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Indy Salutes East End Workers

By Kitty Merrill

According to a history of Labor day crafted by the US Department of Labor, Labor Day is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and wellbeing of our country.

Each year, The Independent embraces the spirit of Labor Day and salutes our local workers.

The first governmental recognition of Labor Day came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. New York introduced the first state legislation recognizing Labor Day, but it was Oregon that passed the first law on February 21, 1887. On June 28 of 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.

Whose idea was it? USDL reports some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the

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Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.”

Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York.

No matter who proposed it, Labor Day has come to mean a sigh of relief – from crowds, from traffic, from backbreaking work schedules.

It also is a harbinger of what most locals know – the glorious days of autumn. And have no fear, we’ve got festivals and fairs aplenty coming up this fall.

But for this week, lets be sure to acknowledge those who keep our engines running – literally and figuratively.

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MY FIRST ANNUAL POLITICALLY INCORRECT COLUMN It’s a New York Times, Nancy Pelosi, Rosie O’Donnell world. It’s an “Only we know what’s best for you” world. The people who believe they are more politically correct than all of us have an agenda.

They don’t just want to be in charge of what you say. They want to be in charge of what you eat, what you drink and – most of all

– what you think. They want to tell you what food is in (kale and rutabaga) and what food is out (fatty hamburgers and salt).

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Being guilty of being politically incorrect today is the equivalent to being guilty of a thought crime in 1984.

Why do the politically correct creeps worry about a football team that calls itself the Washington “Redskins,” but those same pious, politically correct hand-wringers don’t do anything about the sad plight of Native Americans, whose poverty and health problems leave them with a life expectancy of less than 55 years.

The politically correct bozos love to take cheap shots. Singer Bette Midler got into big trouble with the politically correct Nazis when she fired off a controversial tweet about transgender icon Caitlyn Jenner.

Midler made a joke wondering if Jenner will transition back to being a man – among other musings – now that her reality show is cancelled: “Now that @IAmCait has been cancelled, will she go back to being Bruce? Will Kris take him back? Do I smell a re-wedding?!”

That hit the fan and Midler, the singer who is a legend and was a great supporter of every gay man back in the days when many people weren’t being kind to gay men, was accused of the “crime” of making a joke about a transgender person.

Bette Midler – who used to be funny and fearless – was forced to apologize to the politically correct Big Brothers, saying, “Dear friends at HRC [Human Rights Campaign], whom I have always supported.

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musing. I seem to have misread the temper of the times.”

What bull crap.

Where is it written that you cannot make a joke about tr a ns g e n d e rs? A s far as I ’m concerned, if transgenders want to be treated like everyone else, they should be ready to be laughed at like everyone else. If we can’t laugh at midgets and transgender people, whom can we laugh at?

Next I guess someone is going to attack my idea of making “Dwarf Tossing” an event in the next Olympics. Tell you one thing, “Dwarf Tossing” will be a hell of a lot more popular than “Curling,” a so-called sport that makes me want to hurl.

And while I’m at it, let’s talk about diversity.

The other day I called for an Uber car and received this message: “Your driver is deaf or hard of hearing.”

Now, I have many friends who are hard of hearing, and a few who are quite deaf, and of course I am sympathetic to people who have this condition. But driving a car on New York City streets might be okay for the hard-of-hearing person who wears a hearing aid, but it may not be the best career choice for a deaf person.

I sat in the back of this Uber car, driven by a perfectly nice but apparently stone-deaf gentleman, wondering what should I do if I hear a giant fire truck with its siren blasting trying to pass us? Or what happens when a police car with its sirens screaming comes flying out of a side street? I remember thinking that Uber should have given me a sign language way to signal the driver, “Move or we’re going to die.”

I trust that Uber is ready to send a note to my family saying, “Due to the fact that our Uber driver didn’t hear a sound and your husband was crushed by a fire truck, Uber will give you 25% off your next 20 Uber rides.”

Anyway, I guess to be keeping with the times, let me be safe and state: NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS COLUMN. If you wish to comment on “Jerry’s Ink” please send your message to jerry@ dfjp.com.

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Harborfest On The Horizon

By Nicole Teitler

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Harborfest, an annual event celebrating the maritime history of Sag Harbor, will take place September 10 and 11. As the hype of the dog days of summer season fizzles away after Labor Day weekend, locals will come together to celebrate what is often deemed as a resting period. It’s time for the East End to unwind.

This family weekend has an activity for all ages, being described the largest block party on the water. The whaleboat races, having been a favorite for the adults, both spectators and participants, now incorporates a junior division.

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group competing but with interest from a younger crowd the races are introducing two groups of juniors that will compete. Ages thirteen and up and ages eighteen and up.

With hopes in growing this division is Bryan Boyhan from Sag Harbor Express, described by Lisa Field, President of Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce, as the go-to guy for whaleboat racing.

“Bryan deserves the credit for the event and all the work.” Lisa told Indy.

What started out 50 years ago as the Old Whaler’s Festival has turned into a time-honored tradition, a historic consistency in an everchanging landscape.

“Harborfest is the reincarnation of Old Whalers Festival. It’s a true local event for everyone. Visitors come and when you come just feel part of the community,” Field explained.

Keeping with its aquatic theme and representing so much of Long Island, is a floating whale in the harbor as a symbol of the festival.

“The old festival really used a harpoon for the whale. Now we use a foam dart. But I remember the actual expression of ‘harpooning the whale,’” Field said.

In conjunction with this highly anticipated community event will also be the Arts and Crafts Fair at Marine Park.

Saturday, September 10, will kick off at 9 AM with the Sidewalk Fair, Arts and Crafts Fair, and the Harborfest vendors will open for business. At 11 AM the Sag Harbor Community Band will play on the Wharf and children’s tug of war on the beach will begin. Starting at noon is the adventurous whaleboat racing.

At 1 PM there will be John Corr nautical music at the Windmill, Keith Lief the Amazing Fire Juggler strolls at the wharf and the Children’s Corn Shucking contest takes place on the beach. The children’s potato sack races on the beach will begin at 2:30 PM with hulahoop at the Sag Harbor Kids Booth to follow at 3 PM. From 5 PM to 10 PM there will be live music as Sag Harbor Fire Department Ladies Auxillary hosts a concert on Long Wharf.

Sunday, September 11, the fun starts at 9 AM with the Sidewalk Fair, Arts and Crafts Fair, and the Harborfest vendors open for business. At 11 AM the children’s tug of war on the beach begins along with a nautical musical performance

by Tim Fitall (Sampawams Creek) at the windmill. For a second race, at noon will be the whaleboat racing.

Also at that time is a Clam Chowder Contest on Long Wharf at the Food Pantry booth. Live music by Continued on Page 9.

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You Never Forget Your First

By Kitty Merrill

Jerry Della Femina’s first car was a white 1948 Chevy convertible he bought from his friend Gino for $90.

Gino was selling because he was going into the Army. The car got 20 miles on a gallon of oil. It had a newfangled transmission called the Dynaflow and “took every bit of strength you had to shift it.”

Since Jerry was just 16 when he bought the ragtop, he didn’t have a driver’s license yet. He drove the car anyway, and just recently ran into a friend who recalled those days.

She said she used to cry whenever they saw a cop because Jerry would go right up to the officer and ask for directions, figuring no cop would demand to see the license of someone asking for directions.

Back then in his neighborhood, he recalled, “Everyone knew how to hot wire a car.” Once or twice a week somebody would steal his car, take a ride, and bring it back.

My first was a 1970 Gran Torino, turquoise. It cost me $500, which I borrowed from my boss, Frank. He wrung every last dime of the vig out of me in the time it took to pay him back.

The previous owner of the car apparently liked to have a beer or several while he was tooling around the South Fork. He cut a hole in the back dashboard for target practice, honing a skill that involved throwing empties over his shoulder to a final resting place in the trunk.

Myself, I never tried it once the car was mine.

I hate beer.

Before I got the car, I used a bike and the LIRR to get back and forth from East Hampton where I lived to Montauk where I worked. The train schedule being what it was, I was hours early for work each day and would ride my bike to my sister’s house on Second House Road. The day the wind whipping across Fort Pond pushed me backwards on Industrial Road, no matter how hard

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Vine Brothers begins on Long Wharf at 1 PM. Junior Whaleboat racing, a Children’s Corn Shucking Contest on the beach and hulahoops at the Sag Harbor Kids booth continue. To end the weekend at 4:30 PM check out be a delicious lobster roll eating contest at the Bay Burger booth.

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I pedaled, combined with a move to Lazy Point, made the need for a car urgent.

And I was so proud of my bitchin ride. The interior was black leather and it had a shifter on the floor instead of in the steering column, which was super rad. Bucket seats and giant doors and a tape deck.

What more could you want?

It would be several years before I bought a car so fancy you actually got the coupon book for monthly payments.

What was your first car? Do you remember? As car buying season ramps up, send us your first car story. Could be a prize in it for you.

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Finny Merrill’s first car was a 1968 Chevy Nova his uncle gave him. He was, at first, very excited and worked on it dutifully, attempting to rebuild the carburetor. Alas, it never did run for him. That was okay, since it would be years before he was old enough to drive.

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Dixie arrived at the Kent Animal Shelter on Saturday, where she will receive food, shelter, veterinary care, and lots of love until she is adopted,on Saturday.

Every year tens of thousands of dogs are transported from Thailand to neighboring countries where they are butchered for the dog meat trade. The conditions under which the dogs are transported and slaughtered are inhumane and many die from suffocation long before they reach neighboring countries. In reality, these are the lucky ones.

