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MY DEAD BIRD I have no luck with birds. It started years ago in East Hampton when we had two lovebirds. They spent part of the time in their cage in our garden chirping their little asses off. Then one day I got a call from my wife, the beautiful Judy Licht. “The sneaky bastard ran away.” My answer was: “What sneaky bastard ran away?” “The bird. He must have squeezed through the bars on the cage. He’s gone. She looks devastated. He broke her heart. She’s chirping and looking for him.” Three days later came a call from an even more furious Judy: “She’s gone. She slipped out of the cage this afternoon. It’s a mistake, I tell you – she’s making a mistake trying to find him. He’s no good.” Over the years we have had birds in more secure birdcages, but with little luck and more problems. Two weeks ago we noticed that one of our two lovebirds, Tony the Second (we named the birds after the characters in “The Sopranos”) was having trouble breathing. His cute little bird chest was heaving. Now, being a typical Italian sexist

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a cucumber, was sitting on her perch chirping away. I say she was dreaming of a new boy toy. Now that Tony the Second is gone, we must go through with this process once again. Finding a new bird is not easy. When Tony the First died it precipitated a crisis in the Della Femina household. Judy immediately sprang to action and spent two days Googling “lovebirds,” looking to find a mate for the widowed lovebird. Now, you must understand that Judy doesn’t buy anything easily. She first buys at least $150 to $200 worth of books, which she reads from cover to cover, and then she asks friends, then she goes on the internet. Then she asks everyone’s opinion but mine. Hell, if he were still alive, Judy would have consulted with the Birdman of Alcatraz. Judy spent most of a three-hour drive from East Hampton telling me how she was proceeding with her intricate plan to find a new lovebird. “What’s the big deal?” I said. “Do you have to go on Match.com for birds? Let’s just go to a pet shop and buy a f**king lovebird. Throw him in the f**king cage with the widow bird and let them get it on.” “WRONG!” she screamed. “If you just put them together like that the female will peck the male to death.” “Judy,” I said in the soft voice I usually use when I’m saying something profound. “That’s life. It’s the same in every relationship; sooner or later one of the participants will peck the other to death.”

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Silence. Twenty-five miles of silence. Judy pretended to read a newspaper but inside she was seething at my great insight into life. When she decided to talk to me again she pointed out that finding a mate for a single lovebird is an intricate process in which you must set up a cage next to the cage of the bird that just lost a loved one so that the two birds can see each other and “socialize” with each other for two or three weeks before they can be brought together. “Are we running a singles bar for birds?” was my unthinking answer. This led to a few more miles of silence. Judy then read me something from Google, which made my blood run cold. “Take proper steps to bring in a new bird; keep your lovebird company by sitting by his cage and taking the time to talk to him. It will keep him from becoming too depressed. Even if he’s not hand-tamed, he will appreciate the company.” That’s when I lost it. “You want me to sit next to a birdcage and talk to a f**king bird? How about if I read to him? How about if I read him ‘To Kill a F**king Mockingbird?’” This outburst brought eight more miles of silence. Then we got a new bird. His cage was set up next to the other bird’s cage. The house was filled with bird chirps. Judy was beside herself with joy. “Hear that?” she said. “They’re socializing. They’re communicating.” I rushed out of the bedroom to see. “What do you mean they’re communicating? She’s chirping away at him in her cage and he is quiet and staring in the other direction in his cage.” “Just like real life,” said Judy with a wry smile. “That seems to be the only way we communicate too, my dear.” God help me. The search to find Tony the Third for that sex-crazy cougar Carmela is on. If you wish to comment on “Jerry’s Ink” please send your message to jerry@ dfjp.com.

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Hampton Bays will finally get a repaving job on Main Street (Montauk Highway) after the three entities involved agreed to green light the project. Technically, the repairs, which include sidewalk work, are the responsibility of Suffolk County. But Assemblyman Fred Thiele got the state to agree to ante up $600,000, though of late that grant seemed to be in possible jeopardy. Enter Southampton Town, which agreed to put up the $600,000 currently in limbo until the necessary paperwork to free up the state money is officially approved. “We stepped in and we’re going to push this forward – when the money comes back to us it’ll go into our [Highway Department budget],” said Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst. Alex Gregor, the Southampton Superintendent of Highways, had questioned why the town would put up the cash for a Suffolk County project when there are so many local streets that suffered damage because of the frosty winter. Throne-Holst agreed there is much work needed to be done, but noted “No more so than anywhere else. Our repaving budget is higher than it’s ever been.” The project is slated to start, barring any further delays, right after Labor Day. Thiele said the Suffolk County Department Of Public Works and the state’s Department of Transportation have been in essence lobbing the ball back and forth without completing the necessary paperwork to green light the project. “It’s a typical bureaucratic jumble,” Thiele said. Meanwhile though, as the project languished, the Assemblyman became more and more concerned the state would spend the money somewhere else. “The project went through two budget cycles with guys pointing fingers at each other. Meanwhile, we promised the people we would get this done.” Throne-Holst said because of ADA guidelines, the sidewalks will have to be made handicap accessible when the road is done over. The county will ante up an additional $1.1 million to complete the work. Even before the harsh winter the road was in bad shape, she noted. The last time the road -- from the Hampton Bays Diner to the Shinnecock Canal -- was repaved about 10 years ago; the county used a composite material. “They used a mixture they never used before. It

deteriorates badly,” Throne-Holst said. The project has taken on a new urgency as the elections approach. One letter writer in this issue lambasted Jay Schneiderman, blaming the delay on the county legislator and also blaming him for listing Hampton Bays as his legal address. Schneiderman is running for Southampton Town Supervisor, and Throne-Holst is stepping down to make a run for the U.S. Congress against Lee Zeldin next year.

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Independence Party. Thiele said Schneiderman had nothing to do with the delays. “He’s been for it all along. The DPW dropped the ball and then the DOT was slow to respond.”

