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Hundreds participate in Port Jefferson Station women’s rally

A year after millions of Americans took part in women’s marches across the U.S. following the inauguration of President Donald Trump (R), Long Islanders are still rallying to raise their voices — and signs — with the hope that elected officials in Washington, D.C., will hear their cries.

On Jan. 20, women, men and children gathered on the southeast corner of routes 347 and 112 in Port Jefferson Station for the 2018 Women’s March Rally Long Island: A Call to Reclaim Our Democracy. Despite a similar event taking place in New York City, hundreds from Suffolk and Nassau counties chose the Port Jeff Station event organized by grassroots activist groups Long Island Rising and the North Country Peace Group. In 2017, the Women’s March held at the same location drew 2,000 participants, according to a press release from the organizations. This year’s event once again gave residents an opportunity to voice their concerns about women’s rights, the environment, immigration and many more issues facing Americans.

Kathy Lahey, a founding member of Long Island Rising, said she felt hopeful about the future after seeing so many women in attendance, and she hopes elected officials will hear their concerns.

“To me it’s billionaires and the corporations and very few people that are getting their way right now, and people are suffering,” Lahey said. “Women are going to step up to the ballot box in November and [beyond] and create a country that works for all of us, not just a few.”

Susan Perretti, a member of the North Country Peace Group, was also optimistic after the rally.

“I feel confident that we are ready and willing to do what it takes to bring back the America of compassion for the poor and vulnerable, of respect for the dignity of all people, the America of inclusion not exclusion,” Perretti said.

Margaret Allen, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook, attended the event with 25 congregants from her church.

“I was in New York City last year for the march, and this is nothing compared to that in terms of people, but in our relatively conservative area, this is a good turnout,” Allen said.

At times, the cheers of participants and honking from drivers passing by drowned out the voices of guest speakers such as former Suffolk County legislator and congressional hopeful Vivian Viloria-Fisher and Tracey Ed-

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North Shore residents joined others from Long Island on the corner of routes 347 and 112 for the 2018 women’s march. wards, former Huntington councilwoman and Long Island regional director of the NAACP New York State Conference.

Dan Cignoli, of Coram, who attended last year’s event in Port Jeff Station, said he is politically active because he believes people need to do something about an administration he feels is at war with Americans. He found this year’s gathering invigorating.

“The Women’s March last year and this year has brought out the activists in everybody,” Cignoli said. “It’s wonderful to see.”

Across Route 347 on the northeast corner, about a dozen people stood with American flags and pro-Trump signs. Howard Ross and Heather Martarello, members of the North Country Patriots who stand on the corner of Route 25A and Bennetts Road in East Setauket every Saturday morning to show support for Trump, said it was important for them to be there.

Ross, who served in Europe during the Vietnam War, remembered coming home in 1963 in his uniform and being spit on. He said for him it’s important for people to participate in events such as the rally, even if they are on the opposing side, and voice their opinions.

Ross said he has two granddaughters and sees how much the country has negatively changed since he was a child in the 1950s.

“I get upset for them that’s why I feel we have to do more for this country,” Ross said.

Martarello said when she first arrived on Saturday the size of the crowd on the southeast corner seemed daunting to her but she said the rally was a peaceful one.

“They are entitled to express their opinions, and we want to express ours,” Martarello said. “Not only to get our voice out but to reach out to people going past, who when they see that huge crowd on the other side, and think, ‘Wow, there are so many people there, everybody thinks that way.’ But, then they see us, they say, ‘No, everybody doesn’t think that way. See, there are people who think like us.’ They realize a lot of people feel the way we do.”

Back on the southeast corner, Cindi DeSimone, of Farmingville, who attended the event with her 5-year-old twins Jake and Kate, said she attended similar rallies in the past, but this was the first time she brought her children. While Jake held a sign that read, “Boys will be boys” with “boys” crossed out and replaced with “good people,” Kate held a sign with the same sentiment about girls.

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#MeToo: Applying a national Laying down the law on workplace harassment County legislators Sarah Anker, Kara Hahn and Leslie Kennedy;

