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September 12, 2019

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Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner, second from left, and Supervisor Ed Romaine, right, pose with Civil War reenactors at the Brookhaven Country Fair. Photo from Town of Brookhaven

Hats off to history

On Sept. 7 and 8, the Town of Brookhaven held its annual Brookhaven Country Fair at the historic Longwood Estate in Ridge.

The event featured entertainment, traditional crafts, vendors, primitive cooking, Civil War and Revolutionary War reenactments and more.

The Longwood Estate was passed down

through the generations dating back prior to 1817. In 1973, developer Wilbur Breslin and Herbert Carmel purchased the property for commercial and industrial development.

Brookhaven Town officials and area residents strongly opposed the plan, and in 1974 Breslin and Carmel donated the manor house and 35 acres of land to the Town of Brookhaven.

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Obituaries Marilyn Tunney

Marilyn Tunney, 86, a longtime resident of Setauket died peacefully Sept. 2.

Marilyn was born to the late Helen Ekenberg and Joseph Talbot Nov. 13, 1932.

She and her late brother John Talbot were raised in Cedarhurst. Marilyn attended St. Joseph’s boarding school in Brentwood where her faith, Christian spirit

and the friendships she made would last her a lifetime.

She met her beloved husband, John Tunney, in 1949, and in 1956 they married and spent the next 60 years together calling Setauket their home. Marilyn was a devoted and selfless mother to John (Mimosa), Beth (Charlie), Peter (Amy) and David (Christine). She was also the proud and loving grandmother of Olivia, David Jr., John IV, Duke, Arthur and Sonnet.

Family was everything to her and she devoted herself entirely to their happiness.

Marilyn spent 25 years working at The Village Times newspaper in the classifieds department where she found great joy in her work but more importantly cherished her friendships.

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Denise Peters

Denise Mary Peters, 69, of Alamo, California, died Sept. 4.

Denise graduated from Christ the King High School in Middle Village in 1967 and then attended Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School, graduating early and with honors. She could type 140-plus words per minute and was a skilled wordsmith. Denise was a former lead reporter and managing editor for The Port Times and The Village Beacon in the early ’90s.

Denise stayed in contact with friends from grade school in Middle Village where she attended St. Margaret’s School along with her five brothers.

She moved out to California in 1996 where she married her beloved husband, C. Larry Peters, June 19, 1999. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Denise was an avid reader, an extraordinarily talented writer, a connoisseur of music, a fanatic pet protector and the most caring person you could ever meet. She was always thinking and worrying about others and never about herself. If you called her and needed help for any reason, she would drop everything she was doing to be there with you.

Denise was a true angel. She never met a person who didn’t become a devoted friend, whether she knew it or not. Her stories and enthusiasm were endless, and so were the laughs. Denise always found herself in the funniest of situations. Whether she was traveling around the country or traveling around the block, she would come back with the most unbelievable stories. Denise had a gift of making everyone feel like they were the most important person in the world.

She had a heart as big as Texas. She is missed beyond words and will never be forgotten.

Denise was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Francis McDonnell and Mary Collette McDonnell, and her brother, James Charles McDonnell. She is survived by her loving husband, C. Larry Peters, 75, of Alamo, California; her son, Vincent Thomas Alfieri, 43; and his wife, Jordana of Hastings-on-Hudson; her daughter, Maria Lynn AlfieriVongphakdy, 40, and her husband, Boualay, of Danville, California; her brothers, John McDonnell, 58, and his wife, Patty of Lyndhurst; Thomas McDonnell, 63, and his wife, Janice of Elmhurst; Daniel McDonnell, 65, and his wife, Marcia of Tolland, Connecticut; Kevin McDonnell, 71, of Lakewood, Colorado; and her aunt, Katherine McCauley, of St. James. She is also survived by her sons, Marc Peters and his wife, Liz; Sean Peters and his wife, Julie; and Jonathan Peters; her grandchildren Covin, Sage, Jordan, Peyton, Hayden, Allyson, Kelsey K, Connor, Cole and Claire; dozens of cousins and scores of nieces and nephews from all over the country.

Visit www.oakparkhillschapel.com for the online guest book.

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Local libraries, county fear future of e-book lending limitations

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM As the internet has connected the world, libraries across Suffolk County have never been as linked as they are today with both patrons and each other.

The written word is strong, despite claims to the contrary, especially with the proliferation of e-books and audiobooks. Suffolk County’s Library System allows for libraries to request books from fellow libraries and gives access to multitudes of e-books and audiobooks alike, all free on request, barring a wait list.

Some publishing companies are not happy with the status quo.

Macmillan Publishers, an international corporation and one of the top five publishing houses across the globe, announced its intent to limit the number of copies allowed to libraries to one for the first eight weeks of release starting Nov. 1. After those eight weeks, they can purchase “expiring” e-book copies which need to be re-purchased after two years or 52 lends.

While this decision has rocked libraries across the country, in Suffolk County, as the interlibrary program and e-book lending is handled by the Suffolk Cooperative Library System, that will mean one copy of an e-book for the entire system, according to Kevin Verbesey, director of the county library system.

Just one e-book license for the whole of Suffolk and its near 1.5 million residents for the first eight weeks of its release.

To add some perspective, Verbesey said a hot new title could have thousands of residents on a wait list for the title, and the county library system usually tries to have one copy of said book for every two or three people requesting it. Like any anticipated piece of media, new and highly anticipated titles are most often sought and bought in those first eight weeks. Following that, barring renewed interest from something like a movie deal, attention begins to wane. Basically, the library system, which would usually purchase hundreds of licenses of that book, will effectively be restricted from having any.

