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Maniac, Maniac

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Twenty-five obstacles and a finish line that’s a giant water slide. Rugged Maniac, the wildly popular 5K obstacle race that is not just a race but a day long festival, will be making its debut Long Island appearance this Saturday at the Long Island Sports Park in Calverton.

One of the nation’s largest obstacle race companies, not to mention “Shark Tank” winner, Rugged Maniac isn’t your typical obstacle race, according to COO Rob Dickens. “We focus on getting people off the couch and having fun. We don’t take ourselves too seriously,” he said.

Though tagged as a race, Rugged Maniac is about the fun of physical

activity rather than competition. An entire day is devoted to yes, the race and obstacles, but also a full slate of festival activities. Participants and spectators can expect music, a mechanical bull, beer and food, games, an adult bounce house, sponsored booths, a dance contest, a pie eating contest, plus more on Saturday. And it’s free for spectators to attend.

Based in Boston, Rugged Maniac has been hosting events “coast to coast” since 2010, Dickens informed.

The 2016 season will include 27 other stops across North America in addition to the event this weekend on “Strong Island.”

Exactly how strong does one have to be to participate in Rugged Maniac? Not that strong, Dickens

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assured. Because his event is all about enjoyment, it attracts people of all fitness levels. Fifty percent of the expected 4000 participants this weekend will be woman, “because we focus on fun,” Dickens explained.

“My mother did it last year,” he continued. She’s 65 years old and anything but a fitness buff. “It took her a while, but she finished.”

There’s nobody out there with whips, forcing people through the varied obstacles, he said. Rather, the atmosphere is all about enjoyment, as adrenaline seekers tackle 25 challenging obstacles spread along a three-mile off-road course including underground tunnels, trampolines, warped walls, balance beams, and a fifty-foot water slide.

Rugged Maniac was already a million dollar a year business when Dickens and CEO Brad Scudder appeared on “Shark Tank,” he recalled. “We went on the show intending to reject the offer.”

Appearing on the program would be good publicity, Dickens and Scudder figured. Once there, they made a deal with celebrity billionaire Mark Cuban, who invested $1.75 million in the company.

“Rugged Maniac continues to be one of my most successful investments,” said Cuban. “Their focus on creating an amazing experience for their participants has helped them rise to the top of the obstacle race industry. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for them!” Cuban’s investment enabled Rugged Maniac to build bigger and more exciting obstacles than its competitors, which resulted in a 30 percent increase in attendance in 2015.

“He’s been a great partner,” Dickens said. “We’re still growing rapidly.”

He continued, “We’ve experienced tremendous growth since our inception in 2010 thanks to our fanatical drive to make sure our Maniacs have the best experience imaginable at our events. We build more obstacles than our competitors while at the same time offering the

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lowest ticket prices.”

Just as an example, Dickens noted, “Our participant shirts aren’t the coarse cotton ones you’d get at a normal 5k —they’re super-soft designer quality shirts that you’ll actually want to wear.”

Thinking about getting that nice shirt good and dirty? Plan to sign up online and pick the time you want to “race.” Only a certain number of racers are allowed on the course at a time to avoid pile-ups. Dickens estimates the run takes about an hour for the average racer.

Maniacs can bookend their challenge by hanging out at the festival. Actor, TV/Live event host and DJ Aaron Smalls (“Nashville,” “NCIS:New Orleans,” “Devious Maids”) will be playing hits and keeping visitors pumped and entertained throughout the day.

Being different from other obstacle races, runs, or festivals is important to Rugged Maniac.

It’s distinctive down to the smallest details. Said Dickens, “Unlike other festivals, we strive to eliminate all lines at the event. That means no lines at the toilets, no lines at the food trucks, and definitely no lines on the course. Most importantly, we don’t charge ‘festival’ prices for food or beer. You’ll pay the same at Rugged Maniac as you would at a local restaurant. Basically, we treat our Maniacs the way we’d want to be treated, and they show their appreciation by coming back year after year.”

This week a construction crew was expected at the Long Island Sports Park. It takes cranes and bulldozers and a whole week to build the obstacle course on the park’s 80 acres.

Tickets are available online a t w w w. r u g g e d m a n i a c . c o m .

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A POX ON TV WEATHER FORECASTERS

They never apologize.

They never say, “We’re sorry that we ruined your weekend.”

Or to the business community: “We’re sorry that we killed your store’s business on what would have been one of the three most important and profitable weekends of the summer.”

Who am I talking about? The idiot weather forecasters on every television station in the country.

You see them at 5:00, 6:00, 11:00 – all day long.

They lead off the news and you can almost see them drooling with delight when they announce, five days before a weekend: “See this dot on our map of the ocean, just outside of Madagascar, which is situated off the southeast coast of Africa? It’s a light drizzle now, but it looks like it’s heading for us, and if it makes a left turn and then a right turn and then a loop

by Thursday it will be a full-fledged hurricane, and it looks like there will be winds of 150 miles an hour aimed right at you, wherever you

live. So if you don’t run for your life this minute, in five days you are going to be blown up a tree, and you will die like a dog.”

OK, maybe they don’t say it exactly that way, but they hint at that, and if you were on Route 27 in The Hamptons on Labor Day weekend you would have seen the longest line of cars running away from a hurricane that never happened.

It didn’t even rain – the next two days were sunny and pleasant for those of us who didn’t panic.

But thousands of people ran.

Hundreds of thousands – perhaps millions – of dollars of business were lost.

Restaurant reservations that were made a month ago were canceled. It should have been one of the best weekends of the year for businesses that need those Labor Day dollars in order to survive the slow winter. Instead, it was a financial disaster.

So how did these dumb-buthappy weather forecasting people

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get in this position to so control our weekends and our lives?

Because a few years ago, the local news shows discovered the news cannot hold viewers by showing car accidents and grainy security camera surveillance pictures of muggers and shoplifters (who, by the way, all look alike).

I’m still amazed when the news anchorperson points to a faceless blur on the screen and says, “If you recognize this blur, call the authorities.”

It’s a fact that at one time, a few years ago, the professional news consultants who rip off the television networks every year singled out the local weather report as the one and only reason most people watch the hodgepodge silliness that is now called the news.

I’ve heard from a good source that one NBC executive called his staff together and announced, “We must own weather.”

So every night WNBC and every other local news show starts out with a breathless lead anchor voice saying in a mournful tone, “TOMORROW WE ARE LOOKING AT FAST-APPROACHING [SNOW . . .

HEAT . . . RAIN . . . HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS . . . PESTILENCE . . . ETC. . . . ETC.]” Then on screen comes a cheerful, nicely dressed woman or a guy in a terrible suit and they say in their best breathless Chicken Little voice: “Thanks Frank . . . Chuck . . . Bill . . . Sam . . . etc. We have someone in the field,” and then the camera goes to someone (usually a young reporter) who is looking miserable

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standing in a puddle up to their waist and they say, “It’s raining here.”

