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Home My WebLink About2006 Vol 20 No 2 Summer ,~ -.'.:- J/ '.~. - ,." -, 2 Fishers Islalld Gazette-Summer 1006 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: Jesus has been blindsided and hijacked. In the feverish attempt of Christians to be loyal to America, they have become terribly confused. Christian ethics and politics are rarely a perfect merger. Christians are in danger of selling their souls to policy and politics. When Christians should have been trying to influence politics with ethical val- ues, they have instead fallen to the tempta- tion of allowing politics to influence Chris- tian values. The ethics of Jesus have been hijacked by the political right in the name ofloyalty to America. Christian politicians have usurped Christ's non-violent stands and made war Winter 2007 Gazette Deadline: Dec. 4, 2006 The Fishers Island Gazette is all in- dependent not-for-profit publication initiated with a grant from the Sanger Fund and sustained with subscription and advertising revenue. It is published two times a year. Editor Betty AnI! Rubillow Contributors in this Issue Marg-<l.Ux Bumham\ Elbert Burr Sarah Gordon, Leila Hadley Luce Hunter H. McGuire Jr., RobertJ. Miller Robert S. Morton, Pierce Ratferty Sam Schmader, Carol Ridgway Thelma Hedge Shaw Photographer Emeritus Albert H. Gordon Controller Su-Ann Seidl Newsstand Sales Patty Cook Circulation Support William C. Ridgway III SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE $15 PER YEAR. IT'S EASY. JUST MAIL A CHECKTOTHE GAZETTE! Fishers Island Gazette, Box 573 Fishers Island NY O(i.~90 in Iraq into a holy cause. It is nothing of the sort. Christ in the face of attack told his followers to turn the other cheek. More radical than that, he told them to love their enemies, do good to those who persecute you, love and hate nOt. Overcome evil with good. The Bush administration is doing what most mighty powers in the past have done, fighting terror with force, becoming even more terrifying than their foes. The insult is that they link it with pious Christian values. They can fool most of the people most of the time, bur that doesn't make them right, In fact, in the long run, they hurt Chris- tianity immeasurably. Young people across the country, even young adults with fami- lies. reject their violent notions and Chris- tianity with it. Christians will only win by sacrifice and love. See the movie Munich, if you need a graphic example of how hatred and revenge only spawn more hatred and revenge. There is a better way. Christ does nor carry a gun. He said, those who live by the sword will die by the sword. The big stick the U.S.A. should be cattying is the bridge of economic support. We should be nego- tiators not warriors and the billions and bil- lions we spend on war should be spent on building communities, fighting disease and lifting up other cultures with our construc- tive forces of economy, and all with non- violent means. Christians wake up and claim your her- irage. It is with open arms not arms of war that we will help this world and this country in the long run. Steve Parker Rector St. John's Episcopal Church Telephone Rate Increase For the first time in 14 years, the Fishers Island Telephone Co. has raised its rates. Effective April 26, the monthly residential rate went up from $5 to $15, and the monthly business rate increased from $7.32 to $21.96.The cost of other services, such as call waiting, has also increased. . Part-time purser David Grote sells tickets aboard the MV Race Point this spring. Next summer, passengers heading to Fishers Island will purchase tickets in the New London terminal prior to boarding. [see page 38] & Call or email the editor for " information about advertis- , ing or editorial content: win- ter 860-633-8200: summer 631-788-7893: figazelle@cox.nel. The Gazette appreciates and relies upon editorial contributions from the com- munity. We reserve the right to edit copy and regret that we cannot run every story and occasionally must hold copy for future issues. Slimmer 2006.Fi.'ll'ers Island Gazette 3 Ne~ Do<:lor Brings ER Experien<:e 10 Island Fishers Island has a new doctor. On July I, Maria Frank, M.D., 43, will trade midnight shifts in a New York City emergency room for a 24/7 position as a country doctor on Fishers Island. Dr. Frank is moving to Fishers with her husband, Martin Pedersen, editor of Me- tropolis Magazine, and their two children, Francesca, 9, and Alex, 7. The family is not new to Fishers Island, however. "I first came to Fishers 12 years ago as pan of the St. Luke's Roosevelt program that provided medical coverage to Fishers Island on a weekly basis," Dr. Frank said. "My husband and I didn't know what (0 ex- pect, bur we had a great week. The people were so friendly, and the Island was charm- ing. Winter or summer, I would always take the opportunity to work on the Island and have been working here two to three weeks a year ever since." Dr. Frank was born in Windsor, Conn. She graduared from Yale ('84) and Albert Einsrein College of Medicine ('89) and has always wanted to be a doctor. She has spent her entire career working for city hospitals. "The environment in which to provide health care on Fishers Island is different from anything I've ever done. I'm used to working at a fast pace in the ER, but Fishers is challenging in another way, because there are not a lot of resources. "ER doctors often rely on blood tests, X-rays or MRls to aid in diagnosis. On Fish- ers, I can rely only on a physical exam, my instinct and talking to the patient to decide if care can best be managed on Fishers or the mainland. Providing health care here is very hands on, and that is my style of working." Dr. Frank is ofren asked if her skills will get rusty on Fishers. ''I'm pretty comfortable about maintaining my skills, even though there are so many people here in summer and fewer in winter. Any cross section of the population will generally have similar medi~ cal issues." As part of Dr. Frank's contract, how- ever, she will also work two-to-three 8~ hour ER shifts a month, in the ofT-season, at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London. "I am particularly interested in meering L&M docrors. It will benefir my patients if I have a professional relationship with doctors whom I call upon for consulta- tion services." . Fishers Island's new doctor, Maria Frank M.D., and her family visited their new Island home this spring. Or. Frank begins work July I. (I-r) Martin Pedersen, Or. Frank, Alex and Francesca. Looking out for her patients is some- thing that Dr. Frank enjoys. "It's funny, be- cause I'm an atypical ER physician. Other docs tease me if I do something contrary to the general fast pace of the ER, which is: 'Deal with the problem. Get them out. Keep them moving.' "Even though there may be only five minutes to speak with a patient, you can still convey that you care. I had a very good team in New York City. We worked pre- dominately midnight to 8 a.m., and we'd do things atypical for our specialty. Docs would say. 'Oh, that is so family practice.' "Even though I am an ER doc, I fit the profile of a country doctor. I love to talk to people and meet their families. Sometimes there are a multitude of problems that are not necessarily medical. I tell young docs that this is a people-oriented business. "ERs roday handle a lot of primary care. We are not saving lives every minute of the day like on television. ER docrors are like firemen. Sometimes they just polish the truck and respond to false alarms. But there will be a day when they have to pull someone from a burning building, just like we have to do a resuscitation on a patient. That's what you have to be ready for." Dr. Frank will not only be ready bur also available. She will not take time off dur- ing rhe summer, although the Island Healrh Project (lHP) has agreed thar she can take one week during the summer if she needs it. Rather than a beeper, Dr. Frank will carry a doctor's cell phone for "medical urgencies." "People have traditionally left messages on the machine, and I call them back. But a 'medical urgency', for example, is from a Continued on page 34 4 Fishers Islalld Gazette-Summer 2006 The Oyster Far...: A. "NeW' Y or~er" Feature Bill Buford wrote an article, "On the Bay, "for the April IO issue o/The New Yorker. The sto- ry is about Mike Osimki, a man who left the corporate world of New YOrk City to work on the water harvesting oysters in Greenport. Co- incidentally, Mr. Osinski buys his seed oysters .from Steve Malinowski's oyster farm on Fishers Mmd Excerpts from Mr. Buford, story are printed below. Copyright @ 2006 Bill Buford. Originally published in The New Yorker. According to William K. Brooks, whose 1891 masterpiece, "The Oyster," is still regarded as one of the best accounts of the life of a bivalve, 'the adult oyster makes no efforts to obtain its food, it has no way to escape from danger, and after its shell is emered it is perfectly helpless and at the mercy of the smallest en- emy....lt is almost as inert and inanimate as a plant.' Today Brooks's study is imeresting for its doomsday predictions. Frightened by the terrible decline of the oysters in Chesapeake Bay, he urged his colleagues to raise shellfish in hatcheries and plant them-like so many acres of potatoes. I saw an example of Brooks's vision on a visit to Fishers Island, where Osin- ski buys the seed oysters that he plants in cages in his underwater plot. The Fish- ers Island Oyster Company is run by Steve Malinowski, an aqua-entrepreneur who has managed [0 raise five children while work- ing on the water. Eight years ago, he began a nursery to insure that he wouldn't wake up and discover he had no oysters. Today, Malinowski produces so many seed oys- ters-about five million a year-that he sells some to other shellfish farmers. Bur there has been some tension. Two years ago, Manhattan's top restaurants always offered at least one oyster from Long Island Sound: Fishers Island's delivered by UPS rhe day af- ter being harvested. Lately, you saw another: Widow's Holes, delivered by Osinski on the day he'd pulled them out of the water. "It's an interesting dilemma, to visit restaurants and find Mike Osinski's oysters grown from our seeds," Malinowski told me. "We want our buyers ro succeed, but maybe not suc- ceed too well." Malinowski runs the only hatchery on .100,000 seed oysters are ready to leave Fishers Island May 9 to fill orders from oyster grow- ers. The Malinowskis average about two shipments a week for two months in the spring. Seed sales are a very important part of their business, even though customers compete with them for the final product. Seed oysters are usually one-to-two inches and are grown for a full year in the pond. the island, having acquired Ocean Pond Oyster Company. Ocean Pond was srarted in 1962, after Carey Matthiessen and his brother, the writer Peter Matthiessen, dis- covered that a seldom visited local pond was full of shellfish. (They'd dragged up an abandoned boat, found it was covered with oysters, and concluded that oysters had been there since the 1938 hurricane blew open a passage to the sea, and the pond, previously freshwater, had become brackish.) Oysters grow well in brackish water because their natural predators can't find them there. Brackish oysters don't have much Aavor- "They were big, but bland," according to Carey Marrhiessen-and, when mature, are moved to the sea to acquire that crisp salin- ity that gets the saliva going. But the pond was perfect for baby oysters-a low-salinity incubator. I visited the hatchery: bubbling green vats of phytoplankton (a bivalve's din- ner) and gallons of seawater heated to the temperature of early summer-an oyster's honeymoon suire. Oysters like warm wa- ter-they reproduce when it reaches seventy degrees, and at that time, according ro Osin- ski, "they're not to be eaten because they ta''ite of gonads," (Thus the caution against eating oysters during the "r" -less summer momhs-"Nobody likes shells full of sex.") In normal conditions, a male spews billions of sperm in the proximity of a female, who then releases millions of eggs-most of which never meet in the ropsy-turvy open sea. But in a temperature-controlled rank the process is more efficient, and you need .These tiny seed oysters are just out of the hatchery. Next, they go to nursery systems in the cove (below) and in Island Pond. only a few romantic "brood" oysters to pro- duce a few million offspring. Malinowski introduced me ro six brooders. I couldn't tell the boys from the girls, but with oysters it doesn't always mat- Continued on page 35 Summer 2006.f'i.<;her.~ I.~land Gazelte 5 The Oyster Far...: J\ F.I. CoHage Industry Steve Malinowski is something of a celebrity in the world of oyster farming. From Forbes magazine to The New rorker, when there is a story about oysters, one of the first calls is to Steve. [see story on page 4] Years of hard labor backed by a Uni- versity of Connecticut Ph.D. in marine ecology have put the Malinowski's Oyster Farm on the map of New York City's elite restaurants. Mr. Malinowski learned the business in the early 1980s from Carey Matthiessen and opened The Clam Farm in 1982. Clams must rest on a sandy bottom, where they are prey to predators, and require heavy ma- chinery to haul them out. So, after working on a number of shellfish research projects for various government agencies, Mr. Ma- linowski settled on oysters, which among other things, are suspended above the sea floor on nets. It took Mr. Malinowski and his wife Sarah 20 years of trial and error to develop their prized Fishers Island oysters and the systems (packing, for example) that are most efficient. The Malinowskis took over Mr. Matthiessen's oyster seed growing busi- ness on the Island in 2001 and now have control of the entire process from hatching to shipping the final product. The Oyster Farm ships about 500,000 oysters a year, mostly to New York restau- rants. "We have 5 million oysters growing in rhe pond, keep 800,000 for ourselves to grow, and sell rhe resr to other growers. We also sell small oysters and small clams to towns and municipalities so they can seed their town beds," Mr. Malinowski said. This business is not for the faint of heart. There are multiple challenges, includ- ing rhe lurking MSX parasite that in past years decimated oyster beds in rhe Chesa- peake Bay and elsewhere. The business is also not for rhe weak-bodied. "We work seven days a week, just like any other farm- er. There is no slow time," Mr. Malinowski said. "In the pond, we have 17,000 nets with oysters rhat we pull by hand, 400 nets at a time, every three weeks, to dry our seaweed and organisms rhar colleer on rhe nets. We are very low-tech. Nothing is mechanized. There is no problem having the oysters out of the water for thar brief time." A conscious decision to select a specific lifestyle drew the Malinowskis to Fishers. .This commercial algal system has been in operation for a year. Water is pumped up from the cove into tanks (left) and during a 24-hour period travels to the algal system (right), which daily produces 350 gallons offood (phytoplankton) that is piped next door to the hatchery, home to larvae and tiny oysters. Water in the hatchery tanks is changed every day or two and drained back to the cove. .Some of The Oyster Farm's 17,000 nets dry on the Malinowski dock in a West Harbor cove. "Pulling nets is how we till our fields, weed our garden and maintain oysters while they are grow- ing," Mr. Malinowski said. "Everything that grows on the nets must be killed by the sun." Nets are out of the water for a 24-hour period every three weeks and are turned once, while on the dock, to dislodge the oysters. "Sarah grew up summering on Fishers Island, and we decided rhat we wanted to live here, to have home, family and business all one rhing, bur we had to decide what to do. lYing. Our five kids have all worked at The Oyster Farm. When the boys were at horne, rhey slepr behind rhe hatchery, which used to be a dog kennel, when the property was owned by Otis Horn." "It's been a perfect business, very saris- Continued on p'lge 35 6 Fishers Island Gazette-Summer 2006 ANNUALS & PERENNIALS ROSES/SHRUBS/TREES NATURAL PEST CONTROL ORGANIC GARDEN SUPPLIES 368 BOSTON POST ROAD WATERFORD, CT 06385 HOURS MaN TO SAT 9-5 SUNDAY 10-2 WWW.PERENNIALHARMONY.COM fve€/ d.eUvery 'to- the" Ffhhenr I~ Ferry the beach plum pO box 664 fishers island, ny 06390 (631) 788-7731 Private Collection Red Barn Gallery Fishers Island. N.Y. Paintings. Etchings. Wood Sculpture by Charles B. Ferguson COMMISSIONS WELCOME Open Fri. June 30-Labor day Fri. & Sat. 9 a.m.