BY ALEX PETROSKI accused of harassment to be legally held liable Valerie Cartright, Huntington Town Councilwoman Joan Cergol, as a deterrent in justice being achieved for ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM victims. She said when formal complaints are Mesidor and activist Cindy Morris visit TBR News Media for Like a tidal wave slamming into the shore made by employees, cross examination follows the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, born that takes on the tone of “slut shaming.” She of high-profile sexual assault and sexual ha- said that in itself is enough to prevent many about laws, and share personal stories and ways in which we

rassment cases becoming public, are decimat- women from filing initial complaints, thus ing decades-old culturally accepted standards harming their harassment cases in the future. regarding behavior in the workplace and oth“I’ve seen a trend of cases come into our erwise. In an effort to keep up with rapidly office of women who are in forced sexual shifting societal norms, lawmakers from local relationships with their bosses over time,” town governments all the way up through the she said. “They’ve been taught to believe that federal level are examining existing laws per- performing sexual favors for their bosses is taining to workplace sexual misconduct while part of the job.” also crafting new ones to cover potential lapses Employees and employers in the private sec— in government and the private sector. tor are often unaware of their rights and what Laura Ahearn, an attorney and the execu- constitutes harassment that would hold up tive director of The Crime Victims Center, a in court, according to Mesidor. She said New nonprofit dedicated to the prevention of sex- York City Human Rights Law doesn’t require ual abuse and rape, as well as formal complaints, and should providing support for victims be looked to as an example for of violent crimes, said she writing harassment laws. views the #MeToo movement Bills are currently in comas a valuable opportunity. mittee in the U.S. Senate and “The #MeToo movement House of Representatives that has created an ideal climate would amend the Congressiofor us to call upon legislators nal Accountability Act of 1995, to help us change a culture a law passed to require Conwhich has minimized sexual gress to follow employment harassment and a society or and workplace safety laws environment whose prevailing applied to the business world. social attitudes have the effect The Senate version of the bill, of normalizing or trivializing sponsored by Sen. Kirsten sexual assault and sexual Gillibrand (D-New York), if harassment,” she said, adding passed, would reform proher organization, which runs cedures for investigating the Parents for Megan’s Law harassment complaints in website, has many state-level Congress and require public legislative priorities currently announcement of the offendin the works. er and the dollar amount in While cases of harassment, the cases where settlements assault and general sexual are reached. This week, — Marjorie Mesidor Newsday reported more than misconduct involving prominent men in government and $10 million of taxpayer monthe entertainment industry are resulting in ey has been used to settle 88 sexual harassserious consequences, through loss of em- ment, discrimination and other related cases ployment or social pariah status, low-profile in state government over the last nine years. offenders, especially from the private sector, Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Valerie are likely avoiding them. Creating concrete Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) said she ways to punish offenders operating out of the would like to see laws put in place requiring public eye will be a challenge for lawmakers businesses to adopt best practices when it going forward. comes to sexual harassment, rather than simAccording to Suffolk County Legislator ply providing legal cover for the ones that do.

Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), the county Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) agrees. passed legislation in December mandating “What about someone working in a deli, all elected officials and department heads be the restaurant waitress — their jobs, their life trained on sexual harassment and assault by depend on that paycheck from the boss who the Office of Labor Relations. might just be making them uncomfortable,” The law mandates elected officials and she said. “It might be much worse.” department heads be trained starting 2018, In October 2015, New York Gov. Andrew and again every two years. Anker said she’s Cuomo (D) signed legislation to prevent hoping to amend the law to make it mandated harassment in the workplace. The legislation that every new hire be educated once taking directed the state Department of Labor and a position.

Division of Human Rights to make training Marjorie Mesidor, a partner at New York available to employers to help them develop City’s Phillips & Associates law firm, which policies, procedures and their own training specializes in employment discrimination and to address and eliminate discrimination and sexual harassment cases, said she was floored harassment in the workplace. Cuomo signed to hear the law was only just put in place. legislation “Enough is Enough” that year, “Great progress,” she said. “I’m not mock- which requires all colleges to adopt a set of ing it, but my stomach is churning.” comprehensive procedures and guidelines, Mesidor pointed at state and federal laws including a uniform definition of affirmathat require a complaint to be filed in order for tive consent, a statewide amnesty policy and businesses with management-level employees expanded access to law enforcement.

Women have ‘been taught to believe that performing sexual favors for their bosses is part of the job.’

Moving forward with momentum

BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN DESIREE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM While pregnant and riding the subway in New York City, attorney Marjorie Mesidor was grabbed from behind. Despite describing herself as typically abrasive, or as she put it, “the literal bull in the china shop,” in that moment, she froze.

“I became so fearful and so frozen because I wanted to protect my child,” Mesidor said, noting that it was also around the time frequent slashings were being reported in Manhattan. “I’ve thought about that instance more during these #MeToo discussions, and it’s given me a taste of what it feels like Page A22 to be caught off guard in a moment, and your immediate reaction means everything.”

The fear that Mesidor — a partner at Phillips & Associates, a law firm that specializes in workplace sexual harassment cases — described is unfortunately common. Women across the world show up for work or ride public transportation or otherwise exist in public knowing their own #MeToo story could unfold at any moment. But like many moved by the worldwide shift in perception created by the movement, the promotion of self-reflection and empowerment in the hopes of amending the culture of objectification is fully underway in the eyes of Mesidor and many other women, especially those elected to serve by the public.

