The Times of Middle Country - July 27, 2017

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July 27, 2017

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Hero dog rewarded Earns proclamation for saving deer’s life in Port Jefferson

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local residents receive crochet circle instructions and create works of art to be displayed at Middle Country Public library’s Centereach location this September as part of Carol Humme’s global project..

Artist shows crocheting can be a hit with yarn-bombing project

By Jill WeBB This summer, the Middle Country Public Library is giving the community a chance to not only admire the beauty of nature but to create something new and exciting within it.

Crochet It! is being hosted by the library as a community-driven art collective in which trees will be wrapped with thousands of colorful crocheted circles. This project will be creating two separate art installations to be displayed at the library for the public to enjoy.

Tracy LaStella, the library’s assistant director for youth services, beamed recalling the nearly 100 people who showed up for the June kick-off, where the library went through its first four boxes of macramé for the trees. Since then, she’s seen people of all ages and backgrounds become participants.

“This is our third drop-in, and they just keep on getting bigger and bigger,” LaStella said.

Carol Hummel, an artist well known for her large-scale installations and global projects, attended the Middle Country Public Library’s kick-off to offer two instructional workshops and will return in September to start the decorations she refers to as “artwork by the people, for the people.”

Since 2004, Hummel has been traveling to do community crocheting projects, also known as yarn-bombing. This is Hummel’s third time doing an installation on Long Island — her first was in Oyster Bay, and the second was at Stony Brook’s Long Island Museum after being noticed at a gallery showing in the area.

After the installation at The Long Island Museum, Hummel said the staff told her that they still get 10 people a day, at least, that stop and come to The Long Island Museum to look at the trees. “And then they get exposed to the place,” Hummel said.

Participants not only get pleasure from creating the pieces but also get to enjoy them after they are installed.

“It exposes people to a kind of art — contemporary art — that is different than going into a museum and looking at a painting on a wall,” Hummel said.

Hummel’s role in Crochet It! is planning, designing and figuring out logistics, like how much of each yarn color is needed. Then, the project is turned over to the library’s volunteers to produce pieces, which Hummel and her team will put together in September.

The artist said she enjoys working with Long Islanders, saying that they get many people involved.

Participants have the choice to work individually or attend the drop-in crochet sessions hosted at the library. The Crochet Socials Drop-in Sessions will have instructors present and will be taking place until September.

Instructor Corin LaCicero, 38, walked around the July 12 session, offering assistance to anyone who needed help.

“It’s fun to see them learn, and when they get it they get really excited,” LaCicero said of the participants. She explained that after a few weeks they’re learning how to create things like chains and circles.

LaCicero was taught to crochet by her mother and grandmother at 8 years old.

Having the hobby passed down leads her to emphasize the benefits of group sessions.

“Some people might have different techniques than others,” she said. “You might have someone come who’s left-handed and it’s hard to teach, and someone else can help with that.”

The Decentralization Program, a regrant The trees will be adorned with orange, blue, yellow and purple yarn in the Nature program of the New York State Council on Explorium at the library’s Centereach build- the Arts, has given the necessary funds for ing, where the drop-in sessions are held. “We the project to take off. The Huntington Arts must have over a thousand circles done al- Council administers the project, which will ready, and we need thousands because we’re integrate nature and art into the community.

Community involvement doing two large trees on the is one of the beneficial aspects property here,” LaStella said. of the project, and drop-in “My office is just filled with crochet sessions will be Aug. the circles.”

9 and 22 and Sept. 6 and 12 Marianne Ramos-Cody, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the of Selden, sat in on a dropCentereach location at 101 in session July 12 for the Eastwood Blvd. first time with her two young “It’s always nice to experichildren nearby. ence something that’s so in“I’ve crocheted before, spirational to everybody who’s but nothing like this,” Ra— Corin LaCicero working on it,” Hummel said. mos-Cody said as she demShe’s excited to be one of onstrates the circular pattern the first artists to go viral with of the crocheting with her son by her side. “He wants to learn, but I yarn-bombing.

“People always say ‘aren’t you afraid peogotta learn first to show him.

The library is offering Crochet It! kits to ple are going to copy you?’ I want them to be picked up for any participants to start copy me — I think it’s great,” Hummel said. their work. The kit includes all of the materi- “Spread joy and art around the world — that’s the best thing you can expect.” als necessary for making the circles.

‘It’s fun to see them learn, and when they get it they get really excited.’

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VILLAGE

Good Samaritans honored for rescuing man from PJ Harbor

BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSPAPERS.COM The actions of four good Samaritans likely saved the life of a motorist who drove his car into Port Jefferson Harbor via the Brookhaven Town boat ramp at the end of Barnum Avenue in Port Jeff Village in April, and for their efforts the heroic men were honored by the board of trustees during a meeting July 17.

Scott Declue was on the phone with his wife Jeyce, with whom he had plans to meet later in the evening April 6. The 40-year-old Mount Sinai resident said in a phone interview he was driving on Route 25A in a severe Photo by Alex Petroski rainstorm, and was sitting at the light at the Neil DeVine, center left, and Scott Declue, intersection of Barnum Avenue and Route center right, are honored for their actions.

