The Times of Middle Country - July 6, 2017

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Race heats up Two Republicans duking it out to challenge Leg. Sarah Anker

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Corn Festival Pow-Wow returns to Setauket Also: ‘Baby Driver’ reviewed, Survey Says, Art exhibits on the North Shore, Photo of the Week

Local lacrosse players compete nationally

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Celebrating independence:

Members of the Middle Island Fire Department roll down Main Street on bikes during the Port Jefferson Fourth of July parade Tuesday.

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Shoreham’s Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe is hosting the Electric Dream Expo Saturday, July 8 — a community event honoring science innovator Nikola Tesla’s 161st birthday, as well as the 100th anniversary of the dismantling of Tesla’s famous wireless transmitting tower. The Electric Dream Expo is comprised of an afternoon Science & Innovation Expo from 2 to 6 p.m. on the site of Tesla’s last existing laboratory in Shoreham, with exhibits, demonstrations, food and entertainment.

There will also be an evening of Tesla entertainment, called Summer Electrified!, from 8 to 10 p.m. at Shoreham-Wading River High School, 250A Route 25A, Shoreham, featuring Tesla-inspired performances.

Technological innovation of the past, present and future is the expo’s theme, and attendees at the daytime Science & Innovation Expo will experience Tesla-themed exhibits and activities for all ages, including a HAM radio presentation, displays by The Museum of Interesting Things and Long Island Radio & TV Historical Society, Tesla coil exhibit, 3-D printer and robotics demos, interactive exhibits of Tesla inventions and a Tesla car display.

Tours and a special presentation of innovation will feature the history of Tesla’s 187-foot wireless transmitter tower, built on the Shoreham site in 1907 and dismantled 100 years ago. The tower’s base remains as a focal point, along with Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Laboratory, built from 1901 to 1905 by renowned architect Stanford White, and now being renovated into an immersive science and education center.

The Summer Electrified! an evening of Tesla entertainment, features ArcAttack!, a

File photo above by Wenhao Ma; file photo below

The Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe is located at 5 Randall Road in Shoreham. musical light show using Tesla coil technology, as well as a unique lineup of performances and readings focused on Tesla’s life and legacies.

Admission to the Science & Innovation Expo is $15 for ages 13 and over, $5 for ages 5 to 12 and free for children under 5. Tickets for the Summer Electrified! performances are $25 per person 13 and over, $12 for ages 5 to 12 and free for children under 5. Admission to both events is $35 for 13 and over, $15 for ages 5 to 12 and free for children under 5. A special price of $25 per car covers admission to the daytime Science Innovation Expo for all passengers, and is limited to the first 50 car tickets purchased. Tickets can be purchased at www.teslasciencecenter.org.

Sound of summer return Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (DMount Sinai) has announced the schedule for the 2017 downtown Rocky Point summer concert series, hosted in conjunction with Rocky Point VFW Post 6249.

Four shows will be held at St. Anthony of Padua Parish, located at 614 Route 25A in Rocky Point. The concerts will be held during July and August and will begin at 7 p.m. Admission is free and attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and a nonperishable food item for Long Island Cares.

The schedule is as follows: July 11: Strawberry Fields: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute Aug. 1: Southbound: Country Tribute to America Aug. 8: Swingtime Big Band: Authentic Swing in Living Color Aug. 15: Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot: Celebrating the Music of Billy Joel “The summer concert series provides a wonderful way for families and residents to enjoy local musical performances,” Anker said. “I encourage residents to join me and to take advantage of the wonderful shops

File photo by Giselle Barkley

Local Big Shot front man Mike DelGuidice, of the Billy Joel cover band, performs during a previous summer concert series show. and restaurants in downtown Rocky Point.”

In case of a cancellation due to weather, a rain date is scheduled for Aug. 28. For more information, contact Anker’s office at 631-854-1600.

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July 06, 2017 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A3

County

Two Republicans vying for Legislator Anker’s seat

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com

The legislator said she wants to build a stronger economy by revitalizing our communities, sustaining the district’s environment and continuing her work in the prevention and intervention of those addicted to opioids.

“I think I’ve proven myself through my past experience [through] community advocacy and by getting the jobs done,” she said.

“I’m here to serve for our quality of life and environmental legacy.”

As Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) gears up to run a campaign in the hopes of serving the 6th District for a fourth term, two political newcomers — Republicans Gary Pollakusky and Frank Vetro — also each hope to occupy the seat in November.

