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Contents

May 2019 Beachy Keen

OC sparkles any time of day or night.

Photo by Stef Godfrey

Features 46 So Others May Live Lifesaving Station #30 brings living history of brave surfmen to life.

50 All in the Family

A look at some of Ocean City's multi-generational businesses.

52 Fight Like Hail

Dancing for Hailey swings into town on June 9.

On the Cover Glass mosaic artist Jill Snyder created this custom mosaic piece with glass of course, but also Ocean City sand. See Jill's work at www.facebook.com/ snydermosaics

5 Letter from the Editor 45 Activity of the Month

Shore Eats 6 8 10 14 16

In the Kitchen Battle Chocolate Cookie Famished Foodie Sunday Girl Eats Dining Guide

Local Ocean 18 19 19 20 22 26 28 30 32

The Look Adorable Creature Ocean City Workers The Interview Snapshots May Events A Look Inside: Atlantis Inn It’s History by Fred Miller Christin Nordberg

Shopping OC 34 38 40 42 44

Must Haves May Shop Guide Trends - Piccini In the Biz - The Road Ocean City Style

On The Beach 56 58 59 60

Book of the Month Ocean’s Eleven Quiz Activities Guide Word Search

Services 62 63 64 66

Pets for Adoption Services Guide Real Tour Last Shot

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Here's what it looks like in the ad A bigger version to help you One of my favorite photo sessions during the last 10 years was this sunrise shoot with photographer Jim Indo in May 2012, while the 59th Street Pier was still standing.

Cheers to Ten Years Lately, I’ve been a bit floored by the passage of time. It’s quick, lickety split, like lightning… it changes who we are and what we become, and no matter what, it always marches on. This year is the tenth year that I’ve sat at my desk to pass along my love for a town that I’ve known since I was a little kid… Ocean City, NJ. Yes, 2019 is Ocean City magazine’s 10th year. When my husband Bill first said to me all those years ago, “Let’s start a high-end magazine for Ocean City” I had recently been laid off from my job as a reporter for the Ocean City Sentinel, had just bought a new home and had two sons ages two and one…

Now my sons just turned 12 and 11 and are just as bright and inspiring as they were on the day when I answered Bill with a simple, “yes, let’s do it.”

And we haven’t looked back since.

Today, as I sit at my desk, I have another bright ray of sunshine in my fiveyear-old daughter. When I look at my kids, it’s easy to see the passage of time and be overwhelmed by its intensity, its unflinching continuance, and its inability to run in slo-mo. But when I go to the beach in Ocean City, and I look at the ocean… it looks the same to me as it did ten years ago, as it did when I was five years old, when I was 12, and as it did when I baptized all three of my children in its waves. Mother nature and this fab island may not be immune to time, but there is something about being here and passing along tradition and love for a community and for an island that slows time’s march.

It’s been such a pleasure to spend the last ten years celebrating the amazing things, people, and places OC has to offer. Each of the six issues we do a year are special to me and I hope to you.

Here’s to the next ten!

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Shore Eats

In the Kitchen

Beachin' Bakery Spreading cookie cheer all over Ocean City - by Nick Matousch

“If I think I can do something, I will try to make it” - Aileen Lynch

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F AILEEN Lynch is baking when you walk by her shop Beachin’ Bakery on 11th and Asbury, the scent is enticing enough to lure you in immediately, regardless of your actual destination. The fragrance is a perfection combination of sweet and buttery.

And man is it fantastic.

When I stepped in to the small storefront and looked around, though, I was a bit confused. It smelled like cookies, but instead of the average circular treat... I spied mermaids, tacos,

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and mini pizzas on the shelves…

Is this a bakery or not?

“The majority of what we do here is custom orders,” Aileen said. “People ask for specific requests, so I typically try to make whatever they are looking for. If I think I can do something, I will try to make it. ” Beachin’ Bakery creates loads of cookies in fun shapes of foods, animals, sports, clothes, seashells and sea creatures to name a few. But on this bright afternoon, I walked into the back room of the shop to watch Aileen craft her latest batch of

mermaid cookies.

The first thing Aileen did was to roll out her dough. This seems easy enough but it needs to be precise. You can't spread it too far, since rolling it too thin will make the cookies flake at the edges. Once the dough was the proper thickness, we pressed out a few mermaids shapes with cookie cutters, and slid them in the oven to bake.

Once the oven door shut, my eyes gazed over to an entire wall of colorful cookie cutters Aileen has on display.

Even though Beachin’ Bakery has been in business for just a little over a year, she has been a lifelong cookie cutter collector.

Some cutters in her collection are her mom’s, Aileen’s main mentor in learning her trade. Others are from what people have brought in, but she has collected a lot of fantastic shapes to make her baked treats with. It’s an impressive amount that doubles as decor in the back room. There are holiday-themed cutters, tool shapes, numbers, letters, anything you can think of. And they aren't just single use either;

Aileen is always studying the shapes to see if she can make something new from an old cookie cutter.

“I always like to bake. It’s art you really cannot mess up,” said Aileen.

“You can use your creativity. We tried to find ways to reuse [what we have] into something else. For all I have though, I do still search high and low on places like Etsy for some designs.

My 2019 goal is to get a 3D printer so I can make my own (cutters).”

You may have already seen Aileen's work at other local businesses in and around Ocean City. Many business owners have called on Beachin' Bakery to bake them their own custom cookies. The Dance Place, Taco Shells By the Sea in Marmora, and Aunt Betty’s Ice Cream Parlor are a few that Aileen has worked with so far.

This summer, Aileen will make a s’mores cookie with marshmallows, and Aunt Betty’s will put their chocolate marshmallow ice cream on it to make custom chipwiches.

“We collaborate with other businesses around here as much as we can,” said Aileen. “We can really do anything. We have a special printer that prints onto sugar paper. so you can adhere it to a cookie or cake. It has become really big because we can put notes or business cards on the cookie.

We once printed a customer's pet rats picture on his cookies. We have yet to come across a really tough request that we could not pull off. I want to start doing cookie designs according to what is coming up on the weekend.”

Holding true to this, Beachin' Bakery sold basset hound cookies during the Doo Dah Parade this year.

Aileen may not have any hard time decorating cookies, but I definitely did.

When it came time to ice the baked mermaids, she offered to let me have a go with the royal icing she decorates her creations with. The idea of keeping a steady line turned out to be too

much for this writer, so I watched in awe instead. Every cookie is hand-decorated at Beachin’ Bakery. Aileen puts the icing on with an extremely precise hand.

Outlining the shape of the mermaid’s tail, she then makes her way inside, filling in the shape until there is a delicious amount of icing coloring in the tail.

Aileen makes custom cookies for birthdays and other special events, creating edible works of art for families all around town. She looks to her own family for her recipes, using family recipes from her mother and grandmother.

The icing on our cookies seems pretty consistent, so there is only one thing left for decorating the cookie: glitter. Laying a stencil for the mermaid’s scales over the cookie, Aileen sprinkles glitter on top until the whole thing sparkles.

“Glitter is a big thing,” chuckled Aileen. “The glitter makes the tails pop.

We take our time with decorating the cookies, and do one or two at a time.”

This attention to detail is obvious as soon as you see her cookies. But it's even more clear when you get a chance to taste one.

The icing is the perfect amount

of sweetness and pairs incredibly well with the buttery cookie.

Since Aileen uses royal icing, the cookies can be packed up as favors for a party, lined up on a tray or simply popped into your mouth for an after dinner treat.

Aileen also makes custom cakes and cupcakes as well as other sweet treats. She also sells a color your own cookie. Visit her shop's insta @beachinbakery.

- Photos by Stef Godfrey

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Shore Eats

Battle Chocolate Cookie

A warm, spicy bite!

A fudgy, light center!

I am a monster. Yeah, I said it. But allow me to explain. I’m that rare type who doesn’t mean to hurt anyone… I just go crazy from time to time.

I am a cookie monster. I just can’t help myself. Like the official Cookie Monster, me want cookies all of the time. And if that means taking a cookie off your plate. I will do it… and I won’t feel bad.

Because when it comes to cookies, the rules go out the window.

And that’s exactly what I found when I stopped into the legendary little hub of deliciousness known as Barefoot Market

Let it be noted that She Said (the one next door over there) stole one of my cookies! I turned for a moment and my three-cookie plate was suddenly two cookies. And Miss She Said, while being extremely cute, was no doubt the culprit since she was covered in cookie crumbs! I’m not bitter, who could blame her? These tasty little brownie cookies from Chester’s Pastry Pantry Bakery in Somers Point are hard to resist. And besides I still had two more. Chester’s has been around since, like 1812 or something and the place is always crowded. Two in the afternoon? There’s a crowd.

But that crowd is a sign of goodness. These cookies are pure

She Said and asked for one of the new Mexican Hot Chocolate cookies.

Though these looked like a standard chocolate cookie, there were a few signs that raised my monster senses. They were a really dark chocolate color… which means rich in taste. They were coated in sugar crystals… genius! And they were large… which appeals to the monster in me so, so much.

When I finally got to sink my teeth into one, I found the edges crisp and the center chewy. And a few seconds in… my mouth started to warm from the cayenne spice that gives this cookie its name. It was offbeat… and a little crazy… just like me.

Barefoot Market 214 West, Ocean City

He Said chocolate yumminess. They’re soft but firm and chocolate throughout with a slow and steady bite, a super chewy outer edge and a fudgy, light center. It would be a crime if you didn’t go and get a Chester’s cookie, much like it’s a crime for someone to take a cookie from your plate. Especially after she already had her cookie. But I digress. Chocolaty treats are my weakness and I’m weak in the knees for this number. The black and white version is half-dipped in white chocolate so it’s triply chocolatey. I paired these babies with a giant glass of milk and it was choco-heaven.

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Shore Eats

Famished Foodie

THE BURGER BAR

The Famished Foodie finds fare worth raving about at Adelene in Port-O-Call.

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N THE pantheon of OCNJ foods, the all-American hamburger holds a place of honor. The burger is the Captain America of the food superheroes.

