Hi,
First, from Booker T. Gibson: Hello to the Class of ‘65 and Other Scholarship Supporters. I get around very slowly now, but I just couldn’t miss the annual Awards Night at South. The music award was given to a fine guy, Kyle Miller, who sat with me and my wife and also posed for some good pictures afterwards. Also present at the awards were: Joseph Caruso (Industrial Arts), Mrs. Nancy Russo (Spanish), Emily Kleinman Schreiber (President, South High School Alumni Association, Mrs. Frances Gibson (Forest Road School Music Teacher) and Mrs. Teresa Margolin Bargman (Spanish). So thank you all again.
Related, a thank you note from Kyle Miller, the Booker Gibson music scholarship recipient: I would like to take the time to thank you for presenting me with the Booker Gibson Music Scholarship. I am so grateful to be rewarded for all my hard work learning, writing, and performing music. I am extremely passionate about the musical arts and will be continuing my studies at the Aaron Copeland School of Music at Queens College. Thank you once again for the generous award.
[Rich – I was happy to see Kyle’s note, especially because it was hand written and delivered by the post office. We’re supposed to get one note from each scholarship recipient, and that used to happen regularly. As mentioned in an earlier note, Liz King Giordano from South politely does everything she can to remind the students to write the notes and to deposit the checks immediately. So far, we’ve gotten one note, and two of the 4 checks have been deposited. The remaining two are for this year’s split Vince Tampio Theater Scholarship, so at least, financially, we’re two-thirds there. I’ll let you know when any more thank you notes come in, by e-mail or post. Of course, they’s always a chance that the other 3 notes arrived and were discarded by my filters as spam.]
Speaking of which, Jerry Bittman writes: My computer was hacked. So if you get e-mail from me, and it tells you to go open a link, do not do it. Thanks. I now have a new password.
With more pleasant news, Valerie Nelson Gillen wrote: Because of the other notes, I was curious, so I drove through Green Acres to see my mom’s old house. Big changes there, but my question is: Does anyone know who used to live at 85 Riverdale Road? That house is now huge, with fake horses in front. I’m just curious.
[Rich – Actually, the expansion and those has been mentioned before in the newsletters, and if the updates were searchable, I’d be able to quickly come up with the answer. But the process of transferring all the newsletters to a more useful, searchable data base is some time away in my retirement, so I just have to ask the question again. Does anyone know the answer?
Also, I went to look at the horses myself, some years ago, when my mother still lived in Green Acres. As I recall, the horses aren't unattractive. Just big.]
Indirectly, from Judy Hartstone, paraphrased from Facebook: I’ve arrived safely on Bainbridge Island again, and my dog, Jolie, is happy with her new yard. It’s so well landscaped, she thinks it’s a park.
Also, an observation came in from someone who prefers to be anonymous. But I thought I'd pass the compliment on to Amy Kassak Bentley: Fascinating, about the naming of Valley Stream. I never really gave it much thought before. Thanks.
Finally, part of an article in yesterday’s New York Times. It caught my attention because this was my father’s job for the last part of his 30-year career with the Federal Aviation Association. He started, during the war, as an air traffic controller,
Engaging in a Softer Conversation About the Roar From New York’s Airports The New York metropolitan area has one of the most complicated airspaces in the world, and any changes in operations — like flight schedules and patterns — can set off a cascade of effects across the country. Complaints about noise pollution are longstanding in New York City, where two major airports, La Guardia Airport and Kennedy International Airport, are embedded in a densely populated urban landscape.
The outcry soared in 2012 when the Federal Aviation Administration, which directs the movement of aircraft in the air and on the ground, approved for more frequent use a takeoff trajectory that concentrated low-flying planes over a section of northeastern Queens, Port Authority officials said. For residents of neighborhoods beneath that flight path, the change was immediate. Planes began blasting over their homes dozens of times a day. “It sounded like we were being strafed,” said Ms. McEneaney, a longtime resident of the Bayside neighborhood. The problem compelled her to create a group called Queens Quiet Skies.
