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Paying Too Much For Medication

The National Conference of State Legislatures took up the matter after pharmacists complained. Federal and state officials say they share the pharmacists’ concerns, and they have started taking action. At least five states have adopted laws to make sure pharmacists can inform patients about less costly ways to obtain their medicine, and at least a dozen others are considering legislation to prohibit gag clauses, according to The Times.

By Rick Murphy

Many of us are being charged far more than we legally have to pay for our prescriptions—and our pharmacists not only know it, but are under a “gag order” not to tell us.

The shocking practice has been going on all over the country for years, until the media began reporting about the hidden costs. Now, the practice is being addressed by numerous states. Bill #A9893, sponsored by Anthony Brindisi (Utica), is under consideration in the New York State Assembly after being introduced last week. The bill relates to enhancing pharmaceutical transparency and consumer protection between pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers. Assemblyman Fred Thiele said he will come on board as a co-sponsor. “An act to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation to contracts between pharmacies and pharmacy benefits managers,” is needed, Brindisi wrote, “because pharmacies and pharmacists enter into contracts with health carriers or pharmacy benefits managers that contain gag orders.” Pharmacists who tell their customers that they are paying more than they should could be penalized for disclosing the information.

According to an article by Robert Pear in the New York Times on February 24 titled, “Why Your

Pharmacists are, “the most direct, personal connection that a patient receiving a prescription drug has. That’s why it is important that we free them from the constraint of these gag orders so as to allow them to properly serve patients,” Brindisi wrote. Pharmacist Can’t Tell You That $20 Prescription Could Cost Only $8,” customers, even ones with top tier health insurance, often pay more out of pocket than they are supposed to.

“Many pharmacists have expressed frustration about such provisions in their contracts with the powerful companies that manage drug benefits for insurers and employers. The clauses force the pharmacists to remain silent as, for example, a consumer pays $125 under her insurance plan for an influenza drug that would have cost $100 if purchased with cash,” Pear wrote. The culprits are drug benefit

managers who hold down costs for consumers by negotiating prices with drug manufacturers and retail drugstores, but their practices have come under intense scrutiny. Much of the “saved” costs negotiated go into their pockets instead of those of the consumer or pharmacist. “This is unreasonable and unnecessary,” according to the proposed bill before the New York Assembly. The White House Council of Economic Advisers said in a report that large pharmacy benefit managers “exercise undue market power” and generate “outsized profits for themselves.”

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In North Dakota, a new law explicitly bans gag orders. It says that a pharmacy or pharmacist may provide information that “may include the cost and clinical efficacy of a more affordable alternative drug if one is available.” The North Dakota law mandates that a pharmacy benefit manager or insurer may not charge a copayment that exceeds the actual cost of a medication.

The lobby for drug benefit companies, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, has filed suit in federal court to block the North Dakota law, saying it imposes “onerous new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers.”

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Local Girl Fights Rare Diseases of the blood characterized by destruction of red blood cells by the complement system, a part of the body’s innate immune system. Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation is the only curative therapy for PNH. Eculizumab, a monoclonal antibody that blocks terminal complement activation, is highly effective in reducing hemolysis, improving quality of life, and reducing the risk for thrombosis in PNH patients. Jessica has already undergone cryopreservation, a procedure that will hopefully allow her to have children in the future. The cost of the procedure, $16,000, is not covered by insurance.

There will be a fundraiser for Jessica Greene on March 9.

By Rick Murphy

Jessica Greene, a vivacious brunette and a recent graduate of Kent State University, was enjoying her new career as Senior Research Analyst at Colliers International when she received some devastating news. Jessica, who lives in East Hampton and graduated from the local high school, was diagnosed with two extremely rare blood disorders, PNH and Severe Aplastic Anemia. Friends are planning a fundraiser on March 9 in Amagansett to kick-start her battle to defeat these formidable foes with extended treatment at Sloan Kettering Institute in Manhattan.

Aplastic anemia is a rare disease in which the bone marrow and the hematopoietic stem cells that reside there are damaged. This causes a deficiency of all three blood cell types (pancytopenia): red blood cells (anemia), white blood cells (leukopenia), and platelets (thrombocytopenia). It can develop at any age. Treatment for aplastic anemia may include medications, blood transfusions or a stem cell transplant, also known as a bone marrow transplant. It affects only four of every million people in this country. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare, acquired, life-threatening disease

“Currently, her transplant team is in the process of testing two donors that are perfect matches to find the best candidate. Until Jessica is admitted to Memorial Sloan Kettering, which is scheduled for March 9, she will continue blood transfusions up to that point,” said her aunt Lisa Larsen, who is

spearheading fundraising efforts.

Jessica will undergo treatments of ATG at Sloan Kettering as well as chemotherapy and radiation. She will be an in-patient for up to eight weeks. From there, the patient will be in quarantine for two months with 24-hour care. It will take about eight months before she can return to work. The fundraiser, on Friday, March 9 at the American Legion, will run from 6 to 10 PM. Tickets are available at the door; there will be music, a cash bar, a 50/50 raffle, a Chinese Auction and a silent auction.

Donations are a key component of the fight. Those interested in helping should visit youcaring.com/ jessgreene or email fightforjess@ gmail.com. “The outpouring of support for Jessica has been amazing. We are overwhelmed by our community’s heartfelt prayers, well wishes, and generosity,” Larsen said.

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Jerry’s Ink

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by Jerry Della Femina

Why You Must Never Retire Lately, just about everyone I know has been asking me the same question: “Hey Jerry, you’re looking good. When are you going to retire?”

This frightens me because I’m thinking they are saying to themselves, “God, Jerry looks terrible. I hope he retires so that he can enjoy his last few days in Florida, so at least when he is ready for his ‘dirt nap,’ he’ll go to meet his maker with a nice healthylooking tan.” My answer is I will NEVER retire and I must point to the piece below titled “Don’t Retire,” which was sent to me a few years ago by my old (and best) partner Ron Travisano.

I find it hilarious. If the person who wrote it steps forward, I will be happy to give him or her credit. It’s so funny because it’s so true. “Don’t Retire.” For those of you contemplating retirement, I would like to share my retirement experiences with you, which I hope will be helpful. Fifteen years ago, my wife and I moved into a retirement development on Florida’s southeast coast. The last time we saw our

grandkids was on Grandchildren’s Day, when they were dragged down by their parents. We were living in the Delray/Boca/Boynton Golf, Spa, Bath, and Tennis Club on Lake Fake-a-hachee. (There are 3000 lakes in Florida; only three are real.)

Our new community has so many interesting things for us to do. Back by popular demand, the feisty Hip Replacement Tappers Club will be tap dancing to the “Flight of the Bumblebee.” It promises to be quite a production, with lots of singing and dancing. This year, I am not in the cast but will be standing by with the defibrillator volunteers. Our biggest retirement concern was time management. What were we going to do all day? Let me assure you, passing the time is not a problem. Your days will be eaten up by simple daily activities. Just getting out of your car takes 15 minutes. Trying to find where you parked takes 20 minutes. It takes a half-hour on the checkout line in Walmart, and one hour to return the item the next day. Then, of course, there are the visits to the doctor and dentist offices. Let me take you through a typical day. We get up at 5 AM, have a

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There are about 30 of us and, rain or shine, we walk around the streets, all talking at once. Every development has some late risers who stay in bed until 6 AM. After a nimble walk, avoiding irate drivers out to make us road kill, we go back home, shower, and change for the next activity. My wife goes directly to the pool for her underwater Pilates class, followed by gasping for breath and CPR. I put on my “Ask me about my Grandchildren” T-shirt, my mid-calf shorts, my socks and sandals, and go to the clubhouse lobby for a nice nap. Before you know it, it’s time for lunch. We’re usually back home by 2 PM to get ready for dinner. People start lining up for the early bird at about 3 PM, but we get there by 3:45 because we are late eaters.

The dinners are very popular because of the large portions they serve. You can take home enough food for the next day’s lunch and dinner, including extra bread, crackers, Sweet’N Low packets and mints. At 5:30 we’re home, ready to watch the 6:00 news. By 6:30, we’re fast asleep. Then, we get up and make five or six trips to the bathroom during the night, and it’s time to get up and start a new day all over again.

Doctor-related activities will eat up most of your retirement time. I enjoy reading old magazines in subzero temperatures in the waiting room, so I don’t mind. Calling for test results also helps the days fly by. It takes at least half an hour just getting through the doctor’s phone menu. Then, there is the hold time until you are connected to the right party. Sometimes they forget you are holding, and the whole office goes to lunch. Many of the receptionists are quite rude. They keep you standing at that dopey little closed glass window, totally ignoring you. After a halfhour I ignore the “Do not tap on the window” sign, and tap on the window. This always drives them nuts.

If you do, they put down their Egg McMuffin or their copy of the Enquirer and fling open the window, ready for a fight. I lie, explaining I tapped on the

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window accidentally because I have Parkinson’s. They claim they are required to keep the window closed because of the privacy law, but I don’t believe it. Are they afraid if I were to overhear that Sol Lipshitz has hemorrhoids I would blackmail him or sell the information to a foreign government? In Florida, everyone has hemorrhoids!

Should one find they still have time on their hands, volunteering provides a rewarding opportunity to help the less fortunate. Florida has the largest concentration of seniors under five feet and they need our help. I myself am a volunteer for “The Vertically Challenged Over 80.” Food shopping is a problem for short seniors, or “bottom feeders,” as we call them, because they can’t reach the items on the upper shelves. There are many foods they have never tasted. Whenever I see one of them struggling to reach a jar of gefilte fish, I rush over to lend a hand. After shopping, most seniors can’t remember where they parked their cars. They wander the parking lot for hours looking for their car while their food defrosts.

Lastly, it’s important to choose a development with an impressive name. Italian names are very popular in Florida. They convey . . . world traveler, uppity sophistication, and wealth. Where would you rather live . . . Murray’s Condos or the Lakes of Venice? There is no difference. They are both owned by Murray, who happens to be a cheap bastard! The Italian names appeal to those name-dropping, phony snowbirds who are out to impress their friends up north. I once heard someone say, “We spend our summers in the Catskills, but we winter at Villa Borghese in Delray Beach.” I have been to Villa Borghese. There are 1200 Jews and two Italians!

I hope this material has been of some help to you future retirees. If I can be of any further assistance, please look me up when you’re in Florida. I live in The Leaning Condos of Pisa in Boynton Beach. If you wish to comment on “Jerry’s Ink,” please send your comments to jerry@dfjp.com.

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By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Electric Bimmer Discount

PSEG Long Island customers who purchase a new BMW i3 electric car can get $10,000 off the sales price and up to $7500 in federal tax credits under a joint promotion with BMW of North America, according to a press release from PSEG Long Island. The promotion is open until April 30. The BMW incentive, which is off the best offer negotiated with a dealer and is given at the time

of sale, and potential federal tax credit, is equal about one-third of the base i3 model price, the press release stated. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority also offers a $1700 rebate on electric vehicles. “Electric cars like the new BMW i3 reduce air emissions compared to gasoline vehicles and actually cost less to operate,” said Michael Voltz, director of energy efficiency, PSEG Long Island. “Every electric car model has its own specifications to suit the needs of different

consumers. If the 2018 i3 is right for our customers’ driving needs, then they can save money on a new car and help the environment at the same time.” The BMW i3 is the best-selling premium electric vehicle in the world, according to Magnus Aspegren, strategy manager, electromobility at BMW of North America. “With a range of up to 114 miles on a single charge and the same uncompromised driving performance typical of every BMW model, the BMW i3 is also proof

that driving electric is as practical as it is fun,” he said.

PSEG Long Island customers can download a PSEG/BMW Customer Information Form at www.psegliny.com/goelectric to take advantage of the offer. The form can then be taken to any authorized BMW dealership—even outside PSEG Long Island’s service territory—along with a copy of the customer’s PSEG Long Island bill. For more information, visit www. psegliny.com/goelectric.

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Sand In My Shoes by Denis Hamill

The New Kids The 21st Century is itself an 18-year-old teenager.

So beware, Gun Nuts of America, The Kids of the new century are gunnin’ for you. These amazing kids born with the new century are on your filthy scent and The Kids are not gonna take the same old crap from the old gun-sick ghouls from the last century anymore. The Kids are not gonna allow monsters armed with AR-15s like the ones used in Newtown and Parkland to murder any more of them in cold blood in school anymore. Not without a ferocious fight.

So beware, you cowards in the leadership of the National Rifle Association, you loudmouth punks like Wayne La Pierre—who couldn’t fight his way out of a nunnery without an assault rifle— who celebrates guns, weapons of war, and oversized bullet magazine clips like they are icons of some sick, twisted death cult.

Beware Wayne LaPierre, you spent shell of a man, The Kids are now gunnin’ for Y-O-U. And beware all you smug, alt-right wing commentators of Fox News

and Breitbart and right wing talk radio discjockeys who demonize The Kids as spoiled brats and paid actors. No, you loudmouth weasels, The Kids are survivors of your aiding and abetting murder. The Kids are braver than any of you. Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity never survived an assault rifle massacre. None of them ever had to bury family or friends or schoolmates or teachers murdered in a schoolhouse.

The Kids are our daughters and sons coming of age in a new century, boiling with rage, and they are now—or soon will be—armed with ballots more powerful than all of the bullets legalized with NRA lobbyist blood money. Instead of brandishing AR-15s, The Kids are locked and loaded with cell phones, reading and viewing The Truth

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Beware, Gun Nuts Of America, The Kids of the new century are gunnin’ for you.

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And The Kids are on the right side of 21st Century American history.

The Kids are not asking for a repeal of the Second Amendment. They do not advocate for a seizure of all 300 million guns owned by less than one-third of the American people. The Kids just want common sense regulations on new gun purchases, closing gun show loopholes, more mental health resources, older age requirements, thorough background checks that take as much time as it takes to exclude all dangerous people, a limit on magazine sizes, and a real debate about a ban on these weapons of war called assault rifles, which the vast majority of our outgunned law enforcement community supports. The Kids don’t want their kids to grow up to be murdered at school.

If Federal Law restricts me from purchasing more than 30 over-thecounter Claritin-D pills per month for hay fever, how the hell is it okay to buy thousands of AR-15 rounds? Beware, you cheap, slithering politicians like Congressman Lee Zeldin: The Kids will make you wear your NRA A-rating for-ev-er like a scarlet letter of shame. The Kids know that you vote on guns,

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Mr. Zeldin, the way the NRA pays you to vote. The Kids also know that you vote 85 percent of the time with Dirty Donald Trump, whose idiotic solution to school shootings is the NRA’s insane talking point to arm teachers. The Kids are coming for all of you bums, taking names and firing questions.

How do guys like Lee Zeldin who supports the NRA to an A-rating sleep at night after seeing parents and kids bury 17 more murdered in a school shooting? Knowing that they have taken the NRA blood money and voted to make AR-15s legal in order to keep their jobs? Why don’t these Congressional escorts just ask the NRA lobbyists to leave the blood money on a dresser?

Watching The Kids last week dismantle bums like Marco Rubio and NRA flack Dana Loesch I was blown back in time to the late 1960s when I was 17. My brother John, 14 months older than me, was serving in the 173rd Airborne in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and his letters home urged me to march in every anti-Vietnam War protest. And when Johnny came marching home from Vietnam he joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War and kept marching to Washington DC where he was arrested—with hundreds of other Nam vet heroes—after throwing his Bronze Star and Purple Heart at the Pentagon. “ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR – WE DON’T WANT YOUR DIRTY WAR!”

