The Times of Middle Country - May 31, 2018

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Bellone announces latest State of the County A5 New state regulations could save turtles from drowning A7

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When a person has a cardiac arrest, survival depends on immediately receiving CPR from someone nearby. CPR, especially if performed immediately, can triple a cardiac arrest victim’s chance of survival.

“Every second counts in cardiac arrest,” said Dr. Russell Schiff, director of Ambulatory

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“Bystanders are absolutely critical in a cardiac arrest emergency. What if it were your mom or dad, husband or wife, sister or brother, friend or someone standing next to you ... having a cardiac arrest? You would want to know what to do.”

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Brookhaven Town to hold job fair The Brookhaven Business Advisory Council announced the town’s annual job fair will be held at Brookhaven Town Hall June 13 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

“The Town of Brookhaven’s job fair is a great event for people to find good-paying job opportunities in the public and private sector,” Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said. “I commend the Division of Economic Development and the BBAC for helping residents to network and meet with company representatives who are actively recruiting

candidates for employment.”

Last year, more than 400 residents attended the fair that featured 96 employers. The event provides job hunters with the opportunity to meet face-to-face with representatives from companies in and around Brookhaven who are looking to hire qualified candidates for a wide range of positions. Businesses are encouraged to call the Town of Brookhaven’s Office of Economic Development or register online to reserve a recruitment table. The fee is $100.

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Zine project comes to Middle Country Public Library interests and become the author of a zine, a magazine “with a twist.”

Learn about comic drawing, layout, design, binding and more.

Participants can also showcase zine creations at a reception for friends and family during the last session. A special teen “zine” collection will be developed in the underground teen space at the library in Centereach.

The Zine Project will be held Tuesdays, June 26, July 10, 17, 24 and Thursday, July 19 at the library from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Centereach location at 101 Eastwood Blvd.

Teens in grades 6-12 are also encouraged to register for Songs to Start a Fire, a songwriting workshop (Aug. 1, 8 and 15) and Comic Book Camp, a comic book design workshop (Aug. 7-10) to get the creative juices flowing.

Registration for these summer learning opportunities begins Friday, June 8, and is open to Middle Country Public Library cardholders. For more information about The Zine Project, contact the library at 631-585-9393,

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The Middle Country Public Library celebrates literacy and learning with The Zine Project, its summer learning program for teens. Middle Country Public Library is one of 20 libraries nationwide selected to receive the Young Adult Library Services Association 2018 Summer Learning Resources Grant, which provides resources to build literacy skills.

Summer learning programs are important for youth to participate in because they help mitigate the “summer slide,” which is when students lose literacy skills over the summer when their minds are not being stimulated educationally.

Through its summer learning program, the library hopes to instill, as well as foster, positive learning habits and long-term literacy skills among youth.

As part of this initiative, teens entering grades 7-12 are invited to participate in The Zine Project, an opportunity to socialize in a fun, café-style setting with friends and be part of a collaborative art experience. Draw, write and collage about favorite topics or

Teens read together at a recent Middle Country Public Library book club. ext. 107, or www.mcplibrary.org.

The Zine Project is supported in part by a grant from the Young Adult Library Services Association and the Dollar General Literacy

Foundation. Young Adult Library Services Association builds the capacity of libraries to serve teens.

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SUFFOLK COUNTY

BROOKHAVEN TOWN

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone speaks to students at New Lane Elementary.

Breaking ground on new truck wash School recyling program Dan Losquadro (R), Town of Brookhaven highway superintendent, above left, recently joined deputy superintendents Kevin Geiger, center, and Steve Tricarico, on right, for the groundbreaking of a truck wash facility at the Coram Highway yard, located at 1140 Old Town Road. The $1.8 million building — the first of its kind to be built on-site for a municipality on Long Island — will protect the department’s fleet against corrosion and extend the lifetime of its heavy equipment.

“This new facility will allow the highway department to remove salt and contaminants from our vehicles, especially after winter storms, using a recycled wash system,” Losquadro said. “This will enable a thorough cleaning of the vehicle, including the undercarriage, while preventing high concentrations of sodium chloride and hydrocarbons from entering our sole source aquifer. The facility will be further environmentally friendly by introducing under 25 gallons of fresh water per wash.”