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Ouch. The folks at the personal finance website WalletHub recently concluded an in-depth analysis of 2016’s states with the best and the worst school systems, and New York

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ranked 46th in that metric, its lowest score in all the areas.

Math test scores (37), reading test scores (33), drop out rates (39) and average SAT score (41) kept New York from the top of the list of best school systems.

The state did score in the average range for safety (26) and number of bullying incidents (21).

Data used to create these rankings were collected from the U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Educational Statistics, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kids Count - Anney E. Casey Foundation, Stopbullying.gov, U.S. News & World Report, College Board, ACT and K12.

WalletHub’s analysts divided data into two sections: School Quality and School Safety. To garner points for quality, such metrics as the presence of a state’s public schools within the Top 700 Best U.S. Schools list compiled by US News & World report, drop out rates, graduation rates for low income students, math and reading test scores, number of kids taking advanced placement courses and more, were studied.

For the safety component, analysts looked at the percentage of students in a school threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, disciplinary incidents per 100,000 students, and youth incarceration rates. New York ranked 15 in safety and 32 in quality.

Overall the state landed smack dab in the middle, taking position 25 out of 51. Neighboring Massachusetts and New Jersey took first and second slots, with MA ranking first in quality and safety.

Louisiana ranked last.

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FEATURED NEW CONSTRUCTION SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE | $4,495,000 Great location and close to all this new home will have everything you desire to complement south of the highway village lifestyle. With 6 bedrooms 5.5 baths, formal living and dining, open family and kitchen leading to extensive patios and the manicure outdoors with gunite pool and pool-house. The lower level with have gym media and wine cellar and a guest suite with bedroom and bath. web# 502522 MICHAEL AMMAR 631 456 3541 michaela@nestseekers.com

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BEAUTIFUL HOME IN A PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD | $1,635,000 Beautiful home with huge potential located in a quiet cul-de-sac, in a very desirable area in East Hampton. With all the skylights throughout, this home is light & bright and perfect for entertaining. Featuring 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 3 fireplaces and a full basement that has many possibilities. Beautiful backyard with nice landscaping and a large in ground pool. Easy access to Sag Harbor Village and East Hampton town. web# 616380 JOHN BRADY 631 353 3047 john@nestseekers.com

BEAUTIFUL SOUTHAMPTON CONTEMPORARY | $1,750,000 5 bedroom, 5 bath, on 1 acre of lovely landscaped property. Open floor-plan featuring many windows and soaring white beamed ceilings.

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GREAT INVESTMENT IN EAST HAMPTON | $995,000 Located on 8/10 of an acre in Northwest Woods, this impeccably kept 4+ bedroom, 3 bath home has much to offer. The spacious and wonderfully private first floor master bedroom includes a luxurious master bath and huge walk-in closet. A guest room and full bath, are strategically located on the opposite side of the home. Also on the first floor, enjoy an office/den or even 5th bedroom! Upstairs you will find 2 additional bedrooms plus a third full bath. A fabulous deck with abundant space surrounds the heated pool in a beautiful and tranquil setting. web # 520721 MARCIA SCHENCK 631 831 0556 marcia@nestseekers.com

GREAT EAST HAMPTON LOCATION | $925,000 This 4 bedroom 3 bathroom has open space living with a beautiful great room and wood burning fireplace. Oversized bedrooms with easy living makes this a great deal. Great frontage in a sought after neighborhood with a beautiful backyard. Room for pool and expansion. web # 629933 LINDA KOUZOUJIAN 516 901 1034 lindak@Nestseekers.com

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PROPERTIES MODERN FARMHOUSE IN SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE | $2,350,000 Customize your home boasting anywhere from 2500 to 4000 sq ft. on .50 acres , up to 4 beds, and 4 baths, including chefs kitchen with stainless steel appliances , multiple fireplaces, office / loft and master suite, guest loft ensuite beds, all with floor to ceiling windows and it’s heated gunite pool which takes center stage all summer long.

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EAST HAMPTON SOUTH 1.5 ACRE OPPORTUNITY | $2,495,000 A rare opportunity to own 1.5 Acres south of the highway! Situated on this beautiful property is a newly shingled, restored and renovated 1860’s farmhouse with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 Baths and separate attached guest suite.The property is gated and landscaped for privacy with 20x40 new gunite heated pool and large attached patios with pergola.

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BEST VALUE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD | $1,695,000 East Hampton peace and tranquility abound this Traditional home perfectly sited on 1.22 Acres. This 3400 Sq. Ft. home features master bedroom on 1st floor plus 3 guest bedrooms & 4.5 baths. Gourmet kitchen & sunny breakfast area, living room with fireplace, cozy den, attached garage. Other amenities include brazillian cherry floors, secluded backyard with mahogany deck & room for pool. web # 484801 LISA PERFIDO 631 258 0184 lisap@nestseekers.com SUZANNE SIENKIEWICZ 516 885 7391 suzannes@nestseekers.com

QUINTESSENTIAL QUOGUE STYLE HOME | $2,995,000 Sited on a well manicured 1.01 acres with views of Ogden Pond, this classic Quogue home charms at all turns. Boasting 6 beds overall which includes a 1st floor guest suite and a 2nd floor Master suite with views of Ogden pond. Complete with Chefs kitchen, large indoor and outdoor dining spaces, recreation/ game room, and 2 car garage.

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Belly Up To The Bar . . .

By Kitty Merrill

. . . but skip the belly.

Everybody knows that when you’re trying to watch your weight and follow a healthy lifestyle, drinking too much alcohol is proscribed. But we love the 80/20 philosophy: follow your healthy plan at least 80 percent of the time and allow for cheats and treats 20 percent of the time. People who follow the 80/20 concept tend to be more successful in the long term than those who try to be too restrictive.

So, have a drink if that’s your treat. And make it guilt free by using mixers without added sugar, calories, or artificial ingredients.

The new line of mixers called Be

Mixed is available in three distinct flavors – Ginger Lime, Cucumber Mint, and Margarita. Each single serve four ounce pocketsize bottle makes it simple and convenient to prepare delicious cocktails at home. Plus, the little bottles help you track portions.

Touted as adding “a zesty pop of flavor with a touch of natural sweetness from antioxidant-packed monk fruit” the mixers blend with everything from tequila to beer.

They’re also great for crafting “insta-cocktails.” Just mix a bottle with a shot of your favorite spirit and some ice and viola! No muss, no fuss. You can pick up a case at Citarella.

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How about a Be Mixed sangria?

Combine a bottle of the cucumber mint flavor with four ounces of Sauvignon Blanc. Muddle a handful of grapes and blackberries (about a half dozen each) and combine in a glass over ice with a splash of soda.

Lavender lemonade sounds intriguing, doesn’t it? Use a half bottle of cucumber mint Be Mixed, two lemon slices, a quarter teaspoon lavender, a splash of soda, and a nice shot of vodka. Infuse the Be Mixed with the lavender for about two hours. Pour into an ice-filled glass, and add the balance of the ingredients. Yum. Try it with some Citron for extra lemony goodness.

Jonesin for a brewski? Make your wheat beer special by adding in some muddled peaches and a half bottle Be Mixed Ginger Lime.

Finally, for a new twist on the old school whiskey sour, try a half bottle of Be Mixed margarita with two ounces of whiskey and half a peeled grapefruit, muddled. That’s one sweet sour.

Now, we all know that drinking alcohol regularly can mean the death of your healthy diet. But every once in a while? You gotta live. Be sure to do it responsibly.

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As a music educator, he believes in using music principles and F theories to inspire deep and critical thinking through coding and decoding as well as drawing meaning out of text and musical lines. As a director, his vision is one that entwines music and community both inside and outside Thursday starting September 15, of school.

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Never Too Old For New Horizons East End Arts in Riverhead announces that registration is now open for the fall semester for the New Horizons Adult Band.

The first of its kind on the East End of Long Island, East End Arts New Horizons Band program provides adults ages “50 or better” who have little or no instrumental experience with the opportunity to learn new skills and/or advance their skills and play concert band music in an ensemble of likeminded life-long learners.

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Education Director, comments about the program: “Matt Gardiner is an incredible instructor who is able to work individually with participants, while at the same time bringing the group together as a whole to progress. He makes each session very enjoyable and a memorable learning experience.”

New music, skills, and friends await!

To participate in East End Arts New Horizons Band, advance registration is required and is managed by the East End Arts School, located at 141 E. Main Street, Riverhead, NY. For more information and to register, visit eastendarts.org.

The New Horizons Band program was founded 25 years ago by Professor Roy Ernst, the Music Education Department Chair at Eastman School of Music, one of the top music schools in the United States.

The New Horizons Bands program has grown to over 215 groups, more than 9000 participants across the world on three continents, and sponsors numerous summer band camps in North America.

“Playing music in groups supports good mental and physical health, besides being an unending source of joy,” the professor said.

There are many benefits to playing music at any age. Music is a complex activity that helps in memory and motor skills and the coordination of the senses.

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P ro f e s s o r Christopher Gobler and an aerial view of Peconic Bay.

Rust Tide Endangers Peconic Waterways

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An award winning expert on plankton ecology warned this week that a “rust tide” spreading through East End waterways is toxic and poses a grave danger to fish and shellfish.

Stony Brook University Professor Christopher Gobler and his team monitor algae growth at his laboratory at the Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences in Southampton. They first noticed isolated patches of the tide in Sag Harbor and Three Mile Harbor earlier in the month.

Last week, however, the situation worsened dramatically. Rust tide was measured in much of the Peconic Estuary system from Riverhead to East Hampton at densities exceeding 3000 cells per milliliter.

