The Times of Middle Country - August 31, 2017

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Times of middle counTry CentereaCh • selden • lake grove north

Vol. 13, No. 20

August 31, 2017

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Bark for Your Park Brookhaven receives $10,000 grant to upgrade Selden Dog Park — A4

Sailing safely Boater tips ahead of Labor Day

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This year, forecasters predict an abovenormal hurricane season in the Atlantic. Hurricanes and tropical storms can cause serious damage to coastal and inland areas, including storm surge, heavy rainfall, coastal and inland flooding, high winds and tornadoes.

To help Long Islanders prepare for these types of storms, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) hosted a seminar with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, American Red Cross and Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services Aug. 28 at Brookhaven Town Hall to provide information to help residents prepare for, stay safe during and recover from hurricane storm systems. Residents also learned more about how these organizations measure, track and forecast hurricane activity.

“As we are witnessing in Texas with Hurricane Harvey, it is vitally important to be as

prepared as possible in the case of a hurricane or tropical storm,” Zeldin said. “New Yorkers unfortunately know this all too well. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit New York hard and devastated our coastal communities and businesses on Long Island, leaving mass destruction in its wake. The common message among all of the presentations was: Be prepared. The key is to be informed, make a plan, build an emergency kit and get involved.”

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Town

Brookhaven supports NYS lawsuit against EPA

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is picking a fight with the federal government, and as of Aug. 28, he officially has backup.

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), joined by town board members, environmentalists and State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), announced the town’s support of a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) Aug. 17 against the United States Environmental Protection Agency regardPage A18 ing the open dumping of dredged materials in the Long Island Sound. The lawsuit alleges the Long Island Sound Dredge Material Management Plan, which was approved by the EPA, violates the Ocean Dumping Act and Coastal Zone Management Act, and also cites a “failure to address environmental impacts on the Long Island Sound.” The plan allows for more than 50 million cubic yards of dredged spoils from Connecticut rivers and harbors to be dumped in the Sound for the next 30 years.

In 2016, the EPA increased the number of open water dumping sites in the Sound from two to three, despite a call from governors of both New York and Connecticut in 2005 to reduce and eventually eliminate the practice of dumping in the Sound. According to the suit, the dumping is also inconsistent with several investments of taxpayer dollars and policies that have sought to clean up the vital Long Island waterway. Cuomo opposed the additional dumping site in late 2016, and Romaine and the town sent a letter to the governor in support of legal action against the federal agency.

“We’re here to send a very strong message — that we are opposed to dumping in the Sound,” Romaine said during a press conference Aug. 28 at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.

“The state of New York and this governor, Andrew Cuomo, has done a great service to this state and to the residents of Long Island by working to enjoin, in the court, the EPA from allowing continued dumping in the Sound.”

Romaine accused the EPA of taking the expedient course of action rather than the most environmentally sound course with dredged materials, some of which are contaminated by pollutants.

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supervisor ed romaine voices support for a state lawsuit against the ePA Aug. 28, above, over dumping in the long island sound, at top.

Though a spokesperson for the EPA de- tional Significance, Long Island Sound is in clined via email to comment on ongoing need of greater protection,” he said. “We’re litigation, an April 2016 statement from the spending billions of dollars on water quality agency spelled out the motiimprovements and the open vation for continued dumpwater dumping of contamiing in the Sound. nated silt flies in the face of “Dredging is needed to these efforts.” ensure safe navigation in the Representatives from sound,” EPA spokesman John the nonprofits Sierra Club Martin said in an email to Long Island and the SeTimes Beacon Record News tauket Harbor Task Force Media. He added the agency also pledged support in opfelt the proposal struck “an position of the plan. appropriate balance between Englebright offered a the need for dredging to suggestion for an alternative maintain safe and efficient to the continued dumping. navigation and our desired “It is ironic that at a time outcome to restore and prowhen we’re watching a tertect Long Island Sound.” rible hurricane devastating Kevin McAllister, the presthe great state of Texas and ident of Defend H2O, a nonreflecting on the reality that profit organization dedicated — Kevin McAllister sea level is rising, that the to defending and restoring federal government is prothe quality of Long Island’s posing to take a vast amount waterways, spoke in support of the town dur- of sediment that will be needed to bulwark ing the press conference. our coastal investments, our coastal commu“As a federally designated Estuary of Na- nities from a rising sea level to augment our

‘We’re spending billions of dollars on water quality improvements and the open water dumping of contaminated silt flies in the face of these efforts.’

beaches with that sediment, to take it instead and use it in the most harmful possible way,” Englebright said. He added the dumping is “radicalizing the ecology” of the waterway, saying the sediment could be needed and should be used to strengthen coastlines. Englebright cited a deadly 1953 storm in the Netherlands that inspired the same fortification he proposed, a practice that nation has continued since.