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) held a pep rally with 600 students at New Lane Elementary school in the Middle Country Central School District to kick off the new Suffolk County School Recycling Partnership Program. Bellone discussed how students will be active participants in the program while addressing different highlights of the curriculum.

“Every single one of you here at New Lane Elementary has the power to help save the environment,” Bellone said to the students during an assembly. “Each

time you recycle a piece of plastic, paper or cardboard, you are not only protecting Long Island, you’re helping save our planet, and that’s remarkable.”

The Suffolk County School Recycling Pilot Program will help schools meet the New York State recycling mandate, reduce costs and promote environmental stewardship. The program will provide recycling bins, one industrial scale and an educational curriculum to each school that makes the recycling process engaging and more quantifiable for the students.

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COUNTY

Bellone talks public safety, economic development in State of County

BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Editorial comment Page A18

ALEX PETROSKI

In his annual State of the County address Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) touted recent initiatives while also keeping an eye on both the near and distant future. The executive spoke for more than an hour from the auditorium stage at Newfield High School in Selden in front of a crowd of county, town and village lawmakers, students and others.

“I can tell you that the state of Suffolk County — this amazing place that we all call home — is strong,” Bellone said. “I remain committed to making Suffolk County a model for effective and efficient government, a government that is as good as the people it is there to represent. We can build a stronger economic future, we can protect our water quality, we can transform this government, and we can do big things in Suffolk County and on Long Island if we do them together.”

Though he admitted the state of the county government, “remains a work in progress,” Bellone called on both political parties to look past the issues that divide them and remember the things that unite Americans. He honored the four Suffolk County native airmen of the 106th Rescue Wing, based out of Westhampton, who died as a result of a helicopter crash while carrying out a mission in Iraq in March,

‘I can tell you that the state of Suffolk County — this amazing place that we all call home — is strong.’

— Steve Bellone

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone delivers his State of the County address May 24 at Newfield High School in Selden. including Commack resident Master Sgt. Christopher Raguso and Port Jefferson Station resident Staff Sgt. Dashan Briggs.

“These are the individuals that make our country great,” Bellone said.

The executive spent a large chunk of his speech on public safety and the work of the Suffolk County Police Department, specifically a decreasing rate of opioid related overdoses and violent crime, and reported that last year 222 arrests were made in connection with the violent gang MS-13.

While discussing public safety, Bellone detailed the recently implemented SHARE initiative. The program — Sharing to Help

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He gave a nod to the students locally and across the country organizing marches and walkouts to protest for stricter gun control laws in the wake of more high-casualty school shooting incidents around the U.S. “It has been inspiring to see young people speak out on issues, organize rallies, run for school boards and demand more of their elected officials,” he said. “Your voices will be heard.”

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The county executive made numerous references to the state of government and politics in Washington D.C., specifically in making a pledge that he and his colleagues “will not rest” until the State and Local Tax deduction, which was repealed as part of the federal tax overhaul bill passed in 2017, were restored. The elimination of the deduction stands to cost residents in high-property tax areas — like Suffolk County — thousands of dollars more than previous years.

Bellone stressed the importance of economic development through downtown revitalization projects — like upper Port Jefferson’s Uptown Funk plan — and streamlining public transportation around these hubs as a means to foster an environment in which young people can afford to live in Suffolk County going forward through the creation of quality jobs.

“We spend a lot of money educating our kids here,” the county executive said.

“Too many of them have left for other parts of the country, where they are helping to power their regional economies. We have to stop that.”

Bellone called water quality a critical issue for all Suffolk County residents. The county has made funding available for septic system improvements for homeowners, which would help reduce the amount of nitrogen polluting Long Island’s waterways.

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COPS

Centereach man arrested for concert ticket scam After receiving a call from a victim who became suspicious about the authenticity of his purchased tickets on the app Letgo, 1st Precinct crime section officers conducted an undercover operation.

The officers arranged to meet the seller, Brandon Lesser, in the parking lot of Ragazzi Italian Kitchen and Bar, located at 2950 Middle Country Road in Nesconset, to purchase two Billy Joel concert tickets for $350. Lesser allegedly sold the undercover officer the same tickets — floor section D, Row 2, seats 5 and 6 — for the July 28 show at Madison Square Garden that he sold to the victim who initially contacted the police. Police arrested Lesser and transported him to the 1st Precinct.