Densities of the rust tide algae, known as Cochlodinium, above 500 cells per milliliter can be lethal to marine life, though large kills have yet to occur.

“We have identified climate change and specifically warm summer temperatures as a trigger for these large, widespread rust tides,” Gobler wrote in a report issued

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last week. “In the 20th century, summer water temperatures were significantly cooler than there are today. When we have extended summer heat as we have seen this summer, a heavy rust tide often follows.”

Gobler noted that the rust tide had been muted in 2013 and 2014 when water temperatures were lower.

Gobler has previously concluded excessive nitrogen in the water is a second, equally important, driving factor in the algae plume.

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earlier this month, Southampton and East Hampton Towns, in conjunction with Suffolk County, are developing a regional plan to help deter nitrogen levels from rising.

Nitrogens seep into the waterways from road runoff and from faulty or antiquated septic systems.

One partial solution is to divert a portion of Community Preservation Funds away from land preservation to improving water quality.

Both towns are expected to approve the measure.

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Water Technology was founded by former Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst with a grant from New York State and $1 million in pledged donations from two charities controlled by former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg, a part time Southampton resident. It is based at Stony Brook University and run by a former aide to ThroneHolst, Jennifer Garvey.

“Our mandate is to develop scalable nitrogen removing systems,” Garvey said in a recent interview.

“Another track is to develop more experimental systems.”

Broken Down Systems One of the problems on the East End is the vast amount of waterfront cottages and older homes with waterside septic systems that are old, broken down, or submerged. One bio-filter in the works, said Garvey, is a simple filter made with layers of sand and ground wood with a liner at the bottom.

“It’s very exciting because it goes less than four feet into the ground,” meaning it can be placed in areas where the water table is high, she said.

Southampton Councilman John Bouvier pointed out in other waterfront neighborhoods that are too constrained to hold any sort of localized septic system a neighborhood facility might be utilized.

The Gobler study demonstrated that high nitrogen levels make rust tides more intense and more toxic.

As nitrogen loading has increased into eastern Suffolk County waters, these events have intensified.

The study also noted the flexibility of the rust tide organism with regard to nitrogen. Algae is able to feed off high levels in near-shore regions but also can persist at lower levels in more open water sites.

“The links between these toxic blooms and excessive nitrogen loading are now well-established and are playing out again this year,” said

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Gobler. “Near-shore regions on the East End experience intense nitrogen loadings from wastewater and farms and get these events first, after which they are transported to open water regions. It is likely that the recent, intense rainfall will intensify the rust tide in the coming week,” the expert said.

Experiments conducted in the Gobler Lab have demonstrated that this algal bloom can kill fish in hours and shellfish in days. In recent years, bay scallop levels in the Peconic Estuary have trended with rust tide intensity.

Scallops Die The last major rust tide in 2012 was accompanied by a large dieoff of scallops in some regions during the rust tide, causing great disappointment among baymen and lovers of this delicacy alike. In 2013 and 2014, the bloom was very mild and scallop harvests were up dramatically. The impacts of this year’s rust tide will depend on its duration, coverage, and intensity.

“We anticipate the rust tide will intensify in the Peconics and spread to Shinnecock Bay in the coming weeks. Blooms typically persist into the fall or until water temperatures drop below 60 degrees,” said Gobler.

Gobler, who was raised in Setauket and now lives in East Quogue, is a marine biologist and leading researcher of the harmful algal blooms that have become increasingly common in Long Island’s coastal waters.

He said he became interested in the phenomenon a couple decades ago while working a summer job in Smithtown.

“I remember a bayman telling about how he, his father, and his father’s father were all fishermen in the area. He said he always thought his son would be, too, but that all the clams in the Great South Bay are disappearing,” Gobler said.

“That was honestly a life-changing experience for me.”

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East Hampton Town Councilman Fred Overton gives Herb Field a proclamation in honor of his 92nd birthday at the August 22 Springs Citizens Advisory Committee.

Field Honored By Springs CAC Herb Field was born on Franklin Farm. He is from one of the oldest families in The Springs. According to Field, who gave a speech at the Springs Citizens Advisoty committee's monthly meeting, he attended school at The Little Red Schoolhouse (Ashawagh Hall) in 1929 and then the New School on School Street when it was built in 1931, and then went on to East Hampton High School.

He enlisted in the Navy in April of 1943, and, after tours in the Asiatic Pacific, European, and American Theatre, opted to discharge on December 18, 1945. He married Esther Louise LaMotte in Charleston, South Carolina, in the Naval Chapel in 1946 and they had six children.

Field returned home to Amagansett in the fall of 1964 and bought the Baker and Baker Dairy Farm, where he resides today.

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Environmental Analyst Sees Trouble With Road Closure

By Rick Murphy

Southampton Town’s Chief Environmental Analyst Martin E. Shea has conducted a field assessment of a portion of land bordering Shinnecock Hills Golf Course and Southampton Golf Course.

The town is mulling a proposal

by Shinnecock to close a portion of Tuckahoe Road that runs through the golf course and reroute traffic on a yet to be built road about 1/4 mile east. Another new road that would reconnect to Tuckahoe Road further east would then be cut out through existing woodlands.

The fact that the town is still considering the proposal despite the public’s disapproval for the project rankles many of the citizens who oppose it.

The golf club hierarchy has of-

fered to not only pay for the project but to give the town $5 million as an inducement and pay the Tuckahoe School District $1 million.

Shea met with representatives of Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on August 1, “in order to evaluate the proposed re-routing and re-design of Tuckahoe Road,” he wrote in a memo obtained by The Independent. ”We walked the entire route and looked at all areas that would be impacted by the project,” he added.

Shea felt comfortable with the first part of the project, which would entail building a road just north of the CR 39/Tuckahoe Road intersection that would run east to St. Andrews Road.

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The Southampton Town Board got an earful from citizens opposed to a proposal to close a portion of Tuckahoe Road at a recent meeting.

to building the connecting road alongside CR 39, with the exception of the need to protect as many of the larger trees as possible, and the obvious need to maintain a visual screen along the existing road.

While several fairways may need to be shifted and partially re-designed, these obstacles can be easily overcome,” he wrote.

However, Shea found the second part of the project -- to pave a road north that reconnects with Tuckahoe Road just west of Tuckahoe Lane and Sebonac Road -- more problematic.

“The woodlands between the Shinnecock Hills and Southampton Golf Course that would be negatively affected by road construction are part of a critical network of functional wildlife linkages and animal movement and dispersal corridors through the region,” Shea wrote. “These reserves of forests also provide essential bird habitat.

Additionally, the large trees are important roosting sites for raptors and likely provide nests locations for red-tailed hawk.”

Shea also said the rolling topography would create construction problems and parts of the proposed road “may also present drainage issues.”

Councilwoman Christine Scalera said in the wake of the overwhelming lack of public support, it is troubling the town is proceeding with its exploration of the plan. “It begs the question, who is carrying the water on this? Why go through the expense?” (See accompanying article elsewhere in this issue.)

“As you are aware, conservation wise, it is typically more beneficial to avoid clearing existing natural areas than to try and rectify the damage . . . nevertheless, in the event

that the town elects to proceed with the road relocation plans, several environmental impact mitigation options could be explored,” Shea concluded.

Highway Superintendent Alex Gregor said the environmental analysis backed up his contention the new road is unnecessary, and that there are no safety issues significant enough to shut down a portion of Tuckahoe Road.

“I met with Jay [Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman] and I told him a couple crossing guards and maybe a speed bump or two would do the job,” Gregor relayed.

Shea suggested several ways to mitigate the environmental damage that would be caused by paving a new road.

“One strategy would be to evaluate the potential for expanding the woodland corridor in the westerly part of the golf course, between National Golf Links and Shinnecock, with an eye toward creating, in the long term, replacement habitat for the wildlife corridor, which would be diminished or lost as a consequence of building the road.”

Shea also suggested, “getting the club to commit further resources and monies toward recovery of this rare and rapidly disappearing ecological community.” The fact that the club is willing to spend so much money has come under criticism. One speaker at an informal town board meeting recently said she was “insulted” the club would try to “bribe” the town.

Nevertheless, Shea had no reticence about broaching the matter: “I discussed these ideas with the representative for the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, who seemed receptive to the idea of offering mitigation.”

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Fire On The Reservation A devastating fire on the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton Friday was arson, at least according to Tribal Trustees.

Two houses, apparently torched, burned quickly to the ground at about 3 AM. One of the homes belonged to Dan Collins Jr., the son of Tribal Council Vice Chairman Dan Collins Sr. A family of five was in the house, including three children.

A spokesman for the Southampton Village Fire Department said the residents “narrowly escaped” with their lives.

A half-dozen neighboring fire departments responded to the blaze, which took almost four hours to extinguish. Two cars were also ablaze when firefighters arrived.

Scuttlebutt around the reservation was that the blaze was set in numerous locations on the property. Fire officials and the New York State Police did not confirm that but issued a statement saying a criminal investigation was underway. They are calling for witnesses to step forward.

The Reservation, south of Old Montauk Highway between Hill Street in Southampton Village and Hampton Bays, has been the scene of some ugly incidents. Tribal members have been split over leadership and the tribe’s role in securing a gaming license to run a casino.

There have been several shootings on site, and in May 2013, FBI agents raided the reservation, seizing records from the Gaming Authority.

Later that year a building containing Gaming Authority records was burned down. Officials said the cause was arson.

There is an effort underway to help the Collins family via GoFundMe. See the accompanying box on this page.

