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I c * By Libby Demp Forrest ARE YOU READY for the glories of autumn? The colorful autumn foliage with some Indian summer thrown in? Are •S 'you winterizing the house? Do the kids have their winter jackets? »»» The leaves are falling, making their . journeys to the ground during swift breezes or quietly during the night while we sleep. Before each leaf falls, its little v. sap tubes must be closed up with a neat * teyer of cork. All summer long these little sap tubes have been carrying soil water _ from the tree into the leaf, and rich sap back from the leaf to the tree. If these tubes were not sealed, the tree would bleed to death when its leaves fall. That's our first nature lesson for this week. Second nature lesson: it's time for the monarch butterflies to begin their southward migration. Some instinct guides the monarch when to start their journey and direction to fly. The mother , monarch lays her eggs, then dies within a few hours or days. Each monarch looks just like its parents, but it has never seen them. Yet it does exactly what they did, and just what its grandparents have done for thousands and thousands of years. Amazing. V »»• October if a glory time. Sunrise is an exploding of bruiant colors. Peace rests on the landscape. Sunsets are brief — but beautiful. We're just going to have to enjoy ourselves this month. How about you? Here's a roundup of this week's good eating places: GOLDEN MARLIN CAFE. The area's newest restaurant, >The Golden Marlin Cafe offers a delicious Sunday breakfast from 9:30 to 1:30 for those who enjoy the great Cape May County tradition of starting the new week with a hearty repast. Located at 25th and Dune Drive, Avalon, The Golden Marlin Cafe pays a lot of attention to preparing interesting lunches and dinners to suit any palate. The fine food is served Thursday - Monday from 11 to 3 for the luncheon crowd;.5 to 9 p.m..for dinner guests. You won't be disappointed at any hour. 410 BANK STREET. We heard so many people talking about 410 Bank Street, the 7? new Cape May restaurant whose name and addresse are the same that we found - our way tbere the other night. What we really meant to say was that people were not only talking about 410 Bank Street, they were raving about it. This is not a place to run over to for a quick, inexpensive meal, but considering the quality of the food and the care that

goes into preparing it, 410 Bank Street offers superb value. We chose the grilled lamb chops with fresh orange and mint •sauce ($14.95) while The Hubby wanted the Seafood Brochette ($16.95) that includes baby lobster tail, jumbo shrimps, fish steak, skewered and served with drawn butter sauce. The New Orleansstyle restaurant offers Cajun Shellfish . Gumbo File ($16.95) that includes lobster, crab, scallops, whole shrimps, and mesquite smoked sausage, served with long grain and wild rice. It's a house speciajty. • •• WHITEBRIER INN. The Whitebrier Inn, at 20th Street, between Ocean and Dune Drive, Avalon has been one of favorite Sunday Brunch places for many years and we keep going back time after time to enjoy the weekend feast. There is so much to choose from, we walk around and around the laden buffet trying to decide. Offered: fresh fruits (pineapple, melons, seasonal fruit), S scrambled eggs, corn beef hash, creamed beef, creamed chicken and ham. Eggs Benedict, Nova Salmon (our favorite), Danish sweet muffins, corn bread; home made coffee cakes and of course, steaming freshly ground coffee. A, weekend treat served 10 till 2 Sundays. • •• SCRENCI'S. The 'folks at Screnci's Restaurant are so warm and friendly they always TTiake us feel like family. Located at 6208 Landis Avenue, Sea Isle City, Screnci's offers full course dinners from $8.95. We enjoyed delicious early autumn dinners last weekend choosing the Veal Cutlet Parmesan with Stuffed Potato, vegetable, hot garlic bread and dessert ( we chose the creamy rice pudding that's made right in the Screnci's kitchen). Choices are numerous — including the Chicken Lo Bianco (chicken breast and Italian sausage with mushrooms, sauteed in wine). / COUNTRY HOUSE. When autumn arrives we like to take a ride up Rt. 9 to Burleigh and enjoy dinner at The Country House Restaurant, a landmark for over 25 years. Home style cooking is what draws us to The Country House Restaurant. The homemade soups are delicious, made the old fashioned way with lots of hearty ingredients. Open Sunday from 3 to 8:30, Tues - Sat. from 4:30 to 8:30, the country atmosphere remains in spite of the county's development. Once we go inside, we relax completely and always enjoy * fhn frionHlv CArvipp Vrtn will fnn

BACK TO SCHOOL — Nancy Penman. Ocean Academy teacher, explains Back to School Night, set for 7-8:30 p.m. today, to her class. Pupils include: Karen Nichols, Antonio Johnson. Jamie Morrison, Michael Frietsch, Patrick Smith, and Gary Ruiz.

County Calendar Items lor COUNTY CALENDAH MIST BE RECEIVED THE THURSDAY PRIOR TO PUBLICATION Sew! them to Ubby Demp ForTest P O Box 430. Cape May Court House. N J 08210 WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3 Food Sale by Women of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, at First Nat'l Bank of Toms River (Viljas branch). Bayshore Rd., Villas, 9:15 a.m. "Out of this World Houseplanls and the Culture of Them" talk by Tom Brown of Atlantic County Community College, Gardening by the Sea Club (info 884-1022), at Municipal building Court Room, Villas, 9:30 a.m. Dennis Township Seniors: "Conserving Energy" talk by Bruce Breunig of Atlantic Electric, (info 624-0884), at Ocean View Fire Hall, Rt. 9. Ocean View, 1 p.m. Back to School Night, Ocean Academy, (info 465-2723 or 465-9737), Court House, 7-8:30 p.m. Taxpayers Assoc. of Lower Township: speaker John Stump. Manager of Lower Township, Millman Center, 7:30 p.m. "Show and tell" conducted tour of the restored old courthouse by Judge Philip A. Gruccio, second lecture in fall series by Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society (info 465-2535), meet "in the main courtroom on first floor of old courthouse, Main St., Court House. 8 p.m. Refreshments follow. Cocktails and dinner, Cape May Kiawana Club, Rusty Nail Restaurant, Beach Drive, Cape May, cocktails 6:30 p.m.,tiinner 7 p.m. r fPhotography workshop and open membership meeting, (info 884-5970), Mad Batter, 19 Jackson St.. Cape May, 7 p.m. ,> Women's exercise class starts sponsored by Lxiwer Township Recreation Dept. (info 886-7880), at Recreation Center, 2600 Bayshore Rd.,v Villas, 7 to 9 p.m. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 5 «, Yom Kippur begins at Sundown. Cape May Victorian Week begins. Info, tickets, maps - Mall Info Booth, Ocean and Washington Mall, 4 to 8 p.m. T oday 's acti vities : , Antiques in Congress Hall, Congress Place and Perry £brJfnoon - 9 p.m. East End Trolley Tours. Mall Info Booth, every 45 min: 1- 3:15 p.m. Physick Estate Tours ■ 1084 Washington St.. every 45 min: 1 -"3:15 p.m. ' ^ Giant Book Sale. Physick Estate, 1 to 4. Also Sat.. Sun., Mon. and Thurs. Walking Tour of Historic District, Mall Ir\fd Booth. 4 p.m. Victorian Capers: The Cape May Film. Baptist Church Hall. 8 & 10 p.m. Slide Lecture: "Early Cape May Hotels", talk by Sue Learning, Baptist Church Hall. 9 p.m. (Page 24 Please)