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TIMES of MIDDLE COUNTRY C E N T E R E AC H • S E L D E N • L A K E G R O V E N O R T H

Vol. 15, No. 28

October 24, 2019

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County residents got a glimpse of the county’s budget process as the operating budget working group held its first public meeting Oct. 17 when the 2019-20 recommended operating budget was discussed.

The county operating budget funds employee payroll costs, county departments and a variety of other expenditures. The status of the budget has been in the spotlight since the New York State comptroller, Tom DiNapoli (D), said Suffolk was under “significant fiscal stress” — with Nassau — for the second year in a row. In 2018, Suffolk had an operating deficit of about $26.5 million and a general fund balance deficit of $285 million.

The topic has been an important issue in the county executive race. The current incumbent, Steve Bellone (D), has stated that during his tenure he has worked to bring the county spending and finances back in check. John Kennedy Jr., the county comptroller and Republican challenger for executive, has stated that the county is in a “fiscal crisis.”

Here is what legislators discussed at the meeting. The proposed operating budget for 2019-20 will be $3.2 billion, an increase from last year’s $3.1 billion budget.

The recommended budget would look to increase property taxes by $14.66 million (2.14 percent), according to the report.

The increase is comprised of a rise in police district property taxes of $16.56 million (2.8 percent).

The police district will face an $11.3 million deficit by the end of 2019. It is the fourth year in a row that the district will have a deficit. Overtime for the police department in 2019 is estimated at $30.9 million.

In addition, the county’s general fund, despite seeing an increase of $318 million in revenue from 2015 to 2019, is projected to experience its fifth consecutive deficit in 2019.

Combined with the police district, the county may face an operating deficit of some $20 million.

Sales tax revenue is projected to increase an additional $48.5 million from 2019-20 or about 4.5 percent.

Another area of concern is the county payroll. It has increased by $315 million in the last seven years, despite the workforce being reduced by 1,250 positions. From the start of 2019 through Sept. 8, the number of active county employees on the payroll declined by approximately 150, according to the report. The recommended expenditures for employee health care in 2020 is projected to increase by approximately by $22.2 million.

The Budget Review Office also raised concerns in the report that property taxes in the Southwest Sewer District, which covers parts of Babylon and Islip, would decrease by $2.14 million. This could lead to less funds available for sewer projects and potentially increase borrowing.

In terms of other revenue, the county is projected to see an increase in funds from video lottery terminals at Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel in Islandia. The revenue brought in will increase to $25 million in 2020 compared to $2.9 million in 2018 and $3.3 million in 2019.

For homeowners, the proposed county property tax will yield an estimated average tax bill of $1,207, an increase of $25. Average taxes per homeowners will increase by $32 in five western towns, including Brookhaven, Smithtown and Huntington, and decrease by $2 in the county’s five eastern towns.

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Ed Romaine has stabilized Brookhaven’s finances Achieved structurally balanced budgets in ALL of the Town's

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Eliminated over $33.5 million in "pipeline" debt Adopted Operating Budgets EACH and EVERY YEAR staying within the New York State Tax Cap and ALL the Town's Spending Cap, Tax Rate Cap and Debt Cap Increased surplus funds by 40% between 2014 and 2019 Refinanced old debt - saving taxpayers millions of dollars

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University

Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Set to Open in November

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

It’s apparent, when stepping into the main lobby of the new Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, slated to open for patient care Nov. 17, that young patients will come first. The downstairs lobby is decorated in soothing tones with a fun nautical theme. One wall features a live feed of fish swimming at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead.

Stony Brook Medicine held a ribbon cutting at the site with staff and elected officials in attendance Oct. 17. The 71,500-square-foot, 114-bed hospital will be the only children’s hospital, according to Stony Brook Medicine, with single-patient rooms on Long Island.

(See brief on page 8 for room breakdown.)

“We’re really trying to get everything into a child-friendly environment, and this is sort of like the icing on the cake to have our building and to get the pediatric inpatients out from the 11th floor of what is predominantly an adult hospital into this proper space that was designed for kids and their families,” said Dr. Margaret McGovern, professor of pediatrics and physician in chief at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, during a tour and interview two days before the ribbon cutting.

With a full-service health care program that includes a Level 1 pediatric trauma center, neonatal intensive care unit and more, McGovern said Stony Brook Medicine treats an array of pediatric conditions.

“In general, the acuity is high,” she said.

“These are kids who really need to be in the hospital. It’s everything from an infection to a broken bone.”

McGovern said the single-bed rooms will provide infection control, comfort, privacy and security. The children’s hospital will be located on floors 4 through 7 in the new Medical and Research Translation Building, also known as MART, which combined with using wristbands with devices, will provide extra security for children.

Each patient’s room will have a pull-out sofa for parents to sleep in, refrigerator, safe and workspaces for families and hospital staff.

Each room also has a private bathroom with a shower that is wheelchair accessible.

Dr. Carolyn Milana, interim chair in the Department of Pediatrics, said that the singlepatient rooms will allow medical staff to easily have private conversations with families, as the current rooms have two patients each and can only be divided with a curtain. She said at times medical teams have to step out of a room to have a conversation with parents.

“This will allow the whole team to come in and really have a conversation with the family in private, and it’s quieter,” Milana said.

The children will also have a remote to

Elected officials and Stony Brook Medicine faculty and staff at the Stony Brook Children’s Hospital ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 17. Photo from Stony Brook Medicine

control the lighting over artwork hung on the walls, and medical teams will be able to pull up records and patient care educational materials right up on the room’s television screen.

Maureen Cole, associate director of nursing at the children’s hospital, said that the rooms were designed after receiving feedback from families on an advisory council.