Checkpoint Charlie Southampton Town Police said a DWI checkpoint Saturday proved fruitful – for police, anyway. For the seven drivers accused of drinking excessively and driving? Not so much.

The checkpoint was set up from 8 PM until 10:30 on Main Street in Bridgehampton. Police said 210 vehicles were screened. One of the seven arrested was hit with a felony charge. Police said Sergio Seculanda of Southampton, 55, was charged with a felony count of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation in addition to

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Meanwhile, all the poor slobs who got waylaid by a checkpoint on one of the South Fork’s mostcongested Main Streets probably had to have a number of cocktails once they finally got home.

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Scalera Opposes Tuckahoe Road Closure

By Rick Murphy

Southampton Town Councilwoman Christine Scalera said this week she isn’t impressed by a multi-million dollar carrot being waved by the Shinnecock Golf Club members who want to close a portion of Tuckahoe Road that runs through the golf course.

In fact, she doesn’t know why the conversation is still going on.

“Why should our residents be deprived of that road and those scenic views? Why would we even explore it?” Scalera asked.

The town board recently heard a proposal by Barrett N. (Brett) Pickett, the President of the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, to reroute the road so it doesn’t pass through the heart of the golf club.

He said increased traffic on Tuckahoe Road has made it unsafe not only for golfers but for the children who frequent the club grounds. The club’s membership is aware the closure of the road will be an intrusion to some, Pickett said, but they feel they make important contributions to the town and ask for relatively little in return.

The solution, Pickett said, is “a simple workaround” – which is estimated to cost $6 million.

The club would pay for the entire cost, he stressed – and then some.

Pickett made it clear millions more would be made available should the project become a reality.

That didn’t sit well with Scalera.

“Why should they have the right to buy into anything?”

The club shouldn’t have even come to the town with their proposal at this juncture, Scalera said. “There are a lot of measures they can take themselves that don’t involve the town. They should take that approach before coming to us.”

Some members of the public have proposed tunnels that run under Tuckahoe Road where the golfers cross, or bridges wide enough for golf carts.

Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said the town should keep an open mind, because additional funds donated to the town by the club -- $5 million has been bandied around -- would allow for a number of important improvements in other parts of the town. He noted

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Southampton Hospital is moving to the Southampton College area, and that improvements would be needed to the road servicing it.

“If something is done at the hospital all the parties involved would be chipping in their share,” Scalera said. The town can easily afford to make needed improvements without a contribution of private funds, she added.

Pickett called the traffic on CR 39 “maddening congestion.” Tuckahoe Road is “a high volume shortcut”

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that’s become “a community safety issue,” he said.

Town Highway Superintendent Alex Gregor noted the traffic has increased markedly on CR 39, eastbound in the morning and westbound after work, as the socalled “trade parade” of workers motor in and out. Traffic flows through the area coming and going from North Sea and Noyac, even Sag Harbor and Shelter Island as drivers try to circumvent the CR 39 morning and evening jams.

But Gregor said, Tuckahoe Road “is no better or worse than any of the other feeder roads” and that the proposed new road may make things even worse.

“It’s a drastic change,” Scalera said of closing a portion of Tuckahoe Road. “It impacts our residents.”

Scalera said, “I have not been a part of the conversation” when asked if the board has discussed the matter since Pickett’s presentation.

“I don’t think the town should spend any more time or money on it,” she said.

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Paddleboarder Rescued

S o u t h a m p t o n To w n Po l i c e received a call Thursday at about 4 PM from Suffolk County Parks Police reporting that a beach goer had been paddleboarding and may

Go Fund Me For House Fire Victims Everybody got out alive but they lost all their possessions.

An early morning fire last Friday morning burned a house to the ground, which belonged to Daniel Collins Jr., who lived on the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton. Collins, his wife, and their three children escaped.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, while community members are working to help the family, who are now without a home and without even the most basic possessions.

By Monday morning a gofund me page to help the Collins family had already raised $5200.

East End Cares, the Facebook site, quickly posted a call for assistance.

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have been in distress. Upon arrival a young man reported that he was watching his friend paddleboard at Meschutt Beach when the wind picked up and pulled her out of sight.

Christina Pimienta was reported to have been wearing a lifejacket while paddleboarding and traveling easterly. The wind was around 15 knots from the west and seas were two to three feet high.

Southampton Town Police Bay Constables were dispatched and conducted a search of the area and they located Pimienta minutes later about three miles east of Meschutt Beach and one mile out to sea. Pimienta was in the water and clinging to the paddleboard.

She stated that vessels passed her but didn’t see her because she was floating just above the water. She stated she was afraid that it was

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going to get dark and no one was going to find her. Pimienta was transported by Bay Constables back to Meschutt Beach and reunited with her family.

Police attributed the positive outcome of the event to the paddleboarder for wearing a PFD, having someone responsible aware and watching from shore, and the rapid and appropriate response from the lifeguards on duty, the Parks Police and the Southampton Town Police Bay Constable Unit.

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Contaminants from the Air National Guard Base at Gabreski Airport are moving south, and could reach Quantuck Bay, above.

Contaminated Water Wells A Concern

By Rick Murphy

A number of drinking wells south of Gabreski Airport in Westhampton, where the 106th Air National Guard Rescue Wing is based, have tested positive for dangerous contaminants and county and state authorities are developing a plan to address the issue.

Grace Kelly-McGovern, a spokeswoman for the Suffolk County Department Of Health, said so far 66 private wells have been tested. They are located south of Gabreski Airport, where the contamination is believed to have occurred.

PFOS and PFOA, the contaminants, are typically found in the foam used to put out some chemical fires.

There is a training facility at the airport some South Fork volunteer fire departments have used for training purposes. The foam has been utilized in exercises for at least a decade, a local firefighter said on the condition of anonymity.

Kelly-McGovern said 42 of the wells tested did not contain the chemicals. Testing in 10 other wells measured the presence of the contaminants, and eight of those were above the health advisory level. The remaining wells are scheduled for testing shortly.

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U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are placing the blame squarely on the local Air National Guard unit but neither of the New York senators were aware that local firefighters use the airbase for training and may have used PFOS and PFOA, the contaminants. They are used to make aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), a component of firefighting foams, and alcohol-type concentrate foams.

Though Schumer and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone have both stated the Air National Guard has agreed to fund a cleanup should one be necessary, a spokeswoman for the Westhampton-based ANG

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Lynn Kirby, a press relations spokeswoman for the 106th did not respond to specific questions but said typically the National Guard would have no comment until any investigation is completed.

“The Air Force is evaluating a Suffolk County Department of Health Services report on possible sources of perfluorinated compound contamination in local drinking wells,” said Mark Kinkade, a U.S. Air Force spokesman in Washington D.C. “If our review validates the data and report findings, we will work with local regulators to address the issue. The Air Force is committed to protecting human health and the environment. In cases where the Air Force is the source of contamination, we work with local communities to provide alternative sources of drinking water,” he added.

So far, Kelly-McGovern said, the owners of wells testing positive have been advised to drink bottled water and it’s been made available to them.

The State Department of Environmental Conservation, “just got in there,” Kelly-McGovern said.

“We need a site investigation.”

All of the affected wells are in Westhampton Beach between Beaverdam Creek in Westhampton and Quantuck Creek, which empties into Quantuck Bay. It is yet to be determined if there is a plume, though initial tests indicate the pollutants are flowing south toward the bay.

A spokeswoman at Schumer’s office did not wish to comment but acknowledged the senator is apparently unaware that firefighters use the airport as a training facility and may have inadvertently contributed to the pollution.

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Parking Ticket Hell Peeping Picture Taker East Hampton Town Police said a man who apparently took a picture of an unsuspecting woman by holding his cellphone under her skirt was captured on a store video camera.

Police say the suspect, pictured above, entered HomeGoods at 368 Montauk Highway on August 10 at about 3 PM. He approached the woman from behind to take the picture but police said he was seen by a friend of the victim’s.

Police described the man from surveillance video as a white male, approximately 40-years-old, with paint on his shorts and hands. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $5000 for any information that could lead to an arrest of the suspect. The Crime Stoppers Hotline is 1-800-220-TIPS.

Top Cop Spot Still Wide Open It will be a while before Southampton Town chooses its new police chief.

A search committee screened over a dozen candidates and pared the list to four, said Councilwoman Christine Scalera, who was a member of the Police Chief Search Steering Committee.

“The committee did its job and now it is up to the town board,” she reported.

Though town officials previously said they wanted to name the new chief by the end of the month, that isn’t going to happen. Scalera said the board hasn’t discussed the matter recently.

The current chief, Robert Pearce, intends to leave the position at the end of September.

Officials have been tight-lipped about the candidates. Deputy Town Supervisor Frank Zappone, who chaired the search committee, said it was agreed beforehand to refrain from identifying the candidates.

That doesn’t stop town hall insiders from speculating, however. Two sources said Shelter Island Police Chief James Reed, James Kiernan, a captain in the Southampton Town Police Force, East Hampton Village Chief Gerard Larsen and a fourth “upisland” candidate were the four finalists. Chief Steven Skrynecki, of the Nassau County Police Department, may be that person, another source said.

Scalera said the town board discussed four candidates but did not say which ones. The Independent has been told by two sources there are now two finalists, one of whom is local.

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A couple that left their car in the long-term parking lot in East Hampton Village tried to do the right thing – and ended up getting an unnerving runaround.

The couple left the car in the lot across from the YMCA and behind Herrick Park, Sunday evening and paid the automated machine $30 for six days. However, the machine didn’t work – it took the money but didn’t issue a receipt, which isn’t unusual, according to the couple: it’s happened three of the last four times they used it.