25A, yards south of the boat ramp which leads straight into the harbor. When the light turned and Wayne Rampone Jr., pulled the two men green, he said miraculously it stopped raining, to the dock and lifted them out of the water. and near the edge of the dock he could see a They could not attend the meeting. car almost fully submerged in the water. DeDeclue, who is an Eagle Scout, said he clue said he told his wife he was going to pull thought the victim was dead while he tried to over to take a picture. Soon after stepping out get him to safety. of the car he said he saw a person’s head peek“His eyes were rolled back a little bit and ing out of the sunroof of the car. yellowish,” DeVine said of the victim. He add“If I don’t do something this guy is going to ed during the rescue he heard the driver say die in front of me,” Declue said was the thought he couldn’t swim. crossing his mind as he began running to the Since the incident Declue said he spoke end of the dock, shedding clothbriefly with the victim and faming as he went. Declue dove into ily members, but no in-person the water and swam to the car. meeting has taken place. DeVine Port Jefferson Village resisaid the victim’s mother wrote a dent Neil DeVine, 38, was also letter to DeVine’s children thankdriving when he said he realized ing him for his bravery and exsomething was out of the ordiplaining the actions the men nary. He said he was making a took that night. right onto Barnum Avenue from Declue said he had a hard Route 25A when he caught a time articulating to his wife what glimpse of the car, and turned exactly happened after he tossed around to enter the marina his phone and sprinted to the parking lot. He said he repeatend of the dock.

— Scott Declue edly tried to call 911 but got a “I think I saved someone’s busy signal several times. life,” he said he told her. “She “I didn’t expect the water to be as cold as it asked, ‘How big was this puddle?’” was,” DeVine said. Village Mayor Margot Garant Declue’s plans had changed that day. He said during the presentation of a proclamation called it divine intervention. to honor the heroism of the four men that the “I wasn’t even supposed to be there,” he water was about 38 degrees at the time of the said, adding that the incident kept him up at incident, which occurred around 5:30 p.m. night for weeks.

DeVine said he and Declue jumped in the water, DeVine said he was appreciative of the but he soon realized his heart rate and breathing village recognizing their actions. were slowing.

“We want to thank you for saving a life Declue reached the car and got on the roof in the Village of Port Jefferson,” Garant said. attempting to pull the driver out of the car. “That’s what this community stands for — DeVine said he went back to the dock and citizens like yourselves seeing a person in tried to find a way to help pull both men to harm’s way — so I really want to commend safety. The two said DeVine luckily found a you on behalf of the board of trustees.”

The victim was treated for severe injuries line from a crane on a nearby barge that was tied to a ring, and both line and ring were in the aftermath of the incident according to thrown to Declue and the victim. DeVine, with the Suffolk County Police Department, and other-witnesses-turned-heroes Tony Barton his current condition is not known.

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Incidents and arrests July 18–24 Driving with drugs

A 56-year-old woman from Medford and a 48-year-old woman from Port Jefferson Station were seated in a 2005 Hyundai in a parking lot located near the intersection of Route 112 and Hallock Avenue in Port Jefferson Station with crack cocaine and Xanax without a prescription at about 11 p.m. July 21, according to police. Both were arrested and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance and loitering.

Crackdown

At about 5:30 p.m. July 18, a 21-year-old woman from Lake Ronkonkoma possessed crack cocaine while seated in a 1999 Lincoln on Harbor Beach Road in Mount Sinai, according to police. She was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Bumper bikes

A 58-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station crashed into a bicyclist while driving a 2000 Lincoln on Woodhull Avenue near the intersection of Katherine Street in Port Jefferson Station at about midnight July 16 and left the scene without stopping to report the incident, according to police. He was arrested July 24 in Selden and charged with first-degree leaving the scene of an accident.

Smells fishy

On June 27 at about 4 p.m., a 41-year-old man from Stony Brook stole 12 cans of Old Spice body spray from Walgreen’s in Patchogue, according to police. He was arrested July 20 in Stony Brook and charged with petit larceny.

Tooth and nail

At Port Jefferson Dental Lab on Wilson Street in Port Jefferson Station July 22 at about 3 p.m., someone took large pieces of wood and smashed five windows, according to police.

Never too old

On Middle Country Road in Nesconset July 3 at about 12:30 p.m., an 80-yearold man from Centereach driving a 2007 Buick was involved in a crash with a 2014 Toyota and failed to stop to exchange contact information before leaving the scene, according to police. He was arrested July 20 in Centereach and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

Runaway train

Someone stole miscellaneous equipment, including property belonging to the Long Island Rail Road, from a 1999 Jeep parked on Chestnut Street in Mount Sinai July 23 at about 9 p.m.

Clear skin

At about 4 p.m. July 22 a man stole assorted skin care products and cosmetics from CVS on Route 112 in Terryville, according to police.

Lincoln lashed

The driver’s side door of a 2015 Lincoln was scratched by an unknown person while the car was parked outside of a home on Franko Lane in East Setauket July 23 at about 7 p.m., according to police.