Anker, who assumed office in 2011 and won her last election by a total 19 votes, said the most important part of runGary Pollakusky ning for public office Pollakusky, 41, is knowing the coma Rocky Point resimunity. As someone dent who served as who’s lived in the campaign manager area for more than for Anker’s 2015 Re30 years, she said her publican challenger experience “literally Steve Tricarico, and trumps the [predomrecently secured the inantly Republican] Republican nominapolitical system.” tion, said he believes “I will continue to Suffolk County is in do my job working the greatest physical for the people and — Gary Pollakusky crisis it has ever faced not for the party,” in our history. said Anker, who “After 10 years founded the Community Health and Environmental Coalition, advocated of Democrat control ... we have an to build Heritage Park in Mount Sinai opioid problem that is out of conand created the Jobs Opportunity trol, and gangs and drugs are pushBoard connecting graduating se- ing into our community like they niors with local jobs. She has also belong here,” he said.

If elected, he said he aims to fix provided sports safety forums to local schools to prevent deaths and the county’s outstanding debt, elimserious injuries among student-ath- inate excessive fees, make the area letes, helped reduce county govern- more affordable to its seniors and ment costs by streamlining services, young people, stamp out the opioid and takes pride in being heavily in- problem and do more to support volved with civic groups and always small businesses.

As the self-starter of Media Barbeing accessible to constituents. rel LLC, a Rocky Point-based mar-

‘I help businesses solve problems by giving them solutions. I will bring business into the county and work on our debt and balance our budget.’

keting and advertising business that strives to solve problems for companies and various local organizations, Pollakusky said his business experience and community activism will support his candidacy and ultimately his election.

“Beyond the barbecues and concert series are very important issues that need to be addressed,” Pollakusky said. “How are we going to get out of debt? How are we going to inspire companies to stay in Suffolk and on Long Island? This is what I do for a living. I help businesses solve problems by giving them solutions. I will bring business into the county, and work on our debt and balance our budget.”

On his opponent, Pollakusky said while Anker is well meaning, he said he thinks she’s misguided and ineffective.

“We’re in a pretty sad state,” Pollakusky said. “Not a lot has changed in our county since 2015. You know we’ve hit rock bottom when our county legislator is more concerned with making a pocket park surrounding a boulder than figuring out ways to actually retain the structural deficit. We’re drowning in debt and she wants to sink us with a rock.”

Upon graduating from Cornell University with a bachelor of science degree in industrial labor relations, Pollakusky ran the human resource department of AHL Services before working at Columbia Business School as assistant director of admissions.

Outside of his small business, he said he created the nonpartisan North Shore Community Association in 2013 to tackle community problems through transparency and advocacy, including educational drug forums. He was recently among Long Island Business News’ 40 Under 40 Awards list.

A former resident of Long Beach, Pollakusky and his wife, Jeanine, moved to Rocky Point after Hurricane Sandy destroyed their home.

He said he loves the hamlet’s closeknit community.

“We love our open space, our beaches, our main street, smalltown lives and the people,” he said.

“We have such amazing people here that would do anything for their neighbors. I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.”

Frank Vetro

Vetro, 45, the host of a LI News Radio show, a real estate agent and longtime educator from Miller Place, is currently in the process of gathering petitions to run against Pollakusky in the September primary. He said although he isn’t used to the political world, speaking publicly to residents on the radio for

Photo above from Frank vetro; photo left from gary Pollakusky

Frank vetro, above, and gary Pollakusky, below, are Republican opponents who are hoping to challenge Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker for her seat this September. years pushed him to throw his hat Ministries School, Vetro said he in the ring. works with youth in great crisis, “My listeners, after hearing some of whom have been kicked me day in and day out, would al- out of school, and he helps them ways say, ‘Why don’t you run? You get reacclimated to a “normal” life. should run, you’re passionate, you He said working with recovering really care,’” said Vetro, who wants addicts puts him in close quarters to stamp out county corruption. “I to what he sees as a major problem have always fought in New York. for underdogs.”

“My body of He also discussed work sits hand in keeping the area afhand with what’s fordable to those going on on Long young and old.

