It is hard to explain the warm feeling you get when you drive past the new Community Center on cold evening and see the lights on and the parking lot full of cars. It is not for a special event, it is just a Wednesday night and people are just using their building the way it was intended to be used. There are people workout out in the Gym, playing ping pong in the Teen Center and doing Yoga in the Dance Room. It is a building being well loved by a community enjoying the opportunity to get out and do something.

It is hard to believe that the dream ofJudi Imbriglio and her com-mittee of volunteers who started this project a few years ago has come true. And everyone can now have events in the beautiful building. With the help of people like Judi Imbriglio, Charlie Ste-panek, Gail Cypherd, Karla Heath, Jeanne Schultz and Grace Burr and the fundraising skills of John Spofford, Sarah Moody, and Sara McLean the building stands open for business.

The many generous donors can be proud of their invest-ment in Fishers Island. It is a glowing success and every-one looks forward to seeing all the fun and exciting things that will come from this Center in the years to come. Stop by for more in-formation and to JOIN!

Fishers Pictures

The Fog Horn is always collecting pictures from our readers. Here is an amazing pictures of a storm moving in over West Harbor taken by Jack Rivers. If you have any nice shots please send them to Mere at mharr@fishersisland.net

Jan-March, 2009 Volume 5, Issue 1

I S L A N D C O M M U N I T Y C E N T E R

The Community Center Up and Running and a Great Success!

The Bowling Alley is open every Saturday night for open bowling!

The Dance Room is for members who want to take a class or just stretch, practice or workout with a DVD. The heated floor is wonderful!

The Teen Center and Children’s Room are available to members when there is a parent volunteer available. Call the center for information about this!

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The Island Community Center is now open and some of you have been enjoying our free two month trial period. It’s so inspiring for us to see the building being enjoyed by you and we hope you will be interesting in becoming a member of the Cen-ter!

On March 1st we will start charging the membership dues for the center and will turn off the cards we have given out at the end of that week. When you purchase your membership your card will be reactivated and you can begin using the facilities again.

The Bowling Alley and Café will not require a membership for use, although the membership will provide a discount in both areas. The rest of the building can be used by members only and will be opened on a schedule for use by members. We hope to have the Bowling Alley open on Saturday nights starting in March. The Café will open when it is fully staffed.

There is a Basic Membership fee for the general use of the building and an additional membership required for the use of the Workout Room.

The Fee Schedule is as follows:

Annual Basic Membership Fee:

(Access to center w/o Fitness Center)

Year-round Residents

Single $ 50

Family, including partner and $100

children under 26living at home

Senior Couple (both over 65) $ 50

Single Senior (over 65) $ 30

Annual Seasonal Residents

Single $100

Family, including partner $200

and children under 26

living at home

Senior Couple (both over 65) $100

Single Senior (over 65) $ 60

Guest

Adult (18+)

Per week $20.00

Per Day $5.00

Child

Per week $10.00

Per day $2.50

Prices do not include Sales Tax of 8.625%

Membership to Fitness Center:

(Includes key card entry for afterhours)

Community Center Basic Membership Required.

May be paid by credit card in 3 installments.

Annual Membership

Adult (18+) $360

Adult Couple* $650

Children (16-25) ** $125

Senior (65 & over) $240

Senior Couple (Both over 65) $430

Six month Membership

A (April 15 – Oct. 15)

B (Oct. 15 – April 15)

Adult (18+) $250

Adult Couple* $450

Children (16-25) ** $100

Third child & over $ 75

One Month

Adult (18+) $200

Adult Couple* $350

Children (16-25) ** $ 75

Third child & over $ 50

Basic Member Daily Rate $ 10

Daily Guest non-member $ 20

The 2009 rates will be prorated from opening till the end of each membership period.

*Adult Couple- 2 adults living under the same roof.

**Unmarried child with adult member living at home or in school/college.

Fitness membership not related to resident status.

Prices do not include Sales Tax 8.625%

Community Center Fee Schedule and Other Important Information

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Volume 5, Issue 1 ST. JOHN’S CHURCH

P.O. Box 505 FISHERS ISLAND, NEW YORK 06390

December 2008

Dear Fishers Island,

It is with great pleasure that I introduce The Rev. Michael Edwin Spencer who comes to us for our season while re-taining his present position as Dean of the Chapel and Religious Life as well as Humanities Teacher at St. Paul’s School in Concord New Hampshire. Our search committee and our Vestry were all unanimous in our calling of Mi-chael to St. John’s.

