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Limes For Lyme

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Ella Eggert’s parents suffer from Lyme disease. And, as with most victims, the suffering includes what Ella described as “the run around” from doctors who tell patients they’re crazy, and often misdiagnose.

Just last week, the additional insult to injury was publicized with the release of Bite Me: How Lyme Disease Stole My Childhood, Made Me Crazy, and Almost Killed Me, a memoir by fashion designer Ally Hilfiger.

Daughter of famed designer Tommy Hilfiger, the author is making the rounds talking about her book and the agony of life with undiagnosed

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Confronted with a Lyme sufferer, loved ones can often feel helpless.

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The spunky Springs School fifth grader learned about the Take a Bite Out Of Lyme Disease challenge and decided to take action. On May 9 her class, helmed by teachers Lindsey Thayer and Kim Belkin, took the challenge and sunk their teeth into juicy, tart limes. Ella’s parents pledged the first $250 and the kids raised another $91.

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Teeny Nominees Unveiled East End Arts has announced the 2016 Teeny Awards Nominees.

Conceived from the idea of the Antoinette Perry Awards – The Tony Awards – for Broadway shows, The Teeny Awards have been celebrating excellence in high school theater across the East End of Long Island since 2002, and is presented and coordinated by East End Arts.

Theatrical productions presented by the 16 participating East End high schools have been attended and reviewed by a panel of volunteer judges.

And the nominees are . . .

For Lead Male in a Musical: Gage Bennett in the role of Bert in “Mary Poppins” at Southold Will Garrison in the role of Robert Martin in “The Drowsy Chaperone“ at Shelter Island Denis Hartnett in the role of The Baker in “Into the Woods” at Pierson Edward Hennessey in the role of Frederic in “Pirates of Penzance“ at Westhampton Beach Tyler Moran in the role of Prince Christopher in “Cinderella“ at Longwood Leland Qua in the role of Pirate King in “Pirates of Penzance“ at Westhampton Beach Greg Sheryll in the role of Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof” at Mattituck

For Lead Female in a Musical: Olivia Auperlee in the role of Witch in “Into the Woods” at Pierson Ella Baldwin in the role of Princess Fiona in “Shrek” at Riverhead Kelly Cooligan in the role of Woman in Chair in “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Shelter Island Hallie Della-Volpe in the role of Tracy Turnblad in “Hairspray” at Southampton Ashley Hilary in the role of Mary Poppins in “Mary Poppins” at Southold Katie Lemmen, in the role of Mary Poppins in “Mary Poppins” at Center Moriches Reilly Rose Schombs in the role of Jack in “Into the Woods” at Pierson

For Lead Female in a Play: Claire Beaver in the role of Marion Hollander in “Don’t Drink the Water” at Westhampton Beach Gwyn Foley in the role of Kyli in “The Election” at Mattituck Ginger Hughes in the role of Puck in “Shakespeare in Hollywood“ at Greenport/Southold Colleen Kelly in the role of Christy Martin in “The Election” at Mattituck

Grace Lukachinski in the role of Beatrice in “The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds” at McGann-Mercy Reilly Rose Schombs in the role of Aunt Abby in “Arsenic & Old Lace” at Pierson

For Lead Male in a Play: Nicholas Auletti in the role of Walter Hollander in “Don’t Drink the Water” at Westhampton Beach Denis Hartnett in the role of Mortimer in “Arsenic & Old Lace” at Pierson Brendan Martin in the role of Leon in “Fools” at Longwood Daniel Qua in the role of Axel

Magee in “Don’t Drink the Water” at Westhampton Beach Ryann Shuford in the role of Mark Davenport in “The Election” at Mattituck Connor Vacariello in the role of Oberon in “Shakespeare in Hollywood” at Greenport/Southold.

Nominated as OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS Sarah Fogarty for her role as Sasha the girlfriend in “The Election” at Mattituck Emily Hallock for her role as Milky White in “Into the Woods” at Pierson Casey Lewis for her role as Bird

Woman in “Mary Poppins” at Center Moriches Alexis Ochi for various roles in “South Pacific” at Hampton Bays Meg Pickerell for her role as Miss Andrews in “Mary Poppins” at Southold Cecelia Scheuer for her role as Penny Pingleton in “Hairspray” at Southampton CONTINUED ON PAGE 17.

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SUMMER LAMENT, OR THE DELLA FEMINA CURSE

I publish this column every year as a public service to make sure your friends and relatives will think twice before they send you an invitation that will screw you out of a precious summer weekend.

I must admit it is harder to write my annual summer lament column this year because it was such a frigging cold and rainy April. Spring no longer exists because we now go from 28 degrees one day in May to 84 degrees the next.

Remember, you can’t blame the miserable cold weather on Global “Warming” anymore. The contradiction of freezing your ass off during a “warming” was too much for even our politically correct handwringers.

So now the new phrase is “Climate Change.” Snowing in May? Damn. That definitely must be climate change.

But climate change or not, Memorial Day is just days away. So here goes: Why do they do it?

Why do our friends and relatives

destroy the summer for us? Why can’t they get married in February?

Why do they choose the middle of summer to have birthdays, anniversaries, Bar Mitzvahs and family, college, high school and even nursery school reunions?

That’s not all. Frankly, some of them are thoughtless enough to die in June, July and August, and there goes another summer weekend.

I promise that if it’s possible, when it’s time for me to go, I will go on life support until some rainy Friday morning in January so that my mourners can bury me early in the morning and still enjoy a three-day weekend. That’s the kind of generous guy I am.

Now I know you’re wondering what I’m ranting about, since you’re on top of the world because it looks like another endless summer ahead. Let’s just see how endless it really is.

If you work Monday to Friday like me, that leaves you with around 13 summer Saturdays and Sundays, plus three long holiday weekends.

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So from the minute you’re reading this, summer weekends are a total of about 35 days.

Now you know that at least 9 or 10 of these days will be cold, rainy days where no matter how hard you try to avoid it you’ll end up arguing with your spouse. All a man has to say is, “No, I don’t think it’s romantic to freeze my behind off walking in the rain on the beach. Why don’t we stay in bed and fool around?” and that’s when the pouting starts. So write off 10 miserable days to weather and you’re left with 25 days.

Sound like a lot?

I bet everyone reading this already has one lost weekend coming up when your Aunt Matilda is celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary and she and your Uncle Benny would be brokenhearted if you don’t show up on a beautiful Saturday afternoon to their house in Brooklyn or the Bronx or Westchester or wherever the hell they live.

So, now you’re down to 23 days. If you’re young enough to have children, that means you’re stuck with a trip to some summer camp with an Indian . . . er . . . er . . . Native American name in Maine or Massachusetts, in the middle of what always turns out to be the sunniest, most beautiful weather weekend of the summer.

This is where you are sentenced to spend the weekend admiring neatly made bunk beds and ceramic ashtrays (which in these politically correct days have gone from being called ashtrays to being called “candy dishes” to just being called

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“dishes,” now that candy is being seen by some politicians as being worse than cigarettes).