Lesser, 24, of Centereach, was charged with two counts of second-degree petit larceny and scheme to defraud.

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Incidents and arrests May 22–28

Suffolk County police arrested a Coram woman for Leandra’s Law after she was allegedly involved in a single-vehicle crash May 28 that injured her three children.

Tyleen Smith was driving a 2004 Saturn Vue northbound on West Yaphank Road when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree in front of 99 West Yaphank Road at 6:07 a.m. Smith had four passengers in the vehicle, including the three children.

Smith’s 11-year-old twins, a boy and girl, were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of broken bones.

Brandon Lesser He is scheduled to be arraigned at 1st District Court in Central Islip July 31.

Police are asking anyone who might have been a victim of this scam to contact the 1st Precinct crime section at 631-854-8126.

Smith and her 8-year-old son were also treated at Stony Brook Hospital for minor injuries. Front seat passenger Talisha Thomas, 43, of Bellport, was transported to Long Island Medical Center in East Patchogue for treatment of minor injuries.

Smith, 36, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years old or younger (Leandra’s Law) and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. She was held overnight at the 4th Precinct and was to be arraigned at 1st District Court in Central Islip May 29.

Suffolk County Child Protective Services was notified. Attorney information was not immediately available.

Centereach man arrested for Leandra’s Law DWI Suffolk County police arrested a man for an alleged DWI after a traffic stop in Centereach in which there were three 14-year-old female passengers in the vehicle.

David Michels was driving a 2010 Toyota Corolla northbound on Stanley Drive when he was stopped for a traffic violation at approximately 6:30 p.m. May 24.

Michels, 46, of Centereach, was arrested and charged with allegedly driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years old or younger (Leandra’s Law) and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

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Hit on a witness

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A 48-year-old woman from Port Jefferson Station allegedly requested that another woman shoot and kill another witness in an ongoing criminal investigation March 24, according to police. She was arrested May 28 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with second-degree criminal solicitation.

Coram woman arrested for DWI under Leandra’s Law after crash injures her three children

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POLICE BLOTTER

At a home on Dayton Avenue in Port Jefferson Station May 27 at about 4 p.m., a 37-year-old undomiciled man allegedly entered the fenced-in storage yard and slept in a 1998 Nissan, according to police. He was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal trespassing.

Leaving the scene

Near the intersection of Route 25A and Ridgeway Avenue in East Setauket, a 50-yearold woman from East Setauket driving a 2016 Ford at about 6:30 p.m. May 25 collided with a 2014 Honda, causing property damage, and allegedly fled the scene without exchanging contact information, according to police. She was arrested May 27 in Port Jefferson and charged with leaving the scene of a collision with property damage.

Driving with suspended license

A 39-year-old man from Mount Sinai was driving a 2004 Mazda on North County Road in Port Jefferson May 24 at about 8 p.m. near the intersection of Edgewood Avenue allegedly with a suspended license, according to police. He was arrested and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, as his license had previously been suspended 26 times, police said.

Home Depot theft

At Home Depot on Middle Country Road in Selden, a 20-year-old man from Shirley allegedly placed several light sensors in a bucket and exited the store without paying at about 8 p.m. May 21, according to police.

He was arrested May 28 in Selden and charged with petit larceny.

Power tools taken

On May 27 at about 5:30 p.m., a 44-year-old man from Coram allegedly stole assorted power tools from Home Depot on Middle Country Road in Selden, police said. He was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

Clipped from a car David Michels The three 14-year-old passengers were released to family members at the scene.

More than 100 makeup items, cash, a driver’s license and a debit card were stolen from within an unlocked 2015 Mazda parked on Crystal Brook Hollow Road in Terryville May 28 at about 11:30 a.m., according to police.

A 41-year-old man from Selden was allegedly driving a 2017 Nissan on Boyle Road in Selden May 26 at about 9:30 p.m. with a suspended license, according to police. He was arrested and charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

At about 1 p.m. May 24, a 19-year-old man from Coram allegedly possessed more than a half ounce of cocaine, digital scales and paraphernalia for packaging the drugs at a home on Homestead Drive in Coram, police said. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal possession of a narcotic drug, and criminal possession of drug paraphernalia.