In socioeconomic terms, Verbesey said it means people who can afford it can buy a book. Those who can’t afford it will have their access restricted.

“In some parts of the county where there’s not great socioeconomic need, people have the option to ‘press buy’ and buy it for $12, but that’s not the case everywhere,” Verbesey said.

“Rich people can have it, but poor people can’t.”

The North Shore is one of Suffolk County’s heaviest concentration of library users, the county library system director said. Those patrons could see some of the biggest impact of this decision.

Debbie Engelhardt, the Comsewogue Public Library director, said her patrons are savvy and know when books are set to hit the street, and they depend on the library to have e-book copies available.

“We have a long history of working very hard to get things into people’s hands as quickly as we can,” she said. “Think about a tiny little library someplace, they can buy one, and then all of Suffolk County can buy one. It just doesn’t seem equitable.”

Engelhardt said libraries often have deals to purchase books cheaper than retail price through deals with publishers. They will also create lease agreements to gather numerous copies of whatever is popular at the time, so they are not later burdened with multiple copies of that same tome.

Ted Gutmann, the director of the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, also pointed to the interlibrary loan system, which means not every library will need to purchase every book as long as it’s available nearby.

E-books, on the other hand, are purchased by libraries for sometimes five times its original asking price. A regular e-book could cost around $12. A library or library system will purchase it at around $50 or $60, according to Verbesey. This is because libraries need to buy the licensing agreement of the copy in order to lend it to multiple people over the course of its license before the agreement expires in a few years. Each publisher has different policies on how long the licenses last and what is the cost for relicensing a product.

The Suffolk library system has an annual budget of $14 million, with $4 million being spent directly on e-books and for the services of Overdrive, an application used by libraries to distribute their electronic media. E-books currently make up approximately one of every four checkout items from libraries in Suffolk.

Despite the price of these books, Verbesey said they are happy to purchase what can be hundreds of licenses of that one e-book if there’s demand. This new policy would make it pointless to purchase any copies.

Macmillan did not respond to a request for comment, but in its original July 25 letter to Macmillan authors and agents announcing the change, CEO John Sargent wrote, “It seems

Editorial comment Comsewogue, Port Jefferson and Setauket libraries will all have to contend with changes in the industry.

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that given a choice between a purchase of an e-book for $12.99 or a frictionless lend for free, the American e-book reader is starting to lean heavily toward free … Our new terms are designed to protect the value of your books during their first format publication. But they also ensure that the mission of libraries is supported. They honor the libraries’ archival mandate and they reduce the cost and administrative burden associated with e-book lending. We are trying to address the concerns of all parties.”

The changes came after the corporation tested a 16-week embargo with e-books from its subsidiary Tor Publishing, concluding e-book lending had a negative impact on sales.

Overdrive CEO Steve Potash condemned the move, calling the company’s original test data faulty adding that very few Tor e-books are available in public library catalogs. He pointed to other studies that showed libraries had no material impact on e-book sales.

Authors published under MacMillan include romance author Nora Roberts, young adult fantasy based in African myth Tomi Adeyemi, and even famous and deceased authors such as C.S. Lewis. The company is also set to publish whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s memoirs this month, which is sure to become a hotly requested item.

And though the libraries have no control over the publisher’s requests, some expect the onus to fall on the individual libraries themselves.

“When a library serving many thousands has only a single copy of a new title in e-book format, it’s the library — not the publisher — that feels the heat,” said American Library Association President Wanda Brown in a July 25 statement.

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“It’s the local library that’s perceived as being unresponsive to community needs,” she added.

Engelhardt pointed to data from the national Library Journal’s Generational Reading Survey for 2019, which showed 42 percent of those surveyed purchased the same book they borrowed from the library, and 70 percent bought another book of the same author of a book they borrowed. She added libraries are some of the biggest promoters for individual books, authors and literacy in general, and Macmillan may only be hurting its own brand.

While the limitation on e-book lending won’t be in effect until November, libraries are already preparing to tell their patrons why Macmillan books won’t be available electronically.

“We’re going to have to explain the publisher is not working with local libraries,” she said.

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Town

Town

Romaine announces successful Brookhaven issues safety violations results for back to school supply drive to big box stores in town

Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) announced that the town’s Youth Bureau’s INTERFACE Back to School Supply Drive has sent almost 1,300 students back to school with the necessary supplies they need to learn.

This year’s drive began July 29 and ran through Aug. 28. The Youth Bureau worked with local youth agencies to distribute the supplies directly to families in need.

“I want to thank all the residents and local businesses that contributed to this drive,” Romaine said. “Due to your kindness and generosity, there are almost 1,300 students in Brookhaven Town that headed back to school ready to achieve academic success. Without your donations, this would not be possible.”

“Thank you to the Youth Bureau for finding innovative ways to help children and families in need year-round,” said Councilman Michael Loguercio (R-Ridge), town board liaison to the Youth Bureau.

“The different drives this division runs throughout the year truly make a difference in Brookhaven Town and I am proud to work with them to help as many people as we can.”

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Town fire marshals visited 39 big box stores Aug. 30 to ensure they were in compliance with fire codes. The 22 summonses were for various infractions including blocked aisles and exits, and one for propane stored inside.

