Apr 1993 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

C8 THESENTWEL-LEDGEJ1 Ocean City, N.J. Thursday, April 15,1993
Medical watch ^ '
Clockwise fitom top left: f. BUrdette Tomlin Hospital's $i5-rrtllion expansion,
project includes a 2-story 50,000 square foot wing. 2. Mark and Joanne Gill of
South Seaville and their new baby, Christian, in one of the private rooms in the
hospital's new maternity wing. 3. The new larger outpatient registration area has
comfortable waiting area and centralized testing services close at hand. 4. Many
doctors on the staff of Burdette Tomlin turned out for the annual costume dinner
dance of the Cape May County Medical Society Auxiliary, which raised some
$5,000 for the fund providing scholarship to county residents pursuing education
in health care fields.
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BUSINESS & COMMUNITY
A partnership truly
By KAREN BRUNO
Sentinal-UdBerCoireBpondent
SOMERS POINT — AU
families aid up spending a services that have benefited
lotof money.
both die community and
Somers Point schools business. ' •_ .
use« local resources to aolwe
local problems."
1*6 ooolmittee. is corn-
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one time oVanother. A busi- handle- such problems- and cere belief that cooperation
ness owner offers "free" have' created .a committee between the pubUeand priiervices
to school-age chil- that-benefits-both the com- vate sectors can benefit both
*!«.„ v ni .«» .Jk»i*~« munitv and business. Estab- parties while buUdinz a
receive a coupes ipr a Ushed in October 1985,-thfi-JOunder community," said
adwqi board member* and
It united both the school
Second graders,
above.iry out the equipment
at the new Ocean
'count for"4 new bicycle. But ness/School Partnership Community Education and
in the end, it turns out that Committee has generated a Recreation director: Tt[g «
the services aren't free and variety of progrants—and grassroots approach-which
More 'Bigs' needed
for 'Littles 9 at risk
0CEAW3TY — The US
Marine Corps is not the only
group in search of a few
good men and women. Jersey
Shore Big Brothers & Big
,"Sisters Services, a nonprofit
, United Way agency serving
, children at lisk, is too.
The organization is looking
for a few good men- and
' women to be matched with
youth in Atlantic and Cape
1 May counties.
i Adult volunteers agree to
i spend three to fivehours per
. week with the child, and
^ they are asked tomake a one
year commitment tothe pro-
' gram.
agenc/s services.
What kind of. people
become Big Brotiiers or Kg_
Sisters? "AU kindsT said
Halpem. "We have blue collar,
white collar, single, married,
seniors, and even
couples who anr matched
with a local youngster. The
'Common thread is-a sincere •
desire to help a child in a
tangiblewayr
Halpern stressed.that
-spending money on the child
or showering him or her
wim gifts is contrary to the WQU
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St.
member Joe Hanka Tfa
^please tam to pajeuw
artrvity-jrf tfie stock poichases in^math ctes at the
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their Investments hefcw the class members to^evahiate
raw, lejl la right William Weislx.'rg, jM.D.,-Donu.'nir'F. Coltlia, M.IJ. ;incl Kevin Kiordan, MO.
/!{> roii;. li-ft lunuhl Warien Veniri^lia, M.D.John Ruskcy, D.U., Micliael Pudnick, D.O.,
1'eiL-s.i Ann HridRc-jiK-ksoii, M.n. and llaivey H. Slu-piiKl.M.I). ' •
Burdette Tomlin's
Emergency Department physicians are among
the best emergency doctors in South Jersey,
Burdette TomLin: Memorial Hospital's emergency department; is staffed 24 hours a day, '
every day of the year.-by'doctors'who'are all, Hoard Certified in emergency medicine. :.
Board Certification requires years of experience as well as continued study in a.specific
r
medical specialty. Not all doctors earn it; ' .
In fact, Burdette Tomlin's emergency room team is made up exclusively of doctors- .'...-
w h o h a v e . . • ' ' ' • . • • . / . • . . ' . • ; ' • • ..'••' ' • . . • • • • t '
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The nurses on. staff have credentials that are as impressive as the doctors'. And they're
supported by the ambulance, rescue squad and medic teams who know what to do and do
it swiftly, and by technologists and other health care professionals who perform the accurate,
state-of-the-art testing needed to diagnose and treat you quickly. . ;
In an emergency, there's ho better piSce to be than Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital.
