LivingLBI May 2013
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This past year has tested us. Many of us have had to completely rebuild our homes and businesses. We are exhausted, and summer is very much on our minds. We all need to bask in the sun and bathe in salt water. So many people have been affected by the storm. My heart goes out to you of all. I wish to thank all of our advertisers. You are LIVINGLBI. Together, we build a stronger island. Lisa Ball Publisher of LivingLBI Magazine
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Farewell to another landmark...
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So You Think You Know More Than A Sea Gull
11 Up To My Feet In Mud 12 The Empty Shell 15 Dune 16 Art After Sandy 17 Past The Horizon 24 A Day With Dad 28 Simplicity of Intention
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So You Think You Know More than a Sea Gull
Sea gulls are pretty birds to observe at the beach or in the summer sky, but as they intrude closer and closer to our actual life space, many people regard them as a nuisance. They can be bold, loud and messy. Garth, I must say, has largely been an exception. He has demonstrated that these birds are capable of learning what they need to learn to be successful in their environment. He also appears to be considerate. As with people, some are more capable than others. Garth, in my experience, is right at the top of the list. The story begins in August, 2012. Garth’s territory is the lagoon behind my house. He patrols it religiously and keeps out all interlopers. An exception is his mate, of course, who joins him in spring and summer. She usually disappears for a while, beginning in late May, to take care of her brooding chores. Garth brings food to her so that she doesn’t need to leave the nest for extended periods. We had a number of severe tides in May last year, and many sea gull nests located on the ground of sedge islands were compromised or swept away. Garth’s mate appeared on the lagoon a couple of weeks after these high tides. I assumed, quite naturally, that the nest had been lost or she had given up on the eggs hatching. Just as quickly as she appeared, she again vanished, and I assumed she returned to Barnegat Light where she spends her time outside the nesting season. Garth stayed behind, as he has done before. Garth almost never lands on my house because, in the past, I have discouraged it by clapping my hands loudly. Also, he never lands on my boat, and I’ll swear, he is more vigorous about chasing other gulls off my boat than he is about enforcing incursions elsewhere in his domain.
This is a true story about an LBI sea gull I have named Garth who is also the subject in my book A Sea Gull’s Realm. Although Garth’s exploits in the book are based upon events I actually witnessed, the book itself is listed as fiction, simply because I had to fill in missing details which I could not possibly have observed. The behavior I am about to describe was observed in its entirety by me, and if I were amazed by some of the antics I related in the book, Garth’s behavior described here goes way over the top. 8 LivingLBI April 2013
One day, something very unusual occurred. Garth landed and remained on the rail of my deck where he was able to look directly into the living room through sliding glass patio doors. He had never done this before. In short order, he approached and stood right in front of the doors, peering intently inside. While I considered this to be well outside his normal behavior pattern, I did not give it much further thought. Then he began to peck at the glass door. As you know, one side of these double doors has a full screen. He always avoided pecking at the screen side. I felt that “my” bird had learned something new, something that he had never observed humans or birds do before. My natural reaction was that he must be hungry, and that this new behavior was meant to attract my attention and communicate this to me. So, of course, I fed him at the dock. After eating the entire offering, he flew off, only to return in less than an hour. He resumed knocking on the door. Knowing that he had just been fed, I neglected him for a while. He knocked louder and louder, and I finally relented and fed him once more at the dock. He ate and flew away. Again, after a short time he returned and resumed his knocking. I made some comment to him about his becoming the fattest gull on the island and otherwise ignored him.
The knocking became louder and louder, and finally he began pulling at the insulation at the edge of the screen door. This hardly made any sound at all, and I wondered why he engaged in this newer and potentially destructive behavior. At times I tried to discourage this by clapping my hands loudly. He already had learned that I did this when I was displeased. In spite of this admonition, he still continued knocking and pulling on a frequent basis. I did not always respond because I reasoned that this gull was eating far more than I was. After a couple of weeks during which the knocking and pecking continued, I noticed that he was able to grab hold of the insulation and actually move the screen door. He was trying to open it! He obviously had seen me and others open the screen door upon entering or exiting the house. But he learned entirely on his own how to grasp the door in order to move it. Late one afternoon after being fed on numerous occasions, he appeared and began knocking at the door in desperation. I could almost feel the house was rattling. So I fed him again. It was not more than ten minutes later when one of the fiercest storms of the summer hit. The rain was so heavy, I could not see more than ten feet beyond my patio door. Sheepishly, I realized that Garth was able to anticipate this storm, probably by the sudden drop in atmospheric pressure, and therefore wanted to eat and return to his roost on the sedge island before the storm arrived.
