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Locals Want Old Ponquogue Bridge Repaired

By Rick Murphy

To outsiders it may appear to be an obsolete, mangled hulk of decaying timbers so battered

by Superstorm Sandy it’s too dangerous to even go near it.

But to avid fisherman and people who live by and near it, the old Ponquogue Bridge in Hampton Bays is much, much more. Not only is there a popular park on site, but also it has been the go-to fishing spot for well over a century.

Although Southampton Town has promised to repair it, the effort has stalled to the point some locals fear it has been put on a permanent backburner or, worse, slated for removal.

“A lot of people feel betrayed,” said Ed Warner Jr., a town trustee and fisherman. “Tens of thousands of people use it. It should be fixed up.”

The bridge was decommissioned 30 years ago, but though it is no longer passable it is still used.

There is a park on the south side – named for Warner’s father, who was also a town trustee. It is maintained by the town’s Parks and Recreation Department, which

charges a fee for the use of the launching ramp there. But it was ravaged by the super storm, and needs work.

The North Side is disconnected, and the plan is to get rid of the damaged part and replace it with a floating dock. “ We are waiting for storm remediation funds in order to address the removal of the northern side and to fix the southern side,” said Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst.

Councilman Brad Bender acknowledged parts of the structure are “unsuitable for use” and that the town needs to make repairs. But it is when that will happen that concerns locals.

Warner said, “A fund should be set up” to fix the fishing pier and fund other repairs. “Why not spend town funds?” he asked. They have to step up and do the right thing.

There is no respect for Hampton Bays.”

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he said. “The more it lays in disrepair the worse it gets.” Jeffrey, like a lot of other local residents, suspects there is more going on than dragging of feet. “I think there is a sense of some people in higher government that the project isn’t important,” he opined.

The bridge has a storied history. It was originally built in 1886, two lanes across Shinnecock Bay connecting Hampton Bays with the eastern tip of Fire Island. The w o o d en s t r u c t u r e , 1000 feet long, was replaced by a wooden drawbridge in 1930.

In 1986 construction began on a new bridge side by side with the older one, 150-feet away. At one point a 90-ton girder being placed by a crane fell onto the old structure nearly splitting it in half; the drawbridge span was subsequently removed.

Suffolk County established a park at the foot of the approach – later taken over by the town and renamed for Warner – and the remains of the bridge have been a popular fishing spot ever since.

In 2013 the old bridge was battered again, causing massive damage – a 30-foot section on the north side washed away

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completely. The south side also needs repair, though as of now a section of the old bridge used as a fishing pier is slated to remain in place.

Bender said the town is looking to secure some kind of funding to pay for the repairs.

Warner said the time for action is now. “If everyone donated a buck” some work could begin. He is afraid that there is a desire in some quarters to dismantle the structure altogether. “I can just hear it: ‘the burden of the cost is too much.’”

One thing is for certain: a dangerous condition exists. “My biggest concern is more pieces falling off,” Warner said. “It’s dangerous for the baymen.”

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Cameras For Busy School Zones

By Emily Toy

The State Legislature is considering a proposal to allow the installation of automated cameras in school zones across Suffolk and Nassau counties, a program that would catch speeders and ultimately increase safety for children.

“Speed cameras are an effective tool that will help us clamp down on motorists who violate speed limits in school zones,” said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in a press release. “By authorizing the use of this technology, we are sending a clear message that the Assembly Majority will no longer tolerate careless drivers who put our children at risk.”

Like red light cameras at intersections, cameras would be installed in school zones to ensure a 20 mph speed limit is observed.

Drivers going more than the limit would get a ticket for $50 in the mail.

One camera per school district would be allowed in both counties, although cameras may end up only going to those zones with larger, and more dangerous, traffic volumes, according to Assemblyman Fred Thiele in an interview last Friday.

“Up to 67 cameras will be authorized,” Thiele said. “The number installed will probably be less though. We have to look at high traffic areas and where the accidents happen. We need to take the danger factor into account.”

There are 56 school districts in Nassau and 69 in Suffolk County. According to Thiele, some local school zones that could see new cameras installed included Bridgehampton School (which is located right on Montauk Highway less than a mile from a busy traffic light intersection) and Sag Harbor Elementary (located on Route 114, which is heavily utilized to get from Sag Harbor to East Hampton).

Officials say speeders going more than 10 miles per hour over the school zone speed limit would be ticketed. Cameras would operate during school hours as well an hour before and after school. It is also proposed for the cameras to run 30 minutes before, during and after school events.

Currently working on a pilot run, New York City has 20 cameras installed and, according to Thiele, more were requested, which would bring the total in Manhattan to 140 cameras if approved.

“It’s somewhat controversial,” Thiele said, “but because of this

pilot run, the question of it being a revenue raiser vs. a safety matter, the data proves both points.”

Supporters believe this program will increase safety for children as well as raise revenue, with estimates in the millions of possible dollars raised for the county. Those opposed to the program are concerned that the cameras would be infringing on residents’ privacy.

“The whole Big Brother watching is a criticism of the program,” Thiele said. “There are some privacy concerns, but this is a logical place to try this.”

Thiele also said the respective towns the school zone cameras are in could receive money generated

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Local school zones, especially those with heavy traffic volumes like Bridgehampton (above), could get cameras installed to ticket speeding drivers.

by tickets given out.

“The town may get money,” Thiele said. “Such is the case with other tickets, they should get a piece of it.”

Thiele anticipated the Legislature to take up this issue either next

month or in June, when the session ends. According to the press release from the Assembly, authorization for the demonstration programs for all three municipalities will sunset in 2018.

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From time to time I receive emails that I like to share with the readers of this column. This first one, which is called “A Conundrum,” is so so true.

The definition of “conundrum” is something that is puzzling or confusing.

Here are six conundrums of socialism in the United States of America: 1. America is capitalist and greedy – yet half of the population is subsidized.

