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The renovation of the old Ronjo Motel in Montauk may stop if an encroachment problem can’t be solved.

By Kitty Merrill

Thirty-three Section 8 low-income rental units smack dab in the middle of downtown Montauk. That’s the specter Chris Jones evoked, as the new owner of the former Ronjo Motel complained about the controversy surrounding his project.

“We’re putting six and a half million dollars into downtown Montauk, you’d think people would be positive,” he said bitterly, look-

ing out over the construction site, which includes a small area of town property, encroached on by past owners.

The encroachment and an attempt by town officials to resolve it prompted a taxpayer petition seeking a permissive referendum on the recent vote selling the land to Jones’s Montauk Beach LLC. Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson sponsored a measure selling a piece of an alley way to Jones and his partner Larry

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Seidlick, for $35,000, a figure Wilky said he picked “out of the air.”

The move stirred local Democrats, who have repeatedly criticized Wilkinson for making end runs around the public process. Democratic Councilwoman Sylvia Overby sought an agreement that would include rescinding the sale resolution and getting an appraisal and more thorough review of the sale, but the Republican majority outvoted her.

A group launched a petition drive and as of press time was well on its way to collecting the requisite signatures to force a ballot vote on the sale this November. Those circulating the petition, including Zack Cohen, who ran unsuccessfully against Wilkinson last year, say they only want the town to follow the proper procedure and aren’t looking to prevent the sale.

“If the petition goes through, the project stops,” Jones warned. “We have a great offer from someone who wants to go to Section 8 . . . if it comes to it, that’s my exit plan.”

Montauk Beach LLC purchased the Ronjo property for $4.5 million earlier this year. According to Jones a “complete gut renovation” is underway. Last Thursday he said the rooms were already “all done.”

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town building inspector note the removal of kitchens in the units, with an eye towards creating luxury digs for high end clientele. Town housing director Tom Ruhle affirmed this week that kitchens are a required component of Section 8 housing.

Town attorney John Jilnicki said that in a non-conforming use like the motel, if the kitchens, which pre-date zoning and are now prohibited, are removed, you can’t put them back. He said that while the statute allows an 18-month window after voluntary abandonment of a use, “the general rule is when you take it out, it’s gone.” That means Jones’s ‘sell out for Section 8’ exit strategy could come with its own set of bureaucratic problems.

On Sunday, Wilkinson and Legislator Jay Schneiderman met by chance near the motel. Schneiderman reported he’d just spoken with Seidlick, who expressed a willingness to under go an appraisal process. Jones did, too, at a March 20 town board work session.

But Wilkinson isn’t budging.

“There is no reason to rescind [the resolution of sale]. It was done appropriately, we had legal counsel and it was precedented,” he insisted.

Wilky pointed to a sale that solved an encroachment at the other end of the alley running to the Ronjo.

In 1999, he said, the town board under former supervisor Cathy Lester sold a piece of town owned land for $2500. “It was the exact same thing,” he said.

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FLYING THE NUTTY SKIES How much did that JetBlue pilot going bonkers scare you? Let me tell you, it has me petrified. But if I know JetBlue, they are going to turn our fears of getting on a plane with a loony pilot into a profit center for their airline.

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Or do you want to take a chance on someone who we’ve noticed has been acting strange lately?

Sane pilot flights will only cost $50 more per person, which is better than getting on a plane whose pilot has reported seeing tiny naked men dancing on the wings of his plane.

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send you flowers the next day after touching the most intimate parts of your body.)

Once you’re on the plane, that’s when the fun begins. If you are sitting in seat 3A or B, or 39A or B, you’re screwed. You open the luggage compartment over your seat and it’s filled. Why? Because that’s where the flight attendants store their luggage. Once, when I took down a giant bag over my seat and replaced it with my luggage, I had an irate flight attendant scream at me, “Now where am I going to put my luggage?” It took every ounce of decency in my body to keep myself from telling her where she could put her luggage.

Once you have dealt with the luggage problem you have to deal with the seat situation. The airlines have crammed as many seats as they could into their planes. Sitting in a plane is not about comfort any longer, it’s about survival. It is impossible to get into a seat because the aisle space between seats is down to six inches. Soon they will be handing us little jars of Vaseline, so that we can grease up our lower bodies and slide into our seats.

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Now hanging suspended in a harness for hours can be a bit uncomfortable. I have a plan for that, too.

My thought is that as you’re getting on the plane, when the attendant takes your ticket, she jabs you on the buttocks with a sedative shot that will keep you asleep for a few hours.

When the plane lands, they can give you a few slaps to wake you up, and there you are at your destination – refreshed and raring to go. (I stole this idea from the movie Coma.)

A few years ago The Wall Street Journal ran a small item that put this airline situation in its proper perspective for me. The item told how Continental Airlines had announced a new pet policy. They were charging more for pets that were accompanying their masters on a plane trip.

However, they were installing airconditioning below so that the dogs would be more comfortable on the ride, and they set up a special pet information booth at the airport so that one could easily set up their pet’s comfortable flight. I read the article and thought to myself, “Those sons of bitches finally did it. Now they’re treating dogs like people and people like dogs.”

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HR Director Organized Out

By Kitty Merrill

She said it was a total surprise.

The supervisor said it’s been considered for years.

“I had no idea this was coming,“ Pat Breen, East Hampton’s Town Personnel Officer, said Friday. She reported that she’d been called in to a meeting the prior Wednesday and told her position was being eliminated. Helmed by Supervisor Bill Wilkinson, the town board will vote tomorrow night to dissolve the town’s Human Resources Department and fold the function into the division of finance. According to town budget officer and head of finance Len Bernard, an organizational chart will be available to the public after Thursday night’s vote.

Breen’s been with the town since 2000, hired by the Schneiderman administration. Before then personnel issues were largely handled by staff in the town’s bookkeeping department. The function of Town Personnel Officer was established in the mid 90s, but it was under Breen that it morphed into a separate department. In 2000 Breen’s starting salary was $46,000. Her

most recent annual pay is listed as $78,000. She said lawmakers stressed the lay off was not related to her performance.

Some town staff questioned her performance when allegations of employee abuse and racism against former town highway Superinten-

“It’s always disheartening anytime anyone loses their job.” - Heath Liebman dent Scott King arose in 2010. She was accused of losing documents related to complaints against King, and as the internal investigation continued eyebrows shot skyward when King hired her son to work part time in the highway department. He was subsequently let go after just a few days.