Island,” he said of “A last straw for the opioid crisis. me was that me His job as a reand my family are altor, he added, so close, and a lot gives him hands-on of my family is movknowledge of the ing off Long Island because of the cost — Frank Vetro housing market. of living and better In 2006, while opportunities elsewhere,” he said. principal of Hampton Bays High “I’m losing them and I can’t take it School, Vetro was arrested for alanymore — the taxes, the misman- leged phone harassment of several agement, people being in office and women. He pleaded guilty at the leadership positions not on their time to two misdemeanor charges. merit but because they knew some- Ever since, he has been fighting corbody. When is enough, enough?” ruption in the court system and reVetro said his daily experiences, building his life, and even wrote a educating and rehabilitating young book last year called “Standing on gang members and drug addicts, give him an advantage over other Principal,” detailing his arrest and injustices he faced. politicians.

“I know about Suffolk County “I think when you have your finger on the pulse and you’re in the corruption better than anybody trenches doing it, it gives you a bet- and what I do to help people and ter understanding of what’s going what I stand for … I really, in my heart, believe that I’m the most on,” Vetro said.

As a principal at Hope House qualified,” he said.

‘A last straw for me was that me and my family are so close, and a lot of my family is moving off Long Island because of the cost of living.’

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Cops

poliCe Blotter

Incidents and arrests June 27–July 3 Holiday spirit

A 43-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station possessed a quantity of fireworks at USA Gasoline gas station near the intersection of Main Street and Hallock Avenue in Port Jefferson Station at about midnight July 3, according to police. He was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of fireworks.

Evasive maneuver

Photos from SCPD

Emmanuel Dourthe, left, and Reina Alicia, above, were arrested at a traffic stop June 30 in Medford.

Coram, Lake Grove residents arrested for drugs, weapons

By DESiRéE KEEgAn Desiree@tbrnewspapers.com Suffolk County Police arrested two people on drugs and weapons charges following a vehicle and traffic stop in Medford June 30.

Emmanuel Dourthe was driving a 2003 Honda Accord when 6th Precinct Police Officer Keith Liere pulled over the car for a traffic stop on Mill Road at approximately 8 p.m. During Officer Liere’s investigation, he found a loaded and defaced 9mm pistol, one ounce of heroin, one ounce of crack/ cocaine, drug paraphernalia, $1,240 and

three cell phones.

Sixth Squad detectives charged Dourthe, 18, of Coram, with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, thirddegree criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. His passenger, Reina Alicea, 20, of Lake Grove, was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, for possessing a switchblade, and fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana.

Dourthe and Alicea were held overnight for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip.

A 31-year-old man from Centereach avoided a sobriety checkpoint while driving a 1996 Honda north on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station at about 2 a.m. July 1 by pulling into a gas station, according to police. They discovered he was driving with an expired inspection, and under the influence of a drug, police said. He was arrested and charged with first-degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs.

Scriptless

On Canal Road in Mount Sinai at about 5 p.m. July 2, a 29-year-old man from Brookhaven possessed a medication without a valid prescription, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Weekend plans thwarted

At about 6 p.m. July 1, a 29-year-old man from Bayshore stole assorted items from Walmart on Route 347 in Setauket, including two pillows, self-tanning lotion, a Dyson vacuum cleaner, a box of condoms, Tylenol PM, and a wireless router, according to police. He was arrested and charged with petit larceny. Police also discovered he stole two breast pumps from Target in Farmingdale May 1. He was charged with a separate count of petit larceny for that incident.

Break glass in case of emergency

The rear glass window of a 2012 Toyota parked on the road outside of a home on Harmony Lane in Setauket was shattered at about 2:30 a.m. July 2, according to police.

Five-finger discount

At Mavis Discount Tire on Route 25A in Mount Sinai, someone broke into the garage at about 5 p.m. July 1 and stole cash and 38 New York State inspection stickers, according to police.

In and out

At a home on Savanna Circle in Mount Sinai at about 11 p.m. June 29, someone entered through a basement window, according to police. Owners of the home are not yet sure if any items were taken during the break in, police said.

Gazing adoringly

At about 11:30 a.m. June 27, a 29-yearold man from Selden and a 33-year-old man from Bohemia entered the yard of a home on Stacy Drive in Port Jefferson Station, removed screens from windows on the back of the home and looked into the home, according to police. Police discovered the Selden man also possessed an Apple iPad 2 that had been reported stolen from a Mastic Beach home in 2013, police said. At the precinct, police also discovered he possessed heroin and a crack pipe with cocaine residue. He was arrested and charged with second-degree burglary, two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of stolen property. The Bohemia man was also charged with second-degree burglary.