“They were very instrumental in some of the additions that we have made, and then the children gave a lot of feedback, too, because we have a youth advisory council who have been touring the building,” she said.

Cole said children even offered advice on how they should be spoken to and who should be in the room when conversations occur about their care.

In addition to the private rooms, McGovern said the hospital was designed for respite with play spaces and rooms, and even a teen lounge.

The building will also have an adolescent unit on a separate floor from younger children and a classroom with Wi-Fi. Ronald McDonald House of Long Island, a New Hyde Park nonprofit that provides support to improve the health of children, has a family room in the hospital so parents can sit and relax, and even do work. A washer, dryer and shower across from the room are also available to families.

The building includes an elevator for patients being transported for procedures that is separate from visitors. The special procedure unit will provide services such as sedated

MRIs, pediatric endoscopies and bone marrow procedures for both inpatients and outpatients.

McGovern said nearly 10 years ago Stony Brook Medicine declared itself a children’s hospital because they recognized the need to expand children’s health care programs in Suffolk County.

“There are about 450,000 kids in Suffolk County,” she said. “That is absolutely a population that can support a children’s hospital. So, we’ve been building the number of pediatric providers who are on our full-time faculty — now there’s almost 180 of them, 30 different pediatric specialties.”

McGovern said there are also more than 250 nurses on staff and child life services employees and social workers.

“Everyone likes to work in a place that has been thoughtfully designed to help them do their best work,” McGovern said. “I think that has resonated, also, with our staff and keeping good staff. We’re recruiting great physicians here. Pediatricians like to work at children’s hospitals because it says a lot about the commitment of the organization to children’s health to have a children’s hospital. I think that has helped us be successful recruiting doctors here from the best training programs in the country to come and join us to help us take care of the kids in Suffolk County.”

According to Stony Brook Medicine officials, the cost of the construction was $73 million and was part of Stony Brook Medicine’s $450 million expansion, which includes a

10-story hospital pavilion and new cancer center. To help with the cost, state Sens. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) and John Flanagan (R-East Northport) secured $50 million from the state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and the State University of New York, under the leadership of former Chancellor Nancy Zimpher, helped to secure more funds through a $35 million NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant.

More contributions came from donors with $25 million from 3,584 contributors to the Children’s Hospital Building Fund, which was supported with matching gifts of $10 million from an anonymous donor and $2.5 million from the Knapp Swezey Children’s Challenge.

An additional $50 million was from a historic $150 million gift to Stony Brook University from Jim and Marilyn Simons.

On Oct. 17, Delaney Unger, 13, from Selden was on hand for the ribbon cutting. An osteosarcoma survivor, who received a unique amputation called rotationplasty in spring 2017, was a patient at Stony Brook Children’s.

“I must say, I am a little jealous of the new beautiful Stony Brook Children’s Hospital,” Delaney said. “I can attest that not only will the children who stay here get the best possible care, but they will also do so in a fantastic new facility designed with them in mind.”

Before the official opening, the hospital invites the local community to see the new building Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Preregistration is preferred at www. stonybrookchildrens.org/openhouse.

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Town

Brookhaven Youth Bureau Offers Workshops in Honor of Red Ribbon Week

The Town of Brookhaven Youth Bureau will sponsor two meaningful events during Red Ribbon Week (Oct. 23 to 31), a time to mobilize communities to educate youth and encourage participation in drug prevention activities, on Oct. 28 and 29. Both of the following events will be held at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill in Farmingville.

Anxiety, Depression and Substance Abuse Workshop

The Youth Bureau will also be hosting an Anxiety, Depression and Substance Abuse Workshop for parents and professionals on Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in

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the second-floor conference room at Town Hall. Guest speaker will be Steve Chassman, executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Topics will include adolescent behavior and drug development, why adolescents use drugs, what drugs adolescents are using and how to talk to adolescents about drugs. Tacos will be served.

RSVP required by Oct. 28.

For more information, call 631-451-8011.

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Cops Arrest Woman in Fatal Wading River Car Crash Police said woman gave false name at crash site

Vaping Workshop

A Vaping Workshop, open to parents and professionals, will be held on Monday, Oct. 28, from 9:45 to 11 a.m. in the second-floor media room at Town Hall. Topics will include understanding recent concerns about vaping, recognizing the various devices and products, talking with your teens about the dangers of vaping and learning myths and facts about vaping. Light refreshments will be served.

RSVP required by Oct. 28.

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com General Municipal Law. An extract of the resolution is as follows: The SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT maintains a Capital Reserve Fund designated as the Capital Reserve Fund for Safety Devices, Medical Equipment Supplies, Uniforms and Firefighter’s Gear known as Capital Reserve #3 under Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law in which account there is sufficient funds to accomplish the purpose hereinafter set forth; namely, the purchase of radio equipment to enhance point to point radio transmissions, and it proposed to contract for such purchase in order to maintain the high standards of performance of the SELDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT in the discharge of its duties in preserving the lives and property of the residents of the community, and said purchase is deemed in the best interests of the residents of the SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT. The resolution further pro-

vides that there be transferred from the present Section 6(g) Capital Reserve Fund #3 of the SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT a sum not to exceed Forty Thousand ($40,000.00) Dollars for the purchase, and the District Treasurer is authorized to effect such transfer from time to time to effect such purchase.

This resolution shall not take effect until thirty (30) days unless in the meanwhile a mandatory referendum as provided for in Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law is required to be held.

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Police arrested the driver allegedly involved in a fatal motor vehicle crash in Wading River Oct. 14 that killed a 90-year-old woman; the driver allegedly provided a false name to officers.

Following an investigation, Suffolk County detectives determined that Tara Demauro was the driver of the Jeep that struck a Nissan on

Route 25A. Following the crash, Demauro provided officers with the name of her relative, Meghan Cunningham of Rocky Point, who was not involved.

