betty A. Bodenschatz of this community, has graduated from the U.S. Air Force food service course at Lowry Air Force Base, Colo. Students were taught to plan, prepare and serve food while maintaining kitchen and dining hall equipment.

From The Principal By Stanley Kulzen " Printip.il. Lower ( .ipc M.iv Rrxinn.il Hixh «mHihiI

Charles Dickens must have been thinking about the last few days of the school year when he began that classic novel. .."It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." All emotions get magnified and funneled into a few hectic days when we reach mid-June. There are the excitement, anticipation, and joy of the graduation and the anger and frustration of student failure with the prospect of summer school looming. There are proud parents and commencement gifts, and there are statements of futility accompanied by a barrage of blame. It all comes to a head in a few brief days of crisis escalation that ends with an empty school and the start of a 10-week preparation period in anticipation of another year. THERE ARE moments in the last few days when it appears that the current year will never end. All of a sudden, passive and I uninterested parents i become emotional ad- I vocates for their children. I This is as it should be, but it would be less stressful for all concerned if the in- I terest level of the home ! was raised earlier in the year. I This is the time of year < when teachers face the con- | straints of time and the i need to evaluate student i work in a final analysis i that affects promotion, i grade point average, and \ graduation. There are < some very difficult deci- t sions that must be made <

and there is not much time in which to make them. THE BIGGEST events of the year are squeezed into these few turbulent days during which critical deadlines must be met. Will the yearbooks arrive on time? Are all the caps and gowns of the right size? Are all the diplomas signed and ready for distribution? Have all the scholarship recipients been identified? Are the graduation programs ready and the flowers ordered? Have the seniors not graduating been notified? This is the crusher. It is the single most unpleasant task that this job requires. What is most frustrating about these notifications is that they all seem to have been avoidable with a minimum of well placed effort. THEN THE TIME is here and an audience of 2,000 family, friends, and teachers are gathered on a sun-baked field while the and the black robed graduates come forward for their special recognition. The seniors respond in a manner that is probably very much like their behavior at home and occasionally in school. Unfortunately some of those assembled do not understand that this graduation is for everyone and rudeness and silliness seldom absent Those moments will be forgotten in time, and what remains wil be the sense of accomplishment, the emotion, and the achievement of so many fine youngsters. All of a sudden it is over and the school year has ended, but there was enough excitement in tho6e last hectic days to fill a summer with memories. '86 is gone. "...it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief..." Dickens knew.

CLEAN-UP TIME - N.ncy L.ng, 27. ot SwatatoTh££ down a sport fishing boat at the Avalon Pointe Marina where she has been a yard worker for the past two yean.

'Christmas ' Bazaar Set NORTH WILDWOOD - The Episcopal Church Women of St. Simeon's-by-the-Sea, 25th and Central avenues, will hold a bazaar and flea market with a Christmas in July theme Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 7-9. Included will be merchants selling clothing, jewelry, pictures, and other items. There will be a chicken dinner Monday, and luncheon will be served Tuesday. ..H