The Community Outlook

VOL. LXIV, No. 3 August 2012 Maureen Dowling O’Sullivan © Maureen

Published by Point Lookout Community Church, Point Lookout, Long Island, N.Y. Page 2 The Community Outlook August 2012

ual behavior is crucial to life. When you’re “A Service to the Community” learning to tie a shoe or drive a car, it’s hard work. After you learn, it becomes habitual; The you don’t have to think about it anymore. It Community has become second nature. Without habits we couldn’t make it through the day. You are Outlook mostly a collection of habits. God made us Issued throughout the year by the that way. It’s a good thing. Except for this: Point Lookout Community Church Pastor’s Outlook sin has gotten into our habits, and affects the P.O. Box 28 recurring way I think, perceive, feel, desire, Point Lookout, Long Island, New York choose, speak, and act. Summer is my favorite time of year. At the I can override a habit by will power for Brendan H. Cahill, Editor same time it can be one of the most chal- a moment or two. Over the long haul, my Maureen Dowling O’Sullivan, lenging times of year. With all that good habits will always defeat my willpower. My Assistant Editor weather comes good BBQ’s, parties, and only hope is not a stronger will; it’s a new set of habits. Marion Lemke, Advertisements vacations. All of which are great things but hold the potential of not being so great if we In AA, no one uses willpower to stop Robert T. Dowling, Photographs eat too much, drink too much or spend too drinking. It means surrendering my will News, Letters, Comments, much. We all have the potential of doing – all 12 steps (which were in fact attempts Subscriptions and things we don’t really want to do. Don’t be to recapture spiritual practices used by the Donations welcome. discouraged, the Apostle Paul wrestled with early church) are about establishing new the same thing. He put it this way: “I do not habits. Please send all to: understand what I do. For what I want to When Jesus’ followers studied Scripture [email protected]. do I do not do, but what I hate I do …. For I together, prayed together, gave, served, con- fessed, received communion – they were www.communityoutlook.org have the desire to do what is good, but I can- not carry it out.” (Romans 7:15) replacing sinful habits with kingdom hab- The Christian gospel insists that the trans- its. The Apostle Paul wrote about that also: POINT LOOKOUT formation of the human personality really is “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mor- COMMUNITY CHURCH possible. Never easy. Rarely quick. But pos- tal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do 60 FREEPORT AVENUE sible. I see it happening in people sometimes not offer the parts of your body to sin, as Rev. Gregory Kemper, Pastor – occasionally even in myself. It begins to instruments of wickedness, but rather offer Church Phone: 432-5990 happen anytime people become intensely yourselves to God, as those who have been Sunday Morning Worship: 10 AM serious about learning from Jesus how to bought from death to life.” (Romans 6:11- Nursery Care: 10:30 AM arrange their lives. Wise people across the 13) Sunday School: 10:30 AM centuries have devoted themselves to this. We all have habits that we don’t even think (Pre-K to Grade 7) about anymore because they’ve become sec- Men’s Bible Study–Tuesdays But the Way of Jesus needs to be restudied ond nature. Since we don’t think about those 6–7 PM (Downstairs) and reapplied to every age and social setting. Wednesday–“Alive” Youth Group One aspect involves the relationship of sin habits perhaps we should think about some 7–9 PM for Grades 8–12 and habits. A habit is a relatively permanent new habits. Creating ones that bring the life See our website for complete information pattern of behavior. The capacity for habit- of God and what he intended for our souls to The PLCC.com experience. Not a bad way to end your sum- mer and head into fall. — God Bless, Pastor Greg OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS SAvE thE DAtE MEDAL CHURCH 75 Parkside Drive, PO Box 20 Rev. Patrick J. Callan, Pastor Point Lookout POINT LOOKOUT BRANCH Rectory Telephone: 431-2772 • 432-8669 Little League LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY website: www.olmmc.com HOURS: Masses-Weekdays: 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Summer Old timers Salute Monday 4 PM–8 PM 7:30 a.m. Winter Tues., Thurs., Fri. Saturday: 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. thursday 2 PM–6 PM Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Saturday 10 AM–2 PM 9:00 a.m. August 30th 10:15 a.m. Point Lookout STORYTIME: 12:30 p.m. Monday 4:15 PM Serving Lido Beach and Point Lookout Ball Field Check dates at Library August 2012 The Community Outlook Page 3

In June we were walking near busy roads, although you may be following the rules it deeply saddened doesn’t mean others are. We must always be vigilant for our safety to hear of the pass- and the safety of those around us. ing of, Former Fire In late June we responded to the Long Beach Fire Department Commissioner, first for a fire at the apartment building at 1 East Broadway for an Ex-Captain of Ren- apartment fire and then a week later at the 300 block of east bay egade H&L Co. # drive where members assisted the Long Beach Fire Department at 2 and PLLFD Life an early morning house fire for several hours. Thankfully there was Member, Mike no loss of life or any serious injuries. Noonan. Mike was On June 24 the PLLFD was host to the Second Battalion Drill a “larger than life” figure, always had a story and always enjoyed Tournament held at North Woodmere Park in Valley Stream. The life. He sported a uniquely firefighter-“ish” handlebar mustache. He Point Lookout – Lido Smokin’ Seagulls participated and took home worked EMS in the city many years ago and also grew up around 3 trophies: 1st Place in the “Running Hose Replacement” event, 1st the Rockaways. On a personal note, I will always remember what Place in the “Two into One” event and 3rd place in the “Running he did for me. Mike swore me into the fire department in front of Hose” event. Congrats to the Seagulls on a nice start to the 2012 my grandfather’s fireplace just like my father 22 years before me. season. The team will participate in 3 other tournaments this season, He had moved to warmer weather down in Florida over 10 years good luck! ago but he always knew Point Lookout as home. Mike will be sorely In the summer months we enjoy the natural beauty around us, missed. Our condolences to his wife Mary and his two sons Finbar particularly the beach. Please remember that the ocean demands and Liam. respect. Educate yourself and especially out of town guests on the The summer has begun and the auto accidents with it. In early dangers of Rip Currents and swimming only in protected areas. June we had a serious auto accident by the entrance to the T.O.H. Please look out for us again over the summer. We will be sponsor- mushrooms in Lido. Two cars were involved and both drivers were ing recruitment and fire safety programs at the end of summer and in seriously injured. Both required the use of hydraulic tools (the Jaws October with our Open house. Our 2012 Fund Drive Appeal is in full of Life) to free them from their cars. They were both airlifted to Nas- swing and we thank you for your past generosity and hope you can sau University Medical Center. Several days later a child was struck do the same in 2012. Remember a donation to the Fire Department is by an auto by Lido Blvd and Greenway Road in Lido. He suffered a tax deductible donation. Thanks for everyone’s support and enjoy serious injuries and was transported to Nassau University Medical the summer. See you at the beach! Center. We remind everyone to be vigilant when operating cars or — Brian S. Guerin

