What could have been a really dire situation ended happily Sunday afternoon—thank goodness.
I had kind of lazed around all day (for what seems like the first time this summer) and decided at around 4 p.m. that I wanted to make gazpacho for dinner. So off I went to my favorite vegetable stand in search of the freshest ingredients.
Not far from my house, by the side of the highway and looking desperate to cross the busy road, was the sweetest little caramel-colored spaniel mix dog. I pulled over and rounded the little guy up. His tags stated that his name was Max. I gave him some water and calmed him down in the safety of my car.
Luckily, Max’s tags had his owner’s cell number on them. So within about 15 minutes, I was able to safely return the little sweetheart to his worried dad at home a couple of miles away. Turns out that Max had been gone a mere 20 minutes when I had found him next to the highway, where he would have surely been hit by a car.
Max was a house dog who managed to escape his gated yard—he was chasing after a squirrel, his owner said—and travel more than 2 miles from home in record time. Had it not been for his identification, he would have likely been lost forever as his owners live full-time in New Jersey and don’t know the area here.
I am so glad that I happened, by pure chance, to find Max before he decided to try to cross the busy highway. I’m also really happy that I was able to return him safely home. Bottom line: please make sure your pets (even the ones that never leave the house) have the proper identification and contact numbers on their collars—just in case.
Now on to the news of the week about some two-legged locals.
Ed Gray of Remsenburg has a written a new play called “Deals, Bets, and Pinches.” It is a comedy that will be read at the Remsenburg Academy on Main Street on Sunday, August 2, at 4 p.m. The readers are all current or former Remsenburg residents and include Phia and Irwin Billman, Yvonne Elliman, Joe Garrison, Pamela and John Kern, Florence and Phil Wood, and Ron Marwood. The plot of the play centers around two women and their male neighbors in a Manhattan apartment building, and their sundry relatives and acquaintances.
The play will be read in two acts, with one intermission. All are welcome to attend; however, come early as seating is limited and there are no reservations.
Congratulations are in order for a pair of local lovers, Kelly Thorne and Michael Chornoma, who plan to wed next year. Kelly’s parents, Roxanne and James Thorne, live in Remsenburg and Michael’s parents, Stanley and Linda Chornoma, are residents of East Moriches.
Ms. Thorne teaches at the Remsenburg/Speonk Elementary School and Mr. Chornoma helps run the family business, Eastern Harley-Davidson in Riverhead. The couple met at Westhampton Beach High School where they both graduated with the class of 2000.
They plan to make their home in East Moriches after they wed. The ceremony is planned for July 24, 2010, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Quiogue. Ah, love. Best wishes to you both.
Looking for something fun and free to do this week? Then head over to Westhampton Beach where the Sound Symphony will present a “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” outdoor concert on Thursday, July 30, Friday, July 31, and Sunday, August 2, as a part of the 2009 Gazebo Series. The program will include music from the musical “Guys and Dolls,” the movies “Rocky” and “Chariots of Fire,” and the opera “Carmen.”
Shows start at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 827-9022.
on Jul 29, 2009