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Vol. 17, No. 13

July 15, 2021

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Remembering a hero Community celebrates 9/11 first responder

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Rocky Point hero remembered nearly 20 years after 9/11

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Two years later, he was ordered after the Oklahoma City bombing to assist within recovery efforts at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in that city. This building was devastated from domestic terrorism, where 168 people were killed, including six members of the Armed Forces.

During this support, Curtin saw the red “blood stripe” of one of the two members of the Marine Corps that were lost in this debris.

Randy Guzman was a Marine captain who worked in the recruiting station that was located on the sixth floor of this building. Curtin noticed his remains and right away asked for permission to detach fellow law enforcement and military figures to help him dig through the rubble to properly recover the remains of Guzman.

For several hours, Curtin led this difficult task of using heavy machinery to reach this deceased

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Marine. Curtin was a combat veteran of the first Gulf War who was with the American spearhead to liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi military.

He still served in the Marine Corps Reserves, where he had the senior leadership rank of first sergeant. Once Curtin and his men reached Guzman, this loud work site, automatically became quiet, as the body was carried out with an American flag placed over the fallen Marine.

Rarely speaking about his job, Curtin recalled this somber moment and said, “Everyone was watching in silence as we brought our Marine out.”

The following year, members of the Guzman family and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) took a picture with Curtin to show appreciation for his determination and skills to assist the residents of Oklahoma City impacted by this explosion.

A good friend who worked closely with Curtin to handle the immense tasks of the Emergency Services is retired Lt. Owen McCaffrey of Bay Shore. This officer was Curtin’s supervisor of Truck 2 in Harlem that helped cover nine precincts from 86th Street to Washington Heights within Upper Manhattan.

Thinking of his good friend, McCaffrey believed that Curtin was one of the finest sergeants within the New York City Police Department to lead his men. To this day, McCaffrey vividly remembers the positive attributes of Curtin as being a “devoted, reliable, and trustworthy cop.”

He saw the positive influence of the Marine Corps on the presence of Curtin who always stressed the importance of training, drilling his men and getting them to quickly think during all types of situations.

And while this Marine was a tough, nononsense individual, Curtin usually cooked his men a breakfast of eggs, bacon and sausage.

McCaffrey recalled that Curtin was a “solid supervisor that always looked after his men that were highly trained for their difficult jobs.”

The bravery that Curtin demonstrated never subsided, and in 1999 he saved a trapped resident of a Harlem building before the structure collapsed.

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“What happened on September 11, is something that will be with me for every day of my life yet we know somehow we’ll pass through it. Time goes on. But it reminds us of the sole appreciation that we have always had for our family, our friends, our community and our country. He will be missed forever.”

These were the words of Helga Curtin on Nov. 20, 2001, to identify the unique character of her late husband, Michael Sean Curtin, who was a sergeant major in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and a member of the New York City Emergency Services Unit.

On 9/11, Mike Curtin wished his wife a happy birthday, sent flowers to her job and expected to arrive back at their Medford home where he was planning to make her a special dinner. On this beautiful late summer day, the United States was attacked by terrorists and, like many other rescue workers, he answered the call to help others survive this tragic date.

As an Emergency Services Unit sergeant, Curtin was no stranger to handling delicate situations. Being a member of a strong city law enforcement agency, it was common for him to deal with a myriad of responsibilities.

He was well versed in leading hostage negotiations, administering first aid, facing suicide attempts and helping others through challenging rescues of citizens. He had significant experience through the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. It was observed that he spent a great deal of time working with law and government officials during this early terrorism attack on the city.

Always seen as a “squared away” leader through his time in the military, his presence was always felt during every type of incident, including Osama bin Laden’s first attempt to destroy this financial center.

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Community comes together to celebrate Nikola Tesla’s birthday

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Famed scientist, inventor and entrepreneur Nikola Tesla would have been 165 this year, and the best way to celebrate his life and legacy was to party at his old lab in Shoreham.

On Saturday, July 10, hundreds of people gathered at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe for the Tesla Birthday Expo and Birthday Night Show.

The events featured a number of educational exhibits including many of the local STEAM — science, technology, engineering, arts and math — exhibits, robotic clubs, Tesla coils, Tesla car showcase, amateur radio, battlebots, Maker Space trailer, local artisans and an interactive STEAM bus from New York Institute of Technology. The daytime event was coupled with a lively nighttime celebration featuring the band ArcAttack.

“What an amazing day to celebrate one of this world’s most acclaimed scientist and inventor,” said county Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai). “Thanks to the many TSCW volunteers, local and international community support, and the many partnerships with government, Nikola Tesla’s legacy will continue to inspire and encourage our future scientists.”

The Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, located in Shoreham, is Nikola Tesla’s last remaining laboratory. Known as a man before his time, he was deemed a genius while researching alternating current systems. He believed that

energy didn’t have to be a rich man’s luxury.

Energy could be available to all and powered naturally. He thought he could power the whole Northeastern seaboard from Niagara Falls.

An inventor with hundreds of patents, he was involved in the invention of the radio, remote control and more.