Show me a camp that is wise enough to schedule parents’ visiting days on a Monday and Tuesday and I will show you a camp that deserves the exorbitant amount of money they get to guard your kids for the summer. An amount of money, I might add, that is more than it took, a few short years ago, to cover the tuition of four years at an Ivy League college.

If your children are grown, it’s even worse. They have children and all their children are having birthday parties in town in July, where you will find yourself overcome by heat while you’re surrounded by 20 sticky five-year-olds playing musical chairs.

What frosts me is the weather.

Did you ever notice that every one of the weekends you have to go to a family event is beautiful? The sun is shining. The sky is blue. And you are stuck in some disgusting catering hall, or, worse, drinking warm white wine out of a plastic cup in some relative’s backyard in White Plains.

Which brings me to summer weddings in the city. They must be banned.

There are some facts that people who drag their friends away from the beach for their wedding must be made aware of. Jerry Seinfeld, an East Hampton resident, once had a message for all the newly engaged couples: “Nobody wants to go to your wedding! We are not excited like you are.”

Mr. Seinfeld is so, so right. The only people who must attend a summer wedding are the bride and groom, their respective parents, the best man and the maid of honor and maybe a priest or a rabbi. All the other guests are hostages who may be smiling but inside they are seething because they have had one of their precious summer weekends screwed up.

I remind every dewy-eyed couple in my family that in the summer it’s bad luck to get married any place west of Westhampton. I remind them of the famous Della Femina curse, which is still going strong. I have, in my life, attended four weddings that took place on a summer holiday weekend (three Memorial Day, one Labor Day) and must report, in all honesty, that not one of these couples is still married.

Pass the word – the marriages of people who screw up my holiday weekends are doomed.

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Classic’s Poster Artist Named

The Hampton Classic Horse Show, the elite equestrian competition that draws hundreds of the best hunter and jumper riders from across the nation, has announced that Shannon Lawlor of Alberta, Canada, has been chosen as the official Poster Artist for the 41st annual show when it returns to Bridgehampton at the end of August. Hampton Classic posters often become collector’s items and are one of the hottest-selling items at the show.

The selected artwork, “Flexible Soul” is a painting of the famed Olympic show jumping stallion, F l e x i b l e , t h e m o u n t o f U. S .

Olympic veteran Rich Fellers.

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at the Masters Tournament at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, British Columbia, last year, Lawlor just happened to come across Flexible and Fellers, the 2012 FEI World Cup™ Champions, before they entered the show ring and captured the moment through the lens of her camera. The focused, yet wise look on the famed chestnut’s face captivated Lawlor and inspired her to create the painting.

“It’s an absolute honor to be selected as the Hampton Classic Horse Show poster artist!” said a delighted Lawlor, who is in the process of planning her first trip to the prestigious event, a decadeslong dream she is finally fulfilling.

“It’s a really big deal for me. There

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Lawlor’s entire life has been immersed in the equine industry which she has expressed fully through her artwork as a full-time artist for the past eleven years. She translates her own history into fine art that focuses on capturing the soul behind the eyes of her equine subjects.

Her work moves beyond breed and discipline with an appeal that is meant to inspire and enlighten the viewer, as well as appreciate the majesty of the horse from all walks of life. Lawlor’s work hangs in the most authentic ranches in North America, as well as office towers, hotels and homes, and she is often spotlighted as a Featured Artist at invitational shows including Nevada’s Northeastern Museum, Arizona’s Phippen Museum and Alberta’s Calgary Stampede.

“Horses are a part of my breath, an extension of myself,” commented Lawlor. “My vision for this piece was to do a close up, rather intense portrait reflecting the soul of the jumping horse. Flexible captured the essence of everything I was looking for in such a portrait. He was soulfully engaged in distant activity, inviting the viewer into wonder of what that might be.”

The original depiction of ‘Flexible Soul’ is painted in acrylic on Baltic birch, measuring 24” x 36” and is available for purchase.

The Hampton Classic, this year running from August 28 to September 4, hosts more than 100 classes of competition for horses and riders of all ages and abilities and showcases the highest levels of equestrian show jumping competition in six show rings. A wide range of hunter, jumper and equitation classes are offered at all levels, from leadline classes all the way up to grand prix. Classes are also featured for riders with disabilities. The Hampton Classic is the culminating event of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 16.

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The five women all battle Lyme and some have children afflicted by the disease, too.

The Independent began a series scrutinizing Lyme disease in our In Depth section. (Visit www. indyeastend.com and view the archives.)

In the meantime, a few more Lyme facts, courtesy of the Lyme Disease Challenge website: • Children are at the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease and are more vulnerable to central nervous system infections.

• Lab tests recommended by the Center for Disease Control miss as many as half of Lyme cases, leading to misdiagnosis and more entrenched infections.

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Hamptons Housewives Walk Douglas Elliman and the East Endbased Douglas Elliman Hamptons Housewives team raised nearly $8000 in much-needed funds for the Katz Institute for Women’s Health and the Cohen Children’s Medical Center by participating in the Northwell Health Walk at Jones Beach on Sunday.

Barbara Mattson (East Hampton assistant office manager), who brought in the second largest individual donation, raised $3750. The Bridgehampton-based Hamptons H o u s e w i v e s Te a m , w h i c h included Hamptons Marketing

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Douglas Elliman President and CEO Dottie Herman, plus agents, brokers and employees from Douglas Elliman’s 10 East End offices (East Hampton, Bridgehampton, Southampton, Montauk, Westhampton Beach, Sag Harbor, Hampton Bays, Quogue, Mattituck and Greenport) and corporate headquarters contributed funds to the cause. A grand total of $287,000 was raised by those participating in the event, which was formerly the Every Woman Matters Walk.

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Chamber Networking Southampton Chamber of Commerce will host a networking night on Thursday, May 26, at the new location of the Southampton Publick House, 62 Jobs Lane. 5 to 7 PM. $15, all are welcome. Bring business cards to swap and enter into a raffle.

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With a setting like nowhere else on Long Island -- Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead -- the Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair last weekend knit together a bounty of fiber arts activities. Hands-on learning, demonstrations, and handmade crafts were the order of the day. Live animals, including sheep, llamas, alpacas, and angora rabbits, made for a weekend of shear fun. Nobody had a baaaaaaahhd time.

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Obituary Robert Michael Kruckel Jr, 64 Robert Michael Kruckel Jr of Southampton, New York, died peacefully on Thursday, May 12, 2016, surrounded by his family.

He married Elizabeth Obolensky, daughter of the late Prince Ivan Peter Obolensky and Barbara Cecile Hoge Obolensky. They have three grown children Alexander, David, and Katarina Kruckel.

Born February 26, 1952, he was the son of the late Robert Michael Kruckel Sr. and Gloria C. Messina Kruckel, who brought up their six children in Ronkonkoma, New York, where they spent their childhood

raising their two beloved quarter horses. They spent many summers on the East End and eventually opened a gourmet delicatessen in Water Mill called Edelweiss.

Robert graduated from Paul Smith College in The Adirondacks and received a degree in Forestry and Conservation. He dedicated his life to the outdoors, landscaping, swimming, hunting and fishing.

As a teenager, he spent his time in the summer months as a lifeguard on Lake Ronkonkoma and beaches on Long Island. His natural gift for storytelling was a blessing to all those who loved him and knew his lively cowboy spirit so well.