So the East Hampton Village Police

were called and the pair was assured they wouldn’t get ticket. However, when they returned Friday there was a ticket on the windshield nonetheless. They called the police, who directed them to the East Hampton Justice Court office, saying the ticket would be voided.

No luck.

The clerk told the woman she had to take it back to the EHVPD. They called the police, who disputed the fact but nevertheless asked the couple to come to the stationhouse.

Off they went, and this time the police gave them a printout and told them to return to justice court with that in hand. This time the parking ticket was voided.

The couple said police told them there was an ongoing problem with the machines at the parking lot, though the justice court personnel said they hadn’t seen evidence of that.

Village Police Chief Jerry Larsen said the machine did not have a history of malfunctioning but had been out of service for “the last couple of weeks, and it will be out for a couple more weeks - it needs a new printer.”

He said he would look into why a ticket was issued in error.

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The Good: Bill Cosby apparently didn’t molest any young ladies during the summer The Bad: They don’t make Quaaludes anymore The Ugly: Can’t shake the image of Bill giving Jello to girls on his lap

A Look Back At The Summer Of 2016

The Good: Hillary is winning The Bad: Hillary is winning The Ugly: Biden is leaving his teeth behind in the Vice Presidential desk.

By Rick Murphy

The Good: They’re going to use CPF money to clean up our water The Bad: Seinfeld, Calvin Klein and Spielberg applied for grants to help keep their swimming pools clean The Ugly: Bill McGintee has “a lot of good ideas” on how to spend it The Good: “Smoker’s Cough” named hottest new summer drink The Bad: It has Jägermeister and mayonnaise in it The Ugly: It nosed out “Baby Mice Wine” for first place The Good: Our tomatoes and corn crops were terrific The Bad: A lot of our farms have been developed The Ugly: The narcs busted this year’s pot crop The Good: The courts ruled that Led Zeppelin did not rip off “Stairway To Heaven” The Bad: It still sounds suspiciously like a song by Spirit The Ugly: Robert Plant’s jeans are so tight he has to wear the adult diapers on the outside The Good: Our Olympic swimmers won plenty of medals

The Bad: Our Olympic Swimmers broke down the door of a restroom to urinate The Ugly: After all these years they haven’t figured out you can just pee in the pool The Good: School will begin soon The Bad: Our school taxes are going up and up The Ugly: Them aint our kids in that thar school The Good: Fishing has been great this summer The Bad: Lobster salad is up to $100 per pound The Ugly: I don’t see any lobster in there, Bub The Good: Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Beyoncé and a host of other stars performed out here this summer The Bad: Kanye couldn’t make it The Ugly: If Kanye made it The Good: The tourist season was great for the economy The Bad: Lots of visitors don’t know they can turn right at a red light The Ugly: Those same people think it’s OK to turn left into oncoming traffic on County Road 39

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Call Jim 631-921-9957.

homes. Volunteers make a weekly visit to help residents understand and excercise their rights.

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631.387.7967

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PROPANE

TRANSPORTATION

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Prado Brothers

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www.marshallandsons.com

driver Joe’s

Big Blue

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631-594-2148

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I am an accidentally obsessed gardener. Who knew?

The front space outside my home when I bought it in 1982 was just open land, thorny brambles, scrub trees, and tall oaks.

I never intended to do anything with it. Some professional success meant some time off, which turned into a summer substantially away from the office.

I was still new to The Hamptons and country environs back then.

Looking around the area, I began to notice the orange day lilies (tiger lilies) and these marshmallow-like flowers (hydrangea). I went to a nursery and bought a few plants and a small shovel. I liked the work of digging and the resulting flowers. It reminded me very pleasantly of time spent when I was young with my grandmother who gardened daily.

Without any intention, I began to notice azaleas, rhododendra and laurel along the roadways. I decided to collect the flowers of the East End and have them in my front yard. All went well for about one month and then the physical universe intruded.

Some plants require more sun or less sun and they all liked water. After spending what seemed like forever every day with the hose I realized that the commitment needed was big and real.

The next summer I put in an irrigation system. In April, May, October, and November I donned long pants and long-sleeve shirts. Armed with heavy-duty gloves and sharp tools, I cut and pulled thorny bramble from trees and shrubs. I shoveled down to pull the vine out. This work kept me aching and scratched up for about seven years.

During that time I became a fixture in the local nurseries and a valued customer. There was little rhyme or reason to my plantings and the results were a hodgepodge of successful blooms and outstanding losses.

Garden lesson one: there will be losses. Gardening is not for the overly sensitive.

I slowly came to realize what, in retrospect, was obvious. Light is really important to plants and flowers. I cut down branches and removed scrubs.

I could not bring myself to fell a good tree, but the blocking branches were fair game.

I started to see something that was a second cousin, once removed, of a garden. Then the deer came.

There were no garden eating deer when I began way back then in the eighties and it was a shock. The hostas

-- one day they were blooming and the next stripped away. Then the day lillies, and so on.

I stayed up at night to fend off the deer invasion. They treated me with derision, gracefully jumping away from the sticks and stones and epithets I hurled at them. Thus came deer fencing and the need for a gate. To get in or out of my house I now needed to get out of my car, open or close the gate and return to my car. Gardening was getting to be a monster.

I sprang for an electric opening gate. This seems great until it breaks or goes into open mode on its own.

I became very close to Ramon, my gate guy. Still am. Also I have to patrol the perimeter of the fence as deer, especially the young ones who burrow, can find ways in.

All this aggravation and we haven’t gotten to the weeds, ugly bugs, fungi, moles and voles. Oh the losses were impressive! Insufficient sun, shade, disease, critters and my own mishandling consigned plants to oblivion.

I developed a rule. Each plant was given three moves to find a place to thrive. This rule leads to a lot of digging and waiting for next season to see the results. Gardens are a lesson in patience. I needed this lesson in

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Strangely, I never despaired or thought to stop. My day job was sufficiently pressured and the garden was my place to stop thinking and just be. My success rate was climbing and the exertion, flowers, and foliage are gifts to the soul.

Since I am an amateur, my garden reflected this status. To say it lacked form and structure was like saying the Grand Canyon is a small hole in the ground.

Over time I began to put more order and structure in. More digging, more waiting, more patience. In my opinion I was actually getting there and then . . .

One summer after two years of looking for a bigger home to accommodate my growing family I realized that I could not leave my garden. So I renovated.

In order to renovate, the contractor needed access to the property right through the heart of the garden. I cleared the land behind my home and with a team of workers moved many, many plants. In the late spring as the addition neared completion I saw that the area had transformed into a garden of sorts.

I now had two decent sized gardens to tend and if you have two gardens then the connecting pathways should be landscaped, right?

Back to the nurseries and back to digging holes and moving plants.

My taste had matured and now it wasn’t only a local flora garden but any plant I found attractive. I was obsessed, over the top by any

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definition, and a gardening fool. More tree limbs bit the dust as the need for light grew.

The result was overwhelming. In July there was so much color going on it was hard to absorb. After a couple of thrilling but disheveled years, I saw that the garden and I were out of control. The garden needed order and needed it badly. I could use the same as well.

From more is more to less is more was a major growth experience for me and another life lesson per the garden.

Order emerged although truth be known, it’s still a work in progress.

From a bit of financial good fortune over 30 years ago and a summer off, a garden emerged. It required an irrigation system, fencing in my property to avoid deer, an electronic gate, substantial tree work and of course the real physical effort to maintain and keep up.

The obsession precluded me from moving away from this home which led to a major renovation which accidentally led to more than doubling the garden size and feeding my growing obsession.

Was it worth it? Yes! No matter what, stop often and look around.

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Charrettes On Tap As East Hampton Town officials endeavor to study and envision the future of its hamlets, workshops and tours were held last spring, with the Montauk view held over till after the busy season.

From September 14 to 17, a multiday planning and design exercise, open to the public, will cast its eye on the future of Montauk.

On Wednesday, September 14, meet at the gazebo on the green for a walking tour of the downtown area and discussion with town-hired planning experts at 10:30 AM. At 2:30 PM meet in the Gosman’s parking lot to tour and discuss the harbor area. At 6:30 PM, assemble at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Gymnasium to share ideas and opinions about what’s working well, what needs fixing, and how best to plan for the hamlet’s commercial needs.

On Thursday, September 15, at 6:30 PM, there will be a downtown Montauk public visioning workshop at the playhouse. Next night, same time, same place, vision Montauk harbor. And, finally on Saturday, September 17, at 9 AM, there will be an overview of planning and design ideas from the prior days’ workshops and tours.

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Family, a 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illness. The class is free for those family members and will begin Thursday, September 15, from 6:30 to 9 PM at the community center in Bridgehampton National Bank on Montauk Highway. Registration is required. Call Ellen at 631-728-3082 or Carole at 516-524-0515.

The NAMI classes are designed to help caregivers understand and support individuals with serious mental illness while maintaining their own wellbeing. A team of trained family member volunteers teaches the course; they know what it’s like to have a loved one struggling with a brain disorder.

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On Saturday there was a Back to School Backpack Giveaway sponsored by the Flanders Riverside Northampton Community Association, Riverside Rediscovered, United Health Care, and the Southampton Community and Housing Development Corporation and 200 backpacks were stuffed with school supplies for children in the community.

The event was held in Riverside and also included fun and games for the whole family.

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A Message from Hampton Septic Services When it comes to Septic Systems most homeowners take the “Out of Sight Out of Mind” approach. If you don’t see it, you don’t have any nasty odors and septic backing up then why have it serviced? This way of thinking can cost you a lot of time and even more money!