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Fourteen arrested at sobriety Nurse arrested for hitting checkpoint in Port Jeff Station paraplegic Coram patient

By DESiRéE KEEgAn Desiree@tbrnewspapers.com

Suffolk County Police arrested a nurse for assaulting a paraplegic man she was caring for at his Coram home last week.

Areatha Pickens, a licensed practical nurse, was caring for an 83-year-old man and Korean War veteran who became paraplegic in a 1975 motor vehicle crash, when she assaulted the man who was confined to a stretcher June 22.

Pickens punched the man several times after the victim notified Pickens’ employer that she was late for work. The victim was treated at Stony Brook University Hospital for a fractured orbital bone.

Sixth Squad detectives charged Pickens, 44, of Coram, with second-degree assault.

She was scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip.

Areatha Pickens

Photo from SCPD

By DESiRéE KEEgAn Desiree@tbrnewspapers.com The Suffolk County Police Department Highway Patrol Bureau, assisted by the New York State Police, arrested 14 people and seized one vehicle during an overnight sobriety checkpoint in Port Jefferson Station June 30.

Police officers from the SCPD highway patrol were assisted by New York State Troopers in conducting a sobriety checkpoint at the corner of Route 112 and Hallock Avenue. The checkpoint was conducted as part of an ongoing July Fourth holiday enforcement operation for the prevention of injuries and fatalities associated with driving while ability impaired by alcohol and drugs. A total of 716 vehicles went through the checkpoint.

The following people were charged with driving while intoxicated: • Sandra Ventre, 50, of Port Jefferson

• Robert Paddock, 28, of Stony Brook • John Young, 40, of Centereach • Jeffrey Gerlin, 57, of Centereach • Megan Dichtl, 26, of Wading River • Nicholas Cappelletti, 31, of Centereach, was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs.

• Justin Maldonado, 24, of New Jersey, was charged with driving while ability impaired by a combined influence of alcohol and drugs and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

• Justin Wienckowski, 23, of Commack, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Ventre’s vehicle was seized due to a prior DWI conviction. All of the individuals were to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip July 1. Additionally, six individuals were arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana and issued field appearance tickets and will be arraigned on a later date.

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PersPectives

Honoring a Rocky Point grad, service member ahead of July 4 ‘Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its lifegiving roots, it will wither and die.’

— Dwight Eisenhower File photo by Bill landon

chris Schuchman surprises his sister lisa at Rocky Point’s 2017 graduation.

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As our nation commemorates the anniversary of our fight for independence July Fourth, there are many examples of military service that would make our Founding Fathers proud. The sacrifices that are made by our local citizens to protect this country should not be overlooked or forgotten.

At Rocky Point High School’s 2017 gradYour turn uation ceremony, senior Lisa Schuchman was surprised to be reunited with her brother, Chris, who has been serving overseas in the United States Air Force. It had been three years since Chris traveled home from his duty station in Germany to see his loved ones in Sound Beach. As his former teacher and baseball coach, Chris is a sincere young

BY Rich AcRitelli man who represents all that is right with America. For the people gathered on the special occasion, myself included, it was an honor to witness the special moment for Chris, Lisa and their family. The big smile that beamed across Chris’s face for the crowded gym to see was characteristic of his genuine demeanor that I remember.

He was a kid who always hustled, never made excuses and was an outstanding teammate on and off the baseball field.

Walking around the hallways of Rocky Point, Chris demonstrated a respect that was second to none and a smile that was contagious among his friends. It seemed like yesterday that his buddies Danny Capell, Jonathan Popko and Steven Soltysik could count on the outstanding attributes of “Schucky” to be an outstanding friend and teammate. When Chris told me that he was going to enlist in the Air Force, as his teacher, coach and a veteran, it was easy to understand that like with baseball, he would flourish in the military. He was a student who always understood the differences between right and wrong and a kid who was motivated to serve his nation.

Two months after he graduated, Chris completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. For Chris, this was one of his proudest accomplishments, as it solidified the discipline and structure that he learned in order to fulfill his future duties. When he completes his active duty obligation in 2019, it is his goal to return to civilian life to become a police officer and continue to serve in the Air Force Reserves.

Over the last three years, Chris has spent most of this time in Germany at the huge military base at Ramstein and at Kaiserslautern where he currently serves. He has handled the internal security for the air installations and worked with German police authorities to ensure that American military personnel are properly following the laws within the country.

