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Vol. 4 No.4
NOVEMBER, 1990
A Fishers Island Civic Association Publication
Water Utility Warning On
Private Wells
By Dan Gordon
The president of the Fishers Island
Water Works has issued a letter to Island
property owners warning that drilling wells
for domestic water use is illegal and he
hinted at legal action against those home-
owners in violation.
Jansen Noyes said he issued the two-
page letter in late August because the use
of domestic wells has reduced consump-
tion of water supplied hy the Fishers Island
Water Works. He said the letter was
prompted by "the rash of new well drill-
ing" that has taken place recently. He
estimated that there are now about 50
wells on the Island, most of which have
been dug in the last few years.
The digging of wells for irrigation
purposes is legal, and the Water Works
cannot discourage this activity, Mr. Noyes
said.
"lbey (some homeowners) got per-
mission to do irrigation wells, and then
hooked them into their (domestic) sys-
tems," Mr. Noyes said. "A lot of people
have been misled. "
Mr. Noyes said an attorney from
Southold has been hired to provide coun-
sel to the Water Works, but he did not
disclose the attorney's name. Mr. Noyes
did not say whether he would carry out any
threats of legal action.
"Now when people might be faced
with some action, they might not dig wells,"
he said.
The Water Works letter was circu-
lated after a Suffolk County health official
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Farewell to Summer! In photo above, the Munnatawket pulls into Silver Eel Pond on an early evening NO
in late summer. In the lower photo, a couple enjoys the view ov.:r Fishera Island Sound at dusk.
(Photo credit: Dan Estabrooks)
2 FIsh.,. Islalld GiJ<.a.
Mus~um directors Ed HOnUng and Penni Sharp look over one oJEhe ahibits at the opening a/the new wing at
the Ferguson Museum in Sepkmber. The Reverend Peter Sluf1evenl peiformed the dedication and museum
presithnt Charlie Ferguson also spoke mlhe ceremony. (phoro credit; J. Williamson)
Public Hearings Scheduled Before Town Trustees
Two public hearings were sched- built on sono tube piers.
uled for October 25 before the Southold The second application was made
Board of Trustees on Island applications. by Bagley Reid requesting a permit to
The first application was made by allow for hand cUlling and pruning vegela-
George DeMenil who is requesting a per- lion within 75 feet of freshwater wetlands.
mitto construct an 8oo-square foot addi- The village board of trustees rules
tion to a garage/apartment on his property on applications on property bordering
fronting Brickyard Pond. The proposal wetlands. The public hearings were to be
calls for the wood frame addition to be held at Southold Town Hall.
INDEX
Page
Walsh Park Dedication ............................. 3
Capsizing ........................................ 5
Captain's Walk Open to Cars.. ....... . . . . .. . . . ... . .. 6
Hay Harbor PolJution Detected ...................... 8
Election Coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 13
School Notes .................................... 16
Sports ......................................17- 25
Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 - 29
Around the Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30
:Essay Contest Winners ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31
Town Board Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32
Ferry District Petition ......................... 34 - 36
~nd Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 37 - 38
Sewer District Rate Hike .......................... 39
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I am sure you have heard from a
number of readers about this, but in case
not, there is an error in the recent copy of
the Gazelle relating to the lowest round
shot at the Fishers Island Club Golf Course.
I am quite certain that Claude Harmon
holds the record for the lowest round, a 59,
shot during a pro-am approximately 25
years ago. For many years the scorecard
recording the round was displayed in the
Gol f Shop.
Knowing Dave Alvarez, I suspect he
would love to claim the lowest round, but
he is not entitled to.
Jeremiah M. Bogert
Dear Editors,
This past summer, my wife Alphon-
sine was hospitalized in New London.
She's now back on Fishers Island and
feeling fine.
We would like to thank the people of
Fishers Island for their cards, flowers, and
prayers as well as for their financial sup-
port. I don't know of another place that
would have given us so much support.
We would also like to the thank the
EMT's on the Seastretcher and the crew
from the ferry district for all their help.
Vinal Curtis
The Fishers Island Gazette is a
not-for-projit publication sponsored by
the Fishers Island Civic Association.
The Gazette is published four
times a year in February, May, August
and November.
Editors: Dan & Sally Gordon
Associate Editors: John Brim,
Rick Moody.
Reporters: Annie Burnham, David
Burnham, Cynthia Estabrooks, Mary
Roberts, Tom Patterson, and Carol
Ridgway
Spons Ediror: John Peishoff
Photographers: Dick Edwards,
Charlie Morgan, Al Gordon, Dan
Estabrooks, and Bill Furse
Controller: Bob Anthony
The Fishers Island Gazette, Box
573, Fishers Island, N. Y. 06390. Tele-
phone: (516) 788-5506.
Fuhu'S lsumd GazttU 3
Town Budget Plan
To Increase Taxes
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By Mary Roberts
The budget blues are back. The
tentative 1991 budget for the Town of
Southold being proposed by Supervisor
Scott Harris shows a 14.6% tax increase.
This increase comes even though
!he size of !he J'fOIXl'"'d budget, $12,982,000,
is only four percent over the 1990 budget
figure.
Town Supervisor Scott Harris termed
the proposed budget a "bare bones" one
with "the minimum amount we need to run
the town and still provide needed serv-
ices. "
"Our revenues are way down,"
explained Mr. Harris. "Wehavestateand
county cutbacks, mortgage taxes and as-
sessed valuations that are down, and we
have increased energy costs from Long
Island Lighting and gas prices. In addi-
tion, we are still making up for some of the
deficit left by the previous administra-
tion."
In an effort to keep costs down, the
ban on non-emergency overtime that the
supervisor put into effect when he took
office will remain in place. Nor does the
budget contain any salary increases for
elected or appointed officials. Mr. Harris's
salary will thus remain at $52,104 and
town boartd members will continue to
receive$19,203.
The budget has no provision for new
solid waste expenses. "We don't know
about deadlines yet from the DEC or the
State legislature," said Supervisor Harris.
"Any capital projects will be funded by a
bond issue. "
Interest on bonds adds to budget
expenses, so it would appear that sizeable
increases in Southold's tax rate will con-
tinue after 1991.
The budget still must be reviewed by
the Town Board, and submitted to a town
hearing. The town board can make altera-
tions to the budget proposed by the super-
visor before adopting a final 1991 budget.
The adoption of a budget is expected by
November 20.
Town taxes make up about ooe quarter
of the tax bill for Fishers Island residents.
Frank Burr, presidenr ofllle Walsh Park Benn>o/enl Corporation reads a proclamation honoring Mrs. Annelte
Walsh at lIIe dedication ceremony for the affordabk housing project.
Walsh Park Dedicated
The Walsh Park affordable housing
project was dedicated on August 25. About
50 persons attended the ceremony. Among
those making remarks at the ceremony
were Suffolk County Executive Patrick
Halpin, Walsh Park President Frank Burr,
and the donor of the land Annette Walsh.
Mr. Burr read a proclamation prais-
ing Henry and Annette Walsh for provid-
ing the land at below market value and
dedicating the affordable housing project
in their honor.
Mrs. Walsh said how proud her
deceased husband Henry would have been
to see the housing project become a real-
ity.
Four homes have already been built
on the 12-lot site on North Hill. Two
applications for homes have already been
approved and three others are currently
being considered in the second round of
building site allocations, said Walsh Park
administrator Tom Doherty. The newly
approved applicants are Tom Suedmeier,
an employee of the Island electric com-
pany, and his wife Carmen, a substitute
teacher at the F.1. school and a student at
the University of Rhode Island; and Frank
Gillen, a property caretaker, and his wife
Cindy, also a substitute teacher.
Mr. Doherty said he expects deci-
(photo credit: 8U1 Furse)
sions to be made on the other current ap-
plications sometime this fall with con-
struction of the additional homes to take
place shortly afterwards.
The Walsh Park project was com-
menced three years ago in an attempt to
provide housing for year-round families
priced out of the expensive Island housing
market.
The dedication ceremony was the
first visit by County Executive Halpin to
Fishers Island. The top elected official in
Suffolk County said he is very concerned
about affordable housing which prompted
his trip to the Island.
"I consider affordable housing one
of !he most important priorities," Mr. Halpin
said. "It (Walsh Park) is an extraordinary
partnership between private public sec-
tors. It would not have happened without
the dedication of people on Fishers Is-
land."
Mr. Halpin also announced a resolu-
tion naming August 25 Walsh Park Day in
Suffolk County.
The first homes were erected this
past winter and they were occupied this
sununer. George Horning, owner of one of
the Walsh Park homes, also addressed the
gathering at the dedication ceremony.
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Sewer Sludge Goes 'Over
Town'
By David Burnham
Sewer sludge will now be shipped
off-Island, but the cost for homeowners to
have their septic systems and cesspools
cleaned is going to quadruple.
The Island's sole septic removal
contractor, Gada Contracting, had been
depositing sewer sludge at the Island landfill
for the past 40 years until the state Depart-
ment of Environmental ConsetvatioD or-
dered the practice stopped this past May.
As an interim measure, sludge was then
deposited in the septic system used by the
Fishers Island Sewer District, which is the
Island's only central system, serving about
40 homeowners in the Fort district. The
town engineers have recommended against
this method, and homeowners in the dis-
trict also voiced strong objections to the
use of their system.
Gada Contracting now plans to build
a holding tank on the Island for sewer
sludge with the collected sludge being
periodically shipped over to Connecticut
for disposal. The DEC has already given
its approval to the new disposal method.
Prior 10 the DEC closure of the landfill,
Gada Contracting charged $245 per load
or about 12 cents per gallon for septic
sewage pumping and disposal. The new
tipping fee is expected to be 48 cents per
gallon. The additional expenses faced by
Gada Contracting are the installation of a
7,000 gallon holding facility, pick up and
removal by a Connecticut hauler of sew-
age in the tank, and trucking to approved
disposal sites in Connecticut.
"I just want to make sure people
realize that it's not Gada Contracting that
Sally Semegan and golden Jab Booh relax on Hay Harbor Club lawn.
is trying to gouge the people," said John
Gada. "We presented the town with less
expensive alternatives but did not get any
support. ..
Mr. Gada said he is worried that the
new arrangement will create Han undue
hardship on residents of Fishers Island,
especially the year round senior citizens. ..
Over the summer, Gada Contracting
recommended two on-Island alternatives
to the Southold Town Board which would
have reduced the tipping fee. One alterna-
tive was to continue to use the sewer
district system and insure that the tipping
fee for this practice covered any additional
maintenance costs.
The other option presented by Mr.
Gada was for the construction of a system
on town land for the disposal of the septage
sludge.
"In as much as the engineers who
designed and currently oversee the system
did not recommend it and a Dumber of
users were also in opposition, the consen-
sus was that Gada should put a holding
tank in," said Town Councilman Ray
Edwards.
According to environmental engi-
neering consultant Michael Home of A.R.
Lombardi Associates, Inc., regardless of
age or design, any septic or cesspool sys.
tern must be pumped out occasionally.
"We recommend that on a three
year basis, they be pumped out, but sum-
mer cottages such as you have on Fishers,
could go for five or six years without being
pumped, " he said.
Mr. Gada noted that" 15 years ago,
it was standard procedure to pump tbe
system at the end of the summer when the
house was closed, just to avoid problems,
but people don't think that way anymore
and fewer houses are being pumped. ..
This SUJIIIrer, ooly 10 different houses
had their systems pumped, but several
houses had their system pumped more
than once, Mr. Gada said.
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Four Connecticut Boaters Survive Capsizing
By Mary Roberts
Two boaters washed up on Fishers
Island on the morning of August 18 ex-
hausted, but alive, after floating for almost
10 hours in Long Island Sound. Theirtwo
boating companions had been rescued by
the Coast Guard from the water one mile
west of Fishers Island about four hours
earlier. The ordeal for Edward Vescovi,
28, of New Haven and Angela Melani, 21,
ofTrumball Ct., started about 9:30pm the
previous night when their power boat
capsized near Millstone Point in Connecti.
cut. The two were returning to Niantic,
Ct., after a day trip to Long Island with two
other passengers David McDonald, 26, of
New Haven and Julia Greer, 25, of Boston.
Mr. Vescovi was able to radio an sas
before the boat submerged.
Two 41-foot Coast Guard utility boats
were immediately dispatched, one from
New London, the other from Fishers Is-
land. Soon more than IS volunteer boats,
and two helicopters, joined the search
through the night. Despite these efforts,
the boaters were not observed as they
floated in the water for several hours.
