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December 23, 1993 - Peaceful Pine WoodsPreviews & Arts Council Show The East End Arts Council has an- nounced that its annual All Member Show will be held from January 12 through March 4, 1994. All EEAC members are eligible to participate. Anyone wishing to exhibit in the show who is not a member may join the Council simultaneously with entering his or her work. An opening re- ception will be held on January 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Council's Riverhead galleries, 133 East Main Street. Artists may submit one piece each; all entries will be exhibited. Acceptable media include painting, prints, mixed media, photography and sculpture. All pieces must be framed and ready to bang. Framed dimensions cannot ex- ceed 36 inches in any dimension. Three - dimensional pieces must not exceed 75 pounds and should be submitted with an appropriate display stand. "Precarious presentations" will not be accepted, ac- cording to organizers. There is a $5 entry/donation fee per member. Work will be accepted on Wednesday, January 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Monday, January 10, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Arts Council offices. Pat Berman can be reached at 727 -0900 for additional information. ' Persuasion' Worksho p The art of persuasion will be the sub- ject of a one -month workshop in negot- iating skills to be offered at Long Island University's Southampton Campus from January 3 through January 27. The workshop will be conducted by Peter Goodson, who is described as a "suc- cessful entrepreneur, Wall Street deal - maker, professional negotiator and phi- lanthropist." Mr. Goodson, who recently became a year -round resident of East Hampton, says that his success was preceded by a period when he was on the verge of juvenile delinquency. The workshop is designed to be rel- evant for business leaders, salespeople, educators, counselors, parents, or any- one interested in becoming powerful in confrontations, effective at motivating others and adept at acquiring leadership skills. "The art of persuasion involves a lot more than winning an argument," says Mr. Goodson. "It has to do with careful listening, understanding the other person's needs and motivating a desire in them." Information on fees can be obtained by calling the Social Science Division at The Southampton Press and Hampton Chronicle -News WILL BE CLOSED Thurs., Dec. 23 —Wed., Dec. 29 We will reopen Dec. 30 at 9 am. Southampton Campus (287-8204). The course will meet Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon. It can be taken for three credits in the Busi- ness and Public Administration or So- cial Sciences divisions, or without credit. No background in leadership training or negotiating is necessary. Baymen Documentary The lifestyle, history and tradition of the baymen of the Town of East Hamp- ton are examined in a 90- minute docu- mentary that will premiere December 28-30 on Cablevision's "Long Island One." A30- minute segment of the doc- umentary will air each night beginning at 9 p.m. "The Baymen" was written, directed and produced by Cablevision Special Producer Ann Balderston - Glynn. Among those profiled in the documen- tary are the Lesters, a family of three generations of fishermen currently working the water; Dan King, president of the Town of fast Hampton Baymen's Association; and Don Eames, a former bayman who left the waters after 20 years because he could no longer earn a living and is now working as a custod- ian at the Amagansett School. "About 75 percent of the East End baymen have left the waters in the last 10 years," says Ms. Balderston - Glynn, "not because they wanted to, but be- cause they have been forced to." The filmmaker said she spent seven months overseeing the project, which will be seen in the Southampton area on Chan- nel 1 or Channel 41. Beethoven Show Set Southampton High School is one of the venues chosen for a performance in April by the Long Island Philharmonic of its critically acclaimed program, "Beethoven Lives Upstairs" with the theater group, The Children's Group of Toronto. The orchestra will bring the program to the East Islip and Half Hol- low Hills high schools as well, thanks to a $10,000 grant from Grumman Corpo- ration. Expressing her gratitude for the sup- port, Camille Reed, executive director of the Long Island