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Taking The Plunge For Food Pantries

By Kitty Merrill

Mark Penkower doesn’t even like to go into the ocean during the summer.

A Manhattanite, he was out for the holidays staying at his family’s Springs compound when his parents, Shelly and Ethel Tashman learned about the annual polar bear plunge to raise money for the East Hampton Food Pantry from The Independent.

And, like hundreds of others, the Tashman clan arrived on Main Beach Sunday afternoon, prepping to plunge into the chilly waters for a good cause. Both Mark and his brother Dan Tashman hopped in, joined later by a polar bear cub, four year old Zeke Tashman.

Councilman Dominick Stanzione, who’s on the board of the food pantry, served as Master of Ceremonies for the event, which celebrated its ninth year.

According to Vicki Littman, another pantry board member, $15,000 was raised through 417 participants, with more donations coming.

The East Hampton Village Board served as official host, and Mayor Paul Rickenbach both issued the countdown to the plunge, and took a dip himself.

(East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson was also on hand. Suffering from a cold, he didn’t join Stanzione and the mayor in the surf.)

Stanzione recognized a variety of sponsors who donated food and drink for the event, which saw scores of cars parked in the Main Beach lot and along Ocean Avenue all the way to Crossways. The councilman offered particular praise for the East Hampton Hurricane Swim team and East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue “to whom we are deeply indebted.”

The festivities kicked off with a costume contest, with winners receiving gold, silver, or bronze plungers.

Earlier Sunday, Gurney’s Inn in Montauk hosted its annual polar bear plunge, raising money for the Montauk Food Pantry. Participants in the morning plunge prepared for the icy waters with lux treatments in Gurney’s Sea Water Spa. They spent time in the sauna and bubbling Roman bath, heating up their body temperatures “so you want to go into the ocean,” PR goddess Ingrid Lemme explained to those

breakfasting at the Inn. This year, the notion of hopping into the ocean was a bit of a easier sell, with balmy temperatures, and a clear azure sky making the day seem more like early May than January 1. The water itself was a different story. Stanzione reported it was 48 degrees at noon off Main Beach.

Still, intrepid dunkers jumped in in Montauk, in East Hampton, and at a third annual event held in Wainscott.

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wasn’t so sure he’d do it again.

The icy water was so cold, burning feet and calves, he said, “it’s a little scary.”

“He’s not just a city boy, he’s also an old man,” his mom, Ethel Tashman joked. She vowed to make the plunge a family tradition. Her husband, Shelly, seemed amenable to the idea, too. “I haven’t seen so many half naked bodies since July,” he kvelled. “This is outstanding!”

Polar Bear swims, dips, or plunges are an annual New Year’s Day tradition in Canada. The Polar Bear Club based in Vancouver, British Columbia boasts 1000 registered members. In the states, the Coney

Island Polar Bear Club is most widely known. Founded in 1903 by health fanatic Bernarr Macfadden, the club meets for swims throughout the winter and hosts a New Year’s Day plunge that last year drew 1500 participants, 7500 spectators and raised $50,000 for charity.

The largest plunge in America is said to be the annual Plungapalooza hosted by the Maryland State Police.

Scheduled for January 28 this year, it’s already raised over a half million dollars for the Special Olympics. Over 10,000 participants annually take a plunge in the Chesapeake Bay at Plungapalooza. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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CONFESSIONS OF A WIMP I’m still shaking.

It all started the other day when I climbed into the shower and started to soap up my entire body.

(Those of you who know me may turn their heads now and retch at the thought of my chubby soaped-up body. I understand.)

Then I reached for my shampoo bottle and shampooed my beard and mustache. Those of you who have hair on your head may be amused that a man with a shaved head would shampoo his beard and mustache. I happen to find it reassuring to touch my head every morning and feel hair in my hand, albeit just a puny little beard and what many woman find to be a creepy mustache.