They finally split up with Mr. McDonald
and Ms. Greer trying to make for the
Connecticut shoreline while Mr. Vescovi,
who was suffering from leg cramps, and
Ms. Melani floated until Mr. Vescovi could
recover.
Mr. McDonald and Ms. Greer were
finally spotted and plucked out of the
water about a mile west of Fishers Island
by the Coast Guard at 4 am. Although
swimming for the Connecticut shoreline,
they had actually been pushed about three
miles southward by the tide.
As for Mr. Vescovi and Ms. Melani,
they started swimming for the Connecticut
shore again, hut after hours of swimming
against the tide they were washed up at
dawn on the shoreline property of Jim and
Sandy Righter on North Hill.
Randle Bitnar, the sister of Mrs.
Righter, was up early the morning of August
18 attending to her newborn daughter
Katherine when she heard a knock at the
door.
"There were two people at the door
in shorts and t-shirts, sopping wet, " Mrs.
Bitnar said referring to Mr. Vescovi and
Ms. Greer. "They said their boat had
tipped over and they wanted to use the
telephone. They said 'Where are we?
Waterford?' And I said no, you are 00
Fishers Island. "
Mrs. Bitnar gave the couple lea and
toast to warm up while they called up the
Coast Guard to say they had reached land
safely.
"They were very shaken and dazed, "
she said. ~'They were moving and talking
very slowly. They were most concerned
about whether their friends had made it. "
After about a half hour, Mrs. BilDar
drove Mr. Vescovi and Ms. Melani to the
Coast Guard station at the ferry dock from
where they were taken over to New lon-
don.
All four boaters were treated for
hypthennia at Lawrence and Memorial
Hospital in New London and they were
released several bours later. The water
temperature in the Sound at the time of the
accident was in the high 60's and the
weather was overcast but warm.
Mr. Vescovi in an interview with the
New London Day said "there wasn't a
doubt in my mind that we were going to
make it to shore somehow.-
Mr. Vescovi said he and Ms. Melani
stayed in good spirits considering their
predicament although at one point, Ms.
Melani asked apprehensively, "Are there
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The search effort included three Coast
Guard boats, two helicopters fiom the Coast
Guard air station in Brooklyn and Cape
Cod and the cutter Point Francis from
Highlands, N.J. The search started near
the Waterford shoreline but expanded
southward to follow the tides. A land
search was also conducted.
The overturned boat was finally found
five miles south of the Race, about 10
miles from the site of the capsizing. It was
recovered by a commercial salvager and
brought to a Connecticut marina.
The Coast Guard crew based on
Fishers Island, James Henry, Cyle Backus,
Gary Atkinson and Steve Szilniczky, were
elated by the rescue.
uYou usually never find anyone in
the water. In 3 1/2 years, this is the first
time I have been with a large search and
rescue and found the victims," boatswain
Backus said. HIt is hard with the waves,
and the engine noise of the boat. "
The Coast Guard believe that water
somehow got into the engines of the pleas-
ure craft, which added weight to the bow,
and the boat capsized.
Mr. Vescovi, a loan officer for a
mortgage company, had reportedly bought
the boat this year. Asked whether he
would return to the sea after his experi-
ence, he replied at the time, UI'm done....
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Cars to Roll on Mall Where
Few Would Walk
By Mary Roberts
Cars are finally retuming to the center
of New London. The City Council has
voted to remove the Captain's Walk Mall,
and allow two-way traffic.
The conversion project, which is
expected to cost about $1 million, is to be
let out to hid this fall with work to com-
mence about the beginning of the year,
according to New London officials.
The conversion of the two-block
Captain' s Walk back into a street is ex-
pected to be completed by next fall.
Because vacancy rates have been
high, the Mall has been controversial since
the day it was opened in 1973. A recent
study commissioned by the New London
Development Corporation found the va-
cancy rate for ground level properties to be
39 percent.
Property owners, represented by the
Downtown New London Association, would
dispute this figure. "The upper levels
along the Mall are mostly in use, but the
street level has a 75 percent vacancy rate, ..
said Gail Bartelli, acting President of the
Association.
.. Most owners have given up in frus-
tration," said Mrs. Bartelli. "As for po-
tentiallessees, they say, don't talk to me
until you open the Walk to traffic."
"I'm optimistic," said William
Moore, the President of the New London
Chamber of Commerce. "The buildings
are in good condition, and the ones next to
cross streets with traffic bave tenants. ..
"We expect more businessmen to
use space once cars are allowed on the
street. For example, the Court House, at
the top of Captain's Walk, is being reno-
vated. We expect attorneys will take space
once there is more activity on the street. "
The change will help the New Lon-
don Development Corporation which
continues its efforts to increase tourism
and revitalize the Thames waterfront. "We
are planning a Thames Estuary Heritage
Park, which will link historic sites in the
New London area," said Bruce Hyde,
Executive Director. "The plans include a
small park south of City Pier, which will
have a Visitor's Center. Traffic on Cap-
tain's Walk is an important part of the
plan. " Not too long ago, the former State
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Stale Street used 10 be lhe action cenler in New London. The circus used 10 parade down Stale Slrul in lire
early J 9OO's. In the early J 920's, the comer of Slale and Main Slruls was the cenlral commercial dislricl in
lhe city. (PhOlOS counesy oflhe New London Day)
Street was a busy commercial area. Irani.
cally the construction of Captain's Walk
in 1973 uncovered old trolley tracks that
carried shoppers to an active shopping
area that included Woolworth, Kresge,
Grant's, Montgomery Wards, among other
stores. HI can remember over 30 years
ago," said Betty Peishoff, "we did all of
our shopping in New London. 1 would
walk straight up from the ferry, 1 never
needed a car. ..
"I would do grocery shopping at
Beet Bros., and find anything else 1 needed
on Main St. (now Eugene O'Neil Drive),
Bank SI., or State SI. There were clothing
stores, toy stores, a bakery, anything you
needed. ..
No one expects State Street to return
to the old days. But with a functional
traffic circle at its base behind Union Sta-
tion, it may bring new vigor to the down-
town area.
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Price Tag For Pond
Study: $50,000
The Suffolk County Health Depart-
ment has placed a $50,000 price tag on a
proposed water study to establish land use
regulations for the watershed areas around
the Island's reservoirs. The Fishers Island
Conservancy has already committed
$30,000 towards the study, and Conser-
vancy President lohn Thatcher said he is
hopeful that the total cost of the project
can be reduced through the contribution of
local expertise.
The study will not commence until
tbe funding is in place and until it is
determined who will lead the study which
has been supported by the Island utility,
the conservancy, and the water company.
An application for $30,000 in county
funds has been submitted to the Suffolk
County Legislature to help fund the report.
Mr. Thatcher said that ifthis request is not
granted, he is confident that other Island
sources of money can be found for the
report.
Because of the involvement of a
number of agencies, the county health
department asked the Southold Town Board
to be lead agency for the study. The town
board turned down this request in Septem-
ber.
"I am somewhat surprised," said
Vito Minei, supervisor of the office of
ecology for the Suffolk County Depart-
ment of Health Services. "We would pre-
fer that the town would lake lead agency.
I never knew of a town not wanting to be
lead agency. ' I
The county health department can
provide the expertise, but is not as well
suited to be lead agency as a more local
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agency like the town board, Mr. Minei
said.
"We don't have the expertise. .. said
Southold Supervisor Scott Harris in ex-
plaining the town board's decision. "We
think the proper manner is with the health
department. ..
The lead agency would coordinate
the various reports and would conduct the
necessary public meetings and provide
public notifications.
The proposed water study would
produce land use regulations for the water-
shed areas around Barlow, Middle Farms
and Treasure Ponds. Health department
officials said the regulations are needed to
make sure that toxic fertilizers or sewage
from septic tanks do not leak into one of
the reservoirs.
The study was prompted by the
submission of three applications for build-
ing permits on land around Barlow I'und.
Utility Passes Surcharge On
To Customers
Island utility customers will have to
reacb a little deeper in their pockets be-
cause of a tax surcharge being imposed on
the utility company. The utility is being
hit with an additional 15 percent surcharge
for 1990 and 1991 and JO percent sur-
charge for 1992 by New York State.
This expense is being passed onto
utility company customers. An additional
six percent charge will be made on all
intrastate telephone calls, and a nearly one
percent charge will be added to electric
and water bills.
The new fees took effect this past
summer.
The utility company said the state
surcharges were made in an effort to raise
money to balance the state budget.
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New Clues in Hay Harbor
Pollution Puzzle
The Fishers Island Conservancy has
identified the source of a significant amount
of pollution in Hay Harbor. Dye tests
conducted this fall iodicated that untreated
sewage from three village stores and from
one of the Hay Harbor cluh pipes has been
contributing to the pollution problem in
the harbor, according to conservancy Presi-
dent John Thatcher.
Mr. Thatcher said there are still
additional sources of pollution which have
not yet been identified, and testiog will
continue.
The Conservancy study determined
that the sewer line connecting three stores,
the Tidal Wave, the Gold and Silver Shop,
and Floribunda, was emptying into the
Ferguson Bird Sanctuary on West Street,
according to Mr. Thatcher. Water from
the santuary ultimately leads into Hay
Harbor, he added.
A pipe from the Hay Harbor Club
has also emptied into a swampy area be-
hind the club which also drains into Hay
Harbor, he said.
This sewage problem had occurred
without the knowledge of the club or the
stores involved, and in most cases they are
-------- -."
The Hay Harbor golfcourse was a peauJul seIting on an August morning.
cooperating fully to get the problem recti-
fied, Mr. Thatcher said.
Conservancy studies over the last
few summers have indicated an unaccept-
able level of pollution in Hay Harbor, Mr.
Thatcher said.
"In certain areas of Hay Harbor, it is
safe," Mr. Thatcher said. "However, in
certain other areas caution is advised."
Mr. Thatcher said another possible
source of pollution is the leaching field
used by the Mansion cotlages, and studies
are still being conducted in this area.
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Playing Fields Planned For
Parade Grounds
The Fishers Island Ferry District has
approved a school proposal to create a
playing field out of lbe fonner Parade
Ground property in lbe fort area.
The school plans to clear an area
approximately 300 feet by 400 feet run-
ning along Whistler A venue opposite lbe
road which exits from Silver Eel Pond.
Once it is improved, lbe land will be
used for softball, soccer and other intra-
mural sports, according to school Superin-
tendent Ken Lanier. In addition, a grass
running track will be created in lbe clear-
ing.
The ferry district commissioners voted
to lease the property to lbe school for $1 a
year at their September meeting. The
school district must still obtain approval
from the Southold Town Board and the
Federal Aviation Administration before
using the property. The FAA approval,
which is considered a formality, is needed
because of the land's proximity to Eliza-
beth Airport.
Superintendent Lanier said he hopes
the playing field will be ready by next fall.
Labor to clear brush from the property has
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already been donated by landscaper Greg
Thibodeau, who is school board president.
Gradiog work and grass planting will
be let out to bid with the total expense of
lbe project expected to be about $6,000,
Mr. Lanier said.
The new field will replace a sports
field which adjoins lbe school.
"This field is actually unsafe be-
cause of cement cistern covers and fully
exposed drains," said Mr. Lanier. ""The
ground is also uneven and it is not long
enough. ..
The new sports field will be made
available to Island residents for lbeir rec-
reational use, said Mr. Lanier.
The school had actually leased the
property from the ferry district in the late
70's, but never ended up improving and
using the property and the lease eventually
expired, according to Mr. Lanier.
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notified the company about his concerns
over the domestic use of wells.
"We're aware of attempts to go
around requirements where wells have been
connected for domestic use," said Paul
Pontueo, senior public health engineer for
the health department. "Public water is
safe and adequate. "
Mr. Ponturo said he fears that some
of the well water might not be safe because
the wells might be too shallow or too near
septic tanks. M r. Ponturo warned that cer-
tificates of occupancy cannot be issued to
homes which have their domestic water
systems hooked up to their own wells.
Mr. Noyes said the two-page letter
to homeowners was also sent out to counter
statements made by the Fishers Island
Conservancy that the Island's current water
supply is limited and that conservation
measures should be considered.
"These reports were wrong, t. said
Mr. Noyes.
"We should realize first that there
has never been and should not be in the
foreseeable future a water shortage on
Fishers Island," Mr. Noyes said in the
Water Works letter. "The present lake
and well system has the capacity to supply
five times the current demand. ..
John Thatcher of the Fishers Island
Conservancy disputes this viewpoint.
"We have been fortunate," Mr.
Thatcher said. uThe last three years, we
have had wet summers. The water supply
is sufficient when we have a wet summer.