Now back to the weather person, who is looking stricken that there is actually weather outside of her studio, and then she says in a mournful voice, “We’ll be back later with our 10-day forecast.”

And that’s the trick. That’s the big lie. They have no idea about what the forecast will be in 10 days, or even five days. They can just about tell you what’s happening in 24 hours and even then, they will be off by 10 or 20 percent.

Obviously, they cannot tell you the weather far into the future, because 70 percent of the time they’re wrong.

Back in the 1970s – before computers – WABC T V had a weatherman name Tex Antoine. He was a drunk who wore a smock and drew a cartoon character named Uncle Wethbee, who told us what the next day’s weather was going to be.

Drunk Tex Antoine was more accurate than today’s sober weather people.

So don’t listen to this 10-day/5day weather forecast crap. You can get a more accurate long-range forecast from a gypsy fortuneteller in one of those storefront places.

Or, if like me you’re lucky enough to have arthritis, your knee or your shoulder can give you a more accurate next-day weather forecast than anyone on television.

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Beach Scoured, Town Not Paying

By Kitty Merrill

From the minute the bulldozers arrived to dig the hole, opponents railed against the notion of using sand-filled bags to shore up the shoreline in Montauk. They predicted the technology would never withstand a hurricane.

Looks like they predicted right.

Hermine scoured out a 300foot section of what locals refer to as “Dirtbag Beach,” a 3000foot shoreline protection project undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers. The feds crafted the seawall of sandbags, paying the total cost of the project. The town was supposed to cover the cost of maintenance, meaning it would typically be on the hook for storm damage.

But it isn’t, not this time.

Last Wednesday the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation informed the Town of East Hampton that the town is not responsible for restoring and/ or repairing the damages that occurred to the downtown Montauk project as a result of the storm Hermine.

Since the project has not been officially turned over to the Town of East Hampton and the State of New York, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be responsible for the restoration of damages caused by this most recent storm, town officials advised in a press release.

“The damage incurred by this modest storm should demonstrate to the Army Corps the inadequacy of the project and its new proposal under the Fire Island to Montauk Point plan. Unfortunately, the current FIMP plan for downtown Montauk calls for the placement of 120,000 cubic yards of sand to be placed once every four years.

“What is needed to protect the beach and downtown Montauk is a major beach-fill project that would pump at least 1 million cubic yards of sand from an offshore source to provide the protection needed in the hamlet of Montauk,” said East Hampton Town Supervisor, Larry Cantwell.

Officials reluctantly agreed to the sandbag project as an interim measure after the feds dangled the carrot of a significant beach restoration. They said it would be

included in the FIMP. But, no.

The public has a chance to make their feelings known about the shoreline proposal during hearings that will be held this month. On September 27 a hearing will be held at Southampton College. The next day, September 28, another hearing will be held at the Montauk Playhouse.

The meetings are scheduled to begin at 6 PM with a poster board session. The formal presentation begins at 7 PM, followed by a moderated question and answer session.

Community members can talk about the hamlet of Montauk as a whole this week as the town hosts visioning charrettes for its planning

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Lessons From Dogs Sunday Patrick Christiano describes his 22 years with Norfolk Terriers, as “an ironic journey to rediscovering [his] childlike bliss.” He’ll share the journey at Sunday at Guild Hall at 2 PM as he performs My Lessons From Dogs.

The show, written by Christiano and directed by Kate Mueth, is a benefit for the Animal Rescue Fund.

Told by the first place winner of the ARF “Smooch With Your Pooch” contest, the story follows Christiano’s passage from selling million dollar homes in The Hamptons to his first love, the theater, where he played on stages in NYC and beyond.

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It’s conceived from improvisations with people he met while walking his dogs on the streets of the West Village in NYC. The amusing autobiographical story chronicles the beginning of Christiano’s theater writing, a return to acting in NYC, a gig as a Hampton realtor on MTV, and ultimately portraying Truman Capote in Jay Presson Allen’s one person two act play, TRU. A broker with Town & Country Real Estate in East Hampton, Christiano is also a multi-faceted actor, director/producer, journalist and publisher of TheaterLife.com.

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His NYC acting credits include Richard in Harold Pinter’s The Lover, Silva in Tennessee Williams’ 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, Felix in Bill Manhoff’s The Owl and the Pussycat, and Touchstone in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Christiano trained at HB Studio in the West Village and studied script interpretation with the legendary Stella Adler. He gave up acting for over a decade to purse a successful real estate career in East Hampton and New York. Then, in 1999 he began an on-going Acting Workshop with Zina Jasper, a Harold Clurman protégée, director, and Outer Critic Circle Award Winning Actress. Their collaborations have crystallized his theater wisdom.

From 2000-2011 Christiano was the chief Broadway and Off-Broadway Theater Critic for Dan’s Papers, writing over 500 reviews under the byline “Gordin & Christiano,” as well as writing interviews with international and local celebrities. In 2006 he and Barry Gordin launched TheaterLife. com, a website for theater buffs in NYC and The Hamptons. Christiano has been a voting member of the Drama Desk for 16 years, serving on their prestigious Nominating Committee for two seasons from 2008-2010.

Kate Mueth, who directs My Lessons From Dogs, is the founder and artistic director of Neo Political Cow Girls, a woman’s dance theater company committed to making exciting theatrical work for women, Continued on Page 27.

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Marina Retires After 23 years working for the chamber as Executive Director, Marina Van will be retiring on November 1. “The time has come for me to travel and pursue new adventures,” she said in a release this week, adding, “I has been a pleasure mingling with the business community and the many visitors from all over the world.

“In the 23 years that I have served, we have been housed in four different locations. It has been a disappointment that the chamber has not been able to find nor afford a permanent home.

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Runners Coming On Sunday between the hours of 6 AM and 11 AM the 35th Annual Mighty Hamptons Triathlon will be taking place and starting at Long Beach in Sag Harbor.

The bike and running portion of the event will travel on numerous roadways in the Sag Harbor, Noyac, North Sea, Water Mill, Bridgehampton, and North Haven areas.

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Fund referendum that will be on the ballot on November 8, the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons is sponsoring a free public forum on Monday at 7 PM at Bridgehampton’s Hampton Library.

If passed, the CPF referendum would extend the fund to 2050 and would allow the towns to use up to 20 percent of the fund for water Continued on Page 30.

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Admission is $5 per person, children under 6 are admitted free.

Festivities are from 10 AM to 6 PM each day.

Enter the Junior Garlic Iron Chef, for teams of kids, ages 10-17.

And, of course, there is also the alltime favorite . . . the Garlic Eating Contest!

Pack your Tums and head on over.

Also in Riverhead this weekend, on Saturday, the famous “Pirates of The Peconic” barbecue will be held in the Riverhead Moose Lodge Pavilion from 3 to 7 PM. The popular Mike Ryan Band provides the entertainment. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and homemade salads are on the menu and beer, wine and soda will be available for purchase. “ M a d a m A m a d o r” w i l l b e available to tell (only good) fortunes for the bargain price of $1 and there will be a treasure hunt for the

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Pictures can be taken in front of a beautiful pirate ship (courtesy Yara Sword and Ron Fisher) so bring your camera.