Complaints also poured into the Port Authority about noise problems on other flight paths, though officials contended that those complaints had more to do with heightened awareness and sensitivity to the issue than to any significant changes in aviation operations.
Civic groups pressured their elected officials to do something, resulting in the passage of a bill in Albany requiring the Port Authority to initiate comprehensive studies of land use and aircraft noise patterns around its airports, including La Guardia and Kennedy as well as at Newark Liberty International Airport and Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
As part of the studies, investigators will identify possible measures to reduce aircraft noise and limit its impact, such as changes in takeoff and landing routes, the acquisition of property near the airports and soundproofing of homes and other buildings. The New York studies are expected to take at least three years, officials said. “That’s a long time for people being negatively impacted,” said Barbara E. Brown, chairwoman of the Eastern Queens Alliance and a leader in the lobby against aircraft noise.
Indirectly, from Judy Hartstone, paraphrased from Facebook: I’ve arrived safely on Bainbridge Island again, and my dog, Jolie, is happy with her new yard. It’s so well landscaped, she thinks it’s a park.
Also, an observation came in from someone who prefers to be anonymous. But I thought I'd pass the compliment on to Amy Kassak Bentley: Fascinating, about the naming of Valley Stream. I never really gave it much thought before. Thanks.
Finally, part of an article in yesterday’s New York Times. It caught my attention because this was my father’s job for the last part of his 30-year career with the Federal Aviation Association. He started, during the war, as an air traffic controller,
Engaging in a Softer Conversation About the Roar From New York’s Airports The New York metropolitan area has one of the most complicated airspaces in the world, and any changes in operations — like flight schedules and patterns — can set off a cascade of effects across the country. Complaints about noise pollution are longstanding in New York City, where two major airports, La Guardia Airport and Kennedy International Airport, are embedded in a densely populated urban landscape.
The outcry soared in 2012 when the Federal Aviation Administration, which directs the movement of aircraft in the air and on the ground, approved for more frequent use a takeoff trajectory that concentrated low-flying planes over a section of northeastern Queens, Port Authority officials said. For residents of neighborhoods beneath that flight path, the change was immediate. Planes began blasting over their homes dozens of times a day. “It sounded like we were being strafed,” said Ms. McEneaney, a longtime resident of the Bayside neighborhood. The problem compelled her to create a group called Queens Quiet Skies.
Complaints also poured into the Port Authority about noise problems on other flight paths, though officials contended that those complaints had more to do with heightened awareness and sensitivity to the issue than to any significant changes in aviation operations.
Civic groups pressured their elected officials to do something, resulting in the passage of a bill in Albany requiring the Port Authority to initiate comprehensive studies of land use and aircraft noise patterns around its airports, including La Guardia and Kennedy as well as at Newark Liberty International Airport and Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
As part of the studies, investigators will identify possible measures to reduce aircraft noise and limit its impact, such as changes in takeoff and landing routes, the acquisition of property near the airports and soundproofing of homes and other buildings. The New York studies are expected to take at least three years, officials said. “That’s a long time for people being negatively impacted,” said Barbara E. Brown, chairwoman of the Eastern Queens Alliance and a leader in the lobby against aircraft noise.
[Rich – It appears that any gains made in the 1970s have been lost to increased air traffic.]
The link to the full piece. Please remove the two spaces. They're around the period between times and com: nytimes . com/2015/06/22/nyregion/engaging-in-a-softer-conversation-about-the-roar-from-new-yorks-airports.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
The South '65 e-mail addresses: reunionclass65 . blogspot . com (please remove the spaces)
The South '65 photo site: picasaweb . google . com/SouthHS65 (ditto)
Rich
The South '65 photo site: picasaweb . google . com/SouthHS65 (ditto)
Rich
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