But if we run into a drought, that's a
different story. "
Mr. Thatcher said a recent study of
the Island's aquifer indicates that the Is-
land's current water supply could be se-
verely taxed in a dry summer.
The disagreement between Mr.
Thatcher and Mr. Noyes illustrates the
different viewpoints on the Island's public
watersupply. Mr. Noyes and Mr. Ponturo
say that public water should be used as
much as possible to help pay for the water
system's facilities such as the lines and the
treatment plant.
Some Islanders, however, believe
private wells benefit the Island.
"We put in our well trying to be a
good citizen," said Mark Andrews, add-
ing that he drilled a well only for irrigation
and not for domestic use. "We did not
Pilings tig zag toward lhe horizon al West Harbor.
want to tax the Island's water system."
"If there is enough public water,
that's fine," Mr. Andrews said. "But
what happens if it turns out there is not
enough water. Since we are drawing water
from our own property, we are the only
ones to suffer if our well runs dry. But if
we and other well owners switch to public
water, any shortage would affect the whole
Island."
Where Mr. Thatcher and Mr. Noyes
do agree is over their concern about the
number of new wells being drilled.
"So many people are using water
that is undocumented," he said. "Stag-
gering amounts of water are now being
used. Wejust don't know to what degree
water supplies are being depleted. "
Mr. Noyes said he objects to the use
of well water for domestic use because it
decreases Water Works revenues forcing
increases in water rates.
"By connecting private systems for
potable water use in homes, other home
owners have had to aocept increased charges
for their water," Mr. Noyes said in the
Water Works letter. Water Works cus-
tomers have received two rate increases in
the last two years totalling 30 to 40 per-
cent, he added.
Despite substantial development on
Fishers Island in the past decade, con-
sumption of water has remained level, and
Mr. Noyes said the drilling of wells was
(Photo credit: Dan &labrooks)
largely responsible.
The Water Works is a private utility,
but Mr. Noyes said increasing return on
investment was not one of his concerns in
issuing the Water Works letter.
"The Water Works is 60 percent
owned by FIDCO (The Fishers Island
Development Corp.) and 40 percent by the
Island utility," Mr. Noyes said. "FIDCO
is not looking for a return. Wejust want
to keep our rates down. "
Islander Named Merit
Semi-Finalist
Fishers Island High School senior
Carolyn Stepanek has been named a Na-
tional Merit Scholarship semi-finalist. The
announcement was made in mid-Septem-
ber.
o I For a school our size, this is incred-
ible," said school Superintendent Ken
Lanier. "She is an outstanding student."
An average of only one student out
of 200 seniors is named a National Merit
Scholarship semi-frnalist, according to the
academic organization. Carolyn Stepanek
is now eligible to be a National Merit
Scholarship Finalist, an award which is
announced in the spring.
Firemen Raising Money
for New Seastretcher
The Fishers Island Fire Department
has raised $150,000 of a targeted $200,000
for the purchase of a new ambulance boat,
according to Fire Chief Tom Doherty.
"The response has been good," Mr.
Doherty said. "But we're still knocking on
doors. "
A fire department committee is still
reviewing various boats to detennine which
one is most suitable to replace tbe Seas-
tTetcher which has been in service since
1976.
Mr. Doherty said he believes a deci-
sion on purchasing a new boat will be
made in the next year.
The fire department set up a com-
mittee this summer to study a replacement
for the Se.stretcher. At the time, the
committee was expected to make a recom-
mendation by the end of the summer.
However. because of the poor mar-
ket for boat sales right now, M r. Doherty
said there is no rush for the firemen to
make a decision.
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Enough Doctors
Officials from the Island Health
Project say that they are optimistic that
there will be full medical coverage on the
Island this winter.
Doctors have been supplied to the
Island on a rotating basis by SI. Luke's-
Roosevelt Hospital in New York for many
years. However, last winter for the first
time, SI. Luke's -Roosevelt was notable to
provide a physician fur several wed<s during
mid-winter. Interim service was supplied
by Lawrence and Memorial Hospital of
New London.
Catherine Jenssen of the Island Health
Project said that physicians from SI. Luke's-
Roosevelt have committed to the Island
through January, and she is confident that
openings for the remainder of the winter
will be filled in the upcoming months.
Pumpkin Giveaway
The senior class at Fishers Island
School is distributing c.rved pumpkins
to senior citizens on the Island this fall.
The four seniors are giving away the
pumpkins to show appreciation for the
Island's financial support of the senior
class trip.
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Upstart Democrats Looking for Upset
A former attorney for the Fishers
Island School District and a former New
York City talk show host are challenging
the incumbents in two local elections for
state-wide office.
Allen Smith, who represented the
Island school district in the early 1970's
and is a former supervisor for the Town of
Riverhead, is running as a Democrat against
four-term Republican incumbent Joe
Sawicki for the 1st Stale Assembly Dis-
trict which covers the North Fork of Long
Island including Fishers Island.
Sherrye Henry, a former talk show
hostess on WaR in New York City, is the
Democratic candidate challenging seven-
term Republican incumbent Kenneth
La Valle for the state Senate from the East
End of Long Island.
Representing districts with strong
Republican enrollments, both Mr. Sawicki
and Mr. LaValle have been repeatedly
been re-elected hy wide margins to state
office. Although strong favorites in the
current election, both Mr. Sawicki and Mr.
LaValle are facing stronger challenges
than in previous years.
Mr. Smith, a 55-year-<>ld attorney
from Aquebogue, L.I., criticized Mr.
Sawicki for sponsoring the landfill closure
bill which has required that all Long Island
landfill's including the one on Fishers Is-
land to be closed by the end of this year.
"Laws such as the Landfill Closure
Law sponsored by the incumbent Assem-
blyman are enacted by legislators who
have not the foggiest idea of what it means
or will cost the taxpayers," he said.
Mr. Sawicki, 35, said Smith's charge
was a technicality claiming that the landfill
bill was sponsored hy all legislators. He
countered that Mr. Smith had advocated
building a nuclear power plant on the
North Fork of Long Island when he was
Riverhead supervisor. said he has spon-
sored legislation which will benefit the en-
vironment on Fishers Island. He co-spon-
sored the Oil Spill Prevention and Contin-
gency Act. He has also sponsored legisla-
tion to prohibit trawling for lobsters.
Ms. Henry said she originally ran for
office as a choice candidate on the abor-
tion issue. In a vigorous campaign, shehas
expanded the focus of her campaign.
"The number one issue is taxes,"
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said Ms. Henry. "Ken LaValle has not
heard this. ..
Mrs. Henry said her commitment to
the environment is demonstrated by the
fact that she has wrested the Sierra Club
endorsement away from Mr. LaValle
Mr. LaValle, 51, countered Ms.
Henry's criticism of his tax record by say-
ing "she has not followed what I have
done." In recent years, Mr. laValle said
he has fought to change the governor's
hudget so that income taxes are reduced
and more stale aid is allocated to Long
L.
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Jo< Sawicki
Island for education.
"As New York City is sliding into
bankruptcy, it will be putting more pres-
sure on the governor for state aid, ,. Mr.
LaValle said. "It is important to have a
strong voice in the first district so that they
(New York City) do not get a dispropor-
tionate amount of state money at our ex-
pense. ..
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Newcomer Opposes Hochbrueckner
Democratic incumbent George
Hochbrueckner is being challenged by
political newcomer Republican Frank
Creigbton for the U.S. Congressional seat
for eastern Long Island, including Fishers
Island.
Mr. Hochbrueckner will be seeking
his third two-year term in office in the
November election.
Mr. Creighton, 54, is a retired Army
colonel who is running for political office
for tbe firsllime. A Riverhead native, Mr.
Creighton returned to the East End of
Long Island after retiring from tbe military
in 1986.
With party enrollment in the district
being predominantly Republican, Mr.
Hochbrueckner bas won his previous two
elections by razor thin margins, in both
cases receiving barely 50 percent of the
vote. Mr. Hochbrueckner is believed to
have a beller opportunity in this election
since Mr. Creighton entered the race late
and only after three other possible candi-
dates decided not to run.
Mr. Creighton, wbo served two tours
of duty in Vietnam said he is prepared for
politics.
"If you think you can succeed as
well as I did in the military without having
a sense of politics," he told a Long Island
newspaper, "then you don't understand
the military...l'm in this to win it."
Mr. Creighton allacked the campaign
spending of Mr. Hochbrueckner and pro-
posed a spending limit of$250,OOO for the
campaign.
"If! was in the fund-raising position
that I assume he's in, I'd be going for
limits, too," said Celia Fischer, campaign
manager for Mr. Hochbrueckner.
Mr. Hochbrueckner, 52, listed as his
major achievements in office his opposi-
tion to the Sboreham power plant, his
efforts to provide funding for the dredging
of Shinnecock Inlet on Long Island, and
his role in maintaining funding for the F 14
fighter plane which is manufactured by
Grumman Corp of Long Island.
Mr. Hochbrueckner traveled to Fish-
ers Island in the summer of 1989 to allend
a meeting on the future of Fishers Island's
garbage disposal.
Mr. Creighton said he is against
abortion, for an amendment against burn-
ing the American flag and for a slow
reduction in military spending.
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Southold Waffling on Garbage Costs
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could be provided for building a garbage
trnnsfer fucility and closing the Island landfill
so long as the Island garbage district ex-
isted. The garbage commissioners this
past summer even circulated a petition to
have the district dissolved.
However, more recent legal opin-
ions indicate that town funds can be re-
ceived by the garbage district.
The question remains how much the
town is prepared to spend.
Commissioner Hancock in a meet-
ing with the town board in September
requested that Southold pay for the esti-
mated $1 million construction of the trans-
fer station and closure of the landfill as
well as returning a portion of the town's
tax revenue from the Island for the opera-
tion of the garbage district.
Southold Supervisor Scott Harris
expressed support for the general concept
offered by the garbage commissioners, but
would not commit to any specifics.
"There is no doubt that the town has
an obligation to Fishers Island," Mr. Har-
ris said. "But there are legal questions
which have to be resolved. "
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With the ordered closure of the Is-
land landfill now looming less than two
months away, the question of what to do
with the Island's garbage still remains
unresolved.
The garbage commissioners are still
committed to shipping the Island's gar-
bage to Southold for disposal. However,
who will pay for the construction of a
transfer station and for capping the Island
landfill and how garbage collection and
disposal will be administered remains up
in the air.
In the interim, the Island garbage
commissioners have appealed to the state
Department of Environmental Conserva-
tion for at least a year's extension to keep
operating the Island landfill past the De-
cember 18 deadl ine.
Garbage Commission Chairman Jim
Hancock said a reply to the request has not
been received yet, but he is confident that
the extension will be allowed.
The garbage commissioners have
reversed earlier plans to dissolve the gar-
bage district, and now plan to stay in
operation. The dissolution of the district
Mr. Harris said the town would be
prepared to pay for a transfer facility, but
he indicated this might simply consist of a
garbage truck which would haul the Is-
land's garbage to Southold rather than the
$500,000 transfer facility envisioned by
the garbage commissioners.
As fur as paying for closing the landfill,
4.['m not sure if we are even allowed to get
involved," Mr. Harris said. "The attor-
neys will have to work it out."
Mr. Harris said the town would be
prepared to return town tax revenues for
the ope....tioo of the district, but did not
want to be tied to a specific number.
Mr. Hancock said he hopes that the
financing of the transfer facility can be
resolved promptly so that the new system
can be in operation next year.
"It would behoove everyone to get
this going," said Mr. Hancock.
"Jf we get nothing from the town,
we will dissolve the district. ,.
Mr. Hancock even mentioned the
option of seceding from the town if it does
not supply funding for the Island's future
garbage disposal needs.
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School Notes
By Vanessa Lanier
On September 5th the Fishers Island
School started a new year with an enroll-
ment of 73 students. We were lucky
enough to have seven new students. The
new magnet students include Dan Reedy
and Rosemarie Giroux t grade nine, Jessica
Worst, grade seven, and Megan Reedy,
grade five. Our two new Island students
are Jaime Laine and Chris Corbin, both
sophomores.
On Thursday the 20th of September
the eighth grade students visited the plane-
tarium at the Mystic Seaport. They looked
at many stars and many constellations. It
was an exciting, but long day and the
students were happy to get back home.
There will be a yearbook this year,
covering the years 89-91. Since the school
was unable to have one last year. everyone
is working hard and looking forward to the
completion of it. To raise money for the
yearbook, the staff is planning to hold
bingos and collect tin cans to make this
year's yearbook beller than ever. Support
for the yearbook would be appreciated by
all the students.
