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“While many people may assume it’s rare for a child to experience the loss of a close family member, a nationwide poll conducted in 2009 revealed that one in seven adult respondents said they had lost a parent of sibling before they turned 20 years old,” said Stephen Long. “With almost 15 percent of children experiencing grief, the need for bereavement programs like Katy’s Kids is huge. That’s why we need your help.” Stephen Long serves as the president of the Children’s Museum of the East End, a Bridgehamptonbased mecca for kids of all ages. In recent months, CMEE has hosted families participating in Katy’s Kids, meeting every other week at the locale where children have the opportunity to direct their own play with the help of trained facilitators. Katy’s Courage is a CMEE partner organization, using the power of play to help children experiencing grief or loss. Long is one of three people who will be honored for their efforts in supporting the local organizations this Saturday night at Love Bites, a charity event benefitting Katy’s Courage and The Scarlett Fund. Set to be at The Muses in Southampton and catered by some of the best chefs the Hamptons’ have to offer (read an accompanying story on page 5 for further details), the event supports two charitable organizations that dedicate themselves to pediatric cancer research. Formed in 2012 by Jim and Brigid Stewart, Katy’s Courage supports education, children’s bereavement support, and pediatric research. The organization is named in honor of
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Katy Stewart, who at the age of 12 lost her battle with hepatoblastoma, a rare form of pediatric liver cancer. In a similar light, the Scarlett Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was created by Jennifer and Robert James to support and raise awareness for pediatric cancer research in honor of their own daughter, eight-year-old Scarlett James, who was diagnosed in 2013 with T cell lymphoma. The Scarlett Fund at Sloan Kettering is dedicated to provide treatment that is less lengthy, less intense, and less toxic. Nina Landi, a kindergarten teacher at Sag Harbor Elementary School, is another honoree for the evening. She serves on the Katy’s Courage board of directors and helps organize a 5K held by the organization each spring. “It is ver y humbling to be honored by Katy’s Courage,” Landi
said. “Jim and Brigid [Stewart] are the ones who should be honored for their tireless work to bring help to others who are in need. Many families crumble after what they went through -- Jim, Brigid and Robert got stronger. I am honored to help them make their vision a reality.” Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes is the co-director of the hemotology/ oncology fellowship program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is the final honoree slated for Saturday’s festivities. Lagunes is an oncologist whose primary focus is treating patients with neuroendocrine, colorectal, pancreas, biliary, and other gastrointestinal cancers. Her research initiatives include developing methods to integrate molecular-based therapies into the treatment of neuroendocrine
tumors, as well as designing and conducing clinical trials to better Sloan Kettering’s treatment strategies for patients with uncommon cancer types. Lagunes’ work received a Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology in 2008, and the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Young Investigator Award in 2009. Love Bites begins at 6:30 and continues to 10 PM. The Muses is located at 111 Saint Andrews Road in Southampton. To purchase tickets, visit www.katyscourage.org.
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O n S a t u r d a y, l o c a l c h e f s , restaurants, and caterers will be serving up specialty dishes at Love Bites, sure to produce happy bellies and happy hearts. With Chief Chef Peter Ambrose, of Endless Summers Event Catering, at the helm of the event, he and dozens of chefs and restaurants will be offering up tasty treats at the charity event benefitting Katy’s Courage and The Scarlett Fund. Familiar culinary faces will grace the event, set to be located at The
Muses in Southampton on Saturday night beginning at 6:30 PM. Some participating chefs include Chefs Joe Realmuto, of Nick & Toni’s, Sam McCleland, of Bell & Anchor, Brent Newsome, Steven Tross, of Cowfish, Justin Bonner, of Rumba, Dina Tsiorvas, of Dina’s Delights, Kevin Penner and Jay Jadeja, of West-East Bistro (in Hicksville and Oakdale, respectively), Matt Ketchum, of Ketchum Seafarm, Arthur Wolf, of Smokin’ Wolf, and Indy’s own Chef/ Columnist Joe Cipro. Good eats will also be provided from many other local restaurants and eateries, including Saaz Indian Restaurant, The Golden Pear, Art of Eating, The Meeting House, Lobster Grille, 230 Elm, Tully’s Seafood Market & Café, Silver Spoon Specialties, Edible Encores, Harvest, Conca D’Oro, Erica’s Rugelach & Baking Co., La Superica, Sag Harbor Baking Company and more. The bash is set to include a smorgasbord of food, ser ving everything from Dominican ribs, tacos, an oyster bar, chicken tikka masala, penne a la vodka, cured striped bass, Greek chicken skewers,
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JESUS There were three arguments that Jesus was Black: 1. He called everyone brother 2. He liked Gospel 3. He didn’t get a fair trial But then there were three equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish: 1. He went into His Father’s business 2. He lived at home until he was 33 3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his Mother was sure He was God But then there were three equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian: 1. He talked with His hands 2. He had wine with His meals 3. He used olive oil But then there were three equally good arguments that Jesus was a Californian: 1. He never cut His hair 2. He walked around barefoot all the time
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3. He started a new religion But then there were three equally good arguments that Jesus was a Native American: 1. He was at peace with nature 2. He ate a lot of fish 3. He talked about the Great Spirit But then there were three equally good arguments that Jesus was Irish: 1. He never got married 2. He was always telling stories 3. He loved green pastures But the most compelling evidence of all – three proofs that Jesus was a woman: 1. He fed a crowd at a moment’s notice when there was virtually no food 2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn’t get it 3. And even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was still work to do. ********************************
HISTORY’S WORST TYPO A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church, by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So the new monk goes to the Old Abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would
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never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies. The head monk says, “We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son.” He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscripts are held as archives, in a locked vault that hasn’t been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the Old Abbot. So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing. “We missed the R! We missed the R! We missed the bloody R!” His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is cr ying uncontrollably. The young monk asks the Old Abbot, “What’s wrong, father?” With a choking voice, the old Abbot replies: “The word was . . . CELEBRATE!” ********************************
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Vote tuesday January 26th Dear Friends, You’re probably glad that the campaign is nearly over and Election Day is almost here. We thank you for your patience in these past weeks. We know there have been a lot of signs, speeches, ads and phone calls, but it won’t mean anything if you don’t vote. It’s not enough to agree with a candidate and say, “That’s the right idea.” You have to get out and vote. It’s not enough to talk about the election. You have to get out and vote. It’s not enough to just tell your friends. You have to get out and vote yourself. Only a few people may decide this election, and you should be one of them.
