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NEWSVolume 72 July 17, 2015 Issue # 4
PEACE OUT!Editor Luise Bethencourt: [email protected]
So, an awful lot of PEACE OUT! Party-goers werenʼt even born when the peace movement in America tookroot and then grew into an amazing experience! Colorful headbands, tie-dye shirts, beads, communes,lowslung jeans, psychodelic posters, MacArthur Park and Are You Going To San Francisco? . It was onething to live it and watch it and another to bring it back and have fun with it. But it did change the world!
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After being nominated by herteachers this past fall, Anna Ser-vidio traveled to Washington,DC, for a 6 day conferencecalled the Junior National Lead-ers Conference which tookplace on June 27 to July 2. Annalearned about the 6 facets ofleadership within her scholarfocus groups as well as whenthe groups toured the Capitol,monuments, Smithsonian, andHarper's Ferry. She madefriends from all over the countrywith students as far away asCalifornia and Alaska attending.
When we left all you loyalreaders at the end of last sum-mer, the Point was abuzz withpreparations for the season-ending Menʼs GLP Open - the25th Anniversary edition if youplease. Given the significance(?) of this event, preparationswere well underway. The ClarkHall Banquet Room has beenreserved for the traditional post-tourney Feast and Awards Cere-mony. The DecorationsCommittee co-chaired by FranLucas and former Prom QueenJill Lucas, had acquired all avail-able crepe paper from OceanState Job Lot.
An especially large chickenfrom upstate NewYork had beenpurchased to provide ample Buf-falo Wings. And the Fitch HighSchool Marching Band was oncall to serenade the Championswith a rousing rendition of “Hailto the Chef”. (That was sup-posed to be “To the Chiefʼ butthe band instead played whenMike Gothie and others wereworking the grill.)
The excitement reachedfever pitch when the contestantsarrived at the Richmond GolfClub for the match itself. Therethey all received their traditionalGLP Open caps. For the 25thAnniversary the caps were anespecially attractive Robinʼs EggBlue. But wait, thereʼs more! TheCostume Committee, chaired byveteran golfer and Fashion PlateTony Erdman, then presented
each player with a matchingRobinʼs Egg Blue Speedo! Onceit was explained that theSpeedos need not be worn dur-ing the actual tournament therewas a collective sigh of relief(with one exception who had al-ready donned the rather becom-ing swimwear).
Instead it was agreed thatthere would be a fashion showon Main Beach this summer pre-ceding Family Nightʼs Fireworks!Graciously agreeing to modeltheir designer Speedos - andyouʼll see all these hunks “upclose and personal” - were EdHill, Billy Millsom, and John Cur-tis, who like all good Doctors ofDental Medicine, has offered togive free toothbrushes to all inattendance.
One final note of possible in-terest. Speaking of Speedosand other beachwear, have youheard about the proposal beingconsidered by the GLP Associa-tionʼs Board? It comes from agroup of local Naturalists whosemotto is “ Life is Better BuckNaked”. They are asking that theBig Dock be designated “Cloth-ing Optional” throughout thesummer. When asked to com-ment, the unofficial Mayor ofClubhouse Point, Stearns Martinsaid he will have to “wait andsee” before passing judgement.Just what does Stearns want towait and see one wonders.
THE GOLF GUY by John Huss
Courtney Berwind and herbrother, Hunter Walker, went fortheir scuba diving certificationand passed with flying colors.....
Hope Clark celebrated a Paristhemed 10th birthday with hergrandmother , Judy Christian,her cousin, Ella Christian and ahost of other cousins and friendsfrom home and from GLP.
The Conservation Committeeannounces a new program forJuly 23, 2015 Thursday, 7PMOyster Farming in The MysticRiver....The Connecticut Oys-ter's Comeback! Aw, shucks!....
Kevin Hope who graduatedfrom College of The Holy Crossin May starts his accounting jobin October and is studying forthe CPA exams this summer!Maggie Newell is taking over herbrother, Russellʼs, cookie busi-ness so.....
The Hughsons of Harrisonand the Barnetts of Purchaseare visiting the Spano-Boigonsof Tribeca, NY, Naples, Florida,and GLP, Ct.. Stop by theBoardwalk and say hello if youget a chance. Their reputationas "America's Best Guests" pre-cedes them!
Anyone interested in playingBocce can join a very accomo-dating group who play every Fri-day afternoon at 4:30 next to theadult tennis courts. Equipmentprovided and everybody helpsnew players learn the game.
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One of the early fundraising dinners held inside the Fire Department.The right picture for the right part of the series!
SKY HIGH OVER YOU!
