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Vol. 13, No. 48
March 15, 2018
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Queen pins Middle Country bowling team wins first state title since 2013
Grant finalist
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Dawnwood’s Chris Buzaid in running for athletic funding from Brooklyn Nets — A3
Port Jefferson Documentary Series returns for 24th season
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EDUCATION CINDY BUZAID
To Our Valued Guests… We would like to express our most sincere gratitude and appreciation for allowing Lombardi’s on the Sound to provide you the exemplary food, service and catering experience during our 15 years at the Port Jefferson Country Club. The Lombardi Family will continue to provide you with this level of service for your Weddings, Special Occasions and Corporate Events at our other catering venues—our waterfront venue, Chris Buzaid, a Dawnwood Middle School student, was named a finalist in the running for a Brooklyn Nets grant for his school.
Dawnwood 7th-grader wins big on and off court BY KEVIN REDDING KEVIN@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Seventh-grader Chris Buzaid may be the smallest kid on the basketball court at 4-10, but when it comes to drive, hustle and spirit, there’s nobody bigger. During a midseason game against Brentwood North this past December, the 12-yearold guard for Centereach’s Dawnwood Middle School dove onto a loose ball with some physically imposing players from the other team. He ended up with the ball, and a bloody lip. But when his coach, Tim Dowler, tried to take him off the court, worried about the injury, Chris begged to be allowed to keep playing. “I ended up having to take Chris out for a bit, and then, when he eventually went back in, he just took the game over,” Dowler said. Within a couple minutes Buzaid had three steals in a row and hit three jumpshots to lead Dawnwood to victory. The team of seventh- and eighth-graders would end the season in January undefeated for the first time in school history since 1974 — a feat Dowler said Chris contributed largely to. “He just went right back out there and faced the same bigger kids, showing no fear,” the coach said. “It would be very easy for someone like him to want to play a little softer and feel a little afraid, but that isn’t him.” Chris isn’t just a star athlete — he started playing travel basketball in fourth grade, has been on three of the best Amateur Athletic Union boys teams in the New York metropolitan area and is an accomplished
cross-country runner. He is also among Dawnwood Middle School’s brightest students; he’s currently in the National Honor Society and has a 99.5 GPA, with a particular interest in science and history, and a tendency to help fellow students who may be struggling in certain subjects. “He’s an amazing student and such a good Dawnwood citizen — Chris always does what’s right,” Dawnwood Middle School Principal Kristi Leonard said of the district’s former student of the month. “He’s definitely a natural leader and just has a great inner confidence. Chris has so many commitments in and out of school, balances clubs and sport activities while maintaining near-perfect grades.” So it makes sense that Chris has been chosen as one of six finalists in a special competition presented by the Brooklyn Nets AllStar Awards recognizing junior high school basketball players within the tristate area that “demonstrate grit, determination and a desire to succeed both on the court and in the classroom.” His mother and coach nominated him in the fall and he was announced as a finalist in January, with Dowler saying he “was the perfect person to represent Dawnwood.” Chris and the other five finalists, some from Brooklyn and Nassau County and others from Connecticut, will be attending the Brooklyn Nets Summer Basketball Clinic and a Brooklyn Nets v. Chicago Bulls NBA game in April. The finalist with the most votes will be announced during that contest, and win a $3,000 grant for their school’s athletic program.
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Chris Buzaid, above with his Dawnwood Middle School boys basketball team and cheerleaders, and on left with his sister Jackie, is known throughout the district for his athleticism, compassion and smarts.
