Editor:
Catherine D. Kobasiuk Assistant: Marina Kobasiuk
March
General
Meeting
The March 2014 General Membership
Meeting met on March 6, 2014 at 7:30pm at the MBPOA club house. Vice
President Michael Kobasiuk presided. The meeting was opened up with
a call to order and a salute to the flag. After roll call general
financial business was conducted and there was a motion to dispense
with the reading of the minutes from the February meeting. Vice
President Michael Kobasiuk welcomed new and returning members.
Recording Secretary Catherine Kobasiuk read the correspondence.
Included was a notice for the William Floyd High School musical, the
announcement for the date of the Tri Hamlet Community Day on May 31,
pre-k sign up, and three health awareness fliers for ovarian cancer,
prostate cancer, and kidney wellness.
Director Maureen Getchell gave a short
presentation for Aplastic Anemia Week. She explained what it was and
how it has been treated in her daughter Nora Getchell.
The meeting then proceeded with
committee reports. 140 slips have been sold at the marinas. Director
Larry Tellefsen pointed out that the inclement weather has been
affecting Country Dance attendance. Director Maureen Getchell
informed the meeting that the Smith Point Triathlon is scheduled for
June 1 and that they are always in need of volunteers. Financial
Secretary Lynne Debona reminded everyone of the upcoming Nite at the
Races set for March 15. Director Maura Spery gave a summary of the
final committee meeting for the local NY Rising Communities project.
New business was then addressed
beginning with Vic Viola informing everyone that a boater safety
course by the coast guard was being offered at the library. Director
Michelle Wilkinson told us of the Mastic Beach Ambulance installation
dinner she and Director Maura Spery attended. Michelle pointed out
all the calls the ambulance company responds to and how one young man
received an award for answering 429 calls in the past year. Director
Frank Delustro is looking for volunteers who are interested in
helping with repair of the stick docks on Patersquash Creek.
Director Maura Spery asked everyone to come to the Meet the
Candidates night on March 12 at the library. She also reminded
everyone to vote in the village election on March 18. One of our
members reminded everyone that the library vote is April 8.
The
50/50 was for $12 and won by Director Larry Tellefsen and the meeting
adjourned for coffee and cake.
April
General Meeting
The
April General meeting will be on April 3. The guest speaker will be
Brandan
McCurdy
of
Peconic
Baykeeper
As
always we will be taking suggestions on activities and events that
members are interested in. We always have a table available for any
fliers or handouts that may be brought for the benefit and
edification of of our members.
With
One Brush Stroke Charity Art Auction
The
Mastic Beach Property Owners Association will be presenting an
Artists United to Help Hospice House fund raising event on
Sunday April 13 from 2 – 6 pm. Admission is $7. Ten original
pieces of art will be auctioned off to help the 'Visiting Nurse
Service & Hospice of Suffolk Inc.'
Please
see the enclosed brochure for more information. Brochure is Here
Nite
at the Races Report
This years Spring Nite at the Races on
March 15 was a bustling and festive success. The anticipated crowd
was swelled to larger ranks just as the doors opened. The
traditional theme of St. Patrick's Day was in evidence with the green
decorations and the generous use of green clothing by the happy
attendees. The festivities began with a welcome by MBPOA President
Jean SanMartin. Corned beef and cabbage was on
the menu thanks to
the hard work of our kitchen staff headed by Director Bill Hack;
including Pat Hack, Dir. Mike Giangrasso, Dir. Kevin Collins and Dir.
Ketty Colbert. Tickets had been designed and sold by Catherine
Kobasiuk and Lynne Debona; Lynne soldiered through the task of
arranging seating. Vice President Michael Kobasiuk and President
Jean San Martin helped arrange the tables. The Kobasiuks, prepared
and ran the audiovisual elements while Dir. Barbara Fitzgerald sold
raffles and 50/50 chances. The beer kegs were set up by Dir. Kevin
Collins and Dir. Larry Tellefsen and our local signage was put up by
Dir. Peter Costello and Dir. Frank Luisi. The betting table was run
by Dir. Maura Spery with aid from Nancy Sorkow, Dir. Larry Tellefsen
and Catherine Kobasiuk.
The
50/50 and the membership raffles were hand picked by Marina Kobasiuk
and Denise Giangrasso. The 50/50 was won by a lovely lady named Pat.
The $250 prize was won by member John Bivona and the $500 prize was
won by Dir. Larry Tellefsen.
Thank
you to everyone who came and who help make our Spring Night at the
Races a wonderful success.
Come
and Join In
Now
that spring is here there will be a number of outdoor projects that
will need volunteers. Director Frank Delustro has expressed a need
for people willing to help with the repair of the stick docks on
Patersquash Creek. There will be the usual clubhouse cleanup day
which is good for students to accumulate volunteer hours. Brookhaven
Town has scheduled their Great Clean Up for May 17. We have
volunteered to clean up the southeast corner of Havenwood Drive and
William Floyd Parkway. If you are interested in helping out on any
of these projects please call the clubhouse and leave your name and
number, 399-6111.
