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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002 Vol 16 No 3 Fall '~ ::-;; ~ ~... - ~~'" ",- ""'" ~~ '" ..., ~~" # ~ ~ ~~ r ~ ~ 'jI'''''ijit}1 #~ $'- '}~.r.i~o~ Fi!!Jlbers Island - Sept. 2:Jt ~O~ ~ ~ ~~>~r:::,)jf ~ j . " ~ML1nbz'Farnilv Photo ISBa Daae~3" i..s t,: f 2 Fishers Is/and Gazette - Fall 2001 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The fOllowing was unt to organizers of the IPPschoolftrum. [seepage29! Re: The Future of the Fishers Island School. My vision of the Fishers Island School three years from now is: -A school dedicated to what is best for the students. -A school where the leadership, includ- ing the administration, the Board and the faculty are united in creating a learning at- mosphere striving to achieve the highest standards in education. -A school where the above leadership, by personal example and appropriate cur- riculum, seeks to instill the highest ethical Winter 2003 Gazette Deadline: February 14,2003 The Fishers Island Gazette is an inde- pendent not-for-profit publication initi- ated with a grdnt from The Sanger Fund and sustained with subscription and ad- vertising revenue. It is published three times a year. Editor Betty Ann Ruhinow Contributors in this Issue Coleman Brinckerhoff Krysia Burnham, Faith Coolidge Nancy Hunt, Leila Hadley Lucc Robert S. Morton, Carol Ridgway Cynthia Riley Photographer Emeritus A1hert H. Gordon Controller Su-Ann Seidl Newsstand Sales James Hall Circulation Support William C. Ridgway III SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE $15 PER YEAR. IT'S EASY, JUST MAIL A CHECK TO THE GAZETTE! Fishers Island Gazette, Box 573 Fishers Island NY 06390 and moral ideals in the students. -A school of outstanding repute, which would attract more children from Connecti- cut and eventually entice parents to take up residence on the Island, instead of leaving the Island because of better schools on the mainland. -A school where teachers would sub- scribe to the ideal of continuing education and be self-motivated continually to work to improve their teaching skills and raise the test results of their students. -A school where the administration and the Board, with outside consultants if neces- sary, would work together to lower the ob- scene cost to taxpayers of $68,000 per pupil. The ideal characteristics and background for a superintendent of such a school obvi- ously include extensive experience in analyz- ing and reversing the direction of troubled schools; ability to communicate clearly and succinctly both verbally and in writing; a gift for diplomacy needed to unite the commu- nity; common sense to override political cor- rectness; imagination and skill in creating a plan of action, and charisma and forcefulness to put it into effect. Plus a sense afhumorand a love of all children. Respectfully suhmitted, Srowe C. Phelps -' Dear Kandi, Susie and Island Health Project Board Members: This brief note is intended to express our approval and delight far the new doctor's home, which the Clavins had named "Sham- rock Hill." The house is a vast improvement over our previous quarters. The grounds are beau- tiful, especially now with multiple flowering hushes and trees. Aptly placed bird feeders have brought birds numerous in type and number. The privacy, being removed from the office itself, is greatly appreciated. In short, we would like to thank the board for its purchase of this new doctor's house and commend you and your real estate acuity. Any future physician will be greatly impressed, and the opportunity to live in Shamrock Hill will be a major attraction of the physician opportunity. Cordially yours, Mary Anne Hand Jack Hand To the Editor: I would like ro salure the Island's Bahy Boom Echo Generation for their theme for the guard shack this year. The execution was fabulous, and the spirit even more so. Thank you! Anne Cook ~ .Jfo,:r ,. The next meeting of the Fishers Island Civic Association will be Sat. Jan. 18,2003 at 3 p.m. at the school. 4# !.~ ~, Can or e-mail the editor for information about advertis- ing or editorial content: winter 860-633-8200; summer 631-788-7000; ligazelle@cox.net. The Gazette appreciates and relies upon edito- rial contributions from the community. We re- serve the right to edit copy and regret that we cannot run every story and occasionally must hold copy for future issues. Fall ZOOZ . Pishers Isla"d Gazette 3 HaL." Horn on Fi~"er~ I~land at 4:06 a..... On Sept. 23, a baby was born on Fishers Island, reportedly for the first time in over 50 years. Rosy pink, with a healthy set of lungs, Denisse Marie Munoz impatiently arrived at 4:06 a.m. Her startled father, Hanks Munoz, who is chef/caretaker for the O'Keefe family, placed two 911 calls. The first was to say that his wife was in lahor, and the second was to say that the baby was coming-now! "I was walking my wife to the front door of the O'Keefe's, and she just dropped to the kitchen floor," Mr. Munoz said. Jennifer Rossy Gutierrez was already feeling the urge to push. The EMTs arrived first. But their only experience with delivering a baby was through a video. Meanwhile, longtime ob/gyn nurse, Dianna Shillo had just gone back to bed after feeding her five-month-old son when the phone rang at 3:45 a.m. It was Greg Cypherd informing her of the impending birth. She threw on some clothes and ran to the front door jost as EMT Gail Cypherd, herself a mother of triplets, was pulling imo the driveway. "We got there within 10 minutes, and the patiem was on the kitchen floor. She was crowning," Ms. Shillo said. "I dropped [0 my knees in the kitchen doorway; someone handed me gloves, and I immediately deliv- ered a little girl. "There were only minor surprises, be- cause I'm used to having everything at my fingenips. When I asked for size seven gloves, the EMTs had only small, mediom and large. And when I asked for Kelly clamps, because I was not delivering the placema rhere, they had only three small plasric clamps. So I put two on the placenta side and one on rhe baby side. I cut the cord with large kitchen shears. "People say I'm the hero, but the mom is. To me it was a day at work. It is the job I do-I just didn't get paid for it! It really was a group effon." Ms. Shillo has been a labor and delivery nurse for nearly nine years and has delivered 30 babies by herself, usually on nightdury in the absence of a physician. Ironically, she had just completed her recertification for neonatal resuscitation the day before, "I couldn't have been any more prepared," she said. Mr. Munoz said that although Fishers Island is isolated, he "feels so safe. The fire depanmem is so responsive, and the EMTs are great." In attendance were Fishers Island's resi- dent physician, Dr. Jack Hand, and fire department and EMT personnel Gail Cypherd, Kathy Zangherri, Carol and Paol Giles,Jim Wall, CharlieSrepanek,Jill Brock, Jill Rogan and Bruce Hubert. Ernie Middleton captained the Sea Stretcher, as- sisted by Bob Evans. On the Cover: fJ;.'. Parents, Jennifer Rossy Gutierrez and Hanks Munoz relax in L&M hospital with their new daughter, Oenisse Marie, 61bs, 9 oz., born Sept. 23 on Fishers Island. :;; . (at right) The couple with baby Oenisse Marie and her one-and- a-half-year-old sister, Lizette Marie. Both girls have Marie as a middle name, so when their father returns home from work, look- ing for his daughters, he can call, "Where are the Maries?" ~- H'--'r- _c' , , 1 I I - I "'l'J: c 1:'"~~ ,;t~, ~ .' :.~. ,. '10' :j1 , ri..l:o ~,-- . ",;J :,:"i" '. ]~~~.'- . ;;;:.: i' I Munoz Family Photo Hanks Munoz Photo . (I-r) EMT Kathy Zanghetti and labor and delivery nurse Dianna ShiUo accompany Ms. Gutierrez and her daughter Denisse on the Sea Stretcher to New London. Ms. ShiUo received the emergency call at 3:45 a.m. and was back home, mission accomplished, by 5:30 a.m. 4 Fishers Island Gazette. Fall 2002 Fro... F.I. Far...s to F.I. Utility Co...pany The Fishers Island Utility Co. has come a long way since Fishers Is- land ran its own generators at the turn of the 20,h century and shut them down every night at 11 p.m. "When visiting friends on the Island, my parents used to say, '''The lights are going to go off, we'd better go home,'" said Harris Parsons, former utility company chairman. Back then, the operation was run by the Ferguson family, first as E.M. & W. Ferguson and, starting in 1918, as Fishers Island Farms, Inc. (Farms) By 1924, how- ever, the Fergusons decided to develop the Island as a vacation resort. As Island farming declined, the Farms became a company with a different focus. It ran the Island utilities as well as a contracting firm, a real estate business and the gas [now Mobil] station. During this period, the Farms also built the fire station and Union Chapel, and rook care of houses. T c1ephone and telegraph services, estab- lished in the mid-1880s, were the first mod- ern utilities on the Island. The first water company was established in 1904 and in 1922, the Island began receiving electricity from the mainland via underwater cable. The Ferguson family continued to run the businesses until 1965 when Henry L. Ferguson Jr., seriously ill with cancer, sold the Farms to a group of summer residents for $200,000. "The main idea was to keep the busi- nesses on the Island and to continue em- ploying Island residents. We've had many buy-out offers since then, but we are dedi- cated to keeping this an on-Island concern," Mr. Parsons said. The original purchasing syndicate was headed by John W. Hanes and included Mrs. Kenyon Boocock, H. Lawrence BogertJr., T. Jerrold Bryce, Reynolds duPont, Gordon GrandJr., Francis Kernan, GeorgedeF. Lord, Erard A. Matthiessen, Harris B. Parsons and Contimud on pag' 33 NO."O'~R.VIC~5TATION (OL.D PowER HoU5 No.7. Ice. Hou&l!. Photo courtesy of Henry L Ferguson Museum . According to Fishers Island Farms records, the old power house (above) was built in 1898. Prior to that, residents on the Island depended on candles. lamps or private lighting plants. Between 1922 and 1940 the structure (below) was used for auto repair and storage. , ~I Fall 1001 . Fishers Is/and Gaune 5 Ele<<:lri<<: CO. 10 Upgrade Ser'Vi<<:e 10 I~land The F.1. Electric Co. plans to stan work this fall ana major upgrade in electric service to the Island. "With the tremendous building activ- ity over the last couple of decades, and the addition of air conditioning in new and old houses. the electricity grid has been maxed out. I t is obsolete," said J. Geddes Parsons, utility company chairman. Electricity capacity is measured by the amount of power that can be delivered on days when demand is highest, for example a very busy, hot July 4'h weekend with air conditioning running aggressively. The electric company ran at 95 percent or more capacity on the busiest days this summer. After consultation with its electricity supplier Groton Utilities, the electric com- pany has decided to implement an upgrade plan in three-phases. Phase one, starting this fall, is to be completed by summet 2003 at a cost of $500,000. It calls fot bringing in off-Island workers to upgrade the main line from the West End to the driving range to provide increased voltage. This initial phase will benefit the East End by delivering an 8320-volt nutlet. East End residents will no longer have to draw clectricityall the way from the original 8320- volt power source on the West End. They will have their own main power source at the driving range. Phase two, at $250,000, will take an estimated three to five years to complete. Using a mostly Fishers Island crew, the electric company plans to extend the in- creased voltage from the main line out to individual residences and businesses along its path. The timing of phase thtee depends on how much of a demand is placed on the system in the coming years. This last phase. which currently has no dollar value attached to it, would extend the increased voltage past the driving range and to individual residences farther our on the East End. With increased capacity. inevitably, comes an increase in rates. The utility com- pany has not raised rates since the early 1980s, although there have been sutcharges, including a $700,000 sutchatge for a new underwater cable from Connecticut in 1989, which later resulted in a rate decrease when [, ) If' c. ~ ;::, /( " Photo courtesy of Mary Pankiewicz . Larry Baldwin came to Fishers Island in 1927 to work for the Ferguson Navigation Co. He later maintained the private power plant at the Mansion House and continued working for the utility company until his death in 1973. He often took his daughter Mary, and an AM radio, with him to check underground power lines at the East End Chocomount Power Station. If he heard static on the radio, it meant there was a break in the line. Although he had suffered a heart attack, he continued to work and succumbed to a second heart attack while working at the power plant above. the debt was paid. "Electric company revenues are in the $1.2 million range," Mr. Parsons said, "and with normal maintenance of the elecrric grid, this additional capital spending is too much for the company to handle. We have to borrow all monies for this project. Fortu- nately, the company ha.'i very little debt associated with its operations. "As a first step. we have applied to New York State regulators for emergency rate relief-permission to raise rates just enough to cover approximately $40,000 in interest on the borrowed principal for one year. "The emergency rate relief will be quite small, about three percent of revenues. The permanent rate relief will be a considerably higher percentage of revenues, probably stepped in stages, depending on when the projecrs are completed." The final rate structure, also to be ap- proved by state regulators, is still under discussion. "We don't like raising rates," Mr. Parsons said. "bur we have only 500 houses to absorb the cost of service, which although available year-round. is used mosdy seasonally. "I can say at the outset, however, that we want to pur the vast majority. if nor the entire rate increase, on the seasonal custom- ers, as they are the ones who are creating the peak demand and thus necessitating the need for the overbuild." "Overbuild" refers to literally running the new line above the existing line for a double system. The electric company's plan is to overbuild the current 2400-volt system with 8320 volts. This higher voltage is an industry standard and already arrives here via underwater cable, before it is stepped down to accommodate the Island's aging 2400-volt system. The cable meets the Is- land at the "Walsh Dock" area on the north shore. overlooking Munnatawket Beach. "Think of electricity as water," Mr. Parsons said. "It arrives with force from Connecticut through a big pipe, bur it flows through the Island in a small pipe, and by the time it reaches the East End, it is a dribble. Electrical equipment can be dam- aged ifit does not receive the proper voltage. The Fishers Island Club, fot example, has had to install a generator that automatically kicks in when there is a drop in voltage. "Our biggest concern now is the East Contillued on page 33 6 n.~hers Island Gaulle. Pall 2002 Advertisement Advertisement Reprinted from the New York City Audubon Society newsletter, The Urban Audubon, Vol. 23 No.7 The Sad Facts about Feral Cats Rebekah Creshkoff that the town will be held legally respon- sible if any harm comes to piping plovers nesting on the beach. Although the law is on the plovers' side, the cats likely have many more sup- porters. In May, CARE presented local politicians with a petition to protect the cats; it is said to have been signed by about 600 people. Given that so many members of our own species grew up in households An alarming trend is on the rise; managed "cat colonies," in which ani~ mal lovers feed and often build shelters for feral cats. Generally located in natu- ral habitats. these colonies can wreak havoc with local wildlife-because as every cat owner knows, even well-fed felines hunt. Despite what some cat lovers ar~ gue, there's nothing "natural" about a > ~ -~~~.~~~~, ."..~.~ 'tiJi1.~~'-:-'"':-,"' ~ .