-noon Also by appointment: 631. 788. 7479 or 860.243.5445 ,~~, ~v. &t I ~ Over 400 ban(lpainted canvases Belts, sl1Oes, bags Extensive selection of fibers Pinisbing services Classes available 2 Pearl Street, Mystic CT 06355 Phone.' (860) 53(J-7380 Slimmer 2006-Pishers Islalld Gazette 7 J\ILerl H. Gordon PLotogra.pLy ExLiLit ... 1-,~ '. ... "\ \\ . (top) Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1950. . (bottom right) Germany, 1935. The Harvard Club of New York City on April 20 presented "Travels with a Tripod," an exhibit of pho- rographs hy Albert H. Gordon, 104. The program was the first in the club's series of exhibitions honoring its members' anistry. The show exhibited 30 large framed photographs and 75 conrinually-played im- ages on a large screen, just a fraction of his immense output. Mr. Gordon received his first camera at the age of 12 from a family friend. Since that time, he has constantly experimented with equipment, using, among others, a Zeiss Contax and Contaflex, Hasselblad, and above all, Leicas, with a gamut of light meters and tripods, many of which emerged from pockets or rolled-up pajamas, accord- ing to family members. Many of the images on display were taken in Central Europe, France and Ireland in rhe fall of 1935, during Mr. Gordon's three-month honeymoon with his wife, Polly. The weather was cold and very damp. In Germany, Mr. Gordon observed popular suPPOrt for Hider, but tension and unease in the air. Photographing the German soldier, Mr. Gordon was interested in lighting and shadows, bur in ret- rospect, the image is chilling in its implications. The photos in the exhibition were chosen by Mr. Gordon's daugh- ter Sarah for either historical or artis- tic interest. "The value of my father's photos resides in their total veracity. They are not manipulated and are mostly spontaneous, with subtle shadings of light and dark, unique to old-fashioned photography. His work is an enduring passion for him and a delight for others." " \\ \., ., ~~........... . . '. '" ,. ~ ... .... . 8 Fishers Island Gazette-Summer 2006 Henry L. 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Judge Edwards, a three-term Republican, did run, however, and Mrs. Evans unseated him 4,572-3,791 in a landslide vicrory for the independent United Sourhold Party. That party was formed due to dissatisfaction with the Republican administration in Southold but lost steam by the next election. At the rime, party members credited Mrs. Evans with campaigning harder in Southold than anyone else on the independent slate. "I knew that in past elections the cam- paign on the mainland was important, so I almost ignored Fishers Island, which I feel very bad about," Mrs. Evans said after the 1993 election. Mrs. Evans's outward appearance as a soft-spoken mother of four, belies the strate- gy, determination and guts it rook to win her first election. That drive has served her well as she begins her fourth four-year term as Fishers Island's representative in Sourhold. Mrs. Evans's official schedule requires her to attend work sessions and board meetings every two weeks in Southold, with additional meetings in between. The mountain of paperwork that constantly re- plenishes itself on her desk was clearly un- anticipated. "Not a day goes by that I don't attend to some aspect of this part-time job! There is al- ways a great deal of reading and preparation. Fortunately, 1 now know how to prioritize. "The best thing about this job is that I am constantly learning something new. Board members must be conversant on myriad topics and issues, from clean water and affordable housing, to land preserva- tion and the police department. Obviously, the majority of my work deals with South- old, but it is essential that Fishers Island maintain representation in town. I am very happy that we have the support of the new town supervisor, SCott Russell." o ,; ~ ~ l" , o . .. . . o .Councilwoman/Justice Louisa Evans. A native of Syosset, L.I., Mrs. Evans, 49, first came to Fishers Island because of a pick-up game of soccer in Central Park. "[ graduated from Exeter in 1974, Wes- leyan in 1978 and Suffolk University Law School in 1983. Briefly before law school, 1 lived in New York City, where 1 played soccer for the Budweiser Eagles after work. After law school, I worked in the tax depart- ment of Coopers and Lybrand in Stamford, Conn. I returned to work in New York and met Bob, when we were both playing pick- up soccer in the park." Louisa and Bob were married in 1987. In the meantime, Bob, who grew up sum- mering on Fishers, had moved to the Island to oversee commercial Island properties that he had putchased and has since sold. The Evanses officially moved to Fishers in 1988 and starred a family. Elizabeth was born in 1989, Sam in 1991, Katharine in 1993, and Thomas in 1998. "When I was first approached about running for the board, I thought it would be interesting and that it wouldn't take a whole lot of time. Now I am glad that there is more work, because...my kids are older." Mrs. Evans has passed both the New York and Connecticut Bars. "The law teach- es you a wonderful way of thinking, and a legal education can take you many places. It is a way of looking at information and examining things." Those talents are put to good use as a board member and justice. "Ther~ are two other elected justices from Southold, but they do not sit on town boards. Most of my cases are transferred to me by the other judges because of conflicts of interest. My case-load has increased over the years, since I have gained the confidence of those judges. "On the Island, I handle criminal ar- raignments, speeding tickets, OWls, harass- ment, etc. I don't handle criminal matters that are punishable by more than a year in jail and/or a $1000 fine. Thank goodness there isn't too much criminal activity on Fishers. I also have jury trials on Long Island. "On the civil side, I mostly handle small claims up ro $3000 and landlord ten- ant issues. If it's related to Fishers, I often must recuse myself. Luckily, not a whole lot of that happens here." Performing marriages is another re- sponsibility. "There have been too many to count! In addition to friends and fam- ily, some people come to Fishers just to get married. In one ceremony, the groomsmen were dressed as pirates. Other people stop in at my office in Southold to see if a justice is available to marry them." One issue that currently has Mrs. Ev- ans's attention is the exercise path developed by Robert Feagles for the Fort area. "The town set aside $50,000 for the $15,000 exercise equipment plus material for the mile-long path. Unfortunately, there were no provisions for delivery of the path mate- rial, which could add $20,000 to the final cost. We are struggling to find a way to do it more cheaply. "The project went out to bid in May. We still don't know if it will come by barge or by ferry, one truckload at a time." The town board's biweekly meetings start with a 9 a.m. work session followed by alternaring 4:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. public board meetings. Mrs. Evans has court the next day at least once a month. This year, she has participated in extra budget sessions via conference call, saving an entire day in Southold for just a two-hour meeting. "Often 1 take the 5:40 a.m. ferry ro New London to catch the 7 a.m. ferry to Orient Point, L.I., and an overnight stay depends on the weather and court the next day. Bob also takes me in our boat. Cold r I 10 Fi.\'heTS Islalld Gazette-Slimmer 2006 Music & Video for Your Home .. .L4 ",_!j ~ 4,& ~Y ~ www.robertsav.com 90 Bank Street New London, CT 2-Blocks from the Ferry . New Home A/V wiring . rull Installation Service . Flat Pane! 6'" Projection TV . Home Theater Installatioll . 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It rem;lined open umil Ed's death :I: E in 1975, although Corbin continued to sell ~ lobsters there unril his death in 2002. ~ The market \vas located in an old house ~ that had been O\vned by Henry L. rerguson ~ u Sf. Mr. Ferguson gave Ed permission to tear ~ dov,'n the structure, leaving just the kitchcll '&. annex tor the fish markeL ]n the early years, most fish wcrc caught by Ed, who at 17 lost his right arm above rhe clbov,.. [see Gazette Vol. ] 6 i\'o. 1] At the end of each day, either Ed or his brother Alfred filled an old wire bushel b;lsket \vith fish guts and fish skim from the day\ sales and flung it off the end of rhc dock, and this is \vhere rhe story begins. During irs many years of operation, the market had three resident seagulls: Billy 1, Billy2 and Charlie. Billy1 \-vas ;Hl old gull \\'ho discovered the daily fish remains and began showing up at. [he fish market earliCl ,md earlier each afternoon to ensure the best of the rake. Ed, who had a soh spot f()r animals, be- gan talking to Billy1 and tempting him with fish ridhils that he held aloft in his hamL After a few week;, Billy] allowed Ed to feed him by hand. No one kne\v whcrher Billy 1 was a male or female, but one day Billy 1 arrived at his piling on the dock with a much younger gull, perhaps an offspring. Since the t\vo seagulls continued to arrive together ev- cry afternoon, Ed named the younger gull Billy2. One winter day, Ed round Billy 1 dead 011 the dock, with Billy2 perched on thc pil- ing above, \vaiting and v,"atching. Ed buried Billyl on fish market properry. Billy2 continued to appear at the dock, sitting like a king on his piling, eating fron} .Charlie, whose identity was confirmed by his injured left "foot", eats bologna from the hand of Thelma Hedge Shaw. Ed's or anyone else's hand that offered bits of ti-esh fish. My first memory of the dock is my grandE1ther Fd lifting me with a piece offish in my hand to fecd Rilly2. I delighted ;u the \vay the gull ate from my hand. i\.her a fC\v tasty morsels, Billy2 cocked his head and, \v.ith a piercing cry, leL us know that he was satisfied. Rilly2 lived at the dock for my entire childhood. Cuscomers marveled that Billy2. if he werc in the vicinity and heard Ed or Corbin call, would fly in, S\VOOP dmvn onto his piling and eat OUI of lheir hands. l\hny summer residents hrought their children to the fish market just to see Bi11y2. As Billy2 grew older, his place as head gull at the dock was often challenged. He usually managed to fight off other gulls, but he had war wounds to show f()r his privileged spot. Billy2 brought many young gulls, thought ro be his offspring, to the market over the years, but none ever stayed. Then, in the late 1 ()lOs, Charlie arrived. After Ed died, Corbin had continued to feed Billy2, but the gul1 was very old, and we wcrc sure he missed his friend Ed. One day, Billy2 Ae\v out toward Goose Island and never returned. After Billy2 left, Charlie kept coming to the dock, but since the fish marker was closed, except for lobsters, Corbin began feeding hOldogs and bologna to Charlie. The old ice chests inside the market that lIsed to be teeming with fresh f-ish, now held packages of processed meat. Over time, Charlie became Corbin's pet. \v!hile Corbin plugged lobsters or strllng bait for his pots, the seagull sat on Corbin's shoulder, evoking the classic image of pirate and parrot. Charlie always came when Corbin called, either landing on the piling, the boat cabin or Corbin's shoulder. Charlie became a fixture ,H the market. often Hying Ollt be- hind Corbin's lobster boat as he left to go OUl hauling or as he returned from a day on the water. \V'hen Corbin decided to Llpgrade from his old \\-'ooden lobster boar (0 a new fiber- glass privateer, he thought long and hard for a name and decided on 3 Guill, in tribute to rhe Lhree seagulls that had become part of Island folklore. 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Email: SallyPratt@SallyPratt.com Summer 2006-Fishers hland Gazette 13 Pequot Inn CeleLrates ".ootl." Anni~ersary The Pequot Inn, officially old enough to be called venerable, cel- ebrates its centennial this year. The sign olHside the door says cst. 1906", even though historical evidence in- LEcates the inn probably opened its doors in 1901. But, no matter, the Pequot is pre- pared to celebrate. "The history of The Pequot Inn has empty patches, but it was definitely open as a small resort hotel in 190 I, when it was called the Canonicus* House," said Pierce Rafferty, director of the Henry L. Ferguson Museum. "It is unclear if the Fergusons built the hotel, but deeds indicate that Walton ferguson owned it in the early 1910s, and Fishers Island Farms owned it after 1918. "It brieRy operated under the som(- \vhat poetic name 'The Idle Hour', but by 1912, it was the Elliott House. Nonethe- less, it was always associated with the people \vho leased and ran ir. Mr. and Mrs. \X/.E. Hill, \\'ho ran the Pequot as the Canonicus House, and Lizzie Elliol! Chapman and her husband, Edward P "Chappie" Chapman, who ran it as the Elliott House, \vere the best knmvn proprietors. "Sometime in the 1930s, the name changed to The Pequot House, because the 1938 telephone hook lists that name \vith Theodore Carceau as proprietor. Then, in the early 1940s, John P Pickett and Eliza- beth jv1cCloskey leased the hotel and sub- sequently purchased it from Fishers Island Farms in 1942 or 1943." The Pequot is the sole survivor of Fish- ers Island's hotel era. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were three grand hotels on rishers Island with more than 300 beds available. At the turn of the 21st century, there are seven available beds at the Pequot. "Stephen and Ann Morrell began run- ning The Pequot House in April 1958 after a purchase from Mr. Pickett and Ms. Mc- Closky. The T\1orelL~, who lived at the Pe- quot and later in the foft area, were open for business everyday for 25 years, except for six months one \vinter, when the couple left to care for Mrs. Morcll's elderly mother. "We didn't make money, and we worked hard, hard, hard during the season," Mrs. Morell said. "We \-vere nc\v to the Is- land, and wc had to gain the trust of the year-round residents. That's \vhen we de- cided to stay open every day, to serve the --L. Island people. Self-Storage Solutions "Locally owned & operated" . Storage Units . U-Haul . Moving Trucks . Packing Supplies Located at the corner of Rte. 85 & 395 12 Douglas Lane. Waterford. CT 06385 CALL: 860.444.1000 "We had bar customers and boarders, men who lived alone and didn't eat right. So we threw Christmas parties and Thanksgiv- ing dinners for all of the people who were alone. We had up to 25 and 30 people at those dinners." "Even if we were closed, I always had clam chowder on, so there was something to eat. My rule was: No more beer until you eat some chowder and get something into your stomach." A consortium of owners purchased the Pequot from the Morells, and Paul Giles ran the business for a number of years. Af- ter the consortium pulled out, the Pequot was going up for auction, but Deb and Greg Shillo bought it 11 years ago and have run it since then. 