Philharmonic, noted that the orchestra's series of Young People's Concerts is "carefully pro- grammed to foster a love and apprecia- tion of classical music in the future generations of concert -goers." Up to 81000 children are expected to attend the concerts. Additional information can be ob- tained by calling Karen Barnes, direc- tor of education of the Long Island Philharmonic at 293 -2223. Curator at Large Carolyn Oldenbusch, manager of the Custom House in Sag Harbor, has created a major exhibit for the Society for the Preservation of Long Island An- tiquities (SPLIA). The exhibit opened at the SPLIA galleries in Cold Spring Har- bor in November and will remain on view through June 1994. Titled "Nine- teenth Century Long Island Litho- graphs: A Mirror of the Middle Class," Cu �� J Z J New &Used Books openday S Sag Harbor, N.Y. N Sunday ti 725 -4926 Noon to 6p. HOLIDAY SPECIAL Elaine de Kooning: Selected Writing Introduction by Rose Slivka $22.00 Meet Me At t.l No Chris pO AL Lua he �"trr c & S 1'o Snall�' ,D4ysR W ek EAST HAMPTON HAMPTON BAYS AMAGANSETT 324 -9757 728 -9593 324 -9010 THE SOUTHAMPTON PRESS I DECEMBER 23, 1993 Van King, president of the East Hampton Baymen's Association, and Don Eames, a former bayman now working m a school custodian, are profiled in "The Baymen," a documentary to be aired at the end of December on Cablevision's Long Island One." it includes more than 70 rare works on paper and related decorative arts ob- jects. Using works from SPLIA's own exten- sive collection of 19th-century Long Is- land lithographs, supplemented by loans from such major institutions as The Museum of the City of New York and The Brooklyn Historical Society, "A Mirror of the Middle Class" explores the cultural significance of these affordable prints meant for mass consumption that "helped shape the ways in which 19th- century Americans saw themselves." The gallery is at Shore Road and Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor. The ex- hibition may be seen Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gal- lery can be reached for additional infor- mation at 367 -6295. Arts Council Kids Fund The East End Arts Council has an- nounced the establishment of the Kober Community Kids Fund by Shirah Zeller Kober in memory of her parents Arthur Kober and Margaret Frohntnecht Kober. The fund will be used to benefit local youngsters and support audience development in the performing arts on the East End. The Council notes that the Kober Community Kids Fund will provide complimentary tickets to disadvan- taged East End children for each of the East End Arts Council's five performan- ces in the 1993 -94 season. The Council will distribute a block of tickets for each show to community service agencies and churches in the local area. Tickets for adult chaperones or drivers who ac- company the children will be provided. Music Group Formed The Riverhead Free Library has an- nounced formation of a new group in- tended for those who have vocal or instrumental talents. The Vocal & In- strtmlental Music Group, headed by vol- unteer leader Fran Cavolo, will meet on Wednesday, December 29, at 7 p.m. Those interested in participating are asked to bring whatever instrument they play, sheet music and ideas. The library is at 330 Court Street in Riverhead. The public information desk can be reached at 727 -3228 for more in- formation. Art World Interviews Bill Avery will interview several pro- minent figures in the art world on his new show, The Bill Avery Show, which will be broadcast on Cablevision's Chan- nel 27, at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, December 28. Guests will include Irene Pappas, a Greek actress; Stephen Gaines of Wain- scull, a novelist and biographer of Cal- PROPANE GAS & EQUIPMENT Sales • Service • Installations Open Monday thru Friday 8:304:30 Barbeque Grills & Parts and Appliances 723 -0052 132 W. Montauk Hwy., Hampton Bays vin Klein; Toni Ross of East > rmpton, owner of Nick & Toni's itesctaurant; Ruda Dauphin, film festival organizer; Tony Bullock, East Hampton Town Su- pervisor; and Anne D'Ornano, mayor of Deauville, France. Photography Show The Museums at Stony Brook will ex- hibit "Special Collections: The Photo- graphic Order from Pop to Now" in the art museum from January 9 through March 6, 1994. The exhibition from the International Center of Photography in New York City examines the ways