Those protests helped end the dirty war in Vietnam. Just like The Kids planning the “March for Our Lives” on Washington DC on March 24 and a national Walk Out of high schools on March 14 to honor the fallen of Parkland will help end the war on our schoolchildren.

This show of strength, the high caliber of The Kids, will help turn the NRA leadership into the hunted, chasing these money bullying cowards like scared rabbits back into their dirty holes. Running from The Kids.

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Fire And Ice At HarborFrost

By Valerie Bando-Meinken

Although HarborFrost lacked that frosty feel this year, ice sculptures, a Frosty Polar Bear Plunge, fire jugglers, and fire dancers shared center stage at the festival. Festival strollers, thrilled by the nautical themed ice sculptures that lined 10

Main Street, were treated to a live ice carving demonstration. Rich Daly of Ice Melodies sculpted a breaching whale from 2500 lbs of ice.

While children rushed to get their glitter tattoos and meet Disney’s Frozen characters Elsa and Anna,

culinary strollers decorated their own chef hats and followed the Sag Harbor Hysterical Society’s trail to sample a variety of Sag Harbor’s finest cuisine. Live music, including Brazilian pop, was plentiful throughout the village. Even though a steady rain fell

over the evening festivities, many remained to cheer and applaud the fire juggler and fire dancers’ performances. To the delight of the festival attendees, Grucci still managed to provide a spectacular fireworks display over the harbor to conclude HarborFrost’s eighth annual event.

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In Depth News

Cost Of Health Care Rising Even More

By Rick Murphy

Worried about how much you’ve been spending on health care? You should be.

Hoping things will stabilize and costs will be brought under control? Good luck with that. Several different studies released this month paint a much dimmer picture than even the direst of critics of the country’s health care woes imagined.

Americans under age 65 who were insured through their employer spent more than ever before on

health care in 2016 according to the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI)’s annual Health Care Cost and Utilization Report. Currently American families spend about 18 percent of their gross domestic wages on health care and services. According to the journal Health Affairs, that number will rise to 20 percent shortly. Health spending for the more than 150 million people who receive insurance through their employers was $5407 per person in 2016, a 4.6 percent increase over 2015, according to a new analysis from

the HCCI, a nonprofit funded by the insurance industry.

Particularly worrisome is that spending is accelerating. According to the Huffington Post, national health expenditures increased by just 3.8 percent annually from 2008 through 2013. But analysts at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expect health care spending to rise by 5.5 percent annually over the course of the coming decade.

“There is no one villain in the battle against rising health care costs,”

according to newsletter Kaiser Financial News.

“Most years medical spending rises faster than inflation and the economy as a whole. Many factors—and nearly everyone— contribute to those increases. Analysts have identified several causes, and one is the system itself. We pay our doctors, hospitals and other medical providers in ways that reward doing more, rather than being efficient,” Kaiser concluded. Worse, though, is the demographics

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On The Beat

By Rick Murphy More Riverhead Robberies

Clerks at gas station-based convenience stores should apply for combat pay.

There have been over a dozen of these hybrid businesses robbed over the past couple years in the Riverhead area. Two more were hit Saturday,

one right after the other, and police have video of the terrifying encounters.

The men, wearing dark or black tops and pants, had masks on and hoodies over their heads. The hoodies appear to have grey lining inside. The men robbed the Mobil gas station at 1575 Old Country Road at about 7:30 PM, taking cash and cigarettes. At 7:43, they entered another Mobil station at

3705 Middle Country Road, again demanding cigarettes and cash. One of the men, who had newer low top white sneakers on, flashed a handgun.

Riverhead Town Police are looking for possible witnesses and are requesting that anyone with any information about the robberies call 631-727-4500. All calls will be kept confidential, detectives stressed.

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By Rick Murphy

Government Briefs

Help For Watersheds Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. announced this week that $1.4 million in grant funding is available to help New York watersheds, including the Long Island Sound and the Peconic Estuary. The money can be used to improve water quality, increase flood resiliency, and/or conserve natural resources, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The other eligible watersheds are Hudson River Estuary, Jamaica Bay, and South Shore Estuary Reserve.

The funding is provided by the State’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and is administered under the DEC’s 2018 Hudson River Estuary Grants Program for Tributary Restoration and Resiliency and Marine Habitat Tributary Restoration and Resiliency Grants.

The Tributary Restoration and Resiliency grants will help remove dams to restore aquatic habitat connectivity for American eel and/ or river herring found in tributary streams of New York estuaries. The grants are also intended to help communities with existing and projected impacts of localized flooding along tributaries of the Hudson and marine estuaries by removing constrictions.

To be eligible for funding, projects must conserve and restore aquatic habitat connectivity for one or both of two Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN), American eel and/or river herring. In most cases, projects must also be designed to pass, at a minimum, a one percent annual chance storm (100-year flood) to promote flood resiliency. Priority will be given to dam removal projects near tidal waters, because of their importance for improving habitat for the abovementioned species. Applicants may apply for construction of fish ladders, engineering and planning projects for removal of dams, and for right-sizing of culverts affecting eel or herring migration within

Last Thursday Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) held Mobile Office Hours at the Westhampton Beach Fire Department. During this time, the congressman met with constituents in one on one and constructive small group settings to have conversations regarding their concerns including school safety in light of the tragedy in Parkland, preserving Social Security, and important local quality of life issues including protecting our environment and increasing access to affordable housing.

the boundaries of the Division of Marine Resource priority areas. This includes the watersheds listed above. The minimum grant award is $10,500, and the maximum is $375,000. Flu Vaccines On Thursday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the extension of an emergency executive order which allows pharmacists to administer flu vaccines to children ages two to 18. Aimed at preventing the spread of influenza, the executive order increases access and convenience for New York families seeking the flu vaccine, as diagnoses continued to rise across the state. Last week, 18,258 laboratory confirmed influenza cases were reported to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) the highest weekly number since reporting began in 2004. The number of

weekly hospitalizations decreased for the second consecutive week since influenza was declared prevalent in December, with 2160 New Yorkers hospitalized for lab confirmed influenza. “As this flu epidemic continues, I again urge New Yorkers to take every precaution to fight this virus and protect themselves and their loved ones,” Governor Cuomo said. “We will continue to ensure availability and affordability of the flu vaccine, and I encourage all New Yorkers to take advantage of the expanded access and get vaccinated.” The extended executive order suspends the section of state education law that limits the authority of pharmacists to administer immunizing agents to anyone under age 18, to allow vaccines to be administered to anyone age two and up. Parents

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and guardians are encouraged to call pharmacies ahead of their visit, to ensure they are ready to receive patients in this age group. Parents and guardians with children between the ages of six months and 24 months are still encouraged to see their primary care provider for the vaccination.

Governor Cuomo previously directed the NYSDOH to authorize enhanced reimbursement for counties statewide to further expanded flu vaccination efforts at the local level. The Department of Health’s website links to local health departments, providing New Yorkers with a one-stop-shop approach to finding local vaccination clinics. During last year’s flu season, there were 12,912 flu-related hospitalizations and eight pediatric deaths in New York. Over the last four years, there have been a total of 25 pediatric flu deaths in New York State and an average of 10,571 flurelated hospitalizations a year.

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Bread with Streusel topping and then taking the feedback like a trouper.

Under the scrutinizing eyes of her fellow bakers, she admits in her explanation that she was not aware chocolate chips should be coated in flour before being folded into the bread dough, to prevent the solid and heavy pieces from sinking through the dough into the bottom of the bread pan. “So, I learned a new trick in this, besides learning how to make Streusel topping,” she said.

“There you go,” encourages Nancy Cariello, a fellow club member and head of the library’s circulation.

Independent/Peggy Spellman Hoey Read It and Eat It Cook Book Club members Donna Valle, Ellen Greaves, and Nancy Cariello take their cooking seriously.

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

If loving their loaves is wrong, this group doesn’t want to be right.

It’s just before noon on a Tuesday afternoon and adult program coordinator Donna Valle is rushing about the community room inside Hampton Bays Public Library. She’s dragging chairs out from their respective places, laying a red

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table cloth across a long table, and then topping it off with red plates and carefully folded napkins, all in preparation for the loaf of bread she baked for the library’s Read It and Eat It Cook Book Club. “This is not the kind of place where you just show up and eat—you have to work,” said Valle, who serves as the leader of the bi-monthly club, which was exploring baked breads under its assigned Valentine’s Day-inspired theme, “Love Your Loaves.” Valle added, “We all like to read cook books.” The work involved behind the finished product is serious, indeed. The club’s members, who are all

foodies, not only in theory but in practice, are assigned a theme, and from there, they spend time perusing recipes in cookbooks that will fit with the assignment. Then they start cooking, or in this case, baking. The reading is easy; it’s the preparation that can be hard. Sometimes, it’s all about trial and error, she noted. “That’s another thing: we tweak recipes,” Valle said. “We may not make it exactly like the recipe.”

In keeping with February’s theme—showing bread some love—Valle was more than prepared for the moment of truth: dishing about her Banana Chocolate Chip

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The conversation deepens with Cariello’s description of her Whole Grain Honey Maple loaf, a yeastbased bread with complicated and time-consuming directions that require preparing the dough, then allowing it to rise before placing it into the oven.

“This is from an old, old cook book, it’s like an encyclopedia. It tells you how to dress a deer. It’s amazing,” she said, explaining that she usually makes about three loaves because of the amount of time it takes to prepare. “You don’t want to make just one loaf, because it’s a lot of work.” In baking, the smallest amount of butter, and the varying taste and texture of regular milk and buttermilk, especially if one makes their own by combining milk and vinegar, makes a difference. As does whether bakers use milk for a glossy finish, and, of course, the kind of flour—bleached or nonbleached.

“For me, it’s always whichever has less chemicals,” said Ellen Greaves, who made a loaf of Sourdough bread and brought a starter bowl with her to demonstrate how the dough ferments.

Ingredients, measurements, and any adjustments are carefully noted. In her locker, Cariello keeps a copy of The Joy of Cooking that contains volumes of notes. “I have all my little notes that are 40 years old, like ‘cross out sugar’

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A Chef For All Seasons

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Chef Rob Scott always has something cooking, whether it’s on the grill or in his head—a swirl of inspiration giving way to one of his Simply Creative culinary fetes that he shares with his eager cooking class demo devotees.

“I knew I wanted to be a chef from the time I was in the third grade, and I pretty much stuck with it the rest of my life,” said Scott, a Hampton Bays resident who teaches classes from Montauk to Mineola at libraries, schools, and other community institutions. Scott is also the author of two books, including Healthy and Sinful, which was released two years ago.

And, for those willing to travel, there’s always Sayville or Islip. “I’m free in 2020—it’s a nice problem to have,” he said.

Truth be told, Scott has quite the following and some students physically do just that, travelling to different locations to hear his cooking sermons. Some have even

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Independent/Peggy Spellman Hoey Chef Rob Scott, shown here at the Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, teaches cooking to the masses.

Scott learned how to cook in public technical school and he sharpened his knives in the kitchens of East End notables such as The Coast Grill and Barrister’s in Southampton, and Tully’s Harbor in Hampton Bays, and picked up tricks of the trade along the way that he used to hone his cooking skills. “It was like a free college education,” he recalled. Scott worked as the personal chef for an affluent couple on the North Fork, before launching Simply Creative about seven years ago. The small push he needed to launch Simply Creative came in the form of a request from the Hampton Bays Public Library to provide catering service for its’ 75th Anniversary. He got some more calls after that. “It exploded,” he said. Seven years later, his classes are booked until the 2020. He is so busy he doesn’t even have time to maintain a website or Facebook page detailing his next appearance.

Simply Creative is so popular in some areas, libraries have a waiting list. Scott often tips off his students on the locations where classes might be easier to get into. For instance, there is a little leeway at Hampton Bays, Shoreham-Wading River, Mattituck-Laurel, and Cutchogue-New Suffolk libraries. 15

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of the country lends itself to rising health care. We’re living longer, and more senior citizens are working than ever before. Even worse, we’re growing older, sicker and fatter, Kaiser pointed out. According to “The Faces Of Medicare,” published by the Kaiser Foundation, as we get older, we tend to need more medical care. “The baby boom generation is heading into retirement, with enrollment in Medicare set to grow by an average of 1.6 million people annually. Additionally,

nearly half the U.S. population has one or more chronic conditions, among them asthma, heart disease or diabetes, which drive up costs. And two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese, which can also lead to chronic illness and additional medical spending.”

Given the situation with health insurance premiums—they rise by an average of 10 percent annually— and the fact that Obamacare seems to be collapsing under its own weight, it is unlikely there will be any magic elixir to reel in medical costs. Assuming the projections made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is

part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, are right, health care spending will rise more quickly than incomes between now and 2026. That means health care spending will place an ever-greater strain on employers, government programs, and eventually individuals, through some combination of higher premiums, higher taxes, and higher out-of-pocket expenses. Harvard economist David Cutler notes in a Health Affairs essay, “There are mountains of evidence to suggest that a big chunk of American health care spending is wasteful, whether because it goes to administration or to care that

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doesn’t make people better.”

“Americans also pay the highest prices for their medical goods and services, which means not just more expensive drugs and devices, but also larger fees for doctors and hospitals,” Cutler wrote.

The pace of spending growth picked up as the economy strengthened and Obamacare took full effect, in no small part because so many millions of previously uninsured people suddenly had insurance.

And as health care gets ever more expensive in relation to income, not just poor, but even middle-class people, will not be able to afford it without greater financial assistance than they receive already and that means Medicare, which is already hemorrhaging under the weight of the added load.

Today, Medicare covers almost million people with disabilities who are under age 65, or 16 percent of the Medicare population. That’s more than double the rate in 1973, and more than double what was expected. “Despite the progress made in recent years on value-based care, the reality is that working Americans are using less care but paying more for it every year,” said Neil Brennan, president of HCCI.

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The Independent has been the goto newspaper for accurate Oscar predictions since our inception, and it is no accident—over the years we hired some of the best film critics in the business, including Ben Kenigsberg, who worked for Indy since he was (literally) a boy. Today, he is one of the nation’s top critics and is featured regularly in the New York Times. Predicting the next Oscar winners has become a science, and

prognostications have become more accurate over the years. But the allure of Oscar night is still that anything can happen, like last year, when La La Land was announced as the winner of the Best Movie statue. It only took a minute or two to find out Warren Beatty, the presenter, had been given the wrong envelope. The winner, for the record, was Moonlight. There have been upsets that astounded pundits; there have been producers, directors, and agents who have lost thousands on a wrong bet; and there have been people in the business who tried to

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Plowright, Miranda Richardson, and Judy Davis were the others in the field. Tomei was a 200-1 shot.

Which brings us to Sunday night: let’s peer into the Indy crystal ball.

Best Supporting Actress: This is the category that historically has yielded the most surprises. This year, though, Allison Janey turned in such a mesmerizing performance as Tonya Harding’s mother that she has emerged an overwhelming favorite. She’s already captured the Golden Globe, Bafta (British

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Foreign Press) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards, and she should make it a clean sweep on Sunday. Laurie Metcalf, wonderful in Lady Bird, has a fighter’s chance.