OK, the mystery is solved.On the 4th of July, paradewatchers looked to the sky at asmall plane trailing the mes-sage, “Kate I Luv U Will youmarry me? Chad... All of GLP
went a little crazy and romanticand buzzed with the question,“Who are Kate and Chad?”
There are a million Kates inGLP but Chad? Mysytery solved.Kate is Kate Hope a nurse atNewington VA hospital, anddaughter of Doug and Kathy, andChad is Chad Lengevin with TIAA-CREFF in Hartford.
Chad handed Kate, out on EastDock, binoculars so she couldread the airplane sign, and gotdown on one knee for the pro-posal. And, thatʼs all she wrote ex-cept that Kate said “YES!”
Henrietta Spaderʼs Recollections: Part II
Following the passing of Hen-rietta Spader, weʼre revisitingthe history of the Womenʼs Aux-iliary of the GLP Fire Dept., writ-ten by Henrietta for Groton LongPoint: 75 Years and Then Some:
“Two of our annual eventswere the Halloween party and aChristmas party for the children.The first Halloween party washeld in 1953 and has continuedthrough the years with a parade,led by the fire truck, fromSpaderʼs Corner (Cross Streetand Beach Road), as it was re-ferred to, to the Casino whereprizes are given for costumes indifferent categories. Cider anddonuts were usually availablefor refreshments….
Christmas parties were heldfor many years with Santa in at-tendance to present each childwith a small gift, after which,transported by the fire truck, hedelivered cookies to shut-ins.Eventually, in keeping with thetrue spirit of Christmas, eachchild also brought a small gift fora needy youngster and thesewere taken to Seaside.
“Entertainment was also pro-vided for the children such aspuppets shows, movies, clownsand magicians. At one party, themagicianʼs doves flew up intothe rafters and he had quite atime retrieving them as they hadlittle inclination to come down.This proved to be the best partof the show….With few requests for assistancefrom the Fire Company we wereable to put some of our effortsinto the community at large. In1956 we donated $200 to theʻHeat the Hall Now Fund,ʼ and in
1957 we paid $278.66 to havelights installed at the skatingpond which the firemen hadcleared. Benches were builtand placed there by a volunteerfor the enjoyment of the skaters,and there they remained untilsome individuals decided theywould make good fire wood.
“ For some time we paid forreplacing bulbs until the Police-manʼs Benevolent Associationoffered to take over the task andprovide screens for the lights tohelp prevent breakage from ʻfly-ing missiles.ʼ This was an offerwe accepted most gratefully.”
“To accomplish fund raising,each year we had food sales inJuly and August, until there wasvery poor response and we cutback to one, combined with theWhite Elephant Sale. The re-sponse from talented cooks hasbeen most gratifying.
“Our annual dinners weregenerally well attended exceptfor one year when there was nointerest from the membership.Three individuals decided tokeep up the tradition, however,and president, secretary andtreasurer had an enjoyableevening.”
Next issue, weʼll wrap up theFire Dept.ʼs Auxiliary, which tran-sitioned to the current WomenʼsOrganization.
Ed. note Oops! We ran thewrong column last week. Henri-ettaʼs Part I was repeated in-stead of Part II. Abject apolo-gies No oneʼs fault but my own!.
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Barbecued ShrimpMakes 2 servings
I want to warn you rightnow this is fun but messy toeat! It also has some kick so ifyou do not like spicy food youwill need to adjust the spicyseasonings. In New Orleansmost people wear bibs whenthey eat it, because you peelyour own shrimp and dip themin the sauce. Soak up thesauce with good Frenchbread.
Ingredients
2 dozen large shrimp withshells, about 1 pound1/4 pound (1 stick), unsaltedbutter 1 1/2 teaspoons mincedfresh garlic1 teaspoon Worcestershiresauce1 tablespoon blackenedseasoning mix* 1/2 cup shrimp stock (useclam juice if do not want tomake homemade stock)1/4 cup beer, unopened butat room temperature
Instructions
Rinse the shrimp in cold waterand drain them well. Setaside.
Combine 1 stick of the butter,the garlic, 1T blacken season-ing mix, Worcestershiresauce, in a large skillet overhigh heat. When the buttermelts, add the shrimp. Cookfor 2 minutes, shaking (versusstirring) in a back-and-forthmotion. Add the stock. Cookand shake the pan for 2 min-utes. Add the beer and cookand shake the pan for 1minute more. Remove fromthe heat and serve immedi-ately in bowls with lots ofFrench bread on the side, oron a platter with cooked ricemounded in the middle andthe shrimp and sauce sur-rounding it.
