The Times of Huntington-Northport - June 7, 2018 by TBR News Media

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Vol. 15, No. 9

June 7, 2018

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Northport school officials call for action against LIPA A5 New standards for crab traps aim to save LI’s turtles A9

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Town of Huntington’s baseball fans should get their gloves ready. Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R) announced that the town, in cooperation with KinderVision, will be offering a free baseball clinic for children ages 6 to 15 starting at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 17 at Greenlawn Park. Former Major League Baseball players will be on hand to teach baseball fundamentals on throwing, hitting, base running, catching and pitching. “This clinic is a great opportunity for children to participate, compete and gain skills, while learning the importance of physical fitness at an early age,” Lupinacci said. In addition to the clinic, children will visit the Greatest Save Station for the

personal safety challenge. The station focuses on personal safety, life skills and making positive decisions. An autograph session will be held at the conclusion. All participants must register online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018NYclinic and should bring a glove and bottled water; please do not bring bats to the clinic. Greenlawn Park is located at 107 Broadway in Greenlawn. The KinderVision Foundation, a nonprofit organization, is a recognized charity of Major League Baseball since 1992. The mission of KinderVision is to empower children and teens through peer-to-peer education to prevent sexual exploitation, abduction and human trafficking.

Sean Nolan of East Northport prestigious Order of the Arrow award. “If I had a word to describe Sean, it would be ‘earnest,’” said David Hunt, advancement chair of the Matinecock District of the Boy Scouts of America–Suffolk County Council. “If Sean had a question, he would call me; he wouldn’t just make it up. He has a real dedication to his work.” Nolan, who is graduating from Northport High School in June, plans to attend Johnston & Wales University in Rhode Island and major in culinary arts and food service management.

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East Northport resident Sean Nolan became an Eagle Scout, the highest advancement rank in Boy Scouting. His remarkable achievement, which is accomplished by just two in 100 Scouts, was celebrated with a ceremony and reception May 9 at Trinity Regional School in East Northport. To achieve the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout, Nolan had to complete an Eagle service project. For his project, he reconstructed a memorial at the Dix Hills Fire Department in honor of Terry Farrell, a Dix Hills fire chief and FDNY firefighter who gave his life to save others on 9/11. “I chose this project because I have the utmost respect and admiration for those who can make sacrifices like that without thoughts of their own safety,” he said. Nolan led a group of volunteers in the two-day project, which included constructing a brick path and redoing two others. The memorial to Farrell includes an honorary plaque and refurbished bench, where visitors can sit and reflect in peace. The two reconstructed paths lead to existing memorials — one to all fallen firefighters and the other to those who lost their lives on 9/11. In addition to his Eagle Scout project, Nolan earned 33 merit badges, demonstrating aptitude in disciplines like swimming, orienteering, robotics and cooking. During his seven years in Troop 5, he held several leadership positions, including the role of senior patrol leader, and earned the

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Huntington stays on track in LIPA lawsuit despite cries for help Huntington town elected officials refused to entertain a request to hire additional legal help in its lawsuit against Long Island Power Authority, despite calls from Northport residents for help. Huntington Councilman Gene Cook (R) offered a resolution at the June 5 town board meeting to hire Manhattan-based law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP as additional legal counsel in the town’s pending tax certiorari case with LIPA and National Grid over the Northport Power Station as the case heads to trial in July. “I believe this is a very needed law firm to hire at this point,” Cook said. “For the money that this law firm would [cost], it’s a whole lot less than the hundreds of millions we stand to lose.” A request to hear and vote on a measure was shot down by a 3-2 vote, by Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R), Councilman Mark Cuthbertson (D) and Councilwoman Joan Cergol (D). “There are hundreds of thousands — millions of dollars at stake now in this case,” Lupinacci said. “Huntington has been fighting hard on behalf of the taxpayers. We will continue to use all legal options at our [disposal] to make sure LIPA and National Grid honor their contractual promises.” LIPA filed a tax certiorari lawsuit against

the town assessor’s office in 2010 seeking a 90 percent reduction in the tax assessed valuation of its Northport Power Station, and seeking repayment of all taxes it claims to have overpaid since 2010 — currently amounting to more than $550 million and growing. Cook said the Manhattan-based law firm is one of the top litigation firms in the nation, although admittedly not specialized in cases related to power plants. “We are losing a huge opportunity and it will hurt everyone out there by not doing this,” he said. Several prominent Northport residents had pleaded with the town officials to support Cook’s resolution Tuesday afternoon including Northport school board trustee David Stein, who spoke as a private resident in support of the measure. “LIPA and National Grid have brought in a veritable army of lawyers, lobbyists and [public relations] attack dogs,” Stein said, painting an image of a David-versus-Goliath fight. “The army of attorneys, lobbyists and PR titans that we are against now requires an outsized army of our own. And so, I urge you to engage the services of the biggest, best, brightest and most well-known in all of these areas now.” Under Cook’s proposed contract, attorneys from Boies Schiller Flexner would have been paid an hourly rate of not more than $1,650 an hour to assist the town’s current legal representatives from Lewis & Greer P.C.

in determining a strategy and arguments for the upcoming trial. These accumulated attorney fees could not be bonded under state law, according to the town supervisor, but would have required dipping into the town’s capital reserves. “If spending $1,650 were a silver bullet that would achieve something here, I would do it,” Cuthbertson said. “The law firm Cook would like to hire has absolutely no experience in tax certiorari cases that involve power plants.” Lupinacci said he was willing to consider looking into other prominent litigation law firms which might be able to serve the town at a lower cost. “Sometimes when [law firms] look at a municipality, they believe they are looking at deep pockets,” the supervisor said. “We have to do some outside the box thinking and leave no stone unturned.” Northport Village Deputy Mayor Thomas Kehoe and Northport resident Tammy Topel both urged the Huntington town officials to take more aggressive action in light of additional information that has become public — spoken widely about by Cook — calling the Northport Power Station a hub through which natural gas lines and fiber optic networks for internet pass through. “I believe these are misguided attempts to incorporate other aspects into the valuation process that just aren’t there,” Cuthbertson said. “It’s a red herring and unfair to the public.”