Robert is survived by his brother,

Kenneth Kruckel, and sisters Susan Howard, Barbara J. Kruckel, Patricia Senese, and Geraldine Albano as

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Funeral services were scheduled for 10 AM this morning at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on Hill Street in Southampton.

Fauna-Thon Saturday Group For The East End staffers and friends will wander far and wide, searching for mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, and dragonflies. The TwentyFirst Annual Fauna-thon takes place Saturday.

People can participate in several ways: search for wildlife on their own, join a GEE staffer in the field, make a donation, or make a pledge related to number of species observed.

Group naturalists will be in the field at a variety of local places – Morton Wildlife Refuge in Noyack at 7:30 AM, Orient Beach State Park in Orient at 8 AM, Louse Point in Springs at 9 AM, Quogue Wildlife Refuge at 9:30 AM and Shinnecock Inlet in Hampton Bays at 4 PM. Last year 22 participants discovered 188 species, fewer than the record of 266 species in 2004.

Can they beat the record? Not without your help! So join one of GEE’s teams, make your own team, or pledge a donation.

A l l Fa u n a - t h o n d o n a t i o n s directly support the Group’s environmental education programs. For more information, contact Steve Biasetti at 631765-6450 ext. 205 or sbiasetti@ eastendenvironment.org.

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Abby Roden opens the Young Women’s Political Literacy Day.

Sponsored by the Women’s Fund of Long Island, the Young Women’s Political Literacy Day was held at East Hampton Middle School on Saturday. Organized by EHHS Senior Class President Abby Roden, the morning featured a keynote address by Jackie Hilly, former NYC District Attorney’s office attorney, chair of the Westchester Children’s Association, and executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence.

A Women in Polictics panel discussion included local politicians East Hampton Town Councilwomen Kathee Burke-Gonzalez and Sylvia Overby, and Legislator Bridget Fleming, plus Glorian Burke of the League of Women Voters, Minerva Perez, director of OLA, and political advisor Jennifer Maetz. Break out sessions for attendees were held as well.

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famed Hamptons’ summer social season on Long Island, and is a hot spot for many top business leaders, socialites, and celebrities.

In addition to the six show rings, the Hampton Classic features a Boutique Garden with more than 70 vendors for an amazing shopping experience, a wide selection of dining options and a Farmer’s Market, all on its immaculate 60acre show grounds.

For more information on the Hampton Classic Horse Show, visit the Hampton Classic website at www.hamptonclassic.com or call 631-537-3177. Hampton Classic Horse Show, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation.

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Bambini Ball Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts, along with Goat on a Boat, presents The Bambini Ball on Saturday at 5:30 PM. The Ball will include puppet making, dancing, games, pizza and a puppet show, celebrating Goat on a Boat’s 15 years of puppetry in Sag Harbor.

Tickets are $15 and available online at www.baystreet.org or by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500.

Bunny’s Garden Kids ages three to five are welcome to a Bunny’s Garden Storytime and Craft at the South Fork Natural History Museum on Sunday. The Bridgehampton locale is celebrating spring by reading a

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Additional Teenies are given for supporting actors and actresses, outstanding performers, outstanding performers in one-act plays, student choreography, and playbill design. Recognition is given to stage managers, lighting, sound, and costume design.

A formal awards ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, June 5, at Shoreham-Wading River High School, commencing with a red carpet at 1:30 PM and the ceremony kicks off at 3 PM, hosted by radio personality Walker Vreeland.

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Volume 1 • Issue 19

Life, Death And Taxes

By Rick Murphy

No one wants to die.

If you are wealthy, you especially don’t want to die if Bernie Sanders is elected president.

When Americans go to the polls in November they will not only

decide who our next Commander In Chief will be – they will decide how trillions of dollars of tax revenue is raised, and how much each of us will have to fork over.

We are not just talking income tax, either.

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Each of the three remaining candidates differ significantly on who to tax, and how much, living and dead alike.

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Income Tax Plans Vary Greatly

By Rick Murphy

By now it is obvious where each presidential candidate stands on income tax reform.

Bernie Sanders wants to hammer wealthiest Americans, increasing taxes dramatically for households with incomes over $250,000 and raising the ceiling on the max tax to 52 percent.

Hillary Clinton is also running on a tax the rich platform, but her plan, according to the Tax Foundation would increase marginal tax rates for taxpayers with incomes over $5 million, enact a 30 percent minimum tax (the Buffett Rule), alter the long-term capital gains tax rate schedule, and limit itemized deductions to a tax value of 28 percent.

Donald Trump vows he can decrease taxes for almost all Americans, and though most economists scoff at the notion, it is not unthinkable.

Though the tax rate itself is the number candidates and voters focus on, it is not nearly as meaningful as the amount raised by taxation. Trump says he can grow the economy by empowering businesses to grow, produce more, and thus hire more

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by making America’s tax rate one of the best in the world.”

Trump would fund the cash shortfall created by a tax cut by eliminating loopholes and certain deductions favored by the ultra-rich and charging a onetime 10 percent “repatriation tax” on corporate funds held overseas.

The Tax Policy Center analyzed Trump’s tax proposal: “His proposal would cut taxes at all income levels, although the largest benefits, in dollar and percentage terms, would go to the highest-income households.”

However, the Center warned the plan, “would reduce federal revenues by $9.5 trillion over its first decade before accounting for added interest costs or considering macroeconomic feedback effects.”

The main concern: if Trump can’t dramatically increase the GDP the national debt will skyrocket.

Clinton’s Plan on paper would raise tax revenue by $450 billion over the next decade, according to her camp. However, her plan does not take into account the decreased economic output that usually comes with increased taxes.

The plan would also increase marginal tax rates on both labor and capital. As a result, the plan would reduce the size of gross domestic product (GDP) by one percent over the long term, The Tax Foundation concluded.

The Sanders plan takes a sledgehammer to the wealthiest Americans and corporations. “We are going to end the absurdity, as Warren Buffet often reminds us, that billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers. That makes no sense at all. There has to be real tax reform, and the wealthiest and large corporations will pay when I’m president,” Sanders said.

His number one target is offshore tax havens: “There is a loophole . . . these multi-billion dollar profitable corporations are putting billions of dollars into the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and other tax havens,” he charged. And Sanders isn’t about to spare the rod—he vows to tax them at a rate as high as 90 percent.

None of the presidential candidates remind us that in the end Congress has to pass any tax reform bill, which is probably why most Americans assume the status quo: ever-increasing taxes for the middle class.

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33 percent more Americans would be paying an estate tax – about three out of every 100.

The richer you are, the more you’ll have to pay. Forbes reports that under Sanders' proposal the tax rate, now a flat 40 percent would be 45 percent for estates valued between $3.5 million and $10 million. The rate on estates worth more than $10 million and below $50 million would be 50 percent, and the rate on estates worth more than $50 million would be 55 percent.

“An additional surtax of another 10 percent would be assessed on billionaires,” wrote Ashlea Ebeling in Forbes. No wonder The Donald is running for president.

