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sure to see thousands participate.

“It creates a great sense of pride and community,” Jim Stewart (Katy’s father) said in an interview last week. “A lot of people come out from all over the area. We encourage people to do it, whether they’re running or walking. We’re just very grateful.”

The run serves as the culminating event highlighting the organization’s countless annual efforts.

This year, runners and walkers wanting to participate can gather on Water Street with check in beginning at 7 AM and continuing until 8:15 AM. The race itself starts at 8:30 AM. To register for the race, go to http://KatysCourage.itsyourrace. com. $25 for pre-registration, $30 the day of race. Pre-register by Friday for a chance to win an iPad mini.

The ever-growing, not-forprofit organization has become

For nearly five years now the Sag Harbor-based organization Katy’s Courage has been assisting both the young and the old with coping with loss, struggle, and grieving. The dedication to education, research and grief support for children, teens and their families has been unrelenting since the organization started back in 2012.

Saturday marks the sixth annual Katy’s Courage 5K in Sag Harbor Village. Both residents and visitors alike have geared up for the spring event honoring Katy Stewart, a 12-year-old Sag Harbor girl who lost her battle with a rare form of pediatric cancer in 2010.

Since its inception, Katy’s Courage has been dedicated to education and support for families and children through scholarships, children’s bereavement support, and pediatric cancer research.

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a frontrunner in the East End community for cancer research and support groups, most recently teaming up with the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton with “Katy’s Kids @ CMEE” last July. The resources at CMEE proved to be a great asset for the cause at Katy’s Courage alowing Continued on Page 11.

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HUGS AND KISSES I am the most awkward of men.

I watched “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” on TV the other day and noticed the similarities between two of the monsters and me: I walk as stiffly as Frankenstein and people say I dance like a zombie.

Despite what you believe from reading my rantings, my family and a few of my closest friends will tell you that I’m painfully shy. My attempts at small talk with strangers are a disaster. You can find me in any chic, fabulous and divine cocktail party hiding in one of the four corners of the room.

I like people a lot but, for the most part, my communication skills are limited to writing, and there are some who would even question that.

Over the last 20 or 30 years we have become much more of a touchy, feely society and what used to be a dignified handshake upon greeting a friend has deteriorated into something that used to pass for sex in Victorian England. All these public displays of affection make me queasy.

When did this hugging stuff start, anyway?

I think the idea of men hugging men when they meet or take leave of each other is ridiculous. Many men are even (yuck) kissing each other hello and goodbye. You see it in restaurants . . . on street corners.

Two big beefy guys meet. “Bill!” says one. “Joe!” says the other.

Then they sort of move their feet in a little dance in order to get into a position where they don’t press against each other from the waist down. I call that “The Genital Shuffle.”

Sometimes one man will sort of make a move to kiss the other on the cheek, which sort of anatomically leaves the other forced to kiss the other guy’s neck or shoulder.

It’s a pretty disgusting sight.

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A few months ago I was having lunch with a friend in a restaurant in midtown. I had a mouthful of food when I sensed someone looming over me. I looked up and there was a man I vaguely remembered from my early days in advertising.

Now here was a potentially dangerous situation. I couldn’t remember the guy’s name. I knew I had to introduce him. I had a mouthful of food. I quickly stood up, trying to buy some time to think. I extended my hand for a handshake.

I had a fork in my other hand and I watched my napkin slide off my lap to the floor. I made this weird mouth-full-of-food sound like, “ARUGGHELLOO.” The man stepped back and said, “Jerry, I haven’t seen you in years. Come here, you old son-of-a gun.”

Then he moved in, gave me a bear hug, and attempted to kiss my cheek. I turned my head in a panic and he wound up planting a wet Chardonnay-reeking kiss on my ear. Unfortunately, his hug and my mouthful of food worked like a reverse Heimlich maneuver and it took an incredible amount of fortitude and concentration on my part to keep from throwing up on his shoulder.

While I’m at it, I guess I’d better tell you about my problem with double-kiss women.

I was brought up at a time when upon greeting a woman acquaintance, one would give her a single innocent peck on the cheek. Those women who were not interested in being kissed would, upon meeting a man, extend their hand and ward

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But these days I’m dealing with the new, liberated, Europeaninfluenced “double kiss” woman.

The other night I was at a party and saw a woman I’ve known for years. The minute our eyes met she quickly turned her face. Not having all that much confidence in my relationships with the opposite sex, I immediately thought, “She hates me. She’s turning away from me.”

After the longest three seconds of my life it dawned on me that she wanted me to kiss her cheek. I stumbled forward and just barely brushed her cheek. That’s when she whiplashed her head and presented me with the other cheek.

This threw my timing off and I fell against her and my kiss landed on her ear, hard. I felt her gold earring on my lips, going into my mouth.

“God,” I thought, “If she had turned any faster I might have accidentally swallowed her earring.”

The thought of swallowing and possibly choking on an earring at a cocktail party and the four glasses of wine I had consumed made me giggle. “What’s so funny?” she said. Before I could answer she snapped her head away from me. I was about to kiss her for the third time when I realized that she had dismissed me and was setting her face for a kiss by another man.

I went for my fifth glass of wine determined that, for the rest of the night, I was not going to kiss another woman nor hug another man.

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Obituary Martha Crowley Zebrowski

Martha Crowley Zebrowski of Bridgehampton, NY died on April 6, 2016, with her family present in Woodbury, NY. Martha was 88 at the time of her passing.

Born on July 24, 1927 to Elizabeth and Cornelius Crowley, she grew up in Yonkers, NY where she attended local schools and graduated from Charles E. Gorton High School. She received BS and RN degrees from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, School of Nursing. She received her MS in Public Health Nursing from Columbia University Teachers College. She later attended the Fordham School of Social Work.

Mrs. Zebrowski served 8 years as a public health staff and supervisory nurse in the Yonkers Health Department. She also served for 10 years as the weekend night supervisor at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Yonkers and was on the teaching staff at the hospital’s practical nurse training school.

In 1957, she became the first public health nurse coordinator of Home Care Inc., a 3 year pilot project for private physicians in the Westches-

ter Sound area of Portchester, Rye, Mamaroneck, and Larchmont. This program was financed by the New York State Health Department under the auspices of the Westchester Community Council. It later successfully developed into the current home care program based at United Hospital in Portchester, NY. As a pioneer and recognized expert in the new concept of home care, she participated in a conference in Roanoke, VA, along with 19 other experts, to establish guidelines for home care in the United States.

She also participated as an expert in the first Blue Cross and Blue Shield Conference on Home Care in 1960 at the Medical Society in Chicago.

In 1960, she married Edward P. Zebrowski, a farmer of Bridgehampton, NY and became immersed in helping with the farm and raising 4 children.

Mrs. Zebrowski returned to the Home Care field in 1970 to establish a satellite office at Southampton Hospital for the Huntington-based Visiting Homemaker Service Agency, where she trained over 300 certified Home Health Aids to care for homebound ill patients. During this time, she was instrumental in obtaining

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state certification for the Agency.

Subsequently, she became the first Patient Care Director for the newly named Health Services at Home, which operated out of Huntington and extended services to the east end of Long Island on both North and South Forks.

Mrs. Zebrowski was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo as a member of the New York State Home Care Council, a group which met quarterly in Albany to review and make recommendations on legislation impacting the home health care field.

She held this position for 7 years.

She also served on the Professional Advisory Committees of both the Dominican Sisters Family Health Service and the Eastern Long Island Health Care Board.