Demauro, 48, of Rocky Point, was charged with criminal impersonation second degree, making a punishable false written statement and driving with a suspended license. She was released on a desk appearance ticket and is due to appear at the 1st District Court in Central Islip in December.

No attorney information for Demauro was available as of press time.

— Compiled by David Luces

Coram Man Killed in Mount Sinai Single-Vehicle Crash Suffolk County Police 6th Squad detectives said they are investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed a man in Mount Sinai Oct. 20.

Ralph Maiello, 55, of Coram, was driving a 2019 Chevrolet pickup truck southbound on County Road 83 when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree just south of Mount Sinai-Coram Road at around 9:05 a.m., according to police.

Maiello was transported to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson where he was pronounced dead.

The pickup truck was impounded for a safety check. Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the 6th Squad at 631-854-8652.

— Compiled by David Luces

Mount Sinai Woman Killed in PJS Crash Police said a Mount Sinai woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Port Jefferson Station Oct. 15.

Kaitlyn Schaal was driving a 2001 Jeep Cherokee southbound on Old Town Road when the vehicle crossed the northbound lane and struck a tree on the east side of the road at Greenhaven Drive at 6:03 a.m., according to police.

Schaal, 19, of 60 Chestnut St. in Mount Sinai, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the 6th Squad at 631-854-8652.

— Compiled by David Luces

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County

Hauppauge’s Innovation Park launches new energy initiative

BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Long Island Cares — one of Long Island’s well-known charitable institutions — is completing the installation of solar panels on the 35,000 square-foot roof of its headquarters at Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge.

The $414,000 project is expected to generate 350,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy annually and 100 percent of it will be directed off-site to serve the electrical needs of households experiencing hardship and food insecurity. Long Island Cares is paying for system out of its reserves and available funds in its budget.

“This solar project represents a direct extension of the humanitarian work of Long Island Cares,” said Paule Pachter, the organization’s CEO. “Part of Long Island Cares’ energy focuses on providing emergency food relief to hungry and food insecure Long Islanders through the Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank. But we also engage in direct service programs that address the humanitarian human needs of veterans, seniors, immigrants and others struggling with economic and social challenges.”

The project is one of the first initiatives that are expected to help the industrial park meet by 2040 New York State’s ambitious goal of converting to 100 percent renewable energy.

The power pass along is facilitated through an energy management practice called “community solar,” whereby electricity generated by a solar power installation is shared by multiple households, companies or institutions. It’s an initiative of the Hauppauge Industrial Association, a prominent Long Island business group, and its solar task force, which was launched last year.

Co-chairs Scott Maskin, CEO of SUNation Solar Systems, one of Long Island’s largest installers of solar panels and equipment, and Jack Kulka, president and founder of Kulka LLC, a major development and construction firm, are behind the initiative.

“By taking the entire energy output of our solar installation and sending it offsite to provide discounted power to homes occupied by our lower-income neighbors, these households will have new found income to address some of their immediate needs,” Maskin said. “As such, it has a unique opportunity to bring forward both technology and value in a substantial way.

From an energy perspective, the park can act as a responsible, shining example for all of Long Island.”

Long Island Innovation Park, formerly known as the Hauppauge Industrial Park, is the second largest industrial center in

Paule Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares, is taking part in a new energy management practice that will enable the organization to distribute power to families facing hardship.

the United States after California’s Silicon Valley, and the largest in the Northeast corridor. The park is recognized as a major driver of the region’s economy and is a focus of the regional development plan of Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).

“Through the successful embrace of this program,” Maskin added, “our park can distinguish itself as Long Island’s single largest energy producer, delivering revenue to its building owners while helping achieve New York State’s renewable energy goals.

It’s a win-win all around.”

The Long Island Cares project is expecting to be up and running in October, but Pachter said that the project has recently encountered several obstacles.

“When PSEG inspected our site, they said that the transformer needs to be changed and wiring upgraded to handle the energy,” he said.

Maskin said in a telephone interview that the issues are relatively common and protection equipment upgrades are something that will need be addressed as the industrial park expands its renewable projects. The transformer, he noted, will be covered by a maintenance agreement it has for this specific project. The additional $11,000 cost, Pachter said, will be the responsibility of L.I. Cares.

“We are building a power plant on the rooftop,” Maskin said. “If you think of the

complexity of it all, delays are to be expected.

We’re still pushing to have the system up and running in October.”

Pachter said that the construction phase has been underway for the last few months.

PSEGLI representative Elizabeth Flagler said that Community Distributed Generation makes renewable energy, particularly solar,

more accessible to renters and apartment dwellers. The array, she said, is connected to the grid and managed by a host who serves as a liaison with PSEGLI. The pass through is accomplished through accounting, rather than through wiring a system to beneficiaries.

The project is the first community solar project in the industrial complex.

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Town

Hundreds Turn Out for Harvest Fun at Benner’s

Despite the rain Sunday afternoon, hundreds showed up for Benner’s Farm’s annual Harvest Festival Oct. 19 and 20 in East Setauket.

Attendees celebrated the season with pumpkin picking, hayrides, live music, craft and food vendors and more.

Bob Benner, the farm’s owner, demonstrated how to use an apple press and discussed the

steps in making apple cider as well as how people centuries ago stored fruits and other perishables in root cellars.

The trails on the grounds were also decorated with tombstones and scary characters that attendees could enjoy on foot or during a hayride.

— Photos by Rita J. Egan

Breakdown of Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Levels

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Stony Brook Children’s Hospital will take up floors 4 through 7 of the new Medical and Research Translation Building, while some of the services will stay within the main Stony Brook Hospital, according to a press release from Stony Brook Medicine. (See full article on page 5.)

