May 22, 2024 South Bay Shore

United States flag facts and handling etiquette MEMORIAL DAY

The United States flag was first imagined after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Continental Congress authorized creation of the first national flag on June 14, 1777. It was decided that the flag should have 13 stripes, alternating red and white, to represent the original 13 colonies, and that the new union be represented by 13 white stars in a blue field to signify a “new constellation.” Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, is most often credited with the original design.

Today there are 50 stars on the flag to represent the 50 states, while the 13 stripes still represent the 13 British colonies that became the first states. While this may be common knowledge, Public Law 94-344, known as the Federal Flag Code, may not be as widely known. The code dictates that the flag is to be treated with respect and proper etiquette. The code is extensive, but the following guidelines can help private individuals interested in displaying their flags to do so in accordance with the law.

· Flags should only be displayed in public from sunrise to sunset, unless the flag can be properly illuminated during darkness. In this instance, it may be displayed at all times.

· When displayed with other flags, such as on a single staff or lanyard, the U.S. flag should be above all other flags. If flags are displayed in a row, the U.S. flag goes to the observer’s left.

· State and local flags are traditionally flown lower than the American flag.

· During marching ceremonies or parades with other flags, the U.S. flag should be to the observer’s left.

· The flag should be displayed at every public institution and at schools during school days.

· When displayed vertically and not on a staff, the union should be on the left when observed. It should be suspended so its folds fall freely as though the flag were staffed.

· The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.

· The flag is often displayed at halfstaff on days of mourning, including Memorial Day. The flag should first be hoisted to the peak for an instant, then lowered to half-staff position, which is half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff.

· On a vehicle, the U.S. flag should be displayed from a staff firmly fixed to the chassis. It should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle.

· The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise. It also should never have anything placed on it.

· A flag in poor condition should be destroyed with dignity, preferably by burning. Most American Legion posts and local Boy Scouts troops will have the resources to retire flags accordingly. Many will host annual flag retirement ceremonies on Flag Day.

Town, KIC, South Shore Hospital

TEAM-UP

The annual cleanup of Spur Drive South from Brentwood Road to 5th Avenue recently kicked-off with dozens of volunteers turning out to get involved. This year, South Shore University Hospital and the Town of Islip came together to partner with the Islip Chamber of

Commerce Beautification Committee and KIC (Keep Islip Clean).

For the past 12 years, this collaborative effort has aimed to beautify and restore the cleanliness of our beloved community.

“We are fortunate here in the Town of Islip that residents take tremendous

pride in the communities they call home, and devote their free time to beautification efforts,” said Islip Town Supervisor, Angie Carpenter.

Edward Fraser, Vice President of the Islip Chamber of Commerce, expressed the urgency of the cleanup, stating, “There

is just so much garbage along this road as I travel it each day, unfortunately, this is indicative of many roadways across our Town, County, and State. The Town of Islip under the leadership of Angie Carpenter and the Suffolk County Police, along with KIC, have always been

great partners in this cleanup, however, it takes the whole community working together to effect meaningful change.

and KIC (Keep Islip Clean).

This cleanup initiative aims to not only remove litter, but also to identify structural issues such as fallen fences and trees. It’s an opportunity for the community to come together and take pride in their surroundings,” said Fraser.

Fraser emphasized the importance of community involvement, stating, “We hope that this cleanup helps raise awareness, and brings everyone together to better our community.”

TO CLEAN-UP - The annual cleanup of Spur Drive South from Brentwood Road to 5th Avenue recently kicked-off with dozens of volunteers turning out to get involved. This year, South Shore University Hospital and the Town of Islip came together to partner with the Islip Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee

May Happenings

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22

7:00PM-8:00PM

SOUL WITH HEART BOOK CLUB

Held at Freeport Memorial Library. This is a free event. To attend in person, please register by visiting www.freeportlibrary.info and click on the date of the program in the event calendar. To attend virtually, visit the date of the program in the event calendar and click on the link provided. For more information call the library at 516-379-3274.

FRIDAY, MAY 24

9:00PM

2000S RAVE

Party like it's 2003 at Mulcahy's Pub & Concert Hall in Wantagh, featuring DG GrooveCube and Synova. Doors and show start at 9pm. For more information, please call Mulcahy's at 516-783-7500 or email them at info@mulcahys.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 25

9:00AM-3:00PM

SPRING YARD SALE

The Yaphank Historical Society will hold our annual multi-vendor Spring Yard Sale on the grounds of the Robert & Isabella Hawkins House at 4 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank There will be a large variety of crafts, collectibles, and household items. Rain date is Sunday, the 26th. For more information please email jrvavrina@optonline.net.