From November 2014 to May 2015, Chris was deployed to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. He remained on base to ensure the safety of the American and NATO forces who count on the vital post for resources, reinforcements and logistical support. During his deployment, Chris recalled the presence of the enemy through the constant mortar attacks the Taliban waged against the mostly western forces that have been in Afghanistan since October 2001. Although he endured the frigid weather and snow, Chris vividly described the beauty of the mountains that were always nearby. His long-term deployment in Germany has allowed him the chance to travel to Ireland, France, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Norway and the Netherlands. He has said he thoroughly enjoyed the ability to travel, learn about the different cultures, understand the German language and, with his big smile, he met a lovely German young lady who is studying to become a nurse.

Speaking with Chris, it is evident he fully understands the attention to detail required of his security forces job through the measured responses he provided about his time in Germany and Afghanistan. It is my fondest memories of the local kid who always shook my hand as a student, looked me in the eye and now answers “yes sir” to many of the questions asked of him. While his parents are very proud of every one of their children, you can tell the immense satisfaction that his father holds when he describes the experiences his son has gained through his service to America.

We thank our current patriots who still continue to strengthen the American way of life for current and future generations of this great nation.

Rich Acritelli is a social studies teacher at Rocky Point High School and an adjunct professor of American history at Suffolk County Community College.

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SportS

above photo from emily Vengilio; photos top right and below right from shannon Kavanagh; photos bottom right and bottom left from Hannah Van Middelem

Clockwise from above, eastport-south Manor’s Kelsey Huff and Mount sinai’s emily Vengilio get ready for game time; the north girls team; shoreham-Wading river’s sophia Triandafils, Vengilio, Huff and smithtown east’s shannon Kavanagh listen during practice; Van Middelem and Vengilio inside the locker room; and Van Middelem suits up.

Jamie Ortega scores 3 goals in Under Armour All-America game North falls short of South in competition’s first sudden death overtime

By Desirée Keegan Desiree@tbrnewspapers.com Although North came out on the losing side, falling 16-15 to South July 1, Long Island athletes helped propel North to the first overtime game in Under Armour AllAmerica girls’ lacrosse tournament history.

The all-star game pits the best graduating high school lacrosse players in the country against each other every year.

Mount Sinai’s Emily Vengilio and Hannah Van Middelem, ShorehamWading River’s Sophia Triandafils, Middle Country’s Jamie Ortega and Smithtown East’s Shannon Kavanagh were all local leaders chosen to play in the senior game.

“I was so excited when I got the call from Under Armour,” Triandafils said. “Long Island is one of the best areas for lacrosse.

Everyone was so skilled and we all meshed together. This game was honestly one of the coolest things I’ve done involving lacrosse.”

The girls were treated like celebrities, being provided gear and getting their photos taken all weekend. Kavanagh was just excited to get out on the field one more time before traveling to the University of Florida.

South 16 North 15

“To have one last hoo-rah before heading off to college was the cherry on top of a great high school career,” she said.

University of North Carolina-bound Ortega and soon-to-be teammate Alli Mastroianni from New Jersey led North, which never trailed in the game, with three goals each. Kavanagh added a goal in the loss.

“We came out strong and really played fast and competitive, and didn’t stop fighting,” Ortega said. “I was happy with how I played and was even happier to add points to help our team compete against the South.”

Mastroianni opened the scoring and positioned herself for game MVP honors, finishing with three goals, two assists and four draw controls. North built its early lead, going on a 4-1 run and upping its cushion to 9-5 with six minutes left. The lead, however, was thanks in large part to goalie Riley Hertford’s nine saves in the first 30 minutes — one shy of the record for most in the girls’ Under Armour AllAmerica game.

South twice had to come back from significant deficits; they trailed 11-7 at halftime but came out of the gates strong, scoring five of the first six goals in the second period to knot things at 12-12. North again built a significant lead, going up 15-12 with 10:19 remaining after a pair of free position shots and an unassisted goal.

North had two opportunities for a late game-winning goal after Mastroianni won the last draw of regulation. Kavanagh shot high with one minute remaining, then Vengilio, who is headed to Pennsylvania State University, picked up a ground ball with six seconds remaining, but the team couldn’t get a look at the cage.

“We moved the ball in transition nicely and everyone was looking for that one more pass — we had some pretty nice defensive stops,” Kavanagh said. “But everyone was so good, so it was so much fun to be able to play against such good competition. If I could do the whole thing over again I would in a heartbeat.”