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Northport Village Deputy Mayor Tom Kehoe voices support for Cook’s resolution. Cook vehemently disagreed with his fellow councilman in open debate. The town is moving forward by pursuing help from its state elected officials, according to the supervisor, including scheduling a meeting with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to garner his support for a resolution to the case. Lupinacci said the town still remains open to negotiations. “We are always speaking with the other side to see if there is some kind of resolution, but we are probably not going to achieve a resolution that is going to be beneficial to the taxpayers of Huntington and to our students,” Lupinacci said. “We are prepared to take this case to trial.”

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Eaton’s Neck Fire Department recently celebrated the induction of its newest officers. Huntington Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R) and Councilwoman Joan Cergol (D) attended the Eaton’s Neck Fire Department’s 62nd Annual Installation Dinner April 21 at the American Legion Hall in Northport. Lupinacci spoke of the important work carried out by the department, “Your selfless commitment to helping others in need is admired and we thank you for it.” Out of

respect for the department’s service, he also presented a proclamation to the honorees at the event. The Eaton’s Neck Fire Department’s beginnings can be traced back to 1956, when Charles Shorey and Rudolph Schultz purchased a pump truck from the East Northport Fire Department for $200. Since becoming officially established in 1957, Eaton’s Neck Fire Department continues to honorably serve the community. — SARA-MEGAN WALSH

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Northport school district issues call to action on LIPA Northport-East Northport school officials are asking their residents to call on elected officials for immediate help finding a resolution to their seven-year legal battle against Long Island Power Authority. Northport school district held a call-toaction forum May 30 in which it asked all residents to reach out to their state and federally elected officials to take action in bringing about a solution to the district’s lawsuit against LIPA and National Grid as a June court date looms. “Our elected officials really need to hear from us,” Superintendent Robert Banzer said. “The more voluminous, the louder, the more persistent we are the more likely they are to listen.” Hundreds of copies of a form letter addressed to elected officials including New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), state Sens. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) and Carl Marcellino (R-Syosset), and state Assemblyman Andrew Raia (R-East Northport) were distributed for residents to sign and mail in to lawmakers. These letters call on elected officials to take action to help aid the school district stave off LIPA, which seeks a 90 percent reduction in taxes — a difference of approximately $56 million down to $8 million paid to the district — before the state Legislature’s sessions end June 20. “LIPA must be stopped before it is too late,” reads a letter pre-addressed to Raia. “We are seeking your assistance in calling upon the governor to provide immediate assistance in Albany. Action by the governor’s office can stop the imminent harm to us as taxpayers, to our schools, our students and the community at large.”

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Northport school district residents read and fill out form letters to elected officials in the hallways of Northport High School May 30. As the June 11 court date rapidly approaches, Banzer and the Northport school district are pushing state officials to approve what they are putting forth as two possible solutions. First, would be the passage of pending legislation of state Senate Bill No. S08235, sponsored by Flanagan with co-sponsor state Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), and its corresponding state Assembly Bill No. A10496, which is co-sponsored by Raia. These bills would lengthen the time frame over which LIPA is seeking to have its taxes gradually reduced from nine years to a proposed 15 years. It would also grant those municipal governments and school districts who lost a tax assessment challenge to LIPA after April 1, 2018, access to the state’s electric generating facility cessation mitigation program, which provides funding to help

offset any potential loss of tax revenue. In addition, the town government and schools would be granted the right to create reserve funds specifically for the purpose of reducing the future burden on their taxpayers. “It would provide some mitigation of the impact to us,” Banzer said. This would provide a glide path, it would provide a somewhat softer landing should there be a [change in] assessment.” Northport school officials are also asking residents to directly call on Cuomo and the state Legislature to intervene by directing that LIPA, as a utility company overseen by a state-appointed board, to offer a “reasonable and equitable” settlement offer. While previous settlements have been declined, Banzer made clear, “we would never say we wouldn’t sit down and have conversation on how to mitigate this.”

On May 9, Northport school district attorney John Gross presented his argument in Suffolk County Supreme Court as to why he believes LIPA should be held to what school officials are calling the “1997 Promise.” Under this promise, school officials allege, LIPA and National Grid agreed not to challenge the annual taxes paid on the Northport Power Station as long as they were not abusively increased over time by Town of Huntington. A decision has not yet been issued by Judge Elizabeth Emerson, despite the June 11 trial date approaching. “I think the community needs to communicate with town leadership,” Northport resident Jennifer Thompson said, citing the years Huntington Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R) served in the state Assembly. “We need to continue to put pressure on them to speak for us on behalf of the community.” Councilman Gene Cook (R) said he would call for Huntington Town Board to hold a public hearing regarding using eminent domain to acquire the Northport Power Station. “LIPA has been lying to us,” Cook said. The councilman claims that LIPA’s assessed value of $193 million for the Northport power plant focuses only on the electricity produced, but does not account for gas lines, cable transmissions or other public utilities that are received from the power station. “I’m going to fight this,” he said. “I’m going to fight this to the end and I want you to know that.” Northport taxpayers who are interested in getting in contact with their elected officials or reading the form letters provided at the May 30 meeting can find them on the district’ website at northport.k12.ny.us/ district/lipa_update.

Northport Relay For Life raises more than $2M in 10 years More than 1,0000 Northport residents and the community joined together to show their support for the fight against cancer this past Saturday, marking a decade of unwavering commitment to the cause. Northport High School held its 10th annual Relay For Life event June 2, which raised about $180,000. This brought the community’s cumulative total to $2 million in donations over 10 years to the American Cancer Society, a national nonprofit health organization which uses the funds for cancer research, patient care services, prevention and early detection programs. Teams walked around the high school’s track for 12 hours starting at 6 p.m. Saturday. Each team had at least one member walking throughout the night, which is why the event is called a relay. People walked overnight to symbolize that cancer never sleeps. Relay For Life is held in 30 countries and 3,000 towns across the United States, the largest fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, according to Meaghan Neary, senior community manager for ACS. The Northport event was made up of cancer survivors, caregivers, relatives and there was a team for each of Northport