In the early 1990’s she became Project Director of the Helping Hands Program, a case management program supplying services, such as nursing, social services, and housekeeping, to elderly patients confined to their homes. This program was sponsored by the Dominican Sisters Family Health Services and supported by the United Way and Southampton Town Community Funds. This program continues to serve those in need in Southampton, Easthampton, the North Fork, and in DSFHS areas, with several towns supplying funds.

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Mrs. Zebrowski is predeceased by her husband – and 4 brothers, Cornelius, Daniel, William, and John Crowley. She is survived by her 4 children Edward P. Zebrowski, Jr. of Huntington, NY, Anne Davison of New York City, NY, Sean Patrick Zebrowski of Austin, TX, and Daniel Zebrowski of Los Angeles, CA, as well as 8 grandchildren.

Visitation was held on Friday April 8th at the O'Connell Funeral Home in Southampton. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Saturday, April 9th at Our Lady of Poland Roman Catholic Church in Southampton.

Interment followed at Sacred Hearts Roman Catholic Cemetery in Southampton. Memorial donations may be made in Martha's memory to the Southampton Hospital Dialysis Unit in Hampton Bays.

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Master Detailer On Mega-Detailing Adventure

By Kitty Merrill

It’s the biggest and most prestigious historic aircraft detailing project on record, and Doug Cunningham is there.

This week, the proprietor of Absolute Shine Auto Spa of Sag Harbor is in Seattle, Washington, working alongside members of the elite Air Force One Detailing Team at the Museum of Flight.

Boeing is celebrating its centennial and wants all its historic aircraft to sparkle for the event. A two-week long “mega-detailing” project commenced on Monday and will run till April 23.

Cunningham is no stranger to detailing historic aircraft. In 2002, he was shocked to receive a call from the Bush administration requesting his assistance with the restoration of the original Air Force One. The Boeing 707-120 jet, also known as Special Air Missions (SAM) 970, was the aloft Oval Office for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. (Johnson was sworn into office aboard SAM after Kennedy was assassinated.)

At first Cunningham thought the call was a prank. But when he saw SAM sitting out on the open tarmac, exposed to Seattle’s infamous climate, the master detailer knew the team has its work cut out. He knew it would take several years to restore SAM to its former glory.

Reflecting on the first time he climbed aboard the aircraft, Cunningham evinced awe. “You get up in this plane, this significant historical plane, it’s been through so much. I’m really proud to work on it.”

In addition to working on the presidential conveyance, Cunningham was part of the team picked to restore the WWII B-29 Superfortress Bomber, also known as T-Square 54. Described as a workhorse, the bomber was scarred with holes where fifty-caliber bullets raked her aluminum skin flying sorties over the Pacific and Japan before being abandoned for many years in an Arizona desert. When the Museum of Flight saved her and brought her to Seattle, the 2011 Air Force One Detailing Team polished her bright work for the first time since the 1940s.

“After five years, she isn’t in nearly as bad shape as she was when we first cleaned her up,” says Cunningham who was on the 2011 team. “But that aluminum fuselage gets chalky again over time and we will have to use a heavy metal polish to bring back that perfectly mirrored surface.”

An East End resident since the 1980s, Cunningham worked as a carpenter for about 30 years.

“But that wasn’t my true love,” he admitted, noting that he’d been a detailer all his life. When he decided he wanted to turn that love into a profession, Cunningham looked for the best in the field for training.

He found Renny Doyle of Attention to Details & Detailing Success. “He’s the top detailer in the world. His training is the best,” Cunningham said.

Over time, the local man became a master detailer and participated in a nationwide network of likeminded men, trading tips and enjoying weekly webinars. Members of the Air Force One Detailing

Doug Cunningham makes the very first Air Force One shine.

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Team are all experts at cleaning, restoring, and protecting multimillion dollar museum treasures and rare, exotic, and classic vehicles of all kinds. One of Cunningham’s

favorite parts of the missions to Seattle is “the camaraderie.”

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The original Air Force One, spiffed up by Doug Cunningham and a team of master detailers from across the country, is on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight.

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This year the museum opened its new Airpark Pavilion, a “huge building” designed to display over 15 icons of American aviation history. Before the pavilion was constructed, all the planes had been outdoors in the weather.

That means the largest and most technologically advanced detailers in the country are facing the most demanding detailing project yet.

“This is by far the most exciting

and yet the most challenging project the Museum of Flight has offered us and we are honored to be tasked with such a prestigious and unprecedented opportunity,” Cunningham said.

All AFO Team members like Cunningham own their own successful detailing businesses, and they pay their own expenses and donate their time and skill to the massive project.

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Indy Fit Fitness Challenge, Week 5 Attention people in the fitness and food industries: if you’ve got a special healthy menu item, or a class you’d like me to try, I’m game.

Email news@indyeastend.com to set something up.

Got healthy and unusual food you’d like me to try? I’m down.

The Simply Sublime cleanse was five days of unique menus prepared for participants, and it was . . . just . . . heaven! All the shopping,

guesswork, and cooking eliminated, plus the chance to try new foods prepared healthily.

Now, I’m available to sample other clean recipes our local chefs might like to provide. Come on down, don’t make me go into the kitchen at home. It can get pretty ugly in there.

During a cleanse, while detoxing the body, intense workouts are generally not recommended. I

jumped on that notion and curtailed my move last week. Now, I’m up for checking out the array of workout classes and methods the East End provides. Hot Yoga is a bucket list item, and I attempted a little Shaun T over the weekend. He’s evil.

Meanwhile, be sure to visit our Facebook page for daily updates and really poorly-lensed (by me) videos.

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Six weeks, five days till Memorial Day. Six pounds down, 4.8 courtesy the Simply Sublime five day cleanse.

Fourteen to go, meaning just about two pounds per week as of this writing.

Piece of gluten-free cake? It can be, with focus and preparation.

“Fail to prepare and prepare to fail.”

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children to express and convey their feelings through therapeutic play such as writing, art, music, dance, movement, drama and poetry.

According to Stewart, the CMEE group consists of kids from all ages (four to 17) gathering together in small groups to talk. Children experiencing grief or heartbreak can come and get support for their families.

“I’m pleasantly surprised,” Stewart said about how well the group is working.

Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised over the years for SloanKettering’s pediatric cancer unit via the East End organization. It was at Sloan-Kettering where Katy received her treatments.

To donate make checks payable to Katy’s Courage at PO Box 3251, Sag Harbor, NY 11963. All donations and sponsorships are tax deductible.

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AFD Open House As part of the Recruit NY movement, the Amagansett Fire Department will host an open house recruitment day on Saturday, April 23, from 10 AM to 2 PM. It’s a chance to learn about the volunteer fire service in our community.

Primary Forum At 6 PM on Friday, at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Amagansett, The East Hampton Town Democratic Committee and East End New Leaders will host an open forum on the April 19 Democratic Presidential primary and the November Presidential election.

Attendees will be able to voice

their opinions, and hear those of others from the community regarding the race between Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The forum will be in two parts. In the first, three panelists of different views will each briefly reveal who they are supporting in the primary and explain why. All participants will then be invited to state their own positions.

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Charles Hitchcock will preside, and be timekeeper. Panelists will include former Congressman Tim Bishop, New Leader Walker Bragman and Bill Chaleff, a longstanding East End Democrat.

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Job Fair At SHS Southampton High School will be hosting a Job Fair on Friday, from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM in the school’s cafeteria (141 Narrow Lane, Southampton).

