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Giants win.” (which they subsequently did). He noted that usually at this time of year, something as simple as sinking a sign into a frozen lawn to show a house is tough, but this week he said, “I just got a listing on Dune Road and I’m going there this weekend to get a sign in.”

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I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THIS COLUMN My brain is fried.

I can’t put two words together.

Let me explain: I’m a N.Y. football Giants fan.

But I’m not like you. You were very happy the Giants won the Super Bowl and you had a few extra drinks and went to bed happy.

I went bananas.

I disgraced myself at our Super Bowl party by screaming every few minutes, “They’re gonna lose . . . they’re gonna lose . . .” I was hysterical, with my knees pulled up against my chest on every play, drooling and cursing Perry Fewell, the Giants’ inept defensive coordinator.

Quite a few women who watched the game with us went up to my wife, the beautiful Judy Licht, at the end of the game and offered their condolences.

I heard a few of them whisper,

“How can you be married to that man?”

One woman, whom I’ve never heard utter a negative word about anyone, walked out of my house and looked back at me and mumbled to Judy, “You poor thing. He’s a f&$%ing Debbie Downer.”

What people didn’t understand is that 99 percent of fans love their team and always feel like they are going to win. Then there’s that one percent of us who are the real fans, who know better and who always think their team is going to lose.

My fears last Sunday started with the National Anthem. The Giants have a tight end named Travis Beckum, who I felt would be important this game.

Beckum is brittle. I saw him singing along with the National Anthem and I feared he would try to hit a high note and give himself a hernia. As it was,

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two minutes into the game he was writhing on the ground and had to be carted off. The other real fans and I who make up the one percent knew it was going to happen.

I told no one at my party about my superstition. I noticed at one point in the second half when the score was 17 to 12 in favor of the Patriots that every time I took a sip of vodka the Giants stopped the Patriots. So from then on when the Patriots had the ball I took a sip of vodka before each play. That’s a lot of vodka.

Don’t laugh. The Patriots didn’t score another point after I applied the Vodka Jinx.

My favorite story about a Super Bowl jinx was in 1991. We had about 40 friends over watching the game.

The Giants vs. Buffalo. The room was filled with captains of industry, famous broadcasters, etc. etc. All in all, a pretty levelheaded, intelligent group.

The score was 21 to 19 in favor of the Giants with four seconds left to go.

My son JT, age two, was a cute little toddler just starting to walk, and he kept coming in and out of the room.

Now Buffalo was lining up to try a field goal that would win the game.

Scott Norwood, the Buffalo kicker, was about to come on to the field. Just then JT came into the room with a big smile and someone shouted, “Get that kid out of the room. He’s bad luck.”

Someone else said, “Did you notice every time he comes in here, Buffalo gets a first down.”

Now everyone started to yell, “Get him out. He’s going to make them score.”

Someone, I think it was Judy, picked up the bewildered kid and rushed him out the door. He was out of the room and crying when Norwood started to kick. WIDE RIGHT! WIDE RIGHT! The Giants won.

Today JT is a Jets fan. Talk about bad luck.

Back to Sunday’s game, let me tell you about that Brady Hail Mary pass in the last five seconds. You saw it replayed a couple of times on television; by now you’ve forgotten it. I still see it every few minutes. I walk down the street and the play is right before my eyes. The ball goes up. I start to panic.

Sometimes in my imagination the ball hits the ground, as it actually did.

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dives and catches it. I hear the announcer scream, “The Patriots win!

The Patriots win!”

I didn’t get a minute’s sleep on Sunday night. I went to bed with my earphones in my radio listening to WFAN, hungry for anything I could hear about the Giants’ victory.

It was like being alone in an insane asylum. All I wanted to do was to listen to the call-ins about the game. Do you have any idea who calls a sports radio station about a football game in the middle of the night? Do you want to know who listens to WFAN at 4:30 in the morning? Drunks. There was Al from Staten Island, Sid from the Bronx, Paulie from Kings Highway . . .

Their voices were slurred. They just wanted to talk about the Giants. My favorite was Vinny from Mineola.

Vinny started, “Hello Jack. Dish ish Vinny from Mineola. Dish was the besssst er . . . er . . . football game ever. Jack, what do you know? I lisshen to you every ni ni ni night and jor a Washhhington Redssskinnns faan. Do you know why the ere r Giants . . . er . . . er . . . er . . . ” [silence].

Jack the announcer came on and said, “Vinny? Vinny? Oh, we’re having some technical difficulties with Vinny’s call.”

Baloney. There weren’t any technical difficulties. Vinny had fallen asleep.

Jack came on and said, “Let’s go to Mary in Bayonne.” Mary was drunker than Vinny and still I listened.