Tickets are $25. Children under 10 pay half price. For tickets or more information, call WOTM office at 631-779-2694 or AnneMarie at 631766-2727.

Cancer Lecture Stony Brook University and Fighting Chance sponsor a lecture entitled, The New Era of Clinical Trials & Cancer Survival Strategies at Riverhead Library tomorrow night from 6 to 7:30 PM. The seminar, presented by a team of experts from SBU Cancer Center and Duncan Darrow, the founder and chairman of Fighting Chance, will educate participants about the new generation of cancer drugs, how to access them via a trial and how that changes survival strategies. There are currently over 100 trails being run by the SBU Cancer Center.

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He maintains a 103-weightedGPA. Roy is also active in the RHS Blue Masques Drama Club and sings in the Chamber Choir.

Roy plans to major in physics in college. He is currently taking the new Principles of Engineering class at RHS to, as he says, “get a little taste of engineering.”

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Tuckahoe School Our “Meet the Teacher” evening orientations this year for Grades 5-8 will be held on Thursday, September 15th at 6:30 p.m. and for Grades 1-4 will be held on Wednesday, September 21st at 6:30 p.m.

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Hampton Bays School District The Hampton Bays School District is proud to announce that it has officially kicked off an exciting new social media campaign based on the phrase #engageHB. This “Living School Report Card” aims to highlight the district’s considerable engagement in student achievement while celebrating the Hampton Bays community’s dedication to the leaders of tomorrow.

Over the past several years, the district has made a concerted effort to enhance student learning by captivating curiosity through engaging activities. These authentic learning opportunities have been made possible through a partnership with the community and great education professionals.

“Through strong connections with the community, students are obtaining skills and experiences that ensure they will be successful and productive members of the global society. The living school report card is a way for all of us – educators, parents, students, the community – to be engaged together in capturing the great student successes that happen every day,” said Superintendent of Schools Lars Clemensen.

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By Richard Lawless

In 2006 a financial crisis of unprecedented magnitude hit America.

Wall Street, with at least complicit support from our legislators, the DOJ, and regulatory agencies began to create new financial instruments to sell to the American people. Unfortunately, these new investments consisted of pools of troubled mortgages.

What made this all possible was that the three big credit rating agencies handed out high investment grade credit ratings that allowed the complicit banks to sell these investments to the general public.

It really was that simple. Today there is universal agreement that Moody’s, S&P and Fitch provided fraudulent credit ratings.

Could you image what would happen to a real estate appraiser that knowingly issued home values that were hundreds of thousands of dollars higher than the value of the property and a dishonest borrower that borrowed millions based on these phony valuations? The banks would incur millions in losses and the borrower and appraiser would go to jail.

As of 2016, not one employee or executive at the rating agencies was ever charged.

Our legislature is the recipient of tens of millions per year in political contributions and paid speeches.

None of that money comes without strings. Our congressmen and senators did what they were paid to do and protected their Wall Street friends. The DOJ and regulatory agencies are run by these very same legislators and were prevented from prosecuting anyone.

Six trillion dollars in lost wealth, six million homes lost to foreclosure

and millions of jobs lost.

Well, the credit rating agencies are at it again and this time our country does not have the resources to withstand another major crisis.

It has been a few years now since the start of the wholesale financial collapse of Puerto Rico. Sufficient time has passed allowing individuals, companies, regulatory agencies and our legislators time to understand the root causes of this crisis.

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The municipal bond market is $4.2 trillion dollars. Preliminary indications suggest that as much as 60 percent of these bonds were sold to investors with an inappropriate or misleading credit rating.

Once again our regulatory agencies, the DOJ, and our legislators have circled their wagons around Wall Street. No matter how many Americans need to be thrown under the bus, our government will not move against their friends.

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So far our senior citizens who purchase these bonds to supplement their modest retirement incomes have lost tens of billions. It will not end with Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico is only the beginning.

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As summer fades into fall it is time to help lawns recover from summer stress and prepare for the winter ahead.

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compete with weeds. And there is no need to cut it shorter for the health of your lawn. Mow often, removing no more than one third the total height. Leave these short clippings on the lawn. They will quickly break down, adding organic matter, moisture and nutrients to the soil.

And as you mow you can take care of all those fall leaves at the same time. Shred the fall leaves and allow them to remain on the lawn. As long as you can see the leaf blades through the shredded leaves your lawn will be fine. And just like the clippings, they add nutrients and organic matter to the soil.

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Less disease problems and slower weed growth means your lawns not the weeds and pests - benefit from the nutrients. Fall fertilization also helps lawns recover from the stresses of summer because it encourages deep roots and denser growth that can better compete with weeds and tolerate disease and insects.

Those in colder regions growing cool weather bluegrass, fescue and perennial ryegrass should fertilize around Labor Day and sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving, but before the ground freezes. Make sure the last fall application is at least one month prior to the average first killing frost. Fertilizing later can result in winter damage.

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Wellness And Big Business: The Unhealthy Truth

By Rick Murphy

Te n y e a r s a g o , l i k e m o s t Americans, Robyn O’Brien was blissfully unaware of the truth – until her one-year-old son’s face swelled up.

What she encountered - and did about it - has shaken the core of the

food industry and redefined what we ingest and what we feed our children.

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It was then she learned what “genetically-engineered food really was."

Her resulting book, The Unhealthy Truth ripped the lid off of the food industry, the huge conglomerates behind it, and the toxic tangle that goes to the highest levels of government and medicine.

O’Brien has been on a crusade ever since, earning the title of “The Erin Brockovich of the food industry.”

She will speak at the East Hampton Middle School on Thursday, September 29 from 7 to 9 PM. The event is sponsored by the Wellness Foundation (631329-2590).

“Genetically-engineered food causes allergies. There are no animal tests conducted and foods are not labeled,” she said.

Several European countries commissioned studies of GMOs as early as 1995. In 1998 Árpád Pusztai, working for the Rowett Institution, published a controversial study outlining the shortcomings of genetically-engineered potatoes.

Yet in America the production of modified food skyrocketed with the public completely unaware of the dangers.

With it, severe, life threatening allergic reactions occur with alarming frequency. The scandal involving Mylan, the makers of EpiPen, is covered elsewhere in this issue. EpiPens are used when an allergic reaction causes anaphylaxis, the swelling and closure of the windpipe.

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GMOs put the future of nutrition in the hands of corporations, not farmers; produce is often laced with chemicals, and it is in the best interests of the corporations to make sure the research done is “conducted in a biased manner.”

O’Brien has four children, but she has found time to wage a tireless crusade. She has appeared on every major television network and served as the executive director of the AllergyKids Foundation.