that photography and several schools of art (Pop Art, Conceptualism, Post Moder- nism) have influenced each other over the past 30 years. Among the 40 works in the exhibition are Andy Warhol's "Crowd "; Dennis Adams' "Patricia Hearst -A to Z, 1979- 89"; Christian Boltanski's "The 62 members of the Mickey Mouse Club in 1955 "; and Robert Heinecken's "T.V. Newswomen." According to the exhibition's curator, Charles Stainback of the International Center of Photography, "Special Collec- tions presents photography not only as a tool to give order to artistic ideas, but also as a continually changing medium that has been fundamental to much of the art produced these last 30 years." The Museums at Stony Brook are at 12(16 Route 25A in Stony Brook. Opera on Christmas There will be a special live Christ- mas day broadcast from the Metropol- itan Opera of Rossini's comic opera "It Barbiere di Siviglia" over the Texaco - Metropolitan Opera International Ra- dio Network on Saturday, December 25 at 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time. The opera will be heard locally over radio station WPBX, 91.3 FM. The cast will include soprano Ruth Ann Swenson as the flirtatious Rosina ; Thomas Hampson as the mischievous town barber and jack-of-all-trades, Fi- garo; Frank Lopardo as the love-struck Count Almaviva; Enzo Dara as Rosina's elderly guardian Dr. Bartolo; and Jan- Hendrik Rootering as the music teacher Don Basilio. Carlo Rizzi will conduct the opera for his Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast debut, and the announcer will be Peter Allen. In keeping with the special holiday spirit of the day, Edward Downes will be the host for "A Met Christmas" heard during the single intermission. "A Met Christmas" will include selections of holidav music chosen by Mr. Downes from recordings by Met artists from Caruso to the present day. HUDSON North American • Residential & Commercial Moving & Storage • Home Furnishings Trade • Art Relocation & Installation 212- 678 -4862 3229 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Clayton 9 Liberatore Art Galleries FORMERLY OF NEW YORK CITY ESTABLISHED 1920 PAINTINGS • ETCHINGS • WATER COLORS Montauk Hwy., Bridgehampton, New York By Appointment Phone: 516 - 537 -0136 Lynne Heffner Ferrante ARS GRATIA ARTIS GALLERY [ART FOR ART'S SAKE] OPEN THROUGH NEW YEAR'S DAY! Thurs.-Mon. 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Large Selection of Unique Art • Paintings • Realism • Abstract Whimsey • Painted Furniture • Ceramic Jewelry Custom Pieces Of All Kinds • Graphics • Jeweled Mirrors Water Mill Square Montauk Highway, Water Mill, N.Y. 726- 9600 283 -0155 Focus on Nature Peaceful Pine Woods By Paul Stoutenburgh The wide variety our natural world has to offer here on the East End never ceases to amaze me. One reason, of course, is that Long Island lies about midway between the northern and the southern species of plants and animals. Here we get the best of both in the fas- cinating world about us. The other feature that adds variety to the wildlife picture on the East End is the water that surrounds us. It not only tempers our climate but hosts a myriad species of marine life: from the brack- ish headwaters of our creeks and hays to the moderate salinity of the sound on the north and the ocean with the mar- ine superhighway in the vast Gulf Stream to our east. We have no moun- tains, but the glacial moraine that runs through the spine of both the North and South Forks helps give us an inkling of what hills and dales are all about. With so many different features to choose from, those interested in the out- doors can satisfy almost any urge to ex- plore a different type of landscape. Just last week I was introduced again to a place so unique that for all the world one could image oneself in New Hampshire or Vermont: a true white pine forest with its pine needle floor and a quiet that one senses only in an area like that. We even found hilly terrain unlike the us- ual level land of Long Island, and I found myself puffing as we hiked up the steep but clear trail that traversed the woods. I had been brought along to check out an area being considered for donation to the Peconic Land Trust, of which I am a director. Although our visit was an official one, I couldn't nelp thinking how lucky I was to be doing something I thor- oughly enjoyed and still attending to the business of the day. The