Vote for Julie on Row A, Row C, or Row D. Julie lofstad is the budget-conscious owner of a commercial fishing business and raises a family in Hampton Bays. She is an accomplished citizen advocate and brings a lifetime of experience working with all levels of government to achieve positive change. On the Town Council, Julie will work to keep taxes down, control spending, stop overdevelopment and protect our water quality and the environment.
Don’t be left out. Don’t let others decide your future. Please vote on Tuesday, January 26th. The polls are open from 6:00am to 9:00pm. If you need help getting there, call (631) 709-5022. “Southampton Town has been well managed over the past 6 years, has a budget surplus and has been lauded for its fiscal responsibility. Under the new leadership of Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, the Town is poised to make even greater progress to lower taxes, improve water quality and protect our quality of life. Jay needs leaders who will work with him and Julie Lofstad is uniquely qualified for the Southampton Town Council. Please join me in voting for Julie Lofstad.” – fred THiele, Jr nyS aSSemBlyman
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“With the loss of Stuart we have lost a part of the fabric of our history that cannot be replaced. We have lost our memory and our conscience.” So said fellow historian and Amagansett native Hugh King upon learning of the passing of local legend Stuart Vorpahl. He died Thursday at Southampton Hospital after a battle with cancer. He was 76. An unwavering defender of fishing rights, the authority of the town trustees and the Dongan Patent, Vorpahl lived his life on the water – working as a bayman, a scalloper, and draggerman. His first boat was called the Polly & Ruth. He was a fixture at the Lazy Point launching ramp.
Vorpahl was also known for his ability to weave a yarn; his topic most often was East Hampton’s fishing heritage. His folksy turn of a phrase was a delight to town hall habitués, even when the quintessential Bonacker took to the podium to dress them down. “I knew Stuart my whole life, we were friends,” East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell said. “We stood shoulder to shoulder fighting for the same issues, and other times we stood toe-to-toe and disagreed.” Vorpahl never balked at giving elected officials his opinion – and criticism, if it was warranted. But, according to Assemblyman Fred Thiele, he could disagree without being disagreeable. Cantwell concurred. “Even when you knew
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Stuart Vorpahl, (left) with George Wilson and the Aliento as it preps to leave Three Mile Harbor for the last time.
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statement that was “classic Vorpahl.” Back in the ‘80s the assemblyman served as planning board attorney for East Hampton. At a crowded public hearing on the potential for motels on Duck Creek, a speaker urged the audience to keep politics out of the discussion. “Stuart Vorpahl strolls up to the podium and says, ‘Politics is in everything but very deep sleep,’” Thiele recalled. “He had a way of saying things. No one cared about East Hampton more than Stuart.” “He said what he thought and he did what was right,” lifelong friend Elaine Jones said Friday. She and her husband Les scalloped together with Vorpahl when they were young. He served as chair of the Independence Party, as a town trustee for several terms and most recently as town historian. “He fought for the trustees,“ Jones said. “He was a defender of the Dongan Patent, wrote a lot about it, and was the only one in the Town of East Hampton who knew what it stood for. He understood it. He read it and he could quote it,” she explained. Cantwell described Vorpahl as a libertarian. He didn’t recognize the authority of the State of New York and refused to obtain a fishing license. “He never ever got a New York State fishing license,” Jones said. “His license was the Dongan Patent.” “Nobody knew the Dongan Patent better,” Thiele agreed. “It was the last thing we talked about when I saw him just before Christmas.” When Vorpahl had fish taken illegally by the DEC, Thiele took up the cause along with Vorpahl, who fought a legal battle over the taking for close to 20 years. Just last year he got a check reimbursing him for the fish. The fight, said Thiele, was “testament to his persistence. I’m glad he got that satisfaction before he died.” While fishing was his focus, Vorpahl was never reticent to opine on any matters before the town CONTINUED ON PAGE 11.
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Historic Artifacts The Southold Historical Society hosts “Brecknock Hall and Whaling,” an exhibit of historic whaling artifacts associated with Brecknock Hall in Greenport. The exhibit will be held in the Society’s Reichert Family Center’s Cosden Price Gallery and be on display through February 5. Grandson of a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, David Gelston Floyd (1802-1893) built Brecknock Hall. One of his many business ventures was the high yield, but risky, business of whaling. His three whaling ships sailed out of Greenport Harbor (1845-1861) during the Golden Age of Whaling. The exhibition Brecknock Hall and Whaling will be on view Saturdays from 1 to 4 PM, with additional hours upon inquiry. The gallery is located at 54127 Main Road in Southold. For additional information, contact the Southold Historical Society at 631-765-5500.
