The Beachcomber July 6, 2012 Vol. 62, No. 2 by The SandPaper

July 6, 2012 Volume 63, Number 2

Long Beach Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Original Free Weekly

SUMMER 2012

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Lighthouse Twilight Special - 16 St. Francis Center, Heart of Community - 20 Josephine: An LBI Love Story - 24

2 THE BEACHCOMBER/Friday, July 6, 2012

We are a family-run park located in the heart of Beach Haven, next to the big ferris wheel, on the corner of Taylor and Bay Avenues. Back by Popular Demand!

Special Evening Water Park Daily 4pm - 7pm of 2 3 Hours for the Price Early Bird Special 12pm Sat. & Sun. • 9am - of 2 3 Hours for the Price

Come have fun with the family at THUNDERING SURF WATER PARK & ADVENTURE GOLF and the FLOWHOUSE. Our park features a new “Flow Rider Double” that is suited to almost every age! We have eight giant waterslides, an interactive “Lazy Crazy River” with a giant tipping bucket and water blasters, “Cowabunga Beach” multi-level interactive water play structure, AND a water play area for the toddlers! NEW! Private Cabanas for 2012! Lounge chairs, table with four chairs, private waitress service. Towel service. Call for more info.

WATER PARK 3 DAY PASS

Buy 2 2-Hour Sessions and Receive a 3rd 2-Hour Session FREE

WATER PARK 5 DAY PASS

Buy 3 2-Hour Sessions and Receive 2 2-Hour Sessions FREE Like us on Facebook ok

Text WATERP A to 57682 RK Updates for , and Disc Deals, ounts!

Lost Island Adventure Golf

Voted #1 Adventure Golf course in NJ. Lost Island Adventure Golf provides two exciting and beautiful 18-hole golf courses, featuring lush landscaping with waterfalls, caves and a suspension bridge.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: please call us at (609) 492-0869 or visit our websites at www.thunderingsurfwaterpark.com www.flowhouselbi.com

WATERPARK: Daily 9 9am am - 7 7pm pm ADVENTURE GOLF: Sun. Thru Fri. 9am - 11pm Sat. 9am - 11:30pm FLOW RIDER: Open Daily

Open All

Year

13TH & Boulevard • Ship Bottom

609-494-8848

All Major Credit Cards • Sunday Brunch

Open Daily at 3:30pm • Sunday from 9:30am

Every Friday - Our Fabulous Seafood & Land Buffet Salads • Seafood Chowder • Crab Legs • Shrimp Scampi • Tomato Basil Flounder Boston Baked Grouper • Soup & Salad Bar • Chicken • Salmon w/ Lobster Sauce • Veal Marsala Shrimp & Scallop • Scampi • Deviled Crabcakes • Shrimp Cocktail • Herring In Cream • White Fish Mussels • Marinara Seafood • Crepes & Specialty Items • Carving Station with Roast Beef • Potato Vegetable • Dessert Table and More • New Items Weekly

ENTERTAINMENT and DANCING Fri. Joey D’s Doo Wop Party • Sat. Rockin Renee • Sun. Irish Man “Mike Byrne” Fri., Sat., Mon., Tues., & Wed. Piano Man “George Abbot”

Every Tuesday “Jammin Janice” Karaoke & More

Sunday Champagne Breakfast and Lunch Buffet Featuring All Your Favorites Scrambled Eggs • Omelettes • Eggs Benedict • Ham • Bacon • Sausage • Cream Chipped Beef Home Fries • French Toast • Waffles • Cheese Blintzes • Fresh Fruit • Coffee or Tea • Tomato Juice Orange Juice • Seafood Crepes • Carving Station with Roasted Beef • Chicken Pasta • Seafood Shrimp Dessert Table Desserts • and More • Specially Priced Drinks $2.50 Mimosas • Bloody Marys • Screwdrivers

Help Wanted Full Time Thru October

Tula the Boutique is conveniently located in the heart of Beach Haven on the corner of 8th and Bay Ave. directly next to the big carousel! Call (609) 492-2099 or visit our website at www.tulatheboutique.com for additional information and store hours.

Tula the Boutique: Open Daily 10am to 11pm

Sunday Lunch Menu Available from 11:30

OutsideDining

EARLY EVENING DINING

For your Pleasure

Not Available on Sat. or Holidays

5 Course

START AT

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Sun.-Fri. 4-5:30pm

Daily Happier Hour Every Day 4-7pm • All Drinks at Reduced Prices Special Food Menu • 20 Items Starting at $149 4th og July Frozen Daiquiris & Margarita Drink Speicals Newly Expanded Food Menu • Excluding Holidays

THE BEACHCOMBER/Friday, July 6, 2012

A DINING TRADITION AT THE JERSEY SHORE

EAGLESWOOD AMUSEMENT PARK ENTIRE PARK OPEN! 11

AM TO

MIDNIGHT EVERYDAY

GO-KARTS • RIDES MINIATURE GOLF • BATTING CAGES FAMILY ARCADE & FUN CENTER NEWEST GAMES - GREAT PRIZES GOLF DRIVING RANGE

Thursday Night Surf & Turf $ 95 21 Friday Night Sunday Night Soft Shell Crabs Scallop Dinner $ 95 $ 95 21 16

FAMILIES WELCOME • OPEN 7 AM TO 10 PM • EVERYDAY

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Served from 5:00pm - 6:30 pm. Each Prepared in Four Fashions.

Six-Time Winner

“BEST BREAKFAST ON LBI” Breakfast Special Mon - Fri: 7am to 8am 2 Eggs 2 Pancakes 2 Strips of Bacon or Sausage Links With Coupon Good Thru 08/31/12

¼ MILE TRACK

$2.22

Not Valid Holidays

Closing Wednesday Evening in Observance of Independence Day

’s ill

Serving Breakfast 7 Days from 7am 3 South Bay Ave. Beach Haven

(609) 492-2514

Open 7 Days

KIDDIE GO KARTS Restaurant • Bar

OUTSIDE DECK 597 Route 9 Eagleswood Township 2.5 Miles South of Route 72 5 Minutes from LBI Causeway

609-978-0220

LUNCH • DINNER • LATE NIGHT FRESH SEAFOOD • PRIME RIB • STEAKS THIN CRUST PIZZA BEST BURGERS • SANDWICHES • SALADS

FRIDAY, JULY 6 5-8 PM - TONY 9-1 AM - CLUTCH DOG SATURDAY, JULY 7

KID’S EAT FOR $1.

CHUCK MILLER LIVE TUESDAYS • 9

KARAOKE

THURSDAYS • 9

PM PM

KEN U TRIVIA

SUNDAYS • 8:30 TO 11:30 PM COUNTRY MUSIC/LINE DANCING

Bar & Restaurant • Banquets

“The best kept secret by the Bay”

1000 S Green St (Rt539), Tuckerton

609-294-3600

Open Daily Lunch & Dinner

TUCK’D AWAY Raw Bar

U-peel Shrimp, Steamers & more! $1 beers with Purchase of Lunch Specials on the Deck 11-3 Drink Specials & Late Fare now available Happy Hour 11:30 - 7 Every Day Friday, July 6th - DJ Tony Saturday, July 7th - Latin Night Dance Party Don’t know where to go? Come across the bay to the Tuckerton Beach Grille for awesome food, spirits and entertainment! Free docking available at Sheltered Cove Marina. 609-296-9400

New Super Tuesdays Authentic Mexican Food

TED HAMMOCK & JASON BOOTH WEDNESDAYS • 9

Banquet Room Book Your Party with Us. Check Us Out Online.

Weekend Entertainment

MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS

CHRIS FRITZ TRIO 9 PM TO 1 AM MONDAYS • 9

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APPETIZERS

$3.00 Coronas, Modelos, Dos Equis $4.50 Margaritas

EVERY NIGHT FROM 9 PM SUNDAY FROM 8 PM NOT VALID

FOR

TAKE OUT!

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5 THE BEACHCOMBER/Friday, July 6, 2012

$ 99

KIDS MEALS

Open 7 Days O D 11 11am-9pm 9 • Lunch L h & Dinner Di

Acoustic Music: Fri-Sun 3-7pm Friday

HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY

Michael Clayton Moore

3pm - 7pm

Saturday

Featuring 12 Drafts for $3 plus $1 off all Mixed Drinks & Bottles *$5 Food Specials

The Jonzes

Got the Rainy Day Blues?

Inside Bar Only • *Mon-Fri Only

Chris Thomas

Whenever there’s a rainshower It’s Joe Pop’s HAPPY HOUR 7 Days A Week- Before 9pm Pool Tables • Shuffleboard • Pop-A- Shot

FROZEN HAPPY HOUR Mon. - Fri. 3-7pm

See All Our Specials & Entertainment www.joepops.com

Sunday

$400 Frozen Drink Special, Changes Daily

Featured Cocktails: Ginger Lemonade, Homemade Sangria, and Long Beach Island Iced Tea. Visit Our website at www.joepops.com/specials/tiki-joes.htm to see our new outdoor menu and entertainment calendar.

Friend us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter @ joepopsshorebar CO THE ME F F O STA OOD..R . THE Y F BAN OR D S!

Wednesday July 4th

The

Every Sunday

Ladies & Locals Night with

Mashwork Orange

Nerds

½ Priced Drinks & Drafts No Cover w/ Local VIP Card

10pm

LLong Beach Beach Island Island, NJ • “It’s A Shore Th Thing”” Thursday July 5th

The

Benjamins

Friday July 6th

Nerds

The

$3 Domestic Bottles & $3 Shots until 10pm

Mellow Mondays

Craft Pint Giveaway Night

Jay & Mike Acoustic Duo

Saturday July 7th

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OPEN 7 Days From 11am Lunch & Dinner

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$ 99ALS

20th & Blvd., Ship Bottom • 494-0558 For More Info Visit www.joepops.com *All specials subject to availability and exclude special events/holidays.

The

Benjamins Every Tuesday

College ll Ni Night 21+ No College ID Required.

Beer Pong • Flip Cup DJ• $10 Beer Towers • ½ Price Bombs (No Cover)

THE BEACHCOMBER/Friday, July 6, 2012

WEDDINGS • EVENTS • PARTIES BACKYARD LOBSTER BAKES

ART ON THE ISLAND: Juried digital works at the Arts Foundation ....... 28

Store

Featuring Quiksilver, Waterman’s Collection and Honolulu Clothing Open Every Day 10-6 2712 L.B. Blvd., Ship Bottom (Next to Farias) 494-7368

BEACH BOOKS: America’s energy future is ‘better than you think’ .... 19

B Beach H Haven Catering Co. 609-661-4603

www.beachhavencatering.com

Proud Member of Stefanos Restaurant Group

Calabria

Celebrating Our 25th Anniversary Same Chef/Owners Same Great Taste

Italian specialties, fresh seafood caught by Viking Village ﬁ shermen

WEEKLY CREATIONS Ravioli topped with a crabmeat blush sauce

Broiled Seafood Combo

Tilapia, shrimp, scallops in a roasted garlic, sundried tomato herbed butter

Fresh Soft Shell Crabs Fried or sautéed

Viking Village Fresh Catch of the Day

Char grilled w/Calabria’s own smoked sea salt seasoning or blackened, served with sautéed vegetable, or roasted potatoes Broiled & topped with our own roasted garlic, sun dried tomato & fresh herbed clarified butter

Blackened or Grilled

GOOD TIMES: JCC Bazaar in new hall... Pancakes and mini golf tourney in Surf City... Outdoor concerts 8-15

From Small Occasions... to Large Special Events

Fresh Norwegian Salmon

Buffalo Chicken Panini with Sliced Montery Jack Blue Cheese

Soft Shell Crab Sandwich

“Shore to Please” Located at Shore Fire Grille www.shoreﬁregrille.com www.shorethingcatering.com 609-290-3508 • 609-488-5586

Fried of Sauteed, lettuce, tomoato & onion on a toasted Kaiser roll

$20.00

EARLY$ BIRD 4-6 PM 95 - $ 95 13

Lasagna • Baked Penne • Ravioli • Manicotti • Spaghetti Stuffed Shells Gnocchi Baked Gnocchi • Fettuccine Chicken Parm • Spaghetti w/Red or White Clam Sauce Flounder Francaise • Chicken Piccata Eggplant Rollatini • Shrimp Marinara Not Valid With Any Other Offers • Sit Down Only

*Our Famous Mussels Marinara*

We have Whole Wheat Pasta

NEW P ie Is On

OUTDOOR DINING Rain or Shine

Chicken Meatballs

Our Own Special Recipe

Readers Choice Multi-Year Award Winning Best Italian Restaurant & Best Pizza

Gluten Free Pasta & Pizza Available

Open Daily at 11am

(609) 492-8001 • (609) 492-8004 1901 Long Beach Blvd. • North Beach Haven

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O pe 7 Da n ys

LBI’s Freshest Seafood for Over 50 Years This Week’s Feature: Homemade Crab Cakes Live Lobster Sword • Tuna Local Sea Scallops

SHORE IS FUN: Barnegat Lighthouse is a special treat at night – never mind a few black ﬂies on the beach....... 16 SPLASHBACK: 1992: Bridge repair promises; July 4th and Columbus; beach tunnel scare ........................ 25

Stop By And Try Our

Sandwiches & Cooked Platters

SURFLIGHT: Michael Amante, one ﬁne tenor; “Cash Cab” comedian Ben Bailey comes to the house ........... 15 TAN LINES: Wait! Hold the holiday until this column is ﬁnished! ....... 18

Stuffed Clams Clams

Brick Oven Pizza

SANDSCRIPT: What’s a July 4th week without a neighborly water balloon ﬁght – or gin-soaked raisins? ....... 26

SUNSCREEN: Multiple fantasies fuel Soderbergh’s “Magic Mike” ........... 15

Large Pie & Large Antipasto Salad or Large Greek Salad or Large Italian Salad TAKE OUT • CASH ONLY • GOOD THRU 7/10/12 • MUST PRESENT COUPON• NOT VALID ON FRI & SAT

ISLAND LANDMARKS: St. Francis Community Center – nourishing a sense of community ...................... 22

SHORE CHRONICLES: Reaching the shore was a breeze for travelers on the new Parkway in 1955...................... 22

W/Calabria’s own smoked sea salt seasoning with roasted rosemary potatoes

Fabulous Lunches ¼ Wedge of Iceberg with Gorgonzola Cheese and Crumbled Bacon Bits

Open Thurs - Mon

Char grilled and topped with a wild mushroom Terigon sauce with side of roasted potato’s

All dinners served with fresh Italian bread, house salad and a side of penne pasta w/ red or marinara sauce

Grouper Reuben

FEATURES: “Josephine” is a 20thcentury journey culminating with a post-war love story on LBI ............ 24

24-26 oz. Fred Flintstone Porterhouse

Fresh Wild Caught Canadian Cod

Gorgonzola Wedge Salad

Robin and John We Buy and Sell (609) 444-8119

509 Engleside Ave. (Bayside) Beach Haven, NJ

Home made & imported pasta dishes, award winning pizza and ﬁne

Fresh Homemade Crabmeat Ravoli

CLAMMER’S DIARY: As Houghton is reminiscing, he offers a new discovery of natural scenery and serenity .... 18

Clam Chowder Red & White Rock Lobster Tails Extra Jumbo Shrimp Great Fish Selections for the Barbeque

Flounder • Salmon • Swordfish Tuna • Mako • Tilefish Monkfish • Weakfish Bluefish • Codfish • Shad Shrimp • Scallops • Crabmeat Lobster Tails • Softshell Crabs Crabs • Clams • Oysters • Mussels

ON THE BOULEVARD IN SHIP BOTTOM 494-8171

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Call (609) 494-5900 for Info.

PUBLISHER: MANAGING EDITOR: BOOK EDITOR: Curt Travers Neal Roberts Margaret Thomas Buchholz ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: NEWS EDITOR: PHOTO EDITOR: Cindy Linkous Jay Mann Ryan Morrill TYPOGRAPHY SUPERVISOR: PRODUCTION MANAGER: OFFICE MANAGER: Anita Josephson Jeffrey Kuhlman Lee Little WRITERS: Rachael Bosley, Perdita Buchan, Eric Englund, Kelley Anne Essinger, David Foster, Eric Houghton, Pat Johnson, John T. Koegler, Erin Leonard, Rick Mellerup ARTISTS: PHOTOJOURNALISTS: Dan Diorio, Marilyn Ganss Kristin Blair, Jack Reynolds SALES ASSOCIATES: Brenda Burd, Andrea Driscoll, Kathy Gross, Steve Havelka, Marianne Nahodyl, Sarah Swan, Allen Schleckser, Julian Willis PRODUCTION & TYPOGRAPHY: Adrian Antonio, Ray Carlson, Jason Cascais, Jim De Francesco, Dan Diorio, Eileen Keller, Gail Lavrientiev, Pattie McIntyre, Abigail Peraria, Rose Perry

Classiﬁed ................................26 Fishing ....................................20 Library.....................................12 Nightlines ...............................14 Sudoku....................................26 Tide Table ...............................21

This mid-20th-century photo shows a mixed beach crowd in sunwear or Sunday clothes on Long Beach Island.

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FOODIES It’s All Homemade!!!

Amazing Breakfast Pastries & Sandwiches The Largest Selection of Homemade Hors D’oeuvres on LBI 30 Homemade Hummus & Dips Huge Selection of Vegan & Vegetarian Entrees & Gluten Free Foods WE NOW ACCEPT ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS Our Famous Pizza Delivered Nightly From 4:30 - 8:00pm 8010 Long beach blvd., 609-494-4212 www.foodiesevents.com

7802 B. Long Beach Blvd. Open year ‘round 609-494-4200 TheRedChairNJ.com

The New Stacking Block Game Fun for the whole family! Handmade in the USA Available at its birthplace: Harvey Cedars Auto Visit us online at: www.KBitzBlocks.com

How will you Stack Up?

38 Years... Dozens of Awards... Thousands of Dinners... We Can’t Count the Smiles. OPEN DAILY AT 4:30 PM

7904 L.B. Blvd. Harvey Cedars • 494-7112 www.harveycedarsshellﬁsh.com

THIS WEEKEND - SATURDAY, JULY 7

CRAFT DAY by the Bay

AT SUNSET Lots of new exhibitors 10:00am - 4:00pm PARK Free admission and parking at Sunset Park, West Salem Ave. Food available from the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad.

Concert - Wednesday, JULY 11 7-9pm

A real perspective of Island life, images of familiar and commonplace subjects that resonate with symbolic meaning. Artistic accomplishments to be enjoyed now and by future generations. Studio open daily and by appointment 494-9558 • 6105 Long Beach Blvd.

hchsir.com Sales & Seasonal Rentals

No Discipline

8103 Long Beach Blvd., Harvey Cedars (609) 494-3311

Reggae music Sunset Park. Donations appreciated. Free kayak demonstrations by Island Surf & Sail.

