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July 6, 2017

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Residents weigh in on new Airbnb rules A3

New American Dream series spotlights immigrant success stories A3 Huntington community holds health care vigil A5

Corn Festival Pow-Wow returns to Setauket Also: ‘Baby Driver’ reviewed, Survey Says, Art exhibits on the North Shore, Photo of the Week

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Congressman Tom Suozzi speaks to residents at a previous town hall.

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Suozzi heads to Huntington Station U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) will be hosting a town hall in Huntington Station Monday, July 10, for his monthly series called “Heard in the Third.”

The town hall will be held at Nathan Hale VFW Post 1469 on 210 West Pulaski

Road in Huntington Station from 7 to 9 p.m.

“I was heartened and encouraged by so many people who expressed interest in getting more involved,” Suozzi said. “I hope to see you there as we try to cut through the clutter and tackle big problems together.”

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Huntington proposes new restrictions on Airbnb hosts

By Victoria Espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com Weary travelers to the Huntington area might have a harder time finding a place to lay their head.

Earlier in 2017 Huntington’s town board announced a plan to restrict and possibly ban Airbnb users in the community, and at the June town board meeting the new rules were unveiled.

At the January meeting residents gave overwhelming support for the use of Airbnb, an online marketplace that facilitates short-term leases and rentals for travelers, and said it not only benefits users, but also brings money back into the town. Overall users said they were happy to see a ban was no longer being considered, though they were still critical of certain restrictions.

“Unlike other types of lodgings such as national hotel chains, 97 percent of revenue generated through Airbnb goes directly to our hosts who plow it back into the Empire State economy,” Jeffrey Sellers, a community organizer at Airbnb said during the meeting. “The vast majority of these New York hosts, 56 percent of whom are women, are individuals and families who share their homes occasionally to pay for their mortgage, medicine, student loans, or save for retirement. The typical host in New York earns about $5,400 in supple-

mental income by sharing their home for fewer than three nights a month.”

The resolution with new rules for Airbnb hosts was drafted by Councilman Mark Cuthbertson (D) and includes limits on advertising, parking and total number of days for guests.

The proposed legislation provides that it’s unlawful for a short-term rental to be in use if the property is not owner-occupied; advertisements must only be filed after the owner has obtained the proper short-term rental permits; it’s unlawful to post signage on the property for advertising purposes; and no property owner can lease their short-term rental for more than 120 days out of the year.

Philip Giovanelli, a Cold Spring Harbor resident and Airbnb host said he finds the 120-day limit to be particularly restrictive.

“From a business point of view, it’s possible that if you’re successful that you limit your ability to have guests during the holidays,” Giovanelli said at the meeting.

“I wouldn’t want to have to turn down any scientists, particularly a cancer researcher or a DNA researcher because I only have three days left on my calendar.”

Giovanelli suggested a document or form hosts could file if they wanted to extend their limit.

Tara Collier, a Huntington resident and Airbnb host said she also finds the limit to be a problem.

Huntington proposed new limits on airbnb users in Huntington.

“Huntington is a beautiful place, so let’s share it,” she said at the meeting. “I find that a rental for only one third of the year is quite restrictive and I hope that you will remove it possibly. Maybe there could be a range of different fees you could pay? I would be willing to work with that, I think that would be fair.”

Cuthbertson responded to hosts’ concerns at the meeting.

“You have what is essentially a commercial use which is now going to be allowed in a residential area, and we’re trying to respect the rights of the neighbors who we’re going to say [to them] for 120 days of the year you can operate a commercial entity

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but we don’t want it to be a lot more than that,” he said. “Is it an arbitrary number?

Yes, it is somewhat of an arbitrary number but it’s a number that we think is fair.”

The councilman said in an email finding a balance between hosts and their neighbors is the main objective.

“We have listened to the valuable feedback from the recent public hearing and considered all suggestions and concerns,” Cuthbertson said. “ With the backdrop of public safety, quality of life, and property rights this legislation strikes a balance between someone who plays ‘host’ versus the rights of neighbors to these uses who have an expectation that they live in a residential area.”

american dream

Harborfields superintendent has come from Italy to inspire others

By JEnna LEnnon “It was tough,” Francesco Ianni said, referring to his journey from Santa Maria di Castellabate, a little town in the south of Italy, to America.