The 1991 seniors, Brian Faulkner,
Amy Rubin, Carolyn Stepanek, and Chris-
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Sarah Vincent celebrated her 11th binhday al her home in late August. (pholo: Dan Estabrooks)
topher Theroux have not decided where
they will go for their class trip but have
been working hard to raise the money for
it. On Saturday, October 16th the seniors
held a car wash and bake sale. It was a
profitable trip and the seniors are looking
forward to planning their trip.
Last year Fishers Island hired three
new teachers; Carol Spadora, science; Mary
Sawyer, English; and Arnoldo Sierra,
Spanish. This year the only addition to the
faculty was Eileen Lanier, the special
education teacher.
Student Council members were
elected on September 28th. Only one slate
ran and that included Brian Faulkner, presi-
dent; Carolyn Stepanek, vice-president;
Ian Thomas, secretary; and Chris Theroux,
treasurer.
(VQI1t'ssa LAnier is a 10th grader in the Fishers
Island School. She will be reporting on school
affairs in the upcoming issues of the Gazeue.)
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By Peter Rugg
West Harbor was brimming with
boats and the lawn of the Fishers Island
Yacht Club looked more cluttered than a
prep school dormitory the day before
summer vacation as young sailors from
near and far participated in the seventh
annual Junior Regatla. The event which
took place on July 24-25 was hampered by
the weather with light winds and occa-
sional rain. Spirits were high however as
there was good competition on the water
and good fun ashore.
At the prize awards ceremony, the
coveted award for first Island boat went to
Mike McNamara and his crew Justin Steil.
Masters McNamara and Steil sailed in the
yacht Shark in the first two qualifying
races and performed well enough to qual-
ify for the top division of 20 boats. They
then went on to sail six races, taking first
in the fourth race, and placed third in the
blue fleet. Morgan Connor of Ram Island
Yacht Club dominated his division win-
ning four of the six races. Also in the top
fleet were Fishers Islanders Wells Hender-
son and Dan Rosenthal sailing in their first
Blue Jay regatla. Their best race was a
second and their fmal place was I I th.
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far away as Noroton, Ct.
The regatta is one of several on the
junior sailing circuit in Eastern Connecti-
cut. Last summer, Fishers Island was also
represented in regattas in Niantic (also site
of the Blue Jay Class National Champion-
ship August 11 and 12), Groton Long
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By John Peishoff
The 1990 Z & S Softball Team has
taken over where the Oakland A's left off.
The Athletics stumbled in their attempt to
repeat as World Series champions. Z&S
had no such problem as the team won its
second straight softball championship this
August. Z & S accomplished the feat by
virtue of an outstanding and exciting cham-
pionship series win over the Hay Harbor
Club.
Prior to the playoffs, the final regu-
lar season standing stood at: The Blues (7-
I), Z & S (5-3), Pequot (3-5), Hay Harbor
(3-5), and Mobil (2-6).
In the best out of three games semi-
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place Blues two games to one, the third
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and Z & S swept the Pequot team two
games to none to set up the Z & S and Hay
Harbor club showdown.
The championship series had Hay
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run in the 1975 series. Z & S jumped on
Hay Harbor early and hammered out a 14-
o lead. Undaunted by the huge deficit and
over-confidence of their opponents, Hay
Harbor came back, and back, and back
until they captured the lead 19-18 in the
top of the 7th inning. With darkness upon
them, Z & S scratches across 2 runs in the
bottom of the 7th to win the game and the
champship 20-19. Said Dave Dennison,
manager and losing pitcher of Hay Harbor
'lit was great to see that we didn't give up.
I'm very proud of our effort. We will be
looking forward to a rematch next year. .
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Seventeen teams competed in the
Walsh Park Open held August 25 at the
Hay Harbor Club. The teams led by Paul
Giles and Frank Burr tied for first with
rounds of 32, but the Burr team, which
consisted of Frank, Chip, and Grace Burr
as well as Tom Hobbs and Jack and Andi
Briody, won the trophy after drawing
from a hat.
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Peter Upson Repeats
as Golf Champion
By John Peishoff
Defending title holder Peter Upson
added the 1990 Fishers Island Country
Club Men's Golf Championship to his
resume with a victory over eight-time win-
ner Bill Hall in the finals.
On the road to the finals, Upson
defeated David Scott in the quarters and
James Loughlin in the semis. Bill Hall
defeated Gaines Gwathmy in the quarters
and went to sudden death to eliminate
Winchester Hotchkiss, Jr. in the semi-
finals.
The finals saw Peter Upson birdie
three of his first four holes to gain a 3-hole
advantage. Bill Hall reduced the lead to 1
after nine holes. The match see-sawed
back and forth until the 14th hole, when
Upson birdied both 14 and 15 to get his 3
hole lead back. Momentum changed, and
Hall captured both 16 and 17 to reduce
Upson's lead to 1 with the 18th hole to
play. But Bill Hall's birdie putt to tie
wouldn't fall on 18 and Peter Upson held
on for the victory.
"The first 16 holes were probably
the best stretch of golf! had ever played in
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The 1990's women's championship
produced a sister-sister final with Elizabeth
McDonough defeating her sister Jennifer for
the title I-up after 18 holes. To reach the
rmals: Jennifer slipped by Elizabeth Furse in
the quarters and Charlotte McKim in the semis
and her sister Elizabeth outdueled Isabel Leib
in the quarters and Susan Stickney in the semis
to set up the sister-sister showdown.
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The Fishers Island School cross-
country team has a 2-1 record after
completing the first half of its sched-
ule. In a tri-meet on September 21,
Fishers Island nipped the Williams
School of New London 27-29 and the
Rocky Hill School of Rhode Island 28-
30. Brendan Smith was the top fin-
isher for Fishers Island in the meet
coming in third place while Ray Hooper
came in 7th.
Fishers Island lost to St. Thomas
More school of Connecticut on Octo-
ber 2 hy a score of20-35. Ray Hooper
and Brendan Smith exchanged places
with Hooper finishing fourth and Smith
finishing seventh.
Although there have not been
enough runners to form a girl's team,
Lisa Faulkner competed individually
in the girl's meet between Williams
School and Rocky Hill School, and she
won the race. She also ran in the boy's
competition against St. Thomas More
and finished 14. Another up and coming
runner is seventh grader Shawn Malone.
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Golf Club
wraps up a
season full of
activity and
strong partici-
pation in tour- ilIA
nament play.
The following is a recap of the events that
took place and the individuals that distin-
quished themselves.
The July Results
-The Ladies July Club Champion-
ship was captured by Lisa Evans who
defeated runner-up Mary Roberts in the
fmals.
-Tom Tamoney defeated Robert
Parsons to capture the Men's Club Cham-
pionship for 1990.
-The July Parent-Child Tournament
saw Mark Andrews and Howard Keenan
capture Division I hon"", and Benn Calhoun
and Bob Calhoun follow through with
Division II honors.
-The Member-Member Mixed Cap-
tains Choice went to the team of Peg and
Bob Campbell and Tim and Susie Grimes.
The Member-Guest Mixed Captains
Choice was won by the partnership of Tom
and Celie Tamoney, Peter Renehard and
Dani Miller.
The August Results
The August Ladies Club Champion-
ship went to Susie Stickney in the scratch
play event and Grace Burr in the full
handicap division.
-The Captains Choice was won by
Tony Helfe!, Ann Cook, Barry and Eleanor
Hall.
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-August Parent-Child had the team
of Susie and Annie Stickney capture Divi-
sion I and Woody and Dwight Collins
capture Division II.
-The Girls Club Championship saw
Becca Parsons victorious over runner-up
Lulu Henderson.
-The Boys Club Championship was
claimed by Scoll Kelner by virtue of his
victory over runner-up Andrew Burr.
There was a record number of com-
petitors in the Junior Club Championship
this season. The Pip Sinclair Sportman-
ship Trophy went to Sander Brooks and
the Junior Endeavor Award went 10 An-
drew Ogden. There were many other
winners in the pUlling, 2 and 4 hole junior
events.
Pulling Winners:
July, Age 3-6
1. Hilary Brooks; 2. Bill Keenan;
3. Crosby Cook
Age 7-8
I. Mark Andrews;2.Emily Parsons;
3. Cammy Brooks
Age 9-10
1. Elizabeth Andrews;2. Isabelle
Kinsolving; 3. Caroline Braga
Age 11-12
1. Liese Fritze; 2. Ashley Brincker
hoff;3. Sander Brooks
August, Age 3-6
1. Casey Cook; 2. Bart Helfet;
3. Parker Lamborn
Age 7-8
1. Mark Andrews; 2. Sayles Braga;
3. Glenn Keenan
Age 9-10
1. Elizabeth Andrews;2. Grayson
Murphy; 3. Cutler Cook
Age 11-12
I. Robby Lawrence and Lulu Hen-
derson; 3. Taylor Boswell
2-Holers Girls; July
1. Annie Stickney;2. Eloise Paller-
son; 3. Glenn Keenan
August
1. Wendy Ketner; 2. Slater Gray
3. Emily Parsons
2-Holers Boys; July
1. Sayles Braga
2. Jamie Newman
August
I. George McLean; 2. Will McLean
3. Ben Cameron
4-Holers Girls; July
1. Liese Fritze; 2. Elizabeth An-
drews; 3. Lulu Henderson
August
1. Elizabeth Andrews; 2. Armie Stick-
ney; 3. Eloise Patterson
4-Holers Boys; July
I. Cutler Cook; 2. Mark Andrews
3. Mall Burr
August
1. Mark Andrews; 2. Mall Burr
3. Cutler Cook
9-Holers Girls; July
I. Katharine Stickney; 2. Becca
Parsons; 3. Margaret Smith
August
I. Becca Parsons; 2. Lulu Hender-
son; 3. Katharine Stickney
9-Holers Boys; July
I. Colin Brooks; 2. Welles Hender-
son; 3. Henn Calhoun
August
1. Andrew Burr; 2. Welles Hender-
son; 3. Justin Talbot
To wrap-up the 1990 summer re-
view, Jim Hancock, Will Peishoff, and
Chris Edwards each recorded the perfect
golf shot- a hole-in-one.
Parker and Casry Cook. in their Hay Harbor danufinery while Mark Semegan gels a liftJrom Erik
Ullsten. (pholQ credits: Sarah Tunk)
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1990 HOG: A Howling
Success
by John Peishoff
The HOG (Harbor Open Golf Tour-
nament) 19th Edition was held on the Sun-
day of Labor Day once again. This year's
event held under perfect weather condi-
tions was a huge success. According to
tournament chairman Ged Par.;ons approxi-
mately $17,000 was raised for the Island
Health program versus $15,400 last year.
HThe tournament went very easily and
smoothly. 1 think everyone had a good
time. I heard a few complaints and a lot of
praise. I especially want to thank all the
helpers and bartenders. They deserve a lot
of credit for all the work they do. Their
efforts along with the support of other vol-
unteers make the tournament. ..
This year's event had a cast of 162
players (27 teams of6 players). When the
dust, sand, rough, w.iIer, and woods cleared,
two teams were positioned at the top with
a score of 61 (11 under par). The tie
breaker of matching cards was used to
declare the winners. First place went to
the team of Chip DuPont, Frank Lyons,
Denny Ogden, Michael DuPont, Randy
Gray and Tony Helfet. Second place: Joe
Schwerin, Jack Hyland, L. Brown III, Nick
Firth, John Irwin II and Jay Parsons. The
third and fourth place teams were deter-
mined by matching cards also due to iden-
tical scores of 62. Third place: Tom
Armstrong, Stuart Borgert, John Chavis,
Charley Powell, Whitney Armstrong and
Aaron Lusker. Fourth place: Chaucey
Goss, Mason Goss, Pat Quinn, Dick Goss,
Rich Goss, and Speedy Melller. Each
member of the four teams received glass-
ware for their efforts.
The best dressed awards
w ere shared by the teams led by
Chi P duPont and Dick Breining.
The longest drive on the 12th hole was Jim
0' Keefe and tbe closest to the pin on the
16th hole Robert Gray who landed his
drive five feet nine inches from the cup.
. 'The event was a great success and
for everyone's efforts to make it a success
I again want to thank everyone involved"
said Ged Parsons.
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The Red, White and Blue ream picked up a best dnsud award al the HOG toUf'fIOIrUnl. 1My arejrom left.
FrankLyon, Michael duPont, Randy Gray, ChipduPOnl. Tony Helfel, and Dmny Ogden.