EAT LOCAL

WEEKLY PROGRAMS Original Art Work

Your Beachcombing Days Begin at...

Yoga on the Beach

ART in the Park

SOCCER CAMP

Classes are for ages 18+ and all levels of expertise. 8-9am at 80th Street Beach. Thursdays through Sundays until Labor Day. Drop in $18; 5 pack $80; 10 pack $128; 20 pack $214. Portion of proceeds will beneﬁt High Point Volunteer Fire Company. For info call 201-248-0725.

9am - 11:30 a.m. Call/ email for registration forms/info 973-541-1939 or vincentvangrow@ yahoo.com or www. vincentvangrow.net

Ages 3 and up. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Run by Martyn Rushmore School of Soccer. www.rushmoresoccer.com

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Organic Local Cuisine Visit our New

RAW BAR

Black-EyedSusans DINNER

7 NIGHTS A WEEK 5 - 10PM BYOB • Reservations Suggested IC 7801 Blvd. • Harvey Cedars 494-4990 lbismallpotatoes.com

2 Doors South of Harvey Cedars ShellÀsh

INSURANCE AGY INMAN, KIRCHER, MCBRIDE AGENCY, INC.

X Flood X Auto X Home X Business X Boats 79th & LB Boulevard Harvey Cedars

(609) 494-9200 WWW.IKMINSURANCE.COM

Over 24 Flavors of Soft Serve Ice Cream Hand Dipped Ice Cream

Try a Delicious Fat Free Banana Whip, 100% Natural! WINES & LIQUORS ONE STOP QUALITY & CONVENIENCE

GROCERIES • MEAT • BAKERY HOME OF THE NOONEY BURGER EAT IN OR TAKE OUT • CATERING BREAKFAST, LUNCH, & LIGHT DINNER OPEN 7 DAYS • 7AM • 81 St & BLVD.

7806 Long Beach Blvd., Harvey Cedars Call & See What’s for Dinner• 494-2619 Open 12pm-11pm Everyday

Choice Selection of Domestic and Imported Liquors, Wines and Beers Open Daily 9am-10pm Sunday 10am-10pm

Boulevard & 80th Street

(609)494-2900 Debit Cards

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The Heart of Harvey Cedars

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FOODIES

GoodTimes

CATERING INC. & FOODIE EVENTS

Shop The Ultimate “Foodies” Experience House Baked Flatbreads & Pizzas • Homemade Hors d’oeuvres, House Roasted Turkey Daily Over 30 Homemade Hummus & Dips • Outrageous Triple Layer Brownies & Desserts NOW MAKING Ice Cream Cakes • Vegan & Gluten Free Choices We Accept All Major Credit Cards Open Daily from 7:00 am 8010 LONG BEACH BLVD • HARVEY CEDARS • 609•494•4212 • visit us @ www.foodieevents.com

LBI Camps www.lbisurﬁng.com

609-494

SURF 7

7 3

Surﬁng Lessons Junior Surf Camp: Surf & Sports Camp:

• Coed Students Ages 8-13 • Every Tues & Thurs 9:00-12:00 or 11:00-2:00 • Two to one instruction • Soft-top surfboards and wetsuits provided free

• Coed Ages 5-13 • Every other Wed-Fri 1:00-5:30 Starting 7/4 • Low camper to instructor ratio • More than 12 engaging activities

SURFING & PADDLEBOARDING Lessons Daily

Courtesy of JCC of LBI

Buoy 106 2nd Street “On the Bay” Beach Haven 492-2150

This could be you... Inflated & ready for fun.

Life Vests - Infant • Adults Tees & Hooded Sweatshirts www.morrisonslbi.com OPEN Sun - Thurs 11- 9, Fri - Sat 1- 10

This Week’s Special: Grilled Lobster Tails New England Style Lobster Rolls

Coupon

( Scallop, Shrimp, Whole Belly Clam, Salads: House, Lobster, Shrimp, Tuna, Grilled Chicken, Chicken Waldorf

Opening Special

5 off

every order $ 50 or more

(Expires 7/15/12)

special discounts for: Regulars & Seniors Police & Firefighters Military (show your id) Local Workers

Gift Cards

new england clam chowder, lobster stew, the maine burger, lobster pie, Lobster Reuben, Lobster mac ‘n’ Cheese! Corn on the Cob

DESSERTS

@Maine course LBI

The Maine Course

1301 Long Beach blvd. North Beach Haven, NJ Across from Hands Store

blueberry pie, key lime pie, Watermelon, fried oreos, & candy bars

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Jewish Community Center Welcomes Biannual Bazaar to New Social Hall

he vendors have been ready and waiting since March. Now all that remains is for the public to turn out to bring success to the bi-annual bazaar at the Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island. The July and August merchant bazaars have been held for more than a quarter-century at 24th Street and the Boulevard in Spray Beach, with the exception of last year, when it was in Beach Haven during the construction of the new JCC hall. The building opened for its first Sabbath service in February. And then on the weekend of June 22-24, it was dedicated as the crowning event in celebrating the JCC’s 50th anniversary on Long Beach Island. “We have been full (of vendor applications) since March 3,” remarked Lynn Berkowitz, chairperson of the Good Times is The Beachcomber’s guide to entertainment, cultural activities and other events in southern New Jersey. Listings are compiled from press releases and announcements sent to us from various sponsoring organizations. The Beachcomber is not responsible for changes or errors in listings. We suggest you call for confirmation before starting out for anything. To include your community event in Good Times, send complete information (and the name and phone number of a person we can contact) to: Good Times, The Beachcomber, 1816 Long Beach Blvd., Surf City, N.J. 08008. Or you may drop the material off in person at our office, fax it to 494-1437 or e-mail calendar@thesandpaper.net. Please do not call in announcements. Only activities open to the public can be accepted, and the notices must reach us by the deadline, Friday prior to our publication date. There is no charge for the service.

fun events Ghost Tours of Beach Haven, Meet at LBI Historical Museum, Engleside & Beach aves., Beach Haven. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended for these haunted walking tours. Tickets: adult, $15; child younger than 12, $8; includes museum ad-

2012 JCC Bazaar. “The vendors are very anxious to come to the new site of the JCC. Because the social hall is so much larger, we can accommodate more vendors inside.” That has extra appeal to the merchants of fine clothing, art, jewelry and an eclectic variety found in the JCC’s annual biggest fundraiser. About half of the vendors will be indoors, while the rest will be under the sun. This week’s event is scheduled 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 with about 100 vendors attending. Meanwhile, the Sisterhood of the JCC of Long Beach Island fills its usual role in selling breakfast refreshments, hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch, and homemade desserts. “They’re always there and always work very, very hard,” Berkowitz Continued on Page 10 mission. A portion of the proceeds benefits the museum. Tues. & Wed., 7 pm, through Aug. 29. Rain cancels. Reservations are required before 6 pm; call 609-709-1425. Mah Jongg/Bridge/Canasta, Jewish Community Center of LBI, 24th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Spray Beach (609-492-4090 or www.jccoflbi.org) All are welcome. Wed., 12:30-4 pm. Tuesdays in the Township, Bayview Park, 68th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach (www.longbeachtownship.com) ReShell the Bay, 10 am; concert, 7 pm. All activities are free. Free parking is available. Walking Tours of Historic Beach Haven, Meet at LBI Historical Museum, Engleside & Beach aves. (609-492-0700 or 609-4923988) 10 am, weather permitting. Tickets: adult, $10; child, $2. Tuesday tours go north of the museum; Friday tours go south. Through Aug. 31. SATURDAY, JULY 7 Craft Day by the Bay, Sunset Park, West Salem Ave., Harvey Cedars. More than 100 crafters are expected. The Barnegat Light First Aid Squad provides food. Admission & parking, free. 10 am-4 pm. SUNDAY, JULY 8 Pancake Breakfast, Surf City Firehouse, 713 Long Beach Blvd., Surf City. The menu includes sausage, coffee, tea, orange juice,

Lunch & Dinner

Restaurant

Daily Specials

Take-Out

Fresh Market

(609) 492-4388 • Outside & Air Conditioned Inside Dining • (609) 492-4388 You Came to The Jersey Shore to eat SEAFOOD! Not POND FOOD! At the Beach Haven Fishery we offer only wild ﬁsh and seafood in our Restaurant & Market. Nothing Farm Raised!

BYOB SAVE MONEY No 20% Tipping

Fishery's Dinner Specials Appetizers

• Sashimi Cubes Diced sushi grade tuna on top of an avocado, half drizzled with spicy sauce and cucumber wasabi sauce $12.95 • Crispy Tuna & Basil Wrap 1 spring roll made with tuna & fresh basil, served with a wasabi cucumber dipping sauce $11.95 • Crispy Shrimp & Seaweed Spring Roll Shrimp folded with sesame seaweed salad fried to a golden brown $10.95 • Baked Clams Oreganato 6 clams stuffed with bread crumbs, cheese, olive oil and fresh herbs $10.95 • Sun-Dried Tomato & Chipotle Calamari $12.95

Entrees • New England Fish & Chips Battered cod loin served with tartar, lemon & slaw $19.95 • Sword Marsala Local swordfish grilled, topped with a Marsala mushroom sauce $25.95 • Tuna Milanese Thin tuna cutlet, breaded and sauteed in olive oil & served on top of baby Arugula with red onion, tomato, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, cracked pepper and fresh lemon $23.95 *Available with grilled tuna steak • Shrimp & Scallops Neptune Pasta Jumbo shrimp & scallops, sauteed in garlic with a combination of herbs, spices and essence of lobster with sherry & cream, blended with penne au gratin to finish it off $23.95 • Whole Fried Red Snapper Caribbean red snapper dusted in a season flour, fried to perfection Market Price

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Clams on ½ Shell - Six top necks on ice with cocktail sauce & Lemon ......................................................................................................6.95 Shrimp Cocktail - Six Large Shrimp in the Rough on Ice with cocktail & Lemon ..................................................................................................6.95 Peel and Eats - A pound of shrimp (26-30) served on ice w/ cocktail & lemon or Hot & spicy steamed in Old Bay .........................................21.95 Fishery Wings - Naked wings fried crisp with our famous buffalo sauce and blue cheese .........................................................................................9.95 Steamed Piss Clams - a pound of Maine Ipswich clams Steamed & Served w/ Butter ............................................................................................... 10.95 Mussels Special - a pound of mussels sauteed in olive oil, garlic, parsley and cracked black pepper ................................................................... 10.95 Mussels Marinara - a pound of mussels sauteed with Fresh Tomatoes, Olive Oil, garlic & Herbs .....................................................................11.95 Fishery Crab Cake - One of our Famous Lump Meat Crab Cakes - Fried Only ..........................................................................................................9.95 Steamed Little Neck Clams - Fisherman's Dozen, Steamed with Clam Broth, Lemon & Fresh Parsley .............................................................9.95 Garlic Little Neck Clams - Fisherman's Dozen, Steamed with Garlic, Olive Oil, Clam Broth, & Fresh Parsley ............................................10.95 Clam Strips - a ½ lb of Jumbo Clam Strips Breaded Daily and Fried ........................................................................................................10.95 Chicken Fingers - Four Battered Tenders with Honey Mustard .......8.95 Onion Rings - a Heap of Colossal Vidalia Onion Rings, Beer Battered & Fried .........................................................................................................7.95 Roll & Butter - Fishery Baked Roll with Butter ................................. 1.25 Buttered Jersey Corn on the Cob ........................................................... 2.50 Chilled Caribbean Soup .................................................................. Cup-6.95 Lobster Bisque ................................................................................. Cup-7.95 New England ..............................4.50 Manhattan Chowder ............... 3.95 Pints ............................................8.95 Pints .......................................... 7.95 Quarts .......................................14.50 Quarts ..................................... 12.00

All Platters served with Fries, Slaw and the Sauces they need (must specify broiled when ordering) Flounder Dinner • Your choice Hand Breaded and Fried New England Style or Broiled ......................................................................................................................19.95 Jumbo Shrimp or Scallops Dinner • Your Choice Hand Breaded and Fried New England Style or Broiled ........................................................................................ 22.95 The Fishery Combo • Flounder, shrimp and scallops, Hand Breaded and Fried New England Style or Broiled ............................................................................... 23.95 Fishery Twins • Hand Breaded and Fried New England Style or Broiled your choice North Twin - Flounder & Scallops ................................................................. 21.95 Northeast Twin - Scallops & Shrimp.............................................................. 22.95 AllSouth Served with Fries- Flounder & Cole Slaw & Shrimp ................................................................... 21.95 Twin Famous Fishery Crabcakes • Two Large Lump Meat Crabcakes made daily • fried only .........................................................................................................................21.95 Maryland soft Shell Crabs • Two Crabs, Whale Size (largest) Your choice Breaded and Fried or Sauteed in Garlic, Olive Oil and Lemon ..................... 26.95 Saul’s Scallops or Shrimp • Lightly fried scallops or shrimp drizzled with a roasted garlic infused oil ......................................................................................................23.95 Beach Haven Bellies • Whole Breaded Top Necks Fried to Perfection ...........19.95 Jumbo Clam Strips • Three-quarters of a pound Hand Breaded Daily and Deep Fried .......................................................................................................................... 17.95

— Signature Sautés & Grills — John's Blushing Shrimp • You have to taste this to believe it. Jumbo shrimp sauteed with olive oil, fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic and herbs and encrusted with bread crumbs & parmesan cheese ........................................................................................23.95 Thai-phoon Jumbo Shrimp or Scallops • Your choice or combo, fried crispy & tossed with spicy thai sauce over wilted lettuce ......................................23.95 Jesse’s Garlic Shrimp • Jumbo Shrimp sauteed with Garlic, Olive Oil, Basil and Fresh Herbs ...... .................................................................................22.95 Jumbo Shrimp or Scallops Scampi • Your choice or Combo prepared traditional scampi style ............................................................................22.95 Buffalo Shrimp • Crunchy Jumbo Shrimp tossed in our famous buffalo sauce served with blue cheese ..... .......................................................................22.95 Sizzling Shrimp • Fresh Jumbo Shrimp sauteed in our tantalizing garlic steak sauce with sweet vidalia onions .................................................................23.95 Tex Mex Shrimp • Fried Jumbo Shrimp sauteed in Salsa, olives, spiked with chipotle served with sour cream on the side ...................................................... 22.95 Tuna or Swordfish Steak • Your choice Blackened or Grilled ...............22.95 Tuna Bruschetta • Sushi Grade Tuna Loin grilled rare & topped with Fresh Tomatoes, Red Onion, Garlic, Basil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Herbs & Kissed with Balsamic vinegar ..............................................................................24.95 Sesame Crusted Tuna • Sushi Grade Tuna Loin, rolled in seasoned black sesame seeds, seared rare, sliced & served with a wasabi infused soy sauce ...........24.95 Asian Tuna • Sushi Grade Tuna grilled rare and served on top of crispy asian noodles, drizzled with a wasabi cream teriyaki sauce, black sesame seeds & cilantro (not served with fries & coleslaw) ..........................................................................................24.95 Tuna Wasabi • Sushi Grade Tuna Loin grilled rare & topped with a Wasabi and Cucumber Sauce and encrusted with Japanese Panko Bread Crumbs .......24.95 Tuna Seaweed • Sushi Grade Tuna grilled rare then topped with Seaweed Salad, Laced with a Sesame Teriyaki Dressing ...................................................24.95 Steakhouse Swordfish • Local Sword Steak Grilled & Finished in a Pan with Sauteed Portabella Mushrooms ................................................................24.95 Swordfish Lobster Butter • Grilled & Drizzled with Lobster Infused Garlic Butter with a whole shelled lobster claw on top .........................................26.95 Florida Grouper • Poached with onions, tomatoes & olive oil our magic way, Crusted with Bread Crumbs and Parmesan Cheese like you’ve never had before ......................................................................................................26.95 Chilean Sea Bass Picatta • Sea Bass steak sauteed with olive oil, lemon, butter, capers & white wine .................................................................................28.95 Broiled Stuffed Flounder with Crabmeat • Fresh flounder fi let stuffed with our own crabmeat .....................................................................................23.95 Broiled Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp with Crabmeat • Five Jumbo Shrimp stuffed daily with our own crabmeat ....................................................................23.95 Wild Alaskan Salmon Filet • Grilled then glazed with Lemon butter dill, Ginger Teriyaki sauce or Lumberjack Style with Pacific Northwest BBQ Sauce or Blackened .................................................................................................24.95

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Fishery Salads - Organic Baby Field Greens, Tomatoes, Cukes, Olives, Croutons, with your Choice of Homemade Caesar Dressing, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Honey Mustard, Blue Cheese. Plain .................................................................................7.95 Fishery Salad with a Fried & Sliced Chicken Cutlet ..................................... 12.95 Fishery Salad with Swordﬁsh, Tuna or Salmon, Blackened or Grilled ....... 20.95 Baby Arugula Salad with Red Onion, Tomatoes, Herbs with Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar ................................................................................................................. 10.95 Baby Arugula with Fried Chicken .................................................................... 15.95 Baby Arugula with Grilled or Blackened Sword, Tuna or Salmon .............. 23.95

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said about the Sisterhood. The second summer bazaar is on Wednesday, Aug. 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The new hall replaces a building on the same site that stood for 50 years, though it had long been too small for the congregation. It was demolished in winter 2011 for construction of a new synagogue three times the size of the original. “The Dedication Weekend was just fabulous,” Rose Valentine, JCC board member and chairperson of the building campaign, related in an e-mail to The Beachcomber. “Friday evening the Sisterhood prepared a traditional Sabbath dinner for 130 people in the new social hall. Dinner was followed by services. Saturday morning, the Sabbath service honored the members of the congregation who helped with the rebuilding of the new Center and those who were part of the Dedication milk and hot chocolate. Cost: adult, $8.50; child younger than 10, $4.50. Items including gourmet dog treats, pet toys, company T-shirts, cookbooks and more are available for sale. 8 am-noon. MONDAY, JULY 9 Historical Talks: Old Railroad Days, LBI Historical Museum, Engleside & Beach aves., Beach Haven. Mon., 7:30 pm. The museum is air-conditioned. Admission, free; donations appreciated. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Bazaar, Jewish Community Center of LBI, 15 East 24th St., Spray Beach (609-492-4090 or www.jccoﬂbi.org) More than 100 vendors are expected. 8 am-3 pm. “Growing Native” Sustainable Gardens Tour, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) Fees: member, $10; nonmember, $15. 8 am-noon. THURSDAY, JULY 12 Miniature Golf Tournament, Island Golf, 6th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Surf City. The Surf City Taxpayer Assn. hosts the event, with prizes for children, teens and adults. 10-11:45 am.