'CanoniCllS was J. Narranganscn Indian chief who. in 1636, sold land to Roger Williams tor the Rhode Island colony. . u . . u w . " .~ ~ . U ~ ~ . ~ 15 ~ . " , o o . . ~ . , u 5 .. o . ./f6'QLLES' il)m,[l~!~~::}'~fRstSLAN D MR&M~SW.E"HILL FIS NX propneto YS. . . . (top and left) Two sides of a postcard from the Pequot's 190 I incarnation as the Canonicus House. g,olllr of tl,1' i\1tl'urthnlfJ at IIHsI,rrfi 3hdan.b. - "'~ 'd)l!:: : frstlER.sISLAND i -----...., ~':":~~_.,:,~,,,.,,; lilY. I . 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He greu.J up Sltmmering on flshen I".land and is the SOIl ~lRilchel (jams Cant/a)!, By Sam Schmader Devastation, destruction and chaos. These arc not words normally associated with a high .~chool student's spring break. Bur they do describe the city ofRiloxi, Miss., where 1 spent Mar. 2-12 \vith 50 ocher students and] 0 bculry members from my school, The La\vrcnce- ville School in Lawrcnceville, :-J.]. \X/hen Hurricane Karrina made land- fall Aug. 29, 2005, the eye of the storm passed directly over Biloxi, but all of the news reports focused on the broken levees in Ne\\.' Orleans. The city of Biloxi received '...cry little aid from the Cederal government. even though there \-vas much reconstruction to he done, both in tenllS of buildings ;ll1d people's lives. The Lawrenceville School warned (0 make a trip (0 the Gulf Coast and selected Biloxi. \Xie thought \-ve could have a signitl- GHH impact there, because the city is still in great need of assistance. Vice President of Community Sen.'ice Alice Hodgkins '06, and science master Gregory Hansen ,^'ere chieF organizers of the trip. J\/lr. Hansen located the volunteer or- ganizers of Hamls On USA, who housed LIS in Biloxi and taught us e\uything v,'e needed (0 knm'l abour the work \'le would be doing. Inside ruined homes, \-ve learned hmv to remove mold and gur interiors. \'{re also learned hmv (0 remove carpeting and walls, \vhich had to be done prior to mold remediation. Ourside, we learned hmv to dear trees and debris, and hO\'I' to shingle damaged roofs. \Xfe were not the only srudeIH volun- teers at Hands On. There \vere also students from various colleges and universities, in- cluding 51. Bonaventure l}niversity, Boston College and LJniversity of Virginia. The devastation that I witnessed in Ri- loxi and in the Lmver Ninth Ward of ;'\!e\v Orleans \vas breathtaking. It made me Feel guilty for not having done something soon- er. 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For four of those years, the retired surgeon \vorked in the basement of the par.sonage writing a reader-friendly book for patients, Doctor, Can J Ask you I] Question? He sent the book to a number of pub- ]ishers who responded with rejecrion leaers. Derermined to 'succeed, Dr. Baue finally published the book himself, in )Jov. 2005, through Xlibris, an online self~publishing company based in the Philippines. While this may sound like a familiar story for neophyte \....Titers, Dr. Baue has ex- tensive experience as a medica] writer and editor. He is the author of 10 medical texts and hundreds of professional articles. He was also editor of a tvm-volurlle text on car- diothoracic surgery and edi[Or of rhe Ameri- can Medica] Associarion's Archives ofSurge~y for 10 years. "Publishers are looking f(H rhe Oprah efflxt," Dr. Baue said. "They '.vam to be as- sured of a bc.stsdler. Medica] book pub]ish- ers knO\v me. and I would have no problem publishing a neVI' medical text. "But this is '.vritten specifically [0 help the general public through the maze of health care. Two doctors recenrly published similar books bue in a style that I would never use-they included cartoons and silly deprecating humor. The authors appeared on the Oprah 'WTinfrey show, and nO\v the books are besrsellers. I'd love a guest .spot on her showY Dr. Baue pracciced medicine for 40 years, always in medical schools, not in private practice. "This book arose from questions rhat patients, family and friends always ask. It '.vas Rosemary's idea for me to \vrite down [he answers." Doctor, Gm I Askyou a Quntion?is nor a book about \vha[ [0 do until the doctor comes. There is no alphabetical index for ar- thritis, bursitis and colitis. Insread, the book has the heft of information gleaned from 40 years in the medica] profession. It begins with advice on how to choose a good doc- (Or and concludes with a discourse on drugs and addiction. 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Additiona] chaprers, divided imo con- cise sections, address bedside manners, malpractice, alterna[ive medicine, i\1edi- care, hospice, a healthy life,Style, stress, diet, obesity, genetically engineered food, animal testing, what should be done in a good physical exam, men's and '.vomen's health is- sues, and debunking the garlic myth. Dr. Baue is also not shy with his criti- cisms. He deplores physician advertising, disapproves of the unnecessary use of anti- biotics and abhors the cruelC}' of force-feed- ing the elderly in nursing homes. He also makes a dis[incrion be[\veen euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. "Big differences exist bervveen these practices," Dr. Baue wrote. ...patIents with widespread or rerminal malignancy and severe pain.. .should receive sufficient pain medication For pain relief... If the pain medication shortem their life by a few days or weeks, at least they wi]1 die pain Free... "Physician-assisted suicide, on [he ocher hand. ..even if the patient wants to die...is first-degree murder." Dr. Baue said that he has provided ref- erences for everything he wrote in the book and made no recommendations \vi[hou[ a srudy ro support it. The actual "writing" was done mostly through dicra[ion. ''I'm a pack rat and have saved many files. I dictated a lot of the book to my former secretary at Yale, \vho .still Summer 2006 - Fishers Island Gazette 17 works for the Department of Cardiology. She rook on the extra task of helping me put my thoughts into the computer." Dr. Baue publishes about six-to-eight professional articles a year and is currently working on a manuscript, "\'<<hat's the Score," for the Jourlltd of Trauma, about scoring systems for predicting the outcome of disease. ''I've written and edited a number of books on a concept I developed with regard to multiple organ failure. I noriced that pa- tiC!1[S who died in intensive care after heart surgery were not dying of heart comp]ica- tions, but of multiple organ failure. The theory has caught on. Doctor Can 1 Ask lOu a Question?, however, is the first book I've written for patients." Dr. Baue said that he has sold hundreds of copies of this book, which is of particular interest to senior citizens. "I spend January and february on Sanibel Island in Florida, and while rhere [his winter, I spoke and had book signings at a number of senior centers." Island residem Laurie Finan is han- dling publicity and has arranged for the books to be sold at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Borders. Books are also available at www.drbaue.com. a website designed by Man Nei]son, a graduate of fishers Island School and University of Connecticut '06. ''I'm working on an update now," Dr. Baue said. "Health care changes so fast. So many things are new. I am trying to sort out the new Medicare prescription regulations. "The title of my book is meant to en- courage people to ask questions. Even at a cocktail parry, don't be afraid (0 approach a doctor about general information. Doctors love to talk about medicine and therapy. It is their life. They love to be authoritarian. They love to pontificate, particularly if they can help." Dr. Baue graduated from Harvard Medical School, cum laude in 1954. He trained in surgery at Mass. General Hospi- tal and held endowed chairs of surgery at \V'ashington University Medical School and Yale University 1\1edical School, where he was Chief of Surgery and Chairman of the Dept. of Surgery from 1975-85 at Yale-Ne'.v Haven Hospital. He was vice-president of St. Louis L'niversity for rhe J\1edica] Cen- ter, with oversight of the hospiral, medical school, Schoo] of :-Jursing and School of Al- lied Health. /8 Fishers Island Gazette-Summer 2006 C,.:". ., :is'proud to have supported the Land , "t oftbe Henry L. Fetguson Museum in 2005 and encourages others ro do so, by means of gifts of financial assets, as well as gifts of property. FIDCO :Fishers Island Development Corporation FIDeo requests that all drivers observe posted speed limits. Violators may lose driving privileges. r ---------- I I I I I I I I I I I I I F.I. Post Office Order Form (PLEASE USE THIS FORM) Complete (PLEASE PRINT) and mail with check or money order payable to "Postmaster" to Fishers Island Post Office, Fishers Is- land NY 06390. Include driver's license number on check. Please do not send cash. Daytime phone number with area code ( First Initial Middle Initial Last name StreetlPO Box ApUSte City State_Zip+4 Price Qty, Cost Item Roll of 391/: stamps(100) $39,00 Booklet of 391/: stamps (20) $ 7,80 Roll of 24~ stamps (100) $24,00 Booklet of 24~ stamps {20} $ 4,80 Total $ Thank you!! Your support brings extra revenue that helps prove continued need for current hours and staff. Other items available upon request. Orders of $200 or more will be sent via certified mail and must be signed for upon delivery. .. Order form courtesy of the Island Community Board, Inc. ---------- .. 'I , 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I '" ''BOARD 'ers Island NY 06390 ax' 631-788-7990 email: mharr@fishersisland.net webshe: www.fishersisland.net YEAR-ROUND DIRECTORS Judi Imbriglio John Spofford (Chair) Patty Faulkner SEASONAL DIRECTORS William Ridgway (Treas.) Peter Gaillard (VP) Audrey Noyes Ludemann ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTORS Frank Burr, Peter Crisp, Chip duPont Karla Heath, Michael Imbriglio (VP) Geddes Parsons, Susie Parsons, Robert Wall ~ Catherine J. Jenssen Catherine J. Jenssen died suddenly April 20 in Westerly, R.L after visiting her f:unily for Easter. She was 69. Just seven years old when she first carne to Fishers, young Catherine embraced the Island as her mvn and devoted the rest of president. "Mom was proud of the fact that she actively supported education, even after her Four children had all graduared from Fishers Island School," said daughter Lynn. "She was also very proud of the qualiry of education at the school and of the graduates who went on to succeed." Mrs. Jenssen helped create the Island People's Project and served on the boards of The Sanger Fund and Union Chapel. , tC CATHERINE J. JENSSEN her life to the betterment of the community, in particular to the medical well-being of her fellow residents. Mrs. Jenssen was involved in the de- velopment of the Island Health Project and continued to take an active role as its secretaryltreasurer. She also assisted in in- stituting the Fishers Island Senior Hotline (fISH) and will always be remembered as the kind and gentle office manager at the doctor's ofnce. Along \vith a few other women, Mrs. Jenssen brought female members to the fishers Island fire Department (FIFD). She became an Emergency Medical Technician and later qualified as an advanced EMT. For decades, she co-coordinated the FIfD ambulance squad and continued [0 playa prominent role in the Fire District as its sec- retary/treasurer. Mrs. Jenssen was a member of the Board of Education from the O1id-1970s to the mid-1980s, serving several years as During the 1960,~, she ran the Union Cha- pel Sunday School program and was a Girl SCOut troop leader. Born April 10, 1937 in Pawcatuck, Conn., 1\1rs. Jenssen moved to the Island \'.,'ith her mother, Anne Keegan Daniels, in 1944. Mrs. Jenssen met Richard A. Jenssen on the Island, and they married Sepe 10, 1955. In the late 1960s, the Jenssens bought Olga's, an ice cream shop and drug store, now the site of Peep Frogs. "They changed the name to Jenssen's. Mom ran the store. while Dad worked at the telephone company," said daughter Cathi. "\Xleopened early with donuts, pastries and coffee for the worker CJ"O\vd and stayed open during thr: day hut did not serve lunch. \X/e closed early in the wimer, but in the 511111- mer wt' sta;:ed open until after tbrk. Back then, it \\.as the 'Iung-olll' ["or teenagers .11ld caddir:s \vho C1111e fi"0111 \Jew York City to work at lhe FdltTS bLll1d Club." The Jenssens divorced in I ()7,), and Summer 2006. Fisher.,. /.\'lalld Gazette /9 Mr,~. Jenssen began working, for more than 20 years, for Sinclair Pharmacal (the "Roro- lcum Factory"). Mrs. Jenssen loved the beach, swim- ming, clamming, O1usseling and n~ading a good book. She had many friends and loved all of her Eunily's dogs, especially Max, a collie mix that died two years ago. "1\10m was especially devoted to her family. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren and taught us to be honest, loving people-traits of hers that we now carryon. She truly will he missed," Carhi said. Mrs. Jenssen is survived by three daughters, Lynn Jenssen Haberek of Rich- mond, R.I., Catherine Jenssen Kruszewski ofNianric, Conn., and Krista Jenssen Sharp of Sausalito, Cal.; a son, Richard A. Jens- sen Jr. of Leominster, Mass; three grand- sons, William Haberek of Hope Valley, R.I.; Nicholas Haberek of Salt Lake City, Utah and Jason Oviatt of Storrs, Conn.; and her sibling.s, William Daniels of Higganum, Conn.; Kevin Lynch of Cheektowaga, ]\,T.y' and Patricia Lynch of Groton, Conn. Contributions in Mrs. Jenssen's memo- ry may be sent to the American Diabetes As- sociation, rishers Island Ambulance Squad, lJnion Chapel or to the Sed Stretcher Fund. ~ Helen Best, 90 Helen Best died June ] 9, 2005 at Fountainview T\'ursing Home in Waterford, Conn. She was 90. Born at Ft. \X/right Hospital on hshers Continucd ()}/ Jlllgi' 20 HELEN BEST (Florida, 1979) , ~ 20 Fishers J.