In 1901 Tesla acquired the Wardenclyffe property in Shoreham to test his theories of being able to wirelessly transmit electrical messages, funded by J.P. Morgan. A huge 187-foot tower was designed and constructed for the purpose.

In 1903 creditors confiscated his heavier equipment, and in 1917 the tower was demolished. The concrete feet used to hold the structure can still be seen on the property today.

Tesla was eventually cut off, causing him to lose control of the site. The property became a film processing company in the early ’30s, where harsh chemicals were dumped into the ground.

The contaminated property was sold again and became shuttered in 1987.

A decades-long cleanup ensued, and the property was put back up for sale.

The community — locally, nationally and even internationally — came together to fundraise to eventually buy the property in 2013, preserve it and make it a real historic site.

According to Doug Borge, chief operating officer at TSCW, “At our annual Tesla Birthday events, we not only celebrate Nikola Tesla’s contributions, but also his living legacy that we each build upon through science and innovation.”

The mission of Tesla’s last remaining lab is to

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develop the site into a transformative global science center that embraces his bold spirit of invention, provides innovative learning experiences, fosters the advancement of new technologies and preserves his legacy in the Tesla Museum.

The group imagines a world where people appreciate Tesla’s contributions, are inspired by his scientific audacity and engage in the future betterment of humanity.

“Today is a perfect example of where we are as an organization,” Borge said. “We’re a community hub for people that love science technology, that are associated with Nikola Tesla and to be a resource for people to leverage, learn and become their own version of Tesla.”

In general, technology and interactivity at this year’s Tesla Birthday Expo were more engaging and popular than ever, he added.

New and expanded STEAM exhibits allowed attendees to get hands-on with Tesla inventions and technology.

ArcAttack made their first visit to Wardenclyffe and took things to a whole new level with a performance at the night shows featuring Tesla coils, rock music and lightningproducing electric instruments. Volunteers in the audience were “zapped” in a Faraday cage, including TSCW’s executive director Marc Alessi.

“We weren’t sure what to expect in terms of attendance at this year’s Tesla Birthday events, due to the pandemic,” Borge said. “Fortunately, we had a great turnout at both the daytime Tesla Birthday Expo and night show.”

Borge added that “the expo is interesting because you can see the crowds clustering around specific exhibits and interacting with enthusiasm.”

Some fan favorites were the 3D scan that showed the interior of Tesla’s laboratory as it looks today, the robotics and maker space area, along with the go-carts and robots zipping around.

“This is such an exciting event for the community to learn about important advances in technology,” said attorney and advocate Laura Ahearn, of Port Jefferson. “I’m really excited about getting to meet community members that

come here, and some of the high school students that have built from scratch robotic devices better than anything … when I was in high school, I wish I would have had the opportunities that these young students have because it’s going to help them in their future.”

Borge said within the next few weeks, demolition of the dilapidated, noncontributing factory building suffocating Tesla’s laboratory will begin. Additionally, they plan to break ground on its visitor center that will allow them to pilot exhibits and engage and educate more visitors at Wardenclyffe.

“These are important next steps in the development of TSCW and a moment that many of our global supporters have been looking forward to since TSCW’s record-breaking crowdfund in 2012, which raised $1.4 million in six weeks from 33,000 donors in 108 countries,” he said. “These funds, along with a matching grant from New York State and contributions from supporters like the Musk Foundation, enabled us to purchase Wardenclyffe in 2013. Fast forward to 2021, and TSCW is now positioned to start renovations after raising $10.2 million and acquiring the necessary plans and permits. It’s important to note that we still need to raise another $9.8 million to finish developing the site.”

County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) also made an appearance.

“It’s just really exciting to encourage interest in science and to recognize the history here on Long Island,” she said. “It has such an important impact in so many ways.”

The center will be hosting more events this summer, including the Sound of Science concert on Aug. 28 in collaboration with another nonprofit, Rites of Spring Festival, that will offer a unique immersive musical experience by electronic musicians and contemporary composers.

Sept. 23 is TSCW’s Third Annual Gala fundraiser for an evening of virtual entertainment, auctions and tech surprises.

Later in the year, Wardenclyffe will host a Halloween event on Oct. 30, and their annual holiday lighting on Dec. 3.

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Government

Freshman state senator discusses new role

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

State Sen. Mario Mattera’s (R-St. James) life looks a whole lot different than it did last year.

The decision to run for senator in November 2020 was one that he had to make quickly. During a recent visit to the TBR News Media offices, he said he remembers when Jesse Garcia, chairman of the Suffolk County Republican Committee, gave him a call March 26 last year asking if he wanted to run for New York State Senate. He had to make his decision in 24 hours.

Mattera said he was surprised to be asked to run for the Senate because he thought there was a possibility he would be asked to run for a more local office. Garcia told him, “You get along with everybody, so you will work on both sides of the fence.”

Mattera, who describes himself as “an elected official and not a politician,” agreed as he has friends on both sides of the political aisle. He said he wasn’t going to stop working with those he has met along the way who care about labor and people.

“I have friends on the other side and I’m not going to ruin that relationship, because politics gets ugly,” he said. “I’m not that way.