Rev. Spencer is deeply thoughtful and engagingly personable, and those of us who have had the good fortune to meet and work with him are already very fond of him. Michael was raised in New Bedford, MA, graduated from Holy Cross, later Yale Divinity and then gained a Certificate in Anglican Studies at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale leading to ordination in Connecticut. Prior to his position at St. Paul’s, he served as Priest Assistant at St. John’s, Waterbury, CT and Chaplain of Taft School for 10 years after teaching at Tabor Academy. For a time he contemplated Jesuit priesthood until he met Amy and married. They have two children, Aidan and Katherine. Mi-chael’s academic and other honors are too numerous to list here. Suffice it to say he is bright and accomplished. Mi-chael is very much looking forward to meeting all of you and getting to know Fishers Island.

I must thank our search committee for their diligent and professional work, ably led by Jim Carney and Jennifer Par-sons. They had a well thought out, well managed process that has delivered an excellent result.

We are already planning for the 2009 season and setting the stage for a number of different opportunities to meet and get to know Michael both inside and outside church. Please join us in welcoming him and his family to St. John’s.

Highlights from the Christmas Senior Lunch

The Seniors enjoyed their annual visit from Santa as well as the Christmas carols sung by the Ele-mentary School kids. The Senior Lunch program from the Island Community Board is a great part of the winter, providing fellow-ship and great food!

2009 SUMMER RENTAL

Home on Clay Point Road with Private Beach and Dock

Located on Clay Point Road, this magnificent home is set on more than 13 private acres with commanding views of Fishers Island Sound, and includes a private beach and dock. The main house consists of about 4,700 sq. ft. of living space and comprises five double bedrooms, four full and one-half baths, large living and dining rooms, sun porch, kitchen, butler’s pantry, terrace, and staff wing with bedroom, sitting room/bedroom and full bath. For more information, please call Chris Rafferty at (973) 214-1506, or (631) 788-5545; or Al Lingelbach, Esq. at (212) 682-8811 or a licensed realtor.

Special Awards:

Harbor Haven Mike and Judi Imbriglio

Charming Cottage Marlin and Bill Bloethe

Peace and Joy Constance White

Tasteful Elegance Louisa and Bob Evans

Best Reindeer Joe and Carol Hirschfeld

North Pole Cool Harold and Jan Cook

High Lights Sara and Chris Rafferty

Grand Prize:

Pyrite Peringer –”Delightfully Decorated Dumpster”

1st Prize:

Bob and Brigitte Wall

2nd Prize:

Drink N’ Vessel Store

Special Thanks to the folks on Peter’s Way who made Walsh Park a Commu-nity Bright Light.

Thank You F.I. Utility Co. for making the Village Green Shine. As always, we appreciate the F.I. Ferry Christmas Trees.

Thanks to every home and business who decorated this year. It was beauti-ful driving around the island.

I.P.P. Christmas/Winter Lights Contest ‘08 Winners

Finan on Kent School Honor Roll “Kent School is an inde-pendent boarding school located in the northwestern corner of Connecticut. It enrolls boys and girls from the United States and around the world in grades nine through twelve and the post-graduate level.

“Abigail Finan, a fourth form student at Kent School in Kent, Connecti-cut, was named to the Honor Roll for the Fall Term of 2008-2009. Abi-gail is the daughter of John and Laurie Finan of Fishers Island.

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Fog Horn

A rare glimpse of the Fishers Island Chicken.

Don’t Forget!

The Island Community Center Bi-Annual Tag Sale is coming this June!

Clean out your closets and basements and come down to the Community Center for a day of selling

and buying!

Tables are for rent at the Community Center and will be set up in front of the Center. Food and drinks will be sold and the Center will be open for tours and will

be selling memberships.

Come support the Center and unload some stuff!

June 27th at the Community Center from 9:00 am—1:00pm Lunch served from 11:30-1:00.

Island Community Center Now Hiring:

Café Manager

Volunteers Needed: Teen Center Bowling Alley

For information and descriptions call

Mere at 788-7683 or email mharr@fishersisland.net

Conservancy Announces “The Edwin Horning Research Grant for Environ-

mental Conservation”

This is the first of what we hope will be regular bi-monthly columns by the Fishers Island Conservancy, contain-ing news and information about our Is-land environment. In ensuing months, we expect to provide information to Fog Horn readers on many different subjects. Anticipated future topics include the re-sults of our Harbor water quality testing, news on the study of alternate sources of power, including potential wind power generation, what Island residents can do about their own mosquito control, how to identify and control invasive plants, and updates on surrounding areas of interest, including Plum Island.