When Wilkinson won the election in 2009, Breen said she was excited about the prospect of working with a professional with so many years of experience in the

human resources field. Wilkinson often makes mention of his professional life as an HR expert with the Disney company. “I was really looking forward to learning from him,” Breen said this week, “But I never had that opportunity. Not a moment of it.”

Although Wilkinson promised to develop an extensive awareness of how each town department operates when he was campaigning in 2009, Breen said the supervisor “never once stepped foot in this office.” And, while Bernard is the head of a division HR was placed under, Breen said, “We never even had a meeting.”

Wilkinson said Sunday that the reorganization of the department under finance and the elimination of Breen’s job was first contemplated in 2010 right after he took office. He said members of that previous town board felt they should be sensitive to her nearing eligibility for certain benefits, “which I respected.”

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Stars Up, Lights Down

By Emily Toy

Let there be light!

Or not.

Southampton Town’s Dark Skies Advisory Committee met with the town board last Friday afternoon to offer an update on light pollution throughout the town.

The board is poised to adopt a resolution next Tuesday that will

designate April 14 to April 20 as “International Dark Sky Week,” a time where town residents and visitors are encouraged to curb light pollution and enjoy stargazing on clear nights.

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natural nocturnal environment that many species of wildlife require,” said Jenn Hartnagel, a Group for the East End Environmental Advocate and Dark Skies member.

Gail Clyma, the committee’s chair, said education is the major f o c us no w, with D a r k S kies producing brochures about what causes light pollution and what cures it.

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Board Works To Protect Exotic Animals

By Emily Toy

Unless the circus is coming to town, no more exotic animals for kicks in Southampton Town.

That is, unless, there’s an educational purpose for the animals to be there.

Town attorney Tiffany Scarlato was on hand to discuss potential amendments to the current town code regarding exotic animals with the town board last Friday afternoon.

In the past, certain events have included exotic animals on display for shock value and entertainment.

Now Southampton Town Board wants to install tighter legislation to protect exotic animals from any mistreatment.

Animals that are described as “exotic” include giraffes, monkeys, lions, tigers, bears, elephants, alligators, rare birds and more.

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glow, and waste. According to the committee, shielding is the number one cure for the pesky problem.

“Light pollution should be prevented because it wastes money,” Clyma said. “It can also cause air pollution, harms plants and animals, creates hazards and obliterates the stars.”

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experience lacks enhancement,” she said.

Stricter legislation would include an amendment outlining the need for an educational purpose for any displayed exotic animal at any public event.

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Weather – And Acorns – Mean Early Tick Season

By Kitty Merrill

Andy Gaites saw his first tick this year on February 29. The senior environmental analyst for the East Hampton Town Department of Land Management is tasked with visiting nature preserves throughout the community, so he’s outdoors and vulnerable to tick visits a little more often than the average person.

Still, last week Paul Curtis, a professor of natural resources and an Extension wildlife specialist at Cornell University, who’s coordinated the university’s Wildlife Damage Management Program for the past 18 years said, ”With the warm, early spring, ticks are already active in central New York State, and this will

likely be a bad tick year.”

In areas with abundant oaks and mice, it appears tick numbers will be very high based on data collected at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, a release from Cornell University continues.

And while mild winter weather does not cause a rise in tick populations, it can change tick behavior. Adult ticks, which are slightly larger than a sesame seed, are normally dormant in winter. Ticks start to seek a host for a blood meal whenever temperatures rise well above freezing. The warm winter of 2011-12 induced earlier than normal tick activity.

“People should be especially aware when outdoors during the May-July

season for nymphal black-legged ticks.

Nymphal ticks are often responsible for spreading Lyme disease to people,” Curtis advised.

According to the science website redOrbits, scientists are predicting an unusually large surge of Lyme disease this summer in the northeastern U.S. Some of them blame a diminished acorn crop.

Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute in Millbrook, NY, says that the mild winter has nothing to do with this expected surge, redOrbits reports.

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Reporting his findings, Ostfeld said “We had a boom in acorns, followed by a boom in mice. And now, on the heels of one of the smallest acorn crops we’ve ever seen, the mouse population is crashing.”

And when the mouse population decreases, the ticks start looking for somewhere else to get their meals.

“This spring, there will be a lot of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected black-

“We had a boom in acorns, followed by a boom in mice.

And now, on the heels of one of the smallest acorn crops we’ve ever seen, the mouse population is crashing.” legged ticks in our forests looking for a blood meal. And instead of finding a white-footed mouse, they are going to find other mammals -- like us,” Otsfeld predicted.

RedOrbit’s report continues, “This season’s low yielding acorn crops follow a previously prosperous year in 2010, with the highest levels reported at the Millbrook research site. The whitelegged mouse population followed suit, peaking this past summer. Fall 2011’s low acorn crops are setting up prime conditions for high numbers of people infected with Lyme disease.”

Ticks lie in wait on low vegetation for mammals to come along. Supper could come in the form of a mouse, a deer or a human hiker. Since the mouse population is down, experts believe there will be more ticks waiting in the bushes for us.

Similar conditions were present in 2006 and 2007, when the population of nymphal black-legged ticks was at a 20-year high.

This spring Ostfeld and his team warn that this May-July nymph season will be very dangerous. They suggest that people exercise great care and caution when venturing outside.

Adult ticks can carry Lyme disease, but Ostfeld warns that nymphal ticks pose more of a threat to humans, as they feed during the warmer springsummer months, when more humans are enjoying outdoor activities. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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Long Time CAC Chair Grenci Refuses To Run

By Kitty Merrill

After 16 years, Lisa Grenci says, “enough is enough.” On Monday night she told members of the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee that she won’t enter her name for election as the group’s chair. And if she’s elected anyway as has happened in the past, she will not serve.

“Somebody better do it this year,” Grenci said Monday before the group’s meeting, “I’ve been telling them I want to step down every year for the last four years.”

Grenci noted that since she took the helm in 1996, “I’ve had three

kids.” Now, she and family members look forward to traveling and spending summers away, something that’s difficult to accomplish with the CAC commitment. The group’s secretary, Linda Barnds, who’s served for a decade plans to step down as well.

Grenci said her decision has absolutely nothing to do with a recent letter authored by Supervisor Bill Wilkinson chastising the group for overstepping its bounds and articulating a list of ‘don’ts’ for the volunteers. The Montauk activist noted a history of similar attempted

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Lisa Grenci, (right) and Linda Barnds (left) are ready to hand off the reins of the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee. Grenci’s been the CAC chair for 16 years and Barnds has served as secretary for 10.

smack downs from varied administrations over the years. In fact, she recalled that prior town boards have stacked the membership with their own supporters – many of whom eventually became just as active and vocal as the perceived opponent.