Government officials have shared personal encounters that at times resulted in little to no justice. While noting women’s rights have come a long way in the last century, the women echoed the need for long-term remedies to truly change the culture.

“We are evolving as a society, but it’s go-

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ing to take leaders to make sure that the attitudes are changing to where they need to be,” said Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), who noted the importance of educating the next generation of boys and girls about proper conduct around the opposite sex. “We need to make sure people are held accountable for their actions and behavior, and label what is wrong and what is right — we need educational components available for school districts.”

County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) said she is hoping from the movement to see observers of inappropriate sexual conduct empowered to speak out when they see someone being victimized, eliminating the acceptance of things like “locker room talk.” Hahn shared an emotional memory, recalling when a boy grabbed her breasts when she was in fifth grade. She said other students witnessed the incident, but she decided not to speak to a parent or teacher.

Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) pointed out a bigger problem with Hahn’s story, which included admitting the boy talked about her breasts for months after the incident.

“She may not say anything, but everyone else around her is watching and not saying anything,” Cartright said. “And then she goes home and says to herself, ‘Well, I guess I’m supposed to let that happen, because everyone else says it happened and no one said anything.’ Are we doing what we need to do to make sure women feel there’s a continued safe space? Because retaliation is very real.”

Mesidor said she thinks a culture fitted around the idea of “going with the flow” when it comes to sexual encounters has contributed to the toxicity.

“When we soften it up and we make it flowery and pretty, we raise boys who don’t know how to recognize consent, who do not ask before leaning in for a kiss,” she said.

“There are so many moves made without permission, and it puts us in murky waters and we continue to extend and extend consent. Girls are brought up thinking you should be flirty instead of frigid, not requiring permission for someone to touch or interact with your body.

Nonprofit programs are here to help

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Nonprofits are working toward creating stronger support for females.

L.I. Against Domestic Violence provides a range of services to Long Island adults and children, helping them escape from abusive relationships and build new lives.

I-tri girls, a free program, works to raise the self-esteem of middle school-aged girls on

the Island’s East End by training them for a triathlon. “[We need] to bring young girls into this discussion and to recognize that this isn’t just happening to us in our 20s and 30s and 40s, but this is happening to our 10-yearolds and our 12-year-olds, it’s so important,” said Cindy Morris, chief operating officer of i-tri girls.

Many of the children in the program don’t know how to swim or ride a bike.

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“We not only teach them how to set a goal, but we teach them how to work toward a goal,” Morris said. “And when you have done something that you think is impossible once, you are so likely to see yourself capable of doing that [again].”

Bethpage-based The Safe Center LI, Islandia-based Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk, and The Suffolk County Crime Victims Center all work to help victims of domestic abuse.

County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said nonprofits are vital in educating young people and women. Many provide

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I’m not promoting extremism, that’s certainly not what I’m saying, but we need to recognize the totality of the issue, not only with our laws but with the way we raise our children and what we deem acceptable.”

County Legislator Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset) advocated for teaching self-esteem, especially to young girls. She said being brought up to stick up for herself worked to her benefit when handling her own incidents of sexual harassment. Kennedy said she was in third grade the first time she was forced to experience inappropriate sexual behavior.

While riding her bike in Commack, a man wearing an overcoat in the middle of the summer disrobed to unveil his naked body to her. Kennedy said she raced home to tell her mother, who called the police. Then, years later, while working at a supermarket at age 17, the owner grabbed her breasts.

“Even though I’d lose the perfect hours to help me work around school and sports, I called the guy a pervert and I left,” she said.

“We need to teach self-esteem. I think it’s because of my personality, or maybe because I went to Catholic school, we were taught everyone’s body is a temple. By not sticking up for yourself, or by posting promiscuous pictures, you’re saying, ‘Please disrespect me.’”

While some may not want to rock the boat or come off as overly sensitive, Mesidor said women need to look within to help progress the cultural shift currently underway, working as allies for other women.

“Everyone should be self-reflecting and ask themselves, ‘How am I potentially contributing to these types of cultures? What am I seeing that I may not be speaking out on? What am I experiencing that I may not be responding to?’” she said. “And we can’t be letting a man think it’s OK to say something offensive to the next person.”

Kennedy is a proponent of making men aware of the things they say, even if a supposed “joke” might be funny to a woman.

“We should be making teachable moments,” she said. “If you find the joke funny, you laugh, but then you make a comment saying many other women would not find that funny.”

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Cindi DeSimone, of Farmingville, and her 5-year-old twins Kate and Jake participate in the Port Jefferson Station Women’s March Jan. 20.