Now, with my beard and mustache filled with soap, I reached for the conditioner. That’s when I saw it. The world’s largest water bug had been attached to the back of the conditioner container, and now he was flapping his disgusting wings and coming towards me.

I heard a woman screaming: “E . . . E . . . E . . . EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!” Later I realized the woman I heard screaming was me.

I have no idea how, but in less than a blink of the eye I was out of the shower. Did I fly over the shower stall? I checked the glass door of the shower to make sure I hadn’t crashed through it. It was in one piece.

I must have thrown the conditioner container – it was on the other side of the bathroom.

I watched the giant water bug drowning and doing what looked like a backstroke in the shower water.

He was so big that I had to stop myself from letting out another scream.

Big? I would swear from looking at him with his wings flapping that he had a first-class section and a coach section.

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washing myself off in the shower.

Actually, I had thoughts of not showering again for at least a year or two.

So I dried the soap off of my chubby body. Soap is really sticky when it hasn’t been washed off, isn’t it?

I watched the now-drowned water bug, which was way too big to go down the drain for a fitting funeral at sea.

As I walked out I told my wonderful housekeeper Rene about my terrible experience.

Rene, who has something nice to say of everyone, just shook her head and said, “You are such a coward.”

Then she told me to take an umbrella because it was going to rain.

As I walked out of my house the thought hit me that since my body was covered with soap, if the rain hit my skin I would leave a trail of bubbles coming off of me all the way to work.

I thought of the last time a little critter frightened me this much was years ago in my home in New York City. I was in my bedroom stretched out in bed wearing only a pair of orange boxer shorts — not a pretty sight. It was a Sunday morning.

My wife, the beautiful Judy Licht, had gone out for an hour and left me with explicit instructions to be dressed and ready to go out for brunch when she came home.

Now I turned on the bed to face the open bedroom door and a streak went out into the hallway and disappeared into a bunch of bags Judy had left strewn all over the hallway.

“What is that?” I wondered.

Then from between two bags it emerged. A mouse. “AHHHHHH!!!”

I screamed.

Say “mouse” to me and I’m able to jump onto a 10-foot-high table like they do in all those cartoons. The mouse, only 20 feet away, was just sitting on the hallway carpet and I swear it was staring at me.

This is tough to admit, but at that point the mouse stared me down. I averted my eyes. I was no match for him. From 20 feet away he could smell my fear.

I have no doubt that establishing mastery over a fat guy wearing orange shorts is a very macho thing in his mouse world, and I’ll bet he was enjoying watching me back down.

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I couldn’t take my eyes off of him. Slowly I crawled on the bed to the phone and called on the intercom to my son J.T., who was upstairs in his bed, in his shorts.

“J.T.,” I whispered. “There’s a mouse down here.”

“Ahhhhhh,” he said. “That’s disgusting.”

“The ‘chicken’ apple doesn’t fall far from the ‘chicken’ tree,” I thought with a sense of pride.

“I have to go to the bathroom but I think I’ll wait until your mother comes home,” I said.

“Good idea,” he said.

Judy came home, took one look at me and said, “You’re not dressed!”

“Good call, Sherlock! There’s a mouse in the hall — I’m afraid of it.”

Let me put it this way: Of all the un-romantic things a man could tell a woman, admitting a fear of a mouse is at the top of the list.

I would imagine it would take between five and 10 years for a woman to see a man as a romantic sexual hero after he admits to fearing a mouse.

“Where is he? I’ll get him,” Judy said in a macho way that really irritated me.

“Be careful — he looked like a big mouse,” I warned.

“A mouse is a mouse,” she screamed, “and you’re not dressed and the day is ruined.”

“Yeah, well this mouse was an aggressive mouse and you had to see him — he terrorized me,” I said, trying to speak in a strong masculine whine.

“How . . . how . . . how . . . can you be such a wimp?” she snarled, looking for the mouse, which had disappeared. That’s when I drew myself to my full six-foot height and mustered as much dignity as a man wearing only orange shorts could muster and I said, “You listen here, it takes a real man to admit he’s afraid of a mouse.”