Brookhaven Town Council members Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) and Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) also voiced support for the lawsuit. Romaine said he had been in contact with 1st Congressional District U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) regarding the town’s support of the lawsuit, and Romaine said the congressman is strongly opposed to dumping in the Sound.

Zeldin has sponsored bills designed to improve the health of the Sound in the past.

“The Long Island Sound shouldn’t be a dumping ground,” Zeldin said in an emailed statement through spokeswoman Jennifer DiSiena, “especially when there are many viable alternatives to open water dumping, including recycling and safe disposal on land.”

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Town

Selden Dog Park receives grant to fund water stations

By Kyle Barr Dog owners in Brookhaven have something new to bark about, as the Town of Brookhaven received a grant to make improvements to the Selden Dog Park.

Last week, Councilman Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) announced the town was one of just 25 local municipalities out of 215 from across the country to receive pet supply manufacturer PetSafe’s annual Bark for Your Park grant — a $10,000 prize. Most of the funds will be used to install new water stations and water fountains inside the dog park, and the rest will go toward minor improvements.

“We have a lot of dog owners that want a place where they can bring their dog who can run around with other dogs who live in the area,” LaValle said. “That’s where this all started — a lot of dog lovers out there who needed a place to go.”

Selden resident Taylor Gittin has already visited the park several times with his 1.5-year-old dog Cassie since recently moving to the area from Chicago.

“There were some parks in the neighborhood, but they were concrete, so its nice that there are trees and she can run on [the sand],” Gittin said of his old park compared to the one in Selden. “A few times coming here I forgot water bottles from home because I’m used to other dog parks having [fountains], so that’s the biggest thing for me [the town could improve on].”

Not including villages and private property, the town currently supports two offleash dog parks — in Selden and Middle Island. The Selden Dog Park will receive sprinklers, and new plants will help beautify the entrance. Slats will be added to the entrance gate so excited dogs don’t crowd the entrance as new owners enter.

“We’re always looking to save taxpayers money, and going out and getting these grants, whether it’s for infrastructure or parks, is something we really focus in the town because it offsets our costs,” LaValle said. “It’s these little extras that the residents want and the residents need that helps keep the tax bills down. We beat out municipalities from all over the country, so this was a great thing.”

The Bark for Your Park grant began in 2011 as a social media contest that would earn just over 40 applicants PetSafe Brand Marketing Specialist Justin Young said in an email. In 2016, the contest was trans-

Photo at top by Kyle Barr; file photo above by erika Karp; file photo on left by Clayton Collier

Clockwise from top, dog owners like Kevin Harrigan and Taylor Gittin who are watching their dogs Cassie and ruby play; or Irene rabinowitz and dog Sydney; can look forward to using fresh water stations at Selden Dog Park thanks to a grant secured by Town of Brookhaven Councilman Kevin laValle, on left at the park’s grand opening in 2014. formed into a grant-giving campaign. There are 25 grants available in different funding levels — communities building a new park can apply for a $25,000 grant, communities performing maintenance on existing parks can receive $10,000 and communities that desire new equipment can get $5,000 worth of park accessories through park furnishing company Ultrasite, a partner of PetSafe.

“The program is all about finding enthusiastic, pet-loving communities that support green spaces, with civic leaders and community organizations who want to improve their communities and encourage responsible pet ownership,” Young said in the email.

Centereach resident Kevin Harrigan is a regular to the park and takes his three dogs Ruby, Max and Jasper for a walk around Selden almost every day.

“This dog park is a God send,” Harrigan said. “From my perspective, there’s a lot of people like me — I’m in my 60s, I’ve been living in this community for 20 years and I pay my taxes every year. I have three dogs.

I can’t bring them in the parks, can’t bring them in school areas. I pay the taxes to pay for all these things and I can’t enjoy any of them. [A good amount] of the population are out here without kids, so for a lot of us, dogs are our kids.”

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Boater safety ahead of Labor Day weekend

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It’s Labor Day weekend and a great time to go boating. You get the family in the car and go to the marina.

Being a responsible boater, first you check the weather forecast and make sure that you won’t face any surprises out on the water. You or someone else will remember the sandwiches and drinks. You get to the boat and go through the required check-off items: examine the fuel level; check oil; see that the personal flotation devices are in the right place — at least one per person and easily accessible in an emergency — check if the anchor is set up for easy deployment; that flares and other emergency items in order; that the hand-held VHF radio is charged and readily available.

Being a responsible boater, the final thing to do before you cast off is to inform the passengers and crew as to where the emergency items are and how to use and wear them. And if you are a diligent boater, you file a float plan with friends, so that in the eventuality that you aren’t where you’re supposed to be in the coming days, they can inform the Coast Guard of a potential problem.