I had just one hour’s sleep last night. I had a nightmare that Brandon Jacobs was discussing his theory of relativity with me, and every time I looked confused he knocked me down. I woke up, went back to sleep and had the strangest dream of them all. Before I tell you let me assure you that I’m straight.

In this dream Eli Manning and I were living together as a couple in Indianapolis. We had decided to adopt a Chinese baby. I woke up with a start.

That’s crazy. Besides, what would we call the kid? Victor, after Victor Cruz? Or maybe Mario, after Mario Manningham? Has there ever been a Chinese baby called Hakeem?

Then I jumped out of bed. I just may never sleep again.

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Hockey moms ( from left) Julia Prince with Hudson Lee Roman, Stefanie Dec with Hunter, and Britton Bistrian with Merrit Emptage are hoping for their own turn on the ice.

By Kitty Merrill

These are no ordinary hockey moms. Sure, they supervise their kids and help them into the extensive gear the sport requires. They ferry them to the rink at Buckskill Winter Club in East Hampton. They share their kids’ passion for ice hockey . . . because they want to play, too.

Julia Prince, Stefanie Dec and Britton Bistrian have been talking about forming a women’s ice hockey league at Buckskill for a while now, according to Prince. “Four years ago I used to skate here with the kids every Saturday to keep fit and because I love hockey. Then I got elected and I didn’t have the time.

Now, I’m trying to re-invigorate it,” Prince, a former East Hampton town councilwoman explained.

Men who participate on the Buckskill team often meet at lunchtime for informal skating. The trio would like to establish a similar set up for women. “We can have pickup games, with no pressure. Just get on the ice and skate,” said Prince “What I would love to do,“ head hockey coach Tim Luzadre said, “is run a skills clinic and work on that until the numbers grow . . . I love to do drills and look at it like an exercise program. It’s a great workout.”

Bistrian and Dec are well aware of the kind of workout ice hockey is. Both played in college, though a number of years apart, and ago. Dec

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recruited as athletes,” recalled the Connecticut College alum. Bistrian believes the first Olympic women’s ice hockey team in 1998 shined a spotlight on the sport. “That team, they were all my peers. I played with them,” she said.

“She’s a real hockey player,” Dec offered.

“Real rusty,” Bistrian joked.

Doug DeGroot, the winter club’s owner, thinks the idea of a women’s hockey team is “awesome. I like anything that gets people skating.” His daughter Harriet is 13 and already participates in the club’s junior hockey training.

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The Case For The Cap

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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s cap on municipal and school district spending is the first salvo in an ambitious plan to bring fiscal sanity to the state.

According to a study by E.J. McMahon for the Empire Center, the two-percent tax cap needs to be followed by additional cost cutting to make it workable in the long run.

The New York cap is modeled after Massachusetts Proposition 2 1/2½ enacted in 1980. It has been a rousing success, though it has been watered down over the years – about 1600 budget overrides have been passed over the years, and about

2000 debt exclusions passed. Thus, McMahon found, “it is possible for homeowners to experience tax increases in excess of 2.5 percent.”

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The first target is the so-called Triborough Provision of the Taylor Law, which guarantees continuing pay raises for teachers even in the absence of a contract.

Cuomo is also urging a uniform countywide assessment “Based on uniform assessment standards and regular market-value updates.”

Southampton uses real-value assessment numbers; East Hampton has never had a hands-on property assessment in its history.

The need for spending reform is glaring when New York is compared to other states, and Suffolk County to other counties. The state has the fifth highest per capita property taxes in the U.S. Suffolk County ranks eighth highest in the country.

Worse, New York has the highest expenditure of per-student costs in the country, $17,173. East End districts all spend considerably more.

Former governors Elliot Spitzer and David Paterson both pushed for tax caps, but Cuomo’s is the most comprehensive and restrictive ever proposed in New York State.

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Almost all school districts and municipalities are hard-pressed to keep up with rising retirement costs.

The study calls for “fundamental pension reform, putting newly-hired civilian employees in defined contribution plans.” In other words, make them pay for at least part of their retirement benefits. The study also suggests repealing the Wicks Law and eliminating a law that mandates union wages be paid to workers on public construction projects.

McMahon warns, though, that to make it work the cap must not “be amended to allow automatic tax increases for fast rising compensation costs, especially pensions.”

McMahon strongly urges that state lawmakers “avoid agreeing to exceptions or exclusions that reduce the cap to a mere symbol.”

School districts can override the tax cap by a 60 percent vote; municipal boards can do so with a two-thirds vote.

The cap forces school boards, municipal boards, and the state legislature “to stop passing the buck for generous pension benefits and collective bargaining rules tilted against the interests of the taxpayers,” the study concluded.