Let me add water bugs are now right up there with mice as things that I’m afraid of.

Whether it’s a giant water bug or a small mouse, that “real man” stuff is overrated.

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Wilky Eyes County Coffers

By Kitty Merrill

How much sales tax revenue does East Hampton Town contribute to county coffers? Nobody knows, it seems. Or, if they know, they’re not saying.

For years town officials have tried unsuccessfully to wrest the information from Suffolk. This year

the ever fiscally focused Bill Wilkinson is determined to get an answer.

Speaking of his priorities for 2012, last week as 2011 drew to a close, the supervisor listed gathering accurate financial data as “a want.”

“I’ve been trying for the last six months to find out sales tax fig-

ures,” Wilkinson reported. Noting county officials claim state officials won’t break down the numbers by township, he asked, “Why is that acceptable? The county gets the receipts; I want to know where they come from. I’d like to know my share of the revenue.”

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ute pales in comparison to services received from Suffolk. Wilkinson said he’d heard there’s a differential of up to 35 percent between what East Hampton contributes and what is returned to Bonac in terms of services like dredging, open space purchases, and certain police services. “I think the town has every right to know those figures,” the supervisor said.

Town budget officer Len Bernard recalled that when he was a councilman back in the mid 90s, he tried to get the figures and was told, “There’s no good data.”

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New Suffolk CE Sworn In

By Kitty Merrill

Before a crowd of about 450 invited guests, including Congressman Tim Bishop, Steve Bellone was sworn in Suffolk County’s eighth executive last Friday.

The inauguration was held in the theater at Suffolk County Community College’s Brentwood campus.

On campaign last fall, Bellone focused on the county’s fiscal crisis, and measures to provide jobs and improve government efficiency. His inaugural address entitled “Suffolk’s Next Chapter: Efficiency, Opportunity and Diversity,” continued the theme.

The need to stay within the

“I will not tolerate waste and inefficiency.

Some accept the notion that inefficiency is just a part of government. I challenge that premise.”

- Steve Bellone state mandated property tax cap and the current economic environment are challenges Suffolk faces. Still, the new executive, who was formerly Babylon town supervisor said, “It is because I believe in the power of government to do great things that I demand more of it. I will not tolerate waste and inefficiency.

Some accept the notion that inefficiency is just a part of government. I challenge that premise.”

Streamlining certain permitting processes is key to economic growth and successful construction of affordable housing, Bellone believes.

After thanking dignitaries, including Congressman Steve Israel who served as master of Ceremonies and retired Supreme Court Justice and former Suffolk County District Attorney Patrick Henr y, who administered the oath of office, Bellone acknowledged county residents. “Let me begin by thanking the residents of Suffolk County for entrusting me with this responsibility,” he said. “The faith and confidence you have chosen to place in me is very humbling. When I think about how hard so many

residents of our County work to make ends meet, I know that those of us who work in the public trust are going to have to dig deep, roll up our sleeves, and come together – it is our shared obligation to work every bit as hard as the people of our County as we address the challenges ahead.”

As an example of the drive towards fiscal responsibility, Bellone noted the ceremony was held Friday, rather than on New Year’s Day, saving taxpayers the cost of overtime for workers who would oversee the inauguration.

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Jon Schneider, Suffolk County’s new deputy county executive for intergovernmental relations met recently with Indy news team members Kitty Merrill and Emily Toy. His boss, County Executive Steve Bellone was sworn in last Friday.

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RICK’S SPACE It’s Bikini Time Again It used to be, in the old days, that the new year meant women vowing to lose weight. The rationale was that they allowed themselves to put on a few extra pounds during the winter but it was time to start the path back to their bikini weight.

Men were immune to this phenomenon. Men started letting themselves go right out of high school and continued to go until they died.