Cergol (D) recalled stories her mother told about her days as a stewardess, hearing how she needed to maintain a certain weight to be able to fly, have her legs checked for stubble and nose for powder, and docks to her pay for failures to comply. A common practice associated with bartenders and waitresses, they also were discouraged to wear wedding rings, ensuring to keep alive an air of availability for male customers.

At 30 years old, Cergol, then working in a law firm, was called into her boss’s office after hours. According to the councilwoman, he asked her to close the door because he had a personal question. Instead of taking a seat in front of him, she sat in a chair closest to the door, and listened to his question about her and her husband’s preferred birth control method, explaining that the intrauterine device his wife was using was resulting in painful sex for him.

“This was my career, this was a boss who could make or break me, but I told him I educational programs in schools.

“Women and children should not be afraid to speak up,” Anker said. “I think it’s really important presentations start in schools.”

Executive director of LIADV, Colleen Merlo, said in a phone interview local legislators are receptive to receiving advice on taking measures to end domestic and sexual abuse.

“This is the start of what’s going to be a years-long process to try to bring Long Island to a place that really is safe,” Merlo said.

“Where men and women can feel safe from sexual assault. It’s going to take more work.”

wasn’t going to have this conversation, I got up and left, and ultimately took it to the managing partner only to find out this man was doing this to many women,” she said. “It all starts with stories — our own personal stories we can look at and say, ‘Yes, that’s what #MeToo is.’ We’ve come very far, but yet we haven’t.”

By opening up and sharing personal stories and working on new legislation, education and training models, Stony Brook resident Cindy Morris, founder of The Benson Agency, which works to expand on the effectiveness and interests of the nonprofit sector, said she hopes women can stay ahead of the news cycle and seize the powerful moment in time.

“This movement is consciousness raising,” she said. “We need to stand up while this is the topic of the day, and to stay standing up when the next news cycle comes around so it doesn’t go away. The whole goal of this is to draw people in, because this moment in history gives us an opportunity. What we do with it is up to us.”

Contact information: • L.I. Against Domestic Violence www.liadv.org / 631-666-7181 • i-tri girls itrigirls.org / 631-902-3731 • Suffolk County Crime Victims Center www.parentsformeganslaw.org / 631-689-2672 • The Safe Center LI www.tscli.org / 516-465-4700 • Victims Information Bureau www.vibs.org / 631-360-3730

To translate the #MeToo social media movement into real world action, The Safe Center LI and #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, with Suffolk County legislators, business owners, nonprofits and cultural organizations will gather at Stony Brook University Jan. 28 in an effort to build greater support for the safety and empowerment of all women and girls.

“People are so appalled with what others have been getting away with for so long, and what level it’s rising to,” said Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket). “What’s important about the #MeToo movement is it’s an attempt at a cultural shift.”

Hahn is leading a roundtable discussion from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. with Burke and nonprofits for 40 members of town, county and state government. They will share ideas about legislation that can create a safer environment for victims of abuse. It is not open to public or media.

At 12:45 p.m. student leaders will have lunch with Burke to discuss ways to protect university students. From 2 to 3:30 p.m., a public forum will be held in the Student Activities Center, where Burke will be questioned by three kids who have gone through i-tri girls, a free program across six school districts on the East End that empowers girls through the completion of a triathlon. A safe space will be opened from 3:30 to 5 p.m., where Crime Victims Center rape and trauma counselors will be available.

The discussion will lay groundwork for a 10X10X10 initiative, which will gather input from 10 youth-based organizations like schools or nonprofits; 10 government officials; and 10 Long Island-based companies. It is modeled off British actress and activist Emma Watson’s HeForShe IMPACT 10X10X10 initiative, put in place to galvanize momentum in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The plan is for follow-ups to the event, and a website to pool the resources into one place, and showcase models, ideas and strategies to tackle the issue.

“We want to create models that can be shared and replicated across sectors,” said Cindy Morris, chief operating officer of i-tri girls. “There are people and organizations that are doing this beautifully, powerfully and with impact. We want to focus on education and empowerment, policy and best practices, and possible legislation ideas at all levels.”

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Newfield pushes for comeback but comes up short 

Smithtown West 57, Newfield 42

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BY JIM FERCHLAND Senior guard Chris Crespo was the catalyst for Smithtown West in a 57-42 victory over Newfield Jan. 23. He had 16 points on the night, scoring seven of the Bulls’ 19 first-quarter points.

Newfield head coach Anthony Agostino said Crespo made solid plays for his team all game.

“He makes everybody else around him better,” Agostino said. “He sacrifices his own individual points to get the ball where it needs to be. That’s why he’s a scholarship player.”