All of the above seems like a lot of hard work to go out for a day trip to the local anchorage. But with some experience, and perhaps after some nasty events, you will tend to do these things automatically — better yet, have an actual check-off list so you forget nothing. Then you’ll have a beautiful day to go boating.

Coast Guard teaches, rather preaches, to their boat crews and to the Coast Guard Auxiliary situational awareness. That is, what’s going on around you. In the parlance of the local guru, mindfulness — the state of knowing the environment in which your boat plows ahead.

These include water state, weather now and what’s to come, wind, other boats and buoys and all the impediments that exist on local waters. There should also be a designated lookout in case someone falls overboard.

Above all, know the rules of the road. This includes what to do when boats approach one another. These regulations, also known as colregs, are devised to avoid collisions at sea. The main elements should be learned by way of courses given on Nautical charts, which are available for the waters in which you wish to sail. The chart, unlike a land road map, gives you broad swaths of safe passages and also tells you which regions to avoid due to shallow depths and rocks.

If you’re a power boater or a sailor with an accessory motor, you should know about the innards of the beast.

Have you enough fuel for your planned voyage? Will you check the oil dipstick, or do you assume marina personnel do it for you? They won’t unless you ask them to. Are all your oil, water, fuel and water filters clean, and can you change out a clogged filter? Are water cooling sea cocks open? Can you troubleshoot easy problems? Do you have the essential tools for such work? Most aspects of inboard and outboard motors can be handled by a layman with a little study. A quick course on troubleshooting your power plant by the marina mechanic can also pay off.

Paddle craft safety is of growing concern to the Coast Guard, with some 22 million Americans enjoying the sport. According to industry figures, some 100,000 canoes, 350,000 kayaks and a very large number of standup paddleboard are sold annually. A tragic consequence of these large numbers is that as of 2015, 29 percent of boating deaths were related to paddle crafts. In response, the USCG has generated a Paddle Craft Vessel Safety Check, which is administered by a USCG-approved vessel examiner, such as Coast Guard Auxiliary personnel.

Paddle crafters should wear personal flotation devices and have a sound-producing device, like a whistle, on them at all times.

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LEGALS

Notice of formation of Total Source Bookkeeping LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/19/2017. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 7 Domino Way, Centereach, NY 11720. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

468 7/27 6x tmc PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to New York State Town Law Section 202-c, a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven at the Town Board Auditorium at One Independence Hill, Second Floor, Farmingville, New York, on September 14, 2017 at 6:00 P.M., to consider the dissolution and discontinuance of the Selden Refuse and Garbage District, pursuant to a Proposed Dissolution Plan.

At said public hearing, any persons interested shall be given the opportunity to be heard.

DONNA LENT, TOWN CLERK TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN Dated: August 10, 2017 Farmingville, New York 578 8/31 1x tmc NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids subject to all instructions, terms and conditions herein and pursuant to the specifications, will be received by the Board of Fire Commissioners, Centereach Fire District at the Fire District Office, 9 South Washington Avenue, Centereach, New York 11720, until 7:00 P.M., on September 12,2017, where they will be opened publicly and read aloud after 7:00 P.M. prevailing time, on the said date for the service as specified and the contract awarded as soon thereafter as practical for the purchase of:

ing five (5%) per cent of the bid price.

The Centereach Fire District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to accept the best bid suited for its specific needs.

Dated: August 21, 2017 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN ATTEST: Jennifer Gardner District Secretary 583 8/31 1x tmc NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IV, SEC. 85-29 OF THE BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND AT ONE INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (AUDITORIUM – 2nd FLOOR), ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 COMMENCING AT 2:00 P.M. TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY 7.

Nicholas Colavito, c/o Building Permits Plus, 19 Stillwood Rd., Brookhaven, NY. Location: East side Wood Rd. 1232’+/- South of Pond Path, Centereach.

Applicant requests minimum & total side yard variances for existing one story residence addition. (0200 44100 0100 019000)

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Bruce Abramowitz, c/o R-Design Consultants, Inc. 1070 Rte. 25, Ste. 7, PMB 144, Selden, NY. Location: North side Henry St., 200’ East of Hammond Lane, Centereach. Applicant requests lot area, front yard setback and rear yard variances for proposed one family dwelling. (0200 46700 0400 003000)

Specifications, proposals and proposed contracts may be obtained at Fire Headquarters, 9 South Washington Avenue, Centereach, New York, from the Fire District Secretary or Fire District Manager, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M.

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Bryan Russell, 9 Tracker Ln., Centereach, NY. Location: North side Tracker Ln. 331’+/- East of Fawn Ln., Centereach. Applicant requests front yard setback variance for proposed one story residence addition.

(0200 33400 0200 035000)

Bid packages/sealed proposals must be returned to the Centereach Fire District at the Fire Headquarters, 9 South Washington, Centereach, New York 11720.