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As East Hampton town forces crack down on code violators and attempt to bring order to the chaos that’s become Montauk nightlife, East Hampton Town Police hosted the East End DWI Tsk Force checkpoint on Saturday night. Twenty officers from 11 East End police agencies assisted in patrol, according to the EHTPD Facebook post. There were eight arrests made, six of them for drunk driving. An additional 30 traffic tickets were issued. In the hamlet, Montauk patrols issued 31 town code summonses, 17 vehicle and traffic tickets and 20 parking summons. On Friday night, another 27 town code summonses were issued, along with 34 vehicle and traffic tickets and 20 parking citations. The DA’s East End DWI Task Force was in town from 8 PM to 4 AM, and this date had already been scheduled back in April, EHTPD Chief Michael Sarlo reported. “We were fortunate enough to have some extra officers assigned to us for this particular night, given the recent issues we’ve

been facing in Montauk.” “We established a checkpoint on Napeague at 9 PM just West of the Old and New Montauk Highway merge for approximately 90 minutes. Saturation patrols of Montauk followed, and officers patrolled the west end of town as well,” the chief related. “We appreciate the support and efforts of our neighboring Departments, and that of [District Attorney Tom] Spota and the DA’s office as well. “We also hosted an investigator from the SLA to assist us with inspections of many of the licensed establishments during the night on Saturday,” Chief Sarlo continued. “The rest of the enforcement on the streets and at the bars and restaurants by Police, Fire Marshal and Code is what has been scheduled and coordinated for the season. Enforcing quality of life issues such as public urination, open alcohol, litter and noise with foot patrols has been our focus, as well as trying to help clean up some safety issues with taxi pick up and drop offs, and pedestrian traffic on the streets around some of the establishments.” Readers tell The Independent the

checkpoint near the Old Montauk Highway/ Montauk Highway merge created congestion on the roads. Traffic snarled, with one reader reporting a 90-minute drive from Montauk to East Hampton on Saturday night. Another reported cabs refusing to leave the Lighthouse District, unwilling to get caught in traffic delays.

Loaded On The Lawn Members of the town board continue to consider methods for quelling the chaos and overcrowding in Montauk. Clubs may be required to use automatic counters to ensure lawful occupancy. That takes care of indoors. Outdoor occupancy is another matter. Several years ago, the absence of clear rules related to the occupancy of a club’s outdoor area became painfully evident as residents complained of hundreds revelers on the lawns of Montauk clubs. Fire code applies to occupancies inside club structures, what applies outside on the lawn is still under investigation. Unruly clubs could be brought to manageable levels through the use of state codes related to plumbing – a new code requiring one toilet for every 40 people may be useful. “We’ll look at that,” Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc said. “With all the clubs, what they’re allowed to have regarding occupancy levels, both inside and out. It may take a while to do the research, but we’re taking a close look.” During the huge community meeting earlier this month, Montauk residents urged town officials to implement a rental registry to crack down on illegally over-occuppied single family dwellings. The town board is looking at a draft rental registry and plans further discussion. Code enforcement officials contend such a registry will add teeth to laws pertaining to illegal rentals and share houses. Efforts by past administrations stalled, as community members railed against the anticipated invasion of privacy such a registry could prompt. Past, failed iterations included provisions requiring landlords to provide financial information about tenants or open their homes for spontaneous inspection. One failed proposal would have required landlords to undertake pricey analysis by an architect to ensure the safety of houses. Speaking of pricey, others complained the notion of an annual registry fee conflicts with town affordable housing efforts, as landlords would pass the cost of registering on to tenants. Finally, opponents pointed out the limited

success of Southampton Town’s rental registry, also noting unfair aspect of punishing legitimate landlords for the activity of share house landlords.

Airport Update The town’s attorneys are appealing the recent court decision related to a proposed one trip for week restriction at East Hampton Airport. Last April the town board adopted three local laws imposing use restrictions at the facility – the one trip rule and two curfews. Opponents pursued restraining orders enjoining the town from enforcing the laws while another, full scale lawsuit made its way through the court process. Earlier this month, Federal District Court Judge Joanna Seybert issued the restraining order for the one trip rule. “We believe all three laws are lawful and necessary to protect the quality of life on the East End,” said Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell. “These three laws are the result of careful, thoughtful, and transparent balancing by the Town Board. We are hopeful that the Court of Appeals will recognize that all three laws are essential to address the problem of excessive aircraft noise.” The three use restrictions were intended to work together to provide noise relief, the supervisor explained. The local law restricting noisy aircraft to one trip per week is an integral part of the Town’s plan to implement reasonable restrictions on the use of the Airport in its effort to address noise, he said. The one trip per week restriction was designed to limit the noisiest aircraft during the summer season, when residents and visitors naturally have a heightened expectation that they can enjoy the outdoor environment. The town board is committed to defending its legal right to adopt these reasonable, non-arbitrary, and carefully balanced restrictions at the airport, Cantwell asserted. The town retained Kathleen M. Sullivan, one of the nation’s preeminent appellate attorneys, to assist the team in this appeal. Ms. Sullivan, of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, will work with the Town’s airport counsel, Kaplan Kirsch Rockwell, LLP. Following the implementation of the curfews, Stephanie Reichin, spokeswoman for the Eastern Region Helicopter Council (ERHC) said, “Since the curfews took effect, there have been no violations by the helicopter industries. ERHC and the helicopter community have also continued to work very hard to follow the Town’s voluntary noise abatement procedures. Compliance has been excellent.”

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Although there’s a scene in the 1932 short film Rhapsody in Blue that depicts Louis Armstrong playing music amid a sea of soap suds, contemporary foam parties started in Ibiza, Spain back in the 90s. Club promoters had the idea of using foam generators to cover dance floors in bubbles and suds, or spray the suds directly on

guests, supposedly adding to the enjoyment of dancers. So far, there haven’t been any foam parties out in Montauk . . . yet. Foam can be spread several ways, with blowers shooting up from the ground or down from the ceiling. Several feet of foam can accumulate, and clean up is a daunting task, which may lend to its rarity in local clubs. Parents also craft foam parties

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Castles In The Sand This Saturday, for the 23rd summer, sculptors and artists will compete in the Clamshell Foundation’s annual sandcastle contest. It starts at 9 AM at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett. Talented, creative and fun loving people will compete on the beach in five categories for who can build the best sandcastle: Sand Fleas for children up to age eight (with an adult) Sand Hoppers for nine to 15 year-olds Sand Tribes for families Sand Shapers for adults Sand Pros for sand castle professionals The money raised through registration fees, sale of the T-shirts, merchandise and other donations goes to helping a variety of charitable causes promoted and assisted by the Clamshell Foundation. Download the entry form on the Sandcastle Foundation website.