Crespo said he loves getting everyone involved in the game.

“I’m pretty sure every single one of my points were a layup or a foul shot,” Crespo said. “We hit a lot of threes today. When everyone is involved like that, it makes things a lot easier. It definitely feels good to get the ball moving and everyone scoring.”

Three players scored in double figures for the Bulls. Matt Behrens and Michael Gannon each added 11 points and combined for five 3-pointers. The team made eight triples on the night.

With the win, Smithtown West improves to 8-1 in League III, just behind undefeated Half Hollow Hills East, which outscored the Bulls in the county finals last year.

“It’s really about playing good basketball and us being able to hit our stride toward the playoffs,” said Smithtown West head coach Mike Agostino, Anthony’s brother.

“We played well. The core kids who got a lot of playing time played great.”

Senior Paul VonVoight contributed for nearly half of Newfield’s points. He led all scorers with 20. He got rolling in the fourth quarter, knocking down three 3-pointers to help Newfield outscore the Bulls 16-6, but it wasn’t enough.

Newfield falls to 2-7 in League III play and 4-11 overall. The Wolverines have lost three of their last four games. Despite the loss, Tony Agostino took some positives from the game.

“My guys fought till the very end,” he said. “Our goal was to keep them under 59 points. They scored 57, so we achieved one of our goals.”

Crespo said Newfield sat in their zone defense, which Smithtown West is used to seeing, so his team exploited that.

“Teams tend to struggle when playing us man-to-man,” Crespo said. “We have a lot of weapons. When teams play zone, we like to shoot threes. That’s what I like about us. When you play us, we play defense as hard as we can. We play a team-oriented style of basketball. In Suffolk County, we are a dominant force. That’s why we’ve won back-to-back league titles.”

Newfield is scheduled to play at Huntington (2-7, 3-12) Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. Smithtown West will host crosstown rival Smithtown East (3-6, 6-9) the same day at 5:45 p.m.

Clockwise from top left, Xavier Martinez shoots; Paul Vonvoight tries to get ahead of a block; Colin Cassara shoots under Smithtown West’s Chris Crespo; and Christian Agostino scores.

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Clockwise from above, Ward Melville’s Ivanna Zavala-Arbelaez, on left, was the only Patriot to top Newfield’s Ally Hu, on right; Grace Scura battles for points out on the strip; and Brianna Bradley, on right, dukes it out with Ward Melville’s Lauren Herbert.

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BY BILL LANDON The stakes were high for the Patriots Monday night.

The last time Ward Melville’s girls fencing team faced off against Newfield it won by a

single point, which was too close for comfort for head coach Kyle Hempe. With an undefeated streak on the line, the Patriots showed they learned from their mistakes, making a statement with an 18-9 home win Jan. 22.

“They were really fired up at home,” Hempe said. “We know Newfield is the second best team in our league, and they were really coming for it. So we went out, we worked as hard as we could, won a little earlier than we thought we would and we’re happy about that.”

Early wins came in the form of all three weapons. Ward Melville (10-0, 6-0 League II) took the second two of three in each of the first rounds of sabre, foil and épée.

Ward Melville’s Lauren Cappello started things off for the Patriots, putting the first point in the win column. The junior swept her sabre matches, 5-1, 5-2 and 5-2. Fellow sabre specialist Bridget Becchina, a senior, did the same while outscoring her challengers 15-4. ”We knew what we were coming into — I don’t think any of us were too worried — we knew we would have to bring it in each bout,” Becchina said. “I had confidence in the team, we had confidence in ourselves, and knew they have to beat us. We go out there and we just fence, and that usually works.”

Newfield (9-3, 5-2) was toughest in foil.

Senior Ally Hu, who finished the day 2-1, took home victories in her second (5-1) and third (5-0) appearances out on the strip. “[She’s] their strongest fencer, so was very happy with Ivanna Zavala-Arbeleaz, to see her come out with a victory there,” Hempe said. “But Bridget and Lauren are always solid for us in sabre so I’m happy for them and their performances, too.”

Junior épéeist Catherine Cao and senior Julia Duffy swept their Newfield challengers.

“I’m proud that we came out with the win,” Duffy said. “Newfield gave us a run for our money, but we lean on all of the hard work that we put in, and reap the rewards.”

Junior sabreist Olivia Calise, who had dropped her first two bouts, blanked her opponent, 5-0, in the meet-clinching matchup.

With three meets left before the postseason Hempe said he’s confident going down

the stretch, especially since the Patriots won’t be matching up with the Wolverines over that span.

“We’re not as worried, but we’ll go full force,” he said. “We’re happy to be in the position that we’re in.”