~ """ Feral Cats at Fishers Island Transfer Station An estimated 200-800 feral cats live on the Island. highly efficient, non-native predator kill- ing native wildlife--<lspecially if the lat- ter includes an endangered species. That's exactly what's happening in the town of Brookhaven. L.I., where the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) alleges that feral cats at Cedar Beach have "decimated" the piping plover population. CARE (Caring for Cats and the Recovery of the environment), the or~ ganization that feeds the Cedar Beach cat colony, dismisses the charges. In late June, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), which is entrusted with protecting threatened and endangered species, officially notified the Town of Brookhaven that the cats must be re- moved, reports John Fritz, co-chair of the Conservation Committee of the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs. Indeed, the approximately 20 shelters and two feeding stations main~ tained by CARE were reportedly dis- mantled on June 16. Whether the ban will be enforced on an ongoing basis remains to be seen: shelters have been removed be~ fore, only to spring up again nearby. But the FWS has alerted local officials with cats as pets, it is no surprise that the cat lobby is both popular and powerful. According to Mike Cooper, who raised the Cedar Beach cat colony issue on the eBirds listserv, the town of Southampton has already passed an ordinance permit- ting cat colonies. This highly controversial battle is be- ing waged all across the nation, with fe- ral-cat populations exploding from Rorida to California and Hawaii. In an attempt to control their numbers, some cat advocates trap, neuter and release them back into the environment. (CARE claims to have such a program in Brookhaven, although this is challenged by local observers.) In theory, trap-neuter-release (TNR) programs should lead to the eventual dis- appearance of a colony. But the sad fact is, people abandon cats all the time, and food at colonies lures newly discarded animals. Perversely, official sanction of cat colonies as a "humane" solution legiti~ mizes the dumping of unwanted pets. Sustained by supplemental feeding, cats at artificially high densities reduce the abun- dance of native species and change their composition, with potential effects throughout the local ecosystem. "Cats aggravate the impact of dimin- ishing habitat, driving down bird popu- lations in fragmented or isolated habi- tats," maintains Linda Winter, director of the American Bird Conservancy's Cats Indoors! Campaign. Along with New York State Assemblywoman Patricia Acampora, Ms. Winter has urged the DEC to address the cat-plover problem. "This is a violation of the Endan- gered Species Act," says Ms. Winter. "I am seeing more and more cases in which people are deliberately releasing cats into wildlife areas where they did not occur before." Facts about cats -According to the Humane Society of the United States, free-roaming cats typically live less than five years. -Cats are efficient, prolific predators. Scientists estimate that free~roaming cats kill hundreds of millions of birds, and probably more than a billion other small wildlife, in the United States each year. -Feeding feral cats allows them to breed, and populations can quickly get out of control. -Abandoning cats is illegal and cruel. Feral cats suffer short, miserable lives and are likely to die a slow, painful death from injury, disease, getting hit by a car, starvation, attacks from other animals, poisoning, or severe weather. -Feral cats can transmit serious dis~ eases to humans, including rabies and even plague. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cats are the domestic animal more commonly found to be rabid. -The day-in, day-out demands of managing a cat colony are overwhelm~ ing-€ven for selfless, dedicated people who are committed to alleviating animal suffering. Be on guard for feral cat groups in your neighborhood. For more informa- tion on feral cats, visit the American Bird Conservancy website at hltp'; / www.abcbirds.org. Select "Campaigns," then choose Cats Indoors! You'll find a thoroughly researched trove of informa- tion, including specific action steps on how to launch a Cats Indoors! campaign in your community and tips on getting local cat ordinances passed. Falll(}(}l . Fishers Is/a"d Gaunt! 7 ~ Flowers that Rabbits Will Ignore Key: P= Perennial; HHA= Half.Hardy Annual; HB= Hardy Biennial By Leila Hadley Luce If you have an Island garden, you prob- ably also have unwanted rabbits, rac- coons and mher marauders that feast on and damage carefully tended plants and trees. Relief comes only from knowing the enemy and having the patience to wait for small victories. Rabbits seldom range more than a few acres from their warrens. They breed often, reproduce copiously, eat ravenously. Like mice, they chew off the bark around the base of tree trunks, leaving wounds open to dis- ease and insect damage. Rabbits feast on seedlings, tender leaves, strawberries, tomatoes, peas, lettuce, roses, dianthus (pinks) and many other flowers. By reducing stems to stubs and nipping offbuds, they are wanton in their destruction of Casablanca and Rubrum lilies. Happily, Suzanne Schutz, an ardent horticulturist and Fishers Island friend, has of- fered a list of some plants that rabbits ignore [see box above]. To keep rabbits from in- truding, I'd suggest a fence of firmly staked inch-wide mesh chicken wire dug eight inches deep, with taut wiring at least 36 inches above ground. fu use- ful repellents, try imerplaming garlic, onion and rosemary in flowerbeds. Scatter moth- balls, and sprinkle chili powder, cayenne pepper and blood meal along the edges of critical areas. In autumn and winter, it is helpful to encase trunks of young fruit trees and other saplings with burlap or other sturdy cylinders about two inches larger in diameter than the trees, and tall enough to shield the tree about 36 inches above the ground or to the ex- pected snow drift line. Because rabbits are vegetarians, some people daub tree guards with animal fat or bacon grease: A dreadful mistake! What shoos away rabbits is a siren's lure to raccoons and rodents. Terrestrial raccoons, who are also expert tree climbers, beachcombers and bold as ban- dits, are perpetually hungry. With cunning little black hands, bushy tails and black- masked foxy faces, they may look like their appealing pet ancestors-but BEWARE! Fishers Island's raccoons are descendan ts of a pair of pets set free in the Middle Farms Pond Achillea (Yarrow) P Aconitum P Ajuga P Alchemilla P Artemisia (Wormwood) P Aster P Astilbe P Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)P Cleome HHA Convallaria (Lily of the Valley)P Cosmos HHA Cranesbill P Digitalis (Foxglove) HB Hemerocallis Hosta Iris Kniphofia (Red-Hot Poker) Lunaria (Honesty) N icotiana Peony Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal) Pulmonaria Ruscus (Butcher's Broom) Sedum Stachys (Lambs Ear) P P P P P HHA P P P P P P area some 2S years ago, and they have now proliferated to overrun and plague our Island from one end to another. Raccoons can carry rabies, terrorize bird life, rip through com- post heaps, up-end garbage pails, gouge holes in shingle roofs, walls and siding, and uproot turf and lawn in search of toothsome grubs. Raccoons picnic on pheasant chicks and wolf down newly- hatched cygnets and baby duck- lings. They suck-dry birds' eggs from arboreal, land and beach nests and kill and eat all but the fiercest nesting parents. They pig out on mollusks, shellfish and fish; every- thing growing in the garden; suet and peanut butter from bird feeders, and pet food. They like nothing better than fresh sweet corn and just-ripe fruit and berries. Cotoneaster, pyracantha (firethorn) and other brambles are a deterrent to sensitive- footed raccoons who also shy away from mothballs, blood meal, cayenne pepper, T abasco sauce, ammonia, talcum powder, loud noises, blinking lights, pinwheels, streamers, barking dogs and dog poop. Leaving two-fingers-width of space, wrap a 30-inch section of galvanized duct pipe around the trunks of fruit trees to keep rac- coons from climbing them. Rats and mice don't carry rabies as rac- coons do, but they carry dangerous parasites and diseases such as trichinosis and salmonel- losis. Rats can eat up to a half-pound of food daily and, like mice, damage far more than they eat, which is just about everything. Because rats need to blunt and shorten their fast-growing teeth, they can gnaw cement into dusty grit and cause electrical fires and serious structural damage. What is the best defense against rodents? Jerry Baker of the Yardencare Co. recommends the Weitech Co. (800-343-2659), which manufactures ultrasonic devices that create stress in the bodies of rats and mice, sending them fleeing from your area. Fishers Island's feral cats, estimated to be between 200 and 800 in number*, are known deterrents to rabbits and rodents. These abandoned housecats, left to run wild and multiply, are the object of a Fishers Island Conservancy-sponsored spaying and neutering program [see Fishers Island Ga- zette Vol. 16 No.1] Alas, cats and raccoons have also taken their toll on the easier prey of nesting birds and their eggs. This was the first season in the 31 years that I have visited and lived on the East End that all eight newborn cygnets disap- peared within a week from Money Pond, with their parent swans vacating the pond shortly thereafter. Sadly also, neither hen nor pheasant chicks nor bobwhite quail were anywhere to be found within a mile's range of our property in 2002, where every year before there had been seven or eight hen pheasants on average, at least eight pheasant chicks surviving from two nests, and a covey of bobwhite quail. When all else fails, I fantasize about creating a market for replicas of the pre- PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) men's winter great coats of the 1920's-racks and racks of full-length raccoon coats beloved by F. Scott Firzgerald. ,.h,Jt~II>J<(I,"1lIiIl \WN\I(j:!IlWl~\ll1a ~~IWl:,,"1'< =:--...~.. ........,..ftf,_ ," -"'" lUur~ ground RED PEPPER * According to the ASPCA, "One female cat and her offspring can produce 420,000 kittens in seven years. 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American Society of landscape Architects Fal/2002 . Fishers Islalld Ga:.ette 9 "Mosquito Girls" UnLeralded Heroines Fishers Island appears to have es- caped West Nilevirus this summer. There were no official reports of dead birds-the earliest indicator of the pres- ence of the disease, which has been identified in at least 40 states across the country and in 77 towns in Connecticut including New London, Groton, Waterford and Old Lyme. The virus first appeared in New York City in 1999, and its symptoms, though mild in most people, can be fatal for the elderly and people with cr.ronic illness. Fortunately, Fishers Island has for the past 16 years benefited fro III a mosquito larvacide program, generally considered to be the best line of defense against the virus when coupled with public education about avoiding mosquitoes. Fishers Island formerly sprayed chemi- cals to control these pests that date back to the Dinosaur Age. But after a couple of people got sprayed, one of whom reponed resulting headaches, Fishers Island ConservancyChair- man John Thatcher began a relentless one- man campaign to bring a non-chemical mos- quito control program to the Island. 1\5 a result, Island mosquitoes are now kept at bay by a naturally-occurring bacteria, which is harmless, except to mosquito larva. A little smaller and more dusty in appearance than Grape-Nuts@cereal, the Vectoba~ and Vectole~ larvacides arc distributed into af- fected areas, alternating between the two brands so mosquitoes do not develop an immunity. Fishers Island's mosquito control pro- gram goes virtually unnoticed, until it stops, as it did in October 2000 and again in March 200 I, "under a cloud oflabyrinthine bureau- cratic edicts" by the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation. [see Gazette Vol. 15 No.2, page 33] During the program's interruption, un- til Jun. 15,2001, some areas of the Island suffered large infestations of mosquitoes, now considered more than a pesky annoy- ance given the arrival of West Nile virus to the region. The "Mosquito Girls" or "Bug Babes" who search for mosquito larva and distribute larvacide are the unsung heroines of the Island's mosquito control program. Mr. Thatcher recruits the candidates, many from his home state of New Jersey. Thissummer's battlefront included two :it: seasoned veterans and a new member of the team: Brigid Thomas, 22, a Lehigh University graduate back for her fourth summer, and Katie Kirwan, 22, also a graduate of Lehigh, who spent her first summer on the Island as a lifeguard at the Fishers Island Club. Completing the trio was Lauren Herman, 18, a freshman at Harvard University, who plans to major in chemistry. Every Mon.-Fri. during the summer, the young women work their way from the East End to Race Point, mostly on the north side of the Island due to accessibility. They tackle five to six sites during their 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. workday. "We know the sites like the back of our hands, even when its raining," said Brigid, whose older sister had also COll1imud on pag~ 27 . (top) Brigid Thomas. carrying pesticide in horn seeder, inspects for mosquito larva. .200 I "Mosquito Girls" (I-r) Elizabeth Muller. Katie Kirwan and Brigid Thomas. . (inset) 2002. Lauren Herman replaced Eliza- beth as the third crew member. 10 Fidters Is/and Gazene. Pal/2002 A Crime-Stopper, an Energy-Saver and a Foul Weather Friend all rolled into one. . Storm Protection Engineered to withstand hurricane force winds . The Ultimate in Secnrity Virtually break.in proof . Snn & Climate Control Reduces fading while lower heating and cooling costs . 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JiUN'/J '.-9'('('I{11f1 ,Jia!io/I(,/'.f .f/il('(' (9t\IJ {51 '1lArt j/'u/I Ji"'.d. j!y.rtic (PSSS/S.d/,oo Fall 2(J(J2 . Fishers Islalld Gazette 11 , "Infant Girl SaTes 81-Year-Old Man" Robert S. Morton, the indomitable author of "A Collection ofStories:'published last February by the Fishers Island Gazette, wrote the fOllowing (including the title) fOr his close friends. He agreed to share this true story with the Gazette. By Roben S. Monon write as a reponer-but also as the week after my fall, brought about the Miracle victim of a near-fatal accidelH. of Miracles. Last August, I slipped and fell down the It was mid-morning, and I looked up steep, long back stairwell of our California from my bed to see Agnes standing in the home. Top to bottom. doorway with a tiny. duee-molHh-old girl My trip down the stairwell was quick named Angelina, a grandniece to Agnes. and devastating. I had been carrying a tray of One has never seen such a beautiful, food up the stairs and lost my bal- ance on the top step. At the bottom. I could not move. My wife Elizabeth called 911, and the emergency medical person- nel arrived within moments. They gave me many tests and asked many questions (my name, social security number, ete.) I passed the tests, but even so, they said I must go to the hospital. "No way:' I said. "I would die of loneliness in one night." It should be said here that in the past 23 years, I have had way too many surgeries and hospitalizations. They terrify me. After "the fall," my doctor pte- scribed heavy doses of codeine, an opium-based drug, which helped. but briefly. He also urged ice packs for my back. (Medically speaking, I always thought ice was better put into large alcoholic drinks, such as Bloody Marys. I still think so.) The drugs and ice helped, and thankfully I was not paralyzed. Nothingwas broken, but my whole body was sprained. I couldn't turn over; the least movement brought excruciating pain. That first week of recuperation was a descent into Hell. I can't minimize the love of my wife of 57 years, without whom I would never have made it this far. but I could feel myself sinking ilHo a state of discouragement, resig- nation and despair. During those difficult days, I also had the attelHion of our wonderful Agnes, who has devotedly served Elizabeth and me for several years in every known capacity. We call her the "Miracle Maker." Agnes saw my painful malaise, and one William Furse Photo . Bob Morton and his wife. Elizabeth, on the 15th green of the Fishers Island Club golf course in the mid-1990s. cheerful baby. Shewas dressed perfectly. Diapers neatly in place. mittens, socks and a lovely blouse. Agnes walked in and placed the baby face up on our large four-poster bed. She then de- parted, saying, "1'11 be back after awhile." There followed for me, and I believe for Angelina, roo, a long and lovely period of, "Getting to know you, getting to know all about you..." (with a grateful nod to, The King and 1). Angelina rook the initiative. She gave me a large. bright smile. I think she might even have been flirting a little. I may not be Rudolf Valentino, but I believe Angelina would have thought there was a resemblance, if she had any idea who he was. The warmth of that connection helped me to relax for the first time in days. I [Old her, really in a close-up whisper, how much I loved her. And then I told her make believe stories about how I was going to help her become Princess of the World. After each of my stories, she would ex- plode into laughter, throwing her tiny arms over her head, while kicking her beautiful little legs vigorously and beaming her alert and attentive eyes toward me. I knew she was asking me to tell her another story, which of course I did endlessly. At times I sang to her. 1 may not be Caruso or Frank Sinatra-again another ref- erence to which Angelina would have said, "Never heard of them!"