Nowadays, though, we are bound by a higher standard. Just as we must embrace green living, respect our environment, and limit our dependence on fossil fuel, so must we take care of our bodies.

We can’t lie anymore. They have tests that reveal all of the heretofore-silent dangers of over-

indulgence. High cholesterol – a direct byproduct of eating roast pork, cheesecake, salami, and cheese doodles – is measured by a simple blood test (Hint, hint: AVOID blood tests). Having high cholesterol basically means you are going to die any minute. The doctor delivers the news calmly and straight-faced: “Take these pills and stop eating fatty foods and desserts. I want you to walk briskly, at least an hour per day.”

Right away the lunacy of this prescription is apparent: where do you get the strength to walk for an hour unless you load up on roast pork with gravy first?

Then the pills kick in, and you go back to the doctor. “Your cholesterol is down,” he reports.

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“Yeah, but I can’t get an erection now.”

“Here, take these pills.”

The next thing you know you’re walking briskly with a pole in your pants that you can’t get rid of, and you’re face is beet red. You go back to the doctor.

“Your blood pressure is up,” he tells you.

“Yeah, because, I’m about to die of exhaustion because I’ve been walking briskly for an hour with a pole in my pants.”

“Take these pills.”

A week later the blood pressure is down, the cholesterol is OK, the pole is gone, but you’re hungry all the time.

So you start with the bacon and sausage at breakfast, and soon the salami finds it way into the lunch menu, and then the assorted fatty meats begin to appear on the dinner table, and someone is always sending over a batch of cookies, or a cake, or a roast piglet or two. It’s a neverending cycle.

I was a skinny kid. I can remember weighing 134 pounds and I’m six-foot tall. If I were a boxer I would’ve been a welterweight, and now I’m a heavyweight – 200 pounds.

So here is what I’m eating from now on: oatmeal with honey and one-percent milk for breakfast.

Assorted fruit for lunch. Maybe

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a cup of green tea – which isn’t even green – for a late afternoon pick me up. If I need a snack, there is always soy bean curd (which I mistakenly thought was called soy bean turd).

A healthy dinner but no potato – fish, chicken, maybe a lean piece of meat once a week, with salad and fresh veggies. I will splurge once in a while on a little pasta and a glass or four of red wine, but that’s it.

I am tired of bucking the system. I’m down with cage free eggs, 12-grain bread, yogurt, beans, nuts, all that crap – I might even trade the truck in for one of those electric cars that look like a hobbit lives in them. I might even mount a couple solar panels on the roof, who knows?

Yes,s folks, my butter drooling days are over. My carbon footprint is going to be so small people will think a grasshopper left it. So here is my New Year’s vow – I will lose 41 pounds in the next 12 months.

I will weigh 159 next New Year’s Eve. Then, and only then, will I celebrate with roast pig and all the fixings, hot fudge everything, and a bottle of 1992 Margaux I have put away just for this special occasion.

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About Those Legs Visitors to Sag Harbor can’t help but notice the giant set of legs adorning the side of Ruth Vered and Janet Lehr’s house on the corner of Madison and Henry Streets.

It’s actually a sculpture, made by an artist of some renown, Larry Rivers. The village zoning board has ruled it must come down, treating it much like an illegal structure. On one level we can understand – going the other way could open the door to all sorts of weird things being attached to houses in the name of art.

Common sense, though, doesn’t always yield the perfect solution. If truth be told, the legs add character to the village, and, over the course of the last couple years, the sculpture has become a conversation piece.

Rivers, who resided in Southampton, has local cache, and Sag Harbor has always had a reputation for being a bit quirky and artsy. Moreover, Vered is an internationally known gallery owner.

Her eye for art, and her taste, are her calling cards. The bottom line is the legs look and feel right. The legs have become a part of the village’s landscape, and those who objected must at this point at least grudgingly acknowledge as much. The legs are cool.

We say let them be.