begging for food from his parent. Then I knew the rest of the story! The frenetic activity during the past few weeks had been an effort to feed not only himself, but the chick and his mate back at the nest. Apparently, they produced a second set of eggs, having lost the first. While this behavior is unusual, it sometimes occurs. I then felt badly for all those times I had dismissed him without feeding him. I had reasoned that I knew what was best for him, and felt that he had been given more than sufficient nutrients. I relearned a valuable lesson from this experience. That lesson is humility. A sea gull had exhibited more understanding, purpose and persistence than I had given him credit for. I had made an incorrect assumption and behaved badly, yet my sea gull didn’t give up on me. If you have not yet read Garth’s story, A Sea Gull’s Realm can be found in many stores throughout LBI, or you can obtain it at the following shops: Andy’s at the Light, Oasis Grill, The Book Worm, Surf City Pharmacy, Surf City 5&10, Book Swap, Hand’s Store and Amazon.com
Near the end of August, while performing some maintenance in the cockpit of my boat, I happened to look out into the lagoon, and there was Garth, swimming with a brown fledgling that was nearly his size. The fledgling was doing what fledglings do,
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UP TO MY FEET IN MUD Ship Bottom Fire Department
On April 4th, architect Rob Roth, phoned Robin M. Terranova and asked if she would volunteer to redesign the community room for the Ship Bottom Fire Department. Dan English from Causeway Glass, the President of Ship Bottom Fire Department and Fire Chief Wade Bradley, and his entire team of firefighters, accustomed to responding when needed, jumped in to help select paint colors, chair rail, crown molding, new tile for rest rooms and flooring. Volunteers first removed old flooring, bringing it down to bare sand. Installer Ronnie Collins of Eye Tile Company, Long Branch N.J. and his team have done an outstanding job. They brought in more than nine tons of sand and setting material for the floor. The “mud” was mixed by hand. A prerequisite for installation of the tile was a perfectly smooth and level floor.
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The Empty Shell
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inters on Long Beach Island are usually dark and quiet for those who remain here after our visitors have left. We typically embrace our intimate community of churches, stores and restaurants that make winter less lonely. We are accustomed to seasonal closings and look forward to spring revival. However, this winter was markedly different. Stores, damaged by Sandy, were empty. Homes, also, were gutted versions of former selves. Streets, particularly dark and cluttered with piles of debris, bore no resemblance to winters as we’ve always known it on LBI. The boulevard took on an eerie look at night. Gutted stores, less noticeable during the day, told a different tale during long winter nights. Bright lights eerily glowed in the empty shells of homes and shops in the process of reconstruction. Desolation and loneliness were our constant reminders of Sandy. Surf City and Barnegat Light were our lighthouse of hope throughout the ordeal of rebuilding this winter. Familiar haunts like Scojo’s, Greenhouse Café, How You Brewin’, our island Library among others, sustained us while we rebuilt our vision for LBI. This past winter we pulled together and created a “new normal” in Beach Haven. Just a handful of restaurants were open and filled the great need to feed construction workers, insurance adjusters, FEMA workers and the few remaining year ‘rounders. We were lost without Acme, Murphy’s and WaWa. Hand’s store was sorely missed. Tuckerton Lumber worked from a trailer to supply builders with wood. St. Francis Community Center pool’s reopening breathed life and energy into our healing island. Buckalew’s and Kapler’s re-built quickly, giving Beach Haven residents back their gathering place and pharmacy. Bagel Shack sold milk at cost and Foster’s Market opened for sandwiches. The entire town pulled together. Now that summer has arrived with its bright and warm long days, I can focus on my own house, neglected by post storm demands and responsibilities. As a new summer begins let us be grateful for our friends, neighbors and visitors. We now can greet each other with renewed pleasure. Let’s not sweat the little things. Solving big problems put minor annoyances in their rightful place. Empty shells on our beaches remind us that our island, left an empty shell by Sandy, can be filled anew. Lisa Ball