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At left, Caleb’s Cavalry team participates in memory of Northport teen Caleb Paquet. Above, a T-shirt worn by a participant bears a cancer-fighting slogan. school district’s elementary schools. Team Fifth Avenue, named after Fifth Avenue Elementary in Northport, became a gold team this year, after raising close to $7,000 and has participated in Relay For Life each year for the last decade. Jennifer Mead, Team Fifth Avenue’s captain, said they had a variety show at the school to raise money, among other events. The children also decorated 60 luminaria lanterns

which lined the track. “It’s an important cause for our school,” Mead said. “We have lost a couple of principals and our school nurse to cancer.” She said that there is good-natured competition between the Northport elementary schools to see which school can raise the most money each year. Team Fifth Avenue came in seventh place among all of the Relay For Life Northport teams. Pulaski Road Elementary

finished in eighth place overall having raised about $5,000. Team Norwood, another elementary school team, finished in fifth place by gathering more than $8,000 in donations. The top fundraiser at the Northport event went to The Relay Sisters team, which that raised more than $15,000 for charity. Before the event began, survivors and

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POLICE Huntington man pleads guilty to racketeering John ‘Johnny Boy’ Ambrosio admits to role in Gambino crime family BY SARA-MEGAN WALSH SARA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

a .38 caliber revolver and a sawed-off shotgun, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Law enforcement officials also found letters addressed to Ambrosio from the Bonanno family boss Michael “The Nose” Mancuso and former Gambino family boss John Gotti. Prosecutors said they believe Ambrosio and his associates engaged in a racketeering conspiracy from January 2014 to December 2017. In entering his guilty plea, Ambrosio admitted to participating in the Gambino family’s activities by extorting a loan from one victim and supervising a gambling business that involved poker games, electronic gaming machines and sports betting, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Under the terms of his plea deal, he will forfeit $100,000, including $66,116 in cash that was seized from his Huntington home at the time of his arrest. When Ambrosio and Rodolico are sentenced, they each face a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail. The federal case is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Artie McConnell.

A Huntington man pled guilty Thursday to participating in a racketeering conspiracy, by admitting his role as an acting captain for the infamous Gambino organized-crime family. John Ambrosio, 75, was the last of seven associates of La Cosa Nostra, as the crime family is also called, to plead guilty May 31 in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to acts including loansharking and running an illegal gambling business, according to prosecutors. Ambrosio, known as “Johnny Boy,” and his six co-conspirators — including Anthony Rodolico, 46, of Huntington — were arrested by federal law enforcement officials Dec. 12, 2017. Earlier that day, federal officers who executed search warrants at various locations, including a Nassau County storage facility, found and recovered gambling and loan-sharking records, electronic gaming machines, narcotics and related paraphernalia and numerous firearms, including an AR-15,

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Woman plays switcharoo at Target Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and 2nd Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the woman who allegedly stole merchandise from a store in Huntington Station in May. A woman allegedly switched price tags on various items at Target, located on East Jericho Turnpike, May 12 at approximately 9:45 a.m. and again at approximately 2:30 p.m. The woman fled in a white Mercedes Benz with New York license plate HSH 4786. The

woman was described as white, approximately 30 years old, with long, blond hair. A cash reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest is being offered by Suffolk County Crime Stoppers. Anyone with information about this incident can submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting SCPD and the message to CRIMES (274637). All communication will be kept confidential. — SARA-MEGAN WALSH

Counterfeit cash used in the Station Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and 2nd Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the woman who allegedly used counterfeit currency at a store in Huntington Station in February. A woman purchased a jacket allegedly using two counterfeit $100 bills at Lord & Taylor, located on Walt Whitman Road, Feb. 24 at approximately 8:15 p.m. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest. Anyone with information about this incident can submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting SCPD and the message to CRIMES (274637). All text messages and calls will be kept confidential. — SARA-MEGAN WALSH

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Cops are looking for help identifying the above-pictured women who allegedly robbed Target in Huntington Station.

Police said the above-pictured woman allegedly used counterfeit cash.

Huntington man arrested for driving while intoxicated Suffolk County police arrested a Huntington man May 26 for allegedly driving while intoxicated after he struck and critically injured a pedestrian. Police said Edwin Rolando SantosRomero was driving a 2000 Toyota Camry northbound on Fifth Avenue in Bay Shore when his vehicle struck a pedestrian who was attempting to cross the street from east to west near Bailey Avenue at approximately 9:45 p.m. The victim, Jose Reyes, 46, of Bay Shore, was transported by Brentwood

Legion Ambulance to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore where he was listed in critical condition. Santos-Romero, 23, of Huntington, was charged with driving while intoxicated. He is being held in jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail. Detectives are asking anyone who may have witnessed this crash to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-6555 or Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS (8477). — SARA-MEGAN WALSH

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Declining enrollment creates challenges for school districts BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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A shadow hangs above the heads of Long Island’s school districts: The specter of declining enrollment. “From last year, not a whole lot has changed, enrollment is still declining,” Barbara Graziano, the manager of the Office of School Planning and Research for Western Suffolk BOCES said. “What a lot of districts are seeing is there is a significant displacement between their graduating classes being larger than the following year’s kindergarten classes.” School enrollment across Suffolk County has been in decline for nearly a decade. In last year’s annual report on enrollment, Western Suffolk BOCES, a regional educational service agency, said there was a 9.1 percent overall decline in enrollment in townships from Huntington to Smithtown from 2010 to 2016. Between the 2006-07 and 2016-17 school years, Long Island saw a 6.2 percent decline in enrollment, according to Robert Lowry, the deputy director for advocacy, research and communications at the New York State Council of School Superintendents. Statewide enrollment declined 4.2 percent in the same period. Nearly every school district on Suffolk County’s North Shore has seen at least some decline, and the trend can have tangible effects on a district’s long- and short-term planning. “Declining enrollment may push a district toward reconsidering staffing and whether it’s necessary to close a school,” Lowry said. Smithtown Central School District in the 2012-13 school year had 10,317 students enrolled in the district, and four years later the number dropped more than a thousand to 9,241 in 2016-17. The declining enrollment was cited in 2012, with guidance from the district’s Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Instruction and Housing, as the rationale behind the closing of Nesconset Elementary