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“two hooks” Kelly landed a short fluke. At a unit of Coast Guardsmen from the Jones the third, it was a little better. “Two hooks” Beach C.G. station. caught three shorts, Frank Burke landed It was great of the hierarchy of the Out- a couple of shorts, and your reporter even look to publish a picture of the Irish Day- landed a short fluke. After being a member workers standing in front of the now closed for two years, Jim Reilly finally made an Merola’s IGA. It was where we started. inauspicious debut at the contest. He caught a Oftentimes, when people see us standing in lot of seaweed. But we have to give the guys front of the store, they stop, thinking that the an “A” for effort. Kenny Andorfer, Anthony store has reopened. I am not dead! I just look that way --- some- Holmes, Joe Moran, Joe McGraw, Harold My father, who was a country boy from times. When I go to the beach, I like to sit on Wondsel, Sonny Lenczewski, Ray Gerrigan, the hills of Monaghan had a saying that he those benches that line the walk between the and Bill Kelly gave it their best shot. The used often, “Once a man – twice a boy!” shack and Inwood Avenue. It is nice and peace- pool money for a winning fluke is now about This applies to the Dayworkers. When I was ful – no noise, no kids, no sand, and often, a $350. a kid growing up in the Auburndale section nice breeze. One sunny afternoon in early July, Tom Doheny told an interesting fish story. of Flushing, we would hang out in front of I happened to fall asleep on the bench. One One of his customers was late for a fishing a luncheonette called the Mardi Gras. It was of the kids in the yellow Town of Hempstead date, and his party left without him. Tom on 46th Avenue just west of Utopia Parkway. shirts happened to pass me while I was “resting told the fellow to try his luck at the fishing Today it’s Lido Boulevard just off Bellmore my eyes.” When he saw me, he became upset. pier near the west marina. The fellow did, Avenue. The only difference is that the cops The poor kid thought I was dead. He immedi- and landed an eleven pound fluke! don’t chase us! ately reported to the queen of the beach, Ann At our June meeting, basically plans were It’s too bad that our president, Jimmy Ryan, that the old guy was not breathing. Ann made for our Fourth of July parade. How- Reilly, was not present for the picture. Just Immediately dispatched an older woman to ever, we inducted a new member into our a few moments before the photographer check me out. Needless to say, I was not yet midst. Some forty years ago the late Jerry showed up, he had to leave for a fire call. ready for the wooden kimono, and she awoke Boyle (R.I.P.) sponsored me into the fishing We’d like to extend our heartfelt condo- me with a start. Thank God, the kid was wrong. club. In July, I had the honor of sponsoring lences to an old friend, Jack Agnew, whose As Shakespeare would say, “All’s well that his son, Matthew Boyle. Welcome! brother Bill passed away in St. Augustine, ends well!” Since then, I have received several Tom Doheny outdid himself in prepar- Florida. Bill was a proud veteran of the U.S. offers to model for Walter B. Cooke. ing for the Fourth of July parade. The float Coast Guard and yet another person who Fishing is not good. To date, we have had was grand, and it was great seeing George died very young. He was only 50 years old. three “fishoffs” and have yet to land a prize Wiesendanger leading our contingent in the Well, I’m off to see cousin Seamus in south fish. At the first “fishoff” we harvested tons electric cart. Bill Kelly impressed the ladies Armagh. If I don’t get caught up in some of seaweed but no fish. At the second, we in his Coast Guard Auxiliary uniform. Of international incident, I’ll be back in August. again got plenty of seaweed, but Johnny course, he was at the head of the parade with — Roland Donohue

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optimize cargo capacity. They carried bulk after 120 days at sea and still make a profit cargo such as lumber, coal, guano, grain in on a 30,000 sea mile voyage circumnavigat- sacks, fuel oil in tins, wool and ore. Their ing the world. captains understood the world’s prevail- Newby joined the ship in the Port of Bel- ing wind systems and circumnavigated the fast, Ireland. Immediately on reporting on globe during their 30,000 sea mile voyages. board he was put to an acid test. “Op the rig- The term “Windjammer” originally was a ging”, ordered the mate. After reaching the derisive one. These giants had to be jammed main yard, 80 feet up, 95 feet from arm to into the wind. Only after they proved their arm and two and a half feet in diameter at the dependability and seaworthiness, did it center, and weighing over five tons, the mate become a term of respect. yelled- “Get in op”. After a harrowing expe- Eric, or any apprentice, was bound to rience Eric reached the top, one hundred the ship’s owners. His father had to pay a ninety feet above the keel. Many apprentices premium of 50 pounds, to be returned at the left the ship long before reaching this point THE LAST GRAIN RACE completion of the voyage. Desertion in a for- and did not return. Being the only English- eign port meant forfeiture of the premium. man, he had to endure intolerance. When he In 1938, 18-year old Eric Newby signed In event of injury or worse, the premium first came aboard he was mocked as “Noh for the sea under square sail. His rank was would be returned in lieu of compensation. Strong” but after time at sea, during which apprentice aboard the four- masted barque In one incident, Eric was aloft in a boson’s he was compelled to physically defend MOSHULU. This was at the end of a majes- chair overhauling some rigging, when the himself, he was acknowledged as Strong- tic era, sailing ships were at the peak of their slip knot used to lower the chair gave way. body. He learned that his shipmates liked efficiency, but they simply could no longer Fortunately, the line fetched up on a pro- him better when they could no longer take compete for the world’s cargos. Built of steel truding object on the way down. A shipmate advantage. His shipboard nickname was on the River Clyde at Port Glasgow, Scot- witnessed the scene and remarked- “Your Kossuri, meaning landed gentry. All orders land, in 1904, she measured 320 feet between fodder almost gott his 50 ponds back.” were given in Swedish. He had to learn the posts, with a beam of 47 feet and a depth of By the time of Newby’s voyage, the Swedish name for every line and its proper 28 feet to main deck. MOSHULU was one of only trade left was hauling bulk cargoes of location in the dead of night. There were the the last of the great windjammers. grain from Australia to Europe. There were buntlines from the clew lines and the leech In 1938 thirteen three and four masted still, in 1938, thirteen vessels entirely pro- lines, the difference between sheet and tack, barques