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About half of Democrats favor building the pipeline, while 38 percent are opposed.

And here’s the kicker: Opposition 5. The poor keep getting poorer – to building the pipeline is most yet they have things that people in widespread among Democrats, other countries only dream about. liberals and those with high family incomes.

6. They have things that people in other countries only dream about – There is the most support for yet they want America to be more the pipeline among Democrats with like those other countries. family incomes of less than $50,000.

That pretty much sums up the It’s been five years and President USA and what the liberal leaders Obama is still kicking the Keystone want the 47 percent who pay no pipeline can down the road. taxes to believe.

He should either have the balls HATE ME YET? to say he’s against it and take the political fallout, or approve it and This is why you’re wrong. put a lot of good honest people who are among the 47 percent who are This is not an indictment of the currently not paying taxes to work.

47 percent of the people who pay no taxes. It is an indictment of those Which brings me to a version people whose socialist ideas keep of David Letterman’s Top 10 that the 47 percent down. someone sent me, which I cut down 7/27/12 4:33 PM to a Top 6 because I didn’t agree It’s about a President who would with four of them. This is your last rather give food stamps and extend chance to hate me today. unemployment benefits than give people jobs where they would be Number 6: Only in America . happy to earn money and pay their . . could liberal politicians talk “fair share” of taxes.

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Number 5: Only in America . . . could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney General and roughly 20 percent of the federal work force is black.

Number 4: Only in America . . . could they have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner (the former head of the Treasury Department) and Charles Rangel (who once ran the Ways and Means Committee), BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.

Number 3: Only in America . . . can they have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.

Number 2: Only in America . . . could you need to present a driver’s license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.

And Number 1: Only in America . . . could the rich people – who pay 86 percent of all income taxes – be accused of not paying their “fair share” by people who don’t pay any income taxes at all.

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Beach Project Bummer:

Feds Scale Back Montauk Emergency Stabilization

By Kitty Merrill

The Independent has learned Suffolk County will sign on as local sponsor for the Montauk Beach project. Whether it would or whether East Hampton Town would be left to cover annual maintenance expenses was a big question mark last Wednesday, when reps from the Army Corps of Engineers and the State Department of Environmental Conservation came to town hall.

The slew of suits was there to outline the latest news regarding post-Sandy emergency work on the beach bordering downtown Montauk.

It wasn’t good news.

Readers will recall that last fall feds landed in town hall with promises of beaucoup bucks for restoration and protection of the hurricane ravaged downtown beaches. They hinted as much as $25 million might be available for extensive rehabs such as sand replenishment, or the use of harder structures to bolster the beach.

Last Wednesday, however, project director Steve Couch revealed there’s about $6 million available for an emergency project. Rather than use geotubes the town board seemed to favor last year, the feds prefer placing geo-textile bags, then covering them with sand – a lot less sand than locals were hoping for.

About 14,000 sand-filled bags would be set along 3100 feet of shoreline. Then 45,000 cubic yards of sand would be trucked in to cover it. The local sponsor would be responsible for making sure the bags stayed covered with sand, at a cost the feds estimated at around $63,000 per year.

Suffolk County has signed on as a local sponsor for the Hurricane Sandy recovery project on Fire Island and Supervisor Larry Cantwell wants the same consideration for East Hampton.

The Independent has learned an agreement may be in the offing.

But will the annual cost really come in at $63k? Steve Kalimnios looked askance at the figure last week, revealing he spends about $170,000 every year in sand renourishment along the 450 feet of beach in front of his motel, the Royal Atlantic. Still, he did tell the federal representatives that he was grateful for whatever project may be implemented. Other members of the public who spoke last week expressed similar gratitude, as well as disappointment at the scaled back plan. Assemblyman Fred Thiele dryly described it as “better than a sharp stick in the eye.”

Slender hope for a more extensive

project was offered through lengthy discussion of the Fire Island to Montauk Point reformulation study. That study could include recommendations for a larger scale beach rehab and a timeline presented at last week’s meeting listed a 2016 completion. However, Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc noted that he’s in his fifties and the study began when he was one year old.

Bifurcating the project leaves Montauk “vulnerable” until the FIMP study is completed, Cantwell noted.

Still, he said, “We are obviously interested and want to see this project going forward.” If a deadline characterized as “tight” by Thiele is met, work on the project could begin this winter.

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By Kitty Merrill

If adopted, it would be the first legislation of its kind in New York State. And, if other counties use it as a framework for passage of their own regulations, it could put puppy mill breeders out of business.

Yesterday, as The Independent went to press, a public hearing on the regulation of pet dealers and pet stores was underway before

the Suffolk County Legislature in Riverhead. Designed to ban the sale of dogs from “puppy mills,” the law is sponsored by South Fork Legislator Jay Schneiderman.

“It’s taken a bit of time to build consensus with the breeders, pet store owners and animal rights advocates,” the lawmaker explained. “We’ve come a long way,” Schneiderman continued, relating

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The first iteration was “very hard on pet stores,” and those shopkeepers spoke out in opposition during earlier public hearings.

Animal rights advocates weren’t all warm and fuzzy about the earlier version either. “They felt it didn’t go far enough,” Schneiderman said.

Key in crafting the bill was figuring out the mechanics of preventing puppy mill dogs from coming in to Suffolk County.

The USDA regulates and inspects the premises of all animal breeders.

When there are problems they issue what are known as direct and indirect violations, direct violations being the most egregious. Inspection reports are posted online.

The main thrust of the bill prohibits stores from purchasing puppies from breeders who have been issued any direct violations within the last two years or three or more indirect violations from the most recent inspection. If the USDA hasn’t been able to access a site for inspection, pet store owners wouldn’t be allowed to buy from there, either. The bill also provides

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a number of regulations for the stores themselves – how puppies are taken care of and housed, as well as the information about their origins available to buyers are among them.