Where’s The Beef? After three years of working to open up a slaughterhouse in Suffolk County for use by local farmers, Legislator Al Krupski is optimistic the upcoming issuance of a Request for Expression of Interest (RFEI) by the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning will bring this much needed resource one step closer to becoming a reality. The RFEI will solicit
recommendations from interested parties regarding how the countyowned slaughterhouse sited at the County Farm in Yaphank can be upgraded to accommodate and promote sustainable and local meat production. The facility is currently inaccessible to local farmers. The hope is the RFEI will generate interest and the recommendations received will lead the county to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to secure a vendor to do the necessary renovations and to operate the slaughterhouse on a long-term basis. “This is one of the issues I started to tackle when I was first elected a Suffolk County Legislator because as a farmer, I know how critically important meat processing is to the agricultural community, the economy of the East End and to food security on Long Island,” said Legislator Krupski. “As it stands, farmers must transport livestock to New York City or out of the state to be slaughtered. This is an added expense most farmers can ill afford and serves as a deterrent to those who might consider meat production.” Increasingly, farmers are turning to raising livestock as people become more aware of the farm to table movement and the health and environmental benefits of eating locally grown food. The RFEI was issued last Thursday, with a tour of the facility scheduled for Thursday, January 28. Responses are due back to the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and P l a n n i n g b y M a r c h 1. T h o s e interested in obtaining a copy of the RFEI can do so by visiting www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Business/ AgriculturalandFishing.aspx or by calling 631-853-4714.
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Russell Drumm, 68
“All stories are fish stories,” Rusty Drumm would often proclaim in the newsroom of The East Hampton Star, where he cut a wide swath for over 30 years. And they were in his hands, yet they were so much more. Drumm, whether reporting on yes, the fishing news, surfing, or all other water-related matters, had at his disposal a seemingly endless arsenal of writing skills. He could be incredibly powerful yet he also had the gifts of poignancy and tenderness. Drumm could be funny or just a tad cynical but always engaging. Everything he wrote jumped off the page; a reader would become a captive, not willing or able to set the newspaper down. His first person account of the Flight 800 disaster, written from
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the decks of a U.S. Coast Guard ship on the scene, was the single most devastating piece of reporting many of us had ever read, and more than a few hardened newsroom types were driven to tears reading it. It was nominated for a Pulitzer, and it should have won. In life Drumm was debonair, sophisticated yet down to earth, and easy going – usually. Inequities got his dander up, as did government inefficiencies and waste, particularly when it had a negative effect on our beaches and waterways. He didn’t have much of a temper, but his patience had limits. Once he slugged a fellow of ill will in the jaw, and that person richly deserved that punishment and more. It’s not a cliché to say he was a man’s man, because he was. His first book, In the Slick of the Cricket, an account of Captain Frank
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Mundus, the model for Captain Quint in Peter Benchley’s Jaws, was published in 1996. Drumm used a startling literary technique that was lost on even some of his most ardent readers; as Mundus and his crew worked the waters on the Cricket and bantered back and forth, time stood still. Meanwhile, decades passed on the shore as one generation of bubbies handed down fishing tales and local yore to their young. Yes, it was about Mundus and Montauk, but it was more about the sea, its timelessness and eternal allure. Drumm wrote recently about having cancer, a surprise to many of us. “I’m sick. I have cancer,” he wrote in The Star. “I was diagnosed a little over a year ago. The succeeding months have been filled with pain, nausea, needles, mortal fear, and drugs of all kinds.” As was the case throughout his life Drumm managed to roll with the punches, remain optimistic, and
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make the best of his situation. “I’m feeling good these days . . . The pain issues I had are under control. So, now, like every other cancer patient, I’m on hold, waiting with greater peace of mind.” Drumm, who held a Master’s Degree from Columbia University, is survived his wife, Kyle Paseka. A daughter, Melissa Drumm-Flaherty of Springs, and a granddaughter also survive him. There will be a graveside service at 1 PM today at Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk. A reception will follow at East by Northeast restaurant in Montauk. A memorial gathering will be held at The Star office on Main Street in East Hampton on Thursday from 3 to 7 PM. According to The Star, memorial contributions have been suggested to the Oceans Institute, in care of the Montauk Lighthouse Museum, or the Montauk Fire Department Ambulance Company. R.M.
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The pedophile priest scandal in Boston, a story told in the Oscarnominated movie Spotlight, earned the Boston Globe a Pulitzer Price in 2003 for breaking the story. But pedophile priests were commonplace decades earlier on the
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B-1. Soave and Rev. William Burke. Soave was described in court papers as “one of the worst” serial pedophiles in the diocese when he served as a pastor and priest in the sixties in other parishes. “A number of boys” accused him of sexually molesting them, according to court papers. Burke, according to an alleged victim who spoke to this newspaper, brutally raped the young man after plying him with alcohol in Hampton Bays. Rather than turn pedophile priest over to authorities, the diocese engaged in a practice of discouraging the victims and their parents from filing charges, a practice the church followed all over the world for decades. According to the Grand Jury report filed in 2003, “Bishop William Murphy aided and abetted the concealment of criminal conduct of defendant individual priests by failing and refusing to report to civil authorities allegations of sexual abuse by said priests, which caused, allowed and permitted additional children to be molested by predatory priests.” In Boston Murphy was the principal assistant to Bernard Cardinal Law, responsible for clergy. Law was
a key figure in the Boston Globe investigation that led the Spotlight movie. Law covered up sexual abuse acts committed by dozens of Catholic priests within his archdiocese. One priest, John Geoghan, reportedly raped or molested 130 children while Law and Murphy hid the crimes from authorities.