“We are going to get rid of the estate taxes that are making the farmers sell their farms. I understand it. You have farmers out there who are wealthy but they are a little bit cash short,” Trump said during a campaign stop, a statement he has made countless times, and not only to farmers.

And it makes good financial sense – for Trump. According to Marketwatch, the elimination of the estate tax would save the Trump family $2 billion.

President Obama sent shock waves through the financial community when he made his last inauguration speech, focusing squarely on the so-called one percent of wealthiest Americans, pledging to “get rid of the tax loopholes and deductions for the well off and the well connected.”

Hillary Clinton has been vague about the estate tax, but when it comes to taxing the rich she is tethered to the Obama position – yes, yes, and yes.

“In order to pay for these new or expanded services, she has proposed raising and enacting a number of new taxes. Her plan would increase marginal tax rates for taxpayers with incomes over $5 million, enact a 30 percent minimum tax (the Buffett Rule), alter the long-term capital gains tax rate schedule, and

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limit itemized deductions to a tax value of 28 percent,” according to an analysis by the Tax Foundation.

There is considerable doubt, given her proposals to cut the deficit by taxing the rich, that Clinton would leave the current deduction of estate taxes unscathed.

And then, of course, death brings with it New York State taxes. The bad news is there is an inheritance tax in place here; the good news is it is more reasonable than some other states, thanks to major reforms that kicked in in 2014.

According to BNYMellon Wealth Management the new law doubles what New Yorkers previously had as an inheritance tax that allowed residents to leave up to $1 million to their descendants free of taxes.

The new law created an exemption amount of over $2 million per person and it will gradually increase until it meets the federal exemption level.

For the foreseeable future, the federal estate tax will continue to affect only the richest families in America. Under legislation passed

by Congress on New Year’s Day 2013, the estate tax exemption was made permanent at the 2012 rate, $5 million, but adjusted for inflation each year. Of course, calling the tax law “permanent”

doesn’t mean Congress couldn’t change it again, but little energy is being directed at estate tax

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a “small dog” on the beach – without a leash. They informed her there was a seasonal law that dogs had to be leashed in the restricted area – though not elderly women.

She was let off with a warning – this time.

A Warning – This Time East Hampton Village Police rushed to Beach Lane Thursday afternoon when a report came in that an “elderly female” was walking

Unlucky 13 East Hampton Village Police spotted a Buick Century being driven erratically on Pantigo Road shortly after 3 AM Saturday.

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Police pulled over the driver, James Barrett Lucas, 65, of Henry Lane.

Police said he failed sobriety tests and a computer check revealed 13 suspensions, 10 outstanding violations. Lucas, who lives in Southampton, was hit with a felony count of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation as well as a DWI charge and other violations.

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searching for a man armed with a black handgun who kicked in the front door of a Riverhead home late Saturday night.

A man carrying a black handgun kicked a door in a 19 Melene Street in Riverhead shortly before midnight on Saturday only to be confronted by a resident who was home at the time.

The victim told police the man ran to a white vehicle on the street outside the house occupied by three other men. The car sped away toward Lewis Street. Police are asking for witnesses to come forward.

Saved From Himself Southampton Town Police saved yet another overdose victim May 1 when they administered NARCAN to an unidentified man at about 6:15 AM at a home in Flanders. Officers Cagno and Sickles reported he was unresponsive and had stopped breathing. Police were able to revive him with the help of the NARCAN injection and an ambulance took him to the hospital. The man was not identified.

Like It's 1982 East Hampton Town Police spotted a Chrysler Imperial with Iowa plates on Montauk Highway around midnight May 1. They pulled the driver over and identified William S. Totino as the operator.

His license had been revoked on an alcohol-related charge in 1982 and again in 1983. He’d been driving without a license ever since, police said. He was charged with a felony count of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation and put up $1000 at his arraignment for bail. He’s due back in court at a later date.

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Weird Deductions

By Rick Murphy

Feeling lucky? If your adjusted gross income is less than $100,000 there is only about a one percent chance you will get audited. But accountant professionals will tell you that number increases greatly for those of us who itemize expenses, especially if there is a disproportionate amount deducted.

Given the increased scrutiny, it is important to recognize what exactly is allowable under Internal Revenue Service guidelines.

The folks at efile.com have compiled a list that may prove helpful. For example, a 1962 court case opened doors for parents

to write off clarinet lessons for their child after an orthodontist testified it helped correct the child’s overbite.

Little Tabby’s cat food? Maybe.

A junkyard owner bought cat food to attract local stray cats in order to drive away mice and rats. He claimed it as a business expense and it was approved by the IRS. To qualify, a family cat would have to perform some function that helped the owner’s business.

As lifespans continue to grow, more and more seniors have to deal with arthritis and other debilitating conditions. That’s where your swimming pool comes in. If you

have a medical condition that would improve with a swimming pool exercise regimen, your swimming pool expenses might qualify as a deductible medical expense.

How about if you are a he trapped in a she or visa versa, a la Caitlyn Jenner. A man who was diagnosed with gender-identity disorder wanted to deduct almost $22,000 in out-of-pocket medical expenses for various surgeries, i nc lu d i ng h o r m o ne t h er a p y, sexual-reassignment surgeries, and breast augmentation, in order to become a woman. The IRS ruled the hormone therapy and the sexchange operation in the amount of $14,500 was a qualified medical tax deduction. However, the expense for the breast augmentation were not; it was deemed nondeductible cosmetic surgery by the court.

Here’s one sure to warm the

What About The 47 Percent?

By Rick Murphy

Mitt Romney’s off the cuff remark, secretly taped by an Obama supporter, was probably the final nail in the coffin for his presidential bid.

Not only did Obama win the election, but Romney received only 47 percent of the popular vote, which some people found ironic and others fitting.

For posterity, here is what Romney said: “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it -- that that’s an entitlement.”

Democrats seized on his remarks, labeling them untrue.

Republicans, however, pointed out what they perceived to be the inequities of our taxation system.

But was Romney accurate? Yes and no.

According to Business Insider, in 2011 only 53.6 percent of American households paid federal taxes. However, the assumption that all the rest were receiving some kind of federal assistance is erroneous.

An analysis by New Republic concluded 61 percent of the 47 percent who don’t pay taxes – nearly two out of every three – do in fact work. However, “They just don’t happen to earn enough to

pay income tax. They do earn enough to pay highly regressive payroll taxes, excise taxes, and state and local taxes.”

Approximately 22 percent of the 47 percent – nearly half - are elderly, almost all retired and most on Social Security. Seven percent are disabled or too sick to work. Students comprise about seven percent of the 47.

That means only about seven percent of the populace falls into the category of being on the dole: “A significant subset likely

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hearts of East Enders driven halfmad by the drone of helicopters and private jets coming in and out of East Hampton airports. Owners of rental properties can deduct flight expenses.

According to efile, “Fuel costs for property management trips are fully deductible.” Better yet, the aircrafts can be depreciated over time.

On a health kick? Go for it. If you are in the process of giving up smoking. the cost of smoking cessation programs, nicotine patches, stop-smoking aides, etc. are deductible.