Car punched at church

Someone punched and broke the rear taillight on a 2005 Nissan while it was parked outside of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption at about midnight July 23, according to police.

Stuff stolen

Assorted electronic items were stolen from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 6 p.m. July 21, according to police.

— COMPILED BY ALEX PETROSKI

July 27, 2017 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A5

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Heroic golden retriever honored by county exec.

Storm’s owner sheds light on the life-saving incident in Port Jeff Harbor turned viral sensation

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com

A local English golden retriever has earned a lifetime of “Good boy!” declarations and belly rubs, but Suffolk County recently threw him another bone to add to the accolades.

Suffolk County’s newest hero is Storm, a brave 6-year-old dog, who became a national celebrity Page A18 last week after a video of him pulling a drowning fawn from Port Jefferson Harbor Sunday, July 16, spread like wildfire online. Storm rolled around in the grass outside the Save the Animal Rescue Foundation in Middle Island July 19 as he and local animal rescue members were honored for their efforts to save the baby deer.

County Executive Steve Bellone (D) presented proclamations to East Setauket resident and attorney Mark Freeley, Storm’s owner who captured the heroics on his cellphone, Strong Island Animal Rescue League co-founder Frankie Floridia, who aided in the rescue, and Save the Animals Rescue Foundation Director Lori Ketcham, who is rehabilitating the 3-month-old male fawn now referred to as Water. He is currently in stable condition.

Despite an attempt to present an official proclamation to man’s best friend of the hour, Storm seemed much more interested in a large bone provided by the county executive’s staff.

“We’re here to talk about some of the heroes we have here, both canine and human, for what they’ve done to really remind us of the importance of compassion and giving to others and helping others,” Bellone said, acknowledging the selfless initiatives of the animal rescue groups.

Looking down at Storm, he said, “And this dog here is no ordinary golden retriever. He really did something important and special for us. The inspiration that Storm has given to all of us should inspire us to support the work of people like this that

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Photos by Kevin Redding

Clockwise from left, Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone gives Storm a proclamation and big bone for his good deeds; Frankie Floridia speaks during the press conference about saving the fawn a second time; and Storm rolls over. is happening each and every day. If that happens, then what Storm did will not only help save one fawn but will help save countless other animals here and others that will be here in the future.”

It was just another normal Sunday morning walk out to Pirate’s Cove for Freeley, 53, and his dogs, Storm and Sarah, a rescued Border collie, when he said the golden retriever suddenly got ahead of him on the empty beach.

The next thing Freeley knew, Storm was paddling out into the water about 100 feet offshore toward “a brown head bobbing” which he quickly realized was a drowning fawn. As captured in the video seen around the world, Storm held the deer in his mouth

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and carried it towards the beach “like a lifeguard would with their arm,” Freeley said.

After the fawn got on the sand, it ran around wildly before collapsing. Storm gently nudged the deer’s face and belly and pawed his leg.

“He won’t even play fetch with a tennis ball,” Freeley said, laughing. “I just feel like he thought he had to do something for this deer. Storm’s a very well-adjusted and socialized dog. He doesn’t have a mean bone in his body and he gets along with all animals. People on Facebook were saying he was going to kill the deer, but if you meet this dog, you know that was not going to happen. He’s not prey-driven.”

Freeley quickly posted the video to his Facebook and then called the nonprofit Strong Island Animal Rescue League to inform its members of the fawn.

Floridia, the group’s leader, said when he and his colleague Erica Kutzing tried to approach the deer with leashes and nets, “it totally went AWOL” and ran back into the water and paddled more than 200 feet out. Floridia said it was a do-or-die situation and it didn’t take long before he was swimming out to save the deer.

“He went into the water and followed the example that Storm set earlier and brought that fawn back in and brought it to safety,” Bellone said of Floridia, who he called the animal rescue cowboy.

The deer was then transported to the Middle Island animal rescue center.

“The deer was saved and that’s really the best part of the whole thing,” Floridia said. “It’s wonderful that this is bringing awareness to what really happens behind the scenes. Of course I want to thank Storm for helping us ride this wave to get

awareness for what we do every day.”

Since the video of the courageous canine’s heroics was posted, it has accumulated nearly 5.5 million views on Facebook, and been the top story on several talk shows, including ones overseas.

“We’ve been going from one interview to the next and Storm’s been a champ at everything,” Freeley said. “Yesterday, a lady out of the blue called me to tell me just how much of an impact the video had on her, and I could hear her crying a little bit. It’s just amazing and I think people just want to see a simple, basic act of kindness by a dog because news is so hostile today.”

Ketcham said she appreciates the attention her center has been getting from this, which she admitted she isn’t used to.

“It’s been a crazy couple of days since the fawn came here,” Ketcham said. “We have several hundred animals here in our care all being taken care of by a dedicated bunch of volunteers. We hope to get the fawn outside with the rest that are there in a couple days and then back out into the wild in September.”

Freeley, who fosters rescue dogs, provides pro bono legal work for a local animal rescue group, and runs adoption events every Saturday with his daughter, reiterated the biggest takeaway from this.