At Hamptons Septic Services OUR approach is to be Proactive rather than Reactive. More often than not, new customers contact us because their Septic System is failing at which point it becomes very difficult to control. Signs that your Septic System is failing can come in the form of simultaneously slow drainage and/or water backing up in tubs, sinks, toilets, washing machines, unusual gurgling sounds when running water, increasingly unpleasant odors in and around the house, discoloring and softening of your lawn, and depressions in the soil around the system.

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Tumbleweed Tuesday Alight Hamptons Handpoured, the local candle company, hosts a Tumbleweed Tuesday event at Hildreth’s Home Goods on Main Street in Southampton from 11 AM to 1 PM. That evening frm 6 to 8 PM, they’ll be set up for ladies night at The Maidstone Hotel in East Hampton.

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PowWow This Weekend

Some 30,000 visitors are expected to come to the powwow grounds located on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton to partake in the Nation’s 70th annual celebration of Native Amerian culture. The Shinnecock Indian Powwow is one of the largest Native American Gatherings on the East Coast.

Every year there are always award winning artists that showcase their talent throughout the weekend, and native artisans who sell artisanal goods and souvenirs.

Say organizers on the event website, “As we dance upon the earth we are reminded that our culture and love for one another is the resounding heartbeat that transcends all that we face; wherever we face it. We dance upon our drum. The sound of the drum and our footsteps are recorded year after year within the drum that we dance upon.

We may be the only Nation that dances upon its drum.”

“The trees that surround our circle also record our Powwow historical moments within their barks as they grow with the People,” the introduction on the Powwow page continues. ”We dance with all

of our relations, past and present, from nearby and from afar. We welcome home our distant families as well as our guests with open arms and prayers as we share ourselves, our culture, arts & crafts, good food and our ceremonies during each Labor Day weekend.”

The festivities begin at 3 PM on Friday, with the first Grand Entry of dancers from all over the Americas at 7 PM. Each day the Shinnecock host competitive dancing, guest entertainment, prayers, ceremonial dances, the acknowledgement of sponsors and visiting dignitaries.

Grand Entry re-occurs on Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 PM and 7 PM. The powwow concludes Monday evening at 6 PM with the awarding of prizes to competing drums and dancers.

The Nation will also host 100 Native American arts, crafts and food vendors from all over the Americas. Cultural enrichment and the opportunity for cultural education abounds as Native American representatives from ever y region are available to demonstrate and share their stories to all who ask.

Admission is $15 adults, $10 Seniors, Children (6-12) & Veterans

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and parking is free.

This is a Family Fun Event, drug free and alcohol free.

New Scam: Cloning Hotline Numbers

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance wants to alert taxpayers to the latest tactics being used by con artists. Scammers are cloning the Tax Department’s fraud hotline phone numbers so they appear on a taxpayer’s caller ID, giving the impression that these bogus calls are legitimate ones from the agency.

If either of the following Tax Department numbers appears on a caller ID system, it’s an immediate signal that the caller is a scam artist: 518-457-5181 or 518-457-0578. These phone numbers are for taxpayers making incoming calls to the Tax Department. The Tax Department doesn’t use these numbers for outgoing calls.

New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Jerry Boone said, “Many of the imposters who call demand payments on iTunes gift cards and other reloadable debit cards, which are obvious red flags.

I urge every New Yorker to remain vigilant for signs that a call could be a scam.”

If you’re unsure a caller claiming to be from the Tax Department is legitimate, contact the Tax Department call center at 518-4575434. A live representative will be able to verify any tax issues that you may have.

You can also protect yourself from con artists by creating an Online Services (OLS) account directly with the Tax Department at www.tax.ny.gov. This will allow you to confirm any outstanding tax liabilities and manage your tax matters securely online. If a caller is telling you something that doesn’t match up with your OLS account, this could be a warning sign.

If you believe that you’ve been contacted by someone attempting a scam, or you or a client have been the victim of fraud or identity theft, visit the Tax Department’s Report fraud, scams, and identity theft webpage to learn how to report it.

The Tax Department takes this type of illegal activity seriously, promptly reviews each complaint, and takes corrective action when appropriate.

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Many people of a certain age will recall famed Fred The Baker and his catchphrase, “Time to make the donuts.” The iconic and award-winning Dunkin Donuts commercial depicted Fred, up before dawn, shuffling wearily into the kitchen to get his product ready for customers. The catchphrase earned a spot in the Urban dictionary as analogous to getting up, and getting it up, for work.

In some versions of the commercial, Fred crashed at the end of the day, exhausted and uttering, “I made the donuts.”

These last few days running up to Labor Day, East End working folk may surely feel a kinship to Fred, as they bear down to get through the denouement of the hectic season. Tumbleweed Tuesday and the relief from the exhaustion the summer season means for many are in sight.

Last year, we started a Labor Day tradition of honoring our workers in our preholiday edition of The Independent. Please join us in expressing appreciation to all those who toil to make our summers easier, safer, and more fun.

It’s not easy, and it’s not often acknowledged. So don’t forget to tip your servers, thank the person at the checkout counter, and give your landscaper a drink of water.

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EHVOR So Close

Dear Editor, East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue is so close to achieving our goal to raise $18,880 for life-saving gear and necessary equipment. With just over $2,930 to the funding goal, we ask everyone in our community to consider donating to close the gap. Thanks to the generous matching dollar-to-dollar support from local businesses – Green Logic, Truth Training, Blue Square Consulting/Loebs+Gordon Poolcraft, Amaden Gay, and Southampton Optiks - we are almost there.

Check out EHVOR’s newest rescue equipment. A Prone2Paddle surf rescue board that was donated by Cliff Ray, the owner of Prone 2 Paddle. We’ve partnered with goodcircle to raise funds for additional boards and for other essential equipment. Our 77-member volunteer group, on call 24/7, needs your help to

protect and safeguard children and adults in the waters on the East End. Learn more and donate here: http://goodcircle.org/ project/always-on-call.

The bays and ocean around the East End communities are what make our area a uniquely special place to live. Though beautiful, the waters can be treacherous.

This project supports those who volunteer their time to keep us safe in the water for any water emergency from Wainscott to Montauk. Please help support East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and all that we do for our communities. www. easthamptonoceanrescue.org PETER GIDION EAST HAMPTON VOLUNTEER OCEAN RESCUE

Back To School Food Dear Editor, With the new school year starting, parents’ to-do lists are now filled with shopping for school clothes, school supplies, and school food. That’s right school food!

Ed Gifford In past years, our nation’s schools were used by the USDA as a dumping ground for surplus meat and dairy commodities. It is neither a surprise nor coincidence that

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Spare Ribs? Lo Mein? Chow Fun?

one-third of our children have become overweight or obese. Such dietary mistakes at an early age become lifelong addictions, Continued on Page 24. © Karen Fredericks

But . . . it’s Labor Day!

What happened to the good old American hamburger, hot dog, Labor Day barbeque?

Since all our jobs have gone to China I thought this was a more appropriate way to celebrate Labor Day.

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Theresa Lester I worked at the A & P in Southampton. I worked in the vegetable department. You had to weigh the fruits and vegetables for the customers. You weighed it, you marked it, you bagged it. I remember once weighing up a huge bag of kale and then the customer didn’t want it.

raising their risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.

Then came President Obama’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requiring double the servings of fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, less sodium and fat, and no meat for breakfast.

The guidelines are supported by 86 percent of Americans.

Most U.S. school districts now offer vegetarian options. More than 120 schools including the entire school districts of Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Oakland, Philadelphia, and San Diego have implemented Meatless Monday. Some schools have dropped meat from their menu altogether.

As parents, we need to involve our own children and school cafeteria managers in promoting healthy, plant-based foods in our own schools. Going online and searching for “vegetarian options in schools” provides lots of good resources.

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Christy McGrath My first job was as a babysitter, mother’s helper. It went well. I did it for many years with several families. I really liked it and since then I’ve always worked with children and children with special needs. And now I also work with veterans.

T.J. Parker I had my first job was when I was 12. I was the neighborhood grass cutter. After that my next job was in a bakery. We packed and sliced a few hundred loaves of bread every morning.

And working with food early on led to my becoming a private chef.

Karen Martin Gene’s Pizza in Southampton. I made pizzas and heroes. I was there for two years.

Sometimes we were so busy it was hard to keep up. Weekdays at lunchtime was the busiest. All the caddies would come over from the golf course across the street for lunch.

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Dear Editor, It is our pleasure to recognize and heartily thank the Springs Improvement Society for allowing East Hampton Meals on Wheels to participate in the Annual Fisherman’s Fair, held Saturday, August 20, 2016. We also thank our very generous merchants – Atlantic Wine & Liquor, Rumrunner Home, Amagansett IGA, East Hampton Y.M.C.A., Jack Rogers, and Frank Epper, the president of East Hampton Meals on Wheels – for providing the wonderful raffle prizes.

Our purpose in participating at the Fair is twofold – to raise money, but more importantly, to create awareness of our work, acquire new volunteers, and to publicize our mission, which is simply to deliver nutritious meals to individuals who are homebound due to illness or injury, in the Town of East Hampton.

We also thank Meals on Wheels volunteers who helped us at the fair as well as all of those folks who purchased raffle tickets.

We are indeed fortunate to live in a community where so many individuals show concern for the needs of others.