Since emigrating in 1994, the Harborfields superintendent has been able to build strong roots in his North Shore community.

Ianni said he battled many challenges while adjusting to America, and out of his experience came not only an immigration story, but a love story as well.

“I was almost 22 years old,” Ianni said in an interview of when he met his wife, Anna. I was in Italy, studying at the University of Salerno.”

His wife had just graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and was on vacation in Italy for a few weeks.

“So we met and that’s how I came, just to try out the life in New York,” he said.

Ianni put his college law degree education on hold to travel.

Ianni said he had taken French in high school, but knew no English when he came stateside.

“It was tough at the beginning just to communicate,” he said. “My wife is fluent

photos from Harborfields central school District

superintendent ianni teaches Harborfields kindergartners how to make a pizza. in Italian so that was the only way to communicate. One week you’re in Italy and you drive and you read and you watch TV and you do all of the normal things, and then

you’re here and you can’t communicate.

You can’t do anything.”

Ianni officially moved to the United States in January 1994 and began working

in pizzerias during the day while attending

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town H’ton gathers to hold health care vigil in response to Senate bill

By VIctorIa EspInoza Huntington doctors, legislators and community members gathered last Wednesday, June 28 for a health care vigil to protest and call for improvements to the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the U.S. Senate’s answer to the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.

Although a vote for the bill was rescheduled until after the July Fourth recess, Republican senators have been working to swiftly pass their health care bill, which was passed in the House in May, and has been met with criticism.

The Congressional Budget Office has projected that over a decade, some 22 million fewer people would be insured compared to those currently covered under the ACA. Huntington residents, concerned they will be uninsured and unable to care for themselves and their loved ones if the Senate bill is passed, attended the event.

Dr. Eve Meltzer-Krief, a pediatrician who works in Huntington village, has worked to organize many events encouraging Americans to speak out against the proposed health care bill.

“As a physician, it’s important to show we’re coming together against this bill,”

american dream Continued from page A3 English as a second language classes at night “just to learn some basic English.”

After about a year of attending ESL classes, Ianni went back to Italy to retrieve his diploma and began applying to colleges in the U.S. After failing almost every entrance exam, Ianni was accepted to Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn.

But he still had stumbles along the way.

“When I go to Home Depot, it’s the worst thing because you’re trying to look for something and people look at you and are like, ‘What are you talking about?’” he said, laughing and making hand gestures in the shape of screws and other tools.

Ianni earned his associate’s degree and soon got his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from New York University. He began his career in education in 1999 in Lower Manhattan before teaching at Locust Valley High School, then moving to Harborfields High School as an assistant

photos from Legislator spencer’s office

scenes from a health care vigil held in Huntington on the corner of park avenue and Main street last week.

Meltzer-Krief said in a phone interview. “I think it’s a terrible bill — it’s the opposite of what Robin Hood does.”

The Huntington doctor said much of the public has fundamental misunderstandings about who Medicaid helps, and cuts to

principal.

“I just loved the community and the atmosphere, that family kind of a atmosphere,” he said. “Growing up in my town, and you see all of the pictures over here, my town was so small. It looked almost like a green lawn, and it was on the water so when I came over here, to me it felt almost like a sense of being home in a way.”

Then Ianni was involved in a bicycle accident that would change the course of his career.

“I always wanted to have my own building and run my own building,” Ianni said.

“So when I was in the hospital, one of the many things that I thought about was if I get out of here, if I am able to walk again and be normal, I want to be a principal ... I want to be a high school principal.”

When Ianni was released from the hospital, he began applying to different schools and in 2010 became principal at Division Avenue High School in Levittown where he stayed for three years before returning to the Harborfields school district and eventually becoming superintendent this year.

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funding could be disastrous for many Long Islanders. The proposed Senate bill would rein in future growth of Medicaid spending — amounting to about $770 billion less funding over the course of a decade.

“Children, the elderly, the disabled, low-income families, they are the people who rely on Medicaid,” Meltzer-Krief said. “[These cuts] would affect so many people, it would hurt so many people. It’s an unethical bill and fundamentally wrong.”

Suffolk County Legislator Dr. William Spencer (D-Centerport) was in attendance for the event. Spencer is an ear, nose and throat physician.