12:00PM-4:00PM

SPRING FARM FESTIVAL

The Smithtown Historical Society is hosting a Spring Farm Festival. There will be kids crafts, pony rides and petting zoo, live music, traditional craft demonstrations, historic farmhouse tour, food and

Make a submission! Events must be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event date and will run free of charge on a space available basis. For more info, call 631.226.2636 x211 or send events to natalieraccuglia@longislandmediagroup.com.

craft vendors, face-painting, and more. Rain date on May 26th. Leashed dogs welcome. General admission is $7, kids under 3 free. For more information please call 631-265-6768 or visit their website at www.smithtownhistorical.org.

12:30PM

BARK IN THE PARK LI DUCKS

Bark in the Park returns to Fairfield Properties Ballpark. The game takes place at 1:35 p.m. against the Lancaster Stormers, with the ballpark gates opening at 12:35 (12:20 for full season ticket holders). All fans are invited to bring their dog with them to the ballpark to enjoy the game. No additional ticket purchase is required to take part in Bark in the Park. To purchase tickets visit www.liducks.com/bark and see a full list of rules for pets and their owners.

SUNDAY, MAY 26

9:00AM-12:00PM

RUN FOR BRIGGS 5K RUN/WALK

Technical Sergeant Dashan Briggs made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the 106th NYS Air National Guard unit as a Special Missions Aviator in Western Iraq in 2018 when his HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter crashed. The foundation was created to honor his legacy by supporting future generations. All proceeds from this event will go to the Dashan J. Briggs Memorial Foundation. The race begins at Burman Blvd. in Calverton. For more information call 516-531-3323.

5:00PM-6:30PM

FAMILY FILM SERIES

The Suffolk in Riverhead will be playing Shrek. Featuring kid-friendly

food and drink menu. Tickets are $15. Doors open at 4:30pm. Showtime is at 5pm. For more information call 631-727-4343 or visit www.thesuffolk.org.

MONDAY, MAY 27

8:00AM-12:00PM

MEMORIAL DAY FREEDOM 5K

Held at Chester A. Reese Veterans Memorial Park in Malverne. Parking will be available on the opposite side of the train tracks in the commuter train lot next to Conolly Station Pub. $35 for the 5K Run/Walk, $15 for Fun Run (ages 12 and under). For more information please call 516-531-3323.

9:00AM

ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

Join Sgt. John Sardiello Post 1634 of the American Legion as they pay their respect to fallen veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep us free. Memorial Service and Wreath Ceremony to follow Community Picnic immediately following the ceremony. Held in West Babylon. Everyone is welcome. For more information please call them at 631-669-3931.

FRIDAY, MAY 31

12:00PM-5:00PM

ANTIQUE VINTAGE BOOK SALE

The Friends of the West Islip Library is doing a Vintage & Antique Book Sale on May 31st and June 1st from 9am-2pm. Held at the West Islip Public Library, 3 Higbie Lane. There will be a wide variety of books, including history, biographies, general fiction, children's literature, classics, and more. For more information call 631-206-4206.

Second Half of Property Taxes Due

Andy Wittman, the Receiver of Taxes for the Town of Islip, reminds all Islip Taxpayers that the second half of property taxes are due, on or before, May 31st 2024. THE LAST DAY FOR PAYMENT OF THE 20232024 PROPERTY TAXES at this office, will be FRIDAY, MAY 31 2024. After that date, taxes plus penalty and interest must be paid

to the Suffolk County Comptroller’s Office in Riverhead, NY.

The Islip Tax Office is located at 40 Nassau Avenue Islip, NY 11751. Regular office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30am –4:30pm. We will be open late on FRIDAY, MAY 31 2024 from 8:30am – 7:00pm for in-person payments. Our office will be closed on MONDAY, May

27 2024, in observance of Memorial Day.

Mr. Wittman reminds all taxpayers of our Online Payment Portal, Tax. IslipNY.gov as a secure and convenient way of paying property taxes in the Town of Islip. This portal is available to PROPERTY OWNERS only. Please consider using this option in lieu of mailing in your payment.