On another front in Sag Harbor, the windmill on Long Wharf needs repair, and a fundraising drive is underway. A lot of folks probably don’t know, but the windmill isn’t really a windmill, and it’s not historic either. A bunch of local guys built it, if we recall, around

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the time of the first Whaler’s Festival. A lot of the building materials were donated, so the whole thing had a makeshift feel to it.

For a village that is so rich in history, and so authentically historic in so many ways, it’s kind of weird to have a pretendwindmill nestled among 200 year-old structures steps from where the whalers of yore set sail. Perhaps a genuine historic structure could be transported there?

Failing that, dare we suggest a giant pair of legs adorning the faux structure?

Drive Deerfully It may be the mild winter we are experiencing, it may be we simply haven’t managed the herd properly, but whatever the case, deer are more abundant on the East End than ever.

With the increase in numbers comes a new naivety. The animals don’t seem to fear humans, and they are not scared by automobiles either. And unlike the wild turkeys hereabouts, they have no sense of traffic, bolting into the road in the face of oncoming headlights without hesitation. The situation is dangerous for the animals, and dangerous for the drivers and their passengers. The key to avoiding impact is to drive slowly, painfully so in wooded areas. If the driver behind you becomes impatient, pull over and let him pass. If you see an oncoming driver blinking his lights, slow down to a crawl – he’s trying to tell you something.

Dear Rick, “Mandate” may be one of the most intentionally or unconsciously, abused directives. There are mandates and then there are mandates. In the 2010 election the House of Representatives was decimated with the influx of the clueless freshman and gained a Republican majority. The Democratic majority Senate was sadly diluted and many Republican Governors were voted into office. They enjoy referring to the election as a mandate. In a distorted way, they are right.

The vote was indeed precipitated by a mandate; a mandate unfulfilled. In 2008 Barrack Hussein Obama, despite an unfortunate choice of middle name and in the minds of some, color, was elected President of the United States of America by an overwhelming m a j o r i ty w i t h a m a n d a te b a se d primarily on his stated dynamic goals during the presidential campaign. He had earned the majority House and Senate and the security blanket of a mandate. What he did not have was the killer instinct necessary to deal with a ruthless, single minded pack of wolves admittedly determined to take back the presidency regardless of the damage incurred upon their country as long as it damaged his presidency.

After two years witnessing his naive attempt at diplomacy, the enthusiasm with his brave dynamic vision of our country’s future, wore thin. Came 2010, those formerly enthusiastic voters did not show up allowing the radical antiGovernment, anti-Middle Class, antiObama zealots to sweep into office.

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Obama’s failure to fulfill his mandate has been adopted and reinterpreted by the 2010 shoe-ins as their mandate.

These deluded who were allowed to sail into office mistook it as a mandate and proceeded to over-reach. Well now the no-show voters realize what their lackadaisical voting has cost them.

All across the country the wake up call is deafening. Recalls are running rampant and hopefully, although still disappointed with President Obama’s civilized approach in dealing with the duplicitous obstructionists, they will opt for intelligence, honesty and integrity and hope that the last few years has proven to our president that you cannot pet a mad dog.

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New Citizen’s Response Center For Southampton Southampton Town introduced the new Citizen’s Response Center and the services it will provide for 2012. The center’s mission is to increase the accessibility, depth and scope of information available to the public. The CRC’s interactive information services will be distributed through direct contact, Internet services and a wide variety of other electronic information distribution systems.

Some of the new services include an online calendar of events, user-friendly automated phone systems and an updated frequently asked questions section.

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Walter Krajicek of Montauk, a contributing photographer to The Independent since the newspaper’s inception in 1993, died last Wednesday at Southampton Hospital. He was 89.

The son of Anthony Krajicek and Sadie Perez, he was born in Astoria.

Walter grew up in New York City and attended Music and Arts High School in Manhattan. He was a member of the U.S. Army Air Corp and served with distinction during World War II. Walter was a nationally known neckwear designer who loved Montauk with a passion. Many of his best photographs paid homage to the hamlet, capturing the landscape and waterscapes.