~land Gazette-Summer 20fJ6 Anna Zanghetti Anna Zanghetti, a Fishers Island resi- dent for over 70 years, died Feb. 18 at Bay- view Health Center in Waterford, Conn. She was 90. Mrs. Zanghetti, the epirome of warmth and generosity, enjoyed picking dandelions in spring, digging for dams in summer, and listening ro Christmas carolers in winter. In ANNA ZANGHETTI be[v.,reen, there were visits with Island Friends and time spent on two activities for which she was best-known: baking and tatting. Bake sales were never complete without Mrs. Zanghetti's cakes, and the aroma of her warm chocolate chip cookies just au( of the oven were rumored ro draw passing friends into her kitchen. She also rook great pride in creating delicate handmade lace (tatted) Christmas ornaments and loved ro hear that they were hanging in distant places. She tat- ted the lace on the wedding gowns of her two granddaughters. Mrs. Zanghetti was born Mary Annina Delpriore Mar. 29, 1915 ro a large Italian family in Waterford. Her parents \vere Mary and Joseph Delpriore. Anna met Fishers Is- land Farms employee Morris Zanghetti while visiting her sister and brother-in-law, Julie and Tony DiM ella, on Fishers Island. Mr. DiMella was a caretaker for Samuel Ferguson at the time. Anna and Morris married Oct. 18, 1934 and had two sons, Mario and Ron- nie, \vho co-founded Z&S Contracting. Mrs. Zanghetti was happy that all hve of her grandchildren were raised on the Is- land. She never thought she would live ro have great-grandchildren, yet was overjoyed to meet all nine. Mrs. Zanghetti was a housekeeper for the Samuel Fergmon and then the Thomas and Mary Russell families for over 50 years. She was also very active in the fishers Island community and was a communicant of our Lady of Grace Church and a member of the Altar and Rosary Society. Linda Sherman, Mrs. Zanghetti's granddaughter, presented a eulogy at the Feb. 24 funeral mass in Waterford. The fol- lowing is excerpted: "Maybe you spent an afternoon visiting in Nena's living room, amazed ar how she kept tatting and talking at the same time. How many of you have a handmade tatted ornament hanging on your Christmas tree each year? Perhaps you sat in her kitchen while she finished up a batch of chocolate chip cookies. "Maybe you stood beside her at a church bake sale or a St. Patty's supper where one of her apricot nectar cakes would be sold or auctioned. Did you know how proud she was the night Johnny Gada paid $75 for one of those cakes? Matt and Mon- ica Gada affectionately renamed it 'The Funeral Cake' when they realized they had never attended an Island funeral without that yellow glazed cake on the table. "It simply may have been a shared laugh, a shoulder to cry on, a sympathetic ear or a ready helping hand, but each one of us is thankful to have known her gen- erosity. "I stand here today with a sadness in my heart deeper than I have ever known. As, Nena would say, 'This too shall pass.' The greatest lesson that she taught me is that family comes first. I will always remember her. I ask you all to remember her generos- ity, her zest for life, her love of family and friends. The next rime YOll have a choco- late chip cookie or when you decorate your Christmas tree, remember the life of Anna Zangherri." Mrs. Zanghetti was predeceased by her husband, Morris, who died Dee. 4, 1977. Mrs. Zanghetti is survived by two sons, Mario Zanghetti and his wife Mary of Waterford, and Ron Zangherri and his wife Kathleen of Fishers Island; five grand- children, R. Richard (Buddy) Zangherri of Pome Vedra Beach, Fla., Mark Zanghetti of New London, David Zanghetri of Water- ford, Maria Zanghetti of Westporr, Conn., and Linda Sherman of Saunderstown, R.I.; nine great-grandchildren, Marianna, Alay- na, Isabel, Sofia, Max, Christopher, Anina, Nicholas and Andrew (Marianna and Ani- na were named for Mrs. Zanghetti's birth name, Mary Annina); seven sisters and a brother, and many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Zanghetti was buried in New Sf. John's Cemetery. Donations in her memory may be made to the Sea Stretcher Fund, PO Box 123, Fishers Island, NY 06390. Helen Best, 90, Born on Fishers Island Continued ;rom pilge 19 Island, .l\{s. Best was the daughter of Maj. Howard Best and Delma Eldredge Best. Delma's father, Henry Eldredge, ran an Is- land fishing business, which he started in the late 18S0s on the site of the currem ED Remodeling & Restoration building. The family also owned all four nearby homes on The Gloaming. Ms. Best, called "Honey" by her fam- ily, grew up on the Island with two sisters Delma and DeJsie, who predeceased her. She graduated from fishers Island School in 1931 and began work as a secrerary for Fish- ers Island Farms in 1933. Ms. Best became engaged to an army pilot and was to be married in the late 1930s, bur he was killed during a training exercise in this country before the stan of \X!\XIIl. She continued to work for the Farms until 1946 and for a time worked for Shell Oil in New Haven. As a young woman, Ms. Best loved to ski and play tennis. In later years, she spent many winters in West Palm Beach, Fla. and also enjoyed visiting her nephew, Howie Pitts, in Alaska. She cared for both her mother and father until their deaths. Her father made furniture and wooden fishing lures in his later years. "Helen loved people and everybody loved her," said cousin Robert Brooks. "When my family and I came to Fishers, she'd have mussels from Race Point and lob- Continued to page 21 - Louise Noble Bogert Kathryn Louise Noble Bogert died Nov. 22, 2005 a.~ she sat in her favorite chair at home on Fishers Island overlooking cher- ished ocean views of Block Island Sound. She was 92. "It is comforting to know that she died as she v,.'Ould have wished...," said Union Chapel pastor, Rosemary Baue, who was with Mrs. Bogen when she died. Mrs. Bogert was smart and funny, and never lost her sense of adventure. She and her late husband Jack \vere pilots who Aew their turbo-charged twin-engine Beech- craft cross-country. One time they Aew to Colorado so they could raft down the Colo- rado Ri ver. Mrs. Bogert and her husband, who also died on Fishers Island, moved to the Island in the late 1970s-early 1980s after they sold National Laboratories, their family com- pany in Ne\v Jersey. They wanted ro retire olHside of New Jersey, so they found land on Fishers and built a home on the Isabella Beach Road overlooking the Clay Pit and Block Island Sound. The couple developed a deep love for the Island, evidenced by a bequest in Mrs. Bogert's will. [see Land Trust Report on page 37J 1\1rs. Bogen was born in 1913 and lived most of her life in New Jersey. She attended New Jersey College for Women (now part of Rutgers) in the late 1930s and was New Jersey Women's Golf Champion. She con- tinued to play golf into her nineties. The Bogens married in the late 1930s, and at the start of WWII, Mr. Bogert went to work for his faeher-in-Iaw, Bertrand H. H. Noble, founder of National Laborato- ries. During the war, the company contract- ed with the U.S. Signal Corps to develop a signal data converter for the U.S. Navy that linked a ship's radar to its guns. "After the war, their small company de- 't 10 Y :tt . . ;;< - ~ ~ ~ !/ '0 ': >-, . . t: , o o o 1; ~ ~ ~:/'>. Summer 2006-Fishers Island Gazette 21 used this device, as it allowed a constant check of press runs without stopping the presses. "Louise celebrated her 92nd birthday June 22, 2005 and remained sharp as a tack. Her voice was strong and vibrant, and she sounded much like she always had. You cer- LOUISE AND JACK BOGERT vel oped the world's first tape recorder," said Mrs. Bogert's nephew, Norman Noble. "At the time, the only competition was from the Brush Wire Recorder. Once develop- ment was completed, my grandfather sold the rights to ReA, reasoning that he \volIid be unable to successfully bring the recorder to market. "Then the company developed a scan- ning device for high-speed presses. I twas called the Scan-a-Web. Virtually every high- speed press in the country (and elsewhere) Helen Best Cuntinued from page 20 sters for us. She was very outgoing and had lots of friends in the communi f)'. She was a beautiful woman." Ms. Best lived in a house built by her grandfather, which is now owned by Sha- ron and Tim Patterson. She enjoyed needle- work, loved to read at least one or two books a week and loved her dogs. Island residents smile when they re- member one of Ms. Best's dogs, a panicu- Iarly frisky pet, puJJing her every which way as she tried to walk him. 'W'hat Ms. Best is often remembered for, however, is her most recent job on the Island: 25 years working at Elizabeth Air- port. She would sometimes take pictures of passengers like Fred Asraire, Jackie Kennedy Onassis or Christopher Reeve, and hang the photos on the walls of her office. Ms. Best was a committee member and volunteer for the Fr. Wright centennial cel- ebration in 1998. Ms. Best is survived by twO nephews, Howie Pitts ofSitka, Aka., and Dennis Pitts of Swansea, Mass. Donations in her memory may be made to the Sea Stretcher Fund, PO Box ] 23, Fishers lsIand NY 06390. tainly would never guess her age just by lis- tening to her or learning of her activities. "Until a few years ago, Louise shoveled the snow off her walk and driveway and continued to shop on the mainland. "In 2002, she went to I\:ew York City, boarded the Queen Elizabeth 1/, cruised to Southampton, England, took a taxi to Heathrow and Aew home. When I asked her why she didn't tour England just a little, she said she had seen the country on eelevi- sian, and it wasn't necessary." Mrs. Bogert is survived by her nephe\v, Norman Noble of Sun I,akes, Ariz. and Red- mond, Wash.; three grandnieces; and nine great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews. Luce Memorial Service There will be a memorial service for Henry Luce III at 5:30 p.m., Evensong, Sun. Aug. 6 at St.John's Episcopal Church. A reception and buffet at Brillig, the Luce home, will follow the service. Mr. Luce died Sept. 8, 2005. 22 Fisher,s Island Gazette-Summer 2006 rD3'sLfC Isle ReaLL~ foc, .J=fsber<s Island, n,;y. 06390 631....788....7882 Fort Area: This five-bedroom winterized home is located on approx. 1/2 acre on secluded, tree-lined Winthrop Drive. The 2800-sq.-Ft. house includes a nevvly renovated eat-in country kitchen with lovely blue ceramic tile, complementary w,lll paper, mod- ern appliances and ample storage. The dining room, \vhich opens to the kitchen, leads to a nice-sized sunken living room with wood paneling, fireplace and a large bay \vindow overlooking the well-plamed backyard. A large master bedroom with its own large bath and walk-in closet are located on the first floor, together \vith an additional bedroom/study. The second level includes three hed- rooms with a bath. There is ample storage in the house \'vith attic and basement spaces and generous closets throughour. A \\'elcom- ing outside patio is made up of old fishers Island brick and overlooks a lovely 's\vimming pool. This very wel1 kept home is olTered unfurni'shed at $795,000 with reasonable taxes of $5,600. Hair of the Dog liquor store is an escahlished and successful business located on a prime commercial corner across from the Village Green. The store is regulated by the State of New York and is the only retail establishment on the Island that sells wine and liquor. The owner is flexihle about a long- term lease. Asking price $100,000 plus inventory. Call for information on rental properties. .----. Summer 2006- Fi.\'her.\' Island Gazette 23 rD3'SLfc Isle ReaLL~ foc, .J=fsber<s Island, n,;y. 06390 631....788....7882 This recently listed property provides over 175 feet of direct water frontage on a sandy heach overlooking West Harbor. The 3.6-acre parcel is extremely pri- vate and is a lovely setting for this 4 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath winterized dwelling that was built in the early 1970s. The hOllse is on two levels with a good-sized vaulred ceilinged living room/dining room/kitchen opening to a large deck v./ith truly expansive views of the Dumplings and Fishers Island Sound. The master bedroom and bath also share this same perspective. The ground floor contains an additional 3 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths, with one of the bedrooms large enough to double as a playroom, and there is ample room for Future expansion. A new roof is in the process of being installed. The house is to be sold mainly Furnished. OFfered at $1,595,000, with taxes of approximately $12,500, this would be a simple turnkey Island house from which to enjoy the beach and harbor vie\vs, which this location strongly affords. West End Building Lot This parcel, roughly 1/3-acre, is located on Madeline Ave- nue one lot back from Central Avenue, the main road that runs by Dock Beach. There are potential views looking both into and out of West Harbor. At this time, there is no other undevel- oped property for sale on the Island, especially any with harbor views. Taxes, $273.10. Asking $295,000. ~ BAGLEY REID Broker . SUE HORNSalesperson. JIM REID Salesperson . www.mysticislerealty.com 26 Fishers Island Gazette-Summer 2006 Summer 2006-Fishers Island Gazette 27 --- Su......er Essa.y stop at night. After talking for awhile with my cousin, he falls asleep, and I am alone with my thoughrs. Once again, I am the only one to hear the crickets start. The re- hearsal begins, bur louder for they sleep by day and make music by night. It is as if time stops, and I witness a magical experience. I have heard them before, but never in such a manner. My cousins move in their sleep, and for once I am glad to be awake to hear an extraordinary concert. My eyelids drop, and I feel sleepy. J must ..vait for the closing curtain, but I can't, and I drift into an end- less sleep. swim back (0 shore and dry on my rowel. I could sleep, but I can do that at home. Once the water has evaporated ofT my skin, J lie in the sand, which is just as comfortable as a rowel, if not better. The sand is bearable now. Soon there is no difference between me and my surroundings. As I start off roward the water for the last time, J dread getting out, because there is a long winding path that leads to the road. I swim back and forth and try not to think about the boring uphill path. I love being here alone, just me and the waves together with the sun. One of the reasons I love Fishers is be- cause I can be alone in the back of our house and feel such peace. I love to sit outside on the porch listening to the crisp rustle of the trees and the faint sound of crickets. When it's cold, r sit cuddled on the couch and lis- ten to the \",ind howl. \X!hen I'm annoyed and unhappy, J sit on the deck that my father built. I bring a notebook and try to write out my emotions. My hair Aies away from my face, and the peep frogs mutter in sympathy. The crickets add their thoughts, and suddenly there is a whole chorus just for me. The sun has set, bur the world doesn't The Fishers Island Development Corp. (FlDCO) plans to shut down its familiar gatehome and move the East End "entrance" closer to Isa- bella Beach Road. In order to attract a more mature and experienced crew of gate attendants, FJD- CO, in addition to offering a competitive salary and benefits, is constructing a new temporary gatehome with a bathroom, electricity and a porch to protect attendants from summer sun and rain. There was no way to expand the "old" gatehousc on its current site due to wetlands Issues. The initial plan was to rent a construc- tion trailer until the main road is repaved. As plans were being finalized in late March, Harland frazier of BD Remodeling & Res- toration suggested constructing a shingled building on footings so it could be moved for another use if necessary. FIDCO agreed that it made sense, both financially and aesthetically. The building will be manned from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. (later on Fridays) from May to October. By ivLIrgaux Burnham Have you ever known the joys of Isabella Beach? I have felt the blazing sand burn my feet, and I hop across the beach until I stop to put down my tow- el. As I jump into the frigid water, I feel the saltiness in my mouth and the wetness down my back. Once I go in, I can't get out until my fingers arc like raisins, and my toes are numb. I walk our and try to keep the evil sand aw.ay From my damp suit. I collapse on my sun-baked towel and let the \varmness fill me. I Fed the sun tanning my skin. When I can't stand it anymore, I jump up and run wildly into the \-vater, with the waves splash- ing against me. I start jumping the waves and feeling their pull, but I resist. When the sun starts to look \varrn, Margaux Burnham, 11, was born in Turkey and lived there until 2002, when her family moved to Fishers Island, where she attended school. Her family has since moved to Newton, Mass. She loves to write and has been experimenting with fiction. Margaux is an adventurer. She has been to Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, the Netherlands, france and England. She wants to become a doctor and join Doctors witham Borders. Margaux is the daughter of Krysia and Steve Burnham. .FICCO's new gatehouse near the Isabella Beach Road, under construction May 24. dent Peter Crisp. Three Island residents have signed on For duty at the gatehouse. No decision has been made with regard to the Future of the "old" gatehouse, which may remain in place for its historic significance. 