Organizers are seeking local companies and businesses to attend and recruit prospective employees from our student body for this upcoming season. If you, or someone you know, is interested in joining the Job Fair, contact Susan Wright, Assistant Principal, at 631-591-4605

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Mental Health At High School If you, a family member, or a friend, are living with the effects of a mental illness, or if you have an interest in learning more about mental health issues, you should attend the annual East End Mental Health Awareness Day from 9 AM to 5 PM at Southampton High School.

Co-sponsored by the Town of Southampton and East Hampton, this free day-long event includes a panel discussion, workshops, vendors, and the opportunity to network with consumers and professionals in the field. The conference should be attended by anyone on the East End concerned with mental health issues, including consumers, community members, and professionals.

For information, call 631-702-2423.

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Laughter: The Best Medicine The Laughing Diva brings her high-energy and dynamic, full-of-life scientific presentation to St. Mary’s on Saturday.

Beth Bongar, an internationally known Humor Speaker, Author, and Clown Doctor, is the creator of The Happy Brain and the Happiness Workshop series.

The lecture will focus on 10 things we can do every day to be happier. It is a practice. Learn about brain neurotransmitters responsible for happiness and everyday ways to help them function optimally.

Your $10 donation gets you: A copy of the famous Chocolate Meditation ebook, a happiness gift bag, and a chance to win The Happiness Blueprint Gift Bag Raffle.

St. Mary’s is located at 165 Ponquogue Avenue. For info call 631728-0776.

HBCA The Hampton Bays Civic Association (HBCA) will hold its monthly meeting at the Southampton Town Community Center, 25 Ponquogue Avenue, across from the Post Office. Everyone is welcome.

Hampton Bays Superintendent of Schools Lars Clemensen and Larry Luce, Financial Administrator, will preview this year’s school budget, to be voted by the School Board next Tuesday.

Jonathan DeMory, Elementary School Band Director, will be on hand with some of his new musicians.

The superintendent will address the school-wide dune grass planting and beach clean up at Tiana Beach on Earth Day. There will also be a video created by the high school science program. New candidates for the Board of Education are expected Continued on Page 16.

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The Town of East Hampton Department of Human Services and the East Hampton Library in conjunction with The Retreat, Fa m i l y S e r v i c e L e a g u e , E a s t Hampton High School, iTri and the East Hampton Town Police Department are sponsoring the screening of the 45-minute, high school edition of The Hunting Ground.

The screening will be followed by a discussion led by a panel of professionals from The Retreat, Family Service League and the East Hampton Town Police Department.

The Hunting Ground is a critically acclaimed documentary that shines a light on sexual assault on college campuses. It features interviews with students, parents, faculty, police, and administrators as well as a rock ballad by Lady Gaga entitled, “Till It Happens To You.” The film points out that in college, one in five women are sexually assaulted. Most often it happens in the freshman or sophomore year. In addition, five percent of college men say they are survivors of sexual assault.

“While this topic may make us uncomfortable, the alternative can be devastating,” said Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez. “This is a very serious conversation we need to have with our young people.

“Given that the Class of 2016 will be headed off to college in a few short months, it is our desire to help our young people gain a clearer understanding of this very sensitive issue.”

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The screening will take place at the East Hampton Library on Monday from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.

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Twomey Series Kicks Off With Commerce

The East Hampton Library will launch the second annual Tom Twomey Series on Saturday, with a presentation on Colonial Commerce, featuring historical materials from the Library’s Long Island Collection.

The series is comprised of nine programs that explore an eclectic range of ideas, issues and topics of current interest with noted experts.

The series was created and named in memory of the late Tom Twomey, the former Chairman of the Library’s Board of Managers.

All programs will be presented in the Library’s Baldwin Family Lecture Room. Each one-hour program begins promptly at the scheduled start time and includes a Q and A after the presentation. Advanced

reservations are requested, as seating is limited. Online registration is available at the series website: www.TomTwomeySeries.org, where additional program information can be found. Reservations may also be made at the Adult Reference Desk at the Library, by phone: 631-3240222 x3 or by email: reference@ easthamptonlibrary.org. Admission is free.

The series kicks off with a focus on Colonial Commerce presented by researcher Frank Sorrentino, and archivist Steve Russell Boerner.

The lecture is described as “A fascinating exploration of a new transcription project that involves the account books, journals, ledgers, and documents of Robert Townsend

(1753-1838) of Oyster Bay, housed in the Library’s Long Island Collection.”

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Boerner will highlight additional presentation will also showcase colonial commerce materials located other historical gems from the in the Long Island Collection, which are sure to be of interest to both researchers and local residents.

The event runs from 5 to 6 PM.

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Neighbors In Support of Immigrants will sponsor its second Celebration of Immigration. NISI is a decades-old group working to assimilate local immigrants into the larger community while maintaining the unique culture and heritage of each group.

According to event organizer Anne Hastings, “One of the key components of immigrant assimilation is the ab ility to participate in traditional community activities, especially for young members of our immigrant communities. Getting people to events that are shared by everyone presents a unique opportunity to foster acceptance and understanding. This celebration and fundraiser‘s ultimate goal is to raise funds to insure that young immigrants can participate in summer youth programs.”

What better way to foster this outreach than to celebrate immigration by reaching out to all varieties of ethnic dance: the Cumbia, Salsa, Polka, Merengue, Tango, Irish jig – show us your speciality - and lots of food and drink too!”

The event takes place Saturday from 7 to 10 PM in the Community Center at St Rosalie’s Church, 31 E. Montauk Hwy, Hampton Bays.

There will be a $10 admission fee (children free), cold and hot dining options. Proceeds go to fund transportation to summer camp for local children.

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Get Ready For An Influx Of Funny Money

By Rick Murphy

Law enforcement officials agree one thing is for sure: the more people around, the more phony bills show up. That means East End merchants must be especially vigilant with the summer season approaching.

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is one politician who is concerned that more and more phony money is finding its way into circulation in these parts.

The United States Secret Service, though, downplayed Schumer’s warnings when he made them last year, though an agency spokesman acknowledged there is an active and sophisticated counterfeit market.

Schumer said that 566 counterfeit money cases in Suffolk County occurred from 2012 through 2014.

He called on the Secret Service to stem the recent uptick in counterfeit money flooding Long Island, a troubling increase in circulation of funny money that he claimed the beleaguered agency has failed to keep up with.

That remark apparently didn’t sit too well with the Secret Service.

Michael Seremetris, an Assistant Special Agent, said counterfeit currency has been a persistent problem over the years but there has been no discernable uptick in the Northeast corridor or Long Island. “You do see a spike during holidays,” Seremetris said.

“We don’t have a proliferation of counterfeits bills in East Hampton currently,” said Capt. Chris Anderson of the East Hampton Town Police force, though a case

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Experts said twenties are more easily circulated because merchants don’t peruse them as thoroughly – that isn’t to say other bills aren’t reproduced. “The twenties aren’t scrutinized as much,” Anderson pointed out. But $100 bills are still the big-ticket item among sophisticated manufacturers of fake loot.

Organized crime syndicates produce and circulate the bogus currency. In recent years much of it has its origin on Colombia, Anderson reported. “Most are printed there. We are working with securities specialists there.”

Hundred dollar bill forgeries still are the bill of choice among counterfeiters there.

According to the American

Numismatic Society, Colombia, with its drug cartels, is considered one of the world’s counterfeit centers. “Often hidden in the mountains, the production facilities are hard to detect. Despite the dingy underground locations, the workmanship of the bills is good,” the ANS reported. “On the black market such bills sell cheaply as part of the drug trade and other organized crime.”