Asked to list accomplishments that were most satisfying, Grenci said “We‘ve become a strong voice for Montauk, one that town boards

often listen to.” She also reminded, “Our committee got the town to accept the donation of the Montauk Playhouse, formed the original playhouse committee and the existing not for profit playhouse CONTINUED ON PAGE 29.

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By Rick Murphy

RICK’S SPACE A Shell Of The Man I Once Was I’m almost halfway to my goal of losing 50 pounds this year, and it’s only April.

Women everywhere are envious.

Many ask me how I do it.

It’s really pretty easy, I tell them: a steady diet of liquid amphetamine and diet pills.

I’m kidding.

I can sum it up succinctly: I haven’t bought butter since December. Here’s what I dream about: a big fat steaming baked potato, with globs of butter melting into it.

Toasted rye bread, with butter on top, followed by a poached egg over it, and bacon; crab legs, immersed in clarified butter; a hot homemade corn muffin, butter dripping all over.

I made Julia Child look like a prude when it came to making butter-based sauces, but all that is over now.

I haven’t had bacon or sausage since December 26. This kills me.

Being Italian, there is nothing better than a sausage and pepper Parmesan

hero. In fact, I liked adding onions and scrambled eggs, and I would put the whole glob inside a real Italian hero, not the miniature kind the delis use nowadays.

A few words about bacon: God, I miss it. Bacon cheeseburgers; BLTs; chicken salad with bacon; tuna and bacon melts. Grilled cheese with bacon. They’re all gone now, distant memories. They exist now only in the recesses of my soul, like former lovers, although the latter endure through restraining orders and alimony payments.

I was shopping the other day at King Kullen and I saw an interesting item in the meat section: “beef heart.” The correct term would, of course, be “cow heart.”

Yes, they are all cows, like our shoes and baseball gloves, like meatballs and meatloaf, like burgers and T-bones.

I haven’t given it up totally, but the days of huge Porterhouse steaks

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and thick, juicy, medium-rare New York Shells are over. We may be carnivorous, but no one told the arteries in our heart. I try to eat meat one day a week, but no pork or pork related products. I didn’t even have corned beef on St. Patty’s Day, the first time I can remember not doing so. Things like that can kill us, as can pastrami, salami, prosciutto, any of the cured meats. There is no way around it, no rationalizing: eating salami is like taking a bite of death.

What do I enjoy, you might ask.

Well, I like fruit, especially melons.

I like Greek salads. I like cocaine/ heroin speedballs (I just put that in to see if you’re paying attention). I have gruel every morning, which is assorted kinds of oatmeal and grains that Karen has concocted to punish me. I put almond milk on it, which is a misnomer. If milk really came from almonds they would have little teats on them.

When we were little kids my dad would take us to the Paradise in Sag Harbor for hot fudge sundaes. I’ve loved them ever since, and would make them at home for Karen on special occasions, like if the sun came up or the tides changed. Real whipped cream. Real melted chocolate.

Häagen Dazs vanilla ice cream. But alas, those are only a memory now, fading with every piece of tofu.

I just bought – God help and forgive me – a sushi knife. Yes, I have done the

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unthinkable and eaten raw fish, and survived to tell about it. I make California rolls. The first time I used the knife I nearly cut my index finger off. I think God was sending me a message: “don’t get all girly on me.”

To avoid such a fate, I started playing basketball again. The first three shots I took I missed everything, and then I realized I wear glasses nowadays. I shot a little better after I put them on, even though my feet no longer leave the ground on my jump shot. The only person I can actually beat in a game is Karen, but I humiliate her regularly so that feels pretty good – I just pretend she’s a real guy. I’m still 100 percent man, that’s for sure.

It will be over when I hit 159 pounds. I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to decide what I’ll eat to celebrate. Right now I’m leaning towards fried chicken and mashed potatoes, but it changes often. Who knows, tomorrow I might want steamed lobster with sausage and bacon gravy, or a prosciutto, salami, and ham six foot hero with provolone and gorgonzola cheese.

Right now, though, I’m eyeing up that box of Girl Scout cookies here at the office, trying my best not to attack and devour it.

I have to just keep telling myself: bikini season is coming, bikini season is coming.

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Revolving Door The news that some Southampton Town Board members are having second thoughts about hiring Bill Wilson as chief comes as no surprise. Last year the board passed over the logical choice from within the department and went outside to hire Wilson, who was chief of the Southampton Village Police. It’s now apparent the rank and file supported the move, and perhaps that’s indicative that the in-house choice, Captain Anthony Tenaglia wasn’t popular with his men. Perhaps, though, it meant he was in favor of making needed reforms and untangling the old-boy network.

Wilson was touted as a free thinker with fresh ideas, but he started running up overtime costs – what better way than reward the men who helped stage the coup – and asking for an expensive new computer system at a time when municipalities across the state have to tighten their belts to comply with new budget caps coming out of Albany. The whole thing is embarrassing for the board, which split over the choice of Wilson to begin with. As for the chief, it was reported he entertained thoughts of “retirement” – until he saw the terms.

In other words, he wasn’t offered enough to step down. That’s a sad commentary for all concerned –especially the taxpayers.

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Dear Editor, Re: Carol Campolo’s letter in the March 28 Independent: “Solid Management?” Quite the contrary Ms. Campolo, apparently you do not watch the meetings on LTV. Theresa Quigley has repeatedly shown her contempt for residents of this town. Often in a condescending tone that is disrespectful and demeaning.

The Independent reported facts that were far from “incoherent” . . . “a concerted attack on an elected official, who has done nothing wrong, other than represent the taxpayers of East Hampton!” A Kool Aid view for sure! Mr. Murphy is the one who brings the truth to the forefront and I do not

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Wastewater In East Hampton The recent forum hosted by the Group For Good Government made many East Hampton residents realize the cavalier treatment of waste by the town – which has gone on for decades – is going to come back to haunt us if something isn’t done soon.

The impetus to take action is in the fore now because the current town board wants to close its only processing facility, lease it out, or sell it altogether. Obviously, this would

find a slant towards either side. Apparently, “You can’t handle the truth” as Col. Jessup remarked.