The fishing scene was a particular source of inspiration.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9. this building is open, today county employees are reporting to work. Today, we set the tone for Suffolk County government,” he said.

Discussing a vision that sets a tone of inclusion in Suffolk, Bellone brought his address to a close by asking everyone in the county to work with him. “Starting on January 1st, I ask you to join me. To my fellow Suffolk County employees, work with me to reform our government, to the business community, work with me to create jobs and put people back to work and to the residents of Suffolk County, stay active and hold this government accountable. Believe in our

He is survived by his children, Kathleen Koonmen of Westhampton Beach and James Krajicek of Bayside. He is also survived by two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

He was buried Monday at the Calverton National Cemetery after a funeral mass at St. Therese in Montauk.

East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson was due to preside over the annual organizational meeting as The Independent went to press Tuesday. Traditionally in East Hampton, the organizational gathering offers an opportunity for the supe to deliver his State of the Town address, as well as sponsor candidates for appointments to certain town boards.

The election of Peter Van Scoyoc to the town board left the planning board with his seat to fill, as well as another seat held

by Patrick Schutte whose term has expired. Wilkinson said Friday that he prefers to wait until next week to make the appointments.

He may offer his address tomorrow night at the board’s first official meeting of 2012.

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An East Hampton man, who was driving in the wrong direction on Sunrise Highway in Westhampton, was killed Saturday night when the car he was driving collided with another carrying a family of three, according to New York State Police.

While driving eastbound in the westbound lane of Sunrise Highway, just west of the 63 North exit, sole occupant of the car James Riley, was killed after crashing into another car carrying an East Hampton family at about 6:50 PM. According to New York State Police Investigator Steven Collins, it was unknown whether alcohol or drugs were the cause for the crash.

“I think the cause died with him,” said Collins. An autopsy will be performed and results of toxicology reports are pending, Collins said.

The passengers of the other car were driver Carlos Bunay, Blanca Tenesaci and her daughter, nine-year-old Joselyn Tenesaci.

Collins said Bunay and Tenesaci were both airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital. Bunay suffered lower extremity fractures and a broken arm while Tenesaci was treated for a wrist injury and a broken clavicle.

Her daughter was taken by an ambulance to Stony Brook and treated for a broken leg and a knee injury.

On Friday night, Marvin R. Cardona-Lopez, of Riverhead, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after Southampton Town Police said he caused a partial head-on collision on Montauk Highway, near the intersection of Canoe Place Road, in Hampton Bays.

Police say the vehicle that caused the crash had also been involved in a separate hit and run accident earlier that night near the Edgewater Restaurant.

There were no fatalities.

Cardona-Lopez’s vehicle was driving westbound on Montauk Highway in an erratic manner, when it tried passing another vehicle on the shoulder in the construction area near Edgewater and sideswiped the car, according to police.

At about 8 PM, police say Cardona-Lopez continued westbound on Montauk Highway where he crossed the westbound lane into the eastbound lane and struck a dump truck carrying four passengers, including a six-year-old boy.

One passenger, who sustained serious physical injury, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital The other passengers, including Cardona-Lopez, were transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries.

As a result of the accident, Montauk Highway was closed from Gravel Hill Road to Newtown Road for several hours for investigation.

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360,000 1,475,000 1,195,000

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Adamian, D Johnson, G Powers, J & L Ryan, B Gottlieb, G OK Southampton Kempner Jr, T & K

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Damiani, B & D Peconic Land Trust Peconic Land Trust Ficht, M by Exrs Sciacchitano,Dby Ref Baker, R & M

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Sausmer, W & P

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Collins, R & J

Sendlewski, M

400,000

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Lavelle, J

Entenmann, J

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It could be one of Suffolk’s last great parklands. It definitely was one of Steve Levy’s final East Endsignificant acts.

Last month then-county executive Levy announced the closing of a purchase of 300 acres known as the North Fork Preserve in Riverhead.

