The 2011 election for the Fair Harbor Fire Commissioner was held on Tuesday December 13th @ 6:00pm at the Fire House in Fair Harbor.
The incumbent Julie Lokin was re-elected.
The FHCA Board extends our congratulations and thanks to Julie.

Due to a change in the election law, the next election will be held on July 10th in Fair Harbor.

The board of the FHCA has appointed Neil Berelson as an interim member of the FHCA board. Neil replaces Terry Mowers who resigned from the board in the fall. We thank Terry for the work that he has done on behalf of the FHCA and Fair Harbor community.

Neil will stand for election in the Spring at the annual FHCA spring meeting.

FHCA Board

Each year the the Fire District has an election for one of the fire commissioner seats. This year the seat currently held by Julie Lokin is up for election. He has not yet indicated if he will be running for re-election.

The only requirement to be eligible to run for fire commissioner is that you are over 21, and a Fair Harbor resident (one way to qualify is to be a registered voter in Fair Harbor). You do not have to be a member of the fire department, or have any fire fighting experience.

Anyone interested in running for commissioner simply needs to inform the District Secretary that they wish to be a candidate.

This year as in past years the election will be held on the second Tuesday in December; candidates do no need to be present on the day of the vote. Starting next year the elections will be held in July.

The last date by which you must inform the District that you wish to be a candidate is November 23, 2011.

If you are interested in running for commissioner please contact District Secretary:
Kathy Chinkel – kchinkel@gmail.com

ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Any registered voter who wants to request an absentee ballot needs to get an application for an absentee ballot request form, from the Suffolk County Board of Elections (or print the attachment). Fill out the application; send it to the Fire District Secretary at the mailing address for the Fire District:

Fair Harbor Fire District
PO Box 5492
Bay Shore, NY 11706.

When the application is received the District Secretary will at the appropriate time, send the voter an absentee ballot. If you have any questions, contact:
Kathy Chinkel – kchinkel@gmail.com

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2011
SALTAIRE FIREHOUSE at 1pm
KISMET FIREHOUSE at 4pm

From Scott Cherveny:
Suffolk county fire rescue will be conducting an “Urban Search and Rescue” drill this weekend on Fire Island. Please inform the community as to why they may encounter uniformed troops on utility vehicles, military boats, and air support.

Most people participating in the drill have never been on Fire Island. We [island fire departments] made it especially clear to them that the weather is supposed to be good, as a result, many people. They will exercise caution and drive slow.
Here is their message:
As a heads up, Suffolk County FRES will be conducting a drill with their Urban Search and Rescue Team on Saturday Oct. 8th. They will be stationed out of the Coast Guard station and will be using GPS to conduct searches in designated spots in OB, Saltaire and POW. They should not need any interaction from us except for a few contacts that have already been notified. They will have four or five groups of three or four traveling by quads, trucks, boats and helicopter. All vehicles are clearly marked. Just be aware they may be coming thru your area.

The Committee — Jane Beal, Neil Berelson, Gail Newell and Binnie Steiner would like to make the following acknowledgments:

Gene Levy for the FHCA, Pioneer Market, Patrick Adams and LeDock, Jerry DeMeo, John Beal & Howie Tischler for the music, and Brett Roberts for the FHFD. All contributed to another successful community event.

Congratulations to Margie Tannen for winning the 50-50 raffle. Congratulations to both Bobby Kerr and Billy Newman in tying for first place in the tee shirt contest.

Many thanks to all of the FH community volunteers for all of your hard work. We hope we have not neglected to acknowledge anyone. Here is the listing:

Erica Feder, Olga Bosio, Ed & Hedy Campbell, Sophie Ann Terrisse & Kevin Flagg, Shelley Donow, Pat Clancy, Barbara & Richie von Zerneck, Billy, Nick & Stacy Newman, Pat & Neal Rudikoff, Pat Robbins, Bonnie Glazer,
Suzanne Puccino & Paul Ohlson, Adrienne Frimet & Bryan Muldoon, Herb Steiner, Marvin Kantrowitz, Robert Buxbaum, Kosmo & Jennifer Houlton-Vinyl, Larry Weiner, Dennis Lagoe, Jean Kashmer, Barbara Wilson, Guillermo Bone,
Pamela & Jules Nelkin, Dean DeCarlo.

You all made this a real community event. Couldn’t have done it without you.

Thanks to all.

Sabina (Binnie) Steiner

As the season winds down, Stephanie Rogers is once again collecting donations for the Eastern Farm Workers food bank and clothing store. They will happily accept all food donations.
Contact info:
Stephanie Rogers, 631 583-7802✆
970 618-6899©
stephsbodyworks@mindspring.com

check the ferry schedule.

There will be services in Fair Harbor on the first day of Rosh Hashana, Thursday, Sept 29 10:30 am in the Old Firehouse.
Everyone is welcome.

Anyone who would like to participate by reading English, reading Hebrew, singing or playing a musical instrument, please contact us.

We can also use help both before and after the services and contributions to help pay for the expenses. If interested, please contact Binnie or Erica.

Binnie Steiner (631)698-5229 (631)5835041 or sabina.steiner@sunysb.edu

Erica Fried Feder (908) 654-5274 (631)583-8180, or e.ff@verizon.net

Saturday , SEPTEMBER 24th
4 – 7 PM — Bay Beach

RAIN DATE — SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th (NOON – 3:00)
$12 Per Adult
$ 5 Per Child
Kids under 7 Free

LIVE MUSIC

Sponsored by:
THE FAIR HARBOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
THE PIONEER MARKET
PATRICK ADAMS @ THE DOCK
THE FAIR HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM (aka Billy) NEWMAN
JERRY DEMEO – GUITARIST, SINGER, SONGWRITER

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT !!
CONTACT:
Binnie Steiner:
ssteiner@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
631-583-5041
631-444-3208 w