So when I heard about a “burger bar” being offered at the big pink hotel, I assembled the Avengers; Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov, the estimable Pepper Potts and myself, Tony Stark – and headed over to the new Burger Bar at Adelene, inside the Port-O-Call Hotel. This is a brand new offering at Adelene; a portion of the menu dedicated solely to the burger experience and the elevation of a Boardwalk classic.

“We didn’t invent this concept,” said Glenn Losch, GM at POC. “But it’s a popular trend across the country and we wanted to be the first to bring the whole concept to Ocean City and make it our own.”

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What a great idea. The burger is a staple food on the Boards so for Port-O-Call to pick it up and give it its own stage, I thought “bravo!” I was very pleased with the whole experience. My burger was cooked to the proper temperature and the presentation made me smile. The whole atmosphere was light and easy-going and the ocean views are always mesmerizing.

In general I think Port-O-Call takes great care to provide a superior product.

We’ll get to the burgers in a minute, but first let it sink into your head that Port-OCall has a restaurant open to the public.

The restaurant is Adelene and is open 7am to 2pm, 10 months a year. I always enjoy a meal at Adelene; the food is always good, the service is friendly and the views, well I

mentioned them. So next time you think breakfast or lunch, Adelene at Port-O-Call should be worth a shot.

“We want everyone to know we’re open seven days a week to the public – not just hotel guests. And we want everyone to know the food experience here is a little different than other places around town,” said Glenn.

There are lots different burgers on the menu including the Classic American with lettuce, tomato, and cheese and the Crabby with crab, Old Bay seasoning, and cheese sauce (that’s my next one). I chose the Frenchie, pungently topped with bleu cheese and sautéed mushrooms; so much flavor and the juiciness was just right.

“We have 11 burgers on the menu and we’re going to do a couple special burgers each day just to change it up,” said Chef Rich Cope. “You can get a burger anywhere but our unusual toppings and different buns make it more fun and unique. And this is not your run-of-the-

>>>>Burger Time Adelene at Port-O-Call has a new Burger

Bar, with 11 different burgers on the menu, including the Mac Daddy and the Frenchie.

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mill burger. They are quarter pound, Angus burgers – it’s a big burger with a big basket of fries. And we offer different types of fries too – Cajun fries, Old Bay fries – there’s a big selection.”

We were anxious to burger up, but we enjoy a relaxed and thorough meal, so first we started with a Port-O-Caesar salad consisting of a split-half of a Romaine heart, flash grilled (wha?!) and topped with parm cheese, croutons and drizzled with Caesar dressing. Never had my salad flash grilled before. Liked it!

“This char on the romaine really adds to the flavor. I never had this before,” said Pepper. “It’s very good and there’s just the right amount of dressing.”

Figuring that the delicious salad was a harbinger of more good things to come and being very hungry, I decided this was an opportunity to just munch down on some good food. If I’m going to overeat, it’s going to be on good food.

So I ordered up some crab soup. I don’t know exactly what kind of crab soup it was but it was well-seasoned, served hot and very tasty, with bits of lump crab meat on top. With carrots, peas, potatoes in a mellow red sauce, it was very hearty with a smooth, full taste.

And finally, the burgers…

Pepper ordered the Mac Daddy which not only is a cool name but also a cool burger. They actually take mac and cheese, put in a waffle iron and press it into a waffle bun. So yes, the mac and

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cheese waffle is the bun for the burger. Mind blown. This is obviously not your typical burger, but it was a taste sensation. It’s like your mind isn’t ready for the taste or the texture but then you bite in and your brain breaks into a smile and goes “nice.”

“We want to make if fun,” said Chef Rich.

“We serve it in a fun metal tub just to make it fun and casual.”

Neither hulk nor Black Widow like burgers (don’t judge) but Port-O-Call knows this sort of diner happens, so two orders of chicken tenders were an easy answer.

And that’s why I like Port-O-Call, they think ahead so that your dining experience

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is spot on from beginning to end. There’s no problem if your kids want chicken fingers.

And starting this year POC offers an innovative dining option. Diners these days are much more discerning and educated when they eat out. So Adelene is offering a private dinner club Saturdays and Sunday evenings offering finer cuisine. It’s called the Epicurean Ocean Club.

“It’s centered on having a great culinary experience at a higher level,” said Rich.

“We’re going to do some different stuff – steamed mussels one week, maybe a New England clam bake the next. It’s a different menu than the burger bar, more

sophisticated.”

And the ocean views at POC are always a bonus. I find the view is a great conversation topic during a meal; the fishing pier is right there and you can see walkers and bikers on the Boards. In fact, you can take your burger outside and sit by the Boardwalk if you’d like. Bonus!

If you’ve been to Adelene, then you know they do a nice job, if you haven’t been, walk on over and check out the new Burger Bar. Tell them Iron Man sent you.

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Shore Eats The Dining Guide BREAKFAST I LUNCH I SWEETS Aunt Betty’s Ice Cream Shack Seriously fresh ice cream. Even treats for your doggies. 2100 Asbury; 40th & West. 3984001; 398-4005.

Barefoot Market Scones, bread, coffee, artisan lunches. 214 West, 399-0221.

Christine's Italian Pastry Shoppe Custom cakes, delish pastry, gluten free options. 314 Tilton, 646-5666.

Fractured Prune Hot made to order doughnuts. 1225 Asbury, 609-399-0482.

Johnny B Goode Waffles, ice cream, family entertainment. 14th & Asbury, 525-0646 & 34th & West, next to Hoy’s, 525-0648.

Johnson’s Popcorn One whiff of this corn a cookin, and you'll be hooked. 1368 Boardwalk, (800) 842-2676. Open year round.

Mallon’s Sticky Buns Fresh, gooey buns.

1340 Bay Avenue, 399-5531, 410 55th Street, 399-7220.

Uncle Bill’s Pancake House Legendary breakfasts, lunches. 2112 Asbury, 40th & West, 398-7393. Open year round.

PIZZA I BURGERS l FRIES l CHEESESTEAKS Del’s Oceanside Grill Menu is timetested and sure to please adults and kiddies alike. 934 Boardwalk, 399-3931.

Flippers Grill Outside at Port-O-Call Hotel. Burgers, etc. 1510 Boardwalk, 399-8812.

Jilly’s Ice cream and fries... best day ever!

Ice cream, 1172 Boardwalk. Fries, 1034 Boardwalk.

6th Street Pizza Salads, apps, pizza, sandwiches. Credit cards accepted. 600 Boardwalk, next to Gillian's, 609-525-0022.

Bennie’s Bread and Italian Market Fresh bread, pastries, brick oven pizzas, sandwiches, and tomato pie. 1159 Asbury, 398-9450. New location at 4th & Ocean.

Kirk’s Pizza Amazing steak sandwiches.

44 Route 9, Marmora. 390-1845.

Nauti Donuts Try the Salty Dog... maple icing, porkroll, salted caramel drizzle. 2133 Asbury, 609-938-2253.

Manco & Manco Pizza Three locations on the Boards. 7th, 9th, and 12th Streets.

399-2548.

Ocean City Coffee Company The perfect cup of coffee. 9th & Boardwalk, & 1066 Boardwalk, 917 Asbury, 399-5533.

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GLOBAL CUISINE I SEAFOOD

Positively Fourth Street Breakfast and lunch. Dinner in season. Innovative dishes. 400 Atlantic, 814-1886.

Wards Pastry Butter cookies, sticky buns, scrapple pie. 730 Asbury, 399-1260. Open year round.

Yoasis Beach Bowls Fro yo, acai bowls, pitaya bowls, smoothies. 1242 Boardwalk, 938-0898.

Starbucks 1061 Asbury, 938-6905.

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Adelene Serving breakfast and lunch daily. New Burger Bar. Gorgeous beachfront space. 1510 Boardwalk, 800334-4546.

Cousin’s Varied and sophisticated menu.

Outside dining, catering too. 104 Asbury, 399-9462.

Crab Trap Seafood, prime rib, steak and pasta dishes. 2 Broadway, Somers Point, 927-7377.

Emily’s Ocean Room Cafe High tea all summer, breakfast and lunch year round.

11th & Boardwalk, 398-5700. Open year round.

Hula Restaurant and Sauce Company Tasty Hawaiian cuisine. We love the Firecracker Shrimp. 940 Boardwalk, 399-2400.

Jay’s Crabshack 737 Asbury, 399-4022.

Open year round.

Jon & Patty’s Healthy, creative bistro fare.

New second floor seating. 637 Asbury Avenue, 399-3377. Open year round.

Mildred's Strathmere Restaurant Italian specialties, seafood. 901 Ocean Drive, Strathmere 263-8203.

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Oves Restaurant Fresh seafood dinners, homemade apple cider donuts. 4th & Boardwalk, 398-3172.

Red’s Jersey-Mex Superior Mexi/ Southwest food. Gluten-free menu. 11th & Haven, 399-2272.

Sandwich Bar Made to order sandwiches including lobster rolls and salads. Old Bay fries, too. 3255 Asbury, 609-741-9888.

Spadafora's Restaurant & Clam Bar Famous dockside fresh local flavor. 843 Atlantic, 398-6154.

Spadafora's Seafood Market Large, fresh selection of takeout fish and shellfish. 932 Haven, 398-6703.

Tomatoes High-end fare and sushi. 9300 Amherst, Margate. 822-7535.

Tuckahoe Inn Back Bay Cafe with live music, Boat Bar. 1 Harbor Road & Route 9, Beesley’s Point, 390-3322. Open year round.

Voltaco’s Everything Italian. Sandwiches, dinners, sauces. 957 West, 399-0753.

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THE LOOK

Hope Springs Eternal

Molly and Nick step out onto the OC Golf Course in spring looks from Seventh Street Surf Shop – 7thstreetsurfshop.com

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Local Ocean

ADORABLE CREATURE OF THE MONTH

Northern Cardinal The male Northern Cardinal is perhaps responsible for getting more people to open up a field guide than any other bird. They’re a perfect combination of familiarity, conspicuousness, and style: a shade of red you can’t take your eyes off. Even the brown females sport a sharp crest and warm red accents. Cardinals don’t migrate and they don’t molt into a dull plumage, so they’re still breathtaking in winter’s snowy backyards. In summer, their sweet whistles are one of the first sounds of the morning. Northern Cardinals eat mainly seeds and fruit, supplementing these with insects (and feeding nestlings mostly insects). Common fruits and seeds include dogwood, wild grape, buckwheat, grasses, sedges, mulberry, hackberry, blackberry, sumac, tulip-tree, and corn.

