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8 =1· i Meadowcroft focus of magazine cover story ~ e . . .. c:: .., AnlhoOJ J. Howlnl ~ Next Jun~, millions of people will see 1 Sayville's Meadowcroft estate. Ul Don't worry about local roads being • clogged with tourists, though. John E. W Roosevelt's fonner country home will ~ be the focus of a cover story in the 3 June issue of Victoria magazine. Titled ~ \Edwardian Country -House Weekend,\ 93 the cover story will include a multiple \\' page photo layout inside, depicting a ~ privileged couple's idyllic summer weekend at the estate, featuring food and fashion of that era. All last week, decorators, stylists, models and photographers helped, transfo·rm the historic preservation site-in-progress into an authentic week- end country house, circa 1910. Victoria's editorial d-irector and Yaphank resident Trish Foley has spent two months preparing, ordering furni- ture, slipcovers and other props. \We want to show that classic, Edwardian country house style,\ Foley said. For the shoot, the magazine's staff transformed for one week the living room and kitchen into the authentic style of that era. Photographer Toshi Otsuki also captured the summer coun- try house feel with shots of the models on rowboats in the marsh, horseback riding or lounging on the porch. A Hearst Corporation publication, Victoria is described by Foley as \a romantic magazine for women\ that focuses on fashion, food and decorat- ing. Victoria has a circulation of about one million, with a readership of about five million. The J.E. Roosevelt estate has under- gone $2 million in renovation since 1983 and is being restored in the Edwardian Era style of the early 1900s, when the Roosevelt family and friends spent their summers on Suft'olk's South Shore. Meadowcroft was a summer country house in the tony resort area along the Great South B~. a place rou- tinely populated by some of the wealth- i• and most powerful American fami- lies of that era. The Suffolk County Park's Historic Services omce is currently directing the Meadowcroft restoration with the help of the Bayport Heritage Association. County and local preservationists have also-been helped by New York State's Department of Histori«: Preservation. Lance, Mallamo, director of Suffolk's Historic Services, said the week-long photo shoot helped give his staff a snapshot of what the entire estate can look like when the preservation work is complete. The Historic Services staff is also happy that such a notable publication also sees the value of the Roosevelt estate. \Victoria is certaialy a .presti- gious magazine, and we're pleased as punch that they are as excited about Meadowcroft as we are,\ Mallamo said. Bayport Heritage Association mem- bers, loca~ history and preservation buffs, are also excited about the possi- bilities the photo shoot has provided. \We've been working on this for 11 years and to see a transformation like this gives us hope,\ President Carole Pichney said. The Bayport Heritage Association was founded in 1983 and two months later committed itself to seeing Meadowcroft restored. The association has offices in the main house. A Northport native, Foley has previ- ously used other historic Suffolk loca- tions in the magazine. Victoria )las fea- tured the Hawkins-Jacob;cn House in Yaphank and Second House·~ Montauk for its photo shoots. Foley was t:.'9ntact- ed by the Bayport Heritage Association, to see if there would be any interest in using Meadowcroft as a ~z,cation. Foley, who also owns the Bellport General Store, was convinced the first time she saw the estate. IIIJlle setting is very special. When I first saw it, I Photographer Toshl Otsuki facuses his Camera o,n. a · · · . . · ··•· ,,maga21ne model In the living reom of the :M(tadowcroft estate, ,John-'E~ R0088V81t's summer country home on the Sayville/Bayport line. . ·: .thought 'what a beautiful setting,' the perch, the house and the grounds,\ Foley .said, _pointing to the pastoral SC!ene in ·ftont of the estate. ~It was all just very appealing.\ John ·Ellis Roosevelt was President Teddy ROO$evelt's ftrst cousin and the two grew up together in adjoining Manhattan brownstones. Meadowcroft estate was designed by Isaac Henry Green, a prominent Sayville architect. · Meadowcroft is located between Middle Road and Montauk Highway within the Sans Souci Lakes nature pre- serve. The restoration project is funded through a combination of Suffolk County Park's capital projects, state grants and donations. The County Parks Department received ownership of Meadowcroft in 1973 from John EUis Roosevelt's daughter Jean. Suffolk ~rity News/Anthooy J. Howard The five building estate bas under- gone extensive exterior .and medtani- cal renovations .since 1983, But the interior designs .and furnishingS are still needed before the doors are ·open to the public. To that end, the Historic Services offices, with help .from