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slammed into the limo they were in. Earlier this month Spota said an F eyewitness saw the limo pull right in front of the pickup as it tried to make a U-turn on Route 48. On Friday, asked whether the limo driver could face charges, Spota said, “I don’t think we should talk about that right now.” Last Thursday, Romeo’s bail was “Forensic toxicologists are telling reduced from $500,000 to $50,000. us now the blood alcohol content Throughout the week mourners was most likely over .08 [the legal attended funerals for the four limit] at the time of the crash,” he dead women. They are: Brittany said. Spota emphasized that, at Schulman, 23, and Lauren Baruch, the scene, responders’ priority was 24, both of Smithtown; Stephanie trying to save crash victims’ lives Belli, 23, of Kings Park; and Amy – that comes before field sobriety Grabina, 23, of Commack. The tests. Romeo admitted he’d had a injured women are Joelle Dimonte, couple of beers before the crash. 25, of Elwood, Melissa Angela Crai, Four women, out for a day in 23, of Scarsdale, Alicia Arundel, 24, Long Island Wine Country, were of Setauket, and Olga Lipets, 24, killed, with additional passengers of Brooklyn, plus the limo driver, injured, when Romeo’s pickup Carlos Pino, 58, of Bethpage.

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The DWI charge leveled against Steven Romeo will stand for now. Offering an update on the investigation into the July 18 fatal crash in Cutchogue during a press conference in Riverhead last Friday, Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota revealed Romeo’s blood alcohol count -- .066 -- was below the legal limit. However, since a breathalyzer wasn’t administered until an hour and 40 minutes after the crash,

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Travis Field Tourney On Deck The 8th annual Bracket Bash Cocktail Party benefitting the Travis Field Memorial Scholarship Fund will be held this Saturday at the Neighborhood House in East Hampton from 7 to 10 PM. Tickets are $20 at the door and get you hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer, DJ dancing, and lots of raffles. The cocktail party leads off over a week of events dedicated to Travis Field, an East Hampton High School graduate who was killed in a car accident in 2008. On Sunday, it’s the first annual “Battle of the Classes.” From noon till 9 PM all four EHHS classes compete in a round robin-styled tournament for sponsored entry into the Travis Field Memorial Tournament. The battle takes place at Terry King Ballfield on Abraham’s Path. So does the tournament. It begins on Thursday, August 6, at 5 PM, and continues Friday at 5 as well. Play Saturday and Sunday commences at 9 AM. Sixteen teams will compete for trophies in two brackets. Got questions? Call 631-7905542 or 631-324-9276.

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park open to the public by next summer. And, hopefully, by the end of this Friday, funding will be secured to get it all going. A resolution to move Phase I-A forward was slated to be pushed through at last night’s town board meeting. Phase I-A is all about the acquisition of a parcel of land at 84 West Montauk Highway, and development of said parcel to create a welcoming, accessible entrance to Good Ground Park. The entrance will include signage announcing the park, park lights, pavers, benches, a drinking fountain, landscaping and a path wide enough to accommodate bi-directional travel for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as wheelchair users. “Phase 1-A is focusing singularly on the gateway corridor from Montauk Highway that extends back to North Main Street,” said Zappone. “That’s the key linkage for the main pedestrian promenade to get to the highway.” Un d e r t h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l Protection Fund Municipal Grant Program of the New York State’s Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, the town will provide 100 percent of the funding upfront. The grant would be reimbursed up to 50 percent of eligible project costs, up to an administrative cap of $500,000 if awarded. The project will be partially funded with a $943,000 grant from the OPRHP and a $1.9 million bond was authorized last December for the first phase of construction. The grant money will be used to pay down the bond. The total cost for Phase I-A (for acquisition and development) is estimated to be about $750,000, with the town’s matching funds anticipated to consist of an estimated $400,000 in Community Preservation Funds directed to acquisition costs of the property. When it’s all said and done, the park will be centered around an amphitheater, boasting a center stage with viewing areas on two sides -- one a terraced seating arrangement, the other a sloping, tree-lined hillside for more informal, picnic style seating. It will also include two playgrounds, as well as a new boulevard lined with stores and parking. MKW Landscape Architecture, of New Jersey, designed the park to connect to Main Street through a pair of greenbelts, and for buildings on the north side of Main Street

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The Old (Council) Man And The Sea By Kitty Merrill

Okay, so he wasn’t fishing alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream, and he hadn’t gone 84 days without taking a fish. But East Hampton Town Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc, busy with town business and a re-election

campaign, had gone a lot of days without a chance to fish . . . and, to him, that was a tragedy. Finally on the water on July 19, he wasn’t going to let another misfortune occur. A charter boat captain when

he’s not legislating, Van Scoyoc planned a trip when his brother came from Washington to visit. It was a beautiful day on the Block Island Sound and the fishing was not too shabby. The brothers were catching some nice porgies, sea bass

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and fluke when it happened. “I was using my brand new rod, I only use it when I’m fishing for myself and this was probably the third time I ever had it out,” Van Scoyoc recounted. The Avet reel and Rogue graphite rod were in the angler’s squid slimed hands, when he got a bite, a strong one.