I’m the bare bones, let’s get the job done, roll your sleeves up and let’s work together and get it done.”

Mattera represents the 2nd District, which includes Smithtown and parts of Brookhaven and Huntington. He is a former Suffolk County Water Authority board member and has been a business agent with the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters with Plumbers Local #200 for more than four decades.

A Smithtown resident for more than 50 years, he moved from Nesconset to St. James in 1996 where he lives with his wife, Terry, and his two daughters Jessica and Jayme.

The state senator serves as the chief Republican on the Consumer Protection Committee, as well as the Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee. He is also a member of the Labor and Transportation standing committees.

The last few months the new senator has been researching and working on a few crucial local matters.

COVID-19

Like most elected officials, Mattera has been dealing with COVID-19 issues. The senator said he is proud of the work his staff has done in making sure residents found vaccination appointments.

“Our office was amazing at finding out who had [the vaccines],” he said. “They were going on social media to find out where the vaccines were being held and working with

the veterans hospitals.”

Regarding schools, Mattera said he believes all children need to return to school five days a week in person in the fall. He pointed to districts such as Three Village and Hauppauge for successfully providing the option this past academic year. He added he feels it will be important to have staff on hand to provide emotional support for students, as returning after a long period of virtual or hybrid learning may be difficult for some children.

“Mental health is very serious,” he said.

“You have no idea what happened during this time with certain children with what they went through being home. That’s what I’m concerned about, and we need to make sure we’re staffed properly for this and be prepared.”

Infrastructure

Mattera said he is looking for his district to have the best sewage treatment plant. He has been working with state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) to find a good solution for Smithtown and the surrounding area. While there has been talk about Gyrodyne LLC., which owns the Flowerfield property in St. James, having a proposed sewage treatment plant and the potential for sewer lines from Lake Avenue in St. James to be hooked up to it, nothing has been promised by Gyrodyne and Mattera said he doesn’t believe this is the best solution.

The pipes that were put down at Lake Avenue can be hooked up to the north or south, and he said there are other potential locations for a sewage treatment plant that could be beneficial not only to St. James but other parts of Smithtown, especially the Route 25 corridor.

He said it’s important to avoid problems such as brown tide and negatively affecting the shellfish and wildlife. One of the concerns of residents and environmentalists in both Smithtown and Brookhaven is the effect a sewage plant on the Gyrodyne property would have on Stony Brook Harbor “Let’s compromise,” he said. “Let’s find the right location that we’re going to replenish the aquifer, not that we’re going to keep on dumping any kind of discharge from a sewage treatment plant that’s going to be going out to the ocean 3 miles, and it’s going to be going up and dumping out into the Sound anymore.”

He pointed to Nassau County that has big sewage problems, he said, because they didn’t plan properly and discharge dumps both into the ocean and Sound and the need to avoid such problems in the area.

As for Lake Avenue, he said a revitalization project first started when former state Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) was able to secure $3.9 million of state funds to put down dry sewer lines. However, the town has not received the funds yet due to procedures stalling during the pandemic.

State Sen. Mario Mattera talks with constituents at an outdoor concert in Nesconset, above. Below, Mattera in his office.

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He said he’s been working on getting Smithtown the $3.9 million as soon as possible.

Mattera said despite being a freshman senator he’s not afraid to keep asking.

“I will not stop until the town receives that money,” he said, adding just a signature is needed.

He also pointed to the roadwork done on Route 25A from Nicolls to Port Jefferson being severely needed and called some local roads “a disaster.” He and his chief of staff recently checked out the road near St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown and recorded cars avoiding the potholes. He said many constituents have called in complaining about the flat tires that they have gotten. On the day of the TBR interview, roadwork was scheduled for that area but had to be delayed due to rain.

“That shouldn’t be an emergency situation that we call DOT up,” he said. “It should be something that, in other words, guess what guys, you should be looking at all of our roads and saying this is a necessity for all of us.”

Landfill

The Brookhaven landfill will be closed in 2024, and Mattera said he is concerned as many in the district are affected by this. He said one option that’s been brought up for dealing with the garbage is incinerator plants and sending the ash out, but it’s not feasible due to environmental reasons.

“We need to fix this problem now,” he said.

He’s conduct research and sat down with a waste disposal business to talk about the possibility of packaging garbage in boxed railroad cars out east. They would then go directly to a site in Pennsylvania or Ohio.

“The only solution right now, and I’ve done my research, is to have a facility like this,” he said.

He is currently looking at how it would affect the community, the jobs such a facility would create and how it would affect the area it is potentially going to in another state.

“In the meantime, we are protecting our environment in a way here,” he said. “Are we protecting it somewhere else? That’s the only thing that I’m lost about.”

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Hero

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On 9/11, as Curtin was planning to return home for his wife’s birthday, America was attacked. As our citizens were putting their children on school buses and handling their daily functions, this nation was hit by the sting of terrorism in Manhattan, Washington, D.C., and over the farm fields of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Right away, rescue workers headed toward the World Trade Center to help people escape the earliest moments of bin Laden’s assault on the United States. Curtin was with several other agency personnel who were quickly dispatched to aid others.