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Approximately 180 acres of the southernmost portion of the land will be dedicated to the Suffolk County Parks department to be developed as active parkland. The upper 126 acres will be preserved as is, with only ‘passive recreation’ such as hiking allowed.

“This is a historic day both for the preservation of environmentally sensitive land and the development of new parkland for all of our residents,” said Levy at a press conference held last month to herald the closing. “This balanced approach to preservation will allow us to maintain the rural and natural charms of the North Fork forevermore. I am proud and pleased to be able to move ahead on this acquisition, identified in 2006 on our third Master List, and to place these 300 acres into the county’s holdings.”

Local CEOs Push For New Boating Programs Captain Joe Frohnhoefer, founder and CEO of Sea Tow Services International, Inc., and Jeff Strong, president of Strong’s Marine, were among 160 U.S. marine industry leaders invited to attend the Boating Growth Summit hosted by the National Marine Manufacturer’s Association in Chicago last month. The summit brought leaders from all segments of the marine industry together to chart a course for increasing boating participation.

Frohnhoefer, who’s company is based in Southold, introduced a proposal to get more children out on the water by creating a program that would provide schools with access to small boats.

“It’s like a Driver’s Ed program,” the captain said. “Children who are exposed to boating at an early age tend to become lifelong boaters, but they need to experience the joys of boating first-hand,” he added.

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Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter applauded the county for recognizing the importance of protecting the preserve, a property he called a “treasure,” adding, “The business of the East End is tourism and this acquisition will only enhance our tax base as people come to visit the wonder of the North Fork.” Riverhead Town partnered with Suffolk on the acquisition.

Upon taking office in 2004, Levy strived to invigorate the county’s flagging, scandal-ridden open space program. He called for the development of so-called Master Lists designed to speed up the planning and appraisal processes and to take the politics out of land acquisition; streamlined the contract process; increased the number of attorneys in the Division of Real Estate for closings; implemented a $75 million Save Open Spaces (SOS) Bond Act; and expanded the number of acquisitions done with other municipalities, environmental agencies or private land trusts.

In 2006, Levy created a $50 million Environmental Legacy Fund, which is earmarked for acquisitions in which other municipalities or

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private interests apply matching funds. The Legacy Fund was recognized in 2008 by the National Association of Counties and the National Land Trust with a County Leadership in Conservation Award.

Over five decades, Suffolk County has preserved more than 58,000 acres of open space, farmland and parkland. That’s combined acres equal to nearly the size of

“This is a historic day both for the preservation of environmentally sensitive land and the development of new parkland for all of our residents.” - Steve Levy Huntington Town. Since 2004, Suffolk has purchased development rights to nearly 80 farms and invested more than $450 million to preserve land totaling seven times the size of Central Park.

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The Latest In 3-D Some people hate 3-D movies.

Roger Ebert is the leading hater, probably followed by podcasting comedian Doug Benson. They don’t like the glasses, or the physics, or I-don’t-care-what.

I am quite fond of 3-D movies and 3-D games. In fact, I hope for the day when games and movies become interactive holograms to be played in the middle of your living room.

So it should be no surprise I’m a major proponent of Nintendo’s handheld 3DS. You don’t have to wear 3-D glasses. Its games project different images to each eye, while using a visual filter to keep each eye’s images from mixing into the other eye. It’s genius.

The 3DS suffered poor sales when it launched last March, largely because Nintendo didn’t release any must-have games at launch.

But Nintendo has since dropped the price to $170. You can also watch Netflix films and TV shows on it, via the built-in WiFi. It’s backwards-compatible, so it can play regular DS games in 2-D. And the holidays just ushered in a handful of new, good 3DS games, so sales of the handheld system have jumped and remain strong.

People’s exposure to 3Ds helps.

Over the holidays, I let my sister and one of my best friends play a game on my 3DS, and they too were astonished at the awesome effects.