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Dunes How desolate the beach looks without dune fencing or dune grass. Primitive, natural, vulnerable. The day after the storm, the beach was a shocking sight. Gone were the dunes, as well as the ramp and bench at the end of my street. Sand had devoured everything. My truck was buried under two feet of sand. Laying under my truck were large pieces of wood and debris. They were so tightly wedged, one could only imagine the force of the waves that could move them there. My trash can cradle had also been pushed into the wheel of my truck. Thick tree branches and other wood fragments were wedged under the trash can holder, locking it tight against the truck. I dug for days, but it was I was unable to loosen the tangled mess. Finally, my insurance company towed out my truck. It was a total loss. My van however had a chance to survive. I
was less expensive to repair than buying a new one. It was the first of many decisions that had to be made because of a storm unlike any other I have experienced in the twenty five years I’ve lived in this house. Unanticipated expenses and problems I never would have believed could result from a hurricane. Two feet of sand had to be removed from my front yard. The back yard fence had to be fixed. Natural gas had to be inspected by a plumber before it was turned on. My gas fireplace failed inspection and had to be replaced. Even my front steps had to be replaced. My home was spared flood damage and I only had “sand” damage. For that, I am grateful. It was amazing to watch the clean up of the sand that once was our dunes. Little front loaders collected excess sand, piled it in the street and then the mounds of sand were continually plowed back up to the beach. Bulldozers constantly moved sand from beach to beach. The beautiful beach you see today took many months to replace. In Holgate, the sand was piled up at the park, sifted and trucked to other beaches. It looked like a set for a sci-fi movie. Everyday I see progress. The dunes are starting to take form, dune grass will be planted and walkways will be replaced. Until then, I will keep photographing the primitive natural beauty of our island. -article and photographs by Lisa Ball
slowly and carefully removed the sand from under the van. Shovel after shovel of sand was pulled out and piled in the street. A couple of men working next door stopped to help. Hours of digging finally paid off. It was time to start the engine. It started! The tow truck came and took the van to the repair shop. New brakes, fuel lines, brake lines and lots of sand removal cost a fortune, but my only remaining vehicle LivingLBI.com 15
After - Sandy art
Artist’s on the island are painting, sculpting and creating art for the 2013 summer season. It is a way to feel normal again. After-Sandy art does not mean painting flooding and destruction, it is simply painting from the memory of how it used to be. Happy carefree summer days. I for one, am sick of this storm. I don’t want to paint the mounds of sand at the end of the road. I want to remember the wooden walk way and dunes covered with dune grass. I feel
that if I think it; it will happen and the dune grass will grow again and everything will be back to normal. The storm was expensive and extremely stressful. When I put my hands in clay, pinch and squeeze it through my fingers, I can feel my shoulders relax and my mind is free. My need to relax fed my creativity. My pieces are more creative than ever. My work can be seen at Art & Decor at Surf City. -Lisa Ball
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Past the Horizon
Watching the horizon provides a focal point for deep thought. The changing sky and fluffy clouds that meet the ocean is a giant palate for my mind to paint its thoughts. The sea looks as if it ends at the horizon. I can see why our ancestors thought the earth was flat. The ocean is wide; I can’t imagine how wide it is. Days at sea without seeing land is something I’ve never experienced. All I know is that I am standing where the water and the sand meet. On the edge of the deep blue sea and I feel its power. Within the sea is world of life. More life exists there than is found on land. Weird, unusual life. Fish that breathe through gills and fish-looking mammals that breathe air. They have to surface often to stay alive. Animals that live inside shells and others that have no skeleton. How strange life is under the sea. Under the sea are mountains and deep trenches. Underwater volcanos erupt to create land, a world we’ll never see from the beach. Tides come in and tides go out. The barrier island that I live on continues to change. While I stand in the surf, my feet sink into the sand and I embrace the pull of the sea. Change is not necessarily a bad thing. Winter becomes spring and then my beloved summer. Children grown into adults. Without change, I would not have my wonderful grandchildren. I think of Super Storm Sandy and wonder about the constant changes that I see all about, as a result. New dunes are pushed into place, houses are raised on pilings, buildings have been demolished and stores have closed. I can’t help but to think positive thoughts. Our island will grow and change for the better. I will miss the past, but we will all be stronger for the future we build now. LBI is a beautiful island and will continue to change forever. -article and artwork Lisa Ball