Best Supporting Actor: William Dafoe, in his finest performance since Platoon, was the early favorite for his role in The Florida Project. But anyone who has seen Three Billboards Outside of Ebbings, Missouri will agree that Sam Rockwell blew this field away with his profound rendering of a troubled, pathetic cop overcome by the events around him—until he experiences a rebirth. The only caveat is Woody Harrelson was also

nominated from the same movie, and that leaves the door open for Dafoe—but just a crack.

Best Actress: It’s tough to see actors like Meryl Streep (The Post) and Michelle Williams (All the Money in the World) and realize they not only have no chance of winning, but also do not deserve the award. It’s not that they aren’t great—Frances McDormand simply overwhelms in Three Billboards. It’s the performance of the century. Viewers don’t realize she is acting; she becomes the character. Best Actor: It seems like a boring choice, and all of us are getting

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sick of historical biographies like this one—it’s about Winston Churchill. And didn’t we just see a well-received mini-series about him? And didn’t we just see a major motion picture (and a long one) about the battle of Dunkirk called—duh, Dunkirk? And isn’t this movie about that battle? Yes, yes, and yes. Throw out the logic, though: Gary Oldman grabs The Darkest Hour by the throat and never lets go. His performance defies logic. He deserves to win, and he will win.

Best Director: The Best Director award went to the person at the helm of the Best Picture choice all but three times from 1929-2012. Since then, things have gotten weird: Ben Affleck was passed over for Argo, and Kathryn Bigelow was denied her due for Zero Dark Thirty. Just last year, La La Land’s Damien Chazelle won for Best Director, but it lost for Best Movie. The academy now allows up to 10 movies to earn nominations (this year there are nine) but only five directors, and perhaps that may be the reason: the Best Director winner doesn’t automatically get awarded with a Best Picture Oscar. This year, we are forecasting another split, with Guillermo del Toro earning Best Director for his surreal, totally original vision: The Shape of Water. As remarkable an effort as Shape is, though, it loses out to Three Billboards, a more traditional effort that is built around a solid screenplay and an ensemble cast whose members simply pushed one another to achieve the performances of their careers. For that reason, Billboards earns our pick for Best Movie. Other winners:

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Pioneering Women On The Bay

stamps, which add up to a total of about $625, per month, however, they are not allowed to have a car worth more than $3000, according to Moynihan. It’s a situation that makes it difficult for them to successfully land on their feet.

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

The single mothers who enter the front doors of The Isabella Housing Foundation in Hampton Bays don’t always have the best start in life. Some are unloved, coming from backgrounds rife with drug addiction and abusive partners. They might not know how to boil water or cut a tomato, let alone know it is possible to go to college. They find themselves pregnant and living in their cars, without any support or anywhere to go in, believe-it-or-not, The Hamptons. “They can’t even take care of themselves,” said house manager Catherine Moynihan, who, in 2011, started the Christian nonprofit foundation by holding small fundraisers to help local single moms go to college before moving on to providing a maternity shelter to help them get on their feet. The shelter’s name, Isabella, means “a pathway to God.” “They are stuck in the system,” she said.

The women make a choice to give a better start to their baby, not yet fully grasping the positive turn their lives can take. And Moynihan, walks them through parenting and teaches them valuable life skills— cooking for one. “It’s almost like 12 steps—you are teaching them how to believe in themselves and God,” she said, comparing the process she uses to teach the shelter women learn to be more resilient to that of the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. “I am re-parenting them. I am telling them that they are great every day.” Earlier this year, the shelter, which houses mothers ages 17 to 38, introduced a new homesteading program, in other words, so they can live off of nature’s bounty, putting hammer to nail in the construction of a chicken coop, and shovel to ground in gardening, to help feed themselves and their children. “That’s what a lot of homesteading is about—you don’t want to bring in so many outside influences; you want to confine it to the homestead,” said Rachel Stephens

“It’s impossible,” she said. “Where are you going to go with that, other than a crack house? No one wants to hang out with their baby in that kind of environment.” Lack of public transportation also compounds the situation for single mothers trying to make a go of it. Independent/Courtesy of Rachel Stephens Single mothers at The Isabella Housing Foundation in Hampton Bays are learning to construct a chicken coop—a homesteading skill to make them more self-sufficient once they graduate the program.

of Sweet Woodland Farms of Hampton Bays, who is teaching the women how to construct the coop. The coop is the first step towards making the home where the women are living a working homestead.

Hens will be donated for the coop and from there, the women will be able to gather eggs for the farm and utilize the chickens’ manure in their gardening class. “It’s a really great symbiotic relationship you have with the chickens,” Stephens said.

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“Girls end up living in their cars because they don’t want to give up their babies,” Moynihan said.

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Other phases of the project will entail Stephens teaching the women how to construct a raised flowerbed, how to construct a composter that can be used in the workings of the farm, how to grow seeds under artificial light, and vegetable canning. Stephens said the skills the women pick up from her, whether it is general carpentry or gardening, will make them more self-sufficient and confident.

“They have to learn how to do these certain things,” she said. “They have no one else to rely on.”

Moynihan said there are not enough resources in Suffolk County to help single mothers who want to keep their babies get on their feet. In 2015, there were 41 homeless pregnant women in Suffolk County, and while there are homes available, not many push for the mother to remain with her child, Moynihan said. By comparison, there were

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National Achievement For Clinics

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Westhampton Primary Care at The Christiane and Richard Hiegel Healthcare Center and the Shinnecock Indian Health Clinic have been certified as PatientCentered Medical Homes (Level 3) by the National Committee For Quality Assurance (NCQA). To earn this national recognition, the certifications culminated seven months of work that involved

re-engineering processes and workflows, quality performance improvement, training, and data collection to meet the committee’s standards. NCQA is a private 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to improving healthcare quality and performance measures for a broad range of healthcare entities.

Hospital Chief Administrative Officer Robert Chaloner said: “The patient-centered medical home PCMH is a model of care that

aims to transform the delivery of comprehensive primary care to children, adolescents, and adults. The NCQA seal of approval is a widely recognized symbol of quality in health care. We applaud our staff at Westhampton Primary Care and the Shinnecock Indian Health Clinic for their diligence and their commitment to the NCQA standards of superior patient care.” The joint principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home certification are developed by the

American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Osteopathic Association. The principles include provisions whereby certified facilities are physician-led practices where patients have access to a personal physician who leads the medical practice’s care team, and include a whole-person orientation where the team provides comprehensive care, including acute and chronic care, preventive services, and end-of-life care. Facilities must also demonstrate that they provide integrated and coordinated care, in that their practices take steps to ensure patients receive the care and services they need from the medical neighborhood, in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. Facilities also must demonstrate that they focus on quality, safety, and accessibility.

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There are two stories in this week’s edition that reveal some of the many reasons Americans spend far more on our health than we should.

The most glaring is the revelation that our own pharmacists are ordered by their employers to refrain from telling customers that they might be paying too much for their prescribed medications. Apparently, “health benefit managers” employed by HMOs negotiate with the major pharmacies on wholesale prices. These managers also allow a little flexibility on what price pharmacies charge customers. The difference is basically a kickback – it goes into the pocket of the health benefit managers. The poor pharmacists stand by helpless. They are subject to a “Gag Order” because their company has entered into a legal agreement with the benefit manager that prevents them from revealing the dual-pricing system in place.

What’s most amazing is this blatant parlor trick has gone on undetected for so long. Finally, it has come to the attention of the public. Five states have enacted legislation outlawing the practice. In New York, Assemblyman Fred Thiele intends to co-sponsor a bill introduced last week by Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi that will outlaw the practice. What will be interesting is how our other legislators react to it.

This is clearly a scam that takes money directly out of the pockets of consumers. Worse, it targets the sick. It’s safe to assume some of the “marks” are unable to work, making the practice even more despicable. It will be interesting to see how many of our legislators get behind this bill. The HMO lobby is wealthy and powerful, as is the pharmaceutical industry. Millions of dollars of campaign contributions are doled out each year to politicians who shy away from the myriad reforms needed. The other health-related article in today’s paper contains a dismal forecast: Americans are spending more and more each year on health related costs, and the figure will undoubtedly rise each year for the foreseeable future. That means money that used to be spent on food, education, and lodging is slowly being diverted to medical-related costs, be it insurance, medicine, hospitalization, doctor visits, or all of the above. Keep in mind politicians have been promising needed reform for decades.

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The irony is the longer we live, the more it costs us. It was supposed to be the other way around.

IS IT JUST ME? The insured, unknowingly, often pay significantly more for their prescriptions than the uninsured, and could save by simply paying out of pocket and not using their insurance. But pharmacists won’t tell you this, due to gag clauses, signed to protect drug benefit managers.

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In the wake of last week’s tragedy at the Parkland Florida High School, I participated in a roundtable discussion on School Safety on a special edition of “Everything Matters” with Ed Munoz and David Zere, at the WLINY radio studio. Besides the hosts and myself, the panel included security professionals, a mental health professional, and former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy. Representatives of the Hauppauge School District, one of Long Island’s biggest districts, were invited but declined to participate. The short version of our lively and fruitful discussion is what every law enforcement professional already knows: our public schools are soft targets, and unsafe as it relates to an active shooter event. It is not my intent to get into a debate over gun control. I write this as career law enforcement professional specializing in mass casualty soft target mitigation. In this field, there is no room for political correctness, just the facts.

I have contacted several of my counterparts in the law enforcement c ommunity, police union community, and a bipartisan group of representatives in the NYS Legislature, to pursue legislation that will make all of New York State’s 4750 public schools and nearly 2000 private schools educating students in grades K through 12 safer. We propose legislation that: 1. Will provide funding for and mandate all schools, both public and private, be staffed with an active duty or retired police officer during all times of operation while students are present.

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Where do you go when you want to be alone to think? Irl Flannagan My workshop in the cellar is one place and my desk upstairs in my office is the other. But when I want to be alone, it usually involves reading, more than where I am or where I do that reading. Right now, I’m reading about etymology, the study of language and its origins. Dan Ritzler Right here, at the ice-cream case in this grocery store. Seriously though, we’ve had a few rough months in my family recently. There’s been a death in the family and a fire at my mother’s house. But on the upside, I’m getting married in less than 60 days. Vanessa Orosco I live near the bay by the marina. I love to go there to watch the sunset. The boats at the docks are so beautiful and the seagulls are flying in the sky. I think it’s a really peaceful place to be. Mary Ellen Gazda I like to go to the beach and look at the water. But I don’t go in the winter. In the winter, the library is a good place to go for some quiet thinking time.

political differences aside and find common ground. I would urge our nationally elected [officials to] set the politics aside, [and] work to legislate reasonable gun ownership respective of HIPPA and Second Amendment rights, with provisions to keep guns out of the hands of those with mental health issues and criminal records. On the local level, we can bypass the political creep of discourse. I

would ask that East Hampton Town and Village governments not wait, and immediately band together to provide funding to staff each of the town’s school facilities with an armed active duty or retired police officer in each of the town’s public school buildings. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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2. Will provide that every school district complete a comprehensive threat assessment to identify areas that require safety hardening. The national debate on gun ownership and public safety has become politicized to expect a solution in short order. Support of a national ban on all guns, as well as support for unrestricted gun ownership, is both unrealistic and would be politically impossible to achieve.

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Audrey Flack, Sheri Sandler, Harris Yulin, and Gail Sheehy will be honored at the Guild Hall Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner.

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Academy Honors Artists

Guild Hall presents the Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner on Monday from 6 to 10 PM at The Rainbow Room in NYC. The night will be hosted by artist and academy president Eric Fischl, along with writer Iris Smyles.

This year the academy will honor Audrey Flack for visual arts. Flack’s award will be presented by David Brigham. Gail Sheehy will be honored for literary arts, with her award presented by Tom Wolfe. Harris Yulin, honored for performing arts, will receive his award from Alec Baldwin. Sheri Sandler will receive the Special Award. There will also be a live performance by GE Smith and The History of Art Band.

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Since 1985, Guild Hall has recognized achievement, with the first jury honoring Kurt Vonnegut, Willem de Kooning, and Alan

Alda. Since then, Guild Hall has revered a pool of influential visual, literary, and performing artists with ties to the East End.

Flack is a painter, sculptor, and a pioneer of photorealism. She is the first photorealist to have work included in MoMA’s permanent collection. Her work can also be found in the collections of The Met, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney, among others. She is also a professor of drawing and anatomy. Flack has received honorary doctorates, written books, and is a banjo player in Audrey Flack & the History of Art Band. Sheehy is the author of 17 books, including the New York Times bestseller, Passages. The book was named one of the 10 most influential books of our time by the Library of Congress. As a literary journalist, Sheehy has contributed to New York magazine and Vanity Fair since 1984. As a journalist, Sheehy dared to blaze a

trail in a man’s world, traveling to war zones and going undercover. She has created psychological character portraits of national and world leaders such as the Clintons, Bushes, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, Saddam Hussein, and others. Yulin made his New York acting debut in 1963 in James Saunders’ Next Time I’ll Sing To You, with James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons at the Phoenix Theatre. Prior to that, he studied in Los Angeles with actor Jeff Corey. He has collaborated with Guild Hall many times, including The Glass Menagerie, with Amy Irving, in 2009, and last September’s Are You Now or Have You Ever Been. His first film was in 1968, an adaptation by Terry Southern of John Barth’s End of The Road, directed by Adam Avakian, which he starred in with longtime friends James Earl Jones and Stacy Keach. He has also taught, acted, and directed at the

Juilliard School for 10 years.

Sandler discovered her love for the arts after moving to New York. She attended the Master’s Program in the History of Decorative Arts and Design at Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, and worked there as an assistant curator. She also worked for the Brooklyn Museum and Architectural Digest. In honor of her mother, Sandler created the Reba Judith Sandler Foundation. The foundation focuses on small, community-based organizations providing direct services to women and girls in the areas of safety and economic independence. At Guild Hall, she has hosted a screening and discussion of The Hunting Ground, about sexual assault on college campuses, with producer Amy Ziering; and a reading with Gloria Steinem followed by a discussion with young women from the community.

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Blue Jacket Fashion The second annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show—benefitting the Prostate Cancer Foundation, a foundation that also holds an annual event in the Hamptons each summer—was held at Pier59 Studios as part of CFDA’s New York Men’s Fashion Week earlier this month. The runway show, hosted by comedian Judy Gold, invited designers to reinvent the traditional blue blazer. The event raised awareness of and discussed men’s cancer issues. The show coincided with February’s Cancer Prevention Month, and featured designers and brands like Michael Kors, Joseph Abboud, John Varvatos, Theory, Todd Snyder, Ryan Seacrest, Thom Browne, Geoffrey Beene, Duckie Brown, Greg Norman, Nick Graham, Gustavo Moscoso, Haspel, Stephen Ferber, Bruno Magli, Son Jung Wan, and Edwige Pierre–by Josh Washington. “We are so grateful to the Blue Jacket Fashion Show, not only for their generous financial support of the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s lifesaving research, but also for putting this issue,

which is oftentimes in the shadows of public awareness, front and center in the spotlight, on a runway in NYC during Fashion Week,” said Jonathan Simons, MD, PCF president and CEO.