CHRIS BUZAID Continued from page A3 “Chris is such a hardworking, competitive person and always tries to be the best that he can,” said mother Cindy Buzaid. “And now, I think he’s just in the competitive mode of wanting to win this for his school. He really wants to be able to say, ‘I was able to win this for Dawnwood.’ He loves his basketball coach, he loves Dawnwood and he’s really excited.” Cindy Buzaid said she felt her son exhibited all the required traits of a stellar scholar-athlete when she put his name in the ring — grit, dedication, character, academics and teamwork. In her nomination letter to the organization, she wrote of her son’s
maturity and strength through tough situations. Between the ages of 3 and 6, Chris witnessed his father, Jim Buzaid, be diagnosed with Stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. While his father is now in remission, Chris carried a lot of those early memories with him as he grew up. “Chris knew what cancer was before any kid should,” his mother said. “It made him a tough kid — made him grow up a little faster than others. Chris is such a fun-loving kid, but I believe the whole thing made him a more serious person and learn not to take things for granted. He was always very protective of me at that time and worried a lot about me getting sick, too.” She said it makes sense that her son fell into basketball, as his older sister, Jackie Buzaid
has spent most of her life playing the sport. A Centereach High School graduate, Jackie Buzaid played basketball throughout her adolescence and currently plays as a senior at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland. She remembers her brother always tagging along with her for pickup games at the park and watching her play from the sidelines at school. It also didn’t take long for him to develop his own competitive spirit, she said. “Christopher doesn’t settle for mediocrity,” Jackie Buzaid said. “I remember when we would go shoot at our local park, he would always have to make three 3-pointers before he could leave. My brother’s determination to constantly improve and excel are what make him stand out from others. But he’s
also kind and generous, and has a way of making people smile.” It’s still up in the air as to what exactly the grant money will go toward within the athletic department, but whatever it is, Chris said he just hopes it will help the school. “I’m really happy that I might have a chance to win money for Dawnwood, because I really want my coaches and friends and all the other kids in my school to be able to have something new,” he said. “Being a good student and athlete is important to me because I get to be healthy, active, one of the top kids in my class and I really like to help others who need help.” To vote for Chris visit the Brooklyn Nets website www.nba.com/nets/community/ 2017-18/allstarawards.
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School safety, gun legislation on separate political tracks The New York State Legislature is working to make schools safer in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 shooting at a Florida high school. But the Republican-held Senate and Democratic-majority Assembly are not yet on the same page in figuring out how to accomplish the goal. The Senate passed a package of bills March 6 Page A18 aimed at improving school safety through various security-related measures. After a package of gun legislation bills — which included measures to create a stronger background check process, ban bump stocks or accessories that increase a semi-automatic weapon’s rate of fire, establish extreme risk protection orders, and more — brought forward by Senate Democrats failed in late February, the Assembly also passed a package of bills March 6 designed to strengthen gun laws. Several of the bills in the Assembly package were the same as versions voted down in the Senate. It remains to be seen if either house will pass their counterparts respective packages. “I have every hope that we can walk and chew gum at the same time because these are not mutually exclusive directions, and they are very complementary,” Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) said in an interview. The assemblyman said he hadn’t had a chance to fully study the package of bills passed in the Senate yet, but at first glance it included some initiatives he’d be comfortable supporting. “I would just appeal to my colleagues in the Senate to meet us halfway, and I would pledge to do the same for them. I think we all should keep our eye on what the objective is here, which is to save lives and ultimately there is no single measure that is going to be an omnibus solve.” The passed Senate package includes a bill authorizing districts to receive state funding to hire a school resource officer, defined in the bill to include retired or active duty police officers, deputy sheriffs or state troopers. They would be permitted to carry firearms on school grounds if licensed to do so. Another bill increased the earnings limitations for retired police officers being employed by schools from $30,000 annually to $50,000. A bill was also included in the package that will provide state education aid to districts for acquiring safety technology and improving security. “Schools must be safe havens, where students can learn and teachers can teach,” Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (REast Northport) said in a statement. “In
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Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and his coalition passed a series of school safety bills last week, as the Democrats eye gun control legislation. New York, we must act swiftly and decisively to implement additional measures in schools throughout our state to give students, parents and teachers the resources and peace of mind that they deserve.” The Senate’s package also had components designed to improve school-based mental health services. One bill allocates districts $50,000 in state funding to put toward hiring a mental health services coordinator, while another requires the state Department of Education to investigate and report on the number of full- and part-time school counselors, school social workers and school psychologists in each school; the ratio of students to the number of school counselors; the ratio of students to the number of school social workers; the ratio of students to the number of school psychologists in each school; and when such staff is working in more than one school. As part of the package, another bill was passed defining school shootings as an act of terrorism, which now makes the New York State Intelligence Center in cooperation with the state Division of Homeland Security responsible for the collection, integration, receipt, processing, evaluation, analysis, fusing, dissemination, sharing and maintenance of intelligence information to aid in detecting, preventing, investigating and