-but I crooned, "You may not be an Angel, 'cause Angels are so few." Laughter, throwing of arms, kicking of legs. Ultimately, both Elizabeth and Agnes returned to my bedside and delighted in witnessing this mutual ecstasy. The experience with Angelina went a long way towards healing me. When I was awake at night, in pain. I would focus on this precious little girl and then fall into a deep sleep. I would be unaware of my pain, hut more importantly, by far, unaware of the pains of the world: the poverty. hostility, inequities, oppression, sadness, indifference and more. Then I would awake and think of all Angelina had given me: hope. innocence. love, enthusiasm. laughter, trust, compas- sion, healing. I must close. Remember, My Fair Lady. the 1960s musical? There is a song. "Why Can't a Woman be More Like a Man?" To save the world, I walH a new song. "Why Can't a Man Be More Like a Woman?" Even better, "Why Can't Men Be More Like My Savior. Angelina?" As they say, "Out of the mouths of babes... " I would add, "Out of their little hearts...," too. ~~ J 2 Fishers /slalld Gazette - f'alll(J02 F.t. Ferry: Credit Cards, Extra Ferries The Fishers Island Ferry District (FIFO) has nearly reached the end ofits approval stage for renovating the New London rerminal faciliry and, as of October, had begun to address the process of inviting pre-qualified contractors to bid on the project. There is a possibilirythat Congress might approve $3 million for the renovation by the end of the year. "That would give us a grand total of$5.6 million, which is about what the project will cost. Our other source offunding is rhe $4.9 million from the bonding issue," FIFO Chairman Chip duPont said at the October meeting of the Fishers Island Civic Association. Mr. duPom said that $600.000 has been knocked ofT the estimated cost of the renovation because cellular cofferdams have been eliminated, and FIFO does not have to flood-proof the new building. Included in Mr. duPont's FICA presen- tation was the announcement that as of Nov. I credit cards can be used to pay for tickets on the ferry. The FIFO computer system must be upgraded, however, before it will be possible to call and make ferry reser- vations with a credit card over the telephone. He also said that all private and commercial monthly charge accounts (under $250) are being discontinued. Mr. duPom had other announcements and comments: -Five special ferry runs have been added this wimer for the convenience of Island residents. {see box at right] -FIFO is removing all junk cars from the airport and ferry parking lot behind the freight shed. People who leave cars on the Island and remove license plates six months later will no longer be tolerated. Call FIFO. and the office will arrange to have your car removed. Oth- erwise, you will be caught by the costly South old Town ordinance against junk cars, which will now be enforced. -There have been complaints about the ferry leaving just as the train pulls into New London station. "It is FIFO policy to wait for the train," Me. duPom said, "but FIFO no longer has inside information about train schedules, so we cannot coordinate sched- ules. Please notify us as soon as you know your train will be late." -In response to a question about the ferry district running a commuter boat, Mr. duPom said that the Island already had three daily commuter boats. He reiterated that it would be too expensive for FIFD to run a commuter ferry and that there is no place to tie up. -Also, in response to a question, Mr. duPom said there is a line item in the 2003 FIFO budger to study the possibiliry of lengthening the Munnatawket an extra 30 feet. "The Munnatawket was designed for three engines, but we had to economize when we built it," Mr. duPont said. There is cur- rently great dependence on the Race Point. since only two trucks at a time fit on the Munnatawk<t. Mr. duPom said FIFO did not want to max out its bonding authority and that the N.Y. State Dept. of Trans- portation might have money for this capital improvement. ,,-... ..,. ~ Five Special Occasion Ferries Added to Schedule ... Depart N.L. Sat., Dec. 21, 2002.............. 10:00 p.m. Lost minute Christmas shopping ,Sun., Jan. 5, 2003 ................ 8:30 p.m. ~ E.nd of Christmas/New Yean Breok 'Thurs., Jan 16, 2003........>>>> 8:45 p.m. Beg. of Mortin Luther King holiday weekend Sun., Feb. 23, 2003 ..>>>>..>>... 8:30 p.m. End of Presidents' Week Vocation Saturday, Mar. 22, 2003..... 10:00 p.m. "Ain't Misbthovin'. "Garde Aru Theatre@':OOp.m. ~ . The Race Point prepares for departure from the terminal at Silver Eel Pond. AI Gordon Photo Ho...e Healt.. Care Plan Hil~ a Snag For two weeks in July, Fishers Island's new home health care program had all the earmarks of success. By the fall, however, it appeared to be the victim of economics and geography. Utopia Health Care of New London hired Dianna Shillo, a year-round resident and nurse, to monitor a home health care program on Fishers Island for applicants who qualify for coverage by the New York State Oept. of Public Health aod Dept. of Aging. "A nursing student from Connecticut was spending mornings on the Island caring for an elderly individual, and it appeared to be a good match," Ms. Shillo said. "We had hoped to keep her for the entire summer and hire someone new in the fall. "Unfortunately, the Oept. of Public Health objected, because the young woman was not a licensed aide," Ms Shillo said. "Connecticut permits nursing students to CmUi'lurd 0" pagr 13 Fall 2002 - F;.~hers Island Gazene J 3 F.t. Ci'Vi~ Asso<<:iation O<<:toLer Meeting At the Oct. 12 meeting of the Fishers Island Civic Association (FICA) the following items, ex- cerpted from FICA Secretary Nancy Hunt's notes, were among those discussed. School PTO -Sara McLean announced the creation of the first-ever F.l. School 1''1'0, whose purpose is to promote harmony and coopera- tion both within the school and between school and community. The group's first project, suggested by the school's part-time guidance counselor, was a November forum for high school students and parents to dis- cuss the college application process. -The "0" in PTO stands for "Organiza- tion," which is meant to include the entire community. Therefore, the P1'O hopes every- one will become a member. Dues are $5/yr. F.I Garbage and Refuse District -The "long nightmare" of the Pickett landfill is almost over, said commission mem- ber Maynard Banks. Planting and seeding was expected to be completed by the end of October. -There will bean election Dee. 10 for an opening on the garbage district commission for a five-year term. FIDCO: Land Trust -Peter Crisp, president of the Fishers Island Development Corp. (FIDCO), said that the Ferguson Museum Land Trust had recently received two gifts of East End prop- Home Health Care Snag Conl';nued from page J 2 work as aides without being specifically li- censed, but not New York. It is very difficult for agencies to find people to work, so the result it that now we have no one." In addition to manpower problems, Utopia pays aides $8 an hour, plus $5 for total travel time. The ferry district had of- fered to subsidize half of the round-trip fare, "but who would want to come here when they can just go up the street and work," Ms. Shillo said. "Someone called me the other day look- ing for help for her mother-in-law. I said, 'Good luck. The only possibility is private duty, if you can find a person to do it.' And why would anyone on the Island want to work for $8 an hour when they can get $25 an hour cleaning houses." erty development rights, and six were pend- ing. [see Gazette Vol. 16 No.2] Mr. Crisp said he hoped West End property owners would also consider this option. -FIDCO Chairman Frank Burr said that since April 1999 Fishers Island has put over $700,000 into the Southold Trust as part of South old's two percent land transfer tax, but none of it has come back to the Island. Somhold has reaped $100 million FIDCO: Recreation Path -FIDCO has not yet given final ap- proval to the path. It mailed brochures about the path to over 500 boxholdets in Septem- ber. [see story on page 31] Harbor Committee -South old, which owns Dock Beach Park and its dock, has delegated decision-making authority for the use of the dock to the Island's Harbor Committee. Because a quick . Charter-for-hire Capt. Andrew Heublein had a busy summer running Island residents and contractor employees between Noank and the Town Dock at Dock Beach in West Harbor. In addition to individual and family charters, Capt. Heublein made six round trips each work day to accommodate off. Island workers. thus far from the tax. Mr. Burr is a member of the Southold Open Space/Land Preserva- tion Committee and welcomes suggestions of propeny, easements or development rights to be purchased. Sourhold's purchase of Dock Beach Park took place prior to the land transfer tax and was the result of a bonding issue. -Enacted Mar. 1, 1999, the land transfer tax is applicable to the amollnt over $150,000 for homes and over $75,000 for undeveloped property. Funds collected are used to pur- chase open space. Walsh Park Benevolent Association -WPBAhas been accepting applications, from year-round residents only, to use the storefront that is part of the former Rugg house, now owned by the corporation. -WPBA is well on its way to achieving its current fund-raising goal of $1.3 million. The current focus is on developing rental housing for people who want to live on the Island before purchasing a home here. -Now living in Walsh Park are half the children at the F.I. School, seven members of the fire department and four EMT s. charter between West Harbor and Noank was beneficial to Island residents, the com- mittee granted permission for Capt. Andrew Heublein to llse the dock to load and unload charter passengers and off-Island workers from his boat, MV Popeye. There are cur- rently no charges for use of the dock. [The Harbor Committee recently granted permission to Capt. Patrick Kennedy of MV Kathleen to use the Town Dock for the same purposes as Capt. Heublein. He will be held to the same strict operating conditions as Capt. Heublein, said Harbor Committee Chair Leslie Goss Gruner.] Lobster Wars -The New York State Dept. of Environ- mental Conservation in September approved the creation of a lobster conservation zone up to about three-quarters of a mile off Fishers Island, Barry Bryan said. It would set a 75- pot limit for New York and Connecticut lobstermen, but anyone agreeing to fish only within this zone would be able to fish an additional 225 pots. There would also be two closed seasons a year when all gear must be out of the water. Gov. George Pataki's signa- ture was expected after the election. 14 Fishers Island Gazette. Fall 1002 r- I I I I -- - INSPIRE THE MIND. LIFT THE SPIRIT. ..., .. ... I ~ "'" ~., ~.;;.'-,,~ . ~ ~,-;.-............ ~..... '00" -"'~- _ -:::<.vr-- _~try---~,--~~~~-....-;: __-. _~~~~~~'~~.~_--'::~~ ~4. ~~~;-~ ~7'_ - ,;r:~ . _;':"n,~-_":;. -'~~'., . ~C; To orJer this photograph (#123189F), call 860.572.5383 or visit \"'-\-"w.mysticst'aport.org/rosenreld. MYSTIC SEAPORT@ TilE MUSEU,\\OFA,'v\ERICAAND THE SEA'," 8889.SEAPORT . www.mysticseaport.org J. Carter Brown, 67 J. Carter Brown, 67. the aristocratic former director of the National Gallery of Art who had an abiding love for Fishers Island, died June 17 in Boston, Mass. Mr. Brown was diagnosed in August 2000 with Multiple Myeloma, a terminal blood cancer that he treated aggressively with a stem cell transplant in January 2001. He lived vigorously after his treatment until he was hospitalized May 3. For six weeks, as his lungs continued to fail, he quickly became known within the hospital for his strength of spirit and determi- nation in the face of heavy treatment. He worked tenaciously on a book about his father and himself and on a design and con- struction project for his home. He even kept up with cmails from numerous organizations before hewas put into a deep. sedated sleep to heal his lungs. His positive attitude. hopefulness, pas- sion for life and his projects, and love of his family buoyed him during this time. Mr. Brown died in the arms of his children and fiancee. The Brown family's association with Fishers Island began with his mother, Anne Kinsolving Brown who had come to Fishers Island in 1912 at the age of six. After marry- ing John Nicholas Brown in 1930, she con- vinced her husband to consider a summer home on Fishers Island, forsaking the Brown tradition of Newport, R.I. The Brown family connection to Rhode Island began in 1638 wben Cbad Brown arrived in the state via canoe. escaping rigid Bay Colony Puritanism in Massachusetts. The Browns became well-to-do traders richly profiting from the rum and molasses trade, whale oil and candle manufacturing. The Brown textile factory in Pawtucket, R.I.. built in the 1790s. signaled the start of the Industrial Revolution in America. In 1900, the $1 0 million family fortune fell to Mr. Brown's fatber, Jobn Nicbolas Brown, an infant at the time. He grew to lead the life of a philanthropist and a gentleman. studying and acquiring an extensive collec- tion of art. Acquiescing to his wife's wishes for a summer home on Fishers Island. the Browns built Windshield, named for the ex- tensive use of glass on its exterior. The 1938 hurricane destroyed the flat-roofed. 138-ft. long structure just months after its com ple- tion, but it nevertheless is considered a "semi- nal moment" in the development of modern architecture in the United States. During the hurricane. the flat overhang- ing roof, perched 100 feet high on Clay Point, flew ofT like a glider with an airfoil effect. The house was rebuilt in 1939, donated in 1963 to the Fishers Island Devel- Fall 2002 . Fishers Island Gazette J 5 minute drive to my father's office in Provi- dence, it made sense for him to choose that house over Windshield. "Certainly, Carter's love for the Island was most recently demonstrated by the trav- eling exhibit he ghost-curated (Harvard and Rhode Island School of Design being the lead organizers) all about Windshield." Courtesy of the John Nicholas Brown Center, Providence, R.I. . J. Carter Brown c. 1944 in his Bullseye at Fishers Island. . (inset) Mr. Brown in National Gallery's East Building Atrium, Washington, D.C. Photo credit: Jim Argo, courtesy National Gallery of Art. opment Corp. and used as a guest clubhouse by the Fishers Island Club for about two years. It was then owned privately by two successive families until it burnt to the ground Dee. 31,1973. The Browns put Windshield on the market when it became clear that their children would no longer be spending summers on the Island. "It sat on the market for several years,"said Mr. Brown's sister. Angela Fischer. "Meanwhile, the house in Newport. built by my father's mother. where my father had grown up, was also on the market, but there was no interest there, either. As the Newport house was a short 45- Mr. Brown's father had strong notions of architecture and selected Viennese-born California architect Robert S. Neutra (1892- 1970) to design tbe house. Frank Lloyd Wright was considered of an older genera- tion. Two years of almost daily written corre- spondence between architect and client make Windshield one of the best-documented houses in 20th-century architectural history. Young Carter Brown spent his forma- tive summers on Fishers Island where sailing was his major focus. "I must say. he usually won the Fishers Island Yacht Club series, either skippering his little Bullseye, which he Colll;nurd on pag~ 20 16 Fishers Islalld Gazette. Fall 2002 Lavone D. Andrews Lavone Dickensheets Andrews, 89, a pioneering architect, who bought a home on Fishers Island 50 years ago with her husband, Mark Edwin Andrews, died June 4 in Hous- ton, Tex. Mrs. Andrews' architectural career spanned nearly 60 years. It began with a license for archirecture in 1938 on a form that said "he" was licensed, and culminated in numerous awards, including being named a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland in 1994. Mrs. Andrews was born in Beaumont, Tex. Sept. 18. 1912. rhe daughrer of Charles Dickensheets and Lavone Lowman. Her fa- ther was an East Coast newspaper reporter While at Rice, Mrs. Andrews was president of the Rice Dramatics Club and was an active member of the Pallas Athene Literary Society. She was vO[ed best actress on campus and had leading roles in a number of productions. After graduation, Mrs. Andrews was an apprentice [0 noted architect John Staub and opened her own office in 1938. At first, her imerest was in residemial architecture, but she later expanded her practice to design schools, health facilities and office buildings. She became a member of the American Insti- [Ute of Architects in 1943 and was made a Fellow in rhe A.I.A. in 1977. In 1948, she married Mr. Andrews, a native Houstonian and lawyer who at the time was an assistam secretary of the Navy in Washington D.C. While there, the Andrews met and became close friends with Ann LA VONE D. ANDREWS Photo courtesy of Mark Andrews sent [0 cover the emerging Texas oil boom story. He soon resigned from the newspaper and become a wildcatter himself, moving his family to a series of homes across the country. Mrs. Andrews attended Miss Hamlin's School in San Francisco and the Marlborough School in Los Angeles before graduating in 1929 with the first graduating class of Beverly Hills High School. In 1933 and 1935 respectively, she received undergradu- ate and graduate degrees in architecture from Rice Institute in Houston. Of the 100 stu- dents to begin the graduate program, Mrs. Andrews was one offive to receive a degree- and the only woman. (Kinsolving) andJohn Nicholas Brown, who was later godfather to the Andrews' son, Mark Edwin Andrews Ill. The Andrews returned to Houston in 1949, and together they ran Ancon Oil & Gas, a private energy company that Mr. Andrews had founded before his tour of duty in Washington. Being a quick study and having learned the oil business from her father, Mrs. Andrews was an active partner in the business and went to the office with her husband every day. Mrs. Andrews was vice presidenr ofrhe company from 1957 to 1992. the year that Mr. Andrews died. In 1952, after summering in a variety of locations, the Andrews thought it best to settle in one place. "The Browns suggested we try Fishers Island," said her son, Mark Andrews. "My parents rented what was then the Guy Rutherfurd house for one month, and the next year bought the Douglas van Dyke house on the East End. "My parents loved the Island at all times of the year. In 1953. they began spending the month of November on Fishers. They had a small group of friends who took turns enter- taining one another at that time of year: the Simmons, Foshays, Elys, Pete duPollts, Kirklands, Bullet Smiths and Bogerts." Mrs. Andrews' architectural expertise was called upon in themid-1950safterwatch- ing the Fishers Island Beach Club blow away in a hurricane. She was asked to consult with Matty Matthiessen and John Rawlings, who were designing a new structure that would withstand future storms. While she was not proud of the new beach club from an aes- thetic perspective, it has stood its ground for almost 50 years. The Andrews summered annually on Fishers until about 1980, when they gave their home to their son. Over the next de- cade, they spent a great deal of time at Knappogue (nah-POG) Castle on the west- ern coast in County Clare, Ireland. The Andrews bought the castle, part of which dates to 1467, in the mid-1960s. The struc- ture was in ruins at the time. "My parents fell in love with it, and my mother decided to take on the restoration of the medieval castle," Mark Andrews said. The Irish government helped with the expense of the restoration, which rook several years. Based on the excellence of