*Blackened seasoning mix:
1 tablespoon sweet paprika2 1/2 teaspoons salt1 teaspoon onion powder1 teaspoon garlic powder1 teaspoon cayenne- elimi-nate or cut in half if you want itmild3/4 teaspoon white pepper•3/4 teaspoon black pepper•1/2 teaspoon dried thymeleaves•1/2 teaspoon dried oreganoleaves
What wine pairing might workwith spicy shrimp? Probablybest to cut the field in half bychoosing a white. A red winewould just be too dominant withthe delicate shrimp. A richChardonnay might go with thisrich shellfish. However, the heatin the dish will clash with the oakthat is typically an element inwell-made Chardonnay. Ries-lings are a bit too light andSauvignon Blancs a bit too tart.So, where does that leave us?Gewurztraminer! Itʼs a bit of atongue twister, but it is pro-nounced: guh-vurt-stra-me-ner.
White wines made from theGewurztraminer grape arerenowned for their incrediblyaromatic “noses. “ Nose in thewine appreciation argot refers tothe smell of the wine. TheGewurztraminer nose has a pun-gent aroma of blooming roses.Gewurztraminer is one winewhich is immediately identifiableby its unique, dramatic aroma.Furthermore, the wine has, per-haps, the fullest body of anywhite wine. Body here refers tothe sense of weight that a winehas on the palate. A full-bodiedwine will give the impression ofrichness and fullness. The fla-vors of the Gewurztraminerwines are typically roses and ly-chees (the sweet fruit oftenfound on dessert listings in Chi-nese restaurants). Though theflavors are rich and ripe, these
wines are typically vinified drymeaning the impression ofsweetness is from ripe fruit, notresidual sugar.The zenith for Gewurztraminerwines is the Alsace area ofnortheastern France up againstthe German border. Here, thecool climate permits the devel-opment of acidity in the winewhich provides an excellentcounterbalance to the strong fla-vors and richness. AmericaʼsPacific Northwest has also hadsuccess growing Gewurz-traminer. The cool growing sea-sons in Oregon and Washingtonalso create the acid backbone tothe wineʼs full-body. This bal-ance between the fruit, richness,and acidity make for a memo-rable wine tasting experience.
So, why Gewurztraminer withspicy shrimp? Letʼs start with alittle translation – “gewurz” inGerman means spice. And thewine does exude spicinesswhich, of course, works with thespicy heat from the shrimp dishʼsred, white, and black peppers.The fruitiness of the wine willecho the sweetness of theshrimp. And the wineʼs richnesswill complement the richness ofthe dish. This pairing will besuccessful because the ele-ments of the wine echo the fla-vor and palate sensations in thefood. Give it a try and see whatyou think.
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Teddie Brown, a summer resi-dent of GLP for 30 years got in-volved with Habitat for Humanityin 1993. The organization was es-tablished in 1973 and volunteershave built more than 1 millionhomes worldwide, serving morethan 5 million people.
When Teddie and her husband,Tony, moved to Durham, NorthCarolina, Teddie volunteered forthe Durham affiliate that buildsaround 20 houses per year. Sheco-authored a manual on homeimprovement for the organization,served on the board, and eventu-ally rose to President for 9 of 12years. After retiring from theboard, her husband, Tony, de-cided to sponsor a Habitat for Hu-manity home in her honor! Areception to celebrate the com-pleted home sparked interest inraising money from individualdonors to build 10 more houses inthe Durham area over 10 years;all in honor or in memory of lovedones. This was a new concept,and it has driven the Durham mis-sion toward further success.
House #7 was dedicated to an in-dividual in June.
Since retiring from the board,Teddie has since been on twoDurham Habitat for Humanity mis-sions to Honduras, mixing con-crete blocks by hand and servingup the best rebar cages imagina-ble.
Sheʼs not the only GLPer whobuilds house for Habitat for Hu-manity. Sam Butler is on the exec-utive board of Habitat forHumanity at Sacred Heart Col-lege. He has been on several mis-sion trips to South Carolina,Tennessee, Mississippi and WestVirginia. As a graduate student, hewas asked to participate in an-other home construction project inMississippi next January. He re-flects, “I love how a bunch of peo-ple who donʼt know each cometogether to build a house and helpa family. Itʼs one of the best expe-riences I had at Sacred Heart.”
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OK, here we go! WomenʼsDraw off to a foggy start lastweek but the fog did not seem tobe a deterent to a goodly num-ber of players. Twelve players inone flight and sixteen players inanother flight for a grand total oftwenty-eight - a very nice start tothe tennis season indeed.
