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Politicians, environmentalists and activists join opposition to offshore drilling A4 Governor Andrew Cuomo bans fentanyl variations to aid dealer prosecutions A5

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Cry of ‘finally’ as Middle Country track and field coaches are named to Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame — A7

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For further information about the St. Baldrick’s Day event and to schedule a “trim,” call Jenn Dickson at 631-835-3429 or email doug.dickson@yahoo.com.

The Centereach Fire Department is located at 9 South Washington Ave. in Centereach.

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On March 16 at 7 p.m., the Middle Country Youth Civic and the fire department will be co-sponsoring the annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser, which benefits childhood cancer research.

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SCHOOL NEWS Hawkins Path Elementary School MIDDLE COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Hawkins Path’s teachers and administrators developed 12 unique, interactive stations in which students explored and began to develop subject area ideas for their individual research projects.

The exploratory process consisted of multiple stations, including sensory-based, historical documents, physical challenges, music from around the world, a mystery box and more. Providing a range of stations allows students to ask challenging questions and determine the topics they’re eager to further explore.

Jericho Elementary School

Jericho Elementary School students participated in the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s Math-A-Thon to help raise money and awareness for childhood cancer research, assuring that families never receive a bill from St. Jude’s for treatment.

Students in first through fifth grade were tasked with participating in numerous schoolwide math-based events, completing math activities in their individual Funbooks and contributing to fundraising efforts.

This marks the fourth year that Jericho Elementary School has participated in the math-a-thon, raising more than $21,000 over the course of four years and nearly $6,000 this year alone.

The money raised covers chemotherapy treatments, oxygen for patients, platelet transfusions and groceries for families caring for St. Jude’s patients. The money raised for St. Jude’s over the past 50 years has helped fund research for new treatments that has helped raise childhood cancer survival rates

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LONG ISLAND ALEX PETROSKI

Local politicians like U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, below left, and state Assemblyman Steve Englebright, below right, deliver a clear message in opposition to the federal government’s plan to increase offshore drilling off the coast of Long Island.

Skewering federal government’s offshore drilling plan

BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM If it wasn’t clear following six hours of Valentine’s Day testimony, the usual suspects were at it once again delivering a unified message against the possibility of offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean.

Representatives from the U.S. Department of the Interior were at Brookhaven Town Hall March 2 to hear public comments from lawmakers across the political spectrum demand the proposed federal plan to expand natural gas and oil drilling along coastal waters be scrapped. The Feb. 14 hearing, which did not feature participation by the Interior, was held in the Suffolk County Legislature building in Hauppauge, an alternative to the federal bureau’s original plan for a single public hearing in Albany that took place the next day.

Long Island lawmakers vehemently pushed back on the single upstate hearing, demanding at least one downstate hearing due to the impact such a plan might have locally.

Though the Interior Department didn’t hear the first batch of testimony on Long Island in February, Assemblyman and Committee on Environmental Conservation Chairman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) said a transcript of the entire meeting would be submitted as written public comment on the proposal. Neither of the two local

Notable quotes from March 2 meeting at Brookhaven Town Hall Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment: “Here on Long Island, we are a maritime community. We grow up with one foot in the water, one foot on the land — a fishing pole in one hand and a crab trap in the other. That’s who we are. You might think we love living on Long Island because we love the taxes or we just love traffic, but that’s not it. We love living by the water. It’s what makes us live here.” hearings featured a single speaker in favor of proceeding with offshore drilling off the coast of Long Island.

First District U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (RShirley) played a vital role in securing the March 2 hearing in his home district, calling the initial one-Albany-hearing plan “unacceptable.”

Zeldin and others reiterated the fact that there currently is no evidence to suggest the resources that would be drilled for exist off the coast of Long Island, in addition to the hazardous impact the plan would have on marine life. The congressman stopped short of joining lawmakers to his political left in calling for investment in renewable sources of energy as opposed to more drilling for oil and gas, though he has voted for such legislation in the past.

“Drilling in the ocean for gas or oil is foolhardy,” Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said during his remarks.

“We should be looking at alternative energy.

This is not a Republican or Democrat issue — it’s a common sense issue.”