School, and again in 2017 when the district closed Brook Branch Elementary School. “Over the last few years, the board of education and administration have been proactive regarding the district’s declining enrollment,” Smithtown Superintendent James Grossane said in an email. “The district will continue to monitor its enrollment trends to plan for the future.” Experts cite factors like declining birthrate, aging population and changes in local immigration patterns as potentially having an impact on local enrollment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report in May indicating the national birthrate in 2017 hit a 30-year low with 60.2 births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44. The national birthrate has been in general decline since the 1960s, but this most recent report is low even compared to 10 years ago when the birthrate was closer to 70 births per 1,000 women. Suffolk County’s population is also skewing older. Census data from the American Community Survey showed from 2010 to 2016 there was an estimated 28,288 less school-aged children between the ages of 5 and 19 living in the county. School closings are probably the most severe action districts tend to take to mitigate the effect of declining enrollment, but it is not the only option. The Three Village Central School District has seen enrollment drop by about 900 students during the last decade. In its recently passed budget the district said it was making several staffing changes, including consolidating the roles of certain staff members. The district cited declining enrollment along with staff retirements and attrition for the changes, but also promised to add a new high school guidance counselor and an additional district psychologist to give attention to individual student’s mental health. “While our district, like so many others in our area, have recently been experiencing a decline in enrollment, particularly at the elementary level, we have

In school districts across the TBR News Media coverage area, as seen in graph at top, enrollment has been trending down across the board, with a few exceptions, like Huntington and Comsewogue.

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taken this opportunity to create efficiencies using current staff in order to lower class size and support a number of new initiatives, programmatic enhancements and student support services,” Cheryl Pedisich, the superintendent for Three Village schools said in an email. Kings Park Superintendent Timothy Eagen said lower enrollment allows for smaller class sizes and for more attention to the mental health of individual students. “Our students today need a little bit more mental health support than students yesterday,” Eagen said. “Obviously we don’t need as many elementary sections, but we haven’t necessarily decreased our total staffing amount because we’ve been increasing our mental health supports.” Even with those potential benefits, many districts are still trying to work out the long-term implications of lower enrollment. Al Marlin, a spokesperson for the New York State School Boards Association said enrollment has a large effect on how much state aid a school can procure. “Declining enrollment affects school districts in several ways — perhaps most importantly through the impact on state aid because New York’s school-aid distribution formula is based, in part, on enrollment numbers,” Marlin said in an email. “Declining enrollment also can make it more difficult for districts to sustain academic courses, including Advanced Placement courses and programs such as sports teams.” Shoreham-Wading River school district conducted an enrollment study in 2015 that was updated for the 2017-18 school year. The study predicted the district will recede to 1,650 enrolled students by 2025, compared to 2,170 as of May. Along with a declining birthrate and an aging population, the district pointed

to low housing turnover from 2008 to 2016 for part of the declining enrollment. “It is difficult to predict the exact number, but it is fair to say that the enrollment decline in the district will be continuing in the near future,” SWR superintendent Gerard Poole said in an email. Superintendents from SWR and Rocky Point school district both said they do not have any plans to close schools, but there is a possibility lower enrollment could affect the districts’ ability to apply for grants. A few districts are breaking the trend. Huntington Union Free School District has actually seen an increase in school enrollment from 2012 to 2017, but Superintendent James Polansky said in the most recent years that increase has started to level off. Polansky did not want to speculate as to why enrollment in Huntington was not decreasing like other districts, but Graziano said it might be because the district is more diverse and attracts more immigration than nearby districts. “Every district is different, they have to look at their own schools and communities to see how they deal with enrollment,” Polansky said. Every year Western Suffolk BOCES releases a report that looks at schools’ current enrollment and compares it to previous years. Graziano, who is working on this year’s report, most likely to be released sometime this month, said the agency expects a continuing decline in school enrollment at least for the next several years. Though eventually, she said, the declining enrollment should level off as entering kindergarten class sizes stabilize. However, there is no telling when that might be. “Birthrates do not seem to be increasing, it doesn’t look like, as of right now, that’s going to turn around any time soon,” Graziano said. “But of course, we don’t have a crystal ball.”

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Paul Guttenberg, above, who lost his niece in the Parkland shooting, speaks at a press conference in Hauppauge June 1. The event culminated with the lighting of the H. Lee Dennison building, below, in orange.

Suffolk County shines light on gun violence BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Sense in America gathered in the building’s lobby for a press conference. Hahn said orange was chosen by high school students Suffolk County showed support for a in Chicago in 2013 after their friend was national movement by using light. murdered because they knew hunters wear On June 1, the H. Lee Dennison orange to prevent being shot by others. Suffolk County headquarters The legislator talked about building in Hauppauge was the day of the Sandy Hook illuminated in orange massacre in 2012 when she — the color adopted by returned home after visiting activists working to with her daughter’s kinderreduce gun violence. The garten class and heard the illumination lasted until news. Hahn said the tragedy June 5 and began the night inspired her to author legislabefore Suffolk County’s Gun tion requiring Suffolk County Violence Awareness Day. law enforcement agencies The event was designated to to cross reference the names honor the lives of and addresses of suspects gun violence victims transported to Stony Brook through legislation University’s Comprehenco-sponsored by county sive Psychiatric Emergency legislators Kara Hahn (DProgram with the county’s Setauket), Monica Martinez pistol license registration. She — Paul Guttenberg said the bipartisan Legislature (D-Brentwood), William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerunanimously passed the piece port) and Presiding Officer DuWayne Greg- of legislation in 2013. ory (D-Amityville). “There is no reason this country can’t Before the initial illumination June 1, have stronger laws,” she said. “We can have members of Moms Demand Action for Gun the Second Amendment, and we can have