A Bigger Boat? “The fish hit so hard, it grabbed my pole and it sailed over the stern.” Van Scoyoc recalled. He watched the prize rod begin to sink and thought, “Oh, no!” “I dove over the side after it. It was about six feet down by the time I got to it, but that gold reel was glistening in the sun,” he continued. Van Scoyoc grabbed for the pole, got hold and realized the fish was still on the line. “I felt the fish tugging the line.” Surfacing with his catch (the pole, that is) Van Scoyoc began to tread water while trying to keep the line tight. “I thought, there’s no way I can catch this fish and keep my pole,” he said. As he tread water, the fish was pulling him one way and the boat was drifting another. He swam about 15 feet to the boat, handed the pole up to his brother and pulled himself up on deck. He turned to the fishing pole and, dripping wet, began to reel in his reward for tense moments – a good-sized sea bass. “That’s the first time I’ve ever lost a rod overboard,” Van Scoyoc, who’s been fishing professionally since his college days, said. He’s had his captain’s license almost 35 years and at 56, maybe he’s not quite an old man.

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Have you noticed that there are a lot of ugly people around this summer, more so than usual? By ugly I mean pushy and rude, like the aggressive drivers who honk, tailgate, and curse at you for going the speed limit. Then there are the ugly people in the supermarkets who slam their carts into you, snarl at the poor

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because when we see them we look up and say, “Thank You God, for not making me that ugly.” The crescendo occurred at checkout. As the checkout girl scanned each item, the woman would erupt into mock rage. “Nine dollars! That’s ridiculous!” she’d shout, though the price was printed on the label. “I don’t want this crap! Who put that in my basket?” she shrieked, looking angrily at those of us on line behind her. Make no mistake about it, this is the kind of ugly that can leap off one person onto another. There is plenty of ugly to go around when you possess this much sheer quantity of it. Hell, everyone in the store was getting uglier by the minute. The checkout girl tried meekly to assuage her, even glancing in her direction at one point, giving herself full frontal exposure to the ugly. The woman was so angry she was making facial contortions to express her rage. This is when I realized I had reached a milestone in my life. I had seen ugliness, but like hearing Pavarotti or Eric Clapton, I witnessed this seminal example of true ugliness, this epitome of ugliness, this embodiment of all things ugly, taken to the next level. She waddled out the door pushing her cart, filled with assorted lards and animal parts. She walked to a brand new Range Rover that was parked in the handicapped spot right outside. She threw the bags in the back, grunting and chewing the whole time. Breathing heavily, she pulled herself up into the driver’s seat with great effort. Before she drove off, she turned and looked at me, a repugnant look that said “you little piece of nothingness, you exist to serve bloated boars like myself.” Then she flashed a look of disgust so profound I realized at that very moment I was witnessing The Perfect Ugly. With great fanfare I bowed deeply, acknowledging her place in the hierarchy like a peasant before an aristocrat. She smirked knowingly and drove away.

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EDITORIAL The Best Of Times Baseball fans all over the country know what it’s like to have the home team fall hopelessly out of the playoff race – it’s called “The Dog Days of Summer.” New York fans have had their share of them, but not this season. As of this writing both our local teams are in the thick of it. The Yankees are running away with the America League East race, in no small part to the remarkable play of Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez, the infamous A-Rod. We always loved the guy. Ok, not really. We resented the fact that he was earning $30 million a year and lying about his intake of performance enhancing substances. We now know he was a user for over a decade, at least according to court testimony. And he was a cad – cheating on his wife with a bevy of beauties, maybe even snitching on a teammate’s use of steroids, though that was never proven. All that seems like it never happened. The new A-Rod is amiable, a role model to younger players, and oh yeah – hitting the hell out of the ball. He’s 40 years old and apparently drug free, but he’s still the best player on the team. It’s a story of redemption – and testimony the winning cures a lot of ills. The Mets are contenders for the first time in years, and doing it with the most talented young pitching staff baseball has seen in decades. They include Steve Matz from East Setauket, Jacob deGrom, whose long hair has made him a teen heartthrob, and Steve Harvey, who boasts one of the best nicknames in the game – The Dark Knight Of Gotham. The Mets need to add a couple pieces – that is, players who can actually hit the ball. The fervent hope is the management, notoriously tight-fisted since being stung in the Madoff scandal, will open up the purse strings and get a couple big bats into the lineup. Things are heating up in the Big Apple, and we don’t mean the temperature – we mean pennant fever.

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To The Editor, It is an absolute disgrace that we are talking about a further delay in the Hampton Bays Main Street repaving, It was just this past spring that County

By Ed Gifford and State representatives assured us that this project would start right after Labor Day but once again County Officials, namely Jay Schneiderman has proved himself useless. It is clear, from reading both the article and editorial in last week’s Press that all other elected officials involved understood this to be a reimbursable grant opportunity. July is when Mr. Schneiderman realizes there is an issue? Is Mr. Schneiderman Continued on Page 24.

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even awake? As I understand it, the state told Mr. Schneiderman some time ago that the contracts needed to be amended and re-submitted before they could be approved for the grant. The County never re-submitted. First, Mr. Schneiderman claimed it was the State’s fault. Then, according to Mr. Schneiderman it became “no-one’s” fault. Sorry Mr. Schneiderman, as you well know, it actually is someone’s fault and that someone would be you. Take responsibility for your inaction. This seems to be a pattern with Mr. Schneiderman, who several months ago did the same thing with the traffic circle in Riverside. It’s bad enough that we in Hampton Bays have to stomach Mr. Schneiderman insult in listing his address in Hampton Bays as his newest locale for residency, temporarily, though it may be, but the fact that anyone would consider him for elected office in this town let alone Supervisor, is beyond contempt. This latest “now you see it, now you don’t” episode with county monies is another example of best-case scenarioincompetence, in a long unremarkable political career. You can’t get lost in the legislature anymore Mr. Schneiderman. We in Southampton pay attention. We in Hampton Bays pay even more attention. We cannot afford to have this inept, pandering, do-nothing politician leading our town, and we certainly can’t afford to have elected officials who don’t give a damn about Hampton Bays representing us. Say “NO” to being lied to. Say “NO” to being pandered to. Say “NO” to the Schneiderman administration. We simply cannot afford weak, incompetent, unaccountable leadership. TOM MALONEY

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Maya Lerner I’m here from Virginia. I’m staying here for a week for a family reunion but we come every year to spend some time in the summer. There are about eight of us staying at the house that we rented, and it has a pool, so we can go swimming whenever we want to. Dorian Charron It’s been a great summer. I’ve caught some good waves and I got to hang out with my friends, so that was a lot of fun. And I went to my aunt’s wedding in Florida so that was a lot of fun, too. All in all, I’m having an excellent summer. Geneva Marie Dickey It’s going great! I love coming to the beach and going in the ocean a lot and I’ve been going in the pool a lot, too. But I like the ocean much more. It’s different than a swimming pool.