Thursday morningʼs finals pit-ted the teams of Katharine Millerand Lesley Mahoney againstKim LaLima and Kate Kovalan.
Draw? That was the original in-tent and that was why it wascalled a “Draw.”
There are various ways to dothis but the players have to beinterested and willing to try andget two A players along with twoB players into the Draw finals.An A and B play together asone team and a second A and Bplay as the other team. The Bʼshave a chance for experience ina finals tournament and achance at a trophy! The Aʼs getto be kind, helpful. patient andinstructive to their B teammates!I suspect that more peoplewould come to watch and cheeron the B players.
There were only two peoplewatching the finals besides me -Nina Hunter& Liz Butler ( but Isuspect they were there tocheck out everyoneʼs new color-ful sneakers and outfits). Ofcourse if players are happy withthe status quo and not inter-ested in a true Draw, so be it.Think about it! Just sayinʼ.......
That being said the four play-ers, (all A players lest readersforget) in the Draw finals put ona good show. They were strongplayers last year and all fourseem to be even stronger thisyear. But Katharine and Lesleyproved to be the stronger play-
Kim, Lesley, Katharine & Kate!Iʼm going out on a limb here!
So, in effect, what we have herein July are two finals tourna-ments only for A players, (theDraw and the Womenʼs Dou-bles). The B players in the Draware relegated to their own sepa-rate all-in-one-day tournamentwith no finals and no trophies -just a bottle of wine! What hap-pened to getting the Aʼs and Bʼsto play together for fun in the
ers that day but not by much asthe scores turned out to be 7-5and 6-4 in their favor. Kim andKate were down 5-2 in the firstset and came back strongly totie it at 5-5 only to lose it, 7-5.
The second set played outmuch the same as the first withKatharine and Lesley taking theset at 6-4. Lesleyʼs net game ismuch stronger and she tookgood charge at the net. Kath-arine is stronger, more consis-tent and a smart player. Kimʼsintensity is even more pro-nounced this year and she gotdown so low she even hit a fewshots almost sitting down. AndKate reaches just about everyshot thrown at her. Nice match!
MIXED DOUBLES
Mother & son, Peggy & Adam Hill
Nine teams started in theMixed Doubles tournament andthe two teams who made it intothe finals were Alex Reed andKim LaLima and Peggy andAdam Hill.
Alex Reed, taking sometime off from his summer studiesand internship to come downand play, partnered up with KimLaLima against the mother andson team of Peggy and AdamHill.
I had to miss the match be-cause it was rescheduled to 4pm on Sunday but I heard thatEd Hill was worried over thespeed and power and spin ofAlexʼs shots and inquired as towhether Peggyʼs insurance waspaid up. And itʼs true - Alexʼsserves are especially hard, fastand spinning but a couple oftimes Peggy just stuck out herracket and the ball would popback out to the baseline. Adamʼsnet work was superb, Kim hadsome great rallies with Adamand the Hills won 6-2, 6-2!
At least thatʼs what I heard.We would like to wish a speedyrecovery to Chuck Coldwell whois having some back surgery. Hehas been a regular player in thetournaments and we wish him aspeedy recovery!
Kim and Alex!
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The first annual CornholeTournament sponsored by Benand Tenley Prince took placeover the 4th of July weekend.The tournament was to raisemoney for the Wounded War-riors project.
The Corn Hole game hasbeen sen on lawns all over GLP.It consists of two large woodenboards with a hole in eachboard. Canvas bags filled withcorn are thrown over 26 feet to-ward the holes. Each contestantdonated $20 to play. Seventeenteams took part in the gameeventually won by RussellNewell and his two friends, Max
Hager & Elie Kalim.The winners received a person-alized Corn Hole set made anddecorated by Prudy Hignett andDale Primiano. Second placewent to Meg Stoweʼs brother,Trask Bradbury and his fiance,Mary Chittenden and they wereawarded selfie sticks donated byGraham Anderson.
Over $1,000 was raised atthe event and then doubled by acompany match from MerrillLynch . So a grand total of$2,000 was sent to theWounded Warriors project. Butnot only that, everybody had agreat time!
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Ben and Tenley, Mary and Trask, Russell, Max and Elie!
On Wednesday, July 8th, theinaugural SECOR Volvo FishersIsland Sound Race launched whatwill hopefully become a new Jun-ior Sailing tradition. The event gotoff to a fantastic start in its firstyear with tremendous sponsorshipand participation with almost forty420 dinghies competing. TheGLPYC was proudly representedby Ali DeCesare and Gordie Crocewho performed admirably in thischallenging and exciting new rac-ing format.