(photo credit: Bill Furse)
Serenading the golfers OUl on the course were mermaids,from left, Laurie Riegal, Amanda Thomas, Akr
Riegel, Ashley Harrington. and Akr Spofford. (pholQ crrdit: Bill Furse)
The .Wall Street. team led by Jim Rulheifurd, worldng boUt the telephone and a cigar above, liedfor first in
rhe best dressed category. (photo credit: Dick Edwards)
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By Jim Rousmaniere
The national championship of the
famed Bullseye class was held August
I 11th and 12th at Southwest Harbor, Maine.
It was an occasion for Fisher's Island's
Peter Rugg, who won in a very convincing
I manner f outdistancing his nearest com-
I petitor by 14 points in a four race series.
This was nothing new to Peter who was the
champion in 1988.
The Fisher's Island fleet demonstrated
its mastery of the class by sweeping the
first three places in the series. David
Burnham whose crew was Paul Burnham
placed second, and Lawrence Rubinow,
with crew Steve Burnham was third. These
two skippers, too. had been champions in
recent years.
The series was hosted in Southwest
Harbor, Maine, by the Southwest Harbor
fleet, in conjunction with another local
fleet at Cranberry Island Yacht Club. 32
entries came from eight fleets as far as
Chicago to contest this annual champion-
ship of one of the very best (and oldest) of
the class boats in United States. The
Bullseye was designed by Nathaniel Her-
reshoff in 1902, and has had many thou-
sands of very satisfied owners over the
years.
Four races were held in light airs and
some fog. Competition produced differ-
ent winners in each race. Rugg's Nikka
had a first, a second, fourth, and a sixth for
a total of ]2 3/4 points - winner being
based on low point scores. Burnham's
Querida also won a race, but less success
in other races to total 26 3/4 points, to be
followed by Rubinow's On Target with 3]
points.
The sailors from Sandy Bay Yacht
Club, Rockport, Ma. swept the next three
places with Emily Wick's Beaver fourth
32 pts., Ginny Scott's Gannet fifth, 363/4
pts and Phil Nutting's Dream Days, 42.
Ed Elvidge's Act II of the South-
west Harbor fleet won the first race, con-
ducted mostly in fog, but thereafter local
knowledge did not appear to be of much
advantage, judging from the results.
Other fleets participating in this annual
event were: Beverly Y.C. (Marion, Ma.)
Columbia Y.C. (Chicago) Northeast Hav
bor, Little Cranberry, Me. Pequot (South-
portCt.) Southwest Harbor, Me. A fourth
entry from Fisher's Island was Brad
Burnham's White Knuckles, Charlie
Ferguson crew.
There are more than 220 Bullseyes
registered in the files of the national asso-
ciation of which the chairman is Phil Nut-
ting 62 A South Street, Rockport, Ma.
01966. Fleets exist as far away as Key
Largo, FI. and Guanlanamo Bay, Cuba,
where the U.S. Navy uses the boats for
training. The Naval Academy at Annapo-
lis requires skill in handling a sailboat for
its graduation.
The 1991 championship series will
be conducted by the Fisher's Island fleet.
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Nautical Notes
by Peter Rugg
The
crew on Bill
Musser's new
Tripp 37 Glide
were keyed up
in the second
race of the
Newport Off-
shore One-De-
sign (NOOD)
regatta last August. Musser had won the
first race handily and had a good start in
thefreshening breeze of race 2. Suddenly,
from out of no where, another T -37, Pow-
ertripo, raging at about seven knots on port
tack proceeded to drive its bow through
Glide's leeward rail. The thundering crash
echoed across Jamestown to the accompa-
niment oftearing plastic and bending steel.
When the vessels were disengaged, Musser
went to work to save his boat from sinking
as the gash cut across the deck and nearly
down to the waterline. Damage was esti-
mated at nearly $20,000. At this writing,
Formula Yachts in Noank has completed
repairs on the advanced composite mate-
rial hull and Glide was back in competi-
tion in the Fall Off-Soundings Regatta.
Musser placed fifth in his class in the
NOOD in spite of the disaster.
Also on the hig boat circuit, Peter
Brinckerhoffs Hooli2an bested stiff com-
petition in the annual Round Island Race
to take the coveted prize for First Island
Boat. Hool i .an which last year completed
the race in one hour 48 minutes and beat
Barlevento's long standing record by ten
minutes, raced gunwale to gunwale to the
finish against an roD sloop which was
ineligible for the First Island Boat Trophy
having failed to file the appropriate PHRF
rating certificate. This year the race at-
tracted a record 70 boats. After postpon-
ing the start for two and one half hours
while waiting for the wind to fill in, Race
Committee Chairman Steve Burnham sent
the l1eet off in a light south westerly breeze.
Several of the cruising class were unable
to overcome the fierce adverse tidal cur-
rent on the leg to Race Point and retired.
Carter Gowry in his J-35 Touch of Grav
took line honors.
Among the one-<lesigns, in the Round
Island Race, Bill Martling sailed his laD
Kahoutec to third place in class behind
Steve Cook's Preemptive Bid and Syndi-
cate One's N orwe.ian Wood. The Fishers
Island laD l1eet hosted three visiting laD's
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from Western Long Island Sound who
came East to sample our better August
sailing breezes. The addition to the l1eet
provided both learn and l1eet racing days
with as many as I I boats on the starting
line. Bill Martling represented Fishers
Island Yacht Club in September at the roD
Class North American Championship in
Northeast Harbor Maine with Susan Pea-
body, Dan Malloy and Charlie van Voorhis
as crew. Maine provided a full range of
sailing conditions from fog and light air to
a blustery 20 knot sou'wester. Martling
sailed consistently in the top of the l1eet in
the six race, four day series to tie for third
place with Jock Kolhaus of Northeast
Harbor. Ken Druery from Marblehead,
Mass. was second and Penny Simmonds
sailing for the Royal Bermuda Yachl Club
WOD. Earlier in the summer, the Fishers
Island Bullseye Fleet sent four crews to the
Bullseye National Championships in South-
west Harbor Maine. Fishers showed the
way to the 32 boatl1eet winning the first
three places. (See nearby article.) On Ihe
team racing circuit, Fishers Island Yachl
Club trounced Wadawanuck Yacht Club
and Walch Hill Yacht Club in the annual
Parsons Trophy Race in JY-15 dinghies.
Then on the Saturday following Labor
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Day, nine of our sailors sped over to Shel-
ter Island Yacht Club to win two succes-
sive team races in 8 new event against the
Shelter Island Yacht Club in Etchells 22's.
Among the juniors, there was record
participation in the joint sailing program
run by Hay Harbor Club and Fishers Island
Yacht Club. New program sections for
adults and for recreational (non-racing)
sailors added depth to the operation now in
its fifth season. Mike McNamara and
Justin Steil took second place in the big-
gest regatta in the Northeast - Larchmont
Junior Race Week. Later in the season,
McNamara and Steil went up against more
than 50 competitors in the Blue Jay Na-
tionals in Niantic placing 9tb. Dan Rosen-
thal, sailing in the lOand under division in
Optimists in three successive Optimist
regattas at Niantic, Thames, and Ram Is.
land Yacht Clubs. His competition have
offered to sponsor an early celebration of
Dan's I llh birthday! The Optimist dinghy
was adopted three years ago as the junior
training boat on Fishers Island. At the
time, Weekapaug Yacht Club in Rbode
Island and Pellipaug Y.C. in Essex, Con-
necticut were the only other clubs in the
OplimisI sailboalS at rest. (photo: Saran Tuttle)
Eastern Connecticut area to use Optimists.
There are now fleets in lO other nearby
clubs. The Junior Sailing Committee is
searching for a new boat for the teenage
sailors. The program has supported Blue
Jays which are the most popular boat used
in the 12-16 year old range in our area.
Blue Jays have the advantage of being able
to accommodate two or three sailors per-
milling younger crews to learn from older
skippers. The boats also carry spinnakers
which help the juniors learn to use these
tricky sails. Candidates to replace the
Blue Jay are the new JY -15 an inexpensive
higb performance boat without a spinna-
ker which is presently only sailed at
Wadawanuck Y.C. in Stonington, and the
420 which is the boat of choice for inter-
collegiate sailboat racing.
Harbormaster John Clavin formed a
Harbor Advisory Commillee this year.
Danny Doyen, Bob Lane, Bill Martling,
and Bob White meet regularly with Clavin
to work on a number of Fishers Island
marine issues. The harbor was less con-
gested this season as mooring and anchor-
ing rules were beller enforced. The com-
mittee is also reviewing enforcement of
boat registration requirements.
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Champion, 1990
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trophy at the Fishers Island Club after defeating defending champion Ella Foshay, right, 6-2,6-2. In the photo above right, Scott
Ketner, right, receives the Men's Singles championship trophy after defeating Robert Crary, right, 7-5, 6-4. Tennis committee
chairman Maarten Van Hengel presented the trophies to the winners. In the !wi-light golf league, the team of Art Walsh, left, and
Mario Zanghetti, right, won first place and received their awards from Hay Harbor golf pro Dan Colvin in the photo at lower left.
In photo lower right, Jack Cypherd was one of the many winners at the Walsh Park Open held in late August at the Hay Harbor
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Department of Defense
Deparbnent of the Navy
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPAcr
FOR PROPOSEDCONSTRUcrlON OF SUBMA-
RINE SENSOR TEST PLATFORM (SSTP) AT
NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTEMS CENTER,
FISHERS ISLAND ANNEX, WILDERNESS
POINT, FISHERS ISLAND, NEW YORK.
Pursuant to Council on Environmental Qual-
ity regulatiOllA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) implement-
ing procedural provisions of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of the
Navy gives notice that an Environmental Assessment
(EA) has been prepared and an Environmentallmpact
Statemenl. is not being prepared for the con.sbUction of
a Submarine SeIlllOr'Test Platform (SSTP) at the Naval
Underwater Systems Center (NUSC) Annex, Fishers
Island, New York:.
The SSTP provides a basic facility to test the
effects of sea waves on Navy submarine antennllS.
The project includes the construction of a 25 ton skid-
mounted platform, pile-driven docking base on the
sea Ooor, concrete pad-mounted winch assembly,
shore-site command console, and data communica~
tion system. The platform will be of steel con&ruction
and will be free of any coatings having environmental
impacts on marine life. The platform will rest on two
rails 36 feet long and 2 feet wide. The docking
platform will be constructed of I 0 to 12 inch diameter
steel piles driven inlo the sea floor. The wioch assem-
bly will be located on shore. The shore-site command
console contains equipment which monitors and
controls the skid. Power from shore and conununica.
tion cables will be in a protected submarine cable
which traverses the sea floor between the shore-site
winch assembly and the platfonn.
The winch assembly pulls the 13 by 40 fool
skid along the sea floor between the base and the shore
site. A hydraulic lift mechanism on the s~d elevates
the test equipment (antenna) above the sea surface.
After the experimenl. the lift mechanism is returned to
the collapsed position for skid return or underwater
storage. Skid outfitting, maintenance, and inst.rumenl
calibration is accomplished at the shore site. The
platform will be stored away from the beach area
when not in use. No electromagnetic radiation emis-
sions are generated during testing. Tests will be con-
ducted once a month from April through November
with each test lasting one week.
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Submarines of the twenty.fim century will
require substantially improved antennaa and other
scll.liOr systems 10 meet the challenge. of expanding
warfare tub in support of antisurface missiona.
Currently, submarine experimental electromagnetic
ICnsors can only be tested aboard operational subma-
rines. This i. an expensive and time consuming
process requiring submarine alteration for the speciftc
syat.em to be tested, installation and removal of the
equipment under test, scheduling of scarce submariB:
services, and travel costa for scientific personnel.
Only short term data can be collected aboard a subma-
rine, and scarce submarine services preclude iterative
testing of experimental masts/sensors. Testing in the
ocean environment is the only way to obtain valid,
open ocean data necesSlU)' to support submarine elec-
tromagnetic/e1ectro-optic operations. The proposed
action will enable the Navy to collect critical data
without impacting the environment.
Alternatives examined included no action,
siting the project at another site on Fishers Island,
construction of a deep-moored facility, and using
computer technology instead of the platform. The
deep-moored facility was eliminated fromconsidera.
tion because it would result in greater adverse envi-
ronmental impacls that would impede the proposed
action and would be too costly lo build and operate.