Van Middelem made five stops for North

in the second half.

“We really got after it in the little time we had together,” she said. The team had two practices Friday before playing the game on Saturday. “It’s not hard to come together though when you have such talented lacrosse players playing together. I felt confident between the pipes knowing I had the top defenders in the country in front of me. It was an honor to be selected for such a prestigious event.”

Her Mount Sinai teammate was one of them, and Vengilio said she was glad to have shared the experience with her.

“It was really amazing to represent Long Island with all the girls I played Yellow Jackets with, and it was awesome that Hannah and I got to represent our hometown,” Vengilio said. “You’re out there playing with 44 of the best players in the country so obviously people are going to score goals and people are going to get stopped on defense.

It was a great experience.”

Mount Sinai was the only school to have two players competing on the same team.

“With Mount Sinai being such a small spot on the map it’s great to be out there,” Vengilio said.

The win is just South’s fourth in the 12year history of the game, and vengeance for North’s win last season.

“Lacrosse has meant the world to me since the day I picked up a stick for the first time,” Van Middelem said. “I have made lifelong friendships and memories from this sport. It has helped me grow into the person I am today and has taught me so many life lessons. I couldn’t picture my life without lacrosse.”

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R E A L E S TAT E PUBLISHERS’ NOTICE All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

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631-473-1468 NESCONSET 2 1/2 room apt, 15 minutes from Stony Brook. Quiet, no smoking/pets, $1050 includes electric, heat, water, lease security.

KNOLL APARTMENTS 631-724-2020 PORT JEFFERSON 1 bedroom modern apartment, AC, up to date, near RR. $1300 + utilities.

Robert 631-680-2101 RENTALS WANTED University, Medical and Grad Students. Rental assistance for landlords and tenants.

Drew Dunleavy Vine & Sea Real Estate Associates 516-316-8864 SETAUKET ROOM FOR RENT in beautiful Old Field home, perfect for Stony Brook University student, $700 includes all, 631-416-6209.

Open Houses SATURDAY, 7/8 11:00AM-1:00PM OLD FIELD 18 Flax Pond Woods Rd. Waterfront, 2008 7BR, 21st Century amenities, tranquil setting, MLS#2794716. $2,888,000 Mary P. Wueste, Lic. Salesperson. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cell: 516-220-9522 mary.wueste@cbmoves.com

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12:00-1:30PM SETAUKET 16 Stadium Blvd. Gated. New listing. 5-6 BRs, sep Guest area, full finished bsmt, pool, $925,000 Dennis Consalvo Aliano Real Estate Licensed RE Salesperson www.longisland-realestate.net 631-724-1000 Email: info@longisland-realestate.net

SUNDAY 7/9 12:00-2PM OLD FIELD 96 Old Field Rd. 3 BR, 2 Ω baths, wide pine flrs, 2 fpls.

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3:00-5PM SETAUKET 15 Mondavi Ln. 5 BR, 3 Ω baths, f/fin bsmt, 2 car gar, CAC, SD#1. MLS#2940034. $649, DANIEL GALE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY 631.689.6980

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

Veterans salute during a Memorial Day ceremony.

A North Shore resident smiles during a Pride parade.

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Love is love While we’re still basking in the post-Independence Day glow and the love we have for our country and respect for the men and women who have died for our rights, it feels more appropriate than ever to firmly stand for the rights of the LGBT+ community.

As Pride Month came to a close, we saw hundreds of events throughout New York celebrating the rights and history of the LGBT+ community. As the history of the United States unfolded, it’s clear some of our strongest moments have come when we’ve re-evaluated our contemporary traditions and beliefs, and made the decision to update them with the changing times.

July Fourth is a day to remember our nation’s fight for freedom, and we shouldn’t forget that fight was for the rights of all Americans.

In 2015, the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. Like many other amendments and court decisions on social issues, it was long overdue, but it was the first major step in the right direction for LGBT+ rights on the national level. Most recently, on June 30, the German parliament voted to approve same-sex marriage.

Of course the work for this community is far from over. Being an active ally is more crucial now than ever before. No one sexual orientation or gender identification should be treated as superior to the rest, and as a society we’re making progress toward reaching true equality. Being gay or straight is not right or wrong. However you identify is up to you and no one else.