“A strong principled woman” doesn’t get up at a meeting in a snit and storm off’ making this remark, “I don’t give a crap, I am not running for election.” What is next? “Off with their heads?”

A strong principled person of either gender, shows dignity towards others and maintains decorum when dealing with constituents. To the contrary, she repeatedly shows a lack of discipline and respect for those residents who come for help and exercise their rights to expect enforcement of laws from elected officials. She is not alone in this approach and should learn true compassion for those who express their concerns.

To defend her, for calling hard working residents of this town who pay the taxes and pay her salary, “Nazis” is beyond

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be disastrous. We need to upgrade it to a state of the art facility, whether the town runs it or a private firm leases it.

That much is certain.

Of greater concern are the thousands of cesspools -- especially those in low-lying areas – that leach into the ground and worse, into our waterways. The reason politicians have ignored the problem, we’d wager, is because it would be political suicide to force people to upgrade to an acceptable system.

The truth is, it has to be done, and it is going to cost money. The town is going to have to spend, individuals who live on or near the water are going to have to spend, and hopefully the state and federal governments will be able to help.

The town has never wanted sewer systems because they encourage development. Places like Lazy Point, Louse Point, around the lake in Montauk may have to have some kind of system put in place because there is simply no other alternative. Other places will need above ground, sealed cesspools that require frequent emptying, and that means the cost has to come down, whether it’s subsidized or because dumping fees are lowered.

Whatever the case, we are playing Russian roulette with our drinking water, and once we lose it we lose everything.

comprehension. Ms. Quigley, even agreed, out loud, with another speaker, that the residents of The Springs who expressed, serious, valid concerns and who presented the board with evidence as using “Gestapo” tactics doubles the offense. To “continue unapologetically” to spew forth such a disgusting horrific comment shows one thing, a blatant show of contempt, and a warped view -- is this also your sentiment also?

To the contrary, this shows a total lack of discipline and respect for the residents’ plight of requesting that laws be enforced . . . remember as a lawyer she has a duty to uphold the law.

I again state Quigley is not fit to serve the people of this town with that mentality. She shows no remorse and owes each resident of this town an apology -- and she should resign immediately. There is no place anywhere for people with this mentality.

“Fearful” . . . “a serious problem?” . . .

not quite and I did not fall off the back of a turnip truck, either. Had you worked in the neighborhoods, and were exposed to and saw what I saw, you would have cringed in fear. You need to step out of the fantasy world you live in.

I am not fearful but concerned by “absolute power that corrupts,” as they say. Her “ready, shoot, aim” demeanor, unfortunately, does not display strength, nor principle. She is not alone on this board either.

Watch our “Emperor” and Quigley destroy what makes this place so special, with her hare-brained schemes and threats to draft legislation. Draft your resignation forthwith and get someone in there who cares about the residents and not special interest groups.

By the way, watching the majority on the town board trample us, makes me ashamed to be a Republican.

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What Changed?

Dear Rick, Our attention has been centered on the many local issues generated by the Supervisor at the town board. But there have been some rather peculiar pronouncements by this Supervisor concerning his knee-jerk endorsement of Randy Altschuler last month.

How can it be that Bill Wilkinson endorsed Altschuler? Let’s examine the record.

Wilkinson said that Tim Bishop “has never done what I think is necessary for the fishing community of this great town of ours, one of the indigenous businesses that are (sic) ever so important to us.”

That was in late February 2012. But it was in June of 2011 that the Supervisor declared, “When asked, (Congressman) Tim Bishop did some real heavy lifting to get desperately needed funding re-programmed for our harbor. It shows a true understanding of channel dredging and its positive impact on safety of ingress and egress, the economy of the port, the importance of Coast Guard Station Montauk and the overall viability of aquaculture in Lake Montauk. In this day of cutbacks at the federal, state, county and local levels, we are grateful for the Congressman’s intervention.”

So what happened between June and February? Congressman Bishop, our homegrown representative who truly represents this district, who knows its people and their problems, has been doing his job, as usual. Why this abrupt about-face by Mr. Wilkinson? Is he feeling some pressure from the National Republican Party to help them pave the way for their handpicked outsider candidate?

Keep your eye on Tim Bishop’s record . . .

Wilkinson is not being honest!

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Special Treatment Rick, A number of years ago I wrote a letter to the Star on a topic that was bugging me.

I’m sure the letter was not very popular, but that’s life. The topic still bugs me and now, apparently, it is relevant. Are you aware that the handicapped parking spaces in the Village allow for THREE HOURS OF PARKING FOR PEOPLE WITH HANDICAPPED PERMITS, WHILE THE REST OF US GET TO PARK FOR ONE HOUR! There is no other place that I can find where handicapped permits are a license to triple the amount of normal parking time -- not in the Town, not in Sag Harbor, not in Southampton. We drive cross-country every

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By Karen Fredericks

What does the Easter Bunny bring you when he comes to visit?

Habtamu Coulter He brings eggs. But not just eggs, he brings chocolate eggs with toys inside of them. But he has carrot breath.

Joey Chicka When he comes he brings Easter eggs with him and candy and jelly beans and dollar bills too.

Eliza Gilpin He brings chocolate and candy when he comes in the middle of the night. He also brings hardboiled eggs.

Charlie McLean He leaves a basket of candy and toys and eggs so that I find it in the morning when I wake up.

towns we travel through.

As it stands, only people in cars with handicapped permits could go into the Village during the day and see a movie without worrying about getting a ticket. I can find no plausible reason for this allowance of time. If you want to say it takes them longer to walk, etc. then twice the time or two hours would be sufficient, but three hours is doing a favor for the mother, father or relative of someone in the Village who used handicapped parking when the rule went into effect.

If the time were shortened to where it should be, one hour for handicapped, just like one hour for the not so handicapped, then there would be a greater turnover in those spots allowing for more people to park in the Village during the season. Is that not what the Village Board is looking for?

If you intend to do anything with my tirade -- like adopting it as your own, if you are in agreement with me, then go right ahead.

However, since I am sitting in Arizona and cannot go and read the handicapped parking signs in the Village, I suggest you doublecheck my memory before saying anything. I am 99 percent certain I am correct but I would not want to give you bad information and put you in an awkward position. You manage to do that well enough all by yourself!

Missing the fun of the EH print media. See you next month.

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Illegal Means Illegal Dear Rick, There should be no debate over illegal immigration, they have broken our laws and continue to do so on a daily basis and not be rewarded nor allowed to remain here.