The new hospital building will have 48 rooms with the Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Unit on Level 6 having eight beds, the Pediatric Acute Unit with 18 beds and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit including 10 beds. The floor also has a treatment room, playroom and garden, neutropenic playroom, classroom for patient and family education, and the Ronald McDonald Family Room. The Adolescent Unit on Level 7 will have 12 beds, a treatment room, teen lounge and classroom.

Within the main Stony Brook University Hospital facility 63 children’s beds will

remain. The breakdown of beds is Newborn Intensive Care Unit, 46 beds; Pediatric inpatient psych unit, 10 beds; and Burn Center, 7 beds.

Level 4 of the new building will be used for pediatric special procedures with six prep/ recovery bays, two procedure rooms and an interactive KittenScanner for pediatric MRI education, where children can scan a toy to learn about the MRI and CT processes.

The main entrance of the children’s hospital leads patients and family to Level 5 where guests will find a lobby and a live fish feed from the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead.

Ronald McDonald Family Room

According to a press release from the Ronald McDonald House, the nonprofit’s room will be open seven days a week, 12 hours each day. Volunteers will be on hand, and the room will be stocked with food and beverages provided with donations from local restaurants and corporations. According

Children sit in front of the live feed from the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital.

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to the organization, the room has supported 3,800 families each year in its current location in Stony Brook University Hospital.

The Ronald McDonald Family Room includes a TV, play area, meeting and dining space, and across from the room are a washer and dryer as well as a shower.

Plans for the future include a terrace

for the family room and second room in the NICU area in the main Stony Brook University Hospital building.

Those who are interested in donating to or volunteering in the Ronald McDonald room can contact AnnMarie Mazza, family room coordinator at amazza@rmhcnym.org or visit www.rmhcnym.org.

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Perspectives

Tick Borne Diseases Should Not Be Taken Lightly I thought I had taken all the right steps to protect myself against tick borne diseases; avoided going onto tall grassy areas without gloves, long white pants and white socks, and I sprayed legs — and shoes — and arms with repellents. All that notwithstanding, I did find more than one tick on me this summer. Again, I followed the prescribed steps and collected the vermin, saved it and saw my doctor, who prescribed a prophylactic dose of doxycycline.

After the requisite weeks, I had blood work done which showed no sign of disease.

So, when I was flying home from a visit with our two sons in California and was not able to eat my salad at my layover stop, I was surprised but not concerned. I’d had a very busy week enjoying time with my kids and grandson. I felt very achy but chalked that up to the long drive from Marc’s home in Sebastopol to Dan and Megan’s home in Thousand Oaks. That’s more than 400 miles.

I was very tired the next morning but pushed myself to get up and get ready for the funeral that caused me to shorten my trip. During the Mass, I swung from hot to shivering cold

and began to feel lightheaded. I turned to my old. He had continued to work although he was husband, Stu, and told him that I felt as if my sick with mumps, and the infection spread. I head was exploding in a white flash before my remember the grown ups’ conversations about the tube driven into his head to eyes. He helped me to my feet, relieve pressure. That left me and we made our way out of with a very vivid but equally the church, quickly hugging inaccurate image of what he my cousins as we passed. We endured. I wished something bought a thermometer at a could relieve what I knew was drugstore across the street from going on in my head. the church. It read 103 degrees.

Stu and I had just watched This was Friday, the “Jeopardy!” on Friday evening, beginning of a week of fevers and my right eye hurt so much rising and falling, no ability to that I decided to go to bed, eat, muscle aches, headaches, since I couldn’t read or watch earache and fatigue. My TV. I looked in the mirror as I search for answers included brought the toothbrush to my three visits to doctors’ offices mouth and saw that only half and finally, on Thursday, my mouth was opening. Off we Mather Hospital Emergency

By Vivian Viloria-Fisher went to Mather ED. Department in Port Jefferson Within a day it was where Dr. Hirsch did not determined from the spinal dismiss it as just a virus. I told him I thought I had meningitis. He shook his fluid that the Lyme disease did cause the meningitis — and the palsy that froze the right head and said, “I suspect Lyme.”

My father had meningitis when I was 5 years side of my face.

I refer to tick borne diseases as the Black Plague of our county. These diseases are not to be taken lightly either by the public who don’t believe it will happen to them or by health providers who don’t consider the possibility of Lyme as often as they should. One can be bitten and walk away free of any infection or one can be bitten, feel safe because blood work shows no infection and find oneself close to death. I was very lucky to have had excellent medical care, both in the hospital and at home. I was discharged with a midline for a 28-day course of intravenous antibiotics and a service that provided a nurse who came to our home once a week and instructed my devoted husband on how to administer the medication when she wasn’t there.

Nobody drilled a hole in my head. Instead, my family, my friends and my community surrounded me with love, care and prayers.

I am so grateful.

Vivian Viloria-Fisher and her husband live in East Setauket. She is a former county legislator in the 5th District, and is now chair of the Jefferson’s Ferry board of directors.

Chris Pendergast Reflects on ALS Diagnosis Decades Later On a cold rainy Columbus Day, my life forever changed. Nothing would be the same.

The life I knew ended. My wife, children and I embarked on a new road, one less traveled by.

That has made all the difference.

During the Columbus Day weekend of 1993, I was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Most people now know it is an incurable and uniformly fatal disease.

Average life expectancy still hovers near the two or three-year mark. Lucky ones can live longer. A rare few survive longer than 10 years.

Remarkably, l am entering my 27th year with my unwanted road companion. I am here today due in large part to my loving wife, Christine, and our wonderful kids, Melissa and Buddy.

They keep me well cared for and motivated.

They have, literally, gone the extra mile for me. My grandson Patrick is the most effective medicine I take. My son-in-law Rich and stepgrandson Ryan round out my terrific family.