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Inspired by the driftwood that washed up onto the beaches of Long Beach Island after Sandy, I created these trees. They are a reminder of the devastation that occurred but also the wonder of a new beginning as we move forward and continue to “Live, Love and Laugh!” These trees can be found at Art & Decor at Surf City, while supplies last. - Karin Battle
“Megan and Anna”
What could be more enjoyable than watching children play at the beach? Such a precious time. We are blessed that our lovely Long Beach Island will be back this summer to offer her gifts to us, our families and friends. -Pat Morgan, Beach Haven
Mer-Made Photography’s Meredith Winner has renewed her logo as an inspiration of love and interaction. The new logo has taken off the palm hat and in its place a head and blank face have been added. This logo is to thank the children that represent the spirit of giving and hope for a better tomorrow. The children can now color the Mer-Made Mermaid and draw in their own face or the face they choose to create. As the Grace Calvary Church made it possible to move out of Mer-Made’s damaged location the start program was there. The children of this program were amazingly helpful and loving.. They decided helping people in need was their desire to “make a difference in the lives of the people affected by Hurricane Sandy. “As one special young girl approached me her question to me
The devastation left behind by Super Storm Sandy inspired me to create a series of Fat & Fluffy images that were whimsical, fun, brightly colored and silly. As I painted each furniture piece I found myself smiling and laughing. The process has been very therapeutic and healing and I’m hoping it will have the same affect on those who view it. All of these images are painted on the surface of various pieces of furniture currently available at Art & Décor. -Faith Maltese
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as we were packing up what we had begun to create less then a year prior were “Are we making a difference?” I stopped what I was doing and holding back tears said, Yes sweetheart, you are definitely making a difference. I will always remember the love and grace of the amazing beautiful souls so willing to help. God’s love is present. Special thanks to Grace Calvary’s Pastor Casey and members of its Congregation for the love and devotion in helping Mer-Made Photography. Special thanks to Amy Williams for her unselfish spirit and love and support through the days it all “just happened!” Special thanks to Lisa Ball for giving me a place to put my computer and help in the revamping of the Mer-Made logo. Mer-Made Moves to Sink’r Swim Shops..It is time for the Mer-Made Mermaids to Swim again!
As I watched the lumber debris piling up on the LBI streets, I felt such a sense of loss. Then newspaper articles began appearing documenting LBI determination and acts of kindness. Inspired by these acts of determination and kindness, I took flood-soaked art materials out of my car. Using the newspaper articles and my still soggy paper I began to see the lumber as symbolically depicting destruction and rebirth. Determined to Rebuild, Impressed by Help, and Camp Bow Wow, all displaying the spirit that was building on the island. Look, Love and Rebuild presents the rebuilding effort. That work was donated to Artist for A Shore Cause. Sand Dunes, Past, Present & Future represents the island’s rebirth. As I watched township workers pushing up sand to protect the island homes, I was inspired to both document their hard work, and to hope for what future dunes will look like. So much hard work is going into rebuilding the island’s protection. The workers have done a fantastic job. Bravo to them. -Judith Johnson
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Some of the images I have painted over the years have changed or are gone (like the shack). The marsh behind our house that I paint frequently has the remnants of a white boat stuck in the mud, some parts of the island remain the same, some are forever changed. The ban on clamming has finally been lifted, stores and restaurants are opening ; the pulse of the island quickens as we approach the summer season. -Linda Ramsay
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Hand carved mermaids made of wood and paper mermaids carefully cut of paper. Can be found at The Seawife, located at Viking Village in Barnegat Light
Wishes for Pathways to better tomorrows on Long Beach Island
Connie Beggs Nature Photographer and Co-owner of Art & Decor At Surf City
May the everlasting ray of hope burn bright for the upcoming season.