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Designer Drug Seized

By Rick Murphy

Drug enforcement officials, already coping with an epidemic of heroin abuse, also have to deal with an upswing in so-called designer drugs, which are laboratory produced synthetic drugs manufactured to produce highs similar to narcotics.

Beginning with LSD in the 60s there has been a number of such drugs that gained widespread popularity, including MDA (Ecstasy, MDMA, (Molly), Venus and many others.

The FBI and the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force put a dent

in the supply line of two of the more popular synthetics last week, seizing a large quantity of synthetic cannabinoids known on the street as “K2” or “Spice.” The seizure and an arrest were announced last Wednesday by Robert L. Capers, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, along with several other law enforcement officials.

Osvaldo Maria Vasquez was picked up at a business in Queens.

He was wanted on a warrant for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

Officials said they found and seized 200 kilograms of Spice.

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was executed at “Excellent Tire Shop Services” on March 29 in Queens Village. Agents said they found 170 kilograms already packaged and ready for street sale and the rest hidden in the shop.

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In the rear of the store, behind a tarp, agents found what they described as “ a narcotics manufacturing facility” replete with chemicals used to manufacture synthetic cannabinoids, packaging materials and flavoring agents.

“K2” is also known as “fake weed,” “Bliss,” “Black Mamba,” “Bombay Blue,” “Genie,” “Zohai,” “Yucatan Fire,” “Skunk,” Cloud Nine and “Moon Rocks” as well as Spice.

According to teendrugabuse.com it is a mix of herbs (shredded plant material) and manmade chemicals with mind-altering effects. It is often called “synthetic marijuana” or “fake weed” because some of the chemicals in it are similar to those in marijuana, but its effects are sometimes very different from marijuana and frequently much stronger.

Because the chemicals used in Spice have a high potential for abuse and no medical benefit, the Drug Enforcement Administration has made many of the active chemicals most frequently found in Spice illegal. However, the people who make these products try to avoid the laws by using different chemicals in their mixtures.

Spice is most often labeled “Not for Human Consumption” and disguised as incense. Sellers of the drug try to lead people to believe they are “natural” and therefore harmless, but they are neither. In fact, their actual effects can be unpredictable and, in some cases, severe or and could even cause death.

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counterfeiting activity, please report it immediately to the U.S. Secret Service, or to your local police.

• Do not put yourself in danger.

Do not return the bill to the passer.

• Delay the passer with some excuse, if possible. Observe the passer’s description - and their companions’ descriptions - and write down their vehicle license plate numbers if you can.

• Contact your local police department OR call your local U.S. Secret Service Office.

• Do not handle the counterfeit note, the USSS cautions on its website.

Schumer maintained the uptick in use has occurred across the entire Northeastern corridor.

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Last month three Long island teens were charged with distributing counterfeit $20 bills – even handing one to a teacher to pay for pizza.

New York City Subway riders passed almost $70,000 in counterfeit money over the past three years, sometimes inserting them into MetroCard vending machines, according to the MTA. Stamford, Connecticut, police said they recently arrested a Wat e rb ur y man fo r usi n g counterfeit money to purchase a car. Police say he found the used car on Craigslist and used 39 fake $100 bills to make the purchase. They say that each of the bills contained the same serial number.

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In Colombia counterfeiters bleach notes until the ink and cotton base disappear. They then reprint bills and glue two together.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B-1. the watermark will disappear and the security thread will be lost as well. Counterfeiters print a new yellowish watermark on a note and add it to a second bleached note, which has a fake thread glued into it. The two notes are then glued together and give the appearance of a genuine $100 note.

Counterfeiting Tricks “Counterfeit transactions have hit alarming” rates, said Schumer.

He urged the USSS to educate small business owners who can’t afford to suffer losses that inevitably come when they accept counterfeit cash. “Our Long Island stores need to know the tricks of the trade,” Schumer said.

There is no financial remuneration for the return of the counterfeit bill, but it is doing the “right thing” to help combat counterfeiting, Seremetris acknowledged.

Officials estimate that $3 million in counterfeit money was circulated on LI in 2014, up from $2 million in

previous years, Schumer said.

Seremetis pointed out that the Secret Service website offers detailed instructions on how to spot a counterfeit bill and on what to do if the event one is acquired: • If you suspect a counterfeit note or have information about

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Even the Secret Service acknowledges that with the advent of newer and better technology making phony U.S. currency has become relatively easy.

In 2014 Bloomberg profiled a woman who routinely made and passed phony bills using this simple process: she soaked genuine $5 bills in “Purple Power” degreaser and then scrubbed the ink off with a toothbrush. After drying the blank notes off with a hair dryer, she ran them through a Hewlett-Packard 3-1 Inkjet printer with scanned images of $50 and $100 bills on top. The mother of six passed about $20,000 worth before she was caught.

According to the U.S. Secret Service, 20 years ago less than one percent of counterfeit bills were made using digital printers. But in the last fiscal year analyzed, 2014, more than 60 percent of the $88.7 million in counterfeit bills recovered were made on store-bought printers.

Though organized crime has always been at the root of wide scale counterfeiting operations, the Secret Service said mom and pop are clearly flourishing. In the latest fiscal year 3617 individuals running small-time operations were nabbed.

The U.S. Treasury began redesigning bills in the late 1990s to make counterfeiting more difficult. The Secret Service is working with the major printing manufacturers like Hewlett-Packard; HP declined to reveal what, if any, measures have been taken to thwart would be phony moneymakers.

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Addicts Wait For Treatment

By Rick Murphy

Last week The Independent reported the potentially devastating uptick in heroin usage, which is sweeping small communities and even high schools across the region.

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Authorities have been trying to cope with the problem on a number of fronts: increased law enforcement, more drug awareness programs, and just last week, a 24-hour hotline opened in Suffolk County. But the county, unfortunately, has been unable to treat the ever-rising number of addicts on a timely basis.

Last week Thomas Schmidt, clinic administrator for Suffolk’s Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program, acknowledged that for the first time, there is a waitlist for those heroin users wishing to get help at a methadone clinic.

Methadone is an opioid medication but it reduces withdrawal symptoms in people addicted to heroin or other narcotic drugs without causing the “high” associated with the drug addiction.

There are four clinics in Suffolk, one in Huntington, one in Riverhead and two in Hauppauge. The waitlist has grown to 200 people. Schmidt said the reality is such that he isn’t giving people a timeframe for admission – it might take a couple of weeks or more before there is an opening.

The problem, experts acknowledge, is that addicts seeking help may change their minds and regress back into heroin abuse.

The stakes are high: There were 109 heroin overdoses in Suffolk County in 2014, and 103 in 2015.

However, there are over 100 cases in which the cause of death hasn’t been determined yet, and many are thought to be heroin-based overdoses.

Methadone is by no means a harmless elixir. The website Drugs. com warns an overdose can be fatal, and it could cause convulsions. It should not be used with alcohol.

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Suicide Leaves Murder Mystery Unsolved

By Rick Murphy

Even before Margaret Jean Burke’s body was found in her North Haven home on April 4 she was one of the most controversial figures ever to live in the tiny village.

Burke was shot to death in her Payne Avenue home, an apparent suicide. But she wasn’t the first gun shot victim found there – nearly 10 years ago her mother, Jesse Burke, was found there as well.

In fact, “Jean” Burke, as she was called, 83, had a penchant for making headlines, a polarizing figure who exasperated two administrations, fueled the debate over what to do with the village’s deer population, and was involved in a headline-grabbing auto accident that made national news.