In a Jan. 4 announcement, Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, said developing resources on the Outer Continental Shelf would provide billions of dollars to fund conservation of coastlines, public land and parks.

“The important thing is we strike the right balance to protect our coasts and people

Carrie Meek Gallagher, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 1 director: “Seismic surveys necessary for oil and gas resource exploration include air gun blasts every 10 to 20 seconds, 24 hours per day for weeks to months at a time. The low frequency, high energy sound they produce is harmful to marine mammals, including numerous endangered whales that are present off our coast.”

Assemblyman Steve Englebright: “New York has committed to meeting future energy goals though clean, renewable sources like wind and solar. The state is working to shape an energy portfolio that moves away from carbon pollution toward renewable resources that will help mitigate the impacts of climate change in coastal while still powering America and achieving American energy dominance,” Zinke said in the statement.

Kristen Jarnagin, Discover Long Island president and CEO, spoke of the effects of tourism on the Island. According to Jarnagin, it’s a $5.6 billion industry that supports more than 100,000 local jobs.

“Tourism is much more than vacationers enjoying our pristine beaches,” she said.

“More than 80 percent of our tourism industry is made up of small business — hotels,

communities from sea level rise to more extreme and frequent storms. The federal proposal is incompatible with that.”

Christine Pellegrino (D), New York State Assembly 9th District, Environmental Conservation Committee: “Our communities were devastated by Hurricane Sandy, and five years later we’re still not whole. Natural disasters can greatly increase the chance of a spill. Are you willing to risk our island, because I am not. Environmental groups warn that just opening the door to oil drilling in pristine federal lands and waters could lead to more tragic spills like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 that dumped more than 4 million barrels of oil over an 87-day period before it was capped.”

Kevin McCallister, founder and president Defend H2O: “It’s not a question of if [an oil spill will happen], but it’s a question of when and where. Unlike some from New York certainly concerned about Long Island, I submit that we’ve got to keep [offshore drilling] off the entire East Coast. I think this is obviously regression when we should be moving toward renewables. To really slip back in time in environmental intelligence is quite concerning.” restaurants, transportation companies, boutique owners, wineries, farmers and the endless indirect businesses that thrive on the success of our industry including banks, audio/visual companies, landscapers, lawyers, attorneys and much more … Overnight that could all change, and those revenues and jobs stripped from the economy if not protected.”

Public comments on the proposal can be submitted on the department’s website through March 9 by visiting www.boem.gov/nationalprogram-comment/#submitcomments.

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STATE

Gov. Cuomo tries to crack down on potent drug

Proposes to close fentanyl loophole in budget amendment

BY KEVIN REDDING KEVIN@TBRNEWSPAPERS.COM

its abuse is increasingly fueling the misery of the opioid epidemic.”

According to the Centers for Disease New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) took Control and Prevention, fentanyl is between a firm stand against the spread of fentanyl 50 and 100 times more potent than morphine earlier this month, proposing and even more so than heroin legislation to add 11 variations — the lethal dose of heroin of the highly addictive and is about 30 milligrams, while dangerous synthetic opioid the lethal dose of fentanyl drug to the state’s scheduled is 3 mg. It is also not commonly controlled substances list. If reversed by Narcan, the lifeenacted, this law would help saving drug that combats close a current loophole in New heroin overdoses. Cuomo said York that makes it easier for the number of fentanyl-related narcotics dealers to distribute deaths in the state increased deadly drugs and skirt felony by nearly 160 percent in 2016, charges by designing and a statistic that led him to manufacturing them to resemevaluate what’s missing from ble name-brand prescriptions. the controlled substances list.

The governor pushed the His push is resonating proposal Feb. 5 as part of a 30across Suffolk County. day state budget amendment, “I applaud the governor with the hopes of the budget for taking this important passing the Senate in April. step toward closing this “These actions will give dangerous loophole that law enforcement the tools — Andrew Cuomo shields drug dealers from they need to combat this drug, justice and continues to tear holding the death dealers who peddle it our communities apart,” Suffolk County accountable and helping ensure that our Executive Steve Bellone (D) said in laws are able to keep pace with this evolving response to the governor’s statement. “I public health crisis,” Cuomo said. “Make no urge the state Senate and Assembly to mistake: Fentanyl is potent, dangerous and include this proposal in their respective

These actions will hold ‘the death dealers who peddle it accountable.’

budget bills. We need to utilize every resource available to deter individuals who create and sell these deadly drugs.”