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>>>>•<<<< OCEAN CITY EMPLOYEES Terry Carrelli interviews a few hard workers around town

John Panagiotidis, Johnson's Appliance

Sandy Colao, Prep's Pizza

John Brittin, Village Pharmacy

Favorite Rock Group? Journey.

Favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni.

Beach or Bay? The bay.

Texting or calling? Texting.

Favorite tv show? This is Us.

Jimmies or sprinkles? Sprinkles.

The most picked out color by customers for their kitchens? Stainless steel.

Beach or bay? The beach.

Are you afraid of snakes? Not really.

What show are you currently binge watching? Pretty Little Liars.

Dogs or cats? Dogs.

Hulu or Netflix? Netflix.

Coffee or Tea? Coffee.

Dogs or cats? Dogs, I have a yellow lab named Cooper.

Favorite place to be besides Ocean City?

On my boat.

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The Interview Carrie Merritt, Cape May County Teacher of the Year, teaches Nick Matousch a thing or two

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CEAN City School District staff continues to prove itself exemplary in education, with primary school teacher Carrie Merritt in the forefront this year.

As Cape May County Teacher of the Year, Carrie's movement-based program gets the ball rolling on effective learning in the classroom.

What grade do you teach in Ocean City?

I’m a first grade teacher at the primary school. I taught kindergarten for my first six years here, and then the last seven years I've taught first grade.

How did you get into teaching?

I realized a marketing job in Philly wasn’t going to work, so I quickly got a job as a first grade aide in Millville. I went back and got my teaching certificate from Montclair and then became a preschool teacher there for five years before applying to a kindergarten teaching position in Ocean City.

What is your philosophy in the classroom?

Education should be meaningful, fun, and meet the needs of all learners.

We live in a day and age where it’s unsure whether that's where teachers are focusing.

What are some unique things you do in the classroom to help your kids learn?

We start each day with a warm welcome to get the ball rolling. It’s a social piece that is missing in many classrooms though. Throughout the day we take brain breaks – just a few minutes where we get up and move and do exercise. During our reading time, I have little peddle cycles for kids to use under their desks.

Using physical movement in the classroom to boost cognitive brainpower to help deal with psychological wellness.

Favorite aspect about working in the Ocean City School District?

The community aspect – I get to follow my kids. We are the “Merritt Monkeys” in my classroom, so as they move along through the school district, it sticks with them. It helps the kids grow.

Once a monkey, always a monkey!

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What does being selected as Cape May County’s Teacher of the Year mean to you?

It's been a really cool experience. As teachers, you hope you never let your practice get old. You always want to provide the best curriculum for your students, dig deeper into your tools, and take in all the things you've learned in your experiences to take it to a new level.

You hope to always be reaching the kids. I’m an uber competitive person in all aspects of my life, and this lets me up my game even more.

Have you received any other awards in your teaching career?

I was the 2015-2016 Atlantic Care Healthy Teacher of the Year. It's often gym teachers who receive that. To be a classroom teacher and get that, I was pretty proud.

Do you have any bad habits as a teacher you're trying to break?

I get so excited about life and teaching, and I tell the kids they need to “simmer down,” but I'm the one pumping them up.

Do you have a favorite snack during snack time?

Generally PB&J. Or Barefoot Market muffins, they are my little weakness. All my kids will tell you Miss Merritt drinks a lot of coffee.

What kind of student were you?

I was a pretty good listener (my dad was my principal). I was driven to get good grades because I wanted to play whatever season it was. When I went to school for teaching though, I was really engaged in what I was learning.

What would be the ideal place in OC for a field trip?

I would take them to a Bayside center type place. The ocean is awesome but there is something to be said about the bay as well. So many of them live here but are not exposed to the actual nature we have here.

They see the bay every day but they don’t understand the recreation that occurs on there and the natural resources and wildlife.

What is your personal motto?

Get better every day but have fun every day.

BENNIE’S BREAD & Italian Market Everything Tastes BETTA on a Bennie’s Roll

1159 Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, NJ 609-398-9450 • www.benniesbread.com

Old World Hearth Baked Bread • Homemade Italian Food Brick Oven Pizza • Breakfast Sandwiches • Lunch Specials Catering Available

Open Weekends ‘Til Father’s Day

8am-7pm Friday & Saturday • 8am-4pm Sunday

Bennie’s Northend location is at 4th & Ocean!

Local Ocean Snapshot

Comic Con

Clockwise from top: Tierney Kane, Sam Petrinec, Kai Linthicum, Keira Linthicum, Madelyn Petrinec, Grace Petrinec, Grace Kane, Maeve Geary, Kailey & Kaiden Janto; Luke Petrecca; Nadine, Millie, Leo & Bennet Crone; Rob, Amy & Anthony Hartman; Rob & Hailey Smith; Jamila Howard & Amy Seiden.

Photos by Kerri Janto.

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Girls Weekend

Clockwise from top: Caitlyn Steel, Sophie Jackson, Erin Cantwell & Keira Reilly; Makayla, Shelley & Ashlee Lenhardt; Katie, Mary Lou & Lauren Cwart & David Sedberry; Aubrey Atkinson, Brooke Sharp & Adrienne Sharp; Tara Landis, Jamie Lowery, Shannon McCracken & Jess Brown; Eryn Holloway, Kayla Austin (from 95.1 WAYV), Paula Howard, Dianne Mitchell (95.1 WAYV), Amy Graves, Corinne Young & Meghan Sullivan.

Photos by Kerri Janto.

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Local Ocean Snapshot

Egg Hunt

Clockwise from top: Connor McGovern & Will Laughrey; Leah, Grace & Joe Addis; Ava Kelly & Isabella Williams; Matthew & Juliet Gibbons; Hailey Gamberg; Madison Spizarny, Xander Jamison, Brooke Kozeniewski, Natalie Schwartz & Justin Leason.

Photos by Kerri Janto.

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Around Town

Clockwise from top: Earl Gabriel & Alex Talese at Jon & Pattyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; Nancy & Joe Babcock at Luigi's & La Cena Club Di Luigi; Liana Foire & Hanna Longfellow at Bungalow Bowls; Jayne Leonetti at Spotted Whale; Waverly & Ethan Dunn, Jeremy Nordberg & Colin Devine at 7th Street Surf Shop; Kristin Gallagher & Bill Heap at Saltworks Studio.

Photos by Kerri Janto.

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Local Ocean May Events Performing the best of the '60s, '70s and '80s Sing-A-Long music on dueling grand pianos. Showtime 7:30pm. Ocean City Tabernacle, 550 Wesley Avenue. General Admission: donation $15 per person, ($10. with school ID) Tickets will be sold at the door, based on availability. For tickets in advance email: pianomenconcert@gmail. com.

Scott Nuss will be performing at Tunes for Trees on May 11

4 SPRING BLOCK PARTY 9am-5pm from 5th-14th Streets on Asbury Avenue. Over 350 crafters, food vendors, music and more.

4 & 5 BOARDWALK & DOWNTOWN MERCHANT TABLE SALES (No Vendors) 6th to 14th Streets on the Boardwalk and Asbury Avenue.

5 WALK MS OCEAN CITY 2019 Walk to create a world free of MS. Ending multiple sclerosis for good will take care of all of us. Walk MS helps us team up with friends, loved ones and co-workers to change the world for everyone affected by MS. Together, we become a powerful source.

And with every step we take, every dollar we raise…. we are that much closer. Site opens 9am and walk begins at 10am. Ocean City Civic Center. 501 Atlantic Avenue. For more information, www.walkMS.org or 267-7655145.

11 MARTIN Z. MOLLUSK DAY Come and find out if summer is coming early. 11am at 9th Street beach.

11 MODERN MUSCLE CAR INVASION Modern Muscle Cars will be displayed on the Boardwalk between 5th and 14th Streets, Noon-5pm. For more information, visit www.modernmusclecarinvasion.com.

11 TUNES FOR TREES A concert benefiting the Pinelands Preservation Alliance featuring the Piano Men Scott Nuss and Andrew Hink.

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11 BALLROOM WITH A TWIST What happens when you put Dancing With The Stars pros, So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol finalists together all one stage? You get "Ballroom With A Twist." Ballroom With A Twist brings a frenzy of sizzling dance moves by professional international dancers spanning the hot moves of Samba, Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep, and Jive. As if the jaw-dropping dancers aren't enough to keep you ogling at smooth moves and high kicks, several of your favorite American Idol finalists will also be joining the bill with their powerhouse hit songs. Location: Ocean City Music Pier.

Moorlyn Terrace and Boardwalk. 7:30pm.

Tickets $40/$35/$30/$25. Tickets will be available at oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice or by calling 609-399-6111.

12 THE WEST CHESTER SENIOR STRINGS Free Mother’s Day Concert, 4pm at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and Boardwalk.

18 AMERICAN HEART ASSOC. HEARTWALK Registration begins at 9am at the Sports & Civic Center, 6th and Boardwalk. Walk begins at 10:30am. For more information, call 609-223-3731.

18 & 19 TREASURE HUNT Annual open beach metal detecting hunt at the Ocean City Music Pier. Special hunt for kids Saturday morning, only $5. Loaner detectors available. Access the website at www. ecrda.org for registration information or sign up at the Music Pier day of event. Sponsored by the East Coast Research and Discovery Association. For more information, call 732276-8251.

19 OCNJ TRIATHLON/DUATHLON Quarter mile pool swim, 2M Run/16M Bike/2M Run. Plus a kids course 1/8 mile swim, 1m run/8m bike/1m run. Pool swim start 6-8am. Run/Bike/Run starts 9am. For more information, call 609-399-6111 or www.ocnj.us/race-events.

24 UNLOCKING OF THE OCEAN AND BUSINESS PERSONS PLUNGE Participants dress in business suits, carry briefcases and march into the ocean to the strains of Pomp and Circumstance to welcome the new season. Noon, Moorlyn Terrace beach.

25 31 MEMORIAL BEACH CHALLENGE The main obstacle course challenge is a soft sand adventure race followed by a kids fun run. Staging at 9th Street beach.