“Through the efforts of all involved in the Blue Jacket Fashion Show, we are reaching new audiences and saving lives by raising awareness and the funds necessary to defeat this disease,” he continued. One-of-a-kind blue jackets were strutted down the runway by “models” Dr. Mehmet Oz, Bill Nye, Don Lemon, Mario Cantone, Buster Skrine, Nigel Barker, Alex Lundqvist, Dr. Mike Varshavski, Dominic Fumusa, Eric West, Billy Porter, Jeremy Carver, Ryan Serhant, Simon Doonan, Russian Roulette, and Todd Searles. Prostate cancer is the most prevalent cancer affecting men exclusively, with one in nine diagnosed in the U.S. and 14 million affected worldwide.

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by Jessica Mackin-Cipro Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend. com. Laura Westlake The Art Gallery at Quogue Library presents “Laura Westlake: The

Art Of The Bird,” throughout the month of March. Westlake, a painter and naturalist, fuels her creative energies with her love of birds and nature. With color pencils and oil paints, she recreates the rich colors and moods of still life and

landscapes. Kat Walk Solo Exhibit The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton presents “Kat Walk Solo Exhibit.” The show is a solo exhibition of artist Kat O’Neill’s abstracts, conceptual art, and street art presented in photographs and mixed media. Tombstones are brought to life and graffiti lives beyond the ephemeral, according to the gallery. An opening reception will be held on Saturday from 5 to 7 PM. The show runs through March 11. Winter Art Show Southampton Artists Association

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presents its “Winter Art Show.” The exhibit features photography, paintings, drawings, and sculptures at Levitas Center for the Arts at the Southampton Cultural Center. A closing reception will be held on Saturday from 4 to 6 PM. The show runs through Sunday. A Night Out With . . . Nick & Toni’s and The Golden Eagle Studio in East Hampton have introduced a series of art workshops called “A Night Out With . . .” an artist of the evening. The art workshop is followed by dinner with the artist at Nick & Toni’s. Tonight, it’s Sylvia Witzenmann. Wednesday, March 7, it’s Jane Martin. The evening starts at 5:30 PM and the cost is $75 per person, which includes the art workshop (with any supplies needed) and the specially priced dinner, including tax and tip. Imagined/Actual The William Ris Gallery in Jamesport will present “Imagined/ Actual: Photographs by Scott Farrell and Mike McLaughlin,” an exhibition featuring landscapes, seascapes, and architectural abstractions inspired by Long Island and New York City, through March 18. The selection of more than 50 photographs brings together the textural, melodious images of Scott Farrell and the sharp and expansive works of Mike McLaughlin to create a provocative photographic juxtaposition. An artist talk takes place on Saturday from 2 to 4 PM. Mixing It Up Folioeast presents “Mixing It Up,” a show of abstraction and realism. The show features artists Mark Webber, John Wickersham, Amy Wickersham, and RJT Haynes. An opening reception will be held Saturday from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Kathryn Markel Gallery in Bridgehampton. A RADICAL VOICE Southampton Arts Center presents its first exhibition of 2018. “A Radical Voice: 23 Women,” curated by Janet Goleas, will run through March 25. The show features contemporary art by a selection of women artists. Artists include Olive Ayhens, Continued On Page B-20.

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Partington ‘Blurs’ Artistic Lines

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro

Tripoli Gallery in Southampton presents “Where, where is the town,” a debut solo exhibition for Southampton artist Miles Partington that pieces together a tale of the artist’s thoughts. Blurring the lines between sculptures and paintings, the exhibit demonstrates the progression of his work over the years. Many of Partington’s sculptures are built within dioramas, using materials like plywood, Apoxie Clay, concrete, cardboard, cloth, yarn, and other found objects. A lot of his work, which creates a miniature yet familiar world, is a collection of animals as well as human characters. Subjects such as a lone bird, an aging whale, a timeless shopkeeper, a little deer, and a jousting knight make up the show.

From ancient to modern subjects, viewers are taken on a tour through Partington’s world. From the front to the back room of the gallery, visitors are transformed from observers to participants, as the pieces leap in scale from miniature to life-sized beings.

The show also features painted and sculpted self-portraits, as well as animated paintings of letters and words. The exhibit aims to not only blur the lines between sculpture and painting, but also the lines between reality and fantasy, past and present, and human and animal. Partington, who grew up on the East End, was surrounded by art from a young age. He interned for sculptor William King in 1996. His most recent exhibitions include “Take Me Where Real Animals Are Playing” at Art Space 98 in East Hampton, and “Motion

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Art Show” at Ashawagh Hall in Springs.

In 2016, his work was included in “East End Collected 2” at the Southampton Arts Center, as well as in “UnCommon” at Ashawagh

Hall, where he was a featured artist. Partington has exhibited at Tripoli Gallery in the past. His work was included in the “Thanksgiving Collective 2012: Modern Salon,” and, more recently, in the gallery’s

fundraiser exhibition “Love Isabela: A Puerto Rico Fundraiser.” An opening reception for “Where, where is the town” will be held on Saturday from 5 to 7 PM. The exhibit will run through April 2.

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Poetry Street

Guild Hall Openings

The open mic forum Poetry Street celebrated Black History with the poetry of Coyote Lee at the Blue Duck Bakery in Riverhead Sunday afternoon. The event was hosted by Bubbie Brown, Chip Wilford, Susan Dingle, and Maggie Bloomfield. Grab the mic on the fourth Sunday of every month from 2 to 4 PM to present three minutes of original material.

This weekend, three exhibitions opened at Guild Hall in East Hampton. On display are “Alice Hope,” “Hiroyuki Hamada: Sculptures and Prints,” and “The Artist Curated Collection: Toward Abstraction,” which was organized by artist Bryan Hunt. A member’s reception was held on Sunday.

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wednesday 2•28•18 • East Hampton Library hosts ESL classes every Wednesday at 5:30 PM. Register at the adult reference desk or call 631-324-0222 ext. 3. THursday 3•1•18 • High school students are invited to submit their films to the East Hampton Library’s Annual Teen Film Festival. For guidelines and rules, contact the Young Adult librarians at 631-324-0222 ext. 5 or stop by the YA room. Registration today through Tuesday. • Lego Club will be held at 4:30 PM at Amagansett Library. Call 631-267-3810 for more info. FRIDAY 3•2•18 • East Hampton Library hosts an eReader tutorial on Fridays from 1 to 3 PM. Learn how to download eBooks for free from the library’s database. Call for an appointment; 631-324-0222 ext. 3. SUNDAY 3•4•18 • A screening of the film Outermost Radio will be held from 1 to 3 PM at the Amagansett Library. The feature-length documentary takes an intimate look at a community on the tip of Cape Cod, far from the mainland and out of the mainstream, committed to keeping their freedom of expression alive, and their non-profit, fiercely independent community radio station on the air. MONDAY 3•5•18 • “My First Story Time” will be held from 10:45 to 11:30 AM, for

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children up to age two, in the community at the Amagansett Library. Share stories, puppets, songs, fingerplays, and a lot of fun. In a setting designed for early literacy, this is an introduction to reading together as a group and socialization with others. Call 631-288-3335 for the details.

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Wednesday 2•28•18 • Students in grade six through 12 are invited to make a short video using Westhampton Free Library’s portable green screen on a current book that students have read (or they can submit their own) and earn four hours of community service. The event will be held in Meeting Room A from 3:30 to 4:30 PM. See a teen librarian for more details. Call 631-288-3335 or visit www.westhamptonlibrary.net. thursday 3•1•18 • A talk on “When Medicine Meets Robotic Surgery” will be held from 7 to 8 PM at the Hampton Bays Library. With advance robotic technology surgeons can achieve a high level of efficiency and precision, and talk attendees can learn more. Call 631-728-6241 for more info. • A Full Worm Moon Hike will start at the South Fork Natural History Museum at 7:30 PM. The full “Worm Moon” was given its name by the Algonquin tribes. At the time of this spring moon, the ground begins to soften and earthworm castings reappear, inviting the return of robins. Join SoFo on this leisurely paced one-hour hike through open fields, and then enjoy some light refreshments and convivial conversation. Walk Leader: Dai Dayton, president, Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt For more information, reservations, and directions to meeting places, call 631-537-9735.

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• There will be a defensive driving course hosted by AARP at the Westhampton Free Library from 10 AM to 4:30 PM. Pre-registration up until the day before. Call 631288-3335.

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SATURDAY 3•3•18 • Hike the Elizabeth A. Morton Wildlife Refuge with Tony Garro of the Southampton Trails Preservation Society. Meet at the refuge parking area on Noyac Road in Sag Harbor at 10 AM. Phone 631-725-5861 for answers to your questions. SUNDAY 3•4•18 • A Sunday service will be held at 10:30 AM at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse, 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike at Scuttlehole Rd. The service will “explore humility through the observance of Lent.” For more information, visit www.

• A yoga class will be held at the Westhampton Library from 9:30 to 10:30 AM. Call 631-288-3335 for more info. • The Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton will host a book discussion on The Silent Wife, by S.A. Harrison, beginning at 5:30 PM in Cooper Hall. Tuesday 3•6•18 • Kids in grades K-3 can learn to make marble roller coasters at the Westhampton Library from 4 to 5 PM. Call any time this week to register, 631-288-3335. WEDNESDAY 3•7•18 • One-on-one Medicare Counseling will be held, beginning at 11 AM in the Rogers Memorial Library’s Alice Lyon room. Must be Medicare eligible. Pre-register by calling 631-283-0774 ext. 505.

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Sylvia Witzenmann, Golden Girl

By Nicole Teitler

Is there a piece that portrays your signature style?

Hamptons resident and German native, Sylvia Witzenmann, creates wearable art tailored for clientele. A classically trained goldsmith, her jewelry collection has gained popularity. It has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she also designed a collection for the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s 50th anniversary celebration, the exhibit traveled throughout the United States.

Yes, my rings. My credo is ‘There is a ring for every finger/hand.’ Let’s be wild, exuberant or withdrawn, elegant. How Do Goldsmithing and painting complement one another? Painting was always in my system. In my case, goldsmithing and painting enhance each other. Experiences gained in one can be applied to the other.

Witzenmann is also a painter. Her oil on canvases depict an array of global, human experiences, with titles such as Danger 911, Monsanto, Background Radiation, and Abu Ghraib. Each image features an underlying message about the interconnectedness of humanity. Nick & Toni’s and The Golden Eagle Studio in East Hampton have introduced a series of art workshops called “A Night Out With . . .” an artist of the evening. The art workshop is followed by dinner with the artist at Nick & Toni’s. Tonight, meet Witzenmann at “A Night Out with Sylvia Witzenman—Exploration of Gold.”

What can guests expect at ‘Exploration of Gold’?” Excitement. To learn about the formation of the element of gold in the universe and its appearance on Earth, along with the cultural history of the art of goldsmithing. There will be some examples and an

What captivates you about the human experience?

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exercise. Why did you choose to do this presentation? Golden Eagle is becoming such a fine artistic community institution for the young and the old. I am thrilled to be able to contribute to this effort. How do you find your restorative jewelry pieces?

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I would say it’s the ultimate question of transformation. In addition to Flight TWA I have painted a large tritptych to 9/11, which dealt with the sudden transformation from one level of existence to another otherworldly level. I love to recreate from old to new if someone comes in with an heirloom and wants to change the form, but preserve the memory. Is each piece one of a kind? Yes. It is a thrill every time to sit down and brainstorm. What inspired you to make jewelry? Coming from an industrial jewelry manufacturing town [in Germany], I never wanted to become a goldsmith until I was presented with the breathtaking, groundbreaking goldsmithing impulse by Rudolf Steiner of the Dornach School in Switzerland. As I will try to present in my talk, goldsmithing was, and is, an art form.

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To learn more about the artist, visit www.sylviawitzenmann.com. Witzenmann will be conducting the workshop at The Golden Eagle Studio 144, located at 144 North Main Street in East Hampton, beginning at 5:30 PM, followed by a two-course dinner at Nick & Toni’s in East Hampton, located at 136 N. Main Street.

The price for “A Night Out With . . .” is $75 per person, which includes the art workshop and supplies, and dinner with tax and tip. To find out more information on upcoming featured artists, visit www. goldeneagleart.com. Reservations must be made online. Follow more stories from Nicole Teitler on Instagram & Facebook @NikkiOnTheDaily or email your comments to Nicole@indyeastend.com.

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Entertainment Guide by Nicole Teitler All singing, all dancing? Readings, stagings, and slams? We can’t print it if we don’t know about it. Send your entertainment events to nicole@ indyeastend.com by Thursday at noon.

Comedy The Stowaways The Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor presents “The Stowaways: An Evening of Improv Comedy” on Saturday at 8 PM. Tickets are $25-$30 and can be purchased online at www.baystreet.org, or call 631-725-9500.

DANCE Contra Dance The Water Mill Community House presents a Traditional New England Contra Dance on Saturday from 7:45 to 10:30 PM. It will be taught by the caller Alexandra Deis-Lauby. For more information, visit www.LITMA. org.

Film

more info. Movie Night The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett presents a free movie night on Saturday, with screenings of shorts by local filmmakers. Doors open at 7 PM. For more info, email nickraus@me.com.

Blue Oyster Cult performs at Suffolk Theater this Friday.

concert for charity

bring your best singing voice. For further information, call 631-5277800.

The Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse in Sag Harbor will host singer/songwriter Caroline Doctorow on Friday at 7:30 PM. The concert benefits The Bridgehampton Childcare and Reception Center. Tickets start at $15.

Long Island Winterfest is happening through March 18 on the North Fork. Expect a four week celebration of East End culture, including live music. For more info and full schedule visit www. longislandwinterfest.com.

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SUFFOLK THEATER The Suffolk Theater in Riverhead presents Blue Oyster Cult on Friday. Doors open 6:30 PM with the show beginning at 8. Tickets start at $65, visit www. suffolktheater.com.

The divine order

Townline BBQ Music

Southampton Arts Center presents, with the Hamptons International Film Festival, the documentary The Divine Order by Petra Volpe, this Friday at 6 PM. Tickets are $10. For information, visit www. southamptonartscenter.org.

Townline BBQ in Sagaponack hosts live music every Friday from 6 to 9 PM. This week, it’s a performance by Little Sister. For more information, call 631-5372271 or visit www.townlinebbq. com.

Victoria and Abdul

Masonic Winter Music

The East Hampton Library will host a screening of Victoria and Abdul on Saturday at 1 PM. Reservations can be made at www. eventbrite.com, by calling 631-3240222 ext. 3, or at the adult reference desk.

The Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor will host performer Dante on Saturday, as part of the Masonic Winter Music Series. He will be playing groove-laden soul and acoustic folk-rock. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $20.

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The Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center presents a screening of The Americanization of Emily, hosted by actress Julie Andrews, on Sunday at 2 PM at Pierson High School. Visit www.sagharborcinema.org for

The Springs Tavern will host live music every Friday from 9 to 11 PM. Artists will change weekly and there is no cover. The tavern hosts karaoke night every Saturday beginning at 9 PM. No cover, just

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is next in line in the Writers Speak Wednesdays series of free author talks and readings open to the public at Stony Brook Southampton. Johnson will read on Wednesday, March 7, at 7 PM in the radio lounge, on the second floor of Chancellors Hall. For more info, visit www.stonybrook.edu/mfa.