Ferren Dickey It’s been great. The best part was coming to New York from Des Moines, Iowa. I liked going to the beach but I liked going to New York City the most. It wasn’t my first time. I went to the city when I was two. But I don’t remember it.

others have done and continue to do so this is an airport the town and our neighbors to the north, east and west of us can live with. A “regional” airport we do not want. No question, the town is with the board on this one. With this administration the rental registry has been discussed twice, mainly by real estate agents. Real Estate is big business on the East End, probably our biggest. No question, money talks and money makes a loud noise. That was then, this is now. Things are out of hand and law enforcement needs to be able to enforce the law in order to protect our neighborhoods and community. Now that the former supervisor, “Rondo Bill,” has sold out and moved on, it is time to clean up Montauk’s summer mess and mayhem. And it is time to deal with greedy slum landlords in the Springs and elsewhere, who rent illegally year round. Incidentally, the Springs School Board has come out

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supporting this administration’s quest to control illegal rentals. No one is suggesting restricting a landlord’s right to rent. What is being suggested is a set of tools for Code Enforcement so they can do a better job of enforcing the law. Talk with Southampton. We did. They seem to like their registry, as does Brookhaven, Greenport, Riverhead and other East End towns -- at least from what we have heard they have been able to gain some control of the most egregious rental violations and to boot, bring some revenue into the town coffers. They will tell you things are better, not perfect but better. Greenport just instituted their version this year. The reason for a rental registry is to prevent illegal housing, ensure tenant safety, preserve the water quality, preserve real estate values and preserve the single-family residential character of our Continued on Page 25.

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neighborhoods. Our quality of life is not for sale. No need for a check point in Napeaque, and yes we really want to stop what is going on in Montauk. No one who lives here likes it . . . that should be reason enough. It is stupid, overbearing, excessive and repulsive. Whether we live in Montauk or not we all know Montauk is a special place. What Montauk has become is not what Montauk is. What I saw in Montauk at the Montauk town work session was an engaged town board willing to listen and a united Montauk telling all. Residents who wanted to speak to say a word or two, spoke, and lots and lots of residents spoke loudly and clearly and apprised the Board of the current bar scene gone bad, 4 AM night clubs a go-go, rental situations out of control, and lots of the young with money behaving badly. It’s just not acceptable. BETSY RUTH

Editor’s Note: We are all grateful the helicopter noise has been curtailed. We simply noted the previous administration deserves some credit by declining to take FAA money. Why is it so hard to acknowledge? As for the Rental Registry proposal, the bulk of the opposition came from local homeowners, not real estate brokers. It adds a layer of bureaucracy, ties up code enforcers and fire marshals, but will do nothing to stem illegal rentals. We have laws on the books now that aren’t being enforced. The same code enforcers will be charged with enforcing the new legislation. Why will anything change? The law assumes violators will sign up – serial offenders will ignore it, and we have no faith they will be weeded out. We don’t know who you spoke to in Southampton, but less than 10 percent of rental properties in Southampton have signed for the registry. We suggest you take a hard look at the numbers. Finally, people are under the erroneous assumption that once cited under rental registry legislation landlords will be prosecuted and forced to stop renting illegally. It’s pie-in-the-sky. They still have the same rights under the legal system, and their lawyers will rip this registry apart in court, which has happened in many places that tried it. Bottom line – we all know where the illegal houses are – count the cars in the yard! For two decades we’ve watched them operate and flourish. We need leaders willing to take action, not

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airports were closed elsewhere. Do you think these low-class, drunken people in Montauk, came in using the airport? Close the airport and you will seal the fate of East Hampton. The wealthy will go elsewhere to live!. Since it has been repeatedly proven, many of the complaints originate from the same people, over and over again. It is also clear the motive is to gain property value. It is also being pushed by greedy real estate people who have much to gain if this happens, as well! I would ask, is this what everyone really Continued on Page 34.

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wants? Investigate what replaced those old airports on Western Long Island. Well let me tell you -- Levittown was once thousands of cookie cutter small houses. Industrial parks were built on other airport sites. Oh, and lets not forget Roosevelt Field Mall. What happened was suburban sprawl. Make no mistake, there are many wealthy and greedy developers, who will snatch up that property, and we will have an East Hampton that looks like the West End! Picture it, suburbia from Montauk to Manhattan! Do you think the wealthy homeowners who live and come here now will sit for hours in traffic jams, to get here? If the airport is ever closed, make no mistake, sprawl. And after that will come the ghettos. I leave you with but one old saying. “Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!” RICHARD KRAUSE Editor’s Note: The author submitted a map of Long Island showing the 11 airports that no longer exist.

Who’s Ranting? Dear Indy, Margaret Turner has her claws out. The Republican candidate for Town Board is spoiling for a catfight. It is unbecoming, but we should all pay attention because her recent letter to the Independent is a preview of how she will respond to citizens of East Hampton if elected. She misstates and makes up facts about the Town’s CPF purchase of property known as 555 in Amagansett. Clearly she does not understand the process of how CPF purchases are considered. She rants at Councilwoman Overby as if she single handedly allowed the purchase and says that elected officials are breaking the law because a barn is on the property which she claims is not a barn although it apparently has 14 horse stalls, an office, and a huge drive in basement for tractors. Ms. Turner, who is the executive director of the Business Alliance (who knew that was a political organization?) writes with lots of exclamation points, capitalized words (shouting) and uses words like “shameful”

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and “embarrassment”. Hmmm . . . reminds me of another Republican who recently left the town board. Can you say Theresa Quigley? CILE DOWNS Editor’s Note: The town board purchased the house at the 555 property against the advice of the reginal CPF opinions bureau and knowing Assemblyman Thiele (the co-author of the CPF legislation) has said many times not to use the fund to buy buildings. Now the DA is investigating and the town is finally backtracking with its tail between its legs. It was arrogant to make the buy -- the town took the chance it would go unnoticed by the DA. We suggest you go inside the “barn,” try out some of the numerous beds and baths, cook a meal or two and then come back and tell us it was all built for horses.