her work, Mrs. Andrews was made a member of The Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland, which, at that time, was an unusual honor for an American and for a woman. The resrora- tion also won the An Taisce Award for archi- tectural excellence in Ireland and the Europa Nostra Award for important restoration of a European monument. After Mr. Andrews' death, the castle was sold to the Irish government and is now an important tourist attraction. The family still owns the collection offurniture there and can use the castle for 30 nights each year. In addition to her practice, Mrs. Andrews was an active lecturer on architecture and design. In the 1950s, she gave her first series oflectures at Pratt Institute and the Parsons Co1lt;nued 011 page 17 Margaret M. Bogert Margaret Milbank Bogert of New York Ciry and Fishers Island died suddenly Sept. 11. She was 88. Mrs. Bogert was a philanthropist who strengthened and perpetuated her family's legacy through the International Center for rhe Disabled (lCD), fuunded in 1919 by her father Jeremiah Milbank, and the JM Foun- dation, founded by him in 1924. ThcJM Foundation makes grams in the areas of health, and education and public policy research. lCD, the first outpatient rehabilitation center in the United States, focuses on medical rehabilitation and pri- mary care, mental health and addiction re- covery services, vocational rehabilitation and job placemem. Extending her reach heyond the board- room, Mrs. Bogert personallydevored herself to bettering the lives of people with disabili- ties. She trained to be a physical therapist and worked as a volunteer at ICD and other medical and rehabilitation centers. Lavone D. Andrews COlltilluedfrom page 16 School of Design in New York City. Her last lecture was to the architectural department of Texas A&M in 1994. Mrs. Andrews was a member ofSt. John the Divine in HoustonandSt.Jolm'sChurch on Fishers Island. She had served as a trustee of the Museum afFine Arts in Houston and the Byzantine Institute in Washington, and as a member of the YWCA World Service Council. Mrs. Andrews is survived by a son, Mark Andrews, and his wife, Beth, and two grand- children, Elizabeth Quay Andrews and Mark Edwin Andrews IV, both students at Harvard University. Memorial contributions may be made to Kilnasoolagh Church in Newmarket-on- Fergus, Ireland, and sent to Vicki Arbuthnot, 604 Euclid, Housron TX 77009. "Mom and dad and Mr. and Mrs. Bogert were extremely close friends. On the table next to her bed when she died was a picture of my parents and the Bogerts on a trip together," Mark . Andrews said. Known as "Margie" to friends and fam- ily, Mrs. Bogert was born June 7, 1914 in New York City. She attended Miss Hewitt's classes in the city and then Foxcroft School in Virginia where she played "side center" on the basketball team. At 5 '2", that sports report was viewed with skepticism by her children. After "coming out" in New York, Mrs. Bogert traveled to China at the sug- gestion of her father, who was trying to break up a romance of which he did not approve. The ploy worked. because Mrs. Bogert met H. Lawrence Bogert Jr. not long after her re- turn. They were married in 1936. Me. and Mrs. Bogert began sum- mering on Fishers Island in 1940, liv- ing in rented houses until 1946, when they bought Seascape, the well-known corner white house, surrounded by gardens, just beyond the fourth green of the Hay Harbor Club golf course. Mr. Bogen first came to Fishers Island as a college-age tutor for Harry Webb, a cousin of the Wilmerding and Pope families and stayed in Lady Salvage's house during that time. As the years progressed, the Bogerts formed lasting friendships with other early summer families. With an insatiable desire to entertain and enjoy their friends, the Bogerts were members of the Red Hats, an informal group of couples who partied together con- stantly. These included the Pete duPonts, Elys, Bremers, Matthiessens, Chesters, Foshays, John Wilmerdings, Buller Smirhs, Lords and Andrews. Mrs. Bogert was known for her annual Labor Day parties, given with her husband and then by herself afrer his dearh in 1992. "Those parties, from the 1960s to 2000, were an institution," said her son, Jeremiah M. Bogert. "Mother was extremely gregarious and loved people. She always had a piano and bass (Billy Poor and Eddie Drew, musicians) at her parties, and she loved to sing. She wrote Pall 2002 . Fi.~/lers 1sland Gazene /7 her own words to popular music and cut an LP of Fishers Island songs with Jane duPont." Happy to share her enjoyment and en- thusiasm for life, Mrs. Bogert donated all the liquor for the H.O.G tournaments for many years. She was a good golfer and regularly played with her husband. For many years she would get to the 18th tee at the Fishers Is- land Club golf course and need a six to break 90 but invariably would get a seven. She had a good game but never could quite break through to the 80s. MARGARET M. BOGERT Photo courtesy 01 JM Foundation In a more . . serious vein, Mrs. Bogert did not abandon her devotion to public service, even during summer vacation. "Mother's biggest contribution to the Island was via the Island Healrh Project (IHP)," Mr. Bogert said. "She chaired the IHP Board and was instrumental. during the late 1970s, in arranging for doctor coverage from St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, at a time when a different doctor came to the Island every two weeks. "My mother had a terrific life, though she missed my father terribly in the last few years," Mr. Bogert said. Mrs. Bogert was a board member of The Fresh Air fund, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation, National Foundation for Fa- cial Reconstruction, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rehabilitation Institute of Chi- cago and United Hospital Fund. Mrs. Bogert is survived by two sons, H. Lawrence Bogen III of New York City and Jeremiah M. Bogen of Bedford Hills; a brorher, Jeremiah Milbank Jr. of Rye; four grandchildren, Millicent. Jeremiah, Hilary and Cyrena; and four great~granddaughters, Madeline, Brigitte, Chloe and Natalie. Mrs. Bogert is buried next [0 her hus- band in New St. John's Cemetery. 18 Fishers Islalld Gazene. Fall 2002 Robert A. Campbell Robert A. Campbell, whose family first came to Fishers Island 78 years ago, died Aug. 30 following a brief illness. He was 86. Mr. Campbell was born in New Haven, Conn. He graduated from Philips Exeter Academy in 1934 and teceived a BA in English from Yale in 1938. He artended Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass. and earned an MA in Education from Yale in 1949. During WWIl, Mr. Campbell served four years in the U.S. Navy as an officer in the Naval Bomb Disposal Unit in London and as executive officer on a sub chaser- rocket ship in the southwest Pacific. Following rhe war, he worked as a sales represenrarive for A.G. Spalding Co. Me. Campbell also served as director of rhe office of Selective Services and Vereran's Benefirs at Yale, associate director of rhe Career Ad- visory Office ar Yale and director of admis- sions ar the University of New Haven. He rerired in 1982. Mr. Campbell was a volunreer tutor in New Haven public schools and served on rhe board of rhe Boys' Club of New Haven and the United Way. He was an emergency driver for rhe Red Cross Blood Service and was a 9-gallon blood donor. He was also a vesrry member and junior warden of Sr. John's Church on Fishers Island. Mr. Campbell's parems, Mary and Charles Campbell, and his brorhers and sis- rers, Charlie, Bill, Anne, Peg and Joan began summering on Fishers Island in 1924. "Their first house was jusr easr of Flounder Inn, now owned by Charlie and Alice Ferguson. It had all rhe 'modern conveniences' of rhe day-an outhouse and a well!!" said Mr. Campbell's wife, Peg. After two summers in rhar house, which larer did not survive rhe 1938 hurricane, rhe Campbells boughr whar is now known as The White House, currenrly owned by Alice and Hunrer McGuire and Elizabeth Carrer. A smaller house, up rbe hill ar rhe rear of rhe Campbell properlY, was known as rhe "boys' house" and was used by rhe Campbell's three sons and rheir tutor. Bob and Peg Campbell moved imo rhe "boys' house" in 1970, en- larging ir over rhe years. Mr. Campbell was an avid comperiror ROBERT A. CAMPBELL who regularly rook firsr place in numerous sponingevents. He held rhe pole vault record ar Exerer umit the advenr of rhe fiberglass pole and was a member of rhe Yale rrack team. He particularly enjoyed golf, twice reriring rhe John M. Ferguson Memorial Cup at the Hay Hatbor Club in tbe 1930s and 1940s. The 1 O-inch sterling silver cups were "retired" after Mr. Campbell won the rournamem rhree years in a row, twice. He cominued ro play 9~hole rounds with his family, frequemly wirh his grandchildren, until two weeks before his death. Mr. Campbell also enjoyed waterspons. He often crewed for Gordon Murphy in sail boar races during rhe 1930s and 1940s, and he loved to fish-rarher, said his wife, he loved rhe experience of fishing, since he casr often bur seldom came home wirh a fish. Mr. Campbell is survived by his wife, Peg Campbell of North Haven, Cnnn.; two daughters, Margy Lamere and Susie Grimes; a son, Roben C. Campbell; and seven grandchildren. Francis Elizabeth Blodget Whitman, 88 Francis Elizabeth Blodger Whitman, 88, of Lutherville, Md. and Nantucket, Mass. died Feb. 20 in Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Whirman was a longtime summer residenr of Fishers Island before changing her summer residence ro Nanrucker in 1961. Known as Betry to her friends and Franny to her loving family, Mrs. Whitman was an alumna of The Ethel Walker School and srepdaughter of noted author and ac- rress, Cornelia Oris Skinner. A former president of Rustic us Garden- ing Club in Bedford, Mrs. Whitman was a longtime membet of the Colony Club and Nantucket Yachr Club, and a former mem- bet of the Hay Harbor Club, Fishers Island Club, and Bedfotd Golf and Tennis Club. She was also a longrime member of Sr. Matthew's Church, Bedford. Mrs. Whirman was predeceased by her husband, Peter Morton Whirman. She is survived by a son, Peter Monon Whitman, Jr.; three daughrers, Eleanor Whitman Laughlin, Elizabeth Whitman Ricketson and Claire Whitman Marshall; a brorher, Oris Skinner Blodget; 10 grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be senr to rhe Nantucket Conservation Foundarion, 118 Cliff Road, Nantucket, MA 02554. Fishers Island School 9/11 Remembrance Some 30 members of rhe Fishers Island community anended a "Remembrance and Recovery" ceremony Sept. 11 ar rhe school. The "Remembrance" began with Jer- emy Doucette raising rhe flag to half-staff, followed by rematks by intetim Supt. Meg McKenna. Social Studies teacher Charles Stepanek asked for a momenr of silence after calling ro mind those who died ar rhe World Trade Cenrer and rhe Pentagon. Music reacher Paul Fitzgerald, wirh school band members Raben Blair, Nicho- las Banas and Samuel Horn, presenred Echo Taps, providing the bridge to "Recovery," which again began wirh Jeremy, who rhis rime raised rhe flag ro full-sraff. Studenr Council Presidenr Rand Brorhers led rhe Pledge of Allegiance, and senior Graham Kuzia concluded with a reading from the Gettysburg Address reminding rhose in attendance"... rhat we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain..... Mary Holt Gray Mary Holt Gray of Richmond, Va., widely known for her competitive spirit and enthusiastic approach to life, died Sept. 2. She was 88. Born in Portland, Me., the daughter of Adelaide and Eugene Holt, Mrs. Graygradu- ated from Smith College, Northampton, Mass. in 1936 and subsequently taught at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Mass. During WWII. she was among the first group of women officers in the Navy and served as lieutenant in the Director's Office at Pearl Harbor until 1946. Her experience as a naval officer had a lasting influence on Mrs. Gray, sometimes fondly referred to as, 'The Admiral." In 1950, while general secretary of the Smith College Alumnae Association, Mrs. Gray was on a southern swing of the U.S.. representing the college, when she met and married Richmond "Dixie" Grayand moved to Richmond. The evem was more than serendipitous, however, because Mr. Gray's sister, Jeanann, a Smith College graduate as well, had engineered the meeting. Mary and Dixie were married in February 1950; their son, Ben, was born in November, and their daughter, Manha, was born 13 months !ater. Dixie Gray's father, Dr. Benjamin Gray was Fishers Island's first summer doctor. He came [0 the Island in dle early 1900s at the request of Henry L. Ferguson, who met Dr. Gray as the young doctor was finishing his ob/gyn residency at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. Dr. Gray continued as the Island's summer doctor for many years fol- lowing his return to Richmond. In 19] 8, he delivered Charles Ferguson on the kitchen table of the Ferguson home. Dr. Gray practiced out of a room at the Mansion House Hotel, but the combination of his popularity and the antics of his chil- dren, Dixie and Jeanann, running up and down the halls of the venerable hotel, neces- sitated a change. With help from Island resi- dents, he built a home/office known as Graycrofi, in the sheep meadow up the hill from the hotcl. The cottage is still the resi- dence of the Gray family. Mary Gray first came to Fishers Island in 1952. Growing up in Portland and summer- ing at the shore in Falmouth, Me. as a child, she felt connected to her roots in the North- east with every visit to Fishers Island, where she enjoyed the camaraderie of many friends. I t was here that she also had a special way of indulging her interest in horticulture. "Mother loved gardening and occasion- ally did a little poaching from some of the Island flower gardens!" Ben Gray said. "She would also go down to the Race and pick wildflowers. It wa.<; amazing what a variety of flowers she could find and how beautifully Photo courtesy of Ben Gray MARY HOLT GRAY she would arrange them in a vase." The game of golf, however, was her passion. The Gray family played many, many rounds of golf together at the Hay Harbor Club and Fishers Island Club. "Mother'sfirst priority was making sure the daily schedules were full of activities for my sister and me growing up on Fishers. As we got older, she ,." o '0 ~ ~ c ~ . " ~ ~ c . ~ Fall 1001 . Fishers Is/alld Gazette /9 enjoyed our family foursomes as well as golf with the ladies or with Dad in mixed four- somes," Mr. Gray said. Golf was more than a casual hobby to Mrs. Gray, who was Maine's state women's amateur golf champion in 1938 and] 939. Because of her accomplishment, she was named Maine's outstanding female athlete in 1939. Mrs. Gray competed in many local tournaments in Richmond and was an active member of the Richmond Women's Golf Association, Virginia Golf Association and U.S. Women's Seniors Golf Association. She was also on the Women's Committee of the U.S. Golf Association and officiated in many USGA sanctioned tournaments. In addition to her family, Mrs. Gray also devoted her time and talents to the Rich- mond community. She served on the boards of the CommunityChest,Junior League and Woman's Exchange, and on the Council of the Virginia Museum. She was president of the Belle Bryan Nursery and a member of the altar guild of St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Mrs. Gray's love of horticulture resulted in her becoming president and director, respec- tively, of the Three Chopt Garden Club and the Garden Club of Virginia. "Mother could rise to any occasion," Mr. Gray said. "She never let life get her down and, as a result, lived her life to the very fullest." Mrs. Gray was predeceased by her hus- band and her daughter, Martha, known by many on Fishers Island as "MoRY." Mrs. Gray is survived by a son, Ben, of Nashville, Tenn.; a sister, Martha Giles of Portland; and her grandchildren, Timmons Grayand Stuart Gray, both of Nashville. Memorial contributions may be sent to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 12291 Rivet Rd, Richmond VA 23233. I . I ~. . . Sandy Gaston's 8 x 12.ft. flag flies at half-staff behind his home, Sept. II, 2002. 20 Fishers Idalld Gazette. FaUl00l Steven A. Morell, 81 Stephen Andrea Morell of Wiggins, Miss., who owned The Pequot Inn for 25 years, died at home Aug. 2 in the arms of his wife, just hours after the two had enjoyed a quiet 60th wedding anniversary dinner to- gether. He was 81. The Morells boughr the Pequot in 1958 and were open for business everyday except for six months one winter, when the couple left to for care for Mrs. Morell's aging mother. "We didn't make money, and we worked hard, hard, hard during the season," Ann Morell said. "But I am very glad we stayed open year-round. It gave local people a place to go and a place to sleep. I always had clam chowder on, so there was something to eat even if we were closed. And I always hada rule if people were drinking and not eating, "No more beer until you eat some chowder and get something into your stomach.'" The Mardis had owned Den-Mar Lim- ousineCorp. at then-Bradley Field in Windsor Locks, Conn. and regularly passed each other on the highway. One day, Mrs. Morell said to her husband, ''I'm tired of this rat race. Let's buy an inn, so we can pass each other on the stairway instead of the highway." About six months later, they heard about an "old-fashioned" inn for sale on Fishers Island. The couple had never before set foot on the Island, but while her husband checked the upstairs, Mrs. Morell marched back to the kitchen and struck a deal with Betey McCloskey, who owned the Pequot with John Pickett. "We were new to the Island, and we had 0; <; " c c ., "0 1; . ~ , o o o "0 ~ ~ *' / STEVEN A. MORELL I they bought one of the brick Officer's Row fort houses, which they later sold to Bob and Louisa Evans. The proprietors of the Pequot made a place for themselves in the Fishers Island community. Their twin daughters graduated from the high school, and when the couple decided to retire to Mississippi, 13 years after they had sold the Pequot, their friends threw a farewell parry for them at the American Legion. Mrs. Morell, who is from an old Missis- sippi family, said the notice of their 60th wedding anniversary appeared in the news- paper the same day as her husband's obituary. During WWII, Mr. Morell served for three years in the 43r<1 Infantry. He was a commissioner of the F.I. Ferry District for 10 years, and a member of the American Legion Post and Our Lady of Grace Church. Hewas alsoa memberofV.F.W. Lacy Kelly Posr 306 and of the Masonic Lodge, Elks and Shriners. "We met May 8 at an army base in Hattiesburg, Miss.," Mrs. Morell said. "We married Aug. 2, and Steve shipped out Ocr. 2 for three years. Hesaid, 'Don't worry, I'll be home the day the war is over, and he arrived back on VJ day just as the bells were ringing. We had a special love and 10[Soffun. We had a wonderful life together." Mr. Morell is survived by his wife, Ann Denson Morell, two daughters, Carolyn Ann Morell Darling of West Palm Beach, Fla. and Cherlyn Ann Morell Wagner of Wiggins; a sister and brother; six grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. to gain the trust of the year-round residents," Mrs. Morell said. "That's when we decided to stay open every day, to serve the Island people. 