Steal and sell

On April 28 at about 8 p.m., a 21-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, both from Medford, allegedly stole an iPhone 8 while selling other items at EZ Cash Pawn & Jewelry on Brentwood Road in Brentwood, then later sold it at GameStop in Selden, according to police. They were arrested May 24, and each charged with petit larceny.

Mailbox mischief

The mailbox of a home on Pine Hill Road in Port Jefferson was damaged using a firecracker at about 1:30 a.m. May 28, according to police.

Shirt stolen

A 23-year-old man from Centereach allegedly stole a T-shirt from Kohl’s on Nesconset Highway in East Setauket May 28 at about 2:30 p.m., according to police. He was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

Car break-in

A window on a 2016 Honda was broken and sunglasses were stolen from within while it was parked on Main Street in Port Jefferson at about 3:30 a.m. May 27, police said.

Unknown purchases

Credit cards were stolen and later used from a home on West Broadway in Port Jefferson May 21, according to police. The issue was discovered, and a report was filed May 27.

Sunglasses and iPod taken

An iPod and sunglasses were stolen from within a 2015 Honda parked on West Broadway in Port Jefferson May 26 at about 10 p.m., according to police.

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ENVIRONMENT

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Conservationists hope crab trap rules will save turtles from drowning

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It has been a slow crawl saving Long Island’s turtles, but local conservation groups are hoping new state regulations will speed up the process.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Long Island environmental groups gathered May 23 at the Suffolk County Environmental Center in Islip to celebrate new rules requiring crab cages — used in Long Island’s coastal waters including many of the bays, harbors and rivers that enter Long Island Sound — kill turtles,” LoBue said. “But when I looked to have “terrapin excluder devices” (TEDs) across the bay at the 60 or something on all entrances. As carnivores, terrapins crab traps this person had set, I was are attracted to bait fish used in com- crushed thinking of the terrapins drowning mercial, or what’s known as Maryland at that very moment.” style crab traps or “pots.”

In the early 2000s As a result, male and terrapins became a popular female turtles of all sizes meal in New York, but the push their way through harvest of those turtles the entrance funnels and led to a massive decrease end up drowning. in population, especially “With each and every the diamondback terrapin, season these traps are not which was identified required to have TEDs, as a species of greatest there are likely hundreds conservation need in of terrapins that are the 2015 New York State drowning,” said John Wildlife Action Plan.

Turner, conservation policy In September 2017 the advocate for Seatuck DEC passed regulations Environmental Association, banning the commercial which operates the Islip harvest of diamondbacks. center. “To me, one of the Terrapin population — John Turner signs of a real civilized has slowly increased since society is how we treat other then, but researchers life-forms. We haven’t treated terrapins well.” say there’s still little known about the He said in Stony Brook Harbor alone population, like life expectancy or habits there are dozens, maybe hundreds of while in water. The species has a very slow terrapins that will spend the winter in birth rate, with low local clutches of 10 or the mud, emerging once the water runs so eggs — sometimes only one or two of up high enough. Turner said many of the which hatch and mature.

North Shore areas that are home to these Russell Burke, a professor of biology at turtles, like Setauket Harbor, Conscience Bay, Port Jefferson Harbor, Mount Sinai Harbor and Nissequogue River, play a key role in preserving the species.

“In contrast to where I am in South Jersey, I can go by the canals and I can see a dozen [terrapin] heads bobbing up and down,” said James Gilmore, director of the marine resources division at the state DEC. “Here, it’s very rare to see one.

Hopefully these new rules will help us see more.”

Gilmore said the DEC began working on changing state regulations in 2013 but have known long before there was a problem.

Carl LoBue, The Nature Conservancy’s New York ocean program director, said it was in the late 1990s he’d witnessed recreational crab traps in Stony Brook Harbor. One day he lifted a cage out of the water while trying to move his landlord’s boat and saw it was filled with trapped terrapins. Two were still alive, but five had already drowned.

“I’m sure the crabber wasn’t intent to

‘With each and every season these traps are not required to have [excluders], there are likely hundreds of terrapins that are drowning.’