Over at the county correctional facility, Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D), who regularly visits school districts across Suffolk to speak with students about the dangers of opioid use, also approved of Cuomo’s actions.

“I applaud [Cuomo] for proposing strong regulations on fentanyl analogs because it gives law enforcement another avenue to crack down on drug traffickers and dealers pushing these dangerous and lethal substances into our communities,” he said.

Tracey Farrell, a Rocky Point resident and the president of nonprofits North Shore Drug Awareness and On Kevin’s Wings, knows firsthand the devastation these opioids cause. Her son, Kevin, died of an overdose in 2012 and her daughter Breanna is currently three years in recovery.

Farrell said because there are so many different chemical makeups of fentanyl, “too often this ties the hands of our law enforcement” to enact stricter penalties.

“My son was one of 83 who passed in Suffolk County in 2012 when fentanyl wasn’t really on the radar, but five years later, that number is over 500 with a very large percentage of those deaths being caused by fentanyl,” she said. “We must take any and all steps possible to get the sale of this drug to impose the maximum sentences and potentially save lives.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is adding variations of fentanyl to a controlled substance list to aid the ability to prosecute drug dealers.

Sal Vetro, a pharmacist at Echo Pharmacy in Miller Place, said this would be a major step in the right direction toward saving lives.

“I think Cuomo’s on the right track,” Vetro said. “We’re trying to fight this epidemic and the people who need fentanyl should have fentanyl, but if it’s being used illegally, sold illegally or causing damage illegally, those people should certainly be punished. We have to stop ignoring the problem, and this is a start.”

SCHOOL NEWS Newfield High School

Centereach High School

Newfield High School’s “Roverines” robotics team competed in a regional VEX In The Zone robotics competition at Farmingdale High School. The Roverines finished in first place, earning the team tournament champion trophy.

With the victory, the Roverines qualified to compete in the Southern New York State

VEX robotics championship this month.

The Roverines have qualified for the state competition each of the three years since the club originated. The students will look to repeat their performance from last year, where they finished in first place and went on to compete at the VEX World Championship in Louisville.

Centereach High School student-artist Rachel Gallarello won best artwork in the mixed media category at the Suffolk County Art Leaders Association All-County and Scholarship Art Show. The show, held in conjunction with the Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts, invited high schools across the county to submit works by student-artists to be displayed in the gallery at the Babylon Old Town Hall. Gallarello also received a $50 prize.

Centereach High School had three additional students’ artwork displayed in the show — senior James Moore, junior Payton Laxton and junior Jacob Siegelbaum.

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Newfield robotics takes top honor in competition

Artist earns All-County honor at art show

OBITUARY Maria Denise Wise

Maria Denise Wise, 59, of Centereach, died Feb. 2.

She was the beloved wife of Michael; cherished mother of Kaitlyn Wise (Steven Graffia) and Keith (Michelle) Scuracchio; and loving sister of Roxanne Scudiere,

G.J. Martine and JoAnne Ferraro.

Funeral Mass was celebrated at Assumption Church in Centereach.

Cremation followed at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai.

Arrangements were entrusted to Hawkins & Davis Funeral Home in Smithtown.

PAGE A6 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • March 08, 2018 VICTORIA ESPINOZA

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Incidents and arrests Feb. 28–March 4 Cannabis oil possession

A 21-year-old man from Centereach driving a 2013 Chevrolet allegedly possessed concentrated cannabis oil, which police discovered during a traffic stop on Dawn Drive in Centereach at about 11:30 p.m. Feb. 28, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Wallet stolen at party

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A complainant said he was at a party Feb. 28 at about 10:30 p.m. at a home on West Meadow Lane in Stony Brook where his wallet containing cash and a driver’s license was stolen, according to police.