“Our number one priority is the shoppers and employees who expect to be safe and able to exit the store in the event of an emergency,” said Brookhaven Town Chief Fire Marshal Christopher Mehrman. “Ensuring aisle widths Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine with school supplies collected during the town’s Youth Bureau’s INTERFACE Back to School Supply Drive Photo from Town of Brookhaven

are maintained and exits are not blocked by merchandise are just some of the things we are looking at. The town has a zero-tolerance approach to these violations.”

The fire marshals also issued 21 violations that did not warrant a summons and were not egress related. Each summons issued is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and/or up to six months in jail.

“A blocked aisle or exit could mean the difference between life and death during a fire or other emergency,” town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said. “We will not tolerate any violation of our fire codes.”

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Town

Po’Boy Brewery amassing a dedicated following in PJS

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM For Bob Rodriquez, owner and brewmaster of Po’Boy Brewery, located at 200 Wilson St., Building E, in Port Jefferson Station, it’s all about making his customers feel like family and keeping them on their toes with the constant variety of beer and cider options.

Rodriquez said he had a dream to open up a brewery of his own for quite some time, first beginning home brewing as a hobby in his garage. As he got better at the craft, he began entering his own creations into competitions and racked up a number of awards along the way.

For the past two years, Rodriquez has amassed a dedicated group of customers.

“It is a life changer, it definitely took over our lives,” he said.

What makes Po’Boy stand out from other breweries is that it releases a new cider weekly and a new beer every two weeks.

“It’s fun for me, I get to create new recipes and people come back to see what’s new,” Rodriquez said.

The owner said everyone, for the most part, finds out about new releases the day of.

They send the new menu to a customer email list and share it through social media. Even the bartenders find out the same time the customers do.

Rodriquez enjoys making new creations.

“I wake up — OK, I want to make this,” he said. “Let me see if I have the ingredients, if not I’ll get it and then in the next couple of days I make it. I like to keep it a surprise for everyone.”

Behind the tasting room are three tanks that Rodriquez uses to make his new creations.

From there, it goes to the breweries cold room which is the final step before it gets put on tap for customers to enjoy.

While big companies may use a full automated system and more man power, Rodriquez does it all by himself.

“It’s a lot of work, it’s a lot of physical labor — you sweat,” he said.

Wesam Hassanin, Rodriquez’s wife and bar manager at the brewery, said most places you go to they’ll have their mainstays, and only once in a while they will add another option.

“We have a lot of regulars, they come in often, so we want to keep it fun for them,” she said. “It’s all [Rodriguez’s] ideas, he’s like a mad scientist,” she said.

While the business has taken off for the couple, as of now they only operate the brewery from Wednesday through Sunday. Both of them have jobs working at Stony Brook Hospital.

Rodriguez has been a nurse practitioner for the past 25 years while his wife works as a senior administrator in the surgery department.

“I said I’d go part-time when I hit 25 years and that has made it a little easier — opening up this place was much more difficult to do than getting my doctorate in nursing,” Rodriquez said jokingly.

Since Po’Boy opened in January 2017, the menu has grown from eight to 16 beers and ciders on tap. Last December, they began distributing to local businesses including Prohibition Kitchen among others.

“What I really love about it is the people that

come here, the atmosphere and the comradery is really awesome,” Keegan Johnson, a bar regular from Setauket said. “Not to mention the ‘sick’ beers and ciders — you can’t go wrong with that.”

Johnson praised Rodriguez’s craftsmanship.

“I appreciate the craft — you see someone that really enjoys what they are doing,” he said.

“You can tell he loves what he does, he loves making people happy.”

Po’Boy has been recognized islandwide as it was one of News 12’s fan-picked winners in its Brewery Battle poll. Regulars come from all over Long Island, and even beyond.

Yolanda Ramos, of Brooklyn, said she and friends make the drive down to Port Jeff just to come to Po’Boy. “We all walk in strangers and we walk out making so many new friends,” she said. “It’s just a beautiful place.”

Ramos said she started enjoying ciders because of Rodriguez.

“I was never a cider person until I came here,” she said.

Johnson said Rodriquez takes it to another level and dubs him “the chemist.”

“He understands what people like,” he said.

Rodriquez is proud of what he was able to

Left, Bob Rodriguez and his wife Wesam Hassanin. Photo by David Luces

cultivate over the past two years.

“This is something they can identify with: This is Port Jeff Station, this is Po’Boy,” he said. “They feel like they are a part of this.”

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SBU medical school implements new opioid education session

BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM At Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, a new generation of doctors and dentists are involved in a novel approach to managing the opioid epidemic. The training includes instruction from reformed narcotic users, who act as teachers.

A 25-year-old woman recently explained to the first-year students how she became addicted to opioids at the age of 15, when a friend came over with Vicodin prescribed by a dentist after a tooth extraction.

Addiction, she said, is like having a deep itch inside that desperately needs to be scratched.

“There was nothing that could stand between me and getting high,” said the young woman, who wants to remain anonymous. “Most of the time it was my only goal for the day. At $40 a pill, I switched to heroin which costs $10.”

Dr. Lisa Strano-Paul, SBU assistant dean for Clinical Education, who helped coordinate the session, said that “patients as teachers” is widely practiced in medical education. This is the first year reformed narcotic users are participating in the program.

“People’s stories will stick with these medical students for the rest of their lives,” she said. “Seeing such an articulate woman describe her experiences was impactful.”

Gerard Fischer, a doctor of dental surgery candidate from St. James, took part in the patient-as-teacher session on narcotics.

“You learn empathy, a quality people want to see in someone practicing medicine,“ Fischer said. “People don’t choose to become addicted to narcotics. So, you want to understand.”