I am blessed with caring, competent and compassionate caregivers, Tiana, Amanda, Marquita and Lena. They are in the trenches every day and night battling right beside and fighting the good fight with me. I am fortunate to have an outstanding mental health therapist, Dr. Melnekoff. He has kept me balanced, focused and headed in the right direction. My life is

extended through the phenomenal care provided by my incredible respiratory therapist, Monty Rivera from Millennium. I receive expert medical treatment at the ALSA Clinic, which bears my name at Stony Brook University Hospital. Marvelous friends surround me and help with so many things to make our life easier.

My ALS Ride for Life charity has countless volunteers led by staffers Maureen and Marilyn.

Because of all their collective work, we have raised more than $8.5 million.

Along the road with ALS, I witnessed amazing things and met incredible people. I was able to participate in wonderful experiences which otherwise would not have happened.

Do I wish I never got ALS? Honestly, I am not sure. I am certain that at some point in almost everyone’s life, a fatal disease will arise. The timing and circumstances vary but the ending does not. I have no corner on the market — everyone will get a turn. My turn came earlier than expected and became more public.

It has been a great life so far. I wonder what new adventures and joys lie around the bend. Besides the joys to come, there are also the challenges and corresponding sorrows.

However, I have faith and optimism that everyone one in my life will collectively help me triumph.

To paraphrase Gehrig’s farewell speech at

Chris Pendergast celebrates his 70th birthday in April at 89 North Music Venue in Patchogue with family and friends.

Photo by Elliot Perry

Yankee Stadium, as he did, I also say, “Look at these grand people. Which of you wouldn’t consider it the highlight of his life just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I’m lucky. Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.”

Chris Pendergast, 70, is a former Northport teacher, who lives in Miller Place. He is the founder of ALS Ride for Life, the Stony Brook University-based nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about ALS, funding research and providing patient services.

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State Scientists to Public: Act Now to Create More Bird-Friendly Communities Birds on the Brink of Extinction

BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A new study in the Sept. 20 issue of Science has found that in the United States and Canada bird populations have fallen a staggering 29 percent since 1970.

Such a dramatic drop has scientists concerned that the decline could be a sign of an ecosystem collapse. Habitat loss is considered a prime culprit.

Huntington resident Coby Klein understands the big picture. He’s an ecology professor at Baruch College and a guide with the HuntingtonOyster Bay Audubon Society.

“If the arctic continues to become warmer and drier, it will cause larger and more frequent fires,” he said. “Fires kill birds and destroy nesting habitats and drive down populations of sandpipers, gulls, terns, waterfowl and birds of prey that migrate through or winter on Long Island.”

The best thing people can do, if you really have an interest in protecting birds and the environment, he said, is to vote.

Otherwise, the Audubon Society is committed to transforming communities back into places where birds flourish. Sterile lawns, ornamental species, pesticides and herbicides mean that on a local level, the landscape no longer supports functioning ecosystems.

Klein himself said that he lives on a postagestamp-sized lot and the only native plant that thrives in his yard is poison ivy. But he notes that the Audubon Society is sponsoring a campaign called Creating Bird-Friendly Communities.

The program is designed to educate the public on what they can do to help reverse the damage done and revive disappearing bird populations.

Growing native plants is a key component to re-establishing the ecological functions of cities and towns, according to the society and its experts. And they say the concept is easier on the back and wallet.

To flourish, birds need (a) plenty of food, (b) shelter where they can rest, (c) clean water to drink and bath in and (d) safe places to raise their young. Native plants and the insects that co-evolved around them are vital to a healthy system. The more native plants, the Audubon emphasizes, the more food and shelter. More bugs, caterpillars and seed pods on more public and private land is part of the solution.

The Audubon’s Native Plants Database, which is on its website, suggests plants according to ZIP code. The choices were hand-selected by local experts and include information about the birds and creatures it benefits. Serviceberry, for example, is recommended for Long Island’s North Shore communities. The small, shrublike

tree with dense branching produces white flowers in the spring followed by red, purple or black berries. It attracts butterflies and caterpillars, as well as warblers and woodpeckers and about nine other types of birds. The database can be a good first place to explore landscape options.

The Long Island Native Plant Initiative’s website is another good resource. The local nonprofit gathers wild seeds and makes native plants commercially available. It also grows and sells the native plant species to local nurseries to increase availability. Polly Weigand, the executive director, recommends requesting native plants from your favorite garden center to increase demand. Its goal is to reach more businesses in the nursery industry. Once people get into the habit of providing suitable habitats, birds become less vulnerable and are potentially more capable of adapting to climate conditions, according to the Audubon.

Native gardens, experts agree, are also relatively maintenance free and require little to no special irrigation system or fertilizers or toxic chemicals. So, it saves time and money and is a healthier option for people in the long run.

This fall consider practicing less drastic and costly yard cleanup. The Audubon recommends leaving the seed heads of perennials in the garden and skipping the raking. Leaf litter, they say, is free fertilizer, and a good place for birds to forage for worms and other critters. If tree limbs fall, they say, consider building a brush pile that will provide birds with shelter from the wind and predators. Branches settle and decompose over the seasons and make room for the next year’s contributions.

Clockwise from above: An American goldfinch eats a nonnative Echinacea seed in autumn. Hummingbird searches for nectar in a jewel weed, a plant native to Long Island. A male rose-breasted grosbeak rests on the branch of a tulip tree, a native tree with a tall canopy that also attracts hummingbirds to its flowers. Photos by Luci Betti-Nash

Plant asters and woody shrubs like bayberry and winterberry this fall. The waxy fruit of bayberry provides an important source of energy to migrating birds. Evergreens, too, like cedars, firs and holly, provide shelter and something for birds to eat in winter. In general, milkweed, goldenrod and sunflowers are important plants for the rest of the year.