Schneiderman believes that over the weeks leading up to the hearing, a “huge coalition” of interested parties have been watching the bill’s progress. “We want to get it right, because it could form the basis of laws in other counties,” he said. “If this framework spreads, bad breeders will go out of business.”

Suffolk County was only recently given the right to regulate pet dealers, thanks to a state bill forwarded by Senator Ken LaValle.

“There have been other attempts in the past,” Schneiderman reported.

“But this is really a first.”

According to the ASPCA, a puppy mill is a large-scale commercial dog breeding operation that places profit over the well being of its dogs, who are often severely neglected. In an email blast to supporters the rescue and adoption organization SaveA-Pet characterizes the breeding sites as “inhumane factories for puppies.” Encouraging supporters to attend the public hearing, SaveA-Pet founder and president Dori Scofield wrote, “We regulate cars at a dealership better than we regulate puppies coming into Suffolk County.” kmerrill@indeastend.com

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Revisiting Taxi Regs

By Kitty Merrill

Despite convening a committee comprised of representatives from three different cab companies, the Montauk Chamber of Commerce and Citizens Advisory Committee, plus officials from the town police, code enforcement and attorney’s office, to help hone the law, Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc still expects some pushback. Tomorrow night’s public hearing on proposed revisions to the town’s taxi regulation may see owners of area cab companies weighing in against a local office requirement and complaining about an increase in fees.

The town board already voted to hike the fees. “We had a two year license at $150 and Southampton was charging $750 for one year. No wonder they’re all here,” Van Scoyoc observed.

Although he feels the current legislation has been improved by the revisions, the councilman says there’s still “some concern” among local cabbies about meeting the office requirement, mostly because smaller operators say they can’t afford the rent.

T h e p ur p os e of th e o f f i ce requirement is to ensure companies have a local presence and local address. The local component will make it easier for town officials to gain access to log books which, under the amendment, must be made available for viewing upon request.

Previously, an office for a cab company was a restricted use under the town code and considered a depot where multiple cabs were parked and from which they would be dispatched. The nature of how companies operate is “different now,” Van Scoyoc explained. So town officials “liberalized” the law and created a category for small taxi businesses. An operator can’t dispatch from the office or store vehicles there. Cab owners can also locate their offices in their homes like other home offices that comply with the town code.

Several years ago when concern about the proliferation of out of town cabs arose, riders complained about arbitrary and exorbitant fare schemes. The town lacks the authority to regulate fares. It can only be accomplished through the creation of a taxi commission -- “a very expensive proposition,” Van Scoyoc explained. He related that Southampton Town officials investigated the creation of such a commission only to learn it could cost between $800,000 and $1 million. “We can’t regulate fares

but we do require rate schedules be posted inside the cab,” Van Scoyoc said.

The councilman said, however, that this summer, he’s looking to create a taxi task force. Modeled on countywide STOP DWI enforcement initiatives, the task force may involve targeted enforcement of taxi regulations during select summer weekends.

The public hearing on revisions to the town’s taxi law will be held tomorrow evening at 6:30 in town hall. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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East Hampton Town lawmakers are tweaking existing code provisions related to operating taxicabs.

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By Emily Toy

The Southampton Town Board is considering a new law requiring certain offenders to pay a water quality protection surcharge, on top of the hefty fines violators could face, according to a resolution

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Those who are found guilty of harming the town’s beaches, waterways, and parks could be forced to pay a fine of at least $350, plus a surcharge of $100 that will go straight to the town’s Water Quality

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A public hearing is scheduled for May 13 to hear any and all people for or against the proposed law.

According to the resolution, sponsored by Councilwoman Christine Scalera, “It is evident that Southampton’s waterways are threatened by illegal acts perpetrated by various individuals within the Town. Accordingly, there is a strong need to provide immediate preventative, remedial and restorative services to reduce the impact these acts have on our water bodies.”

A first-time violation will be punishable by a fine of up to $350 and/or a 15-day imprisonment. A second conviction sees violators charged $500 and/or 15 days locked up. Third-time violators will be fined $750 and could also see jail time.

The $100 surcharge will be added to any violation.

For harming the wetlands, the fines are even steeper. Violators will be charged anywhere from $500 to $1000, would be required to pay the $100 surcharge, and for each subsequent offense, the violator

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Another public hearing on the proposal will also focus on increasing fines for damage done to the aquifer protection overlay district.

A first offense would be punishable with up to $12,000 and/ or 15 days in jail, plus the $100 surcharge. A second offense within a year and a half would warrant a fine between $10,000 and $20,000 and/or a year in jail. “ . . . it is appropriate to allocated funds obtained by Justice Court for violations of law into the Water Quality Protection Fund to enhance the efficacy and effectiveness of fund expenditures,” the resolution reads. “In this way, the Town hopes to meet the growing needs of its diverse population and enhance the overall safety and quality of life for all residents.”

The public hearings will be on May 13 at 1 PM at Southampton Town Hall.

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Anti-Pole Effort Abuzz With Activity

By Kitty Merrill

Lawyers for Long Island Businesses For Responsible Energy met Saturday with potential plaintiffs in the community action group’s fight to bring down newlyinstalled overhead transmission lines and bury them underground.

The group was formed after PSEG began installing huge utility poles along a six-mile path from East Hampton Village to Amagansett.

Attorneys Irving Like and Leon Friedman laid out our legal theory, LIBFRE spokeswoman Rebecca Singer related in a release Monday.

“We are planning to go for a temporary restraining order within the next two weeks and are pulling together affidavits from our plaintiffs as well as our expert witnesses,” Singer wrote.

The group is asking concerned citizens to help build an immediate fund of seed money of $100,000 to pay for the expert witnesses, initial lawyers fees for the TRO and all the research that has been done to date.

“We need to raise at least $700,000 to go to litigation,” Singer said.