Weekend committee. Sunday morning, donors were invited to affix the mezuzahs onto the doors of the building, a long-standing tradition in Jewish homes, businesses and houses of worship and study. “The weekend was topped off with a gala dinner and dance. It was wonderful seeing everyone in their finery, dancing and celebrating the rebuilding of the JCC of LBI.” Special recognition was given to the Herbert Shapiro Family. Shapiro is one of the founders of the JCC of LBI (jccoflbi.org). Preserved from the original building are stained glass windows representing the twelve tribes of Israel, and a second set of windows depicting the Jewish holidays. “The windows are now a focal point in the new sanctuary,” Valentine wrote. In 2008, a Torah rescued from the Holocaust was gifted to the congregation, and now is on permanent display in the new synagogue. —Neal Roberts Stand-Up Paddleboard Challenge, Sunset Park, West Salem Ave., Harvey Cedars. This is for experienced paddlers. Fees: LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences member, $45; nonmember, $55. 9:30-11:30 am. Students should wear a bathing suit and/ or rash guard and bring a water bottle and sunscreen. If winds exceed 10 mph, class will be rescheduled. Register at 609-4941241 or www.lbifoundation.org; provide cell phone number, height and approximate weight for appropriate board sizing. FRIDAY, JULY 13 Beer & Wine Tasting, Music & More, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) Minimum age for admission is 21; ID is required. Tickets: advance, $35; day of event, $40. 7-9:30 pm. SATURDAY, JULY 14 Barnegat Light Taxpayers’ Assn. Meet & Greet Picnic, Gazebo, Bayview Ave. at 7th St., Barnegat Light. Borough officials report on current happenings and hold a Q&A period; summer events are discussed. All are welcome. 10 am. “Choose Your Cover” Free Skin Cancer Screening, 20th St. beach end, Ship Bot-

ere are two July traditions that date well back into the last century, and are just as popular today. Among the important annual fundraisers of the Surf City Volunteer Fire and EMS is the summer pancake breakfast, scheduled Sunday, July 8, from 8 a.m. to noon at the firehouse, Seventh Street and the Boulevard. Cost is $8.50 for adults, $4.50 for children younger than age 10 for all the sausage and pancakes, orange juice, coffee, tea, milk or hot chocolate you want. (Not sure the hot chocolate will move too fast on this hot upcoming weekend.) Undoubtedly you’ve seen the street signs advertising this event, but that’s probably not even necessary. The local community always turns out to buy hundreds of meals, plus items from the Ladies Auxiliary bake sale and a craft sale including homemade pet toys and doggie treats. And of course, all for a great cause. “We are an all volunteer organization providing fire protection for the Borough of Surf City and the Long Beach Twp. section of North Beach from Tract 1001 to Roxie Avenue,” states the website surfcityfire.org. “We provide all of the cascade and rescue extrication work for Long Beach Island. “In 1990 we became the first fire company in Ocean County to provide emergency medical services. We continue to hold this distinction in Ocean County as the only volunteer fire company to provide basic life support ambulances. “We are a 100 percent volunteer organization, and never charge

tom. The service is provided by Southern Ocean Medical Center, the LBI Health Dept. and others. Those wishing to be screened should wear a bathing suit or other beach attire. 10 am-2 pm. Rain date, July 15. Fresh Fish Feast, Barnegat Light Firehouse, West 10th St. & Central Ave. Tickets are available at the door. 4-8 pm. Lighthouse International Film Society Screening, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) The ﬁlm is “Red Light Revolution,” China’s ﬁrst sex shop comedy. Admission, $5; LIFS member, free. 7:30 pm.

fun ed Clam Shucking Classes, Boulevard Clams, 20th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Surf City (609-494-9494) Participants should bring a shucking knife. Tues., 9:30 am. LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences Offerings, The catalog is available at www. lbifoundation.org. MONDAYS, THROUGH JULY 30 Eating for Health, LBI Foundation of the

for our services. Our members are your friends and neighbors, and come from all walks of life… We are always looking for honest, motivated and hard-working people that live or work in Surf City (ages 14 and older). Please be sure to take that extra step to give back to your community by volunteering with us.” And buy your Sunday breakfast there this week. Meanwhile, the Surf City Taxpayer Association hosts its annual July miniature golf fundraiser at Island Golf, Sixth Street and the Boulevard, 10 to 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, July 12 (rain date July 13). For a modest admission fee that supports the SCTA community events, you may compete for cash prizes in categories for children, teens and adults. Taxpayer association volunteers monitor each hole to verify scorecards. The event is also repeated Aug. 9. “Thanks to all of the homeowners and businesses who support the Concerned Taxpayer Association of the Borough of Surf City through dues and contributions and the many wonderful volunteers, board of trustees, and event chairpersons that create and run the many activities that we offer,” states Kevin Cook, association president, on the website surfcitytaxpayer.com. “We are always in need of more volunteers and board members to help maintain and improve our activities that we offer the community.” So get your practice in on the course this week, and so if you can at least make par on Thursday. — Neal Roberts Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) Fees per class: member, $25; nonmember, $30. 11:30 am-12:30 pm. July 9, summer smoothies; July 16, greens and dressings; July 23, desserts; July 30, leave gluten out. SUNDAY, JULY 8 Wrought Iron Curl Basket Workshop, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) Fees: member, $40; nonmember, $50; materials, $16. 10 am-4 pm. MONDAY, JULY 9 How to Make a Tallit, Jewish Community Center of LBI, 15 East 24th St., Spray Beach (609-492-4090 or www.jccoﬂbi.org) 10 am-1 pm. Registration is required. TUESDAY & THURSDAY, JULY 10 & 12 Basic Boating Safety Course for NJ Certiﬁcation, St. Francis Center, 47th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach (609-494-8861 or www.stfranciscenterlbi.com) The class is for ages 13-adult. Fee, $85. 5-9 pm. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Medical Emergencies & What You Can Do, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences,

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GoodTimes 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-4941241 or www.lbifoundation.org) Admission, free. 1-2 pm. Mosaic Rings, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation. org) Fees: member, $25; nonmember, $35; materials, $25. 2-3:30 pm. THURSDAY, JULY 12 Altered Pottery – Not Round Pots, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) Fees: member, $35; nonmember, $50. 9 am-noon. THURSDAY, JULY 12 Introduction to Stand-Up Paddleboarding for Ages 13-Adult, Sunset Park, West Salem Ave., Harvey Cedars. Fees: LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences member, $40; nonmember, $50. 8-9 am. Students should wear a bathing suit and/or rash guard and bring a water bottle and sunscreen. If winds exceed 10 mph, class will be rescheduled. Register at 609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org; provide cell phone number, height and approximate weight for appropriate board sizing.

art Art Lovers Event, Stafford Twp. Firehouse, Stafford Ave., Manahawkin. Pine Shores Art Assn. hosts the event July 22. 50 framed, original works of art by 50 artists, all valued at more than $50, are exhibited. Each painting is offered for sale at only $50 to the ﬁrst 50 people applying at www. pineshoresartassociation.org. Pastel Classes with Linda Coulter, Pine Shores Art Assn., 94 Stafford Ave., Manahawkin (609-294-8264 or www.pineshoresartassociation.org) Walk-ins are welcome. Fees per class: member, $20; nonmember, $22. Sat., 10 am-1 pm. THROUGH JULY 16 National Juried Competition: Digital Works, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) Open daily. THROUGH JULY 20 Craft Gallery, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation. org) Contemporary, handmade crafts are offered for sale. THROUGH AUGUST 2 Faculty Exhibition, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) Creations by LBIF faculty members are on display and available for sale. FRIDAY, JULY 13 Urban Art: the Fine Art of Grafﬁti, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) The course is suitable for teens and adults. Fees: member, $30; nonmember, $35. 12:30-3.

kid stuff Children’s Theater, Surflight Theatre, Engleside & Beach aves., Beach Haven (609-492-9477 or www.surﬂight.org) Call or visit website for speciﬁc dates and times. Tickets, $12.50 & $15. “Peter Pan & Capt. Hook,” through-Aug. 3; “The Tale of the Little Mermaid,” through Aug. 10. “Down by the Bay” Day Camp, Harvey Cedars Bible Conference, 12 Cedars Ave. (609-494-5689) The camp is for ages 7-12. Call to register. Aug. 13-17, Wild & Wacky Science includes water games, team building and marine science. Fees: $100 per week or $25 per day. Aug. 20-24, “Push the Rock” sports camp includes

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By ERIC ENGLUND Long Beach Island Branch Ocean County Library Central Avenue, Surf City (609-494-2480) theoceancountylibrary.org usan Shapiro Barash, an LBIborn author and educator, holds a talk and discussion on the “Evolving Role of the American Wife” on Monday, July 9, at 7 p.m. A gender studies professor at Marymount Manhattan College in New York, Barash said she would base the program on two of her books. One has the same name as the title of the program and the other is Second Wives: The Pitfalls and Rewards of Marrying Widowers and Divorced Men. Barash said she would look at how roles of wives have changed within the last 50 years. “Through most of the 1960s, women were mostly traditional stay-athome moms,” she said. These images were often portrayed in TV sitcoms with characters such as June Cleaver, Donna Reed and Alice Mitchell, among others. She said the feminist revolution led by the likes of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem empowered more women to break from that tradition and enter the workplace. “For some working women, they may choose to have their children later,” she said. “Some women may opt not to have children at all. There are about 72 million women working in

America, and many of them are mothers. Barash said she is currently working on a new book to be released in the fall, The Nine Phases of Marriage. The “Blue to You” Horizon Healthcare of NJ van will stop by Wednesday, July 11, 9 a.m. to noon. People enrolled in a Horizon Healthcare plan are welcome to discuss claims or any other questions. Those who are not part of a Horizon plan can learn about healthy living strategies, local wellness activities and healthcare legislation reform. Appointments are not necessary. “It’s just like when we’ve had the Ocean County Connection van here,” said branch manager Linda Feaster. “It’s on a first come, first served basis.” That evening at 7 p.m., Rick Bushnell, president of ReClam the Bay, gives a talk on “Indians, Pirates and Baymen on Barnegat Bay.” He said he would talk about how Native Americans used shells for currency, and that settlers made a fortune selling shellfish to Philadelphia and New York. “They had to watch out for pirates in the Barnegat Bay looking to hijack the precious cargo,” he said. “But there were also good pirates, known as privateers, who helped fight for our country’s independence.” Bushnell said he would also give an update on the organization, a grassroots group dedicated to providing education and awareness about the environmental benefits of shellfish filtering, feeding and cleaning our estuary.

Beach Haven Public Library 3rd Street and Beach Avenue (609-492-7081) beachhavenpubliclibrary.org If you’re interested in checking out Beach Haven history, the oneroom museum on the second floor is now open on Wednesday afternoons from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Established five years ago by Borough Historian Jeanette Lloyd, the museum contains photos, hotel ledgers, newspaper clippings and other artifacts from Beach Haven’s earliest years. “Our ledgers are from the Engleside Hotel, the Parry House and Thomas Bond’s Long Beach House,” said Lloyd “These books date back to the 19th century.” Lloyd said that the museum is “still a work in progress,” and that her latest project is putting together genealogies of Beach Haven’s first 44 families. “I have 18 families completed,” she said. “These include the Shourds, Joorman, Broome, Marshall, Hart, Sprague, Parker and Cramer families.” She said that her long-term goal is to put all the museum data and exhibits on line. “The main purpose of this museum is a place for people who want to research history about Beach Haven,” said Lloyd, who chairs the borough’s Historic Preservation Advisory Committee. “We have the LBI Historical Museum in town, but what I have here strictly deals with Beach Haven.” Q

basketball, Frisbee and soccer. Fees: $125 per week or $35 per day. Aug. 27-31, arts camp includes drawing, sketching and jewelry making. Fees: $100 per week or $25 per day. Family Days, Barnegat Light Museum, 5th St. & Central Ave., Barnegat Light. Familyoriented tours of the museum and, weather permitting, Edith Duff Gwinn Gardens are offered Wed., 10 am-4 pm, in July and August. Activities for children ages up to 10, 2-3:30 pm; children younger than 5 must be accompanied by an adult. Family Theater, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation. org) Admission, $5. Tues., 7 pm. July 10, Alex & the Kaleidoscope Band; July 17, Mr. Malcolm; July 24, Penguin Pointers; July 31, Wizards – the Race Around the World; Aug. 7, Little Red Riding Hood; Aug. 14, Wonderful World of Reptiles; Aug. 21, Sundown on Sycamore Street; Aug. 28, Comedy Cascade Circus. Family Water Sport Fun Days, Bayview Park, 68th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach (www.longbeachtownship.com) Island Surf & Sail presents in-water instruction, demonstrations, races and contests. All activities are free. Fri., 6 pm. Summer Youth Programs, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www. lbifoundation.org) Weekly programs are available for ages birth through 16.

THROUGH AUGUST The Swell Teen Center, Grace Calvary Church, 19th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom. Indoor and outdoor activities are planned for grades 6-12, including Wii group games, henna, Foosball, ping-pong, video game tournaments, crafts, movies, music and much more. Fri., 7-11 pm. Open mike, 9 pm. Call Casey Ellis at 609-494-7777. JULY 2-7 & AUGUST 22-25 “Snow White,” Barnegat High School, 180 Bengal Blvd., Barnegat (www.oceantheatre. org, 609-312-8306 or ruth@oceantheatre. org) Ocean Professional Theatre Co. presents the show. Ticket, $10. THROUGH AUGUST 31 Summer Camp Programs for Ages 3-16, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) Nature studies, creative arts and crafts, marine biology and tennis are some of the offerings. Mon.-Fri., 9 am-noon. SATURDAY, JULY 7 Foul Shooting Contest for Kids, Richard A. Zachariae Field, Division St. & Barnegat Ave., Surf City. Girls and boys through age 18 are welcome. There are mini hops for ages 6 and younger. 10 am. Super Saturdays: Rain Forest Animals, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies (609-494-1241 or www.lbifoundation.org) The class is designed for ages 6-11. Fees: member, $20; nonmember, $25. 10-11:30 am.

MONDAY-THURSDAY, JULY 9-12 & 16-19 Van Grow Art Instruction Camp, Sunset Park, West Salem Ave., Harvey Cedars (973-541-1939 or vincentvangrow@yahoo. com) Children will experience drawing, painting, sculpture, fabric art and more. 9-11:30 am. Call or e-mail for registration forms and information. MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 9-13 Soccer Camp, Sunset Park, West Salem Ave., Harvey Cedars. The program, operated by the Martyn Rushmore School of Soccer, is for ages 3-14. 9 am-1 pm. Call 973-328-0787 or visit www.rushmoresoccer.com. JULY 9-AUGUST 10 Summer Camps for Kids, Pinelands Regional Youth Services sponsors activities for ages 3 and older. See brochure at pinelandsregional.org or call 609-2965074. TUESDAY, JULY 10 Bats at the Library, Island Branch Ocean County Library, 217 South Central Ave., Surf City (609-494-2480) The activity is for ages 5 and older. 10:30 am. Call to register or visit theoceancountylibrary.org. TUESDAYS, JULY 10-31 Children’s Art Classes, Pine Shores Art Assn., 94 Stafford Ave., Manahawkin (609-294-8264 or www.pineshoresartassociation.org) Mary Walker-Baptiste and Judy Johnson lead the classes. Fee, $50. 10 am-noon.

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GoodTimes WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Indians, Pirates, Baymen on Barnegat Bay, Island Branch Ocean County Library, 217 South Central Ave., Surf City (609-4942480) The program is for all ages. 7 pm. Call to register or visit theoceancountylibrary. org. THURSDAY, JULY 12 Children’s Field Events, 25th St. ocean beach, Barnegat Light (609-494-9196) The event, including jumps, throws, dashes and free-form activities, is for children in grades K-6. Young children should be accompanied by an adult. Registration, 9:30 am; events begin, 10:30 am. There is no rain date.

theater THROUGH JULY 21 “Annie the Musical,” Surﬂight Theatre, Engleside & Beach aves., Beach Haven (609-492-9477 or www.surﬂight.org) See website for schedule and ticket prices.

comedy WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Catch a Rising Star All-Star Show with Ben Bailey of “Cash Cab,” Surﬂight Theatre, Engleside & Beach aves., Beach Haven (609-492-9477 or www.surﬂight.org) 8 pm. See website for schedule and ticket prices.

music Concerts by the Bay, Sunset Park, West Salem Ave., Harvey Cedars (609-361-7990) July 11, No Discipline; July 18, Beaucoup Blue; July 25, eleven eleven. Also, Island Surf & Sail gives free kayak demonstrations. 7-9 pm. Concerts on the Green, Veterans Bicentennial Park, Beach Ave. between Engleside Ave. & Amber St., Beach Haven. Wed., 7:30 pm. If inclement weather, held at LBI Historical Assn. Museum, Engleside & Beach aves. July 4, Howard Isaacson; July 11, Carnaby Street Band; July 18, Tequila Rose Band. Summer Concerts, Bayview Park, 68th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach. Attendees should bring seating. 7-9 pm. July 10, Brian Clayton; July 17, Paul Presto. Summer Concerts, Outdoor concert area, West 10th St. on the bay, Barnegat Light. Attendees should bring seating. 7:30 pm. If rain, Barnegat Light Firehouse, West 10th St. & Central Ave. July 19, Face Down; July 26, The Following. SATURDAY, JULY 7 Bluegrass & Pinelands Music Plus Jim Murphy Remembrance Tribute, Albert Music Hall, 131 Wells Mills Rd. (Rte. 532), Waretown (609-971-1593 or www.alberthall.org) Tom Stevenson & Ballyhaunis present the tribute during the 8:30-9:30 pm set. Admission: adult, $5; child younger than 12, $1. Doors open, 6 pm; show, 7:3011:30 pm. MONDAY, JULY 9 Dinner & Concert, Deborah Hospital Foundation LBI Chapter hosts dinner at Carmen’s in Beach Haven followed by Michael Amonte in concert at Surflight Theatre. Ticket, $70. Call Vince O’Mara at 609-660-7541. Michael Amante, Surﬂight Theatre, Engleside & Beach aves., Beach Haven (609492-9477 or www.surﬂight.org) 8 pm. See website for schedule and ticket prices.

nightlines Bayberry Inn, 13th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom (609-494-8848) Fri., Joey D’s Doo Wop Party; Fri.-Mon. & Wed., George Abbot;