Never one to waver under any form of military or law enforcement duress, he was on hand to guide his men with the goal to save as many people as possible. Through this challenging chaos, Curtin and his fellow officers were in the middle of this attack that saw debris crashing around them, and thousands of people trying to flee from this terror. At 9:59 a.m., the South Tower collapsed, and it became apparent that the North Tower, also hit by an aircraft, would face the same the destruction.

As some of his men were several floors above him to assist others to escape the North Tower, Curtin directed those officers around him to immediately leave this building before it collapsed, and head for safety. He refused to follow them, as according to McCaffrey, he made the “conscious decision” to stay with those remaining men that were still in this building, even as he realized that this building was going to eventually fall. At 10:28 a.m., officers from Truck 2 who were ordered to leave this location, watched in dismay as the North Tower fell to the ground. They automatically realized that Curtin had passed away. He was one of 14 Emergency Services and Bomb Squad figures killed from these attacks on New York City.

Whereas the authorities knew where Curtin was buried in the rubble of Ground Zero, it took until March 6, 2002, to finally locate the remains of this 13-year veteran of the NYPD. His body was not fully removed until Helga Curtin and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly arrived at the location. They were met by an army of rescue workers, law enforcement, salvage crews and government officials who were silent as Curtin was taken out of the debris with a flag placed over

his body. Within the early morning hours, the motorcade that held Curtin was heading up FDR Drive in Manhattan. The streets were lined with police officers that stopped the traffic and saluted the remains of Curtin, who was escorted by his wife and local law enforcement and military leadership. Four years after Curtin lost his life with other rescue workers, President George W. Bush (R) posthumously awarded public safety officers the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor for those men and women who died in uniform during these attacks.

When speaking to different members of Curtin’s family, the affection that they have for him has never diminished since he died.. This Rocky Point High School student was a strong soccer player who worked at the local statuary on Route 25A. After he graduated in 1975, he enlisted into the Marine Corps. His strong, smart and kind presence is still missed by his entire family from Helga, and his daughters Jennifer, Heather and Erika, also younger loved ones who are immensely proud of his honorable achievements to support this country.

Annual golf outing

Top: Hundreds of people stopped by the 19th annual golf event at Cherry Creek in Riverhead; Bottom: Mike Curtin’s daughter, Jen Sullivan, with her husband Jon and their children, Michael and Grace. Child on the left is McCormack Baker, grandson of Mike Finnican. Photos from Mike Finnican

Over the last 17 years, Curtin’s cousin Mike Finnican has been instrumental in organizing an annual golf outing that has been held at Cherry Creek in Riverhead. This function’s main goal is to remember Curtin and the numerous rescue workers and military members who have supported this country since 9/11. Finnican reflected on the hospitality of Curtin, especially during a July 4, 2001, barbecue that saw his cousin wear his red, white and blue shorts as he cooked for his family and friends. Some 20 years later, Finnican looked over the fairways and greens at Cherry Creek to see more than 300 people attend a golf outing that was held July 12. Finnican, along with his wife, children, grandchildren and members of the Lukasz, Dwyer and Curtin families, all donated their time to support their 20th successful golf outing. During the day, younger family members and friends wore smiles on their faces to sell raffle tickets and T-shirts for the 3256 Foundation. One of these included Michael Sullivan, the 5-year-old grandson named after Curtin, who was present with his parents

and his cousins to support this family tradition.

Curtin’s custom was to be warm to others, and this week his family and friends continued his legacy in making every participant of this outing feel welcome during a special annual event. Most people who read about the heroic exploits that Curtin presented in the military and the NYPD marvel at the abilities of this local graduate to serve at home and abroad. But this highly capable figure rarely addressed his experience and Finnican stated that Curtin “was a good man that never bragged about his experiences that was absolutely loyal to his family.”

It is safe to say that Curtin’s name will be remembered for some time through this yearly golf outing. With a color guard and the sounds of bagpipes, laughter and stories that brought smiles to a crowd who listened intently about the professional stories of Curtin, it was easy to tell that everyone who played golf and attended the dinner had a grand time in honoring this hero.

At the end of the night, there was a major raffle that saw people win televisions, video games, children’s toys, restaurant gift cards and an auction of sports memorabilia and baseball tickets.

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, there will be noticeable grief to remember the almost 3,000 people killed on that fateful day.

But the golf outing had a surplus of smiles from the family members of Curtin and those law enforcement and military veterans who look forward to seeing each other to support this worthy endeavor.

The 3256 Foundation over the last two decades has created an important sense of comradery amongst its participants to never forget the moment that America was attacked.

And this would not be possible if it were not for determination of Finnican and his team who have established one of the finest patriotic events in Suffolk County. Like Curtin, his family members are patriots who seek little fanfare, and they are motivated to reflect on a hero who spent his life defending this country in the Marines and always helping others in the NYPD. May we never forget about rescue workers like Michael S. Curtin who were the earliest casualties of bin Laden’s attempt to harm the American way of life.