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A Day with Dad Breathing in salty sea breathing out fear and doubt Squinting eyes sparkling sun feel the heat beneath my feet Crashing waves warm wet sand wind is blowing excitement growing Diving in waters rise tumbling ’round thunderous sound Grab the board waiting still timed just right foamy white Gliding fast hangin’ on power wave feelin’ brave Standing up fallin’ down dive back in big wide grin Time goes by with my dad memories stay glorious day. Lisa Ball
Watercolor by Ken Stetz Available at North End Trilogy 24 LivingLBI April 2013
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Sandy affected many local business owners in many ways. A week after the storm I was fortunate to be able to reopen Beach House & Blooms. There were few customers. My main client base was from Beach Haven West. My heart went out to them and the heavily affected neighborhood. As I looked around at my coastal inspired merchandise, I thought, who’s going to want my product now? I donated a portion of the few sales I had during November to Sandy Relief. Once December came, my customers starting coming back again for holiday shopping. They were Jersey Strong and they inspired me to concentrate my efforts on even more coastal products. Their inspiration led me to incorporate more of a coastal feel to my wreaths and designs, including a custom bridal bouquet designed completely with seashells, and now a new Beach House & Blooms location in Surf City. Sandy may have destroyed our properties, but never our Jersey spirit! Rob Cheeseman Beach House & Blooms
Wish boxes by Nita Shapiro
When you wish upon a star may all your dreams come true.
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Oceans of Alcohol
I grew up in Avon, about a block from the beach. I was always drawing, even though I had no formal art training. I was wedded to the pencil, but started using color, acrylics, pastels and colored pencils within the last ten years. So I’m pretty much self taught. That awful, awful storm was my inspiration for an enchanting picture book, “A Whale in the Pond”. The story begins when one night when a terrible wind
blows a whale inland. The whale finds itself in a pond next to a little boy’s house. His problem is how to get the whale back to the ocean because the whale is too big for the pond. Hopefully, visitors on LBI will enjoy reading the book as much as I enjoyed writing it. I plan to share proceeds with the “Restore the Shore” campaign.
Wendy’s work can be viewed at Wildflower Too’s Gallery in Barnegat Light.
Wendy McCarthy
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Sea Sirens:
Simplicity of Intentions
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ension will always exist between those who “brave a storm” and those who flee for “higher ground”. A bond will always exist between those who “stay the course” of return from any life detour. A chasm will always separate those who have traveled the lonely path “home” after being lost or displaced and those who have not. In truth, we all have weathered storms this winter. This is our commonality.
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Welcome home to LBI! Much of the island looks new! Much of it is. Many stores smell new! Many are! Flags gently beckon us to revisit stores and restaurants we have loved forever! They seem different. They are. Some of our treasured Long Beach Island landmarks are gone. Taken by Sandy, then. A memory, now. From the moment the hurricane left the island, the battered and the brave—such are travelers of tough terrain—began to heal. Sandy left in its wake, people in despair and an island in terrible disrepair. The only way healing from anything happens: by following the Siren of Simplicity and starting the tortuous task of rebuilding a place, so that it can again be called “home”. Gift From The Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, offers us the opportunity to reevaluate what matters most as we grow with each visit to the shore. Whether we are returning or experiencing Long Beach Island for the first time, the island we experience is like becoming reacquainted with anyone or anything that has weathered any destructive storm: it has changed. Oddly, despite the torment and turmoil of the winter behind us, the constant is the unceasing movement of a sky above, a sea below the sky, and us, staking out our own corner of beach. We are humbled, as another summer season begins. Humbled before a sea one cannot control. Humbled by a sky that forces one to squint. Humbled by a memory of last fall, and a long winter of someone’s healing, whether we have been a part of it, or not.