Clockwise from above, Russell Burke, a professor of biology at Hofstra University, shows how the new state-mandated terrapin excluder devices keep turtles out while keeping crabs in; John Turner, a conservation policy advocate for the Seatuck Environmental Association, shows the North Shore areas where turtles; like Bertha, on left, are getting caught and drowning in crab cages.

Hofstra University, said terrapins could live very long lives, pointing to older specimens he has seen living to 60 years old, but he estimated some could be twice that age.

While Burke said it’s hard to estimate the total population on Long Island, he said in Jamaica Bay alone, he knows there are approximately 3,500 adult females.

The TED devices are 4 3/4 inches by 1 3/4 inches, an exact measurement, to ensure that while crabs can get through, turtles cannot. According to Kim McKown, leader of the Marine Invertebrate and Protected Resources Unit at the state DEC, the small, plastic TEDs cost $10 for the three needed to secure a normal crab trap.

The cost exponentially increases depending on how many traps a fisherman has, with some owning up to 1,000 traps.

Turner said his organization used its own funds and purchased 5,000 TEDs and gifted them to the DEC. The state agency is giving them to Long Island crab fishermen on a first come, first served basis.

Commercial crab fisherman Fred Chiofolo, who hunts in Brookhaven Town along the South Shore, experimented with TEDs on his own for years before the regulations were passed. He said the devices even improved the number of crabs caught.

“It made a significant difference with the pots that had them versus the pots that didn’t,” Chiofolo said. “Last year I put them in every pot I had — about 200 of them.

I’m not going to lie it’s a lot of work to put them in, but we don’t want to catch the turtle. I don’t want them, and [the TED] does keep them out.”

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(3 times). Oh Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands.

(3 times). Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can obtain my goals. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me, and that in all instances of my life, you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy toward me and mine.

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FOOD SERVICE PJ Ferry seeks Snack Bar Associates & Bartenders to work on-board. FT, early morning & afternoon shifts available. Excellent pay/benefits pkg. Light cooking, people skills a must.

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SMITHPOINT FENCE. Vinyl Fence Sale!

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HONEST, RESPONSIBLE POLISH WOMAN WILL CLEAN YOUR HOUSE/OFFICE. 14 years Experience.

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Lic/Ins. 3rd Party Financing Available.105 Broadway Greenlawn, 631-651-8478. www.DecksOnly.com

Floor Services/Sales FINE SANDING & REFINISHING Wood Floor Installations Craig Aliperti, Wood Floors LLC. All work done by owner.

26 years experience.

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ALL PHASES OF HOME IMPROVEMENT From attic to your basement, no job too big or too small, RCJ Construction www.rcjconstruction.com commercial/residential, lic/ins 631-580-4518.

Furniture/Restoration/ Repairs

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS EASY ONE DAY UPDATES! We specialize in safe bathing.

Grab bars, no slip flooring and seated showers. Call for a free in-home consultation: 888-657-9488

REFINISHING & RESTORATION Antiques restored, repairing recane, reupholstery, touchups kitchen, front doors, 40 yrs exp, SAVE$$$, free estimates.

Vincent Alfano 631-286-1407

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Marsha, 631-689-8140 or cell# 516-314-1489

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ANTHEM ELECTRIC MASTER ELECTRICIAN. Quality Light & Power since 2004. Commercial, Industrial, Residential. Port Jefferson.

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JOHN’S A-1 HANDYMAN SERVICE *Crown moldings* Wainscoting/raised panels.

Kitchen/Bathroom Specialist.

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FARRELL ELECTRIC Serving Suffolk for over 40 years All types electrical work, service changes, landscape lighting, automatic standby generators. 631-928-0684 GREENLITE ELECTRIC, INC. Repairs, installations, motor controls, PV systems.

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GOT POISON IVY We are Poison Ivy & Invasive Vine Control Experts! Free flagging, free estimates.

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TRAVELING? Need someone to check on your home?

Contact Tender Loving Pet Care, LLC. We’re more than just pets. Insured/Bonded.

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GREEN ISLAND TREE & LAWN CARE Servicing all of Long Island since 1987, free estimates, guaranteed service, call 631-549-5100, www.GreenislandTLC.com See display ad for more information.