Her focus is on restoring the health of American families in order to address the burden that disease in placing on our economy: One in three American children now has allergies, autism, ADHD and/or asthma and the number is growing.

Americans ingest GMO foods in massive amounts. Studies say 94 percent of soybeans fall into the category, and GM soy has been linked to pancreatic cancer.

Sugar beets are often grown genetically and more than half the sugar used in the United States comes from the altered dairy products that are often laced with GMO food: about 20 percent of the cows in this country feed from the GMO seeds (O’Brien’s son had a reaction to eggs).”

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Squash, beer, apples, potatoes, sausage and ham, are among the other commonly ingested foods that often contain chemicals associated with genetically manufactured foods.

O’Brien places much of the blame on the federal government.

“It’s a revolving door. The Food and Drug Administration has a small budget. They approve studies submitted by the companies themselves.”

There is only one solution, O’Brien says: Make noise. “Reach out to your congressman. Someone is going to relate to you. There are a lot of people suffering in silence.”

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multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation headquartered St. Louis. It is a leading producer of genetically-engineered (GE) seed.

Monsanto, valued at $50 billion, is a major producer of livestock feed – genetically-engineered soy and corn.

Ironically, the company also produces Roundup, a lethal weed killer.

There is “little incentive” for the company to change its business model to address the GMO issue.

“Inside every big company there are those who are going to exploit for monetary gain,” O’Brien said.

Because of that change has been slow, though some insiders have been able to enact some changes. “There are those with noble intentions,” O’Brien said.

The resulting backlash has led to the “explosive growth of the organic food industry.”

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Mattituck Felony A Mattituck man was arrested on a felony drunk driving charge Saturday night, Southold Town Police announced.

Police said Justin T. Wadelton, 29, was stopped for speeding on Peconic Bay Boulevard in Laurel shortly after 9 PM. Wadelton was charged with DWI because of a previous DWI conviction in 2010, according to the release.

He was held overnight for arraignment, police said.

Eventful Night S o u t h a m p t o n To w n Po l i c e officers, on patrol in a “known drug dealing location” in Riverside August 30, had all they could handle after they said they spotted a 40 year-old Elmont man allegedly in the middle of a drug transaction.

William Turner fled the scene on Old Quogue Road when police approached him about 3 AM. He tripped, but got up and ran away again despite orders to stay put. He got up and ran off into the woods again, an officer in pursuit. On his third escape try an officer used a stun gun on him.

Police maintained they found a clear plastic bag containing crack cocaine where Turner fell and two more packets on the 61-year old Flanders man he was originally seen with.

Turner apparently cut his hand at some point during the action and had to be taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, where he was treated for his injury.

Turner is being held in jail after it was determined he had other outstanding criminal charges pending.

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finger at a system that that doesn’t ensure an adequate supply of drugs critical to population health and opens the door to shocking price increases.”

Either way relief may be on the horizon, at least until a generic model is released. Mylan Specialty

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offers a patient assistance program for low-income families. Some mail order prescription companies are offering a three-month supply for the cost of a two-month supply.

Also, shop insurance plans to see which have the most attractive deal for EpiPens.

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Mylax, the producer of EpiPen, has be pillared for pricing the product too high.

By Rick Murphy

People who suffer severe allergic reactions know there is only one tool than separates them from life and death: an injection of Epinephrine (adrenaline), which decreases swelling in the throat and thus allows the victim to breath.

In the United States Mylan, the maker of the EpiPen, controls the market, and shareholders of the company are getting rich because of it.

The therein lies the rub.

Controversy continues over the pricing of the EpiPen auto-injector, which initially cost $100. The classic model of supply and demand quickly kicked in, however, and the price rose to over $600, angering not only users but the medical industry and government as well.

Mylan’s CEO Heather Bresch has found herself in the crosshairs of activists demanding the system be changed. The headline in a recent New York Times article reads: “Painted as EpiPen Villain, Mylan’s Chief Says She’s No Such Thing.” She has yet to cut prices, though.

Mylan has responded in several ways, including with what is called a “zero-pay” card that is anything but.

It cuts co-pays deeply for those with good insurance, but only reduces the cost by about $100 for those with high deductibles or who are uninsured.

On August 29, the company announced that it would come out with its own generic version of the EpiPen. “We understand the deep frustration and concerns associated with the cost of EpiPen to the patient, and have always shared the public’s desire to ensure that this important product be accessible to anyone who needs it,” Bresch said in a statement posted on the company’s website.

“Our decision to launch a generic alternative to EpiPen is an extraordinary commercial response, which required the cooperation of our partner. However, because of the complexity and opaqueness of today’s branded pharmaceutical supply chain and the increased shifting of costs to patients as a result of high-deductible health plans, we determined that bypassing the brand system in this case and offering an additional alternative was the best option,” Bresch stated.

Bresch has insinuated what others in the HMO industry are openly stating: that the Affordable Care Act is at least partly responsible for the price hike. According to STAT.com, “If deductibles had stayed low, parents and other EpiPen users probably wouldn’t have noticed that Mylan had increased the price of a two-injector set from around $100 seven years ago to more than $600 this spring. Others point the

Monsanto Corporation has become the evil poster child for the non-GMO movement, and with good reason. The company is the largest producer of genetically altered seed that feeds American livestock and thus finds its way into food products consumed by humans.

According to Food & Water Watch, GMOs put the future of nutrition in the hands of corporations, not farmers; they are often laced with chemicals, and it is the best interests of the corporations to make sure any research is “conducted in a biased manner.”

What is particularly ironic is that Monsanto produces the best selling weed killer in the industry, Roundup. Worse, Roundup, a probable carcinogen, is sometimes used hand in hand with genetically altered crops. According to F & W, Monsanto soybeans are engineered to withstand Roundup, and the seedbeds are routinely treated with the chemical.

According to published reports Monsanto, formed in 1901, is one of the largest pharmaceutical and agricultural companies in the world. It produces a wide range of genetically modified foods and seeds, drugs, pesticides and herbicides.

In 1977, Monsanto sold its chemical business and got heavily engaged in biotechnology and genetically modifying corn and

soybeans.

Monsanto has been reluctant to engage head-on in the debate and has resisted efforts in some states to ban some of the GMO products.

According to Money.CNN, “In response to criticism, Monsanto says it’s working to solve the biggest problems in agriculture.

For example, company scientists reengineered the chemical makeup of a corn seed so that the crop needs less water to grow. CEO Hugh Grant goes one step further, claiming the world can’t produce enough food without GMOs.” Grant has called for some kind of federal oversight, but is often vague when asked for details.

Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal said Grant was “disingenuous” because he favors a proposed national program that would be voluntary. Some states, like Vermont, have mandatory laws that force companies that manufacturer GMO foods to disclose the fact on the packaging.

On May 25 millions of people banded together in 436 cities around the world to protest GMO and Monsanto. Monsanto uses its $13.5 billion annual revenue to create loopholes and new laws that allow them drive organic farmers out of business and contaminate the environment and food supply with genetically engineered foods, critics charged.