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A mandated North Shore helicopter route may be good news for people who live on the North Fork and upisland, but bad news for East Hampton. Kathy Cunningham, who served for years on a town-appointed airport noise abatement committee (which was disbanded by the current administration), appeared before the East Hampton Town Board last Thursday night with the warning.

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Southampton Town Comptroller Tamara Wright is in the clear.

After nearly a month of speculation about her future, and a bit of her past for that matter, Wright has decided to take a position as 1 the newIndependentNovNORTHAd_18.pdf Brookhaven Town com-

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by the town comptroller.

Formal documentation regarding the lien release from the IRS was received January 25, the day The Independent last went to press on the matter.

Wright came under scrutiny after the New Year, when the Southampton Town Board’s RepublicanConservative majority’s decision was made to delay re-appointing her.

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was imperative for each of them to speak with Wright one-on-one. The comptroller was ultimately unanimously re-appointed to her Southampton position on January 10.

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RICK’S SPACE Scenes From The Stupor Bowl Rumblin’ and Stumblin’ Those were some heels on the Material Girl’s leather boots.

Unfortunately, they weren’t the best footwear for dancing. And so it was Madonna almost fell on her finely toned backside. In fact, a couple more feet she would have fallen right off the stage. That would have been messy, and what’s worse, probably would’ve delayed the game.

Gene Simmons of Kiss warned Madonna before she even took the stage that performing “live” at the Super Bowl meant just that.

Singing. Madonna taped her vocals nevertheless, and that turned the whole thing into a theater presentation, not real music.

Why is it women are so insistent on defending Madonna? The spectacle aside, her set sucked.

“Better than watching the scraggy old Tom Petty,” one lady friend said to me. Really? He sang the songs

he’s written and his band played them. He performed live. He’s sold 100 million records. Someone out there likes him.

Contrast Madonna’s set with the Rolling Stones a few years back. Mick Jagger danced like an 18-year old, his energy boundless, the band ripped through six great tunes, Keith Richards snarled his way through rock’s greatest power chords, and it all happened live. Is that too much to ask?

Pouty Lips, Potty Mouth Poor Gisele Bundchen. She probably didn’t know she was being recorded when she said “My husband cannot f****** throw the ball and catch it at the same time.”

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The Fickle Finger The singer M.I.A. almost upstaged Madonna by giving the camera the finger and cursing during the halftime show. The moment has gone viral, with millions of hits on You Tube.

Officials expressed surprise and outrage. Why? Didn’t Janet Jacksion revitalize her career by flashing a nipple? Obviously, the word is out there is no better way to get yourself noticed than to do something outrageous on camera during the Super Bowl. Put another way, how many of you ever heard of M.I.A. before Sunday?

Then He Bowled A No-Hitter Karen was on the phone Sunday night after the game and I heard her say “And then all of a sudden Rick started screaming . . . I think Eli Manning hit a home run.”

Actually, that was Reggie Jackson.

Sadly, I’m not making this up.

Beer, Broads, and Junk Food It’s little wonder most people around the world hate Americans.

It’s because they think we are like the stereotypes you see on TV during football season. All the guys are kind of plain looking, but they have one thing in common: they drink beer, and lots of it. All the women – make that girls – are drop dead gorgeous, have big breasts that are partially exposed, and wear next to nothing, often

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just a bikini. They have one thing in common – they dig the homely guys who drink beer, and lots of it.

There are constant parties, with unlimited beer, and the girls writhe (that’s supposed to be dancing) while the guys talk football and drink. They all eat Fritos and potato chips and crackers and Cheez Doodles.

Most everything is deep fried in animal fat. What ads don’t you see on TV? Nothing about soy bean or bean curd. No sushi. No cucumber of vegetable dip. No almond butter or fresh fruit. Why is it, do you think, that these products don’t take advantage of the huge TV ratings?

It’s the subliminal message boys receive watching sports on TV. Sissies eat healthy food. Real men drink and drive. If you want girls drink beer.

Here, have some more chips and dips – sexy babes love it when you come on to them with a mouth full of smelly food.

And so we are indoctrinated at an early age game to reserve Sundays for watching the big game while munching on snack food. Then we have a son or two, and he gets into the flow to be like dad. Then one day, you look at yourself, you’re 250 pounds, your stomach hangs down to your knees, and the doctor told you to stop drinking beer and start eating soy beans. And if you get within 20 feet of some babe in a bikini she’ll have you arrested.

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EDITORIAL Heads In The Sand It would be sad to watch school boards squirming over the upcoming two percent budget cap if it wasn’t so appalling.

The state has been planning on imposing a spending cap since the Spitzer administration. School boards knew last year that the cap would be in effect this year. Yet board members blithely continued their practice of spending recklessly with no regard for the property owners who foot the bill, as most have done for decades. Now, all of a sudden, board members are panicking as they realize they are hopelessly above the spending limit.