Part of the argument against the pole program will likely include reports from experts who last week announced the toxic chemical pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative known as PCP, was leaching into the soil near some of the poles. Dermody Consulting, a Center Morichesbased environmental consulting firm, reported, “Penta on the poles and in the soil in the vicinity of the poles appears to represent a significant risk to human health and the environment,” and “At the poles where penta is present, there is also a high potential for the penta to leach downward through the soil and contaminate the groundwater.”

A second expert witness, Dr. John Tanacredi, a professor of Earth and Marine Sciences at Dowling College, reported, “Penta has been noted to have significant adverse affects on domestic animals and has been documented as causing numerous occupational illnesses and death in human health cases. Penta is an undesirable pollutant whose use patterns should be carefully regulated to avoid contamination of soil, water and food.”

A third expert, Larry Penny the former director of Natural Resources for East Hampton Town and co-author of its Water Management Plan wrote to the group’s chair Helene Forst after learning about the penta problem:

“Not only is the lavishly applied dosage of PCP a threat to any private residential water well in its path, the PCP treated poles are upgradient of three Suffolk County Water Authority well fields . . .

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In the vein of the iconic online solicitation platform Kickstarter, F the women sought apron-sparked submissions, and reportedly received pieces from as far away as New Zealand. They picked “the best of what we got,” Clifford related, describing the array of contributing writers as “extremely impressive when you look at the list of bios.”

Twenty two writers and the cream of the crop of East End performers later and The Apron Strings Project is poised to debut this weekend at the Vail- Leavitt two struck up a conversation. Soon Music Hall in Riverhead. the pair, along with Tucci and “It’s a totally original Heckman, was meeting regularly for production,” Clifford observed breakfast, talking about women’s this week – original in its history roles, careers, and brainstorming of drawing inspiration from ideas . . . ideas about aprons. What Schwindt’s extensive collection could all those aprons evoke? What of vintage aprons that became stories could they tell about the an exhibit at the Suffolk County women who wore them?

Historical Museum in Riverhead, T h e f e m i n i n e f o u r s o m e - - and original as a conglomeration Clifford’s a writer, voice over artist of creativity, bringing together an and co-host of WALK 97.5’s morning impressive array of high caliber show, Slevin’s a playwright, writing talent to craft monologues, freelance writer and producer, scenes and songs that tell the stories Tucci’s a professional photographer of the aprons and women who wore and Heckman’s a marketing and them. The show doesn’t give just social media consultant -- conceived one voice to the aprons, it offers a crowd-sourced stage production. dozens.

It fulfills Schwindt’s hope for the collection, too. “Her wish was that the aprons be put to use to benefit a women’s organization,”

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charged with first degree Criminal Impersonation and two counts of Grand Larceny fourth. Police later found two active warrants out on the accused, they said.

It’s Not a Moose, Either East Hampton Village Police received a frantic phone call on April 21 from a caller stating there was a dolphin in distress on Beach Lane. Police found a seal, perfectly healthy, sunning himself.

Locker Room Hit The Suffolk County K-9 Unit was called into the East Hampton Middle School and “got a hit” – as opposed to “took a hit” – on locker 88. Cops had the substance the dogs found tested and yes, it was the evil weed. The pot was placed in another locker – evidence locker 4; police said school officials would handle the matter internally.

Midday Robbery On Saturday a brazen robber confronted two pedestrians on the corner of Ponquogue Avenue and Main Street in Hampton Bays. The victims called police and told them the man had demanded money and claimed to be a police officer.

Responding officers apprehended Wayne Conklin, 41, who had no known address, fleeing on Montauk Highway with the victims trailing him. Conklin was arrested and

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RICK’S SPACE Wild Bores

I have to deal with an incredible amount of wild boars in the course of a working week . . . oh wait, I mean wild bores. They are not to be confused with the animal.

This came across my desk this week: “A new regulation that prohibits hunting or trapping of free-ranging Eurasian wild boars in New York State was formally adopted by the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today. The regulation is designed to ensure maximum effectiveness of DEC’s statewide eradication efforts. Enacting a statewide regulation was important to support DEC’s ongoing work to remove this invasive species from the state and to ensure that it does not become established anywhere in New York.”

Does anyone see a trend here? This is the third time in a matter of months that the DEC has unilaterally decided to stage a large-scale massacre, the boar following close behind deer and the mute swan (which didn’t mouth a word of protest).

What’s interesting about this is that in the last 50 years I can’t recall the DEC doing anything of the sort. It is as if the agency has been taken over by paid mercenaries bent on murder and mayhem.

What is a wild boar? A wild boar is often a man dressed in Ralph Lauren clothing discussing art and literature as if he is a critic for the New York Times when in reality he is a bloated pig whose sole credential is the money he inherited from mumsy. No, wait, that’s a wild bore. A boar, though is also a pig, and is often bloated (especially in The Hamptons).

Where did the Eurasian Boars come from? My extensive research indicates they come from either a) Europe or b) Asia.

How did they get to New York?

Probably by plane - in coach class since they don’t allow pigs in the front of the plane.

Are they always wild? No, but the wild boars give the other boars – the well-behaved ones - a bad name.

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According to Wikipedia, the makebelieve encyclopedia, “Wild boars can be dangerous to humans, especially when they have piglets,” which is why humans shouldn’t have children.

OK, quiz time: which species does the following refer to?

“Sexual activity and testosterone production in males is triggered by decreasing day length, reaching a peak in mid-autumn. The normally solitary males then move into female groups, and rival males fight for dominance, whereupon the largest and most dominant males achieve the most mating. Mating may last over 45 minutes, and is accompanied by pelvic thrusting.”

If you guessed humans you are wrong -- no man could possibly do “it” for 45 minutes.

Where do wild boars go when they are in New York? Usually Niagara Falls, or the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. However, during the holiday season many go to Radio City Music Hall to see and impregnate the Rockettes.

(Wild bores often go to OffBroadway plays, by the way, and pretend they are interesting.)