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 ro 25 and 30 people at those dinners." The Morells lived at the Pequot until J. Carter Brown, Director Emeritus of National Gallery of Art Continul!d from pagl! 13 outfitted with all the latest gadgets, or later co-skippering with his brother, Nick, their larger Quincy Adams-17." Sibling bonds were consistently strong among the Brown children evidenced by the following bit of family lore: When the hurricane of 1938 struck, young Carter was napping on the lee side of the house. Disobeying orders, his brother Nicholas, 6, woke him from a nap and brought the youngest Brown to watch the unfolding drama with the rest of the family. Minutes later, the big plate glass window in Carter's room shattered, spewing razor-like shards into his recently occupied bed. {see Wind- shield story, Galette, Vol. 7 No.4] Years later, Fishers Island played an- other crucial role in Me. Brown's life. In 1961, John Walker, then director of the National Gallery and also a summer resident of Fishers Island, lured Me. Brown from doctoral studies in art to become his assistant at the museum. Mr. Brown became assistant director in 1964. By 1967, he was helping to negotiate the purchase of Leonardo da Vinci's "Ginevra de' Benci" and was in charge of planning the East Building, eventually de- signed by I.M. Pei and voted by the American Institute of Architects one of the ten best buildings in America. Mr. Brown was named deputy director in 1968 and director, at the age of 34, in 1969. He was the longest-serving director in the institution's history, and only the third person to hold this position. Regarded as reflective and intellectual, and referred to as part Barnum, part Albert Schweitzer, Mr. Brown became a champion of mass culture. Under his tutelage, Congress increased annual federal funding to the gal- lery from $3.2 million to $52.3 million, and the endowment grew from $34 million to $186 million. Attendance swelled from 1.3 million to 7 million visitors a year. Becoming a major educational resource to the nation, the Gallery also doubled its square footage, increased its collection by some 20,000 works of art, and instituted an extensive special exhibitions program, which included the blockbusters, "KingTut" and "Circa 1492." "He transformed the museum world from an ivory tower into an immenselypopu- larplace," said Earl A. Powell Ill, Mr. Brown's successor as director at the gallery. "He was a great aristocrat, but a real populist." Throughout his adult life, Mr. Brown never lost his fondness for Fishers Island nor his connection with friends and family here. Continued 011 page 21 J. Carter Brown Pall ZOO] -l'ishers Island Gazette 21 C01JtillUl~d from page 20 "He often spoke of returning to the Island and even looked at houses to rent, but his busy life never permitted him enough time in one place," Ms. Fischer said. Mr. Brown grew up in a cultured world filled with art, plays, concerts and operas. He attended the Arizona Desert School and graduated from Groton and then Harvard. summtl cum /aude in 1956. After earning an MBA from Harvard in t958, hewenr ro Iraly as the last student of the famed Bernard Berenson. Between 1958 and 1961, he stud- ied at Ecole du Louvre in Paris and Rijksbureau vooe Kunsthisrorische Documematie in The Netherlands, and re- ceived a masters degree from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. From 1970-2000, he received 17 honorary degrees. In 1971,Mr. Brown marriedConsrance Mellon Byers; they divorced two years later. He married Pamela Braga Drexel in 1976 in a service at Westminster Abbey in London. They divorced in 1991. Me. Brown is survived by a son, Jay Brown and a daughter, Elissa Brown, both of Washington, D.C.; a brother, Nicholas Brown of Newport, R.L; a sister, Angela Fischer of Boston; and his fiancee, Anne Hawley of Brookline, Mass., the director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Center for Advanced Study of the Visual Arcs (CASV A) at the Narional Gallery of An in Washington, DC. Army Corps Approves Mohegan Aquaculture The u.s. Army Corps of Engineers in August approved the Mohegan tribe's plan for an ambitious shellfish aquaculture project at six sites in and around Long Island Sound, including Fishers Island Sound. In the largest venture of its kind in Connecticut, the tribe aims to return to its historic economic roots by farming the sca. They will be raising shellfish in cages sus- pended from a buoy systcm, similar to shell- fish production on Fishers Island. Earlier this year, the Connecticut De- partment of Environmental Protection (DEI') approved the tribe's application, but cut in half the scope of the proposed $10 million project. The aquaculture permit dictatcs that"each long line will be approximately 400 feet in length, and contain approxi- mately 50 stacks of trays, secured with Classic Elements... tensioned anchors at a depth of no less than 1 0 feet below the water surface at all times." Hundreds of boaters and fishermen have opposed the loca(ion of the shellfish cages in wa(ers (hat arc part of a "navigational (hor- oughfare." The Corps said reviews by engi- neers and biologis(s indicate the projec( will no( unreasonably in(erfere with navigation and will have minimal impact on the local environmCJ1(. The tribe is already growing 35 million clams and 2 million oysters at a small marina on the Wes(erly, R.I. side of (he Pawcatuck River. As the shelHish mamre, (he Mohegans will move lIlem to shellfish beds in Fishers Island Sound, Pine Island Bay, Stonington Harbor, Niantic Bayand the PawcaruckRiver. ~t,,:- - f:!- ~ 0:--::" -.. ...combine to create a relaxed style, soothing colors and luxurious touches. This most ap- pealing four year old resi- dence has nine rooms including four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Located on the East End of Fishers Island, it is a perfect refuge for fulllime use or as a retreat for ex- tended family and week- end guests. $575,000 Doyen. McBride REALTORS@ 860.434.5838 ~ 631.788.7303 22 Fishers Island Gazette. Fall 2001 ATOP CLAY POINT Architecturally distinctive Contemporary with breathtaking panoramic views from four terraces. Rich cyprus and antique brick exterior. Walls of windows affording marvelous light. Twelve beautifully appointed main rooms. Entrance Hall with circular oak staircase with wrought iron balustrade. Living Room and Dining Room both with Fireplaces. Four Master Bedrooms. Pine paneled Recreation Room. Dark Room. Four Bedroom Staff Quarters. Heated Swimming Pool. Three car Garage. Six acres on one of Clay Point's highest elevations with sweeping view of the Connecticut Coast & Fishers Island Sound. $1,695,000 ~' . ,. . ... D. ON BARLOW POND Over one acre of level land with easy access. A fabulous building site or long-term investment to acquire now for a future generation. t; PARADE GROUNDS Recently refurbished first floor Pied-a-Terre. Approximately 1900 square feet with new Eat-in Kitchen, Living Room with Fireplace, Three Bedrooms plus Large Sleeping Porch. Hall Bath and Powder Room. Basement Storage Space. $325,000 Ginnel Real Estate (631) 788-7805 Fa1/2002. Fishers Is/a"d Gaz.ette 23 MAGNIFICENT TUDOR Brick and stucco construction of the F. Scott Fitzgerald era. Almost 7000 square feet of unsurpassed elegance Twelve main rooms completely renovated. Grand Entrance Hall. Powder Room. Large Living Room with Fireplace and French doors to a beautiful canopied slate terrace. FomMI Dining Room with Fireplace. Large Kitchen. 1st Floor Master Bedroom Suite with Fireplace and Bath. Butler's Bedroom and Bath. Three Family Bedrooms, one with Fireplace, each with Bath. Three Smaller Bedrooms and Hall Bath, Sitting Room. Basement. Three Car Garage. Private 5.7 acre grounds with spectacular southerly views of Barley Field Cove and Block Island Sound. Pool with Pool House. Tennis Court. $2,995,000 1920's SHINGLE STYLE Majestic and unspoiled. Beautifully proportioned rooms, gleaming hardwoods and 4 Fireplaces. Gracious Entrance Hall. Study with Fireplace. Living Room with Fireplace. Enclosed Sun Porches. Dining Room with Fireplace. Kitchen with Butler's Pantry. Adirondack "Game Rm" with Fireplace. Master Bedroom with Bath. 7 additional Bedrooms. Spectacular southerly views of Block Island Sound. 2.72 acres on the eastern end of the Island surrounded by the golf course. $2,195,000 Thomas H.C. Patterson, Broker Associate Box 258, Fishers Island, NY 06390 www.ginnel.com · e-mail: ginnel1@aol.com 24 Fisher.~ Idand Gazette. FaIl2(J(JZ rnd'sLfc IsLe ReaL"t&' foc, .J=isbeRS ISlaod, o.l/. 06390 631-"'788"7882 This two bedroom winterized cottage has a certain charm and a great deal of pO[ential. There is a small living room, reasonably up-to-date kitchen, outside porch and a full basement. House appears sound and has a good-sized anic space that could be used for expansion. Located on approximately 1/3 acre, including garage with off-street parking. Asking price $275,000 plus commission to be paid by purchaser. Taxes approximately $1.300. New Listings Undeveloped land Parcels 2.9 acres. East End, very private, with small pond, near Fishers Island Club golf course. Probably no water view, but a nice-sized wooded 10[ in a desirable area of the Island. Asking price a very fair $225,000. ~~~ Charming site affords lovely views looking in a south- easterly direction over the full length of Barlow Pond. Very private and well-located about midway down the Island within a mile or so of Isabella Beach. The lot is well wooded with easy access to utilities. Many of the permitting re- quirements necessary for building are already in place. This approximately one-acre parcel is offered at $3 I 0,000 with very reasonable taxes. BAGLEY REID. Broker www.mysticislerealty.com This recendy constructed 4-bedroom, 3-bath house located in a quiet wooded area of the Island on 1.67 acres is now offered for sale for $575,000, with raxes of approximately $6400. This al- most 2600-square foot house appears well built and has most certainly been carefully maimained by the owners. In addition to an attractive living room and separate dining area, there is a most comfortable TV or family room on the ground floor. The mod- ern kitchen appears very functional and an attractive work area. There are numerous closets and extra storage and utility spaces. - < 1 c,<<,!, - . ",-- -- ~ .:-. - -,- .;_~.;:-:l1: ~ -J ~ ~ .~;"~...="S~-:~ ---.... . . ">4 ~., ~._-.. '1' " """- -- :;~~.5~~~~~~~~:-:~-..~~,~~.~ - - -.~ ~:'" ::-- ..~~i'~::~",,"""",' ~"t ",:... Chocomount Beach. Approximately 3 acres of undeveloped wa- terfront land potentially for sale to discerning buyer sensitive to careful development of property. Direct access to and ownership of approximately 150 feet of beachfront on the eastern end of Chocomoum, with sweeping view of beach and Block Island Sound. Serious inquiries are welcome. (Ginnellisting) SUE HORN. Salesperson Fall 21J(J2 . Fishers Is/a"d Gaz.ette 25 ....". " I ~~~ BAGLEY REID · Broker SUE HORN. Salesperson www.mysticislerealty.com Substantial Price Reduction. This architecturally distinctive home built for the Lamont duPonts in the early 1950s was designed by Erard Matthiessen and has sweeping views of the Connecticut coast as well as glimpses of Long Island Sound. Built of brick and cyprus, the house contains almost all of the original fixtures and hardware as well as some of the period furnishings. The interior includes a large living room and dining room, each with a fireplace, opening to a wonderful glass and screened sun porch. There are 4 family bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths. paneled recreation room, and an updated kitchen with butler's pantry. Additional bedrooms are in the staff's quarters. The house is winterized and has an attached 3-car garage. The 6-acre property is naturally landscaped with a rolling lawn and has a reasonably new heated swimming pool. There is also a separate 2.7-acre building site. This is a very good value at $1.695.000. (Ginnellisting) Balconies and outside decks command distant views of both Extremely large shingle house affords views of West Harbor sides of the Island. A GO-foot heated indoor lap pool is attached to from wrap-around porch. Original portion of house has living the house in a solarium-like structure with 20 foot+ ceilings. There room with sliding glass doors to porch; dining room, with porch are 4 double bedrooms each with marble tiled bath; stunning access, and kitchen. Second floor has 4 bedrooms, 2 baths; third master bedroom suite is on top floor. Large living room/dining floor has 3 small bedrooms, 1 bath. Back portion of house has room with fireplace overlooks pool area from above. An efficient, large playroom area, 3 bedrooms, 2 modern baths and separate attractive kirchen and separate office space are on the same level. kitchen. Basement has space for several cars; separate winterized House is situated on 2.5 naturally landscaped acres overlooking one-bedroom cottage with small outside deck. House needs some Barleyfield Pond and the ocean beyond. Partially furnished. Fully cosmetic work. but has great space, is conveniently located in West winterized. Taxes approximately $1 O,OOO.Askingprice$1 ,900,000. End and has a great deal of potential. $495,000, taxes $3800. rn~st:tc IsLe ReaLt:~ fDC, 26 Fishers Island Gazette. Falll(j(ll ISLAND HARDWARE More than just locks and hinges 788-7233 SERVI:;TIIR~ FISHERS ISLAND M@bir FULL SERVICE Sl A liON Mo'orik PAINTS Official New York State Auto Inspection Station CARCO@ INSPECTION Fuel Oil Gasoline Propane Party Ice Diesel Service When you're in trouble, who are you going to call? E. Riley, station manager 631-788-7311 · 631-788-5543, fax · Emergency only: 788-7178 Mosquito Girls Continued from page 9 been a Mosquiro Girl. "We know which sites arc getting wet and which ones to go to first. We can even predict the pattern of change between wet and dry spells. "Mosquitoes like to hatch in humidity. They incubate around the edges; water comes, and they hatch. After a rain, if you have humidity, watch out," Brigid said. "You also have to pay attention to low and high tides in salt water marshes. They are the most lethal. They swarm me the most." Scientists say that shoreline areas gener- ate large numbers of mosquitoes, because salt marsh mosquitoes breed in large numbers in salt marshes, which are unaffected by rainfall. Each young woman has her own near- disaster talc to tell, from trying to avoid dive bombing seagulls to sinking an entire leg into mud that appeared to be solid ground. Although hip boots provide protection, they often leak and are constantly ripped by thorns. Boot repair kits are like gold. The other occupational hazards are poison ivy and mosquito bites. The answer: ignore it and don't itch. The job can be boring when there is no rain. Mosquitoes lay eggs in standing water Fall 2002 . Fishers Island Gazette 27 or mud and hatch in about seven to 10 days. "Sometimes people call to complain about mosquitoes, but they don't realize that we only go after the larva." The trio agreed on the two worst spots this summer, the ones that had the most breed- ing and consistently highest larva count: Race Point and the goose swamp along the eighth fairway of the Fishers Island Club golf course. "Wind is good, though, because if it's windy, they havea hard time landing," Brigid said. o 15 ~ ~ - ~ . ~ > ~ - . '" . The "Mosquito Girls" truck, driven by Brigid Thomas, 22, was consumed in an inferno of fire Aug. 27 on the East End road not far from Grey Gulls. Fire department volunteers responded quickly to the blaze, which was blamed on faulty wiring. Ms. Thomas escaped unharmed. ----z&~ Congratulate that new Mom and Wrb N'lrlrry Dad and let them know you care. You can even see their baby and order pictures! SIKrial" Find many job opportunities Progranu available at Lawrence & Memorial or visit the medical staff directory online. Commullity View a full list of educational and Hrallh tt medical programs and services offered to our community. 