Bingo Al In Sag Harbor Soave, dubbed “Bingo Al” at St. Andrew’s, served from 1969 to 1973, and was a highly visible member of the community and a constant presence at St. Andrew’s School. Soave used to go into the boys’ locker rooms while students were showering, two former students told the Independent. “He used to kneel down and say, ’let us pray,’” one said. Another related that Soave would approach students on the street and urge them to give him their confession. He would invariably bring up sexual matters, the student said. According to minutes of the Suffolk Grand Jury report released in 2003 a priest identified as Father T, “molested a number of young children in a parish assignment.” He was sent for therapy – under Murphy, law enforcement officials were not notified – and he was reas-
After over three decades of allegations against as many as 70 priests in the Rockville Centre Diocese, one was finally arrested in 2000 and charged with sexually abusing a minor. Rev. Andrew L. Millar, born in Ireland, was 69 when he was assigned to Peter and Paul Church in Manorville after serving as pastor in churches in Valley Stream, Massapequa Park and several other parishes. He was to fill in for the pastor on occasion, hear confessions, but otherwise enjoy a life of retirement. According to Grand Jury minutes, however, the Diocese “allowed [him] to retire from active status after serious, credible allegations of child abuse against him were brought to the attention of the diocese within the criminal statute of limitations.” In fact, as the Diocese of Rockville Centre was well aware, a former altar boy said he had been sexually abused by a priest named Andrew Millar eight years earlier. And it wasn’t an isolated incident – it went on for nearly a year, the alleged victim said. That complaint prompted the diocese to send Millar to a treatment center in Maryland for counseling. The priest was allowed to retire when he returned in the fall of that year, but he continued to conduct masses at St. Peter and Paul R.C. Church without anyone in that parish knowing about the complaint, the treatment, or three other complaints brought against Millar since 1995, Newsday reported. Bishop John McGann, in a letter to the priest, thanked Rev. Millar for his “priestly goodness.” The bishop wrote that he hoped the diocesan retirement benefits would allow Millar “to live the ongoing years of your priesthood in the dignity and respect to which you are entitled,” according to documents posted at BishopAccountability.org. Millar’s quiet life in retirement didn’t go as planned for for the priest or for his superiors. Police said on May 7, 2000, Millar, in civilian clothes, walked into a bathroom at Tobay Beach Pavilion in Nassau County and sodomized a learning disabled boy. The boy’s father eventually went looking for his son and found the boy in a bathroom stall with the priest. Millar was found guilty of sodomy and sentenced to one to three years in prison in November, 2000. The diocese rejected his offer of castration, according to the New York Daily News and acknowledged that it had a legal obligation to provide Millar with medical insurance and living expenses for the rest of his life. It could not be ascertained if Millar is still alive. R.M. signed to a post, “Vicar For Senior Priests.” Soave held that post and has been identified as Father T in court papers. He died in 1999. Soave was replaced by Burke at St. Andrews in 1974. Burke, who was pastor in St. Patrick’s in Southold in 1961, was accused of sexually abusing an elementary school student at St. Lawrence the Martyr in Sayville in the early 1970s. It was later alleged in court filings that the diocese used Sag Harbor as “a dumping ground,” hoping the sleepy whaling village was so far out east that its priests who preyed wouldn’t attract as much attention. McCann transferred Burke to Sag Harbor, where there was a vibrant Catholic grammar school across the street from the church and rectory, after the father of a victim named Hunter went directly to the bishop to complain.
The Independent interviewed Hunter. He told this newspaper, and also testified for a civil suit, that he was drugged and forcibly raped by Burke in a Hampton Bays bungalow the priest reportedly used for trysts with altar boys. Hunter said the diocese and specifically then Bishop John McCann “brushed him off” when he complained. The pastor of his church reportedly said to the boy, “I’ve got to protect the priest.” Murphy, after he became bishop, sent Hunter a letter offering to “compensate” the victim for counseling costs.
Fatal Fire Burke died when his bungalow burned to the ground in a midnight blaze. County fire officials did not label the fire “suspicious” but the CONTINUED ON PAGE B-6.
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RICK’S SPACE Bernie And The Survivors If you haven’t been watching the Republican presidential debates you should, not because you’re a political animal but because they are genuinely funny. I tuned in to the first debate a little early and to my surprise there was a debate going on – but none of the popular candidates were on. It turned out there was an earlier debate for those declared candidates who weren’t popular enough to be on prime time TV. I didn’t recognize any of the second tier guys except George Pataki, who I honestly thought was dead. Really. One of the other guys was Bobby Jindal, who I thought was a comedian. It was very much like being an upperclassman in high school but relegated to playing on the jayvee basketball team. It’s humiliating. With each debate a candidate or two gets booted from the main stage. This is kind of like the TV show “Survivor.”