Words Book & bottle The Suffolk County Historical Society Museum in Riverhead presents Eileen Duffy’s discussion “Behind the Bottle: The Rise of Wine on Long Island” tomorrow at 6 PM. She will discuss how Long Island is rising to become a worldwide leader in the winemaking community. RSVP at 631-727-2881 ext. 100. Writers Speak Novelist Lee Clay Johnson

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Reporting From Broadway by Isa Goldberg Jerry Springer: The Opera For his direction of Urinetown: The Musical, director John Rando garnered his first Tony Award. With Jerry Springer: the Opera, produced by The New Group at the Signature Theater, Rando moves on from pee-pee humor to poo-poo jokes, all befitting a toddler.

“Pimps, perverts, and scum,” along with “the misguided and dispossessed,” populate this musical version of Jerry Springer’s television talk show. Here they share their “dirty secrets” with the audience, and the world.

Among them, Montel ( Justin Keyes), steps from the audience onto the stage. Confiding to his wife that

he wants to be her baby, he strips down to a large baby diaper wrapped around his well-buffed body. With his outspoken toilet humor, awesome six-pack, and mellifluous voice, Keyes makes for an eyepopping presence. As difficult as it is to watch this garish behavior, it’s also a huge release—a kind of escapism. Maybe that is why “we eat, excrete, and watch TV,” as the show’s authors, the British duo Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas, opine. And it’s not just TV, or reality TV in particular, that they’re mocking. It’s all of us; the way we eat up the buzz and spit it back, obsessing over every tweet and text. Here, the characters run amok at this opportunity for self-expression. For example, we meet an anorexic-

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looking transsexual (Sean Patrick Doyle) who’s having an adulterous affair with Dwight (Luke Grooms). Doyle’s physical appearance is arresting, especially paired with the robust Grooms. But the latter also fills the hall with his operatic voice. The show stopping numbers go to Tiffany Mann as the broad and rather large characters of Shawntel and Eve. Her “talk to the ass,” in a high soprano, is a knock out. And her freakish behavior is racially confronting.

In the central role, Terrance Mann makes Jerry look like a normal, sane, even intelligent adult. Which is odd, given his obsession with the dirty secrets of America’s “white trash.” Will Swenson is dynamite as the Warm-Up Man, a Satan of sorts, who shakes up the audience, as is Springer, with his performance antics. It’s a great role for Swenson, who brings a large baritone voice and strong physical presence to the role. Audiences who saw his Javert (Les Miserables) will see the villain sneak out once again.

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A satire about the media freak show that is going on in our country, the musical ends with the shot and wounded Springer calling out for growing up, putting pants on, and tighter gun control.

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In her new solo act, In The Body of The World, at The Manhattan Theater Club, audience members get her all to themselves. On one hand, her work is intensely intimate, and on

the other, it’s a symbolic journey, through which she embodies with us the essence of womanhood. She compares her cancer to rape— the feeling that your body has been invaded. And from the pain and trauma of both, she finds fodder for empowerment.

This story begins in war-torn Congo, where Ensler has been invited by a prominent gynecologist treating rape victims. There she meets an eight-year-old who has been raped multiple times, and an 80-year-old whose legs were broken and pulled out of her sockets by rapists. In their fight, she discovers a life force so powerful that it will enable her to conquer the cancer that will soon be found growing in her uterus. Taking us from the Congo, where she is aiding women in building a center for themselves—The City of Joy, they call it—to the cancer ward, Ensler weaves a cathartic tale. If you can imagine ripping though yourself with intense journalistic objectivity, you can appreciate what a magnanimous act this is. Her presence is inspiring. That she survives cancer allows her to return to The City of Joy, and experience the fulfillment of many women’s dreams. From the implied exoticisms of her on-stage home (Myung Hee Cho, scenic design), with bibelots from China, a red chaise lounge and a gold goddess resting on top of a small table, we move beyond ourselves, into their world.

At the end, she invites us to walk in the tropical garden through which she exits. There, where the world is at peace, we share the joy of women learning to take a stand. Sensitively and delicately directed by Diane Paulus, Ensler’s piece is exceptional.

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The Ellen Hermanson Foundation will host its annual Denim & Diamonds event on Saturday, March 10, from 6:30 to 10 PM, at 230 Elm Street in Southampton.

Proceeds will benefit The Ellen Hermanson Breast Center at Stony Brook Southampton and Ellen’s Well, which provides crisis intervention counseling for breast cancer patients.

One of the honorees at this year’s Denim & Diamonds is Dr. Louis Avvento, a New York Cancer and Blood Specialist. Founder of the Ellen Hermanson Foundation, Julie Ratner, said, “The Foundation is delighted to recognize the compassionate and dedicated service of Dr. Avvento and the community. He shares his knowledge and skill, generously bringing hope and healing to all his patients.” Avvento is no stranger to cancer. He lost his father to pancreatic cancer, and three uncles to lung cancer. Meanwhile, he faced an inner battle of his own—whether to cure such diseases as a doctor or act as a supporting family member. After some deliberation it was decided; he would help those who couldn’t help themselves.

The Brooklyn native then returned home. He obtained a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at Stony Brook University before opening a three-person practice in Riverhead in 1988, then landing in Southampton by 1996.

Back in the 1970s, getting into an American medical school proved difficult, so Dr. Avvento sought education abroad, obtaining a degree in medicine from the University of Rome in 1981.

“At first, I was disappointed that I had to go to Italy to study medicine, but it turned out to be the best decision in my life,” Avvento explained. “I will always remember, quite vividly, the day I graduated from medical school, in a foreign country, speaking a foreign language.”

He recalled presenting his thesis, in Italian, in front of doctors and faculty: “I sat there and heard the words ‘Congratulations, Dr. Avvento. You have earned the degree of medicine and surgery.’”

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“As on oncologist, I felt hospice care was a critical part of my practice and for my patients,” Avvento said. “Hospice remains such an indispensable health care partner, then and now, for many families. Not just for cancer, but all end of life diseases.”

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During his 30 years of practice and research, Avvento said he has seen cancer shaming dissipate. It has progressed from a disease of fear, to one of proactivity and prevention. Over the years, breast cancer rates seem to have climbed. However, he noted, the numbers are growing, in part, due to an increase in screening activity. In the late 1990s, the push to study breast cancer on Long Island raised case amounts, he said. More people are diagnosed because more people are getting checked.

Avvento began his involvement with the Ellen Hermanson Foundation through Susie Rodan, a dear friend, over 20 years ago. He considers the foundation a glimmer of light amid a bleak situation. “I am so honored to be a part of this organization and what they stand for. I am most proud to have been a part of spreading the message of hope and optimism for all our patients through the years,” Avvento concluded. Follow more from Nicole Teitler on Instagram & Facebook @ NikkiOnTheDaily or email comments to Nicole@IndyEastEnd. com.

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by Jessica Mackin-Cipro Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend. com. Trivia Night The Springs Tavern and the East Hampton Little League are hosting Trivia Night with quiz master Paul Johnson tonight from 6:30 to 8 PM. Tickets are $40 in advance or $45 at the door. The price includes one complimentary beverage and small bites. Proceeds will benefit the East Hampton Little League. For tickets, call Dave Rutkowski, 631-681-7086. CfAR Trivia Night Citizens for Access Rights (CfAR) will host Trivia Night at the Amagansett American Legion Hall on Friday at 7 PM; doors open at 6:30 PM. Teams of four can register in advance for $25 per person ($20 for 2018 CfAR members); singles may also register and will be put on a team. To register in advance, send your team name to citizensforaccessrights@gmail.com. There will be a cash prize for first place. Snacks and refreshments will be available. All proceeds will go to CfAR’s efforts; it is a group of East End residents that supports open access to local beaches. Masonic Winter Music Dante is performing at The Masonic Winter Music Series on Saturday at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor. Tickets are $20 at the door and include complimentary wine and refreshments. All proceeds go to the Mason’s Pierson High School Scholarship Fund and the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry. Combining groove-laden soul with acoustic folk-rock, Dante is a singer songwriter known for his gritty vocals, fingerpicking guitar style, and engaging live performances. Rock ‘n Blues For Vets The Riverhead Elks Lodge is hosting its fourth annual Rock ‘n Blues for the Vets on Saturday at 7 PM. B-14

Three live bands: Joe Hampton & The Kingpins, Jan Hanna Band, and Mike Ryan & Friends will perform in a tribute to Riverhead veterans. There will also be a 50/50 raffle and hors d’oeuvres. The cost is $20 per ticket. Call Riverhead Elks, 631727-2027. Empty Bowls On Sunday from noon to 3 PM, join Project MOST! for endless soup from 30 local chefs and restaurants at the 2018 Empty Bowls fundraising event. This year, Project MOST! will be joined by the Wellness Foundation as its nutrition partner. There will also be Dreesen’s donuts and ices by Kona Ice. Tickets are $15 and sold at the door. Katy’s Courage Katy’s Courage is hosting its seventh annual skate-a-thon at Buckskill Winter Club in East Hampton on Sunday beginning at 4:45 PM. All proceeds will benefit Katy’s Courage. The schedule for the day includes regular public skating, a puck throw, a figure skating recital, a skate-athon, a hockey game, and raffle. Throughout the day, participants may stop by the annual bake sale for treats and choose to partake in a fundraising raffle. A rain date is set for Sunday, March 11. Katy’s Courage is an organization honoring Katy Stewart, an inspirational 12-year-old girl who died from a rare form of pediatric liver cancer. The organization is dedicated to supporting education, children’s bereavement counseling, and pediatric cancer research.

For further information about Katy’s Courage, visit www.katyscourage.org. Academy of the Arts Guild Hall presents the Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner on Monday from 6 to 10 PM at The Rainbow Room in NYC. The night will be co-hosted by artist and academy president Eric Fischl

and writer Iris Smyles.

The academy will honor Audrey Flack for visual arts. Flack’s award will be presented by David Brigham. Gail Sheehy will be honored for literary arts, with her award presented by Tom Wolfe. Harris Yulin, honored for performing arts, will receive his award from Alec Baldwin. Sheri Sandler will receive the Special Award. There will also be a live performance by GE Smith and The History of Art Band. Funds raised benefit Guild Hall’s mission of celebrating the artistic spirit on the East End. For tickets, call the special events department at 631-324-0806.

Beyond The Imagination The HB PTSA presents Beyond The Imagination, a magic show by “America’s Got Talent” performer Eric Wilzig. The show will be held on Friday, March 9, at 7 PM in the Hampton Bays High School auditorium. The event will fund thousands of dollars in scholarships for graduating seniors. The event features a Chinese auction which begins at 5 PM. Dinner, for VIP ticket holders, begins at 5:30 PM. General admission tickets are $10 and VIP is $30 for adults and $20 for children. For tickets and more info, visit www.brownpapertickets. com/event/3321478. Denim and Diamonds The Ellen Hermanson Foundation presents its annual Denim and Diamonds event on Saturday, March 10, from 6:30 to 10 PM at 230 Elm in Southampton. Proceeds will benefit the Ellen Hermanson Breast Center at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and Ellen’s Well. Join for chef tastings and open bar, live and silent auctions, DJ, and photo booth. The event will honor Dr. Louis Avvento and New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, Jason and Theresa Belkin and Hampton Coffee Company, and Shirley Ruch and South Fork Bakery.

Individual tickets start at $125 with a junior ticket for those 34 and under for $75. For tickets, visit www. ellenhermanson.org. Bowling Bonanza Riverhead Community Awareness Program’s (CAP) sixth annual Bowling Bonanza Fundraiser will be held on Thursday, March 15, from

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7 to 9:30 PM. Join for an evening of family, friends, and fun at the All Star in Riverhead while supporting CAP.

Participants are invited to organize a team of up to eight players for this event. Guests may also participate as an individual or pair, and be assigned to a team. Each team will bowl one or two games, time permitting. All ages are welcome, but children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. The cost is $20 per person; advanced registration required. Sign in begins at 6:30 PM sharp. Bowling, shoes, soda, and chips are all included. There will also be raffles, prizes, and food available for purchase. Visit www.RiverheadCAP.org. Share The Harvest A concert to benefit Share The Harvest Farm will be held on March 17 at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett from 7 to 9 PM. There will be performances by Fred Raimondo, Inda Eaton, Nancy Remkus, Sarah Greene and Cynthia Daniels, Job Potter, and Rorie Kelly. Share the Harvest Farm in East Hampton was founded on the belief that everyone is entitled to fresh, nutritious food. Its mission is to grow high-quality produce for donation to local food pantries and other organizations. Tickets are $20 at the door. East End Hospice East End Hospice’s Kanas Center in Quiogue is in need of supplies. There are many families at the residential facility for critical patients and water, soda, and snacks are needed to restock the center’s pantry. Cases of Coke, Diet Coke, water, and ginger ale are in high demand. Individually wrapped snacks are welcomed, as are single-serve boxes of cereal for family members who spend the night. Donations can be dropped off any time at the center, located at 1 Meetinghouse Road in Quiogue, or at the East End Hospice development office, located at 209 Mill Road in Westhampton, during regular business hours.

The Independent is proud to serve as a drop-off spot for South Fork donors. We’re open during regular business hours, Monday to Friday; on Wednesdays, the office is open from 9 AM to 1 PM. Find us in Suite 16 in the Red Horse complex, 74 Montauk Highway, East Hampton.

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Sweet Treats: North Fork Chocolate

By Nicole Teitler

More than chocolate, North Fork Chocolate Company continues its commitment to the community by incorporating a micro-store within. Inside, consumers will find other local products, aiding in a shop local mentality.

North Forkers wishing to curb the desire of their sweet tooth need to look no further than Aquebogue. Enter the doors to an entire chocolate room of truffles, bon bons, gourmet desserts, barks and bars—oh my! Banana Fondue, Bourbon, Olive Oil Sea Salt, Root Beer Float, the tantalizing list of delights goes on. This isn’t a dream, it’s the North Fork Chocolate Company.

Ann Corley and Steve Amaral are the creative co-founders behind North Fork Chocolate Company. These “partners in business and life” began a recipe for success upon meeting while working for a hospitality company. Corley was the director of marketing and Amaral, an executive chef traveling the globe starting up restaurants and hotels, “had a yearning to work in chocolate.” Thus, a business venture began back in 2012 through Stony Brook University’s incubator in Calverton, with an official brick and mortar location in Aquebogue opening up in February of 2015. This yearning “blossomed quickly to a blooming business.”

“We wanted to be able to help other new start-ups grow,” Corley explained. “It’s something that made sense to do and just fit. Our favorite part is collaborating with others and working together.”

