Larry Austin, chairman of Austin Travel and The Long Island Philharmonic Board of Directors, came by to give us an update on the Philharmonic close to the finale of their 28th season. Larry is a past president of LIMBA, like the Philharmonic, a long running show. The final two concerts of the season will take place at the Staller Center on Saturday, May 19th, and at the Tilles Center, Sunday, May 20th. Mr. Austin opened with the story of how he got involved with the Philharmonic, relating stories about its founder, Harry Chapin, and his philosophy of having a base for the classical performing arts on Long Island, consisting of the Eglevsky ballet, the Philharmonic, and the PAF playhouse. The philharmonic has had its ups and downs, over the years, with the past three being on an uptrend, on the way to erasing what was a $900,000 deficit when Mr. Austin took over as director. David Wiley is the current music director, producing an eclectic program of classical symphony pieces, pops concerts and children's outreach in the schools.
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On May 4th, we had the privilege of Suffolk County Legislator Wayne Horsley give us a perspective of how important sewers are to the ecology and economic growth of Long Island. Wayne apologized for picking such an unsavory topic to be the subject of a breakfast meeting, but as usual, the large crowd of LIMBA faithful ate it up. With his perspective as a professor of Modern World History at St. John's university, we got some ancient history as well. The earliest known sewers were found in the Indus valley, around 3300-1700 BC, but Suffolk County still is not widely sewered in this modern age. To preserve the open space that is left by concentrating development, we need sewers. The recent development of the Route 110 corridor's new hotel and pharmaceutical plants would not have been possible without connecting them to the Southwest Sewer District.
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