Also, divers and technicians assigned to support a
deep water facility would be exposed to extremely
hazardous conditions. Computer modeling tech.
niques cannot accurately describe the actual time
varying ocean profile, aerosol conditions generated
by the wind, weather effects on propagation and the
varying temperature near the sea surface; therefore,
this alternative was eliminated. Construction of the
facility at another site was also eliminated since the
proposed site offers the most suitable location due to
shore topography and offshore wave action. NUSC
facilities at Fishers Island will provide support to the
SSTP facility, thereby eliminating the need for con.
struction of shore-based support facilities. The no
action alternative would continue with the current
testing conducted on operational submarines, which
is unacceptable as it interferes with submarine opera-
tions, is an inefficient use of submarine and research
resources, and hinders the on-going research in sensor
developmenl.
Impacts associated with the proposed action
are 00l considered to be signifunl. 1be winch assem-
bly will be located approximately 100 feet from a
wetland; the area will not be impacted. There are no
known endangered or threatened species at the site.
The proposed action will not impact archeol-
ogical. architectural. or historic resources listed or
determined eligible for listing on the National Regis-
terofHistoric Places.
Any native grasses in the beach area damaged
during towing operations will be replanted in lcind.
Boulders existing in the beach, shoal, Oat. littoral, and
surf zones located in the cab1e area will be relocated
and scattered in order to maintain their function of
reducing wave velocity and shoreline erosion.
There will be a short-tenn increase in turbidity
resulting from installation of the underwater doc Icing
base. The areas where the towpath and underwater
docking base are to be installed are covered with kelp
and eel grass. Ins&.allation of the proposed sylllem will
result in the minor 1088 of this vegetation; however,
disturbed areas will naturally revegetate in a short
time Oe8s than 1 year).
The platform will operate without disturbing
the sediments in the tow path. Platform movement
between shore and the docking facility will be very
slow (12-24 feet/minute). Fully submerged pressure
load is less than one pound per square inch; therefore,
there will be minimal increases in turbidity.
The New York District, US Army Corps of
Engineers has authorized this project under a nation-
wide permit for scientific strucbJres (33 CFR Part 330)
in accordance with Section 404 of the Clean Water
Act; the New York Department of Environmental
Conser.'ation has granted a Section 401 water quality
certification for the proposed action. The Navy haa
determined, and the State of New York has concurred,
that the proposed action is consistent with the New
York Coastal Zone Management Plan.
Based on information gathered during prepa.
ration of the EA, the Navy finds that construction of
the SSTP facility at Naval Underwater Systems Cen-
ter, Fishers Island Annex will not significantly irrqlact
the environment..
The EA prepared by the Navy addressing this
action is on file and may be reviewed by interested
parties at the place of origin: Commander, Naval
Underwater Systems Center, New London
Laboratory, New London, Connecticut 06320-5594
(Attn: Ms. Bridget Keegan, Code 524, telephone
(203) 440-6672). A limited number of copies of the
EA are available to fill single copy requests.
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Postponed
The Hay Harbor Board of Directors
has decided not to proceed with the re-
placement of the club bathhouse this year.
Club president Hiram Moody said
the $200,000 construction project is being
delayed until the club has fully investi-
gated a sewage problem and corrected it.
The Fishers Island Conservancy has
discovered that a pipe leading from the
club is contributing to a pollution problem
in Hay Harbor by flowing out into a marsh-
land behind the club. Hay Harbor working
with the Conservancy has directed the en-
gineering firm of AE Lombardi to deter-
mine how to correct the problem.
"We thought it would be most pru-
dent to defer the bathhouse until we re-
ceive the report from the engineers," Mr.
Moody said.
The construction of the new bath-
house would significantly increase the
amount of sewage produced by the club.
"We don't want to take a chance of
adding to the problem," said Mr. Moody.
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The existing bathhouse has been this fall until the report on the sewer prob-
closed for the past two summers. After lem came out this fall.
two years of planning and receiving ap- Now, Mr. Moody said the construc-
provals on tbe new bathhouse, the Hay tion project will probably not commence
Harbor Board of Directors had been poised until next fall.
to commence the demolition of the old
bathhouse and construction ortbe new one
More Layoffs in New London
The already reeling New London
economy was delivered another stagger-
ing blow wben the largest employer Elec-
tric Boat announced this fall that it is going
to layoff almost 600 workers at its Groton
plant. The layoffs will take effect Decem-
ber I.
The Electric Boat shipyard which
produces submarines for the U.S. Navy
has employed about I? ,900 workers prior
to the layoff.
New London Chamber of Commerce
President William Moore termed the im-
pact from the layoffs as being "severe,
very severe. .,
"This creates a great deal of uncer-
tainty," Mr. Moore said.
The layoffs at Electric Boat are the
latest in a series of job reductions at mili-
tary contrnclors in Connecticut, whicb relies
heavily on defense-related industries. United
Nuclear Corporation of Montville an-
nounced last year that it would phase out
its 1,100 workforce which has produced
nuclear reactors for submarines. In addi-
tion, Thames Valley Steel Company of
New London and Harris Graphics ofSton-
ington have in the past year announced
layoffs totalling 400 people.
These layoffs on top of a poor real
estate and banking climate have depressed
the New London economy over the past
year and a hal f.
"Retailers have been affected, " said
Mr. Moore. "People have been tightening
their belts. Right now, there is no way to
tell when the slow down will end. "
New Civic Association Directors
The Board of Directors seats of the
Fishers Island Civic Association vacated
by Brad Burnham and Mary Walter were
filled by Peter Burr and Steve Malinowski,
each for a three year term, at the Board's
July meeting.
Mr. Burr is a New Jersey resident
and works for Marine Midland Bank in
New York, while Mr. Malinowski is an
island resident and manager of The Clam
Farm, Inc. an aquaculture venture.
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Mrs. Ethel Alice Hoch
Fishers Island lost a very dear and
long-time friend when Mrs. Ethel Alice
(Small) Hoch, 79, died January 24, 1990.
Mrs. Hoch suffered two heart attacks and a
stroke in the hospital after being admitted
for a broken hip from a fall in her home on
December 27, 1989.
A small service was held on Septem-
ber 30, 1990 at the Crescent Avenue
cemetery for internment. Last January
many island friends attended a memorial
service at Union Chapel.
Mrs. Hoch moved to Fishers Island
in January 1960 with her husband, Dr.
Ralph K. Hoch, MD, and children. AsDr.
(Captain) Hoch retired from 30 years in
the Navy to take the full-time medical
practice here, Mrs. Hoch also Hretired"
from an adventurous life as a Navy wife.
This included moving the family back and
forth across the country every two or three
years, and two trips to Europe in the 19308.
In 1937 she lived in southern France with
two young children while Dr. Hoch was
stationed on a destroyer there. In 1940
Mrs. Hoch drove a 1938 Ford V-8 across
country with her mother and three young
children to set up a new home in Berkeley,
California. During WWII Mrs. Hocb learned
to cover the windows at night during air
raid drills in the Bay Area while Dr. Hoch
was stationed in the south Pacific for two
years. Once, while Dr. Hoch was away,
Mrs. Hoch took a toy gun and scared a
burglar away from the house. In 1939 Dr.
and Mrs. Hoch had tea with Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt in the White House as it was
Navy custom for officers to call when
stationed in Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Hocb was born August 18, 1910,
in West Collingswood, N.J. She was the
daughter of Harry A.C. and Ethel Holling-
shead Small. She was a graduate of Lib-
erty High School and attended Temple
University School of Nursing.
She was married to Dr. Hoch on
August 19, 1930, in Fall River, Mass. In
1980 her five children held a surprise 50th
wedding anniversary at Union Chapel that
was attended by many island friends, and
Mrs. Hoch' s two brothers and sister from
Georgia, Florida, and New York state, and
one of uDoc's" oldest friends, Judge
William Storey and his wife, from Dela-
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Mrs. Hoch enjoyed travelling and
she and her husband drove to Florida each
winter for many years, visiting relatives
and friends. In 1963, Mrs. Hoch traveled
to Ecuador to visit her daughter Carol Ann
who was serving as a teacher for Wycliffe
Bible Translators. In 1977, it was to Bo-
livia where daughter Barbara was working
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with Wyc1iffe in biIingua1 education. During
these trips Mrs. Hoch and her daughters
lived in the jungle, rode on the backs of
motorcycles (taxis!), hunted alligators, and
once lived for a week in an isolated tribal
village. A bit more tame but equally
enjoyable was a trip in 1986 down the
Mississippi aboard the Delta Queen with
Barbara and Ken and Betsy Small.
On the island Mrs. Hoch was a
member of Union Chapel and was very
active in the Ladies Aid, the Board of
Trustees, and the Sunday School. She
especially enjoyed the friendships formed
at the Ladies Aid teas and projects. Mrs.
Hoch also served as the School Board
President in 1963 during a difficult time
with an unpopular principal.
Mrs. Hoch leaves her husband, Dr.
Ralph K. Hocb, MD, of Fishers Island, five
children, and three grandchildren. Dr.
Barbara E. Hoch, PhD., lives part-time in
New London and part-time on Fishers
Island; Carol Ann Peffley lives in Groton
with her husband and two sons; Dick Hoch
lives on Fishers Island and is the freight
agent at the ferry dock; David Hoch lives
with his wife in Coventry, R.I.; and Susanne
Glovacki lives with her husband and infant
son in Greenfield, Mass. Other survivors
are her brothers Kenneth Small of
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Mrs. Hoch
ConrinuedJrom preceding page
Gainesville, Florida and Robert Small of
Gainesville, Georgia.
Contributions in Ethel Alice Hoch' s
memory may be made to the F.I. Fire Dept.
Sea Stretcher; Union Chapel Bible School;
or Artreach (a drama group of performers
recovering from mental illness), 71 Maple
St., NOIwich, Conn.
The following is a poem written by
Mrs. Hoch's daughter-in-law, Liz Hoch.
For a copy of this poem and other reflec-
tions written by each of Mrs. Hoch's chil-
dren and shared at the memorial service,
please feel free to contact Barbara Hoch
on the Island.
THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT MOM
BUILT
Can't forget your face
so unlike the way it was a week
before.
Can't forget your eyes
that searched for hope when there
was no more.
Can't forget the words
forced with determination, delibera-
tion,
then just sighs of despair.
Can't forget the anger, the injustice,
death's so unfair.
This is the house that Mom built,
Refuge, safe harbor for all.
And though she's not here now,
a bit of her lives in us all.
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Training Session Postponed
Fishers Island firemen were forced
to postpone a trip to Long Island to Suffolk
County Fire Training School in October
because of bad weather. The one-day
training program is to be rescheduled.
Mrs. Josephine Abbondanza
Josephine Abbondanza, 86, died July
15 in California. She was born Josephine
Amoruso on March 23, 1904 in MI. Ver-
non, New York. She married Romeo
Abbondanza in 1923, and he predeceased
her in 1966.
Mrs. Abbondanza was a resident of
Fishers Island since the early 1940's until
she moved to California in 1986. She was
a seamstress and a housekeeper at OUf
Lady of Grace Church. She is survived by
a two daughters; Susan in Northridge,
California, and Dorothy Minetti ofLedy-
ard, CI. Mrs. Abbondanza was buried on
Fishers Island at SI. John's Cemetery.
The following is a note written by
her nephew Robert Mangano.
August 1st, 1990 was one of those
days on Fishers Island that reminded me of
the postcards I would send to friends back
in the city. the sky was so blue, the air so
clean. Today, though, we have come
together, aunts, uncles, cousins, and dear
friends to say our final goodbye to Jo-
sephine Abbondanza, Aunt Josie.
As the service in Our Lady of Grace
Church progressed with tears in my eyes,
my mind would wander back to the sum-
mers r spent on Fishers, progressing from
childhood years at Dock Beach to my teen
years at Isabella Beach. I was very lucky
to have had two families that were resi~
dents of Fishers, the Ripantis and the
Abbondanzas - their generosity and loved
allowed me to enjoy some of my fondest
summer memories. I spent countless days
at the beach collecting shells - going to the
movies at night, I even played softball and
worked at Doyens Store for a few sum-
mers, making friends I'll never forget.
Goodbye Aunt Josie, I know you are
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watching us now as we say our prayers, we
all have so much to thank you for - myself
three decades of great summers and mostly
for the girl I met in 1969 and married in
1972 - God Bless you Aunt Josie. Rest in
Peace.
Your nephew, Robert Mangano
DEC Application
Completed
The New York Department of
Environmental Conservation announced
that it has received a completed applica-
tion from Richard Oliveri to construct a
single family residence on Crescent
Avenue.
The DEC review was required
because the project is within 75 feet of a
freshwater wetland.
All comments on the proposed
project from the public were to be
submitted to the DEC by October 19.
