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Lighthousing with Bob & Mary Ann
11th Anniversary of the Rebuilding of Long Beach Bar On September 5th, I had the privilege of celebrating the 11th Anniversary of the Rebuilding of Long Beach Bar with some of the main movers of the project. The day was started by boarding the Coyote (www.coyotesportfishing.com |
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| Copyright © September 5, 2001 Bob Scroope. All rights reserved. Images may not be used or reproduced without expressed written permission. | |
I presented Merle Wiggin (the founder and initiator of the Rebuilding of Long Beach Bar) a Harbour Lights sculpture of Long Beach Bar (a gift from Harbour Lights) depicting the rebuilding on 9/5/1990. |
Bill Malloy, President of Thames Dredge & Dock (owner of the crane and barge); Rich Saetta, the general contractor who conceived the idea and built the Lighthouse in 3 pieces; and Otto Schoenstein, the builder of the lantern room joined Merle and I onboard for the trip to “Bug Light.” |
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joined by Isabelle Wiggin (who did all the office work on the project) at the Orient by
the Sea restaurant where they all reminisced and marveled at the Harbour Light replica.
Everyone there thought the piece was ‘great’, ‘super’,
‘unique’, ‘captured the moment’ were some of the reactions of this
group. They all wanted to know where they could get one. I could have sold a dozen on the
spot. When we walked in the restaurant, an 8-year-old boy came immediately over to the table to ask to see the LH. I asked him if he knew which one it was, and he immediately piped in “Bug Light.” His sister immediately joined him and he asked if she could see it too. “Wow” “Cool” |
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| Copyright © September 5, 2001 Bob Scroope. All rights reserved. Images may not be used or reproduced without expressed written permission. | |
Written By Bob Scroope |
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