East Hampton is a perfect example. Board members feigned shock when they were told the school is about $2 million over the cap. This is the same group that spent $90,000 a few months ago to hire a Kindergarten teacher – twice the going rate. Another $1 million is earmarked for raises to the teachers, board members bemoaned. There is the big Duh . . . school boards negotiate teachers’ contracts. Why are board members never aware of the long-term consequences?

Things could be even worse in East Hampton had former superintendent Ray Gualtieri remained at the helm. Gualtieri wanted to spend $6 million on a garage; he also spent over $2 million on a senseless lawsuit that should have been resolved years ago.

In this issue we outline the finer points of Governor Cuomo’s plan to stabilize property taxes. In Suffolk County we pay the eighth highest in the country. Not coincidentally, teachers here are among the highest paid in the United States. More

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Relay For Life Dear Editor, The F.D. Ladies Relay for Life team would like to thank everyone who came to support our dance-a-thon on January 20. We will be continuing to fundraise for the American Cancer Society with a Buffet Breakfast at Springs Fire Department on Feb 12 from 7-11 AM. Also on March 3 we will be hosting a Ziti Dinner at the Amagansett Fire Department

relief is coming if Cuomo has his way – teacher layoffs based on merit, not seniority, and reeling in out of control health and retirement benefits. It is decisive action, most welcome, and it’s about time.

On the local level, municipalities and schools must henceforth force unions to pay a fair share of those costs that are crippling the entire state. And in this first year of the cap, it would be a welcome sign for our teachers and school officials to voluntarily accept a pay freeze to help the community cope with this new law. It’s happened in some districts – why not here?

Thanks to Governor Cuomo, significant reform is beginning that will force school districts to make fiscally responsible decisions. Faced with layoffs, perhaps even the unions will begin to see the light.

Civic Pride Yes, it’s about beer and boobs, and the Super Bowl extravaganza exposes everything that is crass about American society. That said, Lucas Stadium in Indianapolis was filled with New York Giants’ fans Sunday night, most there at considerable expense. It made a difference, possibly THE difference, as several players remarked after the game. For better or worse, this is our home team, and the euphoria felt in the corners of the state –- and in New Jersey –- is real. We rooted for our underdogs, we never lost hope, and after six grueling mustwin games we have what no other team does -- the Super Bowl trophy.

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Done With Good Deeds Dear Mr. Murphy, I am writing to you to vent my anger over the treatment I received from the Traffic Control Officer here in East Hampton. The incident happened last summer on Sunday, July 3 near Waldbaum’s. First, I want you to know that during the summer months for the past 15 years, I have volunteered to assist summer workers from both here and abroad by offering my home to entertain them on

Sundays, their day off. I also would often give them a ride to go shopping or sightseeing.

On Sunday, July 3 about 4 PM, I picked up five ladies (here from London) to take them to my home from Waldbaum’s. They were waiting just outside the store. When they saw me trying to stop just before the ticket machine, waiting to get a ticket behind two other cars, they ran to get into my car even before I had fully come to a stop. Immediately the Traffic Control Officer hurried to my car and told me to move. I hesitated because the car door was already opened.

I explained the situation to this man but he proceeded to write me a parking ticket. I went to the Town Hall to ask for a dismissal. The man

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at Town Hall never respected my explanation.

He said I was “being dramatic.” I then asked for a trial. The day of the trial the officer who gave me the ticket was not present and the case should have automatically been dismissed.

Instead, I was placed on a one-year probation.

At both appearances at Town Hall, I brought some of the ladies with me to verify my story but they were never allowed to testify! As a result of this unfair treatment, I have decided to forgo my volunteering because I was punished for my weekly good deeds.

DAHLIA FERRANDO AMAN

Megalomaniac Millionaire Dear Rick, The GOP continues to lose all credibility.

After denigrating and insulting Mitt Romney only a few months ago, and declaring he might have to run himself, The Donald has done an about face to endorse Romney - snubbing Newt, who at least consented to participate in Trump’s aborted “debate.” And all the candidates except Huntsman made pilgrimages to pay homage to this megalomaniac millionaire.

Trump recently said that other countries are laughing at us. No surprise here. They laughed when George Bush was elected not just once, but twice! How can they now take this circus masquerading as a political campaign seriously?

No surprise either, that periodically The Donald needs to insinuate himself into the rhetoric to garner publicity for his TV show.

PATRICIA MASON

Washington March Dear Rick, In America there has been a terrible hardening of sensibilities. Most of us on the beautiful East End of Long Island missed it but two weeks ago hundreds of thousands of Americans from all over our country marched for the right to life in Washington, D.C. Most of them were young people. We should be proud of them.