After working in dental offices over the last several years, he’s noticed that habits for prescribing painkillers are changing.

“Dental pain is notoriously uncomfortable because it’s in your face and head,” he said. “No one wants a patient to suffer.” Pain management, though, requires walking a fine line, he added, saying, “Patient awareness is increasing, so many of them now prefer to take ibuprofen and acetaminophen rather than a prescription narcotic, which could be a reasonable approach.”

Hearing the young woman tell her story, he said, will undoubtedly influence his decisionmaking when he becomes a practicing dentist.

An estimated 180 medical and dental students attended the training last month. Overall, StranoPaul said she’s getting positive feedback from the medical students about the session.

The woman who overcame addiction and shared her insights with the medical professionals, also found the experience rewarding.

We respect her request to remain anonymous and are grateful that she has decided to share her story with TBR News

Media. For the rest of this article, we shall refer to her as “Claire.”

Faith, hope and charity

“I told the doctors recovery has nothing to do with science,” Claire said. “They just looked at me.”

Claire was addicted to drugs and alcohol for seven years and went to rehab 10 times over the course of five years.

“I did some crazy things, I jumped out of a car while it was moving,” Claire said, shaking her head in profound disbelief.

She leapt from the vehicle, she said, the moment she learned that her family was on their way to a rehab facility. Fortunately, she was unharmed and has now been off pain pills and drugs for close to six years. She no longer drinks alcohol.

“Yes, it is possible to recover from addiction,” Claire said.

People with addiction issues feel empty inside, Claire explained, while gently planting her fist in her sternum. She said that once her counselor convinced her to pray for help and guidance, she was able to recover.

“Somehow praying opens you up,” she said.

Claire was raised Catholic and attended Catholic high school but says that she’s not a religious person.

“I said to my counselor, “How do I pray, if I don’t believe or know if there’s a God?” She came to terms with her spirituality by appreciating the awe of nature. She now prays regularly. Recovery, she said, is miraculous.

Alcoholics Anonymous’ 12-step regimen, first published in 1939 in the post-Depression era, outlines coping strategies for better managing life. Claire swears by the “big book,” as it’s commonly called. She carefully read the first 165 pages with a counselor and has highlighted passages that taught her how to overcome addictions to opioids and alcohol.

Being honest, foregoing selfishness, praying regularly and finding ways to help others have become reliable sources of her strength.

Spirituality is the common thread Claire finds among the many people she now knows who have recovered from addiction.

“Medication-assisted therapy should not be discounted,” Strano-Paul said. “It improves the outcome and enables people to hold jobs and addresses criminal behavior tendencies.”

While the assistant dean is not involved with that aspect of the curriculum, the topic is covered somewhat in the clerkship phase of medical education during sessions on pain management and when medical students are involved in more advanced work in the medical training, she said.

The field, though, is specialized.

The federal government requires additional certification before a medical practitioner can prescribe buprenorphine. Once certified, doctors and their medical offices are further restricted to initially prescribe the medicine to only 30 patients annually. Critics say no other medications have government-mandated patient limits on lifesaving treatment.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, considers the therapy to be “misunderstood” and “greatly underused.”

In New York state, 111,391 medical practitioners are registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe opioids and narcotics. Only 6,908 New York practitioners

to date are permitted to prescribe opioids for addiction treatment as at Aug. 31.

Strano-Paul for instance, pointed out that she can prescribe opioids, but is prohibited from prescribing the opioid-based drug used for addiction therapy.

The narcotics education program is still evolving, Strano-Paul said.

New medical student training now also includes certification for Narcan, the nasal spray antidote that revives opioid overdose victims.

“It saves lives,” Strano-Paul said.

In a study titled “The Staggering Cost of Long Island’s Opioid Crisis,” data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New York State Department of Health reveal the opioid death rate in Suffolk County for 2017 was 41 percent higher than the state average, with 424 overdose deaths. The county is aware of 238 potentially lifesaving overdose reversals as of June 30 attributed to Narcan this year alone.

Since 2012, Narcan has helped to save the lives of 3,864 people in the county.

As for Claire, now a mother, she delivered her children through C-section. In the hospital, she was offered prescription opioids for pain.

“No one will ever see me again, if you give me those pills,” she said.

Source Where Pain Relievers Were Obtained Misuse Among Past Users 2016 (Aged 12 or older)

1.4% Prescriptions from More Than One Doctor 3.4% Some Other Way

0.7% Stole from Health Care Provider/Facility

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Medication-assisted therapy

Personally, Claire recommends abstinence over treating addiction medically with prescription drugs such as buprenorphine.

The drug, approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration since 2002, is a slow-release opioid that suppresses symptoms of withdrawal.

When combined with behavior therapy, the federal government recommends it as treatment for addiction. Medication alone, though, is not viewed as sufficient. The ultimate goal of medication-assisted therapy, as described on the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services website on the topic, is a holistic approach to full recovery, which includes the ability to live a selfdirected life.

35.4% Prescription from Single Doctor

From The Drug Enforcement Administration 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment.

53.1% Given by, Bought from, Took from Friend/Relative

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Your Turn: World needs to step up and deal with climate change climate movement known as Fridays for Future (more info available at www.fridaysforfuture. org/, @FridayForFuture and #FridaysforFuture).

She has shown us that one person with enough determination can spark change.

As shown by the devastating fires in Brazil, the climate crisis increasingly worsens.