SETAUKET LANDSCAPE DESIGN Stone Driveways/Walkways, Walls/Stairs/Patios/Masonry, Brickwork/Repairs Land Clearing/Drainage,Grading/Excavating. Plantings/Mulch, Rain Gardens Steve Antos, 631-689-6082 setauketlandscape.com Serving Three Villages SWAN COVE LANDSCAPING Lawn Maintenance, Cleanups, Shrub/Tree Pruning, Removals. Landscape Design/Installation, Ponds/Waterfalls, Stone Walls. Firewood. Free estimates.

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Landscape Materials SCREENED TOP SOIL Mulch, compost, decorative and driveway stone, concrete pavers, sand/block/portland.

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OPINION Editorial

Letters to the editor TBR NEWS MEDIA

We need action, not words Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) admitted in his 2018 State of the County address last week that our county, our home, remains a constant work in progress. We couldn’t agree more. There needs to be action taken to push for more concrete progress now, instead of just talking about the potential Suffolk has.

Many of the quality-of-life issues addressed by Bellone are no surprise to Long Islanders. The high cost of living and economic stress it creates, need for affordable housing, improvements to public transportation to reduce traffic, and tackling our county’s narcotic drug abuse and gang violence are daily issues we struggle with. And these aren’t new problems.

Bellone first recognized that “young people have been leaving our region at record rates for 20 years in search of opportunity and in search of a place to live other than their parents basements” in his 2012 State of the County address. Enrollment in most of the county’s school districts is dwindling as families are moving off Long Island to pursue their version of the American Dream.

The true question is how much progress has been made toward meeting housing demands, creating opportunities for better-paying jobs, improving the Long Island Rail Road and other public transportation while addressing crime in the last six years?

A Connect Long Island master plan to construct new transit-oriented housing centers was presented by Bellone in 2015.

While we’ve seen ground broken on Port Jefferson’s Uptown Funk project, key plans like the Ronkonkoma hub, Huntington Station’s revitalization, Heartland Town Square in Brentwood off Commack Road and other promised projects are either just getting underway or largely still lofty ideals sketched on paper.

Residents have spoken out against many of these planned housing developments in rallies at town halls and roadway intersections.

Location is key, and we are tired of seeing open green space slated for development when there’s plenty of vacant storefronts and zombie houses in residential areas.

Let’s not forget the affordable aspect. Recently opened housing projects in Huntington Station are quoting a rent of more than $2,300 a month for a one-bedroom apartment, when the median income for Suffolk workers is about $41,000 a year, according to the U.S. Census 2012-2016 American Community Survey. That’s not far from apartment costs in parts of New York City, which don’t require a commute.

Electrification of the LIRR’s eastern tracks – including the Huntington to Port Jefferson stretch – has been talked about by the county since 2015.

As of this April, town leaders including Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), Smithtown Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R) and Town of Huntington Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R) are still writing letters to state and county officials begging for a feasibility study to be started. As for the promise of a rapid transit bus system, a reliable system has still not materialized while many of the line stops have been closed.

High-paying jobs that offer opportunity for future growth, reasonably priced housing and solutions to roadway gridlock need to be put into place to make Suffolk County’s future bright, as Bellone first promised when taking office.

We are willing to commend what appears to be progress in reducing narcotic drug abuse and gang violence, as early crime stats for 2018 are trending in the right direction. But we must remain vigilant.

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Zeldin on Jewish-American history In December 2005, a resolution recognizing May as Jewish-American Heritage Month passed the House and then the Senate three months later. In a unified front, President George W. Bush reaffirmed this month-long celebration with a presidential proclamation in April 2006. There are few things in our nation’s capital that are agreed upon unanimously, but there is no question when it comes to the contributions of the Jewish people to the fabric of American life.

The history of the Jewish people spans thousands of years, marked by adversity, triumph and a unique Jewish identity that has outlived the Roman Empire, transcended the Middle Ages and prevailed in the face of genocide.

They have made some of the greatest contributions to science, medicine and literature, forever changing our entire way of life while maintaining a community that is uniquely their own.