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Scouts BSA Troop 43 Assists With NYS I Love My Parks Day And The International Scouts Trash The Trash Day 2024

Scouts BSA Troop 43, charted by AMVETS Post 76 of Bay Shore, enjoyed helping out on May 4, 2024, with the annual, NYS I Love My Parks event at Robert Moses Field 3. They helped with an environmental service project planting native perennials. Then they assisted with the clean-up

on the beach aiding with the international Scouts Trash the Trash Day and the International coastal clean-up. Any families with youth of scouting age Cub Scouts grades 1-5 or Scouts BSA end of 5th grade through 18 years old, interested in joining a local pack or troop visit Beascout.org. For Families

in the Bay Shore area or any parts of the towns of Islip or Babylon interested in Troop 43 by the Sea feel free to email T43scout@ gmail.com, for more information or to arrange a visit. They meet weekly on Friday Evenings during the school year and camp and do community service projects monthly.

Memorial Garden In Islip, Installs A ‘Wind Phone’ To Give Comfort To Those Grieving Loved Ones Lost To The Opioid Crisis

It might draw some quizzical looks from people who just don’t get it. How can someone make a call on an old rotary phone, which is obviously not “connected” to anything? But to people grieving the loss of a loved one, like those parents who have lost children and grandchildren to the opioid epidemic, when making a call from the Wind Phone they know the connection is real.

Long Islanders can now visit the Gabriel’s Giving Tree (GGT) Memorial and Serenity Garden at the Suffolk County Environmental Center at the Scully Estate, located at 550 South Bay Avenue in Islip to make a call themselves. Members of GGT recently installed a Wind Phone, the second one on Long Island.

The Wind Phone was approved by the Suffolk County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. There are over 160 wind phones worldwide, modeled on Japan’s first wind phone in 2011.

Paulette Phillippe, founder of Gabriel’s Giving Tree, was one of the first people to use the phone after it was unveiled on Sunday, April 21. Her grandson Gabriel died of a fentanyl poisoning in 2014 when he was just 15 years old.

“I believe in the importance of ritually grieving and do speak to my grandson Gabe every day,” said Phillippe. “But picking up the phone gave me a sense of not only speaking to Gabriel, I listened for him to answer me back and we had a touching conversation filled with love. It really works.”

“The Wind Phone will serve as a special connection between us

and our loved ones,” said Carole Trottere, a Suffolk County resident who lost her son Alex to a fentanyl poisoning in 2018. “I know there will be tears, but I know Alex will be listening.”

“I pray to myself nightly,” said Lori Carbonaro of Selden, whose son Nick died in 2014. “I speak to Nick almost daily. I share him with family and friends. Now I can pick up the phone and know he and anyone not on planet earth will answer my call.”

“Using the wind phone to talk to my loved one who is no longer here physically was so cathartic,” said Claudia Friszell, whose son Marc died in 2000.  “It brought back good memories of long conversations and surprisingly ‘connected’ me to my son in a very physical way.  We all miss someone, wish there was just one more (or many more) conversation we would like to have, the Wind Phone gives that opportunity.”

Charles and Grace Limbach of St. James volunteered their time to create the phone for GGT. A plaque will eventually be added to the phone’s cubby which will read:

“Wind Phone, for people with no earthly phone number. The Wind will carry your message.”

GGT is a program under the umbrella of Long Island Council Against Alcohol and Drug Dependence (LICADD).

“As our country and our region continues to contend with the collective grief surrounding the ongoing substance use crisis, LICADD commends the family members of Gabriel’s Giving Tree in their persistent efforts to provide support, comfort

and grief and loss services for families that have been adversely impacted by this devastating public health crisis,” said Steve Chassman, LCSW, CASAC, LICADD Executive Director. “Their courage and commitment to turn their pain into purpose is a powerful example of genuine compassion and community service for their loved ones and their neighbors. LICADD is a proud supporter and partner of their incredible efforts within our Long Island communities.”

In 2023, more than 112,000 people died from fentanyl across the country and other substance overdoses, 395 of those were Suffolk County residents, with 118 cases still pending in Suffolk. Once these pending cases are finally determined, the number will go well past 500.

For more information about GGT visit: https:// licadd.org/ggt

THE WIND PHONE - The Wind Phone was unveiled on April 21 by members of Gabriel’s Giving Tree. From left are Lori Carbonaro, Paulette Phillippe, Carole Trottere, Claudia Friszell, Charlie Limbach who constructed the phone, and his wife Grace Limbach. Photo courtesy of Gabriel’s Giving Tree

United States Navy Blue Angels, To Headline 20th Anniversary Bethpage Air Show

Bethpage Federal Credit Union and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, are pleased to announce the final performer line-up for the much-anticipated 20th Anniversary Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, taking place on Saturday, May 25, 2024 and Sunday, May 26, 2024, from 10 AM – 3 PM.

The United States Navy Blue Angels, which headlined the very first Bethpage Air Show back in 2004, will return to Long Island to headline the 20th Anniversary show. This will be the Blue Angels’ 10th headliner performance for what has grown into one of the most respected air shows in the country.