Sat., Rockin’ Renee; Sun., Mike Byrne; Tues., Jammin’ Janice. Buckalew’s Tavern & Restaurant, Bay Ave. & Centre St., Beach Haven (609-4921065) Fri., She Said Sunday, 9:30 pm; Sat., Diablo Sandwich, 9:30 pm; Sun., Smokey Starr; Tues., Mike Byrne, 7:30-10:30 pm; Wed., Ted Hammock; Thurs., Uncle Albert & Rambling Joe, 5-9 pm. Fri., Sat., Mon. & Wed., piano. Callahan’s, 16th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach (609-494-5776) Sat., Dublin’s Shay Mac; Wed., psychic readings by Lisa; Thurs., karaoke. daddy O, 4401 Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach (609-494-1300) Fri., Ted Hammock & Matt Fisher, 6-10 pm; Sun., Dan Barone, 6-10 pm; Thurs., Brian Parr. The Dutchman’s Brauhaus, 2500 East Bay Ave., Cedar Bonnet Island (609-494-6910) The Upstairs: Fri., John McNutt Band, 9 pm; Sat., Element K, 9 pm; Sun., Third Watch, 4-8 pm; Mon., Pat Karwan, 7:30 pm; Paul Plumeri Band, 8:30 pm; Bavarian Tavern: Fri., Tony Pileggi, 5 pm; Sat., Chuck Paul, 5 pm; Thurs., Pat Karwan, 8 pm. The Engleside Sand Bar, 30 Engleside Ave., Beach Haven (609-492-5116) Fri., Dan Brown Duo, 3-7 pm; Sat., Lenny G & The Soulsenders, 3-7 pm; Sun., PJ, Dennis & Chris, 3-7 pm; Mon., AJ Stone; Tues., Chris Gustelli, 3-7 pm; Wed., Dan Brown, 3-7 pm; Thurs., Chris Fritz, 3-7 pm. The Gateway, 227 West 8th St., Ship Bottom (609-494-1661) Fri., Cait Darcy, 5-8 pm; Weird Al Karaoke, 8 pm; Sat., Jason Booth, 4-8 pm; Weird Al Karaoke, 8 pm. Joe Pop’s Shore Bar & Restaurant, 20th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom (609494-0558) Fri. & Wed., The Nerds; Sat., The Benjamins; Sun., Mashwork Orange; Mon., Mike & Jay Acoustic; Thurs., call for info. At the Tiki Bar: Fri., Michael Clayton Moore, 3-7 pm; Sat., The Jonzes, 3-7 pm; Sun., Chris Thomas, 3-7 pm. Kubel’s Too, 8200 Long Beach Blvd., Beach Haven Crest (609-494-4731) Fri., Gyrl Band, 10 pm; Sat., Guy Peterson Band, 10 pm; Thurs., call for info. The Marlin, Centre St. & Bay Ave., Beach Haven (609-492-7700) Fri., Crazy in Stereo; Sat., Drop Dead Sexy. Nardi’s, 11801 Long Beach Blvd., Haven Beach (609-492-9538) Fri., Elvis Show, 5 pm; Love Puppies, 10 pm; Sat., Alotta Colada, 5 pm; Mainstream Sellouts, 10 pm; Sun., Dave Christopher, 5 pm; Richie & the All Stars, 10 pm; Mon., Weird Owl Karaoke, 5 pm; Tues., pasta & Sinatra, 5 pm; Lima Bean Riot, 10 pm; Wed., Weird Owl Karaoke, 5 pm; The Replicants, 10 pm; Thurs., pasta & Sinatra, 5 pm; 10 pm show, call for info. Plantation, West 80th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Harvey Cedars (609-494-8191) Fri., Dan Barone, 10 pm; Sat., The Danksters, 10 pm; Thurs., call for info. Rick’s American Café, Fourth St. & Broadway, Barnegat Light (609-494-8482) Sat., No Discipline. The Sea Shell, 10 South Atlantic Ave., Beach Haven (609-492-4611) In the club: Fri., Naked Twister; Sat., Hyperactive, 10 pm. At the pool: Fri., The Impulsives, 4-6 pm; Sat., The Replicants, 4-6 pm; Sun., Shorty Long & the Jersey Horns, 4-6 pm; Mon., Chris Gustelli, 4-7 pm. At the Tiki Bar: Sun., Ted Hammock & Matt Fisher, 10 pm; Mon., Chris Gustelli, 10 pm; Tues., Ted Hammock, 4-7 pm; Dylan Manfredi, 10 pm; Wed., The Pickles, 4-7 pm; The Pickles Duo, 10 pm. Spray Beach Inn, 24th St. & Ocean Ave., Spray Beach (609-492-1501) Fri., Fred Conley, 5-9 pm; Sat.,Dave Jones, 3-7 pm; Sun., Edgar, 4:30-8 pm; Mon., Dave Sodano, Sinatra by the Sea, 5-9 pm; Tues., Smokey

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he July 4th week is an ideal time to enjoy a free outdoor concert during your vacation at the shore. Admire the setting sun and perhaps the rising moon (it was full on July 3) at some or all of the following venues. For each, bring lawn chairs or beach blankets (and bug spray, just in case) to enjoy soothing or rockin’ tunes until just after the sun goes down. In the Long Beach Township summer Bayside Concerts series, Brian Clayton and the Green River Band performs Tuesday, July 10, 7-9 p.m. at Bayview Park, 68th Street, Brant Beach. This band features country music. And there will be free line dance lessons with DJ Dave Kim. Next on the schedule: Paul Presto, July 17. The Carnaby Street Band performs Wednesday, July 11, 7:30 p.m., in Veterans Bicentennial Park, Beach Haven. This band features hits from the 1960s and 1970s. At Engleside Avenue (town center), turn east when you see the orange water tower and the borough hall. Patronize the concession stand for the Beach Haven Community Arts Program, which hosts the concerts. Rain location is

Starr, 3-7 pm; Wed., Chris Gustelli, 4:30-8 pm; Thurs., call for info. Surf City Hotel, Eighth St. & Long Beach Blvd., Surf City (609-494-7281) Fri., Shorty Long, 10 pm; Sat., The Blitz, 10 pm; Sun., Bill & Andy Show; Tues., Jason Booth, 9 pm; Wed., Rich Meyer, 9 pm; Thurs., call for info. Terrace Tavern, 13201 Long Beach Blvd., Beach Haven Terrace (609-492-9751) Fri., Fred Conley; Sat., Ted Hammock. Viking Fresh Off the Hook, 20th St. & Bayview Ave., Barnegat Light (609-494-0113) Mon. & Wed., live entertainment. Note: Many places have DJs or other entertainment on unlisted nights.

the Long Beach Island Historical Museum across the street, which is regularly open 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays in summer. Next week’s concert on July 18 features the country sounds of Tequila Rose. In Harvey Cedars, Sunset Park at West Salem Avenue is the placid bayfront venue for the town’s summer concerts kickoff, featuring an LBI standard, No Discipline, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 11. Next week’s concert on July 18 features the Philly sound of Beaucoup Blue. Face Down is the leadoff band for the 2012 summer concerts in Ship Bottom. It begins 7 p.m. Thursday, July 12, in Waterfront Park at 10th Street. Next in Ship Bottom’s Thursday evening concerts are the Roustabouts on July 19. On the mainland, Tuckerton Seaport hosts mellow 1960s and 1970s music of the Basement Musicians Guild, Friday, July 13, 6:30 to 8 p.m. The Seaport is about 20 minutes from Ship Bottom by car (take the Causeway to Route 9 south), or also accessible by boat if you call ahead about dock space (609-296-8868). —Neal Roberts

films BEACH 5 STADIUM THEATRE, Herbert Ave. & Long Beach Blvd., Beach Haven Park (609-492-6906) FRIDAY-THURSDAY, JULY 6-12 “The Amazing Spider-Man,” (PG-13) 4:35, 7:25 & 10:10 pm; rain only, 10:50 am & 1:45 pm. “Brave,” (PG) 4:20, 7 & 9:15 pm; rain only, 11:05 am & 1:20 pm. “Madagascar 3,” (PG) 5, 7:10 & 9:30 pm; rain only, 11:30 am & 1:30 pm. “Magic Mike,” (R) 4:40, 7:30 & 9:50 pm; rain only, 11:20 am & 1:50 pm. “Ted,” (R) 4:50, 7:40 & 9:55 pm; rain only, 11:40 am & 2 pm.

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‘The Fourth Tenor’ and Famous Cabbie to Perform at Surflight By RICK MELLERUP

or several years now it has been tempting to nickname Long Beach Island “The Italian Riviera.” When jogging or bicycling on the backstreets of LBI – excepting Memorial Day and July 4th – the green, white and red of the Italian tricolor is often more evident than the red, white and blue of Old Glory. Italian restaurants thrive while other ethnic restaurants struggle (for a couple of years LBI didn’t even have a Chinese restaurant, normally found at any dusty crossroads in the country). The Ocean County phonebook has more vowels than Vanna White. So it isn’t surprising that tickets are selling like hotcakes – make that zeppoli – for Michael Amante’s July 9 show at Beach Haven’s Surflight Theatre, part of the Catch a Rising Star Comedy/Concert Series. Actually, many non-Italian Americans will probably be attending as well because Amante is a rather hot item himself. He’s been dubbed the “Prince of the High C’s,” an illusion to the great Pavarotti, the “King of the High C’s,” who quickly suggested Amante stand in when he was unable to perform a scheduled concert. The 49-year-old has also earned praise from the likes of Tony Bennett, who said he is “the next Mario Lanza,” and Regis Philbin, who called him “the 4th Tenor.” Amante garnered an Emmy nomination for a concert on PBS and has sold out houses across the country. Amante is also nicknamed the “People’s Tenor.” He employs his four-octave range to sing not only arias but Broadway showstoppers, pop standards, gospel and jazz numbers and even Neapolitan folk songs. With Amante you never know what to expect – “Music of the Night” from “Phantom” or Puccini’s “La Boheme.” “A sold out house (1,500 seats) and nine standing ovations,” said Numa Saisselin, executive director of Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre. “Need we say more?” Considering Surflight has 450 seats, one had better act quickly if he or she plans on taking in Amante on July 9 at 8 p.m. Only a few dozen tickets, which go for $89, were still available earlier this week. They may be purchased online at surflight.org, by phone at 609-492-9477 or at the box office at the intersection of Engleside and Beach Avenues in Beach Haven. * * * It is a shame that the next performer in the Catch a Rising Star series is playing a couple of evenings after Amante instead of two nights before him. Because the headliner on Wednesday, July 11 is Ben Bailey of

“Cash Cab” – hmm, wouldn’t a quick couple of Franklins come in handy helping to defray the cost of Amante tickets? Bailey made his fame as the host of the quiz show that takes place in the most unusual of settings. But the versatile performer is a show-biz vet of over a decade, racking up credits as both an actor in such shows as “Law & Order SVU” and “One Life to Live,” and as a comic appearing on the likes of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” the “Late Late Show with Greg Kilborn” and “Last Call with Carson Daly.” His bread-and-butter is standup, after polishing his act for years in the comedy clubs of LA and NYC. “People do say the same stuff a lot; they ask me the same questions a lot. They go, ‘Hey, did you have to get a real taxi license to host that show?’ And I say, ‘yes,’ because I did. Then they always make the same joke, they think it’s brilliant, they go, ‘Well, at least you have something to fall back on, ha ha ha.’ And I am like, ‘har har har har har, that is absolutely hilarious’ I often sit and chuckle at the thought of losing my television show and becoming a regular cab driver – that is the funniest scenario that I can even come up with right now. Can you imagine the disappointment I would feel if the show were to be cancelled and I were forced to drive a cab for real to make my living? My disappointment would be tremendous. But it would pale when compared to the disappointment felt by those individuals who got into my taxi.” The genial host says that hosting “Cash Cab” wasn’t the easiest job in the world: “On one particular occasion we were sitting in traffic on 3rd Avenue for the 150th day in a row. We continue to choose 3rd Avenue despite the fact they are building a hospital and a pipeline and a freaking amusement park in the middle of 3rd Avenue. We are guaranteed at least 40 minutes of going absolutely nowhere. I’m already irritated by the traffic, and to make matters worse there’s an electrician in a van behind me who doesn’t seem to understand how a traffic jam works. He seems to be under the impression that somewhere, all the way at the front of the traffic jam, there’s a man in a very wide car who has just nodded off at the wheel and if he, the electrician, can only honk LONG AND LOUD enough, he will wake the man in the wide car and we will all be on our merry way immediately. To make matters even worse, the electrician and his horn have impeccable timing; they’re as good as the owl, if not a little better. He will only honk if I have just begun speaking, which means I have to stop speaking and start all over again.

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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: Magic Mike (Channing Tatum, center) and his colleagues delight the crowd at Tampa strip club Xquisite.

Multiple Fantasies Fuel ‘Magic Mike’

By RACHAEL K. BOSLEY hortly before “Magic Mike” was released in theaters, director Steven Soderbergh announced that he no longer wants to make “important” movies, but instead wants to focus on stories that are fun to tell. So, it would follow, we shouldn’t be surprised that the filmmaker who once tackled a ﬁve-hour biography of Che Guevara (“Che”) had decided to journey into the world of male strippers. Certainly, the characters are a lot less mystifying. In fact, they are archetypical. Thirty-year-old Mike (Channing Tatum) nurtures entrepreneurial dreams and is saving money he earns at a variety of jobs, the most lucrative of which is stripping at a club called Xquisite. One day, at a construction site he helps to manage, Mike meets Adam (Alex Pettyfer), a handsome 19-yearold who is crashing on his big sister’s couch and trying this job and that. Adam is looking for direction, and Mike offers to provide some. He takes Adam along to Xquisite and introduces him to the boss, Dallas (Matthew McConaughey). Adam’s sister, Brooke (Cody Horn), questions his new direction when she spots a pile of sequined thongs and sailor caps on her couch. Soon, she is casting a critical eye on Mike, who seems to always be breezing in to give Adam a ride to work, or carrying him to the door later because the lad is too stoned to walk. Mike is charmed by Brooke’s disapproval, which poses a contrast to his customary effect on women, and he tries to win her over. Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of “Magic Mike” is that you actually want him to. Mike is drawn as an entirely sympathetic character, one whose ambitions are reined in by

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financial realities that are familiar to many of us. (Despite turning up at a bank with $13,000 cash – “That’s a lot of ones!” Brooke jokes – Mike is refused a business loan because his credit rating is in the toilet.) In the world of the film, stripping is nothing more than a choice made by people looking for easy money, and as Adam falls further under its spell, Mike realizes it’s time to get out. Despite making some dumb decisions in his youth, Mike, like Brooke, is a good egg at heart. He has to be, because without that detail, “Magic Mike” would amount to even less than it does. Soderbergh’s fascination with the film’s milieu is probably better left unparsed, but it gives him an occasion to colorfully render a few drugfueled bacchanals, to showcase some astonishingly mobile pelvises, and to use a variety of unmotivated camera angles to relay banal information. (Soderbergh serves as his own cinematographer.) It’s entirely possible that no one will miss his “important” films, but they were better suited to his interest in formal experimentation than “Magic Mike” is. Visually, the most memorable aspect of the movie is its tobacco-stained look, an odd choice for Tampa, Fla., where the story is set, as well as Los Angeles, where the movie was shot. “Magic Mike” is reportedly based on Tatum’s own experiences as an 18-year-old stripper, and, like a teenager, the movie is more focused on hopes and dreams than it is on reality. The story’s June-August timeframe and its idyll of transitory friendships, jobs and romances suggest nothing as much as a summer at the shore, and if that isn’t an escape from reality, what is? Q Rachael K. Bosley is a former editor of The Beachcomber. She lives in Los Angeles. off at 8 p.m. on (in case you’ve been disturbed by the honking, we’ll say it again) Wednesday, July 11, range from $50 to $89 and may be purchased online, via Q phone or at the box office. Rick Mellerup is a writer for The SandPaper and a long-time actor in community theater.

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Shore Is Fun

Editor’s Note: Second in a series that journals our feature writer’s new experience with some of the Jersey Shore’s best choices in summer recreation. By KELLEY ANNE ESSINGER hen my dad and I drove into Barnegat Light on Friday evening, June 29, we were shocked to find the streets were practically empty. Only a few cars, bike riders and pedestrians could be seen navigating the roads. But when we turned into the entrance of Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, we realized everyone seemed to be gearing up for the beach campfire and evening lighthouse climb, sponsored by the Ocean County Department of Parks and Recreation and Friends of Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. School children with their friends and families with young children were crawling all over the place, toting lawn chairs, blankets and bags of marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate bars for s’mores to make at the campfire. While everyone seemed to be in good spirits, we knew there had to be some party poopers lurking about. Heading toward the Visitor’s Center, we passed an older woman frowning and complaining about the nasty fl ies that were biting her “to death.” Looking at each other with silly grins after overhearing this woman’s conversation, my dad and I agreed that we had “a crackpot” in our midst. We burst into a fit of giggles before making our way into the center, where we introduced ourselves to the Friends of Barnegat Lighthouse State Park staff. “It’s going to be a perfect night!” exclaimed FBLSP vice president Charlotte Bank. “We have marshmallows, a bonfire and music. And the moon is on its way!” she added, also referencing the organization’s July 3 “Lighthouse Full Moon Night Climb” – the first of four scheduled this season. After browsing the Interpretive Center’s “Story of Barnegat Lighthouse” – a photo and text depiction of the history of the lighthouse “from shipwreck to fi rst class, seacoast light” – we decided to seek out the music we could hear playing in the distance. Making our way toward the dunes, my dad, who runs Essinger and Sons Landscaping in Barnegat, kept calling out the different types of plants we passed on the walkway. “The trumpet vine is in bloom … look at all that beach plum … poison ivy, that will set you up for a good itch!” he exclaimed. Winding past kids throwing a football, then zigzagging through families that set up camp near the campfire (vigorously burning and not yet opened to the public for roasting marshmallows), we found the Base-

ment Musicians’ Guild, a three-piece cover band featuring Joe Stamboni, Tony Pileggi and Rick Hohowski. The band is best known for playing some of history’s best country, folk and classic rock at the Albert Music Hall, across the bay in Waretown. At that moment, they were playing one of my favorite songs: “For What It’s Worth,” by Buffalo Springfield. Standing in the sand for just a few minutes, we understood why the woman we passed on our way into the park was so upset about the flies. We were being attacked by what appeared to be black flies, known for their fierce bites. We quickly returned to the Visitor’s Center, where we hoped we could find bug spray. No such luck. “People keep coming in to see if they can buy bug spray,” said Gerry Perko, FBLSP corresponding secretary. “My husband is carrying a flyswatter around at the lighthouse, and he said he could probably sell it for $25!” she added with a laugh. Braving the black flies, my dad and I approached the lighthouse where we gazed in awe at the stature of the tower and all its glory, standing erect on the south side of Barnegat Inlet. In the 17th century, Dutch explorers named the inlet Barende-