We watched it the first season and finally realized how stupid it was. A group of strangers get dropped on to some desolate island and have to fend for themselves – find food to eat, water to drink, and so on. They eat bugs and snakes and sleep in the weeds. At the end of each show they hold a tribal council and vote to throw a couple of their peers off the island. There is usually a lot of back stabbing taking place, which is what made it interesting. All the women, who were invariably young and sexy, wore makeup. No one ever went to the bathroom. There had to be a swanky hotel nearby to house the crew, if not the cast. One of the best lines of the previous debate was when Donald Trump told Rand Paul, “If you keep sliding in the polls you’re gonna fall off the stage.” Guess what? On Thursday night the varsity was down to seven. Paul, relegated to the jayvee, skipped the
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event altogether. I don’t like Rand, and never have. Those eyes of his roll around his head like a couple of drunken criminals. He reminds of The Manchurian Candidate. I would be afraid to show him the queen of diamonds: he might shoot Angela Lansbury. Carly Fiorina was sent down to the jayvee and left the seven remaining candidates, all men, to slug it out. On the other side of the spectrum we have Hillary and Bernie Sanders. I could never vote for Bernie, because he lived in my neighborhood in Brooklyn and went to Madison High School. Madison had to be the worst school in the city. First of all, no one actually went to school. My friends used to hang out in the schoolyard every day playing ball. On the other hand, I went to St. Augustine Diocesan High School, the scholarship secondary school for the Diocese of Brooklyn. I don’t want to say we had a strict attendance policy, but if you missed one day, you had better show up in a cast the next day or you would leave in a wooden box. Bernie “graduated” from Madison, which as far as I can tell means he was still breathing and he turned 18. Bernie then went to Brooklyn College – you need good grades to go there. In fact, I didn’t
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B-3. scuttlebutt among Burke’s victims was the cottage might have been torched. On March 14, 1995 Newsday reported, “Firefighters forced their way into a Hampton Bays house they found fully engulfed in flames Sunday night, but their efforts came too late to rescue the dwelling’s sole occupant, tentatively identified as a well-known retired Catholic priest.” “A hose team aggressively attacked through the flames into the front door, in an effort to save the sole occupant,” said a spokesman for Hampton Bays Fire Chief Allan Geyer. A Suffolk County Arson Squad investigator told The Independent in 2003 that suspicious play wasn’t even considered in the case because the occupant was a priest. A perfunctory investigation concluded Burke used to smoke cigarettes in bed and that was the likely cause of the blaze.
Two In East Hampton Father Peter A. Allen served at
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Most Holy Trinity in East Hampton and Amagansett from September 1979 until June, 2007. He later served at Sacred Heart in Cutchogue and Our Lady of Good Counsel in Mattituck until 2006. He was, “placed on administrative leave due to a `credible allegation’ of sexual misconduct” in December, 2006, according to BishopAccountability.org. The diocese reported the matter to the county. Suffolk district attorney’s office spokesman Robert Clifford confirmed at the time that Allen was the subject of a sexual misconduct probe involving one alleged victim. He said this week he was checking out the case and would provide an update shortly. Father James J. Bergin, before he was pastor at St. John’s in Riverhead for seven years, served at Most Holy Trinity for five years, until 1992. The Suffolk County Grand Jury’s description of “Priest E” matches a public allegation against Bergin and he was identified by name in Newsday. There were a number of victims Bergin is believed to have molested. In one case reported by the
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board. Last fall, he appeared at the podium wearing a medical mask to ensure elected officials knew of his opposition to the rental registry law. “He stood for local tradition and the rights of the common people,” Cantwell said. Born December 2, 1939, in Southampton, Vorpahl was the son of Stuart Bennett Vorpahl and Helen Bengston Vorpahl. He attended Amagansett grade school and graduated East Hampton High School. After graduating high school, he joined the Coast Guard. Stationed in New Bedford, he left after about four years to help his father, who’d had several heart attacks, at the family fish market. Vorpahl met Mary Cituk at a Baymen’s Association dinner in 1961. He married her in 1962, and, for the 53 years that followed referred to her as his bride. Since their parents knew each other before the young couple met, Vorpahl always joked theirs was an arranged marriage. “He said our parents had it all planned,” Mary Vorpahl said Monday. The couple had two daughters, Christine and Susan. They still live locally. Vorpahl had five siblings. Two brothers, Gordon and William, predeceased him. Three sisters -- Judy Bennett, Vivian Edwards, and Eleanor Miller – survive, as do five grandchildren and one great grandchild. The family received friends at the Yardley & Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton on Sunday and Monday. Funeral services were held yesterday morning at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church, with a reception following at the Amagansett Firehouse. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial contributions to the Scoville Hall Building Fund, Amagansett Presbyterian Church, East Hampton Fire Department, or Amagansett Fire Department.
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Teen Night Starting on Friday, the John Jermain Library in Sag Harbor kicks off its Teen Trivia Nights. The library will be open every Friday from 6:30 to 9 PM for all high school students. Each week there’ll be pizza, snacks and an event in addition to gaming and computers that are always available. Teens are welcome to
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Happygram is a feature-length documentary calling attention to the tragedy suffered by thousands of women whose breast cancers are missed every year due to the practice of withholding material medical information from mammogram results. There will be a free screening of Happygram at 7:30 PM Saturday at the Shelter Island High School on 33 North Ferry Road on Shelter Island. The documentar y features local resident Townsend Montant, who recounts his late wife Teresa Montant’s battle with breast cancer. She was diagnosed with an 8 cm tumor only three months after a “normal” mammogram. The documentary was inspired by the friendship between writer/ director Julie Marron, of Providence, RI, and Hallie Leighton, who died after mammograms missed her breast cancer. The film has been featured in numerous festivals across the country and has won awards, including First Prize for the Providence Film Festival Award at the prestigious Rhode Island International Film Festival. Happygram is a term used by patient advocates to describe the form letter women receive stating that their mammograms
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THIS WEEK IN INDY The flight attendant was flummoxed when a passenger tried to board with a live vulture tucked under his arm. Noting her quizzical expression, the passenger said, “What? The booking agent said I was allowed to bring one carrion.” That old joke comes to mind each week, as crafting Indy becomes akin to trying to stuff as much as we can into that one carry-on. This week in The Independent, that bag is crammed to bursting. Emily Toy’s on our cover story, make that two stories, about the Love Bites benefit. It’s the hottest ticket in town this week and we’re proud to be sponsors. Also in our main section, we join with the community in mourning two local men gone too soon – iconic Bonacker Stuart Vorpahl and veteran journalist and author Russell Drumm. The section also includes a shout out to fit kids in the Riverhead school district, photos of the seal release in Hampton Bays (BRRRR) and tons of sports in our expanded section. In our In Depth section, Rick Murphy piggybacks on the Academy Awardnominated Spotlight to tell the gripping tale of pedophile priests on the East End. His two part series begins today. We also present our endorsement in Southampton Town’s special election. Finally, in our Arts & Entertainment section, Murphy dons his music maven hat to interview the legendary Darlene Love. Whew! We’ve got lots to tell you. Curl up by a crackling fire if you can, and enjoy.