Many of us have catchy nicknames (my buddies often call me Muke, for example). The Eurasian Wild Boars (and the tame ones) are also called hogs, razorbacks, and my personal favorite, “feral swines,” which are

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As of last October it is “illegal to possess, sell, distribute, trade, or transport” wild boar in New York State. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think there was a lot of boar trading going on anyway.

The DEC is so concerned with wild boars it has issued a booklet about them. On one page the headline is “What You Can Do.” It advises that, “If you see Eurasian Boars report them to the nearest DEC office or email us.”

This sounds like good advice, if you know where the nearest DEC office is or if you have your computer out with you while you are hiking through the woods. The trouble with this advice though, is it will do very little good if the boar is chomping on your arm.

The DEC also warns that people often mistake Wild Boars for Pot Belly Pigs, which are not only welcome in New York State but are worshipped as gods in some quarters. Maybe we should hunt them all down, and the pigs would lose those pot bellies running from the DEC gunmen.

Will Wild Boars show up in The Hamptons? Now, no. But during the summer, of course. Boars - and bores - flock to this seaside haven of the rich and famous to see and be seen. And for instructional purposes, if you see one with tusks it’s a male and that means he can do “it” for 45 minutes. Seems like a shame to eradicate an animal with those kinds of people skills.

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EDITORIAL Don’t Pierce The Cap Governor Cuomo is certainly serious about curbing school district spending, and property owners should be eternally grateful.

There is already a cap on district spending which can be overridden by a 60 percent public vote. Last week Cuomo added an additional sweetener for taxpayers — rebates to all property owners in those districts that don’t pierce the cap for two consecutive years. There is more than a billion dollars that will be doled out.

That, of course, makes the decision to pierce the cap particularly troubling. So far East Hampton has already announced its intention to do so, and East Quogue and Bridgehampton districts are both considering it.

We understand that with the cap came hardships. Programs, personnel, and extracurricular activities had to be scuttled in order to get the job done.

But the school districts deserve what they have gotten. For decades, taxpayers

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A Disaster Dear Editor, Arlene Philomena’s letter of last week chants the silly Obamabot refrain that “Obamacare is the law, live by it, it’s here to stay.” It’s a good thing Americans didn’t always think this way, or we’d still be stuck with other terrible laws like the Fugitive Slave Act, Prohibition, voting restrictions, etc.

Her letter should have been addressed to the Law-Changer-in-Chief, the president himself. He has unilaterally and therefore unconstitutionally changed or delayed provisions of the law 38 times (and counting), not to mention the hundreds of waivers and exemptions he’s issued to political cronies, unions and contributors.

Unlike Ms. Philomena, he apparently is aware what a debacle this Socialist scheme is and what a political liability it has become. And the changes he’s made prove once again that his priority is politics,

not the well being of the citizenry or the economy.

Obamacare is a disaster and will only get worse as these delayed mandates and expired waivers kick in - after the 2014 elections, of course. The only cure for this monstrous government intrusion into our lives is to repeal it and replace it with a system based on the methods that have made us the great and prosperous nation - the Free Enterprise System.

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Not A Clue Dear Editor, In her April 23rd letter, commenting on another reader’s April 16th letter, Arlene Philomena shows us how entertaining a provoked Leftist can be - to those of us with a more rational worldview, that is. Gazing at what she has written is the socio-political equivalent of a trip to the circus. Plenty of antics, no content. Where to begin?

According to Ms. Philomena, a male person on the other side of the political aisle has no right to aver that the Republican Party is engaging in a “war on women”. This Leftist/feminist trope and

were told they were being presented a “bare bones” budget and that school boards painfully extracted not only the fat but some necessities. Inevitably, these budgets went up every year, oftentimes with double digit increases. They routinely doubled and then some every decade.

Once Cuomo’s cap kicked in, though, districts magically found a way to pare down their budgets to meet the cap. They could have, and should have, been doing it all along.

With the new incentives coming down from Albany, school districts must sharpen their pencils even more. To pierce the cap now, in the first year of the program, will cost each and every property owner money for the next two years — in addition to the extra taxes they incur from the increased budgets.

We urge school districts contemplating a tax increase that will pierce the cap to reconsider. If they don’t, taxpayers will have to do it for them – by voting no.

Democratic party campaign slogan has no basis in fact whatsoever - unless, of course, she believes that the Republican party as a whole should be condemned for the idiocies spouted by the likes of Richard Murdock and Todd Akin.

Two can play that game, Ms. Philomena, because the outliers on both sides say stupid things, and it gets both sides exactly nowhere to indulge in it. Let’s be clear: Mainstream conservative-Republican thinking does not believe in asserting that some forms of rape are “legitimate,” etc.

But to admit that basic fact doesn’t do her gobbledygook any good, so she doesn’t.

Further to the “war on women,” in her letter we encounter various capitalizations (as if to make these Leftist obsessions more important than they really are) of the sub-categorical themes of that “war:” “Reproductive Right and Choice, Health Care Access, Equal Pay, Redefining Rape (!),” etc. I would appreciate it very much (edify me Arlene) if she would cite actual fact-based instances wherein a woman’s right to an abortion has been unduly challenged, or where ANY woman in this country has been denied medical services because of her gender.

As far as “Equal Pay” is concerned, it seems obvious that Arlene has not read non-partisan studies, which clearly prove that there is no such thing as women being paid 77 cents for every dollar a male counterpart earns. Summarily, these studies’ methodologies strove to level the playing field, so that the conclusions account for the variables working women bring to the workplace (maternity leave, conscious decisions not to compete, etc.).

Arlene seems not to have a clue about the annoying facts, which contradict Democratic party campaign sloganeering.

What she DOES have is shift key on her computer, promiscuously employed to let us hayseeds know how “important” these obsessions really are.

