Rec Update, Anniversary, Fair Volunteers

By Elaine Van Develde

Well, R-FH area friends and fans, we're officially into the end of the week and, guess what? The weather troll is up to his antics again.

I know, I have a slightly loopy imagination. OK, very loopy. But, really, can't you just see this little Trilogy of Terror-type troll jumping up and down on a rain cloud, raining on our good weather parade. OK, it's only supposed to rain for one day —today.

We'll manage, because the chance of rain, possible thunderstorms, is only 40 percent during the day and 80 percent at night, according to the troll, uh, National Weather Service. That rain, however, will be followed by sunny skies on Friday, the troll says. Wouldn't it be nice if he were more pleasant, like the TidyBowl man? Remember that guy in the boat in the toilet. Here's a trivia question: What song was he playing while cruising around in that boat? OK, done. Promise.

On to the day …

In case you still want to get out and surf, boat or swim before the rain or in between drops, here's the tide table for Thursday going into Friday:

2013-08-01  5:32 AM EDT   2.77 feet  High Tide
2013-08-01  5:53 AM EDT   Sunrise
2013-08-01 11:36 AM EDT   0.55 feet  Low Tide
2013-08-01  5:59 PM EDT    3.29 feet  High Tide
2013-08-01  8:10 PM EDT    Sunset
2013-08-02 12:34 AM EDT   0.55 feet  Low Tide
2013-08-02  5:54 AM EDT    Sunrise

Activities …

There's an anniversary party for Coastal Decor & Interior Design at 5 p.m. at the Fair Haven store on River Road.

Things You May Need to Know …

From Rumson Rec: Register now for Fall High School Crew team, http://www.rumsonrec.org/registration  "Fall" Season.

Coaches Needed for Flag Football and Rec Soccer! Contact Sarah ASAP at rec@rumsonnj.gov for details.

As Patch reported, Fair Haven police have a Twitter account. Are you following them? Go ahead: @FairHavenPD.

And, volunteers are needed for the Fair Haven Firemen's Fair at the end of the month. Click on this link at http://fhfd.org/firemansfair.html#volunteers and sign up!

Foodie (and drink) Fun …

Yeah, we added the drink, because it seems that Thursdays are more a drink special day in the area than food.

There's half priced wine by the glass at Navoo in Fair Haven and Salt Creek Grille has half priced martinis.

Recommendation of the day: Sometimes ya just gotta have a lobster pizza from Val's. It's the home of the original and it's delish.

Coming up …

We will find out asap if the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge will be closed again tonight. Last we asked, county officials said it may only take the one night (last night).

Yes, we're going to give you a Sea Bright update today. And, look for another retro tidbit. And, you never know … If we missed anything, feel free to add it to the comments section.

In the meantime, give us that caption for the photo of the day here and ... see you around the towns …