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He also had slowed down considerably and usually wait- ed at the dock for Corbin to return from lobstering instead of flying in behind his boat. During the winter of2002, Corbin was out hauling lobsters on .3 Culls. He appar- ently had a massive heart attack and died on his boat doing exactly whar he loved best. After the funeral, I stayed on fishers for over a week. Each day, I went to the dock to feed Charlie, who would cock his head and look at me with sad eyes. I made frequent trips to Fishers Is- land, driving to the cemetery and then to the dock, always with hotdogs in my car for Charlie. One visit was Jan. 18, 2004, two years to the day after my dad Corbin died. I had left my home on Eastern Long Island at 2 a.m. to make the 4:40 a.m. ferry to Fishers. The temperature felt like it was in the single digits. After visiting the cem- etery, I drove to the dock. It was completely surrounded by ice that had pushed up some of the pilings. As I stood there, looking out toward West Harbor, where Paul T ombari had found my dad that day on .3 Gulls, out of nowhere a seagull came flying straight to- ward the dock. Fishers Is]and has countless seagulls, and I didn't want to get my hopes up, be- cause the last time I had seen Charlie, he looked awful. The gull swooped down and landed on the piling next to me. We locked eyes, and when I saw his split foot, I started to cry. "Wait here Charlie," I said, as I ran to the car to get the bologna that I always brought \vith me. As I opened the car door, the digital clock on the dashboard read 9:27 a.m., the exact time that Corbin had been found on his boat the day he died. I,aughing and crying, I rushed [0 the piling with bologna for Charlie. I didn't care about the cold a[ [his point. Charlie finished his bologna, cocked his head straight back, let out a piercing cry and Rew straight out past Goose Island in the direction \vhere Paul had found my Dad on .3 Culls. In early spring of that year, lance again saw Charlie at the dock. He looked so old and feeble. it broke my heart. The younger gulls were trying to take his food, and I had to scare [hem off, since Charlie didn't have the energy to do it himself I returned to Fishers in December 2004. After visiting the cemetery, I drove to the dock and called and called for Char- lie. The bologna sat utHouched in my car. I knew that the era of the gulls had ended, and that I would never see Charlie again. It was another year before I found out what happened to Charlie. I visited the Is]and in December 2005, and Kenny Ed- wards told me that Charlie had died. Kenny and his grandchildren used to go to the dock to feed Charlie, and the seagull con- tinued to act amazingly tame and friendly. It made me happy [0 know that Charlie had found new friends to care for him during his last months. Kenny said that one day in late spring 2005, Charlie had come to the dock, roo weak [0 cat or to continue to live, and he died. Kenny buried him. Thank YOll Kenny. The legacy of the gulls has ended, except that "3 Gulls" is now my license pla[e number. Every time I go to my car and see that plate, I remember. [5j[5j[5j1Sj1 I I I 1 I II. I I I I . I 1 1 I II I 1 I I I I 1.1 I. 1.1'.. 1.1 . 1 I I I 1 .. I . . I I 1.1 I 1 0 I 1 0 I 1 1 I I . . . . . . . . . I . I . I . I I .1liJ..12]eJlIiJ ; Hoyden Studio .. ; I Commissioned: Drawings Paintings Private Art Lessons Custom Framing Roberta Elwell "Mallard" Commissianed b}' Duck.< Unlimited AII~IISt, 198J PO BOX 533 Fishers Island, NY 06390 631.788.7790 I 860.857.3559 (cell) lm leftyre@fishersisland.net ~ Over 35 years' professional experience ~ 1!j[5j[5j[!j.1 I I I I I I I I I II . 1 . . I I 1 1 I I 1 I . I. II I. . J.I 11 1 1.1 . I I.' III I 0 . . 1.111 0 1 11 I 1 I I I I I 1 0 I I I . 001 I 1 0.. I I 0 ll:Eil~:il!;iffil I k - Green TLougLls Summer 2006. Fishers hland Gazette 31 By Leila Hadley Lucc Even when I do nothing, my garden by the sea is forever changing. Vo]- unteers pop up. 1\ rosehush dies. A [fee crashes in a storm. With change, there is ahvays room for improvement; in rime, even [fansforma[ion. for temporary eHect, I rely on AO\vers and herhs in pors ro add visual appeaL instanr color or camouflage where needed. 1 daydream about a brook \vith a bridge curving across it; a pond ringed \vith drifts of golden Euphorhia clJtlrtlcias; a flight of stone steps \vith low treads edged with Amv- ers in pastel shades; brick paths instead of gravel in the cutting garden; a gazebo in [he vista. These whimsies might have been pos- sible years ago. Now, for me, they require too much time, roo much \vork, too mllch money to he kasible. flowered arches and ;111 arbor, though, I can m;lnage, and those that I have \\-cre reLaivdy eas)' to create with Island helpers. Struc[urally sound and simple, the arches are covered \vith climbing roses, Ihe arbor is covered 'II'ith a variery ofvines bearing grapes that ripen in September and October. Susan Bri nd Morrow, who wrote W{j!vt's ilnd HOJle,y, sent mc fruit trees and grape vines from Miller's ;\J urseries, 50GO \'\/esl Lake Road, Canandaigua, NY 14424-8904, Tel: 800-83G-9Ci30; \vww.millernurseries. com. Their fruit trees and vines have easily acclim,ued to Fishers Island. Birds eat a ]ot of the gtapes, hut there are ahvays enough hanging bunches to satisfy the appetites and esthetics offamily, Friends and myself Parenthetically, r don't mind the birds sharing our srrawberrie,~, raspberries, black- berries, gooseberries, elderberries, berries on the cotoneaster, currants, beautyberries, winterberries and berries on the holly. I only begrudge them the delicious hut scant har- vest of native heach plums that I like to eat and make jam with ir only the avian fruit- lovers wouldn'[ ahvays gel to them berore I do. My error. Had I planted beach plums in the cuning garden, and covered [hem with netting, I could have the cmire crop of beach plums to do with what I \vamed. But then, of course, f would sacrifice the vi- sion of beach plums frothing whitc like ;lll old-fashioned bridal procession on a path to Fishers Island Sound. As a consolation. even if beach plums, I can, or course, Cln't always huv huv beach plum jam, but it's not as good as homemade, my granddaughter says. When she was younger, she once asked me how I could tell my herb seedlings from weedlings. 1 can tell the difference, because I direct-sow my herb seeds in a circle or a square or a zigzag pattern, I told her, and sprinkle them as well, their seedlings turn into miniature tomato vines, and their little plants grow and blossom with brightly colored pansies, or pensees, as the French would say, thoughts that may evoke in later years a shared pas- sion with our own abour gardening. Common sense tells us that flowers . Leila Hadley Luce planted native beach plums along a path to the sea at Starfish Point across from her Fishers Island home, Brjlfjg. At close view, the spring blossoms reflect brightly in the sun, but they are better known for their white "froth" en masse, seen as a slightly cloudy image in the center of this picture. with pouing soil which is usually darker dun regular soil. To be on the safe side, I added, it's also a good idea to grow samples of direct-sown plants in pOtS to see the way [hey should look before we mistakenly pull them up as weeds. Indoors and outdoors, you can always find useful and decorative places for herb- and Hower-filled pots. Container gardening is also a fine \-vay [0 teach children how to garden. They can begin with a bulb, seeds, seedlings or a small plant. You can teach them about proper watering, neither drown- ing a plant nor letting it get too dry. You can show [hem how to use organic fertilizer and organic pest control. Everything is simple to demonstrate with a paned plant that can be moved in- doors or out. Ir you have a large pot and want to keep weight at a minimum, fill [he bo([om third with Sty'rofoam packing pea- nuts, crushed card hoard cups or other light- weight material that helps fill the space hut lets the \vater drain. Then cover the filler \vith wccd-barrin Ed-Hie or mesh llcning to prevcnt porring soil from scttling hctween the fille!". Children arc ;lstonished \VhCll their bulh tllrllS imo ~l tulip, their seeds becollle nastllrtiulllS le)r dCl-orating saIJds ~ll1d caring make us happy. Now it has been sciemifical- Iy proven that Rowers are natural mood ]ift- ers. Researchers at Rutgers University, N.J., recendy noted that Rowers have "strong positive efTects on our emotional well be- ing." Lead researcher Dr. Jeannette Havi- land-Jones points out that Rowers can be a natural and healthy way for both men and women co manage their day-co-day moods and heighten their enjoyment of life. Award Leila Hadley Luce's book, A Garden by the Sea, in May was awarded a Silver Medal in the Home and Garden category of ForeWord Magazine's 2005 Book of the Year Awards, presented to books published by independent and university presses. Nature Days "Nature Days 2006" will be held July 16 though July 20. 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Summer 2006 - New Doctor Oysters: "New Yorker" Lontinuedfrom page j parent whose child has a fever, but the child is still eating and urinating. For emergen- cies, dial 91 1." Dr. Frank has agreed to become EMT field certified and will be available to aid in emergency calls and to work on extra train- ing with Island EMTs, whom she describes as being "on the front lines, so they have to be prepared for a number of eventualities." One of Dr. frank's goals on the Island is to increase awareness of health mainte- nance issues, such as having a colonoscopy after 50 and encouraging women to come to the Doctor's Office for cervical cancer screening. As for the predicted pandemic, when- ever it arrives, Dr. Frank said, "Obviously, fishers Island has no medical facilities. There is no way to do any respiratory isola- tion on the Island. The best thing is to plan and to become really familiar with recom- mendations issued by the Dept. of Health and Centers for Disease Control." Surprisingly, Dr. Frank and her fam- ily had no interest in leaving Manhattan. "I wasn't really looking for a job. IHP came to me. Lots of people with children want to move to the suburbs, but we arc city dwell- ers. We were not looking to escape Man- hattan, because our life there was so good. But when the opportunity came up for this adventure, our family talked about it for a long time, and we all decided it would be something good to do. "People ask me about boredom on Fishers Island. Where you live doesn't de- fine who you are. It's a state of mind. If you are creative and like adventure, you'll always have that in your life, no matter where you live. My kids are old enough now. They are who tney are, and they are outgoing, ad- venturous, open-minded and a lot of fun. It doesn't take much for them to think up something to do. "The kids took one look at the doctor's house on Fishers, saw the garage and began talking about building a go-cart, something they had no place for in the city. I'll be happy jf J never see another bicycle in my office!" Dr. Frank runs about 3.5 miles 3-4 times a week. She ran in a Paris marathon in 2003 and may run another one someday. Her husband will commute from Manhat- tan "until he can reinvent himself." The Franks are looking forward to becoming parr of the Fishers Island com- munity. Their prior community \vas more populated, but "living together means you take advantage of opportunities to help one other, no matter where you live. ''I've signed a three-year contract. I can't predict the future, but my guess is that we'll be here longer than three years." Dr. Frank signed a contract with Sound Medical Associates, an affiliate of L&M Hospital. IHP pays Sound Medical to man- age IHP and do all of its billing. Ne~ Dodor's Offic:e IHP will break ground for the new Doctor's Office near the ball field this fall. The building dcparrmenr is poised (0 give its final approval, pending the addition of a sprinkler system to the plans. Once rhe project has been put out to bid and a contractor cnosen, site prepara- tion can begin, \vith the hope of actual con- struction beginning in Sept.lOct. IHP plans to sell the current Doctor's Office at some point in the future. ter. Oysters are nor just hermaphrodite, as some people believe. Thry"rc prutandrnus: capable or alternating their sex. "'y'ou'vc gor no idea what you're going [0 get,.' Marrhics- sen [Old me. "One year, an oyster produces eggs. The next yen, it could be sperm." Oysters hibern,Hc when the temperature drops helO\v forty, degrees and seem ro lose their gender. "If YOII pull one Ollt and open it Lip. its genitals are completely' Rat-they're llOt one thing or the other." And then it's any'hody's guess what happens \vhcn rhey' \\/ake up. I sludied tlK six shellfish. Not a Jot seemed to he happening-six oysters h,1\"- ing sex looked a lo! like six oysters not hav- ing Sl'x. Then I noticed a barely perceptible \vhitish stream issuing from one. Procre- ation had begun. :-v1alinmvski shmved llle an incubarioll tank \virh a swirling pink dust: rhree-day- old larvae, millions or rhem. LHvae become "spats," vvhich, sheltered, grmv ro maturil) in Ocean Pond, until they're big enough to be taken out to sea. I\hlinmvski's spur \vas jusr off one of the island'.s peninsulas, look- ing our into the Sound. Wle wenl there in his boat, and he opened up an oyster and gave it to me. "YOLl chew, don'r you?" 1 had to ask. 'l.he question flustered l\/falinmvski-a Luge-boned, big-handed, rustic son of tel- low, g;lP-toothed. \vith a rugged EKe and ~i nO-l10nsense 111anner. ":.Jo one has ever asked me that before. \,x/hat do JOlt do? (For a lllan \vho'd spent mosr or his life \vith oysters, he seemed re- markably uncertain about the eriquette.) He reAected. "Yes, J chew. I've aJv.,..ays chevv.cd. If you s\vallmv, YOLl can't taste rhe oyster. If YOLl swallmv, ;111 oysters are the same." "HO\v man\' times?" I lis jaws leaned left, then right, then left again. "Three timcs. I chew an oyster three time,s." I tipped mine in, hean bcating, gills working, and vvas struck by' lhe liquid- both the amOUlH (a lot) and its saltiness (also a lor). \X/idow's Hole oysrers arc briny, bur this one \\'as brinier, even though both oysters carne from the same seed. The differ- ence \vas in \vhere ~1alinm\"ski's had grown Lip, closer to the open sea. I che\ved, once, rwice, a rhird time. Ir was crunchy (vvhich was curiolIs, beC111se there vvere no bones). Then, on the fifth chew. r got somerhing J Gi!I/IIIIICdfim!lI'/Ii!