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stronger laws that protect our children,” Hahn said. Moms Demand Action advocate Gemma Saylor discussed the importance of speaking up when it comes to gun violence. “We all have a voice, and we must use it,” she said. “We have a voice, and we can use it to provide comfort to grieving families. We have a voice, and we can use it to raise awareness about the enormous number of lives taken by gun violence every single year, every single day.” Shenee Johnson, of Queens, and Paul Guttenberg, of Commack, were in attendance to share their stories of losing loved ones to gun violence. In 2010, Johnson’s 17-year-old son, Kedrick Morrow, was shot and killed at a party. She said while she feels it was once believed gun violence only happened in certain neighborhoods, unfortunately tragedies like Sandy Hook and Parkland have made Americans realize otherwise, and the victims’ families have become one in the fight against gun violence. “We are the vanguards, we’re on the frontline, and we’re going to do everything we can,” Johnson said, adding no parent should be fearful when dropping his or her child off

at school. Guttenberg’s niece Jaime was killed during the Parkland shooting Feb. 14 when a shot from the killer’s AR-15 rifle severed her spinal cord. He detailed the depth of emotion he felt the day of the shooting. At first, Guttenberg said he had hoped his niece had left her phone in a backpack when he first received news his nephew arrived home safe and sound, but his brother and sister-in-law hadn’t heard from Jaime. Later that hope turned into despair when he received the news she was one of the victims who was fatally shot. “How could this have happened,” he said. “I remember hearing about mass shootings on the news, but you never think you’ll be so affected until you are. This can happen to anyone and anywhere. This could happen here to us, and it already happened to me.” Guttenberg has spoken at a number of rallies on Long Island, and his brother Fred, Jaime’s father, has become an activist for stricter gun legislation. “Jaime’s murder is now a national tragedy, but for my family it is deeply personal and unsettling,“ Guttenberg said. “We are strong. We are resolute, and we will make Jaime’s memory a blessing.”

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New standards for crab traps should save terrapins It has been a slow crawl saving Long Island’s turtles, but local conservation groups are hoping new state regulations will speed up the process. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Long Island environmental groups gathered May 23 at the Suffolk County Environmental Center in Islip to celebrate new rules requiring crab cages — used in Long Island’s coastal waters including many of the bays, harbors and rivers that enter Long Island Sound — to have “terrapin excluder devices” (TEDs) on all entrances. As carnivores, terrapins are attracted to bait fish used in commercial, or what’s known as Marylandstyle crab traps or “pots.” As a result, male and female turtles of all sizes push their way through the entrance funnels and end up drowning. “With each and every season these traps are not required to have TEDs, there are likely hundreds of terrapins that are drowning,” said John Turner, conservation policy advocate for Seatuck Environmental Association, which operates the Islip center. “To me, one of the signs of a real civilized society is how we treat other life-forms. We haven’t treated terrapins very well.” He said in Stony Brook Harbor alone there are dozens, maybe hundreds of terrapins that will spend the winter in the mud, emerging once the water runs up high enough. Turner said many of the North Shore areas that are home to these turtles, like Setauket Harbor, Conscience Bay, Port Jefferson Harbor, Mount Sinai Harbor and Nissequogue River, play a key role in preserving the species. “In contrast to where I am in South Jersey, I can go by the canals and I can see a dozen [terrapin] heads bobbing up and down,” said James Gilmore, director of the marine resources division at the state DEC. “Here, it’s very rare to see one. Hopefully these new rules will help us see more.” Gilmore said the DEC began working on changing state regulations in 2013 but knew long before there was a problem. Carl LoBue, The Nature Conservancy’s New York ocean program director, said it was in the late 1990s he’d witnessed recreational crab traps in Stony Brook Harbor. One day he lifted a cage out of the water while trying to move his landlord’s boat and saw it was filled with trapped terrapins. Two were still alive, but five had already drowned. “I’m sure the crabber wasn’t intent to kill turtles,” LoBue said. “But when I looked across the bay at the 60 or something crab traps this person had set, I was crushed thinking of the terrapins drowning at that very moment.” In the early 2000s terrapins became a popular meal in New York, but the harvest of those turtles led to a massive decrease in population, especially the diamondback terrapin, which was identified as a species of greatest conservation need in the 2015 New York State Wildlife Action Plan. In September 2017 the DEC passed regulations banning the commercial

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Above, Russell Burke, a professor of biology at Hofstra University, shows how the new state-mandated terrapin excluder devices keep turtles out while keeping crabs in. Below, John Turner, a conservation policy advocate for the Seatuck Environmental Association, shows the North Shore areas where turtles, like Bertha, on left, are getting caught and drowning in crab cages.

harvest of diamondbacks. Terrapin population has slowly increased since then, but researchers say there’s still little known about the population, like life expectancy or habits while in water. The species has a very slow birth rate, with low local clutches of 10 or so eggs — sometimes only one or two of which hatch and mature. Russell Burke, a professor of biology at Hofstra University, said terrapins could live very long lives, pointing to older specimens he has seen living to 60 years old, but he estimated some could be twice that age. While Burke said it’s hard to estimate the total population on Long Island, he said

in Jamaica Bay alone, he knows there are approximately 3,500 adult females. The TED devices are 4¾ inches by 1¾ inches, an exact measurement, to ensure that while crabs can get through, turtles cannot. According to Kim McKown, leader of the Marine Invertebrate and Protected Resources Unit at the state DEC, the small, plastic TEDs cost $10 for the three needed to secure a normal crab trap. The cost exponentially increases depending on how many traps a fisherman has, with some owning up to 1,000 traps. Turner said his organization used its own funds and purchased 5,000 TEDs and gifted them to the DEC. The state agency is giving

them to Long Island crab fishermen on a first come, first served basis. Commercial crab fisherman Fred Chiofolo, who hunts in the Town of Brookhaven along the South Shore, experimented with TEDs on his own for years before the regulations were passed. He said the devices even improved the number of crabs caught. “It made a significant difference with the pots that had them versus the pots that didn’t,” Chiofolo said. “Last year I put them in every pot I had — about 200 of them. I’m not going to lie; it’s a lot of work to put them in, but we don’t want to catch the turtle. I don’t want them, and [the TED] does keep them out.”

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Shoreham’s Wardenclyffe property, the site of famed Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla’s last living laboratory, is up for consideration for historical site status by the New York State Historic Preservation Office June 7. “We want to make the world aware, more than it is now, of the site’s importance,” said Jane Alcorn, president of the board of directors of Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe. “It gives the community and our investors some assurance that we’re moving in the right direction, that were not just gaining local recognition, but state and national as well.” In 2012 the science center worked with The Oatmeal comic website to launch a successful Indiegogo campaign that raised $1.37 million to purchase the land. Since then the nonprofit has renovated the property with plans to turn the site into a museum and incubator for technology-based business startups. Alcorn said the board hired a historic architect consultant who documented the land KYLE BARR