We’d like to commend U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for again walking in the New York City Pride March. He set an example for his state. It’s important that our local and national leaders stand as allies, and those who don’t should not be given the excuse “it’s their choice.”

It’s not a choice to defend the rights of your constituents. It’s the job you were elected to do and nothing less.

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400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to desiree@tbrnewspapers.com or mail them to The Times of Middle Country, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

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Why health care is especially vital for our veterans As chairman of the Veterans Committee of the Suffolk County Legislature, I have the honor of working with, and for, the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much to protect our great nation — and with their families. I have had the opportunity to author and sponsor numerous legislative initiatives and work with the support of elected officials across all levels of government and across party lines and with not-for profit organizations and members of our community, to ensure that the needs of those who have given so much for all of us, always have access to the services they have earned and deserve.

We have just observed Memorial Day, a solemn day of tribute and honor to all who have made the ultimate sacrifice through our history, from Lexington and Concord to Fallujah and Jalalabad, to ensure that their sacrifices will always be remembered and never be in vain. But Memorial Day and every day, we must do more than hold parades, wave flags and lay wreaths. We all have a solemn duty to protect those who have served us all.

I recently traveled to Washington, D.C., with Tom Ronayne, Suffolk County director of the Veterans Services Agency, to meet with members of the House Committee on Veterans’

Affairs, to promote national expansion of the Joseph Dwyer peer-to-peer program, which originated in Suffolk County to address the impact of posttraumatic stress disorder and the tragic epidemic of veterans’ suicides. This program, which has been emulated across New York state, has been instrumental in reducing the number of veterans’ suicides in our community.

All of us concerned about our veterans should know that the current Trump administration budget proposal and the proposed American Health Care Act threaten to do grave damage to access to health care for about 1.75 million of our veterans. Many do not receive care through the Department of Veterans Affairs for reasons ranging from proximity to VA health care providers, discharge status and disability rating. In 2014, only 40 percent of all veterans were enrolled in the VA health care system. Additionally, these services are rarely available to veterans’ family members.

In 2015, roughly 1.75 million veterans had Medicaid coverage.

Many veterans now rely on Medicaid or Medicare for supplemental coverage.

Expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act expanded access to more than 340,000 of our veterans.

Proposed changes to Medicaid under the AHCA, including block grants to states, capping and cutting funding, threatens access to critical life-saving medical care. Even more troubling, elimination of mental health care funding, substance abuse treatment programs and elimination of protection for pre-existing conditions and mental health parity insurance coverage exponentially increase the risk to veterans who are already struggling.

Congress and the president should make access to health care easier for our veterans, not propose draconian cuts that would decimate access to critically needed care.

It is increasingly difficult to find consensus on important issues these days, especially in Washington, D.C. However, I hope we can still all agree that we all have a role to play in supporting our veterans. It is critical that we all demand Congress rejects these proposals and works together, across party lines and levels of government, to provide our veterans with the care and respect that they have earned.

Steve Stern Suffolk County Legislator Dix Hills

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

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OpiniOn Relative harmony on the country’s birthday

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om and Tim grew up great friends. Soon after they learned how to spell, they figured out “i” and “o” were the only difference in their names.

They liked their parents, teachers and country. The United States, as they were told, was the greatest country in the world. Their grandparents, as they’d find out on a rainy Sunday when watched a

By Daniel Dunaief they TV show about a country in Europe that didn’t exist anymore, came from the same place.

“We could be related,” Tim said.

Tom thought Tim would be a much better relative than his Uncle Oswald, who wreaked of cologne and was always trying to give him

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great advice about his life. Tom wanted to become a baseball player and he wanted to marry a woman some day who could make apple pies because he loved apple pies.

Tim also wanted to become a baseball player, but his mother wanted him to play the trumpet.

Tom also wanted to play an instrument, so he started playing the trumpet, too.

Competition got the better of Tim and Tom. They stopped hanging out because they wanted to practice separately, so they could win the solo in the concert and so Heather, the best trombone player in the band, would notice them.

When the music teacher, Mr. Holden, chose Tom to play the solo, Tim stopped talking to Tom, Heather and Mr. Holden.

Tim’s mother didn’t understand why he was quiet and angry. She read books on how to let go while lending a hand. One day, Tim told her about the solo, so she hired the best music teacher in the area.

Soon enough, Tim was better

than Tom on the trumpet. Everyone, including Mr. Holden, could tell, so the teacher gave the solo to Tim. Tom found out about the new trumpet teacher and he, too, became a student. Tim and Tom filled their block, night and day, with the sound of blaring trumpets.