Hit-and-run

On Jan. 20 at about 1 p.m., a 43-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station driving a 2103 Honda in the parking lot of Port Jeff Bowl on Cherub Lane in Port Jefferson Station allegedly collided with a parked, unoccupied 2016 Toyota and left the scene without exchanging contact or insurance information, according to police. He was arrested March 1 in Selden and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

Robbery at Kohl’s

A 36-year-old undomiciled man allegedly stole a drone and clothing from Kohl’s on Nesconset Highway in Setauket March 3 at about 8 p.m., according to police.

Police said he was confronted by an employee in the parking lot, and the man allegedly threatened the employee with a large knife. He was arrested March 3 and charged with first-degree robbery and resisting arrest.

Stolen snow blower

A snow blower was stolen from outside of a home on Stewart Circle North in Centereach March 4 at about 2 a.m., according to police.

Fence damaged

The fence around a home on Starfire Drive in Centereach was damaged at about 10 p.m. March 2, according to police.

Tattoo shop break-in

At Irish Jay Tattoo on Route 25A in Miller Place March 3 at about 1 a.m., an unknown person removed the top portion of an exterior window and attempted to enter the building, according to police.

Police said an alarm went off and the suspect fled without gaining entry.

Cable clipped

A television cable wire at a home on Lily Drive in Centereach was damaged at about 3 a.m. March 3, according to police.

Shoplifting from BJ’s

An iPad was stolen from BJ’s Wholesale Club on Nesconset Highway in Setauket Feb. 19 at about 10 p.m., according to police. A police report was filed March 2.

Unlicensed driving

At about 10 a.m. March 4, a 34-year-old man from Coram was driving a 2007 Nissan on Middle Country Road in Selden allegedly without a valid driver’s license, according to police. He was arrested and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

— COMPILED BY ALEX PETROSKI

Psychic medium Jeffrey Wands will be at Newfield High School March 29.

Psychic reading at Newfield benefits Centereach student, booster club Middle Country school district’s booster club is hosting psychic medium Jeffrey Wands March 29 to raise money for the booster club and Make-A-Wish Foundation of Suffolk County. Funds raised will help grant a wish for a Centereach High School senior.

Wands will be at Newfield High School at 7 p.m. for an evening of readings. The

event will also include an auction that will include prizes such as a $500 Visa gift card, and Broadway and concert tickets.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com for $25.

The event will be held in the high school’s auditorium. Newfield High School is located at 145 Marshall Dr. in Selden.

Correction A March 1 police blotter item, entitled “Assault in Port Jeff,” contained incorrect information about the location of the incident. The person left Schafer’s and was allegedly assaulted near Chandler Square. We regret the error.

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SPORTS HARRY SCHNEIDER

MIddle Country track and field coaches Harry Schneider, above with the 1995 Suffolk County championship-winning cross country team, and below left, and Bob Burkley, below right, are being inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame.

Track coaches have left longlasting mark on district

BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN DESIREE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It was once said kids would run through a brick wall for Bob Burkley, and Harry Schneider would show them how.

Middle Country school district’s dynamic duo co-coached the track and field programs for more than 30 years, leaving behind a legacy of winning streaks, championships and motivated athletes, nearly 100 of whom have gone on to become coaches. As a result of their accolades and achievements, the pair are being inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame this May. “They have very different personalities — the way they interacted with athletes — and somehow they blended,” said 1972 Centereach High School graduate Harold Schwab, owner of Schwab’s 2nd Wind shoe store in East Setauket. “Coach Schneider was very much a one-on-one coach, while coach Burkley was very high energy, and you got caught up in that. As an athlete you sensed there was no limit to how hard they were ready to work, how much they were willing to sacrifice for the team, how important the team’s success was — and the athletes reciprocated that.”

Schwab raced for his coaches, who began at Newfield in the late 1960s, and moved with them to Centereach once the new school opened. As a sprinter and jumper, he said he saw firsthand his coaches’ qualifications to lead the team to success in any event.

“Some coaches may not know anything they were committed to everything we did. about the high jump or the triple jump, so they They created a culture where we didn’t want don’t compete in those events,” he said. “Every to let them down.” event was coached thoroughly at Centereach The year after Schwab graduated was the High School. There was never an event where start of Centereach’s 26-year, 158-match dual we weren’t taught the right technique and su- meet winning streak. Crowley was on the team pervised so we knew what we were doing.” when its streaked was snapped, coincidentally, According to Bay Shore head coach Steve by Borbet’s Bay Shore team. Despite the loss, Borbet, who began a push for more track and Borbet said the team was gracious about it, field hall of fame inductees, the pair continued and Crowley said the unit remained resilient. to learn.