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Yes, proud of those who marched, and ponder what has taken place in this country since most of these marchers were born.

Thirty-nine years ago Roe vs. Wade created an unrestricted license to abortion – a “right,” a “fix” to a so-called “dilemma.”

Since then there have been over 43 million children aborted in this land where we are “endowed by our Creator to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Wake up America! This slaughter of the innocents must stop – they have a right to life.

JACK MCGREEVY

Take Our Country Back Dear Rick, Is it not astounding, miraculous even, that

Internships For Enviro-Kids The Concerned Citizens of Montauk is offering six paid internships to East Hampton High School students interested in learning how to lead outdoor education bi-lingual trail walks for the East End community.

The program is made possible by a grant from the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation.

“CCOM believes the key to preservation is education,” explained CCOM President, Dr. Robert Stern. “Our goal is to ignite the interest of high school students and engage them in reaching out to East Hampton’s diverse community.”

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What did you think about the recent Navy Seal rescue of the hostages in Somalia?

Ulysses Gonzales I read about the rescue on Yahoo. The Navy Seals are the best of the best. They are so well trained for these kinds of top secret operations. They work in small groups and no one knows their identity.

They were amazing in the raid on Osama Bin Laden.

Jennifer Palmer My brother was in the Navy and my father was in the Marines, in Vietnam. I’m well aware how much our military does for us. I’m very proud of them.

The Seals are the elite forces. They’re awesome.

The rescue was quite amazing.

Barbara Sherer They’re awesome. I’ve always loved the Navy Seals. They’ve become more prominent since killing Osama Bin Laden. I used to watch all the old black and white war movies. They used to call them Frogmen. I guess they were the forerunners of the Seals.

Teresa Talmage I admire the Navy Seals. They were awfully brave when they went into that compound and got Bin Laden. I didn’t hear about this latest Somalia raid but I think they were quiet about it until it happened so that they could surprise the kidnappers.

a small group of people brought freedom and liberty to America in 1776? Considering that one third of the colonists were against their efforts and one third were independents with no opinion, our Founding Fathers absolutely “pulled the proverbial rabbit out of the hat.” And that, fair reader, gives me hope.

Today, there are way too many Americans who still support the worst President in our history and too many “independents” with no opinion.

Thankfully, there are enough Americans who see the threat to our freedom and liberty, a threat greater than the Soviet threat of the Cold War years. Thankfully, these Americans do not want to leave to the next generation a nation less free than the one that we have had the privilege and blessing to enjoy.

So, I say, it is now time for our generation to “pull the rabbit out of the hat” and take our nation back.

BILL JONES

Some Soup For You It’s that time of year -- time for Relay for Life fund raising events, projects and classes. “The Walk with Me Team has been very busy for several weeks brain storming and we have come up with the most creative fund raising events yet,” according to France Posener. “And many local wonderful, and generous businesses, chefs, stores and caterers are helping; so be prepared to have fun, be wowed, and in the end, know you are supporting a very needy cause -- The American Cancer Society, thru Relay for Life.”

Team members came up with a “souper” idea.

Everyone loves soup, and who doesn’t need an occasional prepared dinner all ready to take home and enjoy with the family?

Chef/caterer and team member Delaney Oser (Thyme and Again) is making mouth-watering soups, and every week, there are four to choose from. Buy for tonight, or put it in the freezer for another time.

Each week, different selections are offered, for $15 a quart.

This week it’s roasted tomato and basil, vegetarian black bean chili, cream of mushroom and chicken vegetable. Email Oser at thymesouthampton@yahoo.com a day in advance to order.

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Town Looks To Trustees To Restore Mecox Beach

By Emily Toy

“We may have a little crisis on our hands.”

That was Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst’s response to the reported state of Mecox Beach, a Bridgehampton beach that may be holding on by a thread.

At Friday’s work session, town trustees, environmental consultants and analysts and other town representatives met with Southampton Town Board to discuss the major erosion of the recreational area.

Marty Shea, the town’s chief environmental analyst, said erosion of the beach occurring over the past month has resulted in the loss of two thirds of the dune line, which now measures about 15 feet wide.

“We have what I would describe as an emergency situation,” he said. “My concern is there’s a good chance for storm events, which could mean damage to the parking lot,” adding that would be a detriment to the town come the summer months.

To rebuild the dune, according to Chris Bean, superintendent of the parks and recreation department, it would cost about $54,000, as long as they don’t have to purchase the sand.

“This is very important for the recreation of town residents,” said Bean.

Aram Terchunian, president of First Coastal Corp., an environmental consulting and marine construction company in Westhampton Beach, stressed the need to move quickly to restore the dune line before the summer.

“I’m ready to move immediately,” he said.