We wish to devote this inaugural column, however, to announcing a new student grant designed to promote preser-vation and conservation of natural re-sources and named in honor one of Fish-ers Island’s most ardent and beloved con-

servationists, the late Ed Horning: The Edwin Horning Research Grant for Environmental Conservation.

Fishers Island School stu-dents from grades 7 to 12 are invited to apply for up to $500 of award money to finance a sci-ence/technology project related to the preservation and conservation of natural resources. Awards will be granted based on the quality, ingenu-ity and originality of the project, as determined by designated members of the Conservancy board, with the advice of the school’s science and technology faculty. The amount of the grant will vary according to pro-ject costs as well as the number of applicants.

Ed Horning was the long-time science teacher at the School as well as curator of the Ferguson Mu-seum and a member of the board of the Conservancy from its inception. His weekly nature walks during the

summer were treasured by old and young alike. Our hope is that the Horning Grant will continue Ed’s work instilling an appreciation of our envi-ronment among students.

Applications for this year’s awards are due on December 15. The application form, as well as informa-tion on the application process, is available at the “Latest News” section of the Conservancy’s web site, www.fishersislandconservancy.com.

The Conservancy is devoted to pre-serving, enriching and enhancing the natural resources of Fishers Island and its surrounding waters. Among other things, we manage and fund sev-eral conservation initiatives, including the non-toxic Mosquito Control Pro-gram, a study of Harbor waters and regular beach clean up efforts.

Photos taken at the ALL STARS CHEER AND DANCE work-shop that F.I. Cheerleaders went to on Saturday the 6th. Cheerleading an ex-tra curricular activity led by Jill Paciorek (3rd/4th teacher) is open to boys and girls from 4t grade to 8th grade. The workshop was funded by the PTO and IPP. 14 students went.

Environmental News From The Fishers Island Conservancy

Cheerleaders

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Volume 5, Issue 1

F.I. School -A Blue Ribbon School! Fishers Island School and Teacher Receive Financial Literacy Awards for Second Year in a Row

Fishers Island School was named a Blue Ribbon School and economics’ teacher, Bernard B. Bartick, was named a Gold Star Teacher by WISE (Working in Support of Education). The awards were presented in New York City on November 4, 2008 at the High School of Economics and Finance. On this occasion the school was presented with a large banner and Bartick was presented with a Gold Star Teacher Certificate.

In the spring the following students passed the Financial Certification Test Developed by WISE:

Elizabeth Brogno

Emily W. Cummin

John T. Cummin

Patrick J. Edwards

Lucius L. Fowler, Jr.

Hannah M. Hirschfeld

Samuel H. Horn

John P. Neilson

Anthony A. Papa

Alexander K. Sacco.

These students took the Financial Literacy course as part of their senior Economics Class. In order to be named a Blue Ribbon School seventy-five percent of the class had to pass the exam. One hundred percent passed. In order to be named a Gold Star Teacher, ninety percent had to pass. All students have passed the exam for the past two years.

The Financial Literacy Program, launched by WISE as an initiative of the New York Financial Literacy Coalition, pro-motes the teaching of personal finance in high schools. The program’s goals are to:

• Increase the number who are financially literate

• Improve the quality of financial instruction

• Measure the level of school effectiveness in the teaching of personal finance

• Provide recognition to teachers, students and schools for excellence

Students study the following topics:

• Money and Income

• Budgeting and Planning

• Savings and Investing

• Banks and Banking

• Credit and Bankruptcy

• Insurance

• Taxes

The program in 2007-2008 involved 21 states, 202 schools, 23,000, students and 2000 teachers. The student pass rate was 74.4%.

Congratulations to all the performers and new music director, Meredith Blanzaco. It was a great way to start the Christmas Season!

Dec. 3rd Winter Concert

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MARCH– AUGUST

• March 25th Student Council Talent Show

• March 19th -12:00pm. Senior Lunch @ Union Chapel.

• March 21 Special Boat leaves NL @ 11:00pm.

• April 7th Ferry Dist. Public Meeting.