sailed for Australia. With the out- pelled by sail, engaged in carrying grain bracing the yards and so on. . There were a break of war, the big Finish fleet of Gustof from South Australia to Europe. Sailing couple of hundred belaying pins with some Erikson was dispersed and the ships never from Belfast, Ireland, to Port Lincoln, Aus- three hundred lines secured to them and came together again to form the great con- tralia by way of the Cape of Good Hope, some miles of hemp, wire and chain. For- course of vessels which lay in Spencer Gulf, MOSHULU made the voyage in 82 days. tunately, he became friends with the sail South Australia, in the early months of 1939. For the most part, the outward voyages from maker, an old salt. The old shellback, John By 1938 cargoes were almost exclusively Europe to South Australia round the Cape of Sommartstrom, was fifty eight years old and hauled by steamships, but a very few ship Good Hope, and across the Southern Indian had been at sea forty three years, all of them owners still persisted in operating square Ocean, were ballast passages, as there were in sail, most in square rig. From him, Newby riggers. Gustof Erikson, of Mariehamm, Fin- few outward bound cargoes. Many ships literally learned the ropes. land, bought up windjammers at ship scrap- have been lost due to insufficient, improp- MOSHULU sailed from Belfast Octo- ing prices and through strict economy was erly stowed or shifting ballast. Grain was ber 18th, 1938; destination Port Lincoln, able to turn a small profit. After all, the wind the staple cargo: if that failed most of these Australia. On board were the captain, three was free and no valuable cargo space had to thirteen ships would be lying rusting away mates, the sailmaker, the carpenter, two be sacrificed for coal and water to feed the in some desolate harbor. In the primitive donkey men, who tended the boiler and insatiable boilers. Sailing ships could trade ports of the Spencer Gulf, where the grain hoisting engine, the steward and steward’s in harbors all around the world where there had to be hauled down to the coast in sacks boy, and the cook. There were 18 foremast were no facilities for refueling. Ironically, as the harvest came in, steamers found it hands, nine in each watch. Of these, two shipping coal to remote areas to refuel com- difficult to load economically. Grain had to were able seamen, seven ordinary seamen, peting steamships was a bulk cargo fit for a be brought alongside the ships anchored out five boys and four apprentices and a number square rigger. in the harbor in lightering ketches. Loading of hens and pigs. Newby’s job was to clean By 1938 sailing ship technology had was accomplished by the use of a small coal the latrine and pig pens along with chipping reached its zenith. Built of steel, the ships fired steam engine for hoisting the grain rust. The ship’s work, painting, chipping, were larger, stronger, almost as fast and from the ketches into the ships holds. A sail- washing down, and so on, began at 6 AM could carry much more freight than their ing ship, run with the utmost economy could and ended at 6 PM. Sail handling., bracing, predecessors. They lacked the graceful take six weeks to load a cargo of almost five steering ship was continuous. At any time of lines of former square rigged ships, they thousand tons or 62,000 sacks of grain, Grain Race were slab sided and flat bottomed so as to reach Falmouth or Queenstown for orders continued on page 6 Page 6 The Community Outlook August 2012

Grain Race ences. Schools of dolphins played around it. Spoke by spoke they fought the wheel continued from page 5 the ship for hours on end, scratching them- while from above came that awful sound selves on the bow and nuzzling one another, as the yards reared in their slings, until the the day the working watch might be called gasping and sighing happily. MOSHULU ship began to point her course again. Eric upon to leave whatever it was doing to set crossed the equator on Monday, November felt sick at the thought of what might have or shorten sail or brace up the yards on a 21 the 34th day of the voyage. Of course, happened if the ship had broached-too. In a change of wind. In cases of urgency, or for there was the usual initiation of polywogs, situation like that it could be dismasted. tacking ship, the watch below was also first time visitors of King Neptune’s realm. One night during the watch below, all called. Sitting astride the end of the bowsprit hands were in their bunks, except for Eric Once they reached the open Atlantic, Newby had the sensation of flying through who had clean up fo’c’sle duty. The men Newby recalled that “the ship began to lift the air into the southern hemisphere. were trying to sleep, but the ship was a to the long fetch of the Atlantic swell. From The captain laid his course to make land- pandemonium of noise, the wind roaring aloft came the great roaring sound that I fall at Tristan da Cunha, and pass south- in the rigging, the footsteps of the officer heard for the first time, and will perhaps ward of the African continent, to pick up of the watch thumping overhead, the wheel never hear again, of strong winds in the rig- the westerly winds that circle the world on thudding and juddering, and the forecastle ging of a good ship.” the 40th parallel of south latitude and so run itself filled with the squeaks and groans of The work of hauling the great acreages the easting down across the southern ocean stressed rivets. The instant Eric dropped of sail was very heavy, even for strong men. to Australia. All through the day there were a spoon; five angry heads appeared from The main sail on the fore, main and mizzen two helmsmen. Four great albatross and a behind curtains and yelled “Shodd Opp”. masts weighed over a ton when dry, much school of dolphins sported themselves about Running their Easting Down on the 43rd more when wet. Sail changing was done the ship. There were many more birds now, degree of south latitude, MOSHULU drove when entering and leaving the trade winds. Cape pigeons, varieties of petrels and alba- into a wall of black storm cloud tinged with Twenty four days out, they picked up the tross. Tristan, Inaccessible, and the Night- bright ochre where touched by the sun. A Northeast trade winds 150 miles from Cape ingale Islands are the southern summits of rainbow spanned the horizon. On Christmas Blanco on the African shore. Sail chang- a chain of volcanic mountains of which Jan morning the weather was cold and brilliant. ing consisted of sending down 31 sails, Mayen Island near Iceland and the Azores Big following seas tore up astern. They both fore and aft and square sails, and the are the other visible peaks. There they saw surged beneath the ship, bearing her up, fill- same number of old, worn, fair-weather thousands of birds flying over or floating on ing the air with spray as their great heads sails, sent aloft, and bent to the yards. These the sea between the ship and the land. Tiny, tore out from under and ahead to leave her would carry them through the Northeast white faced storm petrel, cape pigeons, in a trough. and Southeast Trade Wind belts until some- fulmars, shearwaters, and lording over all After enduring gales, calms, pomperos, where below latitude 30° south, where they of them, the wandering albatross, hanging downpours, hail storms, and the flying fish would again bend the storm