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“Many times, the vineyard will ask us to make a chocolate for them,” Corley detailed. “But for many selections, when we are out and about shopping at the farms, we purchase retail off their shelf, try things out, and test the market with consumers.” Next up is their “Toffee Pop,” featuring “homemade

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Corley compares the business to the movie Chocolat, with Amaral as Johnny Depp’s character. Once comparing himself to a wine maker, Johnson & Wales graduate and James Beard nominee Amaral officially calls himself Master Chef and Chocolatier. His handcrafted proprietary Belgian blend is nonGMO and fair trade sustainable. There are over 50 selections to choose from, but the secret is in the ingredients. Their first chocolate was a collaboration with Long Island Spirits LIV Espresso Vodka, a mochaccino truffle. The fruits and spices, and alcohol, in these adults only chocolates are obtained from local farms, cider houses, vineyards, and breweries. A legend card is included with each box of chocolate, naming the sources, such as Briermere Farms, Riverhead

Tomorrow, enjoy “Dip and Sip: Chocolate Fondue 101 and Wine Pairing” from 5 to 6:30 PM. On Saturdays, March 10 and 17, in connection with Long Island Winterfest, join for a Winterfest Fondue tasting, held in The Gallery at The North Fork Chocolate

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by Peggy Spellman Hoey Martha Clara Vineyards 80s tribute band New Life Crisis will play Friday at 7:30 PM with tickets running from $30 to $40, including a glass of wine. On this Saturday and the next—March 10, the vineyard is pairing up with the Peconic Ballet Foundation for Art Barre at the Peconic Ballet Theatre on Main Street in Riverhead. The events will feature live performances by professional dancers and musicians, as well as an art exhibit of notable East End artists. The shows start at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $20 and include two glasses of wine. Also this Saturday, a Wine 101 class will be offered at the vineyard at 1 PM. Tickets are

$25, $15 for wine club members. For ticket information, visit www. marthaclaravineyards.com. Clovis Point Vineyard and Winery Winterfest, featuring an art show, jewelry sale, and live music will be held Saturday from 12 to 5:30 PM. The art show and meet and greet/sale with local photographers Miranda Gatewood and Steven Schreiber will be held from 12:30 to 2:30 PM. A jewelry sale with Life of Rex Jewels will be held from 12 to 4:30 PM. Freddy Monday will perform from 1:30 to 5:30 PM. Free admission. Groups of six or more require reservations. For more information, visit www.

clovispointwines.com. Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard presents music on Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 6 PM. It’s Ricky Roche on Saturday and 2EZ on Sunday. www. baitinghollowfarmvineyard.com. Pindar Vineyards

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Jen Kane performs from 1 to 5 PM on Saturday. Enjoy a complimentary taste of Riesling and shortbread cookies with a paid tasting flight throughout March. Barrel tastings are also on Saturday from 1 to 3 PM. An Irish beer menu will be offered for St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. Bob Carney will perform. For more information, visit www.pindar.net. Duck Walk vineyeards Listen to live music in the tasting room Saturday from 12 to 4 PM.

Indoor seating is available and light snacks are welcome. Some snack items are also available for purchase. www.duckwalk.com. Palmer Vineyards On Saturday, Miguel Martin leads a tasting of his favorite Albarino, including his own ,which is grown and made at the vineyard. Enjoy fresh local oysters and charcuterie for $45 per person, $35 for wine club members. For more information, visit www. palmervineyards.com. Diliberto Winery “Sundays with Grandma” continues in March. The series features a pasta demonstration, four-course homemade meal paired with award-winning wines, and live music including classic Italian songs. The total cost is $114.54 per person. Wine club members get $10 off for the member and one guest. www.dilibertowinery.com.

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of three artists who express the beauty of light.

Amanda Church, Martha Clippinger, Connie Fox, Regina Gilligan, Tamara Gonzales, Jacqueline Gourevitch, Lisa Hein, Priscilla Heine, Hilary Helfant, Elana Herzog, Alice Hope, Laurie Lambrecht, Judith Linhares, Erika Ranee, Judy Richardson, Bonnie Rychlak, Toni Ross, Drew Shiflett, Jeanne Silverthorne, Zina SaroWiwa, Jude Tallichet, and Almond Zigmund. A curator and artist’s panel discussion will be held on Saturday at 5 PM.

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ONGOING Color and Light “Color and Light,” art by Janet Jennings, Anne Raymond, and Phyllis Hammond will be on display at Suffolk County Community College’s Lyceum Gallery in the Montaukett Learning Resource Center on the Eastern Campus in Riverhead through Saturday.

The exhibit is a celebration of the progression of daylight on the East End landscape, featuring the work

A solo exhibition of new photographs by Jeremy Dennis—an indigenous artist who was raised and continues to live and work on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton—will be featured at Suffolk County Community College’s Flecker Gallery in Selden, on the Ammerman Campus, through March 15. Spotlight Series The Suffolk County Historical Society Museum in Riverhead presents “Spotlight Series: The Paintings,” highlights from the permanent collection. The museum has more than 25,000 physical objects in its collection, most of them held in storage, sometimes for years, until placed on view for a specific exhibit. This is the first in a new Spotlight Series of exhibits designed to bring some of the objects out on display for all to enjoy. The show runs through May 19.

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This year’s honorees are in good company with past honorees including Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Laurie Anderson, Steven Spielberg, Billy Joel, Elaine Stritch, Mel Brooks, Alec Baldwin, Ralph Gibson, Julian Schnabel, Roy Lichtenstein, Bruce Weber, April Gornik, Jules Feiffer, Walter Isaacson, Jon Robin Baitz, E.L. Doctorow, Edward Albee, Joseph Heller, and Joe Pintauro; with Special Awards given to Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Dina Merrill, and Peter Jennings. Funds raised benefit Guild Hall’s

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Real Estate News

Bruce Nagel’s creation bears his signature ID: Striking modern architecture and site orientation come together in perfect balance. His latest offering, on 20 Bearing East Road in the beautiful and private Northwest area of East Hampton, is yet another example.

Nagel, an award-winning architect based in Southampton, with notable projects across the East End, made efficient use of space and took advantage of the natural light to illuminate this modern home.

The design of the home, inspired by the likes of architects Richard Meier and Charles Gwathmey, features a sophisticated and timeless combination of ideas set to impress. Grand, 22-foot-tall ceilings, and walls of windows, provide panoramic views and seem to raise the home above the 2.15 acres of manicured grounds.

“When I first saw the interior architecture of the house, I was inspired by the open volume and the relationship the house had with the surrounding landscape,” said interior designer Igal Toledano. “I decided to interfere as minimally as possible with the architecture. To allow for ample floor space for free movement, I designed built-in storage units that maintained the integrity of the overall design of the space.” The free-flowing spaces begin on the first floor with a luxurious master suite, living room with fireplace, den, and open dining room. An oversized gourmet kitchen is ideal for entertaining, with a generous kitchen island and stainless-steel appliances. A Zen garden sets the tone for the other levels and outdoor spaces.

Keeping with the philosophy and design of the home, one ascends to the second level of the residence up an open maple staircase, with unobstructed inside/outside views. Two spacious en-suite bedrooms with private decks await. The lower level of the home

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features two additional bedrooms, a large bath, exercise and entertainment areas, plus a spacious storage room. Auto enthusiasts can appreciate the heated three-car garage at the end of a long flat driveway with ample parking. Expansive, multi-leveled outdoor decks create conversation areas around the outdoor kitchen, large hot tub, and 20 x 40 gunite swimming pool with flagstone coping. A family-sized outdoor shower completes the outdoor area.

Toledano remarked, “The house was unlike many of the homes I’d worked on, in terms of location and positioning. From inside, you have a vast panoramic view of the surrounding landscape while offering one complete and total privacy.”

For more details and a private showing contact exclusive listing agent Richard Swift, Town & Country Real Estate, 631-3248080, RSwift@TCHamptons.com. Continued On Page 27.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff(s) vs. JOSHUA HORTON A/K/A JOSHUA Y. HORTON; YVONNE LIEBLEIN; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about October 30, 2017, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, NY 11972. On March 13, 2018 at 10:00 am. Premises known as 727 1ST STREET, GREENPORT, NY 11944 District: 1001 Section: 02.00 Block: 05.00 Lot: 033.007 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Greenport, Town of Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New York. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $553,586.14 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 066279/2014 Robert A. Caccese, Esq., Referee 23

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725,000 950,000 325,000* 1,871,500 930,000 560,541 1,300,000 1,150,000 1,275,000 385,000*

189 Waterhole Rd 157 Talmage Farm Ln 214 Norfolk Dr 101 Ely Brook To Hands Cr 12 Rowman Ct 10 18th St 5 Cattle Walk 86 Three Mile Harbor Hog 57 Bull Path 30 Whooping Hollow Rd

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9 Captain Balfour Way

1,500,000

6 Rolling Woods Ct

235,000 243,000 360,000 290,000 409,500 485,000 452,000

357 Sound Rd 37 Old Orchard Rd 4 Birch Ln 76 17th St 26 Farm Rd W 140 Gregory Way 47 Leonard St

405,000 242,964 350,000 11,470,000 300,000 205,302 100,000

1596 Osborn Ave&lot 3.005 525 Elton St 420 Union Ave 2-6 W 2nd St&214 Griffing 212 Maple Ave 425 E Second St 34 Mill Brook Ln

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1,900,000

p/o 5501 Sound Ave

1,362,500

77 Front St

725,000 874,666 3,500,000 2,100,000

2 Hudson Ave 42 N Midway Rd 11 Westmoreland Dr 46 S Midway Rd

315,000 345,000

273 Riverleigh Ave 143 Albany Ave

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315,000 250,001

5 Indian Ave 54 Dale Ave

6,550,000 19,500,000

206 Halsey Ln 97 Mid Ocean Dr

450,000

138 &136 Old Country Rd

639,000 351,750 103,125* 309,375 380,000 200,000 429,000

15 Wild Duck Ln 4 Stuart Ct 3 Maple Ave 9 Gravel Hill Rd 3 Maple St 49 Lynn Ave 37 Donellan Rd

980,000 1,300,000 1,200,000 461,500 745,000 920,000 3,000,000 5,250,000

109 West Neck Point Rd 27 Newberry Ln 157 & 160 Cold Spring Pt 50 Hubbard Ln, Unit 14 151 North Hwy 7 Powers Dr 65 Prospect St 11 Jobs Ln

1,550,000

538 Deerfield Rd

210,000 1,030,000

654 A Hamilton Ave 18 Clover Grass Ct

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303 Dune Rd

714,750

2250 Haywaters Rd

816,945 362,351 920,000 820,000

1175 Ninth St 870 Bay Shore Rd 136 Main St 131 Sixth St, Unit G

700,000 395,000 500,000

335 South Dr 775 Holbrook Ln 2130 Theresa Dr

175,000*

205 Longview Ln

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Clothing Drive

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Friends, Romans, countrymen . . . lend them your clothes.

Rocco A. Carriero Wealth Partners in Southampton is hosting a winter clothing drive until the end of March. Help them collect underwear and socks for the

Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach Program. New adult men’s and women’s sizes are needed. The clothing can be dropped off at the business, which is located at 1673 County Road 39, 1st Floor. For more information, contact Nicole Chance at 631-283-8482, or via email at nicole.a.chance@ampf.com.

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By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Social media guru Beth Granger will speak about using LinkedIn to improve your business and personal brand at the East End Women’s Network meeting tonight, Wednesday, February 28, from 5:30 to 8 PM at Bistro 72 at Hotel Indigo.

Granger is a social media, social selling, and LinkedIn consultant who serves as the co-vice president and secretary on the board of directors of the Social Media Association

and secretary and Twitter chair on the board of the National Speakers Association New York Chapter. She is also on the board of directors of Landmark on Main Street, a nonprofit theater/community center.

Hotel Indigo is located at 1830 West Main Street in Riverhead. The cost of the event is $45 for members, $50 non-members, and includes a sit down dinner, presentation, and a night of business and personal networking. A full house is anticipated; RSVP by visiting eewn. com.

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because I never use sugar,” she said, noting that her adjustments are often tweaked if she finds a better way of cooking something. “It’s so cool to see that and go back and see how I did it.” “I always do that,” Valle said, adding, “Cook 10 minutes less, cook 10 minutes more; raise oven, lower oven, add a little more.”

Sharing the intricacies of cooking—how if one ingredient or measurement is changed, the whole recipe can be thrown off, if not ruined—is pretty much what the Read It and Eat It Cook Book Club is all about. The number of participants can run anywhere from six to 10 people depending on the time of the year the meeting is held, according to Valle. Valle assigns a theme and then coordinates with members so there isn’t any duplication and also to ensure the recipes will work well with each other, seeing that there is

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some tasting involved.

In December, the group met under the theme, “Christmas Around the World,” with different members preparing Italian Stromboli, Austrian Linzer tarts, Brandy Alexander Pie, which has roots in the British Isles, and a Caribbean Black Cake, which is a variation of a British fruit cake.

“I would say ‘Love Your Loaves’ was successful, as was our ‘Christmas Around the World’—that was so much fun,” Valle said. “So, the next time we meet, it will be two months from now; Tuesday, April 10. The theme is ‘Anything Eggs.’ We can do quiches. We can do deviled eggs. We can do anything with eggs; omelettes, right? Frittatas.” Pickled Eggs?

Until that question is answered, the Read It and Eat It Cook Book Club members will continue to love their loaves.

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By Peggy Spellman Hoey Artists up!

The deadline for artists to submit their work for consideration in the Hamptons Classic poster contest is tomorrow, March 1.

Received submissions will be reviewed by the classic’s committee and all artists will be notified of the winner by April 15. Email an image or images of the artwork to info@ hamptonclassic.com. Files should be emailed as jpegs under 20MB in size, and under the subject line Poster Submission. Organizers ask that artists refrain from sending original artwork to the Hamptons

Classic office.

For more information about what becoming the Hampton Classic poster artist entails, visit: http:// www.hamptonclassicstore.com/ poster-submissions.php.

In other art news, Art on Paper has created a special offer for Hampton Classic subscribers to its upcoming event at Pier 36 in New York City, from March 8 to 11. More than 85 top galleries from around the globe will feature top modern and contemporary paper-based art. To receive a complimentary day pass, visit www.thepaperfair.com/tickets/ hamptonclassic18-1day.

Purim Carnival

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Temple Adas Israel will present an all-ages Purim celebration today, Wednesday, February 28, starting at 4 PM.

Magician Seth Kramer will perform his “Up Close Magic” show, and there will be carnival games, face painting, crafts, and a virtual reality roller coaster booth. At 5 PM, attendees are invited to show off their costumes in the annual parade leading into the Megillah, which is a reading of the story of Esther. During the service, Purim songs will be sung

by students from the temple’s Hebrew School.

There will be a festive meal following the service, including food from Saaz Indian Cuisine of Southampton and traditional Purim hamantaschen pastries. The party is free and open to all.

Temple Adas Israel is located at Elizabeth Street and Atlantic Avenue in Sag Harbor. For more information, visit www. TempleAdasIsrael.org, email temple administrator Eileen Moskowitz at adasisrael11963@optonline.net, or call the office, 631-725-0904.

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New Greenport Office Renovations have begun in Greenport as Town & Country Real Estate prepares to open its eighth office, at 120 Front Street. Already the largest independentlyowned and operated real estate firm on the East End, with over 160 real estate agents and seven offices spanning the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and North Fork, the company’s expansion into Greenport was the clear next step, according to the company.

Town & Country, helmed by Judi Desiderio, with managing partners Nancy McGann and Janet Hummel, Desiderio said there was always a master plan in place to open an office in Greenport. Desiderio explains, “Greenport is a popular hub on the North Fork. From the carousel, to the great shops and award-winning restaurants, there’s so much to do there.” “The North Fork real estate markets are uniquely different from the Hamptons real estate markets,” says Desiderio. “There’s a different vibe, a different clientele, a different heartbeat. Each of our individual offices reflect these subtle differences, staffed by true locals who know their market as no other.”