For registration information, visit www. memorialbeachchallenge.com or call 856905-0583.

27 MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE 11am at the Ocean City Tabernacle, 550 Wesley Avenue.

27 NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE Established by Congress. Americans, wherever they are at 3pm on Memorial Day, pause in an act of national unity for a duration of one minute on the Boardwalk (5th-14th streets) as Greg Murphy of Buglers Across America sounds Taps to commemorate the moment.

31, 1 & 2 OCEAN CITY FLOWER SHOW See beautiful commercial, amateur and kids displays at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and Boardwalk. Show times are Friday 2-9pm, Saturday 10am - 9pm and Sunday, 10am - 4pm.

All dates are subject to change or cancellation.

For more information call 1-800-BEACH-NJ or 609-399-1412.

Plan Ahead

June

1 O’NEILL EAST COAST GROM TOUR SURFING CONTEST

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER Ocean City Free Public Library May 2 Downsizing/Home Staging Free workshop presented by Nancy Underwood from 10-11:30am.

6 WONDER’S BIRTHDAY BASH

May 7 Movie Night with the Fine Arts League The Social Network. 6:30pm start.

7-14 RESTAURANT WEEK

May 15 Game Night for Grown ups 5-8pm. Get your game face on. Room 116.

AT GILLIAN’S WONDERLAND PIER

7 SKATO WITH KATO 8 COP CHASE 22 ANTIQUE AUTO SHOW 26 BROADWAY ON THE OC BOARDWALK

Ocean City Historical Museum

Check out the new exhibits at the Museum.

Ocean City Arts Center

May 1 - 31

Artist Elizabeth Ohlson, Ocean City, brings her collection of beautiful quilts and wall-hangings to the Ocean City Arts Center May 1 through May 31.

A “Meet the Artist Reception" will be held Friday, May 10, from 7pm to 8:30pm. It is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served.

May 14 & 21 Create your Own Mosaic Mirror. Free two-week workshop with Michele Pasciullo. 6-8pm. Contact Julie Howard at 609-399-2434 ext 5222..

May 17 & 31 OC Pops Spring Concert Series May 17 - Common Ground May 31 - Music for the Last Day of May Both at 7pm. Free admission. No registration required.

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>>> A LOOK INSIDE

Atlantis Inn

By Jennifer Wean

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ID YOU EVER have that place you always wanted to go? Someplace that you dream of or talk about yet haven’t been to? That place for me has always been Italy. So many things to see and do, different towns and I’ve dreamt of one day getting to experience it all.

Unfortunately, as much as I have wanted to, I haven’t. Italy isn’t a place I can just load up the truck and go for a day trip. What about the kids?

I don’t have anyone to ask let alone trust to watch our kids for that long. Not to mention I love Ocean City. It's truly my heart and soul so how can I pull myself away and give up my time here to go there?

The answer is The Atlantis Inn Bed and Breakfast located on 6th and Atlantic Avenue.

This property offers 14 suites with each one named after a town or province in Spain, France and my much dreamed about Italy. The rooms are detail oriented and ornate. I couldn’t help but wonder what the motivation was behind the design.

“Well it's entertaining actually, here we have a European-like destination on the Jersey Shore there’s nothing like it,” said owner Val Reyes.

Also, each room is not only different in name but in the features offered. The 14 suites are broken up into six with king beds, six with queen beds and two that are apartments offering both a bed and a sleeper sofa as well as a full kitchen and either a private patio or screened in porch.

When planning your stay, you get exactly what you reserve. “(This helps) breach the gap of anxiety by knowing exactly what you are getting ahead of time,” said Val. There is no panic of not knowing what room you will actually receive at check in. At the time you booked your stay, you chose the room you wanted with your preferred bedding status and that is exactly what you will get when you arrive.

Another intriguing feature of The Atlantis is their keyless entry system. I asked what the purpose of 28 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE MAY 2019

offering it and when Val explained it to me and I put myself in the guests shoes, its rather ingenious! Val has a software background and he was able to take the technology for the keyless entry system which was created for personal homes and figure out a way to make it work for his Bed and Breakfast instead. Read – no more fumbling around with your room key.

“The door locks actually communicate with themselves,” said Val. We are all familiar with pin pad entry systems from using ATMS on payday right? That same type of technology is how the keyless entry works. Plus,it makes for a more efficient use of time. When you get to your resort, you are chomping at the bit to get out and enjoy yourself so the last thing you want to do is waste time right? Here, your room is pre-ordered and ready and the locks are set to go, no waiting.

That small time frame might not sound like much but it's minutes of your much anticipated vacation that's not being spent enjoying yourself.

“If you want face time to chit chat there’s always social time at 4pm when the sangria is served or at breakfast,” said Val. Both times the owner and employees are readily available for you to get to know.

Everything was well thought out when it comes to planning and implementing and breakfast can be added to that list. When 100% of customers pre-order breakfast it allows them to know the volume of guests but the amount of each item ordered so they can plan meals adequately and properly shop for the needed ingredients. Pre-ordering will give you a ten minute wait time for your meal as opposed to the 30 minute wait time without pre-ordering. Which means the sooner you eat the sooner you can get back to enjoying your vacation.

That includes heading up on the roof.

“One of the best features is the rooftop deck”, Val said. “ With its mahogany

wood, views to Atlantic City, the ocean and the ferris wheel with its light showâ&#x20AC;?

The deck can be used for lounging or entertaining and is open to all guests with two rooms on the top floor stepping out right onto the deck.

This property is not only unique but lavish and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only one question left for me.

That question being, what part of Italy do I want to stay in? Thanks to the Atlantis Inn, I'm able to experience a bit of Italy but still stay in my beloved Ocean City.

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Local Ocean It’s History

Memorial Day 1944

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EVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, Tuesday, May 30, 1944, Captain Thomas A. Williams, captain of the Ocean City Beach Patrol, led the lifeguards’ Memorial Day ceremony from the Boardwalk at Moorlyn Terrace. After watching the lifeguards raise the American flag, he said, “While the Allied offensive is reaching new heights, this is Ocean City’s most solemn Memorial Day observance. Today we pay tribute to resort men who gave their lives both in World War I and thus far in World War II.” After the Williams and the lifeguards “unlocked” the Atlantic Ocean for the summer of ’44, Joe Regan and Jack Kelly rowed a memorial wreath a short distance from the beach and placed in on the sea to honor the dead.

At 11:00 a.m., hundreds gathered in front of City Hall to pay tribute to

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By Fred Miller

Ocean City men who gave their lives fighting to defend freedom. Mayor Clyde W. Stuble, Commissioner Henry Roeser Jr., Commissioner Edward Bowker, and the Morgan-Ranck Post of the American Legion were in charge of the patriotic program.

The program began with the singing of “God Bless America” and a military march. The colors were presented by members of the American Legion. Veterans of World War I placed a floral chain linking together the World War I monument and the World War II Honor Roll.

The invocation was given by Rev. Norman V. Sargent: “On this Memorial Day we are showing our undeviating purpose of carrying high the torch of freedom and justice, unafraid, to the last outpost of civilization.”

Mayor Struble spoke of the long-awaited Allies invasion of Western

Left: Lifeguards Jack Kelly and Joe Regan rowed the memorial wreath out to sea on Memorial Day 1944.

Right: The 1944 “Greetings from Ocean City” postcard shows City Hall and the two war memorials. It also show Ocean City High School, the Post Office, and a north looking view of Asbury Avenue.

The World War II Honor Roll was unveiled on August 22, 1943. It listed the names of all the men and women from Ocean City who were members of the Armed Forces.

Names were added when necessary.

Europe. He believed it would happen soon and when it did the churches of Ocean City would be holding services of prayer and meditation for many Americans involved in the battle.

At noon the flag on the City Hall was raised from half to full staff and the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner” concluded the ceremony.

The observance of Memorial Day is Ocean City’s oldest and noblest traditions. At its core lies the most basic of the beliefs on which our country was founded: freedom is so precious it is worth the price of our lives to preserve it.

Ocean City’s Decoration Day, later known as Memorial Day, began on May 30, 1881, when Gainer P. Moore, a Civil War veteran, led a group of men along Asbury Avenue to commemorate America’s fallen soldiers. In 1884, Moore became Ocean City’s first elected mayor.

The Ocean City Beach Patrol will begin this year’s Memorial Day program on Monday, May 27 at 9am on the Moorlyn Terrace beach. A lifeguard crew will row their lifeboat a short distance from the beach and place a wreath on the Atlantic Ocean in memory of the America’s naval dead.

Ocean City’s annual Memorial Day ceremonies at Veterans Memorial Park, between 5th and 6th streets on Wesley Avenue, will begin at 11am.

Gainer P. Moore, a veteran of the Civil War, led Ocean City’s first Memorial Day remembrance on May 30, 1881.

The 1944 Memorial Day program was led by Commissioner Henry Roeser Jr., Mayor Clyde W. Struble, and Commissioner Edward Bowker.

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Local Ocean

Christin Nordberg

By Lauren Avellino Turton. Photos provided by Christin Nordberg and by Stef Godfrey.

Surf. Sketch. Sleep. Repeat.

That’s a typical summer day in the life of Ocean City’s budding artist, Christin Nordberg. The 17-year-old Ocean City High School senior has lived on the Jersey Shore island her whole young life. With the encouragement of her parents, Craig and Julie, and brothers Craig, 19, and Jeremy, 14, she spent many of those years creating unique, whimsical cartoon artwork.

“I started drawing when I was a kid in preschool,” she said.

“My mom and I would spend a lot of time writing miniature books before I could even read or write. I’d tell her what I wanted to say, then she’d write it, and I’d draw the pictures.”

Christin’s innate flair for sketching casually evolved throughout middle school, but it wasn’t until high school that she could fully explore her talent and craft.

“In high school, it really started to become my passion,” she said. “I couldn’t take art class in middle school because I was in the band. I played trumpet for years, then decided to move on to learn more about art.”

Christin began with an introductory class in studio art, where she learned to build her skills and channel her creativity. Earning solid grades, she had the option to enroll in the Advanced Placement class which qualifies her for college credits. Upon graduation, she plans to attend her college of choice, Messiah College, a private, Christian school outside Harrisburg, PA. There, Christin hopes to expand her knowledge and technique in fine arts. While she’s eager to learn a variety of mediums, Christin says she’s most drawn to cartooning.