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By Rick Murphy

The East Hampton Town Board was all set to amend its sacred Open Space Preservation Law – apparently for the sole benefit of one well-heeled Georgica Association property owner.

In fact, town officials have often expressed a willingness to accommodate the property owner, and if not for the tenacity of neighbors who oppose the project, probably would have done so many times over.

At a public hearing on September 1 though, the members of the East Hampton Town Board backed off after getting negative comments from the public and strongly worded letters from two law firms.

According to town records, legal filings and published reports, the “Floken” property at 17 Georgica Association Road in the Georgica Association is 5.6 acre parcel tat contains a main house, two small buildings, and a boat house. The parcel sits on Georgica Pond – where developed properties routinely list and sell for in excess of $10 million.

Though the parcel has four buildings, they are preexisting and non-conforming; current zoning A5 residential allows for only one.

Further, said Linda Margolin, a partner in Bracken, Margolin, Besunder LLP and a land use specialist representing the neighbors, only two of the four buildings have legal Certificates of Occupancy - the main house and the boat house. Two tiny structures, each about 600 square feet, do not, Margolin maintained.

Make It Happen The owners of the parcel (Ken Joseph, “Floken” and later, Florence and Ken Joseph are all listed on documents at one time or another as owners) have been trying to get permission to split the lot in two since 2008, and assorted town officials and board members have seemingly gone out of their way to make it happen.

The new lot, if created, would be worth millions of dollars.

Eight years ago an application under the name “On The Pond Subwaiver” was submitted to the Zoning Board of Appeals asking for a waiver for a non-existing access road that serviced more than one property because it wasn’t wide enough to meet code; a variance was eventually granted. It was the beginning of a persistent effort to subdivide the parcel into two.

Next up the applicants sought

planning board approval, but an attorney, Ted Sklar, hired by neighbors, informed the board that it had no authority to allow the application to proceed and neither did the ZBA — the town board had to take action first.

The town then amended a section of its subdivision regulations that allowed the planning board discretion during the subwaiver process to relax the minimum width requirement – the access road in question was 20-foot wide and the code calls for a minimum of 25-feet.

N e i g h b o r s c o m p l a i n e d 17 Association Road was the sole beneficiary of the action.

Christopher Kelley, an attorney representing the Josephs, then wrote to the planning board and urged it to take the matter of the subdivision up again.

Great Value Kelley noted he could then go back before the ZBA and proceed with the plan to split the lot.

According to published reports Kelley maintained granting the subwaiver would be of “a great value to the town” because of the proposed removal of the structures.

The claim of “reduced density” and the resulting “environmental benefit” to the town were mantras oft repeated by the applicants and their legal representatives.

Kelley said that the use of the cottages and boathouse were controlled by the property’s former owner, Clifford Klenk Jr. Kelley wrote that splitting the lots would “actually reduce density” because the three dwellings would be razed. Nothing would happen until Klenk either died or sold his interests to the Josephs.

The ZBA finally granted the applicant approval to split the parcel in early 2015 and the neighbors then filed an Article 78 challenging the ruling.

Kevin McGowin, an attorney for Esseks, Hefter, Angel, Ditalia & Pasca who replaced Sklar on the case, said the truth was there was no benefit of any kind to the town or his clients, the neighbors.

For example, the combined square footage of the buildings to be razed was about 3400 square feet; the applicants wanted to build an 8900 square foot residence instead. “The notion that Floken is somehow making a sacrifice and that the town is gaining a tangible benefit by exchanging a modest boathouse and two diminutive

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A property owner at 17 Georgica Association Road almost parlayed a variance for a shared road into a change in the town’s Open Space Preservation Law potentially worth millions of dollars to the owner – and nothing for the town.

structures . . . is simply untrue,” he argued.

A Huge Windfall More to the point, the value of the property would probably increase significantly because Joseph would be able to sell off one of the two parcels. In fact, there are two lots totaling 2.9 acres at 29 Association Road with two teardowns on them currently on sale for $24 million.

Floken offered to upgrade sanitary systems on the property but McGowin said that was merely an agreement to comply with existing town code.

On August 2 of this year, at a town board work session, the matter was brought up again. Town Attorney John Jilnicki championed the project, telling board members the lot, “Had multiple dwellings” and that the “applicant wanted to reduce density.”

He urged the board members t o “a d j u s t t h e o p e n s p a c e requirements” because “it renders the property more compliant by reducing density.”

Jilnicki did not mention the mega-mansion that would be erected.

Margolin said Jilnicki’s comments contained “inaccuracies,” by “flaunting the environmental benefits” of the project. In reality, she argued, there were only two buildings with C of Os on the property, and there would be two on it after the parcel was split in two. In addition, the 3.9 acre lot that the Josephs intended to keep, with a house, tennis court, and pool, was seriously over-cleared and beyond reclamation. The applicant proposed revegetating the 1.6 acre lot where the large, new house was slated to be built.

Margolin delivered a letter to the town board dated September 1 and also addressed the board at the

public hearing.

Behind Closed Doors S he ac c use d t h e b o ard o f withholding documents and of “acting in secret” by withholding pertinent information her firm had FOILed for.

Margolin also address the elephant in the room: that all these years numerous town officials involved in the process knew they were jumping through hoops to accommodate the Josephs, which she said would constitute illegal spot zoning.

“Chris Kelley acknowleded that the 2011 amendment was made at the behest of the property owner because without the amendment, a subdivision would not have been possible,” Margolin wrote. “The evidence is overwhelming that both the proposed local law and the code change enacted in 2011 were proposed for the purpose of benefitting one individual property owner, Floken, Inc.[Joseph], rather than pursuant to a comprehensive plan for the general welfare of the community.”

The amendment presented for the public hearing maintained adoption would mean, “reducing existing density/providing environmental benefits not otherwise obtainable” for the town. At the hearing the town board heard from one resident after another who scoffed at that claim.

Finally, Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell described the proposed law change as a “clunker” and the other town board members agreed it was a non-starter.

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RICK’S SPACE Talking Points

I’ve been getting up out of bed and going somewhere I don’t want to go for over 40 years.

When I was in high school I had to get up a little after six in the morning, fight my sister, brother, mother and father for bathroom time, get dressed (dress pants, shirt, tie, suit jacket) and walk to Avenue S to catch the Avenue R bus (don’t ask).

I would then get off at Kings Highway and catch the D Train to Park Place and then walk three more blocks to St. Augustine Diocesan High School.

Time was tight. An extra minute or two in bed on a frigid morning meant having to run the last couple of blocks to get to school on time.

Things never change. After school I started working, and have been ever since.

I’m still getting up early, doing my chores, and going off to work.

Each minute matters.

“Rick, we have to talk.” Karen has impeccable timing. Our little talks always come when I have something urgent to do.

“I’m late for work.”

“It’s important.”

“What is it?”

“We never talk.”

“We’re talking now.”

