As of this time Earl has been designated as a tropical storm for our area. lt will be a fast moving storm arriving Thursday night into Friday. The forecast for Saturday, Sunday and Monday is sunny skies.

There are currently no evacuation plans for Fire lsland. However there are heavy rains and winds predicted. The wind will cause the most damage. Please secure your house.

1. The outdoor furniture is the most dangerous to our safety. Please take down all umbrellas and wedge them somewhere safe. They act as missiles and can cause damage. Store light weight chairs in the outdoor shower and what ever else you can fit in there Obviously take in all cushions into the house. Turn over the outdoor table on the deck. The table can smash up against the deck railings and break.

2. Place your garbage cans under the house if you can. lf not wedge them into a corner on your deck.

3. We may lose electrical power for a time. Have some candles ready. Have pitchers or bottles of water in the kitchen on the counter. Open it as little as possible. Plan a non-cooking menu for Friday into
Saturday. Most stoves here are electric so you won’t be able to cook inside if there isn’t power. lf you have a cooler, you may want to store ice in it.

Good Morning – Chief Cherveny has been notified that due to the incoming storm, there will be no ocean lifeguards until further notice. If the storm passes as quickly as predicted, we hope to see them back on duty later this weekend.

Be safe!

FI Ferry: last trip over to FH will be at 3pm, Friday Sept. 3 and the last return to the mainland is at 3:30pm. Ferry service will resume Saturday morning, probably the first scheduled boat. Check directly with the ferry company. 631-665-3600

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 09
11:00AM
FAIR HARBOR
OLD FIREHOUSE
ALL ARE WELCOME

FERRY SERVICE:
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 8 BAY SHORE-FAIR HARBOR 7:30 PM and 8:50 PM
THURSDAY, SEPT 9 BAY SHORE-FAIR HARBOR
10:10 AM
If anyone has any questions, call Binnie Steiner (ssteiner@notes.cc.sunysb.edu) or me.
Thanks

Erica (e.ff@verizon.net)

The FHCA board is pleased to announce that Gail Newell has joined the board.

Gail whose Fair Harbor address is 111 Cranberry is a long time Fair Harbor resident.

We are looking forward to working with her.

Theme is: Creatures of the Sea
Line up at 11:15am on OAK between CENTRAL & OCEAN In costume with name tag

See Fair Harbor’s own Claire Walsh:

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/08/29/nyregion/29ferry.html

On Wednesday Sept 8, there will be ferries to FH at 7:30pm and 8:50pm.

On Thursday, Sept 9 there will be 10:10 am ferry to FH. Last ferry leaving FH is 8:10pm.

Dear Fair Harbor Neighbors,

As several of your neighbors have requested specific information about making a donation to Komedyplast, I would like to suggest the following:

1. Make a donation directly to Komedyplast on their website, www.komedyplast.org
You can pay using your credit card or with PayPal
Please mention that your donation is part of the DPOA group

2. Write a check to Komedyplast and send it directly to them at:
On the memo, please indicate that your donation is part of the DPOA group
Komedyplast
197 Eighth Street
Suite 619
Boston, Mass. 02129

3. Write a check to Komedyplast and give it to me to deliver:
Maxine Hayden
60 West Walk
Dunewood

Thank you and please know that all donations, large or small, are greatly appreciated!

Maxine

Fire Island National Seashore General Management Plan (GMP) Planning Meetings in August

Preliminary Management Alternatives Reviewed 8/20 and 8/21 on Fire Island,Fire Island National Seashore Superintendent Chris Soller announced that the National Park Service (NPS) will host public General Management Plan (GMP) meetings this August in two communities on Fire Island.

Friday, August 20, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Whyte Hall, 577 Coast Guard Walk in Fire Island Pines (Take ferry from Sayville to Fire Island Pines)

Saturday, August 21, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Ocean Beach Community House, 153 Bay Walk in Ocean Beach (Take ferry from Bay Shore to Ocean Beach)

These meetings will be organized as open houses during which the public will have the opportunity to learn about the proposed preliminary management alternatives. Park planners and managers will be on hand to answer questions and to accept public comments. Refreshments will be served.

Summaries of four preliminary alternatives are described in a newsletter that is available on-line at
www.nps.gov/fiis/parkmgmt/generalmanagementplan.htm.

Copies of the newsletter are available in the August 6 edition of the Fire Island Tide and at NPS offices and facilities.

Public input is critical at this point to assist the National Park Service in refining the alternatives for presentation in a formal draft General
Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS), and the identification of the NPS preferred alternative. The public comment period for the preliminary management alternatives opened on April 24; comments will be accepted through September 06, 2010.

Comments about the preliminary management alternatives may be submitted through several avenues.
By email:
fire_island_gmp@nps.gov

By mail:
Fire Island National Seashore GMP
15 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Attn: Ellen Carlson, Project Manager
By fax:
617- 223- 5164
Or post comments on-line at the PEPC website:
www.parkplanning.nps.gov/fiis.

For more information about Fire Island National Seashore, visit the park’s web site at www.nps.gov/fiis.

# # #
Paula S. Valentine
>Public Affairs
Fire Island National Seashore
120 Laurel Street, Patchogue NY 11772
631-687-4759, 631-774-0520 (cell)
paula_valentine@nps.gov
www.nps.gov/fiis