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Richard Boyle, c/o Building Permits Plus, 19 Stillwood Rd., Brookhaven, NY. Location: West side Mark Tree Rd. 596’+/- South of Linda Dr., Centereach.

Applicant requests minimum side yard variance for existing one story residence addition; also, front

Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid bond or certified check represent-

yard setback variance for existing entry deck exceeding 4’ x 8’ permitted (8’ x 6’).

(0200 46800 0700 028000) 37.

Francis J. Amendola, 512 Park Ave., Centereach, NY. Location: West side Park Ave. 210’ North of Penn St. & East side Main Ave., Centereach. Applicant requests height variance for proposed 5’ high fence located in rear yard on thru lot (Main Ave.). (0200 48400 0200 013001) PAUL M. DE CHANCE CHAIRMAN 595 8/31 1x tmc

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids subject to all instructions, terms and conditions herein and pursuant to the specifications, will be received by the Board of Fire Commissioners, Centereach Fire District at the Fire District Office, 9 South Washington Avenue, Centereach, New York 11720, until 7:00 P.M., on September 12,2017, where they will be opened publicly and read aloud after 7:00 P.M. prevailing time, on the said date for the service as specified and the contract awarded as soon thereafter as practical for the purchase of: CLASS A UNIFORMS Specifications, proposals and proposed contracts may be obtained at Fire Headquarters, 9 South Washington Avenue, Centereach, New York, from the Fire District Secretary or Fire District Manager, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. The Centereach Fire District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to accept the best bid suited for its specific needs.

Dated: August 22, 2017 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN ATTEST: Jennifer Gardner District Secretary 598 8/31 1x tmc

Incidents and arrests Aug. 22–28 Crackdown

A 38-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station possessed crack cocaine while near the intersection of Route 25A and Railroad Avenue in Port Jefferson Station at about 10 p.m. Aug. 24, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Upon his arrest, police also discovered he sold a previously reported stolen 1998 Mazda to Gershow’s Recycling in Medford Aug. 31, 2016 after falsifying the title to the car, police said. He was charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

Crystal clear

On Crystal Brook Hollow Road in Port Jefferson Station Aug. 23 at about 10 a.m., a 35-year-old woman driving a 1999 Chevrolet was pulled over for a traffic stop and found to be driving with a suspended license, according to police. She was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Reality check

At a home on Oxhead Road in Centereach April 10, a 35-year-old woman who lived at the home wrote bad checks to pay for fuel oil, according to police. She was arrested in Centereach Aug. 25 and charged with issuing a bad check.

Crash and flee

A 36-year-old woman from Centereach was driving a 2007 Chrysler north on Old Nichols Road in Ronkonkoma Aug. 9 at about 8 p.m. and was involved in a crash with a 2015 Chevrolet and fled the scene without exchanging information, according to police.

She was arrested Aug. 23 and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

LEGO lifter

On four separate occasions during August, a 30-year-old woman from Calverton stole LEGO toy sets — three times from Target on Pond Path in Setauket and once from Target on Horseblock Road in Medford, according to police. She was arrested Aug. 24 in Selden and charged with two counts of petit larceny and two counts of fourth-degree grand larceny.

Spare no expense

A Louis Vuitton handbag containing a matching wallet and credit cards was stolen from the passenger seat of a 2012 Ford while parked outside Made to Move Tennis and Wellness in Setauket at about 5:30 p.m. Aug. 22, according to police.

Doctor shopping

Medical products were stolen from RiteAid in the Jefferson Shopping Plaza in Port Jefferson Station at about 10:30 a.m. Aug. 23, according to police.

ATV attention

At about 11 a.m. Aug. 25, a 28-year-old man from Middle Island driving a Honda all-terrain vehicle on Route 25 in Coram was passing other vehicles between marked lanes, causing a disruption of traffic and forcing other drivers to swerve out of the way, according to police. When he was pulled over by police, the man gave a false identity, and police discovered he was also driving with a suspended license. He was arrested and charged with reckless driving, false personation and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Lawn care

A 46-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station drove a car on the lawn of a home on Honey Lane in Miller Place Aug. 20 at about midnight, causing damage to the front porch, railings, columns, posts and the lawn, according to police. He was arrested Aug. 24 and charged with third-degree criminal mischief.

Biker gang

At about 6 p.m. Aug. 27, an “overwhelming number” of dirt bikes, motorcycles and allterrain vehicles drove down East Broadway in Port Jefferson, driving recklessly and disturbing pedestrians, according to police. Port Jefferson Village constables contacted the Suffolk County Police Department, police said.

Untelevised

At about 10 p.m. Aug. 28, three men stole three 55-inch televisions from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket, according to police.