‘I have every hope that we can walk and chew gum at the same time because these are not mutually exclusive directions, and they are very complementary.’ — Steve Englebright
responding to acts of terrorism, including school shootings. Now suspects who discharge a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school can be charged with committing an act of terrorism. The bills in the Senate’s package passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in most cases. They will head to the Assembly before arriving, if passed, at Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) desk for signing into law. The package that passed the Assembly, if eventually passed by the Senate and signed by Cuomo, would temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing or possessing guns if a family member or law enforcement officer petitions a court and the court finds individuals are likely to engage in conduct that would harm themselves or others. It also would establish a 10-day waiting period before a gun may be delivered to a purchaser who has not cleared a background check. Under current federal law, gun dealers must conduct a background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System before selling a firearm. The NICS system responds with one of three messages: “proceed,” “denied” or “delayed.” The dealer must deny the sale if the NICS background check determines the buyer is a prohibited purchaser and responds with a “denied” message. However, if the response is “delayed,” the dealer may nonetheless complete the sale after three business days. Also included in the package is a bill preventing convicted domestic abusers from purchasing or possessing a firearm. Spokespersons for Flanagan and Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) did not respond to a request for comment asking if they intend to support the package of legislation passed by the Assembly.
Bellone announces safety initiative BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Schools in Suffolk County will now be offered a permanent eye in the sky. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) announced the SHARE initiative March 9, a program that will allow districts the ability to connect existing camera systems directly to the Suffolk County Police Department. The system would enhance the efficiency of a police department response to an active shooter situation, according to a press release from Bellone’s office. “We will do whatever it takes to protect our schools by utilizing every available tool and partnership at our disposal,” the county executive said in a statement. “The SHARE initiative will provide law enforcement the enhanced capabilities needed to respond to a security risk, and I look forward to working with our superintendents and stakeholders on how we can keep our schools safe.” The county will hold a meeting of all school district superintendents March 15 to formally seek voluntary consent with the districts interested in the program. “We have been preparing and training for the nightmare scenario that we hope never happens,” District Attorney Tim Sini (D) said in a statement. “In the police department, we enhanced our readiness for an active shooter scenario or a terrorist attack, but most importantly to take measures to prevent those incidents.”
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Man allegedly stole purses from women BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
LEGALS
ANNUAL BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE MIDDLE COUNTRY PUBLIC LIBRARY, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, NEW YORK
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Special District Meeting of the qualified/registered voters of the Middle Country Central School District at Centereach, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held in the Centereach Building of the Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Boulevard, Centereach, New York, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at 9:30 A.M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting upon the following items: (1) To adopt the Annual Library Budget for the fiscal year 2018-2019 and to authorize that the requisite portion thereof be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the Middle Country Central School District; and (2) To elect one (1) Trustee to the Middle Country Public Library to fill a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2018, and ending on June 30, 2023, as a result of the expiration of the term of office presently held by Edward McMullin. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for the purpose of voting at such meeting on April 10, 2018 the polls will open between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, and voting will be held in the Middle Country Public Library (Centereach Building), 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York; and FURTHER NOICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Budget Hearing will be conducted by the Board of Trustees on March 28,2018 at 7 PM at the Library located at 101 Eastwood Boulevard to present the proposed 201819 budget; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of a statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for the Middle Country Public Library’s purposes,
exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding said vote/election except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from the Library, located at 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York during the hours of 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. prevailing time and; FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the Office of Trustee of the Middle Country Public Library are available from the Office of the Election Clerk (Janet A. Ross being designated as the Election Officer) located in the Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Boulevard, Centereach, New York. Petitions may be filed on any weekday between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time not later than Monday, March 12, 2018. Each petition must be directed to the Election Clerk and must designate the office sought, the name and residence of the candidate and must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District setting forth their addresses; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any Annual or Special District Meeting within the past four (4) years, such voter is eligible to vote at this vote/ election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law on Tuesday , April 3, 2018 between the hours of 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm, prevailing time at the Library Building, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York and at the election/vote, at which time any person will be entitled to have his/her name
placed on such register, providing that at the meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such Special District Meeting or Annual District Meeting for which the register is prepared, and that the register so prepared pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York and the registration list prepared by the Board of Elections of Suffolk County will be filed in the office of the Election Clerk, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on each of the five (5) days prior to April 10, 2018 excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm prevailing time; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots for the election of Trustee of the Library, and for the adoption of the annual budget may be applied for at the office of the Election Clerk, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York during regular business hours. Such application must be received by the Election Clerk no later than 5 pm seven (7) days prior to the vote/election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or by 5 pm on April 9, 2018 if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. No absentee voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it shall have been received in the office of the Election Clerk not later than 5 pm on the day of the vote/election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Election Clerk’s office during regular business hours on each of the five days prior to April 10, 2018 except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Dated: Centereach, New York December 20, 2017 BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MIDDLE COUNTRY PUBLIC LIBRARY John Hoctor, President 74 2/22 4x tmc
POLICE Rocky Point man arrested for alleged involvement in Coram robbery BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN DESIRÉE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County police arrested a man March 9 for allegedly robbing a Coram 7Eleven in February. The person entered 7Eleven, located at 1671 Route 112, on Feb. 26 at approximately 1:20 a.m. and approached the counter as if he was going to purchase merchandise. When the clerk began to ring up the items, the suspect punched him in the face, knocking him down to the ground. The clerk hit his head on shelving and then the floor, and was knocked unconscious. The suspect then hopped over the counter and stole cash from the drawer and other items before he fled on foot southbound on Route 112. An investigation by 6th Squad detectives led to the arrest of Paul Mauro, 31, of Rocky Point, at approximately 1:50 p.m. at the 6th Precinct. Mauro was charged with second-degree robbery and with an active parole warrant. Mauro was held overnight at the 6th Precinct.
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A Coram man allegedly stole purses from women walking in shopping center parking lots on three separate occasions in February, according to Suffolk County police. An investigation by 6th Squad detectives led to the arrest of Andrew Sunyar, 36. He was charged with three counts of fourth-degree grand larceny for his alleged actions:
• A purse was stolen from a female walking in the Stop & Shop parking lot, located at 385 Route 25A, Miller Place, Feb. 25 at 5:51 p.m. • A purse was stolen from a female walking in the Kohl’s parking lot, located at 5000 Route 347, Setauket, Feb. 24 at 11:36 a.m. • A purse was stolen from a female walking in the Walmart parking lot, located at 750 Route 25, Middle Island, Feb. 23 at 1:19 p.m. Sunya was also charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
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SCPD: Alleged drunk driver pulled from burning vehicle after crash BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County police arrested a man for allegedly driving while intoxicated following a crash during which officers had to rescue him from a burning vehicle in Mount Sinai March 9. Jose Nunez was driving a 1999 Honda CRV westbound on Route 25A at Hallock Avenue when he allegedly lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the median, went over a front lawn and into the 7-Eleven parking lot, located at 1 Route 25A, where the vehicle side-swiped a light pole and crashed into a parked tractor trailer at approximately 2 a.m., according to police. The Honda was stuck in full throttle, and the engine caught fire near the fuel cells of the tractor trailer. Sixth Precinct officers, Port Jefferson EMS members, Mount Sinai Fire Department and Terryville Fire Department responded and found the driver trapped and unconscious. Sgt. Richard Grice used a fire extinguisher
to put out the fire near the engine, while officers Jamie Treadwell and Brian Cann used another fire extinguisher to put out the fire near the rear of the vehicle, police said. Officer Chris Weiner, with assistance from fire department members, kept the driver’s airway open until rescuers, including officer Anthony Buonagurio, officer Fred Crasa and officer Thomas Wassmer, were able to use the Jaws of Life tool to cut the vehicle and pull Nunez to safety. Nunez, who regained consciousness during the rescue, was transported with serious injuries to Stony Brook University Hospital. There was one person in the tractor trailer who was not injured. Nunez, 25, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested and charged with allegedly driving while intoxicated. Sixth Squad detectives are continuing the investigation. Anyone with information about the crash can call the 6th Squad at 631-854-8652. Attorney information for Nunez was not immediately available.