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To the Editor, I went to a fishing conference and I met a constitutional scholar. I went to a newspaper interview, and I met a surfer. This past week Stuart Vorpahl and Rusty Drumm died. Both exhibited the best of a community built on individual initiative and passion for their pursuits. Both believed government had a place, but always needed to be kept in its place. In taking me to a local fishing conference, a colleague introducing me to Stuart Vorpahl, mentioned that I had successfully represented the “last bayman” in Islip against the town government seizing his crab pots and buoys as “hazards to navigation.” The colleague indicated that I used the Bill
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of Attainder provision from the original language of the Constitution. Stuart looked me in the eye and said “Article 1 Section 9.” I fell in love. At a later time at the East Hampton Town Board, Stuart came to the front at the start of the meeting and provided what I quietly thought of as his “pearls before swine” presentations, where he would emphasize the community nature of his ancestral home. This at a time when self interest and excess were the order of the day. One time, I followed him to the lectern, and unabashedly stated what a treasure East Hampton had in Stuart. I remember he had a shiny red coat on that evening. I can’t remember if it was the coat of a military unit or a community organization, but Stuart wore it as a quiet point of pride that the Vorphal family had been contributors to the community and the nation for generations. His presence at the town board reminded the board members of the quiet strength of a community which
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By Ed Gifford will allow government to exist, but not to control. As Stuart would say, that is what we have a Constitution to do. I first met Rusty Drumm when I began the Ferreira case. Ferreira was the victim of the cabal of local real estate interests and a corrupt town administration. The local real estate interests had used unconstitutional government overreaching to seize and destroy Ferriera’s possessions from his property without a court order. It was meant to improve the property value of
the house next door without the bother of a court proceeding to determine if the town had any right to do so. Rusty asked me to meet him at his house. In the front of the house was a huge climbing tree, with branches for kids of any age to scramble onto and peer onto the world from a higher vantage point. In meeting Rusty at the house, it was clear that he had traveled the world and made his observations from different Continued on Page 14. © Karen Fredericks
You were making dopey jokes while I must say, giving up anger isn’t easy. I had to reach really deep down into I was trying to discuss something serious! But it wasn’t worth going to the bottom of my soul to do it! bed angry over it. Life is too short.
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vantage points throughout his life. He was clearly a fan of surfing. He touched on meeting a mutual friend in the surf on Hawaii, and recognizing him from earlier days on Long Island. Rusty was a writer, and he wrote the Star article on Ferreira so that both the billionaire and the bum would understand the depravity of a town government looking to nail the little guy. It was an incredible act of clarity for the Star, with the real estate interests money being the financial bedrock for the paper. Yet Rusty’s skill in backing up the story made the truth possible. As both of our health faltered in the last year or two, we commiserated on recoveries. I told Rusty about my “gurney moment,” when I was on the gurney at Stony Brook during a bad heart attack, and thought to myself that if this was it, I had accomplished everything in life that I wanted to achieve. As I think about Stuart and Rusty this weekend, I imagine both of them hearing that sentiment and, looking me straight in the eye, saying “Ditto.” LAWRENCE KELLY
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Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Michael Martin I don’t want to set the bar too high with resolutions at the beginning of the year and then be in for trouble. For me, it makes more sense to be thinking of what you can do to improve your life every day.
John Kluge No resolutions. I’m probably going to break them anyhow, so no resolutions, no regrets.
David Stanford No resolutions. And as far as I can remember I’ve never made them. I’m just cruising along at my own pace.
Michael Gary I don’t make ‘em so I can’t break ‘em. And I don’t want those goals to be just for New Year’s. And that doesn’t mean I’m not thinking about improving my life on a day to day basis.
Uplifting Indy Dear Editor, I just saw your editorial on Facebook and I LOVE this new positive approach!! Tired of reading how this store was held up, or this domestic dispute spilled out into the street.... blah, blah, BLAH . . . What about how GREAT things are happening on the East End? Real stories that UPLIFT and RE-VITALIZE our belief that good things/good people totally outweigh the bad things/people. Not celebrity news, but locals that make a real difference in the lives of others. Can’t wait to see this new trend unfold. Best of Luck! STEVE INTERRANTE EDITOR’S NOTE: Steve’s referring to the editorial in our 1/13 edition. Check it out on Facebook or our website, www. indyeastend.com.
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Courageous Space To the Editor, January 6th Rick’s Space, was courageous and well thought out. And convincing. Woher Commst Du Denn (German) subtitles the photo of mostly darkskinned migrants in their native outfits in Deutschland 2030 as they surround a cute blond boy to ask, “Where Are You From?” Having met Cat Stevens myself, reflecting on his conversion one might be left curious, but hardly convinced of its merit. In his youth Cat was a shy young man, and highly spiritual. He composed some mighty find music my band also played - often. In my youth I was the very opposite. I always questioned conventional wisdom and sentiment. I questioned radical belief systems like Hope & Change. Understanding well that hope happens to be the ultimate expression of reality denial. We now know where that sentiment is leading us.