— Compiled by Alex petroski

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SportS

Nonprofit is making life easier for former boxers Ring 10 raises money to help abandoned fighters, those down on their luck

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com It was one of the few times Howard Davis Jr.’s wife saw him cry in public.

The Glen Cove native and Olympic gold medalist who made history in 1976 as the first amateur boxer to win the New York Golden Gloves tournament four years in a row had just about lost hope that he would ever get back his coveted awards, which were stolen from him and sold at a garage sale.

That all changed Sept. 13, 2015, when he was honored by Matt Farrago and his New York-based nonprofit, Ring 10, during a gala at Marina del Rey Caterers in the Bronx.

Davis, who was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer earlier that year at 59 and was on a personal mission to retrieve the mementos for his family before it was too late, was presented with four golden pendants.

Each one was a perfect replica of his lost golden gloves pendants, made and paid for by Ring 10. Veteran fighters from the nonprofit took turns placing them around his neck.

All Davis could do was bury his head in his hands.

“It was such an emotional moment and it was all because of Matt Farrago and Ring 10,” his wife Karla Guadamuz-Davis said, adding that the organization regularly helped pay for her now-late husband’s expensive medical treatment. “After Howard passed away on

the most effective club like this in the world.”

One of Ring 10’s proudest success stories Dec. 30, 2015, I called Matt and said, ‘Thank is that of Iran “The Blade” Barkley, the World you for giving Howard some joy during the Boxing Council middleweight champion of last months of his life.’”

1988. The only guy to beat boxing legend For Farrago, 56, a former middleweight Tommy Hearns twice, Barkley went from top boxer who lives in Greenlawn, helping retired of the world to homeless in the Bronx. fighters who have fallen on hard times is what “We were literally told there’s a fighter in he does every single day as the founder and the subway system living only with a bag of president of Ring 10. clothes and his championship belt,” Farrago Formed in 2010 with a board of directors said. “When Iran retired, he had nothing. We made up of ex-fighters, a cutman and some took him in, got him settled, got him a place boxing advocates that meet once a month to live, had social services kick in and about a in the Bronx, the group stands as one of the year and a half ago he got married to a nurse.” few in the world that Barkley now serves on looks out for those who the group’s board of direchave been beaten in and tors, which also includes out of the ring. Veteran top boxers Mark Breland boxers who are often disand Richard Burton, and carded by managers and celebrated boxing judge promoters at the top of Harold Lederman. their careers have been Since its inception, lost ever since, and that’s Ring 10 has raised thouwhere Farrago comes in. sands of dollars through A majority of them events and banquets wind up in physical and to help more than 30 financial ruin because, top fighters struggling unlike other professional around the world. sports like football, baseThey send monthly ball or hockey, protected gift cards to boxers who

by NFL, MLB and NHL afford groceries and — Richard Schwartz can’t agencies, there’s no reclothes, and checks to the tirement or medical plan families of those sufferor structure in boxing for them to rely on. ing from illnesses such as chronic traumatic You’re by yourself in the ring and in life, encephalopathy — an extremely common Farrago said. degenerative disease among fighters that’s “This is the rare sport that doesn’t take care brought on by repetitive brain trauma, also of its own,” said Farrago, who was a top fighter known as “punch-drunk syndrome.” in the 1980s until he was abandoned by his For the last six years the group has helped manager after losing a main event at Madison out former two-time middleweight champion Square Garden. “There’s nothing — no safety Gerald McClellan, who suffered an aneurysm net — nothing for these guys to fall back on. and collapsed in the ring in 1995 and is now In boxing, if you don’t produce, you’re of no blind and 80 percent deaf; it frequently sends use. That’s the manager’s philosophy.” care packages to Charlie “White Lightning” He explained that while most athletes are Brown, who was once regarded as having the drafted into the pros based on scholarships fastest hands in the fight game and now reand achievements in college, that’s almost sides in a nursing facility in Illinois with fluid never the case for fighters, many of whom on his brain and difficulty speaking; and even come up from the streets. provided a proper headstone for a Floridian “If they make money, they think it’s going fighter who died from injuries in the ring and was to last forever,” Farrago said. “Then they wake buried in a nameless plot in Flushing, Queens. up with $150 in the bank. Whatever it takes, While most of the boxers helped are we try and get them back on their feet. We are between 45 and 60 years old, board members

‘Boxers are basically pawns to be moved around ... there’s the feeling that a lot of people just don’t care — they don’t care about the modern-day gladiators who get in the ring to entertain them, who risk their lives.’

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Clockwise from top, Ring 10 boxers smile during a fundraiser; Ring 10 founder Matt Farrago with board member Richard Schwartz; and Farrago with the late boxer and gold medalist Howard davis Jr. said they anticipate some younger guys currently in the ring coming to them for help.