Then, of course, we have to deal with logical inconsistencies. Arlene seems to think that a Hilary Clinton presidency will certainly attend to her concerns: “What we need is a woman President and guess who?” Then she goes on to praise President Obama as “incredibly brilliant.”

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women’s “issues.” So according to what passes for thinking on Arlene’s part, our current Liar-In-Chief is ill equipped for the job of equalizing the treatment of women.

Maybe she’s right, because the Liar-InChief’s OWN White House has been found to pay its women employees 88 cents on the dollar! That’s because he’s a man, I guess.

One would have to assume, therefore, that Hillary (Arlene calls her the “Benghazi BullGhazi Babe”--how stupid) is ill equipped to deal with issues that don’t specifically involve women. Perhaps we should have five or six Presidents at once. This way, everything will get taken care of sooner.

Memo to Arlene: Obamacare is not “working” now, because it never did. Our defense spending is at its lowest amount as a percentage of the federal budget since World War II, (virtually) all terrorists are Muslims, but not all Muslims are terrorists we get that - and only one bobble-head doll reference per letter to The Independent is an unwritten rule she should follow scrupulously.

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Dominic Mancino I like the Talking Tom app. It’s funny. Tom, the cat, repeats whatever you say to him but in a funny voice. Like he’s making fun of you. My favorite game is Minecraft. You can build worlds and mine for different types of ores that you need to run it.

Karen Cardona I use Facebook and Instagram on my iPhone.

And I like the game Iron Pants. You pick a Super Hero and you try to fly either high enough or fast enough to avoid the obstacles as you go. But that’s it. I don’t really use my phone that much.

Dakota Smith I use my iPhone to play games. I like all the sports game apps. I have the Best Ball Games App. I use the NFL game Apps. 2K13 is one of my favorite football apps. I also use my phone to text.

Malachi Miller I use Instagram and sometimes I post my own photos. But I really like to play Flappy Birds.

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Much Too Fast Dear Editor, Many thanks to the Noyac Civic Council members who tirelessly picked up trash along Noyac Road at Circle Beach, and along Payne’s Creek for the Great East End Clean Up on Saturday, April 26. Ralph DiSpigna, Vince Strace, Elfie Winkle, Bob Agoglia, John Kirrane, Bridget Kirrane, Chuck Neuman, Bill Costa, Donna Costa, Olivia Costa, Isabella Costa, Eden Jamil, Garry Buff, Kevin Dehler, Janet Grossman, John Arendt, and Tom Goark and I spent several hours beautifying our hamlet.

Among the “treasurers” we found were bottles, a stove, paper cups, cans, fluorescent lights, a barbeque, a marine radio antenna, hubcaps, and old political campaign signs. As we picked up the trash

along Noyac Road, we all noticed that the speed of the vehicles that travel on this main thoroughfare is much too fast. Once again we will have to make this point with our officials at Town Hall.

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The Great Divider Dear Rick, One of the President’s major vows was to bring the people of this Country together. So here goes Donald Sterling, the owner of the Clippers, mouthing off with racial slurs. So, instead of the NBA handling the matter in the strictest way possible, here goes Obama again speaking out and turning it into national issue. Not unlike what he did in the Treyvon Martin matter.

Marge Schott at one time the owner of the Cincinnati Reds was just as belligerent in

her racial slurs. Major League Baseball was intolerant of her actions and imposed strict sanctions including taking away her team ownership.

This is one individual voicing his bigoted thoughts. Not unlike what Mel Gibson voiced against the Jews. Why didn’t that become a National issue? In the Armed Forces the troops, no matter their race or religion, continue to fight even though their Lieutenant is a bigot. If these Clipper players don’t want to play for Sterling let them tear up their $10 million contract and find an average paying job like most of us.

Bigotry has existed through the ages, many times emanating from a stupid individual. The idea is not to perpetuate the isolated issue and turn it into a racial divide.

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Community Garden Planting J o i n S o u t h a m p t o n To w n Councilwoman Christine Scalera and members of the community at the planting day for the Flanders Community Garden at the David C r o h a n C o m m u n i t y C e n t e r.

Community members that are participating in the new garden will begin planting the seeds at

9:30 AM on Saturday. (Rain date is Sunday) The plantings will include an assortment of vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit. The garden collaboration is with the Family Health and Wellness Program area of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County with funding from the New York State Department of Health. For further information contact Councilwoman Scalera’s office at 631-287-5745.

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to treat poles are registered by the EPA under the federal pesticide statute, the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”).

“PSEG Long Island adheres to industry best practices in its use of treated utility poles. PSEG Long Island does not apply penta to the poles, nor does it pour penta at the base of the poles that it installs. Instead, PSEG Long Island installs poles that have been treated with penta by the manufacturer.”

Weir continued, “PSEG Long Island continuously monitors and evaluates new options and technology. Penta-treated poles have a long, proven track record for withstanding the elements and protecting utility workers who work on these poles every day, and continue to be the preferred choice among utilities across the country.”

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Service Commission is conducting a review of the project – whether it’s truly necessary for continued reliable electric service, and exactly how much it could cost to stop the project and bury the transmission lines. State officials will also ask PSEG to share its long-term plans for energy service and analyze the utility’s public outreach process.

The results of the reliability study were expected today, according to a letter from PSC Chief Executive Officer Audrey Zibelman. “The results of the reliability study will help determine if there is any merit to stop the project,” she wrote in a letter to Supervisor Larry Cantwell earlier this month.

As opponents rally their forces and dollars, and the PSC conducts its reviews, PSEG and East Hampton Town continue with another legal battle. The town successfully garnered a stop work order shutting down activity at the utility’s substation in Amagansett, arguing PSEG never obtained the necessary permits. So far, two efforts by PSEG to lift the temporary restraining order have been nixed in court. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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by a car. Cosette is blind and deaf. A good Samaritan scooped her up and tried to find her owner. When one neighbor recognized the cat as a local stray, efforts turned to searching for a compassionate person for this special needs orphan.