If you donate a prize for a local charity raffle or contest, you can deduct the value of the prize as a charitable contribution. If you win a prize and then donate it to charity, you can still claim a deduction but you will also have to claim the prize as income -- the two amounts basically cancel each other out.

Romney’s distaste,” according to New Republic.

By the way, the Tax Policy Center said the number of households not paying federal taxes shrunk to 45.3 percent as of October, 2015.

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RICK’S SPACE Hey! How Are You Feeling?

It amazes me that all the time I’ve been on this earth, and all the people I’ve met, I rarely encounter someone who understands this question.

There is, for the most part, only one answer: “Fine.”

Oh, there are variations, of course.

“Really Great!” “I’ve never felt so good in my life!” Like a million dollars!”

Look, we all have loved ones who we are near to, and we genuinely care about every nuance of their life. In my case it’s my wife, my conflicted son/daughter Coco Belle, and Stephen Curry.

But I like lots of people, and I know lots of people, and I interact with lots of people.

In the course of the day many will ask me the question, or a variation of it. “How you been doin’, man? “Hey, everything cool, Dude?” “How’s it hanging?” And so on.

The truth is, it really doesn’t matter how I feel, or even how I’m hanging.

“I’m good, man.”

“Doin’ good. How about you, Bro?” “I’m fine.” That’s what people want

to hear.

More and more though, I’m experiencing a new trend. I don’t know if people are just being more honest, or if people feel a need to be intimate, or if people suddenly decided they really want to connect with me.

“Hey, how you feeling?” I said the other day to a fellow I run into periodically.

“Really crappy,” he replied. “I have this ugly infected rash running down my leg. The doctor said he’s never seen so much puss.”

Oh. I just stared blankly at him.

Finally I sputtered out a reply. “Well, have a nice day!”

Was there really anything else I could have possibly said?

How about, “Wow! Tell me all about it. What color is it? Are your glands swollen? Did the doctor say anything about it being fatal? Have you been to Brazil lately? Maybe it’s Zika virus.”

We all know people like this guy.

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talking about it they gain a modicum of relief. I get that. We really don’t need to know every gory detail though.

Shouldn’t these people take our feelings into consideration? Why doesn’t it occur to them they are blowing our cool?

Richard Pryor used to tell a story about being pressured into taking a course on mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. He finally blurted out, “If I come across some lady lying in the middle of the street with froth coming out of her mouth I ain’t gonna give her no mouth to mouth anything. The way I figure it, the death will jump out of her and jump into my mouth!”

Those are words to live by. If you have a rash, I don’t want it. If you are coughing and sneezing, pretend you don’t know me. I don’t want to hear about any kind of disease you have if there is a remote chance I can catch it.

This does not make me an uncaring person.

This does not make me shallow or self-centered.

Self centered, to me, means you are so caught up in your own little life that you fail to consider those around you.

Let’s take the guy with the rash.

He could have said, “Hey how you doing?”

I would have replied “Great!”

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And I would have said, “Sure, just don’t use it on your disgusting rash.”

And there it was. Everything positive. Everything cool. No unsettling visual descriptions. Civilized.

There is another trend of this new, touchy feeling generation that makes me uneasy. People not only share too much information with you but they feel compelled to find out every little detail about you.

I run into a woman I used to date occasionally from time to time. She’ll look at me intensely with her big brown eyes and ask, “How are YOU doing?”

“Fine,” I say.

“No,” she says. “How are you REALLY doing?”

“Really fine,” I say.

“Really?” she’ll ask with a pained look on her face, as if the fact that I am fine is upsetting her. She is troubled. Her eyes are searching my face, wandering around her forehead.

It’s like a Vulcan Mind Probe.

Finally I break down. “I’m really constipated,” I reply.

She reaches in her big bag, shuffling god knows what around, she finally pulls out a tea bag.

“This is herbal. It will help.” She puts it in my hand and cups it with hers, staring into my eyes. “God Bless You!” Jeez, I didn’t even sneeze.

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What are the worst things about having tick borne diseases?

Wondering if you’ll ever get better, feeling hopeless, getting the “eye roll” from people who can’t believe that you have all the symptoms you say you have, going from doctor to doctor that doesn't know what’s wrong with you, hearing people tell you to just go for a walk and you’ll feel better, and feeling isolated and desperate.

Years of on and off random and seemingly unrelated symptoms including vertigo, headaches, severely stiff neck, malaise, brain fog, inability to concentrate or recall words, depression, despair, exhaustion, sleeplessness (which I call Lyming awake at night), interstitial cystitis, sensitivity to light and sounds, buzzing and wiggly brain, floaters, tinnitus, clogged throat, stomach aches, nystagmus, blurry vision, suicidal thoughts, gut paralysis, sweaty flashes, night terrors, coughing, and heavy, hot “marionette” legs which did not work properly.

I missed Christmas 2014 with these undiagnosed and untreated symptoms. Doctors thought I had an inner ear infection so I was put through a battery of hearing and balance tests which all came back negative.

I was treated with Prednisone, antibiotics, and Meclizine, which did nothing to alleviate my condition.

After about six weeks of lying in bed and crawling to the bathroom every

night, I slowly got better.

At a beach bonfire in August of 2015 I felt a sharp sting on my toe.

I could not see what type of bug it was and didn’t see anything flying around.

Friends said that it might have been a sand flea bite. My toe immediately swelled and was red, itchy, and pussy for days. Little did I know then that ticks aren’t the only bugs that carry Lyme Disease.

About four weeks later I was bedridden once again. It started with a very stiff neck and vertigo – a feeling like the room was shifting sideways and I couldn’t walk properly.

Once again my doctor told me that he thought I had an inner ear infection. This time I ignored him and didn’t put myself through all the ENT tests. I did go to the neurologist who said I might have MS or Lou Gehrig’s disease so I got a brain MRI that showed no lesions or other problems.

Weeks passed as I tried to find a Lyme-literate doctor. This was almost impossible to do as my brain was swollen and I could barely dial a phone number. Imagine trying to use a can opener without any fingers – that’s what coordinating doctor’s visits was like for me.

The waiting lists for top NYC and Westchester doctors were months long with visiting fees over $1,000.

I was finally given an appointment with a physician’s assistant who listened to me and believed what I was telling him. In his office I almost cried in relief that finally someone knew what was wrong with me and knew how to treat me. He spoke my “Lyme language” and nodded with understanding as I recited my

extensive list of symptoms. He diagnosed me with neurological Lyme, Babesiosis, and Bartonella.

Through this all I’ve been on multiple medications to treat all my Lyme co-infections which included Charcot Leyden crystal parasites, Babesiosis and Bartonella: Zythromycin, Doxycycline, Flagyl, Plaquenil, Mepron, Nystatin, and Protonix. I also took herbal protocols and vitamin supplements including Teasel root, Biotox Elim, Zinc Picolinate, probiotics, N-Acetyl L-Cysteine, Alphalipoic acid, CoQ10, D3, Inositol powder, B12, Strontium Citrate, magnesium, charcoal, chlorella, DHEA, iodine, SAM-e, Serrapeptase, Triphala, K2, and Zinc Picolinate.

Luckily, there’s an app for that!

Medisafe helped me keep track of my medications even though the notification reminder would make me jump out of my skin every time I heard it.