Having traveled the Muslim World widely, one should not be left merely thoughtful. On my arrival in one town by the Nile, Christians were murdered by their Muslim neighbors yelling “Allahu Akhbar!” and their church burned to the ground. The reason? They were Christians. Not conservatives. Muslims were the conservatives. The Christians were the liberals. If the victims were liberal progressive Americans, that too, would have been as good a reason. It is true, one cannot judge ALL Muslims for the acts of a few. But one can judge all gun owners for the acts of a few. However one has to make judgments in our world, if not for ourselves, then at least for our neighbors who are incapable to judge anything, and hang on to HOPE for a Utopia that is but a childlike vision. Or Rather, Dan, a Fairy Tale for children. After my youth I had employed mostly Muslims in my business for almost two decades. All were good fellows whom I would employ again without further Continued on Page 15.
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thought. They were not the few we needed to judge. Polls show that in the Muslim World about 15 to 20 percent are sympathetic to the Jihadi cause . . . meaning the rape and murder of Infidels who refuse to submit to the Pederast they call the Prophet. That number translates to more or less 150 million, many of whom, in this context no longer a small number, are willing to send their children, their brothers and friends, and their neighbors, to murder each and every American. Meanwhile, for those of you who elicit much sympathy for and have welcomed the migrants with open arms, I refer to the Rape of Europe. Just Google it with my name. It’ll be a start. For liberal progressives sympathetic to the Invasion of Europe and the Americas, I refer them to my reporting at Western Free Press, as I had spent months in Europe photographing Ground Zero of the Jihad, Keleti Railroad Station in Budapest, and reporting on it. Click on my name or photo
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to find the reports. Mr. Murphy ends with, “The victims though, can’t help themselves.” The question remains: should the future victims of Europe and the Americas sacrifice their present and their future security and peace of mind for the current victims of Syria or some other Middle East state? Can one argue that among the number of Muslims, some of these migrants will become the victimizers, as the Boston bombing and San Bernardino will remind even the most committed doubter? Whose child, father or neighbor will the migrant sympathizers be willing to sacrifice and on whose behalf? Should Europe and the Americas open their doors to a flood of millions of migrants who could also settle, if so they chose, in lands in nearby Arabia or North Africa that has the same culture, religion, language, and the same cuisine, but rather choose to settle among your neighbors? If anyone doubts my words, just Google: “Migrant Rape Epidemic.” Google: “Stockholm, The Rape Capital of Europe.” After you’ve done with your Googling and my articles, we all should have a refreshed idea of what “victim” and good neighbor really mean. ANDREW BENJAMIN
This week, students in the Riverhead School District provide the fodder for our spotlight on getting your move on, with news about the Blue Wave Fitness program. January is the time of the year that a huge part of the population starts to focus on a fitness plan. The physical education program at Riverhead High School started its plan a lot earlier in the year. The emphasis in high school and the elementary schools in Riverhead is on both fun and fitness. The district’s elementary schools were the first in the state to embrace Project Fit, a program that is an ideal balance between fun and fitness. The new program at the high school is referred to as Blue Wave Fitness. Blue Wave Fitness is designed to enhance personal fitness and is a core strength and conditioning program. The program is modeled after a modified cross
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Hundreds of animal lovers braved bitter cold and lined the path to the water at Ed Warner Park in Hampton Bays Sunday for the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation’s first seal release of 2016. Two harbor seals, named Ares and Hermes, both male yearlings, were released, following weeks’ long rehab by the foundation. Both boys were fitted with satellite devices that will allow researchers and members of the general public to track them on their travels. Visit the foundation’s website to find out how. program fresh and interesting. Because of the variety of exercises, lots of muscle groups are being worked. We also have the students keep notebooks so they can use their notes as a reference guide for working out at home, in the
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Bonac Swimmers Are Holding Their Own By Rick Murphy
Most of their meets are an hour or more away. They practice or compete six days a week. Saturday morning practice begins at 6 AM. Some of the team members are in the eighth grade. But they are holding their own, thank you. The ninth week of the season is complete, and Bonac’s League III record stands at 2-2 (3-3 overall). Thursday the Bonackers edged Stony Brook 48-40. Ethan McCormack dropped over 3.5 seconds from his previous best time to secure first place in the 200IM by a margin of 1.13 seconds. Luke Tyrell, finishing in 3rd place, dropped almost seven seconds off of the 100-meter backstroke. The team captains chose to award Noah Gualtieri with the Swimmer of the Meet awards. Gualtieri dropped six seconds in the 500 free event and finished in third place. Over the course of the season Gualtieri has dropped a total of 27 seconds in his
500 freestyle race. O n J a n u a r y 12 We s t I s l i p HS traveled to the East Hampton YMCA pool, bringing with them quite a few talented swimmers. “The Bonac boys were anxious to race and were definitely ready for the challenge,” reported Coach Craig Brierley. There were many exciting races. Ethan McCormac won the 200 Free in a photo finish. Aidan Forst and Ryan Duryea finished second and third in the 200 free within .3 seconds of each other. T.J. Calabrese secured second in the 100 fly by just under two seconds. But the impressive efforts aside, Bonac lost the meet by 2 points, 85-83. “We’re a young team with a lot of underclassman,” Brierley noted. He said the team lost a lot of good swimmers to graduation. Still, the training and persistence is paying off. A number of swimmers hit their personal bests at the meet. Some team members were neophytes