Ward Melville is back in action facing Centereach (5-7, 2-5) today, Jan. 25, at 4 p.m.

Newfield will host Sayville today at 6 p.m.

Centereach 18, Sayville 9

Ward Melville 16, Newfield 11

Keeping score North Babylon 74, Centereach 42

Ryan DeCoursey tied for a game-high 16 points but Centerach could not overcome North Babylon in an away loss Jan. 23. The Cougars drop to 5-10 overall and 3-6 in League III.

North Babylon 71, Centereach 32

Amanda Goldstein scored 15 points, 9 on free throws, in Centereach’s home loss to North Babylon Jan. 23. The Cougars move to 2-12 overall and 1-8 in League III.

Rebecca Koenig-Vinicombe went 3-0 in foil, and Jess Keiser went 2-1 in sabre for Centereach in an away win over Sayville Jan. 22. The Cougars are now 5-7 overall and 2-5 in League II.

Newfield’s boys fencing team dropped its second game of the season with an away loss at Ward Melville. The Wolverines, now 10-2 overall and 6-2 in League II, have only loss to the Patriots this season.

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor ALEX PETROSKI

Participants at the 2017 Women’s March in Port Jeff Station.

Learning from #MeToo Spider-Man’s Uncle Ben once said, “With great power comes great responsibility.”

Over the course of the last several months, we’ve seen the dominance of men in power being stripped down. The day-to-day climate regarding sexual harassment and misconduct have surely changed, but we need to keep this #MeToo dialogue open.

TBR News Media hosted female local government officials, lawyers and activists at our Setauket office to speak about their feelings regarding the behavior of men, and we thank them for their openness and raw stories, sometimes relating to men of high status.

While high-profile allegations and apologies mount, it’s not the actors, politicians and TV stars with whom we should be most concerned. It’s the people around us. We’ve found most often that it’s just when we share our stories, big or small, that we’re really getting somewhere. Getting people together — especially women in power — we can come up with strategies to enact change. We hope that what’s lasting from this remarkable moment in history is not just the list of famous men left in the rubble, but rather the idea that leveraging power to diminish someone else’s selfworth is a thing of the past.

Hearing the wide array of stories from women who have been elected to lead communities, from being grabbed during a middle-school class to being asked inappropriate questions by a boss, the truth is that these things can happen to anyone. And it’s clearly time for a cultural overhaul.

We hope that a byproduct of this moment is also prevention, which can come in the form of education to ensure our boys don’t grow up to become the sexual abusers of tomorrow. To guarantee that this happens, we would like to see school districts and colleges create stricter rules and hold kids accountable for their actions, whether they’re the star lacrosse player heading to the championship or the valedictorian of their class.

In the process of this shift, we don’t want to run out of steam. An issue so long ingrained in society needs a multipronged approach. With that, women shouldn’t fear sticking up for themselves — think about it not as your job being on the line but your principles on the verge of breaking.

While the bad behavior of powerful men is what has created this movement, raising confident girls and creating an environment for them to flourish into strong women is another antidote.

Women are, at last, being heard. But we want to make sure that every woman is heard. The focus should be on the prey and not the predator.

Just because your abuser wasn’t famous doesn’t mean your story doesn’t need to be heard. To keep steering the #MeToo ship in the right direction, we will continue to run stories on the development of the issue. If anyone, male or female, would like to share a story, anonymous or not, call 631751-7744 or email desiree@tbrnewsmedia.com. The only way to get to a better tomorrow is to share the stories of yesterday and today, to heal, to learn from our actions and to create stronger reactions in the hopes of continuing to rip down the abuse of power that has landed us in this mess.

Letters …

We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste.

We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email desiree@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Times of Middle Country, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

On deporting nonviolent immigrants Recent news has surfaced on the Trump administration’s round up of undocumented immigrants: an Irishman in Boston who came here when he was 12 and is now 19 and married to an American; a Polish doctor, husband and father in Michigan who came here when he was 5 and has been here nearly 40 years; a Mexican who came here when he was 10, and 30 years later is a father, husband and small business owner.

None of these individuals are violent criminals. They were deported for being here illegally, nothing more.

According to its end-of-year immigration enforcement numbers, in 2017 Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 125,000 undocumented immigrants who had no criminal conviction or pending criminal charge (another 100,000 undocumented immigrants with criminal histories were also deported). These undocumented

immigrants with no criminal charge were deported for crossing the border in search of a better life for their family or as children. In many cases they were fleeing unsafe circumstances in their country of birth.

There are some among us who think the Trump administration is doing what’s right — upholding the rule of law and removing those who came here illegally. I, however, have a tough time understanding that perspective. It just makes me very sad. Our government is literally ripping families apart.