How else did I cope? When my eyes stopped shaking and I could start focusing and allow light into my eyes again I started watching TV. But I couldn’t watch the news or anything even remotely serious or depressing. Thank God for “The Brady Bunch,” “The Love Boat,” and “Fantasy Island.”

I also was introduced to a new friend who I call my Lyme buddy.

She talked me off the edge many

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I am one of the lucky ones to have found such support with a person who has experienced the same symptoms and uses the same Lyme language as me.

What I learned: Lyme can’t be stopped by just one drug. You have to kill the grown up spirochete version of Borrelia burgdorferi, the cyst form that prevents antibiotics from entering, and the biofilms that surround and protect them.

This is achieved through an ongoing and delicate dance of various medications and supportive therapy. To reduce inflammation I went on a strict gluten free plantbased diet of mostly greens and beans. My weight plummeted and then crept up to the most I’ve ever weighed as my thyroid and adrenals tried to recuperate from the damage ravaged by Lyme.

Missing months of work didn’t help my state of mind – I missed my birthday, my daughter’s birthday and her school events and games, my husband’s birthday and Christmas once again (my favorite time of year).

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On Saturday, Southampton Town Councilwoman Christine Scalera and local community and civic groups kicked off the 2016 garden season at the Flanders Community Garden at the David W. Crohan Center in Flanders. As part of her “A Greener Southampton” program, Councilwoman Scalera spearheaded the community garden initiative in the spring of 2014 with the goals of promoting healthier eating habits, exercise, environmental care and community cooperation by maintaining the gardens.

In the first two years, the garden produced over 300 pounds of vegetables and herbs which were divided among a community food pantry, the Community Senior Lunch Program, the Community Youth programs, the volunteers of this project and their families.

Each bed will be maintained by the local Citizen Advisory Group, Civic Organizations, the Flanders Fire Department, the Towns Youth Bureau and Senior Services and Councilwoman Scalera.

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The Town of East Hampton will conduct a S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) Day on

Saturday, May 21, 2016 at the East Hampton Recycling Center, 260 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton from 10:00am to 3:00pm Residents are encouraged to bring hazardous waste items such as:

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A reminder, this program is open to East Hampton residents only, and will not accept waste materials from residents living outside the boundaries of the Town of East Hampton. East Hampton residents desiring to participate in this program are encouraged to bring their hazardous waste to the Montauk Transfer Station. Hazardous waste will not be accepted prior to this event.

This event is for residential use only.

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The Bridgehampton Fire Department kicked off EMS week with a traditional “wet down” of two new vehicles. Compatriots from the Sag Harbor, Southampton, East Hampton, Montauk, and North Sea FDs were on hand to help firefighters christen two new vehicles, a fire police truck and a tanker truck. The wet down tradition dates back to the days of horse drawn gear that was sprayed to keep dirt out of the firehouse.

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Insight

It’s on. You could feel “the season” in the air – even if you were wearing your spring parka on Monday.

The whirlwind of community events commenced, and, in this week’s edition, we’ve got the pictures to prove it.

Springs School was sizzling with excitement, thanks to an awesome art festival over the weekend, and some philanthropy-minded students who have embraced the national “Take A Bite Out Of Lyme” movement.

Like the ice bucket challenge, the Take A Bite movement challenges people to sink their teeth into the juicy green fruit and raise money for Lyme disease research. The kids at Springs School are challenging each other, and we don’t think it’s a bad idea. Let’s see who else is going to pucker up. Pucker up and be sure to send us your photographs.

As our series on Lyme disease continues in the In Depth section, we’ve got one East Hampton woman’s story of her battle with the pernicious, and often mysterious, illness.

In our Arts & Entertainment section Jessica Mackin has jam-packed her pages with even more news of upcoming events. The social scene promises to be a busy one this summer, starting off with a personal fave, the Montauk Music Festival, this weekend. Can’t wait to see all the bands.

And, speaking of jam-packed, can’t wait to try a jar of Hampton Jam. We hear it’s fab. Slather some on a warm scone, grab your Indy, put your feet up, and enjoy.

And, don’t forget. We’re on the lookout for stories about local heroes and helpers.

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To The Independent, Let me introduce myself. I am Ross Perchik’s oldest first cousin. This is not something I thought I would be doing but it must be done.

Nobody knew Ross was sick, not even his close relatives. We don’t even know if he was receiving treatment. The last I talked to him was Christmas. He didn’t say a word and I don’t know why.

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There are half a million cigarette related deaths a year. Yet heads of corporations selling those cigarettes go completely unpunished.

thank you to your publication for doing justice to him in his untimely passing. To the many that knew him as the business oriented, socially aware Ross, I will speak for myself.

I know him as fair-minded, intelligent, honest, artistically inclined, non-judgmental, quick with a quip, a compliment, or a well directed pat on the back.

There wasn’t a cause he couldn’t see a positive outcome that would benefit as many people as possible.

These are good qualities. He will be missed and remembered fondly. That is because others, like myself, regarded him as a friend.

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By Ed Gifford School Calendar Dear Editor, I feel I must respond to Dr. Dominic Annacone’s column in The Independent, May 11, 2016 ~ “Eye on Education ~ The 100

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Well, of course. You can’t just go off killing people willy nilly.

Unless you’re a major corporation making huge political contributions.

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sixties and seventies. In fact, Dr. Annacone, is not new to this cause either. His position was explained in an article in the NY Times, July 21, 1986, thirty years ago!

There is a reason year round schools did not catch on thirty, forty, or fifty years ago.

Amongst the many reasons, is the one of living and working on the East End of Long Island. The school calendar is set up so that the year round population can be accommodated for their prime time of earning money to support their families and their taxes.

Schools do not reopen until after Labor Day and Pow Wow for this very reason.

The shop owners, staff, farmers, restaurants, beaches, tradespeople, professionals, teenagers, landscapers, pool companies, summer camps, Bed and Breakfasts and motels, for example, and the list goes on and on, depend on the months of July and August to sustain them for the year.

Many people rent their homes for a month or a season, for the income, and live elsewhere. Logistically, it doesn’t work to have mandatory year round schooling. High school and college students save up for their education, from the income earned from summer jobs.

In addition, who says that the students aren’t learning during these two months?

For example, my three children opened their own business that they had operating from when they were young through college.

They learned people skills, budgeting time, dependability, how to deal with problems, buying supplies, accounting, billing, hiring and firing, getting along with each other, and so much more. These are life-long skills. Reading, writing and arithmetic were surely covered, as were numerous other subjects, beyond the scope of the classroom.

So, Dr. Annacone, East End students are year round earners and learners!

JOAN TUTT

Ginny Schmidt Begonias. They do very well in my garden. I put some in the pots and then try overwintering them in the pots with my geraniums. It worked for a while and it saves quite a lot of money.

But now they’re around four years old so they’re getting straggly.

Patty Neuwirth New Guinea Impatiens and some bocopa. I’m filling pots today. I’ve got nine pots to fill. The rest of the garden is more formal and I have professional help with that.

Lisa Botvin I want nothing to do with gardening. I grew up in Manhattan and I came out to the Island in 1983. I thought I’d do a little gardening and I pulled some vines off of a tree. And I got poison ivy. I was on steroids for two months.