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The Board of Education acknowledges that it has challenges, and the biggest areas are hiring a superintendent and increasing the number of students at the school. Board President Steven Scace reported at the October meeting of the Fishers Island Civic Association that the Board has hired a search consultant from the New York State School Board Association to help find appro- priatecandidatcs for superintendent. He also said the Board was establishing a broad-based selection committee including Board and community members, parents and teachers. Responding to concerns about the ap- proximately $67,000 pet Island pupil expen- diture for 2002-03, Mr. Scace said that there were currently 54 students [34 Island, 20 magnet] at the school and that staffing needs are mostly fixed. "We can double the number of students with a relatively small overall cost increase," Me. Scacc said. "This needs our highest pri- ority. We need to focus on revitalizing the Magnet program, which has declined in the last few years." The Board planned an open house Nov. 1 for prospective magnet students and parents and hoped to have applications in by year-end in order to make decisions by March. More like a private school admission cycle, one Board member said. Mr. Scace reported the hiring of three new teachers: BarbaraJones, third and fourth grade; Lisa V cndctta, fifth and sixth grade; and Marie Twomey, Spanish. He also said the Boatd had scheduled a November budget planning workshop to prepare for the 2003- 04 budget. This year's expenses included in- stallation of carpeting in the hall outside the auditorium, replacement of the stage cur- tains, repair of the libraty roof and repairs to faculty housing, beginning with the porches. Board of Education members are President Steven Scace, Vice President Rob- ert Dexter, Karla Heath, Nina Schmid and Stephanie Hall. T ~o Foru...s: Year-round Pop. &- S~"ool Island residents attended two commu- niry forums, Sepr. 24 and Sept. 26, indicating their deep concern for the dwindling year-round population and the future of the Fishers Island School. In August, the Fisher's Island Civic As- sociation (FICA) circulated a question to 36 Island businesses and organizations: "What can you and your organization do to help improve and build up the year-round com- muniry of Fishers Island?" The Sept. 24 meeting at the American Legion Hall was an opportunity for FICA to record the response. The Rev. Rosemary Baue, pastor of Union Chapel, moderated the meeting, which had been her idea. Representatives from 26 organizations and businesses spoke, mainly defining their role in the community. Ultimately, they pro- vided a window on a significant framework of the Island. Information presented included the following: Of Race Rock Gatden Co.'s 20 employ- ees, 11 are year-round residents, and three have children at the F.1. School. The Fishers Island Club has 76 employ- ees, 14 of whom live here year-round. It hosts golf tournament fund-raisers for organiza- tions vital to the community and uses local contractors for its construction and repairs. The club also provides tennis and golf pros and facilities to F.I. school students before and after the season. St. John's Church gives scholarships to F.I. School's local graduating seniors, and this year's contribution was about $50,000. The Fishers Island Development Corp. has contributed $30,000 to the lobster wars and has tried to develop cottage industries, particularly for women. The Ferry District contributes to year- round residents by charging for outgoing trips only, not incoming. said Paul Giles, who is filling the seat vacated by Tom Doheny. Z&SConrractinghas 17 employees, 14 are Island residents, and three are part time, with a total of eight children in school. By contrast, however, Harold Cook, who has a smaller business, said he has only one year-round resident employed, because it is difficult for a $20/hr. laborer to live on the Island. Jack Raridon drew widespread chuckles when he noted that "living on this Island isn't for everyone. If you take 100 families, and wait 10 years, you'll probably end up with only five who've stayed on Fishers. That makes us either very special-or very strange." He agreed that "we're not very friendly to new people, and that is something we all have to work on." As a first step, Mrs. Balle has organized a community Welcome Wagon for new year-round residents. Trudi Edwards pointed out that "it's become too easy to commute from the main- land to Fishers." If it were just as easy to commute the other way, "then families who live here could work ofT-Island" with greater flexibility, she said. . . . The Sept. 26 public forum took a different approach. Sponsored by the Island People's Project. this event was organized by Cynthia Riley. Participants had been asked in advance: "Where do you see the Fishers Island School in three years?" and "What qualifications do you feel are necessary for a superintendent of rhe F.I. School?" The forum was designed for the audi- ence to brainstorm and the Board of Educa- tion to "listen and absorb." Interim Supt. Meg McKenna, who was scheduled to leave in November, was on hand to answer some questions. Mike Posey was the first to step to the podium. He had prepared an in-depth pro- posal for identifying problems, gathering in- formation, and proposing and implementing solutions. He suggested a "joint venture" be- tween the school and a survival organization Gmti,med 011 page 43 30 Fi.~hers Island Gazette. 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The brochure was widely praised for its composi- tion and design but did not elicit a flood of overt opinion one way or the other, said FIDCO President Peter Crisp. The FIDCG Board was encouraged to proceed on May 9 when the IRS granted 501 (c)(3) status to the Fishers Island Recre- ational Path Foundation. FIDCO has always counted on voluntary contributions for con- struction and maintenance of the path, and now those gifts will be tax deductible. "The purpose of the brochure is to take the temperature of the community on the Island, to see if there is support," Me. Crisp said. "The community needed a statement of what it was, the rationale, the cost and what wc've done so far. "The next step takes real money [$250,000], and we don't want to spend that money on an engineering project, if the com- munity doesn't want it. Our main purpose and principle motivation is safety. We don't wish to be perceived as heavy handed, and we want to reach a consensus." FIDCO's timetable is dependem on a number of issues: final engineering drawings and state approval, the outcome of conversa- tions "still in progress with several affected landowners," and raising the estimated $3 mil- lion it will cost to build and maimain the path. "Assuming favorable developments on all thcsc fronts, construction of the Path would coincide with FIDCO planned road repairs in or around 2004," the brochure said. The crushed stone path, four miles long and eight feet wide, would start at the gatehouse and end at the Fishers Island Club practice putting green. h would cross the main road twice, in ad- dition to crossing nine dirt roads and 13 driveways. . . . Separate from the recre- ational path, road safety on the East End continues to be an issue. Last summer, there was no let up in underage drinking and reckless driving. FlDCO has au- thorized the state troopers to stop speeding motorists and has asked for a greater police presence on the East End. "There havc been sugges- tions that we patrol the beaches to stem after-hours drinking. It has also been suggested that beaches be closed aftcr dark," Mr. Crisp said. "FIDCO has proce- dures, and we do what we think is reasonable from an enforcement and expense standpoint. "Some people think we have a responsi- bility to oversee every corner of the road. We have enforcement, and we have properly posted speed limits. You can never do enough. " Fishers Island property owners, who are also members of the Fishers Island Club, are eligible to buy shares of stock in FIDCO, '. . The FICCO brochure provided several before and after comparisons of the main road and the proposed recrea~ tional path. and the directors and officers are responsible for the stcwardship of the corporation and its assets. "There is no liability to shareholders when directors are deemed to have acted responsibly. The corporation does have di- rectors' liability insurance so long as what- ever incident is not due to malfeasance or negligence," Mr. Crisp said. CATCH THE BOATING SPIRIT THIS SUMMER! . mue WEI\THERGEAR' LlFI' vACKIOT5 -.. , ~.. " 631-788-7528 OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:00 - 4:30 "IN SEASON" SATURDAY 8:00 -4:30 32 Fid,ers Is/and Gazette. Fall 2002 FISHER~JSi)ND.CI~...ASS66IAiION leJ~~4tf4~ishlrs Island NY 06390 e ~&..F,a{ . 631-788-7029 John Spofford & Twig Stickney. Co-Presidents Nancy Hunt. Secretary Jay Parsons. Treasurer Board Members Barry Bryan, Heather Ferguson, Mike Imbriglio Sarah Malinowski, Speedy Mettler Carol Ridgway, Penni Sharp, Janio Spinola Louisa Evans, Ex officio The Fishers Is/and Civic Association exists to promote the economic, civic and social welfare of the people of Fishers Island. Quarterly meetings provide forums for discussions of Is/and issues and reports from Island organizations. 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Mystic CT 06355 www.soundhomeinspections.com Electric Service Upgrade COlltillued from page 5 End," Mr. Parsons said, "but the West End has contributed just as much to the problem by increasing demand, which reduces the flow of electricity to the East End." The first phase overbuild will run from the "Walsh Dock" area to the power plant across from Dock Beach, past Union Chapel and the Pequot. (Q the main road by the Navy Station and down to the driving range. "We are contracting off-Island workers for phase one, because we haven'[ got enough people or equipment to do the project," Mr. Parsons said. "Our infrastructure just can't handle the scope of this project and the time we have to do it in." The electric company, however, is com- mitted to employing on-Island workers in its day-to-day operations. "We have a superin- tendent and three journeymen linemen who live on the Island," said F.r. Utility Co. President Robert E. Wall. "Last year, we contracted the services of a Groton Utilities electrical engineer who advises us on the management of the com- pany. He is working on the upgrade project and provides for redundancy if we are under- going personnel changes on the Island or need extra help to respond to a major storm or hurricane." Phase one of this project should alleviate voltage problems for some time, Mr. Parsons said, "but I would be shocked if we didn't have 8320 volts throughout the Island in the future. It could take 1 0 to 20 years for that to happen, though, depending on growth and demand. " f'a//20(J2 . f'i.~her.~ Island Gazette 33 . The F.I. Utility Co. building on the village green is a focal point ofactivityyea....round. particularly since the U.S. Postal Service rents part of the first floor. (I-r) Cal Beggs. F.I. Fire Chief Greg Thibodeau. Stowe Phelps and Henry Fisher during July 4th ceremonies. F.I.Farms to F.I. Utilities Continued from page 4 Robert K. White. The new syndicate gave the company a new name: Fishers Island Utility Co. By 1971, when Mr. Parsons took over as chair- man, however, a number of problems had developed. A5 a result, the board decided to step away from the contracting, real estate and fuel oil businesses and concentrate only on electricity, telephone and water. The company sold the gas station to Fishers Island Utility Co. Boards of Directors F." Utility Co. Directors j. Geddes Parsons, chairman Robert Wall. president Richard Baker Jeremiah Bogert Stephen Cook. vice president Harry Ferguson. treasurer Michaellaughlin Harris Parsons Jennifer Russell. secretary Malcolm McAllister r.1. Electric Co. Directors J. Geddes Parsons. chairman Robert E. Wall. president John Spofford, treasurer Jennifer Russell. secretary Robert Calhoun William Ridgway F.I. Telephone Co. Directors j. Geddes Parsons. chairman Robert Wall. president John Spofford. treasurer Michael laughlin, secretary Robert Calhoun William Ridgway. vp technology r.1. Water Works Directors William Ridgway, chairman Robert Wall, president Robert Calhoun. vice president Harry Ferguson, treasurer Frank Burr j. Geddes Parsons. secretary Mary Horn. assistant secretary Robert Miller John Spofford, treasurer Francis Doyen; and Lee Fcrguson'ssccretary. Lucy Ahman, continued the real estate busi- ness with her husband, Gordon Ahman. Clarence Bouton bought the contracting business. At that time, the company also bought back Mr. Hanes' shares and sold additional stock to bring in younger shareholders. There are currently 29 shareholders of the Fishers Island Utility Co., which is the holding company for the three separate utilities: FI. Electric Co., F.I. Telephone Co. and F.I. Water Works. The Fishers Island Development Corp. 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[see box at right) A 40-yeat summer resident, Mr. Phelps has been involved with Island Concerts since he was recruited to help organize and present its first program, a classical concert] uly 18, 1979 at the home of Rita Cushman, the group's founder. With an extensive background as a solo singer, an actor in Broadway musicals and as a television producer, it was no accident that Mr. Phelps was tapped for the inaugural performance of Island Concerts. Evident in his own work is the level of professionalism that is so important to Mr. Phelps. "The thing I am least able to tolerate is amateurism," said the soft-spoken, white- haired man who spends the better part of a year planning for just one concert. Preparing for 'The Many Faces of Love," Mr. Phelps, Mr. Arnold and Mrs. Pollard met no less than a dozen times to rehearse. "He's a per- fectionist," explained Charlton Phelps, Mr. Phelps' wife of 58 years. (lorn in New Yotk City, Me. Phelps spent a great deal of his childhood in Europe. He was 10 years old when his father retired from a career as an architect, best known for helping design the American wing of New York's Metropolitan Museum. During the family's first year in Europe, they lived in the Eden Hotel on Via Crespi in Rome overlook- ing a monastery. The next stop was Swiner- land, where for five years Mr. Phelps at- tended Le Rosey, an exclusive boarding school where the sons of billionaires, diplomats and kings are still educated. While there, he befriended the future Shah uf Iran with whom he played soccer. "He was a happy-go-lucky boy," recalled Me. Phelps. "And a darn nice guy." Mr. Phelps' interest in music blossomed at the age of 16 when he joined the GleeClub at the Cate School, a prep school outside of Santa Barbara, Cal., where he finished his secondary education. Maintaining his inter- est in music throughout his college years, Mr. Phelps was a member of the all-male singing group, "The Wiffenpoofs" at Yale, where he majored in English literature. Mr. Phelps returned to California after graduating from Yale in 1939 and began a serious pursuit of music. He became a pupil of the famous Russian opera star, Nina Koshetz, a 350-pound world-renowned so- prano who had been accompanied on an early two-year concert tour by noted com- poser and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Koshetz/Phelps relationship was fortuitous, because it was Ms. Koshetz who arranged for Mr. Phelps to meet Charlton Yarnall] acobs, the daughter of a life-long friend, who was visiting from her hometown Continued 011 page 37 . (I-r) Stowe Phelps, Suzanne Pollard and Charles Arnold pause before beginning one of their many practice sessions at the Phelps' home. The trio was preparing for an August Island Concerts cabaret performance at the Fishers Island Club. Arnold and Pollard Complete the Trio... It was standing room only Aug. 9 at the Fishers Island Club when Stowe Phelps [see story at left]. Charles Arnold and Suzanne Pollard presented their cabaret performance. "The Many Faces of Love." All three are seasoned performers as their histories will attest. An amateur composer. pianist and vocalist. Me. Arnold began his musical career in 1943 at Andover when he and roommate. the late actor Jack Lemmon. wrote a pop musical. The two wete prevailed upon to revive a few of the numbers for their 50'" class reunion. With a preference for musical comedy. Me. Arnold performed in many operettas and other musicals in central Connecticut over the years. More recently. he has concentrated on composing and performing humorous musical parodies. He is also a jazz buff and has lectured on the histoty of jazz. Suzanne Pollard has always loved to sing and is known to break out into song all the time at her home in Virginia. She never trained as singer but has been active in local Continued 011 page 37 36 Fishers Is/and Gazene. Pal/1002 To get the right answer in life you have to ask the right questions. DBS PaineWebber wants to hear from you. 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Abbott's new musical, along with 2000 other men who were competing for eight available spots. It was a hot, sticky day, yet Mr. Phelps, the proper gentleman that he was, showed up for his audition wearing a summer Palm Beach suit, necktie, Panama hat and carrying a brief case and umbrella. Like the others, his audition lasted only about 30 seconds. Two weeks later, Mr. Phelps was thrilled to receive a telegram inviting him to join the show. The young actor later discovered the truth behind his selection. "Charlton and I were having dinner with Ray Bolger and his wife Gwen, who had helped with the cast- ing," recalled Mr. Phelps. "I asked her why she chose me. Her reply? 