Water levels are rising due to the rapid melting of glaciers and polar ice sheets. What Greta has done is to place the Earth’s biggest crisis front and center in our lives — more important than our SATs and ACTs. On Sept. 20, there will be a Climate Summit meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Everyone is encouraged to go and protest in front of the UN Headquarters in unity with the group Fridays for Future led by Greta Thunberg. The fires in the Amazon rain forest have opened many people’s eyes to the severity of the environmental circumstance that we now find ourselves. The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, told the public that more of the Amazon rain forest should be used for farming, mining and logging. The Amazon fires were caused by loggers, but refusal to initially accept an offer of $20 million in international aid to help fight the forest fires has only prolonged the destruction of the Amazon forest.

BY SAPPHIRE PERERA DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM In the hot summer heat, hundreds of children, teens and adults gathered outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York City to protest and spread awareness about climate change and the horrifying climate crisis we are currently in.

On Friday, Aug. 30, many were able to join the first strike that Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist, staged. In a united voice, we, the future, expressed the concerns that every single person on this Earth should have. Many children were able to tell their climate stories and why they were protesting on Friday. I was the only person to represent my school, Port Jefferson high school, but I was able to meet other people from Suffolk County who were as passionate about climate change as I was.

Greta Thunberg, an internationally acknowledged activist, is a Swedish girl who led the day’s strike, having sailed all the way from Sweden to New York. Trying to avoid leaving any carbon footprint, she sailed in a 60-foot yacht that was solar-powered and had underwater turbines.

Originally, she began her own protest by leaving school every Friday to sit in front of the parliament building in Sweden. She ignited the global

Greta Thunberg, center, at the Aug. 30 protest. Photo from Sapphire Perera

Presidents such as Donald Trump (R), who refuse to recognize global warming, and Jair Bolsonaro, who demotes environmental protections, have shown us the vital importance of needing to voice our opinions on the climate crisis so that there can be changes made. Similar to the movements against gun violence, children are once again leading the charge because we

have not seen the dramatic change that needs to occur for environmental situations to improve.

To create a better future, I urge all children to join the movement on Sept. 20 because if we don’t act now, situations will not improve and our Earth will continue to disintegrate.

Sapphire Perera is a junior at Port Jefferson high school and a self-described climate activist.

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A plea to Lee Zeldin: Stand up for our troops I have long been resigned to the fact that Donald Trump (R) would forward the bill for his cruel vanity project to the taxpayers of Long Island. Mexico was never going to pay for the wall. But I was still shocked by last week’s announcement that Trump had severely raided the military budget to pay for a portion of border fencing.

At issue: Congress allocates around $8 billion a year for the Department of Defense to spend, at its discretion, on construction projects “necessary to support the use of the armed forces.” Historically, this means base upgrades (such as improving their security), crisis response capability or family support facilities (such as schools for the families of our troops).

Operating with his usual disdain for his constitutionally defined role, and unable to force the House of Representatives to fund his wall, Trump poached nearly half of this year’s military construction budget –– a full $3.6 billion –– and redirected it to 11 sites on the border, in order to erect 174 miles of “fencing.” Details of this “redirection” came out last week.

The need for border security is a different discussion — Congress authorized funds specifically to support our military, including and perhaps especially our active troops — and Trump has taken this money away.

Examples of projects deemed less aging fire alarm systems, doors without closers “necessary”: A fire/crash/rescue station at leading to corridors and missing visual alarms,” Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base, a cyber so why are we willing to tolerate our president operations facility at Virginia’s Joint Base forcing the children of service members to contend with the same? It is an Langley-Eustis, renovations for utter betrayal of our men and the ambulatory care center at women in uniform.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, And my family has personal among dozens of other axed experience with these schools. projects once deemed essential The Fort Campbell middle

by Trump’s own appointees. school in Kentucky, which has On the whole, New York is due provided services for well over to be deprived of $160 million, half a century, is losing $62 the greatest amount of any million earmarked to relieve individual U.S. state. classroom overcrowding. My The ghastliest cut of all is mom attended eighth grade Trump’s decision to put the lives at Fort Campbell while my and education of our service grandfather was on active duty, members’ children at risk. and the quality education she Renovations or replacements Perry Gershon received helped her on her way for eight schools for dependents to her own career of service of military personnel, scattered in medicine. To this day, my across multiple continents, were canceled. Trump decreed that children at mom talks about the education and integrated Spangdahlem Elementary School in Germany classrooms from her Army base schools.

Thankfully, there is a mechanism by which will continue to spend five days a week in a building with faulty electrical equipment, fire patriotic citizens can find recourse: Per our alarms, air conditioning and security systems. Constitution, Congress sets the parameters No Long Island parent would feel safe sending by which its money is spent. Congress may their child to a school with “missing exit lighting, amend the president’s “construction authority

in the event of a declaration of war or national emergency,” and constrain Trump’s ability to subvert congressional funding authorization.

Among the dozens of senators and representatives who served in uniform before coming to Washington, D.C., is Rep. Lee Zeldin (R), the NY-1’s currently elected congressman.

Lee, I ask you this not as a Democrat, nor as a congressional candidate, but as a father and as a member of a family with a long and proud history of military service. For the sake of your fellow Americans in uniform, and their children, stand up to Trump. Work across the aisle, with veterans from across the political spectrum, to assemble a veto-proof majority. You have the power to act. You asked Long Island to send a vet to Congress. Will you ensure that our tax dollars are restored to the people who deserve them, and not thrown away senselessly in the desert? Will you uphold the responsibilities assigned to your office by the Constitution?

Military families are depending on it.