“It’s really important to support people like Frankie and [these foundations] because they’re the front lines of animal rescue and everybody wants animal rescue, but without your support, there can’t be animal rescue,” he said. “So if Storm has one thing to ask you today it’s to donate to Strong Island and Save the Animals Rescue Foundation to help them continue to save the lives of animals in Suffolk County and on Long Island.”

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SPORTS

Photos from Stony Brook University athletics

Stony Brook head women’s lacrosse coach Joe Spallina, walking the sideline, above; talking to attack Kylie Ohlmiller, on right; and getting his team in gear, below right, was named International Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Coach of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic Region for leading the Seawolves to the NCAA quarterfinals, ending the season ranked No. 2 in national standings.

Respected coach honored for spectacular season

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and he let them play out,” she said. “I credit all of it to him.”

Caridi became one of the most prolific Joe Spallina has done what many would goalies in Stony Brook program history. Her deem impossible. .514 career save percentage is tops in the In six short years, the Mount Sinai resident school’s record book, while her 5.91 goalsand Stony Brook University women’s lacrosse against average is the best among any goalie coach has turned the university’s program with at least 1,500 minutes played. The East from a U.S. Lacrosse Magazine RPI-ranked No. Northport native won two America East 62 team, into the No. 2 team in the country. championships and qualified for two NCAA “He knows what he’s doing,” said Frankie tournaments, earning International Women’s Caridi, 2014 Stony Brook graduate and for- Lacrosse Coaches Association Third-Team Allmer goalkeeper for the Seawolves. “His coach- American status in 2014. She was also named ing style, his philosophy and his ideas are al- the Lacrosse Magazine and ILWomen.com lowing them to get to where he wants to bring Goalie of the Year, picked as the America East that program.”

Defensive Player of the Year and nominee for Caridi played under the Tewaaraton Award, givSpallina as a freshman at en to the most outstanding Adelphi University. He had American lacrosse player. the opportunity to make the Current Stony Brook atmove to Stony Brook and tack and soon-to-be senior encouraged Caridi, now asKylie Ohlmiller also bought sociate head coach for the what Spallina was selling.

Adelphi Panthers, to make “He told me I could live the move with him during out my dreams here,” she her playing career. said. “He told me I could “He was a great coach win a national championstraight from the beginning,” ship in my time here, I’ll she said. “Just playing for be the face of women’s lahim at Adelphi that one year — Frankie Caridi crosse and on the cover of was amazing. The fact that magazines. And it’s all haphe believed in the few of us pening now. He painted that went with him that we’d be able to change my dream in my head for me and has been the program pretty quickly — he sold us.” making it all possible.”

Caridi said she was not only sold on makShe agreed with Caridi that he’s been able ing the switch because of his vision of building to shape the athletes to get the program to a national championship caliber team, but be- where it is today. cause he was honest about what he was look“I think if I were to go anywhere else, and ing for from his players and what he thought a lot of my teammates would say the same they could be. thing, that we might not be the level of la“He shot the truth,” she said. “He’s some- crosse players that we are or even the people one who is able to get the most out of you. that we are,” Ohlmiller said. “We want to give He demands you to be the best you can be … our fans — all the little girls who play lacrosse every single day. I respected him so much as — the dream of coming to Division I lacrosse a coach, because he respects us as players.” games and watching a good, Top 5 Division Her first conversation with him when be- I program play and compete for a national ing recruited to play for Adelphi was about if championship.” she wanted to win a national championship The Islip resident said she wants to be a and be an All-American. coach one day, and Spallina is the inspiration.

“He told me the opportunities that I had, “He’s able to be stern and be authoritative,

‘He’s someone who is able to get the most out of you. He demands you to be the best you can be … every single day.’

but at the same time he can throw a joke in there like he’s one of your best friends,” she said. “He’s able to make it fun, and that’s ultimately the reason we play. It’s to have fun and win.”

He and Ohlmiller were big proponents in recruiting her younger sister Taryn, who will be a sophomore in the upcoming school year.

As the leading scorers on the team, the two are referred to by their head coach as a couple of the “big dogs” on the team. Kylie Ohlmiller’s 164 points shattered the previous Division I record of 148. Her 86 assists are also a new DI record. She was American East Offensive Player of the Year, was named a Tewaaraton finalist, also an IWLCA ILWomen Attacker of the Year. Her younger sister led all Division I freshmen and ranked seventh in the nation with 98 points last season. The attacker was named America East Rookie of the Year and an IWLCA All-American.

“Once you’re one of his big dogs he wants to be closer to you,” Taryn Ohlmiller said. “He does one-on-one workouts with us, he gets you out there early, doing shooting drills. He cares about you as an individual as much as he cares about the team.”

The team-first mentality that the Ohlmillers

and the Seawolves have bought into under Spallina, who is also the head coach of the Long Island Lizards, propelled Stony Brook to new heights in 2017, as the Seawolves went 20-2 and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals – all new high-water marks in program history. The team broke Division I single-season records for assists (222) and points (576) in 2017 while leading the nation in scoring defense (7.27) and scoring margin (8.82).

For his leadership, in turning the program around and becoming the winningest coach in program history, Spallina has been named America East Coach of the Year in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and was named IWLCA Coach of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic Region following this season. He also garnered several coach of the year honors with the Lizards.