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As we all grow to know anew, the island we knew differently before Storm Sandy, the Siren of Simplicity can show us how to be clear in our intentions this summer and to be pure in our feelings. We can all be aware that while some of us were living our lives somewhere else during our own dark winter months, those who have traveled the lonely valley back from Sandy’s detour—with optimism or despair—have calloused souls and purple hearts, such is undetectable strength of character forged in the fire of life, often painstakingly begun with a single damp match and green wood. Under the flip-flops, behind the sunglasses, and beneath the brightly colored tees are unseen medals worn by those who continue to fight until a problem is solved. Until a world is restored. Until hope prevails over despair. Welcome home to our friends from before—and to those who never left—to your island, our island, LBI. “One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.”—Anne Morrow Lindbergh -judy horowitz www.senoraonline.com
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Sales & Rentals 2909 Long Beach Blvd. Ship Bottom, NJ 08008 Toll Free 1-800-LBI-4-SUN MaryAllen.com
Business 609-494-0700 Cell 609-312-9747 Fax 609-361-1410 Lisa@LivingLBI.com
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Passport to LBI Although LBI is wellknown for its wonderful beaches, we offer “so much more
than a day at the beach” and welcome people of all ages to explore the diversity of these unique organizations. Passport to LBI is an alliance of non-profit organizations who provide entreating and educational activities that inform both visitors and residents of the historical, ecological, artistic, and cultural opportunities available to them on Long Beach Island. Build a summer souvenir by picking up a “Passport to LBI” and then visit a variety of activities and locations to experience ALL of LBI and get a stamp for your passport! You will build memories to last a lifetime. For more information about Passport to LBI go to www.passporttolbi.org.
Join Us at LBI Thank You Fest
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You can decorate a clam shell, we grow oysters on it and you “Have a stake in the Bay” Check the July issue LivingLBI magazine for summer schedule.
Make a donation to RCTB and receive your copy of The Giant Clams of Ocean County book.
Wild Oyster Tracking Help ReClam the Bay (RCTB) by reporting locations of
the destruction that was encountered from Hurricane Sandy. Boats, gear, shellfish, hatcheries and more were impacted in some way from a little water intrusion to total destruction. To insure the quality of the shellfish from Barnegat Bay, some of the waters in the bay were closed to shellfishing from the beginning of November to the middle of April. Shellfish farmers with leases in that area missed the Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, Lenten and Easter markets. Those waters are now open and the shellfish are delicious and safe to eat.
wild oysters found in Barnegat Bay: Those who locate oysters are asked to submit their finds to: barnegatbayoysters@gmail.com. Questions can also be sent to that email address. RCTB requests as much information as possible, including the location, substrate, number, and approximate size. Individuals willing to help in ReClam the Bay’s efforts can use a handheld GPS or pick up a Department of Environmental Protection Shellfish map and mark the location. A link to Maps and the office An unintended consequence of the closure was enormous address of RCTB are at www. reclamthebay.org. financial hardships suffered by our Baymen who rely on the bay for their livelihood. The Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program and its ReClam The Bay volunteers want our “professional brothers” to be as financially healthy as much as we want the bay to be ecologically healthy. We believe the two are directly linked and have since their founding in 2005. So BBSRP/RCTB will be devoting energy and resources to help the Baymen through these difficult months and in the future years. The brotherhood continues and expands with the help and support of Viking Village Dock in Barnegat Light. We need to make a difference NOW! More plans and programs will unfold as the season progresses. But for right now “Take Pride in You need our Baymen” and eat more a license and you need to ONLY clam in waters that Barnegat Bay clams…yes, are safe for human consumption found in the Shellfish you can ask where they Classification Chart. Links are at www.reclamthebay.org. came from and anyone selling clams can tell you. If you want to know more about shellfish in Barnegat Bay, And don’t forget about visit our “sister site” barnegatshellfish.org the crabs too!
Where Can I Clam?