Body of missing Terryville man found BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The body of a 71-year-old Terryville man who had been missing since Feb. 27 was found in Sound Beach, according to Suffolk County police. Michael Boreshesky, of 62 Superior St., was last seen boarding the Port Jefferson Ferry at 8 p.m. Feb. 27. SCPD’s initial Silver Alert indicated
Boreshesky was diabetic and potentially suicidal. Police said his death appeared to be noncriminal. His body was found on the beach on Hilltop Drive in Sound Beach. The Silver Alert is a program implemented in Suffolk County that allows local law enforcement to share information with media outlets about individuals, especially senior citizens, with special needs who have been reported missing.
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SPORTS NICOLE LETTICH
MIDDLE COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Twins Nicole and Thomas Lettich The Middle Country girls bowling team, above hoisting up the championship banner and below right with head coach Mandy Dominguez, were named state champions for the first time since 2013. Amanda Scarfogliero, below left, was one of MIddle Country’s three bowlers to reach the Top 10 in scoring.
MC bowlers prove best in state With a difficult oil pattern on the lane, the Middle Country girls bowling team knew what it was going to take to win a state title — and it had the talent to spare. “We knew it would be tough bowling on a more challenging pattern, but we knew spares were going to be so important,” senior Nicole Lettich said. “As most of us say, strikes win games, but spares win tournaments. We are a strong team and knew we could take on whatever was thrown at us. We just needed to focus each game and make good shots. That’s exactly what we did.” Lettich, noted by head coach Mandy Dominguez as the most consistent bowler on the team, averaged a 191.67 over six games. “She did great, she’s steady,” Dominguez said of his one of four seniors. With her team up by just 118 pins heading into a crucial Game 6, she bowled a 223 to help seal the deal and a state title March 11 in Syracuse. “My parents tell me all the time that I bowl with a poker face and don’t let bad scores phase me,” Lettich said. “I don’t really put any added pressure on myself, I just focus on making my spares and throwing good shots. When I throw a bad shot, I shake it off and get ready for the next frame.” Lettich, who finished Sunday ranked fourth in New York, was one of three Middle Coun-
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AMANDA SCARFOGLIERO
try bowlers to rank in the Top 10 in scoring. Junior Amanda Scarfogliero (No. 7) and freshman Hannah Skalacki (No. 2) were the others. “I’ve never had a team improve in the offseason the way that this team did,” Dominguez said. “Last year we only had one 200 bowler, and this year I had five. The girls really stepped it up, and have so much grit and determination. We had a 280-pin lead at one point in the tournament and to lose that lead is hard for any team in any sport, losing a lead late in the game. They gutted it out and brought it back. It says so much about their resiliency and willingness to never give up.” Middle Country won a state title in 2013 and since lost three battles to East Islip and one to Sachem for a ticket upstate. This year the girls took the league title before overcoming that county hurdle with a 43-pin win, and weren’t going to let an oil pattern stop them from going all the way. Scarfogliero said the team practiced for the 41-foot Tower of Pisa Kegel pattern, asymmetric in design with a shift to the inside, in the weeks leading up to the tournament. After averaging 215 at the county tournament, Middle Country finished with a 180 average upstate, according to Dominguez, proving even with practice how difficult the sport pattern can be. “It was a whole new atmosphere,” said Scarfogliero, who leads off for her team. “It
took us by surprise, but we worked together as a team so the oil pattern wasn’t as hard. We helped each other and with the oil pattern being so hard I didn’t even think I was going to make it up there [in scoring], but that wasn’t even a priority for me. I wanted to put my team in the best position to win states.” For Skalacki, her freshman status shouldn’t be misunderstood. The three-year varsity team member bowled a 193.83 average, just about three pins under first. As the team’s anchor, she said there’s a lot of pressure when her team needs extra points at the end of each game, but she thrives under it. “If we need a certain amount of pins to win, I have to get them, but I love the attention and the competition,” said Skalacki, who was strongest in the first three games, bowling a tournament-high 226 for Game 1. “It’s heart-dropping, and I love having my team depend on me — knowing I play a big part in helping the team come out with a win.” She said after finally topping East Islip, she knew Middle Country had a lot to prove, and the team wasn’t going to settle for anything less than a perfect finish. “We had the biggest motivation to win,” she said. “Now people know Middle Country and know how good we are. We wanted to prove people wrong — to show we have what it takes — and we did it.”
