On September 5th, I had the privilege of celebrating the 11th Anniversary of the Rebuilding of Long Beach Bar with some of the main movers of the project. The day was started by boarding the Coyote (www.coyotesportfishing.com) at Orient by the Sea Marina. Captain Jim House brought the guests out to the Lighthouse for some photo opportunities. A beautiful clear blue-skied day greeted us with very calm waters. I presented Merle Wiggin (the founder and initiator of the Rebuilding of Long Beach Bar) a Harbour Lights sculpture of Long Beach Bar (a gift from Harbour Lights) depicting the rebuilding on 9/5/1990. Bill Malloy, President of Thames Dredge & Dock (owner of the crane and barge); Rich Saetta, the general contractor who conceived the idea and built the Lighthouse in 3 pieces; and Otto Schoenstein, the builder of the lantern room joined Merle and I onboard for the trip to “Bug Light.” We were joined by Isabelle Wiggin (who did all the office work on the project) at the Orient by the Sea restaurant where they all reminisced and marveled at the Harbour Light replica. Everyone there thought the piece was ‘great’, ‘super’, ‘unique’, ‘captured the moment’ were some of the reactions of this group. They all wanted to know where they could get one. I could have sold a dozen on the spot. When we walked in the restaurant, an 8-year-old boy came immediately over to the table to ask to see the LH. I asked him if he knew which one it was, and he immediately piped in “Bug Light.” His sister immediately joined him and he asked if she could see it too. “Wow” “Cool”
- Bob

Sounds like a great outing Bob. It was a great weekend to be out at the light. Hope to see some pictures! Not to mention an article for the newsletter? :-)


shirin

Bob,

Great that you were able to be on the cruise to celebrate the anniversary. The approval of the folks involved in the construction project itself is really the ultimate seal of approval on the HL Long Beach Bar model! You should be able to get some points with your local dealer when you arrange for all the copies that these folks want! Hopefully this early interest will indicate a quick retirement for the piece.

Dave

From the Map Room...
Info on the Long Beach Bar Lighthouse...

Long Beach Bar - "The Bug Light" kscroope 5 09-08-2001 12:03 PM http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/forums/Forum15/HTML/000280.html


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KRISTIN ERIN SCROOPE
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Those involved in the rebuilding of the Long Beach Bar Light should be proud! It is a wonderful structure.

Bob

Here are some pictures from the day... http://www.scroope.net/lighthousing/buglight11thanniversary.htm



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Bug Light - Open House rscroope 3 08-24-1999 10:24 PM http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/forums/Forum5/HTML/000141.html



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