Still lacking: There aren’t any great adult-themed 3DS games.

But if you’re a kid or parent weary of violent games, that’s a good thing, I suppose, which is why my nephew just got a 3DS. That said, I have four recommendations for games.

1. “Super Mario 3D Land” (Nintendo; rated “E”) is the most fun Mario game I’ve played in a long while.

It’s a pretty platform adventure.

You run, jump and fly as Mario, figuring out how to navigate puzzling jumps and secret alleys, while battling mushrooms, turtles and the villainous Boswer.

You travel a wondrous series of lands. The difficulty level is not too hard for casual gamers, and not too easy for serious gamers.

And the 3-D effects are fantastic, especially when Mario bounces up

into your face.

2. “Mario Kart 7” (Nintendo; rated “E”) is a very good arcade combatracer, as I said in a recent review.

The driving is quite fun on new and revamped tracks against eight competitors, against the computer or against gamers online.

3. “Tetris Axis” (Nintendo; rated “E”) is exactly what you want from any “Tetris” game. Blocks fall from the sky. You organize them into the correct position to fit together.

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4. “Sonic Generations” (Sega, rated “E”) is a greatest-hits of “Sonic,” featuring super-fast levels from the past 20 years of “Sonic” games.

It’s much harder than “Mario” games. But if you dig on tradition, “Sonic Generations” is a sleek and cool resurrection of the world’s most famous hedgehog. (“Mario Kart 7”

by Nintendo retails for $40 for 3DS — Plays fun. Looks good. Easy to challenging, based on settings you choose. Rated “E”. Three and onehalf out of four stars.)

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(“Sonic Generations” by Sega retails for $40 for 3DS — Plays fun.

Looks good. Challenging. Rated “E.” Three and one-half stars.) (“Super Mario 3D Land” by Nintendo retails for $40 for 3DS — Plays very fun.

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He’s a point guard — obviously, the Cavs are going to hand him the ball, much like the Bulls did to Rose a couple years back. Grab him earlier, say in the ninth round. Jose Calderon and Michael Beasley are two other players who have slipped to about the 10th round. Both are better than that, and should be targeted in the eighth round.

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The perfect strategy: pick the two Super Bowl contestants, and take the best fantasy players on each team. BTW, the perfect team would be a Wild Card team that goes all the way, because that team would play one more game than any other team. It’s also possible to win picking an entire team, if that team has a lot of explosive players like New Orleans, Green Bay, or New England.

Look at the brackets and check the match-ups – remember home teams usually have the edge.

Oh No, It’s Basketball Season Two types of fans play Fantasy Basketball – those who love the sport, and those of us, addicted to Fantasy Football, who can’t wean ourselves from the action. Either way, the secret to a successful season is the same in both games – use your draft to pick up bargains – that is, grab players who will exceed expectations this season. Remember, it’s an inexact science, but as long as you are right more often than wrong you figure to come out ahead.

We all know the elite players – ESPN, Yahoo and CBS Sportsline all furnish a free draft kit with complete player rankings. Let’s see if we can spot a few bargains.

Early rounds: this is where the superstuds are: you’ll get two of the first 20, regardless of what picks you have. Chris Paul’s average rank is three, but he’s playing for a new team in the final year of his contract. That’s two big question marks to use such a high pick on.

We took a flyer on Derrick Rose instead with our number three, believing his stats will match his elite skills. We also think Stephen Curry, at 14, will break into the top 10 if his pesky ankle holds up, and that Blake Griffin at 24 is also going to finish up much higher. Eric Gordon was taken 28th in our recent Yahoo draft, but he takes Paul’s place in New Orleans, and his numbers figure to go up.

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99

We will match any of our local competitors coupons presented at the time of purchase!

FREE Wine Tasting

Fri & Sat • 4-7 PM

Hampton Bays Town Center (Next to King Kullen) • 46 East Montauk Highway

631-728-8595

15% OFF Mixed Wine Case Discount