area is on the South Fork near the Grace Estate, which puts it in the gen- eral area of Sag Harbor. The only other area I can think of that compares is to our west at the Cathedral Pines of Ya- phank, which is now a County Park. White pine is what helped our early ancestors build this country. It was an easy wood to work and at cne time was common throughout the maritime pro- vinces of Colonial times. So popular was its wood that the King of England sent his official representatives to mark choice trees for his Majesty's Navy and the unauthorized cutting of these trees carried the penalty of death. I have a small building that our animals use where the wide 16- to 20-inch -wide boards are of that early vintage when white pine was common. Where trees, particularly evergreen trees, grow close together they shade the ground below and few, H any, plants can grow. Here we walked making no sound on the soft floor of pine needles as the 50- to 60- foot -tall pines towered above us. Occasionally we'd come across a real old granddad with double the girth of the others that had withstood the test of time and forest fires, hurri- canes and storms. In the early years of this pine forest there were some windows of sunlight where occasionally a red or white oak would take root, but these trees are a rarity today in the center of the pines. As we walked northward along the yellow -tagged trail (marked by East Hampton Town), we walked into pines that were thinning out and therefore al- lowed more variety. Here small sassa- fras plants were growing. The roots of this aromatic tree were highly prized by our early settlers for use as an ingred- ient in a variety of drinks and medi- cines. Mountain laurel with its evergreen leaves stood out among the now leafless understory of the ever - changing woods. The only other evergreen was the green leaf of wintergreen that spotted the for- est floor. This plant always tempts me to crush a leaf and to release its delight- ful aroma. Now where the pines thinned even more, high and low bush blueberry showed their characteristic shape and growth. Here and there we'd see an oc- casional dogwood, that tree of white splendor we see in the spring along our highways. Some had been affected by disease, others seemed to be able to sur- vive the plague that is threatening all of our dogwoods. Now and then a tall pitch pine, that rugged fire resistant tree that is the backbone of our famous pine bar- rens, could be seen. White pine was the ruler of the do- main, but for some reason hidden in time parts of this handsome stand had thinned out. Was it the hand of man, fire or disease that had opened the window to sunlight that gave other plants a chance to flourish? As we walked along the trail, the forest once more changed back to its original growth of pine. Now sun was locked out. Our footsteps no longer swished through dry leaves but were hushed again on that soft car- pet of pine needles. I was once more in a world that is strange to us here on Long Island, a place where only a few have witnessed this unique world of white pine. Dappled sunlight in white pine woods near Sag Harbor. —Paul Stoutenburgh Photo HOPE Church of GOD 1524 Mtk. Hwy. ■ Watermill, N.Y. 11976 • Sunday 10am • Wed Bible Study 7:30 Pastor Mike Meyer 537 -1012 JESUS. El. Buen Pastor _ IGLESIA De Dios Domingo ... 5:00 Sabado ..... 7:30 Jueves ...... 7:30 Tel-Casa ... 329 -2281 Pastor Luis Mussiceo (Word for the Month) Matthew 2:2 for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECIALF ROASTED RED PEPPER... Cup $2.75... Bowl $3.75 NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER... Cup $2.75 ... Bowl $3.7 APPETIZERS POT STICKER — Smoked Tomato Dipping Sauce ... $4.75 POACHED MUSSELS —Thyme and White Wine Broth ... $6. WARM ORANGE & WILD MUSHROOM SPINACH SALA ...$5.25 DUCK RAVIOLI — Herbed Vegetable Consumm6 ... $14.95 GRILLED SALMON with Pesto and Polenta ... $17.95 SAUTEED CHICKEN CHAMPAGNE ... $13.95 PAN - SEARED VEAL EMINENCE — Fresh Vegetables.. FIVE HERB FETTUCINE— Sundried Tomato Sauce...