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By LIBBY DEMP FORREST I AUGUST BRINGS usually hot weather ■ — folks along the shore like to say no mat- ■ ter how hot it gets someplace else, it's H always cooler near the ocean. The ocean ■ temperatures have risen so that ■ youngsters no longer turn blue the minute ■ they hit the waves. • * * I What's in bloom this week? Look for ■ dahlias, scarlet sage, and gladiolus as ■ well as the big, cheerful looking ■ sunflower The sunflower is the largest ■ member of the largest family of plants |fl we have,— the Compositgte. Many of our ■ summer and fall flowers belong to this ■ family Among the wild ones bre the ■ dandelion, daisy, dog fennel, Mackeyed ■ Susan, many varieties of goldenrod, and ■ many kinds of asters. Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? • • • Another of the great August bloomers I and one of great beauty and variety of j color is the gladiolus. The name of the * plant comes from the Latin gladius, a | sword, because of its blade-like leaves. It [ is a member of the Irish family and its ] native home is tropical Africa. The big sunflower was taken to Spain | as early as 1560. It is thought to be a | native of Mexico and Central America, j Have you watched it turn its head during the day so as to face the sun continually? • * * When it comes to turning heads, here is a recommended list of local restaurants that will turn any day or evening into a special occasion: HUNTINGTON HOUSE. The feasting 1 is extravagant (but not priced ex- | travagantly) at The Hungtington House, I off Beach Drive, on Grant Street, Cape | May, where buffet dining shows off an 8 enormous variety of salads, entrees and 9 desserts Here's just a sampling of what The I Huntington House offers — fruit salad 9 (fresh seasonal fruits), tenderaged roast ■ beef, baked country ham, fried shrimp, 1 fried clams, chicken with Chinese 1 vegetables, fish filets, corn pudding, 1 seafood newburg, perfectly cooked 1 vegetables, fabulour cheesecake with ■ choice of topping, parfaits, and lots more I The cost is $10.95 adults, children $3.95. | Open daily from 4 :30 II • • * BLUE CLAW. The Axelsson St Johnson ■ name in Cape May county has been | synonomous with the fishing industry for I generations, and the Blue Claw I Restaurant offers the experienced family I hand for the finest seafood dining and I eA/>lr loilc

Located on Cape May's Ocean Drive, the Blue Claw personifies a typical old seafood place where specialties include deep sea scallops, seafood duo (shrimp and scallops with garlic butter), a New England clam bake (lobster, clams, potato, onion and an ear of buttered corn, steamed together), and the deluxe seafood medley (half a fresh lobster, filet, shrimp scallops and clam casino) The nautical atmosphere even com plements the landfarers side of the menu Enjoy cocktails on the Tavern on the Dock, an A & J setting • • • WHITEBR1ER INN. Time tells the tesi at the Whitebrier Inn, at 20th Street bet ween Ocean Drive and Dune Drive, Avalon, one of the best places to eat at the

shore Open year round the WhilebrierH Inn is an elegant setting for ever, occa ■ sioc. Dinners are served 5-lddaily, Sv n ' day Brunch. 9-2 The Sunday Brunch is a county happen ■ ing season after season, year after vearB "when the freshest rielicacMs, from tbeH sea. the farm and the bakery are merged ■ into perfect arrangement for year choice ■ After preparing (his feast for so long, the I Whitebrier Ian seems to make brunch I time not just a delicious meal but an art I form Try It for yourself For reserva I . tions call 967-5?® TR V. CURIA. Enjoy paiio dining in old | Calbe May. located next to -the coiorful I "Pink House" Trattoria features Italian I accented cuisine, >maginatively created I in the spirit of a piazza off the bustle of a 8 seascape-cityscape » Dinnfr from 5 to 10 p.m. includes a 3 selection qf soups and appetizers salads. I entrees desserts and beverages We en I joyed a splendid Cannelloni last weekend I "(homemade pasta stuffed with beef and M spinach baked in tomato and bet-hemel B sauces), while relaxing wiUra refreshing is sparkling cider Specialties are offered ■ daily «*• HUE'S. Simply put. we love lirie s. a I Wildwood favorite for more years than S we sometimes remember Une s Pish S Fry i*est8urant at Rio Grande Avenue att I the bridge, is the grandfather of the fresh B seafood setting on a famous dock Now joined by Dries Reef and Reef J ^ restaurant, on Rio Grande Avenue near ™ the bridge. Wildwood. it seems this g dynamic duo is becoming as well known 1 jointly as the familiar^ Fish F ry was for | many years The Fish Fry still has the | same famous recipes w hile the Reef and I Beef concentrates on an upbeat French H accented menu. Either choice, you'll be R treated to the best STONE HARBOR PIZZA A PASTA I Darmiri s Stone Harbor Pizza and Pasta I says it all for eating our favorite foods 1 Located at 315 %th Street, the outdoor I bayside paviHon is a casual setting for en 1 joying the tasty steaks meatballs I sausage sandwiches, great grinder*. 1 salads, and soft drinks Hubbv and I shared a mushroom pizza I there tfie other evening while the kid* I munched on tantalizing meatball sand I wiches No complaints from anybody No I one had to dress up and everyone was I amply satisfied Recommended for I casual snacks an well as hearty dinners I

County Calendar I torn for COUNTY CALENDAR MUST BE RECEIVED THE THURSDAY PRIOR TO PUBLICATION Sand then le LWw Damp Farrwl P O Box <M, Cjtpc May Caart Home N J OHIO WEDNESDAY AUGUSTS Wildlife Art Exhibit works by Michael Ruane Mann ing. at Wetlands Institute, info 368 1211 > Stone Harbor Blvd . Stone Harbor Thr Lorax". musical performance by Dave and Sarah McNeill Orleans, ( info 884-1017) at Wetlands Institute. Stone Harbor Blvd . Stone Harbor. 2pm lobster Bake Picnic and Reception, environmental music of Earthson. team of Dave and Sarah McNeill Orleans, at Wetlands Institute, 'info 388-1211). Stone Har bor Blvd Stone Harbor 6 30 p m Reservations Penny Anction. Seaville Volunteer Eire Co Indies Aux iliary. 6 30 p m Hibiscus Week — A Garden Highlight , special twilight tour Learning s Run Gardens and Colonial Farm ( info 465 5871 1 . Rt 9. Swainton. 6 »pm Duplicate Bridge. every Wednesday < info 368 1421 >. firehouse. Stone Harbor 7 30 p m (PafaBPlMM)