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OF SUMMER
ERIK LARSEN @ERIK_LARSEN bel during its live broadcast Friday from the bar.
We come every year, its a tradition, said Jean
POINT PLEASANT BEACH - The music and booze Denet, 50, of Harrison, New York, who was at Jenkin-
were flowing at 6 a.m. sharp on this Friday before sons with her husband, Ron, 46, and their three chil-
Memorial Day weekend, the one day of the year when dren on Friday. Weve been coming for about six or
summer revelers begin partying before most of the seven years.
Shores population has gotten out of bed. The family has a little house at the Shore where
The tradition at Jenkinsons Pavillion Restaurant they spend their summers, and the kickoff serves to
on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk goes back
about 18 years and now attracts thousands of summer
inaugurate the start of that season for them, she said.
Get some fruits, veggies
worshipers, said Toby Wolf, a spokeswoman for Jen- See SOUNDS, Page 7A
kinsons. The Brick Farmers Market will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The four-hour Pepsi Summer Kick-Off is in part- today at Windward Beach Park. The farmers market was
nership with radio station 95.5 W,PLJ and featured
MORE ONLINE started by Mayor John Ducey in 2015 as a way to lure farmers
musicians Andy Grammer, The Band Perry and Wra- Check out all the summer fun at APP.com/summerguide. to Brick and promote local commerce. The market will run
each Saturday through Sept. 23. Vendors include fresh
breadmakers, artisans and farmers.

Be a part of
the crowd!
The Spring Lake Five Mile
Run has reached its entry
limit, but spectators can still
head on down to cheer the
runners! The race will begin
at 8:30 a.m. between Sussex
and Mercer Avenue.

Rev up those motors

PHOTOS BY FRANK GALIPO/CORRESPONDENT
Top: Early-morning revelers attend the summer kickoff at Jenkinsons in Point Pleasant Beach. At left: The WPLJ morning The Sixth Annual Stokes and Environmental Programs
crew provided the entertainment at the kickoff. At right: The event featured a performance by singer LP. Car Show is today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Veterans Park in
Bayville (Berkeley Township) off Forest Hills Park. Free
admission for spectators.

Governor joins Wounded WWI

the tourists in
Seaside Heights
BOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP
SEASIDE HEIGHTS - Gov. Chris Christie in his
final Memorial Day weekend trip to the Jersey
Shore as governor didnt ride a new roller coaster
that features a 97-degree drop and speeds of 45
mph but he got a thrill, anyway, just from seeing
the swirling green track of the Hydrus on the
north side of Casino Pier.
Hydrus is the replacement for the Jet Star,
which had been a main attraction at the Seaside
Heights boardwalk for decades until it was torn
from the pier by superstorm Sandy 412 years ago.
Pictures of the mangled Jet Star sitting in the
ocean became an enduring image of Sandy.
soldiers battle
tale unearthed Music at the Shore
JERRY CARINO @NJHOOPSHAVEN
The Shore is all about great sounds. Find out what bands are
ASBURY PARK - Leslie Ferrier was rummag- touring and which artists will be on stage and when with
ing through a drawer in her mothers house in our lineups of concert venues and music festivals. Visit
Pennsylvania, looking for photos, when she came APP.com/summerguide or download the NJ TODAY app in
across six yellowed papers filled with faded hand- the Google Play or Apple app stores.
writing.
It was a letter from her grandfather, Walter
Leslie Davis, dated July 24, 1918. All this and more inside! 2A
It was sent to his sister Trixie from a hospital
near Paris.
And it detailed how he was shot during a World
War I firefight.
Around Memorial Day I always think about
him and his service, and how I didnt really know W H E R E G O L F I S

This boardwalk looks better than it ever has.
The Jersey Shore is back and better than ever,
Christie said in his visit Friday, adding that New
Jerseyans had been down but not out after
Sandy.
This roller coaster, in the same way that the Jet
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him, said the 49-year-old Ferrier, an Asbury Park
resident who was born a few months before Davis
died in 1968. This makes me feel like I have a
piece of him.
Last month marked the 100th anniversary of
Americas entry into the Great War. Melissa Zio-

See CHRISTIE, Page 5A See LETTER, Page 5A

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For video of the governor walking the boardwalk at Watch Leslie Ferrier read the letter from her grandfather.
Seaside Heights, go to APP.com and search Christie. Visit APP.com and search World War I.

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