The hearing before the Sea Bright Planning/Zoning Board on Kara Homes’ application for approval to put a sales trailer on the Tradewinds property, where the company plans to build 20 homes, has been postponed to the board’s meeting on June 24. Kara Homes was not allowed to proceed with its presentation at the board’s June 10 meeting because of an error in address in the notices sent to neighboring property owners. The large exhibits the company plans to submit to the board showing what the sales trailer will look like were left at Borough Hall, and residents may stop in to see them.

*****

Liberty Extravaganza, the always eagerly-awaited Fourth of July concert presented every year by the First Presbyterian Church of Red Bank, will be held on July 6. It will be kicked off with a Strawberry Festival on the patio from 5 to 7 p.m., which will be followed by the concert, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Featured will be annual favorites such as "We Need A Parade," "God Bless America" and the "Salute to the Armed Forces," with the songs of each of the military services. The church’s Tower Hill Choir will be joined by singers from the community and other local churches, and a local brass ensemble, as well as Tower Hill’s high school bell ringers, in putting on the show, which will conclude with the raising of the grand flag during the "Star Spangled Banner" finale. To join the Liberty Choir for the occasion, for which practices begin June 25, call the church’s music office at (732) 747-1329.

*****

Sea Bright will hold a Beach Bash, a beach party to benefit the borough’s recreation program, from 4 to 9 p.m., June 28, on the municipal beach. The party will feature local bands and family activities such as volleyball, tug of war and sack races. Door prizes donated by local businesses will be awarded to lucky ticket holders. Hamburgers and hot dogs from the grill, chips, soda and Ralph’s Italian Ices will be available. Tickets are $15 per person for adults and $5 for children under 12. The rain date is June 29. To reserve tickets, call John Kerwin, Sea Bright recreation director, at (732) 842-0099, Ext. 27.

*****

Little Silver Mayor Suzanne Stephens Castleman and her sister, Diane Stephens Montgomery, were special guests at the last meeting of the season for the Little Silver Garden Club, which was a luncheon hosted by Cindy Webster. The mayor and her sister donated the Noelle W. Stephens Memorial Award, in the form of a silver bowl, in memory of their mother, who had been a charter member of the garden club. The bowl has been passed on to the winner of the horticulture competition since 1984, and this year was presented to Astrid Drangeid. The runner-up was Marie Cutaia.

Shirley Adler, past president, re­ceived the Tina Howard Memorial Award for floral design. Cutaia received the Novice Floral Design Award and the President Trophy. The "Spring Bonnets" Prizes were awarded to Kathleen Lun­man for most coordinated, Meg Kimble-Marchetti for most whimsical, and Lois Buchanan for most original. Officers for the new year were installed. They are: President, Buchanan; first vice presi­dent, Kathy Cusack; second vice presi­dent, Kerin Muir; treasurer, Ruth Spencer; and secretary, Lunman.

*****

The Shore Oaks Golf Club in Farm­ingdale will be the setting, on Aug. 4, for the 17th annual golf classic of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, which is headquartered in Red Bank. The event begins with registration at 11 a.m. and lunch on the patio at 11:30 a.m. The shotgun start is at 1 p.m. A cocktail buffet will follow the event on the course at 6 p.m., and will be fol­lowed by a gourmet dinner buffet and awards party. The $325-per-person regis­tration fee includes golfer gifts, meals and refreshments, greens fees, locker room privileges, golf carts, and awards and prizes. The rain date is Aug. 5. To register, call the VNACJ Development Office at (732) 224-6791.

*****

Singer-songwriter Bob Killian, who founded Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater Festival 28 years ago, will return to the county to perform in a benefit concert for MCFC June 27 at 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Meeting House, 1475 West Front St., Lincroft.

Tickets are available at the door for $10 for adults and $7 for children age 12 and under.

*****

Jenny Lane and Nikki Thomasian (pictured above), of Oceanport, were awarded scholarships for the Junior Summer Sailing Program at the Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club by the Past Commodores group at the club on the Shrewsbury River in Oceanport.

Jenny, fourth grade, and Nikki, third grade, both students at Wolf Hill School, won their scholarships — each with a value of $740 — by writ­ing the best of the essays submitted in the competition on "Why I think it would be fun to learn to sail."

*****

Randall Gabrielan, historian and author, will present a lecture and slide show in conjunction with the release of his latest book June 26 at 7:30 p.m. Gabrielan, director of the Monmouth County Historical Commission, will also sign copies of Rumson: Shaping a Superlative Suburb during the meeting of the Rumson Historical Society at historic Bingham Hall, 40 Bingham Ave., Rumson. The meeting is a general membership meeting of the society, which is seeking new members.

*****

Monmouth Folk Dancers will teach and lead international folk dancing in Marine Park, Red Bank, every Tuesday starting June 3, between 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Instruction is free.

Children’s dancing will be taught from 7-8 p.m. Call (732)747-4831 for more informa­tion.

*****

Clark "Gunner" Moore is retiring from the Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School custodial staff.

Moore has been working at the high school since 1998 and plans to move to Florida.

*****

Phoenix Productions is seeking marching band members to perform in their upcoming production of the Music Man. Needed are musicians who play trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, flute, piccolo and snare drums.

Re­hearsals will be held on June 29 and July 6-10. Performances at The Count Basie Theater are scheduled for July 11, 12 and 18-20.

Interested persons should call (732)747-0014 or e-mail ellen­walsh@monmouth.com.