Kids ran past us, zooming up the narrow spiral staircase that leads to the tippy top. “Go faster, don’t fall!” they shouted. gat – “Breaker’s Inlet” – because of the large, cresting waves that made navigation challenging. Sailors have used the site since the late 1800s as a navigational tool, assisting them in reaching the harbor and avoiding the treacherous rocks and sandbars that encompass the shore. “The lighthouse is in beautiful condition. Even the supports that hold the walking tower are in beautiful shape,” my dad stated with near disbelief. It had been close to two years since either of us had seen the lighthouse in person, and my dad was clearly blown away by its stunning beauty. “Man, that thing is tall. It’s 165 feet above sea level!” he exclaimed, after reading some of the educational plaques located near the base of the lighthouse. I nodded in agreement, also awed by the astounding structure. We decided we needed a picture together, standing next to the statue of Lieutenant George G. Meade of the U.S. Army Bureau of Topographical Engineers, who was appointed by Congress to draw up the plans for the new Barnegat Lighthouse, which was supervised by Lieutenant W.S. Reyn-

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olds in 1856. Dana Miller, a friendly woman from Bedminster, N.J. who was staying in Barnegat Light with her sisters and children, was chosen as our photographer. Luckily, she was happy to do it. I asked her if she was going to climb the lighthouse, but she informed me that she had broken her foot and had just recently gotten her cast off. “But my kids have gone up and down the lighthouse twice already. We came here yesterday, too. They’re very gung-ho about it. We all love it!” she said with enthusiasm. Miller went on to tell me that she and her sisters have been coming to Long Beach Island for the past “50 odd years.” They rented with their parents as children during the summertime, and years later kept the tradition alive by doing the same thing with their children. After my dad and I Dana Miller agreed we couldn’t imagine life without the Island, GRAND SENTINEL: Barnegat Lighthouse looks noble he announced that he at sunset. Kelley Anne and dad, Steve, at the monucouldn’t see the light at the ment to lighthouse designer Lt. Gen. George G. Meade. narrow spiral staircase that leads to top of the lighthouse. So the tippy top. we decided we needed to find it. “Go faster, don’t fall!” they shouted. FBLSP president Serena White My dad and I looked at each other greeted us at the entrance with a happy smile. When my dad jokingly and decided it was time to climb. We asked her if the lighthouse was air couldn’t remember how many steps conditioned, she excitedly guided there were, so we decided to count as us to some air holes located inside we went – silently, of course. Arriving at the first balcony and at the base of the lighthouse, where they were blowing out cool air. We all window, we both declared 16 steps. stood there trying to figure out exactly After agreeing on the same number how the air holes worked, but none of steps, we browsed the plaques on of us were experts in this theory, so the walls and peered out the window, we decided we would just enjoy their where we could see people gathering near the now-subdued campfire to presence. “It’s natural air conditioning. That’s fi nally roast marshmallows over the probably where the keeper used to glowing coals. Resuming our climb, take his naps,” White said with a jo- we reminded each other to start with step 17. vial laugh. We continued this way until we Kids ran past us, zooming up the

“We’re high-tailing it out of here, Steve!” he shouted into the phone. We made it to the parking lot without any more bites, but others weren’t so lucky. “I’ve been coming to this event for years, and I’ve never seen the bugs this bad!” said a woman passing by. “I wanted to leave after 10 minutes. I can’t stand bugs or humidity!”

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were one number off. Neither of us knew who was right, but at the finish we decided 217 sounded like a more familiar number than 216. After we found the light on and spinning, we ducked out onto the observation deck, where a cool breeze was steadily blowing. With so many people standing up there, it was difficult to travel around and get the panoramic view, so we decided to climb back down and take a walk on the 1,033-foot concrete walkway on top of the South Jetty. I was bent on counting the stairs the whole way down, but I miscounted on the first flight and decided it wasn’t worth it. “When you get to the bottom, just say 217!” my dad announced. I liked his thinking. So that’s exactly what we did. Twilight was setting in when we started on the pier, but the flies were still biting and the air was still humid. I spotted a couple of fishermen on the jetty and asked if they had caught anything. Paul Mari from Cherry Hill had just caught a bluefish, which he said he was giving to his pal, Josh Gutierrez, who had traveled down from Camden to fish with him. “We come down here about three or four times a week. I took a sick day from work today,” he said, chuckling. I was content chatting with the men about their night’s catch, and even taking a peek at the bluefi sh. Then a black fly bit me on the face. So I quickly said goodbye and told my dad, who was gabbing on the phone with my brother, that it was time to go.

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Clammer’s Diary Seeking Secluded Places By ERIC HOUGHTON here is a special place I love to visit in my mind when life’s events start spinning and any modicum of control leaves me. I simply visualize myself out in the bay, treading for clams. I’m bouncing around with my basket/inner-tube, in chest-deep water, a mild breeze creating a gentle chop in the waves. The vista I imagine has me facing west toward Gunning River, the sun beginning to set through a fantastic panorama of color and clouds and distant marshes. It’s an easy exercise, visiting this familiar place; and it never fails to stabilize and sooth my agitated mind. When I recently considered this calming, clamming visualization, I couldn’t help but realize that I have been trying to find these places of peace and serenity throughout my life – and not just in my mind’s eye, but also in reality. Ever since the day I first experienced real freedom – and nearly death – by figuring out the latching mechanism of our front screen-door on that stormy, late-summer day in 1965 in the High Barbaree oceanfront section of Harvey Cedars, and made a mad dash to the beach for a swim, I have searched out these secluded spots. Although I wasn’t quite 3 at the time, I went for that swim in that stormy ocean, and was miraculously plucked from the angry sea by a neighbor, who for some strange reason was also finding seclusion on the beach that nasty day. When we moved a mile up the road to 80th Street a few years later, I found a fantasy world by myself almost every day after school. I built “forts” on Poochy Buchholz’s deserted properties around my house, and fought off battalions of Nazi invaders in the evergreen thickets and bayberry bushes. I never ran out of pinecone grenades and slaughtered the Krauts by the hundreds on a daily basis. Later, into my early teens, with my loving dog Tammy by my side, the two of us would play hide and seek on the dunes, with me doing the hiding, of course. I loved to take off in one of my dad’s rental boats in the warmer months and play search and destroy with Tammy over in those serene marshes of Gunning River. We’d catch crabs, and Tammy would go bananas agitating them, sometimes getting a bloody ear or snout in return – the crab always getting the worse of it. I remember the beauty of steering the boat east toward the Island, Tammy standing up on the bow, tongue wagging and dripping – the omnipresent breeze bouncing us around. Around that same time, with my northern BL pals Karter Larson, Sam Wiczorek, Jim and Tim Brindley and Wayne Eble, we’d take every Saturday we could and escape to the wilds of the Dyke in Barnegat Light. We’d look

for nothing in particular on that halfmile stretch of sandy nothingness, but always came away with some kind of useless treasure. Owl pellets were particularly prized. These were the regurgitated remains of a mouse or other vermin that the elusive birds couldn’t stomach. Often I’d come home with a few of these disgusting items stuffed into a pocket of my pants, much to my mother’s horror. Later in high school, during all times of the year, the massive dunes around 12th Street in Barnegat Light were a regular destination. I still love to roam every nook and cranny of these wondrous remnants of ages past. To this day, when I take guests unfamiliar with the dunes, I ask them why they think the houses on 12th Street are much older than all the others in the area. “It’s the dunes,” I reply, after they fail to come up with the correct answer. “They have offered protection against every major storm for decades.” They also offered us plenty of cover and seclusion when we had summer sunrise parties, replete with massive bonfires; and also plenty of privacy in the unlikely event yours truly could attract the attention of a summer honey. I just love those dunes. After I went off to college and beyond, I still found plenty of seclusion and time away from reality – often at a cost, although I didn’t realize that until it was almost too late. This extreme self-seeking nature I acquired growing up on an isolated sandbar, six miles at sea, didn’t serve me well when drinking began to take over my life. Up until 2010, I used every opportunity I could to escape with my drink. I chronicle the entire lurid affair in my new book, Boozehound! Breaking a 30-Year Obsession, not yet published, but heading stolidly in that direction – I hope. However, make no mistake: I continue to seek out these “roads less taken” in my daily travels. After all, it was never these places that caused me problems, only what developed through the years in my mind and body. Inasmuch, I recently discovered a wonderfully secluded spot just off the Island that you may want to investigate. In 2004, my parents sold their Harvey Cedars home and moved to Manahawkin. It is there, right under the noses of even many locals, that exists a fantastic area just off Hilliard Boulevard. Take the first right after leaving the Causeway headed west, and pick up Bay Avenue. Take a right when you get to Hilliard. On the left at that intersection is the infamous Adult Book store, but I’ll always remember that property as home to the Wide Area Liquor store, one of my first regular stops when I got my driver’s license. Now, about a mile down Hilliard, after the Elks Lodge, take the first Continued on Page 19

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NOT FINISHED YET: Mandy Miles, writing at her hometown porch in Ocean City.

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Wait! Hold the Holiday Until This Column Is Done! By MANDY MILES

he illusion is shattered. The veil of eccentric mystery has been violently torn away to reveal the true, and rather unexciting way this column gets put together. Make no mistake – I never held any delusions of grandeur when it comes to sitting down and composing 21 inches on a subject of my choice. The task is one I enjoy, but its assembly is not necessarily the intriguing, creative process some think it should be – my parents, for instance. My friends in Key West know there is no mystery and they view the weekly column merely as a delay in my meeting them somewhere on a Thursday night. But I’m writing this piece while sitting in my parents’ kitchen at the Jersey Shore. The whole country celebrates Independence Day, but the holiday always seems ampliﬁed “down the shore.” Every house between here and the beach has an American flag flying out front and a menagerie of bathing suits ﬂapping on the clotheslines out back. The streets are lined with cars from Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and Virginia and the small barrier islands are packed with people who seem to elbow their way to the towns’ sandy outskirts, where they set up campsites of canvas beach chairs, striped umbrellas, insulated coolers and painful-when-stepped-on sand toys. The elderly discuss their various aches and pains during barely palatable conversations about body parts best left unmentioned. Young parents keep a watchful eye on the smallest beach bums who trot happily from

sand to surf, the whole time becoming more and more covered in the sand that seems to take on a mysterious adhesive quality when mixed with sunscreen. Trashy paperbacks act as a shield – protecting thousands of paranoid faces from both the sun and the humiliation that comes from reading something with such an embarrassing cover. The waves spit out body boards and bikini tops and the sea gulls swoop, ever watchful, over what is, to them, a French fry buffet. The fireworks will light up the sky over the bay for just a few minutes, but the holiday attitude lasts all weekend at the shore. Mine, however, couldn’t begin until this week’s column was successfully e-mailed to Key West. Thus, here I sit in a bathing suit – just steps away from the canvas chair that will accompany me to the beach in less than an hour. Here I sit fielding questions and observations about the writing of a column from everyone who passes through the kitchen. “What are you going to write about?” “Can I be in it?” “Do you actually write this stuff sober?” (Just kidding, Mom.) But there does seem to be a certain degree of disappointment in the legal pad/ballpoint pen combination at the kitchen table with an English muffin and some orange juice. I have no bizarre eccentricities (not when it comes to writing, at least) that cause me to yank maniacally at my hair simply because I can’t find my lucky pen. I do not require complete silence – a demand that could never be met on the Fourth of July

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Beachbooks America’s Energy Future: ‘Better Than You Think’ By JOHN PETRALIA ast February, I gave a Science Saturday lecture at the LBI Arts Foundation titled “Energy Independence 2020” in which I estimated that if only 20 percent of the home owners on LBI installed solar panels, the Island would be putting as much power into the grid as it consumes. Thinking that I was a little optimistic, I estimated that we’d achieve this energy parity by 2020. After reading Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, by space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler, I now realize how utterly weak and pessimistic that prediction was. Technology is changing much more rapidly than I thought. Indeed, key technologies like solar, computers, biotechnology, communications and agriculture are changing exponentially. Unlike extractive industries, such as mining and drilling, where prices tend to increase as demand increases, the prices of products based on technology – semiconductors, solar panels, gene sequencing – decrease as demand increases. We will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man,

at the Shore, in a house with no airconditioning and hundreds of open windows. Oh, and I don’t need 3½ ounces of gin coursing through my body before touching pen to paper, like some of my more renowned predecessors. That’s not to say this column is always a teetotaler’s excursion into writing – keep in mind it’s often composed in Key West, where orange juice is never just orange juice and the ocean is regularly described as “gin clear.” The fascination with obsessive-compulsive, alcohol-soaked writers has been dulled here at my parents’ house. But, hey, the column is ﬁnished and I’m off to the beach … as soon as I ﬁx myself a drink. Q Mandy Miles grew up “down the shore” in New Jersey, wishing summer would last forever. She now lives in Key West, Fla. where her award-winning “Tan Lines” column appears weekly in the Key West Citizen. A book of her columns is available at amazon.com. She returns every summer to the Jersey Shore, where she learned the value of pizza and parking spots. Contact her at mandymileskw@ gmail.com.

woman and child on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp. This bold, contrarian view, backed up by exhaustive research, introduces our near-term future, where exponentially growing technologies and three other powerful forces are conspiring to better the lives of billions. The Wall Street Journal called Abundance, “A manifesto for the future that is grounded in practical solutions addressing the world’s most pressing concerns: overpopulation, food, water, energy, education, health care and freedom.” For most of us, exponential patterns are beyond comprehension. Walking 30 linear steps might get me across the room, but 30 exponential steps will take me around the world 25 times. Moore’s Law, formulated over 30 years ago, has remained remarkably accurate. It states that the price of a unit of computation halves every two years. If Moore’s Law were to continue to hold, (and experts tell us it will) in another 25 years, your personal computer will have the brain power of the world’s smartest human. In 50 years, it will have the combined brainpower of the entire human population and then some. Although a much newer technology, photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are exhibiting a similar exponential trajectory; by 2014, the cost of PV electricity will be below that of coal. By 2020, it will be 30 percent lower. After that, PV, like its cousin the semiconductor, will continue to get cheaper. Now, here’s where it gets really exciting. Economic output as measured by GNP has a near 100 percent correlation with energy usage. Get it? As power gets exponentially cheaper, the world’s economy will grow – you guessed it – exponentially. The result, according to the authors: Abundance. Semiconductors and solar panels

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right on Stafford Avenue. I like to park right at this point near Hilliard and walk, but being that it’s close to two miles to the end, you may want to drive at least part of the way out. What makes this place so special to me is the dual nature of the area. It begins in the woods, lonely and deserted, and continues as such for nearly a mile. Then, like a curtain

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are not the only technologies that will add to our expanding cornucopia. Diamandis and Kotler take us on a whirlwind tour of the latest technological developments in fields such as water filtration and sanitation (including advancements in water desalination, nano-filtering, sewage recycling); the smart-water-grid; food production (including the next generation of genetically modified foods, vertical farming, in-vitro meat, and agro ecology); renewable energy (including wind and bio-fuels); education; healthcare (including stem cell therapy and organ creation, robotic medical care-givers, and Lab-on-a-Chip technology – a diagnostic tool compatible with your cell phone that can instantly analyze samples of saliva, urine and blood); and much more. All these technological innovations are being spurred on by three separate forces: 1) DIY innovation – which includes the ability of small organizations, and even individuals, to make contributions in the most advanced technological domains such as computing, biotechnology and even space travel; 2) Tech-philanthropists – a new breed of wealthy individuals who are more philanthropic than ever, and who are applying their efforts to global solutions, particularly in the developing world;

3) Rise of the bottom billion – helped by cell phones, the world’s poorest have begun plugging into the world economy in a very substantial way, both as a consumer and as a producer of goods. These innovations are also responsible for what Bill Joy, the founder of Sun Microsystems, calls “dematerialization” of the economy. Think of all the goods and services that already exist in a smart phone: camera, radio, web browser, recording studio, movies, GPS, word processor, spreadsheets, ﬂashlights, board games, video games, maps, medical devices, translators, text books, encyclopedias – and thousands more. All these goods and services used to require enormous amounts of natural resources, physical distribution systems, and a cadre of trained professionals to make sure they all worked. Joy asks this question: “What if healthy and wealthy means you don’t need all those things because instead you’ve got these simple devices that are low maintenance and encapsulate everything you need?” In other words, less is more. That’s abundance. Q Loveladies resident John Petralia led the LBIF volunteers who wrote The Island Blue Pages, a guide to protecting our waters, and is the creator of the Barnegat Bay Day event at the LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences.

opening before you, the woods end and the ﬂora changes to marshland. For the next mile, as you gaze awestruck to the northeast overlooking the bay and the distant Island, you’re bound to be entertained by blue heron and Canada geese, perhaps a swan or two. Bring your insect repellant, because the greenheads are hungry in the summer months. I most enjoy going out there in the late fall when the air is crisp, and the ducks are starting to get nervous. I get to the very end of Stafford, by then

little more than a dusty trail, and consider the beauty of it all: The Island where I grew up, and the bay where I made my living as a young man. What more could a guy ask for? Q Eric Houghton, a native of Harvey Cedars, was a commercial clammer for 15 years. He now lives with his wife and children in Ewing Township, where he teaches piano and regularly consults his diary. His new book, Boozehound! is coming soon. Share your memories with him at echoughton @ comcast. net or on Facebook.

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Little Egg Reef seems to have fewer than other artificial reefs. If you do not catch any, move your boat to a better spot. The ocean has spots where fluke can be caught. But you have to seek that spot where they are feeding. They are not everywhere. There is currently a good ratio of keepers to throwbacks. If fishing the artificial reefs, look for the boats. Check your tackle carefully – some anglers have landed fluke close to 10 pounds. Last year’s rigs and old line may not hold up. Do your job and get ready to catch fish by checking your tackle. Some areas have schools of bluefish chasing bait. Trolling farther offshore along the 20-fathom line has been hammered by big blues. Be careful of the weather fronts and afternoon thunderstorms. Last Friday was a weather front that was awful on land. I have not talked to anyone who was fishing but I sure would have been unhappy if caught under these super cells.

Offshore

There are two different zones where tuna are located. Inshore along the 20-fathom line there are some blueﬁ n tuna, plus some bonito. Unlike previous years, there have been reports primarily out of places like

Barnegat Ridge, where the big headboats that have been chumming for bluefish always find more bonito. You can catch bluefish by trolling if you prefer not to chum.