Ongoing Deprivation Dear Editor, I am writing as I am concerned about the welfare of wild animals forced to perform in traveling circuses in the US. I would like to ask you to please support federal legislation to protect wild animals in circuses. Americans are becoming increasingly aware that circus animals suffer from severe confinement, unavoidable because of the constraints of a difficult life of constant travel on the road. Tigers, bears, elephants and other wild animals spend hours on end either chained, in small cages, or crowded into trailers and train cars. A circus animal’s life of ongoing deprivation is punctuated by moments of physical violence. Investigations have documented a pattern of abusive training methods where pain, punishment and fear are employed to force these wild animals to do unnatural and silly tricks. The tools of the trade include bullhooks, whips, and electric prods used to hit, “hook,” and shock animals. Over 30 countries around the world have adopted national legislation prohibiting or restricting the use of wild and exotic animals in circuses, with hundreds of local bans in place worldwide – over 200 in the UK, and hundreds in Europe and South America, as well as Asia. I am respectfully calling on you to take a stand, with your compassionate constituents, against this abuse and work toward protecting circus animals. LISA LAURENDEAU

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a colossal outbreak of avian flu, mostly among egg-laying chickens. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 48 million birds, accounting for 11 percent of the nation’s egg-laying hens, have been slaughtered for fear of infection during the past few months. The effects are far-reaching, from how to dispose of millions of potentially infected bird carcasses to job losses and rapidly rising egg prices. More than 40 countries have restricted U.S. poultry imports. Although the precise cause of the outbreak remains uncertain, the horrendous conditions in today’s factory farms make egg and chicken production extremely vulnerable to disease outbreaks, and therefore, not sustainable. A number of innovative companies have stepped in to offer plant-based alternatives that mimic closely the taste, texture, and cooking properties of eggs and chicken. They are available in the frozen food section of every supermarket. Many of us favor replacing polluting fossil energy sources with clean renewable ones. That takes concerted national action. But every one of us has the power to effect that same transition for our food sources every time we shop for food. ELIJAH HANNESBURG

Ditto Donald Independent Editor, On August 13 on CNN, there will be a movie about a latter day, late ‘80s precursor of today’s Trumpeting Trump. You might say he was The Don’s mentor. This King of Konfrontation is none other than Morton Downing Jr., the star of, “Evocateur: The Morton Downing Jr. Movie.” The names may differ but the blustering is the same. As the New York Post put it succinctly, “The Decibel Level Exceeds the IQ Level.” Downing opened his mouth appealing to the most base and angry and they applauded their hero. Ditto Donald and his rabid rooters. ZACK PALL

Surprised Dear Rick, Although we sometimes see things differently we also have had common ground. I was surprised at the tone and content of your July 22nd Editorial because people of all persuasions, including Supervisor Cantwell and all of the town board members agree that the problems of which you speak exist and have to be dealt with. Your comments spoke of the problems too; however you offered no solutions just complaints, and frankly misstatements.

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For example you mentioned that the town obtained a restraining order against the Raw Bar and it will expire. That is not so. The judge will hold a hearing and more than likely continue the restraining order until a full trial which could be a year or more away. So this is a good result that now can be applied to other offenders. You condemn the Rental Registry but don’t come up with any other solution. Suggesting that cars be stopped is not a solution. What do you suggest the police do after the stops, arrest the occupants for traveling to Montauk? We still live in a democracy and you would be the first one to criticize such police action in the same way you would object to an interference with the right to bear arms with which I strongly agree. The town board led by Supervisor Cantwell has done and is doing a lot to deal with the problems in Montauk and other areas of our town including: creating an on line compliant system; actively prosecuting Cyril’s; greatly increasing enforcement proceedings to 1076 in the first half of 2015; passing a law prohibiting motels from open bars and restaurants (opposed by Margaret Turner Republican candidate for Town Board); proposing that parking be prohibited in areas where crowds gather at bars; restricting helicopter traffic at the airport; increasing police staffing in Montauk; and prohibiting drinking on Indian Wells Beach. It would help if you were more constructive as was the case at the meeting in Montauk. People came together and agreed to work in a bi-partisan way to deal with what all agree is a serious problem. DAVID J. WEINSTEIN

EDITOR’S NOTE: We suggested a checkpoint on Montauk Highway in Napeague in our editorial, published Wednesday: there was in fact a DWI checkpoint Saturday night. It is perfectly legal. You crow that the town “greatly increasing enforcement proceedings to 1076 in the first half of 2015,” Guess what? The current board took office in January 2014 and did nothing to alleviate the situation in Montauk last summer. It’s like saying a baseball player hit 100 points higher this season – it’s not an accomplishment if they batted .100 the previous season. The rental registry isn’t “enforcement” – it’s forcing homeowners to register with the town and subject them to inspections. It’s a violation of property rights. The same code enforcement officers who haven’t been able to curtail illegal renters for the last decade will still be on the job — what makes you think they will all of a sudden be effective?