$ - GRILLED 16 OZ. SIRLOIN STEAK with lack Daniels S and Garlic Potato Puree ... $19.95 LIMIT- COCONUT FILLET OF FLOUNDER-3 15.95 1 CRANBERRY PEAR TART • HOLEY MOSES CHEESEC. BRO WNIE- ALL - THE -WAY • CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CA KATHLEEN'S PIES (Strawberry Rhubarb, Apple Crumb, Pr REGULAR MENU ITEMS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE! 36 Main St., Southampton • 283 -6206 for Reservation DINNER - $6.95 - Monday - BEER BATTER SHRIMP or 10 OZ. CHOPPED SIRLOIN pall with sauteed onions and fresh mushrooms feature - Tuesday - Menti AFOODCdOMdh broiled rimp or 10 OZ. CHOPPED SIRLOIN with sauteed onions and fresh mushrooms - Wednesday - BBQ BABY BACK RIBS & BEER BATTER SHRIMP COMBO or 10 OZ. CHOPPED SIRLOIN with sauteed onions and fresh mushrooms - Thursday- orr 10 OZ. CHOPPED SIRLOINS with sauteed onions and fresh mushrooms - Friday - SEAFOOD COMBO broiled fresh flounder and shrimp or 10 OZ. CHOPPED SIRLOIN with sauteed onions and fresh mushrooms - Saturday - BBQ BABY BACK RIBS & FRIED CHICKEN COMBO or 10 OZ. CHOPPED SIRLOIN with sauteed onions and fresh mushrooms - Sunday - BEER BATTER FLOUNDER or 10 OZ. CHOPPED SIRLOIN with sauteed onions and fresh mushrooms All of the above served with STEAK FRIES, DESSERT AND COFFEE LUNCHEON SPECIALS - $4.95 EAST HAMPTON HAMPTON BAYS AMAGANSETT 324 -9757 728 -9593 324 -9010 THE SOUTHAMPTON PRESS I DECEMBER 23, 1993 Van King, president of the East Hampton Baymen's Association, and Don Eames, a former bayman now working m a school custodian, are profiled in "The Baymen," a documentary to be aired at the end of December on Cablevision's Long Island One." it includes more than 70 rare works on paper and related decorative arts ob- jects. Using works from SPLIA's own exten- sive collection of 19th-century Long Is- land lithographs, supplemented by loans from such major institutions as The Museum of the City of New York and The Brooklyn Historical Society, "A Mirror of the Middle Class" explores the cultural significance of these affordable prints meant for mass consumption that "helped shape the ways in which 19th- century Americans saw themselves." The gallery is at Shore Road and Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor. The ex- hibition may be seen Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gal- lery can be reached for additional infor- mation at 367 -6295. Arts Council Kids Fund The East End Arts Council has an- nounced the establishment of the Kober Community Kids Fund by Shirah Zeller Kober in memory of her parents Arthur Kober and Margaret Frohntnecht Kober. The fund will be used to benefit local youngsters and support audience development in the performing arts on the East End. The Council notes that the Kober Community Kids Fund will provide complimentary tickets to disadvan- taged East End children for each of the East End Arts Council's five performan- ces in the 1993 -94 season. The Council will distribute a block of tickets for each show to community service agencies and churches in the local area. Tickets for adult chaperones or drivers who ac- company the children will be provided. Music Group Formed The Riverhead Free Library has an- nounced formation of a new group in- tended for those who have vocal or instrumental talents. The Vocal & In- strtmlental Music Group, headed by vol- unteer leader Fran Cavolo, will meet on Wednesday, December 29, at 7 p.m. Those interested in participating are asked to bring whatever instrument they play, sheet music and ideas. The library is at 330 Court Street in Riverhead. The public information desk can be reached at 727 -3228 for more in- formation. Art World Interviews Bill Avery will interview several pro- minent figures in the art world on his new show, The Bill Avery Show, which will be broadcast on Cablevision's Chan- nel 27, at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, December 28. Guests will include Irene Pappas, a Greek actress; Stephen Gaines of Wain- scull, a novelist and biographer of Cal- PROPANE GAS & EQUIPMENT Sales • Service • Installations Open Monday thru Friday 8:304:30 Barbeque Grills & Parts and Appliances 723 -0052 132 W. Montauk Hwy., Hampton Bays vin Klein; Toni Ross of East > rmpton, owner of Nick & Toni's itesctaurant; Ruda Dauphin, film festival organizer; Tony Bullock, East Hampton Town Su- pervisor; and Anne D'Ornano, mayor of Deauville, France. Photography Show The Museums at Stony Brook will ex- hibit "Special Collections: The Photo- graphic Order from Pop to Now" in the art museum from January 9 through March 6, 1994. The exhibition from the International Center of Photography in New York City examines the ways that photography and several schools of art (Pop Art, Conceptualism, Post Moder- nism) have