canvas for the motionless over the ship, or soaring rest- Trade Wind weather, they experienced an journey across the southern Indian Ocean, lessly on the wind. electrical storm known as Saint Elmo’s’ on the parallel of south 40°. One day in the Roaring Forties between Fire. While working aloft one night, Eric While engaged in this work it came on Saturday noon and noon on Sunday viewed the atmosphere illuminated by the to blow hard from the Southeast, blowing MOSHULU logged 333 sea miles. Eric incandescent glare of electricity burning on force nine and then fore ten and then 11 felt that he would never see sailing like the steel yards. At three o’clock on Sunday, when the mainsail and lower topsail blew this again. “When such ships as this went it January 9th, 1939, the eighty second day of out. This was followed by a flat and torren- would be the finish. The wind belts of the the voyage, the Mate hit the pin securing tial rain. Later in the voyage, in the middle world would be deserted and the great West the anchor and with a tremendous roar, it of the night a Pampero, a wind that comes Wind and the Trades would never blow on crashed into the water and the cable surged off the east coast of South America, hit the steel rigging and canvas sail again. “ up out of the chain locker. They had fetched ship when it was practically in full sail. Her Eric found that being at the wheel during Port Lincoln. lee rail was underwater. The explosions that a blow was a remarkable sensation. It was At anchor were the four- masted barques- were heard were made when 6 sails blew as if the ship had wings. The seas were big OLIVEBANK, PAMIR, POMMERN, and out. By working desperately to get sail off but they never caught up with her to drag VIKING; perhaps the last great gathering of her and relieving the ship of the press of sail, or slow her down. Instead they bore her up merchant sailing ships the world would ever MOSHULU began to regain equilibrium. and flung her forward. On one occasion they see. There were no crowds to gape at them; This press of sail was responsible for the lost control of her and she began to run up the business at hand was grain. Grain, grain, loss of many ships’. The power generated into the wind. “Kom On, Kom On” Sig, the grain everywhere. Bagged wheat, brought by high intensity winds against a full set of other helmsman roared. Their combined down from the outback, piled in great stacks sails could actually drive a ship under water. strength was not enough to get the ship back all around the town. It was loaded into In spite of the drudgery such as painting on course. The giant yards began to swing; ketches and taken out to the waiting ships. and chipping rust (knacka rost) in the dismal a big sea came over the side, then another. For the next two months, Moshulu laid at holds and manning the ship for tediously The captain jumped at the back up steering anchor, discharging her ballast over the side long hours, there were rewarding experi- wheel and brought his whole weight upon and replacing it with 62,000 sacks or almost August 2012 The Community Outlook Page 7 five thousand tons of grain. away for Queenstown”. Moshulu was the Sailor man and sixteenth Poet Laureate of Moshulu set sail for Europe on March first home –ninety one days out. The race that England, John Masefield, wrote in his poem, 11, 1939. One night on the road to Cape turned out to be the “Last Grain Race” was “Ships”- Horn a gale bore down on the ship. Eric was won. Upon the successful completion of this end man tailing onto a block and tackle fall epic voyage, Eric Newby wrote his excellent ‘ They mark our passage as a race of men when a sea came aboard. As he was washed book, The Last Grain Race. Earth will not see such ships as these the length of the deck an old sea poem came Ships taking part in the 1939 Grain Race: again” to his mind: PASSAT, POMMERN, PAMIR, LAWHILL, MOSHULU is now a floating restaurant VIKING, ARCHIBALD RUSSEL, WIN- “ There was ten men haulin’ on the lee fore at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia. TERLUDE, RYDBERG, KOMMADORE brace… — Bob Doxsee Seven when she rose at last; JOHNSEN, PADUA, OLIVEBANK, the rest was gone to the pitch-dark night, MOSHJULU, KILLORAN. an’ the sea an’ the ice-cold blast” After recovering, he had just enough time Brian McGee to leap for the overhead lifeline before the next wave came boiling over the port quar- Young Life of ter and obliterated everything from view. In addition to gale force winds and gigantic Long Beach seas, now they had ice bergs to watch out for. The barometer fell, big seas were com- southshore.younglife.org ing aboard. The ship, a speck in the Great Morning Sun Nursery School Southern Ocean, three thousand miles from For more information, please call Cell: 631.807.9993 South America, to the South was nothing Judi Benz at 516 432.6333. 97 Indiana Ave but Antarctic ice and darkness. She was run- Long Beach, NY 11561 ning before seas that were being generated in the greatest expanse of open ocean, of a power and size unequalled as there was no “As iron sharpens iron, impediment to their fetch as they drove east- so one man ward around the world. The seas hurled on sharpens another.” with smoking white crests, gleaming in the sunshine, hissing as they came, throwing a fine spume into the air as high as the main yard. As Eric went aloft, the ship below was an impressive sight. The whole deck would disappear, hatches, winches, everything, as solid water hit it. Then she would come lifting out of the sea with her freeing ports spouting. Off the Horn, they overtook Pas- sat. Passat was a magnificent sight, sailing ATTENTION before the wind with a great bone of white water between her teeth. ALL RESIDENTS One night in the south Atlantic, Eric had lookout and was told to be especially alert. The Nassau County Thinking they were in shipping lanes he Police Department struggled to keep sharp watch when sud- actively enforces denly three tall peaks appeared dead ahead. the regulations After he sounded the alarm the order “hard a pertaining to: starboard” was given and they safely passed the Martin Vaz archipelago, an island group Walking Dogs on the Beach 740 miles off the coast of Brazil. The islands are of volcanic origin and rugged terrain. Restricted Parking Clear of the SE Trade Winds they entered 15 MPH Speed Limit the doldrums and were becalmed. Then, north of the line (the equator) the NE Trades PLEASE COOPERATE WITH THE NCPD TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY began to blow. SAFE AND CLEAN. Finally, at long last, came the order-“square Page 8 The Community Outlook August 2012