Jean Burke apparently took her own life, according to preliminary reports furnished by the Southampton Town Police.

On August 31, 2008, her mother, 100, was sitting at home doing a crossword puzzle when she was shot once from behind in the head.

Jean Burke, 74 at the time, told police she had gone to Sag Harbor Village, about one mile away, to do some errands and returned home an hour later at about 12:30 PM to find her mother dead.

Police canvassed the house and grounds and the Suffolk County Homicide Squad was called in. A rifle owned by Jean was found and taken into custody. Months went by, with no arrest made. Neighbors became edgy, wondering if there was a murderer at large in the area.

Police assured them there wasn’t.

Burke cooperated fully and police said nothing was missing from the house. The case is still open.

Jean Burke moved in with her mother in 1991 after serving as a parole officer, primarily in Harlem. She quickly became well known in North Haven, a gadfly at village board meetings who would question many of the board’s mundane resolutions and argue with fellow citizens. She was particularly vitriolic about the village’s intention to cull the deer herd, which had become such a problem on North Haven that it received attention from the national press.

In August 1994, Burke was driving near her home when she allegedly hit a pedestrian walking his dog on the shoulder of Route 114 and drove away without stopping. The problem was there were witnesses who followed her,

pulled her over, and confiscated her car keys. Burke nevertheless denied being involved.

In a stroke of very bad luck for her, the pedestrian, who suffered a broken ankle, was one of the most famous – and litigious – lawyers in the country, Bruce Davis, the founder of 1-880-LAWYER. His firm

specializes in personal injury cases, and Burke’s denial prompted Davis to assure this reporter he would be suing her. The disposition of the case is not known.

A s f o r h e r m o t h e r, B u r k e steadfastly denied committing the murder, although there was a sense in some quarters she had

done that – her mother was getting senile, several sources said at the time. Others though, said Jesse Burke was still sharp and had her wits about her, though she was suffering some physical ailments.

Burke’s attorney said at one point police pursued the euthanasia motive. No charges were ever filed.

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RICK’S SPACE Uncle Tom

Tom Butler, my uncle, died 37 years ago today.

Some Sag Harborites may remember he had his five minutes of fame and then some, back in the midfifties when he killed a 12-foot shark in Sag Harbor Cove, a feat that earned him a front-page picture on the New York Daily News.

As I recall it, Tom and Len Pino were clamming under the bridge when the monster approached them.

Yes, there were clams there back then and yes, we actually ate them, probably a dubious practice at best.

Tom and Len only lived to tell the tale because they each had an eel spear. Anyhow, that was their story and they stuck to it.

Tom was a strapping blonde, standing six-four, from Staten Island.

He was an incredible baseball player who had professional aspirations until he blew out his arm showing off his throwing prowess.

Len Pino (yes, of Yardley and Pino Funeral Home fame) gave him a job when Tom moved to Sag Harbor after

marrying my Aunt Lucy.

In our family house at the foot of Howard Street Tom and my grandfather, Enrico Forcucci, co-existed, often at odds with each other.

Tom was quite the jock, and he always wanted a son but he and my Aunt Lucy never had children. He took me under his wing, often taking me along when he went out on manly endeavors, which sometimes included bars and women.

I learned to fish on Len Pino’s boat and to clam in the Cove, using Papa’s rakes, which annoyed Papa no end.

Tom borrowed a lot of stuff.

Tom brought the first television into the Howard Street house, which upset Papa, who historically made a ritual of listening to the radio with the family at night. Papa would sit in the kitchen and sulk. He eventually warmed to the tube when wrestling came on the air because the great champion Bruno Sammartino was from his hometown, Abruzzi, Italy.

He never let us watch baseball games on Saturday afternoon because

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he expected the men to work in the garden with him. It was Tom who came up with the idea of telling Papa some of the baseball players were from Abruzzi and so we did. Papa died thinking Camilio Pascual, who pitched for the Washington Senators, was his cousin. Actually, Pascual was Cuban, but whatever.

The shark caused quite the stir, and Len and Tom were celebrities.

It really wasn’t worth anything – nowadays they would charge you for removing it from the beach. They sold the whole carcass to a cat food company for $50 and I got a tooth out of the deal, which I lost in a card game before the week was out. I was only six – did I mention Uncle Tom taught me to gamble, too?

Tom took me to my first major league game. On my eleventh birthday he handed me a Yankees’ schedule and told me to pick any game I wanted. Two weeks later we were at Yankee Stadium for a Sunday doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox. I idolized Luis Aparicio, the shortstop for the Chisox, because he led the league in stolen bases ever year and that was my game.

We told Papa that Aparicio was Italian . . . in reality he was the first in a long line of great Venezuelan shortstops.

Tom and Lucy would host Thanksgiving Day dinner for the family. Tom always insisted we have a TV in the dining room to watch the

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football games, which endeared him to me no end. He also got Playboy delivered in the mail and left them around his den for us to read, which infuriated my mother. I would have to wait for my father and big brother to put it down before I got a look.

Tom became an undertaker, and as he got older, he got bigger. People assumed he was a cop because of the foreboding build and black suit, which came in handy on occasion.

Tom always found time to amble over to where my team, St. Francis of Assisi, was playing, to have a little chat with my coach. I realize now he was making sure I was going to get a good spot in the line-up and that my coaches knew he was watching.

He died of cancer way too young; some said he was sloppy with the chemicals used in the embalming process. At his funeral there were two attractive, buxom babes crying: the word was they were his girlfriends, even though he was still married.

A few years back an old-timer told me the old shark that floated up to Tom was likely a harmless sand shark that was probably already dead.

Anyhow, every Thanksgiving we sing “Hooray for Tom, Hooray at last, Hooray for Tom, He’s a horse’s arse,” a not too subtle reminder that he was somewhat of a cad. We’ll sing it tonight, and I’ll remember my first baseball mitt, first bike, and first nudie magazine, all courtesy of my Uncle Tom.

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Highway Fatality, Serious Injury County Road 39 claimed another life Friday night when a member of the Shinnecock Indian tribe was killed trying to cross the road.

Southampton Town Police said Claude Eleazer was crossing the street at about 10:30 PM near the strip mall that includes Goldberg’s and the Blue Collar Bar. A woman driving a Chevy Cruze westbound said she did not see him on the darkened roadway. No charges were filed.

Police reported another accident on Sunrise Highway at 4:30 AM on Sunday that injured three people and resulted in the arrest of the driver.

Peter Ethier of Westhampton, 26, was allegedly at the wheel of a 2001 BMW and traveling at a high speed when he rear-ended another vehicle, flipping it over. Police said Ethier fled the scene on foot and

was picked up at his house several hours later.

The driver and one passenger were taken to Brookhaven Hospital in fair condition. A second passenger was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital, listed in critical condition.

Ethier was charged with bypassing an interlock device that prevents the driver from drinking and driving as well as fleeing the scene of an accident. Additional charges are possible.

Prostitution Ring Residents of Riverside have been complaining about prostitution, and Friday the Southampton Town Police Community response team responded. The team set up a sting operation using an officer posing as a prostitute. During the night seven “johns” were arrested as they attempted to hook up.

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Right now we offer special pricing on year-round packages.

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We also build pools, do renovations and install liners

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SEASONED FIREWOOD $320 Cord (Delivered and Stacked) $260 Cord (Dumped) $165 1/2 Cord (Delivered and Stacked) $140 1/2 Cord (Dumped) Delivery from Montauk to Noyac.

Call Jim 631-921-9957.