/4 Reminders from the Doctor's Office: -Always bring insurance card!! oBe prepared to pay co-payor total bill, if not covered by 0 Sound Medical Insurer (listed below) at time of visit. Allow severo I days for referral information to arrive. olf patients require blood tests, blood must be drown before 11 :30 a.m., since blood is sent to the L&M Hospital lob on the 12:30 p.m. ferry. o Always check in upon arrival at the office. Reminders from Sound Medical Associates (SMA) and the Island Health Project (IHP) about payment policies: -If you are not covered by an insurance plan listed belo'N, or have not made arrangements explained in the osterisked paragraph below, the office asks for full payment at time of visit. Patients will receive a receipt, indicating nature of service performed, to submit a claim to their own insurer. -Upon arrival at the office, please provide updated personal and payment information so a bill can be prepared before departure. Please bring your insurance card!!! If a patient arrives in on emergency, information and payment may be collected as soon as reasonably possible. olf parents plan to leave the Island while members of their household remain, please give childcore providers proper insurance information or other method of payment in case medical care is required in their absence. Parents should also give helpers written permission to approve medical care for the children under their supervision. -The doctor's office fee schedule is consistent with rates charged in nearby Connecticut communities. SMA accepts cash, check or Visa@, MasterCard@ and American Express@. SMA accepts only the following New York and Connecticut insurance plans: Aetna HealthCare'" Healthcare Value Management Anthem BC/BS of CT'" Humana ConnectiCare'" Multiplan Health Net (formerly PHS}'" Choice Care Island Group Admin N.E. Alliance Medicare NY N.E. Direct Oxford Health plans'" Great West Railroad Medicare eigna Pioneer First Health/Mail Handlers PHCS Focus Tricare '"These insurance companies offer their members multiple plans, which may require patients to select an alternate Primary Care Physician (PCP), in order to retain in-network coverage while away from home. For many insurers, changing 0 PCP requires only 0 phone call. If patients have one of these plans, they must change their PCP to Dr. Maria Frank prior to being seen or call their insurance company to find out how their medical claim can be covered. SMA is unable to submit these medical claims for processing. Please call the SMA billing office with any questions, 860-445-6252 -, .~--,-- hadn't tasted before: a sweetness. '\1alinowski grinned. "Yes, they sa)' thar's what's unique about our oysters. That s\veetness that kicks in around your List chew. Salt and sugar, briny and s\veet, an evocarion of air and dean water; the flavors of the oyster lingered as long as a minute. J asked for another and chewed it-twenry- two times-with relish. Oysters: Industry (-~!llIillll(dJi'()lIlI!(lX( 5 The Malinowski's house and property initially were both part of the poultry t~lrm rhat vvas scr up in the 1890s by E.M. & W Ferguson. The Lllndy moved to their West Har- bor home, with its mvn dock, in 1997. Before that, rhey lived near the Texaco sta- tion and worked fron1 a W'est Harbor dock Ix'longing to S;lrah's Luher, Brad Burnham. A.fter five years in their nl'\V locuion, with a hatchery' and nllfsery, they had tripled their revenue. "W'e are :1 small marine-based CtHr:lgc industrr" J\Tr. ,\hlinmvski said. "ThlTl' aren't that m:1I1)-' hatcheries on the F;lSI Coast, hilt there arc a lot ()fsl1l~dl and part- time growers \vho buy seed from llS. It's important to have our own hatchery, so \ve can be self-suf"hcicnt, \vork with our own genetic slrain, have a more reliable SOllfce of seed, and reduce our COSI." \X/hen the oysters complete their grow- ing cycle, Mr. l\blinmvski cleans the oysters in a tumbling machine with a water jet and returns his inventory to 2200 nets that hang from 5000 buoys near the mouth of \\?est Harbor. The oysters spend the nnal stage of their maturity in the harbor, becll1se oysters from the lmv-salinity pond arc bland. Time spenr in the harhor gives rish- ers Tsland oysters their characteristic salinity and sweetness. "\'Xi'e don't take them OUI until the morning of shipment. That strategy sepa- rates us from other growers \vho store rheir oysters ill a cooler. Ours ;llT the frcshl'sr, be- came \ve can hold them in the water Ilntil p;lckillg," :-Vir. Malinowski said. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of [he Unitcd :'-':ltiollS (2002 sratis! ic~), aquaculture is a hooming S60 hil- liol1 business vvorldwide, and ]l;l\ incrc:lsn! its perCl'I1t~lgl' of lotal scal(lOd produltioll hOlll 3.9 pcrCl~IH in ](FO to 29.9 pe!H'lll in 2002. 5,ummer 2fJfJ6- Fishers Islalld Ga:ettc 35 Approx. Growth Cycle of a Farmed Oyster DEC: Start hatchery and wait one month for food (phyto- plankton) to develop. JAN: First oyster spawning. LATE MARCH: Start moving small oysters from hatchery to nursery systems in pond, to grow. JUNE: Put oysters in nets. SUMMER: Keep pulling oysters big enough to go from nursery system to nets. GROWING SEASON: Until November. Oysters stay in nets. WINTER: Hibernate in pond. FIRST WEEK OF MARCH: Empty nets; oysters 1-2 inches. Sort by size, sell for seed, and keep some, which are returned to pond, to continue growing. APRI L: Move oysters to harbor. NOV: Harvest oysters. Greatest Threat to The Oyster Farm The greatest ducat to The Oys- ter Farm is water quality. Each of the four nursery systems at the Ma- linowski's dock in the cove pumps 800 gallons of \\rater a minute. Rough calculations put the entire volume of the cove through the nurs- ery rwice a day. Everything that goes into the cove gets cycled through the seed in the nursery system. "The major th reat is co oUf harchery, which receIves food through water pumped up from the cove," Mr. Malinowski said. "It's re- ally a ,srruggle to keep our yield up. Larvae are extremely sensitive to any water quality issues. Although our processes arc the same, we get a diHerenr resulr OUt of every run. 1 have no documentation that water quality has deterioraled, bur I am confident thar the irlConsistcncies in o\'sler yields arc caused by wdter quality isslIes..' 36 Fishers b.land Gazette-Summer 2006 DIVERSIFIED GROUP SERVICES, INc. 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Cantwell AGENT 356 Middle Country Rd 5te 206 Coram NY 1 1727 631-696-7353 631-696-7390, fax ~ Land T rust Area Expands By Robert J. Miller Louise Noble Bogert left a wondcr- fullegacy to Fishers Island upon her death Nov. 22. 2005. In her Will, she directed that 8.23 acres of undeveloped land comiguous to one of the Island's largest and most signifi- cant sanctuary areas be given to the Land Trust, to be held in perpetuity as a wild- life sanctuary and forever protected from development. She also left instructions to maintain the "clay pit" property, adjoining her home and the Isabella Beach parking lot, in its natural state by way of a conserva- tion casement. Mrs. Bogert's contribution bridges areas donated by LF. Boker Doyle in ] 98211 983, by HOCO in 2003, and by the McCall family in 2004, creating a con- tinuous sanctuary area that extends almost from \X'est Harbor to Block Is]and Sound. [see "Brickyard Woods" map} In addition to Mrs. Bogert's donation, a criticall.7-acre parcel (one of two remain- ing parcels to the north of the main road overlooking Middle Farms, which poten- tially could have been developed) was pre- served through the generosity of Arthur and Roelficn Kuijpers, with cooperation and support from fIDCO and the hshers Is- land Club. In addition to making a substan- tial financial contribution to the museum to enable it to purchase the parcel, Arthur and Roelfien imposed a conservation easement that precludes construction of an additional residence on a 2.75-acre parcel adjoining their house. Also, Arthur and Roelfien ac- quired a 2.23-acre parcel from FIDCO im- mediately to the north of the main road, opposite the Chocomount Trail sanctuary, which was transferred outright to the Land Trust, thereby increasing the contiguous area of the Chocomount Trail sanctuary and eliminating what could have been a highly visible construction site. In addition, the Burr Fami]y contrib- uted conservation casements over two lots, totaling 4.6 acres, near their home on Clay Point, permanently protecting those lots from development. The Land Trust has also been very ac- tive on the West End of the Island. In 2005, Albert Gordon contributed one acre of shaded lawn immediately across the main road from the Catholic church to the Land Trust. This area will be maintained in its current state to provide a peaceful place to Ferguson Museum land Trust: "Brickyard Woods" Sanctuary (as of 1/1/06) y.eSi H,Il..~~ ~ ~ " , ~ ~ c . ~ e"tp...c- ~ ~"t\"'\..;"" \0~ walk, play or rest. Representatives of the Land Trust have also worked with repre- sentatives of the Town and fIDCO ro seek to protect two lots in the area of the ferry dock from potential development. Includ- ing the Gordon parcel, the Land Trust now has stewardship of approximately 20 acres of property in the West End. In total, the Land Trust acquired own- ership of or stewardship over 20.57 acres in 2005, and protected seven potential build- ing lots from development. In keeping with its policy of supporting donations by indi- vidual land owners in their conservation ef- forts, FlDCO agreed to donate to the Land Trust the last remaining potential build- ing lot (approx. 1.7 acres) to the north of the main road overlooking Midd]e Farms. While much temains to be done to restrain the potential development on the Island in a manner that will preserve its character, 2005 was a good year. 2006 shows promise of sev- eral additional transfers, including a signifi- cant waterfront parcel on Clay Point. Tota] acreage protected from develop- ment under Land Trust auspices, either di- rectly or through conservation easements, now exceeds 310 acres. Visit the H.t. Fer- guson Museum to see a large color aerial photograph of properties now preserved via the Land Trust. Summer 2006-Fishers Island Gazette 37 Harry ParL..er: de Y ouog Museu... Last October, a dozen Fishers Island friends and relatives of Harry and Ellen McCance Parker flew to Ca]i- fornia to celebrate with them the opening of the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Mr. Parker, who rerired in December, 2005, had been head of the city's Fine Arts Museums since 1987. Both museums for which he was responsible-the de Young in Go]den Gate Park and the Palace of the Le- gion of Honor in Lincoln Park-were devas- tated in rhe 1989 Lorna Prieta earthquake. Mr. Parker oversaw the three-year renovation of the Beaux Arts Legion in the mid-1990s and drove the campaign to completely rebuild the de Young in the face of criticism, controversy and setbacks, in- cluding the failure of two city bond mea- sures that resulted in the $200 million ciry- owned museum being rebuilt entirely with private money. "The de Young is a stunning, 293,000- sq.-fe. space sheathed in softly glowing per- forated copper, with a seven-story twisting tower, overlooking the city and the bay," said friend, Hunter McGuire Jr. "Harry persuaded reluctant Swiss architects to de- sign the building, persuaded Andy Gold- sworthy to sculpt its courtyard, persuaded other artists to create works specifically for the de Young, and topped them off with the Friede collection of masterworks from New Guinea. "Most satisfying to the Fishers Island contingent at the opening was that the mu- seum's staff, artists and patrons gave credit to Harry for vision, patience and persever- ance and to Ellen for keeping him modest, loveable and effective." Evans Realty Licensed Real Estate Broker Sales. Rentals 631-788-7054 j ----- -;- 38 Fi.\'her.\' [.,'laud Ga7.cf(l,eSll1nmer 2()(J6 Summer l006-Fishers Island Gazette 39 PUDlp Out Boat On (ourse for West HarLor FisLers Island HarLor Regulations The State of. New York has agreed to pay $3'),000 toward the pur- chase of a pump out boat For \XlCSt Harbor. Pump out boars provide places for plea- sure boats outfitted \-'lith marine sanitation devices (MSD) to discharge waste. "\\/ith a pump out boat in place, we can apply to the Environmental Prorecciotl Agency for No Discharge Zone (1\TDZ) sta- tus lor Island \vaters," said Harbor Com- mittee President Elbert Burr, \\'ho is spear- heading the NDZ effort. "That \vould he a huge step in our efforts to keep harbor \\'aters clean." The boat will cost $4iJ,OOO to build. The SuHo]k COllnt)' Health Department has approved an additional $7,000, and the South old Town Board must approve fund- ing for the remainder. Southold "vill o\vn the boar. The pump out hoat \vill take (\VO months to build and could be stored and maintained over rhe v./inter on Fi'shers Is- land if space i's available. "There is additional v.'ork to be done before the project can move fonvanl" 1\11". Burr said. "Southold',S civil service depart- ment mmt approve hours of operation and a projected three-year budget for staffing, fuel, \vaste disposal, maintenance, winter storage, dockdge, uniforms, equipment and Insurance. The Harbor Committee is forming a subcommittee to study these requirements as they relate to harbor water's on Fishers Island. "Southold has suggested installing sev- eral new floating docks, wh ich could be at- tached to the current town dock south of Dock Beach," M1'. Burr said. This would keep the pump our boat readily available for harbor calls, and also prominently po- sitioned to remind visiting boaters that it is illegal to dump in Island v.'aters. Southold v..'Ould supply the floats. "It seems that Fishers lsland's efforts to establish pump out services Jnd push for a no discharge certificate from the EPA have stirred the town of Southold into applying for a boat of its own," Mr. Burr said. The Harbor Committee oversees three bay constables \vho arc charged \vith main- taining Island harhors under current harbor rules and regulations. [see Harbor Regula- tions on page 39] STATUTE Waters adjacent to Fishers Island fall under the jurisdiction of the Town of Southold. Poli- cies and regulations governing their use have been established by the Town-appointed Fish- ers Island Harbor Committee to ensure that visiting the Island is an enjoyable experience for everyone. VESSEL OPERATORS All power boat operators must be at least 18 years of age, unless accompanied by a person 1 8 years or older, or possess a boat- ing safety license (U.S. Coast Guard, State of New York). Operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs is prohibited and strictly enforced. VESSEL AS AN ABODE Whether docked, moored, or anchored, using the vessel as an abode is allowed for three consecutive nights except in Hay Harbor, Sil- ver Eel Pond and the west mooring field in West Harbor. Conservation has permanently closed waters in West Harbor inside Goose Island and in Hay Harbor to shellfishing. Additionally, a seasonal closure from May through October has been established in West Harbor inside a line drawn from Hawk's Nest Point to channel marker #7 and thence to the shoreline. o '0 ~ . ~ c . ~ E o u " . ~ .5 ~ , o m . .g ~ MOORINGS There are a number of transient moorings available for a fee in the east mooring field in West Harbor. These buoys are painted red and are available on a "first-come-first- served" basis. For mooring availability call Pirates Cove Marina on Channel 9 or phone 631-788-7528. All other moorings on Fishers Island are private. BAY CONSTABLES Bay Constables are employed by the Town of Southold to enforce harbor regulations and provide assistance to vessel operators if need- ed. Bay Constables are officers of the Southold Town Police and have authority to issue sum- monses. Their boats are clearly marked, and 011 vessel operators are asked to cooperate with our Bay Constables: Mike Conroy, 631- 788-7907; Bruce Hubert, 631-788-7174; and John Evans, F.1. Yacht Club, Channel 9. FUEL Gasoline and diesel fuel may be purchased at the Fishers Island Mobil dock. WASTE No vessel sholl discharge any waste water through the use of a type I or type II MSD (marine sanitation device) into Fishers Island Harbor waters. The harbors are West Harbor, East Harbor, Hay Harbor and Silver Eel Pond. Vessels using type III MSDs connected to hold- ing tanks are a permiHed use. All type I, JI & III MSDs by law cannot be discharged into U.S. navigable waters less than three or more miles from shore. Treated or partially treated sewage poses a serious threat to the surround- ing environment. Your full cooperation in this maHer is requested. . A similar boat would be built for Fishers Island by Marine Boatbuilders Company of Rhode Island, if all goes according to plan. Most of the time, the pump out boat will travel to vessels for pump out in West Harbor. The EI. Harbor Committee plans to set up a channel on the radio for calls to the pump out boat when needed. ANCHORING Anchoring in West Harbor is not permitted in- side of a line running due west from buoy #8 and southeast from buoy #8 to the rock pile and thence to the shoreline. There is no anchoring in mooring fields or where marked by No Anchor- ing buoys. There is 0 three-consecutive-night maximum for anchoring in any waters surround- ing Fishers Island. There is no overnight anchor- ing in Hay Harbor or Silver Eel Pond. F. I. Ferry Distrid Noti<<:es TICKET SALES: The Fishers Island ferry District (FIFD) had planned to eliminate onboard ticket sales bv May 15 but will continue selling tickets onhoard both ferries at least through Sept. 15. "Changing the system to terminal tick- et sales is so challenging and complex that there wasn't enough rime to be ready feH the busy season," said flFD Manager Torn Doherty. "We will make the change in the otf":..season." The new m'o-tier "Peak" and "Off.. Peak" systcm, hO\vever, is solidly in place. The "Peak" season is May 15 through Sept. 15, and the "Off Peak" season is Sept. 16 through 1\..1ay 14. Safe Boaling Course permits purchase of round-trip reservations. 