Cosette is a gentle, loving orange tabby, approx. 7yrs young. She is up to date on vaccs and looking for a safe haven to call home. .R.S.V.P. (631) 728-3524.

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KITCHEN HELP, line cook, grill man prep. busy water front restaurant. Open year round. Moriches area. 6days a week. 631-325-2900 IMMEDIATE OPENING valet parkers needed. Full time and part time. Days, nights, weekdays, and heavy weekends. Must have valid driver license, must be at least 18 years of age. Please call 631-926-9123 central Suffolk, 631-603-8189, eastern Suffolk 516-3510746 Nassau County. 34-4-37 FISHERIES INTERVIEWERS Survey captains returning from off shore. Montauk Area. P/T through October.

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Services Cosette has been living in the bathroom since before Christmas because of family allergies, but that is an improvement. She was found walking on a busy road, disoriented and about to be hit

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The Children’s Museum of the East End hosts the fifth annual Peconic Family Fun Day this Saturday morning.

Several local organizations are coming together to entertain and educate families with children aged five to 10 about water management, agricultural sustainability, recycling, and environmental stewardship. The carnival of activities will include games, a live touch tank, arts and crafts stations, a seed planting station, a groundwater model and taste testing, music, and more.

Festivities run from 10 AM to noon, rain or shine. It’s free and reservations are not needed.

Located at 376 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike. Call 631-537-8250 for more info.

Kids in grades third through sixth can make a special something for that most special lady, Mom, on Tuesday afternoon at the Hampton Bays Library.

Join Miss Christine from 2:30 to 4:30 to use silk flowers, airdry clay, scrap book paper and forks, creating a unique recipe card holder to give to Mom, complete with a homemade card. Call 631-728-6241 to register.

Tween Time Tuesdays are every week. Visit the library’s website to see what’s on for next week!

Living Seashore Program

At Long Island Aquarium, you’re never too young to learn about the many fascinating creatures that live under (and above) the sea. Tomorrow, kids ages three and four can gather at the Riverhead-based aquarium for a program on horseshoe crabs, sea stars, shells and turtles. $15 includes admission for one adult and one child. Call 631-208-9200 to register and for more information.

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After South crisply bids to a small slam and West leads the jack of hearts, South needs to plan his play of the entire hand. After his queen and East’s king, he wins the ace and notes that he will lose one heart. Thus, he cannot afford any other loser. Specifically he will have to play diamonds without losing a diamond trick. He could just guess the whereabouts of the diamond queen.

That line of play has a 50 percent chance of being right.

Instead of taking the 50 percent chance, he decides to try to create an end play that forces the defenders to lead the diamond suit. In order to do so, he must first draw trumps and then play all of his clubs. He does this by using trumps as entries to dummy to lead each of his three small clubs and trumping each in his hand.

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Obituary Jason Pollak, 24 Water Mill resident Jason Pollak died early in the morning on

Saturday, April 19 when the car he was a passenger in crashed at the intersection of Flying Point Road and Montauk Highway.

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After being removed from the car, Mr. Pollak was transported to Southampton Hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was 24 years old.

An avid surfer and student of jiu-jitsu, Mr. Pollak was a graduate of Southampton High School and Hawaii Pacific University.

Mr. Pollak is survived by his parents, Andrew and Pamela Pollak, as well as his brother, Brian. He was buried in a private, graveside service on April 20 at the Shaarey Pardes Accabonac Grove Cemetery on Old Stone Highway in Springs.

Friends and family are planning a series of events in memory of Mr. Pollak over the next few months, including a paddle out scheduled for August 1 at 6 PM at Flying Point Beach.

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Nesta Remkus, 89

Nesta Remkus, a lifelong local and North Haven matriarch, died on April 22 at Southampton Hospital.

She was born to Anna (Hayotte) and Ray Lingwood in 1924 and attended Southampton schools. She graduated from nursing school and served in the Army Cadet Corps as a nurse.

She married Joseph Remkus in 1948 and the couple raised six children – Carol (Gloninger), Patricia “Tisha” (Bouboulis), Robert, Susan (Denis), Nancy (Fabiano), and Christopher. Her brother Ray Lingwood, ran the Bridgehampton IGA. Her house was a frequent gathering place for family and friends. The family also ran the Whalers Motel on Long Island Avenue for 20 years.

Ms. Remkus was predeceased by her husband and brother. She is survived by her children and grandchildren Ingrid, Erica, Tristan, and Troy Remkus, Luke Denis, Maria Boubloulis, Christopher Gloninger, and Sienna Remkus Fabiano.

The family has requested donations be made to the Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps and/or Southampton Hospital.

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Pierson Teams In The Thick Of It

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It doesn’t matter what season it is – when it comes to high school sports, Pierson/Bridgehampton is in the hunt for a championship, be it boys or girls.

Last fall the boy’s basketball team was the Class C runner-up and the Lady Whalers captured the County C crown.

As May rolls in the Pierson/ Bridgehampton baseball team, and

On The Water Schoolies In Shallows A few signs of life to report this week. The schoolie bass are beginning to show a bit more in the shallows of western Shinnecock Bay and Quogue Canal. Best to target them with some small plastics.

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Unfortunately the flounder reports continue to be very poor.

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The boys sit atop the League IX standings with a perfect 8-0 mark.

On Thursday Greenport found out just how good the Whalers are, absorbing an 11-3 pounding at home.

The hitter happy Whalers simply wore down the home team with their offensive attack while Nick Kruel silenced the Porters, hurling a complete game and allowing only one earned run. The Whalers are 9-3 overall and have already clinched a berth in the county tournament.

The Lady Whalers went on the road and squeaked by Mercy Friday 8-7 to improve to 9-3 in League V, good for third place, despite losing to Babylon 9-6 on Thursday. Babylon and Center Moriches, with 11-1 marks, hold two-game leads on the locals.