I know it isn’t easy for ICE to deport them all, but if the federal government is to enforce immigration laws as they should, this would not be the horrendous problem it is today.

To deport one illegal costs ICE $12,500, in 2010, it cost ICE $5 billion. Where do you think these billions come from? U.S. taxpayers, of course. According to the Congressional Budget Office, for every dollar they contribute to our economy, they use three dollars in services. The Federation of American Immigration Reform has announced that New York taxpayers pay $5 billion in hospital costs, incarceration of illegals plus education to the children of illegals. In other words, the illegals are bleeding taxpayers dry.

I can barely manage to keep my family’s head above water and then I am forced to help support illegal aliens. They stand around on corners in our neighborhoods by the hundreds to obtain work, and of course it is against the law to hire an illegal. Don’t you think for one minute that they are not taking jobs away from American citizens. They just Continued on page 17.

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false documents, anything from a Social Security card to a driver’s license, these transactions are done right out on our street corners.

Isn’t it against the law to not only sell but also purchase an illegal document? This proves they have no respect for our laws whatsoever. They are far from being law abiding once they enter our country, 195,000 of the illegals deported this past year were convicted criminals. Yes, I know we have thousands of criminals in this country but do we need thousands more?

I feel sorry for the immigrants who go by the book and wait their turns to come into this country legally, they must wonder why they wasted all their time and energy to go by the law. Another issue with the illegals is that they are not required in their countries to be vaccinated against communicable diseases. So many of these diseases are striking our population since the invasion of illegals, like whooping cough, TB, measles, hepatitis etc. I’m sure thousands enter this country daily carrying these

don’t work at menial jobs, many have nice blue-collar work, carpenters, painters, roofers, tilers etc.

They work for much lower wages and no benefits, so naturally they get hired over a citizen who would require a higher wage plus benefits. The illegal’s strongest advocates are the very people who hire them for their cheap wages from the small companies to the large corporations. They contribute little to our economy, every year they send around $20 billion south of the border.

The majority do not wish to become citizens or assimilate into our society, they maintain their own culture and wave the flag of their nation, when their families have enough money to live comfortably, they return home. Most refuse to learn the English language therefore we must accommodate them by using Spanish on ATM, credit card machines, just about everywhere.

I have even seen an interpreter in court used for all the Hispanics who cannot speak our language, this also costs the consumers plus the local taxpayers. They live by the dozens or more in one dwelling to split the rent so they have more to send home to their families. There was an articleIndependentNovNORTHAd_18.pdf in one of our local newspapers1the12/5/11 other day saying how easy it is for illegals to get

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communicable diseases. This country is one of the biggest ALMS houses in the entire world, sadly we give to the undeserving, like illegals, rather than to our own citizens who need assistance desperately - so many hungry children, so many people dying who cannot afford health care. I believe that the reason this country is in such a state economically is partially due to the illegals freeloading from the taxpayers.

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Amnesia?

To the Letters Editor, Surely there must be something more important for today’s version of the Republican Party than merely, as Mitch McConnell so proudly stated, “making Obama a one term president” as the most important goal. Country, be damned; taking back the Presidency is all that matters.

Just one of the countless examples, of Republican obstructionism is the present

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“Individual Mandate” in Obamacare (great name). In fact the “Individual Mandate” originally came from the very Conservative Heritage Foundation and was adopted by many prominent Republicans. Among those supporting the “Individual Mandate” were Nixon, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman, Tim Pawlenty, Jim Demint, George Brown, Conrad Burns, Daniel Coats, Larry Craig, Duncan Faircloth, Judd Gregg, Frank Murkowski, Alan Simpson, Malcolm Wallop, Stom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, Kay Hutchison, Dick Kempthome, Trent Lott, Peter Lugar, Ted Stevens, Thad Cochran, Paul Coverddell, Orin Hatch, Bill Frist, Charles Grassley, Robert Bennett, and Christopher “Kit” Bond; in all, representing about 20 of our States. Ironic, that almost all are of those States are located in the middle of our country which most enthusiastically want “making Obama a one CONTINUED ON PAGE 18.

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term President” by opposing his “Individual Mandate,” THEIR “Individual Mandate.”

George H.W. Bush actually had a bill written which within it had an “Individual Mandate.”

In 1994 New Republic had an article in which then Senate candidate Mitt Romney told John Judis, senior editor of the New Republic that if

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he were elected, he’d support John Chafee’s health-care reforms which again included a national “Individual Mandate.”

Strange how amnesia suddenly sets in when it is championed by President Obama.

The same scenario applies concerning President Obama’s infrastructure jobs bill . . . but that’s yet another story of political hypocrisy.

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To The Editor, Regarding the AP article “Mexican police investigate poor border family in Saint Death ritual murders of 2 boys, woman,” April 1, 2012: The bizarre Holy Week devotion to “Saint Death” in Latin America is not only restricted to anti-Catholics, drug smugglers and criminals, as widely reported.

“St. Death” is also knowingly worshiped throughout the world by those who practice and promote contraception and homosexuality (which thwarts the natural generation of life) as well as abortion and

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“Saint Death,” the devil, is said by followers in Mexico - where there are roughly 2 million worshipers - to grant “miracles” but afterwards “requires payment.” Devotees pray for good health, fortune, love, revenge, or to escape punishment from crimes but at a high price - their soul.

While our present society worships unrestrained at the footstool of death, God, in contrast, refers to death in Scripture as “an enemy that will be destroyed at the end.”

This, in fact, is what Easter is all about. It is, therefore, imperative that we start promoting a culture of life.

PAUL KOKOSKI

Aircraft Noise To The Editor, In your March 28 editorial “More On The Airport,” you report that the FAA advised you that even after key grant assurances expire in 2014 the substantive federal legal standards for local noise limitations will still apply. Any exercise of East Hampton’s “proprietary authority” to limit airport noise by restricting aircraft access must be reasonable, nonarbitrary, and non-discriminatory. And, after 2014, if East Hampton avoids taking further FAA money and obligating anew to grant assurances the FAA would not sue over access limitations imposed on aircraft for the noise protection of the community. On the other hand, aircraft operators might litigate on the basis of the substantive letters.

All that is quite accurate.

What the FAA omitted, however, has led to a mistaken conclusion in your editorial – the conclusion that, if the substantive federal standards are the same, it makes no difference whether East Hampton takes the money or not.

The most important question is how the standards are applied and by whom. If new grant assurances kick in, the FAA will apply the standards under a 1990 statute and its own regulations called “Part 161.” Without new grant assurances the FAA has no authority after 2014 and the federal courts would apply the standards and then only if aircraft operators decide to go to court.