“That was a hard day, but [our coaches] “They also went to clinics and read up were so positive and helped us rebound,” wherever they could get more knowledge of Crowley said. “They both have such passion the sport,” said Borbet, who began coaching for seeing athletes push themselves further against the Cougars in 1975. “I watched how than they thought possible.” they won and I wanted to emulate that. Their The pair combined for 95 league titles, 25 winning attitude that they instilled in the division titles and 42 county titles. Because players was huge.” they assisted each other in Strategic thinking was a the spring and winter seadriver behind the pair’s sucsons, and Burkley headed cesses. When Burkley, for the cross-country team, instance, saw another team Borbet said that to the hall didn’t have a triple jumper, of fame board, they diluted he’d pull his top triple jumptheir success. Previous hall ers out, let younger kids of fame inductees Borbet compete for the points and (2014) and Schwab (1993) then use his standouts in felt the pair of coaches other events. Schwab said should have been inducted every athlete received a long before they were. performance write-up after “They were who everyone meets, pointing to areas that was going after, and you pick were strong as well as areas — Harold Schwab up from the best,” Borbet in need of improvement. said. “Those guys were suc“Nobody wanted to be cessful from the beginning. pointed out for not living up to expectations,” They were able to really reach their kids — a Schwab said, laughing. “We were always lot of coaches can’t say that. It’s been a goal trying to maximize our points, and we’d do of mine and a movement of mine to nominate whatever we could to help the team. Coach track coaches every year. These two guys cerSchneider and Coach Burkley really did run tainly deserve to be in there. They’re the best a very hard practice, and there’s something track coaches around, and two of the best about when you share that kind of sacrifice on coaches out of any sport in Suffolk history.” a daily basis, when you share pain in practice, Every individual on the team was coached it brings the group together. It created a bond, to be the very best that person could be, acnot far from what soldiers feel.” cording to Schwab.

A team-first mentality is not always “When you know that the coach cares preached in track and field, but for Burkley deeply about your individual success as well and Schneider, it was first and foremost. as the team success, to know we were all “We were a team in the truest sense,” seen as equals, it created this hunger to suc1994 graduate Charles Crowley said. “We ceed,” Schwab said. “Everybody on the team were an unusually tightly knit group. They saw how being part of the team made them had a vision of what we were capable of and a better person. Whether they were going to

‘As an athlete you sensed there was no limit to how hard they were ready to work, how much they were willing to sacrifice for the team, how important the team’s success was.’

be a star or not, they wanted each person to achieve his potential.”

Crowley was one of the athletes coached by Burkley and Schneider to go on to lead his own team. An Ironman triathlete who has raced in 28 marathons, he’s the head coach of the JackRabbit Sports marathon team in New York City. He said Burkley and Schneider taught him how to be a captain and a motivator.

“They taught me that success takes commitment and discipline — that there were no limits to what you can achieve if you are mentally tough and work hard to achieve goals,” he said. “They molded so many athletes both on and off the track. I try very hard to impart these lessons onto the athletes that I coach.”

Schwab remembered Schneider teaching him about being a student of the sport, and said it’s a skill he has applied in every aspect of his life.

“You didn’t just show up to practice and go through the motions,” he said. “If you were in a hurdle event, he encouraged you to read about the hurdles, to dig into it for yourself.

We treated the sport just like we did any of the other academic classes we were in. That attitude has followed through in just about anything that I do now. Any time I’m involved in something, rather than just learn enough to get by, I try to be an expert at it. It’s not just about winning competitions. It’s about learning how to succeed in every endeavor.”

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P/T MEDICAL ASSISTANT/RECEPTIONIST Professional, reliable, detail oriented. Phone/computer skills. Experience preferred.

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The Women’s March Youth EMPOWER is encouraging students and more to participate in a March 14 walkout.