'rhe nl1l11her of available reservations shovvs up immediately \vhen date and time are se- lected. Elbert Burr will conduct a Safe Boating certification course Aug. 11-12 at the fire- house. New York State law require~ thi~ cer- tification for all operators of personal water- crafi: (jet skis, ete.) and for children be(\veen the ages of 10 and 17, who will be operating a boat. The Safe Boating course, sponsored by the Fishers Island Harbor Committee, nor- mally attracts young people, but adult~ are also encouraged to take the course, because the Harbor Committee anticipates that New York State will soon require all boat operators, regardless of age, to possess an operating cer- tificate. Connecticut already has these laws in place. Registration is at 6 p.m., Fri. Aug. 11 at the firehouse. The course runs from 7-9 p.m. and continues the next morning from () a.m. to about noon. The course is free, and certificates will be mailed from the state afi:er students have passed the test on Saturday morning. DOCK SPACE The Fishers Island Yacht Club has slips avail- able for transients in West Harbor. Call on Channel 9 or phone 631-788-7036. RAFTING Rafting is limited to three vessels during the day and two vessels overnight. Rafted vessels must be attended at all times. SCHEDULE CHANGE: The G p.m. "v,'inter" ferry has been changed lO 6:30 p.m., making that time slot consistent year-round. REFUSE Because all refuse has to be shipped off the Island, we ask all boaters to take their refuse with them when leaving Fishers Island. leav- ing refuse on F.1. docks, beaches or other land sites is punishable by a fine of $1,000. NOISE The peace and quiet of our harbors is trea- sured by those who visit and those who reside here. Please remember that noise (voices, ste- reos, engine idling, dogs barking, etc.) car- ries across water, especially at night. SHELLFISHING The N.Y. State Department of Environmental NEW ADDRESS: The renovatcd :-Jew I,ondon terminal has a new address: Fishers Island ferry. 5 \X/atertfont Park, NevI" London CT 06320. SPEED AND WAKE No vessel shall create a wake that endangers persons or damages property. No vessel shall be operated at a speed of more than 5 miles per hour within 300 feet of any shore, pier, anchored or moored vessel, launching ramp, marina, sailboat race or other congested area. In West Harbor, the Speed limit and No Wake buoys are clearly identifiable. Wa- ter skiing is permiHed outside of West Harbor channel marker buoy #6, a red flasher buoy. Kean & Tremaine The Hon. Thomas H. Kean and the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation were among three honorees at the LD (learning disabled) Access 10th Anniversary Awards Gala Nov. 7, 2005 in New York City. Gov. Kean received the Statesman of the Decade Award "for his forthrightness and willingness to share with others his struggle with dyslexia. Rather than feeling shame, he tells of his struggle to encour- age others. The world is a much better place because of him." The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation received the Philanthropists of Our De- cade Award for "its continuing passion in helping others increase the knowledge of how each child learns." The Foundation has made $20 million in grants since it was formed in 1991. FREIGHT: FIfO will no longer accept freight for transport that is not, in the assessment of the FIfO freight agent, properly covered, packaged or prorected. If the sender insists on shipping the freight as is, the sender must 'sign a statement releasing FIFD from any responsibility should the freight become damaged in shipmcllt. Freight is accepted in New London, Mon.-Sat., 6:30 a.m.-3: I 5 p.m. Freight is accepted on Fishers Island, Mon.-fri. 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. On Satur- days, the freight office will be open for ap- proximately 30 minutes feH freight pick-up when ferries arrive. CATCH THE BOATiNG SPJRJT TI-HS SUMMER! WEB RESERVATIONS: HFD In's a revamped web page that 631-788-7528 OPEN MONDAY-FRtDAY 8:00 - 4:30 SATURDAY 8:00 -4:30 "IN SEASON" 40 Fisher.~ bland Gazette-Summer 20()6 WILLS, TRUSTS & ESTATES Probate in Suffolk County and Nassau County REAL ESTATE Planning & Zoning 51020 Main Road,Southold NY 11971 1: Former town attorney and surrogate's court attorney Patricia C. Moore ATTORNEY AT LAW TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, SUFFOLK COUNTY 631-765-4330. Fax: 631-765-4643 -^ ~" . . - Sound Home Inspections, Inc. "Professional home inspection, from basement to chimney" Tom Morgan Nationally Certilied, American Society of Home Inspectors #5535 Cannecticut license #H01.234 Fully Insured 20 years' experience Over 5,000 homes inspected . On-site computer generated reports . Specializing in older homes and commercial structures 860-445-1236 fax 860-572-9148 .""'''''''''''~ f. ~ '\- ~ ~~IIIIlIIl"""~ PO Box 393. Mystic CT 06355 www.soundhomeinspections.com Chandler, Palmer & King IS now CME Associates Engineering & Land Surveying, PLLC Residential & Commercial Building Design Title Surveys Site Development Plans Wetlands Mapping Septic System Design Dock Design Erosion & Sediment Control Plans Richard H. Strouse, P.E., L.S. P. Bradford Cheney, P.E., L.S. Evelyn Cole Smith, Architect 110 Broadway, Norwich CT 06360 Phone: 888-291-3227 Fax: 860-886-7801 SmTeying Fishers ls/mul.\ince /9/3 - - Pest Control -Termite Control o Sentricon* Colony Elimination System - Carpenter Ant Specialists ESTABLISHED 1882 EXTERMINATORS The oldest and largest in Connecticut Call 860-443-7697 today! - Summer 2006.Fishers Island Gazette 41 Fi~Ler~ I~land S<:Lool . Pre-K-12 Fishers Island School students celebrate the arrival of their new recreation/sports school bus. The state required the school to replace two IO-year-old vans with a new 14-seat bus, which is for off-Island use only. Athletic Director Dan Gillan (far right), the primary driver, has a CDl bus driver's license. The bus, however, can be driven by all teachers who took a bus driver safety course last September. School officials test drove the bus last fall at Factory Direct Bus Sales, Inc. in Fresh Meadows. The school color blue was chosen for school spirit. . Charles Dutka is a ninth-grade magnet stu- dent at Fishers Island School with a special interest in John Weil's technology program. Beginning in first semester Material Processing, Charles made an inlaid wood chess board and a hand-poured pewter chess set, which he sanded and painted. "This project was unusually com. plex and engaging. A real show stopper!" said Jeanne Schultz, F.I. School Superintendent. .The 2006 graduating class of Fishers Island School, (I-r) Kelsey Shellman, Camilla Spinola and Zoey Feinstein. This year's graduating class at Fish- ers Island School is comprised of one Island srudem and two magnet students, all of whom plan to attend college in the fall. Island studem Camilla Spinola will at- tend Brown University in Providence, R.I. Camilla bas patticipated in all school activi- ties and has led her class as HOBY (yollth leadership) representative and student council officer and president. Kelsey Shellman will anend the Uni- versity of Maine at Farmington. Kelsey is a F.l. School ambassador, leading tours for prospective magnet students at open hOllses and rallying her classmates as they prepare for graduation. Kelsey loves the theater and Sl11gl11g. Zoey Feinstein will attend Mitchell College in New London. Her focus has been on technology and furniture-making. She also completed an independent study program with the kindergarten class. The 2005-06 school year at Fishers Island School con- cluded with a total of 40 Is- land students and 23 magnet students. The projected enroll- mentfor 2006-07 is 40 Island stu- dents and 25 magnet students. 42 Fi.\'hers Island Gazette-Summer 2006 The c7VL6J SULLIVAN AUTOMOTIVE CORNER CHEVROLET. BUICK. GEO . PONTIAC OLDSMOBILE . CADILLAC Largest GM dealer in Connecticut and Rhode Island at one location! ~ Sales Corner of Service 443-8432 Broad and Colman 442-4371 Streets Parts Body Shop 442-0491 New London, Conn. 442-7132 Z&S FUEL AND SERVICE STATION TEXACO@ Montauk Avenue Fishers Island NY 06390 631-788-7343 "Your Full Line Service Station" Serving Fishers Island for Over 35 Years Official New York Inspection Station CARCO' Insurance Inspection GENERAL REPAIRS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Authorized TEXACO' Dealer Motor Oil and Related Products Authorized AMERADA HESS' Dealer Automatic/Watchdog Fuel Oil Service Joe Perry, Manager, 788.7755 (Emergency Only) A " . ~~'J Gl _ ~ , - Whaling City Ford BROAD AT COLMAN STREET NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT 860-443-8361 Pick-up at the Ferry We Treat You Well...Every Department...Every Time BOROLEUM@ Since 1906 STUFFY HEAD COLD? SINUS? HAYFEVER? DIAPER RASH? CHAPPED HANDS? or LIPS? Suffer no more! Keep nasal passages clear and avoid chapping. RELIEF is as close as your medicine cabinet. Boroleum works and it's mild! SINCLAIR PHARMACAL CO., INC. FISHERS ISLAND, NEW YORK 06390 ------- Biloxi Rebuilding Contlnurdfrom page 15 spoke only Vietnamese, and his son had to translate through the phone. This man is an excellent example of the people of Biloxi, although others are not as fortunate. Some have lost much more than he and arc incapable of beginning the re- building process on their own. These people arc the ones who need the most help. They are the ones who need reminders that peo- ple have not forgotten them. When I returned to school, I experi- enced a sort of culture shock. I was not ready to be thrown back into a society where ev- erything seems alright, because I have now seen that there are so many places where "al- right" couldn't be farther from the truth. I know that even though my school helped the relief effort, there is still so much to be done. The trip left me more emotion- ally confused than I have ever been. I was angry, sad, hopeful and pessimistic, all at the same time. The most important of these emotions is hope. In order for (his hope to be fulfilled, however, people must stop doing \vhat is easy and start doing \vhat is right. Summer 2lJlJ6-Fishers Island Gazette 43 oHenry C. Ferguson, Ph.D.. astrono- mer, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.; project leader for "Hubble Deep Field" and frequent lecturer for NASA, will give a talk and presentation on "Measuring Cosmic Evolution;' Sat.,July 8. 4 p.m. at Union Chapel. "George F. Bass, Ph.D.. Texas A&M profes. sor emeritus, author, and father of nautical archaeology,will give a talk and presentation entitled: "History Under the Sea;' which will explore some of his most important underwater excavations, Sun., Aug. 13, 4 p.m. at Union Chapel. oWalter Woodward, Ph.D.. Connecticut state historian, will speak about Fishers Island's founder, John Winthrop Jr., includ. ing his initial plan to make Fishers Island a place of learning and alchemical research, Sun.,Aug. 20. 4 p.m. at Union Chapel. -Pierce Rafferty, Henry L. Ferguson museum director, will give an (of- ten humorous) talk entitled: "Public Relations: 2S0 Years of Outside Views of Fishers Island," Sun.. Aug. 27,4 p.m.at Union Chapel. We will work with your fabric, or you may select from our complete line of decorator fabrics. Also... 20-30% on ALL Upholsterv fabric Drapes. Vertical & Mini Blinds. Bedspreads .......... ..... Picl! up and Delivery at F.I Ferry 20-500/0 OFF Smith C. Vaughan Lecture on natu- ral history: Sub. ject, speaker and date will be post. ed as soon as con- firmed. June 26-June 30: IPP basketball clinic for ages 8- 14 with Dan Gillan, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.daily. Reg- istration forms available at school or Hair of the Dog Liquors. $75 for the week. July 2: Independence Day IPP Bike Parade, 10 a.m., and fife and drum concert on the Village Green, noon. All bike riders MUST wear helmets! July 3-Aug.1 I :35th annuallPP Morning Program, weekdays 9 a.m. to noon at F.I.School,open to children ages 4-11. Meg Atkin, director. Email Anne Burnham (AWBurnham@aol. com) for registration information. Dock Beach: Lifeguard on duty weekdays 1-5 p.m.beginningJuly 4. Children under 9 years old must be accompanied by an adult. July 15Arts & Crafts Show on theVillage Green, 9 a.m. - I p.m. (rain date, next day) $25,one show/$40,two shows,$5 children's table (no games, please). Registration and set up 8-9 a.m. Call Sarah Upson at 203-938.2323 or 788-7386 for further information. July 15: IPP House & Garden Tour noon-4 p.m. Call Daphne Ball. 203-834-0850 or 631-788-7718 to volunteer. Buy tickets at the Arts/Crafts Show or Hair of the Dog Liquors. Aug. 12: Arts & Crafts Show on the Village Green, 9 a.m.-I p.m. (rain date, next day) $25 for one show, $5 children's table (no games, please). Registration and set up 8-9 a.m. Call Sarah Upson at 203-938-2323 or 788-7386 for further information. NOTE: Fishers Island has many talented resi- dents. If you are willing to share a special skill, such as painting, drama or fishing in a short IPP workshop for the children, please call MegAtkin. 631.788.7469. IPP owns and maintains Dock Beach and the ball field. Please enjoy these areas respon- sibly. No dogs allowed on Dock Beach. If you are interested in making a donation, please write or call Liz Furse, IPP Fundrais- ing, Box 107, Fishers Island NY 06390 or 631-788-7963. We carry a complete line of decorating fabrics perfect for every home... Call 444-1619 for "At Home Service" 601 Broad StreetoNew London T -Jo- H.L. Ferguson Museum Annual E"hibition: "SHIPS ASHORE! Wrecks and Rescues on Fishers Island" .Training Ship Hartford, hard aground on Race Rock. It was on this vessel that Flag Officer (later Admiral) David Farragut is said to have shout- ed, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" during the Bat- tle of Mobile Bay in 1864. 