“I mean, really talk,” she always says.

I never know what to say at that point but it’s usually something like, “I’ll tell you what. Some day, when I don’t have to work, when I don’t have to pay the mortgage and put food on the table, some day, if my heart holds up after working myself half to death for 40 freaking years, we can really talk.

How’s that?”

Then I storm off in a huff.

“When you get home we’re going to really talk,” she’ll say, waving goodbye happily as I mutter vile words under my breath.

Men don’t talk with other men, at least that kind of talk. When my best friend approaches me and says, “I need to talk to you” I know he’s not going to talk about some intimate thing he needs advice about.

In fact, I can usually answer before he’s asked the question: “No, you can’t borrow any money.”

Good talk.

I will occasionally break down and approach a friend with a delicate matter I need to broach.

“Dude, you’re my best friend. Are you betting on the Giants this week?”

“No,” Pete will say. “Can you lend me any money?”

“When is a good time to talk?”

Karen asks nowadays. I strike a thinking pose, as if my mind is rifling through an imaginary appointment book.

"How about Thursday, after work?”

“OK I’ll see you in two days at five o’clock sharp.”

“Actually I’m meeting the guys for happy hour after work Thursday.”

“But you said . . .“ “I meant in 2019.”

All married men know why we avoid these little talks. Let’s identify the common traits each and every little talk will share in common: Things will get mushy; things will get gushy; tears will flow, which means we will use the acting skills we’ve mastered over the years to get a little moist ourselves; we will promise something, whether it is to be more affectionate, to spend more time together, to go on walks or to spend more time with the married couple you despise because the guy knows squat about sports.

They always end the same way: She says, “I’m glad we had this talk.”

Then she stares at you. And stares. And stares really hard as if she is by the sheer force of her

Let

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will pushing the words out of your mouth: “Me too,” you finally mumble.

When I finally arrived at St. Augustine each morning there were 1000 screaming guys in the schoolyard, all of whom were smoking at least one cigarette. A bell would ring and there would be a mad dash to the stairwells. We had three minutes to be in our seat for our first class, where a burly Christian Brother would bombard us with knowledge. I kept thinking that someday I would use all that knowledge to put myself in a position where I didn’t have to get out of bed and go to work.

Then and only then will I have time for trivial chatter in the morning.

September 7, 2016

Epilogue Karen always has the last word.

I was on my way out the door the other morning when she said, “I have to tell you something important!”

I went into my usual tirade about not having time and stormed off.

At noon I called home. “I’m freaking starving. Where’s my lunch?”

“That’s what I was trying to tell you,” she said smugly. “You forgot it.”

How clever. “Anything else, wise guy?”

“Yeah,” she said slyly. “Your fly has been open all day.”

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Dear Ms. Merrill, Former Southampton Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, who is running for Congress on the Democratic Party line, advertises that she saved Southampton from financial disaster after years of mismanagement by Republicans. This is a myth that should be placed in perspective.

Elected officials are often subjected to economic forces beyond their control.

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Ms. Throne-Holst has failed to explain that annual tax revenues increased significantly from 2003 to 2007, yet the Southampton Town Board raised tax rates in 2006 from $2.30 to $2.87 when Democrats Steve Kenny and Dennis Suskind served on the Town Board.

Despite Steve Kenny’s questionable financial skills, Ms. Throne-Holst appointed him to the Southampton Housing Authority, a position that involves land-use decisions and expenditure of taxpayer dollars. Mr. Kenny’s appointment calls into question Ms. Throne-Holst’s understanding of financial management.

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Power Hungry Hillary Dear Editor, Hillary Clinton, the woman who thinks she should be president, because: she’s a

Ed Gifford woman(really), because she’s a Clinton, we really need Bill back in the white house, because she’s power hungry, do you really think this is a reason to vote for her, well here are some reasons not to vote for her: She’s power hungry, she’s dishonest,

the new e-mails that came out Friday evening hoping they would disappear by Monday show she lied also shows she’s not sure of anything 25 times she’s clarified she couldn’t recall, don’t remember Continued on Page 20. © Karen Fredericks

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instructions given to her on state security thought a(c) on important documents was an alphabetical structure of the paperwork.

Claims she had only one blackberry when in truth she had 13, some of these berries were hammered . . . after a subpoena was issued for them. An archive file on a computer with all files intact was put in the mail and surprise it disappeared.

She has lied to Congress, and what she told the FBI is not what she recalled the weekend later. All this vs Trump’s income tax returns. My concern is the economy, safety, immigration, not Trump’s tax return.

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Dangerous Donald Trump Dear Editor, Dangerous Donald Trump (DDT) might be a threat to our viability. He could try to assume dictatorial powers and abolish the Constitution, Congress, and the Supreme Court. Some of his supporters are far right extremists. His candidacy is reminiscent of the Fascists in Germany, Italy, and Japan during the 1930s and 1940s.

DDT has unwittingly proposed to pull our troops out of South Korea and Japan if they do not pay for our aid. This will open up the Far East to Chinese and North Korean expansion. He might try to abandon NATO, thereby enabling Russian expansion in Europe. Trump doesn’t have a problem with countries acquiring nuclear weapons. He

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Colleen Bothwell I’m not familiar with Lauer. But it seems he wasn’t a very good interviewer. He didn’t let Clinton speak. He didn’t fact check. Trump talks over everyone but it was Lauer’s job to stop him from doing that. This election is really a mess so good moderators will be very important.

Mihai Badu When Lauer asked Trump questions and got answers having nothing to do with them, Lauer should have been able to call him to task.

Lauer really failed at his job. I may not be a big Clinton fan but she deserved to be treated fairly and she certainly was not.

Brenda Stratton He was horrible and it was embarrassing. It felt a bit sexist. He didn’t give Clinton the same treatment as Trump. He corrected her more often and he cut her off. He didn’t do that to Trump. It seemed to me he let Donald Trump off easy.

Susan Rausher I’m sick of hearing Trump’s voice and inane diatribes. I couldn’t bear to watch. I read about it afterwards. It seems Trump was given lots of softballs and not put to task but Clinton was raked over the coals. In the past I’ve liked Lauer. I was surprised he wasn’t fairer.

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News from our local and regional lawmakers.

• At the General Meeting of the Suffolk County Legislature last week Legislator Bridget Fleming and her colleagues voted unanimously to reestablish the county Tick Control Advisory Committee (TCAC) to oversee and advise the County’s newly-created Tick Research and Management Program (TSMP). The TCAC was initially constructed by former legislator Jay Schneiderman in 2014.

The reestablishment of the committee comes just a few short months after Legislator Fleming successfully advocated to include funding in the 2017-19 Capital Budget for tick management and control purposes, a new Capital Project which led to the establishment of the “TSMP”. The 2017-19 Capital Budget is the first Suffolk County Budget to allocate funds specifically for tick management and control purposes.