“When you plant native species in your home landscapes it’s a protective way of ensuring that invasive ornamental species seeds don’t spread and dominate the rest of Long Island’s landscape,” said Weigand.

Overall, the objective is to lose some lawn, or create pathways through it, and create habitat layers.

Tall canopy trees produce nuts and provide nest cavities for shelter.

Shrubs and small trees throw fruit for bird food and herbaceous plants supply seeds and a habitat for pollinators. Decaying leaves produce the base of all habitats. It also happens to be where moth pupae live, a favorite food of baby birds.

Start small, the Audubon states, and cluster plants in groupings of five or more of the same species.

Pollinators, they say, prefer to

feed from masses of the same flower. And remember to include a birdbath or hollowed out rock where rainwater collects, so birds have a supply of fresh water.

In the end, you’ve created a backyard sanctuary and a sure method for healthy, sustainable living.

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SBU Interim President Bernstein Delivers First State of the University

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Michael Bernstein, interim president of Stony Brook University, delivered his first State of the University address at the Staller Center for the Arts Main Stage to a packed auditorium filled with faculty, staff, students and elected officials Oct. 16.

During the speech, which lasted about an hour, Bernstein touched on several topics including important university initiatives, key strategic commitments, enrollment growth, Stony Brook Medicine’s future, financial woes and successes and challenges in the future.

A key theme of the presentation was highlighting the school’s rich history, including attracting trailblazing pioneers over the years and providing world-class education.

“We strive to always evolve to meet the needs of our students,” Bernstein said.

The interim president touched on the university’s efforts in diversity.

Bernstein said he is committed to improve diversity on campus and in the SBU community.

The school in the past year has spent close to $1.7 million on diversity initiatives.

“We believe as scholars and educators that diversity generates optional results and better education that we can provide for our students,” the interim president said.

Similarly, Bernstein highlighted the university’s increase in admitted international students. He stressed the need to continue to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for them.

“We are an elite institution not an elitist institution — that is very much part of our DNA here at Stony Brook,” he said.

On the economic side of things, Bernstein touted that SBU continues to be a vital contributor to Long Island.

SBU is the largest single-site employer on Long Island with more than 15,000 employees and has continued to be an economic driver in the local economy generating more than $7.2 billion.

Bernstein highlighted the accomplishments of Stony Brook Medicine.

He mentioned the expansion of the Stony Brook Medicine umbrella with new partnerships in Southampton as well as the MART building in November and the Children’s Hospital in the Hospital Pavilion, which had a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 17.

Stony Brook University Interim President Michael Bernstein during the school’s State of the University address. Photo from Stony Brook University

“[The hospital] will be the very best facility on Long island for pediatric care,” Bernstein said.

Reducing expenses and increasing revenue was an important topic brought up.

Bernstein said efforts have been made to streamline university operations and monitor hiring. Top budget priority areas for the 201920 school year are focused on student success, growth in research and faculty support.

Construction on new buildings and residence

halls are underway as well as plans to address parking problems on campus.

“We know we have to address those issues,” he said. “We will get to a better outcome downstream and we salute you for your patience.”

The interim president also made sure to highlight the university’s four-year graduation rate. The rate for the class entering in 2015 has reached 64 percent, which signifies a 17-point increase over a six-year period.

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Cougars Rain on Bulls Homecoming

BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Defense was the story of the game Oct. 19 when Centereach senior Matt Robbert broke the ice when he punched in on short yardage for the touchdown midway through the second quarter. Robbert then kicked an extra point to make it 7-0.

Smithtown East struggled offensively, and it wasn’t until junior running back Tyler Pohlman punched in on a short run for the Bulls with under two minutes left. Needing the extra point to retie the game, the kick was partially blocked and the Cougars held on for a 7-6 win, dampening the Bull’s homecoming celebration.

Eric Harrington got the call time and time again grinding

out 107 yards on 20 carries for the Cougars, while Robbert gained 55 yards in 10 attempts.

The win lifts Centereach to 3-3 who hit the road against Connetquot Oct. 25 before returning home to face Half Hollow Hills East Nov. 1.

Smithtown East slips to 2-4 and must win out against Half Hollow Hills East Oct. 26 and Northport Nov. 2 for any hopes of post season play.

Picture clockwise from above, senior running back Harrington charges the corner for Centereach against Smithtown East; Centereach senior wide receiver Liam Webber with the reception; Harrington charges out of the backfield; Harrington dives for extra yardage against Smithtown East; and Centereach quarterback Justin Robbert fakes a handoff.

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Call for Bipartisanship Vote for Kennedy for County Executive The House representative for New York’s 1st Congressional District, a Republican, has come out against the U.S. president on foreign policy. We here at TBR News Media think it’s time for more of us to look at such national decisions in a bipartisan way.

On Oct. 13, President Donald Trump (R) stunned the world and ordered the abrupt removal of American troops out of Kurdish territory in Northern Syria along the Turkish border.

The unusual policy shift has been characterized by foreign policy experts and representatives from both the Republican and Democratic parties as a gravely flawed decision that harms U.S. national security interests.

Trump’s military decision should mark a turning point. The issues of today should no longer pivot on party affiliation. Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, the matter affects the whole of the U.S. national security and the whole fabric of America.

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) represents Suffolk County residents in New York’s 1st Congressional District. He sits on the House Foreign Affairs and Financial Services committees.

We’ve asked him to tell us when he learned about Trump’s decision to remove troops from the Turkish border, a question he did not answer. However, he did provide his insights into the situation.