Perry Gershon is a former congressional candidate for New York’s 1st District and is running again for the same office. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale and a master’s in business administration from the University of California. He is also a national commentator on business, trade, policy and politics.

Clergy members wrestle with how to help community when it comes to gun violence Over the past weeks and months, we have witnessed yet again the devastating impact of gun violence throughout the nation. As clergy we are wrestling, alongside our communities, with how we can best respond to the increasing violence and tension in our country’s communities and throughout our entire nation.

What role can faith groups play? Like the members of the congregations we serve, we are concerned, angry and frustrated. We are facing a public health crisis — guns have taken the lives of too many of our siblings.

As faith leaders we serve congregants who are impacted, directly and indirectly, by gun violence. We are there when families have lost loved ones due to gun violence. We hear the concerns and fears of our people, and we feel deeply within ourselves the endless attacks on children of the Divine. With children returning to school, they will likely participate in active shooter drills. We want to co-create a better world for our children: a world where they do not have to hide under tables to prepare for an active shooter. We long for a world where our children will never have to hide from an active shooter. Enough is enough.

Like our members, we have a variety of views about the root(s) of the issues we face and how to respond most effectively. We want to provide help and comfort to those who, like us, are distressed by what we witness on a regular basis. How do the religious values our faiths teach us inform our thinking and actions, as well as our ability to talk with others who might disagree with us? We cannot compare our situation to the harrowing experiences of those directly impacted. Nonetheless, as human beings and fellow Americans, we feel a sense of connection with all who have suffered, regardless of religion, age, ethnicity or gender.

From churches to mosques to synagogues, from schools to concert venues to malls, an attack on any one of us is an attack on us all.

What we have realized is that we are a country and society of differing religious and political views, and those who do not subscribe to such views at all. Each of us as clergy represents a cross section of this mix. In a culture where sound bites serve as complete information and help form deeply rooted opinions, and where truth is often subjective, we want to be careful to be substantive and

intentional in our words and actions, and collaborative in our approach. We hope that by doing so, we can provide guidance on how to approach difficult issues in challenging times.

Over the coming months and years, we will continue to provide safe and welcoming spaces for those who enter our houses of worship. We also will be creating further opportunities to gather as an entire community for comfort, learning and inspiration, and to join in taking action together. In this vein we plan to build on the prayer vigils and study sessions of last year.

We are facing a crisis in our country and in our communities, but also are presented with a great opportunity. Please join us in lending your voice to our efforts to promote communication, trust and goodwill in our corner of the world, with the hope that it will spread throughout our land.

In peace, members of the Three Village Interfaith Clergy Association.

Rabbi Paul Sidlofsky, Temple Isaiah The Rev. Kate Jones Calone, Setauket Presbyterian Church

The Rev. Ashley McFaul-Erwin, Setauket Presbyterian Church Rabbi Aaron Benson, North Shore Jewish Center The Rev. Linda Anderson, Community minister in affiliation with Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook Cantor Marcey Wagner, Temple Isaiah The Rev. Gregory Leonard, Bethel AME Church The Rev. Margaret Allen, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook Ismail Zahed, Islamic Association of Long Island The Rev. Chuck Van Houten, Stony Brook Community Church Elaine Learnard, Member, Conscience Bay Monthly Meeting The Rev. Steven Kim, Setauket United Methodist Church Frank Kotowski, Lay minister, Summerland Church of Light, NSAC The Rev. Richard Visconti, Caroline Church of Brookhaven

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SERV ICES Cespool Services MR SEWERMAN CESSPOOL SERVICE All types of cesspool servicing, all work guaranteed, family owned and operated since 1985, 631-924-7502.

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References. 631-740-6997 COME HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is OUR PRIORITY. Excellent References. Serving the Three Village Area. Call Jacquie at 347-840-0890

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Macmillan Publishers, one of the top five biggest publishing houses in the U.S., announced its intent to soon limit the number of copies of its published books to one per library for the first eight weeks.

While that seems like the corporation is cutting off its nose to spite its face, for Suffolk County’s library system, which handles all of the area’s e-book rentals, it means patrons will have access to one single copy countywide for rent.

Think about who uses a library. The highest levels of patronage are enjoyed by people living in the North Shore communities, according to Kevin Verbesey, the director of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System. While there are plenty of people who use the library for its many events and other activities, many others use the system to gain insights on world events and better themselves as they enjoy free access to computers and books. They find solace during an escape into literature.

It seems cynical, ludicrous and downright greedy on the part of the publisher to limit access. It suggests the current library system, which has existed for more than a century, is now, all of a sudden, cutting into publisher’s profits. Meanwhile there is good evidence to suggest libraries help create buzz and interest for the publisher’s books. Data from the Library Journal suggests many readers will go out and purchase the same book they borrowed from a library, and even more buy a book by the same author as one they borrowed from the library.

The library system exists and is as natural as the written word itself.

Librarians across the country look at the publisher’s actions and condemn them, but their voices are drowned out by the scale of the overall operation.

While Macmillan may assume people will simply go out and buy the book instead of getting it from the library, this hurts all those who cannot afford a new book, in electronic or physical form. Even worse, other publishers will potentially copy what Macmillan has done, severely limiting access for patrons to their electronic literature.

Libraries are the backbone of culture in a community. We ask all North Shore residents show support for their local library.

Start a petition. Other publishers are waiting in the wings to see what happens. Letting Macmillan’s model become the norm will only harm the collective good.

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There’s definitely nowhere greater to be in the United States in August than the 1st Congressional District of New York on the east end of Long Island, and this past district work period was no different. It’s been an honor to listen and speak to those from all across our great district during mobile office hours, coffee with your congressman, town hall forums and oneon-one and small group meetings.