“I love drawing in a cartoon style. It makes me happy to mimic real life,” she said. “It reflects my own view on life.”

Just take a look at Christin’s work, and you’re likely find pieces of self-reflection - some focus on more serious subjects, such as religion and politics, while others celebrate her love of family, pop culture, and fun on the beach.

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Her work depicts Star Wars and Winnie the Pooh characters, as well as her other favorite things, like tropical fish, cows, and turtles.

Often, this middle child recruits her brothers to create funky portraits and holiday cards. And the family’s beloved best buddy, their Golden Retriever Beau, she often will profile.

Much of Christin’s work celebrates the sea, the surf, and her true enjoyment of riding the waves.

“We’re a surfing family,” Christin explained. “I surf all summer long.”

Perhaps influenced by her dad who shapes surfboards as a hobby, Christin’s taken to the professional world of surfing supplies. She has spent summers not only as a devoted member of the surf team, but also working at 7th Street Surf Shop in Ocean City.

It was there Christin broke into the local commercial surf scene.

“I was working at 7th Street, and was doodling a 7th Street logo on a tiny piece of yellow paper, “ she said. “One of the employees told me I could make money off of my work. I went home, created formal copies, pitched my work to the staff, and not long after my logo for 7th Street Surf Shop made it onto t-shirts, towels, and cups.”

“Christin’s great. She has a cool, unique style,” said Colin Devine, manager of the surf shop. “I got to know her from being on the surf team, and hanging around our crowd. She showed us a few logo ideas she’d come up with, and one really resonated with me – the shark with the number seven in its mouth.”

Colin notes her style of art is very different than other designers he’s worked with in the past, and he says he’s excited to continue working with her in the future.

“She’s since revamped our surf camp logo, and continues to come up with new and cool ideas,” Colin explained.

Christin’s artwork for 7th Street did not go unnoticed.

By word of mouth, several start-up companies across the area took notice of how talented Christin is, and relied on her expertise to propel their business.

Surf Dawgs, an all-organic beach products company based out of Lavallette, distributes soy wax candles, organic lip balm, organic roll-on perfume, and other sustainable products.

Surf Dawgs’ managing and marketing guru, Ryan Santiago, hired Christin to design his company’s look.

“Christin is awesome! I’ve known her for several years through 7th Street Surf Shop,” said Ryan. “She’s created

several designs for our products, and we love her work.”

You can find Surf Dawgs items at 7th Street Surf Shop, Salt Works Studio, and Peace of Wood. Christin has also collaborated closely with local non-profit companies, including Kookie Kids. Located out of St. Peter’s United Methodist Church on 8th Street, the “Kids Helping Kids” company sells cookies for the benefit of children in need.

This charitable mission was founded, and is run by, the children of the church.

“About four years ago, my 13-year-old daughter wanted to work, but was too young for the local businesses,” recalled Jennifer Bowman of daughter, Katie. We started baking cookies at the church every Mondays. We made sure the kitchen is certified by the Board of Health, of course.”

Then, the Bowmans would sell the baked goods at the Ocean City Farmers Market held every Wednesday in the summer on the Tabernacle grounds.

The Bowman’s baking business took off. While 16-yearold Katie has since taken a job at a restaurant in town, her younger sister, Kelsea, is now at the Kookie Kids’ helm.

“Kelsea’s really into sharks,” said Jennifer. “She came up with the idea for a logo – a shark eating a cookie. After asking around, Christin was recommended to us. So, we first met with her at 7th Street Surf Shop. Her design was amazing. I told her to write me up a bill, and tried to teach her that she’s so worth it, so talented.”

Jennifer points out the amazing initiative and responsibility all of these children have embraced at such a young age.

“You have this children-run philanthropic group for starters,” she said. “It was so cool that a young art student could design the Kookie Kids logo.”

And just like that, the up-and-coming art extraordinaire, summer lovin’ surfer girl, Christin Nordberg, is making serious waves on the local art scene, and she has a pleasant personality to go with it, said many.

“She’s very personable,” said Colin. “While quiet, she always wants to be a part of what’s going on. Christin is very observant of everything around her.”

Jennifer agreed, and added, “She is just such a sweet girl.

Very easy to work with.”

You can check out all of Christin’s original artwork on her Instagram and Facebook pages @ cartoons.by.christin.

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Shopping OC Store Guide DOWNTOWN Shop Ocean City! OC’s Downtown is ready for you! Shop. Dine. Relax. 6th14th streets on Asbury Avenue.

APPAREL l SHOES

Alyse’s Shoes 951 Asbury, 391-8859.

B&B 827 Asbury, 391-0046.

Bohemian Mama 741 Asbury, 9386466.

Bowfish Kids 956 Asbury, 938-1901.

Flying Carp Clothing Gallery 745 Asbury, 391-1546.

Could Be Yours 716 Asbury, 7034457.

Colette 900 Asbury, 525-0911.

Donna Gay Dillon 725 Asbury, 3990082.

Hearth & Sole 636 Asbury & 918 Asbury, 545-8562.

Pappagallo 744 Asbury, 398-4009.

Sunseekers 751 Asbury, 399-1640.

Ta Dah Nine and Ten block of Asbury, 398-6771.

7th Street Surf Shop Clothing, sunglasses, surfboards. 720 Asbury, 398-7070.

Sea Oats 710 Asbury, 398-8399.

Seagrass Boutique 752 Asbury, 9382398

Stainton’s A gallery of shops featuring gifts, clothes, jewelry and more. 810 Asbury, 545-8681.

ART GALLERIES

Fine Arts League Local art available for purchase. 711 Asbury, 814-0308.

BEAUTY

FLORIST

SWEETS AND TREATS

HOME GOODS l JEWELRY

Jilly's Candy Factory 1040 Boardwalk, 385-1234.

Spinning Wheel 858 Asbury, 3981157.

August Heart 715 Asbury, 399-1565.

Blind Express 916 Asbury, 399-9940.

Butterfly Boutique 1125 Asbury, 3910812.

Cricket Box 810 Asbury, 391-0055.

Shriver’s Salt Water Taffy Taffy, fudge, candy. 9th and Boardwalk, 399-0100.

Shriver’s Gelato Only gelato on Boards. 9th and Boardwalk, 399-0100.

Spotted Whale 943 Asbury, 840-6667.

VARIETY/BEACH ITEMS

P. Francis 846 Asbury, 399-5570.

PET SHOP

Animal House Everything for your pet including Made-in-the-USA products. 705 Asbury, 398-3771.

Jilly’s $1 Store One dollar! 1044 Boardwalk, 399-1234.

BAY/WEST AVENUE & SIDE STREETS

SPORTS l ATHLETIC WEAR

RENTALS

Sneaker Shop Janet and Maureen know their stuff. Sneakers and apparel.

704 Asbury, 391-5223.

HOME GOODS l JEWELRY Flying Carp Gift Gallery 813 Asbury.

Harbor Outfitters 625 Asbury, 9380175.

SWEETS/GOURMET FOODS

Relax Concierge Rent linens, and more online and at 232 West, 6015077.

Rauhauser’s 721 Asbury, 399-1465.

ON THE WAY TO OC

VARIETY l BEACH ITEMS

TackleDirect The finest in fishing tackle and value. 6825 Tilton, EHT, 788-3819.

The Beachin' Bakery 1046 Asbury.

Hoy’s 5 & 10 7th & Asbury, 398Hoys.

Island Beach Gear Stop by on your way to the beach! 9th & Bay, 7883836.

BOARDWALK APPAREL

Jilly’s T-Shirt Factory Get your Phillies at Jilly’s and lots more. 762, 936 and 1048 Boardwalk, 385-1234.

BEAUTY

Artisan Body Products 920 Asbury, 398-5661.

LEH Soap Handmade soaps and body products. 1312 Boardwalk. 937 Asbury, open year round.

BOOKS l CDS l OFFICE

HOME GOODS l JEWELRY

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Mallon's Sticky buns, donuts, and more! 1340 Bay, 399-5531.

Glazed Over 704 Asbury, 398-8880.

Lindsy James Salon 945 Asbury, 5259900.

Sun Rose Words & Music Books 756 Asbury, 399-9190.

Fudge Kitchen Candy that melts in your mouth. 800 Boardwalk, 398-7457.

Henry’s OCs Landmark Jeweler OC hook bracelet, Alex & Ani, more. 1236 Boardwalk, 800-214-4435.

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Piccini's New Owners Tony and Janet Galante make their way into the pizza business Text and photos by Bill Barlow

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ANET and Tony Galante have built a personable empire on 13th Street, one that expanded with their purchase of Piccini Wood Fired Pizza at 13th Street and West Avenue in late 2018.

On a weekday morning in early spring, as the crew got the hardwood fires going for the day, they described the path that led them to the restaurant business after more than 20 years of renting bicycles on the Boardwalk. Like their other businesses, it started with a personal connection.

Janet grew up in Somers Point, part of the DiOrio family that owned and operated the popular DiOrio’s Circle Café since 1950. She was involved in that business since childhood.

Tony said he’s been involved there since the early 1980s.

Tony is an Ocean City local.

“I’m blessed. I went to Ocean City High School and came back after four years (of college) and taught there for 34,” Tony said. He taught health and physical education until his retirement six years ago. “I knew I wanted to play my whole life and that’s what I did.”

In summers, he and Janet owned and operated a bike rental place at 10th Street. A couple of blocks away, Bob and Mary Lou McDowell operated 13th Street Bikes and Bathhouse.

Tony described Bob McDowell as Ocean City’s original bike guy, and as a mentor to him. He said he got to know Bob by asking for help.

As Tony tells it, he had worked with bike rentals since he was a kid and knew how to do most repairs. Surreys, on the other hand, were more of a mystery. Bob helped him out, Tony said, 40 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE MAY 2019

and then kept his eye on the young couple for the next couple of years.

“He wanted to retire. He wanted his business to go to two Ocean City locals who would treat his customers the way he did. He literally chose us,” Tony said. That was in 1999. Bob stayed on and ran the 13th Street Bathhouse for the Galantes for another nine years, Tony said. Bob spent 50 years renting bikes on the Boardwalk and had built a devoted customer base. Tony and Janet inherited those customers.