influenced each other over the past 30 years. Among the 40 works in the exhibition are Andy Warhol's "Crowd "; Dennis Adams' "Patricia Hearst -A to Z, 1979- 89"; Christian Boltanski's "The 62 members of the Mickey Mouse Club in 1955 "; and Robert Heinecken's "T.V. Newswomen." According to the exhibition's curator, Charles Stainback of the International Center of Photography, "Special Collec- tions presents photography not only as a tool to give order to artistic ideas, but also as a continually changing medium that has been fundamental to much of the art produced these last 30 years." The Museums at Stony Brook are at 12(16 Route 25A in Stony Brook. Opera on Christmas There will be a special live Christ- mas day broadcast from the Metropol- itan Opera of Rossini's comic opera "It Barbiere di Siviglia" over the Texaco - Metropolitan Opera International Ra- dio Network on Saturday, December 25 at 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time. The opera will be heard locally over radio station WPBX, 91.3 FM. The cast will include soprano Ruth Ann Swenson as the flirtatious Rosina ; Thomas Hampson as the mischievous town barber and jack-of-all-trades, Fi- garo; Frank Lopardo as the love-struck Count Almaviva; Enzo Dara as Rosina's elderly guardian Dr. Bartolo; and Jan- Hendrik Rootering as the music teacher Don Basilio. Carlo Rizzi will conduct the opera for his Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast debut, and the announcer will be Peter Allen. In keeping with the special holiday spirit of the day, Edward Downes will be the host for "A Met Christmas" heard during the single intermission. "A Met Christmas" will include selections of holidav music chosen by Mr. Downes from recordings by Met artists from Caruso to the present day. HUDSON North American • Residential & Commercial Moving & Storage • Home Furnishings Trade • Art Relocation & Installation 212- 678 -4862 3229 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Clayton 9 Liberatore Art Galleries FORMERLY OF NEW YORK CITY ESTABLISHED 1920 PAINTINGS • ETCHINGS • WATER COLORS Montauk Hwy., Bridgehampton, New York By Appointment Phone: 516 - 537 -0136 Lynne Heffner Ferrante ARS GRATIA ARTIS GALLERY [ART FOR ART'S SAKE] OPEN THROUGH NEW YEAR'S DAY! Thurs.-Mon. 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Large Selection of Unique Art • Paintings • Realism • Abstract Whimsey • Painted Furniture • Ceramic Jewelry Custom Pieces Of All Kinds • Graphics • Jeweled Mirrors Water Mill Square Montauk Highway, Water Mill, N.Y. 726- 9600 283 -0155 Focus on Nature Peaceful Pine Woods By Paul Stoutenburgh The wide variety our natural world has to offer here on the East End never ceases to amaze me. One reason, of course, is that Long Island lies about midway between the northern and the southern species of plants and animals. Here we get the best of both in the fas- cinating world about us. The other feature that adds variety to the wildlife picture on the East End is the water that surrounds us. It not only tempers our climate but hosts a myriad species of marine life: from the brack- ish headwaters of our creeks and hays to the moderate salinity of the sound on the north and the ocean with the mar- ine superhighway in the vast Gulf Stream to our east. We have no moun- tains, but the glacial moraine that runs through the spine of both the North and South Forks helps give us an inkling of what hills and dales are all about. With so many different features to choose from, those interested in the out- doors can satisfy almost any urge to ex- plore a different type of landscape. Just last week I was introduced again to a place so unique that for all the world one could image oneself in New Hampshire or Vermont: a true white pine forest with its pine needle floor and a quiet that one senses only in an area like that. We even found hilly terrain unlike the us- ual level land of Long Island, and I found myself puffing as we hiked up the steep but clear trail that traversed the woods. I had been brought along to check out an area being considered for donation to the Peconic Land Trust, of which I am a director. Although our visit was an official one, I couldn't nelp thinking how lucky I was to be doing something I thor- oughly enjoyed and still attending to the business of the day. The area is on the South Fork near the Grace Estate, which puts it in the gen- eral