Mecox Beach, located at the end of Jobs Lane in Bridgehampton, is a town-owned recreational facility and accounts for one third of the beach parking from Bridgehampton to Sagaponack.

The town board looked to the trustees for a permit to restore the dune, with the town also asking the trustees to donate the sand.

The sand would come from the Mecox cut, on property owned by the trustees.

The problem is not only the time factor, but if whether or not the trustees will in fact donate the 6000 cubic yards of sand needed.

“We’d love to give you the sand,” Trustee President Eric Schultz said to Bean.

Schultz explained the trustees are weary of giving the sand gratis. Recently the trustees won an

ongoing lawsuit involving Village of West Hampton Dunes residents, resulting in the trustees controlling their own finances instead of being overseen by a town board.

The trustee president said that he didn’t want to make any decisions that could in turn jeopardize their legal standing, should West Hampton Dunes residents seek an appeal.

“This challenged us and our rights,” Shultz said. “We’re working towards sound financial management.”

Shultz also added that giving the

sand for free would be counterintuitive to the town’s new business model of chargebacks for town de-

“We have what I would describe as an emergency situation,” - Marty Shea partments. Trustees began selling sand commercially two years ago at $7.50 per cubic yard.

Schultz said that the town could donate services rather than make a cash payment in exchange for the sand.

“We’re talking about supporting a project that’s very dependent on support of beach stickers,” ThroneHolst said. “We’re asking you to look at this as a town partnership.”

If the sand has to be purchased, Shea said the project could cost over $100,000.

Shea said a decision needed to be made very quickly before the beach becomes even more eroded.

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Lowe’s Sponsors Workshop The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce invites people to register for the “Turning Action into Results” workshop at Lowe’s Home Improvement, at 1461 Old Country Road.

The workshop is a “Peak Performance” motivational seminar and workshop that teaches strategies, communication skills and physiology used by the world’s top achievers to attain outstanding success and fulfillment.

It will be presented by Lee Asher and will begin at 7:30 PM tomorrow.

The first 50 sign-ups will be admitted free.

Reservations can be made by calling the Riverhead Chamber Office 631-727-7600. Tickets are $25.

Hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Religion On The Vine The First Parish Church in Riverhead is offering a monthly conversational gathering at Laurel Lake Vineyard, 3165 Main Road (route 25), Laurel, NY. It will be opened to all seekers who desire to explore the perennial spiritual questions of life and issues

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Arrest In Greenport Southold police said a man stopped in Greenport Sunday night was arrested after he was found to have a warrant out for his arrest.

Brian Shelby, 45, of Southold, was wanted for outstanding vehicular violations, police said. He was turned over to the Suffolk County Fugitive Squad.

Valentine Photo Contest Exhibit The Art Sites Gallery, at 651 West Main Street, Riverhead will be the site of the My Furry Photo Contest Saturday from 11 AM to 3 PM. The best photos will be on display at the gallery.

All proceeds benefit homeless animals at Kent Animal Shelter. Admission is $10.

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Gurney’s Employee Honored Paula Andrea Chacon is Gurney’s Employee of the Year. Paula is the senior hair stylist at the Ocean View Salon at Gurney’s Inn General Manager Paul Monte surprised Paula with a $1000 check at Gurney’s annual Employee of the Year party last week. Monte said she “is loved by all, coworkers, guests and clients alike.”

Karen and Amanda Krzenski have created a safety hat for young children.

Baby Safety Hat The Whoopsiee, an innovative new product designed to help protect babies’ heads as they are learning to crawl and walk while providing peace of mind for their parents, is now available for purchase.

The Whoopsiee is the brainchild Karen and Amanda Krzenski who, as parents of young children, were looking for a way to encourage their babies’ exploration in various types of environments while protecting their heads from bumps and bruises along the way. Not finding a product on the market that met their needs, the women set forth to design a hat that could protect the entire circumference and top of the head without impeding the child’s hearing or vision.

“As a mom with a 2 year old and a newborn” said Amanda Krzenski

a Kindergarten teacher, “I wanted to find something that could give my toddler more protection from the sharp edges of furniture and many tumbles she took as she was taking those first wobbly steps and becoming more mobile.”

After doing extensive research the duo helped create The Whoopsiee, a soft safety hat that gently cushions and protects the child’s head.