QUACKENBUSH-CDL CLASS B & D-Start immediately.

Class B, 10 wheeler Vacuum Tank Truck Cesspool technician, Starting Salary $45K. Class D starting salary $33K, both positions benefits offered after 6 mo. Must be punctual, motivated, professional and enthusiastic about working. Good physical shape is necessary to lift covers, drag hoses etc...This is your chance for a long tern position with an ever growing business in the Hamptons. Please e-mail experience or resume toQCHelpWanted@gmail.com

man/ Handyman, FullTime/Year Round position.

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Please send resume or contact information to hookmill@gmail.com. 32-4-35

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TUX is a 1-2 year old beautiful neutered male kitty! He is wonderfully affectionate; we call him the shoulder kitty because he loves to sit on your shoulders! He also loves to sit on your lap and cuddle! If you are looking for a lap cat that loves everybody, Tux is your man! He is fully vetted, tested negative and ready for his new home!

March 2016: Tux is at Petco in Hampton bays if you would like to meet him! Please contact RSVP Inc at 631-5332738 or or fill out an adoption application. .Please call 631-533-2PET “Sponsored by Ellen Hopkins” .R.S.V.P. (631) 728-3524 UFN

HELP WANTED MONTAUK LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM AND GIFT SHOP Part time seasonal March-November. Seeking outgoing friendly people to work independently in a team setting.

Interacting with visitors and monitoring the museum. Direct inquiries to: 631668-2544 ext. 1. 28-8-35

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN: A and B technicians. GM experience. ASE certified preferred. NYS inspection license required. Call Bruce at Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac at 631-2877272. 33-2-35 COOK - The Mill House Inn. Breakfast Cook/Kitchen Assistant, Full-Time/Year Round position. We offer a great work environment with advancement opportunities for motivated individuals.

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Please send resume or contact information to hookmill@gmail.com. 32-4-35 HOUSEMAN - The Mill House Inn. Houseman/ Grounds-

FRONT DESK “PERSONAL ASSISTANTS” - The Mill House Inn is seeking Front Desk “Personal Assistants” to train for a Full-Time/Year Round position. We have a great work environment with considerable advancement opportunities for loyal individuals. Weekends, Holidays, Flexible Schedule, Passion & Dedication are required. Please send resume or contact information to hookmill@gmail.com. 32-4-35 HELP WANTED - Looking for a Bucket Truck Opeator, Climber and/or Grounds Person. *Benefits available for full time employees* Please contact the office at 631-3241602 or email inquiries at Markdanielstreeservice@gm ail.com 28-12-40 LANDSCAPE HELP- Wanted.

Drivers license. Lawn care, pruning, hedge trimming.

631-946-1447, leave message. 31-4-34 GARDEN CENTER/NURSERY SALES-Eastland Farms is seeking motivated, dependable person(s) to join our sales staff. Job will include customer interaction, merchandising, outdoor work.

Ideal candidate should have working knowledge of perennials, shrubs and trees.

This a hands-on position for immediate employment.

726-1961. 32-3-34 LANDSCAPE LABORERS NEEDED. Experience and driver’s license a plus. Start immediately. 324-8701.

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KEITH GRIMES INC. has openings for the following positions: CDL Truck Driver, Equipment Operator & Fleet Mechanic. All positions are year round with benefits available. Please call 631537-2252 to schedule an interview. 34-4-37 LANDSCAPE JOBS AVAILABLE Fast-growing East End landscape construction company has open positions: Yard Manager, Landscape Foreman, Irrigation Tech, Spray Tech with 3A license and CDL Driver. Call: 631-725-0018 or email: hr@landscapedetails.com 34-4-37

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537-1515

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Tuckahoe School What an amazing night it was at the “Empty Bowls” soup & salad evening event at Tuckahoe School! It was wonderful to see so many families join us for such an important cause.

This community event was wrapped in the enjoyment of our Tuckahoe students contributing their learning and passion for caring in a fight against hunger. Over 400 community members attended and helped raise over $1400 for our school garden and eight boxes of canned goods were collected and donated to the local food pantry.

Thank you teachers and staff who made the delicious soups and salads and for help making it such a success! Thank you to our local businesses/organizations for your support: Panera, Tuckahoe Educational Committee, Tuckahoe Pa r e n t Te a c h e r A s s o c i a t i o n , Tuckahoe CSD Shared Decision Making Committee, Tuckahoe CSD Teachers and Staff.

Ms. Barbara Imperiale did a wonderful job in bringing us together for this important cause.

The handmade bowls and spoons were such a special treat!! So many students and families really worked hard in making sure that everyone who attended left with a special homemade bowl and spoon.

Tickets are now on sale for the 5th Annual Taste of Tuckahoe Fundraiser benefitting the Tuckahoe School. Since its inaugural year in 2011, Taste of Tuckahoe continues to be a popular event with area residents and attendance is growing each year.

Last year’s celebration drew over 450 people and this year’s turnout is sure to be even larger. This year’s date is Friday, April 22, 7 to 10 PM, VIP Hour 6 to 7 PM, at 230 Elm in Southampton. Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door. This ticket entitles you to tastings from all our participants. You will not want to miss the special VIP Hour.

Visit TasteofTuckahoe.com for information.

Riverhead Central School Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) will sponsor the S.T.O.P.P.E.D. Program tomorrow in the front visitors’ parking lot during Periods 3 and 4 (9:45AM – 10:36AM), 6 and 7 (11:31AM – 1:09PM).

S.T.O.P.P.E.D. is aimed at reducing the number of young drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes.

The acronym stands for Sheriffs Telling Our Parents & Promoting Educated Drivers. The program educated the young drivers directly through lecture and innovative hands-on activity.

The second preventive aspect of the S.T.O.P.P.E.D. program is an educational component aimed at

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teaching young drivers the consequences of driving while under the influence of alcohol. It will be offered by specially-trained Sheriff’s Office personnel and is funded by the National H i g h w a y Tr a f f i c S a f e t y Administration (NHTSA) and the New York State Governors Traffic Safety Committee.

The Sheriff’s Office has impairment simulation Independent / Courtesy Tuckahoe School driving carts, funded through Diners enjoyed their fare in handmade bowls during a grant. The office has three the Tuckahoe School’s recent Empty Bowls soup & driving carts along with salad event. simulated DWI impairment -- once without the simulated DWI goggles. First, specially impairment goggles, and then with trained Sheriff’s Office personnel the goggles.

This program is recommended perform a brief 20-minute presentation on DWI laws in New for youth 16 or older that are in driver’s education programs York State.

Then the participants drive or preparing to drive in the near through an obstacle course twice future.

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BNB’s First Quarter Bridge Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for The Bridgehampton National Bank, announced the declaration of a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share this week. The dividend will be payable on April 29, 2016, to shareholders of record as of April 20, 2016. The Company continues its trend of uninterrupted dividends.

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In addition, the Bank operates two loan production offices: one in Manhattan, and one in Riverhead, New York. Through its branch network and its electronic delivery channels, BNB provides deposit and loan products and financial services to local businesses, consumers and municipalities. Title insurance services are offered through BNB’s wholly owned subsidiary, Bridge Abstract. Bridge Financial Services, Inc. offers financial planning and investment consultation. For more information visit www.bridgenb. com.

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Also on the evening’s agenda is Director of the Hampton Bays Public Library who will explain the importance of their upcoming building referendum. It all happens Monday, at 7 PM.