The East End’s top baseball team may well be Mattituck, which sits atop the League VIII standings with a sterling 11-1 mark. The Tuckers stumbled for the first time last Wednesday, suffering a 5-2 loss to Smithtown Christian.

The Mattituck softball team is picking up after a slow start. The Lady Tuckers took apart Stony Brook Thursday 16-4 and Lisa Angell put on a show in the process.

Angell not only recorded the win on the mound but laced two hits, scored four times, and drove in three more. Mattituck is 4-8 on the season.

The Westhampton Beach baseball team is headed for the playoffs with a 6-3 League VII mark. The Hurricanes had been in a mini slump of late, losing twice last week, but slipped by Shoreham Wading River Friday. Ryan Burke’s sac fly delivered Dan McEvoy with the winning run and Zack Downs earned the win. Nick Arpino recorded a save.

The Southampton baseball team knocked off Mercy 9-4 on Friday to move a step closer to the playoffs.

The Mariners are 9-6 in League VIII. The Hampton Bays softball team is packing for the playoffs with a 9-3 League V record, good for third place. The Baywomen edged Southampton 4-3 on Saturday behind the hitting of Marley Tyler, who went 3 for 3 and knocked in two runs.

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How To Fix The Knicks?

The Knicks 2013-14 season can be described in simple terms: an absolute dud. Expectations were sky high after the team returned the core from a 54 win season, along with a trip to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Some even wondered whether they could challenge the Heat in the East.

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reality as the Knicks embarrassed themselves en route to a 37-45 record. Phil Jackson has taken over as president, he fired coach Mike Woodson and his staff on Monday, and has his hands full as he tries to right the ship. It’s a much more difficult job than fans believe; and it all begins with letting Carmelo Anthony walk.

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It’s time to show ‘Melo the door, and make sure it doesn’t hit him on the way out. This would in no way be an indictment of Anthony’s character. In between J.R. Smith’s immaturity and Raymond Felton’s arrests, Carmelo carried himself well this season.

He seemed to give full effort every night, and never gave up on his team down the stretch. But, he can’t be the main building block on a championship squad. His isolation game will never allow it. While Anthony’s willingness to move the ball seemed to improve this past season, he surely won’t be confused with John Stockton.

This will be the first big test of Jackson’s Knick tenure.

Does he really have full autonomy as owner James Dolan suggested?

If so, I believe Carmelo will be gone. Jackson once hinted, prior to running the organization, that he was not a huge fan of Anthony’s game. But, letting Carmelo leave would be another blow to the Dolan’s enormous ego.

He would essentially be admitting his trade for Anthony in February of 2011 was another in a long list of bad personnel moves. To add insult to injury, Dolan would have to watch the Nuggets use the Knicks first round draft pick in June, one they gave up for Anthony.

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old by the start of next season, entering his 12th year in the NBA. He may have one or two more elite seasons in his legs, but that’s likely it.

Making Anthony the Knicks highest paid player makes little sense. If ‘Melo is indeed willing to take a pay cut, as he has suggested, then there is reason to continue the dialogue.

If this Knicks grand plan is to wait again until the summer of 2015 when Kevin Love, Rajon Rondo, LaMarcus Aldridge, Marc Gasol and possibly LeBron James become free agents, it’s a mess in waiting. The Knicks tried that for the free agent summer of 2010, and they wound up overpaying for Amare Stoudemire and his creaky knees.

Unfortunately, the best way to build the franchise back to prominence is likely going to be a slow and painful one. Cleaning house this offseason would be an ideal start. If Anthony wants max money, let him leave, see if Tyson Chandler is tradeable (replenish draft picks?), and unload the expiring contract of Stoudemire.

Let Jackson start from scratch and build the team to his liking . . . or, Knicks fans can dream of James opting out of his contract this summer, and choosing the Big Apple.

Unlikely? Sure. But after nearly two decades of disappointment, a Knicks fan should be allowed to dream.

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75 Years On Auxiliary Power

By John C. Blevins - USCG Aux.

This year, 2014, marks the 75th anniversary of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, an energetic organization of well trained, dedicated men and women eager to serve for, and alongside with, members of the US Coast Guard. Since 1939 the United States Coast Guard has relied on Auxiliary power for mutual support.

After 75 years today’s Auxiliary has grown in size and purpose. With nearly 31,000 volunteers it almost equals the number of active duty Coast Guard and more than triples that of Reservists. With a sizable force like this there is no surprise that the Auxiliary plays a vital role in boating safety and homeland security.

While boating safety remains

the main focus of their mission it is not unusual to see an Auxiliary member ser ving outside the classroom. Under the Command of the Commandant of the Coast Guard, today’s Auxiliary member has the opportunity to serve as crew and engineers aboard CG vessels, man Communications Centers and augment CG programs on land, air and sea. It’s no understatement to say that a vast sea of opportunities awaits every member who desires to make a difference.

So who are these men and women?

There is no single answer to that question. Today’s Auxiliary is as diverse as any group could be. Members come from all walks of life, ranging in age from 17 to

over 90. Each contributes with a different background and degree of knowledge in various fields.

However, as diverse as this group may be, the one commonality they all share is a desire to be part of something greater. For example: Auxiliary member Joe Tarlentino of the East Moriches flotilla. Joe joined 11 years ago while working for a major automotive retailer.

Shortly after enrolling he was approached to help inventory and organize the parts and tool room at Station Shinnecock’s engineering shop. Today, Joe is a qualified engineer on board several Coast Guard vessels. When asked why he joined, Joe simply said “I wanted

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to give back to my community and nation.” When asked if he ever thought he would end up as an engineer he admitted that he never thought that possibility existed.

No matter what the reason is that attracts someone to join, it’s their desire to give that leads them to qualifications greater than they could have ever imagined. If you’d like to know more about the Coast Guard Auxiliary and your opportunities visit www.cgaux. org. This just may be the time you discover who we are and who you can be.

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