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Stringent Steps Dear Editor, The federal government has decided not to incarcerate a Los Angeles, California, man who falsely certified that beef being sold by his employer, Huntington Meat Packing Co., was free from E. coli bacteria—a lie that led to the recall of more than five million pounds of potentially-contaminated meat.

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this particular meat recall, countless people were put at risk for serious health problems, including kidney failure.

The government should take more stringent steps to protect people from E. coli bacteria, and they can do this best by urging people to stop eating meat and other animal-based foods.

E. coli bacteria live in the intestinal tracts and feces of warm-blooded animals.

Plant-based foods don’t naturally harbor E. coli—they only become contaminated when animal manure is used to fertilize crops or leaks into waterways. (Cross-contamination can also occur when produce is placed on the same surface as meat, or when someone doesn’t practice proper hygiene when handling food.)

If we all eat tasty vegan meals, E. coli and other harmful pathogens will be less likely to spread and sicken people. For more information and a free vegan starter kit, see www.PETA.org. Sincerely, HEATHER MOORE PETA FOUNDATION

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Volunteers manning a way station in East Hampton on Saturday morning were (from left to right) Brittany Ineson, Wendy Riese, Todd Bello, Jaclyn Bello, Kevin, and Michael Bello.

Saturday the National Psoriasis Foundation hosted a cycling event, which began at Duck Walk Vineyards, Water Mill, with routes to Montauk and back.

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Springs School held a Festival of the Arts at Ashawagh Hall on Saturday. Workshops and exhibits, activities for the kids, and, of course, lots of art, colored the day.

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Baseball Action Set To Begin

By Rick Murphy

The Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League begins its ninth season June 3 with seven teams: Montauk, Southampton, Sag Harbor, Shelter Island, North Fork, Riverhead and Westhampton.

It is an opportunity for local baseball enthusiasts to see some of the top players in the country. In fact, some of the HCBL alumni can be seen on television – because they play in the major leagues.

Nick Ahmed (Texas), Phil Klein (Texas) and Nick Tropeano, who played collegiate ball at Stony Brook, all played here and enjoyed living in the Hamptons along the way.

Zach Godley, who made his Major League debut with Arizona last season, recalled the circuitous route most professional baseball players take.

Born and raised in South Carolina, Godley, 26, passed on a chance

living with his host family, John and Bety Venturella.

“I had a blast up in the Hamptons,” Godley said. “It was my only summer ball experience aside from a little time with Team USA. I feel like it helped me out a good bit and I made some really good friends.”

Then it was time to pack the suitcase and Independent / Courtesy HCBL Zack Godley head to the University of Tennessee. Volunteers’ to sign with the Mets in 2009 head coach Todd Raleigh saw him and opted to attend Spartanburg Methodist College instead and pitch for the Breakers and offered enjoyed an outstanding freshman him a scholarship. Shortly after Godley was in Knoxville to start season.

That summer Godley heard a three-year career in Tennessee about the HCBL and joined the orange.

The Chicago Cubs selected him in Southampton Breakers. He had an outstanding season and enjoyed the 10th round of the 2013 draft. He was playing in Dayton when the call

came in 2005: he had been traded to Arizona for Miguel Montero, who is now the starting catcher for the Cubs.

Then the roller coaster intensified. First he was sent to Visalia, and promoted to Mobile a half-season later. After only three starts, he received the call he’d waited for all his life: He was going to The Show. “It was awesome!

Godley recalled.

He was up to the task, hurling five shutout innings in his debut. The shortstop for the Diamondbacks was Ahmed, who played for the Westhampton Aviators in the HCBL. Godley finished with a sterling 5-1 mark and an excellent 3.19 earned run average. Nevertheless, he began 2016 back at Mobile, a victim of the numbers game. He’s hoping for a call up later this season.

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Westhampton In As Playoffs Begin

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The Westhampton Hurricanes needed to win one of their last two games against Rocky Point, and the locals turned the trick at home last Wednesday.

The game didn’t lack for drama.

The Hurricanes were down to their last out, losing 2-1, with a runner aboard, when Ben Osborne strolled to the plate and delivered a long drive to right that went into the

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Stripers In The Bays With this week’s warm weather the bite has definitely improved.

Striped bass are being caught in the back bays and creeks but there are a few along the ocean beach and inlets as well. The stripers have been taking white 3/4 ounce bucktails as well as bone and chicken scratch swimming plugs.

Porgies are over at Jessup’s Neck taking clams and sandworms but you have to chum heavy for them.

The Shinnecock Canal is holding some nice size fluke and some weakfish to eight pounds.

The Ponquogue Bridge has got some keeper bass; most are falling to bucktails and small rubber baits, but clams are working too.

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seats. The walk-off win, 3-2, gave the Hurricanes their 10th win of the season and a berth in the Suffolk County Class A playoffs.

Westhampton, the 8th seed, got a home game against Islip, the ninth seed, Monday, too late for this section. Westhampton was slated to play yesterday as well. If the Hurricanes are still alive in the double-elimination tournament as of today they are slated to play again, at 4 PM against an opponent yet to be determined.

Defending Long Island Class B champion Mattituck 14-2 (16-2 overall), the League VIII champion, plays fourth-seed Center Moriches (10-8) at home today. Babylon, (15-20, the second seed gets Southampton (11-6) at home today as well. First pitch in both games is scheduled

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for 4 PM. All four teams will be in action again tomorrow.

Southold and Pierson will once again square off for the Class C title.

Southold flirted with a perfect season before tailing off the last week of the season. Nevertheless the Settlers finished third with a 15-4 League VIII record. Pierson, 11-7, finished fifth.

Southold swept the three game regular season series, edging Pierson 4-3 twice and blowing out the Whalers, 12-7.

The teams will open the playoff series tomorrow on the North Fork at 4 PM, come to Sag Harbor Saturday (first pitch is high noon) and go back to Southold for a third and deciding game if necessary. That game will begin at 4 PM. Incidentally, congrats to Chad Pike (four dingers) of Southampton and Will Mackin (three) who were the East End home run kings this season, according to Newsday.

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Hampton Bays Takes On The Big Girls

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The Hampton Bays Baywomen aren’t used to competing in Suffolk’s rugged Class A playoffs, having been

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The loser plays at Mount Sinai, the top seed, tomorrow at 4 PM.¸ Hampton Bays was 8-4 in league play, tied for third place with Miller Place (8-4,13-7), and 14-6 overall.

Mount Sinai was 12-0 in League VI and 19-1 overall.

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Win or lose, Westhampton plays tomorrow against an opponent to be determined.

Four teams qualified for the Class B county playoffs. Southampton, the third seed with a 12-8 League VII mark, plays today at 4 PM. Babylon earned the second seed by virtue of a sterling 17-3 regular season record. Fourth seed Mercy (11-8) plays at top seed Center Moriches 19-1 at the same time. Win or lose, all the teams will be in action Friday and the championship game is slated for Tuesday at the home of the highest remaining seed.

Neither Pierson nor Port Jefferson had sterling records this season, but the two Class C teams will get a chance to gain entry into the state Class C tournament by playing each other for the county title.