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Hospice Conference East End Hospice will host a teleconference entitled “Managing Conflict/Finding Meaning Supporting Families at Life’s End” at the Riverhead Library on Wednesday, April 20, from 1:30 to 5 PM. The program addresses methods, strategies, and practices that can be used to provide psycho-social support to terminally ill patients and their families as they cope with impending death.

Particular emphasis will be placed on managing sources of conflict that can emerge near life’s end, as well as how to help individuals and families find meaning at life’s end.

This educational program combines presentations by experts with video, discussion, and additional learning materials. Participants will have the chance to comment and ask the experts questions. Continuing education credits could be available for nurses, social workers, counselors, clergy, and others. To register, call Dina Difolco at 631288-7080.

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Editorial Assemblyman Fred Thiele sent us this advisory and we felt dedicating this space to a reminder about organ donation was worthwhile. New York’s stats are wince-worthy and we need to step up.

Lauren Shields was just nine years old when she began experiencing heart failure and was diagnosed with viral myocarditis, which caused her heart to swell and lose its ability to pump blood through the body. Desperately in need of a new heart, the Rockland County resident was added to New York’s organ transplant list.

During the six-week wait for a new heart, Lauren’s condition got progressively worse and she was placed in a medically induced coma.

Thankfully, Lauren received a heart transplant and today, she lives a healthy, active life.

She has become a donor advocate so that others in need can get a second chance at life.

But sadly, not everyone is as lucky as Lauren - it’s estimated that one person on New York’s transplant list dies every 15 hours. You can help change that statistic by becoming an organ donor today. In fact, not only can one donor save up to eight lives, but that same donor can also help improve the lives of 50 others.

The month of April is recognized as National Donate Life Month to bring awareness to the growing need for organ donors, especially here in New York where more than 10,000 people are waiting for organ transplants and a new name is added to the list every two and a half hours.

Lauren’s story led to the passage of Lauren’s Law in 2012, which made it easier for people to become registered organ donors by including it as an option on the New York State driver’s license and non-driver identification card applications.

Currently, just 22 percent of New Yorkers age 18 and over have pledged to help give the gift of life by enrolling in the New York State Donate Life Registry as organ, tissue and eye donors - that’s half the national average. New York is in desperate need of more donors, and I encourage you and your loved ones to consider joining the registry to help save as many lives as possible.

To become a registered organ donor in New York State, you can apply in person at your local Department of Motor Vehicles, sign up online at LiveOnNY.org or download the form at health.ny.gov/donatelife and mail it in. Additionally, you can sign up when you register to vote at the Board of Elections or by visiting organdonor.gov.

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Backpacks For Fellow Students Dear Kitty, I wanted to personally thank you for your continued support of Ariana and BFFS. While it has not always been easy it’s moments like this and people like you that give Ariana (and me) the strong desire to keep fighting the fight.

As Ariana and I were discussing this past weekend The Independent has been there from the very beginning, a true

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Emily Toy did an outstanding job of not only communicating BFFS’ mission and goals, but equally as important, Ariana’s passion to make a difference to those children who benefit from this program.

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NANCY DE MATTEI Editor’s Note: The author is referring to our April 6 article about her daughter Ariana and her Backpacks For Fellow Students program. Visit the archives section of our website, indyeastend.com, to read it.

Looking For Vets Dear Editor, Hello my name is Andrew Hanna. I am a member of BSA troop 483. I am currently a Life Scout working on my Eagle Scout project. My project was going to honor American Legionnaires, but the Legionnaires and myself want to honor all veterans.

I am asking for the names of any veterans who have served honorably, lived in Hampton Bays and have documentation to prove that they have served. All names must be mailed to the Troop 483, PO Box #239 in Hampton Bays with a zip code of 11946 with documentation and a preferred

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Corruption Disruption Dear Editor, I cannot express how pleased your readers must be to find Jerry Della Femina’s late in life conversion expressed in his Trump Derangement Syndrome. It is in full bloom this spring. Let me quote a few poignant takes about Jerry’s latest “enlightenment:” Washington — The big-money campaign finance system that Hillary Clinton has pledged to dismantle as president is what’s fueling her White House bid, according to a new investigation.

The Democratic front-runner’s campaign behemoth is built on super PACs, secret cash and unlimited contributions — the very things she’s railed against on the campaign trail, according to the Center for Continued on Page 18. © Karen Fredericks

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The center said its investigation found Clinton’s own election efforts “are largely immune from her reformist platform.”

Clinton’s campaign committee has raised about $160 million compared to rival Bernie Sanders’ $140 million. But she’s buoyed by four pro-Clinton super PACs that have together raised at least $86 million and often work together.” Reference: NY Post 4/7/16 The reader can Google: Hillary Shocker: Clinton Foundation “Sold” America’s Uranium Production to Russia!

Quote: “Hillary Clinton’s campaign rebuts stories about her corruption and greed: “There isn’t a shred of evidence,” they assert.

That’s true. Not a shred . . . a mountain.

A $140 million mountain that landed at the Clinton Foundation, courtesy of Vladimir Putin, who may have also sent along a bouquet of roses with the money transfers.

Team Hill shouts: “It’s a right wing conspiracy you hear! It is financed by the Koch Brothers!”

Sure it is.

Questions keep arising daily about the largest deposit-only ATM machine in the world: The Clinton Foundation.

Just as the Clinton Foundation is refiling its taxes for the last five years, possibly ten, after having been exposed, we hear that Hillary Clinton expects to raise an unheard record $2.5 billion for her presidential run.

With new scandals hitting the headlines daily, the left is circling the wagons around Hillary in their best attempt to not report this story. What you’ll read next is about the woman the progressive left presents to the American people as its viable presidential candidate, the person who represents the political left’s values and principles.

While she was acting as Secretary of State: “. . . the largest North American uranium refiners’ executives brazenly funneled money to the Clintons and their cohorts (calling it “charity” and taking tax deductions for it) while enriching a potential enemy of the United States with billions.”

This group of American and Canadian investors and executives first built, and then sold off to (whom Mitt Romney correctly identified during the 2012 presidential debates, as America’s primary nucleararmed enemy), the Russians, the largest and most productive North American uranium mining enterprise, endangering the longterm security of these United States.

Jerry now tells us that this disaster of a woman, arguably the most corrupt,

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Have you volunteered with any community organizations?

Dan Cohen I volunteered at the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society until the ticks drove me away, and the East Hampton Citizen’s Advisory Committee. Now I’m working with the East Hampton Historical Society, researching records of the Wiborg estate going back to 1908.

Lynn DiSunno I volunteered with the blood bank for 30 years.

I volunteered for the Ladies Auxiliary in Wainscott too, which is part of the Veterans of Foreign War. And I volunteer at the schools at voting time.

Bela Correia I volunteered at the Food Pantry. And I’ve worked at the school district. I’ve helped at some of their benefits and fundraisers and there have been several. One was to raise money for the troops.

Hudson Geller I volunteered for a while at the soup kitchen for Jewish Center of the Hamptons before my Bar Mitzvah.

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character-deprived, bribed, self-dealing, greedy, treacherous and treasonous politician in US history, who sold out her nation while serving at the highest capacity just as the entire Mideast and Northern Africa went up in flames on her watch, is a better candidate for president than Donald Trump who has done nothing of the sort, built a business empire while proving his economic, organizational, administrative and leadership qualities.

Sure, Donald has his well-known shortcomings, mostly a big mouth, but what he left behind is astounding success that only integrity can generate, not the international ruin and disaster, and self-dealing corruption that is the known footprint to become a monument of one Hillary Clinton.