“I felt it was important to attend because the crux of my passion for public office is to give a voice to the population that doesn’t have the voice,” Spencer said in a phone interview. “The disabled, children, the unemployed, they often don’t have a platform. This bill has the potential to change the lives of millions of people.”

Spencer said a bill this important needs

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Francesco Ianni traveled from a small town in Italy.

retired, I applied for this position, and I got the superintendent’s position which is a dream,” Ianni said.

Ianni said in Italy when your dad is a doctor you become a doctor. “Your path

input from both sides of the aisle: “This should be a bipartisan issue, these decisions shouldn’t be rushed in a back room.”

The legislator said it was very powerful to see the community reach out at the vigil, and see all walks of life attend including men and women, old and young, disabled residents, different races, and gay and straight people.

Meltzer-Krief said the proposed changes to states’ responsibilities to cover essential health benefits will affect all kinds of people, like women relying on maternity care and people dealing with drug addiction.

“The timing with how substance abuse is on the rise ... it’s really terrible,” she said.

“There are a lot of dangerous things about this bill. Every doctor and health organization I’ve talked to is against this bill. You should listen to your doctors when it comes to patient care, not [13] men behind closed doors.”

New York Sens. Chuck Schumer (D) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D) have both said they are against the Senate version of this bill and would not vote for it.

is set for you,” he said. “Here you can be whatever you want to be.”

“I just love this country because it gives everybody a chance, and somebody like me, an immigrant, that doesn’t know the language, is just willing to work hard and just to take every day,” he added. “I think even after the accident that I believed that even more.”

Now as superintendent, Ianni wants to be a role model for students coming from other countries or students who have trouble learning as an example of how the American Dream is “alive and well.”

“The message that I try to send every single day is that you have to work hard every day and do the right thing even when people are not looking,” Ianni said. “I don’t know where I read it but when they say that — I’m trying to get this right — when people say, ‘Luck is when the opportunity and preparation come together.’”

“American Dream” is a recurring series highlighting immigrant stories of North Shore residents.

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Police

Police Blotter Incidents and arrests, June 27 to July 2

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Mail menace

On July 2, at around 1 a.m., an unknown person stole a mailbox from the front of a home on Arcadia Drive in Dix Hills, according to police.

Bike burglars Photos from SCPD

Seven European-bred German Shepherds become the newest members of the Suffolk County Police Department Canine Section during a press conference June 20 in Yaphank.

SCPD canines become the newest members of the force BY viCtoria ESPinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com The Suffolk County Police Department welcomed seven new four-legged members to its team last month. Seven Europeanbred German Shepherds became a part of the canine section.

Champ, with handler Matthew DeWitt; Chief, with handler Christopher Fezza; Brick, with handler Shawn Petersen; Kaos, with handler Keith Menotti; Wolf, with handler Kevin Krause; Axel, with handler Ryan Neems; and Milo, with handler Ed Gomez demonstrated training techniques learned during the first several months of training.

The dogs were born in 2015 and 2016 and will finish patrol training and then go on the road for some real-life experience before receiving training in specialized techniques including sniffing out explosives, drugs and human remains.

Petersen’s dog, Brick, is named after retired 3rd Precinct Officer Tara Brick who died from breast cancer in June 2013 shortly after she retired.

“It’s a very exciting moment for the Suffolk County PD because not only are we introducing these new canines but we now are at full strength in terms of our canine division for the first time in several years,” Police Commissioner Tim Sini said at the press event.

An unknown person stole a bicycle parked inside a bike rack at St. Anthony’s Family Feast & Festival on 5th Avenue in East Northport July 1 at around 11 p.m., police said.

Police said a bicycle was stolen from Greenlawn Park on Broadway in Greenlawn at around 6:15 p.m. July 2.

An unknown person stole a Mongoose bicycle parked in the bike rack outside the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center on Hauppauge Road in Commack at around 11 a.m. June 29, according to police.

Window smasher

At around 11:30 p.m. July 2, an unknown person smashed the driver’s side window of a 2012 Dodge in the parking lot of Dix Hills Park and stole a purse from inside it, according to police.

Volkswagen vandal

Police said an unknown person jumped onto a 2016 Volkswagen Beetle in the parking lot of the Mr. Sausage restaurant on Union Place in Huntington and damaged its hood at around 11 p.m. June 30.