“The Kurds have fought, bled and died fighting alongside the U.S.,” Zeldin said. “They have been warriors and brothers in battle along the way The president is right to want to end endless war, but the Turks wiping out the Kurds will absolutely not be an acceptable outcome after all of that.”

Instead of responding to questions, Zeldin’s office wanted us to know that the congressman, who has tended to support the president, signed a joint piece of legislation that flatly denounces Trump’s decision, namely H.J. Res. 77 (116th Congress).

The resolution stated, among other things: “An abrupt withdrawal of United States military personnel from certain parts of Northeast Syria is beneficial to adversaries of the United States government, including Syria, Iran and Russia.”

The damage is done, and both experts and federal representatives said the U.S. strategic presence in the region has been severely neutered. Russian President Vladamir Putin’s troops now occupy the region. Jihadists have broken from prisons, reversing many of the West’s original hard-fought gains against ISIS and terrorism.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman called the situation “just devastating.”

These are elected officials we are talking about. If a local official, such in the case of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, or former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, abused the power of their office, then one should want them investigated.

That should be no different for a sitting president, Republican or Democrat. No elected official is “your guy.”

Even if you vote for a person, you should never blindly accept every decision they make.

As the impeachment proceedings move forward and as more details are made public, scrutinize the behavior, comments and motives of the president with keen concern. Distinguish between propaganda and truth.

It’s time to join hands and unite with your neighbors or your relatives, whatever party they belong to.

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I have been privileged as a Hauppauge community leader to work with John M. Kennedy Jr. (R) for the past 15 years when he was a Suffolk County legislator, then Suffolk County minority leader and now Suffolk County comptroller on a multitude of community issues to make the county a better place to live and work.

Kennedy is a man of leadership, integrity, experience, dedication and heart for the people, serving Suffolk County for over 25 years, including as the official examiner of the title for the Suffolk County clerk’s office.

In addition to his years of public service, Kennedy is a man of knowledge with his bachelor’s from Stony Brook University, master’s in business administration from Adelphi University and juris doctor from St. John’s University School of Law. Kennedy works diligently and consistently throughout Suffolk County, daily fighting for the people of Suffolk County, if it is against LIPA to pay its fair share of taxes and pass the tax savings down to the local municipalities and personal taxpayers, saving taxpayers rate reductions from public utility companies or recovering the appropriate hotel/motel

tax, again taking the burden away from personal taxpayers.

Kennedy has the good reputation of being the county’s watchdog, unlike our existing Suffolk County executive.

Steve Bellone (D) says that taxes have not increased, he is clearly mistaken.

He has raised taxes every year since he has been in office: Created alarm fees, additional car registration fees, park fees, mortgage fees, cremation fees, tax map fees and red-light camera fees. He has also used $171.3 million from the sewer fund to make payroll, borrowed $385 million from the pension fund and has had millions of dollars in lawsuits for mismanagement.

Per New York State comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli (D), Suffolk County has the most severe significant financial stress two years in a row with over $883 million in debt over the past decade, and there has been a spiral of bond rating downgrades.

And then Bellone adds a Protect the Taxpayer ballot line for this election?

On the other hand, Kennedy fights for the people of Suffolk County by finding fraud and collecting unpaid sales taxes, property taxes and hotel/motel taxes to

add to the bottom line and truly protects the taxpayer.

I would also like to mention the Bellone campaign accusations: 1. Bellone indicates that Kennedy has a county car. Yes, the car is a 2007 Ford Explorer with 120,000 miles mostly used to commute back and forth from Hauppauge to Riverhead.

2. Bellone indicates that Kennedy’s wife, Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset), has a patronage job. She is the Suffolk County legislator for the 12th District voted in office by her constituents.

3. Bellone indicates that Kennedy has received salary raises. Cost of living adjustments are determined by Suffolk County government, not Kennedy.

However, Bellone has hired a good number of senior-level commissioners at taxpayer expense.

John M. Kennedy Jr. is a man of leadership, results and for the people of Suffolk County and his record proves it.

Please vote for John Kennedy for our next Suffolk County executive.

Paul Borowski Hauppauge

Suffolk’s Fiscal Stress Mess It’s very surprising that an extremely troubling report from New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli regarding Suffolk County’s frightening fiscal state, released at the beginning of this month, has gotten scant local attention.

A headline announcing we’ve been designated the “most fiscally stressed county in the state,” two years running might have gotten residents’ attention.

They may have been tempted to ask how Suffolk is in “significant fiscal stress” when they’ve been paying so much of

their hard-earned money in taxes and fees? DiNapoli flunked us after studying our year-end-balance, cash on hand, shortterm borrowing, fixed costs, patterns of operating deficits and factors such as poverty and unemployment.

We’ve also been hit with seven bond downgrades in the last seven years.

Think of that as having dramatically supplemented a big spender’s income, only to learn their FICO score went from a 750 to below 500.

What’s crucial to note, given the

current partisan political climate, Democrat DiNapoli’s straight-forward, by-the-numbers exposure of Suffolk County’s money woes was not influenced by his party affiliation. DiNapoli gave an honest accounting of a county governed by a majority of Democratic legislators, led by Democrat Steve Bellone, and let the chips fall where they may.

A word of “thanks” to Comptroller DiNapoli.

Jim Soviero East Setauket

Collection for Veterans Our office would like to invite residents to join us in supporting the joint clothing drive that American Legion Post 833 Smithtown and Smithtown VFW Post 10870 are currently coordinating. The drive, which is in cooperation with AARP volunteers and United Veterans Beacon House of Bay Shore, will help provide supplies to veterans in our region. The organizations are asking members of our

community to donate new and/or gently used clothing and bedding. All items collected will be provided to homeless veterans currently residing in the UV Beacon House shelters and facilities.