Students deserve to be heard

There is no denying the Florida school shooting has reignited a national discussion on appropriate firearm regulations and mental health issues. Amid the uproar, students are organizing in attempt to make their voices heard — and we firmly believe they deserve to be at the forefront of this conversation.

The Women’s March Youth EMPOWER has put out the call for students, teachers, school administrators and parents to participate in a national school walkout Wednesday, March 14, at 10 a.m. The event calls for students to walk outside of their school building for 17 minutes, one minute for each of victims killed in Parkland, in a unified effort to show students demand action from Congress in passing federal gun regulations.

Commack resident Paul Guttenberg, whose niece Jaime was killed in the Parkland shooting, voiced support for the student walkout.

“It keeps the issue of how high school students feel about gun violence in the news, and will also send the message that our children’s voices do count,” he said. “And the tone-deaf GOP politicians in Congress will be forced to listen to how they feel.”

The reaction of Long Island’s school districts to the walkout wildly varies and, in some cases, is disappointing. We applaud Ward Melville High School Principal Alan Baum for sitting down with student organizers in his district to discuss plans and ensure safety.

If the point of education is to prepare our children for life, and to become civic-minded adults, Baum’s action should serve as an example for other districts.

Brenden Cusack, principal at Huntington High School, has used the walkout as an opportunity to arrange a March 13 forum where students, teachers and the community can engage in respectful dialogue on mass shootings.

It is disappointing that other districts like Rocky Point have issued warnings that administrative action will be taken in response to any student participating in the walkout. The event is an effort to cry out for attention, where the district’s planned moment of silence is just that, silence, and a letter-writing campaign is too easily ignored. This decision by school administrators strangles students’ voices, making someone think twice before expressing an opinion.

Worse are those school officials who have decided to bury their heads in the sand and not publicly address the walkout. Elwood and Harborfields have not yet issued public statements regarding how their districts will handle the event. This leaves both students and parents with numerous unanswered questions. With a little less than a week until walkout day, we strongly encourage school officials to reconsider an open and honest dialogue.

The first step to solving a problem starts with discussion of the issues.

Students have every right to be heard, for it’s their safety at risk.

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Superintendents appeal for leadership The murder of 17 students and teachers in the corridors of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, by a gunman armed with an AR-15 assault rifle is one more episode in a series of violent acts targeting our nation’s youth. Now, Parkland joins Columbine, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech and dozens of other educational settings as the name of a crime scene, not a school. Our heartbreak increases as the list gets longer and longer.

The Parkland tragedy reminds us an American school shooting has taken place, on average, once per week in 2018, and that is only through February.

Addressing this national epidemic demands bold action. Our national response must evolve to be more than just messages of “thoughts and prayers” and hand-wringing about our inability to stop this. The students in Florida want this to be the tipping point; they want this to be the “last mass shooting.” This siren must get our attention.

And this issue should be the one to galvanize our elected officials in Washington, D.C., state capitals and local communities.

By rejecting mass shootings as a “new normal,” the federal government has the chance to seize the grief and the anger of this overwhelming moment and act now. The nation is ready.

New York State passed sensible guns laws in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre in neighboring Connecticut.

This bipartisan measure includes many provisions that our national leaders can use

as a model. Assault weapons, background checks, ammunition sales, mental health screenings and more, it’s all in there.

It wasn’t perfect when it was passed, but through a series of amendments, it’s been improved.

We’re certain that critics can identify several concerns about the law, but there are none that can’t be resolved. Take New York State’s SAFE Act and use it as a template for federal action.

The aftermath of a school shooting has become all too predictable. We need a multifaceted solution that addresses all of the issues that the Parkland students are now so eloquently articulating as a result of witnessing the horrific shooting and losing classmates and teachers to gun violence. It is the only way to make significant progress toward addressing this complex matter.

We have a state law in place that can be used to initiate the essential national conversation, the SAFE Act, so why not use it?

We understand that what we’ve done in New York may be a hard sell elsewhere, but all kids deserve this kind of protection.

We do know that nothing will improve if we do nothing, and that is not an option.