“We have a lot of customers who literally become like family. They kind of come with the place. We inherited them,” Tony said. “We used to call them Bobbers. They grew up with Bob. They liked Bob’s ways. And now they’re ours.”

They’re hoping for a similarly smooth transition at Piccini. They have no major changes planned, aside from offering lunchtime delivery. The restaurant has long changed its menu in the summer, both to highlight seasonal ingredients and to take some of the

>>>> SAUCE ME Community is key for Tony and Janet Galante - the new owners of Piccini on 13th Street

most time-consuming items off for the busiest time of year.

But Tony said those will be back in the fall just like every year.

The year-round regulars know about the change.

“Everyone has welcomed us here with open arms and made the transition really, really nice,” said Janet. “The employees, the customers, the community. Everyone.”

“It’s touching. It really is,” Tony added.

Just like he had to do with Boardwalk surreys, Tony said he’s got a lot to learn about pizza, especially cooking it with a wood fire, a much more complex method he and the regular customers say pays off in flavor and texture.

The restaurant gets wood delivered regularly and keeps the fires going throughout the day, starting before the restaurant opens. An electric pizza oven has uniform heat – some operations have multiple levels of pizzas going at once, rotating around a huge oven. The wood-fired brick oven is much less even and the pizza placed close to the fire must be constantly turned to cook evenly.

Good pizza is a more complicated dish than many realize.

Making the dough requires accounting for myriad variables like the temperature, humidity and more. Tony said he’s becoming a competent baker but wants to learn the entire process, start to finish.

“He doesn’t cook a thing,” interjected Janet. Or at least, he didn’t before they bought the restaurant. But the staff stayed on through the transition, with two pizza makers with more than 20 years of experience at the shop, along with a chef who’s been there just as long. Other staff members have worked more than a decade at the shop.

“There’s a lot of experience there, and they’re really good at teaching,” Tony said.

Dave Cates, the former owner, used to ride his bike along the Boardwalk and down the 13th Street ramp every morning.

He told Dave if he ever decided to sell the business to talk to them first. Eventually, Dave was ready.

“We got all of our businesses through a simple, casual conversation,” said Tony. “We bought 10th Street over a hot dog at a wrestling match.”

Both Janet and Tony spend most of every day at the 13th Street lot, where they park cars in addition to renting bikes and surreys and operating the last remaining bath house in the resort. Janet jokes that they rarely leave that block, but now have a reason to go a little farther west.

“We don’t get off 13th Street. We like the number 13,” she said.

Tony regularly spends time at DiOrio’s, and both will be spending extensive time at Piccini as well.

“I failed retirement. I tell everybody,” he said.

This summer, their two grown sons will help out at the businesses. The oldest, Joe, is 35 and the head wrestling coach at the College of New Jersey. Mike, 33, is an analyst who

works in international finance and is able to work remotely.

Things are lining up for them to each be able to spend more time at the family business this year.

“They’ve always helped us a little bit. They’re going to help us more this summer,” Tony said. Even with the additional help, friends told them they were crazy to take on an additional business. Both said they were trying to build something for the future, something with deep roots and strong community connections their sons could one day take over.

This will be their first summer at the restaurant. Tony hopes to bring the unique sense of community they have on the Boardwalk to the new location.

“We have a lot of people that come early in the morning, ride bikes, use the bathhouse to change, go to the beach, come back, shower, go to the Boardwalk. They’re there from eight in the morning until 10 at night,” he said.

“Now they can come to Piccini for dinner,” Janet added. “They can spend the whole day at 13th Street with the Galantes.”

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URLED against the arm of a comfy sofa at her shop, The Road to Living Well at 1028 Asbury Avenue, Paula Popilock talks CBD. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is found in cannabis plants, including hemp and marijuana, one of hundreds of compounds in the plant. It does not cause intoxication. Proponents attribute to it myriad beneficial properties.

In the spacious shop, Paula said she's seen dramatic results for her customers.

The popularity and availability of CBD has skyrocketed, with one analysis predicting it could soon be a $22 billion industry.

Supporters present it as something close to a miracle, helping with anxiety, arthritis, back pain and a host of other complaints.

Because the effects have not been evaluated by the federal Food and Drug Administration, manufacturers cannot claim any specific health benefits or curative properties for CBD. At the shop, Paula offers a wide variety of items containing CBD. Many are applied

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topically, like salves, balms and creams as well as dermal patches. There are also options that can be inhaled, along with edible products like CBD-infused candies, cookies and coffees, along with lozenges and drops. The shop has several bath items also.

There are CBD products for pets, along with some hemp-derived skin care products that contain no CBD. Up front is a selection of stylish clothing made from hemp, a product that has been used in textiles for thousands of years.

Paula said she started using CBD years ago,

THE ROAD TO LIVING WELL to help with chronic arthritis and anxiety. After she had used CBD products herself, she said, she would bring some in for the elderly people she cared for as a home health care worker, hoping to offer some relief from arthritis pain and other aches.

She recently retired after 25 years in home health care with South Jersey Home Care, where she was the CEO and a certified senior advisor.

Some health experts say there may be benefits from CBD, but so far there is little evidence. In part, Paula said, that’s because of the difficulty in studying the effects. Until recently, the chemical remained highly restricted under federal drug law, even for most medical research.

“We can’t define any diagnoses or any cures because the FDA hasn’t approved it,” she said. “I just educate. I educate them on each product.”

That includes details on how each was produced, usually including where the hemp was grown. She described a market with limited regulation.

“All I do is research all day long,” Paula said. “I talk to companies about how they’re growing it, where they’re growing it, how they’re extracting it. And then I do my very best due diligence to bring in the products that are meeting my standards but are also the best price.”

Paula believes there are many more effective uses waiting to be studied and explored. Some proponents suggest CBD can help with digestive issues, pain, eczema and other issues. She cited examples of some of her customers who have felt immediate relief after using products from her store.

In 2018, the federal Farm Bill eased restrictions on growing and selling hemp, which had previously been lumped under the same rules as marijuana. They are genetically the same plant, but while marijuana has been bred to

Paula Popilock was born and raised in Ocean City where she operates her latest business, The Road

maximize its level of the intoxicating chemical THC, hemp was bred for other properties, such as its strength as a fiber.

Hemp has been used to make rope and textiles for thousands of years.

The fast-growing plant is used to create a strong, light material often used for clothing and shoes. It’s been used for paper and more recently as the basis for a number of bio-plastics, including some being used in automobiles.

Hemp production and use was sharply restricted in the United States starting in the 1930s with the start of federal restrictions on marijuana.

With broad support, the Farm Bill dramatically eased restrictions on hemp, defining it as containing less than 0.3 percent THC. The bill also opened the door for products derived from hemp, including CBD. CBD products do not produce intoxication.

Paula described the work in home health care as rewarding but also emotionally and physically exhausting.

“I was on call 24-7 for 25 years” she said.

In the summer of 2018, Paula still had her office in the back and The Road shop in a small spot up front. She’d run up front from the office if she heard someone come in, and if five came in at once the place was packed.

She was determined to retire at 25 years, which came in November.

Since then, Paula greatly expanded the retail area, which is now a spacious, well-appointed space with clothing up front and the various products displayed in sections.

She said she is happy to advise customers on their options. She offers a limited line of vape products, which allows for the fastest absorption of CBD. “It’s the quickest relief you can get. It’s also the most transient,”

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she said. Longer-term options include transdermal patches that allow CBD to be absorbed through the skin. There are also lozenges that are dissolved under the tongue or drops. Customers have to find their correct concentration of CBD and their preferred option.

“Oh, I love the honeys,” she said. Along with CBD-infused honey, she also has several candies and cookies. To be properly absorbed, she said, the CBD should be combined with a fat, such as coconut oil. Paula said she’s working with a local baker on recipes for locally produced CBD-infused baked goods. She hopes to offer them at Ocean City’s farm market this summer.

The Road also has a line of CBD-infused coffees. She said some places include a drop of CBD oil in prepared coffee, but according to Paula, it should be infused in the bean to be absorbed by the body, stating that oil and water don’t mix.

Paula was born and raised in Ocean City. She now lives in Upper Township and remains involved in the local community.

She has two grown sons.

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SO OTHERS MAY LIVE:

LIFE SAVING STATION 30

By Deborah Worchel. Photos by Stef Godfrey.

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N 1886, U.S. Life Saving Station 30 stood guard on the beach, with only a patch of dune grass separating it from the sandy beach and the relentless ocean. The treacherous ocean contributed to the average of four shipwrecks a month for which the surfmen of station 30 were ready. In the 130 odd years since it was first built, the changing coastline and subsequent development in Ocean City make it difficult to stand at the corner of 4th and Atlantic and imagine the lifesaving station as the lone sentinel it once was. Step inside, however, and you are immediately transported to the life of a surfman at the turn of the century.

Around 1900, employment as a surfman made you a government employee. Surfmen were paid $40 a month in silver dollar coins. According to local historian and chairman of non-profit organization U.S. Life-Saving Station 30, John Loeper, a census done at the turn of the century valued a surfman at $500, while the same census valued a farmer who owned 20 acres in nearby Tuckahoe at only $50. While the salary may sound enticing, life as a surfman was demanding, difficult, and dangerous. John notes that some men “drifted in and out of the service,” and speculates that “many had something in their past related to an incident that had happened on the water and deeply affected them.” Indeed, the motto of Ocean City Station 30 was, “You have to go out; You don’t have to come back; So others may live.”

In order to join the lifesaving service, you had to pass a physical

and be somewhat literate. To encourage literacy among the men in service, as well as to offer something in the way of entertainment for the men in their downtime, the service provided monthly library boxes. An exact replica of a library box occupies a prominent location in the dining room of the restored lifesaving station, which is exactly where it would have been at the turn of the century. The Library Box is a portable wooden book case, or mini library, and these would be transferred between stations every month in order to promote literacy and prevent boredom. The library box is only one of many precisely replicated period details in the dining room. The green window shades, for example, were made by a company in Atlanta called “The Shady Ladies” to be perfect replicas of the shades that would have hung in the station, right down to the crochet ring pulls. The chairs in the dining room were acquired from the Christian Brothers at 31st Street and were listed on the furniture inventory there in 1904, so they are both period appropriate and were in use on the island at the time. The tables in the room were recreated from photos, as was the corner hutch which would have held the plates, utensils and glasses for the room.