“Our new North Fork flagship location will be home for some of the North Fork’s best real estate agents, as it has been for so long, to best serve their clients and customers,” says Joan Bischoff van Heemskerck, Town & Country’s executive sales manager, North

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Fork and Shelter Island. “Town & Country is a great place to work, providing superior support for its agents to service all North Fork real estate needs.”

Desiderio added, “Greenport is such an ideal place for an office because of the foot traffic. And who knows more about great locations than real estate agents.” And, like many of the firm’s exclusive listings, the new Front Street office will enjoy a truly great water view location, in the center of the village across from the vibrant Mitchell Park.

“All of our offices are in the center of town. This space is in the center of the core business district of Greenport—it’s prime!” Desiderio added. “With this new office, we’re expanding our footprint and will be hiring agents to accommodate our expansion. We’re renovating the space and plan to move into the office this spring, in preparation for the summer season.”

For more information, contact Judi Desiderio, JDesiderio@ TCHamptons.com, 631-324-8080.

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Three buttered rolls, two bagels By Rick Murphy with cream cheese, a jelly donut,

Rick’s Space

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COFFEE STATION CHARACTERS Like most working people, I make the trek to the store to get coffee on my way to work every morning.

Most places have gone the selfservice route, which is fine with me. Like the other zombies, I wordlessly head for the coffee station, efficiently get mine the way I like it, and head over to the cashier to pay. Those of us who are regulars know the routine—starting from one side, you grab your cup and the top. Next, choose whether you want hot water (for tea), decaf, or regular, all of which is dispensed from large, stainless steel coffee makers with spigots. Shuffling right, choose if you want sugar, sweetener, or nothing. Finally, choose from among skim, regular, or half-and-half milk (or have it black). The unsaid rule is: keep it moving. We are working people, and we need to get to the job. If someone talks to you, be nice, but be careful not to engage in conversation. I just mumble, “howyerdoinbub.”

Lately, a new generation of coffee drinkers are mussing up the works for the rest of us. At first, I suspected the half-mocha, half capp, decaf

Frappuccino crowd but it’s not them. It’s a totally new strain of annoyance. We’ve all observed the “Hey, Put a Little Coffee In That Sugar Guy.” You know the one. He gets his empty cup, and begins to violently shake sugar into it. Meanwhile, the line is getting longer and longer. You realize this poor slob is trying to make a meal out of this thing. When he finally gets around to putting coffee in, it looks like a Slushy. We’ve all had to deal with “Wrong Way Charlie” who fills his cup up, gets to the milk, and when he’s all done, reverses fields and heads back for the container top. Meanwhile, he steps on the toes of the 43 people who are right behind him blindly moving forward. Our coffees are spilling all over our hands because, of course, we insist on overfilling them so we can sip them on the way to the counter. Once I had a job interview and Wrong Way Charlie made me spill my coffee all over my pleated khaki pants. The interview didn’t go well, and that’s why I’m still stuck here at The Independent. Ever see the “Serial Stirrer?” You

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This poor guy gets sent from a construction site, the order scribbled onto a shingle in pencil. Fourteen surly guys yell out what they want simultaneously: “Coffee with one sugar and cream,” “Decaf black,” “Coffee with half and half,” and so on. The guy starts filling the cups, but he can’t read his own writing because his pencil has a nub with no lead.

Then he puts sugar in some, milk in others. But he forgets what he put in which, and now he realizes Surly Gus, the roofer, is going to rip him a new one because the coffee tastes like piss. Beads of sweat form on his forehead as he begins the unsteady walk from the coffee station, with 54 of us who have been standing there, glaring at him, waiting to pounce on the coffee spigots.

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He has to shuffle to the counter with everything precariously perched.

The laborer is in agony, the hot coffee seeping through the cardboard, the muffin perilously perched on top of Devil Dogs and donuts piled atop the buttered rolls. He’s staggering, trying desperately to keep his balance. “He looks like a Falling Wallenda,” I rudely exclaim. He’s almost home free when the electric door whirls open and a group of teenage girls rush in, all talking on cell phones. They brush him, and the tray collapses.

Karl Wallenda put his high wire act together in 1922 and became famous for the seven-person chair pyramid he perfected with his adopted son, Mario. Such was their grace, they were dubbed The Flying Wallendas. In 1962, three men fell to the ground during the act. It could have been worse. Karl gripped the wire with the toes of one foot to break his own fall and simultaneously extended both arms and the other leg. Three family members grabbed a hold of his limbs and saved their lives.

But Karl never thought about retiring and, a year later, he was back performing. The next morning the gofer was back, too, and with another big order. This time he plugged the eatables into his pockets and made two trips for the coffee, holding the collapsible tray firmly with both hands. He was learning and evolving. I slapped him on the shoulder.

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He often likes to share a story about how the food is made or how it became a tradition. In March, there will be no exception, as Scott plans to mark St. Patrick’s Day by teaching students how to prepare molasses cake, Irish soda bread, and Irish soda bread muffins. Despite his Irish roots, Scott never knew the reason why bakers cut an “X” into the top of the bread; it’s something he learned on his own. The “X” is to keep the devil away.

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location opened up the last minute as the building sold for $920,000 in December, 2017. After nearly 40 years selling used books at the Book Scout, Pete Stevens decided to retire and close the shop’s doors.

Greenport’s Goldsmith’s Toys and Electronics will open its doors on March 3 at 128 Main Street—a space formerly occupied by the Book Scout.

“Between December and now everything fell into place. I’m very grateful that the new owners let us stay for an extra month,” Halliwell said.

“It all just fell into place after what felt like forever searching for a new home for the store,” said owner Kathy Halliwell, of her search for a new home for the 34-year-old toy store that took well over a year. “We are really excited to finally be moving forward and to know that that store will still be around for the kids and families to enjoy.” The store is one of the last locallyowned toy stores on the North Fork and is one of the few shops in Greenport that is open year-round. Unlike many of the stores that cater to seasonal tourists, Goldsmith’s is a staple for locals. It has rented the first floor of 138 Main Street since

Halliwell said she has no knowledge of the new owner’s identity or location. It is currently unknown what they intend to do with the building. Independent/Jade Eckardt Rubber duckies of every kind—surfers, readers, artists, and monsters—line a wall inside Greenport’s Goldsmith’s Toys, which is moving to 128 Main Street on March 3.

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building, which was built in 1850. The top two floors serve as meeting areas and there is also a pool hall. In July 2016, the building was listed on the market by Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, which has an office neighboring the toy store. After receiving a letter notifying her of the sale, Halliwell began her search for a new space to rent. “It was a really nerve-wracking year as time went by not knowing what was going to happen. When realtors would come in and show the shop it was extra stressful,” she said.

Halliwell said the possibilities that arose as time went by were in less visible parts of town that may have negatively impacted business.

As time passed, word spread around town that Goldsmith’s might close its doors for good if an ideal space didn’t become available. “A lot of our local customers had been very upset knowing that the shop may close. I’ve had a lot of people asking me if we’d found a place or if we were going to shut down,” Halliwell said.

But as luck would have it, the ideal

“I am very excited for the new shop. We helped Pete move, it was a nice transition. The shop needed a lot of love, and we gave it a lot of love. It’s a nice big space and we’ve put our own touch on it,” Halliwell said. She enlisted local artist Carla Oberlander from Greenport’s Olive Studios to paint the floor with a sea life themed mural. A lifesized stuffed pink flamingo, one of Goldsmith’s many unique stuffed animals, is the first of Halliwell’s stock to call the new shop home.

Halliwell began working in the shop for the previous owner approximately 32 years ago. She and her husband later moved to Florida before returning to Greenport over a decade later. She began working at Goldsmith’s again and later bought the business. “The business does well and it’s been fun watching the local kids grow up,” Halliwell said.

For years the shop’s front window has displayed its signature rubber ducky collection. It sells a broad spectrum of toys including art supplies, beach toys, stuffed animals, dolls, science kits, and trinkets.

“Over the years we’ve watched kids become parents, and parents become grandparents,” Halliwell said. “I’m just happy we get to continue to see the local kids grow up.”

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Compiled by Jade Eckardt GOLDBERG’S OPENS Goldberg’s Famous Bagels has opened a new location in Jamesport. The newest bagel shop and deli is Goldberg’s fourth North Fork location, adding to its lineup in Greenport, Mattituck, and Riverhead.

The popular breakfast spot has 11 locations on the East End and smoothly transitioned into a turnkey operation that was formerly Lenny’s North Fork Bagelry & Café. Goldberg’s Jamesport location, at 1451 Main Rd, is open from 6 AM to 3 PM, seven days a week. PECONIC REC CENTER In an effort to reduce waste, the Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA) and the Town of Southold recently unveiled a hydration station at the Peconic Recreation Center. The unique collaboration aims to reduce the waste of plastic water bottles and raise public awareness about the public water supply.

The hydration station offers members of the public an easy way to refill reusable water bottles with safe, clean, regularly tested water. Under the arrangement, the SCWA paid for the hydration station, with installation, maintenance, and electricity provided by the town. GOT WINE TOOLS? The Southold Historical Society is seeking small wine related artifacts

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and tools, by loan or donation, for display in a wine exhibit this summer. The exhibit, “Clink! A Toast to North Fork Wine,” will highlight the North Fork wine industry.

The society is looking for objects such as vine knives, grafting knives, grape shears, corkscrews, and any other interesting wine tools. Contact Assistant Director Deanna Walker, 631-7655500, ext. 2 or email d.walker@ southoldhistorical.org for more info. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Greenport High School’s newest musical is Little Shop of Horrors.

In the story, a meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names Audrey II after his coworker crush. This foul mouthed, R&B singing carnivore promises never-ending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it. Adult tickets are $12; students and seniors, $8. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 7 PM and Sunday at 2 PM. ART HISTORY The Shelter Island Library is hosting a free art history course, “The Modern Genius: Art and Culture in the 19th Century,” tomorrow at 5:15 PM. Offered by the Otis College of Art and Design, the course investigates the role of the French avant-garde in showcasing modern approaches to art and visual culture in the 19th

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The course includes segments on realism, impressionism, and post impressionism via video podcasts and online readings. Registration is required. Contact Jocelyn Ozolins for more information, jozolins@ silibrary.org. Words And Wine Learn about history of Long Island wine at the Suffolk County Historical Society Museum’s “Book & Bottle” event, featuring Edible East End editor Eileen Duffy.

Duffy will discuss her book Behind the Bottle: The Rise of Wine on Long Island. She will profile Long Island wineries and discuss the region’s evolution from farm country to wine country tomorrow at 6 PM. The event, held at the museum, 300 West Main Street, Riverhead, is free for society members and $5 for non-members. RSVP; call 631-727-2881, ext. 100. History buffs can also attend the opening reception of “Collective Identity: Photographs & Tintype Images Celebrating African American and Native American Diversity in 19th-Century Eastville” on Saturday at 1 PM. These tintype portraits were nailed to the floorboards of a Sag Harbor cottage as flooring material, until they were discovered in 1978. Free admission offered on opening night. LIBRARY GOINGS ON The Mattituck-Laurel Library

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is offering a talk on “Nutrition for Aging Gracefully,” tomorrow at noon. A registered dietician from Stony Brook Southampton Hospital will discuss good nutrition and demonstrate how to create healthy food that boosts focus and memory. Registration is required; 631-298-3134. The library will show 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express on Friday at 1:30 PM. The film tells the story of celebrated detective Hercule Poirot who is recruited to solve the case of a murder that occurs on the train he’s travelling on.

Art lovers can attend “Wild Life,” a photography exhibit by North Fork photography club the Light Painters, in its Learning Center on Sunday from 2 to 4 PM. The collection of images will depict nature scenes, birds, and humans “taking a walk on the wild side.” This is the seventh year that the Light Painters have presented a collection of fine art photography at the library. The artists will be available for a meet and greet. Refreshments will be served. Free. FIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE The Peconic Landing Community Center welcomes author Bill Bleyer on Saturday at 2 PM. He will share insights on the Fire Island Lighthouse from his newest book, The Fire Island Lighthouse: Long Island’s Welcoming Beacon. The talk is free and open to the public. The center is located at 1500 Brecknock Road, Greenport.

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The community came together Friday night to celebrate local food, wine, arts, and culture at the 2018 Long Island Winterfest kickoff party at Riverhead’s Hotel Indigo.

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The East End Trio provided the soundtrack for the night, as numerous vendors participating in the month-long celebration of all things local shared an abundance of wine, beer and food.

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Independent/Courtesy Tuckahoe School Independent/Courtesy Hampton Bays School District The Hampton Bays School District honored local veteran Thomas Gately with a ceremony on February 16. He is pictured with high school seniors (from left) Jordan Phillips, Shane Riscen, and Keegan Schneider, all of whom have committed to enlist in the military following graduation.

Hampton Bays In its mission to bring history to life, the Hampton Bays School District honors a local veteran every month of the school year by flying an American flag in his or her honor. Throughout the month of February, the district paid such tribute to Navy veteran Thomas Gately. “The district is proud to honor Mr. Gately for his bravery and service to the United States,” said Superintendent of Schools Lars Clemensen.

The February honoree was recognized with a ceremony at Hampton Bays Elementary School on February 16. Highlights of the event included a performance by the Hampton Bays High School Select Choir, and high school senior Jennifer Reyes’ reading from her winning Voice of Democracy essay. The ceremony culminated with Chris Ramos, commander of American Legion Hand-Aldrich Post 924, presenting Clemensen with a certificate and plaque to thank the district for its dedication to local veterans, followed by the raising of the flag in Gately’s honor. Gately was born in the South

Bronx in 1941 and began his education at St. Raymond Grammar School. He moved to the East Bronx at the age of 13 and graduated from St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School in 1959.

One month after high school graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and commenced 14 weeks of boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes, just north of Chicago. After boot camp, he requested destroyer duty and was assigned to the USS Charles Roan DD853. On March 31, 1960, the Roan participated in a key Middle East Force, cruising the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf. After that, it became an engineering school ship until July 1961, when it underwent a year of modernization at the New York Naval Shipyard. After a refitting and sea training in Guantanamo Bay, the Roan was assigned to the Cuban Quarantine in response to the United States’ first nuclear crisis. A Soviet nuclear weapon facility had been discovered in Cuba in October 1962, and President John F. Kennedy ordered the quarantine in retaliation. Gately was a boatswain’s mate on the Roan and had a high-level

Students pictured left to right are Emma Cervone, Giulia Campaiola, and Logan O’Neill, all seventh graders at Tuckahoe School taking part in the Farm to Table program.

security clearance. On board, his primary responsibility was to supervise deck maintenance activities such as painting, and the upkeep of rigging and deck equipment. He ensured the Roan’s boats were operational and in good condition. He served his time honorably and was discharged in 1963.

For Gately, the Navy was only the beginning. After his discharge, he attended welding school for two years and joined Ironworkers Local 15. With them, he worked on foundations and tunnels for bridges and buildings. Major projects with Local 15 included the 4,260-foot-long Verrazano Bridge, the World Trade Center—Gately worked on the North Tower for three years—and the Welfare Island Tunnel, during which he worked side by side with urban miners doing welding and burning on the tunnel-digging machines. In total, he spent 33 years as an ironworker and operating engineer for New York City. Gately married Rosie Doyle in 1975, moved to Hampton Bays, and in 1983, built the house he still lives in today. He joined the American Legion in 1988 and is also an active member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Knights of Columbus.