Time and time again, I hear the hardworking men and women of my district concerned that in the midst of political fighting, the issues most important to them are drowned out; a sentiment shared by Americans around the country. It’s important for elected officials to remember that Washington, D.C., oftentimes couldn’t be more removed from the realities found in the rest of our nation, and, as we head back to Washington, it’s critical that every representative take this lesson back with them.

There are times when we have to uncomfortably confront and debate important issues where there is disagreement and that’s okay, but where we can find common ground we should be more than eager to do so. According to the Lugar Center, last Congress, I was one of the top 50 most bipartisan members of the House because, I believe, there is so much more that unites us than divides

us. While the beginning of this Congress marked great bipartisan victories, such as the permanent reauthorization of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, we face no shortage of great challenges, ones that can only be addressed with bipartisan action.

As the next long-term highway bill is negotiated this Congress, we must focus on continuing to secure critical funding and push state, local and federal agencies to complete essential work, which includes repairing and improving highways and local roads and boosting federal aid for locally owned infrastructure like bridges and overpasses. Furthermore, we must bolster our maritime infrastructure, ensuring our waterways, seaside communities and coastal economy are protected.

Across our great nation, law enforcement is faced with the rise of the heroin and opioid abuse crisis, human trafficking and transnational gangs, such as MS-13.

We must make sure law enforcement is provided with the equipment they need to protect themselves and the laws in place that help safeguard our neighborhoods.

When it comes to those battling addiction, we must provide our communities with the tools and resources to increase treatment, recovery, education, enforcement and prevention services.

We must serve those who have served us, ensuring every veteran has access to

the resources they have earned no matter what corner of our country they call home. This means expanding access to VA resources through community-based outpatient clinics and other alternatives that allow them to receive the care they need with local convenience.

As Americans, it is also our responsibility to provide the next generation with the tools they need to succeed, and this means improving the quality of education they receive. We must shift the focus from overtesting to teaching and boosting science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs to prepare students for jobs in the 21st century workforce. In response to the student debt crisis, we must replace the current broken student loan system with an individualized loan repayment program tailored to our students’ needs and expand Pell Grants for higher education. A recent study has shown that the average graduate in New York has over $32,000 in student debt; this crisis must be swiftly addressed.

These are just a few of the many challenges we face as a nation, and as I head to Washington for our first week back in session, I hope all of my colleagues have spent time on the ground listening to the everyday Americans they serve and are returning with the same mentality and focus.

Congressman Lee Zeldin 1st Congressional District

In support of later school start times for teens We are writing to strongly support the Aug. 29 TBR editorial on school start times (“Let teenagers sleep”) and the recent grassroots efforts to do something about them discussed in the article in the same issue.

The irrationality of forcing teens to wake as early as 5:45 a.m. and expecting them to be mentally sharp at 7:05 a.m.

(Ward Melville’s start time) is by now clear.

Early start times run counter to the biology of the teen sleep-wake cycle. In sleep lab studies, the awake state of a typical sleepstarved teen more closely resembles that of a patient with narcolepsy than that of a healthy person. And even sleep-deprived, many teens are physiologically unable to fall asleep earlier.

Across the country, there is an accelerating trend toward later high school start times.

A bill currently before the California State

Senate would ban start times before 8:30 a.m. The trend itself has been studied. At the community level, delayed start times typically meet initial resistance and require a number of adjustments. But ultimately, they achieve their intended aim of healthier teens and offer countless success stories (www. startschoollater.net/success-stories.html).

Stress and anxiety are on the rise among teens. Several years ago, in a school editorial titled “Sleep Deprivation: Part of the Ward Melville Culture?” then-student Kirti Nath poignantly asked, “In a utopian version of Ward Melville, where everyone gets enough sleep, would people be happier with themselves and with each other? Would students be able to cope with stress better?”

Perhaps not all teens suffer when start times are early, but we suspect most readers know some who do. We urge administrators, teachers, parents and teens

in our district to ask themselves: If we know this is an important public health issue, why don’t we do something about it?

The TBR editorial opens, intriguingly, “Parents across the North Shore are hoping their teenagers will soon get to sleep in — even during the school year.” Can change be coming? For years we remember seeing on the district website an official statement saying, in essence, “If you’re thinking of asking about later school start times, the matter is closed.” In light of the continuing scientific evidence of the health hazards posed by sleep deprivation, and the growing number of school districts that are switching to later start times, we think it’s high time to reconsider.

Erika Newton, MD, MPH John Hover Talia Newton (Ward Melville senior) East Setauket

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Opinion

Back to school thoughts, and more

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here’s just far too much going on personally and professionally to contain it within a singularly focused column. Strap yourselves in, because here we go.

For starters, how awesome is the start of the school year? Kids grumble, shuffle their feet, roll their eyes and sigh. But, come on. It’s a clean slate. It’s a chance to learn new material, make new D. None friends and start of the above anew with teachers who didn’t

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF wonder what was wrong with you

when your eyes were almost closed during the days before you got sick. It’s also a chance for parents to breathe a sigh of relief as the chaotic house, which was filled with friends coming and going throughout the summer, establishes a predictable routine.

I spoke with a high school senior recently who was absolutely thrilled with the start of her final year of school. Not only does she want to get her grade point average up, which she was doing with a high average in her weakest subject, but she was also incredibly enthusiastic about the opportunity to apply to her favorite college. Her energy and enthusiasm were infectious.