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The Wilmington has provided good yellowfin tuna fishing for the last two weeks. The warm core eddy that concentrated the bait and tuna has begun to fade. Smart anglers will start their trip by chunking. Those chunking at night have done well earlier this week. Trolling has been slower. But some anglers had more than one white marlin in their lure spread. A few boats have released several. Some of the Cape May charter boats are fi shing south and reporting some great fishing. They reported more than one blue marlin hooked and released. Now is the time to go canyon fishing. Rig right and you will catch tuna. Several boats have worked the deeper canyon edges. They have been rewarded and landed big eye tuna. There have been more than just a few landed. Go fishing, check the ocean surface temperature charts, look at the bassbarn. com website. You will never land a tuna sitting on your boat at the dock. Tight lines till next week! Q

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1972-2012: Happy 40th, St. Francis Community Center! By KELLEY ANNE ESSINGER alking into the Long Beach Island Community Center, better known as the St. Francis Community Center, is like attending a great, big family reunion. Working staff and volunteers co-mingle with visiting members, laughing and chatting about everything and anything. The conversation topics range from recent recreational events to the hectic Causeway traffic and sometimescrazy Island weather. It is plain to see that an immediate and overwhelming sense of community exists within the confines of the center – a mission the organization has maintained over the past 40 years. In 1972, Long Beach Island was much more of a seasonal destination than it is now. The longing for a yearround facility where local residents of all backgrounds could intertwine with one another was a prominent force within the community. The St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Brant Beach understood that need. In July 1972, the friars raised enough funds for a new building to be erected behind the church for the purpose of serving the public. Activities at the center began with senior services and recreational events such as a lunch program and social games, along with volunteer opportunities. More senior services were added over the years to include home-delivered meals, health screenings, transportation, fitness classes, day trips and workshops. In the late 1970s, the outdoor pools, tennis courts and large recreational gymnasium were the focal points of the St. Francis Community Center, alongside the saunas, weight room and firing kiln, which are no longer in existence. Recreational activities now encompass sports lessons, arts and crafts, card games and dancing. A counseling services center was opened later, offering family, educa-

tional and self-help support services. A youth services office followed shortly thereafter. The center’s most recent additions include an indoor aquatics center, built in 2003, and renovation of the outdoor pool area, completed in May 2005. A second floor was added to the back of the building, known as the “knight wing,” where the parish offices are now located. In a nod to environmental advocacy, the center has also been home to a clam nursery, or upweller, a project managed by ReClam the Bay (reclamthebay.org) for the past six years. Special events have grown to include art and antiques shows, raffles, a Festival of the Sea carnival (Aug. 8-12 this year) and an 18-mile run (Oct. 7), founded in memory to the 11 Israeli athletes killed by terrorists during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. A generation later, the three-quarter marathon is also dedicated to the memory of the nearly 3,000 who died on 9/11. The St. Francis Community Center supports all of Ocean County and has expanded its support services to the mainland. A satellite office in Manahawkin – the Ocean County Southern Services Center – serves all of Little Egg Harbor, Tuckerton, Eagleswood, Stafford, Barnegat and Waretown. The Berkeley satellite office in Bayville serves Lacey, Ocean Gate, Pine Beach, South Toms River, Beachwood and Berkeley. “It’s great because we have the senior population and we have the children – we have 14-month-old and preschool kids here. It’s wonderful because there’s events that happen, and everyone can all come together in the gymnasium and be with everyone else,” said Connie Becraft, executive director. “It’s really a great facility. The brains behind it were very forwardthinking in what needed to be done,” she said. “And we’re very lucky to

FEATURE ATTRACTION: Added to the original center was the indoor pool building.

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HOP RIGHT IN: The outdoor pool dates to the late 1970s, and was renovated in 2005.

have it here in Ocean County – I mean very lucky to have it here. You can see the passion in this organization. You know it’s a friendly place the minute you walk in. When you walk in the door, you know this is some place that you feel safe, and you feel like you want to be here.” In honor of the St. Francis Community Center’s 40th anniversary, the organization scheduled three events this year that are, of course, open to

the public. “We’re holding three different types of events with three different price points for three different types of audiences. So there’s something for everyone here – if you live locally, or if you come down to the Island in the summertime,” said Lori Dudek, communications coordinator. “We want everyone to be able to celebrate our 40th anniversary; we want to make sure everybody is included in one way

Shore Chronicles

1955: The Parkway and the Shore, Malcolm McTear Davis This summer The Beachcomber looks back at how our beloved Jersey Shore touched the lives of our predecessors at the beach. —The Editor

y the mid-20 th century major changes were underway up and down the Jersey Shore. A booming economy during President Eisenhower’s administration allowed the middle classes to consider a summer vacation, or even a second home. Families who before the war could not have afforded a car could now own one, or perhaps two. A ferment of building ensued, and the ﬁrst la-

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goon developments were carved out of the virgin bay meadows on both the mainland and the barrier islands, where a waterfront cottage might cost between $7,000 and $10,000, depending on location. A crush of vacationers, plus families moving to the area year ’round, burdened existing services; shore communities rushed to improve boardwalks and amusement centers, and to construct new hospitals and schools. Increased pleasure boating forced government agencies to maintain waterways and dredge inlets. Entrepreneurs bought cheap land and built restaurants, and motels offered rooms for less than ten dollars a night in the middle of small towns unaccustomed to short-term tourism. Speculators acquired large expanses of bayside land and quickly plowed under bayberry, cedar and holly trees. Creosoted bulkheads evened off the irregular shoreline and dredges buried the bay meadows under an avalanche of sand. The migration to the shore along the Garden State Parkway was expected to strain access roads to the beaches, and local politicians jockeyed for state and federal funds to improve or rebuild causeways and drawbridges. One shore newspaper called it “a golden time.” Malcolm Davis was editor of Travel magazine in 1955, a year after the ﬁrst stretch of the Parkway opened. The formal dedication and ribbon cutting was just before the July Fourth weekend, and Davis chose that holiday to see what was at the other end of the road. —Margaret Thomas Buchholz

23 THE BEACHCOMBER/Friday, July 6, 2012

Kristin Blair

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STATE OF THE ART: The modern Aquatic Center will be 10 years old in 2013.

1972: This summer marks 40 years since the center dedication by Bishop George W. Ahr.

or another.” A celebratory brunch was held in April where families and parishioners reminisced about the past 40 years over an assortment of breakfast and lunch foods, served by Touch of Elegance Catering (Sweet Jenny’s in Barnegat). An LBIsland luau will take place on the bayfront premises, 47th Street in Brant Beach, on Saturday, July 14 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Beach Haven Catering

will be serving up hors d’oeuvres, roast pig with roasted pineapple barbeque sauce, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, salad and spirits. A raw clam bar provided by the Bay Shellfish Restoration Program and ReClam the Bay will also be included. Musicians and Hawaiian hula dancers will help you dance the night away. Tickets to the event cost $60 a person ($50 if bought by July 7). Raffle tickets for a chance to win a $5,000 gift certificate from Home Town

Travel in Manahawkin cost $25 each, sold only to the ﬁrst 1,000 purchasers. And for the postseason, a 40th Anniversary Gala will be held at the Sea Shell Club and Resort in Beach Haven on Friday, Sept. 28 from 6 to 11 p.m. The night will consist of cocktails, dinner and dancing. The winner of the Home Town Travel gift certiﬁcate will be selected and announced that night. Event tickets costs $150 a person. Scrapbooks of old newspaper clip-

pings and a photo slide show showcasing the past 40 years at the St. Francis Community Center will be on display at both upcoming events. A “Then and Now” picture DVD can be ordered for $15. For more information, visit http:// www.stfranciscenterlbi.org/ online, or call 609-494-8861. Q Send your comments to Kelley Anne Essinger at http://dashorek.blogspot.com or e-mail kelleyanne@thesandpaper.net.

By MALCOLM McTEAR DAVIS ith both a newly opened highway and a long weekend dead ahead, we decided to buck the National Safety Council’s chilling predictions and jaunt the length of New Jersey to its Cape May tip. A ribbon-cutting ritual at the weekend’s start had put New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway officially on the map — except for a one-mile stretch due to be finished almost momentarily. We forced our way into the flow of the Fourth and, once through the turgid traffic that teemed into the Lincoln Tunnel, went the wrong way until we found a Parkway entrance. The New Jersey people will be happy to pass you a packet of pointers about the Parkway — $305,000,000 in cost, 52,833,000 vehicles expected the first year, 114 entrance ramps, 112 exits — but what the details really mean is a miracle ride through a surprisingly scenic state. The Parkway is one of the rare modern superstrips we’ve rolled along that actually permits full and constant viewing of the adjacent real estate, and isn’t merely an open-air artery to the end of the line. Broad dividers separate northbound and southbound traffic streams, and you are hardly aware that travelers are moving in any other direction than your own, as some of these island areas are 600 feet wide. This extra-width distance aids in night driving, too, as approaching headlights seem to be in the next county. A spate of service areas and restaurants are spotted along the expressway, plus a number of picnic groves and cutoffs for a little loafing or a nap during the drive. Despite expectations of bumper-to-bumper travel, we wheeled along the Parkway unhindered, except for a one-hour jam-up that mysteriously broke beyond a toll station as though the sun had melted every other auto. Indeed, on the southern segments of

the Parkway there were times when no other car was in sight. We reached Cape May around 4 P.M., having left Manhattan about 10 A.M., taking time off for trip-breaks at points en route. Along Beach Avenue, weather-beaten, expansive hotels are lined up for ocean views and breezes, most of the inns with a turn-of-thecentury styling. Prices — the Lafayette wanted $17 per night, double — are closer to next century insofar as our informal weekend budget goes, so we cruised the town for something less pretentious. Cape May is crowded with private homes, guesthouses and similar small establishments along narrow tree-shaded streets within a sandal’s throw of Beach Avenue. With little difficulty, despite the extra influx due to the Fourth, we were soon ensconced in a spotless home at a sensible $5 per night, double — or $2.50 apiece. Give or take a dollar or two and you’ll find similar accommodations all over Cape May’s near-beach residential district. Cape May is not as rustic as we had imagined but most of the houses and converted cafes or shops are pleasantly aged. Except for a modern shopping section somewhat like a one-block version of Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road that squats across from the boardwalk’s midway point, you feel that granddad probably had the same view on his visit, minus a few neon signs. A short drive out to Cape May Point puts you at the southern tip of New Jersey and gives you a close-up view of the lighthouse. An abandoned mansion, open to explorers and the elements, tips askew toward eventual destruction, although there’s a fine view from its still-sturdy turret. A Cape May evening is what you make it and can include the Cape May Theatre’s stage presentation, followed by an evening snack or dancing, with intermittent sorties along the breeze-whipped boardwalk. The

theatre could stand refurbishing, and perhaps better use of its technical facilities, but ahead of that is a need for stronger support. Only a handful of drama devotees were dotted through the house the night we were there. Although the Garden State Parkway is the fastest route back to northern New Jersey and the exits to Manhattan, New York State and Connecticut points, we decided to diversify the run by taking the Ocean Drive homeward. It skirts the sea from Cape May to Atlantic City, and also destroys — if Cape May itself hasn’t — any images you may have that picture New Jersey as closely packed with factories. Along this ocean-edging avenue are still ﬁshing villages, net-strewn and boat-ﬁlled, whose frame homes, set on stilts amid the wash of inlets and bays, etch themselves into captivating silhouettes as the sun dips to splash them in golden-streaked shadows. Ocean Drive’s appropriate serenity is blasted only by Wildwood and its boardwalk battery of blatant amusement devices. Above this whirling raucous region, however, the Drive settles down to spanking sights that stretch out into the horizon as you bridge bays like Hereford Inlet, Great Sound and Townsends Inlet. East Coasters hie to Europe for lesser vistas of sail-spotted shorelines and sparstacked harbors in tawny twilight. Along Seven Mile Beach was our favorite site of the sea-splashed strip: Stone Harbor. A distinctive family resort, its setting is attracting growing numbers who hunt for a softly hued haven, and if zoning regulations remain in force the settlement should retain its salty tang and quiet charm for a long time. We reached Ocean City well after dark and, although it appeared splendid for a short stay as we paused for inspection and boardwalk strolling, we made the masterful mistake of aiming at Atlantic City for an overnight halt.

Despite its tourist-based lures, Atlantic City can be an attractive area for an outing — at such famed palaces as Chalfonte-Haddon Hall or the Traymore. Without reservations on a holiday-happy weekend, however, you canvass the entire beachfront unsuccessfully and find yourself in the jammed jungle just a couple of blocks or so from the sea. We wish we’d stayed in Ocean City. Taking U.S. 9 north the next morning, we cut off near Toms River on Route 37 for a drive up Island Beach, a narrow finger angled into the Atlantic. Private beaches border the brine along almost the entire isle, all the way to Point Pleasant. Except for side-street stops you might want to make for a quick look at the layout, you’ll find that, with the ocean mainly hidden, you’ll direct attention to the Barnegat Bay side for any scenic values, and home lovers will undoubtedly eye with envy the residential rows. Depending upon your own schedule, you can strike out on Route 34 or continue up the coast, with possibly a pause at Asbury Park if just to underscore the appeal of less flamboyant townships like Allenhurst or Deal, and maintain the sea-circuit right on around to Perth Amboy. Such a joyride through Jersey will introduce you to almost every aspect of the state’s appeal — inland expanses of farmland, small fishing towns, giant resort cities, craft-crossed inlets, becalmed bays sprinkled with sailboats, and broad beaches fronting foamy surfs. And, unless strange gods cleared the lanes just for us, you won’t be tangled in traffic, either, during a Jersey jaunt, for the State’s highways rank among the finest in the country. Q Margaret Thomas Buchholz is the former owner of this paper and author of Island Album, Shore Chronicles and New Jersey Shipwrecks, and co-author of Great Storms of the Jersey Shore. Write her at lbipooch@comcast.net.

THE BEACHCOMBER/Friday, July 6, 2012

Josephine: A Long Beach Island Love Story Editor’s Note: This is from “Josephine, from Washington Working Girl to Island Housewife: A Memoir, 1917 to 1959,” soon to be released by Down The Shore Publishing. Compiled by her daughter, renowned Long Beach Island author and historian Margaret Thomas Buchholz, it is based on the diaries and letters of a professional woman ahead of her time. In 1918, Josephine left a local newspaper job in Michigan to work at the War Department in Washington, D.C. Later, she was a research editor with Frank G. Carpenter, the country’s first world travel writer. When Carpenter died, she was hired by author Lowell Thomas as a researcher and ghostwriter, pursuing assignments throughout Europe in the late 1920s. During this period, she had a harrowing first airplane flight across the English Channel and, just before the stock market crashed in 1929, cruised the Caribbean on an outrageously extravagant trip aboard Count Felix Von Luckner’s four-masted windjammer. She wrote it all down. Her diary and letters chronicle early 20th century optimism and the emerging professional woman. She married in 1931 and attempted to combine work with motherhood. Earlier that year, she was living in New York City when she met Reynold Thomas, her future husband ... By MARGARET BUCHHOLZ

lthough Josephine might have tried to think of nothing else other than her book, at 32, she had fallen in love with a man who distracted her from both work and financial worries. This was not one of the girlish crushes of the Washington years or the fleeting affairs in England and Germany, but real love, and with a man whose Aunt Margaret had just left him a houseful of furniture and a portfolio worth $100,000. Jo wrote a catch-up letter to her Michigan friend Elsie Scheurer: “Lowell Thomas had put up his young English friend Don Gillingham at the Explorers Club in New York. He knew few people, and would rather lonesomely come around to talk shop with me. He and I were both doing research for LT at the public library on Fortysecond Street. One day he brought with him another man from the club; that man was Reynold Thomas (No, he is no relation to LT) – and that was my finish. Then I had an idea I wanted to write a book for myself, and took the summer off and went to a farm in New York State to do it. I did finish half – that was pretty good considering that Reynold was coming courting when I would be in the middle of my best paragraphs. I couldn’t believe it at first, but he wanted the same things I did, not life in a big city, but somewhere with a yard, a place for flowers and vegetables and fruit trees.” I never found any remnants of the book my mother was writing, nor did she ever mention it to me. I can only assume that either she was dissatisfied with the manuscript and destroyed it, or it was lost in various moves. As she was rigorous in saving so much, I think she must have discarded it. I can picture her the summer she died, as she sat in a pink, quilted housecoat by her desk, ripping papers and tossing

them into the wastebasket. I was so involved with my own life that I never asked what she was throwing away. After almost a decade of wandering, the Depression brought my father to New York City. When he met Jo, he was taking business courses at Columbia University and working as a salesman for American Dyewood Co., where his grandfather Percival Thomas had been CEO. After he returned from Germany in 1920 – where he had remained in the Army of Occupation after fighting in some of the deadliest battles of the World War – he moved from place to place and job to job. He homesteaded in Utah, worked in his uncle’s eelgrass business in Harvey Cedars, N.J., ran a dairy in Chincoteague, Va., and considered rejoining the Marines. When the stock market crashed, everything changed, and my father moved to New York, where he lodged at the Explorers Club and signed up for business courses at Columbia. Jo’s letter to Elsie continues: “When I came back from the farm in the autumn of 1930 I was torn away from my book by LT, who had just got his radio contract to broadcast for the Literary Digest, and for the rest of that year I helped write the news program every day. In odd times I did some work getting material for his Fox Film Movietone job, which was just beginning. I tried to polish up my own book and finish it, but it meant quicker money working for LT than for myself.” In an unpublished manuscript titled “Early Days in Radio, How It All Started,” Lowell Thomas recalled his first months on the air: “In those days my staff included an unusual young woman who for years had been associated with Frank G. Carpenter, of high school Geographical Reader renown. After his death, his resourceful and experienced editor, who knew almost as much about the world and its inhabitants as her former employer, joined me. For several years I had been using her mainly for research. ... In her field I doubt whether Josephine Lehman had a peer.” In February 1931, my parents paid $2 for a license and married secretly at the New York City Hall. They lived in her 112th Street apartment, very near the Cathedral of St. John and Columbia University, and near enough to Riverside Drive to overlook the Hudson River. They used to laugh and exchange an intimate look when they alluded to the blinking lights at the Palisades Amusement Park across the river in New Jersey. In November of that year, my mother received an enigmatic letter written by a friend that hints at a possible pregnancy: “I’m so sorry to hear you are sick but I imagine the complications at the present moment are better than if they were nine months later. I do hope you are all right now. For God’s sake, be careful in the future!” She might have miscarried, or had an abortion because they had so little money and felt they could not afford a child. In New York, my mother researched Lowell Thomas’ biography about Sir

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YOUNG PROFESSIONAL: Research editor Josephine Lehman at the height of her career.