and its legacy. The group worked for months crafting a 92-page document describing Tesla’s life along with the many minute details of the 16-acre property, such as which buildings are historic and which are not, when each was built, and by what person and company. Marc Alessi, the science center’s executive director, said that having the property on the historic register would help to indefinitely safeguard the land. “It’s preserving it for future generations,” Alessi said. “When you get something registered as a historic landmark, we’ll be able to rest easy knowing 500 years from now if society completely changes, there is a very good chance the lab will still be there.” Alcorn said getting historical status would not only increase the project’s notoriety, but would also allow the group to apply for state grants they wouldn’t be eligible for without the historic status. “It’s often one of the requirements of many state grants — that you are located on the historic register,” Alcorn said. “We’ve been eliminated from granting opportunities in the past due to that lack.” Many modern-day entrepreneurs and scientists have a vested interest in the lab’s history. Tesla, a self-starter and entrepreneur, created many technological innovations still used today, such as alternating current and electromagnetism technology. His research influenced modern day X-rays. In the early 1900s Tesla acquired the Wardenclyffe property in Shoreham to test his theories of being able to wirelessly transmit electrical messages. The property housed a huge 187-foot tower for the purpose, but in 1903 creditors confiscated his equipment, and in 1917 the tower was demolished. The concrete feet used to hold the structure can still be seen on the property today.

Nikola Tesla, depicted in statue at top, was a Serbian-American inventor who had a lab built in Shoreham, above, which was designed by architect Stanford White, as inscribed on the sign in front of the building, bottom left. It remains his last standing laboratory. The science center submitted the final historic register application nearly a month ago, and next week it will be reviewed by the state’s national register review board. The review process takes several weeks, and if accepted, the property will be put on the state register of historic places. The application will then automatically go to the National Register of Historic Places review board for the potential of being put on the national registry. That process will take several months. “Not everything submitted to the national registry gets listed, but New York has a very good track record, so hopefully we’ll be hearing a good thing from this one,” said Jennifer Betsworth, a historic preservation specialist for the state preservation department. Only a day after the center announced its application, it had more than 6,700 people sign letters in support of the application, according to Alessi, and were sent to the state historic preservation review board.

Betsworth said despite how the property has been modified through the years, it has value as Tesla’s last intact laboratory and has historical significance as the site of some of his last and most ambitious inventions. “It’s a bit complicated because it’s a building that’s absolutely covered with later additions that aren’t historic, so its value is not necessarily immediately obvious,” said Betsworth. “If this wasn’t the last remaining laboratory related to Tesla, it might not have been eligible. The incredible rarity and significance of this resource is what it has going for it.” The science center is currently working to fundraise for the first phase of a project that would turn two buildings on the grounds into exhibition spaces for science education. The fundraising has reached $6 million out of the planned $20 million, according to Alessi. The science center hopes to have the first part of a functioning museum up and running by the end of next year.

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their caregivers sat in a tent and were served dinner by volunteers from Northport High School while the school’s two a capella groups, the Multi-Colored Ties and the Multi-Colored Tights, entertained the crowd. There were a handful of motivational speakers before the “relay” began. “Cancer is not a secret and it is nothing to be ashamed of,” said Joyce Davis, a breast cancer survivor and oncology nurse. Karen Paquet, mother of Caleb, a Northport High School graduate who died at age 19 from acute lymphoblastic leukemia last August, was there with her team, Caleb’s Cavalry. “The community has really supported

and uplifted us,” she said. “We need to raise funds and we need to stop cancer now.” Bill Slagle, a Northport High School teacher and adviser for the event this year, was among the cancer survivors who attended. “I am humbled and thankful for this community and all they have done,” Slagle said. “This community is like no other when it comes to helping others.” David Storch, the Northport’s district chairperson of science and technology education, said he was approached in 2008 by students who wanted to start a Relay For Life event at the high school. “It was all student driven,” he said. “We all joined for the same reason. We are determined to make a difference. And through our efforts, we can make a difference.” See more photos of the event online at tbrnewsmedia.com.

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Elijah Claiborne headlines state qualifiers

Northport senior distance runner Elijah Claiborne may be showing signs of things to come. His 4 minute, 11.47 second finish in the 1,600-meter run earned him first place at the Suffolk County track and field individual championship/state qualifier June 2 and 3 at Comsewogue High School.

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Clockwise from above, Northport’s Elijah and Isaiah Claiborne, Dan O’Connor, and Huntington’s Jonathan Smith and Clay Jamison placed at the state qualifiers. MIKE CONNELL

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He will compete with other winners in the state championship at Cicero-North Syracuse High School June 8 and 9. Claiborne had come in second in a photo finish in the indoor state track and field finals this past March with Schenectady’s Maazin Ahmed. The Northport runner’s indoor time had been seconds slower than his outdoor (4:15.548). The half of Northport’s twin brother power duo also placed first in the 800, clocking in at 1:54.06. Isaiah Claiborne came in second in the 400 dash in 49.71. Other Tigers took home top spots during the weekend-long meet. Senior Dan O’Connor finished third in 3,200 run in 9:40.92. Junior Sean Ryan placed fourth in the 1,600, crossing the finish line in 4:18.47, and classmate Sydney Rohme placed first in girls pentathlon with a school record-breaking 3,263 points. Huntington also had multiple track and field athletes excel with career days. Huntington senior Clay Jamison came in second in the shot put with a 51-0.25 toss. The throw ties him for the top spot in the county (across all divisions) with Commack’s Steven Vasile. Huntington junior Jonathan Smith placed second in the 400 hurdles in 55.17. He caught up to the pack in the final turn and passed Bellport’s Kyler Pizzo and Comsewogue’s Travis Colon down the stretch to claim his first individual county crown. Smith also placed fourth in the long jump with a 21-2 leap. Huntington’s 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams finished third, and junior Keily Rivas came in third in the 1,500 race-walk in 6:52.33.

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Tornadoes taken down in LIC after first county championship in 26 years Garden City’s five unanswered goals to open the Long Island championship game against Harborfields were hard to counter. The Tornadoes closed within three early in the third quarter but fell 12-3 in the Class B title game at Hofstra University June 2.