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Offshore Awards Dinner

On Sunday, August 21, 2016, Congressman Lee Zeldin attended the Hampton’s Offshore Invitational Tournament Awards Dinner benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters at Oakland’s Marina in Hampton Bays. At the event, over $240,000 was raised to help children and families facing adversity.

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BUY East Hampton Town ZIPCODE 11930 - AMAGANSETT

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ZIPCODE 11954 - MONTAUK

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ZIPCODE 11975 - WAINSCOTT

Riverhead Town ZIPCODE 11792 - WADING RIVER

ZIPCODE 11901 - RIVERHEAD

ZIPCODE 11931 - AQUEBOGUE

ZIPCODE 11933 - CALVERTON

Shelter Island Town ZIPCODE 11964 - SHELTER ISLAND

Southampton Town ZIPCODE 11901 - RIVERHEAD

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Jemcap, SD LLC Otis CMS Real Estate

US Bank National Asch, L&D & Meyer,E

980,000 9,950,000

43 Broadview Rd 189 Marine Blvd

Town of East Hampton Fry, D & L Lydon, M Miville&EvansMiville Kieu,H & Nguyen,T Meredith Group LLC DeSousa Jr, J&Libath Gazza, B Gazza, B Zeledon, D & A

Mather IV, T Miller,R & McElroy,M Your Home Realty Kuplins, V Besch, M Poulos, A by Exrs Munsey, C Laviero, N by Exr Musante,A & Rago,R Baker, J

172,000* 855,000 635,000 850,000 770,000 850,000 450,000 5,000* 5,000* 915,000

2 Hog Creek Rd 27 Wildflower Rd 104 Underwood Dr 5 Deer Ln 33 Oyster Pond Ln 53 Bucks Path 334 Three Mile Harbor Rd 50 Muir Blvd &lots 6&7 58 Muir Blvd 91 Pantigo Rd

391 East Lake Drive Cutler&Sunderland-Pr

Fisk, E Lamiroult, P & J

2,225,000 795,000

391 East Lake Dr &2-9.018 100 Deforest Rd, Unit 703

Lemon, D 81 Harbor Holdings

Bock, E Briscoe,Lynn&Anthony

3,100,000 715,000

54 Rysam St 81 Harbor Ave

LBEH LLC

29 Hampton CRT LLC

700,000

19 Hedges Ln

Pu, C & Liu, H Alarcon,R & Ulrich,S

Gosker, F & A Carter, W & D

325,000 380,000

45 Breezy Point Rd 19 Stephen Dr

Kloss, E Lysogorski, D Flannery, N

Beechwood Highlands Hartmann,R &J by Exr Minnick, S

602,300 149,900* 245,000

557 Hartmann’s Farm Rd 1009 Reeves Ave 175 Ackerly St

Hulse, W & P Meyer, T Kaur, A & Singh, S

Oliver, M & K Convery, R Trust Collazos, F

420,000 382,250 200,000

97 Vineyard Way 55 Ida Ln 7 Trout Brook Ln

Perez, J & M Cobis, N PROF-2013-S3 Trust HM&Z PropertyHolding

Alfano, J & D Foote, M Wells, R&K by Ref PROF-2013-S3 Trust

410,000 288,000 289,228 158,000

39 Palane S 512 Williams Way N 63 Kay Rd 63 Kay Rd

Macchio, P & M Sessa, J & P

Gruber,J & Macchio,M Schwab, K

920,000 2,550,000

27 Great Circle Dr 15 Point Ln

Ortez, J M&T Bank 1305 Flanders Road

Olivares, M Stegmann, R by Ref Euell, T & L

206,000 325,000 500,000

247 Oak Ave 68 Lakeview Dr 1393 Flanders Rd

Hall, T & D 793 Ocean Road LLC

Chamberlin, W Cammann, F

1,150,000 11,000,000

154 Corwith Ave 793 Ocean Rd

Ferrandino &Loiacono Shapiroad, LLC

Lombardo, E EastQuogueDevelopmnt

480,000 10,000

75 Squires Ave Private Road

Betz, S Lin, H Crowley, T & J Flores, Y Mund,D &Talmage-Mund O’Connell, K Harrington Trust Brewer, G Phillips,D Trust Scudder, T & C

Graham, W & K Purcell, M & J DiGirolamo, J by Exr Schwahl, S & M Bolton, S Finn, A Bodkin,E & McKenna,J Burke, W & M Watson,C & Kaplan,M Troiano, T & E

684,000 585,000 310,000 400,000 410,000 50,000* 360,000 256,500 325,000 500,000

27 Red Creek Circle 6 Bay Hill Rd 7 Canal St 2 Columbine S 15 Argonne Rd E 117 Lynncliff Rd 7 Chevy Chase Rd 116 A Ponquogue Ave 3 Wakeman Rd 11 Harbor Rd

Zelniker&BokserZelni Slifka, D Douglass, R

Flynn, R & G Salant, M & J Crowell, J by Exrs

700,000 1,875,000 4,500,000

30 Quogue Riverhead Rd 7 Tall Pines Dr & 94.016 90 Dune Rd

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ZIPCODE 11960 - REMSENBURG

ZIPCODE 11963 - SAG HARBOR

ZIPCODE 11968 - SOUTHAMPTON

ZIPCODE 11972 - SPEONK

ZIPCODE 11976 - WATER MILL

ZIPCODE 11977 - WESTHAMPTON

ZIPCODE 11978 - WESTHAMPTON BEACH

Southold Town ZIPCODE 06390 - FISHERS ISLAND

ZIPCODE 11944 - GREENPORT

ZIPCODE 11952 - MATTITUCK

ZIPCODE 11957 - ORIENT

ZIPCODE 11958 - PECONIC

ZIPCODE 11971 - SOUTHOLD

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950,000

19 Old Mill Ln

Kurjakovic, C Cefalo, F Dakers III, D & L Du Plessis, P & R Johns, E & N Burns, M

Beyel, S US Bank National Lagois, C Annibale Jr,F &R &P Lucy Douglas LLC Sag DevelopmentPrtnr

635,000 448,604 775,000 613,500 4,000,000 2,700,000

18 Parkway Dr 50 Pine Crest Ln 65 Clay Pit Rd 73 Round Pond Ln 176 Redwood Rd 15 Church St, Unit W-208

Skerrett, D Tuite, M Gazza, J Rexha, N Osleeb, C Ox PastureProperties

AER ONE LLC US Bank National Reigler III, G Goldstein, B McTiernan, T & J Goldstein,C&S IDITs

2,525,000 315,000 1,000 685,000 985,000 23,614,800

1925 North Sea Rd 10 Maries Ln Castle Hill Ct 529 Montauk Hwy 7 Meadowgrass Ln 77 Ox Pasture Rd

Colombo, D Stern, R & M

Murphy, J & Tew, S Shannon, R & S

975,000 1,450,000

42 South Phillips Ave 146 South Country Rd

Wang, J & Feng, Y

Stroppel,W &Stanford

1,580,000

6 Winding Way

Grajewski, W Hampton NH Realty Martin, W Donnelly, M & P Neligan, M

Sicuranza, P Westhampton Care Inc Gazza, J Smith Jr, R & D Tufano Jr, E & T

225,000 18,000,000 19,500* 670,000 1,275,000

657 A Hamilton Ave 78 Old Country Rd Scrub Property 14 Baycrest Ave 8 Amber Ln

Rosenthal,L &Stanley Shalov, L

Carter, N McMahon, S

1,695,000 1,195,000

23 Jeffrey Ln 17 Dune Ln

McElwreath, E & L

Mehta,J&M&Z &Lamborn

1,875,000

East End Rd

Plyler,A&Margiotta,R Cannell, C

Chura, K Gregory, S & B

349,000 675,000

390 Middleton Rd 634 Carpenter St

Wells Fargo Bank Nat

Pane, S by Ref

582,591

2100 Cox Neck Rd

Harris,T & Wogan,D

Mould, J Trust

885,000

330 Village Ln

Whelan, J & G Bekisz, M Raia, F & K

1680 Henry’s Lane Hascouet,F&E&Alois,C Mesloh, J

525,000 362,000 450,000*

1680 Henrys Ln 720 Henr’s Ln 1815 Arrowhead Ln

Parmeter, B Caruso, P

Insull, D & V Devito, D & Azcona,A

491,000 500,000

705 Smith Dr S 905 Nokomis Rd

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Beautiful weather kicked off the Opening Day of the prestigious 41st annual Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgehampton on Sunday.

The renowned event showcases the highest levels of equestrian show jumping competition over eight days at a world-class venue, for horses and riders of all ages and abilities.

The opening ceremony officially started the show with Hampton Classic Executive Director Shanette Barth Cohen addressing the crowd. “We are super excited about this year’s show and all of the additions to the Hampton Classic,” said Cohen.

“Today’s event, the $30,0000 Boar’s Head Open Jumper Challenge, presented by Dan’s Papers, features Olympian McLain Ward in his first show since leading the US team to a show jumping silver medal at the Rio Olympic Games.” (See news

of Ward’s finish elsewhere in this edition.)

Robert Chaloner, President and CEO of Southampton Hospital, also addressed the crowd. Southampton Hospital has been partnering with the Hampton Classic since its inception and has been the recipient of approximately $2 million in contributions.

Just prior to the start of the Open Jumper Speed Challenge, Christine Cadarette had the honor of singing the National Anthem. Cadarette is a private vocal and piano teacher and serves as musical director for two area churches. She has been an associate conductor for Broadway shows and National Tours since 1993.

The Hampton Classic has made several additions this year. Opening Day additions include the Boar’s Head Open Jumper Challenge, the $10,000 Marders Local Hunter Derby in the Anne Aspinall

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Jilliana Jimenez on Miss Sassy Winner won her division.