Hubert Wilkins, Sir Hubert Wilkins: His World of Adventure. In the spring she left for Quantico, Va., where for three months she lived at the Marine Corps base with General and Mrs. Smedley Butler until she “dug up enough material from him to do a story of his life.” In Lowell Thomas’ archives, I found a 1977 letter to Thomas written by one Hans Schmidt from the University of Zambia, with a reference to my mother ghostwriting Butler’s biography, Old Gimlet Eye. Schmidt was writing his biography of Butler and asked Thomas, “Would you care to comment on an anecdote passed on to me by one of Butler’s sons to the effect that Old Gimlet Eye was dictated by Butler to Josephine Lehman in Quantico, and that you never appeared there?” That summer of 1931, while my mother worked in Quantico, my father bounced back and forth between Harvey Cedars, where he tried to ﬁnd a house they could afford and where he was having a boat built, and attending to his mother in Ridgewood, N.J. Ridgewood is about 15 miles west of the George Washington Bridge (which would open that October) and convenient to New York, but isolated from the bustle and crowding of closer suburban towns. The bucolic village played a large part in my family’s early years. My grandmother rented a comfortable Dutch-colonial home on Lincoln Avenue that she sometimes shared with my divorced Aunt Dorothy, my father’s older sister, and Dorothy’s son Bobby. (Aunt Dot was a

free-lance writer and a publicity agent for various companies.) My mother saved her husband’s letters from that summer, written from Harvey Cedars. He still had not told his mother they were married. In early July, he wrote: “Mildred came down Saturday with George (his younger sister and her son). I had planned to tell Mother that we were married before they arrived but hadn’t done it. “I hate to mention how the boat’s coming on – damn the soul of that Barnegat builder, the engine is scarcely in. If he just keeps poking along I’m going to take the job away from him. It’s sure discouraging – and I’m getting so broke it’s becoming serious. I hope to have her overboard in the early part of next week. I hear that bluefish are starting to run. “There are quite a few cottages available but the damn pirates want $25 a week for one with electricity and bath but I could never pay that much. I’m still on the lookout. As soon as the boat gets overboard I’ll get after it. Be sure and let me know as soon as you’ve an idea when you’ll be coming so I can have things ready for you. I hope you’ll be finishing this trip sooner than you expected, having so much material already in hand. “Good luck and speed to your work and Love Galore, Tommy.” A few weeks later my father wrote, “I shan’t ask you to pretend to your friends you’re not married anymore, dear. I’ll finish telling Mother as soon Continued on Page 25

1992: Bridge Promises; July 4th And Columbus; Beach Tunnel Scare By MARGARET BUCHHOLZ

n June 1992, a Beachcombings article led off with, “The causeway bridges are slated to get a $10.8 million facelift that should be completed by August 1994.” HA! A debate raged when the State wanted to change the railing lights that were experimental when installed in 1959, but by the end of the summer, agreed not to replace them with overhead lights. Two decades later, work is scheduled and we will get overhead lighting. July 4th marked a very big anniversary. For the first time in a century, garbage scows out of New York Harbor were not dumping millions of tons of sewage sludge – the infamous toxic cocktail of human and industrial waste – into the ocean. As Karen Kiss, the charismatic head of Alliance for a Living Ocean, said, “The people, millions of common people, nationwide, working together, exercising their rights as citizens, stopped the sludge dumping this July.” Barnegat Light fishing boats Miss Barnegat Light, Carolyn Ann III and Doris Mae IV cruised up to New York Harbor for Op-Sail on July 4th. A big attraction was the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ crossing, with replicas of Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria leading the parade. … July 4th fireworks at the lighthouse were canceled because concerned officials didn’t want to disrupt the nesting shorebirds. Harvey Cedars had a Maritime Festival, including a catboat race, continuing a Barnegat Bay tradition dating back to at least 1800. Bob Selfridge, along with baby daughter Marley, organized a longboard competition. Today he teaches kiteboarding, and I’ll bet that Marley is a surfer. … Chamber of Commerce Director Jeanne DiPaolo promoted the annual Chowder Fest, started just three years earlier. This was the year that the Chamber installed a new sign in front of their office, with the colors of Barnegat Lighthouse reversed, white on top. It was quickly corrected. Real Estate Values: Haven Beach duplex was offered for $559,000. Bayfront in Haven Beach for $389,000 … Beach Haven oceanfront for $549,900 … Loveladies oceanfront for $1,590,000. Two sand pits excavated by children on the Brant Beach strand almost turned into a death trap for one of the boys when it collapsed, burying him beneath at least three feet of sand. Ten-year-old Lee Koch was at the base of one of the pits, trying to join the two holes by tunneling through the five-foot-thick wall

that separated them. The lifeguards had warned the boys that they were digging too deep, but when the sand caved in the guards were calling in swimmers as a thunderstorm roiled in. Koch was unconscious when his head was cleared; he was air-lifted to Cooper Medical Center in Camden and released the following day. … Southern Ocean County Hospital turned 20 in 1992, having grown from a 60-bed facility to one with a hundred beds. Twenty years later it grows again, only it’s no longer a hospital, it’s a medical center. I have yet to figure out the difference. Barnegat Light resident Barbara Truncellito published a new book of poetry, In Fragile Twilight. … Meg Matthews was director for the Long Beach Island Foundation’s 45th summer. … Surflighter Eddie Todd, an audience favorite, was back for another season on the boards. He went on to be artistic director, and is now with the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix. … Former Barnegat Light Mayor Lloyd Behmke celebrated his 96th birthday by going to work at Andy’s by the Light. He said, “I meet many nice people there and talking to them is therapy for me. Better than staying home.” The Keowee kayak made a big splash in Barnegat Bay. The friendly, 9-foot, molded polyethylene craft was the hottest new boat on the bay. … Jonathan Hahn, a kayaker in a sleek and sturdy 18-foot fiberglass boat, stopped by on his way from Miami to Portland, Maine. He covered 50 miles in one long day. A quick Google search shows the man is still paddling. Feral cats, a perennial problem, elicited an angry letter in response to columnist Larry Savadove being “too cute” about the problem. T.C. wrote: “So before Mr. Savadove goes making fun of a poor, frightened animal whose rich owners just forgot about it in their rush to get home in time for cocktails, he should put himself in their place and spend a winter huddled in the dunes while the wind is roaring and the night is cold. Then he will not think it is such fun.” … At the end of the summer, someone stole The Beachcomber sign hanging in front of the office in Surf City. The boss ordered a new one and we warned souvenir hunters that it would be wired to detonate on the first tug. Does any now mature person want to own up to that petty crime? Q Margaret Thomas Buchholz is the former owner of this paper and author of Island Album, Shore Chronicles and New Jersey Shipwrecks, and co-author of Great Storms of the Jersey Shore. Reach her at lbipooch@comcast.net.

Josephine Continued from Page 24 as I see her.” A fragment of a note in my mother’s writing was inserted in the envelope with her husband’s letter: “Dearest and best of husbands: I am at my desk editing the manuscript. But the General has gone out for a few minutes and perhaps there will be time for this letter to be finished.” I don’t know why my parents kept the marriage a secret – I didn’t even know they had until I saw these letters. Daddy was very close to his mother, who was distraught with her own marital problems, and I think Daddy was timorous about exposing his own happiness. August 25: “Jodear – It was good hearing your voice last night, but how much more to have been able to see the teeth it passed over. I said I was going to write as soon as I hung up, but forgot that we had no power in the house, just one candle. Today is the fifth day of storms and I’ve not been able to do a damn thing. My boat went back on the ways over a week ago. If the weather breaks it is coming off Tuesday or Wednesday so we can have one day of fishing. This is all costing us more money. Oh, I took out some insurance the other day – don’t hit me lady – $2 a month – $580 when I die naturally, a thousand if by accident. I figured I could stand two bucks a month and that the $500 would pay my funeral expenses. “Your idea of getting a cottage for the fall was a good one. I’ve got a wide eye on a peach, too. They never rent, but this year expenses are heavy and income low and the owners are disgusted

with the weather. They suggested their house for me and my bride. I told ’em OK but no price was mentioned. I’ll offer them $125 for six or eight weeks. “When you get here I’ll make a double effort to try and make you happy and comfortable. I certainly am unhappy at dragging you into this miserable family mess of mine. If I could make some money a lot of this would be eased. Let me know as soon as you are ready for me to come for you – and don’t make it too far off. I’ll be there if I have to hock the goddam boat. In the meantime, dear lovely wife – enjoy yourself all you can and remember me now and then, and write, and love this miserable wart. Kisses, Tommy.” *** My mother ﬁnished her work in Quantico, and they spent the end of August and the fall in Harvey Cedars. By early November, they were back on 112th Street. My mother wrapped up Old Gimlet Eye, and, as their investment income dried up – by the end of 1931, stocks dropped 80 percent – my father was trying to ﬁgure out a way to make some money. On Dec. 28 he penciled a brief note from Ridgewood: “Good morning dear – I hope you were comfortable and settled in and slept well last night. Personally, my bed was wide and empty. I hope you get quickly submerged in that book of yours and are happy with your work. I’ll be in town some time Tuesday afternoon. I’ll bring the typewriter. Love, Thomas – and I don’t mean Lowell!” Q Margaret Thomas Buchholz is author of Island Album, Shore Chronicles and New Jersey Shipwrecks, and co-author of Great Storms of the Jersey Shore. Write her at lbipooch@comcast.net.

Arts & Crafts Festival

Saturday July 14th 9am - 4pm

Bicentennial Park Engleside Ave., Beach Haven Many quality Artists & Craftsmen from the Tri-State Area

woodworking • jewelry • clothing stained glass and much more

RIDES • FOOD • FUN • MUSIC for more information call 732.682.3230 www.kraftfairs.com

25 THE BEACHCOMBER/Friday, July 6, 2012

Splashback

THE BEACHCOMBER/Friday, July 6, 2012

Sandscript By DON JEKA etirement parties are usually pretty conventional with backslapping conviviality setting the mood – except for this one. The gracious host and hostess of this party placed no restrictions on subjects to be pursued, yet politics never reared its ugly head. The subject of war, however, arrived in the milder version of a water fight. Guys from the same LBI block, one living in a big house, one in another big house and yet another in between, were the guests of honor. The younger guy, let’s call him Joe, starts to tell a story about launching a water balloon fight, sending a deluge from deck to deck. Here they are at their party, comparing accuracy of the contest – which seemed to be a draw – with the liquid artillery flying from one house to the other, doing some “collateral” damage to the house in between. The lady of the defending house refused to stretch the slingshot end holding the balloon, so the gunnery officer had to do it all, accounting for the short rounds, against the wind, that did the collateral damage. By the time the target forces were marshalling infantry to quell the attackers, the raid came to an end. Another guest changed the subject. You know, at a retirement party most of the people are of a certain age, so the subjects of conversation tend to follow the two Ms: money or medicine. With medicine it usually turns out to be, as one friend described it, an organ recital. Anyway, this other fellow raises the subject of raisins. Raisins? Yes, but only the golden ones. He

tells a tale involving his experience with golden raisins. “I had aches and pains and other physical problems. I couldn’t run a block, and I had a tough time moving about and I had a knee operation,” he explained. “Then I found a solution to my problems.” The solution turned out to be gin – and that’s where the raisins come in. “You soak the raisins in the gin until they get nice and plump.” At this point, another guest chimes in, “Yeah, then you drink the gin and throw out the raisins.” “No. You pop three or four raisins and wait for the effect to kick in. It’s like magic. I can even run again, and I feel great.” By now, of course, everyone has a quip to add, or a pun, like “drink the gin and start raisin Cain.” “Seriously, I take the raisins just before bed and I feel great the next morning,” the guy adds. A female guest remarks, “Oh, forget running. I always wanted to learn how to play the piano. Do you think it would help?” As my grandson would say: “Guess what?” I just had my 30th raisin and I’m not about to move from this wonderful spot on LBI. But the Island seems to be moving. I, too, wanted to play piano, and still can’t play a note. Q Don Jeka of Mountainside, a retired public relations executive, is a long-time visitor to LBI and contributor to this paper. The Beachcomber invites articles and photographs of your LBI experience. Write thebeachcomber@thesandpaper.net or call 609-494-5900, extension 3023.

GARAGE/YARD SALES

ANTIQUES

FURNITURE

ANNUAL GIGANTIC YARD SALE

BEACH HAVEN ANTIQUES

Off-white round pedestal side table w/single drawer, 28in. diameter by 30in. high. Perfect condition, $250. Call 609-494-5003.

Ship Bottom, 113 East 18th St. Fri./ Sat., 7/6-7/7, 8am-2pm (rain 7/8-7/ 9). Ladies’, teen’s, kids’ & men’s clothes; NEW kids’ sneakers & shoes. Toys, games, puzzles; lots of books, videos, DVDs. NEW silver fashion jewelry. Linens, misc. household items. No junk here! Barnegat Light, 27 East 11th St. Sat., 7/7, 8am-2pm. Household items, artwork & more. Beach Haven West, 8 Beatrice Drive, Fri.-Sat., 7/6-7/7, Sun., 7/8 if anything is left. ESTATE/TAG SALE. Starts 8:30am sharp, 5 people in at one time. Newer furniture, art, household items, and a shed full of fun! 856-371-8612. Beach Haven, 900 North Beach Ave. (10th St.). Sat., 7/7, 8am-2pm (rain 7/8). Annual Multi-family sale. Antiques, collectibles, baby clothing, household goods, everything from A-Z. Ship Bottom, 247 7th St., Sat., 7/7, 7am-noon. Rain Sun., 7/8. Lenox china, 2 wedding gowns, miscellaneous furniture, household items, books, toys. etc. Ship Bottom, 258 West 18th St. Sat., 7/7, 8am-1pm. Rain Sun., 7/8. Household items, comforters, small tables, baby items, etc. Ship Bottom, 128 East 12th St., Sat., 7/7, 8am-1pm. Rain date Sat., 7/14. Multi-family sale. Jewelry, dolls, household items, clothes. Spray Beach, 101 East 24th St., Sat., 7/7, 8am. Rain date Sun., 7/8. Something for everyone. Surf City, 246 12th St., Sat./Sun., 7/ 7-7/8, 8am-1pm. Household items, comforters, infant merchandise, electronics & much more.

Queen-size mattress w/box spring, excellent condition. 3-piece fabric sectional sofa, 128in.x104in., in good condition. Best offer. Call Mel, 609-492-6961.

CATERING

SHIP BOTTOM ANTIQUES BY THE BAY

Central Ave. at 28th St.

Open daily, except Tuesday & Wednesday. 609-361-0885.

WE’RE STILL HERE 49TH SEASON!! 8 Stocked Rooms with Fresh Merchandise

50% Off Selected Items Large Collectibles “Wizard of Oz” Items Open Daily 10am - 5pm Something For Everyone 609-494-9384

Wizard of Odds 7601 Long Beach Blvd. Beach Haven Crest Invest in Antiques They Appreciate in Value!

FURNITURE FURNITURE. Glass-topped dining table w/4 matching chairs & matching dining wall unit. All pieces like new. Make offer. Surf City. 609618-9917, 609-494-7970. (View picture10012 online)

K&S Gourmet Catering. Clambakes, Barbecues, Weddings. We specialize in full service off-premise catering for all occasions. Staffing and rentals available. Call 609548-6343.

LANDSCAPING Castle’s Cleanup Crew, LLC

Residential & Vacation Turnover cleaning. Lawn maintenance, yard cleanups, painting & deck staining. Weeding programs. Call 609-713-5289. Free estimates, fully insured.

HANDYMAN FRANK & SON General Home Repair Service. All types of repairs and improvements. Experienced. Dependable. For estimate: 609597-7559, cell 609-312-8254.

HANDYMAN

Inside or outside, no job too small. Reasonable Rates. Please call 609-709-5452.

RUBBISH & GARBAGE REMOVAL YARD BUILDERS

No job too big or too small. Just ask. Call Bill, 609-661-9370.

Sudoku The challenge is to fill every row across, every column down, and every 3x3 box with the digits 1 through 9. Each 1 through 9 digit must appear only once in each row across, each column down, and each 3x3 box.

Jack Reynolds

TELL IT: We can’t hear exactly but we think he said, ‘Yeah, there’s no place like LBI!’

509 Engleside Ave., Beach Haven. Highest prices paid for gold, silver, old costume jewelry and antiques. Store hours: Sun., Mon., Tues., Fri., 11am5pm; Sat., 1pm-7pm. Call for appointments. 609-444-8119.

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AABSOLUTELY SPOTLESS

Bi-weekly, weekly or changeovers. We do it all! Any other extras, just ask. Debbie 609-384-6856.

DORAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ISLAND CLEANING

SEASONAL/YEAR â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ROUND

609-276-5537

SUPERB CARPET CLEANING

LBIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s carpet cleaner for over 30 years. WE CLEAN WITH STEAM! Mention ad, get 1 area free when you clean 3 or more rooms. Call 609-494-5858. Will do changeover cleanings. Sun.-Thurs., 20% off. Also available for Spring and Fall cleanings. BOOK NOW! Call Joann, 609-2763317.

SCREEN REPAIRS LBI screen repairs, door installation, and home repairs done at your location! Lic.#13VH01016900. Credit cards accepted. Call Mike Haines, 609-290-8836.

CARPENTRY CARPENTER

Cabinetmaker, 25 years experience. Honest, reliable. No job too small. 609-494-4098.

PETS/PET CARE

YEAR ROUND RENTALS

SUMMER RENTALS

BOATS FOR SALE

ADOPT A PET

Manahawkin, 2BR, 2nd floor. W/D, A/C. $1,000/month + utilities. No pets. Available 7/15. 201-9121390.

Surf City. First floor, 3BR, 1BA, $1,350/week. Second floor, 3BR, 2BA, $1,150/week. Both have LR, kitchen, A/C throughout. Walk to bay and beach. Limited weeks available, pictures upon request. 908-656-2048.

WINTER RENTALS

21ft. 1998 Sea Ray Bowrider, 250hp Mercruiser, good condition, low hours. Professionally maintained, captainsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chairs, AM/FM/ CD. Includes Load Rite double-axle trailer, bimini top, mooring & storage covers, full Coast Guard package. $8,900. In water, LBI. 609709-8335. (View picture81028 online)

Beach Haven West (Manahawkin), lagoon-front, 3-bedroom, 1-bath home, fully furnished. Dock, grill, cable, W/D, internet. Available 9/ 17/12-6/16/13. $1,100/month + utilities. 973-479-7826.

21ft. Century w/cuddy cabin, 470 Mercrusier I/O, fresh-water cooled, AM/FM radio, VHS, CB, DF, portapotty, teak swim platform, $1,000. 609-597-7898.

34ft. 1984 Silverton w/twin 270hp Crusaders, 600 hours. 1 owner. Marina maintained. Sleeps 6. Head & shower, AC/heat, appliances, fresh water system, salt water washdown, 2 depthfinders, 2 VHF radios, 2 bilge pumps, GPS, bilge sniffer, 4 batteries/switches, battery charger, outriggers/Rupp Jr., full enclosure, Coast Guard package, cockpit spotlights, Windlass, Halon fire system, transom ladder. $16,500/OBO. In Beach Haven. 856-768-2003.

Dogs, Puppies, Cats & Kittens ready for adoption in Ocean Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animal facility, located at 360 Haywood Rd. in Manahawkin. All animals have been spayed/neutered, vaccinated & microchipped. Hours: 1pm-4pm daily, Wed., 1pm-6:30pm.

609-978-0127

LOST A PET? Call the shelter, your pet could be there!

