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PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Bayport, NY Permit No. 9 October 2007 Take the Gazette on Vacation with you... Great Prizes!!! See page 14 WIN UP TO $1000. Bayport-Blue Point student Ashley Gref- Mott is working on an assignment on the first day of school. She seems pretty happy... more on page 11 See page 5 Mark Murphy Library Idol Talent p 9 The Season Begins page 12 The Season Begins page 13 Local Heros in Blue Point Lenore Ringer Prezioso Blue Point became the setting of a real life medical rescue last month, with the kind of drama usually reserved for a reality TV series. The setting was Richlee Street and the “stars” were Kristin LoNigro and Julie Ocon. At approximately 5:00 P.M., as children played and Kristin and Julie were cleaning up from their joint, day-long garage sale, a cry filled the air. “Somebody help me”! “I wasn’t sure what I had just heard, continued on page 8 continued on page 8 Aerodrome Receives Historic Status Bob Draffin Five years ago the rumors started spreading around Bayport once again: there was a plan for a condo development on the sixty acres that is home to the Bayport Aerodrome. Thirty years earlier these same rumors abounded when the then Edwards Airport was sold. And once again, the people of Bayport have risen up to save their “Flying Jewel”. It started with neighbors stopping neighbors to discuss the latest that they had heard. Soon it pro- gressed into impromptu gatherings in local living rooms, and then culmi- nated with the realization that a Civic Association was needed to protect the quality of life we all enjoy in our Community, with a focus on preserving the Aerodrome. In Septem- ber of 2003, the Bayport Civic Association held an organizational meeting at the Bayport-Blue Point Library. Although we needed to create bylaws, hold elections and handle all the related obligations to start up our Association, the overriding concern that evening was to save the Aerodrome. Over 30 people gathered that night, several of them from the Bayport Aerodrome Society BCA's Joe Libertelli, Sue Lauper and Pres. Bob Draffin pose with Pilot Bob Fritz onboard his Stearman Kristin LoNigro and Julie Ocon . Shes making the World a Bit Better Uganda. Not a word you hear in normal conver- sation around these parts. Not a place you would conjure up when dreaming about far off lands and exciting adventures. Unless... Maybe you’re looking for something to do with yourself and your life. Unless maybe you are Melissa Fricke, Bayport- Blue Point graduate who studied Interna- tional Relations at Lehigh University and learned all about developmental problems in developing countries. And maybe after learning all those things you wanted to put some of them into practice. continued on page 12 Where better than a country recovering from more types of calamity than one could count. War, famine, drought, famine... Melissa went to Uganda in late 2006 after finding a charitable group that avoids middlemen and recruits volun- teers to work directly with those who need help and assis- tance. She wasn’t sure what she would do exactly, but realized that in Africa there would certainly be something. What she discovered was Melissa Fricke