'Because you looked Oxford 1890:" Fortunately for Mr. Phelps, that was the setting for Where! Charlie, and he was the only one on that hot day who was formally dressed. "I was just being myself," Mr. Phelps chuckled. "What a hoot. It was pure luck." Mr. Phelps was a memberofthe Where! Charlie cast for two years. His next Broadway musical was another George Abbott produc- tion, Call Me Madam, starring the legendary Ethel Merman. After performing in two consecutive Broadway musicals, Mr. Phelps decided that life as a full-time actor was too precarious. "It's a heck of a life," recalled Mrs. Phelps. Mr. Phelps' next career was in television, a relatively new field. For 15 years, he worked for CBS, first as a producer in the entertain- ment division, and later as an executive in the censoring department making progtamming "safe for family viewing" according to strict netwotk guidelines. Finding censoring too negative for his tastes, Mr. Phelps left CBS and launched a career as an independent documentary film- maker. Still, during all of this, he never stopped singing professionally as a paid solo- ist for sevetal churches in Manhattan. Now retired, his interest in music, from classical pieces to show tunes, remains unwa- vering. Mr. Phelps can still be found singing on special occasions at New York City's Century Club (of which he is a member), as well as on the village green during Fishers Island's annual July 4'h festivities. Is he any closer to hanging up his microphone? Abso- lutely not. While he has no desire to return to Broadway, he still loves to perform. Laughed Mr. Phelps: "I wouldn't mind an occasional night club date." Arnold and Pollard Cmlt;"uedfrom page 34 semi-professional theater, taking the lead in numerous musicals, including South Pacific and Paint your Wagon. She has acted in a total of60 plays in different theaters in Richmond. Mrs. Pollard has sung with Mr. Phelps four times for Island Concerts. The first performance was, "When You Are Smil- ing," in 1991 with Mr. Arnold rounding out that trio. At the conclusion of this summer's pro- gram, Ghislaine Boulanger, co-president of Island Concerrs, presented music boxes to the three longtime summer residents in ap- preciation of their performances. With a nod to their first concert, the wooden music boxes play, "When You Are Smiling" and are inscribed, "From August 1991 to August 2002. You kept us smiling. Thank you. Island Concerts." . . . Last August'S cabaret performance has been made into a CD, "The Many Faces of Love," and will be available for purchase Thanksgiving weekend at Union Chapel's Holiday Bazaar. Information about the CD and its availability for mail order will also appear in Island Concerts' annual fund- raising letter. The songs were recorded at the perfor- mance and perfected in a sound studio in New York City. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Island Concerts. Ferguson Museum W is" List and Call for Volunteers Work is proceeding on the renova- tion of the H.L. Ferguson Mu- seum, which is expected to open by early next summer. The museum has made the follow- ing requests: Articles on Ocean-Related Industries on Fishers Island: Past articles on issues related to lobstering and commercial fishing on Fishers Island are being sought for the exhibition. Please call Carey Matrhiessen, 860-434-9236. Volunteers: The museum is looking for volunteers between now and Memorial Day. Coordina- tors are assembling a list of interested individuals who would be willing to help with simple tasks that arise during produc- tion. Agreeing to have your name added to the list does not mean that you are obliged to participate. Tasks identified so far include light as- sembly of items that are shipped to the mu- seum, and cutting window screening into circles, used in museum lighting. If you are interested, call or em ail exhi- bition designer Serena Furman, 978-897- 9880 or sfataspace@aol.com. Wish List: telescope laptop computet PC computer, less than 5 years old digital camera slide projector projection screen small fish tank portable CDltape pia yet new freezer (chest type) Call or email curatorial consultant Valarie Kinkade, 978-287-0562 or kinval@aol.com, to see if your proposed do- nation will matc the museum's needs. Visit Union Chapel's Holiday Bazaar Fri., Nov. 29, at 9:30 a.m.! Lunch will be available at II :30 a.m. 38 Fishers /slalld Gazette - Falll(}Ol Bullseye Nationals &. FIYC A<<:LieTe...ents Peter Rugg and his daughter Caroline took first place in the 41" annual Bullseye Nationals Aug. 2-4, hosted by the Fishers Island Yacht Club (FIYC). The duo won twooffourraces sailed off West Harbor in persistently light air, repeating their previous 1997 win, and taking home a painting by Charles Ferguson as their prize. Twenty boats competed in the regaua. Ten were local, and 10 were from Rockport, Marion and Marblehead, Mass., and Tom's River, N.J. Off-Island boats took the second through sixth Spots, with Brad Burnham and FIYC Sailors... This year's 635-mile Newport to Ber- muda Race had a record 185 emries, with a number of Fishers Island Yacht Club (FIYC) members participating. They include: - Peter Rugg, who won the double- handed race. [see story on page 39J -Coleman Brinckerhoff, who joined a team of 15 on a Swan 56 to take I" in class and 20,h in fleet. - Peter l:3rinckerhoff and Bill Reed, who sailed on a custom 65, finishing 6'h in class and 12,h in fleet. -John Brim and his son Jamie, who, sailing their first Bermuda race, took an 8'h in class and 56'h in fleet. Mr. Brim has owned his yacht Broadsword for two years and plans to improve his time when the race is run again in two years. Kevin Farrar was also a crew member on Me. Brim's boat. Race officials were keenly aware of safety and sailors' qualifications, because each mile into this race is a mile away from shore and "a bit beyond operational range" to effect a rescue from the U.S. side. "This year we needed to look harder at those who had not been in the race before or who had not sailed as far offshore as Bermuda," Race Chairman John Winder said. . . . Notable 2002 FIYCsailingachievemems: -Norwegian Wood took fourth place in the 100 Worlds in MarbleheadinJune. The team: John Burnham, Marty Gibbs, Laurie Rubinow, Beth Scholle and Chris Hufstader. -Kevin Grant won the "Offshore 160" in July, which is a single-handed race from granddaughter Sofie Malinowski coming in seventh. "One of the most exciting moments of the regatta occurred when Charlie Ferguson and Tim Patterson, sailing Jim Thompson's Osprey, made a brilliant port tack start in the fourth race, which they went on to win despite temporarily loosing the lead in the middle," said event organizer David Burnham Sr., secretary of the Bullseye Association. "I am so grateful for the yacht club's full support and for everyone who so generously helped make this regatta a success," he said. The remaining Island finishers were Tom . Ginger Cutler, 13, at helm of Arrow, with brother, Nat, II, and father, Stewart, as their team tries to steal air from Cal Beggs in Mistral at the 2002 Bullseye Nationals at Fishers Island. Newport, offshore 80 miles, and back. Sail- ing in his J-46 Crevasse, Mr. Grant com- pleted the race in just under 22 hours. -Two of six U.S. entries in the three women's classes at the Pre-Olympic Test Regatta in Athens Greece last summer in- cluded alumni of the FIYClHHC joint sail- ing program. Isabelle Kinsolving raced in the 470 class, sailing with Katie McDowell, and Tanya Haddad sailed in the Europe Dingby, a singlehanded class. Isabelle and Katie are engaged in a full-fledged Olympic campaign and competed in several European events last summer. .John Burnham won the 2002 Shields Nationals in September at Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Oyster Bay. duPont, 8'h; Cal Beggs, 1 O'h; Charlie Ferguson, II 'h; Dave Burnham Sr., I2'h; Ginger, Nat and Stewart Curler, 14'h; David H. Burnham and Meris T ombari, I5'h, and Chris Dewey, 17'h. "Special kudos go to young sailors, Gin- ger and Nat, and David and Meris, and to new Bullseye sailor Chris Dewey for their competitive spirit, which bodes well for fu- ture Bullseye sailing at Fishers," said Me. Burnham, who distinctly remembers, as a very small boy, rowing his boat among the Island's fleet of wooden Bullseyes. ~ 1';;; " c;, \1-~ Rob Gillis Photo " o < . ~ o c ;ji ~ . ~ "0 . . ~ BOLr.X , o o o "0 ii: ~ . Peter Brinckerhoff proudly displays the Rolex watch he received for winning the prestigious New York Yacht Club Rolex Regatta in July. Racing his Evelyn 42 Hooligan, Mr. Brinckerhotf bested the competition in White Fleet's PHRF Class 4 in the seven-race series in Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay. FafllOOl . Fishers Island Gazelle 39 Ne~porllo BerIUuda Ra<<:e ~oo~ Vi<<:lory The Newpon to Bermuda Race is considered to be among the most challenging yacht races in theworld, and 2002 clocked a panicularly rough ride, "not for the faint of he an," said Roy Disney, who finished in a record-breaking 51 hours. Windcheck magazine reponed that "sails ripped, hardware blew up, four crew went overboard and numerous other competitors were disabled by seasickness. Four yachts retired due to mechanical failures, steering problems and a dismasting." Emerging victorious in the double- handed class was former Fishers Island Yacht Club Commodore Peter Rugg, 55, and his sailing panner of nearly 45 years, Richard T. duMoulin. Mr. Rugg had previously sailed in the Newport to Bermuda Race seven times with one win, and Mr. duMoulin had competed 17 times, also with one win. Mr. Rugg ex- plained how careful preparation is equal in imponance to tactics and talent. The two sailed on Mr. duMoulin's Express 37, Lora Ann, which normally carries a crew of 10: "The great thing about double handing is that it's 120 percent concentration. With a full crcw of eight to 12 on boats 36-40 feet, guys on the rail get cold and bored and tell jokes because there's nothing to do. Double handing is a challenge, because there is always some way to make the boat go faster. You don't have time to think about being cold or tired or hungry. "Rich and I first raced a big boat double- handed in 1999 in heavy weather in Long Island Sound, and we were hooked-by two things. We won, after spending six to seven hours beating upwind into a 3D-knot west- erly and trying to stay close ro a J-120 that owed us 21 minutes, and they finished only seven minutes ahead of us. "And then there is the rush of speed that you are unlikely to achieve with more people on board. We had the spinnaker up when the wind increased from 15 to 30. All of a sudden we clocked 13.6 knots, which happens once every five years on this boat. "The next year, we rook a second in a race to Manha's Vineyard and back to New- port and successfully handled things that are complicated even for a full crew. At this point we decided on the Bermuda race and began training with a back-up sailor for our two- man crew. "We now had two years to look at all the required and necessary equipment for the boat, like a long distance radio capable of communicating over 600 miles. We also tweaked things to our personal liking, by deciding, for example, to mount a thermom- eter on the bonom of the boat rather than check the temperature of water pumped into the head to see when we hit the Gulf Stream. "Safety was a priority, and we rook a required safety-at-sea course. I took mine at the U.S. Naval Academy, because my brother is sailing master there, and he set up the course. "Rich and I studied emergency first aid l , " ~q ,~~ "' \ o ,; . ~ t . o ~ . .. " . . ~ tries to come around with the boat, and it was rough ro see the cllshion from 200 yards away. It pointed out (0 us that at night with rain, wind and lots of seas, it could be very, very hard to recover someone over~ board. So the A-number one rule was, 'You stay on the boat!' "We always wore a harness and elastic tethers and hooked the tether in the cockpit and did not unhook it until we got below, and vice versa. "I don't know how you want to phrase this, but we never urinated over the side of the boat. We used a plastic cup and threw the contents overboard. It is a well- known fact that 90 percent of people lost at sea, when recov- ered, had their fly open. "Special repair equipment was also a necessity. Offshore you have to think about, 'How am I going to stop the boat from sinking!' Suppose a con- tainer falls overboard from a barge and rams into you. The first thing you do is stuff the hole from the inside with cush- ions or mattresses or anything to slow the incursion of water. Then you pllt something over the hole from the outside-a sail or oilskin. We had a sheet of flexible lead that we could shape and screw (0 the boat from the outside. "We also did a 10( of work on boat speed, in terms of sails and sail handling. We put on a rollerfurlingjib and, since there were only two of us, gave up sail space to improve our handicap rating. We added a second headstay for a smaller jib that we could reduce in size and got a redesigned mainsail for double . Afterwinning in Bermuda, Mr. Rugg returned tothe familiar waters of Fishers Island Sound (above) to win the Bullseye Nationals with his daughter, Caroline in their boat, Pegasus. The Fishers Island Yacht Club previously hosted the Bullseye Nationals in 1977, 1986, 1991 and 1997. and CPR, and practiced giving injections. Fortunately Rjch's wife is a nurse. We had morphine and a skin stapler on board. We also went to a company that repacks life rafts, and while there, we inflated our life raft so we could review its contents. Most people don't specifically see what's in the ran. "One windy day while we were practic- ing off Greenwich or Rye, not far out to sea, I grabbed a seat cushion and threw it over- board and said, 'Save me!' It rook Rich two handling. "We did not have set watches on deck. We just sailed until one of us was too tired. It's harder ro come out ofa sleep of more than one hour, so we tried to nap for 45 min. to one hour at a time. It's mind over matter. "We ate vacuum-packed turkey and la- sagna from heavy rubber-weighted double dog bowls-the only things we found that wouldn't spill. Sailing dishes have rubber COlltimud 011 pag~ 4/ 40 Fishers Is/and Gazette. Fall 2OfJ2 Hay Harbor Club Maxwell S. Porter Partidpation Award: July, Ollie Scholle; August, Meghan Barden Patrida King Cantlay Sportsman & Sportswoman Award: July, Arthur Anthony, Alex Porsons; August, Whit Johnson, Kathrin Strathe Swimming Albert H. Gordon Swimming Award: July, Ginger (utler; August, Bailey Sperry Coach's Award/Swim Team: July, Kelty O'Brien; August, Bailey Johnson Most Improved 4 & under: July, Oylon Moody, McKenzie Yerkes; Aug., Oliver Porsons, (ossie Toylor Most Improved 6 & under: July, Quintin Porsons, Ainsley Boll; Aug., Elliot Borden, Zinnio Upson Most Improved 8 & under: July, Uom (oshel, (aroline (ongson; Aug., Zonder Baccile, Beotriis Kuilpers Most Improved 10 & under: July, Ryan Nelson, Kitty (ook; Aug., Dixon Sperry, Aune Mitchell Most Improved, Swim Team: July, Elliot Frank; Au- gust, Kitty (ook Lap Chart, Winner: July, Soroh Rske; Aug., John Boiley Lap Chart, Runner-up: July, Ginger (utler; Aug., Emily (oshel Windsurfing Instrullor's Award: July, Winch Hotchkiss; Aug., Alex Horvey Most Improved: July, Rossie Hutcheson; Aug., George Guthrie Most Advanced: July, Tripp (oshel, Emily (oshel; Aug., (ooper Hellet, Ashton Harvey Best Fall: Aug., Winch Hotchkiss Kayaking Instrullor's Award: July, Teddy Henderson; Aug., Jake Horrington Most Improved: July, Will Bartow; Aug., Soroh Mullen Fastest EPI Class:July,Jessie Porsons, Beirne Hutcheson; Aug., Eleonar Homilton Fa.test Vesper Class: July, Tripp (oshel; Aug., Bobby Rogers Tennis William P. Betker Award: July, Boiley Marsholl; Aug_ Bailey Johnson Coach's Award: July, Winch Hotchkiss; Aug., Soroh Mullen Parent/Child Award: July, Kiny ond Uz (ook; Aug. Elizobeth Sednaoui Most Improved lillie Gripper, Age 4-6: July, George Brawn, (atherine Mc(ance; Aug_ Philip GOII, Natalie Harrington Mo.tlmpraved lillie Gripper, Age 6-8: July, Quintin Parsons, Emma Burr; Aug. Bart Horvey, Alex (reel Mast Improved Junior Clinic, Age 8-1\: July, (harlie Gaillord, Sarah Rske; Aug., JamesJohnson, Emma Gilhuly Most Improved Junior Team: July, Jack (utler, Louise Ireland; Aug., Nick Boccile, Charlone Bancroh Mat,h of the Month: July, Winch Hotchkill/Harry Fronk, Tom Hobson/lim Gaumond; Aug., Zander Baccile, Uon (reel, Teddy Henderson - Boy's Club Champion & Finalist, 10 & under: July, Harry Fronk, Gearge Ughena; Aug., Penn Sednaoui, Harry Frank Girl's Club Champion & Finalist, 10 & under: July, Bailey Marshall, (oroline Brown; Aug., (oroline Brown, Bailey Johnson Boys' Club Champion & Finali.t, 12 & under: July, Tam Hobson, TIm Gaumond; Aug., Penn Sednaoui, Davis Rand Girls' Club Champion & Finalist, 12 & under: July, Renee Brown, Bailey Marshall; Aug., Renee Brown, Mimi Anthony Boy.' Club Champion & Finalist, 13 & up:July, Peter (rowley, Arthur Anthony; Aug., Tally Taylor, Arthur Anthony Girls' Club Champion & Finalist, 13 & up: July, Renee Brawn, Elizabeth Brim; Aug., Renee Brawn, Uz Brim Boys' Junior Ladder 10 & under: July, I' George Ugheno; 2'" Harry Fronk; 3" Jake Harrington; Aug., l' Penn Sednooui; 2'" Jake Harrington; 3" Alex Harvey, Nick Boccile Girls' Junior Ladder 10 & under: July,I' Bailey Marshall; 2'" (oroline Brawn; 3"' Meghon Borden; Aug., l' Bailey Johnson; 2'" Meghan Borden; 3" Sorah Fiske Boys' Junior Ladder 12 & under: July, l' TIm Goumond; 2'" Tom Hobson; 3" Jock Hutcheson; 4' Winch Hotchkiss; 5' Davis Rand; Aug., l' Ben Albrinoin Ross; 2'" Penn Sednoaui; 3" George Guthrie; 4' Winch Hotchkill; 5' Andrew Harrington Girl.' Junior Ladder 12 & under: July, l' Renee Brown; 2'" Boiley Marsholl; 3" Mimi Anthony; 4' Saroh Brim; 5' Jessie Parsons; Aug., l' Soroh Brim; 2'" Mimi Anthony; 3" Jessie Parsons; 4' (harlone Boncroh; 5' Be~ey diBonoventuro Boys' Junior Ladder 13 & up: July, I'TallyTaylar;2'" Arthur Anthony; 3" Peter (rawley; Aug., I' Arthur Anthony; 2'" Whit Johnson; 3" Brooks Albrinain Ross Girl.' Junior Ladder 13 & up: July, l' Renee Brawn; 2'" Uz Brim; 3"' Eliza Brouns; Aug., l' Elizabeth Brim; 2'" Rachel Soper; 3" Alex Parsons FIYC/HHC Joint Jr. Sailing Gordon S. Murphy Memorial Trophy: Ginger (utler Arthur Lee Kinsolving Trophy: Tripp (oshel Rugg Award: Sage Farrar and David H. Burnham NanD Award: July, Not (utler; Aug., Winch Hotchkiss Ferguson Cup'Optis, July: Beirne Hutcheson Salvage Cup-Optis, Aug.: Alex Strothe Ship.hape Aword:July, Hope (utler; Aug., Oldie Kuiipers