Military performers joining the Blue Angels include the United States Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demo Team, and the U.S. Navy F-35C Demo Team. Civilian performers Mike Goulian, North America’s most decorated aerobatic pilot; the world-famous Skytypers; Warbird Thunder Airshows; Farmingdale State College Flying Rams; Long Island’s own David Windmiller and the American Airpower Museum Warbirds.

To help celebrate the 20th anniversary show, organizers are giving away 30,000 commemorative U.S. Navy Blue Angels signed posters to fans attending the practice show on Friday, May 24th, and the weekend show on Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th.

The show will also feature other celebratory elements throughout the holiday weekend including a special, 15 ft x 20ft, anniversary cake weighing in at 1000 pounds, which fans will be able to enjoy on Friday, following an 11:00 am Jones Beach Press Conference.

Returning again for the 2024 show is the Bethpage Air Show Mobile App. Text ‘Airshow’ to 516-842-4400 to download the app for performer and sponsor information, a site map, helpful FAQs to help prepare you for the show, and more to come. Available now on the App Store and Google Play.

The Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is one of the largest, most respected and most popular air shows in the country. Over 240,000 fans attended the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach in 2022, when the Blue Angels last performed during a stormy weekend show. Last year, over 419,000 fans

attended.

The Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Newsday, WABC-TV Channel 7; Natural Heritage Trust; Connoisseur Media Long Island; Catholic Health, Jones Beach Brewery; Rallye Motor Company; PSEG Long Island; News 12 Long Island; The Foundation for Long Island State Parks; Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum; Stop & Shop; and New York Islanders. The show can be heard in its entirety on WHLI 1100 AM and 104.7 FM.

The show is free to the public, but the standard $10.00 vehicle use fee will be collected each day upon entry to the State Park. For 2024 NYS Empire Pass Card holders, there is no vehicle use fee charge.

For up-to-date information about this year’s show, please visit www.bethpageairshow.com or https://www.facebook. com/BethpageAirShow/, or contact the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Regional Office, Recreation Department at 631-321-3510.

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Monday through Thursday

9:30 A.M. to 9:00 P.M

Friday and Saturday

9:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Sunday

12:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. The Library will be closed

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on May 26th and May 27th.

LIBRARY BUS TRIPS: June 11th – Tuesday –

American Museum of Natural History – The bus will leave the library at 8:15 A.M. – The fee for this trip is $68.00 and includes coach transportation, driver gratuity, museum admission and timed entrance to two special attractions: Butterfly

Vivarium and Invisible Worlds: An Immersive Experience. The fee also includes access to three additional themed events, as well as all permanent exhibits. Lunch is on your own. The bus will depart the Museum for our return to the Library at 3:30 PM. Payment is due when you sign up. No refunds are permitted. Call or stop by the circulation desk for more information. Information and an application may be printed from our website.

DISPLAYS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY:

Bay Shore School District students will be displaying their artwork in the Gallery and Inside and Outside showcases.

Mini Food Pantry – The Bay Shore-Brightwaters Library has a Mini Food Pantry for those in the community that might need some extra help. If you are interested in contributing, please bring items to the Circulation Desk. Non-perishable food, baby items or paper products are greatly appreciated.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES: All films begin at 2:30 P.M. No registration is necessary. May 22nd – Jaws (1975)

May 29th – National Lampoon’s Vacation

June 5th – The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

June 12th – The Notebook (2004)

June 26th – Miss Juneteenth (2020)

ADULT PROGRAMS: May 31st, June 7th, June 21st and June 28th – Friday from 11:00 to 1:00 P.M.

- Bay Shore-Brightwaters Library Writers’ Group (BBA281) – The nonrefundable fee for this class is $48.00. This group is open to all writers of fiction, memoir, poetry and children’s stories. Through instruction, story prompts and gentle critiques, author and publisher Debby Peoples will help you hone your skills and gain confidence in your writing ability.

June 1st – Saturday from 2:00 to 3:30 P.M. – Dream Concert (BBA331)

Dream is an A Cappella group singing R & B and Doo-Wop favorites of the ‘50s and ‘60s. This local Long Island group featuring Bill, Tony, Tom and Chuck came together over their love of the oldies and now perform all over.

June 5th – Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:45 P.M.

– Sunflower Seashell Art (BBA331)

The non-refundable fee for this class is $10.00. Spring into beach season with mixed media artist Anna Chan. Learn her simple technique to repurpose seashells into sunflowers using her unique self-hardening sand. Get ready to decorate your home with beach finds this summer.

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