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Around the Town
with Ann Walsh Anthony
In Ib. few
short months
since our last is-
sue, at least
seven third,
foortb, and fifth
generation I
Fishers Island-
ers have been
born. Dating back to April IS, when
Harlin James Hoch Glovaclci, the son of
Susanae (Hoch) and James Glovaclci, was
born. Hariin weighed 9 Ibs. and is a third
generation Islander.
On July 31, Magdelaine Harris An-
thony was born just one hour after yours
truly and Bob arrived at Lawrence and
Memorial! Magdelaine, who will be called
"Mimi" weighed 71b. il oz. Mimi is a
fi fth generation Islander.
Agnes Bailey Sperry, the daughter
of Ellen Harvey and Tad Sperry, was born
on August 4. UBailey" was 8 Ibs and is a
fourth generation Islander.
Peter and Judy Thibodeau are the
proud new parents of third generation is-
lander Kaylee Marie. Kaylee was born on
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August 5 and weighed 7 Ibs. 4 oz.
Good things are worth waiting for,
just ask Luis and Sue Horn -mo bad Samuel
Harlow Horn on August 31, just a tad after
his due date. Sam weighed 7 Ibs. 6 oz. and
is the fourth generation.
Janine (EdwanIs) and Jim Kelly have
announced the birth of fifth generation
Islander Jared James who weighed 6lbs. 3
oz. when he arrived in September.
And to wrap up the season's births,
Patty (King) and Dave Cantlay have a new
baby boy, John Henry Contlay. Born on
September 24, John weighed 7 lb. 10 oz.
and is a third generation Islander.
It's the fall of the year and love is in
the air. Chauncey Goss and Allison Burr
have decided to make it official. It's
always nice when two islanders tie the
knot.
Paul Giles, that purveyor of Pequot
potables and Carol Spedora, the F.1. school
science teacher, are engaged.
One of tbe island's most eligible
bachelors will soon be off the market.
Charlie Sberman, who lives year-round in
Vail, Colorado, but worked on the Hall's
property for many years, is engaged to
Peggy Peters, a supervisor at the Vail Ski
School. An August wedding is planned.
Linda Rutherfurd and Mark Borden
were married in Boston on September 15.
Fran Kelly, the 5th and 6th grade
teacher at the Fishers Island School and
Bruce Prescott, who is responsible for
keeping the Castle looking so spiffy were
married on Fishers on October 13. The
reception was ... where else.
That's all I know, readers, but once
again i'm pleading with you to keep the
Gazette posted when you have news of a
birth, engagement or wedding.
Christmas Party Set
The annual Christmas party put on
by the Fishers Island Fire Department is
scheduled for noon on December 16. Santa
Claus is scheduled to be present and there
will be entertainment.
The party is open to the public. Per-
sons who wish to attend with children
should contact the fire department so that
sufficient gifts can be arranged with Santa
Claus.
The Christmas party at the fire house
has been a popular event in the holiday
calendar on Fishers Island for many years.
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Fishers Island Library Essay Contest Winners---
A Penny's World
A Fishy Tale
by Susan Stepanek
I'm bored, bored, bored. Every day
it's the same old thing round and round this
stupid tank until finally somebody decides
to feed me. Wait a minute. What's this?
Dh no, they aren't going to dump another
piece of fluorescent orange drift wood in
my tank. As if it isn't cluttered enough.
With four castles, two plants, six shells,
and one plastic diver there is hardly room
for me. The only worthwhile thing they've
ever put in this tank is that cute little
mermaid they gave me for Christmas last
year. She's got the nicest sea shells I've
ever seen. Too bad they're only plastic. I
wonder what is taking them so long. How
hard can it be to dump some cheap hunk of
plastic into my tank? Here it comes. Hold
on a minute, that's no hunk of plastic.
Well I'll be, its another fish, a girl fish.
She's pretty cute too. I have a feeling this
is one toy I won't mind fooling around
with.
I'll end this tale here. Even a fish
needs his privacy sometimes.
by Carrie Marshall
This little penny has been through
lots of adventures that I am going to tell
you about.
First I should tell you how this penny
got on earth. Back in 1980 this penny was
born in a factory in Washington, D. C. The
penny opened its eyes and found it self in
a big box with lots of other pennies. Then
she felt her sel f being Ii fled up and up and
up even higher. She could see a man with
big orange gloves lifting all the pennies
into a hig truck.
The next thing she knew she was
being dumped into a big pile of pennies.
They all greeted her and decided to call her
Percila. Where am I? Percila asked. The
bank they all answered.
Percila got to be great friends with
all the pennies she liked at the bank. But
one day the door that the pennies were kept
in opened and an orange glove appeared
and grabbed Percila. She could see hersel f
going through a long hall and being handed
to a lady hy a computer. The lady said
"thank you" to the man in the orange
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gloves and he walked away. Then Percila
was handed to a lady with a little boy.
Then they walked down a hall and out a
door and Percila was handed to the little
boy. He grabbed Percila and raced down
the street and into a store labeled general
store. Then Percila was handed to a man
and the man gave the little boy a piece of
candy labelled IC. A week later a bum
came into the store and bought a bottle of
beer. Percila was handed to the man for
change. She was dropped into his pocket
which smelled of beer and whiskey.
It was winter and she was getting
cold because of all the holes in the bum's
pockets.
She decided to roll out of a hole in
his pocket and go find a nice warm place to
stay. But she got caught in the snow and
almost froze to death but just in time I
came and saw poor Percila. I dug her out
and brought her home. I gave her a bath
and polished her up and now she is bright,
shiny and a happy 10 year old penny.
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Town Board Notes
with Councilman Ray Edwards
The Sum-
mer of 1990 \WS
a busy one for
the Court on
Fishers Island.
Over 70 Motor
VehiclelConses-
vation tickets
were processed
from the begin-
ning of May to the end of September. That
may seem to be a lot but if one considers
that we did not have a single serious acci-
dent during this time, the figure is a plus.
At the present time, the Town board
is in the middle of its annual budget review
and with the Town income reduction and
rising costs, our taxes will increase be-
tween 10 and 15 percent. No firm figure
has been established as of yet. The moor-
ing fees in West Harbor will be increased
and we will be receiving new channel
markers to replace old unrepairable ones.
Also some new harbor regulations will go
into effect by Spring and these regulations
will be published in a later Gazette issue.
In another section of this issue, Dave
Burnham will give a report on the Sewer
District at the Fort, explaining why the
District taxes have to be raised. It is hoped
that the District users in the Fort will form
their own governmental group to manage
the system with closer "local control. "
One of our major issues in Southold Town
is that of the garbage problem. As of this
date, the Town of Southold has not made
any firm plans for their disposal on the
Long Island mainland. Fishers Island has
a plan and it is beginning to take place. An
engineering firm is desiguing a transfer
station which will be built behind the movie
theater and all garbage and refuse will be
transported to the Connecticut mainland
for disposal. The Garbage Commissioners
are meeting with the Town Board on Octo-
ber 15 to present their proposals and seek
Town funds for the construction and op-
eration of the facility.
In New York State, there exists a
prescription plan for Senior Citizens. This
plan is unavailable to the seniors on Fish-
ers Island as only registered New York
State pharmacies can offer this plan. After
speaking with several seniors and the Medi-
Cowu:ibnan Ray Edwards gruts Soulhold Polic~ Chi~fDan Winters as a whole bevy ofrown. county and
stale officials diumbarkfrom Ute Munnalawket after arriving on Fishers Island jor the Town Falhers
muting on August 8.
cine Shoppe in New London, I have written
to our State Senator, Ken Lavelle to have the
Medicine Shoppe accepted as a purveyor of
prescription drugs to the Seniors on Fishers
Island through the New York plan. I think
we can "pull this one ofP' with the help of
Senator Lavelle.
In September, I witnessed the rebuild-
ing oftbe "Bug Light," a lighthouse at the
end of the Orient State Park sandbar. This
lighthouse \WS abandoned by Ibe Coast Guard
in the 50's and vandalized by arson in the
middle 60's. A group of concerned citizens
from the Southold areas formed a commit-
tee, raised sufficient funds and rebuilt an
exact replica on land in Greenport where it
was transported, in three sections by barge
and replaced on its original foundation. The
re-lighting ceremony was witnessed by over
one thousand people in over two hundred
boats. The light was turned on by the wife
of the last keeper of the light, the keeper
passed away in July. Note: it took longer for
the committee to find out who owned the
foundation and then get legal permission
than it did to building and replace the light.
I will have a VCR film on this affair if
anyone would like to borrow it. That is it
from Town Hall and my desk . . . Judge
Edwards.
Connecticut Lobstermen
Pinched in Island Waters
Three Connecticut men were fmed
this summer for lobstering violations in
waters around Fishers Island.
The three were Michael Grimshaw
of Mystic, Bruce White of Morris, CT,
and Michael Noga of Stonington.
State police say that Mr. Grim-
shaw and Mr. White were each fmed
$250 for lobstering in restricted waters.
Mr. White was also fmed $150 for failure
to affix a number to his traps.
Statepolice say that Mr. Noga was
fined $250 for failure to affix a number to
his traps. Town Justice Ray Edwards in
levying the fine said this was Mr. Noga's
fourth violation and warned that he would
be sentenced to jail for any further viola-
tions.
The three men were cited on May
18 when state Department of Environ-
mental Conservation enforcement offi-
cers came over to Fishers Island to patrol
the waters for possible fishing violations.
Justice Edwards said the three pleaded
guilty in June and received their fines
then.
DEC officers periodically travel to
Fishers Island from their base on Long
Island to check on lobstering procedures.
They are often accompanied by state po-
lice when they patrol.
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Commissioners Reject
Commuter Boat Proposal
A petition with almost 100 signatures was presented to the
Fishers Island Ferry Commission at the ferry district's annual
meeting in August. The petition asked that one of the district's
ferries be berthed on Fishers Island to allow for earlier ferry
service to the mainland from the Island.
Signers of the petition said that the current ferry schedule
does not adequately allow for Islanders to hold jobs on the
mainland or to pursue educational programs.
In a letter to customers of the district, commission chairman
Chip duPont said berthing a boat on Fishers Island would not be
feasible. A group of Island residents replied by asking that the
commissioners look into providing an earlier boat schedule.
Mr. duPont said the commissioners would explore this
option.
"'We are polling our various constituencies about a shift in
the schedule," Mr. duPont said referring to the school, the
contractors and the retailers. "By scheduling an early morning
boat, our current early boat would run later."
Even though the petition has been rejected, one of the
signers, Tom Sudmeier, said he has been pleased with the re-
sponse of the ferry district commissioners.
"I can understand why it (berthing the ferry on Fishers
Island) causes problems," he said. "I a.m pleased that they have
been looking into the problem. At least they are not giving us the
cold shoulder."
Mr. Sudmeier said the main objective is that earlier service
be provided so that Islanders can work on the mainland.
(Editor's Note) The letter distributed by the ferry commis-
Ferry Commission Letter
To: Patrons of the Fishers Island Ferry District
The Fishers Island Ferry District has received a petition
asking it to provide early morning service to New London and late
service back to the island by basing a ferry on Fishers Island.
Accompanying the petition is a list of names purporting to
represent a group of individuals who would become ready, willing
and qualified to operate that ferry one way in the morning and
evenings, presumably 'ldeadheading" in the opposite directions
so as to attend to their full-time johs on the island. The purpose of
this proposal is stated to be an increase in the year-round island
population based on more flexibility in commuting to the main-
land.
The Board of Commissioners of the Ferry District sub-
scribes to the thesis that a larger, stable, year-round island popu-
lation is a goal to be pursued by every reasonable means.
It is our duty to consider on a regular basis the real long-term
needs of the island for transportation to and from the mainland. If
basing 8 ferry on the island would be 8 ~. reasonable means ~, of
meeting those needs, we would have a duty to try to work out a way
to accomplish such a program.
It should be noted that the following constituencies must be
Su Com",lssloners' [Aileron Pagel!
Ferry district commissioners at August annual muting. From left, Jack Evans,
Chip duPont. Dick Balur, and Lillie Ahman.
sioners in September in response to the petition and the ensuing
reply from some Island residents is printed below.
Response from Some Island Residents
To: The Board of Commissioners, Fishers Island Ferry
District
From: The Petitioners for an Early Boat
Subject: Early Boat
Thank you for your letter of September 14, received today.
We sincerely appreciate the study you are giving the subject and
the purpose of this letter is to further help you in that study.
It does not appear at this time that it would be profitable to
labor the idea of berthing a ferry on the island. We would just hope
that from time to time you would reconsider this possihility
because it does seem to have at least three major advantages,
namely: The crew and their families would add to the island
population, we would have a lower cost ferry schedule (the last
boat in the evening and the first boat in the morning of a new
schedule would be unnecessary), and it would strengthen our Civil
Defense system (which with Mill Stone just a few miles upwind,
of course, has to be laken seriously).