Bowling right up twins’ alley Bowling is how the Lettich twins roll. The duo each competed for a state title last weekend in Syracuse, and clean swept their senior season with gold medals in their respective tournaments. “It’s honestly breathtaking to make it this far and win it all,” Nicole Lettich said, noting that she was on the 2013 state championship winning team, but didn’t yet have the skills to be invited to compete. “Going to the state tournament with my brother who I’ve been so close with was probably the most amazing thing I could have done in my senior year.” The twins’ mother bowled in high school, and found they had their own itch to compete after competing in a league in second grade. “Bowling is such an underrated sport in high school, and to finally win it all proves to schools that bowling shouldn’t be brushed under the carpet, but actually acknowledged more because it is a very difficult sport,” she said. “A lot of people don’t see it that way.” Middle Country finished with a grand total 5,332 pins, nearly 200 ahead of second-place finisher Orchard Park (5,157). Her brother Thomas Lettich competed on the Section XI boys All-Star team. He’d averaged 224 during the regular season, and said even though he’d won his team’s MVP awards, and was named an All-Star, All-County and All-League bowler, he was most confident competing because of the last month’s worth of practicing six days a week. “I have grown so much over the years, improving my physical and mental game,” he said. “Since I am a lefty and had an advantage and disadvantage since I’m the only one on the left side. The lanes were brand new, so I knew it was going to be difficult, but being chosen to compete on this team with a group of boys that I was very close with and were fun to bowl with was a goal of mine.” He said it was a unique experience competing alongside his sister. “When I am bowling bad she supports me and helps me, and when she’s bowling bad I support her and help her,” Thomas Lettich said. “She unfortunately didn’t have the ability to watch me, but I was able to cheer her on in her match and it was exciting to have the chance to be together. We had great accomplishments and it’s a great way to go out.”
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PAGE A18 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • March 15, 2018
OPINION Editorial
Letters to the editor FLANAGAN’S OFFICE
The Republican-held Senate is touting its school safety package of bills, which did nothing to advance common sense gun reform.
Safe school package doesn’t address guns The two tribes have set their respective baselines while New Yorkers yearn for compromise and actual, tangible change. The Republican-held state Senate has thus far made its position clear. Billed as the way to keep kids safe, its legislative school security package, which passed March 6, has several strong ideas and mercifully doesn’t get New York educators any closer to possessing firearms on school grounds. It establishes funds for districts that want to hire school resource officers, and opened the definition to include retired or active duty police officers, deputy sheriffs and/or state troopers, who would be allowed to carry weapons on campuses. The package also provides state education aid to districts acquiring safety technology or otherwise improving security of facilities. A bill to create more funding for schools to hire additional mental health professionals was also included. On its face, the Republican package does plenty to improve safety in schools. A Suffolk County initiative announced by Executive Steve Bellone (D) last week would allow districts to give access to existing surveillance systems to the police department, designed to speed up response times during mass shooter situations. The package and the new county scheme are outside of the box and forward-thinking ideas that are we come for making students safer. The Republican plan passed with bipartisan support. However, the only use of the word “gun” in a press release announcing the package from a spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-East Northport) is in reference to potential future legislation that would create funding for districts seeking more weapon detection systems. At the end of February, the state Senate voted down a package of measures introduced by the Democrats that aimed at addressing access to firearms. That legislative bundle included stronger background checks, a ban on bump stocks and an “extreme risk protection” measure designed to keep weapons away from people who are determined by a court to pose a risk of harm to themselves or others. In other words, common-sense, bare minimum gun control measures that do nothing to infringe on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. A similar package made it through the New York State Assembly the same day. “I am not encouraged that we’re there yet,” state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) said when asked if he thought the discussion about guns at the state level was progressing among both parties. “Schools must be safe havens where students can learn and teachers can teach,” Flanagan said in a statement announcing the Republican bills. “In New York, we must act swiftly and decisively to implement additional measures in schools throughout our state to give students, parents and teachers the resources and peace of mind that they deserve.” He and his fellow local senator from the Republican conference, Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), have yet to respond to a request for comment through respective spokespersons asking if either intend to support the Assembly package. If the Republicans are serious about creating “peace of mind” for schools and parents, the school safety measures are an excellent start, but the Assembly package should be passed too.