The quality care you'll receive isn't simply the result of Board Certification in emergency
medi&ta&idt'si the result of leadership. • !, "'. -'• •/••.
Leadership. Quality. Value.
3MLIN
MEM 0 Rl At HQSPI TAL
A subsidiary of Cape, Health System, Inc. * Cape M|ay Cpurt : rtousfo^:|j|
j($£$$
Vitid lessons learned roughing it
-PETERSBURG — Stu- ruary.
* lapidary, viewing a beaver
_'dents used words, like Stokes' activities are dam and other natural phe-
'awesome' to describe their designed to draw upon the nomena, action sodalizaexperience
at the New Jer- students' individual tion experiences, including
sey School of Conservation strengths, to teach them to team problem-solving, and
at Stokes State Forest in work together and to building of self-esteem,
Sussex County, when 36 become more aware of their highlighted by climbing
seventh graders- from differences as well as their "the wall," a 23-foot high
School's special
•' L '•^4^!ai
honors, under the direction
of PTA president
Alee Wolf. Creation of
the $448,000 project
was delayed several
months, first by design
concerns and then during
construction by the
discovery of buried hazardous
waster and its
subsequent removal.
couple of months. That's—
the child's sake," said Paul
Halpem, executive director.
.The children are ages 7-17,
and are neither troublemakers
nor delinquents" They
are, however, at. riskof
developing social, cultural,
economic, legal, personal or
educational.difficulties without
intervention. Halpern
estimates that at least 30,000
HS Interact Club
tackles issues
of environment
ByYETTACONCINA
non-school--
.affiliated
organization
devoted to
public service,
and interna-i
tional understanding.
Y«tta CondM
The local
Both monts and kids enjoy -•
Beach Babies Mother's Club
membership cards and
lapel pins tothe new intereducabonaL
Take them to the dump.
Or, in our case here in Cape
May County, take them to
visit the Cape May County
Municipal Utilities Authority
landfill and resource
recovery facility
The mother's club
recently took a field trip to
the MUA site where trucks
deposit all the county's
OCEAN CrTY — Want
something fun to do with
your kids? The Beach
Babies Mother's dub has
an idea; .
It's the fantasy of most little
boys and even some litand
then packed in ta huge
bales to be sold.
According to a Beach
Babies Mother's Club representative,
the experience
provided a great introduction
to teach children about
Bed & breakfast
stays to pushing
environmental *
awareness, they
do it all
recycling rather man to litter
and pollute. .
field. Their goal is to provide
support for each oner
through outings, iiifuiiitaitional
speakers and friendships.
Some of their activities
include holiday parties,
fashion shows, charity
Work, and even moms-on}y_
events like a sleep-over at a
quaint bed and breakfast
One ot.tneir environmental
awareness projects to
draw attention to the problem
of ocean pollution is
the painting of little blue
fish on the curb above
storm drains.
For more information
about *un tilings to do wim
new members because
Interact pledge. '
Ocean Qty schools super- ' . .
they get new ideas.
intendent Dr. Donald Dear- of soda bottles, cans and The dub ls^anjirganizaprincipal
Michael Cipriano ••—o :--. «----- •»*
were made honorary mem- The children observed who Uve in Upper Townbers
and accepted member- how recycled materials are ship, Somers Point, Ocean
^p carda pVesented by sorted on conveyor belts City, Lmwood and North-
Condna. , '
Rotary Club sponsored a Interact, active since
charter night dinner November," has- been
recently at Mac's Restau- involved in an International
rant, at which more than 30 Environmental Project,
students were inducted as obtaining at least 2,000 sigmembers.
natures for a petition sup-
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the Interact Qub adviser. Cousteau Foundation.
At the meeting. JS. Bradr international • project
dock, district governor 7640 requires 10 million signa-
" T International, tures worldwide to— '
are summarized by ter environment fijr the
single motto: "Our hap- future generations.
and enoauwged the new bitenct
members totry theirbest to >flhr jh
achieve the «P^ c^ b ^ w ^
the first Monday of each
month at Holy Trinity Ejpis-
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