THE PET NANNY

Personal Pet Care. Pet Sitting, Dog Walking, Dog Care Coaching, House Sitting. 15+ years experience on LBI. The professional, loving care that your furry family deserves. Tail-wagging references!

CHERI 609-713-0866 WALK A DOG OR FOSTER KITTENS!

Volunteer at Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter, located at 360 Haywood Rd. in Manahawkin. Dog walkers are needed daily from 9am-4:30pm. Orientation held 1st & 3rd Thursday and 3rd Sunday at 11am. Must be 18 years old. Paperwork can be picked up at the shelter daily, 1pm-3pm. FREE Pet Food Pantry in shelter lobby for those in need.

HELP WANTED

POWER WASHING

Auto mechanics needed. Must have experience. Call Sears Auto in Manahawkin, ask for Tony, 609978-5907.

Power Washing Special

BAYBERRY INN

1 stor y, $100. 2 stor y, $200. Decks, boats, etc. Will beat anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s price! Licensed & insured. 609-384-2663.

Bartenders & Cooks, F/T & P/T, year â&#x20AC;&#x2122;round. Apply in person, 13th St. & Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom. 609-494-8848.

AWNINGS & CANOPIES

Black Eyed Susanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Harvey Cedars is seeking full and part time catering chefs & line cooks. Please contact 609-233-8296 or 609-7447812.

ATLANTIC AWNINGS

Professional Installations â&#x20AC;˘Residential/Commercial. Retractable Awnings, Window Awnings, Retractable & Stationary Canopies, Recovers, Repairs, Re-Hang, Take Downs, Washing. Fully insured. FREE ESTIMATES. 609-6182420. Lic.#13VH06758700. atlanticawningcompany.com

INSTRUCTION College graduates will tutor in Math, English & Spanish for the summer. All grades available. Flexible hours. Special discounts. 862266-6995.

LBI SURFING & PADDLE BOARDING LESSONS Professional Lessons/Day Camps.

609-494-SURF

www.lbisurfing.com

SURFwithNICOLE.com

Surf Camps & Surf Lessons. All ages, all abilities, coed friendly. Experienced CPR & First Aid certified instructor. 619-398-7437. TUTOR, K-8th. School teacher with 15 years experience, specializing in Math. Call now to schedule for summer season. Joann, 609-2763317.

COMPUTER SERVICES COMPUTER TECH

12 years experience in all phases of computer programing, setup, maintenance, repairs, networking & security. For home or small business. Will come to you! Tuckerton to LBI. Call 609618-6147 or email: williamsLEH@comcast.net

COOKS

Line cook, experienced, high volume, short order, saute, broiler, fryer. Seasonal & year â&#x20AC;&#x2122;round available. LBI area. Call 609-713-4254.

JOEYSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; PIZZA & PASTA

Cooks/pizza makers. Experienced only. Now accepting applications for all 3 locations. Apply at 1340 Route 72, Manahawkin or call 5972003 to arrange interview. Sales clerk needed for small retail shop in Beach Haven Crest. Part time, experience not required. Call 609-705-5256 or 609-492-6388. Seeking a French tutor, class or conversation group from 7/16-8/23. Please call 415-254-0011. Seeking housekeeper for summer weekends in Harvey Cedars. Se Habla Espanol. Call Adriana, 646643-9164.

COMMERCIAL FOR SALE LBI ice cream store. Excellent Boulevard location. Owned since 1980. Corner lot, 50ft.x130ft. Will hold papers. $1,000,000 FIRM! Call 732-270-0227.

HOUSES FOR SALE Beach Haven Gardens, oceanside, double lot. Large cape with second floor apartment & detached garage. FSBO, $739,000. Call 609-7139661. Gorgeous 4,000 sqft. Waterfront Home in Sweetwater, NJ. Geothermal heat, 150ft. bulkhead. Call 609-965-4795 for more information, or visit www.mullicariverhomes.com

CONDO FOR SALE CHILD CARE Babysitters available in your home or rental, college & high school ages. Own transportation. Please call Judy at 201-207-8035.

Bayview Condominiums, Beach Haven. Spectacular sunsets, 2BR, 2BA, second floor. 42ft. dock. REDUCED, $429,000. FSBO 914388-4429. View: FSBO.com/154978

Mystic Island waterfront, 3-bedroom ranch, 719 Twin Lakes Blvd. Bulkhead, great area. Credit check, references, $1,250/month plus utilities. 973-334-3468, 973-789-6863.

SUMMER RENTALS BARNEGAT LIGHT REDUCED!

Large spacious home w/4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths; reverse living 2 master bedroom suites (each w/ private bathroom); room w/2 twin beds; bunk room that sleeps 5. Roof top deck w/views of ocean, bay & Old Barney; 4 additional decks. 3 weeks open: 7/7-7/14, $3,800; 7/14-7/21, $4,000. Call 201-657-5419. Bayfront cottage, Ship Bottom. Sleeps 8, 1.5 baths, small private beach, W/D, dishwasher. Available July weeks, $1,750/week. Call 267307-8907. Beach Haven Gardens. Second floor duplex, 2 bedrooms (sleeps 46). Available 8/18-8/25, $1,000/ week. Sept., $500/week, $1,500/ month (includes Chowderfest). Call 856-577-0371. www.3000balticlbi.com Brant Beach, oceanside, 2BR, sleeps 6, A/C, cable TV, fully equipped kitchen. No pets. $1,000/ week, call for availability. 215-2571615. Brant Beach, 1 off ocean, 2BR w/ sleeper, W/D, A/C, O/S, deck. No smoking/pets. 7/14-7/21, $1,600; Sept., $1,000/week. 908-803-2009. Cedar Bonnet Island (southside), 2-bedroom, 1-bath cottage, sleeps 4. Bay views, W/D, A/C, cable TV. No pets. Monthly/bi-weekly. 609492-8637. Peahala Park duplex, upstairs 2 bedrooms, sleeps 6. Downstairs, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 8. Close to beach. Good condition. Available weekly. 609-268-1719, email mrappraisal@comcast.net Ship Bottom bayfront, sleeps 4-5, badges included, cable, A/C. Only one week left! 7/7-7/14, $950. 856546-1413. Ship Bottom beachblock, first floor, 2 bedrooms. Clean, newly renovated, W/D, A/C, internet, badges. Available 7/7 & 8/25, $1,000/week. 732-947-7463. Ship Bottom, ocean block, completely renovated. 1BR (sleeps 4), A/C, cable, WiFi. Short walk to beach. $800/week. 201-317-9298. Surf City, 3-bedroom duplex. All amenities, oceanblock, steps to beach. Available 6/16-6/23, 8/25-9/ 1, 9/8-9/15, 9/15-9/22. 609-5978803 or email: McCruddenOwen@comcast.net Surf City, oceanside, spacious, first floor, 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment. Sleeps 6. A/C, flat-panel TV, W/D, O/S, grill, yard. Close to everything! $1,500/week. 908-6927950. Surf City, first floor front apartment, 2BR, 1BA, window A/C, cable, O/S, deck, 2-car parking. Available 7/710/27, $950/week. Call 215-3482071. Surf City, 4BR, 3.5BA, sleeps 12. All amenities, grill, cable, DSL. 5 decks, including rooftop. Great views, short walk to ocean. 973248-5630, eves.

AUTO DETAILING SMILEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mobile Detail Service

We Come to You! Car/Truck/SUV Wash, Polish, Wax Service. LBI & Manahawkin. 609-207-8143.

AUTOS FOR SALE

22ft. 1982 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day 22 sailboat. Ready to launch. Located in Ship Bottom. $1,500/OBO. Please call 856-520-3490. 22ft. 2001 Angler CC Fisherman. 200hp Merc, GPS/DF, VHF, swim platform, trailer. Marina maintained. $11,500. Located LEH. Call 609296-6227.

1961 Chevy Bel Air, 4 door, $12,500. 1963 Chevy Impala, 2door hardtop, $25,000. In Monmouth County. Call 732-977-7924.

22ft. Tanzer sailboat w/cradle & trailer. Great bay/family boat. 9.9 Evinrude, low hours, clean. Asking $2,200. 215-745-6598.

2002 Chevy Impala LS, black w/ spoiler & tan leather interior, sunroof. Great condition. No scratches, dents or odors. Fully loaded, 6 cylinder, very well maintained, asking $4,495/OBO. Call Greg 302423-7122.

23.5ft. 2004 Robalo R235. Yamaha F225 w/355 hours. Hardtop w/full enclosure, fully loaded. Call for details. $30,950. 609-978-1096. (View picture81041 online)

BOATS FOR SALE 10ft. 2in. rigid, inflatable dinghy. Complete with motor, trailer, cover, & foot pump. 610-679-1079. 14ft. 1982 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day Javelin sailboat with trailer. Good condition. Asking $1,500/OBO. In Harvey Cedars. Call Dominick 908-752-3853. 16ft. 2005 Seaâ&#x20AC;˘Doo Sportster, 215hp Vtec. Located in Middletown, pickup only. $10,500/OBO. Please call 732-500-3670. 16ft. Starcraft Seafarer, 30hp Yamaha O/B, galvanized Long trailer, many extras. $2,900. Call 609-597-1956. 17ft. 1985 Anniversary Edition Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day daysailer, $2,250. Perfect condition, garage kept. Hull is water tight, main & jib sails perfect. 3.5hp motor, bench cushions and life preservers all included. Call 609-744-3579. 17ft. Boston Whaler Nauset, 1973. This is for the classic boat lover. Excellent condition, original mahogany CC. 1975 Johnson 85hp. Low hours. Fresh water, garage stored. $11,800. 508-221-3475. (View picture81037 online) 17ft. Newport Daysailer w/cuddy cabin and aluminum trailer, $900/ OBO. Optional 5hp Honda 4 stroke, $600. In Holgate. Call 908510-8464. 19ft. 1975 Rhodes (Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day) fiberglass sailboat w/centerboard. Great bay boat. Engine available. Trailer, full sails. Safe & stable. $2,900/OBO. Bill, 513-254-3833. 19ft. 1985 Grady White Tournament Walk Through. 1998 Yamaha 150hp outboard, trailer, covers. $6,600. View at Surf City Marina, LBI. 201-704-1536. 19ft. 1999 Sea Ray Cuddy Cabin 205 I/O. Very low hours. See at Mordecai Boat Basin, Beach Haven. $7,500. 973-978-6606. 21ft. 1996 Bayliner Capri Bowrider. 5.7 Merc I/O, 350hp. Great family boat, well maintained. Full cover, winter canvas & trailer. In Surf City. $7,900. 609-744-3213. (View picture81040 online)

24ft. 2008 Sea Ray Sundancer. Original owner. Warranties through 2013. Only 35 hours. $47,000. On LBI. Call or text 201-925-5143. 25ft. 1994 Crownline CR250. Runs great. Full head, kitchen w/stove, microwave & refrigerator, rear berth, front fold-down table to double bed, rear wash down & swim platform, bimini top, trailer. Asking $8,200. On LBI. 267-304-2723. (View picture81035 online) 25ft. 1996 C-Hawk Sport Cabin w/ trailer. Volvo Penta I/O, dual prop, electronics, second driving station. Low hours. $16,999. Call 609-6100795. 25ft. 2004 Aquasport Explorer w/ hardtop. Excellent condition, professionally maintained, 225hp Yamaha 4 stroke, 260 hours. Garmin color GPS Map 188/fishfinder, VHF, stereo, new cushions/coaming pads. In Manahawkin. $29,900. Call 732-439-1154. 26ft. 1994 Wahoo 2600 EFS center console w/T-Top. twin 22hp Yamaha 2-stoke. Garmin electronics. Ready to fish! $24,800. 973-7251069. 26ft. 2000 Robalo 2640, 296 hours. Professionally maintained, all service records. Furano color D/F, Garmin color GPS, Icon radio. New full enclosure canvas, refrigerator, shore power. Enclosed flush toilet, 2 showers, 2 sinks, raw water wash down, live well. Twin Merc 150 digital Optimax engines. $30,000. 609-597-7373. 28ft. 1983 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day centerboard sloop, 3ft.3in. draft. Sleeps 5. Universal 11hp diesel. Roller furling genoa, mainsail cover, DF, knottmeter, autopilot, GPS, 2-man kayak, bimini top. Wheel steering. Sailready, in water on LBI. Beautiful boat. Many extras. $15,500. Call 609-709-8322. 30ft. 2004 Grady White Marlin w/ twin 225 Yamaha 4-stroke. Loaded, plus Raymarine C120 & Smart Pilot, Apelco VHF. See at Somers Point Marina. Reduced to $84,900. Call Rob, 609-927-5900. (View picture81033 online)

AH... TO DREAM. Do you want to be lulled to sleep listening to the water? Do you want to relax on the sofa with cool breezes or air conditioning while reading a good book? Perhaps youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather sunbathe on soft cushions while sipping Margaritas fresh out of the refrigerator or make a snack in the microwave or a meal on the stove. Indoor or outdoor dining with music is your option. Had too many cold ones and need to go? The bathroom is steps away with everything you need. Maybe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather take an open air cruise to your favorite waterfront restaurant... and bring a few friends, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room for 12! Yes, this beautifully maintained 1997 24ft. Maxum Cruiser could be the answer to those dreams, and at $11,500 itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a nightmare! Call 609-276-1884 to see if dreams come true.

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BOAT MOTORS 2001 Yamaha 115hp fuel injection O/B engine plus batteries, all linkage & extras. Jets need some work. Paid $7,500, asking $3,900. 609-494-8808.

BOAT ACCESSORIES Fujinon Third Generation Image Stabilizing Binoculars Techno-Stabi 14x40. Outstanding optics, totally waterproof. Great for a moving sailboat, power yacht, a must for serious fishing boats. Packaged in a Pelican waterproof hard case. All for $550. Call Joe 609-384-2017. Hi-Tide 9,000lb. aluminum boat lift, 120 volt, 30 amp, requires 4 pilings. Excellent condition. $1,700/OBO. 609-494-2077.

PERSONAL WATERCRAFT 1997 Seaâ&#x20AC;˘Doo Waverunner GTI w/ trailer. Needs some work. Best offer. Located in Surf City. Please call 609-432-6791. 2008 Seaâ&#x20AC;˘Doo, 3 seater, RXTX. At Spor tsmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marina, Beach Haven. Great condition. Garage kept. Asking $8,499. Call Mike, 609-492-7931.

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By ERIN LEONARD hroughout history, art has evolved in the same manner as the world and culture that creates it. Art itself continues to bend and twist down a variety of different paths, more now than ever before. The digital revolution continues to inspire limitless possibilities of innovation and creativity. Through July 16, the “National Juried Competition: Digital Works” exhibit showcases this theme at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts

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and Sciences in Loveladies. It features works from around the country that both use and reﬂect the advancements of digital media. The shows juror is Christiane Paul, director of the Media Studies Graduate Program at the New School in New York, and adjunct curator of new media arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The selected artists work with media that includes video, software art, mobile and online projections, digital prints and photography, and sculpture. A reception for the exhibition was

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held at the LBIF on Sunday, July 1. Visitors were given the opportunity to mingle with a number of the artists who participated in the show. “We were honored and proud to be included in the company of fellow artists who have a shared vision in the cutting-edge ﬁeld of digital media,” remarked Jane Skylar of Fort Lee. Skylar uses a variety of photo editing and graphics programs to create fantastical imagery. “Film Noir” is comprised of photography by herself and her teacher, Max Cartagena. Additional artwork by Cartagena creates an added level of depth and interest in the piece. The result is a whimsical, dreamlike representation of what was at one point, an average scene. “Our piece represents the use of photography and simple graphics programs, without the use of Photoshop,

to craft art unique to the elements of the images. This particular piece is composed of four photos, three done with a disposable camera. We make each of our works available in only one size and format,” she said. Dr. Samuel Fee’s two images, “White Sands” and “Abstract” were included in the 2012 Digital Works. The former, which I especially enjoyed, shows a soft, swirling foreground in shades of gray contrasted against what appears to be a cool, blue mountain range and pure sky. “I think the show itself is particularly valuable since it showcases digital work. Digital processes open up all sorts of different avenues for artistic expression. For my work, that means I can emulate the work of painters I admire through my own medium of photography, and build abstract landscapes that I feel are rather compelling,” said Fee.

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HIGH TECH: Among those on exhibit at the LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences are works by (top) Christopher Gideon and (above) Yeohyun Ahn.

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His photographs are designed to redirect the false perceptions that the desert is a lifeless landscape and that a landscape is without narrative. His imagery brings these landscapes to life with a bold yet serene sense of movement through subtle, natural shapes. Fee’s focus is on the beauty of nature, specifically that which is heightened by the brilliance of the sun. This is most evident in the vast landscape of the desert environment. He continuously seeks to pay homage to his favorite painters, Georgia O’Keefe and Arthur Dove. As I made my way to the far end of the gallery, I was drawn in by the work of artist Andrew Demirjian, a professor at Monmouth University. “Scenes From 218 W. 14th St.” is a video projection on the wall, controlled by an iPad application that displays 30 days of synchronized surveillance video. Upon close inspection, the viewer is able to see the subtle changes in light and shadow, while random strangers go through their daily routines. “By pressing and scrubbing different buttons on the iPad interface, the participant can carve and slice time, seeing hidden patterns in the everyday. The video is 10 hours long and takes on a calendar form,” said Demirjian. “The viewer can isolate different weeks, days of the week, scrub through time, go directly to the top of every hour, or watch it in cluster view with random groups of days and times being selected.” Rita Noe uses a combination of techniques with her camera and computer to express “truths” about the world around her. Her imagery reflects her fascination with color, tone, shape, and line. “As a life-long artist/ photographer, I am constantly looking for new ways of expressing the beauty of the experiences life brings to me. ‘Ninja’s Nightmare’ and ‘Ninja’s Match’ are the result of my 18th trip to Japan, where castles were all beginning to look alike. On this particular day, maybe it was the heat, but the forms and shapes I saw came alive to me in the style of the traditional Japanese hanga, or woodcut. It developed into a totally new style for me, and I am pleased that these two first expressions have been accepted in this show,” Noe remarked. For additional information on this and other upcoming events at the LBIF, visit lbifoundation.org or call 609-494-1241.

Upcoming Art Events Saturday, July 7, visit Sunset Park on West Salem Avenue in Harvey Cedars for Craft Day by the Bay. Over 100 crafters displaying exclusively handmade originals are expected on site, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No admission fee. Q Erin Leonard of Barnegat has a B.A. in art history and an M.A. in education. Submit your suggestions to her at art_lover8@yahoo.com.

EXPRESSIVE: Rich Baker ’s ‘Boardwalk’and ‘Wheels and Belts’ are among the pieces in the National Juried Competition: Digital Works exhibit at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences until July 16.

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