The dining room was the main area for the surfmen to gather when they weren’t working. The wood stove in the corner provided the only heat in the building other than the cooking stove in the kitchen. The men ate their meals in this room, socialized here, and read or played games. In addition to their rescue and patrol

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duties, the surfmen purchased and cooked their own food. Surfmen also provided food and shelter for any and all victims they rescued from the ocean. After a shipwreck, all the rescued sailors were housed and fed at the rescue station until they could arrange for transportation off the island. The money to pay for the food came directly from the surfmen’s pay, making them financially and physically responsible for the well being of those they rescued long after the rescue itself was complete.

Any sailors or other victims rescued from the ocean would sleep in the upstairs dormitory where the surfmen slept.

“The second floor was only two rooms which were separated by the staircase going up through the center of the house,” John explained.

John believes the second floor will be open to visitors this summer, as the museum has secured funds to complete the renovations to that floor. These will continue the exacting care and attention to detail applied to the restoration of the first floor and will showcase the dormitory with lockers above the boat room, which is where the surfmen and rescued sailors would have slept. The other upstairs room is the Keeper’s Room, though John pointed out the bed in the Keeper’s office downstairs and said, “Usually the Keeper ended up sleeping in his office and giving his upstairs bedroom to the First Surfman, allegedly as a ‘perk’.” John laughed and continued, “The reality though is that the office is closer to the heat source in this building and so the

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Keeper wanted to sleep where it was warm!”

John and other volunteer staff are adding personal effects to the rooms so visitors can get a true sense of the identities of the men who chose such a harsh and demanding way of life. One of the current projects focuses on assembling detailed dossiers of the men who served here. Though not a personal effect, one small detail epitomizing both the station itself and the mundane daily tasks of the men who staffed it are the small metal tags hanging from hooks in the kitchen.

The surfman tasked with walking the beach carried one in order to confirm he had completed his patrol. As he reached a point where he would check in with a patrol man from another station, he would exchange his tag, printed with the station name and #, for the tags of the other surf man’s station. The other station’s tag would be checked in at station #30 and then returned during the next patrol. In an age of rapid electronic communications, such a simple yet slow physical system of communication embodies the stark contrast between the life of a 1905 era surfman and the life of a 2019 OCBP member or 2019 Coast Guard member.

Although the first floor appears nearly complete to visitors, the lifesaving museum resembles any other historical project in the sense that learning about one detail nearly always opens the door to yet another investigation. To make more of the information readily available to the public, another ongoing project involves creating

short documentary style films using photographs and even some short video from the era. Eventually these will play on wall mounted screens throughout the station. One film on surfboats is nearly complete and includes footage from the first outdoor film Thomas Edison produced, as he took video of a surfboat in the water somewhere on the Jersey Coast for his first film.

The surfboat used to patrol the coast to rescue victims from a shipwreck at that time was known as a “Jersey Type Pulling Surfboat.” Since no known boats from that era still exist, a precise replica of this surfboat was commissioned and built in North Carolina at the Maritime Museum and now sits in the Ocean City station. Shaw & Tenney in Maine is currently making a full set of oars, each of which will be exactly 13 ½ feet long. The boat was operated by an eight men crew, sitting opposite to the rowing side.

“This is a unique opportunity. This exact boat has not existed and has not been seen for nearly 100 years, so I think it is going to get a lot of interest,” said John.

The museum hopes to offer a rowing experience this summer for members of the public interested in seeing firsthand what it was like to row one of these large surfboats through the ocean. In addition, John would love to put together a crew capable of rowing the boat who might be able to “go on tour” with the boat to events such as the Mystic Small Craft Workshop and the St. Michaels Maritime Event. A boat builder himself, John recognizes the interest the replica surf boat will generate among other boat enthusiasts, as well as the opportunity for the boat and crew to serve as ambassadors for Ocean City, N.J. Closer to home, John has other plans to raise funds for the ongoing restoration work and to gain publicity and visitors for the life saving station.

Sometime this summer, the museum plans to host a croquet tournament on the grounds outside the museum. John suggests those interested in participating can form teams and enter or support the event by “sponsoring a wicket in much the same way people sponsor holes in a golf tournament.”

The dates are not yet set; stop by or call the museum for updates.

From the opportunity to play croquet on the lawn, to the chance to row a replica of a surfboat in the open ocean, to the opportunity for children and adults alike to try their hand at completing a report at the Keeper’s desk, those who visit will be “living history,” and fulfilling the visions of the nonprofit group. Life Saving Station 30 stands at 4th and Atlantic today as a new type of sentinel, preserving the past for the future.

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All in the Family

MULTI-GENERATIONAL BUSINESSES IN OCEAN CITY

By Nick Matousch

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EXT TIME you go to the Ocean City Boardwalk, look to see if you can find the ‘established’ date on the signs of the shops. New storefronts are always popping up on the Boardwalk and Downtown, but you may notice a few that have been in business for a very long time. Places like Shriver's, Manco and Manco, Gillian's, Del's Grill, and so many more have been run by families for generations.

“Shriver’s first opened in 1898. I’m the fourth generation in my family to be owner and operator of Shriver’s Salt Water Taffy and Fudge,” said Meryl Vangelov. “My husband Blue and I bought it from my mom and uncle in 2010. We are trying to continue the traditions of Shriver’s as close as we can while bringing new experiences to our customers."

Just as with operations at Shriver’s, tradition has been a long standing principle in Ocean City. Many vacationers come here out of tradition – since their families brought them here as kids, they return with their kids to relive the experiences of childhood summer bliss.

Local business owners making up the economy of Ocean City have a tradition of their own as well: hard work. Many local names ring a bell in all ages of your family because of the hard work each of their families have done each summer.

“I entered into my father’s real estate business when I was in my 20s,” said Michael Monihan of Monihan Realty. Michael is the second generation of the family to be involved in real estate. His son Chris, the third generation, works with his father to continue on the legacy.

Alex Oves is the second generation of the Oves family to own and operate the restaurant at the north end of the Boardwalk, having taken over for his father Tom Sr. who ran it for a 40-year plus run. Pat O’Hara from Uncle Bill’s Pancake House is the third generation of the O’Hara family owned spot. Reaching these types of milestones are rare accomplishments in business: Only 12 percent nationally of family owned ventures make it as far as Uncle Bill’s Pancake House.

A staggering three percent have lasted as long as Shriver’s. Both eateries have been operating their businesses for a number of years, and are beginning to bring the next generation in, as Monihan has done.

“My son worked a corporate job for six or seven years,” said Michael. “Seeing the corporate world was a good experience learning about business for a small family boutique.”

“My oldest spent last summer working at Shriver's’ for the first time,” said Meryl. “Hopefully he can go to college and bring Shriver’s into another generation.”

“Having someone from the family in the store shows that being consistent is key. It's important for quality control,” said Pat. “If you work hard, it shows, and we work really hard [as a family] to earn the reputation we have.”

Working hard doesn’t just mean hustling in the kitchen or long hours behind the desk – it also includes paying attention to what's going on in their customers’ lives when they come in. If you look at today’s menus compared to those of 15, even ten years ago, you'll see that the O’Hara family, the Oves, and many other families across town have made some additions and changes to the original selections.

“We have had to adjust and accommodate with special requests in the past ten years,” said Alex, current owner of the namesake eatery. “A lot more people have food allergies, gluten intolerances,

vegetarian requests than they used to.”

“People are eating healthier, so more vegan friendly items are getting popular,” Pat said.

Not only are restaurants changing, but the way business runs in today’s world has evolved as well.

“When my father was in business, it was done with a handshake,” said Michael. “Now selling a house has an eighteen-page contract that you have to follow. Back then when you wanted to build a house you just filled the lot in and built it. But now there are regulatory and environmental changes you have know about.”

Despite more processing and regulation than any era before, change does bring forth benefits to business. Adapting has given family businesses the ability to go beyond the limits of their parent’s capabilities.

“Shriver’s used to be mainly salt water taffy, because the taffy wouldn’t melt like chocolate would,” said Meryl. “When air conditioning was introduced, more chocolates were brought into the store. Also, with the internet, we have been able to sustain ourselves and grown through the winter. Holiday orders online mean more business.” “[My father] Tom didn’t want to do dinners,” Alex remembered. “He was already well established and worried about hurting the business if we didn’t do it right. The dinners and breakfasts complimented each other though. With that, and adding donuts to our menu, it worked and we have something for everyone.”

As what they do continues to work, family establishments reap the benefits in more ways than just financially. Adaptation brings in business from old and new customers alike, but the rewards evolve as owners get more integrated into their communities.

“The business owners are not in competition with each other, because you don’t know when you might need a hand from someone,”said Tom Oves, Sr., the founder of Oves’ Restaurant. “If you work with each other in this town, you have someone to call if you need.”

“It's a service business,” said Michael. “But some customers turn into long time friends. My father made friends through the business, and those customers had children that I made friends with.”

“Being active in this family business has given a lot of opportunity for us to spend time with each other,” continued Alex. “It helped me spend more time with my kids, watch them grow up. For my parents, my brothers and I working there in the summers helped anchor us to the community. All of my father’s kids live within three blocks, whereas some families move away to every corner of the country and never see each other.”

Ocean City is America’s Greatest Family Resort not just because they are family friendly for vacationers. At its core, Ocean City is a family town. Establishments owned and operated by generations of the same family have reinforced the tradition. This is why children have stayed in the area generation after generation, to keep their family’s mom and pop shops open as a reflection of the strong family units that exist here.

“Continuing business is about being open minded to new ideas and not getting stuck,” said Meryl. “You have over the moon dreams for the kids, but if mine were to end up running Shriver’s, I would be very proud of that.”

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“IT IS A WAY OF CARRYING ON HAILEY’S MISSION, BUT ALSO CELEBRATING HER LIFE.”

