You name it, we drove through it last weekend: blinding snow, sleet, hail, sun, freezing rain and high winds. Go figure that it was the only weekend of the “winter” that we went on an adventure to New England and, of course, the strange weather followed us. Funny story: the same thing happened in October when I went north—they were hit with 15 inches of snow. Maybe I should just stay put.
Christian Nilsson of East Moriches, a graduate of Westhampton Beach High School, has 985 friends on Facebook and I am one of them. Therefore, I was able to follow his day on Sunday, February 26, when he was working on the red carpet at the Oscars!
Christian is a production assistant out in Los Angeles for a company called Livestream. He moved to sunny California to break into The Business after studying film/video at Five Towns College where he made a name for himself. This was after his amazing high school theater career in Westhampton Beach.
And even though Christian has 985 friends, I know that he knows that I am one of his biggest fans. He is the son of Ted and Janine Nilsson of East Moriches. The Nilsson family has headlined The Southampton Press many times. Teddy, Christian, Jared and Luke Nilsson are familiar names around here. Keep your eye on this one in California. We may just see him on the red carpet some day as a nominee for an Oscar. WAY TO GO!
Oh, by the way, the Oscar for the best Irish Soda Bread in Patchogue for 2012 goes to Christian’s uncle, Guy Gagliano, the owner of Swan Bakery in Patchogue. His victory was announced on Sunday. It was a stellar day for the family!
Tickets for the Eastport South Manor Junior-Senior High School’s production of “West Side Story” are on sale now. The spring musical will be performed the weekend of March 23, 24 and 25 in the high school auditorium. You may purchase tickets early through the Eastport South Manor Community for the Arts website (www.esmca.org) or through the school’s website (www.esmonline.org). Tickets are $5 for students and senior citizens and $10 for adults. Tickets (if available) will be sold at the door but will be cost slightly more.
The Eastport Fire Department held its annual ice/cold water rescue training on February 12. Volunteers were trained in using the ice rescue sled and sling during the exercise. The rescuers would swim out on the board, put the sling around “the victim,” place him on the board and have line tenders on the shore pull the victim and rescuer to safety.
Members of the Eastport Junior Fire Company, the East Moriches Community Ambulance and the Westhampton War Memorial Ambulance were also on hand to assist and make the drill a success all around. The Eastport Fire Department has its annual Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) training coming up later this month.
on Feb 27, 2012