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ENVIRONMENT | The Water Wars Have Started On Long Island … Water, water everywhere, but nary a drop Over-pumping Long Island’s aquifer sys- circumstances, even sell it with impunity. to drink. tem will become more and more likely as the Such a deal is currently in the making. Paraphrased from the Rime of the Ancient Island’s population continues to grow. Suf- Recently approached by New York City, the Mariner – S. T. Coleridge, published 1798. folk County anticipates sustained growth for Manhassett/Lakeville water district is con- The water Long Islanders drink is argu- the next 20 years, planning 100 new wells sidering overture to pump 5 million gallons ably the only natural resource produced by the year 2030. Nassau County continues of “their” water into Queens daily. This is exclusively on (actually under) Long Island. to advance its plans for “urbanization” as a truly Eden’s apple. If approved, it would Our aquifer system is one of only four sys- means of stimulating the lethargic economy. set a reckless, perhaps irreversible prec- tems designated Sole Source Aquifers by the Affecting these plans will result in both edent that could jeopardize Nassau water EPA in 1978. It is the largest aquifer forma- Counties consuming greater and greater or much of it. In addition, related black tion in NY State and provides 100% of the amounts of water. Meanwhile, NYC is pre- market precedents go back to the late ’70s. potable water for nearly 3 million residents. dicting a population increase of 1 million At the time, California was in the midst of Some of what we drink is over 8,000 years people by the end of the century. Upstate a painful two-year drought; so out of state old. The salient issue: There is NO other reservoirs cannot support another million companies, including some here on LI, pig- viable water source for Long Island. consumers. Touting the grossly mislead- gybacked water onto their West Coast ship- Potable water on Long Island is not infi- ing myth – if Long Island’s aquifer system ping as a perk for their California custom- nite. It is finite, very finite. It is vulnerable never receives another drop of recharge, its ers. Ominously, as demand and desperation as well, and perhaps even at serious risk. potable supply would still last into the next for water increases, so will the temptations In some water districts, wells have been century – mining groundwater in Queens to over-pump and loot our aquifers – if not shut down due to contamination. In oth- has recently reappeared on the City’s plan- illegally, then certainly unethically. Simply, ers, pumping consistently exceeds safe ning table. Given our past history, current LI water is nobody’s to sell and certainly not limitations. This is indeed the case in Nas- conditions and future expectations, this is at anyone’s own discretion; and, regardless sau County. One local hydrologist recently dangerous, perhaps even reckless. Simply, if of price or state of the economy, all such opined if the County continues its current it becomes degraded or made inaccessible, financial temptations must be immediately pumping practices, Nassau’s aquifer access our seemingly infinite cache could easily quashed and earnestly rebuked. could terminate within the next decade. This disappear. Risk Of Contamination Is An Everyday knell rings doubly loud for Long Beach Potable water and surface water manage- Threat Island and, of course, Point Lookout, where ment are very much related. Like rivers, Water quality is an ever-growing concern; saltwater intrusion looms a constant threat. streams, lakes and ponds, Long Island’s and, among other factors, is at risk due to And from a wider more dire perspective, if aquifer system is fed by groundwater. When an ever-expanding list of sewage and indus- current practices remain uncorrected, Long the watertable drops by several feet – and trial pollutants occupying Long Island’s Island could easily forfeit its entire potable it has by at least 20 over the past eighty groundwater. And although the hydrogeol- supply. To reverse this trend and mitigate years – surface water is deprived its natu- ogy knows no borders, listing contaminants related risks, elected and agency officials ral recharge. So too is our aquifer system. by county may provide insight. For Nassau, must expeditiously enact controls to moni- This problem is perhaps the most poignant pollutants of concern are volatile organic tor, protect and properly manage this prized repercussion of Long Island having installed compounds, nitrates, mostly from fertilizers, resource many so foolishly take for granted. sewer and storm water infrastructure. More and gasoline derivatives. Although Suffolk’s If Nothing Is Done specifically, it’s also the reason why the list is similar to Nassau’s, item percentages The risks of over-pumping and deficient desiccated village of Valley Stream is such and derivative compounds differ. In addi- recharge are neither hypothetical nor specu- a striking oxymoron. And, without aquifer tion, pesticides, perchlorates and personal lative; and history has demonstrated ignoring recharge equaling or exceeding consumer care products are included on the Suffolk aquifer dynamics and limitations is simply withdrawal, saltwater contamination of the list, while deficient sewage treatment con- reckless. Between 1903 and 1963, Brooklyn system seems quite imminent. tributes to pharmaceuticals, detergents and and Queens over-pumped their aquifers to As climate change becomes more evi- far greater amounts of nitrates infiltrating the point where saltwater invaded the sys- dent, Long Island’s aquifers will become into its groundwater. tem and contaminated their potable supply. increasingly alluring to drier areas desirous Aquifer water quality continues to reflect This painful experience convinced New for quality water. Pressures will mount to past activities perpetrated on the land above. York City to rely solely upon its upstate res- market and transport LI water to “alien” cus- As pollutants accumulate, they migrate ervoirs. But it didn’t. In the early ’70s, east- tomers residing well outside sanctioned dis- wider and deeper into the underground, ern Queens over-pumped again, this time tricts. And since LI is the only region in NY degrading water quality more and more. A adversely affecting wells in western Nassau State that has neither an oversight agency related problem that continues to exacerbate and providing a stern warning for all of Long nor taskforce empowered to preserve and are the toxic plumes that originated at the Island to vigilantly protect its ONLY supply. protect its supply, such districts can effec- old Grumman plant in the 1940s. Essentially tively allot it at will; and, under current August 2012 The Community Outlook Page 11 ignored for over 70 years, they have pen- When functioning properly, it protects the limits and install vigilant long-term con- etrated the underground and are migrating groundwater and, hence, aquifer recharge servation measures; (ii) Reestablish a full south at rates faster than anticipated; seri- quality. Justification (albeit implicit) may working partnership with the USGS, includ- ously threatening water wells serving over be found in neighboring Suffolk. With only ing technical research, analyzing the entire a quarter-million Nassau customers. Water 25% of the County being sewered, substan- aquifer system, and developing an overall district commissioners and the affected pub- tial nitrate loading has infiltrated into the model; (iii) Stipulate and enforce safe with- lic have deemed past NYSDEC remediation groundwater and, as a result, is seriously drawal limits in accordance with local, state efforts to be woefully inadequate and its debasing its water quality. and federal laws; (iv) Impel best practices current proposals to be equally unaccept- The Solution , including the EPA Water Sense program; able. And given DEC is the lead protection As a practical matter, the Long Island aqui- (v) Assess demand and fend off pressures to agency, this bodes poorly for all Long Island fer system requires proactive, vigilant, day- over-pump