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Dangerous Exposure Dear Editor, As a political psychologist who studies U.S. imperialism, propaganda, and concealment and distortions of history, I am

disturbed by the Democratic establishment’s knee-jerk support for Hillary, especially among minority voters.

Latino voters: remember Hillary’s role deposing elected President Zelaya in Honduras, strong-arming Latin American nations to recognize the illegally installed coup government, as exposed by recently assassinated Honduran civil rights activist Berta Caceras. Honduras was thrown into chaos and now has the world’s highest murder rate, massively inflating desperate refugee populations subjected to incarceration and deportation by the very country that has destroyed their own.

Black voters: remember Hillary’s enthusiastic support during Bill’s administration of private prison proliferation and the 3-strikes law, welfare “reform” legislation replacing AFDC with state block grants contributing to the New Jim Crow, NAFTA-accelerated loss of inner city manufacturing employment to lower-wage foreign labor markets, and trade sanction threats against Nelson Mandela to block Continued on Page 25.

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Erin Hoelle’s summer sangria cupcake with passion fruit mousse bested the competition as 17 Suffolk County Community College baking program students clashed in a battle for judges’ taste buds in the college’s Culinary Arts Program first-of-itskind Cupcake Wars competition

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Cupcakes Wars: Batter Up! last Friday.

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Southold knocked off Pierson/ Bridgehampton at home Friday 127, making it six straight League VIII wins to open the season. The Settlers used a relentless attack to wear down the Whalers: Adam Baldwin and Pat McFarland both tallied two ribbies. Baldwin was on the bump and earned the win.

Southold gets Smithtown Christian on the road Thursday and play the same team at home Friday; first pitch is slated for 4:30 PM. Pierson, 3-3 on the young season, plays at Greenport tomorrow and gets the Clippers at home Friday.

First pitch for both games is 4:30.

Mattituck is barking at the heels of the Settlers. The Tuckers made it five of six Saturday by walloping Mercy 12-3 at home. Jon Dwyer, as usual, was in the thick of things, going 2-3 and batting in two runs.

Victor Proferes drilled three hits and knocked in two runs. Brandon Kent went six strong innings to notch the victory.

A day earlier the two teams met in Riverhead and the Tuckers prevailed 4-1. Christian Figurniak stymied the Monarchs, holding them to three hits while striking out 10 to earn the complete game victory. Joey Lisoway had the key hit during a sixth inning comeback that saw the winners erase a one run deficit.

Mattituck won the opener of the series last Wednesday, pounding the visitors 13-3. Joe Tardif led the assault with four hits in as many at bats; Matt Heffernan had three RBIs. The Tuckers begin a three game series against Babylon on Monday with first place possibly on the line: The Tuckers are 5-0, and Mattituck 5-1 going into the fray. Mercy is 0-3 for the season.

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Blue Point at home tomorrow (4:30) and on the road Friday. The Baymen travel to Mount Sinai on Monday.

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D o n ’ t l o o k n o w, b u t t h e Southampton girls’ softball team is sneaking up the League VII standings.

The Lady Mariners traveled to Riverhead Saturday and came back with a hard fought 4-2 win over the Lady Monarchs. Credit Chris Smith, who enjoyed a monster afternoon at the plate: three hits including two triples, two runs scored and a ribbie, and that was all Sam Wesnofske needed. She hurled a complete game, striking out eight. Both runs were unearned. The win helped erase a 22-9 beating at the hands of powerhouse Center Moriches.

The Lady Red Devils sit atop the League VII standings with a 4-0 mark. Southampton had an excuse though; they were rusty after not playing for nine days. The locals have won three of their previous four games and are 4-2 in league play, good enough for third place.

Hampton Bays is in second place in League VI with a sterling 4-1 mark, but the locals wouldn’t mind forgetting about Friday, when they absorbed a 15-1 thrashing

at the hands of Mount Sinai. The Baywomen moved to 4-0 by beating East Hampton 15-5 on April 1.

Everyone got into the act in that one led by Mackenzie Tyler who went 3-for-5, scored twice, and batted in two more. Amelia Kozuchowski went 3-for-3 with a double and three runs scored.

The Baywomen play Comsewogue at home today (4:30) and travel to Islip Friday. Hampton Bays trails undefeated Mt. Sinai (6-0) by one and one-half games.

Westhampton is only one-half game behind Hampton Bays after knocking off East Hampton. Brooke Walker and Lexi Miller homered for the winners. Jessica Ferrick went 2-for-4 with two doubles. Walker earned the win.

Most of the other East End teams have gotten off to slow starts.

Riverhead is 1-6 in League III 11-1 Friday to the losers’ field. The Hurricanes play at home against Comsewogue at 4:30 Friday. East Hampton (0-6) plays at home today against Amityville and at Glenn Friday. Both games are slated to begin at 4:30.

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Cruz-in Dear Editor, We have a great opportunity to vote for the next Republican candidate for president.

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If you haven’t decided on who to vote for, please read their position papers on their websites. I have and I’m voting for Ted Cruz for president.

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Bush’s Cruz Bruise Dear Editor, To all you Trumpians and conspiracy theorists who think evil of Ted Cruz and his wife because he was part of the Bush administration and she worked for Goldman Sachs. (1) Yes Ted Cruz worked in the G.W. Bush administration (2) G.W. Bush hates Ted Cruz for suing the Bush administration and winning when Bush tried to give the United Nations control over the sovereignty of the U.S. Courts.

Ted broke away, suing and beating the Bush administration and the U.N. at the U.S. Supreme Court. Bush wanted to deliver the country into the control of The U.N. ending our Constitution as we know it.

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Egg Drop Challenge Kids of all ages are welcome to join in for the Children’s Museum of the East End Egg Drop Challenge this Saturday morning. Now in its fourth year, the event invites kids to design and construct containers that will (hopefully) keep an egg from breaking when dropped from the top of the CMEE pirate ship. The museum supplies the materials, kids bring the imagination, and everyone enjoys the show. Design workshop begins at 9:45 AM and continues

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Lots Of Fun At Library This week, East Hampton Library hosts tons of fun activities for kids of all ages to enjoy. Starting today at 4:30, kids in grades sixth through eighth can enjoy cupcakes and talk about new books for a book club.

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Tomorrow, kids are welcome to gather at the library for a screening of Brave at 4:30 PM. Babies one to three years old are welcome on Friday to come sing and dance with Miss Lori and her guitar as she celebrates the seasons. Also on Friday, spring into art as kids four and up create giant sized pictures of a fantasy garden using drawing and collage. Starts at 3:30 PM. On Monday, teens in grades six and up can learn how to knit. 4 PM. For all programs registration is required. Call the library at 631-3240222 ext. 2.

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The Riverhead girls are hanging tough in Suffolk’s 21team Division I, currently sitting in fourth place with a 3-1 mark (3-3 overall). Points are awarded based on strength of schedule and other factors in addition to results. The Lady Waves have 114.37, almost 16 points behind the league leader, West Islip.

Westhampton is 2-1 (3-1) In Division II, good for fourth place with 118.34 points. Mattituck/ Greenport (2-2, 3-2) sits in 11th place with 107.7 pints. Hampton Bays and East Hampton/Pierson are winless thus far.

Westhampton, in 10th place in Division II, is the league’s highest ranked boys’ team. The Hurricanes have 102.7 points and are 2-2 in league play, 4-2 overall.

Undefeated Shoreham/Wading River is in first place with 129.33 points.

Riverhead is 2-2 (2-4) in Division I action, sitting in 14th place. Connetquot is 5-0 in league action and 7-0 overall and sports 135 points.

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