The scientific advancements pioneered by the Jewish people have revolutionized everything we know about our world from how we view it to its very existence. At just 26 years of age, Albert Einstein, a German-born Jew who continued his work in New Jersey, published four groundbreaking papers that laid the foundation of modern physics and spurred the development of his theory of relativity. Einstein’s reputation for academic achievement is so renown that, today, the name Einstein is synonymous with genius.

Einstein’s academic accomplishments pioneering

modern physics are unparalleled, but Einstein is far from the only Jewish-American who has had a profound effect on even the most commonplace aspects of American life. In 1829, Levi Strauss was born to an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Germany. At the age of 18, Strauss traveled to the United States where he would invent and patent a quintessential American garment — the blue jean — and found the worldrenowned denim company Levi’s.

In his success, Levi Strauss went on to become one of San Francisco’s biggest philanthropists, giving to the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home, Eureka Benevolent Society and Hebrew Board of Relief.

Levi Strauss’ success and passion for giving back to his community is representative of the Jewish people as a whole.

Throughout hundreds of years, Jewish-Americans have worked to make our nation a better place for fellow Americans, advocating for women’s rights, marching

alongside the leaders of the civil rights movement, serving in every branch of the military and working at every level of government.

The passion, spirit and character of the Jewish people is something I have aspired to foster in our community and our nation’s capital. In the same way Jewish-American History Month was founded, the importance of passing on the traditions of the Jewish people to the next generation should be agreed upon unanimously.

Founded in its rich culture and history, the Jewish-American community has shaped the soul of our country, their ideals sewn into the very fabric of American life. Through their actions and willingness to stand shoulder to shoulder with their fellow Americans, they have truly made our nation and our entire world a better place for mankind.

Lee Zeldin U.S. Representative 1st Congressional District

Restore Christian values The unprecedented and burgeoning horrific homicides at schools, at police, and at places wherever people gather is the result of defying the Christian God in our culture in general and expelling him from our government-run institutions in particular. When we deliberately raise a generation to ignore the teachings of the Bible and the gospel of Christ, including the reality of the Day of Judgment followed by an eternity in heaven or hell, we can expect a growing number of angry, amoral, misanthropes who decide to take it out

on personal enemies or random people, expecting to go out in a blaze of publicity with no thought of a looming eternity much more uncomfortable than the life they are living.

As Founding Father and President John Adams said: “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

Our divided nation must choose. Either we restore the Christian foundations of freedom or abandon our Constitution in general and the First and Second Amendments in particular. The future of our children and grandchildren hangs in the balance. As the Bible says, “Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatsoever you sow you shall also reap.”

The Rev. Ronald Stelzer Our Savior Church and School Centereach

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May 31, 2018 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A19

OPINION

Dropping the emotional masks for a weekend

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We see our emotions, particularly the ones in the moment, as being at odds with the rational decision-making side of our thought processes.

We roll our eyes and shake our heads when a teenager makes decisions or declarations that seem driven more by the hormones surging through their growing bodies than by the intellect we hope they’ve

By Daniel Dunaief developed.

And yet, every so often, we and our teenagers take those raw emotions out for a few hours or even days.

This past weekend, my wife and

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I did our periodic Texas two-step, where she brought our son to his baseball game in one state and I drove hundreds of miles to our daughter’s volleyball tournament in another.

The journey involves considerable effort, finding food that doesn’t upset allergies or sensitive stomachs at a time when indigestion or a poorly timed pit stop could derail the day.

The games themselves are filled with a wide range of emotions, as a player’s confidence and ability can rise and fall quickly from one point to the next, with slumping shoulders quickly replaced by ecstatic high fives.

In the stands and outside the lines, the emotional echoes continue to reverberate.

One girl sat next to her father, sobbing uncontrollably with her ankle high on the chair in front of her. Her father put his arm around her shoulders and spoke quiet, encouraging words into her ear. Her coach came over, in front of a stand filled with strangers, and said the girl would be able to play the next day as

soon as the swelling in her ankle went down — the coach didn’t want to risk further injury. The girl nodded that she heard her coach, but couldn’t stop the torrent of tears.

Not far from her, a mother seethed as her daughter missed a shot. The mother was angry, defensive and, eventually, apologetic to the parents of the other players for her daughter’s performance. Other parents assured her that it was fine and that everyone could see her daughter was trying her best.