or transport aquifer water beyond residents. to-day oversight. If 3 million Long Islanders approved boundaries; (vi) Provide objec- Global warming is exacerbating the con- wish their water to remain pure, plentiful tive inter-county oversight; (vii) Administer tamination problem as well. As a result of and economical well into the future, they all well permit applications; (viii) Promote higher temperatures, rising sea levels and require a central agency to oversee the short thorough clean-up of contaminated sites; resultant inward pressures, saltwater intru- and long-term planning necessary to man- (ix) Issue regular status reports on the condi- sion is becoming a greater and greater age the entire system, irrespective of County tion of the system and its water resource; (x) menace to Long Island’s drinking water. and water district boundaries. Just as impor- Maintain databases on aquifer dynamics and Increased pressure from a one-foot rise in tant, success will depend upon intra-Island demographic trends; and (xi) Educate the sea level can cause the saltwater boundary cooperation and working in concert. Like public about water essentials, proper plan- to move hundreds of feet inland and force it or not, hydro-geologically, we are one ning and prudent conservation measures. saltwater deeper into our aquifers; and, Island; and we all have to start thinking In addition, technical research often lends when coupled with greater consumption, at this way. Simply, preventing the numerous itself to innovation that, in concert with an accelerating rate as well. Recent studies and not so isolated threats from destroying local technology, could seed new business have predicted sea levels will rise substan- our water supply demands a unified agency growth on Long Island and aid the economy. tially around Long Island – 2 feet by 2050 squelch them long before proliferating into Finally, across the US and around the world, and 4 feet by 2080. And when coupled with an Island-wide crisis. And the time to create declining quality combined with a growing Long Beach Island, Great Neck and Port such an agency is now! demand is causing water prices to climb sub- Washington having already experienced Some will fight this proposal and attest stantially. To obviate this on Long Island, intrusion due to over-pumping, the math is water management should remain under the along with related emergencies and abuses, disquieting at best. splintered administration of Long Island’s LIAM directives may require installing Although there are laws, limits and pro- 65 independent water districts. Unfortu- water meters in vulnerable and high con- grams to protect Long Island’s water supply, nately, these districts are for the most part sumption areas and making high efficiency they are inadequate or anemically enforced; autonomous and work separately and apart appliances and water-saving fixtures part and, for the most part, by disjoined and from each other, and not necessarily with of the building code for new structures and sometimes self-serving districts. Also, the welfare of the entire Island at heart. major renovations. As the price of water enforcement has been encumbered by local This, and the fact that district officials some- rises, these efficiencies would result in sav- and state budgets having mandated staff cut- times exceed their charge (albeit, often times ings for compliant consumers. backs. It is for this reason the Water Caps forced to); are overly protective of their Prototypes Already Exist Program, adopted by NYSDEC in 1987, “fiefdoms;” and distribute aquifer water as Some working models have already been was abandoned less than a decade later. As a if it were theirs alone, all contribute to the adopted by aquifer management and conser- result, prudent LI oversight has significantly Island-wide problem. These myopic prac- vation districts across the US and should aid declined. In addition, no studies are being tices must cease. Simply, district responsi- in crafting a LIAM agency. In New York State conducted in Nassau County to monitor bilities terminate upon delivering accept- alone, three active commissions provide the aquifer system, as twice this decade it able water to its customers. However, if watershed oversight for 70% of the State’s has allowed its partnership with the United Long Island truly wishes to defend its water water resources. They maintain professional States Geological Survey (USGS) to lapse; supply, stakeholders will have to vigilantly staff authorized to manage and protect the and Suffolk is considering a similarly reck- protect the entire aquifer system. And the commonly shared resource. Nationally, less decision as well. And, with no central creation of a united, proactive, centralized regions have entered into mutual agreements agency to monitor the water supply, Nassau agency – based on unbiased science and free to administer watershed resources that cross has exceeded its safe consumption limits from local or political influences – is the state lines. And Europe has recently adopted since 1997 almost 80% of the time. Finally, most objective and expedient solution. the Water Framework Directive to likewise many accurately blame sewering, particu- Among other responsibilities, a Long share river basins that cross national bor- larly in Nassau, as being the primary source Island Aquifer Management (LIAM) agency of over-consumption and recharge depriva- would: (i) Define short-term consumption Environment tion. But, sewering is a two-edged sword. continued on page 12 Page 12 The Community Outlook August 2012

Environment Report of the Point Lookout Civic Association continued from page 11 As I am close to finishing my first year as my fellow Board member, and her commit- ders. However, Long Island has no central Point Lookout Civic President, I look back tee did a fantastic job putting it all together oversight agency responsible for managing on what issues we covered this year, and and making it a great event. Many thanks its aquifer system that underlies both its what an effort the Board of Directors played Kelly! counties. Simply, the Island must create and in maintaining and improving the lives of Gerry Ottavino has been attending meet- empower one to supervise its aquifer sys- those living in Pt. Lookout. ings, seminars and keeping up with all that tem as a whole, and not just the sum of its For example, we started last fall with con- is being done and said about the bays and disjoined water district parts. Lacking such cerns of the seaweed-related issues, erosion the drinking water. He is on top of his game oversight puts our potable water at risk that, of the inlet, and storm protection. The DEC and is a very knowledgeable gentleman via cooperative legislation, can be rectified met with myself and a few board members, whom we count on for details concerning for the common good and should be proac- as well as other community individuals, to these issues. So far, things are at a stand still tively advanced by every stakeholder. discuss the nature of the problem with rela- and a lot of it will not even effect Pt. Look- Current Reality tion of the current, sandbars and what a out because of our community not having Although LIAM groundwork already exists, revetment would mean if it was needed. For sewers. This is a very technical issue and experts haven’t focused on The Solution or your