Ring and the New York Racing Association (NYRA) Thoroughbred Incentive Bonus. NYRA will match all prize money won by American Thoroughbreds on Opening Day. Earlier in the day, the crowd pleasing Leadline Equitation Division featured nine sections, presented by Brennan’s Bit and Bridle, in the Grand Prix ring. The riders 2-4 years old division, sponsored by Sea-Aire, Inc., was won

by Jilliana Jimenez of East Hampton riding Miss Sassy, owned by Shelby J. Bauer of Califon, NJ. Arabella Moffit of New York, NY won the division for riders 5-7 years old, sponsored by Hope Geier Smith, riding Haley’s Comet owned by Cheryl L. Amaral-McKee of Rehoboth, MA. Joe Fargis, winner of the individual and team gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the team silver medal at the 1988 Olympics, judged the future Olympic hopefuls.

Another FEI-recognized Grand Prix event has been added to the Hampton Classic schedule, the $40,000 Sovaro Speed Stake, to take place tomorrow. This marquee event means that the Classic will

feature four consecutive days of FEI-recognized Grand Prix classes.

In addition to the speed stake, the Classic will feature the $75,000 Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Qualifier presented by Longines on Friday; Saturday has the $50,000 Longines Cup; Sunday feature the culminating $300,000 Hampton Classic Grand Prix, presented by Longines.

An exciting highlight of the week’s open jumper activities is the $30,000 Longines Rider Challenge, awarded to the rider who accumulates the most points in nine open jumper classes. The winner receives, in addition to $30,000, a special Longines timepiece.

All week long, the leading rider will wear a distinctive Longines Rider Challenge armband whenever he or she rides in the Grand Prix Ring. Shane Sweetnam of Ireland won the Longines Rider Challenge in 2015.

The Hampton Classic also features ASPCA Adoption and Animal Welfare Day on Monday, an event that helps find permanent homes for rescued, horses, dogs, cats, and rabbits.

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$30K On Opening Day McLain Ward sped to the top in the $30,000 Boar’s Head Open Jumper Challenge on opening day at the Hampton Classic Horse Show.

The win marked the four-time Olympic veteran’s first competition since leading the US team to a silver medal at the Rio Olympic Games.

Ward’s 2004 gold medal Olympic teammate Peter Wylde was second and Shane Sweetnam of Ireland was third.

Ward of Brewster, NY, riding Tina La Boheme, bested a field of 39 by going clear in the fastest time of 59.048 seconds on the Michel Vaillancourt-designed course in the Grand Prix ring. Sweetnam, winner of last year’s Longines Rider Challenge as the horse show’s leading open jumper rider, went fourth and set the stage with a clear round in 59.883 seconds on Main Road, owned by Sweet Oak Farm.

That score held up until Ward, going in the middle of the pack, beat his time by a fraction of a second. Ward thought the class was a great way to start the week.

“It was a lovely class, a great welcome for the horses with nice prize money,” said Ward. “This is a mare who’s had a great year but hasn’t shown for a while because I have been away. It is a great comeback for her here. It was a nice smooth course but competitive enough. The field was phenomenal. It was a great introduction for the horses.”

Wylde and Paloma, owned by Kathleen Kamine, had a chance to beat Ward going later, but had to settle for second with a time of 59.679 seconds. “The course was beautiful. It was a perfect size and it was fun to get back on this gorgeous field. The first time I competed here was 33 years ago, I was 18 years old.

It’s such a beautiful venue and I am happy to be here,” said Wylde.

“My horse was fantastic. I wanted to do a really positive forward round without going crazy and she came in second behind McLain. I was just thrilled with that. We love this horse. She is owned by the Kamine family. She is always doing great things so it’s very exciting to start off the show with a really good placing in a nice class.”

The Hampton Classic Horse Show runs through Sunday at its Bridgehampton venue. For this year’s 41st annual edition, a fourth FEI class has been added to the schedule in addition to more than 200 classes of competition for horses and riders of all ages and abilities.

A wide range of hunter, jumper and equitation classes are offered at all levels, from leadline all the way

up to grand prix. Classes are also featured for riders with disabilities.

In addition to the six show rings, the Hampton Classic features a Boutique Garden with more than 80 vendors, a wide selection of dining options and a Farmer’s Market, all on its 60-acre show grounds.

For those who can’t make it to the show grounds, a complimentary live webcast of all Grand Prix ring classes will air on the Hampton Classic website, produced by ShowNet and courtesy of Longines.

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McLain Ward riding Tina La Boheme.

In addition, WVVH-TV, the official Long Island television station of the Hampton Classic, broadcasts up to five hours of competition and highlights each day during the

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Great Bonac Race Monday Morning Forget the fat lady singing – the summer season isn’t over until the last runner crosses the finish line in the Great Bonac Footrace.

As has been the tradition for two decades, runners will gather at the Springs Firehouse Monday morning: there are two premium races, a 5K and a 10K, and the starter’s gun will sound at promptly 9:20 AM. Those who have yet to register can do so that morning, but get there early – 7:30.

According to organizers the footraces traverse some of the nicest scenery on the East End. Runners head over the slight incline of Fort Pond Boulevard to Maidstone Park Road. There the course overlooks Gardiners Bay. Runners then head past Three Mile Harbor. The 10K runners make their way to the surprisingly challenging Clearwater Beach area of Springs. Small hills and inclines pass through verdant roads, which gradually wind back towards the starting point.

Runners can also register online at www.Active.com or use the form printed in today’s Independent and other publications. Preregistration fees are $30 for adults and $20 for seniors and children under 13. It’s an extra five bucks to register the day of the event.

Proceeds will go to benefit the Springs Fire Department and the Old Montauk Athletic Club. There will be awards in numerous categories.

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Hurricane Prep, Part II – The Boat

We’ve written a few times about what you should do to prepare for hurricanes, “hurry-canes,” as I call these squalls that blow through at 40 to 60 mph and are gone in a hurry, and just good stiff blows.

Columns were largely about what you and your family should do – like, never stay on the boat nor drive through running water.

What about the boat? Tis the season of heavy weather. This column is about that.

Let Me Say It Again Never stay on the boat. I know.

There are old timers that swear by it -- “I’ve saved my boat every time when others were lost.”

With absolute certainty, it is simply because the winds – and seas – never exceeded the operational capacity of the engines. But when they do, you will be lost with the boat. The boat is just money. You are someone. If you care about the people who care about you, read on – and leave the boat behind while you take your loved ones to high ground.

The Spider Web of Lines If you can’t get the boat out of the water and on to “the hard,” then you are compelled to protect her in her natural element – the water. But the sea presents forces magnified beyond the speed of the wind – it is the momentum of the wind-driven seas and the tidal surge.

The storm tide is added to the astronomical tides. And when those waves hit something solid, they generate force dozens of times more powerful than wind of the

same speed.

Sandy generated a storm surge of 14 feet. Andrew generated a storm tide of 17 feet. Camille in 1969? 24 feet.

While nothing will save the boat from that, the vast majority of storm-driven tidal surges are really fractions of that. So, with a “spider web of lines,” you can create a fighting chance that your beauty will ride out the storm.

What is common to all spider web configurations is lots of lines and long expanses of them. In some of them, multiple anchors are used as well. Longer lines address the tidal surge. Additional lines are there for backup. Losing one line to stress doesn’t completely undo everything you’ve done.

Chafe Guards Without doubt, you will need chafe guards of some kind since the storm will put extreme stresses on the lines where they are wrapped around the cleats and chocks.

Your ground tackle, too, will need additional chafe protection.

Think of the storm as putting a summer’s worth of stress on your lines – for every hour of blow. If you go through a set of lines every two summers, they will never withstand a half-day of a serious blow. And that is assuming that they are new.

What to use? The universal winner-take-all is old garden hose.

Lay the line through a length of hose and lay that through the chock or along the toe rail where your line crosses the gunwale on its way to a cleat on the dock.

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The “Spider Web of Lines” can help protect your boat.

In a pinch, duct tape (a TON of it) works really well. And it is more pliable than garden hose.

For the aficionados, they will hate it because it looks like hell – but it works.

BTW, while you can (now!), be sure that the cleats on the boat and on the dock are through-bolted with a backing plate. If not, they will become high-speed guided missiles as they fly out of their bedding under strain. And the boat will be free.

No garden hose? Improvise.

Leather straps. Rags. Anything helps, just some things help more than others.

Cut Your Windage Do whatever you can to lower the boat’s profile to the wind. Take down the bimini cover and lash it. If you can’t, open the windows. Take down the antennas. Even that little bit of additional windage can tip the balance.

A sailboat? I know I don’t need to say that you must stow all the sails, even the furled ones, below or ashore. If the boat has dorades or cowls, seal them. Wind – or winddriven water – getting below at high speed can’t be good. Duct tape . . . And take in all the electronics and seal the boat’s electrical leads with tape.

Fenders and fender boards, yes.

As many as possible, put them out. I always suggest that they be secured to the boat, rather than the dock.

If the boat does break free, at least

she is taking some of her protection with her.

In Summary Make a checklist – now. If you need one, email me below and I will send you one. Do you want a copy of the BoatUS guide for boat and marina owners? Email me below and I’ll send that too.

And remember these words from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: “The time for taking all measures for a ship’s safety is while still able to do so. Nothing is more dangerous than for a seaman to be grudging in taking precautions lest they turn out to have been unnecessary. Safety at sea for a thousand years has depended on exactly the opposite philosophy.”

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