Sliding door no more

The sliding door on the driver’s side of a 2017 Chrysler was damaged by an unknown person in the Home Depot parking lot on Jericho Turnpike in Commack July 2 at around 5 p.m., police said.

Free fashion and tunes

Clothing and CD’s were stolen from Target on East Jericho Turnpike in South Huntington at around 3:10 p.m. July 1, according to police.

Cha-ching

Police said an unknown person stole a wallet and a debit card from an unlocked vehicle in the driveway of a home on Lenox Road in Huntington Station at around 11 p.m. June 30.

Leaving their mark

According to police, an unknown person drove their car onto the front lawn of a residence on Wheatfield Lane in Commack at around 7 p.m. June 28 and left tire marks before fleeing.

A sweet-scented shoplifter

On June 29, at around 1:30 p.m., an unknown person shopping at Sephora in the Walt Whitman Mall in South Huntington placed a bottle of perfume in their purse and fled, police said.

Holding in Huntington

A 40-year-old man from Huntington was found to be holding a controlled substance in his pocket on Main Street and Gibson Avenue in Huntington at around 2:45 a.m.

July 1, police said. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

On June 28, at around 2:10 p.m., a 38-year-old man from Huntington Station was found to be in possession of a tube containing opioid residue on Railroad Street in Huntington Station, police said. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

I’m fine right here, thanks

At around 11:50 a.m. July 1, a 39-year-old man from Huntington Station remained in the rear parking lot of a deli and grocery shop on Depot Road in Huntington with an open container of alcohol despite a “No Loitering” sign, police said. He was arrested and charged with trespassing.

Huntington hit and run

Police said a 27-year-old woman from Huntington Station, at around 5 p.m. June 27, drove a 2004 Ford on East 4th Street in Huntington Station and struck a 2007 Lexus. She then fled without stopping.

She was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

East Northpot

A 31-year-old man from East Northport was stopped on Larkfield Road in East Northport for being in possession of marijuana at around 6:30 p.m. June 29, according to police. He was arrested and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana.

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Impeach Trump rally in PJ Station met with dueling realities

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com On the south corner of Routes 347 and 112 in Port Jefferson Station about 100 community members gathered to call for the impeachment of the 45th president of the United States July 2. And after hearing about the demonstration on Facebook, a few dozen of their neighbors assembled on the north corner of the intersection to voice their support for President Donald Trump (R). Though only six lanes of highway and a median separated the two groups, the ideological gulf between protestors and their interpretation of the first six months of the Trump presidency is seemingly growing by the second.

Members of political activist organizations the North Country Peace Group, Long Island Rising and others organized the Impeach Trump rally. The groups have been involved in organizing similar rallies since Inauguration Day Jan. 20 to speak out about Trump’s position on climate change, women’s health care rights, nuclear proliferation and to commemorate International Women’s Day. To coincide with the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, a sister march boasting attendance in the thousands took place at the same corner.

The march calling for Trump’s impeachment Sunday had a different feel from previous events for two major reasons — a sizable group of Trump supporters gathered across the street to oppose the rally, and attendance was substantially lower compared to not only the massive Jan. 21 event but to all others organized by the groups of late as well.

Organizers from the two groups on

the south corner pointed to the holiday weekend as an explanation for the waning number of attendees, rather than a potential decrease in enthusiasm for the Trump “resistance.”

Though citizens on both corners acknowledged the heated political discourse is having an overall negative effect on the country, neither seemed ready to concede any ground.

“The country has never been divided to the extent it is now, and the anger level is very, very high,” said Bill McNulty during the event, a member of the North Country Peace Group who has had a political radio talk show at Stony Brook University for 25 years. When asked how a rally calling for Trump’s ouster days before July Fourth might contribute to that divide, McNulty suggested supporters of the president are among those most likely to suffer from his policies, especially regarding health care and the environment.

McNulty admitted discussion of Trump’s impeachment is premature due to the Republican majority in the House and Senate and because investigations regarding possible collusion between his campaign and Russia are still in the early stages.

“What we have to do now is draw together these different organizations and focus on a couple of particular points that will enable us to really throw a fright into these politicians,” he said, also conceding political opposition from his corner would be productive if focused on specific issues, though he didn’t back down from his belief Trump is not fit for office.