Pierson, 7-12 will host Port Jefferson (6-14) today at 4:30 PM. The action switches upisland Friday for another 4:30 affair and the deciding game, if needed, will take place back in Sag Harbor at 4:30.

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Kindergartner Braedyn MacLeod won first place at Aquebgoue School Science Far and then entered her experiment in Brookhaven National Lab’s Science Fair where she won honorable mention.

Chris Pendergast (far left), Frank (center) and Clinton (right) pause in front of Riverhead High School as the RHS Student Government officers and representatives joined them in their Ride for Life fundraiser to combat ALS.

Riverhead Student Government Officers, Class Officers and Class Representatives for 2015-16 joined Chris Pendergast, accompanied by his wife, Christine Pendergast, and two other riders, Frank and Clinton, in the 19th Annual Ride For Life, which takes place each May to celebrate National ALS Awareness Month.

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the Yankees first baseman, is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder during which victims slowly lose control of their muscles, speech and, eventually, breathing. The RHS students were joined by Mercy students and concluded their march at the Peconic River Park.

This year’s ride entitled “River to River Researching a Cure” began in Riverhead on May 9, from the Peconic River Park and concludes this Saturday, May 21, in Manhattan.

RHS students contributed over $300 as part of their participation in the fundraiser.

The Ride for Life also rode past the Phillips Avenue School, who cheered the riders on as they continue their ride across Long Island and on to NYC. The Phillips Avenue Elementary School has committed to becoming a Gold ($3000) Sponsor this year. The Phillips teachers and some of the District Administrators (David Wicks and Nancy Carney) have pledged to execute their bucket challenge some time soon -- when it’s warmer.

Kindergartner Braedyn MacLeod was a standout in the Aquebogue Science Fair. Braedyn won first place at Aquebgoue and then entered her experiment in Brookhaven National Lab’s Science Fair where she won honorable mention.

According to BNL’s website, “Over 100 Suffolk County schools take part every year in BNL’s Elementary School Science Fair.

Some 470 projects, created by over 500 Suffolk County children ranging from kindergarten to 6th grade, compete.”

Braedyn did all her own writing and artwork on her boards in a very clear and graphic way. Her experiment compared the eating choices of her three female gerbils.

She offered them seeds, cheese and lettuce. Sunflower seeds were the clear choice overall, but one of the three gerbils clearly enjoyed the cheese and lettuce more than the seeds; the other two almost always chose sunflower seeds.

Tuckahoe School Last week the sixth grade students at Tuckahoe School went on a field trip to The Long Island Science Center in Riverhead. The students worked in teams and individually in programs that integrated with their science curriculum.

Students explored the states of matter in a creative lab setting with BE A SCIENTIST. The presentation allowed students to differentiate between solids, liquids and gases.

They made polymer or “Phlubber,” started their own crystal gardens, and produced a particularly tasty crystallized concoction, better known as ice cream.

Tuckahoe’s Reading Department is hosting a Scholastic Spring Book Fair in the school gymnasium today during school and tomorrow during school and before and after the concert – 5:30 to 8:30 PM. Join Us for A Memorial Day Breakfast on Thursday, May 26, 8:30 to 9:30 AM in the Tuckahoe School Cafetorium. RSVP to: kterry@ tuckahoecommonsd.com.

East Hampton At the East Hampton High School the club “That’s What She Said” is having a formal/semi-formal dress exchange and sale that will take place in the main lobby of the high school today and tomorrow.

If you or your daughters have any dresses they no longer wear that you’d like to donate, it would be much appreciated.

All kinds of dress donations are welcome, simple to formal, not just

prom dresses. The goal is to help the environment, and to create a way for kids to share what they have with others.

Students who donate a dress can get a dress for free, or they can just come to the dress sale and buy any dress for $5.

All proceeds will go to the Morgan Leary family. Any questions can be directed to Amy Cole, French teacher at the school, who runs the club.

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“High Def” Comes to Radar – Will Anything Be The Same?

You’ve found many an article here on radar where I extolled the virtues and increasing cost-effectiveness of radar.

While a lot of enhancements have been made over the years (my first radar set was, I think, installed by Marconi!), they have largely fallen into two categories – tracking boogies to avoid collisions at sea and tuning out the effects of weather.

But, like with our TVs, High Definition (“high-def”) has come to radar and nothing will be the same. A new “arms race” between radar manufacturers has begun and safety of life at sea will be beneficiary. This column is about that.

What We Have Now What’s so bad about what we have now? Really, only two things.

First, even the best radar systems have difficulty is differentiating close objects from each other. As you may remember from a prior article, we thought were closing in on a large slow moving vessel in Narrow Bay one night when our forward-looking infrared scanner told us the truth – a flock of swans was serenely paddling ahead of us.

This can also be true for a tug and its tow – which is less serene to come upon in the fog.

Secondly, in close quarters, it can be deceptively assuring – when assurance is not at hand. Last Spring, we came in to Moriches Bay via the Inlet one moonless, cloud covered night with no visible contacts but the radar overlay on the chart plotter.

Well, that is certainly better than nothing – except that the east channel from the Inlet to the seaway within the bay is narrow.

I didn’t have 50’ on either side of good water – but the chart and radar resolution wasn’t much better than that. What to do? Slow down and get a crewman on the bow. So much for technology!

“High Def” Means What?

When I saw my first high-def TV, I realized that actors had better see their dermatologists, right away. I could count the hairs on the chin of the actors – which also meant their scars, pimples and pockmarks!

It also meant that sports figures needed to clean up their language because now it was a lot easier to read their lips when they ‘cussed out the referee or umpire!

Happily for boaters, high-def means better, not worse. Instead of

a smudge of radar return signals implying that the Queen Mary is anchored in Moriches Bay west of the Inlet, you’ll be able to count the boats swinging at anchor, or drift fishing, within feet of each other.

I’ve seen high-def radar screenshots showing boats in slips at a marina. Prior to that, all I would have been able to see is one large radar return of a very large object ahead.

High-def is all about resolution.

And better resolution leads to better problem resolution, and sooner, and that means better safety of life at sea.

What’s Available?

Well, like TV in the early days of the high-def revolution, not everyone has the technology and, for those that do, not all their gear is “plug-compatible.” Raymarine’s latest – the G Series – is the state of the art in high-def radar. And their prior state-of-the-art E Series can be retrofitted through firmware (specialized software) to receive and process the high-def signal. But the C Series is out of luck. Remember that three years ago, the C Series was the state of the art -- that’s how fast this is moving.

Who else is out there with highdef? Furuno, as long as you are running their NavNet 3D system; Northstar, Simrad and Lowrance are also geared up for high-def.

As you would imagine, mounting the radome/scanner is now especially important. Recall again from last week’s article that as the boat pitches, the radar “beam” can shoot down into the water or off into outer space. Some installers argue that this means that a scanner should be mounted on a gimbal that keeps the radar true to the horizon. It makes sense to me but that means a specialized mount that I have yet to find for powered boats. So, just be aware, especially in heavy seas that you are getting a picture that is sweeping from the depths of the water to the heights of the sky.

What’s Next?

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