“Whoopsiee is helpful in preventing bumps and bruises while a child is learning to walk,” said noted pediatrician Dr. Mark Thomas. “It’s always such a concern for parents when their child is in this important developmental stage that their head is protected,” said Karen, “and the Whoopsiee gives them that extra cushioning without feeling like a heavy helmet. Most of the children we’ve tested it on don’t even notice

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ELIH Employee Honored An Eastern Long Island Hospital certified physician assistant, Christopher Edelstein, recently became one of the first PAs to earn a new specialty credential from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

Edelstein was awarded a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Emergency Medicine, a distinction earned by meeting licensure, education and experience requirements and then passing an exam. Chris is one of only 19 certified PAs in the state to earn a CAQ and just one of 14 in New York to earn a CAQ

Paula Andrea Chacon is Gurney’s “Employee of the Year.”

in Emergency Medicine. Nationwide, a total of 142 PAs earned a CAQ in Emergency Medicine.

Heart to Heart Valentine’s Yoga Class Couples are invited to a heart opening yoga class at the Gurney’s Inn Fitness Center in Montauk. Experience the love connection between mind, body and soul that yoga creates with Arlene Lucas (Sarabjot). Calming breathing and hatha postures will be practiced individually and in partnership, followed by a “spa-like” deep relaxation and a soothing gong healing. Class is suitable for beginners and all levels . . .Come and get your lovin’! From 9:30 to 11 AM on Satruday $25.00 per couple.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11. regulate helicopter noise throughout Long Island. He said the FAA is “100 percent committed” to finalizing regulations on the use of the North Shore route, which would require choppers to fly over water and at an altitude high enough to reduce noise.

LaHood intends to have the regs in place before the Fourth of July.

The Transportation Secretary also promised to move forward with similar rules regarding a South Shore route, and said the FAA will consider “additional specificity” for the North route to protect communities that could be affected by entry and exit points.

Speaking to the town board, Cunningham worried the mandated North Shore route will result in more helicopters over East Hampton.

“Georgica, look out, because it’s gonna hurt,” she predicted.

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appeared less worried. The air traffic control tower the town is poised to erect will ultimatley work in combination with a mandated southern route to mitigate noise. The southern route, he said, will serve to disperse traffic. He promised to update the town board on the status of airport noise abatement efforts by the end of the month.

According to Oliver Longwell, Communications Director for Congressman Tim Bishop, his office has yet to see details of Schumer’s plan. (Bishop has been at the forefront of fighting to solve the chopper noise issue on the East End.) “We applaud the effort of the FAA at the direction of Secretary LaHood, in recognizing helicopter noise is something it has to deal with, for a long time they’ve resisted it.”

As Cunningham suggested, Longwell noted, “If you make the situation better for someone, you could make it more difficult for somebody else. It’s a delicate act. We’re

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During the 1950s the west channel was completely closed. Once it was opened, erosion ramped up. Van Scoyoc doesn’t believe county officials would be amenable to changing horses midstream and there is a need to “get the water flushing.” Long term, it would be great to get the east channel dredged deeply, but in the short term, the water needs to get moving, he said.

It was noted that the last time dredging occurred in the area, material derived from the work was stored on Hicks Island. Several speakers offered support for using that sand and gravel to renourish the shoreline in front of homes imperiled by erosion. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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den was nearby, helping her son J.P. gear up. “I’m in,” she said. “Do we have to wear all this stuff?” DeGroot noted the club has all the gear available for rent and even hosts a fall equipment swap.

Mulling the notion of playing rather than just watching hockey, Amaden said, “It sounds like it could be fun . . . or it could be funny.”

The trio dispersed, with plans to start a lunchtime skate for women on Wednesdays. Bistrian and Dec went off to see their kids on the ice, while Prince tracked down Hudson, who’s just beginning to talk. All he says is, “Hockey, Da-Da. Hockey.”

To learn more about women’s lunchtime skate, call the Buckskill Winter Club at 631-324-2243. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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Informal Fleming The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center along with the Eastern Long Island NAACP will present Southampton Town Councilwoman Bridget Fleming on Thursday, February 16 at 7 PM for another series of “The Politics of it All: The Quest for Answers.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11. spondence with the feds, but didn’t have the release, thus delaying the seven-member board’s vote.

Both Supervisor Anna ThroneHolst and Councilwoman Bridget Fleming said they were saddened

by Wright’s decision to leave the town, with the supervisor saying she thought the reason was because of the re-appointing delay.

Wright assured that her decision to interview with Brookhaven Town was not because of Southampton’s hesitation in re-appointing her.

Brookhaven’s Town Board was scheduled to appoint Wright to the finance commissioner position yesterday. It is anticipated that Wright will gain a $17,000 pay increase, thus earning $133,000 a year in her new two-year position.

Wright is scheduled to begin her new job on March 1.

The East Hampton resident was appointed to her current position of comptroller three times and has been serving Southampton for nearly four years. Wright has been credited with aiding the town to gain a sound financial state by working closely with the supervisor and town board members.