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Community Band Concert The Sag Harbor Community Band announced that trumpeter Zachary Silberschlag will perform virtuosic cornet solos with band on Tuesday, at 8 PM outdoors at the American Legion on Bay Street in Sag Harbor. Also on the program will be marches, songs, and other favorites. Admission is free, and the audience is encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Zachary Silberschlag received his master’s degree at age 19 from Manhattan School of Music and his bachelor’s degree in music from St. Mary’s College of Maryland at age 17. He is now a doctoral student at SUNY Stony Brook and performs extensively, including as principal trumpet of the Chesapeake Orchestra. His appearances as soloist have included Copland’s Quiet City with Metropolitan Opera English horn soloist Pedro Diaz and the Romanian State Symphony, and Torelli’s Trumpet Concerto at National Harbor. Zachary was a finalist in Italy’s Chieri Trumpet Competition.  Founded in 1957, the Sag Harbor Community Band performs concerts every Tuesday evening through the end of August at the American Legion in Sag Harbor, among other musical appearances. The band also provides scholarships to local students studying music after high school. Indian Jewish Cantor On Friday at 6:30 PM, Temple Adas Israel will welcome Cantor Aviva Marer of Temple Emanu-El, New Jersey. She is a member of the Bene Israel Jews from India, and will present the Malida ceremony at 6:30 PM as well as co-officiate at 8 PM Shabbat services. Everyone is welcome to attend. There is no charge. The Malida Ceremony is at the

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series that began Monday and was to conclude today on Shelter island at 4 PM if, in fact, a third game was needed. Westhampton must beat the surging North Fork Ospreys in a best of three that will culminate today if the third game is required. Shelter Island, the league’s highest-scoring team, was led by league batting champion Eddie Haus who finished with a .360 batting average. On the mound was the league’s wins leader, Anthony Alicki, who went 7-0 in 10 starts, all Buck victories. Westhampton opened the playoffs Monday with

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I was astonished to buy the Sports Illustrated Fantasy Football magazine only to find out there was virtually no information in the entire rag that I could use to improve my chances of winning. A look at the participants of the Mock Draft, conducted by SI’s “Experts” told me all I need to know. Not one of the 12 participants appears to be over 30. None work for the actual SI magazine, but are affiliated with the website. They aren’t even executives – they are, for the most part, assistant or associate producers (what does a producer do on a website?) I looked up a couple of the “Experts” on the website. Gabriel Baumgaertner was the athletic director of a camp called “Lair of the Golden Bear” for all of five months. Before that he worked about a year in the camp’s mess hall (I’m not making this up). This little putz is going to tell me how to draft my team? Amy Parlapiano is 25 and has no background to indicate she even knows what a football is. Bette Marston graduated from college in 2011, yet was recently promoted from associate producer to producer at SI.com. Consider that most of the players in my league have been playing for 20 years or more. Most of us make more money playing Fantasy Football then these young “experts” make working at SI. Like so many magazines that do this stuff, the writers aren’t Fantasy experts at all – they simply work for the publication. It would be akin to putting out The Independent’s Fantasy Mock Draft conducted by “Indy’s Fantasy Experts” – Kitty Merrill, Karen Fredericks, and Emily Toy. Karen would pick the ones with the “cutest outfits.” Merrill undoubtedly would pick players that look like Rick Murphy, because she has a crush on him. But readers would learn nothing about the upcoming season. A word about mock drafts: Don’t bother. Many experts say it is essential to mock early and often to get a feel for the real thing. For example, if you want a certain player, the theory is it is helpful to see where he is getting picked. This is how the ADP (Average Draft Position) is calculated. Except it doesn’t work, and here’s why. Most of the real experts, like myself, keep our cards close to our vests. If I really, really want a player, I never pick him in mocks. I want his ADP to fall. The trouble is, all the big money players know this. When you are competing in the NFFC national tournaments every single participant knows this.

Let’s say you are really high on Alshon Jeffrey, as I am: his current ADP is 22, and he is the 10th wide receiver off the board. I have to assume he will be gone by the 22nd pick, because I know the other teams value him higher than that. The reason his ADP is where it is? We are ignoring him in mock drafts to artificially lower his value. My guess is he’ll be the 7th wide receiver taken, sometime in the midsecond round. So let’s go back to the SI Mock Draft and see how the kiddies did. Baumgaertner took Eddie Lacy with the top pick. Bad move. Why? Lacy suffered his second concussion last season, and

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with each successive one it becomes harder and harder to get back on the field. Under the NFL’s new protocol medical evaluators must deem a concussed player symptom free, and neither the ball club of the NFL has any way to bypass the new system. Could Lacy make it through the whole season? Sure — but he’s a running back, and he’s going to get his head smashed 300 times. The risk is too great, The rest of the first round included: Jamal Charles at #2, a good pick, followed by Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch. Are these good picks? We don’t know because amazingly, in the entire magazine SI never differentiates between standard drafts or PPR (Points Per Reception), even when making its player rankings. The difference is huge – Matt Forte, for example caught 102 passes coming out of the backfield, more than double the league average for running backs.

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How do we rate him if we don’t know whether his receptions will count for points? For the record, Peterson and Lynch are good picks if this were a standard mock draft. They wouldn’t be if it were a PPR league. Forte went next, followed by Antonio Brown, the first receiver taken – Brown has been the first overall pick in a lot of drafts, by the way. In all, the SI “Experts” picked nine running backs in the first round, which constitutes a “Run.” You need to anticipate runs: if you pick early in the first round, that means it will be a long wait before you pick again. Make sure you don’t leave yourself vulnerable in the middle rounds. If you plan to pick a quarterback in the eighth round, be aware a run in the sixth and seventh rounds could freeze you out. Skippy Brown won the 2013 Draft Kings $100,000 Spring Fling and has finished first in dozens of Pro Fantasy leagues.

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Peconics Good amount of cocktails blues are roaming around falling for most lures. Porgies are not in any great numbers but there are some. Better bite seems to be further east. Shorebound The Shinnecock Canal is holding snappers, fluke, small seabass, a few porgies to the north. Areas around the Ponquogue Bridge are seeing a good amount of fluke, some bass and blues. The Shinnecock Inlet has plenty of bluefish for everyone. One customer had two Redfish from the jetty last weekend. The ocean-facing beaches have produced a few bass on the night tides and some blues as well. Offshore The bluefin are still within reach of most small boat guys. Trolled lures in the 12 to 20 mile off area in the direction of the Coimbra have accounted for a few fish. Sharking continues to be good. Makos, browns, blues, hammerheads and whites have all been accounted for. Capt. Scott Jeffrey East End Bait & Tackle 170 East Montauk Hwy. Hampton Bays, NY 11946

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We All Get Heavier As We Age – Even Our Boats! As we have put away the BBQ gear from the Fourth of July, we keep getting reminded that we are getting heavier as we get older. No matter where we turn, someone is telling us that we are getting fat and need to be thinner! Guess what? So are our boats! Yes, as boats get older, they get heavier and that has a lot to do about being less “sea-kindly” and more “tender” as they get older (and our reflexes get slower – not a particularly good combination.) With fuel getting more expensive as the Mideast roils again, here are some examples of how the boat is getting heavier, and more expensive, to drive.