The majority of evidence suggests that immigrants are good for America. According to the right-leaning Cato Institute, these young men and women fill jobs that most Americans will not do, are less violent than American citizens, and are overall good for the economy. Many are entrepreneurial. In fact, 20 percent of CEOs from Fortune 500 companies are immigrants, hailing

from countries including Cuba, Zambia, Russia, Turkey, Bosnia and Croatia, just to name a few.

Here on Long Island we have a world-renowned heart surgeon, Harold Fernandez, who came as a boy fleeing violence in Colombia. Should ICE send him home?

Do we want to be a country that tells refugees fleeing danger and violence that they are not welcome here?

Do we want to be a country that tells our citizens that their relatives from the Middle East or other parts of the world are not welcome here?

Do we want to be a country that tears families apart when their only crime is coming to this country illegally to try to make a better life for their children? Or if they were brought here as children, do we now want to kick them out? I can think of little that is crueler than this.

Jaymie Meliker Port Jefferson

Threats of offshore drilling As presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature, I am deeply concerned regarding the U.S. Department of Interior’s draft proposed plan to permit offshore drilling leases along the Atlantic coast and other protected areas of the outer continental shelf despite mounting opposition from states, coastal residents, environmental groups and businesses, and individuals whose livelihoods will be jeopardized.

The National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program would be devastating to Long Island’s coastal communities by damaging marine life and precious natural resources, increasing the chances for a catastrophic spill and threatening pristine coastal areas.

In addition, the environmental impact of offshore drilling for New York state and the ecologically significant coastline of Long Island, where water quality drives not only the fishing and boating industry but a large part of the tourism and recreational sectors, can potentially damage

the economy for years to come.

Healthy oceans contribute to a healthy economy. Tourism on Long Island is a $5.6 billion industry that supports close to 100,000 jobs and accounts for 54 percent of traveler spending according to a 2016 report prepared by Tourism Economics; an increase of 3 percent from 2015 to 2016. Tourism on Long Island generated $1.8 billion in direct labor income and 6.1 percent of all employment on Long Island is driven by tourism.

Suffolk County alone produced 54.7 percent of the region’s tourism base generating $700 million in state and local taxes.

The prospect of 47 lease sales on both coasts, the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska combined with the relaxation of safety measures designed to prevent catastrophic spills like the Deepwater Horizon in 2010, signals a lack of concern for the environment that has the potential to alter the future for years to come.

U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD)

joined Sen. Bob Menendez (DNJ) and 13 Senate co-sponsors to introduce the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act which would ban offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean saying it is commonsense, antipollution legislation that would prevent short and long-term marine and coastal damages and protect and preserve shore economies.

Several governors, including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), have requested exemptions from this ill-conceived proposal, especially in light of the U.S. Department of the Interior granting Florida an exemption.

As presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature, I am committed to fighting to prevent offshore drilling and to protecting our residents, our coastline and our economy from this environmentally destructive plan that has the potential to cause irreparable damage to Long Island’s coastal resources.

DuWayne Gregory Presiding Officer Suffolk County Legislature

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OPINION

Smithtown’s comeback Winter Olympian

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e was so close and then, poof, everything he’d worked for and imagined for 13 years disappeared in an instant.

John Daly, a Smithtown native who hates the cold, was competing in his second winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and was in fourth place, in the hunt for a medal after three of the four legs of his skeleton race.

In skeleton, athletes sprint at top speed hunched over with their hands on the sleds for five seconds, then dive headfirst on the sleds, navigating the curved

By Daniel Dunaief around icy track by shifting their weight while traveling at speeds of more than 80 miles per hour.

And then, in the fourth race, at the top, where he needed to generate the

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kind of speed that would allow him to race against his rivals and the clock, Daly’s sled popped out of the grooves in the ice, slowing him down and sending him back to 15th place.

After such a crushing defeat, Daly decided to move on with his life, retiring from a sport where he’d won numerous other medals and where he was one of the country’s best sliders.

For two years, he stayed retired, taking a job in Virginia at medical technology company Smith & Nephew.

Then, a funny thing happened in retirement. Daly missed the sport. He didn’t have the same passion for other parts of his life, the bitter cold from mountains around the world notwithstanding, that he felt when he was racing.

He spoke to numerous people about what he might do.

People his age, he’s 32, could understand the hesitation about throwing himself back into a sport that required physical and mental commitment. To get back into prime condition, Daly would need to make nine hour drives from Virginia, where he was living, up to Lake

Placid, a familiar training ground and site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice. People older than he is, however, couldn’t understand the agony of the decision.

“Why wouldn’t you go back?” they asked. When you’re older, they argued, “Do you want to look back and say, ‘I might have gotten a little further ahead at work,’ or do you want to go back for one more Olympic games?”