Congratulations to Ali andGordie for a job very well done!We hope to have many more rep-resentatives from GLPYC in nextyearʼs “Volvo!”
Secor Volvo Fishers IslandSound Race: Through the Eyes
of a SailorBy Ali DeCesare
The Volvo Ocean Race is oneof the most labor intensive sailingraces in the world. A race aroundthe world, taking nine months andextreme dedication. Nine monthsof storms, accidents, and adven-tures. Nine months of sparsesleep, constant salt spray, and in-tense speeds. Nine months inclose quarters, in the middle ofnowhere. Nine months of pure ex-hilaration and amazing opportuni-ties. It truly is “Life at theExtreme”Thatʼs the big leagues, the majorplayers, aka: not me (not yet, atleast).
But the SECOR Volvo FishersIsland Sound Race, a one day,eighteen mile race (for 420s) is adifferent story. Now, this might bepossible. So I sought out a part-ner, and we embarked on the jour-ney together.
When I signed up for the race,however, only one detail slippedmy mind: waking up early enoughto get to the start line on time. Ithought, if the Volvo sailors can gothrough nine months of intenseracing, then I can handle onemorning of an early wake-up call,but, maybe just five more minutes,please?
Geared up and ready to go at7:45 in the morning, and only halfwishing I could get a few morehours of shut-eye, my partner,Gordie Croce, and I, accompaniedby GLPYC instructor. Jack Mc-Donald, sped to the start line inStonington, CT. Wide awake, thanks to the oceanspray in my face, I began to real-ize how much fun the day wasgoing to be. Sure, I probably was-nʼt the best tactician at the startline. Sure, itʼs a lofty goal to thinkweʼd sail back into harbor with thefirst place trophy in tow, but I wasdetermined to make the most ofthe day, no matter the results atthe end.
SECOR Volvo Fishers Island Sound Race
Ali & Gordie sailing for glory!Part II of Aliʼs & Gordieʼs jour-
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GLP NEWS Page 8SANDCASTLE DREAMS
Pictures and text by Grace MillerLast Thursday night, starting at 6 pm, around 30 kids gathered at
Main Beach to compete in building the best sandcastles.The first place winners built the “Lagoon Monster” and the winners
were so excited that they jumped up and down on their castle and ranoff to get their free ice cream.
The second place winners were Brendan and Liam Irish and Anna-mae Colbert The three kids made a surfboard and even showed thejudges their surfing skills on their sandy surfboard.
Surfing on sand or driving a sandy motorboat! The kids had fun!
Point Race July 12
Vice CommodoreʼsCup
It was a gorgeous day to beon the water last Saturday! Aneight to ten knot breeze, noclouds and low humidity. Per-fect! As is the norm, two pointraces were directed by the com-mittee boat staff of Annie Delisoand Kyle Kingston. Both raceswent to N-26, a leeward setmark off Main Beach, twicearound. Add in the tide at thebeginning of the flood and itmade for multiple tactical deci-sions going to windward andleeward in each race. A tight linewas set requiring a bit more pre-cision at the start and the oppor-tunity for some loud vocalexchanges. Dave Burkard withLaura and Rick Grondin on Cor-morant got off to a great start,with Washburnʼs Kite, skipperedby the next generation of hotshots, Katherine Washburn,right on their heels. She wasably assisted by her uncle,Brooks, recently arrived fromColorado. These two were fol-lowed closely by Fisherʼs Peli-can and Nuffy Murphyʼs Swallowwith Mark Young at the tiller.Nipping at their heels wereDoug Rose in Sanderling along
with Matt and Bo Rathʼs Skim-mer. While all the boats werewithin verbal jousting range, itsoon became apparent that theaction was split in pairs withthree sets of duels around thecourse. Lots of tacking and cov-ering resulted in a set of almostidentical finishes with Kite andCormorant trading first and sec-ond places between the tworaces, followed by Pelican,Swallow, Sanderling, and Skim-mer.On Sunday the Vice Com-modoreʼs Cup was run in similarconditions. A long, traditional“around the buoys” course wasset: N-26, N-22, Dumpling Belland home. With a variablesouthwest breeze this made fora double beat and double run.Cormorant got off the line firstand led the chase all the wayaround. Neck and neck to N-22were #10 Pelican and #14 Pe-trel. After a side-by-side round-ing, they quickly split tacksacross the Sound with Pelicanreaching Dumpling Bell first. Adying wind set the final order offinish, with Sanderling and Pin-tail swearing under the hot sunthat the Race Chairman had settoo long a course!