Another parent hooted and hollered, clapping long after the point ended, as her daughter rose above her diminutive frame to hit the ball around a group of much taller girls.

Many of the emotional moments included unbridled joy, as a group of girls continued to embrace each other after winning a tough match, replaying point after point and laughing about the time the ball hit them in the head or they collided with a teammate on the floor.

What will they remember next

week, next month or in 20 years? Will it be satisfying when they find a picture of a younger version of themselves, beaming from ear to ear with girls they may not have seen for many years?

Even if they do think about one particular point or a strategic decision that paid off in a game against talented competition, they will also remember where and how they expressed those raw, dramatic emotions.

While feelings can get in the way of whatever grand plan we’re executing in our head, holding us back from taking a risk or preventing us from showing how much we care, they can and do enhance the way we experience our lives. Despite all the work driving behind slow-moving vehicles which take wide right turns and encourage you to call a number to let someone know how they’re driving, the effort — even when the event doesn’t turn out as well as we might hope — is well worth the opportunity to drop the mask and indulge those emotions.

Dumbing down America as graduation approaches

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ccording to what I recently read, over half of the high schools in the United States are doing away with recognition of the highest achieving students. They are no longer naming valedictorians and salutatorians at graduation. I find that shocking.

No, I was neither valedictorian nor salutatorian at my high school graduation, so that is not the cause of my disappointment at this latest piece of participation trophy news.

No one is hurt if there is no “best.” Everyone feels good about

By Leah S. Dunaief himself or herself, and there certainly isn’t any unhealthy competition, right? Everyone gets the same diploma. Everyone is equal.

How idiotic! Everyone is not equal just because everyone showed up.

Some put more effort into the learning

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process than others. Perhaps some were not as gifted as others but had a greater drive to learn and to excel. Shouldn’t those top students be rewarded with the recognition they deserve? Shouldn’t they be regarded as role models? They will often go on to be the leaders of our country at the end of the day.

Class ranking is also being abandoned.

This is just another example of dumbing down America. In our vast and rich continent, our most valuable resources are the education and knowledge, along with the drive and motivation of our population. When we declare that all men (insert “persons”) are created equal, we mean we have equal rights to excel and should be given every opportunity and encouragement to do so.

I did graduate from a highly competitive high school. I had to pass a test to get in, and I had to pass innumerable tests over the years to stay in. We all moaned about how competitive the school was. Our final grades were posted on the main hallway walls at the end of each semester, along with our rank in our class. “So terrible,” we said, “so unhealthy.” But you know what? I

worked harder, studied longer, learned more, because I wanted to see my name higher up on those lists.

Englishman Roger Bannister didn’t break the 4-minute mile alone in 1954 at an Oxford University track. He did it because there were two other runners in the race, Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher, who challenged him for the lead. The competition spurred Bannister to give his best and then some. And when he did break the long-standing barrier, the magic 4-minute figure, he thanked his pacemakers, Chataway and Brasher.

Some disagree that winning a prize or trophy of some sort is what we should be encouraging. They say instead we should inspire an internal desire for learning and self-betterment.

But if both work together, an external reward system and an internal drive, we have the best combination for success. Take away the external and the fizz goes out of the drink.

We can teach students how to make competition work for them, rather than tell students that competition is bad.

Competitors make worthy colleagues.

Sometimes they make best friends.

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Part of what we supposedly teach in schools is preparation for what we call “the real world.” Now everything about our world is competitive: What school we get into, which college we attend, what job we will be able to beat out the competition for, which of us will get promoted, get pay raises, even who we will marry. Heck, will the hometown team win the ballgame tonight?

Now some people refuse to play the competitive game, and that’s all right too. They get jobs that pay them enough to get by, they don’t aspire to the conspicuous consumption of much of our society, and they live solid lives with perhaps relatively less stress. Not everyone wants to be a record-breaking athlete. Just getting by is enough.

They have the right to the pursuit of happiness according to their own wishes. But sooner or later they have to compete for something — or someone. It is the way of the world, and it is a skill that can be learned without damaging our students. The consolation to not being the best is that everyone is special in some way, not that everyone is equal because they all showed up.

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