“He deserves all of the recognition — he deserves the world and so much more,” Kylie Ohlmiller said of her head coach. “Last year we were ranked second in the nation behind No. 1 undefeated University of Maryland, and that’s just in a couple of years — it takes decades for some coaches to do. He’s doing what a lot of coaches can’t or haven’t done, and it’s really cool to see. It’s insane how he’s flipped the culture of Stony Brook athletics.”

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AIRLINE CAREERS Start Here. Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician.

Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information, 866-296-7094 DOG GROOMER P/T - F/T Family Owned, same owner 40 years. Very busy shop, extremely high income. Minimum 2 years experience. Career oriented. Must love pets and people.

631-871-1160 ask for Alan.

CLERICAL PART TIME Knowledge of basic office equipment, data entry, preparation of documents, high volume e-mailing. Must have fast, accurate typing skills, excellent phone manners, detail oriented. Starting wage $13/hr. Monday-Friday.

Setauket. wcpthr@gmail.com DENTAL HYGIENIST Coram. Wednesdays, 12-5.

Also alternating Saturdays possible, 8-12pm. Doctor buys lunch on Wednesdays.

Excellent salary plus commission. 631-732-3400 PJ FERRY SEEKS COMMISSARY/FOOD PREP To work on-board. FT/PT, early morning & afternoon shifts available. Excellent pay/benefits pkg. Good attitude and people skills a must.

Call 631-331-2167 between 10am-1pm or fax 631-331-2547

EXCELLENT SALES OPPORTUNITY for advertising specialist at Award Winning News Media Group’s North Shore Market and Beyond. Earn salary & commission working on an exciting historic project!

Call Kathryn at 631-751-7744 or email resume to kjm@tbrnewspapers.com TBR NEWSMEDIA LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NY SEEKS: Waiver Service Providers RN’S Nursing Supervisor Budget Analyst IT Specialist Medicaid Service Coordinator Direct Care Workers Child Care Workers Quality Assurance Specialist Healthcare Integrator Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.

Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River NY. Send resume to: wadingriver-jobs@lfchild.org or fax to: 631-929- 6203. EOE PLEASE SEE COMPLETE DETAILS IN EMPLOYMENT DISPLAY ADS MEDICAL ASSISTANT for obgyn office flexibility a must. day and evening hours. no weekends. Fax resume 631-331-1048 Atten: Theresa

Family owned.

Same owner for 40 years.

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REGISTERED NURSES Neonatal I.C.U. units in Port Jefferson, NY. Call Judi at 866-633-3700 ext 111, email juschold@worldwidetravelstaffing.com or fax resumes to: 877-375-2450

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S E R V IC E S Cleaning ENJOY COMING HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is our priority. We promise you peace of mind. Excellent References. Serving the Three Village Area. Call Jacquie or Joyce 631-871-9457, 631-886-1665

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Electricians ANTHEM ELECTRIC Quality Light & Power since 2004. Master Electrician.

Commercial, Industrial, Residential. Port Jefferson.

Please call 631-291-8754 Andrew@Anthem-Electric.net FARRELL ELECTRIC Serving Suffolk for over 40 years All types electrical work, service changes, landscape lighting, automatic standby generators.

631-928-0684 GREENLITE ELECTRIC, INC. Repairs, installations, motor controls, PV systems.

Piotr Dziadula, Master Electrician. Lic. #4694-ME/Ins. 631-331-3449 SOUNDVIEW ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Prompt* Reliable* Professional. Residential/Commercial, Free Estimates.

Ins/Lic#57478-ME. Owner Operator, 631-828-4675 See our Display Ad in the Home Services Directory

Exterminating KILL BED BUGS! Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/Kit complete treatment system.

Available Hardware Stores.

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Wood, PVC, Chain Link Stockade. Free estimates.

Commercial/Residential 70 Jayne Blvd., PJS Lic.37690-H/Ins. 631-743-9797 www.smithpointfence.com.

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

25 years experience.

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Furniture/Restoration/ Repairs REFINISHING & RESTORATION Antiques restored, repairing recane, reupholstery, touchups kitchen, front doors, 40 yrs exp, SAVE$$$, free estimates. Vincent Alfano 631-286-1407

Gardening/Design/ Architecture DOWN THE GARDEN PATH *Garden Rooms *Focal Point Gardens. Designed and Maintained JUST FOR YOU. Create a “splash” of color w/perennials or Patio Pots.

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Gutters/Leaders GREG TRINKLE PAINTING & GUTTER CLEANING Powerwashing, window washing, staining. Neat, reliable, 25 years experience. Free Estimates. Lic/Ins.#31398-H 631-331-0976

Handyman Services HANDYMAN SERVICES AVAILABLE “No job too big or small” Very Neat. Kitchens, baths, roofing, windows, decks, brick work, siding, etc. Free estimates.

Over 30 yrs experience.

Old World Restoration, Inc. Old World Craftsmanship.

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Kitchen/Bathroom Specialist.

