· The Long Island Chapter’s next meeting will be Thursday, April 5. The meeting place is not yet finalized, but will be published on the web site soon. US Lighthouse Society President Wayne Wheeler will be our guest speaker, and there will also be updates on our projects, including photos from inside the endangered Cedar Island and Plum Island lighthouses. http://www.longislandlighthouses.com/uslhs/index.htm There will be a raffle to help pay for the obtaining and transferring of the blueprints for Plum Island lighthouse from microfiche to paper. Harbour Lights has donated Limited Edition Eddystone, Sister’s Island and Marshall Point, and Rick Mau has donated a signed Montauk LH Ornament for a raffle. We will be selling tickets for $2 each or 6@ $10 with the drawing at the April 5th Meeting. You don’t have to be present to win. Contact Bob Scroope at bob.scroope@co.suffolk.ny.us for tickets.

Chances are now available. Those of you who have already responded will be getting your copies in the mail in the next few days.
Please make checks payable to the
LI Chapter of USLHS
You can send them to me at
7 East Gate Drive
Mount Sinai, New York
11766-1703
I will keep track of your opportunities, and winners will be posted on the website after the April 5th drawing. You do not have to be present to win!
Thanks for your anticipated participation in this worthwhile cause.
- Bob

The April 5 meeting is in Uniondale in the Nassau Coliseum area of Mitchell Field. To get to the meeting, get off the Meadowbrook at M-4 exit - Charles Lindbergh Blvd. Drive west until you see the sign on your left reading Mitchel Athletic Complex. Turn left here, go to the end and parking is on the left side.


A map can be viewed at http://www.longislandlighthouses.com/uslhs/events.htm

Hope to see you there!

One day to Spring and 18 days to the Raffle and the meeting.
Thanks to all who have sent in there requests for tickets, we're having a good response!

10 days left to next meeting. Any forum members coming?

And the winners are:
Long Island Chapter of USLHS for the generous participation of Forum members and friends in the raffle, Harbour Lights for their donation Limited Edition Eddystone, Sister’s Island and Marshall Point, Rick Mau for the donation of a signed Montauk LH Ornament for a raffle, and those who attended for a great talk by Wayne Wheeler.
Now the winners of the raffle are:
Limited Edition Eddystone- Jakers, yes what a streak he's on? He'll have to buy all my future raffle tickets for me!
Marshall Point- Stephen Fragano of Mahopac,NY of youngest member at 6 years old.
Sister's Island- Dennis Whelan, another recognized Forum member and Chapter member.
Montauk Ornament- Local member who scooted off happily before I could get her name.
Thanks again to all, we collected $472 towards the acquisition and printing of blueprint of Plum Island LH.

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=968985&a=12487210&p=45947593[/img]
Some of the members who were at the meeting along with guest speaker Wayne Wheeler, USLHS 'Head Keep'. More photos may be viewed by clicking on this link: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=968985&a=12487210&f=0

"Keeping The Flame in New England"
Ron

Thanks for the post Ron. I enjoyed the photos!

Ron!!! Yikes! Did you get a signed release to post this photo?...because I don't remember signing one. Models make money for posing in pictures you know. LOL!

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KRISTIN ERIN SCROOPE
kristin@scroope.net
http://www.scroope.net/lighthouses/lhlist.htm

Ron,

Great photos. Wish I could have been there for the meeting.

It would have been great to finally meet some of those Wackos and talk to Wayne Wheeler and Shirin Weiss again.

I met her last month at the NJLHS Meeting and tried to talk her into volunteering at both Sandy Hook and Lighthouse Challenge 2001. She said she'd have to think about it.

There's just one question I have left-does the Sister Island come with Sue's autograph?

Dennis,

Looks like you did a good job of trying to convince me. I went last week to the volunteer training at Sandy Hook and I've already signed up to help at the Lighthouse Challenge weekend! I just couldn't resist the call for volunteers.

LOL Kristin... have you found an attorney yet? Ron... thanks for sharing your photos with us. I really enjoyed them and always look forward to hearing what's happening at the various clubs, etc. Shirin... congrats on your first post. Looks like Ron chose a photo where you were not sleeping.

Tim - Keeping the flame lit...

Welcome Shirin......nice to have you join us.
Wish I was closer and could volunteer at Sandy Hook.....

Great photo...I am sure you all had a great time.
Derith

Tim,

Thanks for pointing out that I was sleeping in that pic of Ron's. Perhaps I need to talk to Kristin's attorney as well!

Shirin,

Great! Glad you're aboard. I hope we can work together at the Hook sometime.

I just started a new job and i work on Saturdays, so I'll only be at the Lighthouse on some Sundays this year.

One of the Wackos on the Forums will be at Sandy Hook on the 21st. I'll be there on the 22nd. Now maybe she'll have someone from the list to meet as well as seeing a great Lighthouse.

Dennis

Welcome Shirin! Good to see I'm not "the last one" to get involved with this Forum. I was going to challenge you to a race to see who gets to wacko status first, but since you were caught "sleeping" in that one picture, I didn't want to be taking advantage. LOL! No, I'm just kidding. My eyes were all over the place in some (if not all) of those photos too!

Thanks for taking it easy on me Kristin. I guess it was too long of a day for me.

Dave and Stephen,
Your Harbour Lights were mailed yesterday.
Sorry Dave, I thought about mailing SI to Sue for an autograph but it was just too much in to little time. You'll have to bring it to the Reunion!
- the Raffle Committee

Bob,

No problem. I was just thinking it would be the icing on the cake. I'm happy to accept it just as it is.

I've got a spot cleared in my Cabinet for it.

Dennis