Tuckahoe School In December 2016, the Southampton, Bridgehampton, and Tuckahoe school districts received a grant from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. The grant was part of a greater initiative happening across the nation to bring farm food to the school cafeteria. These East End districts are three of the 1333 taking part in the Farm to Table program in New York State. The grant enabled the receiving districts to hire a “Farm to School Coordinator” that would be responsible for sourcing seasonal produce, coordinating training for food service staff, and creating educational initiatives for the students. “Through this initiative, we are working with food service staff, teachers, farmers, and community partners to connect students with local produce and educate them on the benefits of eating local,” shared Marissa Silverberg, the Farm to School Coordinator.

Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten registration for residents of the Tuckahoe Common School District is continuing; call the district’s main office at 631-283-3550 for further information.

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Hurricanes Finally Fall In Finale Jake Guadiello and his Westhampton Hurricanes made it all the way to the Suffolk County Class A finals before losing.

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By Rick Murphy It was a hell of a run for the Westhampton Hurricanes.

The locals broke out of the gate undefeated, won 10 in a row, captured the League V title, and took on all comers in Suffolk’s suicidal Class A tournament.

Westhampton was able to vanquish each of its rivals until the final one, mighty Amityville, in the Class A title game Friday at Suffolk Community College–Brentwood. The Warriors, who are gearing up for a state title run, looked the part Friday, dismantling a very good Westhampton squad 83-66. It

wasn’t that the Hurricanes didn’t come to play.

Jake Guadiello opened the scoring by doing what he has all year— nailing a three-point bomb—and Westhampton held a slim lead through much of the first quarter. Amityville is a deep and talented

squad though, and has a special talent, the senior point guard Josh Serrano, a five-foot, 10-inch wiz who will make some college very happy next season.

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Two local boys basketball teams are going for the gold. Both Bridgehampton, competing for the New York State Class D title, and Greenport, a Class C entrant, play in regional semifinal games this week.

The Killer Bees play Monday against an opponent yet to be determined at Suffolk Community College–Brentwood. Tip off is 7 PM. The next night, the Clippers begin their quest for a state title in the Long Island Class C Championship game against East Rockaway. Assuming both teams win, they will play again, with the Regional title at stake. Bridgehampton is tentatively scheduled to play on March 9 at Center Moriches at a time to be determined. The opponent is not yet known.

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talented teammates had open shots, and then, in the fourth quarter, like an assassin on a mission, put away his target. Credit Westhampton with heart and soul. The Hurricanes, outmatched, would fall behind again and again. But each time the game seemed out of reach, the locals mounted a spirited comeback.

For example, Amityville went on a 12-0 run in the third stanza led by Julius Goddard (eight of his 17 points), to open a 21-point bulge.

But the celebrating of the Warriors’ giddy bench players stopped when the Hurricanes methodically closed the gap, at one point, having a chance to get it to nine points.

That’s when The Assassin zeroed in on his prey. Serrano scored 13 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, and it became apparent Westhampton had no more answers. The fatal blow was a three-point bomb by Serrano after a hastily called timeout following Westhampton’s final surge. The youngster broke

Greenport will play on March 10 at a site to be determined. The info will be posted on the web at sectionxi.org as soon as it is finalized. Center Moriches, by the way, is also alive in the Class B tournament. The Red Devils will play two hours before Greenport on March 10. The Bees, if they go on a winning streak, will likely run into defending champion Moriah, winner of 40 straight games. The Bees knocked off Moriah during their 2015 title run.

Greenport, the fifth rated Class C team in the state, will eventually go up against at least one of three remaining undefeated teams: Lake George, SS Seward, and Pembroke. By the way, Amityville, Suffolk’s entry in the Class A tourney, is ranked fourth in the state. Center Moriches, in Class B, is ranked sixth.

free, using his dazzling ball handling to create space. Then, he calmly squeezed the trigger and watched the ball nestle into the net as gently as a bird feather in a warm summer breeze. Fellow senior Julius Goddard had 15 points for the winners and Jayson Robinson added 17 points. Gaudiello finished with a teamhigh 23 points and six assists. Nolan Quinlan added 12 points, nine rebounds, and five blocks for Westhampton. Simon Brathwaite added 19 for the losers.

Amityville (22-1) continue to play the other classification winners in the Suffolk tournament—the Warriors will get a shot to win the large schools title, but that will have no bearing on the real prize, The New York State Class title. That quest begins March 10 at Farmingdale State College, when the Warriors take on the Nassau County Class A champions for the Long Island title. Westhampton (20-3) advanced to the title game by beating Harborfields 60-57 on February 20. Guadiello (24) and Quinlan combined for 46 points.

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Lady Tuckers On The Move

By Rick Murphy

It’s March Madness time, and in Mattituck that means “road trip.”

That’s because the Lady Tuckers are on the move, and collecting hardware—that is, championship trophies.

Mattituck, the perennial Suffolk County and Long Island Class B champions, grabbed its first prize on February 19 at Suffolk Community College/Selden, knocking off Babylon 50-34 to take the Suffolk B crown. It was textbook Mattituck basketball—launch the blitzkrieg right out of the gate to wrestle the will out of the opponent, and then use a stifling defense to make playing catch-up all but impossible.

(12) picked up the slack.

It was Mattituck’s third straight county title. That means a berth in the New York State Class B tournament and a date with the Carle PlaceOyster Bay winner in the Long Island Class B championship on March 7 at SAC-Brentwood.

It also allows Mattituck to continue on to the county tournament, playing against schools of other classifications. Mattituck quickly grabbed the BC trophy, besting Mercy last Friday 58-52. Dwyer had 26 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists and Gregorio added 12 points and three assists, Chelsea Marlborough chipped in with 1.

And oh yeah, by all means get the ball to Liz Dwyer, a candidate for Small Schools Player of the Year. “We came out on fire,” Dwyer said after the fray. “We were more aggressive and intense.” That’s for sure.

The Lady Tuckers were to play Hauppauge for the ABCD after this newspaper went to press. A win would mean a chance to win the overall county title by beating whatever team survives the Class AA tournament.

Give the Tigers credit; they closed to within 12 points late in the second. But Mattituck just keeps coming. In fact, Dwyer didn’t score a single point in the second half, but Jane Gregorio

The locals made a run to the Suffolk Class AA quarterfinals before succumbing to Brentwood 56-37 at home February 20. All county standout Ty’Zhea Hawkins had too much game for Riverhead, scoring 24 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. The losers were paced by Faith JohnsonDiSilvia, who tallied 12, Kim Lingon (11 points), and Kate MCarney, who tallied 10.

The Tuckers left the Lady Tigers gasping for air with a 12-0 run out of the gate, and then Dwyer went for the kill, bombing unmercifully as the lead grew to 22-4 after one stanza. By that point Dwyer had already tallied 15 points, and as is often the case, she let off the gas after that and made sure her teammates were left fully engaged.

In other news, the season is over for the Riverhead Lady Blue Waves (157).

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Independent/Courtesy Riverhead Central School District The members of the Riverhead High School girls varsity 4x800 meter relay team shattered a 13-year-old school record. Pictured, from left, are Christina Yakabowski, Kristina Deravenire, Megan Kielbasa, and Emma Conroy.

Riverhead relay team shatters record With a record time of 10:07.63, the Riverhead High School girls varsity 4x800 meter relay team crushed a 13-year-old school record and took third place at the Section XI Large School Championship on February 4 at Suffolk County Community College.

The athletic accomplishment was reached as the sophomore quartet, made up of Emma Conroy, Kristina Deravenire, Megan Kielbasa, and Christina Yakabowski, ran 12 seconds faster than the previous school record.

Conroy, Kielbasa, and Yakabowski also beat their personal best records. The relay was a first for Deravenire.

“The Riverhead Athletic Department is extremely proud of these student–athletes,” said Brian Sacks, director of health, physical education and athletics. “Their accomplishment is a testament to their hard work and dedication to the sport.” BASKETBALL STAR HONORED IN HAMPTON BAYS To inspire student-athletes and pay tribute to one of its own, the athletic department of the Hampton Bays School District honored former Hampton Bays High School basketball star William Harvey (Class of 1979) at a ceremony on February 1.

Independent/Courtesy HBUFSD Hampton Bays School District honored former basketball star William Harvey.

As part of the event, a banner celebrating Harvey’s athletic accomplishments was dedicated by the men’s basketball league, and the varsity basketball team, athletic department, and Town of Southampton presented him with certificates of achievement.

including averaging 25 points per game, scoring a total of 1664 career points, scoring the high number of points in one game (62), holding two national free throw records for a single game, and being named All-State and All-County.

In accepting the accolades, Harvey told the crowd that he was humbled by the honor. “None of this would have been possible without great coaches, teammates, and friends,” he said.

Following graduation, Harvey attended the University of West Georgia and the University of New Mexico. An avid golfer, he has been a member of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America since 1989 and is the head golf professional at the Ladera Golf Course in New Mexico.

“Mr. Harvey is an example of grace,” said Superintendent of Schools Lars Clemensen.

During Harvey’s tenure in Hampton Bays, he set a number of impressive basketball records,

In addition to playing basketball, Harvey was also a member of the varsity football and baseball teams during his high school years.

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Indy Fit by Nicole Teitler

J. Andreassi Talks Wellness With the title of my column a few short weeks ago, ‘What Matters to You?’ I received several story referrals. As Thursday kicks off National Nutrition Month, I wanted to focus on those aiming to eat healthier and focus on how an inner change can begin to pay it forward. One story in particular grabbed my attention.

J. Andreassi has been living in the Hamptons for over 35 years with his wife, Donna. Together, they raised two sons and currently run and own Sabrosa Mexican Grill, a location I’ve passed countless of times on Route 27 in Water Mill, but hadn’t made my way in—until recently. I became inspired, when I stopped in to chat with the couple.

Business aside, Andreassi began his wellness journey over five years ago with the Wellness Foundation with an aim to better his life. What was your life like before? What prompted your new lifestyle? Since 1997 I had heart issues— clogged arteries and stents. I consumed much of anything I wanted, attempting to stay away from fatty meats and doing some light exercise. I never paid much attention to food preservatives and unnatural foods much. I was lured into participating in the Wellness Challenge by chance. My doctor friend was planning to take the challenge with his wife and, at the last minute his wife decided against making the commitment and I had the opportunity to fill her spot. During the initial stages, I was not familiar with, but was interested in learning about this new lifestyle. I realized quickly that the program was one of a plant based diet and exercise. At the end of the

challenge, I realized the importance of a better diet and exercise. The Wellness Challenge has educated me enough to know what kind of life is right for me even if I do not follow the regiment 100 percent of the time. Having heart issues, what would your cardiologist recommend? My annual visits with my cardiology doctor and good friend Dr. Prateek Dalal always ends with a discussion about my weight. I know the weight charts are from India when my weight—based on my height—should be 164. Prateek told me one visit that I need to “go to bed a little hungry.” I had to remind him that “Italians never go to bed hungry!” As a kid, my father and I would enjoy a supper meal at 6 PM cooked by mom and cook again at 10 PM as if we missed dinner. Do you work out or take any sort of fitness classes? I keep as much of a plant based diet as possible and exercise either by being physically active or having some gym time. Unlike most people, I would rather wash my truck for 30 minutes, play a game of tennis, or rowing a kayak versus walking on a treadmill. What’s been the hardest part about your journey? The most difficult part of my journey has been to have the extra time to relax and think about the mental aspect of the journey. In my opinion, your mental and physical state need to be in sync for all to work at an optimum level.

J. Andreassi flanked by Nicole Teitler, left, and his wife, Donna, right.

What’s been the greatest personal achievement? For me, knowing how I should be living, and trying to keep true to that knowledge, is rewarding, paying high dividends. It’s not always easy, but the toughest part of it all is when I go off course and actually feel guilty about missing my exercise (low pedometer daily total) or eating something not part of a good diet. Has your family adopted certain changes with you? My family has been greatly impacted by my life change five years ago. We have never had as much fruit and vegetables as we do now and my 20-year-old daughter has been vegan for a year-and-a-half. What would you say to someone looking to make a healthier

lifestyle change but who needs some motivation to get rolling? I would tell a person ready to make a lifestyle change to give the “Challenge a Chance!”

You would look and feel better in a short period of time.

Andreassi lives by the motto “never look back,” and with a zest for life, I understand why. Sitting down for lunch, we had a quinoa bowl with Sabrosa marinated chicken and fresh fillings.

“You can eat all you want and you won’t feel weighed down,” he said to me as we indulged in a little post-lunch gelato. From one Italian to another, the importance of food certainly isn’t lost—just cleaned up. Have a story you want to tell? Email me at Nicole@indyeastend.com and make sure to follow my Fitness Foodie lifestyle on Instagram & Facebook @ NikkiOnTheDaily.

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by Bob Bubka

JACK AND TIGER This past week, the traveling circus better known as the PGA Tour crossed the country from Los Angeles to Palm Beach Gardens, which kicked off the PGA’s Spring Swing.

Tiger Woods had committed to play the event, and it was easy to feel the buzz in the air. Tiger’s home is located only a few miles from the course, as well as his very upscale, expensive restaurant—and I mean expensive even by East End standards. I took full advantage of the close proximity. After finishing dinner in a nearby restaurant in my price range, I headed to Tiger’s place, “The

Woods Jupiter.” I was excited as I approached the restaurant and thrilled to be there. Of course, when the valet opened my car door and asked for the keys, I simply said that I had made a wrong turn. Even though the thrill was short lived, it was a nice fantasy. Plus, no tip required. Several years back, Jack and Barbara Nicklaus joined forces with the Honda Classic, and the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital became the main charity of the tournament. A real bonus for me about the week is that I get to spend some time with Jack. Jack, regarded as the best golfer of all time, having won 18 Majors— four more than Tiger, who is in

His memory is downright scary. During my interview with Jack this past week, I told him I wanted to revisit the first time we met. It was the Thursday of Masters week in 1986. When I informed Jack of that encounter, he floored me when he said he remembered that interview. Apparently because of my look of disbelief, Jack told me the exact question I had asked him back then . . . and then he went on to tell me the exact answer he gave to the question—and that was 32 years ago! Some days I can’t remember what I had for breakfast, much less a question and answer from 32 years ago. This past week, the Honda Classic had the largest gallery in its rich history, shattering all records with 224,642 confirmed spectators. They all seem to “eat, drink, and enjoy the golf,” translating into more money for the Children’s Hospital. Yes, Tiger is good for the game. Tiger, who has not won a golf tournament in five years, is still by far the biggest draw in golf. A special moment occurred this

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week when a student from the nearby Parkland school, site of 17 tragic deaths, was a volunteer on the range and got to meet Tiger. The two spoke, then Tiger gave the young fan the 2018 version of an autograph, a selfie.

You may ask: Just how different is it when Tiger plays well? It is amazing. Bob Joyce, long time friend and former head professional at Southampton Golf Club, was in Tiger’s gallery. According to Joyce, nearly 20,000 fans struggled to see Tiger, while only nearly 100 followed the leaders in the last group. Tiger rewarded his fans with a 12th place finish. Meanwhile, the new Honda Classic champion is last year’s player of the year, 24-year-old Justin Thomas. The talent pool on the PGA Tour may be the deepest and the youngest in history. Justin Thomas has won seven times in his last 31 starts, including winning a Major, the PGA Championship . . . simply incredible.

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