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Community News

Supervisor Ed Romaine, Town Environmental Educator, Nicole Pocchaire, Daniel Doherty, Tamara Doherty, Derrick Jewett, Alexander Acevedo and Councilwoman Jane Bonner. Photo from the Town of Brookhaven

Founding member of MCPL Foundation retires after 24 years on board

Sal LaLima, former president of Suffolk County Community College and founding member of the Middle Country Library Foundation, has retired from his seat on the board following 24 years of service.

LaLima, 90, was invited to serve on the board when the Middle Country Public Library first established the Foundation in 1997.

Appointed the president of Suffolk County Community College in August of 1997, he served dual roles at the college and as the chair for the library’s newly formed marketing committee where he assisted in

developing the mission, vision and values statements.

He was also instrumental in the branding and logo design of the Foundation.

The Middle County Public Library formed the Middle Country Library Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) corporation whose purpose is to raise funds and provide the governance structure for the library’s initiatives that extend beyond the local community.

The Foundation assists the library in managing its growing number of regional and national initiatives and maintaining its leadership role in the broader community.

Town Marine Environmental Stewardship Center at Cedar Beach reopens to public On July 8, Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) and Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) were on hand for re-opening of the Town of Brookhaven’s Marine Environmental Stewardship Center after being closed to the public for more than a year due to COVID-19 pandemic.

The town facility, also known as the Nature Center of Mt. Sinai Cedar Beach, is open Thursday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. through Labor Day, Sept. 6.

Parking for the center is in the main lot at Cedar Beach, just a short walk to the west via the beach or walking trail.

“The Nature Center at Cedar Beach is a great place to get up close and personal with

nature,” Romaine said. “Now that its open, I encourage everyone to take advantage of all the programs that are offered this summer and throughout the year.”

Upcoming programs offered at the Cedar Beach Marine Environmental Stewardship Center are “Junior Environmental Stewards” for ages 11and older on July 17 at 2 p.m.; “Full Moon Walk” on July 22 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and “Growing Up Wild” for “Full Moon Walk” on July 22 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and “Growing Up Wild” for ages 3-6 on July 31 at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.

“There is so much to learn about our environment and the Nature Center at Cedar Beach is a good place to start,” Bonner said.

Mather Hospital AVP of Behavioral Health Denise Driscoll teamed up with the Comsewogue Public Library for a study on improving stigmatic perceptions by library personnel of individuals with mental illness and substance abuse issues.

They were one of five New York State teams chosen by the New York Library Association’s Change Agent program.

“The overall outcome was a sustainable change in the way patrons with mental illness and substance abuse were treated and assisted within the public library,” Driscoll, one of the authors of the study that was published in the journal Public Health Nursing in month/ year, said.

According to the study, public libraries often serve as safe havens for individuals,

including those with mental illness and who are homeless, who often must leave community shelters during the day. Those individuals also use libraries to escape extreme weather conditions and to seek information.

Library staff were educated by the Response Crisis Center of Suffolk County and the Long Island Council On Alcoholism and Drug Dependence on topics such as crisis intervention, suicide prevention, general assumptions and philosophy regarding human behavior, engaging with individuals, building trust, problem solving, compassion fatigue and self-care.

“It broadened the horizon of health care to look at the library as a perfect partner to address population health issues, in particular mental illness and substance abuse,” Driscoll

Sandra Sprows, Ph.D., MCL Foundation chairperson, Salvatore LaLima, retired Suffolk County Community College president and Sophia Serlis-McPhillips, library director. Photo from MCPL

Nursing-library study addressed stigmas regarding mental health and substance abuse said. “At a local level it assisted the library staff in our community to learn empathy, trauma, de- escalation and the importance of the human connection with their patrons who have mental illness or substance abuse.”

Debra Engelhardt, director of the Comsewogue Public Library and a co-author of the study said that public libraries are community centers and open to all.

“It makes great sense for them to partner with community hospitals toward improving the knowledge of public-facing staff and, thereby, the health of the local population,” she said.

“Comsewogue Public Library’s staff is better equipped, and the library’s members and visitors better served, as a result of the work we did with Mather’s Behavioral Health staff. The Library welcomes future

opportunities to engage with Mather toward building healthier communities.”

The study has been disseminated through various venues including the American Nurses Association — New York, NYU Langone, Northwell Nursing Research and the Medical Librarian Association of Long Island.

Because of the team’s work, local nursing and social work schools are now doing Population Health Rotations in local libraries, Driscoll said.

The study’s other co-authors were Judith Moran-Peters, DNSc, RN, NE-BC, RN-BC, Nursing research coordinator; Sarah Eckardt, Nursing statistician; and Lilly Matthew, PhD, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing Informatics, CUNY School of Professional Studies Nursing Program.

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Dellecave Award winners Soledad Jean of Half Hollow Hills East and Lorenzo Selini of Newfield High School.

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Half Hollow Hills East senior Soledad Jean and Newfield High School senior Lorenzo Selini were recently honored with the Butch Dellecave Award.

Named in memory of the legendary educator, official, and coach Gaetano “Butch” Dellecave, the award is the product of a highly successful 21-year partnership between local school districts in Suffolk County and the award organizers: the Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, the Butch Dellecave Foundation, and Newsday.

