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Thursday. August 16,1979

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SO MUCH TO DO, SO CLOSE TO HOME

Great Adventure is a tot closer than you think In (act. it's conveniently located In central New Jersey-so it’s just 65 miles from midtown Manhattan and 52 miles from the Liberty Bell Even closer from almost anywhere In New Jersey Follow this map along the Jersey Turnpike and get off at E)dt7A.

WN FOB THE WHOLE FAMILY

The hicest thing about Great Adventure is there's something tor everyone So don't leave anyone home-pock upthefamtlyandcome.

PLENTY OF FRESH AIR AND SUNSHINE

Be prepared (or a day in the country. 'Cause Great Adventure lies on 1,100 beautifully landscaped acres. With a lake. A pond. Millions of flowers. And miles of quiet, tree-lined paths and manicured gardens.

4 HOURS OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EACH DAY

Any time is show time at Great Adventure. And It's all new tor 79.

See "Those CityLi9hts"-our musical salute to Broadway Catch the performing dolphins and dare-devil high-divers at the Aqua Stadium Take In our Circus Show. "Stars. Soonalesand Thrills'-featurina David McMillan's flying Tigers. And enjoy puppet shows. Strolling musicians Marching bands Flus-big ndme recording artists. in concert, throughout the season. RIDES, RIDES AND MORE RIDES Challenge Rolling Thunder-Great Adventure's two. mighty, new wood coasters. Brave the whirling, twirling new Enterprise ride. Enjoy favorites like Lightnin' Loops and the Log Flume. Then tour the eerie new Haunted Castle-lf you can muster the courage And don't forget the toddlers. Wfe've built three new rides in Kiddie Kingdom especially for them. Plus a Petting Zoo with baby animals they can touch and k. ve.

See more than 2.000 animals.OverSO species. Living wild in their natural habitat along the 5Vi mile Safari Drive. See the new Australian section. See everything from antelopes to zebras. All just inches away as you pass in your car.

PLUS "MArStC 'TIL MIDNIGHT"

Great Adventure Is a new place at night. Filled with exciting nighttime things to do. Like fireworks. Disco dancing in our Bandstand By The Lake. And the amazing new sights and sounds of our multi-media laser show-brand new this year So stick around for "Magic 'Til Midnight"—the perfect ending to your perfect vacation. . At Great Adventure-where young or old-you're part 0 f the fun!

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Seashore Encounters By Stephen Gabriel Staff Assistant Gty of Ocean Gty KEEPING SAND ON THE BEACHES: NATURE DOES IT BETTER Now Lha. the heat of summer is with us, does anyohe remember this past winter's February 10 blizzard? Could anyone forget it? Twenty inches of snow, 6 foot drifts, homes Without electricity, and only one area radio station able to broadcast through the day. What fun! Couped up during the storm, many people ventured outdoors the following day to '‘enjoy" our newly acquired "winter wonderland”. If you were one of those in Ocean Gty who ventured up to the beach, you •probably rubbed your eyes to make sure you weren’t seeing things because our sandy beachfront was covered with a massive layer of snow and ice that presented a scene more appropriate to the North Pole. At the Second Street beach, the layer extended almost 300 feet oceanward from the boardwalk and ended in a jagged wall of ice, 10 to 12 feet above beach level. For 200 feet beyond the ice wall the ocean was full of slush and laiige hunks of ice. Where did all the slush and an Ice wall come from? As we all remember too well, the few weeks preceding the blizzard were terribly cold and the ocean temperature hovered around a freezing 32 degrees F. An icy slush began to form in the waves as they died on the beach and a combination of ice and sand began to be deposited along the beachfront. Several inches would accumulate in just a few days, and combined with a freezing ice storm on February 16, this process reached its peak during the blizzard. Continued cold temperatures, almost two feet of snow and more slush being brought to the beachfront by larger storm waves ail worked to produce that wall of ice. But, what good to the beaches was a wall of ice? Along with the snowstorm, the weather bureau had predicted heavy surf and resultant beach erosion. Well, good gized waves did arrive, but our beaches suffered little, if any erosion. The waves, which would normally reach far up on the beach and scour sand away, were stopped 200 to 300 feet short of their appointed destination by that 10 foot wall of ice. It was quite *b treat to watch after seeing so much of our beaches erode away during the winter storms two years ago. Unfortunately, as has been the rule at Ocean Gty's Stenton Place beach these last few years, when waves stem into a solid barrier like a bulkhead (or a wail of ice) much of thei energy is deflected downward, scouring and eroding the beach in front of the obstruction. However, because of the slush in the water beyoiyi the wall, this kind of scouring did not occur, and in fact, there was very little wave impact upon th? ite wall. Waves would initially break in reasonably, clear (Page 7 Please)