information, according to the DEC, a we will be keeping up-to-date with this and communicated at length with each other. revetment is a soft or hard approach to keep- sharing information on our web site as well. They all seem to have their own tightly knit ing the seaweed at bay. To this day, the sea- Along those same lines, we are involved “congregation,” but never quite get beyond weed has been a very minor issue, the smell with the Coalition of Civic Associations on their own denomination to preach the big currently is very mild (if at all), and the soft Long Island that gather together and unite picture. Water district commissioners must approach to keeping the erosion minimized on issues about the Long Island communi- speak with sewer experts and hydrologists has worked. So we became proactive and ties. with civil engineers, who have to consult listened to what would be the easiest and When rumors of the new Point Ale House with industry and technology. And they all safest route. and the water-taxi were constant topics must (re-)partner-up with the USGS imme- Parking and speeding are inevitably an of discussion, an emergency meeting was diately. Perhaps the first step is to take DEC ongoing problem in town. After our general called of the Board to interview those own- legislation, the water studies and Water meeting in April, the policemen that attended ers and define exactly what their goals were. Caps Program from the ’80s, the State Envi- assured us that if a resident would call the Ed, the business owner of the Ale House ronmental Quality Review Act, and seminal precinct, they would send a car to check and Captain Rick of the water-taxi were aquifer modeling off the shelf to have the out any situation. I have not seen too much more that gracious at the meeting and put collective “everyone” simply update and interaction this summer with Nassau County the Board and many residents to ease with abide by them – which is not so simple. Police, but just recently I called Angie Cul- their plans. As of this writing the Point Ale — Gerry Ottavino len, who sent out word to several people House has not yet opened and the water taxi higher up than our precinct, to observe and has not brought swarms of outsiders to our Opinion & caveat: The Point Lookout ticket those offenders. I, myself, have seen little town. Civic Association recently allied itself with more ticketing going on in the past 2 weeks So, in closing, the Pt. Lookout Civic Water for Long Island, a proactive group than all summer long. Association has been constantly and consis- dedicated to protecting and preserving Long After a vehicular accident with a young tently busy trying to remedy any complaint, Island’s aquifer system & potable water sup- bicyclist on Lido Blvd early this month, I rumor or issue that has arisen throughout ply, and advancing effective supply manage- called Denise Ford›s office to investigate this year. I have also heard passing nega- ment. Much of this Op Ed was based upon any awareness programs that she may offer tive comments about the Civic Association. the group’s research and conclusions. Poli- that our children, as well as adults, might Please know how hard your Civic Associa- tics, prejudices and allegiances aside, water learn from. She acknowledged a helmet tion works, but it can only be as effective management is a very complicated subject; safety program that will be available and we as the community allows it to be. Join the and, being they are certainly entrenched will offer that as the summer season takes PLCA, volunteer for its committees and its within, makes it all the more complex, as off next June 2013. Unfortunately, we were board. Have a wonderful, restful, and safe the requisite science often becomes conve- unable to set it up this year due to vacations summer. niently skewed. Experts disagree and many, and schedules. Watch for the announcement — Sheila Meyer far more qualified than I, may dispute at on our web site next Spring. President least some of the opinions and conclusions Our welcome to summer party was a huge Point Lookout Civic Association imparted above. success this year! We ran out of food for the first time ever at this event! Kelly Curtin, August 2012 The Community Outlook Page 13 WILLIAM e. MeIer INC. 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And Now For Something Completely Different Blue Moon Minutia or When Science, Religion, Politics & Folklore Collide

By the time mid-August comes ‘round, your intent. Given the period’s acute dependency Constant Metamorphoses local know-it-all is sure to impart something upon the spoken word (the printing press Having denoted something absurd for two about a blue moon occurring at the end of was still in its infancy), talk of a blewe mone hundred years, the term’s meaning changed the month. Maybe yes, and maybe no; but simply snared the common ear and spread during the 18th century to infer something there is one thing you should know. The readily among the faithful laity…or, was it? impossible or never, as in the snide rebuke: expression has a long and varied history and Blewe Ado “I’ll forgive you only when the moon is blue.” most of it has little to do with two full moons By the 16th century, dissatisfaction with an However, many realized that although quite occurring in the same month. overly secular and demanding “Italian” Church scarce, literal blue moons do indeed occur. So, Astronomical Timing had been waxing among Europe’s monarchies during the early 19th century, the term adapted Sorry, I know it’s summer, but first a little for decades. Reacting to King Henry VIII’s again to aptly assume the meaning of a very math and science. Most calendar years have denied annulment and ongoing issues of reli- rare or irregular event; and the fitting idiom twelve full moons, usually one per month and gious jurisdiction, the malapropism conve- “once in a blue moon” was coined. Both still three per season. However, since each calen- niently aided the politically driven Anglican remain today’s standard definition and perfect dar/solar year contains 11 more days than the Church in its allegations that the papacy was complement. As time passed again, the tinted 354-day lunar year (roughly 12 lunar cycles x indeed perpetrating dogmatic absurdity. Tudor orb found its way into 20th century song, 29-1/2 days/cycle = 354 days; and 365 - 354 = loyalists issued propaganda to convince Eng- epitomizing both loneliness and renewed hope 11 extra days), every two to three years these land’s Christian core that a split with Rome for the love-forsaken. And now in the 21st, extra days accumulate in excess of the lunar was not only theologically sound but logically among multiple other variations, the enduring cycle, resulting in an extra full moon occurring justified as well. Purposely misconstruing yet malleable morphism titles a mixed drink, during the solar year and, consequently, in one the expression’s meaning and purpose, they swank cafés and a Colorado brewery. season or another. This leads us directly to the scoffed at their own nonsense, belying it as Contemporary Coloring original, and I dare say classical, definition of creed originating from the Vatican: Today’s fashionable definition: “the second a blue moon, which is: The third of four full “ Yf they saye the mone is blewe, full moon to occur within the same calen- moons occurring in any spring, summer, win- we