• April 16th -12:00pm. Senior Lunch @ Union Chapel

• May 5th Ferry Dist. Public Meeting.

• May 21st -12:00pm. Senior Lunch @ Union Chapel

• June 2nd Ferry Dist Meeting.

• June 26th –5:00-7:00. Museum Opening

• June 27th –9:00am-1:00pm Community center Tag Sale.

• July 7th Ferry Dist Meeting.

• July 26th –Island Concerts Event. Tamsin Waley-Cohen

• July 31st –Big Club Dinner, Island Concerts Event,

• August 9th –Island Concerts Event. Jose Franch-Ballester

• August 14th Ferry Dist Meeting

Also look additions made after the printing of the Fog Horn online at www.fishersisland.net

Please submit dates for online and Fog Horn calendar to Mere Doyen at 7990 or email mharr@fishersisland.net

Community Calendar A Bell was rung for each islander who died in 2008:

Father Barnes

Michael Blow

Marie Burr

Rolla Campbell

Debbie Dixon

Chris Doyen

Anita Feagles

Alice Ferguson

Renee Grebe

Father Hilliard

Ed Horning

Karl Fransson

Betty Miller

Cathy Obalinski

Talcott Stanley

Virinia Travers

Susanna von der Schlenberg

Cathy Weymouth

Ron Zanghetti

Left, Dylan makes an arrest. Above, Amber and Lydia are looking beautiful! Right, Sarah Palin (Shelby) and the Pig with Lipstick (Madison) stole the show!

Some Halloween Pictures

At the December Memory Tree

Others Passings

Bill Glendon died peace-fully on Christmas night after several months of not feeling well.

Leslie Emmet Simpkins Lange passed away on Sunday, November 23rd. Fishers Island enjoyed her presence in the summer months for many years.

Lelia Hadley Luce

You can order you stamps from Fishers Island. Customers can send a check and on the bottom tell us whether they want reli-gious or nonreligious stamps. We will mail stamps out the day we get the check. Also, remember to buy stamps from us when-ever they need stamps. It is important to keep this post office going. Thanks! I'd also like to thank Paul and Leslie Tombari for the pumpkin and mums that brightened up the bulletin board and all the parents that donated Halloween candy to the candy bowl. Everyone seems to enjoy it. Gail

Stamps By Mail

August Rental Small cottage on Bell Hill Ave.

Sleeps 5, 1 1/2 baths.

Available August 1 thru Labor Day.

Walk to town and Hay Harbor Club. $8,500

Email: pandpgai@yahoo.com

Fishers Island’s oldest real estate firm

Sales & Rentals

New listings coming soon (please check our website)

Bagley Reid, Sue Horn and Jim Reid

631.788.7882

www.mysticislerealty.com

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Joanne’s Gold & Silver Shop Closed For The Season

To order items over the winter months:

(1) Fishers Island decals for your phone, computer,

bike, car, available in many colors and sizes.

(2) Fishers Island Jewelry

Gold or Silver Pieces

(3) Fishers Island History Book

“A Book of Memories”

Fine leather bound collector’s edition only

(4) Baseball Caps with your logo & color

Call 201-288-1157

E-mail Joanne06390@peoplepc.com

or

Mail to: 116 Roosevelt Ave.

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604

or

PO Box 44, Fishers Island, NY 06390

Church Hymnals For Union Chapel

Often times, we have larger than usual services and there are not enough hym-nals. We are starting a hymnal gifting program. Hymnals are $12.00 a piece. Make checks payable to Union Chapel and send it to P.O. Box 192. Indicate in the memo section that the check is for hymnals. We will be getting book plates and if you wish to have your name recog-nized as a donor and/or if it is in remem-brance of someone, let us know!

SPECIAL WINTER BOATS

The Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry Dis-trict is pleased to announce the SPECIAL WINTER BOATS for 2008/2009.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Depart New London---11:00 PM

“SWEENEY TODD”—Garde Theatre—8:00 PM

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Depart New London---11:00 PM

Dining---Casino---Whatever!!

First Come--First Served* *No Tickets--No Reservation

Topper’s Ice Cream

Now available at the Drink ‘N Vessel

FISHERS ISLAND FERRY DISTRICT

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

MEETING SCHEDULE

2009

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 5:00 PM

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 5:00 PM

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 5:00 PM

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 1:15 PM New London Terminal

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 5:00 PM

Tuesday June 2, 2009 5:00 PM

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 5:00 PM

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 5:00 PM

Friday, August 14, 2009 6:00 PM

Annual Budget meeting at the FI School

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 5:00 PM

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:15 PM New London Terminal

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 5:00 PM

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 5:00 PM

Meetings held in the Fishers Island Ferry District offices, unless noted.