Under the FAA Part 161 procedure, the history is clear. Since it obtained that authority in 1990, the FAA has not once found access limitations for noise protection to be reasonable. Such restrictions were approved only once, in the Naples case, and then only by order of the federal court, as a cost of about $6 million to Naples.

On the other hand, in our federal jurisdiction, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals applied the substantive standard in 1998 and allowed the City of New York to impose curfews and other access restrictions where the FAA was not involved. That was the CONTINUED ON PAGE 27.

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Indy’s New Sales Associate The Independent welcomed a savvy sales and marketing associate into its fold last week. Russ Schaehrer, during a 30-year career in Manhattan, worked for Glamour Magazine, Us magazine and The Los Angeles Times.

After settling fulltime on the East End 12 years ago Russ ran his own agency; his clients included Osprey’s Dominion Winery, Otis Ford, and many other local businesses. He currently lives in Riverhead.

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Town Board Makes A Visit Southampton Town Board members participated in Tuckahoe School’s Community Guest Readers’ Day this past Friday as part of Literacy Month. Councilman Chris Nuzzi read The Babe and I, by David Adler to Mrs. Collin’s 3rd grade class, while Councilwoman Christine Scalera read Just A Dream, by Chris Van Allsburg.

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Special Needs Mass St. Rosalie’s Church will be the site for a special a mass for those with special needs on Saturday, April 21 at 3 PM. This will satisfy your Sunday Mass obligation. All individuals and families with special needs may attend, including families and friends.

The Mass is open to adults, children, and families and friends as well as parishioners and visitors.

St. Rosalie’s R.C. Church is located at 31 E. Montauk Highway.

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Land Preserved The Suffolk County Legislature passed a resolution this week to preserve 150 acres in Calverton.

The property, located on Edwards Avenue and known as the Long Island Beagle Club, contains mature woodlands that offer environmental education opportunities as well as wildlife habitat.

It completes an assemblage of 400 acres of contiguous preserved land in the area.

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The New York State Office of General Services Commissioner RoAnn Destito announced this week that more than 450 state vehicles have been staged at the Harriman Campus for sale on eBay as part of Governor Cuomo’s fleet reduction initiative.

The sale, which includes vehicles from 15 agencies, is the first in a series of sales that will reduce the size of the state’s passengervehicle fleet, which now stands at more than 4700. OGS will partner with the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide onsite registration and license plates for the vehicles at pickup. The website www.nysstore.com will link potential buyers to the vehicles, and began doing so yesterday.

“Reducing the size of the state vehicle fleet is part of Governor Cuomo’s goal to create efficiencies and maximize our resources,” Commissioner Destito said. “By utilizing eBay, we are able to cast a global net for potential buyers and increase the number of people who may bid on our vehicles and other items.”

The vehicles were placed on eBay yesterday with a minimum bid of $500 and the auctions will conclude on April 13. The successful bidder will be required to make a non-refundable deposit of $500 for each vehicle purchased via PayPal. Payment in full can be made online via PayPal or when picking up the vehicle with a credit card, cashier’s check or money order. Checks and money orders should be made out to NYS OGS. Vehicle inspections will be held at lots B and C of the Harriman State Office Campus with hours beginning Saturday.

Vehicles in the auction include passenger cars, vans, SUV’s, and trucks. Makes and models include: Ford Taurus and Crown Victoria, Chevrolet Impala, Plymouth Breeze, Honda Civic, Ford Econoline, Chevrolet Astro, Toyota Prius and Highlander, Jeep Cherokee, Chevrolet Silverado, Dodge Durango, Ford F-150, Ford Ranger and more.

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Kimet Speed, a resident of Westhampton, formerly Commercial Services Manager and Manager of Commercial Insurance Service in the East Hampton and Melville offices, was promoted to Vice PresidentCommercial Service.

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Blowe has been with the firm for 15 years, starting as an Accounting Services Representative. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Human Relations from St. Joseph’s College and an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Suffolk County Community College.

Cook, Hall & Hyde was founded in 1894 and today employs over 100 people serving in three offices.

Hampton Coffee’s New Offering Hampton Coffee Company is proud to be featuring its first Direct Trade boutique coffee as this month’s Roaster’s Choice selection. The Water Mill-based coffee roaster’s Sumatra Lintong Sriwijaya Reserve is sourced directly from a small family farm in Indonesia.

Hampton Coffee Company’s Sumatra Lintong comes from Ric Sriwijaya’s family’s farm in Humbanh Hasundutan on the island of Sumatra

Introducing Hamptons Water Company Hamptons Water Company is a new water company which is locally owned and operated.

HWC water is vapor distilled with electrolytes, bottled in the state of New York and the bottles are recyclable.

The logo “Hydrate To Help” represents the mantra of the company. For every bottle of water purchased, a nickel is donated to a worthy cause. Currently, from every bottle of water sold, one nickel goes to The Max Cure Foundation, a foundation dedicated to helping research and find treatments for rare pediatric cancers. Future plans include donating monies to the fight against breast cancer, animal rescue and other deserving causes that will help those living in our community.

The HWC bottle itself is of interest not only because of the eye-catching label on the front of the bottle but

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also for the scannable QR code on the back of the bottle. Once you download a free app to your smart phone, you can scan the postage stamp size black and white QR code and access hamptonswatercompany.com, a fun, colorful site that includes where to dine out, where to get gourmet carry out, the best places to shop, where to go out and all things Hamptons.

Visitors can make comments on the features, submit businesses to be considered for the directory and submit their favorite Hamptons pictures and videos to be posted on the site. The public is invited to post events, special offerings and other news worthy items about their businesses on both the HWC website and Facebook wall.

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During the League of Women Voters “Students Inside Albany” conference, March 25 to 28, State Assemblyman Fred Thiele presented citations and hosted on the floor of the State Assembly, left to right, Bridgehampton High School senior Jessica Perez, East Hampton High School junior Nicole Daniludis and Westhampton Beach High School junior Marielle Ray.

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The Riverhead Chamber of F Commerce’s monthly luncheon is on April 12 at Outerbanks, located on Indian Island Golf Course. A discussion of “Farming Today on Walter Krupski Jr. for the details.

Eastern Long Island” will include a tasting of locally grown and made horseradish! The event begins at noon.