Athletic Directors from all 66 Suffolk County school districts are asked to nominate one male and one female from their high school senior class.

Nominees must be students who are not only at the top of their game, but also score high in classroom performance and in their commitment to local community service.

Jean, a track and field standout and team captain, was also the senior class secretary and has been involved with anti-bullying and anti-harassment efforts as a peer ambassador.

She’ll be going to the University of Louisville in Kentucky where she’ll be studying biology

with a focus on a career in psychiatry or physical therapy. She graduates with an impressive 3.7 GPA. Selini will be attending Hofstra University in Uniondale and aspires to be a professional soccer player. The Newfield soccer team captain and four-year starter is recognized as a role model for fellow student athletes.

Selini is a two-time Newsday Boys Soccer Player of the Year and was president of the Varsity Leaders Club where he did volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity. His GPA heading into the final quarter of the school year was a notable 95.2.

The Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, Inc. — a nonprofi 501(c)(3) community-based organization — has been serving Suffolk County for 54 years.

It is the county’s federally designated Community Action Agency, designed to assist low-income families and individuals.

The agency’s mission is to promote a goal of self-sufficiency by broadening the minds of children, revitalizing communities,and assisting families and children in need through coordination of public and private resources.

Obituary

Longtime PJ resident dies at 94 Gordon F. Davis, 94, of Port Jefferson, NY passed away on June 29, 2021.

Born Aug. 10, 1926 he was predeceased by his parents, Raymond and Gladys, brother Roger, twin sister Katherine, first wife Rose Marie, second wife Helen Marie and sons Michael, Kenneth and Timothy. He is survived by his loving son Daniel, Daniel’s wife Estine and granddaughter Shannon, daughter of the late Michael Davis.

After graduating from the Port Jefferson School District, he enlisted in the United States Navy at age 17, going on to serve in Okinawa, Japan. After his resignation from the Navy, he received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri.

Upon learning of his father’s failing health, he and his family returned to Port Jefferson, where he purchased the Long Island Heating Oil company — later named Long Island Comfort Corporation — and formed his own mechanical engineering company.

While living in Port Jefferson, he served on the Port Jefferson School Board, Village and County Library Boards, Mather Hospital Board and was president of both the Port Jefferson Rotary Club and the Empire State Petroleum Association.

A licensed pilot, his favorite pastime was flying across the country in his single engine aircraft, which led him and first wife Rose Marie to begin vacationing in, and ultimately retiring to, Fort Myers, FL where they lived until her death in 2001. After his remarriage to Helen, they divided their time between Fort Myers and Dublin, GA and permanently moved

to Dublin to be closer to her family in 2017.

Gordon was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church worshipping at the First Presbyterian Church of Port Jefferson and then the Cypress Lake Presbyterian Church in Fort Myers.

A private graveside service will be held at a later date at the family plot at Sea View Cemetery in Mount Sinai, NY. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to the First Presbyterian Church of Port Jefferson, PO Box 397, Main and South Streets, Port Jefferson, NY 11777.

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Perspective

Letters to the Editor

Schools reopened Cherry-picking does a disservice and reimagined

Post-pandemic thoughts for parents, teachers and administrators

BY ELIZABETH KAHN KAPLAN

Huge sighs of relief can be anticipated when local public schools reopen their doors this September — exclamations of relief not only from children and teenagers eager to resume inperson learning full time alongside their friends, not only from teachers exhausted from long hours shaping lessons onto distancelearning platforms, not only from parents, weary from assisting struggling students glued to laptops, iPads or iPhones at home while juggling or, worse yet, resigning from paid jobs, and also from business owners glad to have their employees back.

But will pre-pandemic and post-pandemic classroom learning be the same, and should it be? Should “distance learning,” supported by expanded technological resources, be granted a larger role within the classroom, with less teacher-led instruction?

Which medium of delivery ensures a greater payoff of maximum learning for the resources invested?

Two Three Village residents, educators at the top of their profession — Jacqueline Grennon Brooks, professor emerita of Teaching, Learning and Technology, Hofstra University, and her spouse Martin Brooks, executive director of Tri-State Consortium, an association of over 40 school districts in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — agree that the key to whether or not learning takes place is not how information is delivered but if knowledge is constructed. Whether it is a teacher or a book or a computer that provides a formal lesson, the students must connect the lesson to what they already know or have experienced for true learning to occur.

“Content alone is insufficient as a motivator for student learning: It must be combined with purpose ... seen as meaningful by learners.

Students learn best when engaged in learning experiences rather than passively receiving information,” according to the authors.

That theory of learning, called “constructivism,” suggests that you cannot directly impart knowledge, but you can facilitate experiences in which students construct knowledge. Jacqueline and Martin Brooks agree that the job of the teacher is to create meaningful experiences that enable the learner to do just that.

“There are kids who struggle to learn if what is being taught is not offered in a way that is particularly relevant to them. In order to figure out ways for them to have ownership of their learning, skilled teachers, interacting in person with these students, focus not only on content but concentrate on approaches that lead to critical and creative thinking.”