F.I. Ferry News to Know

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Volume 5, Issue 1

FUEL OIL SURCHARGE As a result of lowering fuel costs, the fuel surcharge im-plemented on July 1, 2008 will be removed as of Janu-ary 1, 2009. OFF PEAK PEAK

Passenger $16.00 $22.00

Auto $26.00 $40.00

Senior/Child $12.00 $16.00

The Clowns, Ellie and Billy

had balloons to share at the

Halloween Parade.

Need a Mother’s Helper Summer ‘09?

-FI High School Senior

-Experience w/school Aged children.

-Training: Red Cross First Aid/CPR & Baby-sitting.

-References available upon request

-Contact Sydney: (860)536-8601

Fog Horn Deadlines:

Send your photos, announcements, articles and other submissions to mharr@fishersisland.net or mail to P.O. Box 464 or drop by the Village Office.

Fishers Island School Openings

Superintendent/Principal, full time, NYS certifi-cation, residency requirement Send resume to: Superintendent PO Drawer A Fishers Island, NY 06390 631-788-7444 Fax: 631-788-5562

Fishers Island Restoration specializes in home repair, interior/exterior painting and maintenance. Also doing furniture repair and refinishing and

painting.

Excellent opportunity to own an historic building with sweeping water views of the Long Island Sound.

This six family brick building on .70 acres can be used as an in-come producing vacation home, rental property, family compound, possible B&B, etc. summer or year-round. Built to strict military standards in the early 1900's, this one of a kind property has high ceilings, full basement, two 2 bedrooms, three 1 bedrooms and a 4 bedroom owner's suite. All utilities are separate. Owner's suite currently being renovated and can be finished to suit. New roof in 2007. Walk to ferry, beach and town.

Whistler Avenue

Fishers Island, NY 06390

Offered at $1,175,000

CONTACT:

Shutters & Sails Real Estate

Licensed Real Estate Broker:

Laurie Finan

Cell: (860) 803-2963

Finan@fishersisland.net

Licensed Realtor: Tim Patterson

Cell: (937) 367-7787

Timmy@fishersisland.net

Office: FI Ferry Annex Building

Fishers Island, NY 06390

(631) 788-7921

Vacation/Investment Property For Sale

P.O. Box 464 Fishers Island, NY 06390 Phone: 631-788-7990

www.fishersisland.net E-mail: mharr@fishersisland.net

Summer Operation Hours Compost Facility: M-F 8:00am-12:00pm, 12:30pm-4:30pm

Sat. 8:00am-12:00pm

Doctor’s Office: M-F 9:00– 12 noon

Ferry Reservations: M-Sat. 9am-12pm

Ferry Freight Office: M-F 7:45am-12:30pm, 1:30pm-4:45pm

online at fiferry.com

F.I. Bowling AT COMMUNITY CENTER. -TBA!

F.I. Museum Call for appt. 788-7239

F.I. Library: M&F 1-5pm, W 1-6pm, Sat 9am-12 noon

F.I. Utility Co. M-F 8:00am-4:00pm

Drink N’ Vessel: M-Sat.

Island Hardware: M-F 8am-3:45pm, Sat. 8am-12pm

Island Mobil: M-F 8am-4:30pm, Sat/Sun. 8am-12:00pm

News Café: M-Sat 7:30-1pm, 3-5pm. Sun 7:30-1pm

Our Lady of Grace: Tu,W,Thu,F-7am Mass Sat -6pm. Sun 10am

Post Office: M-F 8am-5pm, Sat. 8am-1pm

window hours: M-F 8am-1pm, 2:15pm-5pm

Sat. 8am-11:15am

Shutters & Sails Real Estate M-F 9:00-1:00 or by Appt. 788-7921

Texaco: M-F 8:00am –4:15pm

Toppers: See Store of details. Closed Columbus Day

Transfer Station: M,Tu,Th,F 7:30am-12:30pm, 1:30-4:30pm

Sat. 7:30am-11:30am, Sun. 10am-1pm

Union Chapel: Sun 10am Worship and Sunday School.

Village Market: Closed for the Season shop News Cafe

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