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Fantasy Football Wrap If you played Fantasy Football right down to the end, you probably know the perfect lineup for the Super Bowl using standard PPR scoring: it was Tom Brady QB, Ahmad Bradshaw RB, Danny Woodhead RB, Hakeem Nicks WR, Wes Welker WR, Aaron Hernandez TE, Lawrence Tynes K, and Giants Def. I almost had a perfect score in the Fantasy Guru contest, opting for Brandon Jacobs over Woodhead and Steve Gostowski over Tynes.

Oh well – it was a blast.

Who were the winners and losers in the 2011 season? Let’s take a look, excluding players who were felled by injuries.

Quarterback: Biggest Winner: Cam Newton. The youngster, only a rookie, quickly became a Fantasy powerhouse, with his arm and his feet. The Usual Suspects: Brady, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers did what they were supposed to do: post big numbers. Add Eli Manning to the list of top five quarterbacks as well: he had a huge season. And keep an eye on Mathew Stafford.

Losers: Michael Vick came back down to earth – hey, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Ditto Big Ben Roethlisberger. Hey, whatever happened to Philip Rivers?

Running Back: Biggest Winner: Marshawn Lynch went from Mr. Irrelevant to being a star – again.

LeSean McCoy -- thar’s dynamite in them thar legs. Adrian Foster: cemented his position as Number One. Reggie Bush: and we thought the pampered superstar was soft.

Losers: Chris Johnson – what happened to that speed, dude?

Shonne Greene: he never did develop into a reliable back.

Rashard Mendenhall: he sucked even before he got hurt.

Wide receiver: Winner: Victor Cruz: from nobody to a god in two weeks. A.J. Green performed better than any rookie in memory.

Losers: Mike Austin – what a dud. Mike Williams – the Tampa Bay Mike Williams, that is, though the Seattle receiver with the same name also disappointed.

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Tight End: Winners: Gronk!

How well did Rob Gronkowski play? He had the best season of any tight end in the history of the NFL. In fact, he was the best receiver in the league, period.

Jimmy Graham was almost as good as Gronk in this, The Year of the Tight End. Losers: it was sad to see Antonio Gates fall off the perch so fast.

Kicker: Winners: David Akers – remember him, Eagles’ fans?

Bet you still wish you had him.

Losers: Alex Henery – speaking of Philadelphia . . . the heralded rookie was supposed to be the most accurate kicker in the world

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4. that day, and Marc Lamaina at Butta Cakes Cupcakes and Comfort Food, reported a “huge uptick” of traffic.

“I’m doing spring numbers,” he said, adding he’s expanded hours to five days, compared to last winter’s two.

In Westhampton Beach, JoAnn Rich of the Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce said she’d had people dropping in to the chamber on a regular basis this winter. “There’s more action than I thought I’d see,” the program administrator said. Like many others, she reported going out to dinner on a Saturday night, and “the place was packed.”

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“We’re at least six weeks to a month ahead of the game . . . We’re hitting it hard, doing masonry and regular landscaping.”

A c c o r d i n g t o F i s h e r, t h e unseasonably warm weather has “drastically” shortened the digging season for tree growers down south.

Once trees leaf out, landscapers can’t dig them up for transport and replanting. “If they have a shortened season down south, people up north can reap the benefit of that,” Fisher explained.

Robert Smith of Hollenbeck and Smith Architects said he’d be happy if the weather stays warm for the rest of the winter. Of course it has a positive impact on the building

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In the planning department in East Hampton, officials reported seeing an increase in activity that could be spurred by a spring feeling in the air.

Principal planner Joanne Pahwul said site plan activity is busy and new applications are coming in. “People are coming in to finish up projects and really looking to get things done. It almost seems like the local economy is turning,” she said.

Not everyone agrees. Builder William Kalbacher observed, “The weather’s fine, it’s the economy that sucks . . . The people with deep pockets have short hands.” He said that while it has been a pleasure to work in warmer weather, he and his crew traditionally toil through the winter months regardless of conditions. “For people who want to work, the weather has no effect.”

East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson was also among those who didn’t see much of an upside to the warmer days. Asked if he thought the weather was proving a boon to the building industry, he replied, “What building industry. Perhaps if the banks would lend, we’d have one.”

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Village streets were busy with day trippers, thanks to unseasonable temps.

money on heat and snow removal services, or if he could estimate how much the town spent last year on plowing roads compared to this year so far, he wrote, “more.”

“It has been delightful hasn’t it?”

Assemblyman Fred Thiele wrote, offering a more optimistic view. “In addition to saving local governments on their snow budgets, I’m hearing that the weather has been a boon to the local economy on the weekends.

“I can say from firsthand experience that the restaurants have been very busy and that the downtowns have been crowded. Second homeowners have taken full advantage of the good weather. Business and the economy have benefited from the good weather.” kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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