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Bees And Bonackers Both Fall By Rick Murphy
It’s been almost two years since the Bridgehampton Killer Bees lost a League VIII game but it happened at Stony Brook January 12. That in itself was enough to rankle head coach Carl Johnson, who never likes to lose but particularly not to Stony Brook. Give the undefeated Bears some credit. They are the defending County Class C champions and are currently the top ranked C team in the state. The Bees, the State Class D champs, had excuses. Tylik Furman, the point guard, missed a second straight game with a tender ankle, and the Bees lost another starter, Matt Hostetler, with a possible concussion late in the fray. “We played terribly,” bemoaned assistant coach Joe Zucker. “When you hold the home team to 11 points in the second half and 46 for the game that tells you we’re playing good defense. But we shot horribly.” Still, the Bees roared back from a 16-point deficit though leading scorer Josh Lamison suffered through a brutal game. “He only had six points . . . I can never remember him scoring so few,” Zucker said. The Bees missed Furman, their only true point guard. The team was guilty of 16 turnovers in the first half. Elijah Jackson, who took over as point guard, led the Bees with 11 points. Elijah Harding added nine. The Bees, 5-1 in League VIII and 10-2 overall, will play at Southold Monday at 6:15. Meanwhile East Hampton coach Bill McKee knew his team was up against it as Bonac headed to John Glenn on January 12. Glenn had narrowly lost to Bayport/Blue Point, a team that has given East Hampton fits. “It may not seem like it but
Glenn is a very good team. They can beat anyone,” McKee said, and his words proved prophetic. East Hampton came out just a little bit flat and let the Knights control the tempo of the game. Timmy Greschner proved a major headache, torching Bonac’s usual stingy defense for 24 points while controlling the paint on both ends. Greschner is Suffolk’s second leading scorer. We didn’t have [point guard] Jack Reese, and that hurt,” McKee lamented. “We like to run and score in transition and they slowed it down.” East Hampton was off. One of Suffolk’s deadliest thee-point shooting teams made only three, all by Brandon Kennedy-Gay, who finished with 29 points. Brandon Johnson added 13 for Bonac, Glenn moved to 4-3 in league action and 7-6 overall. Bonac rebounded Thursday to beat Mt. Sinai on the road 55-52 despite missing Reese and Will Stoecker. It was another nail biter for McKee’s charges but this time they prevailed in crunch time. The teams were tied at 42 going into the fourth quarter, and they battled back and forth until the last seconds, when Mt. Sinai set up for a last shot. Instead, Kevin Weiss came up with a key steal and fed Kennedy-Gay, who scored the last two of his 19 points. Kennedy-Gay is Suffolk’s third leading scorer. Kyle McKee added 14 points and Harvey Foulser contributed eight. Bonac drilled seven-pointers in the game. Mt. Sinai is 4-3 in the league and 8-5 overall. East Hampton is 6-1 in League VI and 11-2 overall. Bonac plays at Bayport/Blue Point tomorrow at 4 PM with first place
on the line. Pierson knocked off Port Jefferson 76-54 on the loser’s court January 12 to move to 4-1 in League VIII (6-5 overall). Andrew James (19) and
Will Martin combined for 43 points. Sean Sloane had 12 points and eight assists. Pierson plays Southold at home Friday. The Settlers are 1-5 in league play and 4-7 overall.
The Lady Waves Are On A Roll By Rick Murphy
The Riverhead girls’ basketball team is sitting atop the League III standings after blasting West Islip Thursday. The Lady Waves, playing before the home crowd, toyed with the Lions, opening a 38-11 lead before emptying their bench. Even better, the team is conjuring up memories of the 2012 squad that captured the Long Island Large School Championship. The Lady Waves toyed with hapless West Islip, opening up a 30-point lead in the first half. From then on the starters played sparingly. Nevertheless the finale was a comfortable 62-27. The locals had nine players in the scoring column led by Sam Dunn, who also grabbed 10 rebounds. Kate McCarney and Mary Reiter each tallied 10. Dezarae Brown recorded 10 rebounds. Riverhead lost two of its first three games in early December -- to Copiague and Whitman -- but has reeled off nine straight wins since, including all seven league encounters. The Lady Waves play at Huntington tomorrow. Mattituck fell from the ranks of the undefeated on January 11, losing a heartbreaker to Port
Jefferson, 53-52 on the winner’s court. The Lady Tuckers battled throughout and had several leads but couldn’t hang on. The visitors clung to a slim twopoint lead at halftime but Courtney Lewis hit a free throw with 30 seconds left and the Lady Royals then forced a turnover to seal it. Katie Hoag led Mattituck with 21 points and Liz Dwyer added 20 for Mattituck. Pierson/Bridgehampton comes to the North Fork today for a 5:45 tipoff and Mattituck plays at Stony Brook at 7:30 Saturday. The team is now 8-1 in League VII play and 8-1 overall. Pierson, 4-1 in the league, would make things interesting with a win. The Lady Whalers, 8-4 overall, lost to Babylon 46-45 on January 11 in overtime but knocked off Southampton 42-19 on Friday. Playing at home, the locals rallied from a double-digit deficit against Babylon and tied things up late in the final stanza on a basket by Lottie Evans before succumbing in overtime. Lily Kot, with 16 and Isabel Peters, with 10, led the locals. Eric Selyukova tallied nine and Evans ended with 8 points against Babylon. Dawson tallied 15 against the Lady Mariners and Kot grabbed 10 boards. The Lady Whalers play at Port Jefferson today and get Mercy at home Saturday. Tip-off is 2 PM.
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