Add Your Art to Natural Beauty and Help the Bay. You can decorate a clam Collect the Clam Cards shell that will become a home for baby oysters. Each year for Eco-Friendly Family Fun. It is a bit early but most RCTB puts over 300,000 oysters on to an artificial reef at the mouth of the Toms River. We use several techniques, but one technique enables RCTB to grow baby oysters on a shell provided by the donor. In the first step of the process 20 to 30 oyster larvae attach themselves to the shell. The shell with the microscopic oysters is then mounted on a stake and the stake is stuck into the bay floor (the stake in the bay) in the Marine Conservation Zone near to Barnegat Inlet. More information is available at www.reclamthebay.org
of the giant clams are on display after May 15. By June 15 the season will be in full swing. Details are at www. recalmthebay.org. Learn about Barnegat Bay on The Clam Trail. It is a fun and educational activity to help young and old to understand Barnegat Bay and how they can enjoy and improve it. People who follow the trail will collect the full color cards that include fun facts about the bay, the ecology and how shellfish, improve the bay. Kids and adults will learn what everybody or anybody, can do to help the clams help the bay. The entire clam trail is divided into sub-trails: LBI South, Help Reclam The Bay LBI North, Waretown and North, Manahawkin and South. You can decided on the part of the trail that is of most interest to you for a day, week or the entire summer. Explore the Clam Trail as often as you like. The goal Our Baymen is to record the information need your support. Barnegat Bay shellfish are delicious and found on the Fact plaques safe to eat! Taste them at the Jazzy Scallop Seafood Tasting into the Explorer Log at each Bay View Park, June 29, 2013 at Viking village. No commercial Bayman opposite LBT Municipal Center location along the Clam Trail. Meade Ave and Long Beach Blvd who works the waters of Ocean County was spared from Brant Beach
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Elizabeth Callanan is one of the few reupholsters on LBI. Liz never sits still. As “Beach Treads” she designed and made bathing suits and summer dresses. She was first to use recycled sails for stylish clothing and accessories, so it makes sense that after “Sandy” Liz is now rescuing heirloom furniture. These two Victorian love seats. Stripped down and restuffed, they’re not just survivors but beautifully recreated examples of endurance. Renewal Responsible Solutions will have their Cocktails and Credits open house May 9 from 4-7. Please join us at 285 Riviera Dr, Loveladies (before the Foundation of the Arts and Sciences). www.RenewalSE.com
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Jeffries Flooring
129th St. Beach Haven Terrace
Eclectic pieces and antique accessories including the vintage bathing suit pictured in the ad for Jeffries Floor and Decor. can be found in Beach Haven Terrace. Cindy Kelly Kitchen and Bath Design, Le Chic Boutique Tile, the famous Beach Threads Sail Cloth and furniture upholstery, and along with Robin M. Terranova Renewal are all in one location. Jeffries’ Floor and Decor show room. We are Rebuilding LBI together. “Little Rob’s” bathing suit is modeled by Robin Mickley Terranova’s on the LBI beach in the 1950’s.
Since 1947, We have been LBI’s Original Floor Covering Store This is our 3rd flood Carpets • Wood Floors • Upholstery Services Ceramic • Cabinets Licensed and insured: 13VH05719300
First we have to get off the floor, so we at Jeffries are now doing roof and siding repairs, window and door replacements, insulation and sheet rock and cabinets we also have friends with electric and plumbing licenses. So please call us at 609.492.0010 and let us manage your reconstruction. We’ve done it before and we’ll do it again.
Robin’s husband Dr Robert Terranova and his father.
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POINT PLEASANT BEACH open for business
Alan Fumo and Ed Jarrett, two longtime college friends, are planning to break the Guinness World Record for the tallest sand castle with their 50-foot high display. But they hope to bring more to the storm-ravaged town than a historic milestone. Fumo and Jarret aim to draw attention to the quickly recovering Point Pleasant Beach in time for summer and raise money for victims of superstorm Sandy.
Pt. Pleasant boardwalk is open for business. Rides are spinning and Jenkinson’s Aquarium is ready for visitors. We spent an April afternoon in the aquarium and were surprised to see such a large crowd. Although the temperature was still cool, the smell of boardwalk food and the bounce of the boardwalk beneath our feet along with the sound of crashing waves, made us long for hot summer days.
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Seaside Heights The rides are gone for now, but they should all be replaced by next summer. I was lucky enough to snap this photo of the Ferris wheel the final day before it was removed. I hadn’t been to Seaside for years, so seeing this landmark one last time was an amazing experience. For a moment, I was a teenager again. Seeing so much damage even six months after the storm, still hurts. The amusement piers are damaged but the boardwalk should be fixed by summer.
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