H

AILEY PARKER was a summer resident of Ocean City, a lover of dancing and ice cream, and a big supporter of Alex’s Lemonade Stand. During her adventures here she would play on the playgrounds and participate in tennis camps at the courts on Fifth Street and Atlantic Avenue. She even had her last birthday party down here; it was during the off season... she just wanted to be here that much.

Hailey passed away in late 2015 at age 11 from glioblastoma, the same brain cancer that took the life of Senator John McCain.

On June 9, kids (and adults) in Ocean City will gather together and enjoy some of the Hailey’s favorite things, at the “Dancing For Hailey” Dance Party.

A block party sponsored by the city on 8th Street, between Wesley and Ocean Avenue, Dancing for Hailey is a tribute to Hailey’s life and benefit for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, an organization committed to raising funds and awareness for pediatric cancer. The day is all about doing the things Hailey liked to do – from dancing with a DJ and the OC Nor’easters soccer team to eating frozen yogurt from Yoasis, the event is filled with family friendly activities.

But that’s not all there is at this block party. The Varsity Inn sells hot dogs for a dollar. Bohemian Mama makes flower crowns for the kids, and Eleven Studio Salon does manicures. There’s a silent auction where everyone try to win kid friendly prizes, from surf camps and dance lessons to a bike from Annarelli’s.

Even the Fire Department comes with their trucks and to show the kids how to use the hoses. The community comes out to support the fundraiser and contribute to the cause.

“Hailey’s dance school in Newtown Square, Pa did this type of event, and we thought we could do it in Ocean City,” said Dana Linthicum. Dana is a member of the ‘Lemon Crusaders’ – a group of moms close with Kim Parker, Hailey’s mother, who organize the event and support the Alex’s Lemonade Stand foundation.

“It is a way of carrying on Hailey’s mission, but also

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The Parkers and the Linthicums.

Kim Parker and her son, Finn.

celebrating her life. It’s all about dancing, having ice cream and having fun. We are raising money for a bigger cause.”

Dancing for Hailey may be fenced in on Eighth Street, but by no means is it closed event. The dance party and all activities are open to the public. A small $10 donation is suggested at the entrance.

Between a dance party from 11am to 1pm, a free Yoasis bowl, and an all day wristband to Playland’s Castaway Cove, you are given access to a pretty fun time.

On the receiving end, the donation is invaluable. All money raised at Dancing for Hailey – from the entrance fees to the dollar that gets you that hot dog – goes straight to the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. No vendors pocket a single cent, contributing all they can into making this day as much of a success as possible. Everyone supports the cause, fundraising for the research in hopes of finding a cure for glioblastoma.

“Less than 12 percent of money raised for cancer research goes to pediatrics,” said Dana. “Every penny we raise directly impacts children.”

Even the kids partaking in the event pitch in by raising their own donation funds, running their own Alex’s Lemonade Stands on Memorial Day Weekend throughout Ocean City. On the day of the dance party, the kids donate the money they raised, all in the name of their friend. Hailey and her cousins initially started raising money for cancer research by doing their own Alex’s Lemonade Stand in 2015, raising $529 dollars.

“While she was in the hospital, Hailey heard about Alex’s Lemonade Stand and wanted to do something, so they started their own stand (in Ocean City),” said Dana. “Hailey stood for the first half hour, then sat, then laid down, but she was still selling the

lemonade. It was a testament to who she was. She was still trying to help other kids.”

June 9 will be the fourth year of the Dancing for Hailey block party. The event was originally intended to be a small function at the Dance Place on 8th Street, owned by Mary Beth Snow, a friend of Dana’s. But overwhelming support from the community forced the event to spill out onto the sidewalk and take up the whole block in front of the studio. In the years since Hailey’s own lemonade stand, the Dancing For Hailey event has contributed over $50,000 to the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, and the Crusaders are hopeful for what the 2019 event can bring.

“By putting a name and a face to it, it teaches the kids the importance of giving back,” said Mary Beth.

In the summer of 2015, the Music Pier put ‘Fight Like Hail’ on their Boardwalk billboard, which eventually became Hailey’s slogan.

The catchphrase is now on wristbands and tee shirts that will be featured at the event.

“It was huge for her to see ‘Fight Like Hail’ up on the sign,” said Kim. “That was just an overwhelming outpouring. Everyone just wanted to help and everyone wanted to make her smile. She would just love the event today – she loves to dance, she loves to be with her friends and would love to know that she is making such a difference.”

The event has pulled together the community.

“We never dreamed it would be this big,” said Mary Beth. “But you get the right people behind you, and that is how we turned it into what it is.”

Dana agreed.

“When we started the ‘Fight like Hail’ mission, Hailey couldn’t believe how many people the story reached,” said Dana. “She would be blown away at all of this happening today.”

- Text by Nick Matousch. Photos by Kerri Janto.

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Atilis Gym OC's largest gym. 1214 West, 545-8830.

FLY OCNJ Safe, thrilling parasailing adventures. 314 Bay, 398-1000.

Gillian’s Wonderland Pier New rides!

6th and Boardwalk, 399-7082.

Greate Bay Golf Club 901 Mays Landing Road, Somers Point, 927-5071.

Greate Bay Racquet and Fitness 90 Mays Landing Road, Somers Point, 9259550.

Jilly’s Arcade Awesome arcade. Ten cent skeeball! 1172 Boardwalk, 385-1234.

Leading Edge Kite School Beginner and advanced kite surfing lessons. 215-4985788.

Local Gym and Fitness Ocean City's complete gym. 908 Asbury, 545-8732.

OC Aquatic & Fitness Center Salt water pool. 1735 Simpson, 398-6900.

Ocean City Arts Center Classes, shows, summer art camp. 1735 Simpson, 3997628.

Pirate Voyages We’re going on a trip on our favorite pirate ship. 232 Bay, 3987555.

Ocean City Historical Museum Check out OC’s past through postcards, photos and exhibits. 1735 Asbury, 399-1801.

Playland’s Castaway Cove Over 30 rides, two mini golf courses, and Go Karts. 1020 Boardwalk, 399-4751.

Ocean City Library Filled with DVDs, games, and books! 1735 Simpson, 3992434.

Wet N Wild Waverunner Rentals 244 Bay, 399-6527.

OC Municipal Golf Course 12 hole, par 3. 26th and Bay, 399-5762.

Ocean City Parasail Safe and fun. 232 Bay, 399-3559.

OC Pops An Ocean City tradition. 5259248, oceancitypops.org.

Ocean City Tabernacle Shows throughout the summer. 550 Wesley Avenue, 399-1915.

OC Theatre Company Broadway style shows. 1501 West, 525-9300, oceancitytheatrecompany.com.

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Summer Broadway Series featuring a professional cast of performers and the Ocean City POPS Mamma Mia at Hughes Performing Arts Center (6th Street & Atlantic Ave) July 9, 10, & 12 at 7:30pm July 11 at 2:00pm Newsies at Hughes Performing Arts Center (6th Street & Atlantic Ave) August 6, 7 & 9 at 7:30pm August 8 at 2:00pm

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PETS OF THE MONTH >>>>•<<<<

Charlie Cheeks - Very Sweet!

Petey - Great with Children!

Annabella - Very Social!

Charlie Cheeks is a four-year-old black and white domestic short-hair cat. He was trapped as a feral cat that was hanging around a house.

The staff cleaned him up and treated some wounds. He is now neutered, up to date with his vaccines and micro-chipped. With the help of volunteers, Mr. Cheeks has turned into a very sweet, lovable cat.

Petey is a four-year old pit bull mix. He's great with children and would make an excellent companion. He was surrendered to us due to the passing of his owner. Petey is a lovable dog. Petey is neutered, up to date on his shots, micro-chipped and will have a lifetime discount to our veterinary center.

Annabella is a 13 year old spayed female front declawed cat. She is very social and likes other animals. She was surrendered to us when her previous owner had to move. Annabella takes one thyroid pill a day which makes her a special needs animal. If you are looking for a lap cat and want to give her a chance in a furever home please stop by and see her.

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OC Services PLACES TO STAY Atlantis Inn Luxury B&B European-inspired b&b, beach block location. 601 Atlantic Avenue, 3999871.

Beach Club Hotel Ocean views, pool, sun terrace. 1280 Boardwalk, 399-8555.

Beach Club Suites Near Boardwalk, well-appointed, one-bedroom suites.

1217 Ocean Avenue, 399-4500.

Ebb Tide Suites One and two bedroom apartments with balconies steps from beach. 1001 Little Atlantic Avenue, 391-9614.

The Flanders Hotel Modern, luxurious accommodations on Boardwalk. 719 East 11th Street, 399-1000.

Harris House Motel Clean, comfy and quiet rooms and a heated pool.

1201 Ocean Avenue, 399-7800.

The Impala Island Inn Refrigerators, free Wi-Fi and cable. 1001 Ocean Avenue, 399-7500.

Osborne’s Inn 50 yards from Boardwalk, free Wi-Fi, ocean view decks, parking and beach tags. 601 East 15th Street, 398-4319.

Port-O-Call Hotel Wi-Fi, meeting areas for gala receptions, small board meetings or large conferences. 1510 Boardwalk, 399-8812.

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Pete Madden Berkshire Hathaway 513-4781.

Daniel Maimone Remax 3301 Bay, 670-9978.

Long & Foster 14 E. 9th Street, 398-6762.

HOME IMPROVEMENT Ocean City Carpet & Tile 1360 Asbury, 398-7923.

DESIGN Gone Native Ad design, brochures, rack cards, logos, more. 675-0867.

MEDICAL Atlantic Coast Dentistry 450 Shore, Somers Point, 6019566.

Ocean City Family Practice Center 500 6th Street, 3991862.

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AtlantiCare Primary care, clinical laboratories, and urgent care services. 888-569-1000.

Treadmills, Ellipticals, Bikes, Stairmasters,

Cape Regional Urgent Care Quick, convenient, quality care.

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ASSET MANAGEMENT Reich Asset Management 110 Roosevelt Boulevard, Marmora, 4865073.

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INSURANCE AGENCY McMahon Insurance Agency Multiple locations, 399-0060.

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Tremendous Selection of Weights and Dumbbells

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REALTORS Goldcoast Sotheby’s International Realty 200 34th Street, 399-2500.

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