Sea Level Presentation On Monday at 7 PM The North Fork Environmental Council will host a presentation, “Future Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Eastern Long Island.” Nicole Maher of The Nature Conservancy and Kevin MacAllister (Peconic Baykeeper) will be on hand.

This presentation helps to bring focus on how sea level rise will impact all residents, from waterfront landowners to public beach users.

How it will also affect our septic systems, bays and creeks will also be discussed. The presentation will be held at the George Young Community Center 446 South Jamesport Avenue in Riverhead.

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Flangan Appointed To Board Eastern Long Island Hospital announced the appointment of Margaret Flanaganto to its Board of Trustees last week.

Flanagan completes her twoyear term as Auxiliary President this spring. “Margaret’s hands on experience with the Auxiliary and community connections are invaluable,” said Thomas E. Murray, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

“As a local resident, Margaret is in tune with the needs of the North Fork, and can articulate our mission to deliver top-rated quality care with great enthusiasm.”

Flanagan holds a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and education from St. John’s University and a Master’s in administration from Manhattan College. Margaret and her husband, Jim, joined the ELIH Auxiliary in 2006.

Chicken And Ribs In Southold The Southold Rotary Club hosts its annual chicken and ribs gala on April 24. The popular event will take place at the Soundview restaurant in Greenport beginning at noon and running until 8 PM. $20. per person (gratuity not included) and salmon is also available in lieu of the chicken and ribs. Get a hold of

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His budget officer Len Bernard weighed in on the deal Monday morning via email. A member of the town board that resolved the Caswell encroachment, he recalled, “It was decided to in essence sell Caswell’s the strip of land they had recently built out on to in the town alleyway . . . and not require them to deconstruct what they had built.

The price was discussed around the table and settled based on what would be fair. I never remember a discussion of an appraisal even being broached. I believe $2500 was the negotiated price with no appraisal and everyone was happy and Pete (Hammerle) did the resolution because he was the Montauk liaison. I can’t remember anyone from Montauk or anywhere else asking that an appraisal be done or even questioning the decision.”

Cohen countered, “Wilkinson needs to do research before he speaks if he thinks the two sales are ‘the exact same thing.’”

He continued, “With Caswell’s, the town took back an access easement for the public as well as for all the other businesses on the alley . . . The Caswell easement taken back by the Town was 20’ wide, the same as the alley’s width. In other words, Caswell’s encroachments into the alley (I believe they were about five feet) went away but Caswell’s had to replace any footage they encroached with other land they owned. Cathy Lester, Pete Hammerle, and Pat Mansir solved the problem without negative consequences to the Town since Caswell’s could not build on the 20’ portion encumbered with an easement, and Caswell’s had to allow full passage of the public.

“Contrast this with Ronjo where Wilkinson and [Councilwoman Theresa] Quigley would give full title to the alley and allow the new owners to block passage of both the public and other owners of the alley, and even allow Ronjo to build on the alley. Wilkinson and Quigley did not even discuss that there may be other owners who have rights over the alley besides the public. The 1982 deed from 511 equities states that the Town’s purchase is “Subject

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to the rights of others to use said alleys for all lawful purposes.” The Supervisor should attempt to find out what that means, why it was included in the deed, and who the “others” were before he “plucks a number from the air” to sell out the Town’s rights,” Cohen said.

“We are having the property appraised as per the current Wilkinson scheme that assumes the new owner will have full use of the property,” he continued. “We believe the value in that case is much higher than $35,000. However, if this sale really conformed to the standards of the Caswell sale, and the Town required full public access over the existing or a substitute 20’ wide alley, then the value of the alley would be significantly less, quite possibly less than $35,000.” kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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The basic principles of reducing light pollution are pretty simple: -Use fully shielded light fixtures that direct all light downward.

-Confine outdoor lighting to one’s own property.

-Use no more light than is needed for the task.

-Turn off outdoor lights when not in use.

Councilwoman Bridget Fleming suggested that it might be helpful for the building inspectors and code enforcement officials in the town to be up to date on rules and regulations involving light pollution.

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Benincasa. “We could send it out to every contractor in the town.”

Members of the committee said that the response from the public has been very positive.

“People like being able to look at dark skies,” one member said.

Clyma and her colleagues seemed encouraged by both the town board and the public.

“This puts Southampton on a path to more environmentally friendly outdoor lighting,” she said.

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Councilwoman Christine Preston Scalera thought it would be helpful to designate what is deemed “educational” within the legislation.

Fleming agreed.

“It might be helpful to include some standards on what the animal is and why it’s at the event,” Fleming said. “I would love to have a draft where the educational standards are outlined.”

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said that it would be helpful to take a look at how other towns handle exotic animals on display.

“It would be interesting to see what other municipalities do,” she said.

Scarlato assured the town board that everything would be distinctly outlined within the new legislation.

“The code has been amended to clearly define the term ‘display,’” Scarlato said. “It now includes displaying animals for educational purposes.”

Fleming said that she was hopeful the board would come to some sort of resolution before the summer season begins.

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A Public-Private Partnership: Safety Of Life At Sea And Boat Dealers

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maximize the effect of programs and policies. There is another public-private partnership that works well together but can be even more effective if boat dealers thought more about it – US Coast Guard Forces and boat dealers working together to raise boating skills and seamanship levels at the point of purchase. This column is about that.

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ments for boat drivers. The old saying goes, “Any idiot can buy a boat and some do!” and it often rings true when you read about some of these horrific accidents at sea – usually encompassing boating and alcohol. What’s a body to do? Well, how about getting your body into a USCG boating safety class?

Point Of Purchase = Point Of All It Takes To Buy A Boat Is Maximum Impact Money . . .

There would be little argument that There is a lot of talk these days out of difficulties our economy is in. And it In many states, including New York, the best place to instill a deep need for Washington regarding “public-private” makes a lot of sense for government there are no state licensing require- boating skills and seamanship abilities, partnerships in solving the economic and business to work together to other than at the dinner table while growing up, is right at the point of purchase.

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The Pierson/Bridgehampton baseball team likes its new digs – atop Suffolk’s newly formed League IX. On Friday the Whalers made it three in a row to start the young season, besting Smithtown Christian 13-8 at Mashashimuet Park. It was the first loss of the season for Smithtown Christian (4-1). Aaron Schiavoni recorded the victory, his first of the year. The Whalers were to have played Greenport yesterday and play at Port

Jefferson next Tuesday.

Mattituck moved to 2-1 in League VIII Friday by traveling to Hampton Bays and coming away with a 9-5 victory. Credit the youngster Cameron Burt, who threw five shutout innings.