“Boxers are basically pawns to be moved around,” said Richard Schwartz, one of the board of directors. “I also think there’s the feeling that a lot of people just don’t care — they don’t care about the modern-day gladiators who get in the ring to entertain them, who risk their lives. Once they hang up their gloves and a lot of the hits to the head kick in, many of them don’t even have any kind of medical insurance when they need it most.

Where is Don King? Where is Oscar De La Hoyas? These people have made hundreds of millions of dollars from the sweat, blood and tears of these fighters, and where are they?”

To Burton, a boxer who has been swindled out of a fair share of money over the years, there’s hope as long as Farrago is around.

“Everything he says he does, he actually does,” Burton said. “He goes beyond what’s expected of him and he’ll help anybody. If you’re down on your luck, Matt will find a way to raise money for you. Ring 10 is helping as many fighters as we can.”

The Ring 10 7th Annual Fundraiser will be held at the Marina del Rey Caterers in the Bronx Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Assemblyman Steve Englebright suggested an outside-the-box fix to the problem of what to do about dredged spoils during an Aug. 28 press conference.

Planning LI’s future It is a poorly kept secret that the condition of Long Island’s waterways is worsening. Elected officials from town, county, state and federal levels of government have all made improving the ecosystem of the Long Island Sound and other local water bodies a top priority in both their policies and public rhetoric.

We were glad to hear the announcement made by Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), along with council members Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) and Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station), during an Aug. 28 press conference. The town intends to support a lawsuit filed earlier in August by New York State officials against the United States Environmental Protection Agency regarding a dumping plan slated to drop dredged spoils from Connecticut waterways in the Sound for the next 30 years. Some of the spoils could be contaminated with polluted materials, according to some environmental experts.

Standing up to oppose a plan set forth by the federal government because of its hazardous potential impact on the local environment is a great start, but we understand something needs to be done with the millions of cubic feet of dredged sludge.

To that end, we were extremely intrigued to hear a suggestion made

by State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) during the press conference, which is even more topical today with severe flooding devastating Houston. Englebright told a story of a 1953 storm in the Netherlands that resulted in a catastrophic flood and killed thousands of people. In response to the disaster, the country formed the Delta Committee, which was tasked with coming up with solutions to prevent anything like the 1953 flood from happening again.

An element of the response, albeit a lengthy and expensive process, was to use in part dredged materials to create a barrier to protect the coastline.

A solution like this to Long Island’s problem of what to do with dredged materials in lieu of further harming the Sound would run in perfect lockstep with a mantra frequently heard from Romaine, a longtime advocate of environmental responsibility: “Reduce, Recycle, Reuse.” It would also provide increased protection from flooding, as experienced during Hurricane Sandy, and aid in strengthening the coastline from the effects of erosion and sea level rising amid the inevitable effects of climate change.

Outside-the-box thinking from political leaders is going to be a requirement over the coming decades if Long Island is to continue to be livable.

If the health of the Long Island Sound can be improved in the process, we can’t think of a reason why a solution like this shouldn’t be explored.

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The Rev. Robert Stelzer’s letter in the Aug. 24 edition of The Village Beacon Record [“What’s next if we tear down statues?”] has three sections: a repeat of President Donald Trump’s red herring — if a statue of Robert E. Lee goes, who’s next, Washington, Jefferson?; an extended — and sanitized — paean to Lee; and a hysterical apocalyptic coda.

Trump’s goal is obvious, despite lip-service condemnation of the Nazis, KKKers, and white supremacists rioting in Charlottesville, to accuse, against all evidence, the counter-demonstrators of the same violence and to pretend that there were many good people there simply trying to preserve their heritage against a huge “politically correct” movement to wipe it out. Hence Trump’s and Stelzer’s equation of Lee with Washington and Jefferson — all slaveholders. But Washington and Jefferson risked their lives to win independence from royal England and build a new republic.

Lee did not simply refuse to raise a hand against his children and resign his commission, he betrayed his solemn oath to defend the United States and took up arms to destroy it, to preserve slavery in the

South and extend it to the western territories if possible.

Stelzer quotes a letter from Lee to his wife saying slavery “is a moral and political evil,” but he doesn’t continue quoting: “Slavery was a greater evil to the white man”; “slaves are immeasurably better off here than in Africa”; and “the painful discipline they are undergoing is a necessity for their instruction as a race.”

White southerners have created a myth of a benign slavery — “Gone with the Wind” and “Old Black Joe” — but slavery was an abomination and slaves were treated like cattle, routinely whipped, sometimes to death to drive them and intimidate them.

The statues of confederates erected in the 1890s and again in the 1920s celebrate a peculiar southern “tradition.” The first 1890s set commemorated the return to power of white ex-slaveholders, after a KKK reign of terror that murdered thousands and stripped ex-slaves of almost all rights. The 1920s set celebrated the white riots against returning black veterans of World War I that emphasized that war service would not change “traditions” in the South.