Unlike other competitions, the Winter Olympics only occur once every four years. And, unlike the World Cup competitions, a global TV audience seems to pause to watch the games.

The Olympics can make the improbable possible, including the unexpected warming of tensions between North and South Korea, who are marching together in the opening ceremony and sending a combined women’s ice hockey team to the games.

As we age, we don’t always spring out of bed the same way and we may lose a step or two in our reaction time.

We gain, however, the benefit of each year of life experiences, observing how

we, and the world around us, change.

Daly decided to return to the sport, where he has made his third Olympic team. The poet Horace, who published the immortal Latin phrase “carpe diem,” meaning “seize the day,” would be proud.

No one knows how Daly will do in a few weeks. Could he medal? His coach Tuffy Latour thinks so.

Latour said that Daly “never really lost it.”

Sometimes, Latour said, the time away helps athletes better prepare for the next Olympics, allowing them to gain a fresh perspective.

Coming back, however, may prove equally important for Daly, who is hoping to rewrite the final chapter of a sliding odyssey. Many years from now, he hopes he may one day offer the same kind of support to his kids that he received from his parents James and Bennarda, whom he jokingly called “sliding enablers.”

Regardless of the outcome, that older version of himself may thank him for giving it one more try.

Racism in America: A letter to my grandson

D

ear Grandson Adam, Thank you for lending me your book last weekend. While you were off skiing with the rest of the family, I was totally absorbed reading your high school homework assignment, “A Raisin in the Sun,” in front of a crackling fire in the lodge. Lorraine Hansberry wrote the play, you know, in 1958, which was the year I graduated from high school, so I can tell you how remarkable her characters and themes are for that time.

The story takes place in

By Leah S. Dunaief Chicago, on the city’s gritty South Side, and tells of a poor black family living in a three-room flat with a bathroom in the hall that is shared with others. The grandmother, Lena, whose apartment it is, sleeps in one bedroom with her daughter, Beneatha, who is in college. Walter, Lena’s

Between you and me

35-year-old son, is a chauffeur for a wealthy businessman, and he shares another room with his wife, Ruth, who works as a cleaning woman in different homes. Travis, 10, is their son and he sleeps in the living room/kitchen on a sofa that is made up for him each night, which means that he doesn’t get to sleep until any visitor leaves.

When we meet them, the family is excited about the imminent arrival of a “big check,” that turns out to be the proceeds from an insurance policy on the life of Big Walter, Lena’s late husband.

The value is $10,000, which in today’s money would be about $160,000. The introduction of this money into the plot is the fulcrum around which the characters, their roles in the family dynamic and their situation in society are defined.

Walter desperately wants to start his own business with the funds, viewing entrepreneurship as a way to rise above a humiliating life stretching out before him as a chauffeur. There are tense exchanges between him and Lena, as he passionately explains to his mother that he can go into partnership in a liquor store with a shrewd friend who has figured out the financing, but they need startup capital.

Lena, for her part, thinking back to their not-so-distant ancestors of slaves, values freedom more than financial success, and certainly doesn’t appreciate the prospect of selling liquor to their neighbors. However she wants to see her son as the prideful head of the family and recognizes his despair at the life in which he feels trapped in mid-century America.

Ruth, who is pregnant, loves her husband and understands that his grind, as they enter middle age, is eroding their marriage. She is the life-giving mother of the next generation and it is she who ultimately urges optimism after Lena makes her pivotal decision. I hesitate to tell you what that decision is because I don’t want to ruin the plot for you. This is a play well worth reading if you have the chance, if only for the messages that continue to be so relevant today.

Beneatha is a most interesting character, attracted by the romantic allure of the distant continent from which her people originally came, albeit unwillingly, yet determined to make her own way through education, the upward mobility ladder presumably offered by the American Dream. She eschews the

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idea of advancing herself through the traditional female strategy of marrying rich, much touted for her by Walter.

At a time when most medical schools were admitting only one or perhaps two women in each freshman class, she is planning to become a doctor. She will need money to pay for that education, and Lena recognizes that fact.

The play is about poverty, masculinity, femininity, opportunity, integration, honor, tradition and especially racism in American, and looks into the future with remarkable prescience. Has much changed in our country over the ensuing 60 years? In 1959, the play received standing ovations and critical acclaim. It was, after all, the first play offered there by an African-American woman, only 28, that purported to tell the truth about black lives. Hansberry came from a wealthy family and could present her initially optimistic message of a different life.

In answer to the question, it could be said she at least started the conversation on Broadway. Racism discussed is, however slowly, racism destroyed.

It is up to your generation, Adam, to continue the fight.

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