Although any change is upsetting to some, upon analysis,
we can't find any good reason why a schedule that incorporates an
early boat would harm any of the constituencies that you mention
in your letter. On the contrary, most ofthe constituencies we have
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F/sMI'S Island Gtu.eUe 3S
Continued from preceding page
served:
a. The year-round residents
b. The seasonal residents
c. The island contractors and their employees
d. The merchants
e. Mainland suppliers of beavy equipment for specific jobs
f. The Post Office
g. Clients of UPS, Federal Express, etc.
h. Suppliers of other general-freight cargo
i. The school
These constituencies are now served by a safe and reliable
ferry line wbose very safety and reliability are a major underpin-
ning of the quality of life on the island.
The marine operation is supervised by Captain Mark Easter
who has been with the Ferry District (or its operating contractor in
earlier years) since 1969. He has been in charge since 1981. He
operates two seagoing ferries with a marine staff of36, including
8 licenses personnel of whom 6 are regularly used to command the
vessels. No licensed individual is allowed to command a ferry
unless he has served with Capt. Easter on the run for at least
several months and is found by Capt. Easter to be truly qualified
to take the responsibility. A number of licensed applicants have
failed so to qualify over the years.
Emergency diagnosis of problems and repairs to the vessels
are performed in New London at Thames Shipyard under the
supervision of Ferry District captains, often into the early hours of
the morning so as to permit scheduled operation the next day.
Captain Easter is always present at the New London terminal
when questions of safe operation arise whether due to dangerous
weather conditions or other causes.
Regular maintenance is performed in New London under
Capt. Easter's direct supervision. Capt. Easter inspects the vessels
even on Christmas Day, when no trips are scheduled. An emer-
gency plan to berth the ferries at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base
during hurricanes has been in existence for some years and is
periodically renewed by Capt. Easter as operations personnel at
the base change.
The organization and system described above have pro-
duced the record of reliability and safety Fishers Island people
deserve and insurance companies recognize.
In common with other nearby ferry lines, the Fishers Island
Ferry District serves a small clientele and runs a reduced schedule
in the winter. In our case we run what is basically a single vessel
operation for beller than 9 months of the year. That vessel, of
course, is based in New London. That our system has a basis in
practicability and is not unique is evidenced by the fact that ferries
are not based overnight in wintertime at Orient Point, Block
Island, Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket. (The OLINDA was for
a time based on Fishers Island but during that period was not a
scheduled ferry.)
Ifwe were to base a ferry on the island in wintertime it would
have to be the only operating ferry or we would have to go over to
a two-ferry operation year-round. Not one of our 36 marine
Su CommlssloMrs' Leiter on Page 36
Petitioners' Reply
Conli~djrom the preceding page
briefly surveyed feel it would be helpful. It would be a great help
to a commuter and would fulfill the Growth Plan mandate of
strengthening the winter population by making mainland employ-
ment opportunities available to island residents.
If the ferry is berthed in New London, a revised schedule
might be: .
Leaving New London: Leaving Fishers Island
5:45 a.m. 6:45 a.m.
8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.
This would not only help commuters but would also help:
- Residents who wish to take college courses
- The school, by giving greater flexibility in scheduling
mainland events for both children and teachers
- Residents with doctors appointments, and/orerrands to run
may complete them earlier and return on the noon boat, which is
extremely difficult to achieve with the current schedule
- Summer residents where the major wage earner is cur.
rently living on the mainland during the working week
- Residents who need a longer day on the mainland, or an
earlier start on the mainland for any number of reasons
You will wish to discuss an early boat schedule with all of
your constituencies, but for your information we have briefly
discussed the feasibility of such a schedule with Ken Lanier at the
school and he could see some real benefit for the magnet children
and the school as a whole in pushing the day back one hour. At the
present time, the school is over at 2:45 p.m. and the ferry doesn't
leave until 4:45 p.m. Also, one major contractor was contacted
and he would consider working with a schedule revision.
Once again, we wish to express our appreciation to the
commissioners for all they do to study' 'the long term needs on the
island for transportation to and from the mainland." We recog-
nize that a schedule change such as we have suggested does have
economic implications in that it involves an extra round trip run
and that it would not receive universal applause, if for no other
reason than it is a change. Although we can give you no iron clad
assurance, we are convinced that it would lead to a "larger, stable
year round island population." It slands to reason that as the
socioeconomic make up of the country changes, so should the
make up of the island population and hence the need to study
carefully their transportation requirements.
Could we sit down again in the near future and review this
important matter?
Thank you,
for the Petitioners
Tom Suedmeier
Cannen Suedmeier
Dick Edwards
William Haas
Petie Haas
Brad Burnham
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Commissioners' Letter
continuedJrom ~ preceding page
personnel, including Capt. Easter, is willing to move to Fishers
Island. Capt. Easter, moreover, is unwilling to take responsibility
for a vessel he cannot oversee first hand. This is a reasonable
position for a marine superintendent of the caliber, integrity and
sense of responsibility we demand at the Ferry District.
As we have considered the possibility of basing a vessel on
the island we have had to recognize that we were not dealing with
a slight modification, but a fundamental overturning of a system
that operates reliably and safely by reason of a dedication of
human and technical resources unavailable on the island. The
Commissioners are unanimously unwilling to take such a step,
which they regard as unreasonable in the absence of any evidence
that a positive effect on the year-round population would result.
(Past experience, in fact, has indicated the contrary.)
While they are unprepared to base a vessel on Fishers Island,
the Commissioners remain committed to providing a schedule
that serves the various constituencies as well as is reasonably
possible. To this end, a schedule review is in progress and various
constituencies have been asked to submit the limits of their
flexibility.
If a new schedule permitting greater latitude for commuting
to the mainland can be devised without unduly compromising the
needs of other constituencies such a schedule will be instituted
without delay.
Board of Commissioners
Fishers lsland Ferry District
By: Reynolds duPont, Jr., Chairman
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Architectural Review Board
Proposed
The Southold Planning Board has proposed to the Southold
Town Board that an Architectural Review Board be established to
review all construction submissions to the board. The proposal
stemmed from an application by McDonald's to build a restaurant
in Mattituck this past year. This application caused a great deal of
public concern because of the appearance of a fast food restaurant
on the main street of the village.
Ken Edwards, the Island's representative on the planning
board, has proposed that Fishers Island either have its own
architectural review board or be exempted from the committee's
review process.
"I think the town needs one (an architectural review com-
mittee)," Mr. Edwards said. "But my concern is that this could
be a hardship for Fishers Island because nf its geographical
separation from Long Island. "
Subdivision Approved
The Southold Planning Board has approved an application
by Mrs. Henry McCance to transform two building lots she owns
near Hay Harbor Club into four lots.
There are four homes on the two building lots, which is a
condition which existed prior to the town zoning code, according
to Ken Edwards, the Island representative on the planning board.
The planning board action allows each home to be on a separate
building lot, he added.
The unanimous planning board approval came at the board's
October meeting.
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Land Trust Working For a
Greener Fishers Island
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By Tom Patterson
In the face of increasing pressure for growth and develop-
ment, the Henry Ferguson Museum Land Trust has emerged in
recent years as one of the principal agencies for preselVation of
Fishers Island's undeveloped land.
The land trust was established about eight years ago with the
formation of a Land Trust committee run by members of the
museum board. The museum is a tax exempt organization and can
receive land as a tax deductible charitable contribution.
"As ofthis year, the Land Trust has received gifts ofland or
conservation easements on nine properties totalling over 50 acres, "
said museum president Charles Ferguson.
"The land trust essentially began with a gift of the Betty
Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary of eight acres on Island Pond
when it was transferred from the Nature Conservancy to the
museum's land trust," said G. Carey Matthiessen, a member of
the Land Trust committee.
Other gifts have varied in size and location from the IS-acre
L.F. Baker Doyle "Brickyard Sanctuary" to the. 75-acre parcel
donated this year by David F. Harris.
Many of these lands have trails for viewing wildlife. Bob
Miller, another member of the museum's Land Trust committee,
said walking trails were put in where it was possible to do so and
not interfere with the preservation of land in its natural state as a
wildlife sanctuary. He also said "the museum supervises these
trails to insure that neither their existence nor the way they are
used infringes on sensitive habitat. ..
Land donations so far have been both in the form of direct
gifts and conservation easements. In the ca..c;;e of a direct gift,
outright ownership passes to the museum, while with a conserva-
tion easement, the development rights are given away.
Both outright gifts ofland and conservation easements can
provide significant income, estate and real estate tax benefits to
donors, but the potential benefits from conservation easements are
generally somewhat more limited than outright gifts. The land
trust has even produced a pamphlet which describes all the options
for land preservation.
liThe general direction of the land trust is to acquire any
land that is ecologically or environmentally sensitive and protect
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it from development in perpetuity," said Mr. Matthiessen. "In
order for the museum to accept a parcel. it must determine that the
land has environmental or ecological significance. The land trust
will be glad to review any potential donations for their environ-
mental characteristics."
"Fishers Island is a unique area and on a major flyway for
the East Coast. It would be a shame if any of its natural habitats
are lost. ..
Land Trust officials say more work has to be done to
pre.';;erve the Island's natural environment.
"I am very pleased with the accomplishments of the land
trust up to now and hope to acquire more land in order to keep it
green for the future," said Mr. Ferguson.
Mr. Matthiessen is not quite as satisfied.
"It's a start as far as the parcels and easements given so far
are concerned," he said. "But it is not enough. Only one fiftieth
of the Island is protected by the Land Trust and that is not very
much."
"I would like to see the strength and size of the Land Trust
grow and continue acquiring sensitive parcels although we have
had little response from potential donors in our last two drives for
new contributions. ..
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Sewer District Customers Hit with 200% Price Increase
By David Burnham
Annual rates in the Fishers Island
Sewer District will jump from $175 to
$500 beginning in 1991.
The rate hike was set in early Octo-
ber by the Southold Town Board, which
acts as the commission for the sewer dis-
trict. About 50 homes in the Fort area are
served by this central sewer system, which
is the only one on the Island.
The district has been operating at a
deficit in 1990and currently owes $ 15,000
in maintenance and operating fees.
Town comptroller John Cushman is
recommending that the $500 fee be set for
the next two years to replenish the dis-
trict's barren contingency fund.
"Once there is a contingency fund
in place, then the fee will go down to
perhaps $250," said Town Councilman
Ray Edwards. "I don't think that it will
ever go back to $175. The town will pay
the shortfall this year, and then the district
will reimburse the town. .,
There will be a public hearing on
this and other budget resolutions on No-
vember 6 at Southold Town Hall. Mr.
Edwards said any letters written to the
Southold Town Hall in care of the Fishers
Island Sewer District will be read at the
public hearing.
Prior to the creation of the district in
1985, sewage from all the houses in the
Fort area flowed directly into Fishers Is-
land Sound between Race Point and Silver
Eel Pond.
The sewer project cost about $400,000
and was 90 percent federally funded, ac-
cording to Michael Home of Lombardi
Associates, an engineering firm which
designed the system. Initially, each home
owner was charged a fee of$2,OOO a hook
up to help defray the cost with annual fees
of $150 designed to cover administration
and maintenance costs. Some multi-unit
houses in the fort area are charged addi-
tionally because they have more than one
sewer hook-up.
The increase in operating expenses
from $6,600 in 1987 to almost $14,000 in
1989 has sewer district members alarmed.
A number ofletters to the town board from
sewer district members have stressed the
need for better fiscal management. Ac-
cording to sewer district member Peter
Burr. uwe were all so anxious to see the
polluting of the Sound stop we did not
review carefully enough what we were
getting into. "
When the 0 EC ordered that sewer
sludge no longer be deposited at the Island
landfill this past spring, the sludge was
then dumped in the sewer district's septic
system. Sewer district residents were sur-
prised and angered that they were not
notified about this.
Councilman Edwards said he would
like to see a set of commissioners estab-
lished for the district so that more local
controls can be established.
Island Motorist Hit With
DWI Charge
A 21-year-<lld Island resident was
arrested on a driving while intoxicated
charge in early August following an acci-
dent. Kenneth A. Lanier, a college stu-
dent, lost control of his car on the winding
road from Hay Harbor Club to the Fishers
Island Shopping Center and struck a tree in
the early morning hours of August 3, ac-
cording to state police. Mr. Lanier, who
was the only occupant of the car, suffered
a cut on his forehead from the accident,
police said.
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