Items can be donated at a collection bin at the American Legion Post at 51 Juniper Ave., Smithtown. Additionally, to help make it more convenient for residents to donate, our office is serving as a drop-off location.

Any resident who would like to donate items for the veterans can visit our office, which is located at 260 Middle Country Road, Smithtown, during normal business hours.

The drive is continuing through October, and we hope that everyone who is able to help will join this important effort.

State Sen. John Flanagan 2nd Senate District East Northport

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Perspectives

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Exempting the state veterans nursing homes from budget cuts would be a meaningful way for New Yorkers to say ‘thank you for your service.’

When the LISVH first opened, he again served his fellow veterans for many years as a volunteer. He visited the nursing home almost every day because it was his way of supporting his “band of brothers and sisters.”

When my Dad fractured his hip at age 83, many doctors at the hospital thought he would never walk again.

It took a year of rehabilitation with the skilled and compassionate staff at the veterans home, but my Dad walked out of the nursing home and

spent the last year of his life with my mother in their own home.

In the 74 years since the end of World War II, military men and women have been on the front line of battles in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and many other locations around the world. Sadly, the physical, emotional and psychological wounds never heal for many of the warriors who fulfill their oath to protect America. I learned that firsthand more than 20 years ago when my father had emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix.

I visited him the morning after his operation.

He was laying his bed shivering and shaking uncontrollably. He whispered he had the worst nightmare ever. He was back in a foxhole in the Philippines, guns were blasting and bombs were dropping all around him. Then he looked at his fellow combat veteran in the bed next to him and said, “Sal got me through it. Thank God he was here for me.”

Today we might say that my father had post-traumatic stress disorder or a flashback.

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ew York State government should not cut funding for America’s heroes residing at the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University. The veterans home has, and does, provide first-class health services for veterans and their spouses who receive rehabilitation and long-term care in their time of need.

Providing topnotch nursing home care for our veterans, many of whom put their own lives on the line to keep us safe, is a patriotic action that truly expresses “thank you for your service.”

At the age of 17 my father, Hugh “Joe” Cassidy, enlisted in the United States Coast Guard to serve his country during World War II. Before he reached his 19th birthday he participated in five shore invasions with the Marines and Army as frogman.

He was frequently shot at while he stood on coral reefs in the Philippine Islands acting as a human buoy to help keep the landing boats from crashing into reefs and sinking. He was almost thrown overboard when his ship, the

USS Cavalier, was torpedoed in the still of a Pacific Ocean night. But my Dad always said he was not a hero. His heroes were all the soldiers and sailors who put their lives in harm’s way, were wounded or died in battle.

Thomas Cassidy with his father Hugh

each other every day at the Long Island State Veterans Home.

New York State is facing a budget crunch, that much is true. But exempting the state veterans’ nursing homes from the budget cuts would be a meaningful way for New Yorkers to say “thank you for your service.”

A Review of the Yankee Lessons from the ALCS

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ooking back at the six-game American League Championship Series, it’s clear that the Houston Astros were the better team. Tough as it is to write that when my fan allegiance is with the Yankees, the Astros had more clutch hitting, better defense, and better starting and relief pitching.

Yes, the two teams were fairly evenly matched when it came to runs scored. The Yankees covered up many of their sins — and D. None deficiencies — with a few timely of the above long balls and some

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF standout pitching performances from Masahiro Tanaka and James Paxton.

While hindsight is always perfect, because we know who failed and who succeeded, I want to ask an obvious question. Why was our designated hitter doing little more than striking out? It’s clear that our enigmatic catcher Gary Sánchez, who has a talent for crushing balls deep into the night, seems to disappear at big moments.

And, while we’re playing the hindsight game, it seems obvious that closer Aroldis Chapman, who has lost a few miles per hour on his fastball and now relies on an effective slider, should have avoided pitching to José Altuve with two outs, a runner on first and a defensive replacement on deck for Houston.

So, one at a time. Edwin Encarnación was a compelling pickup from Seattle Mariners during the season, offering a few moments of ball-bashing power. Perhaps because of injury, or maybe because he was trying to hit a defining titanic home run, he couldn’t do much of anything in the postseason. The same seems true for the multimillion dollar Giancarlo Stanton.

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Given that both can hit huge home runs and are capable of changing the complexion of a low-scoring game, I understand the urge to put them in, but, at some point, if they are not getting it done, why not go with other options?

Sure, Cameron Maybin doesn’t hit as many home runs and isn’t as physically imposing.

If manager Aaron Boone had inserted him into the lineup, would he have taken away the possibility of using Maybin as a late-inning defensive replacement? That’s possible. OK, then, how about using Austin Romine as the designated hitter? Yes, I understand that Boone might also have been saving him to give Sánchez a break in a game where defense takes precedence.

If either of them had become an unconventional designated hitter, would fans be screaming about the panic move if they had failed? Yes, of course, they would. But at least Boone would have been trying something — anything — when he seemed wedded to a script that wasn’t working in a short series.

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The same thing holds true for Adam Ottavino.

The guy was a great pitcher during the season, but he ran into the postseason twilight zone. It happens. Sit him down and don’t let him affect the outcome of games.

As for Sánchez, he may have hit batting practice pitches into the next county, but that’s irrelevant. He wasn’t getting it done at or behind the plate. Maybe even a single day off would have changed his approach and would have helped. In a short series, managers can’t wait to see if something that’s not working turns around. The team — and its desperate fans — don’t have the luxury of that kind of time.

The question for next year isn’t whether the Yankees will get a starting pitcher who can throw more innings than the present incumbents, or whether Stanton will make a meaningful postseason contribution. The question is: Will Boone buy into the idea of a team game and give other players a chance? After all, the last time the Yankees won the World Series was a decade ago, in 2009.

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