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“They went from being 4-3 to taking it to Garden City for the Long Island championship,” head coach Glenn Lavey said. “They won’t get perspective right now [because] it’s hard to realize that a couple of minutes after you lose a tough game, but they will eventually realize all the special things they did.” Freshman attack Stephen Markowski scored Harborfields’ first goal with four minutes remaining in the first half, and senior midfielder Jimmy Bifulco brought the score to 5-2 at the 10:51 mark of the third quarter, but it was as close as the team would come. The Tornadoes were swept away after Garden City scored six unanswered goals from the end of the third to the start of the fourth. Harborfields junior Aiden Costello caught a pass from senior midfielder P.J. Clementi for the team’s final goal of the game with three minutes remaining. “[Garden City] have great players and great coaches,” Lavey said. “But at least you can say that today, we lost to a better team.” Harborfields ends the season with a 13-4 record, outscoring opponents 192-118 and brought home the school’s first Suffolk County championship since 1992. Clementi, who will play for Amherst College next spring, ranks fifth among Suffolk County’s leading scorers with 57 goals 40 assists for a total of 97 points.

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Also continuing their lacrosse careers are Bifulco, who committed to Adelphi University; Andrew Derasmo, who will play for St. Joseph’s College; and Mike Pasquaretta, who signed to play for Assumption College. Tommy DeVito and Lucas Kollmer will play for Geneseo. To learn how the lacrosse team won the county title visit www.tbrnewsmedia.com.

Clockwise from top left, Stephen Markowski, Andy Derasmo and Jimmy Bifulco compete in the Long Island championship.

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OPINION Editorial

Letters to the editor

Thoughts on the race for In favor of ranking students congress in NY-1 Last week we had the five Democrats vying for a spot on the ballot to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District against U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) at TBR News Media’s Setauket office for a debatestyle discussion. Traditionally, this is an exercise we do every fall for each of the various races for local political offices. We write about the discussions and endorse a candidate, and we do not traditionally do this for primaries. However, this particular race at this particular time in national politics felt like an important moment to fully embrace. We are witnessing a presidential administration that both sides can at least agree on calling, if nothing else, virtually unprecedented. This is noteworthy here and now because the district is represented by a congressman who is taking an enormous political risk by routinely doubling and tripling down on even the most unprecedented behaviors and policies that have been displayed and put forth by President Donald Trump (R). A byproduct of being a chief congressional defender of this president is that a political campaign through a long hot summer with a Democrat stockpiled with endless juicy campaign content like: “Trump and Zeldin wanted to take your health care away and let Paul Ryan raise your taxes,” awaits. Full disclosure: We have not yet had Zeldin at our office for an extended, far-ranging discussion, as we do periodically, in 2018. A memorable quote from his last visit was, “I’m no one’s proxy.” We intend to invite the congressman in for a discussion again in the near future, ahead of a one-on-one debate with the primary winner this fall. In the meantime, his two Twitter accounts should be examined — @RepLeeZeldin and @LeeZeldin — and conclusions drawn. For a congressman who has been roundly criticized for declining to hold what his critics would define as the proper number of in-person, no-holdsbarred town halls, his statements on Twitter can sometimes be the best we’ve got. What he chooses to discuss on Twitter, and how it is received, has become of interest to us. A calculation Zeldin is likely to be making currently, if retweets and likes are to be believed is rabble-rousing about Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Russia and general identity politics sells. While our organization is not endorsing a primary candidate, we will offer a few thoughts that registered NY-1 Democrats should know come June 26. They will have their choice of five, clear-headed, issue-driven candidates who are decidedly left of Hillary Clinton (D) and a few strides to the right of Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) on the political spectrum, but not much. They each offer unique and interesting political challenges for Zeldin, especially should he choose to embrace Trumpism and identity politics as his campaign motif. Kate Browning lives two miles from the incumbent on the South Shore, and insisted she knows what it takes to make a dent in Zeldin’s base, in addition to touting her experience in the Suffolk County Legislature. Elaine DiMasi is a scientist from Brookhaven National Lab, who we imagine would be difficult to debate on a topic like, say, “clean coal.” Perry Gershon can ironically sell a similar background to Trump: a political outsider from the private sector — commercial lending and a small business owner — running on change, with the most money of any of the candidates, which largely comes from his own pocket. David Pechefsky boasts legitimate domestic policy experience as a longtime New York City Council staffer, though he has not personally held political office. He also possesses a legitimate foreign policy background, having served as an adviser to foreign governments. Vivian Viloria-Fisher has a solid blend of track record, depth of experience, name recognition from her years in the county Legislature and laser focus on the few issues we could easily see being the deciding factors come November: health care (especially regarding reproductive/ women’s health care rights), gun control and immigration. We will continue tracking this race through November and will update you with the primary results come the end of June. We hope you will reach out to us with your thoughts and feelings about the challengers and the race, too.

After I read the first two paragraphs of Leah Dunaief’s May 31 column in Times Beacon Record Newspapers, “Dumbing down America as graduation approaches,” I had to check the byline and the picture to see if my name and photo were there. My sentiments exactly. I grew up in NYC, and went to a high school where you had to pass a test to get in. I was not even close to being valedictorian or salutatorian, but I didn’t care. Just having that school as something I could use on a résumé, or to get into a good college, was enough for me. The people who wanted to be competitive with one another were, and those of us who chose not to be were not. For me, my competition was to be the best that I could be. The key was to do the best that I could do. During the administration of New York City Mayor David Dinkins, there was a strong movement to do away with specialized high schools, since they were thought to be elitist, and that not getting in would affect a kid’s self-esteem. This was the start of the dumbing down process (remember the movement to outcome-based education) in a “progressive” city. Thank goodness that movement was squelched. As Leah points out, the “participation trophy” society, and one where people get

recognized for just showing up, really means that if everyone is special, then no one is. What incentive is there for a mediocre student to try to improve, if everyone gets a diploma, and excellence is not recognized? Oh, poor Johnny’s self-esteem will be hurt if he is ranked, or if his team loses at a soccer tournament and he is made to feel like a loser because he doesn’t get a trophy. GET OVER IT. In life, there are winners and losers, and many successful business people, athletes, etc., will tell you that it was their failures that drove them to

ultimately succeed. The way that many millennials reacted to the 2016 election is indicative. Some colleges and law schools had to have “safe rooms,” places with LEGOs, petting animals and PlayDoh, psychologists on campus, etc., because the students could not deal with the fact that their candidate lost. They never had to deal with failure before. They had no idea how to handle it. They were told by their parents and educators that they were the best. That whatever they did was good enough. POOR BABIES!