Volunteer of the Month
Director
Maura Spery
This
month we will be highlighting Director Maura Spery as she steps down
as a MBPOA director to assume her new responsibilities as a Mastic
Beach Village Trustee.
Maura
Spery has been a director of the MBPOA since 2006. She has been
Chairperson of the Quality of Life Committee, helped created Music by
the Bay in 2007 (an annual free outdoor concert for the residents of
Mastic Beach). She has organized fundraisers for William Floyd High
School Drama Department Musicals, and participated as Master of
Ceremonies for Main Stage of all Music by the Bay/Blue Claw Crab
Festivals from 2006 to present. Following Super Storm Sandy she
organized 600 hot meals to be served at the MBPOA clubhouse while it
was opened as a warming center. Maura organized a January cleanup of
the Mastic Beach waterfront and wetlands with over 200 volunteers and
spearheaded an April Rally to “Save the Dunes” focusing the
attention of all local politicians to the devastation of the Fire
Island Dunes that directly affect Mastic Beach.
Maura
has also volunteered throughout the community for a number of
projects including the Grace Lutheran Church Community Garden,
combats graffiti on the Pattersquash Bridge, and annually paints the
lighthouse on Neighborhood Road. All of which culminated with this
years political race and election to the Village of Mastic Beaches
Board of Trustees. Maura plans to continue being a member of our 85
year old organization.
The Officers and
Board of Directors of the MBPOA would like to thank Maura for all her
hard work and wish her all the best in her new position as Village
Trustee.
Fridays
Nights at the Clubhouse
Every
Friday night is a get together at the Clubhouse. The bar is open to
our members and their guests and this is a good opportunity to meet
new people, play darts, card games, or just enjoy conversation.
Friday
April 25 will be
Video
Game Night
The
games available will be Wii and Xbox and will start at about 7pm for
all ages of members and their families.
Please
remember that our prices have increased. Beer wine and liquor is $3
for members and $4 at parties. Country Dancing on the 1st
and third Fridays is $10 and $8 for members.
Any
changes to the schedule will be available on our Twitter and Facebook
pages.
Marina
News
The
marina's will be open on approximately April 15 (as soon as the pole
covers are removed) and the guards will start on May 15. Please
remember that the marina's are carry in – carry out facilities and
no garbage should be left behind. Please do not filet fish or dump
leftover bait at or in the marinas and remind your friends and
neighbors to pickup after their dogs.
Keeping
in Touch
Our
newest social media site is on Pinterest. Come and follow our boards.
http://www.pinterest.com/mbpoa/
March Mastic Beach Scrambles
Here
are the answers to last months word scrambles.
niohboaodhro
gedr neighborhood road
wtleallye
i dioafsmt william floyd estate
njsceo
knh johns neck
rtspa
esekcquherta patersquash creek
namsurs
ypteso rd super storm sandy
ttrrctihh
yaueh eiingr thirty eight hurricane
ed
ifnslira fire island
petharimsg
phragmites
Obituaries
John
(Beck) Hahn, a long time MBPOA member and Mastic Beach Resident,
passed on Feb. 27th, at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, from heart
failure.
John was well known in Section 1
Marina, as the "Ice Breaker" literally. During the winter
months, John would go clamming and break the ice jam in Marina 1. He
also towed the dock barge from Sect. 5 to Sect 1., on a seasonal
need. John was 64 years old, a retired custodian from William Floyd
High School, where he worked for 25 years. We will all miss John and
his clams .
April
Monthly Calendar
April
3rd – General Meeting – 7:30pm
April
4th - Country Dancing – 7:30 pm*
April
7th - Country Dance Lessons – 7:30pm
April
11th - Meet & Greet Friday – 7:00 pm *
April
13th – Palm Sunday
April
13th – With One Brush Stroke Art Auction – 2pm - 6pm
April
14th - Country Dance Lessons – 7:30pm
April
15th – Passover
April
17th – Board of Directors – 7pm
April
18th – Good Friday
April
20th - Easter
April
21st - Country Dance Lessons – 7:30 pm
April
25th - Meet & Greet Friday – 7:00 pm*
April
25th – Video Game Night - 7pm
April
28th - Country Dance Lessons – 7:30pm
*Bar
Open
Future
Events
May
1st – General Meeting – 7:30pm
May
5th – Cinco de Mayo
May
15th – Board of Directors Meeting – 7pm
May
17th – Great Brookhaven Cleanup
May
31st – Tri-Hamlet Day
June
1st – Smith Point Triathlon
July
26th – Music By the Bay
Aug.
24th – Blue Claw Crab Fest
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