Painting, windows, finished basements, ceramic tile. All types repairs. Dependable craftsmanship. Reasonable rates. Lic/Ins. #19136-H. 631-744-0976 c.631 697-3518

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ALL PHASES OF HOME IMPROVEMENT From attic to your basement, no job too big or too small, RCJ Construction www.rcjconstruction.com commercial/residential, lic/ins 631-580-4518. *BluStar Construction* The North Shore’s Most Trusted Renovation Experts.

631-751-0751 Suffolk Lic. #48714-H, Ins. See Our Display Ad DUMPSTERS 10-40 YARDS, Bobcat service, no job too big/small, fully licensed and insured, serving all of Suffolk, Islandwide Industrial Services inc.

631-563-6719,516-852-5686.

PRS CARPENTRY No job too small. Hanging a door, building a house, everything in-between.

Custom cabinets, windows roofing/siding/decks.

POWER WASHING. Serving North Shore 40 years.

Lic/Ins. 631-744-9741 THREE VILLAGE HOME IMPROVEMENT Kitchens & Baths, Ceramic Tile, Hardwood floors, Windows/Doors, Interior Finish trim, Interior/Exterior Painting, Composite Decking, Wood Shingles. Serving the community for 30 years.

Rich Beresford, 631-689-3169 SUPER HANDYMAN DTA CONTRACTING WE CAN FIX OR BUILD ANYTHING. Kitchens/Baths, Tile Flooring, Doors, Windows/Moulding, Painting; Interior/Exterior, All credit cards accepted.

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Home Repairs/ Construction JOSEPH BONVENTRE CONSTRUCTION Roofing, siding, windows, decks, repairs. Quality work, low prices. Owner operated.

Over 25 years experience.

Lic/Ins. #55301-H. 631-428-6791 LONG HILL CARPENTRY 40 years experience All phases of home improvement. Old & Historic Restorations. Lic.#H22336/Ins. 631-751-1764 longhill7511764@aol.com

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

Lic/Ins. Division of Emerald Magic Lawn Care.

631-286-4600, Lic/Ins. www.GotPoisonIvy.com LANDSCAPES UNLIMITED SPRING CLEAN-UPS Property Clean-ups, Tree Removal, Pruning & Maintenance. Low Voltage lighting available. Aeration, seed, fertilization & lime Package deal. Free Estimates.

Commercial/Residential Steven Long Lic.#36715-H/Ins. 631-675-6685, for details LANDSCAPING SPECIALS throughout Suffolk County, full service landscaping, mulching, lawn cutting, planting, etc.

Family owned/operated Call or email 631-283-2266 Luxorganization@gmail.com SETAUKET LANDSCAPE DESIGN Stone Driveways/Walkways, Walls/Stairs/Patios/Masonry, Brickwork/Repairs Land Clearing/Drainage,Grading/Excavating. Plantings/Mulch, Rain Gardens Steve Antos, 631-689-6082 setauketlandscape.com Serving Three Villages SWAN COVE LANDSCAPING Lawn Maintenance, Cleanups, Shrub/Tree Pruning, Removals. Landscape Design/Installation, Ponds/Waterfalls, Stone Walls. Firewood. Free estimates.

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Painting/Spackling/ Wallpaper ALL PRO PAINTING Interior/Exterior. PowerWashing, Staining, Wallpaper Removal. Free estimates.

Lic/Ins #19604HI. 631-696-8150, Nick BOB’S PAINTING SERVICE 25 Years Experience Interior/Exterior Painting, Spackling, Staining, Wallpaper Removal,Powerwashing. Free Estimates. Lic/Ins. #17981, 631-744-8859 COUNTY-WIDE PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Painting/Staining. Quality workmanship. Living/Serving 3 Village Area Over 25 Years.

Lic#37153-H. 631-751-8280 LaROTONDA PAINTING & DESIGN Interior/exterior, sheetrock repairs, taping/spackling, wallpaper removal, Faux, decorative finishings. Free estimates.

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References. Free estimates.

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Satisfaction guaranteed.

Free estimates. Owner operated. Will beat written estimates! 631-828-5266

ALL SUFFOLK PAVING & MASONRY Asphalt Paving, Cambridge Paving Stone, Belgium Block Supplied & fitted. All types of drainage work. Free written estimates. Lic#47247-H/Ins. 631-764-9098/631-365-6353 www.allsuffolkpaving.com

EXTERIOR CLEANING SPECIALISTS Roof cleaning, pressure washing/softwashing, deck restorations, gutter maintenance.

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Carl Bongiorno Landscape/Mason Contractor All phases masonry work: stone walls, patios, poolscapes. All phases of Landscaping Design. Theme Gardens. Residential & Commercial. Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110 ISLAND PAVING AND MASONRY Specializing in Driveways, Patios, Interlocking pavers and stones, steps, walkways and walls. Free estimates and design. 25% Off Any Job for Summer.

Suffolk Lic #55740-H. 631-822-8247

WORKING & LIVING IN THE THREE VILLAGES FOR 25 YEARS. Owner does the work & guarantees satisfaction. COUNTY-WIDE Lic. & Ins. 37153-H 631-751-8280

Tree Work CLOVIS OUTDOOR SERVICES LTD Expert Tree Removal land Pruning. Landscape design and maintenance, Edible Gardens, Plant Healthcare, Exterior Lighting.