must beleue that it is true … dar month” provides some colorful history ter or fall season – most likely not what you They wold make men beleue as well. In1946, amateur astronomer, James thought, and it dates back hundreds of years. ye mone is made of grene chese.” Pruett, published his (now rather infamous) Sky & Telescope article, Once in a Blue Ye Mone Blewe For 500 Years Political pragmatism and religious strife Actually, the term’s long-standing etymology Moon. After correctly noting: “Seven times both resulted in an innocent algorithm in 19 years there were — and still are — 13 has nothing to do with color and most every- being distorted and essentially bastardized. thing to do with medieval homophones. When full moons in a year,” his science faltered: Clearly, the English Reformation betrayed “This gives 11 months with one full moon calculating Easter Sunday, a movable feast, the betrayer moon; but in doing so injected Christians focus on the Paschal (Passover) each and one with two. This second [moon] colour into the lexicon and inspired the in a month, so I interpret it, [i]s called a Blue Moon, the first full moon appearing on or famed classic A Misnomer for all Seasons. after the vernal equinox. By default, this also Moon.” Although somewhat understandable, determines the Lenten Moon – the third and, Some More Religion & A Little Bit O’Folk his conclusion was ill founded; but one the quite expectantly, final full moon of winter. Historically, varied cultures named full moons magazine advanced again in 1950 when it Here’s the rub. When winter contains four full according to the time of the year in which they unwittingly titled a piece Blue Moons in May. moons, it upsets the religious calendar. So, five appeared. Certainly, the Harvest and Hunter’s Pruett’s redefinition had all but faded into centuries ago the Church simply bypassed the Moons come to mind. Similar to the Christian obscurity when three quick transfusions resus- third moon, calling it a “betrayer moon.” By conundrum, extra moons, or ones arriving too citated it 30 years later. First, science journalist, avoiding it in this way, the Lenten and Paschal early during the year, would upset seasonal Deborah Byrd, read and essentially validated it Moons would still retain their seasonal signifi- expectations and local custom. Adopting the during her early 1980 StarDate radio broad- cance. The bypass worked. Church’s solution to lunae praematurus kept casts. (March ’80 had two full moons, prompt- The Middle English did not. When Eng- the names of future moons timely and mean- ing the subject.) Then in 1982, and during the lish clergy first introduced the belewe mone ingful. But, in fact, this fix had been in place protracted craze that followed, Trivial Pursuit term, many misheard the betrayer adjective for thousands of years. When an extra moon popularized the faux fact – it being the correct to be the color blewe. Also adding to the disrupts the Jewish calendar, which is highly answer to the game’s provocative question: confusion, some heard it to be a third homo- lunar, they simply add another month, Adar “What is a blue moon?” And in 1985, Margo phone, beleue, the contemporary word for 1, to make the inconvenience go away. And, McLoone affirmed it once again in her popu- believe. So, was it a betrayer, blue or believer given Easter’s dependence upon the Paschal lar children’s book Kids’ World Almanac of moon the Church was proposing? It didn’t Moon, perhaps it was the Jewish solution that Records and Facts. Finally, in 1999, Sky & matter. Nor did the facts, nor did the clergy’s led the Christians to theirs. Telescope critiqued the litany of errors and August 2012 The Community Outlook Page 15 made a contrite effort to correct their own. By moons that are indeed visibly blue. Truly rare in diameter). Multi-sized particles and those this time, however, the “dye” was cast. The events, literal blue moons – not necessarily full lying outside this range will scatter the blue public had already embraced the charming moons – may be caused by events injecting and allow other colors to pass through, such misnomer; and we’ve been blithely parroting massive amounts of ash, dust or smoke into as oranges and reds, which is much more com- the trendy definition ever since. the atmosphere. The keys are particle size and mon. Literal blue moons were witnessed after There Really Are Blue Moons. Yes, size consistency. For blue light to be refracted Krakatoa erupted in 1883, during India’s 1927 Literally and pass through the earth’s atmosphere, the windstorms, and while forest fires burned in The blue moon discussion would be truly vast majority of particles must lie between Sweden and Canada during the early ‘50s. incomplete, and I remiss, without addressing 0.7 and 1.0 microns (one-millionth of a meter — Gerry Ottavino

Editorial

In July a young boy, riding just off Lido For those who speed on our streets, why 2. Parking - In summer months especially, Boulevard, came into contact with a car that does it take parents jumping in front of cars the police should aggressively ticket any was leaving Lido Boulevard for the bay. The or screaming to slow them down? If, in illegally parked car, especially those parked boy was thrown from his bike and, in hitting our informal surveys, parking and speed- on side streets or outside of handicapped the pavement, lost his front teeth. It could ing rank among the chief complaints in our areas on Ocean Boulevard. If this is done have been much worse. A day or so later an community, then why don’t our elected offi- over a prolonged time word will get out and adult bicyclist, this time on Baldwin Avenue cials work to find solutions for them? Here people will stop. There should also be a time and Ocean Boulevard, ended up pinned on is what I think should be done 1. Speed- limit for parking on Lido Boulevard, reason- the receiving end of a minivan (thank God ing– I believe in speed bumps for traffic able enough for the merchants, but realistic not mine) and again, other than scrapes and slowing. I’ve heard this has been cited as enough to keep people from parking on Lido bruises and what must be a newfound faith a safety problem by others, but then that Boulevard and walking on to our beach. in miracles, he emerged from under the car means there must be debate, not rejection. This editorial page rarely raises its voice, relatively unscathed. There is a reason we Regardless of the naysayers, speed bumps but why must we continue to accept the sta- have a 15 mile per hour speed limit. We do work and don’t prevent fire and emer- tus quo? Which child needs to be killed to can fault the recklessness of youth for rid- gency vehicles from responding in a timely force change? Will it be yours or mine? ing on Lido Boulevard, we can insist that manner to a community that is slightly — Brendan Cahill, Editor children, or adults, wear protective helmets larger than 1 mile in circumference. If when they bike, we can ask our children to speed bumps were ineffective, other com- use sidewalks, but it’s blaming the victim. munities wouldn’t have them, and yet they The end result will almost always still be the do, and it works. Let us stop the dithering same: those not in cars will end up worse and put something on the ballot about it. than those in them. Have a study and a referendum.

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