New Stuff We add things to our boat that weren’t there when we bought it. An ice chest may be added so we don’t have to lug one from the car. We add an additional ice chest so we can bring more ice so we can stay out longer and catch more fish (hopefully!). We pile up the cuddy cabin, a.k.a., the boat’s attic, with safety and fishing equipment so we don’t have to lug them from the car. And don’t forget that new 4-stroke engine you added – so much quieter, so much more fuel efficient and so much heavier per “horse of power” (at least 20 percent heavier would be my guesstimate). That makes a 400-pound 200hp 2-stroke weigh-in at nearly 500 pounds as a 4-stroke state-of-the-art power plant . . . and the same hull sits in front of it. Boats Get “Wrinkles” Too More insidiously, through tiny cracks in the gel coat, water seeps inside the hull and the boat gets 8 pounds heavier per gallon. And it seeps, generally, aft where the boat is naturally heavier per square foot of hull due to the engine. That makes it harder to see over the bow when you gun the engine and start to “dig the hole” getting up on plane . . . that means you have to go faster, to get up on plane since the boat is heavier in the stern than when it was manufactured. It’s an endless spiral. Remedies What to do about it? There are only two or three things that you can do. First, get rid of anything that isn’t essential. There are 10

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July 29, 2015

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Johnnie Walker BLUE

200 ML

64.99 $ 175

750 ML

Titos Handmade Vodka

Platinum 7X Vodka

Mag.

28.

Johnnie Walker BLACK

Johnnie Walker RED Mag.

35.99

Don Julio 1942

750ML

119.99

New Amsterdam Vodka Mag.

19.99

Jack Daniels

44.

Mag.

750 ML

32.99

69.99

Pinnacle Vodka

18.

Mag.

Glenlivet 12 Year 750 ML

43.

Glenmorangie 750ML

34.

59.

Mag.

39.99

Clan MacGregor Whiskey

Mag.

34.

Johnny Walker Gold

124.

19.99

Milagro Silver

Dewars White Label

750 ML

Mag.

27.

54.99

Makers Mark

Mag.

38.

Mag.

Canadian Club

Smirnoff Sours & Sorbets

Belvedere

14.

49.

Don Julio Blanco

Mag.

21.

34.

Bacardi

Mag.

1- 24.99 2-$42 3-$60

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25.

2 for $

Cutty Sark

29.

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2 FORGoose Grey $

750 ML

30.

22.

29.

Mag

Herradura Silver Tequila

Tanqueray

39.

each

Skyy Vodka

2- 40

Grand Centenario Plata

Mag.

750ML

20.99

Mag

69.99

42 Below Vodka

Mag.

23.$

Liters

2- 60 $

each

Mag.

Sauza Gold & Silver

Liter

Svedka

1-$21.99ea. 2-$20.99ea. 3-$19.99ea.

Liter

49.

Mag.

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29.

Knob Creek

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Deep Eddy Vodka

Malibu Rum

Bulleit Bourbon

Kahlua

Famous Grouse

Single Malt Whisky

750ML

99 12. 39.99

750ML

99 39. 2 for $ 75

Oban

Mag. Mag.

Cruz Silver Tequila

Mag.

Double Cross Vodka

12.

Georgi Vodka

15.

Liter

Smirnoff Vodka

Mag.

1- 21.99ea. 2-$20.99ea. 3-$19.99ea. $

ALL WOLLFER ROSÉ CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

We will match any of our local competitors’ coupons presented at the time of purchase! Wine 750 ML Sparkling Coppola Rosso ... 9.99 or 2 for 18 Wine Magnums Livio Fellugia PG ................... 19.99 Ruffino Gold Label ................ 39.99 Blackstone (all varieties)3 for 30.00 Antinori Toscana ...........2 for 34.00 Sterling Napa Chard ............. 11.99 Bogle Chard ............................ 8.99 Sterling Vintners Chard ........... 8.99 Simi Chardonnay .................. 14.99 Antinori Tignonello ................ 99.99 Sterling Meritage .................... 9.99 Crane Lake ...................2 for 10.00 Ironside Red ...... $17.99 2 for $30 Da Vinci Chianti Reserva .....19.99 2 for 35 Chateau Ste. Michelle Chard .10.99 Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling 9.99

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Cupcake (all types).................9.99 Bogle Cabernet ....................11.99 Bogle Pinot Noir...................11.99 Bogle Merlot ..........................9.99 Whispering Angel Rosé ........18.99 Greg Norman Cabernet ..........9.99 Excelsior Cabernet ...... 3 for 21.00 Baron Fini Pinot Grigio 2 for 18.00 Louis Jadot Macon Village ....11.99 BV Coastal Cab, Chard, Pinot Noir, Merlot.. 8.99 3 for 24 BV Coastal Sauv Blanc ..........7.99 ................................... 3 for 21.00

Lindemans (all varieties) ........9.99 Beringer White Zin .................9.99 Fontera (all varieties) .............8.99 Monkey Bay Sauvignon Blanc16.99 Yellowtail (all var). 6 @ 10.99 each Conti Beretta PG...................10.99 Il Giordano PG .....................12.99 Fetzer (all varieties)................9.99 Woodbridge............ 6@10.99 each Barefoot All White Varieties ...... 6 for 60.00 Gekkeikan Sake ....................9.99

Cristalino Brut ................... 8.99 Veuve Clicquot ................ 42.99 La Marca Prosecco . ............. 12.99 Chandon All Types .......... 16.99 J. Rogét ......... 4.99 3 for 12.00 JCB Brut & J. Rosé ...16.99 each Not responsible for typographical errors. Subject to Inventory Depletion All Prices expire 8/12/2015

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