What many parents and children learned during the pandemic is that at-home distance learning in front of a laptop, iPad, or iPhone cannot replace in-person classroom experiences created by skillful teachers. Virtual classrooms also denied children the opportunity to develop social skills through interaction with their peers. When schools reopen in September, students, parents and teachers will welcome the opportunity for true learning to begin again.

Further reading: “Schools Reimagined: Unifying the Science of Learning with the Art of Teaching,” by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Martin G. Brooks (Teachers College Press, 2021).

Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan is the former director of education at the Three Village Historical Society and an educator, writer and lecturer on art, artists and American history.

As an 86-year-old, I was saddened to read the letters to the editor submitted

by Shoshana Hershkowitz and Adam Fisher in your June 24 edition knocking U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin [R-NY1].

While everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, it must and should be based on all the facts and not just those that fit one’s personal narrative.

Their letters conveniently ignore the fact that much of the medical opinion in support of vaccinations, masks and school closures is disputed by extremely competent medical professionals.

Also ignored is the tremendous increase in mental illness and suicide suffered by children as a result of the closures, while those attending Catholic and private schools experience relatively normal school years.

I was astonished by Fisher’s support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo [D] despite his transfer of thousands of seriously ill COVID-19 patients to nursing homes and then, when faced with thousands of deaths as a result of these transfers, he lied about the numbers.

I also submit Hershkowitz’s advocacy for critical race theory because it is taught in law schools is baseless. As a former state and federal prosecutor and the recipient of three law degrees, I believe support for CRT must be based on facts and experience and not just because the proposition is taught by a law professor.

Finally, while I agree that the media should never publish falsehoods and lies, it should also be careful to be fair and balanced. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

Thank you for the reminder Thank you for the editorial which was published in The Village Times Herald on July 8 (“Fourth of July: Exciting or daunting”), which reminds readers that the sound of fireworks can be very difficult for individuals such as combat veterans and first responders.

Our family experienced this firsthand this year while spending Independence Day with my father, age 85. The boom of loud fireworks echoed throughout

the day — not pretty fireworks which decorate a night sky, but the type which make loud, jarring noises for no purpose except to be loud. Finally, in frustration, my father summed it up perfectly in one sentence: “Whoever is making this noise never spent one night in Vietnam.”

My father worked in Vietnam for three years during the war, laboring in the construction of infrastructure such as roads and airstrips which aided the

By way of example, the media continues to pursue “the failed insurrection in D.C.” while at the same time ignoring gross looting, burning and homicides in Oakland, Portland and especially in Chicago where 100 shootings occurred last week alone.

Likewise, the media has consistently shown no interest in reporting the tremendous increase in homicides and other crimes in all the major cities run

by Democrats.

In summary, if you are going to criticize a candidate like Zeldin, at least be fair in the facts you use.

Cherry-picking whatever fits one’s narratives without including all sides of the argument does all of us a great disservice.

Desmond O’Sullivan Port Jefferson

U.S. military effort. Other relatives, neighbors and friends were drafted to serve in combat.

Thank you for reminding us all to show kindness, consideration and appreciation to those individuals who, past and present, put themselves in harm’s way so that the U.S. can celebrate Independence Day. Frances Hanlon East Setauket

Schumer and Buttigieg forgot one visit U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer [D-NY] and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg [D] forgot to visit the East River tunnels during their recent press conference and Hudson River tunnels tour on behalf of the proposed $11 billion Gateway tunnel project. There is the $11 billion basic — two new tunnels plus rehab of existing tunnels — or full build $33 billion — including new track and

platform capacity — versions of Gateway.

Ongoing cancellation and combining of trains due to signal and other problems in the East River tunnels along with other locations on all branches of the Long Island Rail Road system will continue for years to come. Amtrak will not initiate decades-overdue major repairs of the 110-plus-year-old East River tunnels until 2025 — two years

after East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal begins. This work on all four tunnels, including two that suffered significant damages from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, may not be completed until 2029. Until this work is over, it will be impossible to guarantee reliable Penn Station service for LIRR commuters.

Larry Penner Great Neck

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Opinion An alien lands, part 2: a chat with the dog

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few weeks ago, I wrote about a conversation I imagined having with an alien who I envisioned landing in my backyard. Here’s how I figure a conversation between an alien who speaks the language of my dog and our beloved pet would go: Alien: Tell me about those humans?

Dog: They talk to each other constantly.

Alien: Does the noise bother you?

Dog: It’s not particularly problematic, but it is hypocritical.

D. None Alien: What do you mean? of the above Dog: When we’re in

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF the backyard or out for a walk, they tell us to be quiet or something

much meaner when we speak to other dogs.

They don’t want us to bark with other dogs, and yet they talk nonstop like they have so much to say.

Alien: What else is different about humans?

Dog: They never smell each other’s butts. By the way, do you mind if I hump your tentacle?

Alien: That’s fine. So, why is smelling each other’s butts important?

Dog: We get all kinds of information, about where the dog has been, what grass it’s eaten.

Speaking of which, are you planning to feed me sometime soon? I’ve been making those cute eyes at you during our entire ride and you haven’t felt the need to toss me food.

Alien: So, what do humans do all day?