Gary Aronowitz Plainview

Political dealings with Bannon a mark against Zeldin It is a great irony that Congressman Lee Zeldin touts Jewish-American Heritage Month. The irony is that Zeldin, against the pleading of Jews and nonJews in his district who begged him not to have Steve Bannon as a keynote speaker at his fundraiser, had him anyway. Bannon has been cited by the Anti-Defamation

League as a panderer to antiSemites and racists. Zeldin also supports an agenda that is diametrically opposed to Jewish values. This apparent attempt on the part of Zeldin to win the support of Jews in his district is cynical at best and hypocritical at worst. While Jewish-American Heritage

Month is important in that it points out the contributions and participation of Jews in America, Zeldin in not the one to celebrate it.

Adam Fisher Port Jefferson Station Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Isaiah

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OPINION

Starting my own collaborative counterculture

’m starting a new movement. I’m going to call it CCDD, for CounterCulture Dan Dunaief. Hey, look, if other people can put their names on buildings, airlines and bills that become laws, why can’t I, right? My movement is all about trying to get away from a world in which large groups of people line up on either side of an issue, without much consensus or common ground in between. The polar opposites are like a barbell, with heavy By Daniel Dunaief weights on either end and a thin line between them. The counterculture lives along that line.

D. None of the above

So, I’m going to establish my own rules for CCDD. For starters, I’m not going to hurry to do anything. I’m going to smile when the person in front of me doesn’t hit the gas as soon as the light turns green. I’m going to let people go ahead of me. Let’s not get ridiculous about this, right? I mean, if I’m waiting for a sandwich and I’m starving, I’m not going to let everyone go, but, I’m just saying, I’m going to take my foot off the accelerator and stop acting as if I have to race to every event. OK, I’m also going to stop acting as if I know everything. Everyone is supposed to know everything, or at least fake it. Besides, if we don’t know something, we can check on the internet, which is the greatest source of information and misinformation ever invented. I’m going to say, “I don’t know,” and try to reason through what I recall from my education, from my reading and

from people around me before asking Siri, Alexa or any other computer created voice for help. I can and will try to figure it out on my own. I’m not going to read anything shorter than the length of a tweet message. No offense to Twitter, but the president of the galaxy vents his extreme frustration with people inside and outside his cabinet regularly through this system, so strike while the iron is hot, right? Except that I don’t want to read short ideas, short sentences or shorthand. I want to read a full, detailed thought and idea. I’m going to care more than I ever have about grammar and spelling. I’m going to encourage others to care about the difference between counsel (advice) and council (a collection of people) because words matter. I will look carefully at nature whenever I have the chance. I plan to consider the importance of the

journey, even as I head toward a destination. The ends will not justify the means, even if it’s easier to cut corners and to take small liberties along the way. I will believe in facts. This one might be the hardest to live by because, after all, what is a fact today? How do we know, for sure, that something is true? I will research information and will make my own informed decision. In CCDD, I’m going to listen to people who speak to me, and ignore those who shout to get my attention. If what you say is important and relevant, the value should speak for itself. Finally, I’m going to celebrate my differences with other people. I’m not going to assume someone passionate about a belief different from my own is wrong. I am going to try to listen attentively, so that I can meet them somewhere closer to that barbell line. If they can change me, maybe I can change them?

The best-laid plans of mice (and women) often go astray

o much for well made plans. It was to be a milestone high school reunion this past weekend, a classmate was coming from Denver to stay with me, and we would attend the reunion together. I have known her since seventh grade, and for whatever reasons apparent only to middle school kids, we had nicknamed each other then “Salmon” and “Clambroth.” We giggled about that over our cellphones, temporarily traveling back in time 60 years, as we arranged the By Leah S. Dunaief logistics for the coming event. She had been one of the shortest girls in the class and I was one of the taller, so our classmates inevitably referred to us as “Mutt & Jeff” as we walked the halls. Would anyone

Between you and me

besides us remember that? More than 50 women out of the original 225 in our all-girls school were coming into New York City or already there, and it promised to be a grand gathering. My friend was already flying east Thursday morning when I climbed out of the shower and fell on my back in the bathroom. The pain was sharp and immediate. In an instant the much-anticipated weekend evaporated before my eyes. Never mind the weekend. I was going to be lucky if the bones on the left side of my body — my shoulder, elbow, forearm, ribs and hip — weren’t broken. None of the surfaces in the bathroom are forgiving, and I had cracked against the wall of the tub. The vision of walking into reunion was replaced by my coming home from the hospital in a body cast. I realized I was screaming as I lay on the ceramic floor and had been for a number of seconds to no avail. There was no one else home. I screamed some more, just because I could, then began the miles-long

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crawl to my bedroom. For some unaccountable reason, I thought I would feel much better if I could get into my bed. Silly me, I couldn’t even stand. Nor could I stop shaking. I was able to pull the phone off the table, however, and I called a dear friend who fortunately was home and had rescued me before. Together we drove to the hospital. That was only a 10-minute trip, but I felt every pebble and bump in the road. The hospital personnel were wonderful. They wheeled me into the emergency room, and after some inevitable paperwork but not much of a wait, I was helped onto a bed between two curtains and my date of birth corroborated several times with the paper bracelets on my wrist. An empathetic physician’s assistant greeted me and asked what had happened. Then came the X-rays. Of course they were going to X-ray the places that hurt, and I tried not to scream during the many rearrangements of my body. The process seemed to go on forever although I had no idea of time, and then it was

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over. I joined my angelic friend between the two curtains and squirmed in bed, searching for a pain-free position as we waited for the results. The PA came with good news and bad news. My shoulder, elbow, arm and hip were badly bruised but not broken. In fact they were already turning colors of the rainbow amid the swelling. But my back, the area of greatest pain, had what seemed like a new compression fracture. I had endured that trauma before, and the PA couldn’t be sure it was a new or old injury. And there wasn’t much the PA could do except recommend a painkiller, preferably Tylenol, and send me home. Imagine the reaction of my Denver friend when she completed the 2,000 mile trip to my house, only to find me laid out in my living room and still shaking. She did go the different events of reunion weekend, and through her descriptions and the texts and emails from those gathered, I was able vicariously to enjoy hearing what they talked about. I think before the next milestone reunion, I won’t shower.

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