area of Sag Harbor. The only other area I can think of that compares is to our west at the Cathedral Pines of Ya- phank, which is now a County Park. White pine is what helped our early ancestors build this country. It was an easy wood to work and at cne time was common throughout the maritime pro- vinces of Colonial times. So popular was its wood that the King of England sent his official representatives to mark choice trees for his Majesty's Navy and the unauthorized cutting of these trees carried the penalty of death. I have a small building that our animals use where the wide 16- to 20-inch -wide boards are of that early vintage when white pine was common. Where trees, particularly evergreen trees, grow close together they shade the ground below and few, H any, plants can grow. Here we walked making no sound on the soft floor of pine needles as the 50- to 60- foot -tall pines towered above us. Occasionally we'd come across a real old granddad with double the girth of the others that had withstood the test of time and forest fires, hurri- canes and storms. In the early years of this pine forest there were some windows of sunlight where occasionally a red or white oak would take root, but these trees are a rarity today in the center of the pines. As we walked northward along the yellow -tagged trail (marked by East Hampton Town), we walked into pines that were thinning out and therefore al- lowed more variety. Here small sassa- fras plants were growing. The roots of this aromatic tree were highly prized by our early settlers for use as an ingred- ient in a variety of drinks and medi- cines. Mountain laurel with its evergreen leaves stood out among the now leafless understory of the ever - changing woods. The only other evergreen was the green leaf of wintergreen that spotted the for- est floor. This plant always tempts me to crush a leaf and to release its delight- ful aroma. Now where the pines thinned even more, high and low bush blueberry showed their characteristic shape and growth. Here and there we'd see an oc- casional dogwood, that tree of white splendor we see in the spring along our highways. Some had been affected by disease, others seemed to be able to sur- vive the plague that is threatening all of our dogwoods. Now and then a tall pitch pine, that rugged fire resistant tree that is the backbone of our famous pine bar- rens, could be seen. White pine was the ruler of the do- main, but for some reason hidden in time parts of this handsome stand had thinned out. Was it the hand of man, fire or disease that had opened the window to sunlight that gave other plants a chance to flourish? As we walked along the trail, the forest once more changed back to its original growth of pine. Now sun was locked out. Our footsteps no longer swished through dry leaves but were hushed again on that soft car- pet of pine needles. I was once more in a world that is strange to us here on Long Island, a place where only a few have witnessed this unique world of white pine. Dappled sunlight in white pine woods near Sag Harbor. —Paul Stoutenburgh Photo HOPE Church of GOD 1524 Mtk. Hwy. ■ Watermill, N.Y. 11976 • Sunday 10am • Wed Bible Study 7:30 Pastor Mike Meyer 537 -1012 JESUS. El. Buen Pastor _ IGLESIA De Dios Domingo ... 5:00 Sabado ..... 7:30 Jueves ...... 7:30 Tel-Casa ... 329 -2281 Pastor Luis Mussiceo (Word for the Month) Matthew 2:2 for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECIALF ROASTED RED PEPPER... Cup $2.75... Bowl $3.75 NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER... Cup $2.75 ... Bowl $3.7 APPETIZERS POT STICKER — Smoked Tomato Dipping Sauce ... $4.75 POACHED MUSSELS —Thyme and White Wine Broth ... $6. WARM ORANGE & WILD MUSHROOM SPINACH SALA ...$5.25 DUCK RAVIOLI — Herbed Vegetable Consumm6 ... $14.95 GRILLED SALMON with Pesto and Polenta ... $17.95 SAUTEED CHICKEN CHAMPAGNE ... $13.95 PAN - SEARED VEAL EMINENCE — Fresh Vegetables.. FIVE HERB FETTUCINE— Sundried Tomato Sauce...$ - GRILLED 16 OZ. SIRLOIN STEAK with lack Daniels S and Garlic Potato Puree ... $19.95 LIMIT- COCONUT FILLET OF FLOUNDER-3 15.95 1 CRANBERRY PEAR TART • HOLEY MOSES CHEESEC. BRO WNIE- ALL - THE -WAY • CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CA KATHLEEN'S PIES (Strawberry Rhubarb, Apple Crumb, Pr REGULAR MENU ITEMS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE! 36 Main St., Southampton • 283 -6206 for Reservation