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2 • BEACON NEWSPAPER, September 2,2010 Pastor Lathrop join s c o n g r e g a tion at A scen sion L u theran C h u rch as Senior Pastor Russ Bliss, Church Council president at Ascension Lutheran Church, 33 Bay Shore Rd., Deer Park announced to the congre gation that Pastor Justin Lathrop had been called to the position of Senior Pastor o f Ascension. Pastor Lathrop was Vicar at Ascension in 2000 to 2001 and the congre gation welcomes him back after his tenure at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Woodbridge, Virginia. During his time away from Ascension, Pastor Lathrop and his congregation de veloped contemporary worship, internet and multimedia ministries and in-depth family programming. His emphasis has been on working closely with the mem bership, helping them to deepen their frith. Pastor Lathrop is a graduate o f Roanoke College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. At the seminar he studied Israeli-Palestinian relations in the Holy Land. He also was a student in tern at Maly Kostol (“The Little Church”) in Bratislava, Slovakia and taught early church history at the Lutheran High School there. After his ordination, he was called to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland and served that congregation for four and a half years before being called to Woodbridge. The Lathrop family will make their home in Deer Park. Pastor Lathrop will be installed as Pas tor o f Ascension on Sun., Sept. 19,4 p.m. and the community will be invited to join in the celebration. Jane Warren 1925*2010 V ' . J HjgtMN» The Beacon newspaper is sorry to announce the death of longtime Beacon columnist and former Editor Jane For many years, Jane Warren kept Babylon Village in formed on the comings and goings of friends and neigh bors through her column, Heard it on the Grapevine. Mrs. Warren will repose at Chapey Funeral Home, 1225 Montauk Highway, in West Jslip, on Thursday, Sept. 2, from 2 to 4:30 p.m., and 7 to 9:30 p.m. A funeral mass will be said at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church, Babylon,, Friday, Sept. 3 at 9:45 a.m. The Rev. Justin Lathrop is shown with his wife and daughter. - Lindenhurst Fire Department gets a new ambulance with grant from Assemblyman Sweeney Thanks to a grant from New York State Assemblyman Robert K. Sweeney, the Lindenhurst Fire Department recently purchased a new ambulance which will serve the residents of the Village o f Lin denhurst. The new ambulance will pri marily be used to respond to all medical emergency alarms, automobile accidents, fire alarms and C 0 2 activations. Because o f the steady increase o f such alarms, now approaching more than 80 percent o f the total number o f ire department responses, reliable ambulances are essential to serve the 28,000 residents o f Lindenhurst. The Rescue Company responded to nearly 2,800 emergency calls in 2009. Mayor Brennan said, “It is essential that the Vil lage provide our emergency responders with the best possible equipment when responding to medical emergencies.” Sunday School a t Christ Episcopal Church opens C hrist Episcopal Church in Baby- fice 631-661-5757. C hrist C h u rch.is Ion w ill begin Sunday School classes located at the corner o f South Carll for grades pre-k through 5 on Sun- Avenue and Prospect Street, diago- day, Septem ber 12 at 9:30 am. For nally across from the Babylon Public inform ation, please call the parish of- Library. Babylon Beautification Society needs books for Fair The Babylon Beautification Society is looking for books for the annual Country Fair. If anyone has any books that they wish to donate to the So ciety for the Country Fair, please contact Pat Farrell at 631-666- 5447 or em ail Carol Krollage @ ckrollage@ yahoo.com. The fair w ill be held Sun., Sept. 12 with a rain date o f Sept. 19. Shown at the dedication, left to right, are Lindenhurst Village Trustee Michael Lavo rata, Mayor Thomas Brennan, Assemblyman Robert Sweeney, Rescue Company First Lieutenant Don Haworth, Rescue Company Captain Ron Tappen, Chief Steven Smaldon, First Assistant Chief James Gallagher, Second Assistant Chief Michael Mc Cloud, Third Assistant Chief Michael DeGregorio and Reverend Anthony Trapani from Our Lady o f Perpetual Help Church. Country Fair com ing Sept. 12th The 37th annual Country Fair, Which ers and pumpkins will be for sale. The will be held Sun., Sept 12, kicks o ff at noon Country \Store offers Vermont cheddar at the Gazebo in Argyle Park, Babylon cheese, jams and jellies and an assortment Village, the site o f continuous entertain- of snacks and goodies and the book stall ment until 5 p.m., with local singer Christi offers the opportunity to buy gently-used Reinert leading the crowd in the National books. The old-frshioned trolley will give Anthem. The rain date o f the fair is Sun., rides around the fair and you can take the Sept 19. children to the kiddie area, where there is a pony ride, pet ting zoo, rides and games. The informa tion booth on the south side o f Montauk Highway will have chances for some great raffle prizes. On the north side o f Montauk High way, fair-goers can get a start on holiday shop ping at more than 250 craft booths offering everything from Christmas ornaments to lawn or naments, baby clothes and toys, wreaths, dried flowers, jewelry and more. The Babylon Beautification Society Country Fair is one o f the oldest and larg est fairs on Long Island. Back in 1973, when Isabel Gallagher and other Babylon Beautification Society members decided to hold a Country Fair to raise m oney to beautify Babylon Village, they had no idea it would become so large. This year’s fair will feature entertain ment by The Third Edition, JC Revue, the Banjo Rascals and Joel Sikowitz and his SwingBand. Surrounding the Gazebo w ill be the food area with a wide array o f food including roasted buttered com , hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage and peppers, nachos, deli sandwiches, pickles, pretzels, bratwurst, fresh fruit and beverages o f all kinds. Lo cal farm fresh produce, pies, potted flow-