Marcos Perivolaris and George Lessard were the offensive stars, combing for four hits. Perivolaris (2-3) knocked in two runs. Jack Kaearney took the loss for the Baymen. The Tuckers travel to Center Moriches Monday to take on the Red Devils. Hampton Bays (1-2)

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Shoreham Wading River’s girls softball team made the long trek out to East Hampton only to get clobbered, 13-1. The Bonackers improved their record to 3-0, tops in League VI. The whole team had its hitting hats on, but Casey Waleko was positively on fire – four hits in as many at bats.

Waleko added insult to injury by hurling a three-hitter. Bonac gets a week off and hosts Eastport on April 18.

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but knocked in three runs as well. Kasey Gilbride added two hits and a ribbie. The locals are 4-0 in League VIII. The Whalers play at Center Moriches Tuesday.

In other softball action Bayport-Blue Point took out Hampton Bays 8-2 at home Friday and Sayville blanked Westhampton Beach 9-0. Hampton Bays is 2-1 in League VII and Westhampton is 0-3 in League VI. The Baywomen play at Babylon next Wednesday; the Lady Hurricanes don’t play again until April 16, when they take on ShorehamWading River.

takes on Southampton at home the same afternoon.

Last Thursday the Tuckers smacked Mercy 6-0. Ryan Finger tossed a one-hitter and John Schultz had three ribbies.

Southold notched its first win of the season Friday, besting Greenport/ Shelter Island 8-2 at the loser’s park.

Credit Kyle Clausen for breaking the schneid. The senior gave up only two hits after entering the game in the fourth inning to record the win. Matt Drinkwater took the loss for the Porters, now 1-2 in League IX, Southold has next week off; Greenport plays Stony Brook Tuesday.

In other local action Hauppauge blanked Riverhead 9-0, with Tim Clement taking the loss. Riverhead is 1-2 in League IV. The Wave play a double-header at North Babylon on Tuesday.

Westhampton was blanked by Harborfields, 2-0. The Hurricanes, 0-3 in League VI, get next week’s off.

Babylon drilled Southampton 8-3 behind the pitching of Matt Finelli.

Southampton, competing in League VIII, is winless after three games.

On Thursday Mt. Sinai came from behind to beat East Hampton 9-4. The locals play a double header at home Monday morning against Amityville.

Stripers Slowly Returning Good reports of bait in our bays have made it back to the shop. Some schoolie bass are showing up in back bays with very promising conditions for an early start to the season. The flounder season is underway with some sporadic reports of fish up by Quogue Canal.

The warmer air temps predicted this week should fare well for the flounder bite.

Mackerel have been spotted outside the inlet but not in the great numbers that are around

to the west. Herring continue to move in and out of the bay as well. Have had reports from the commercial guys that the fluke are closer than they usually are this time of year, also pointing towards an early season. We’re now open seven days, weekdays 7 AM - 6 PM, Sat 6 AM - 6 PM and Sun 6 AM - 3 PM and stocking all the in season baits. Be sure to drop off your gear for repairs and service.

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Masters Hype At All-Time High The Master’s slogan, “A tradition unlike any other,” may seem cliché and cheesy to some. But as one of the premier events in sports, the men in the green jackets get a pass in my book. The semi-social par 3 contest, the honorary opening tee shot, Amen Corner, and the white caddy jump suits are just some of

the special traditions at Augusta National that separate the tournament from the rest.

The Masters is such an exceptional event it doesn’t need media-hyped story lines to create interest and excitement. But there’s no doubt heading into tomorrow that this will be one of the most anticipated

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Masters in years.

Love him or hate him, the biggest story line in the 2012 Masters is Tiger Woods. Woods is fresh off a win two weeks ago at Bay Hill; his first since backing his Escalade into a tree in November of 2009.

CBS could not have scripted a better way to bring eyeballs to its network than having Tiger back in the winner’s circle just two weeks before Augusta.

While Woods finally had consistency with his driver as well as his putter, it’s still fair to wonder whether he’s really back or whether Bay Hill represented a brief reincarnation of the former great. Will Tiger resume his march toward

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Jack Nicklaus’ record 18 Major championships? This has to be the top storyline at this year’s Masters.

Meantime, Rory McIlroy will try to begin a new relationship with Augusta National. Last year, McIlroy went into Sunday with a four-stroke lead before shooting an 80; the worst round ever at The Masters by a golfer leading after the third round. While he did bounce back last June to shatter the U.S. Open Championship scoring record, McIlroy will need to fight off the demons from April 10, 2011.

The Northern Irishman has finished in the top five in the past five tournaments he’s played in, including a win at the Honda Classic.

Since last year’s PGA Championship, McIlroy has only finished out of the top five once all year. He’s quietly put together one of the greatest stretches of golf in recent memory.

But now, as we get ready for major championship season, we’ll see if Rory can continue his hot streak.

Three-time champion, Phil Mickelson always competes with gusto at Augusta. Who can forget his shot on the 13th hole on Sunday in his 2010 Master’s win? Mickelson launched his ball from the pine straw, between two imposing trees in an attempt to eagle the par five.

Mickelson has already won once this year and remains a crowd favorite at any tournament. CBS execs would be giddy to see Woods paired with Mickelson on Sunday in the final grouping.

Another story line includes the group of young guns trying to prove worthy of consistent talk in a major championship; Keegan Bradley, Justin Rose, Jason Day, and Dustin Johnson. Can Bradley capture his second major while the others look to finally break through?

And while Luke Donald and McIlroy continue to slug it out over the world’s number one ranking, top contenders like Graeme McDowell and Lee Westwood can usually be counted on to be in the hunt come the final round of a major. And as always, there’s the chance a relative unknown (see Charl Schwartzel, 2011) could be standing in the Butler Cabin come Sunday.

Eight players in the world’s top 20 have already won on Tour this year. As a result, the 2012 Masters has the potential to be one of the most competitive weekends at Augusta in several years.

Sporting events with this much hype don’t often live up to their expectations. But if the Masters is truly “a tradition unlike any other,” these next four days won’t let us down.

Pete is a lifelong Montauk resident and former sports talk host at 88.7FM WEER. He can be reached via email at Peterfmundo@gmail.com.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 30. the crew about the following safety items which are not required by regulation but still considered highly desirable by the USCG: 1. If a life raft is on board be certain it has a current inspection on the raft and hydrostatic release mechanism.

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5. Where’s your anchor?

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