As the concert approached, Mr. Holden became dismayed at how the two trumpet players were trying to drown each other out. He sent Tom out of a rehearsal, which caused the lower brass and flutes to stop playing because they supported Tom. When Tom returned, however, the bickering continued, so Mr. Holden sent Tim out of the room, at which point the clarinets and percussion stopped playing.

Mr. Holden removed the song with the trumpet solo from the concert. The boys blamed each other and, soon enough, an all-out war on social media broke out between Tim, Tom and the parts of the band that backed each of them.

Mr. Holden threatened to cancel the concert, but the town wouldn’t

allow it, especially because the concert was the highlight of the July Fourth celebration.

One day, when Tom was too tired to play the trumpet and he wanted to get away from his annoying uncle, he collapsed on the couch and turned on the TV. He watched a black-and-white film about people coming from the country where his grandparents were born.

When the show ended, Tom got on his bike and rode to Mr. Holden’s house. He rang the bell.

“Mr. Holden, can you please put the original song back in the program? I’d like Tim to play the solo,” Tom said.

Mr. Holden smiled.

“He just asked me if you could play the solo,” Mr. Holden said, opening the door to reveal Tim standing in the kitchen.

When the concert ended, Tim and Tom were sure of one thing: They had to be related.

more than a million degrees Celsius while the rest of the sun’s surface registers 5,500 degrees Celsius. Why the extreme difference and why is it hotter farther away from the center?

Astronomers will have only 2 minutes, 38 seconds to capture the sun’s secrets. But they can come yet again to Carbondale for the next eclipse, which is predicted for April 8, 2024.

Coincidentally, that will be the 48th anniversary day of the founding of The Village Times.

To share with you some interesting trivia I learned from the article, the sun goes through an 11-year cycle. During that period its activity level changes from mellow to being more turbulent. Bet you didn’t know that, unless you are an astronomer or a rabid stargazer. This year, the sun is on the down side, but during the next eclipse activity will be greater, with more sunspots and solar flares.

Now that you know about the coming eclipse, if you didn’t already, perhaps you too can pass yourself off as a “magician.” That is what Hank

Morgan does in Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” In that tale, Hank receives a severe blow on the head and when he awakes, he finds himself transported back in time from the 19th century to early medieval England and the world of King Arthur, Merlin and Sir Lancelot. Because Hank is dressed differently and speaks oddly, he is sentenced to burn at the stake. But his execution date, he knows, coincides with a historical eclipse, and he threatens King Arthur with blocking out the sun if he is set alight. As the eclipse begins, the king releases him from prison, and Hank becomes the second most powerful person in the kingdom.

All of which gives me an idea.

On Aug. 21, I will proclaim myself publisher of six newspapers, one website, several supplements and maps, and the executive producer of a full-length historic film called, “One Life to Give.” Now I call that magic. And if people don’t believe me, I will threaten on my birthday to blot out the sun.

The magic of a total eclipse

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here will be a rare, special occasion on my birthday this year.

The spectacle I refer to is the first total solar eclipse across the United States since 1918.

Termed the Great American Eclipse, the moon will come between the Earth and the sun, blocking out daylight for about two-anda-half minutes on Aug. 21.

According to a New York Times science article, “A Dark

By Leah S. Dunaief Spotlight” by Nicholas St. Fleur, “The temperature will dip.

Birds will hush. And a dazzling, pearly white halo will emerge, demanding everyone’s attention.”

Carbondale, in Southern Illinois, population 26,000, has been deemed

by NASA as “the point of greatest du-

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ration.” This small college city is bracing for an onslaught of many thousands, who will want to experience that day in the most dramatic place.

Hotels are booked, some at $499 per night with a three-night minimum, seats are selling in the 15,000 seat Southern Illinois University stadium for $25, and local business people are rubbing their hands in expectation of an economic bonanza amid municipal financial struggles.

According to The Times, “People have called from Europe, Japan, Panama and Brazil” looking for accommodations. The city is planning other events leading up to the eclipse, including a music festival called Shadowfest. T-shirts, eclipse hats, coffee mugs and any other items that can carry a logo are selling.

Among the visitors will be excited astronomers, who are fascinated by this rare opportunity to collate new data. With the total eclipse, the sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, will be visible separately behind the moon. It has long been a mystery because its temperature is

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