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Port Jeff student: Politics belong in student walkout discussions I am an admittedly very opinionated junior who attends Earl L. Vandermeulen High School. I read the March 8 Port Times Record article entitled “Port Jeff area students, parents and districts weigh in on gun legislation ‘walkout,’” about members of the district weighing in on the complex issue of the walkouts and gun control. I could not help but feel that the article did not accurately portray all the views of the students who attend school here. The article uses the plural “students,” but the only interview or opinion voiced came from one of my friends, Ben Zaltsman. I understand the importance and reasoning for an interview with the Student Organization president but I don’t think that his views accurately represent the #enough movement in its entirety or all of the student body. I am the creator and one of the admins of the Instagram page @pjhswalkout, which is a social media account devoted to the sharing of support for a walkout and increased gun legislation. As of this writing, the account has 121 followers, which is a significant number considering the small population of our school. I, as well as some like-minded friends, use the account to make announcements and gather support for student action about gun legislation. We also have
been in contact with the much larger Ward Melville protest through Instagram and there are talks of working together on many different things because we are all united in this fight. The issue that we took was that the school district as well as Ben, as shown in your article, took the politics out of the issue. As you can find on its website, #enough has this mission statement: “Congress’ inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers after school shootings. We need action. We demand Congress pass sensible legislation that would help keep us and our loved ones safe from gun violence.” The issue with simply holding a memorial is that the message behind this movement gets stripped. As a result of social media discussions as well as some emails sent to administration, there was a meeting held March 8 in which we discussed a plan of action. Here is a new and updated agenda of events held March 14: At 10 a.m. there was a memorial service for those who were killed in Parkland. This lasted until 10:17 a.m. at which point there was a transition to an informative portion in which myself and some of the other admins and supporters of #enough went into the meaning behind the movement.
We wanted to emphasize that this is political, but at the same time it does not need to be divisive. Everyone can agree, hopefully, that violence is bad, and that some form of advanced regulation is required. An important thing to note is that another friend of mine, who doesn’t necessarily agree with our political views, spoke during the event. This is because we wanted to not only allow ample time for a fair and equal discussion that covers both halves of the issue, but we wanted to emphasize the common ground between the two parties that often gets muddled up in arguments. This was a discussion of our message, as well as a call to action. Throughout the day there was a station open with a database on U.S. government representatives from both New York and other states, as well as various letter templates to make petitioning them easier for those who wanted to take action. We wanted to make sure that out of this comes some good, and talking and memorializing is important but it is the sending of letters, making the representatives aware of our stance on gun violence that helps facilitate change.