At the end, Stelzer invents some powerful “We” as murderous as ISIS, bent on destroying any “civilization, religion, tradition or person with which ‘We’ do not totally agree.” Really? Are lefties abandoning the Enlightenment age, the rule of law, western literature, denying western science (the age of the earth, evolution, the equality of all humankind, the reality of climate change)? Is religion threatened by the clergy who counter-protested in Charlottesville? Are we burning evangelical churches, shooting humans at a prayer meeting? No. Stetzler means that he can’t impose his politico-religious preferences on others, who instead support a woman’s right to choose to beget or bear a child, gay marriage and other LGBT rights.

As to the threat to “person(s),” how many persons have been killed by civil rights groups? None that I know of, compared to white supremacists (many, notably Medgar Evers, Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner, Viola Liuzzo, four black schoolgirls in a Birmingham church bombing, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Heather Heyer).

Arnold Wishnia Setauket

Supporting the future of Tesla Science Center Built upon historic grounds in Shoreham by one of the most brilliant minds ever known, the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe is an inspirational museum on the verge of a rebirth that not only holds a rich history, but also great potential. Serving as the home for both Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island is a thriving community for science and technology, and supporting the center’s mission is vital to continuing this great tradition.

Understanding the history behind this site and its creator is an important part of comprehending the need to support its mission.

Nikola Tesla was one of the most brilliant scientists and inventors in human history whose legacy is sadly unknown by far too many.

Tesla revolutionized the way we use electricity, making possible many of the basic necessities we take for granted every single day.

His work has resulted in incredible advancements in radar and X-ray technology, energy, remote control and so much more. To continue these groundbreaking achievements, Tesla built the Wardenclyffe laboratory in 1901. Sadly, financial

hardships and patent issues prevented this visionary from being able to conduct significant testing before much of the equipment was confiscated by creditors, forcing Tesla to abandon the project.

Multiple companies came to own the grounds in the years to follow, but it was ultimately left dormant in 1987, with some believing it would be demolished.

Friends of Science East, Inc. saw an opportunity to make proper use of the site and began talks with Suffolk County, Shoreham Village and other entities in an effort to acquire the property.

In 2012, an internet fundraising campaign, which raised $1.37 million, resulted in the purchase of the property. Recognizing that Tesla never received the respect he had more than earned, this campaign sought to embrace this pioneer’s legacy.

Now over a century later, we have the opportunity to follow through on this untapped potential and turn these grounds into a site of scientific exploration and discovery once again. This effort will convert these grounds into a science and technology museum that

features a number of programs and exhibits, including lectures from visiting professors and experts, mentoring for children, an exhibit dedicated to highlighting the accomplishments of Tesla himself, and even possible incubator space.

An education firmly rooted in the sciences has become essential in the 21st century, and encouraging Americans to pursue the paths which lead to high paying jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields begins with supporting facilities like this one.

In April, I had the pleasure of visiting the center to tour the facility and meet with its leaders. Last month, I also attended a great summer exhibit for the center in Stony Brook. Enriching scientific discovery in our district should be an all hands on deck community effort. Just as we must support STEM majors for university students, allowing our youth to gain an interest in the sciences from a young age is absolutely crucial, and the Tesla Science Center will provide this critical resource.

Lee Zeldin Congressman 1st Congressional District

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OpiniOn Making science work for you

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’m not a scientist and I don’t play one on TV. Nonetheless, I think science is undervalued in America. I believe the typical American takes science for granted, thinks science owes them something and figures they’ll never understand what scientists are saying.

Wrong, wrong and wrong.

For starters, science isn’t just about trying to create the best iPhone, the highest quality and thinnest televisions, or medicines that act like magic bullets, destroying evil our cells or

By Daniel Dunaief in our DNA without damaging the healthy ones.

Science often starts with a question.

Why or how does something work?

And, perhaps, if we change something about the way it works, does it get bet-

D. None of the above

ter or worse? The conclusions scientists draw when they solve one puzzle leads to the next set of questions.

It’s as if a child asks his parent if he can go west and the parent says, “No, don’t go west, but here are the keys to the car.”

The answer may seem like a non sequitur, but it’s also a way to navigate somewhere new, even if, for whatever reason, the car isn’t supposed to go west. Maybe, by learning more about the car and where it can go, the child also learns what’s so forbidding about going west, too.

We want science to succeed and we’re annoyed when science doesn’t solve our problems. We can’t get something to work or we can’t get ourselves to work and we blame scientists. After all, if we can send a man to the moon, why can’t we conquer the morning rush hour or the common cold?

Then again, how does the study of dark matter — neutrinos or sphingolipids — affect our morning commute?

We may not understand these areas, but that doesn’t mean basic knowl-

edge can’t or won’t lead to advances we can’t anticipate.