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Free Estimate and Site Analysis Report Servicing All of Long Island.

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OPINION Editorial

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Frankie Floridia, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D), Mark Freeley and Storm during a press conference where the three were honored for their heroics by Bellone.

The power of good Oprah Winfrey once said, “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”

In the last two weeks, we have had a handful of good Samaritans, and even a good dog Samaritan honored for their actions.

Mount Sinai’s Scott Declue and Port Jefferson’s Neil DeVine were honored by Port Jefferson Village for saving a man from a submerged vehicle in April. The same day they were recognized for their heroic acts, Hauppauge’s Stephen Matteo and Briana Stettner and Ronkonkoma’s Edmund Quinones all played a part in helping save a Mount Sinai man from his burning car that crashed into a tree after he suffered a medical incident. This week, Storm, a 6-year-old English golden retriever, and his owner Mark Freeley were presented with proclamations — and a bone for Storm — after the dog pulled a drowning fawn from Port Jefferson Harbor. Frankie Floridia of Strong Island Animal Rescue League had to save the confused fawn a second time, after it ran back into the water and began drowning again after Storm’s rescue.

Also last week, five Florida teens, in a shocking video filmed a man named Jamel Dunn drowning to death in a pond and did nothing to help. They were a few hundred feet away but didn’t try to help or dial 911 according to news reports. Instead, the teens laughed.

We hope others learn from this inhumane and utterly cruel tragedy. We need to look out for each other. If even a dog can do it, we as humans need to know we should always lend a helping hand when someone is in need. It’s part of our civic duty, and you never know the magnitude of what even a small bit of help you provide might mean. For those unable to dive into raging waters or pull someone from a burning car, immediately calling for help is an honorable second option. Doing nothing should never be the choice.

We need more people like the good Samaritans that were recognized this week, and we hope there is a ripple effect created by what was learned about in Cocoa, Florida, for more people to be kind, to be helpful and to do the right thing.

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Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai, connected to the Long Island Sound, will be affected by federal funding to the Long Island Sound Program and the National Estuary Program.

Securing funds for a cleaner Sound As co-chair of the Long Island Sound Caucus and a founding member of the bipartisan Congressional Estuary Caucus, I have been working to secure full support for the Long Island Sound Program and the National Estuary Program to ensure both programs are fully funded in the appropriations process and not eliminated.

On July 24, I announced that important federal funding was added for both the Long Island Sound Program and the National Estuary Program in the Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for 2018 at $8 million and $26.7 million, respectively.

The Long Island Sound is a precious feature of our life, culture and economy, which affects the livelihood of thousands of Long Islanders, as well as our local recreation and tourism industries.

Protecting this critical waterway, which has suffered over the years from pollution, overdevelopment and other negative impacts, has always been one of my highest priorities in Congress. The Long Island Sound Program, which is dedicated to water quality and wetlands restoration, as well as other local conservation projects

to restore local beaches and protect wildlife, is such an important program. The program’s funding is prioritized to address urgent and challenging issues that threaten the ecological and economic wellbeing of coastal areas including nitrogen, harmful algae blooms and flooding or wetland loss.

Additionally, the National Estuary Program is another important Environmental Protection Agency wetlands protection program that was established by the Clean Water Act. This National Estuary Program provides important local grants for 28 estuaries in the United States that the EPA has recognized to be of “national significance” due to their threatened status from pollution and overdevelopment. On Long Island’s East End, there are two estuaries of national significance: the Long Island Sound and Peconic Bay. The National Estuary Program is the primary funding source for the Peconic Estuary Program.

Earlier this year, I held a press conference in Mattituck, where I was joined by local elected officials and environmental advocates, and requested full funding for these two essential environmental protection programs. I also joined

with U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3) and sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt urging him to oppose cuts to the Long Island Sound Program. Additionally, in the House, I helped lead a bipartisan appropriations request for full funding for each of the 28 national estuaries in the United States.

Both the Long Island Sound Program and the National Estuary Program must be protected; securing the funding needed to maintain these programs is a major win for our local waterways.

The deadline to fund the government for 2018 is Sept. 30, and I look forward to this bill’s passage in the House by then.

There is much we can do to improve water quality in the Long Island Sound and Peconic Estuary, and I will continue working in Congress on a bipartisan basis to ensure our waterways are preserved for generations to come.

Lee Zeldin U.S. Representative 1st Legislative District

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OPINION Laughter lightens the load

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e worry about infections regularly. The last thing people want is a cold right before they go on a summer vacation, before they see a newborn, or before they are about to give a presentation half way around the world to a group of people who might approve their work for the next three years.

And, yet, there are some types of infections, or infectious behavior, that have the

By Daniel Dunaief opposite effect, making us stronger, purging our system of toxins and giving us the extra energy to work harder, to be more patient with traffic around us and to smile when someone accidentally insults us.

Laughter fits that bill. TV producers certainly understand this when

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they add laugh tracks to their shows.