Gavin Barrett Port Jefferson
We’ve heard the arguments before Now let’s hear from the National Rifle Association about the most recent school massacre in Florida: “Our thoughts and prayers”; “People kill people”; and “We need guns in all the schools.” Let’s take the responses one at a time. All of us are remembering the most recent victims, but school shootings are only increasing in spite of those thoughts and prayers. Of course people kill people, and the weapon of choice is the gun. Since people kill people, why
is the NRA dragging its feet in supporting background checks on all gun purchases and not just those sold in stores? Why is the NRA not speaking out to impose restrictions on sales to people on the terrorist watch list and those convicted of domestic violence? Guns in schools? Sure, and make sure that each one has a bump stock that can convert the weapon to automatic, and extra capacity banana clips that increase killing power. I have been a gun owner all of
my life, and early on I was a NRA member. That organization left me behind years ago. What we need to do now is reduce the influence of the bullying gun lobbyists and vote for representatives who refuse to take campaign contributions from the NRA. It is well past time to stop talking and start bringing pressure on our elected officials to enact laws that protect our children.
Larry Hohler Port Jefferson
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March 15, 2018 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A19
OPINION
Photo by Margo Arceri
STILL SEEING SIGNS OF WINTER: Frank Melville Memorial Park in East Setauket.
Media mob wades into penguin paradise
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t’s got great pictures and is good news. As a result, it’s a story heard around the world. Back in 2015, Heather Lynch, an associate professor of ecology and evolution at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, started the tedious yet important job of counting Adélie penguins in a place with a well-earned name: the Danger Islands. This chain of nine Antarctic islands is surrounded by rocks and potentially shipice. By Daniel Dunaief trapping These parameters present a picture-perfect paradise for Adélie penguins, who live, breed, eat, squawk and poop there — more on that in a moment. Armed with drones that fly over these islands and working with collaborators from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution at Oxford University in England and Louisiana State University in
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Baton Rouge, Lynch and others counted these flightless birds. The final number came to an astounding 1.5 million. Wait, but how could a planet so well covered by satellite imagery, where you can see your car in your driveway through online apps, not know about a colony so large that it’s called a supercolony? We kind of knew that they lived there, although not in such staggering numbers, when a plane flew overhead in 1957. It wasn’t until more recently, however, that Lynch and Mathew Schwaller from NASA in Greenbelt, Maryland, studied satellite images from guano stains — this is where the poop comes in — that they had an idea of the enormity of a population of penguins that would make Mr. Popper proud. News outlets, including TBR News Media, couldn’t get enough of the story, grabbing the pictures, getting Lynch and her colleagues on the phone and learning about the creatures. Publications of all political stripes, from The New York Times to CNN, to The Wall Street Journal to Breitbart News have all covered it. “It’s a good news story,” said
Lynch. “People latched onto that.” Lynch said she spoke directly with 12 or more journalists. At the same time, about 360 stories mentioned Stony Brook and penguins. Some of the coverage has included mistakes. One report, for example, had spectacular visuals. The narrative, however, suggested the Danger Islands was a hotspot for penguins because the location has been left undisturbed by people. “That’s not what I said,” she said. “The question was, ‘Why hadn’t we discovered them before?’ The answer was because this is not an area where people go.” That, she said, is not the same as suggesting that the penguins flourished because humans haven’t been there. It only means we didn’t know about them because visiting the islands is so hazardous. Another outlet suggested that the Adélie penguins were on the verge of extinction. Not only is that inaccurate, but the population has been growing, as previous research from Lynch indicated. While that may not fit a simple climate-change narrative, it supports the concept of a warming world. To simplify the message, the
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climate-change community has made a link between population and climate, which is “impossible to break,” she said, even though it’s also inaccurate. There is this “kind of tug of war between the scientists dealing with nuance and detail, and the conversation community,” she said. They don’t need to be at odds, she added. Indeed, this colony thrives because the Danger Islands hasn’t increased in temperature at the same rate as other parts of the Antarctic. The media spotlight taught her a few lessons. For starters, in addition to the talking points she had during her interactions, she would include bullet points in the negative, to make it clear what the researchers aren’t saying. Ultimately, however, Lynch recognizes the value of the photos. “The drone footage is amazing and stunning,” she said. She gives credit to the Woods Hole staff. “If we didn’t have pictures” the story would likely not have received such extensive coverage. What’s the lesson? From now on, she said, “I’ll think about the visuals in advance, if I want the attention.”
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