“Tick-borne illness is a serious threat to the health of Suffolk County residents, and deters locals and tourists alike from enjoying our world class parks and natural resources” stated Fleming. “The goal of the Tick Surveillance and Management Program is to develop a plan to control the tick population in Suffolk County efficiently and effectively, and to serve as a national model for addressing this public health crisis.”

The new committee will be made up of 16 committee members who will meet 3-4 times a year to review tick control methods and management options, as well as provide advice to the TSMP and input to the annual vector control plans.

• S e n ator Ken L a Va l l e h a s announced the new availability of two brochures to be downloaded from his senate web site. One brochure contains information on heroin resources, and the second flyer provides material concerning Lyme disease.

Senator LaValle said, “Heroin and opioid addiction has claimed the lives of too many people in our communities. While we have taken legislative actions towards resolving the myriad of issues and secured funding to provide awareness of the problem, I felt there was a need to communicate resources to my constituents as well. The brochure was mailed throughout my senate district this past month, but by now making it available in a digital

format, it can it can be distributed more widely to those who can benefit from the information.”

Senator LaValle has been a member of the NY Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction since 2014. He is also a member of the NY Senate Coalition Task Force on Lyme and TickBorne Diseases, and said, “The continuing high incidence of these tick-borne illnesses necessitates that we increase awareness of the disease as we continue to take steps to eradicate the problem. Over the past several years, I have produced the brochure and distributed it via the US mail. It is one of the most requested pamphlets in my office, and as such, would also be more widely distributed in a digital format. It’s my hope that individuals download and share the brochures with as many people they feel would be interested in the topics.”

Senator LaValle, a past Co-chair of the Senate Coalition Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases, noted that the state has invested $1.7 million dollars for research, education and tick-borne disease prevention efforts over the past three years.

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This is what it’s all about: Friday Night Lights. Home crowd. First game of the season. This is high school football.

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visiting Kings Park Friday night.

The Hurricanes drew first blood when Liam McIntyre broke loose on a 30-yard touchdown scamper but the Kingsmen, as they would all evening, answered quickly when Matt Meyers cannonballed through the line from one yard out early in the second quarter. It was the start of one of the wildest 15 minutes in Suffolk high school sports history:

the two teams went on to score 49 points.

Dylan Laube, Westhampton’s senior all-county candidate, scored twice - each run a highlight film in its own right: 48 and 65 yards. Yet Kings Park answered each time, and enjoyed a 35-28 halftime advantage.

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strategy for slowing down Laube. Bill Parry, Westhampton’s veteran coach (20 years) also re-tuned his defense.

Laube managed another highlight film-quality run, from 68 yards, and then slipped out of the backfield to grab a 19-yard scoring pass from Tristan Hogan to give the locals a 42-35 lead.

But there was no quit in the Kingsmen, and their star quarterback Paul Cooper led the offense down the field for two long fourth quarter drives, scoring himself on an 11 yard run and then handing off to tailback Dylan Winwood for a nine run score.

Then Hogan, a quarterback on offense and a defensive back on defense, made the play of the game: he blocked an extra point attempt that would have tied the score at 42.

Still, it wasn’t over. The Kingsmen got the ball one last time with the clock ticking toward the two minute mark, and Cooper rallied his charges once more. His 30-yard scramble put his team close enough for a field goal attempt but time expired.

Cooper had a remarkable game, going 19 for 35 good for 359 passing yards and a TD. He also rushed for 67 yards and two more touchdowns.

Laube ran 16 times for 216 yards and three scores and caught two passes for 22 yards and another touchdown.

Comsewogue comes to Westhampton Friday. The Warriors, 0-8 last season in Division III, lost their opener to Rocky Point 34-13.

In Division IV action the combined team of Greenport, Southold and Mattituck went up the road to Riverhead and came home with a convincing 40-0 victory over Mercy.

Fate was less kind to the other East End teams. Riverhead, playing in Division II, was blanked by West Islip 41-0. Keegan Syron, as advertised, is a keeper. He scored twice, once on a 45-yard rumble, and rushed for 156 yards in only seven carries. Jordan Fonseca added 75 yards and a TD on seven carries and also found the end zone on a 60-yard punt return.

Syron, playing middle linebacker, had 11 tackles and several vicious hits of defense. Center Moriches plays on the North Fork Friday against the Tuckers.

Port Jefferson routed East Hampton/Bridgehampton 42-19 and plays at Southampton Saturday afternoon for the Hampton Cup. Wyandanch blasted Southampton/ Ross 31-6 on Saturday.

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High School Soccer:

Mixed Results For Local Teams In Week One

By Rick Murphy

The Pierson/Bridgehampton boys soccer team won its first two games to move into first place in League VII. Saturday the locals blasted Smithtown Christian at home 4-1 with Sam Warne and Charlie Pintado combining to do most of the damage. Warne scored twice and assisted on another goal and Pintado added a goal and two assists. Kevin Feliciano manned the nets for the winners.

The Whalers edged Southold in the season opener on September 6 by a 2-1 margin. Warne drilled the game winner midway through the second stanza. Mats Gebenstien also scored for the winners. Michael Christman tallied the Settlers’ lone goal. Dylan Clausen recorded nine saves for Southold.

Babylon comes to Sag Harbor today at 4:30 PM to face the Whalers.

The Whalers play at Greenport on Tuesday afternoon at 4.

In League VI action Southampton, Hampton Bays and East Hampton are all 1-1 in league play.

Hampton Bays beat Mt. Sinai Saturday 4-1 to notch its first win of the season. Dylan Flores,

Bryan Rivera, Kaheim Amos and Juan Munoz all scored for the winners. Christian Loaiza notched two assists. Josue Jara was in the net and made five saves.

Shoreham/Wading River comes to Hampton Bays today at 4:30. The Baymen travel to Wyandanch Friday for a 4:30 PM fray.

In girls soccer, Mattituck won its League VII opener, edging its down the road neighbor Southold/

Greenport 1-0.

The lone score of the game came on a penalty kick by Claire Gatz.

Hayley Brigham put on a show in the nets, rejecting 17 shots. The

Lady Tuckers are 3-0 overall.

The Lady Tuckers visit Rocky Point Friday (4:30 PM) and travel to Port Jefferson Monday for a 4:30 PM match.

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What We Learned From Week One

There are still 16 weeks to go, but some lessons can be learned early on after watching the first week’s slate of games.

DOWNGRADE DEZ. Dez Bryant was held to one reception Sunday, and he dropped another TD pass on the way down, which is becoming a trend. He was seen complaining on the sidelines – another sad, recurring theme, and he appears to have slowed a step. All the injuries may be catching up with him. In addition, QB Tony Romo is out and his replacement, Dak Prescott, is reluctant to let loose. It’s the law of diminishing return – Bryant is no longer a top five receiver, and may fall out of the top 10 or even further.

BEWARE OF UNEXPECTED TIME SHARES. We thought Devonta Freeman was going to be the Feature Back in Atlanta but Tevin Coleman got more touches. For those of us who drafted Freeman to be a Number One Back, that really hurts.

