Dan’s Papers April 27, 2012 danshamptons.com Page 37
East Hampton Main Street will soon have pedestrian crosswalks that shine flashing lights embedded in the street at oncoming motorists when in use. The Village applied for these contraptions a year ago. They got approval from the State (who owns the road and pays for it) and they are being put in as you read this. The lights are at four foot intervals and border the crosswalk, so as you walk along the crosswalk it’s a bit like being Dorothy and following the Yellow Brick Road to Oz. It’s also completely out of keeping with the historic nature of downtown. No colonial village ever had blinking lights like these. But they will sure save lives. Press the button to activate the lights at night and motorists up to a quarter mile away can see them flashing where you stroll in front of them on the crosswalk. During the day motorists about 300 feet away will be able to see them. I say if the presence of Piping Plovers (an endangered species) nesting on Main Beach prevent the 4th of July Fireworks there again this year, we invite everybody to come downtown and just press and press the buttons to create fireworks. They will be for the crosswalks in front of the Circle and in front of Intermix. Lots of people in town means good business. —DR
by Sally Flynn
Take Your Sign And Shove It Suffolk County Department of Health Services wants swimming banned on Shelter Island in order to enforce a sanitation code, i.e., don’t pee in the pool. The County wants all swimming banned and signs put up, except at the two beaches where there might be a lifeguard on duty occasionally. Thank God Councilman Peter Reich and the Town Council are fighting this thing. This is a 28-square mile island. No traffic lights, no street lights except on the main road. If you live on the Island, you love the water, otherwise, what’s the point of being surrounded by it? Under the new ban, grandmas can’t take the kids down to the water’s edge for an hour of splashing and shell hunting—because they might pee in the water? Are you kidding me? What do you think the fish are doing? They’re peeing, pooping and making new fish. Fish die in the water and rot. It’s the high salt and iodine content that keeps the water clean. To imagine that Islanders could pollute the Atlantic that swirls around us is absurd. I think Shelter Island should apply for independent statehood, if Hawaii can, why not
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER FOUNDING RABBI
RABBI YECHIEL SHAFFER ASSISTANT RABBI NETANEL HERSHTIK CANTOR
Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
IZCHAK HAIMOV CHORAL DIRECTOR
SCHNEIER. HERSHTIK. HAIMOV. THE SEASON BEGINS. Yom Ha’atzmaut Shabbat, April 28
celebrating the 64th anniversary of the State of Israel Services conducted by Rabbi Marc Schneier and Cantor Netanel Hershtik accompanied by The Hampton Synagogue Choir, Izchak Haimov, conductor. Hon. Gilad Erdan, Israeli Cabinet Minister of Environmental Protection will speak - 11:00am | Kiddush to follow featuring a medley of Israeli foods
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THE SHELTERED ISLANDER
Shabbat, May 5 Tribute to the Koussevitzky Brothers - Cantors Moshe, David, Jacob and Simcha Cantor Netanel Hershtik and The Hampton Synagogue Choir perform liturgical compositions by the preeminent family of the cantorate, the Koussevitzky brothers. 13767
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us? I lived in Hawaii and you can walk around the whole Island because no one is allowed to own land down to the waterline. Ten feet above the high tide mark to the water’s edge is always public domain. And everyone swims anywhere, whenever they want. I think Islanders should engage in civil disobedience on this one. Disfigure every No Swimming sign the County orders up. I can’t stand the thought that the corrupt Suffolk County Legislature is targeting an island and telling its residents they can’t swim where they have been swimming all their lives. Talk about your bureaucratic b.s....when are they going to realize, Shelter Island isn’t Long Island. We’ll need some T-shirts for this battle. “Eat, Play, Swim” “Wading for Mr. Sandbar” “I’m Swimming, Arrest Me” “Wades Wading Team” “Shell Beach Secret Swim Team” County representatives will be monitoring Shelter Island through the summer to insure compliance. We have to submit to security checks at airports, bus stations and other forms of public conveyance—maybe we should have ferry security ask for ID from every driver and “what is their purpose in using the ferry?” if they are not local people. That way, if one of the County inspectors happens to be on the boat, a welcome can be arranged for him. Maybe a nice tar and feathering from everyone on the beach. Maybe the No Swimming sign could be put in his car, albeit through the windshield, to take back to the County offices. And maybe the residents could give him a nice send-off at the ferry dock, minus the ferry. Well, it’s the thought that counts.
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