It allows people to feel as if they are not alone, as they laugh with others they can’t see, even if they are alone in front of their TV. A late family friend used to become so caught up in funny stories that his quick breaths and high-pitched squeals kept him from speaking. The tale, however, became irrelevant as his performance more than compensated for the lack of a narrative, allowing the rest of the room, particularly those who knew him well, to share his laughter.

I can still hear the laughter from my late aunt, whose giggles would often end with joyous tears.

I recently spent a few days with my brothers to celebrate summer birthdays. We sailed, ate well and hit baseballs on a hot, airless field at Gelinas Junior High School.

I stood in right field, as one brother pitched and the other sent bombs deep into the outfield. My sister-in-law patrolled near second base, scooping up grounders and acting as a relay.

My brother crushed a hard grounder directly at his wife. I immediately shouted, “Field it to the side. Move out of the way.”

My brothers started laughing, slowly at first, at advice that was so contrary to the suggestions I had made when I coached baseball and softball over the last decade.

“Yes,” I acknowledged, “but I don’t want her to get hurt. I’d rather she missed a ball that hit a rock or took a crazy bounce than have it slam into her.”

“Sure, sure,” they teased. “You really don’t know anything about this game, do you?”

Then, it occurred to me to go with it.

“Well,” I shrugged, “I’m actually trying a new technique.”

“Oh yeah?” they asked dubiously.

“Yes, I’m going to tell the kids, ‘Take your eyes off the ball and make sure you have absolutely no idea what to do with the ball when it comes to you.’”

After a few snickers, the four of us shared the kinds of things you’d nev-

er tell kids on a baseball field, which ramped up the laughter. Things such as “Yes, it is all your fault” and “No, you’re not that good at this sport.”

The laughter somehow made the heat of the afternoon more bearable.

Later, my younger brother was in the middle of a salad when he offered something so uproariously funny that his lips could barely contain the food, even as he couldn’t possibly swallow. With great effort, he slowed his laughter and swallowed.

I’m not sure what was so funny, but I know the value of laughter. Yes, of course, one movie after another tells us about the power of love, which drives people to incredible achievements and affirms the value of our connections.

Along the way, however, laughter helps fill our tank, soothes the frustrations of the day and puts a broad infectious smile on our faces that can spread, like a beneficial virus, delivering feelings of goodwill that can cascade through a crowd.

The unfading memories of children’s accidents

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arents recall forever the acute accidents experienced by their children and with the same emotional turmoil every time the memory surfaces. It’s as if the horror is locked in the mind, frozen in time.

For example, my first born, when he was a toddler, hated to stay in his crib. A tall child, he was intensely curious about the world around him and would wander to explore whenever the opportunity presented

By Leah S. Dunaief itself. Hence his frustration at being limited by a crib. Because of his height, he threatened to vault over the crib’s edge at an early age, and so my husband and I bought an extender fence that attached to the top of the crib’s

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rail and presented an insurmountable barrier to his escape. Or so we thought.

One night, when my parents were visiting, we had just put our son to bed and retreated to the kitchen for some after-dinner coffee and conversation when we heard a loud splat, followed by a blood curdling scream.

When the four of us rushed into his bedroom, we found our 1-year-old splayed out on the cement floor, stopping only to suck in air for the next horrible scream. I don’t have to tell you what thoughts went through our heads.

I can picture the scene perfectly, in all its detail, to this day.

Then there was the time our second son, thrilled that he had just discovered his sea legs, was running at top speed across a green lawn in Texas. We were in front of the Air Force base hospital where my husband worked, and we were to meet him for lunch. Because we were early, we waited on the grass. I was desperate for some shade since the temperature was in excess of 100

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degrees, and I was heavily pregnant with our third son. Settling myself beneath the lone tree in the park, I closed my eyes briefly, then looked over to track my toddler just in time to see him running on a perfect trajectory toward a girl swinging high in the distant playground. Struggling to my feet, I began to run after him, frantically calling his name.

Either because he couldn’t hear or chose not to, he kept pumping his chubby little legs, with mine clumsily running to catch him. I can still picture the scene in horrifying slow motion and remember that I knew I would be too late.

Just as I put my arms out to grab him, the back arc of the swing smacked him in the mouth, and instantly there was blood everywhere. The poor girl on the swing that had come to an abrupt stop looked over her shoulder in terror at the sight. I scooped up my screaming and bloodied child, and ran with him cradled across my arms to his father’s office in the hospital. Again I can perfectly remember all the

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minute details as we burst through his door, especially the look of horror on my husband’s face as he took in the sight.

And then, not to be left out and because they have always been equal-opportunity children, there was the time the bloodied face of my 3-year-old third son came into my line of sight as I drove up the driveway from an early morning tennis game. With the babysitter crouched over him on the blacktop beside the kitchen stoop, bleeding profusely from a cut on his forehead, was my screaming child. He had somehow fallen sideways off the top step onto his head.

This visit to the hospital involved stitches. Fortunately for him, they have long ago healed and the scar is all but invisible. Too bad the memories don’t likewise fade. Such is the price of being a parent or having responsibility for a child’s life, whether a niece or nephew or grandchild or a babysitting charge. Whatever the accident, one can never forget.

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