Across Route 347, most attendees declined to answer questions. Sean Bergin, a Ronkonkoma resident explained his moti-

Photos by Alex Petroski

Above left, Jim Barr and other pro-trump community members oppose the rally; right, community members call for trump’s impeachment. vation for occupying the north corner.

“They are out here actively trying to undermine a dually elected president,” he said, gesturing across the street. “The Democrat policies that they put forth have flooded Long Island’s streets with blood-thirsty gangsters in the form of MS13 and cheap heroin, which is killing our kids by the dozens and the hundreds every goddamn day. None of the media has the guts to point at Barack Obama’s failed immigration policies as the cause of that. We have a president now who’s putting a stop to that, and those people are terrified because they know it’s the end of the Democrat party.”

Jim Barr, a Selden resident, Trump supporter and president of Long Island ABATE, a group dedicated to the training and education of American bikers, said the source of the anger across the street is Hillary Clinton’s loss in the election.

“This is the United States of America — key

word ‘united,’” he said. “We’re all supposed to be on the same page. I didn’t vote for Barack Obama. That’s the last person I would have voted for, but I didn’t cry when he got elected.”

Barr admitted he wished someone would screen the president’s tweets but said he’s happy Trump hasn’t changed from his demeanor during the campaign.

Sound Beach resident Noreen Morrison, a member of Long Island Rising, explained the thinking behind a July Fourth weekend rally calling for the impeachment of a sitting president and the possibility it could heat up political rhetoric.

“It’s the only thing we have available to us, peaceful protest,” she said. “I don’t want to see this country come to armed conflict between political factions.”

Though there has been chatter on the Democratic side, no substantial move toward impeachment has accumulated to this point.

PersPectives

Honoring a Rocky Point grad, service member ahead of July 4 As our nation commemorates the anniversary of our fight for independence July Fourth, there are many examples of military service that would make our Founding Fathers proud. The sacrifices that are made by our local citizens to protect this country should not be overlooked or forgotten.

At Rocky Point High School’s 2017 graduation ceremony, senior Lisa Schuchman was surprised to be reunited with her brother, Chris, who has been serving overseas in the United States Air Force.

It had been three years since Chris traveled home from his duty staBy rich Acritelli tion in Germany to see his loved ones in Sound Beach.

As his former teacher and baseball coach, Chris is a sincere young man who represents all that is right with America. For the people gathered on the special occasion, myself in-

Your turn

cluded, it was an honor to witness the special moment for Chris, Lisa and their family. The big smile that beamed across Chris’s face for the crowded gym to see was characteristic of his genuine demeanor that I remember.

He was a kid who always hustled, never made excuses and was an outstanding teammate on and off the baseball field. Walking around the hallways of Rocky Point, Chris demonstrated a respect that was second to none and a smile that was contagious among his friends. It seemed like yesterday that his buddies Danny Capell, Jonathan Popko and Steven Soltysik could count on the outstanding attributes of “Schucky” to be an outstanding friend and teammate. When Chris told me that he was going to enlist in the Air Force, as his teacher, coach and a veteran, it was easy to understand that like with baseball, he would flourish in the military. He was a student who always understood the differences between right and wrong and a kid who was motivated to serve his nation.

Two months after he graduated, Chris completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. For Chris, this was one of his proudest accomplishments, as it solidified the discipline and structure that he learned in order to fulfill his future duties. When he com-

pletes his active duty obligation in 2019, it is his goal to return to civilian life to become a police officer and continue to serve in the Air Force Reserves.

Over the last three years, Chris has spent most of this time in Germany at the huge military base at Ramstein and at Kaiserslautern where he currently serves. He has handled the internal security for the air installations and worked with German police authorities to ensure that American military personnel are properly following the laws within the country.

From November 2014 to May 2015, Chris was deployed to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. He remained on base to ensure the safety of the American and NATO forces who count on the vital post for resources, reinforcements and logistical support. During his deployment, Chris recalled the presence of the enemy through the constant mortar attacks the Taliban waged against the mostly western forces that have been in Afghanistan since October 2001. Although he endured the frigid weather and snow, Chris vividly described the beauty of the mountains that were always nearby. His long-term deployment in Germany has allowed him the chance to travel to Ireland, France, Austria, Poland, Switzerland,

Norway and the Netherlands. He has said he thoroughly enjoyed the ability to travel, learn about the different cultures, understand the German language and, with his big smile, he met a lovely German young lady who is studying to become a nurse.