the Friends for Long Island's· Heritage, is planning a Designer Showhouse benefit next Spring-to finiSh the .mt.erior work Along with the Deepwel!s .estate-in :St. .James, Historic Services is pJanning to open Meadowcroft to the public next Memorial Day weekend.,· for the Designers Showhouse. The showhouse will feature the rooms that chosen designers will :ftunish and decor;¢e with their own creativity, compaijble with the estate's era. Historic Service& are inte~ in attracting local, qualified designers.. . Program to target illegal guns by David Yaseen A new program aimed at reducing the number of illegal firearms in Nassau and Suffolk Counties recently received state funding, Governor Mario Cuomo announced last week. state Department of Criminal.Jumce Services. A key part of the program, said Roelle, is that it will include cooperation with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on the part of local police and prosecutors. This coordination is necessary, according to Roche, because many dealers in this area possess federal permits for selling guns, but do not meet state requirements for doing Sf). She said that a federal per- mit is enough for many we8pons wholesalers to ship guns to a dealer. \When the ATF is aware that a fed- eral license is up for renewal, it will try to ensure that the dealer is up to snuff by New York State,\ she said. one operated by the ATF and New York Police Department in which applicants for federal Hcenses are interviewed, told about state and local Ucensing laws and told how to apply for local peltllit$. '11lis process is intended to discourage the applicant from pursllirig the federal license until he or she has com- plied with local laws, • the release stat.ed. Both counties will receive state funding in the amount of $90,000 for the establishment of a Gun Retrieval and Interdiction Program (GRIP). Through GRIP, each county will establish a task force of inves-· tigators and prosecutors to deal with the issue of ille- gal gun trafficking. Under the New York City program, the number of federal lie~ there dropped from .987 to 690 in oneyar. Roche said that there are 1,264 federal f'arearms licensees listed with ATF as living on Long lsl$nd, of whicb only 196 are dealers in full compliance with all federal, state and local laws. • \The essence of the GRIP program is to ftmd task forces directeQ at weapons dealers and crimes,\ said Colleen Roche, a public infonnation officer with the According to a press release from the governor's office, the Long Island program is to be modeled after Stolen statue victim of college prank by Anthony J .. Howard A Suffolk County police officer's hunch led to the recovery of a statue taken from in front of an Oakdale ani- mal hospital Monday night. The statue of St. Francis of Assisi was taken Labor Day night from the front laWn of St. Francis Hospital for Animals, on Montauk Highway. According to the hospital's veterinarian technician Denise Cassidy, .the hand- carved wooden statue was given by .a longtime client to ~eterinarian Dr. Richard Indrieri two years ago. / cers John Metz and Jeffrey Linn, who The two officers. weJ\e . walking Cassidy was working Monday night, thought that the mi~ing statue might through one of the dorm hallways look- trt:;ating anim~s in th~ hospital, ;d havefallenp. reytoaco. llegep.rank ing for clues, wh.en a stu·d.,ent'_e·~.·r.eda said she defimtely noticed the stat e Though Metz would say only tluJt the donn room that Linn was standing out- . when leaving at 8 p.m. Tuesday mo - . statue was recovered •from a local col- side of. When Linn looked m, he spot- ing, hospital staff noticed it gone and. lege,\ Cassidy said ·that police told her ted the four-foot high stl¢Ue -again$~; the reported it to police. it was found at Dowling College. Metz fal\ wall,· Metz s.aid .. Police dld. not Yes, the statue did have value t~/the said he and his partner Linn decided to · release the ru:itne of the student, who do.ctor and the rest of the staff,\' she check the \local college\ ~use they ap.ologized to Indriertand will offer sa!d·. M~re than the hospital s aff is figured returning students might be up restitution for the ~e done while m1ssmg It now. \It doubled a bird for a good prank .. College just started removing the statue. feeder and now I notic~ that e birds and the students jtlSt moved in,.· 1190 we St Frnncis Hospital for Anirilals was aren't around, either,\ Cassi said. figured they might be cutting loose, founded and na~ed by Dr. Thomas The statue was recove d Tuesday having fun,\ Metz said. \It wa.S really Mowdy in the early 1970s. • afternoon by Fifth Prec~ct police offi- just a hunch.\ \ · / :c. // / _/ - F - .., ~ firs Fr1 mo· A Hu' be~ for he· w-e eve Tht B Hul col irol itaJ wit adJ: \] cro boc ex1 the .A bei ilO, ail( An~ far the fiVE Sci It hi·g foe uta H'ti 1 sio ab set anc sai SO( Di.B 10: tyl H Cit sci Col uat pia tail ye1 jus Hal A