44 Fishers Island Gazette-.f.iummer 2006 DoL Morton Maintains Passion for Writing It's been 12 years since fOrmer Gazette col- umnist Robert S. Morton last visted Fishers Island. He lives in San Marino, CaL and has maintained his passion and enthusirlSm for writing, ilS evidenced by the following story. By Robert S. Morton For many years, I began each work- day reading the Los Angeles Times columns of legendary humorist Jack Smith. He made my day. He was, and is, my hero. For many years (1991-1998), I too wrote a humor column. It ran in the fishers bland Gazette, a significantly smaller pub- ]ication than the LA Times, but neverthe- less close to my heart. A Collection of Stories, printed unbeknownst to me, was the most exciting surprise of my life. It was while writing humor columns for the Gazette rhat r decided to send one of my (non-Gazette) stories to Jack Smith. I knew he occasionally incorporated mate- rial sent to him by readers. To my delight, one day I discovered a Jack Smith column based on my story about the "delayed-fuse response"-a missed chance to be humor- ous, incisive or acerbic, because we conjure, too late, a rejoinder to someone else's com- ments. I had another treat a few weeks later, when I was invited to a party at the home of LA Times publisher Oris Chandler. Jack Smith was there, so I mer my hero. I told him who I was, and he reacted as if I were his hero. He said 1 had saved him, because he hadn't had a column idea that he liked for that day! We had great fun together that eve- ning. We exchanged stories and laughed a lot. He became a friend. Not a close one, unfortunately, because he died not long af- ter we met. The loss saddened me deeply. Still docs. A few years went by. I was a daily wa]k- er, 3 a.m. to 6 a.m., around my San Marino neighborhood. One morning, as I passed a house that had a new owner, I saw a YOllng man leaving the house. (He was 48, and I was 73 at the time.) "Welcome to Shenandoah Road. I am Bob Morton, and I live down the block," I said. He said he was Dick Schlosberg. As he picked up his LA Times, I said, "You know, you are picking up the best newspaper in the country." There was a brief silence be- fore he said, "Are you putting me on?! I am o "5 < " ~ . ~ . " ~ j; u . Former Gazette columnist Robert S. Morton spends most of his free time writing in the study of his San Marino, Cal. home. the new president of the LA Times!" r t turned out he was an early morning jogger, but he would walk a few blocks with me. We had fun trading jokes and getting CO know one ano[her. We continued our occa- sional walks and talks, and a few years later, Dick was named publisher of the LA'I'imes, only the seventh in the history of the news- paper, dating back to 1882. One day, when I was thinking of Jack Smith and of my own writing career (now apparently over), I co]d Dick that I was a good writer, I write funny stuff, and r would like a shot at Jack Smith's old job. He asked to see samples of my writing. He called me pretty quickly to say that he thought my stories were excellent, and that he planned to give them CO his editor for her response. The editor called me a few days later to say that she had read my mate- rial, which was very good and sounded like Jack Smith. She wanted to see more stories-I had dozens-and she put me through hoops asking me lots of questions and also asking me to write stories for her on a couple of specific topics. She told me I was good, very good and that their review board would soon make a decision. Showtime! I gar the call and the ver- dice: I was very good, much like Jack Smith, but there were two negatives. First, at 74, I was too old to start writ- ing for the paper. It took them at least five years to establish a wrirer, and by then I would be 79. (If I lived that long!) It was (00 big a risk. Second, I was too rich. The editor said that mosr of my anicles were written (0 and about people of affluence. The newspaper's readership was basically "middle income brackeT. " So rhere you have it: Too old. (I am now 84) and too rich (I am glad I am still rich). You may wonder about my reaction CO the rejection. The answer is that I am grate- ful to have been given a chance. Bue r am more rhan just grateful. I have marvelous memories of a minor league wrirer who had a shor ar the major leagues. I am still writing and loving it. I can occasionally hit a home run. Not bad for an old pro. Thanks for reading. I'll retire [0 the dugout now. Bob Monon offered another s(Orv that- took on added significance after May 6. As a \Xf\X!II naval aviacor, he shared. a 1943 train ride from Boston to New York wirh a six-year-old girl, while her parents found sears elsewhere on the crowded train. Mr. Morton, who was headed to Bra- zi], had such a wonderful time talking with the little girl, Gretchen, that the family ex- hanged addresses with Bob in New York. Thus began a lifelong correspondence with Gretchen, who married, had children and grandchildren, worked for years as a drug and alcohol prevention specialist, and raised horses with her husband Roy Jack- son on their farm in West Grove, Chester County, Pa. After foaling dozens of horses over the years, the Jacksons entered a horse in their first foray to the Kentucky Derby: Barbaro. - Summer 2006.Fi.~her.\' bland Gazette 45 Three Updates: Three Su~~ess Stories "Gmce Potter and the Nocturnals on the Rise" Gazette, ~)'urnmer 2005, 1/of. 19 No.1, p. 13 Grace Potter and the Nocturna]s, \vho played gigs at The Pequot and on the Village Green, in January signed an exclu- sive worldwide recording contract with Hol- ]ywood Records, which is owned by Disney, a part of the Buena Vista Music Group. "This kind of musical firepower and fervor is why I got into the music business in the first place," said Buena Vista Chair- man Bob Cavallo. "Crace Panel' and the Nocturnals have the kind of musicality [hat has.. . always been rare.. Ie's blues, soul, folk, rock, played with fire and personal- ity. It can't be faked or invented. All of us at Hollywood Records are thrilled that \ve were able to sign them." The band, playing to sold-out tours with national acts sllch as Taj Mah], Trey Anastasio, Dave Manhews, Derek Trucks and Roben Cray, has garnered nothing bue accolades: "... the act that stole the show was Grace Potter and the Nocturna]s. She began by singing an a cappella gospel tune, then played some searing organ licks \vhen the band cur in. The room was transfixed." ".. .loose-jointed, laid-back rhythm 'n' rock packed \vith sweet inspiration. Best of all, [Grace 1 leads a sharp, tasteful quartet and writes with uncommon insight." "Within the industry, this is being called one of the most advantageous new artist deals of the past decade," said the band in i[s statement. "Hollywood Records is the perfect place for us," Grace said. "Bob Cavallo has assembled an amazing team, one that shares our passion and vision while allowing us to maintain the artistic freedom and sense of independence that has brought us to this point in Ollr career. They just get it." The band will be able to maintain its artistic independence with the launch of the group's imprint, tentatively called Ragged Company Records, a reference to one of their songs. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals opened the Earth Day Celebration at Grand Central Station in New York City April 21 at noon. Later that night, in the Theater at Madison Square Garden, they received the New Groove Award (best new band) at the sixth annual Jammy Awards, an alternative awards show celebrating the best in live mu- sic performance. "Visioning Tibet Records Humanitarian Achievement" Gazette Dec. 2004, Vol. 18 No. 2,p. 9 Isaac Solotaroff premiered his documen- tary film, Visioning Tibet, on Fishers Is- land in 2004 and, during the past year, has screened the fi]m at 20 film festivals, win- ning Best Documentary at the Mr. Shasta and Taos Film festivals. "In March, we screened the film at HBO for the National Board of Review, and we are scheduled to air nationally on PBS this fall," Mr. Solotaroff said. The Dalai Lama has described Vision- ing Tibet as a "tremendously worthwhile film" that "vividly portrays a miraculous project in Tiber." The \'V'ashington Post used the words "inspiring documentary" to describe the film, which chronicles the work of Dr. Marc Lieberman, who has dedicated himself to eradicating prevemable blindness in Tibet, a country that has the highest rate of cata- racr blindness in rhe world. Dr. Lieberman, founder of the Tibet Vision Project, has been recognized by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which named him 2003 Humanitarian of the Year. The film is built around the stories of Karma (a farmer from a small village in the north) and Lhasang (the head of a nomadic family from the Tibetan plains), who make the arduolls journey to a remote clinic in the hopes of having their sight restored by Tibetan doctors, who have received technol- ogy and skill training rhrough the Tibetan Vision Project. "Riegel Car Wins TOp Honors at Pebble Beach" Gazette, Winter 2006, Vol. 20 No.1, p. 44 The Reigel family's 1931 DuPont Model H Merrimac Sport Phaeton was fea- tured in the most recent issue of the Ca- zette after winning Best of Class and Most Elegant Open Car at the 55th annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, one of the pre- miere au(O events in the world. The family motored to the winner's circle again Mar. 11-12 at the Amelia Is]and Concours d'Elegance, another of the pre- eminent car shows, in Florida. "Early in the day, our car was pre- sented a 'corporate award' for most elegant open car, thereby taking it out of conten- tion for a Best in Class award," said Dickie Riegel. "Our class was limited to DuPotH brand cars and was populated by several au- tos owned by Fishers Island residents. "Tom duPont brought two of his Du- Pom marque cars, a beautifully restored dark blue with a bright red interior 1929 Speedsrer, and a red 1930 sedan. Chip duPont brought his DuPont Model G se- dan. Tom's Speedster won Best in Class. While my parents were celebrating Tom's class win, they were called to the award stand. Tom (publisher of duPont Registr) Magazine) awarded our car the People's Choice Award, the favorite car of the show. "Then, the car was called back to the stage, this time to receive the top prize: Best in Show. Legendary Indy driver Johnny Ruther- ford presemed the award (0 my parents, \vho were notably stunned at the result." II II i II I' II I I' 11 II I, I I 46 Fishers Island Gazelle-Summer 2006 Announc::eDIenls Engagements Jenny McNamara and Alex Konop, Aug. 18, Northport, L.!. Meaghan Savard and Tyler Burr, Oct. 14, Middleboro, Mass. Katie Firth and Jonathan Bank, Nov. 4, New York City. Weddings Stephanie Braun and Michael Kassarjian, Mar. I, Chicago,lIl. Victoria deWulf and Gerry Cameron, Mar. 5, Darien, Conn. Sarah Boardman and Patrick Pendergast, April 8, Palm Beach, Fla. Peggy Fox and Arthur Houghton, May 13, Baltimore, Md. Births Clarissa Loyal Parker, Sept. 19, 2005, to Elisabeth (Poole) and Thomas Baillie Parker, New York City. ZAGAT Survey rates SOUTINE "Tops" in Pies/Tarts! ~ "...They do an amazing job... A caring staff turns out terrific cakes, including sophisticated birthday and wedding versions, gorgeous fruit tarts that make you drool, pies, cookies and other superb baked goods." cf;utine Wedding and special occasion cakes delivered 10 fishers Island in July and August 104 West 70th Street- New York NY 10023 212.496.1450; fax 212.496.1791 www.solltine.colll Anne Porter Soper and William Harri~ son Soper, Jan. 27, to Linda and Jared Soper, West Palm Beach, Fla. ~ Elizabeth Grace Bloethe,Feb.16,to Marlin and Bill Bloethe, Fishers Island. Wren Talbott Hoversten, March 6, to Kemp (Talbott) and Dave Hoversten, Tampa, Fla. o .. ~ ~ u c , o 00 <; . . . ~ >- .Island Concerts presents Michael Bashaw's Theater of Sound July 22 at the Parade Ground. ISlan~ Concerts will celebra~e its 25'h anmversary Sat. July 22 with a free family concert at the Parade Ground. The fcatured pcdc)fmance will be Michael Bashaw's Theater of Sound. Mr. Basha"v is an internationally-rec- ognized sculptor and musician who, with his trio, combines the sounds of traditional instruments such as Autc, guitar and hand percussion with largc scale, welded steel in- struments that he designs and builds. These onc-of..a-kind "Sound Sculp- turcs" are played in a variety of ways to crc- ate a "New World" music experience: some are mallet instruments, some have strings that are hammered or bowed, while others are made up of chimes. Mr. Bashaw and his wife Sandy have given these "Sound Sculpture" concerts in the United States, including the millennium concert at the Frank Lloyd Wright bouse, "Falling Water" and abroad, in Bosnia, Her- zegovina and Split, Croatia. The concert begins at 8 p.m., but Is- land Concerts encourages families to bting lawn chaits and blankets, and to picnic from 6:30-8 p.m., when there will be activities for the children. Mr. Bashaw plans to design a bamboo sculpture v,rith some of the IPP children. It will include various chimes and rhythm in- struments that can be played by some of the younger members of the audience as part of an improvisational piece during the con- cert. Rain date: 8 p.m. at the fishers Island School. ~ water&waymarine CAPTAIN ANDREW HEUBLEIN j-- - ~' A'- " -.-;iF '-~r ;tItI;".""., ....... Sandpiper String Quartet - ~. Classical. Easy Listening & Jazz for Weddings. Cocktails, Dinners. Parties Paul Fitzgerald + 860.443.7195 ~ Summer 2006-Fi.\-!lers hland Gazette 47 "'\1 ~ (,,1:; Ifl'l,! ~_ ,_ :t fl~ I!.'l'.-. ~~--!---- If '.~ ~IL>'l" ,"'\- _ . r~JflI.J. -...,-i \~-' T . I . _.....-__\ . ,1........ 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Erb. 860-536-0721 Located at Mystic Shipyard Topper's Ice Cream ice cream * yogurt * shakes pies * cakes * cookies candy * soda * drinks toys wovelties o Open evel'1Jda':j noon-9 p.m. June 23 through Labor Da':j weekend ~~~&~ .-S~ 619he/lS 19~and. n.9- . 788-7678 .Oaily pick-up and delivery allhe Fishers Island ferry. 'HAND FINISHED LINENS, SHEETS. TABLECLOTHS, ETC. .ALTERATIONS .SHIRT LAUNDERING -SUEDES & LEATHERS ,WEDDING GOWNS CLEANED AND PRESERVED Specializing in Fine Garment Care :~~~~E~~:~IR DRY CLEANERS 'SMOKE. FIRE, WATER RESTORATION 2 Montauk Ave.. New London (Corner of Bank and Montauk) 442-5316 fax 442-3318 Credit Cards Call to arrange charge account and personal laundry bag. Accepted 6oq'!l~IzUI9' {l.]a~ tlle/(jta/lljJ SPECIALTY STATIONERS SINCE 1984 Big Ciry selection... ...small town service year-round! Historic Downtown Mystic Toll Free 8e8.343.8700 . Fax 860.536.27S8 ebts mystic@sbcglobal.net :t[!tr"'ireTi '- - - , - - - - - - - - - ...:: - - - . AwfulWreckofthe MagnificentSteamer ATLANTIC on Fishers Island.Forty~two of the 78 passengers and crew onboard died when the new side~whee passengersteamer Atlantic splintered on Fishers Island's North Hill in a violent storm Thanksgiving Day I 846,shortly after leaving New London for Ne.... York. The tragedy increased demand for a lighthouse at Race Rock.Thisyear's H.L.Ferguson Museum exhibition chronicles the history of shipwrecks an. nautical strandings on Fishers Island, with a special focus on the private wreckers and U.S. Life-Saving Service crews that responded. "SH'P~ ASHORE!" is sponsored by two companies:Altus Partners, an insurance company that was founded by Charles Wilmerding in 1977, and Chubb another insurance concern with long ties to Fishers Island. Lithograph by N. Currier, 1846, courtesy of George F. 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