Keep up: Here comes another topic.

The other day, after I dropped my son off at school, I passed a father who put me and so many other parents to shame. He was pushing a fully loaded double stroller with two children who were between 2 and 4 years old. Anyone who has had to push a

double stroller with bigger children knows how heavy that bus on wheels can get. He also sported a younger child in a BabyBjörn carrier. That’s not where it ended. While he was pushing and carrying three children, he was walking an enormous dog. Given the size of the dog, I wondered if he was tempted to strap a saddle on the animal and put one of the kids on top of him. Yes, I know that wouldn’t actually work, but it would distribute all that child weight more evenly and would give “man’s best friend” a job to do, other than getting rid of waste products on other people’s lawns.

Speaking of dogs, yes, my family now has a dog. He’s wonderful, soft and fluffy and is also an enormous pain in the buttocks. He has two modes of walking: He either pulls me really hard — he weighs more than 80 pounds — or he completely stops, pushing his snout into grass that he tries to eat and which upsets his stomach. Look, doggie dog, I know I can’t

eat dairy because of the enormous negative consequences. Does it occur to you that eating grass, dirt, plastic foam cups and pencils is bad for your digestion? Of course not because the only cause and effect you care about relates to what goes in your mouth.

So, last weekend we went to a baseball tournament for our son. The day after the tournament, the coach sent a pointed note to the parents, reminding us to contact him if we had a problem or question, rather than going straight to management. In case you were wondering, I don’t miss coaching.

Then there’s National Security Advisor John Bolton. So, he gets fired for being a hawk? Who knew he was a hawk? Oh, wait, just about the whole world. So, that begs the question: If his hawkish views weren’t welcome or wanted, why was he hired in the first place?

One more question: When did the weather or hurricane warnings become political?

An invitation for you to an awesome party

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ou are invited on a date. The night is Tuesday, Sept. 24, the time is 6 to 8 p.m., and the place is the Bates House opposite the Emma Clark Library on Main Street in Setauket. On behalf of Times Beacon Record News Media — that’s us! — I am inviting you and your loved ones and friends to a fun community event. This one, the 2nd annual Cooks, Books & Corks, will feed both your body and mind.

Here’s the deal.

Some 18 fine restaurants and caterers are coming together to offer you delicious specialties from their menus, washing it all down with a selection of wines, and a dozen-and-ahalf local authors Between are bringing their you and me latest books for you to peruse and

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evening. It’s Dutch treat at $50 a ticket, and the proceeds will go to a summer fellowship for a journalism student. In this way, you can help a young person take a paid step toward his or her ultimate career even as you help yourself to a scrumptious dinner and a literary treat that encourages local authors. And you will be helping us, the hometown news source, staff up a bit at a time when our regular team members tend to take vacations.

Here are some of the details.

The food will be supplied by these generous eateries: The Fifth Season, Old Fields, Pentimento, Elegant Eating, Sweet Mama’s, Zorba the Greek, Fratelli’s Bagel Express, Prohibition Port Jefferson, Toast Coffeehouse, Villa Sorrento, Lauren’s Culinary Creations, Sunrise of East Setauket Senior Living, Southward Ho Country Club, Sunflower Catering & Event Planning.

Fishers Island Lemonade and Luneau USA will supply drinks. Desserts will be sweetly taken care of by, among others, Kilwins and Leanne’s Specialty Cakes. I’m salivating just typing the list. Start fasting. Come hungry.

Local authors include Jeannie Moon, Marcia

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Grace, Jeannine Henvey, Susan Van Scoy, Angela Reich, Ty Gamble, Dina Santorelli, Elizabeth Correll, Suzanne Johnson, Joanne S. Grasso, Rabbi Stephen Karol, Kerriann Flanagan Brosky, Michael Mihaley, Carl Safina, Mark Torres, Michael Hoffner and Linda Springer. People will be able to meet and greet with the authors and request book signings. Why would anyone want to write a book? How does one go about the process?

Getting it published? Having it distributed? Would they recommend doing so to would-be authors?

This is an awesome assortment of local talent to have in one room at one time.

A few remarks will be shared by Laura Lindenfeld, the interim dean of SBU School of Journalism and executive director of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.

Gentle background music will be handled by the talented Three Village Chamber Players.

And there will be the usual basket raffles.

A special and huge thank you to Laura Mastriano of L.A. Productions Events.

Now we need you!

To purchase tickets, please visit our website tbrnewsmedia.com or our TBR News Media Facebook page to pay with PayPal.

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Leah S. Dunaief GENERAL MANAGER Johness Kuisel MANAGING EDITOR Kyle Barr EDITOR Rita J. Egan

LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathryn Mandracchia ART AND PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Beth Heller Mason

We also need sponsors who would like to support and be associated with this “high tone” event — as one of the vendors put it last year — to please contact us. Sponsorships may be had starting at $125 and will feature your name and logo in our newspapers, social media and our website, including a major “thank you” ad after the event. First one just in is Andy Polan, talented optician and owner at Stony Brook Vision World. And a big thank you to Camelot Party Rentals for their in kind donation. We would welcome your call at the newspaper office at 631-751-7744 or email events@tbrnewsmedia.com.

So come share in a delightful and satisfying event with lots of good food, good drink and good conversation. We hope you will follow up with visits to the participating eateries and caterers who have given of their time and specialties, and that you will enjoy reading your new books. We think when you leave the beautiful Bates House, you will be proud that you live in the area. And it certainly beats cooking dinner on a Tuesday night.

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