We need such changes to be able to assure students, parents and staff that our schools are safe places. Ensuring that our students receive the highestquality programs and services in a safe, secure environment is the goal of the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association. It is a goal that is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve. A recent

survey of school superintendents statewide indicates that more than half of respondents have rising concerns about the needs of our students in nonacademic areas, including health, safety and mental health. Our members partner with county, town and village police departments, as well as many other non-lawenforcement organizations, understanding that these needs cannot be met without robust cooperation. Only this type of cooperation will enable us to fully address these problems.

To make progress, we need strong national leadership. We need our leaders to break the patterns that have resulted in inaction time and time again. We need them to be brave and do what we have elected them to do — lead.

We must demand decency and collaboration by all involved. With civility, the availability of adequate resources and exhaustive planning, we can be successful.

This work demands collaboration, compromise, discussion and mutual understanding. To this end, the superintendents association stands ready to help in this effort in any way necessary.

As Americans, we must be capable of more than one thought and one nonnegotiable action plan to address this problem. In doing so, we can meet today’s challenges and achieve our goal of providing a safe, secure environment for all students. Our humanity demands it.

Gary Bixhorn and Lars Clemensen Suffolk County School Superintendents Association

Preparing for retirement More than half of New Yorkers who work in the private sector have no way to save for retirement at work — including 55.9 percent right here in the 4th Assembly District. I want to thank my representative, Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), for co-sponsoring a bill to help change that.

The Secure Choice Retirement Savings Act would establish a state-facilitated retirement savings program that would

be voluntary for employers but would allow companies to offer their employees a savings option if they don’t already. It’s voluntary for employees, too, and requires no contributions from the company or the state.

AARP supports this idea because it’s a win-win-win: employers could offer a valuable benefit; employees are 15 times likelier to save if they can do so on the job; and taxpayers would have less need to fund services

for people who lack sufficient retirement savings.

Now Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has proposed Secure Choice as part of his state budget.

With more than half of all state legislators — in both houses and from both major political parties — sponsoring Secure Choice and with the governor’s budget proposal, it is time to help workers start saving for their future.

Charlie McAteer Port Jefferson Station

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OPINION

A face at war with itself

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f parts of the body could talk, I wonder what they’d say. To that end, I imagined the following dialogue among mostly facial features.

Teeth: Hey, look at me. Something’s changed. You’re going to like it.

Ears: What? You’re talking again?

Seriously. Can’t you give it a rest, just for a few moments? Here’s a news flash: You don’t have to eat crunchy food all the time. How about eating something soft once in a while?

Teeth: Crunchy food tastes good.

Tongue: Yes, but the ears have

By Daniel Dunaief a point. That crunchy stuff scratches me.

Eyes: Keep it down. I’m surfing the net and you’re distracting me.

Nose: Oh, how wonderful. You get to look for stuff all day long, while I’m sitting here waiting for Eileen to share

D. None of the above

perfume that smells like flowers.

Ears: So, you like Eileen?

Nose: No, but she smells a lot better than we do. Our armpits leave something to be desired at the end of the day. It’s amazing we’re still married.

Armpit: You wouldn’t smell so great either if you got damp every time the stress level started to rise. Besides, with all that running, nose, I’d think you’d be in better shape.

Nose: Is that supposed to be funny?

Armpit: I’m sorry. I know it’s not your fault. Maybe my stress would be lower if the eyes didn’t spend so much time reading about politics.

Teeth: Wait, guys. Come on, I want to tell you something. You’re going to like it.

Ears: Oh, please. Are you going to tell us that you have a few more thoughts you’d like to share about a way to smile so we look better in selfies? Forget it. Haven’t you heard?

Your daughter said you’re incapable of taking a good selfie. She’s probably right. Selfie’s were made for people much younger than we are. They’re a tool to even out the generational power struggle.

Cheeks: We’re as young as we feel, right?

Eyes: Have you looked in the mirror lately? Cheeks, you’re showing our age.

Cheeks: Wait, what’s wrong with me?

Eyes: Nothing’s wrong. It’s just that gravity seems to have caught up with you.

Chin: Gravity, that’s funny.

Eyes: You haven’t looked in the mirror either, have you chin?

Chin: Why? Eyes: Are you trying to clone yourself?

Nose: Ignore them, cheeks and chin. They’re just jealous.