Dog: They seem to be slaves to some small object they hold. Every time it buzzes or beeps, they immediately look at it, as if they will get in trouble if they don’t. Sometimes, they say something, like “Oh my gosh, I forgot,” or “Oh no, you don’t,” and then they

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run somewhere. I think that object gives them directions.

Alien: Are they pleasant?

Dog: Sometimes. They seem incredibly happy when they scratch our bodies and we move our legs. Once in a while, I do it if I think one of them is having a tough day.

Alien: Do they seem intelligent?

Dog: Hard to say. They don’t understand the value of sleep. They spend hours each day with the things in their hands or staring at a flickering screen. At night, they look at another screen on the wall in their bedroom.

Alien: What’s your favorite game to play with them?

Dog: There’s a big difference between my favorite and their favorite game. They love to play something they call “fetch.” They can be pretty simple and easy to please. When they like something, they keep doing it.

Alien: And your favorite game?

Dog: I call it the “mud game.” When everyone

is wearing something fancy, nice or white, I go into the backyard and find the darkest mud.

I come in and jump on them or spread mud on the floor.

Alien: Any other observations?

Dog: Just as they start to bring compelling smells into a room, they spray or roll on the scent of flowers over their bodies. I tried to copy them by rolling in the flowers outside, but they didn’t like that.

Alien: What do they say to you?

Dog: They seem especially fond of the word “sit.” Whenever someone comes into the house and they don’t know what to say to the other person, they tell me to “sit” and the other person laughs and nods.

Alien: Do you like humans?

Dog: Humans, in general, are fine. I am not all that fond of those people who make unhappy faces and say they are not a “dog person” but a “cat person.” Who could possibly find those hissing creatures more appealing than dogs?

We stopped for dinner one night on the way up the seashore in Portland, where we met with an editor who had worked at The Village Times 30 years ago. She took the ferry over from one of the offshore islands and had a lobster roll with us in DiMillo’s restaurant. That eatery used to be the Martha Jefferson, a Mississippi River paddle cruiser for sightseeing and parties on Port Jefferson harbor more than 50 years ago.

The present owners bought the old boat, tidied it up, anchored it permanently at the Portland docks and have over the years turned it into a seafood palace.

We spent three days in Camden, a charming fishing village with loads of tourist stores to wander in and out of, which we didn’t do but did enjoy a sailboat ride in a 36-foot schooner that we shared with a family from Alabama. There were a number of people visiting from the Deep South whom we met and chatted with, several owning summer homes in Maine. They drove the considerable distance, like us, enjoying the liberating journey. I want to salute an especially fine restaurant there, in Rockland, called Primo, started by a woman originally from Long Island,

that serves farm-to-table food in delicious fashion. Diners can also tour her lush gardens in the rear. Ask for the Russian kale salad for an unusual treat. And if it’s your thing, enjoy the Farnsworth Art Museum, with its impressive collection of three generations of Wyeths.

We loved our time in Bar Harbor (or as they say, Bah Hahbba), and especially Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. If you go, know that you will need a ticket in advance if you wish to see a famed sunrise or a sunset from the summit of Cadillac Mountain.

I have always enjoyed chatting with strangers while waiting in lines or riding in elevators, among other conducive situations.

I learn all sorts of information, usually useless but not always, this way. Friends I have been with will bear witness to this voluble habit. I hadn’t realized how much I had missed those casual conversations until this trip. I certainly agree with the theory of collective effervescence put forth by Durkheim a century ago. And we awarded the title of best lobster roll, after many samplings, to McLoons Lobster Shack of South Thomaston, in the friendly state of Maine.

More than just another vacation

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acations are wonderful. That’s stating the obvious. But vacationing now, in largely post-pandemic times, brings a special kind of joy. I felt it because I have just come back from vacation with a sense of happiness and peace that I wish I could bottle.

And I just happened to read an article that speaks to this very subject, the “rush of a real vacation.”

Now you might think it’s the result of breaking out after almost a year and a half of pandemic distancing, of masking and zooming and otherwise limiting and isolating ourselves.

Between We did that, these last you and me 10 days, driving up the

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF New England coast slowly and spending quality time in Maine. We certainly enjoyed the freedom of the open road, stopping where we had

a notion, taking back country routes on impulse, drinking in those picturesque harbor towns, eating lobster rolls, taking pictures of lighthouses.

After relative confinement, that was exhilarating.

But there was more to the experience than that. The article I read, “There’s a Specific Kind of Joy We’ve Been Missing,” by organizational psychologist Adam Grant in the July 10 issue of The New York Times, talks of collective effervescence. This is a concept introduced in the early 20th century by the sociologist Emile Durkheim describing “the sense of energy and harmony people feel when they come together in a group around a shared purpose.” So if you are participating in a brainstorming session with colleagues, enjoying a baseball game or a movie with new seatmates or even chatting with a stranger on a train, there is the joy of connection. That didn’t happen during the dark days of COVID-19, although there was some of that early in NYC when people were clapping and banging pots and pans with spoons at 7 p.m. every night to honor hospital workers. And it didn’t happen on Zoom, where the common response after several meetings was fatigue.

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