Speaking with Chris, it is evident he fully understands the attention to detail required of his security forces job through the measured responses he provided about his time in Germany and Afghanistan. It is my fondest memories of the local kid who always shook my hand as a student, looked me in the eye and now answers “yes sir” to many of the questions asked of him. While his parents are very proud of every one of their children, you can tell the immense satisfaction that his father holds when he describes the experiences his son has gained through his service to America.

As we take time to honor the historic actions of our Founding Fathers, may we thank our current patriots who still continue to strengthen the American way of life for current and future generations of this great nation.

Rich Acritelli is a social studies teacher at Rocky Point High School and an adjunct professor of American history at Suffolk County Community College.

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school news Dickinson Avenue Elementary School

Photos from Northport-East Northport school district

America the beautiful

Students and faculty members at Dickinson Avenue Elementary School gathered together on June 14 to celebrate Flag Day. Family members were invited to the outdoor event where special guests Board Vice President David Stein and his wife Aimee were present, along with former Dickinson Avenue teacher Bob Shertzer and Scout leaders Valerie Jordan and Robert Hardenfelder.

Principal Patricia Essenfeld welcomed everyone to the ceremony and introduced five Boy Scout members to do the honor of raising the American flag. The school recited the Pledge of Allegiance, fifth-graders Gio Faust and Aliya Zadrozny joined Ms. Essenfeld at the podium dressed as Uncle Sam and Betsy Ross and third-graders showed off their homemade red, white and blue hats which they created for the occasion.

The program included perfor-

mances from band and orchestra students, patriotic songs performed by each grade level, a flag demonstration and a white table of remembrance ceremony.

In addition, a number of fifthgraders shared their writing on what Flag Day means to them and Essenfeld shared the names of those in the Dickinson Avenue community who currently serve and have served in the armed forces. She thanked them for their dedication and sacrifice.

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school news Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School

Photos from Harborfields Central School District

Students thank our brave veterans

Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School students and faculty members gathered for two assemblies on June 14, to honor Flag Day. The ceremonies unfolded in the school’s cafeteria, where classes dressed in patriotic fashion.

Local veterans from the American

Legion were invited to the event and sat front row as the celebration took place. Boy Scouts opened the ceremony by leading the flag onto to the stage followed by Principal Marguerite Greene and students waving American Flags. Together, they all recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

Several fifth-graders approached the podium and read either a poem or essay on what the American flag means to them. Ms. Greene shared

her favorite patriotic poem with the audience and the students sang a number of America-related songs such as “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” “This Land is Your Land” and “America the Beautiful.”

At the conclusion of the ceremony, the classes walked past the veterans, shaking each of their hands as they exited to thank them for their service and the sacrifices that they made for the country.

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VILLAGE

Home of the brave

Photos by Victoria Espinoza

The Northport Community Band kicked off its 59th season with a concert dedicated to honoring the men and women who served our country. Community residents gathered to listen to military tunes in the village and sing along with patriotic hymns like the national anthem Thursday, June 29.

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PersPectives Sugars: Hunger hormones Your turn

BY chris zenYuh How do you control your hunger? For some it’s a battle of willpower, while others snack their way through the day, regularly conceding to its demand. Still others try to exercise their way out of its grasp. Understanding hunger and how your dietary choices affect it necessitates a lesson on some of the hormones that control it.

Let’s start simple. If you want to curb your hunger throughout the day, eat breakfast. Ghrelin (I like to call it growlin’) is a hormone produced by your stomach that serves as a hunger signal. Skipping breakfast causes your stomach to raise its ghrelin production throughout the remainder of the day. So eat breakfast, and remember

that food with protein, fat, and fiber (eggs, cheese, oatmeal) tend to linger longer in your stomach, generally keeping the growlin’ to a minimum.

Eat slowly and chew your food. Everyone has heard this advice, usually meant to improve digestion and nutrient absorption. But, there’s another reason. Your stomach empties into your small intestine which is about 20 feet long.

