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April 28 - May 4, 2005 Edition
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Edibles April 28, 2005 There is no new Edibles column. Kids put fun on the menu April 21, 2005 By Pat Waring Emma Caron of Oak Bluffs suggested tic-tac-toe. Kassidy Bettencourt of Edgartown created this puzzle. It's not only the yummy chicken fingers, macaroni and cheese, and chocolate chip pancakes that are bringing smiles from young diners at Linda Jean's Restaurant in Oak Bluffs these days. Youngsters are also greeted by their own, brand-new kids' menu that features games, puzzles, and trivia questions. The menus will help young customers pass the time while waiting for their hot dogs or French toast, and give them something fun to do when the grown-up conversation at the table gets too boring. Linda Jean's owner, Marc Hanover, can guarantee that the new menus will be child-pleasers, because they were created by kids, for kids. When Mr. Hanover decided this winter it was time to update the old kids' menu, he put a call out for new ideas from young talent. In March, Mr. Hanover announced a contest, offering local youngsters $25 gift certificates for sending in usable menu ideas. By the early April 11 deadline, many Island youngsters submitted ideas or designs for use on the menus. Mr. Hanover said this week that he was delighted with the large response and impressed at the many clever ideas that were submitted. One of his favorites was the intricate word search game created by 11-year-old Emma HallsBilsback of West Tisbury. “What a phenomenal job some of these kids did!” said Mr. Hanover. An Island trivia quiz by nine-year-old Charlotte Lowell-Bettencourt of Edgartown asks contestants to name three Island beaches and five lighthouses. Kassidy Bettencourt, also of Edgartown, sent a challenging word game, giving clues about how to identify a mystery pet. Taylor Poggi of Edgartown submitted especially hard-to-answer questions like, “The Indian name Nunnepog was originally the name of what town?” Even adult diners could have a tough time with this quiz! Along with these mind-benders, the menu includes a dot-to-dot drawing (we think it will turn out to be a mysterious crustacean), and a tic-tac-toe game suggested by first grader Emma Caron of Oak Bluffs. Mr. Hanover says he wants to make sure customers will get a chance to see all the winning entries. He said that the menu will be changed regularly so that all the ideas and designs will be published. Meanwhile, the many winners can order up hamburgers, hotdogs, pasta, and pancakes at Linda Jean's, with the satisfaction of knowing they earned them with their own creative talents. Congratulations, Menu designers! Christopher Airing, Asa Bernard, Kassidy Bettencourt, Megan Bettencourt, Taylor Brasefield, Emma Caron, Rosie Cipolla, Charlotte Lowell-Bettencourt, Miah Mendoza, Charlie Pikor, Sara Poggi, Taylor Poggi, Lindsay Tocik, Kaela Vecchia Zeitz, Heidi White, Gracie Whitman.

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