Eyes: Jealous? What? Let’s just say that the new hairs coming out of you, my little nose friend, aren’t winning admirers.

Nose: Hairs? Where?

Ears: Can we keep it down? I’m trying to enjoy the few moments of silence before the phone rings or someone else has to share thoughts about a better way to do something.

Eyes: We noticed the extra hairs growing on you, too, ears.

Ears: You’re in a bad mood today,

eyes. What’s wrong?

Eyes: Nothing.

Teeth: No, you can tell us.

Eyes: I need to wear close glasses for the computer and distance glasses for driving. I hate having two pairs and it takes me a minute to adjust.

Nose: Tell me about it. The computer glasses are pinching me.

Ears: Yeah, and they’re irritating me, too.

Teeth: Come on. I have something to say.

Ears; Of course you do. That’s all you do. Blah, blah, blah. Would it hurt you to listen?

Teeth: I am part of the mouth, you know. That’s what I do.

Ears: Yes, but silence can be good for all of us, you know?

Eyes: OK, tell us this important news that you’re so eager to share.

Teeth: After all these years, my teeth are straight. See? My smile isn’t crooked anymore.

Eyes: Let me see.

Teeth: Aah. Eyes: Hmm, they are straighter.

What do you know? Now, what can you do about your breath?

also occurred to us that no one has had to get up early to walk the dog on the weekends. We haven’t had to go out in the wind and rain, or the cold and dark for that last walk of the night. There were no elaborate plans that needed to be made for dog care when we left for vacation or a weekend away from home. We didn’t need to dash to the vet for an emerging “hot spot” or note the time on the calendar for a rabies shot. There has not been any sudden despoiling on the most treasured rug in the house.

And we have not had to deal with the frantic teething that puts clothing and window sills at risk as a new puppy settles in.

We have thought briefly of different possibilities. We have a friend who has a golden retriever puppy named Chewy with almost identical coloring and inquisitiveness as Teddy, and we have offered our services as sometime babysitters. So far we have done so once. After loving up the pup, the rest was just work and it wasn’t the same.

Substitute dogs are like substitute

teachers: Happy to have them come and happy to see them go.

It has been 45 years since I have been without a dog in the house, and there is a void that won’t go away. One of my sons and daughters-in-law are thinking of getting a dog. If so, they would come often to visit and bring the dog. Would that replace what is missing? I have my doubts. That would just mean more work without the primary connection.

So profound is that connection that the latest trend in employee benefits for large corporations is “pawternity leave.” That means a couple of days paid time off for an employee to bond with a new four-legged family member or to mourn the death of a beloved pet. Some companies are even encouraging their staffers to bring their pets with them to the office when at work.

So, will we get another dog? There have been four dogs sequentially in my life already, and there is certainly room for more. I just don’t know if l can bear the loss of yet another. As my mother used to say, “We’ll see.”

Will we get yet another dog?

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eople sometimes ask me if I am going to get another dog. Even people I don’t really know have stopped me in the supermarket or the post office to ask. They know about my dog, Teddy, since I have written about him, described his antics and, at the end, the pain of losing him.

Those who ask probably have pets of their own, and they understand the deep relationship we humans have with our

By Leah S. Dunaief animals. They also know what is coming for them because beloved pets die. We are lucky if they keep us company on our journey through life for a decade and a half. And we mourn them as we would mourn the death of any beloved family member.

Between you and me

Initially we wouldn’t consider replacing him. Every night, when we arrived home and opened the front door there was no four-legged furry bundle fishtailing with joy to welcome us.

The house was just dark and empty.

We needed time to grieve. “Just get another dog,” said those who didn’t understand that dogs are not like widgets, one replaceable with another.

So we went through the spring and didn’t see him sniffing at the crocuses and daffodils as if in wonder at how they had gotten there. After all, they hadn’t been there yesterday. In summer, he wasn’t here to dash across the sand and fling himself into the water for an instant cool-down. As the fall came and the beach grass turned russet and gold, he did not run happily along the beach with us, perfectly camouflaged by nature’s backdrop.

And this winter, with the first snow, he was not here to roll ecstatically on his back and make snow angels on the front lawn.

It’s coming up on a year now since we have been without a dog. It has

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