It takes about 20 minutes for some of what you have swallowed to reach the end of the small intestine. It is there that another hormone, PYY 3-36 is released upon the arrival of the first bits of food. The release of PYY 3-36 signals satiety, a sense of satisfaction that you’ve eaten enough. Of course, it you wolf down your food, more food than needed will be packed into your stomach before the PYY 3-36 can be released. By then, it’s too late; you’ve overeaten.

Leptin is another hunger hormone. It is produced by your fat cells to tell your brain how ‘full’ they are! If more fat is stored, more leptin is produced. Leptin works on two levels, from meal to meal, as well as over the course of days and weeks. For example, if you’ve just returned from a cruise or all-in-

clusive vacation, your leptin levels are likely to be running high. That works to curb your hunger over the next few weeks, helping you lose the extra weight and return your leptin to pre-cruise levels.

Leptin can also help you achieve satiety (think ‘satisfied’) during a meal. It’s a bit more complex, but, basically your brain cells “listen” for leptin in a way that is similar to how your body cells listen for insulin. Everyone’s leptin sensitivity is different, but it triggers a satiety feeling and your hunger abates. Consistently elevated levels of leptin can cause progressive insensitivity.

The potential is for one to become leptin insensitive or stock photo even leptin resistant, making it harder or impossible to feel sated.

Compounding the whole problem, elevated levels of insulin (from glucose consumption) make it even harder for your brain to ‘hear’ the leptin signal. Without an intricate description, high carbohydrate consumption (especially early in the meal process) makes you less likely to feel full. You’ll be more likely to eat that oversized platter of pasta

and dessert.

The hunger equation does get a bit more complex, but it is important to add two brain chemicals, dopamine and serotonin. Dopamine is released by the mere act of eating.

It supplies an undeniable sense of reward or pleasure. The sensation is strong enough to have driven our ancestors to find food or risk their lives in its pursuit. Nowadays, we don’t have to risk as much or work nearly as hard for that dopamine rush. Consuming carbohydrates stimulates the production of serotonin. Serotonin is a brain chemical that makes you feel happy, which is different from dopamine’s pleasure. It is no surprise that many people turn to eating carbohydrates to generate happiness in a stressful world. Relying on food for pleasure and happiness is a perilous path to take.

If you’ve carefully read between the lines of this article, then you’ve discovered the secret to hunger and its management.

Food that is slow to exit your stomach, eaten slowly, and not used as a substitute for other rewarding activities will provide both pleasure and satiety. You’ll take home a doggie bag, not as a trophy for willpower, but because the meal was enough for two, or three people in the first place.

Chris Zenyuh is a science teacher at Harborfields High School and has been teaching for 30 years.

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Huntington-bred shawn anderson, after a local race, on left, and Boston Marathon, below, will be leaving the district to teach in Maine. above, anderson, on right, with atheltic director georgia Mccarthy, his former coach Dennis Walker and boys’ track and field head coach Ron Wilson.

Huntington track coach heading to Maine Longtime Huntington track and field coach Shawn Anderson, and Blue Devil alumni, will be moving this summer after landing a teaching position on the coast of Maine.

Anderson returned to college three years ago to seek teaching certification in social studies and special education through a graduate program at Molloy College in Rockville Centre.

He recently secured the teaching position at Oceanside High School in Rockland, Maine.

“This past year has seemed like a whirlwind, but I am very much excited for the future,” Anderson said. “I am excited to get my feet wet full time in the classroom and help students reach levels they may not have otherwise thought they were capable of reaching. I may even have the opportunity to work with Oceanside’s cross country and track programs in the future. It will be exciting to help new athletes enjoy the fun of running.”

Anderson will be leaving behind many relationships, but can’t wait to start his teaching career.

“First, let me start by saying

thank you to the Huntington Blue Devil community,” Anderson said. “I grew up in this town and graduated in 2001, running all three seasons. Huntington is where I fell in love with the sport of running under the guidance of coach Dennis Walker. When Athletic Director Georgia McCarthy gave me a shot at coaching in the fall of 2011, I had no idea where life would take me, but I am so grateful for the path embarked. She has had my back through every up and down as a coach and personally, and for that guidance I am grateful.”