Knowledge, as we know, is power. If we know, for example, that an enemy is planning an attack and we know where and how that attack will occur, we can defend ourselves, even if that enemy exists at a subcellular level.

Learning the playbook of the enemy takes time, which technological innovation, dedicated researchers and people battling against a disease often don’t have.

Worst of all, though, science is somehow too hard to understand. That is a defeatist conclusion. Yes, scientists use technical terms as shorthand and, yes, they may not be selling ideas or themselves in the kind of carefully crafted tones often reserved for CEOs or politicians.

That, however, doesn’t mean they are planting a keep-out sign in front of them or their ideas. While scientists reduce a question to an attainable goal, they also often keep a larger goal in mind.

A few years ago, my daughter had to draw a picture of what she thought

a scientist looked like. Rather than imagine a person in a white lab coat with one pocket full of pens and the other holding a radiation badge, she drew a baby.

Science may be frustrating because scientists often come across as uncertain. For example, they might say, “We believe that the shadow in our telescope may be caused by an exoplanet orbiting a star that’s outside the solar system, and which is the same distance from its nearest star as Earth is from the sun.”

Scientists can be wrong, just as anyone can be wrong in their job, in their opinions or in their conclusions. That, however, doesn’t make science wrong.

Scientists are often most excited when a discovery they make defies their expectations or bucks conventional wisdom.

Just because conventional scientific wisdom changes doesn’t mean every part of it is wrong.

Science doesn’t have all the answers and it never will. The most likely person to tell you that, though, should be a scientist, not a journalist.

Hope after the horrors of Hurricane Harvey

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ouldn’t it be wonderful if the enormous energy of Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm for a time, could be harnessed to serve later in some practical way, perhaps to light the city of Chicago during one of winter’s darkest weeks?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the unending rainfall brought

by Harvey, in some places in Texas more than 50 inches already, could be captured, stored and brought to areas that are arid and desperate for water?

By Leah S. Dunaief Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the disastrous effects and ruination caused by Harvey could somehow bring Americans back together, red states and blue states, conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, forgetting their anger and moving compassionately together to help the tragic victims

Between you and me

of our fourth largest city?

Wait, I think destructive Harvey has done just that.

Am I imagining, or did I hear one of our more bellicose representatives, from Long Island no less, promise to bury the hatchet and vote aid for the state of his longtime adversary, despite not having received such aid in our time of terrible need? And wasn’t he bragging about his empathy?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the unprecedented flooding caused by Harvey could incredibly make the prospect of nuclear war with Kim Jong-un secondary at the top of the news hour, beneath the fold on the front page of the daily newspaper and in the public consciousness?

Yes, it happened like that. Even President Trump disappeared from the news for a time. Harvey it seems, terrible as it is, can do strange things.

But the cost, in human agony, is catastrophic. Millions of people throughout the Gulf Coast have had their lives smashed, and that certainly is the main story for America this week. We have been glued to the television, watching the families with little more than the

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clothes on their backs, wading through the waist-high water to meet a rescuer in a rowboat, their homes behind them flooded to the windowsills. Where will they sleep? What will they eat? Will they have enough water? Did they remember to bring their medicines? Are their other loved ones somewhere safe?

So far, the number of wounded and dead has been low, certainly compared to the horrors of Katrina. But there are all sorts of wounds. Most of the people we see on the screen seem remarkably calm but are most likely in shock, trying to make sense of how their lives have violently changed. For some, their houses are totally gone, smashed and washed away in the floodwaters. For others, their homes will have to be razed to the ground because of mold and rebuilt — if there is money to do so. Unlike with Katrina, where some 50 percent of the homes were insured, it seems only around 20 percent in the Houston area have flood insurance.

Businesses, restaurants, automobiles, jobs, whole neighborhoods are gone.

Addresses mean nothing because streets are buried. Valuables and memorabilia of a lifetime have floated

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off. But most residents are “lucky”: They have escaped with their lives, their children in their arms.

The victims of Harvey have been grievously wounded. Our entire nation has been wounded.

We have, for now, lost a wide swath of the South, the ordinary, productive lives of the people who lived there and the many resources they gave us, from rice to oil and gas. After concerns for food and shelter are met for those rescued, there is the real threat of infectious disease, pollution and even the possibility of crime. And how will the affected states dispose of all the garbage Harvey will have left in its wake?

In some ways the rescue operation is a mini-Dunkirk. Good Samaritans, using all sorts of recreational vehicles, pickup trucks, fishing boats, motorized rubber dinghies and even Jet Skis, have rushed to help people trapped on roofs, in attics and in trees. The giant volunteer rescue effort, alongside official disaster responders, is a testament to the courage and basic decency of people throughout the country.

No one was asked whom he or she voted for. America, there is hope.

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