Mimi & Margaret Award: July, Zander Baccile, Teddy Henderson; Aug., Jamie Brim Parent/Child Sailing: July, Beirne & Rossie Hutcheson; Aug., Alex Slrothe, Lucinda Herrick Instrullor's Award: July,!omie Brim; Aug., (arter Rose Optimist Series, Int./Adv.:July, l' Beirne Hutcheson, 2'" Soroh Rske, 3" (ourtNayes; Aug., 1 'Winch Hatchkill, 2'" Dante Pagliorulo, 3" Gront Bauer Radng Optimists: July, l' Ollie Scholle; 2'" Tripp (oshel; Hay Harbor Club 3"' Peter Scholle; Aug. I' George (oak; 2'" Bobby Rogers; 3" Brooks Walker Radng 420s, Skipper & Crew: July, l' Sage Farrar & Meris Tombori; 2'" Crosby (oak & Jamie Brim; Aug., l' Sage Farrar & Meris Tombori; 2'" David Walker & Ben Hansell Most Improved Novices: July, Ryan Nelson, Morgot McElwreath; Aug., Dunmn Harvey, Aune Mitchell Most Improved Int.fAdv.: July, George Ugheno, Kathryn (ollender; Aug., Nick Baccile, Soroh Rske Mo.t Improved, Radng Optimist: July, Not (utler; Aug., George (oak, Sarah Brim Mo.tlmproved 420. Skipper: July, Meris Tombori; Aug., Jamie Brim Most Improved 420s Crew: July, Kathryn Strothe; Aug., David Walker Golf Men's Club Champion: Mork Andrews Ladies' Club Champion: Jane (rory Dolly Howard Tournament: Jane (rory Women's Ringer Champion: Peg (ampbell Mixed Golf Colvin Cup: Elizabeth and Mark Andrews Mixed Captain's Choice: Aug., Katie O'Reogon, Wendy (omeron, Mark (otlin Junior Golf Pip Sinclair Award (Sportsmanship): July, Bates Parsons; Aug., Ben Albrinoin Ross Junior Club Champion, July: 9-hole, Bates Parsons Junior Club Champion, Aug.: 9-hole, Arthur Anthony ParenHhild Tournament July: 9-hole, Paul & David Burnham; 4-hole, Bill & George Ugheno; 2-hole, Paul & William (rowley ParenHhild Tournament Augu.t: 9-hole, Paul & Peter (rowley, Peter & Nicholas Boccile; 4-hole, Tom & Wallis Gaillard; 2-hole, Tom & (horlie Gaillard Most Improved: July, Ryan Nelson, Bailey Marshall; Aug., Quintin Parsons, Be~ey diBanoventuro 9-hole boys: July, I' Bates Parsons, 2'" Arthur Anthony; Aug., I' Ben Albrinoin Rail, 2'" Whit Johnson 9-hole girls: July, l' Jessie Parsons, 2'" Mimi Anthony, Aug., l' Meghon Borden, 2'" Mimi Anthony 4-hole boys: July, l' George Ughena, 2'" Ryan Nelson; Aug. I' Jake Harrington, 2"'Teddy Henderson 4-&ole girls:July, l' Bailey Marshall, 2'" Kitty (ook; Aug., l' Bailey Johnson, 2'" Aune Mitchell 2.hole boys: July, l' Emmet McElwreoth, 2'" (horlie Ughena; Aug., l' Quintin Parsons, 2'" James Johnson 2-hole girls: July, l' Julia Leuchtenberg, 2'" (atherine Mc(once; Aug., l' Julio Leuchtenberg, 2'" Groce Bingham PUlling Champions, ages 6-8: July, I' Julio Leuchtenberg, 2'" Emmet McElwreath; Aug. I' James Johnson, 2'" Julio Leuchtenberg Pulling Champions, ages 9-1 O:July, I' Bailey Marshall, 2"'T eddy Henderson; Aug., l' Andrew Milchell, 2'" Jake Harrington Pulling Champions, age. 11& up: July, l' Bates Parsons, 2'" Tripp (oshel; Aug., l' Ben Albrinain ROIl, 2'" Mimi Anthony Comimul!d on page 41 -- f'alll002. Fishers Island Gazette 41 C07ltinued from pag~ 40 HH( Junior Gall Junior Ringer Boord:July, 9-hole, Botes Parsons; Hole Bailey Marshall, Joke Harrington; 2.hole, William Crowley; Aug., 9.hole, David Wilmerding; Hole, Joke Harrington, Penn Sednooui; 2.hole, James Johnson Fishers Island Yacht Club 10D Season Series: 1st, Kohoutee; 2nd, Greyhound; 3rd, Jester; 4th, Norwegian Wood; Sth, Sirius; 6th, Allegra; 7th, Taiga; Bth, Pondion; 9th, Celerity; I Dth, Golf; IlIh, Creole; 12th, Pre.Empfive Bid. Bullseye Season Series: 1st, Mistral; 2nd, Arrow; 3rd, Peregrine; 4th, Querida; Sth, Noble Plenty; 6th, On Target; 7th, Osprey. Fishers Island Club Golf Willom R. Kirkland III Memorial Tournomenl: 1st, Russell Plonitzer, Bill Holl, Bobby Parsons, Goines Gwothmey; 2nd, David Wilmerding, Susie Wilmerding, Helen Bonsol, l. Getz; 3rd, Andrew Strife, logon Yonce, Stuart Mcleon, G. Getz; 4th, Som Yonce, Uzora Yonce, Jim Hamilton, Helen Hamilton. (linlon R. Wyckoff IV Memorial Porenl-(hild Tournomenl: 1st, Alex lYnlh & Alex lYnlh Jr.; 2nd, David & David Wilmerding; 3rd, Alex & Brooks Walker, John & John Harris. Men's Member-Guesl: long Drive, Tommy Millner; Closest to Pin, Adrian Reed; Medalist, Peter Goillord, John Cosllemon. Winner (hompionship Aight, Stuort Mcleon/Adrion Reed; Runner-up (hompionship Aight, Peter Goillard/John Cosllemon; (onsolotion Winner (hampionship Aight, Alex Walker/Perry Bartol. Winner I sl Aight, TIm loughlin/Paul Stones; Runner-up I sl Aight, Christie Aonogon/BiII Gribble; (onsolalion Winner I sl Aight, Molcolm McAllister/ Michoel Troy. Winner 2nd Aight, Will Pieshofl/lom Foyle; Runner-up 2nd Aight, Win Hotchkiss/Chris Boll; (onsolalion Winner 2nd Flight, Peter Upson/ Dovid Probert. Winner 3rd Aight, Bob Thorson/Michael Ainn; Runner-up 3rd Aight, Tom Tomoney/Peter lowrence. (onsolation Winner 3nd Flighl, Rilh Foyle/Rich Berger. Winner 41h Aight, lourence Rubinow/Will Rubinow. Winner 51h Aight, Henry McCance/Keith Jennings. Winner 61h Aight, Dovid Wilmerding Jr./Peter lawson.Johnsten. Winner 71h Aight, Ed TrippeIVince Gollogher. Winner Blh Aight, lelond Getz/Robert Dewey. Women's Member-Guesl: Winners 2-day low gross: Sheldon Withers, Kitty Gerry, Helen BonsaI, Georgie liunon. Winners 2-day low nel: Gndy Dwyer, Audrey Chorlson, Noncy Vincent, TIno Foster. Runners-up 2-day low nel: Beth duPont, Undo Borden, Hilary Hotchkiss, Anne Burleigh. I sllow nel (Tues.): Susie Sinclair, Shirley Bobington, Bobsie Macleod, Potty Jenkins. 2nd low nel IT ues.) Christie McGraw, Ubby Homilton, Donnell Guthrie, Meredith . Optimist sailboats at the Hay Harbor Club sailing dock in July. Fishers Island Gazette Photo Newport to Bermuda Race 2002 Victory COllti1JUl'd from pagl' 39 edges. so they don't slide, but they will flip. "The electronics and computer software saga could fill a book. We tracked weather and Gulf Stream patterns well in advance, . Finan. IsI low nel (Wed.): Anne Polk, Edith Tuckermon, Ann Ainn, louise Tolbot. 2nd low nel (Wed.): Susie Parsons, Susan Ross, Kothy Porsons, Anne Chewning. Men's (Iub (hampionship: Winner, Dovid Wilmerding III; runner.up, Phil Musser; Medalist, Christie Aonogon. Winner Gold Tee, Charles Ferguson; runner.up Gold Tee, Bill Wood. Women's (Iub (hamplonship: Winner, Susie Parsons; runner.up, Wendy Binghom; Medolist, Wendy Bingham. AuguSI Pro-Am (l&M Hasp. Benelil): 1st low Pro, Evon Schiller; 2nd low Pro, Ron DellOSlrino; 3rd low Pro, Pot Aquoro; 1st Teom, Bobby Jenkins/lwig Stickney/Potsy Honson/Dilk Kennedy; 2nd Team, Jimmy Noris/Bill Christopher/Jimmy Noris/Uzoro Yonce; 3rdTeom, GeneMulok/Burke Ross/Allie Honley/ Dovid Owen. H.O.G.: 1 st, Duke Bornen/Joson Cossidy/John Colgote/ Bryce O'Brien/Chad Doerge/John Ryon; 2nd, Bill Scon/ Bill Holl/Jim O'Keefe/lrumon Bidwell/Borry Holl/Jerry Guthrie; 3rd, Peler Upson/Chris Edwards/Brad Burr/ Todd Swenson/Ken Edwords/Hiram Upson; 4th, Will Peishofl/Peter Boccile/loby Noyes/Rich Foyle/Jim Boher/Horry Yerkes; Sth, Colin Coshel/Jored Soper/ Potrick Wood Prince/Reid Boren/Chad Bartels/Cloy. . . . HHC awards (aurlesy of Audrey Ludemann; FlC Golf awards (ourlesy of Tom O'Brien. but for mOlHhs, we had computer and software problems searching for the ability (0 use wind and current information in our navigation during the race. We wanted to be able to catch the edge of circling eddies and get a good ride down the Gulf Stream to improve time. "We finally found some of the software we needed the day before the race and didn '( get a registration number to unlock it lImil and hour-and-a-half before the start. "We left Newport at 2:45 p.m. Fri., June 14. We were in the Gulf Stream by 4 a.m. Sunday morning and came out of the Gulf Stream Sunday nighr. By Monday nighr. we were within 100 miles of Bermuda. and we finished Tuesday at 9:36 a.m. "There were very favorable conditions for a fast race. It took us 91 hours. and Qur corrected time was 51 hours. Winds were 35- 40 knots, seas were six to eight feet. When we got into the Gulf Stream. we had more mod- erate winds but higher seas. These were not, however, storm trysail conditions and not gale conditions." Mr. duMoulin is rear commodore and Mr. Rugg is treasurer of the Storm Trysail Club whose candidates for admission must have weathered a serious storm at sea and been capable of taking command of a sailing vessel offshore under any or all conditions. Adjusting his skills and strategies, Mr. Rugg returned to Fishers Island to win the Bullseye Nationalswith his daughter Caroline in August. 42 Fishers Isla"d Gautte. 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DICK'S GARAGE, LLC Phone: 788-7249 Two Forums CotJt;1Ju~d from page 29 such as Outward Bound to develop programs. adding that Mystic Seaport was excited about the potcmial of this kind of arrangement. Jack Raridon saw the possibility of developing "collegiate-level golf and sailing champions" by taking advantage of the Island's world class golf course and prime sailing waters. So few parents of students attended the meeting that Allie Raridon said there was an urgent need for a place to foster community. Ms. Riley later said that there were 24 year- round residents at the forum, and the few parents prescnt still represented 10 out of the 34 Island students at the school. An Baue said the new superintendent should mirror Ms. McKenna's best quality, which is that she likes people and is therefore an effective communicator. Hesaid that online teaching was worth exploring and also sug- gested that Board members visit the candidate's home institution to ascertain how he or she is perceived there. Peter Burr said that a potential superin- tendent should first try living on the Island to see what running the school and beinga year- rollnd resident entails. Nancy Hunt reminded the Board of the 1998 civic association-sponsored Lerer Report that said grades K-8 were fine, but there was a concern about the high school. Brad Burnham said he would like to study the possibility of having grades K-8 remain on the Island and high school students go to the mainland. Responding to this idea, Liz Furse que- ried how parents would deal with the logistics of after school activities and the ferry. Chris Edwards said he would move ofT the Island if the high school closed, and board member Karla Heath said she never would have moved to the Island in the first place if there had been no high school. . (top, I-r) Brad Burnham; Fishers Island Gazette Photographer Emeritus AI Gordon (101 years old, see photo, p. 12), and Charles B. Ferguson. . (middle left) Trudi Edwards is in the spirit. . (middle right) Harold Cook and two mem- bers of the Sailing Mastel'$ of ISI2, Essex Fife & Drum Corps. . (bottom) Casual gathering in front of the old firehouse, which now houses The Beach Plum gift shop. Falll(J02 . Fishers Islalld Gazette 43 "0 ~ . . " , o o o "0 ~ o 44 Fishers /sulIld Gaulle. Fa// 2002 S.::"oolSeel<sto Mat.::" Students ,",it" Mentors The Fishers Island School has insti- tuted a mcnroring program and is looking to the seasonal commu- nity to match skills and talents with inter- ested ninth and tenth graders. Cynthia Riley, a former professional re- cruiter, came up with the idea several years ago and said she finally found a positive response from the school's new guidance counselor Tim Evers. "This program not only benefits stu- dents, it also gives the seasonal population a tangible way to help, and it can make the school a more appealing place to educate your children," Ms. Riley said. "Fishers Island's seasonal population has the most incredible array of experience, tal- ent and skills. While programming events for the library, I discovered that we are sitting on a gold mine of experience," she said. Ms. Riley's own intetaction with a men- tor fueled her desire to set up this program. "When I was 14, I accidentally hooked up with a political mentor. I got incredible hands-on experience at all levels of politics, from telephone polling, issue research, door-to-door campaigning, coordinating youth for political rallies and campaigning for Gerald Ford. "During an internship in Washington, I Evans Realty Licensed Real Estate Broker Sales . Rentals 631.788.7054 Jamie Doucette Photo . The IPP ball field was one of several areas under water after a record 6.4 inches of rain fell on Fishers Island Oct. 26. It was sprinkling in New London but torrential on the Island, where three inches of rain fell in one hour, reportedly more rain than any location in the State of Connecticut. During the storm, Edwin Horning, who lives in the fort area, "saw a river flowing in front of our house and a river behind it." The ball field had drained by the next day. met people at the Supreme Court, Pentagon and Congress. I loved it, but I also learned that politics was not for me. I eventually sold steel, a job I got through my political experi- ence. "I want to make that happen for Fishers Island students. To connect them with one special adult who will take an interest in them and share the highs and lows of their progress." Ms. Riley has interviewed the students at length to get a clear picture of their goals and personalities. She would like to have each IF You ARE CONSIDERING... . 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C01Jtillu~d 01/ pagt' 45 T oppper' s: Ice Cream Remember your Q's and H's* at Hair of the Dog Liquors All Winter *Quarts and Half-gallons Fall 200]- Fidler.f ldatld Gazette 45 KI potassium iodide... ...is available for pick-up by all homeowners on the first and second Tuesday of each month at the firehouse, 6-8 p.m. Information and instructions are included. In the UNLIKELY event of a nuclear accident, causing a radiation release from Millstone Power Plant in Waterford, Conn.. potassium iodide will help protect against future cases of thyroid cancer - especially if taken by children under the age of five. The Suffolk County Health Department has pro- vided KI tablets for every household on Fishers Island. which lies within Millstone's IO-mile emer- gency zone. KI is also available at local pharmacies. [see related story in Gazette Vol. 16 No. 1'1'.31] Matching Students with Mentors COlltillut'd from page 44 Each student has indicated three areas of interest. Mentors are needed in the following fields: stockbroker/financial analyst advertising-computer design doctor/general practitioner doctor/pediatrician any field using mechanics ship designer military medic physicist actor lawyer dental hygienist animal trainer first grade teacher/careers working with small children golf teaching pro wildlife/fishing guide marine biologist paleontologist alternate energy sources/ research and design If you are nor inclined to mentor, bur would like to help with career day, please call or em ail Cynthia Riley, 631-788-7178, cynthiajriley@hotmail.comorcallTim Evers, 631-788-7444. Send written correspondence to Ms. Riley or Mr. Evers care of Fishers Island School, Drawer A, Fishers Island NY 06390. -"-._"-';'.~ .a:- '.... _. ........- ~-.:'" '0 ~~~. '": '<:J..;'~.' .-i .....-...tr^,. '.-...... , - ... .. ~ o ;; ~ ~ < o . ~ " . " , ~ ~ . ~ "' . (above) Kate Reid and son Buford Scott Reid Jr. pitch in during IPP's Dock Beach clean-up in June. Trudi Edwards organized the event. . (below) Sixwyear-olds from the IPP Summer Program helped with Sarah Tuttle Upson's marine murals now hanging at the ferry dock. (I-r) Olivia Burr, Charlotte Clayson, Stephie Skeel, Amber Ferguson, Kip Daly, Hannah Noyes, Elizabeth Redd and Jackson Howard, counselor. -- ~-'~~~~ - "6 -~. <',. -~-..:iI ~ r_.........", - .::II ~ .-- ~. 46 Fishers Islalld Gaz.ette. Pall 2002 Engagements Siobhan McCready and Erik Bunaes, March 2ool, Jupiter. Fla. Linda Lane and Jared Soper. May 200l. Florida. Molly Becker duPont and Trevor Scott Schafer, Fall 200l, Florida. Amy Osborn and Rick Moody, May 10, 200l. New York City. Margaret Lynn Smith and Robert Goodwin Warden. May 24, 200l, Bermuda. Weddings Karena Dawn Elwell and Martijn Rasser, Sept. 7, Fishers Island. Katherine Horning and Kristoffer Pearson, September 21, Worcester. Mass. Catherine Anne Holbrook and Jeffrey Donald Edwards, Sept. 28, Fishers Island. Heather West and Philip Musser. Sept. 28, Chevy Chase, Md. Tanis Hunt and John Meakin. Oct 5. Barrington. R.I. Lee Ann leMarca and Michael Wall, Oct. 5, Cold Spring Harbor. N.Y. Susan Stepanek and David Lavertu, Oct. Il, Methuen, Mass. Births Hannah Leachman, Aprill, to Kelsey (Drowne) and Bill Leachman, Markham, Va. Maxwell Harrison Bunting, April 26, to Nancy (Hall) and Jeff Bunting, Nashville. Tenn. James Ryder Peishoff, AprillO, to Melissa and Will Peishoff, Hopkinton, Mass. James "Jake" Blackwood Brainard, June 20, to Ann and Tod Brainard, Wenham, Mass. Alexandra Ledee Sachs, Julyl9, to Ledee (Kidd) and Bill Sachs, Dallas, Tex. Virginia Bennett Nostrand, July 25. to Sasha (Brainard) and Dudley Nostrand. Hamilton, Mass. Elsie Frances Welles, July lO, to Katie (White) and Eric Welles, New Canaan, Ccum. Francis Sargent Kinlin, Aug. Il, to Lily (Rutherfurd)and Bruce Kinlin, New York City. Quinn George Hankins, Aug. 19, to Kim (Ogden) and Mark Hankins, Chanhassen, Minn. Frances "Findley" Jones,Aug. 22. to Samantha (Jones) and Bryce O'Brien. New York City. Adelaide George, Sept. 7. to Natalie (Yerkes) and Quinton George, New York City. Denisse Marie Munoz, Sept. 2l. to Jennifer and Hanks Munoz, Fishers Island. Ryan Alexander Dent, Sept. 24, to Liz Hale and Patrick Dent. Fishers Island. Mackenzie Faye Jones, Sept. 25, to Lindsey and Freddy Jones, Bedford, N.Y. Kylie Annabel Lombardi. Sept. 27, to MoUy (Strife) and John Lombardi. Essex, Conn. Peter Ellsworth Sanger, Oct. 2. to Nina and Chriffo Sanger, Dover, Mass. Cordelia Billings Scott, Oct. 2l, to Megan (Duryea) and Chris Scott, New York City. Talbot Crispvon Stade and Charles Carnahan vonStade.Nov.II,toAnn(Crisp)andJohn yon Stade, Darien, Conn. . Travel AM~~S Agency ~ - .Rep<esent.",", I" Multiple Births? " Is it something in the water? Just how many sets of twins and triplets are there among year.round and summer residents? 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