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By LIBBY DEMP FORREST AUGUST IS ON THE WANE summer has about a month to go. While summer's finale is a little poignant for those who'd like it to go on forever, there are still lots of good beach days ahead to enjoy the peak water temperatures of late summer. ^ • * * The insect chorus is still going strong this week. The critters are still singing away day and night. They make a musical racket that adds to the tempo of this time of year. Listen to them go at it when you have a chance. » ♦ * The college age kids are finding their thoughts preoccupied with packing up and taking their leave, then back to life on campus. And they're counting up just how many dollars they earned this summer toward their education. Higher learning is expensive nowadays, as parents and students know so well. * * * AS THE FIRST DAY of school grows closer and closer, we have to contrast the first day of school when we were youngsters from the way it is today. One thing the first day of school always brings memories of were squeeky new shoes and recovering last year's loose leaf book with fresh oilcloth. Kids don't seem to redo books anymore. * * • We encourage you to enjoy every moL m

ment of summer while it lasts. How about enjoying some time out at one of the local dining spots? Read on ... SNICKERS. Snickers on Stone Harbor Square at 96th Street is serving some of the best food around at its convenient location. The menu offers such tantalizing selections as spinach salad that includes mushrooms, bacon, Emmenthal swiss and egg with a special vinaigrette dressing. Veal Saltimbocco (Snickers own version of a traditional Italian dish of sauteed veal scallops, filled with smoked mozzarella and prosciutto, and juicy 1/2 pound charcoal-grilled burgers. The choices range from imaginative salads to personalized entrees served with bread, the excellent house salad with a special vinaigrette dressing and vegetables, all for very affordable prices. A recommended dessert is the Raspberry Mocho Blizzard, vanilla ice cream, with chambord and expresso. Lunch served 11 to 3 daily, dinner from 5 to 11 p.m. • • • LA DOLCE VITA. Enjoy classic Italian gelato, sorbetto and expresso at one of Stone Harbor's excellent little dining places, La Dolce Vita. Located at 3rd Ave. and 98th Street, La Dolce Vita's authentic natural flavors give foreign intrigue to summer treats that belong to the sweet life. Continental breakfast here is as good as a morning along the Riviera. * * * THE COUNTRY HOUSE. For three decades The Country House Restaurant, on Route 9, Burleigh has been serving fresh homemade soups, country-style poultry dishes and freshly baked pies that to this day continue to please the appetite. _. — ,

Open Sunday from 3 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday from 4:30 to 8:30, The Country House boasts a restful atmosphere that is in perfect keeping with the old, familiar places that used to dot the county. There are specials served from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. * * * T.J. SCANLON'S. T.J. Scanlon's, located at the Concord, 78th and Dune Drive, Avalon serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails, all in good taste, with .special emphasis on attentive service. The sauteed shrimp and scallops is a special favorite of ours — the shrimp and scallops are sauteed with quartered mushrooms in a champagne cream sauce. The linguini with fresh shrimp in a white sauce is a real appetizer pleaser. Be sure to check the chalk board for a listing of the nightly specials. THE FILLING STATION. The Filling Station, on Lafayette Street, Cape May (across from the Acme Market) has always been one of our favorite Cape May restaurants. Harry and Mac started "Beat the Clock" dinners a while back — served 4:30 to 5:59 p.m. (frankly, we make it our business to get there at 4:30) and get a special platter, including special vegetables and a house salad for $4.30. If you arrive at 4:53, your meal costs 4:53. It pays to be an early bird — the choices are unfailingly delicious and filling. W

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