Why did it happen? Maybe Coleman, who was drafted before Freeman but got hurt last year, is simply a better player. Or maybe Freeman came into camp out of shape. Most probably, Freeman was muttering about getting a new and better contract after excelling last season and the Falcons want to tamp that kind of talk down.

Spencer Ware had a huge game for the Chiefs after Jamal Charles was declared out. How good? Too good to bench him when Charles gets back. Thus we’ll have the dreaded timeshare.

KEEP UP ON INJURIES: Keenan Allen, the Chargers wide receiver, is out for the season. That means his replacement, Tyrell Williams, may become Fantasy relevant sooner rather than later. But look elsewhere on the waiver wire -- Mohamed Sanu of the Falcons is available in most leagues, and he figures to get plenty of play opposite Julio Jones. We

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Seattle QB Russell Wilson was hobbling, and he derives much of his Fantasy value by running the ball. Be forewarned.

PPR GOLD: If you are in a PPR league you can get away with starting third down backs instead of tradition rushers. For example, while Adrian Peterson rushed for only 31 yards and caught no passes, consider what these part time backs produced: Danny Woodhouse ran for 89 yards and caught five passes for 32 more – that’s 16 Fantasy points. Theo Riddick ran for 45 and

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caught five passes for 63 - that’s 15, plus he scored a TD for six more points. Yet Peterson was drafted in the first or second rounds of most drafts and Woodhouse and Riddick seven or eight rounds later.

Finally, don’t chase yesterday’s heroes. Always remember in Fantasy it’s not about what a player produced last week, it’s about what he’ll produce in the coming weeks. Keep your FA dollars in your pocket for now until the season unfolds a bit.

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by calling and leaving a message at 631-998-1010 ext.2133 or on e-mail Continued from page 25. at antibiasehny@gmail.com or visit checklist” available for downloading regular Task Force meetings on the on Senator LaValle’s website at second Wednesday of each month LaValle.NYSenate.gov at 4 P.M. in Town Hall.

• E a s t H a m p t o n To w n • Overby also invited community Councilwoman Sylvia Overby members to join the town’s reminds that the town’s Anti- Recycling & Litter Committee.

Bias Task Force was convened It was established to help raise in 1993 and continues to hold awareness of the environmental meetings and work on issues. impact that waste has on our Today, as then, the goal of the natural resources and encourage ABTF is to promote diversity, unity, more environmentally responsible and understanding in the Town, practices. The committee welcomes working together toward building new members who wish to share a bias-free community. their knowledge, experience, and Its mission is to address issues of ideas on how we can lessen our bias, prejudice, and discrimination impact on the environment. The a g a i n s t p e r s o n s b e c a u s e o f committee also welcomes new their race, ethnicity, religion, members who would like to do more age, disability, gender, sexual to protect our natural resources, orientation, economic disparity, or but don’t know where to begin. familial status.

For more information, please Help to make East Hampton a contact Councilwoman Sylvia safe and bias-free community for all Overby at 631-324-2620.

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No Fuss, No Muss Vessel Exams

As a follow-up column to last week’s “We’re Being Boarded – Now What??”l et’s stop for a moment and consider, if you haven’t done it already this season, getting the “gilt edged” United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Vessel Safety Check – better know as the Vessel Exam. Oh, and it’s free.

What It Is Not USCGAux vessel safety checks are not a regulatory event. If your boat doesn’t pass all components of the exam, no one “turns you in.” The examiner will explain exactly what needs to be brought back into line to conform to federal standards and, most likely, will also give you his or her cell phone number.

“Call me when you’ve addressed the issue. I’ll come over and we’ll get this boat decal’ed as having passed the USCGAux Vessel Safety Check.”

What does the decal mean? It says something very simple. This boat meets, at least, federal minimums for 15 specific safety or regulatory features.

Can USCG active-duty members still come alongside and board you? Of

course they can. They need no reason whatsoever.vBut experience tells me that when the regulars are faced with two boats, and one has passed our exam and the other hasn’t, the other guy had better hope that he has no reason to worry.

How Do I Get One? In an outreach program started a few years ago, the USCGAux flotillas out east have created “Vessel Exam Days” with a number of marinas and dock masters. Some throw BBQs for their customers. Some set up tables with fresh sets of flares (the most common reason for a boat not to get its decal) and other necessary items like fire extinguishers or air-horns, etc. Check with your dock master and, if he or she isn’t planning to sponsor a “VE Day,” email me below and I will follow up directly. Or, you can go online.

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Believe it or not, the first thing the examiner will ask for is your registration. The registration, not a copy, is required by law to be on the boat. If it isn’t there, the examiner will still conduct the exam to see if there are any other show-stoppers but the VSC decal cannot be awarded without a valid registration on the boat. It can be in your wallet as long as you are on the boat.

An important reason for the registration to be in hand is that right on it is the length of the boat as it is known to DMV. USCG safety standards are size-dependent.

For example, a boat over 39.4 feet shall (must!) have a copy of the Navigation Rules (the COLREGs you’ve seen so much on here) on the boat.

Twenty-six feet or more? Where’s your Pollution placard? Trash placard?

At least two “B-1” fire extinguishers aboard?

Why Don’t Boats Pass?

The most common reason for failure is expired flares. What does that mean? Your flares come from the factory with 40 months of “life” and that date is stamped on the side of the flare.

Why 40? So, after shipping and sitting on a shelf, hopefully you have three years (36 months) of coverage.

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expiration date? Almost without a doubt, they are. But the examiner cannot give you your decal unless you have at least three day and three night “pyrotechnic devices” aboard in an un-expired state.

What else can go wrong? Well, before you get nervous, with over 100,000 exams as the basis, 75 percent of all boats pass on the first pass.

And it is not a regulatory event if it doesn’t. You get specific advice from the examiner on what you need. And likely his or her cell phone number to schedule the re-exam. And, oh yes, it is free. Both times.

Does every boat need to pass every item? Not at all. If you don’t have a marine sanitation device (a “head”) aboard, the Examiner just checks “N/A.” But if you do, it must meet federal standards for safe and secure operation.

Does your 20’ Seahunt need a set of Nav Rules aboard? Nope. But that 46’ Ocean yacht of yours does. You get the picture.

So, let’s be sure we go to sea with a vessel that meets the gold standard and increase the safety of life at sea – yours! Oh, and it’s free.

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quality improvement.

At the forum, East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell and Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman will discuss the importance of the referendum in improving water quality in the two towns.

In addition, both Kim Shaw, Director of East Hampton Town’s Natural Resources Department, and Janice Scherer, Principal Planner for Southampton Town’s Department of Land Management, will discuss the priorities and objectives of the water quality improvement plans that would be adopted in each town if the referendum passes.

Refreshments will precede the program.

Information is available from the League at 631-324-4637, the Hampton Library at 631-537-0015, or the League’s website at www. lwvhamptons.org.

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