He said he believes himself, along with Ron Wilson, Debra Cheskes, Eli Acosta, Mark Jackson, Haidee Ganz-Bonhurst and Eddie Santos have turned Huntington into a solid program. “[They] helped me grow in my walk,” Anderson said. “We have turned a program that was already solid into one that is county, state and nationally ranked. I have been to meets all over the country and meet directors and coaches who know who Huntington is. That is awesome and I am going to miss this staff.”

‘Huntington is where I fell in love with the sport of running.’

— Shawn Anderson Caumsett State Park is one place in town he’ll miss most.

“It holds a special place in my heart — that is where I met my

fiancé Angelica, whom I am road tripping with across America to get married in Montana this August,” Anderson said. “This move is a big step, but the more we have visited, the more we knew it was an opportunity we could not pass up. Sometimes a door opens when we least expect it. It is up to us to walk through those doors.”

Anderson completed his requirements for certification and a master’s degree by student teaching in classrooms at Huntington. During his student teaching with Lauren Desiderio, Peter Fusco and Dr. Erica Jessen-Murphy, he said he learned a wealth of techniques, classroom management strategies and professionalism.

“Administrators Joseph Leavy and Linda Roth also provided me with sound advice during my time here,” he said. “Tons of other staff members have been instrumental in my growth as an educator. There are too many to mention, but a big thanks to the whole social studies and special education departments and to Mr. [Brenden] Cusack, Mr.

[Gamal] Smith, Mr. [Joseph] DiTroia and Mr. [James] Polansky. The building and grounds crew deserves a lot of thanks, too, for setting up our equipment for all the meets and dealing with our hallway running during the winter.”

Anderson said it will be even tougher to leave behind all the athletes he has worked closely with.

“My biggest thanks goes to all the student-athletes I have had the pleasure of coaching,” he said.

“They challenged me as a person and more importantly, they rose to the challenges I set out before them. I absolutely looked forward to every practice, meet and Caumsett run we did. My goal has always been for the athletes to have fun first, because otherwise why practice day in and day out? From the first time we won a team county title indoors and breaking a 4x800-meter relay record from 1979 outdoors to witnessing a New York State record and national championship, my time at Huntington has been a blast. There will always be a part of me that bleeds blue.”

— Huntington atHletics

Blue Devils make splash at nationals

Photo from Huntington athletics

erika Varady and Keily Rivas at new Balance nationals in north carolina.

Huntington sophomores Erika Varady and Keily Rivas took their race walk to the national level.

The Huntington duo competed in the 30,00-meter race, which is double the distance they are accustomed to walking, at the New Balance Nationals in North Carolina June 17 and “they did great,” said Huntington head coach Shawn Anderson.

Varady placed 11th in a time

of 16 minutes, 3.19 seconds, setting a new school record, and Rivas wasn’t far behind, finishing 12th in 16:11.91.

“What’s exciting is that they are sophomores and can have shots at the Penn Relays and the nationals next year, as well as possibilities in USA Track & Field and even international meets, assuming they keep focused and keep improving,” Anderson said.

Freshman Taylor Ewert of Beavercreek, Ohio took first place in the event in 14:24.63.

The next five finishers were all from New York with the third through sixth place finishers coming from Long Island. All told, 12 of the top 15 finishers were from New York high schools, reinforcing the state as epicenter of the race walk event.

— Huntington atHletics

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letter to the editor

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Love is love While we’re still basking in the post-Independence Day glow and the love we have for our country and respect for the men and women who have died for our rights, it feels more appropriate than ever to firmly stand for the rights of the LGBT+ community.

As Pride Month came to a close, we saw hundreds of events throughout New York celebrating the rights and history of the LGBT+ community. As the history of the United States unfolded, it’s clear some of our strongest moments have come when we’ve reevaluated our contemporary traditions and beliefs, and made the decision to update them with the changing times.

July Fourth is a day to remember our nation’s fight for freedom, and we shouldn’t forget that fight was for the rights of all Americans.

In 2015, the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. Like many other amendments and court decisions on social issues, it was long overdue, but it was the first major step in the right direction for LGBT+ rights on the national level. Most recently, on June 30, the German parliament voted to approve same-sex marriage.

Of course the work for this community is far from over. Being an active ally is more crucial now than ever before. No one sexual orientation or gender identification should be treated as superior to the rest, and as a society we’re making progress toward reaching true equality. Being gay or straight is not right or wrong. However you identify is up to you and no one else.

We’d like to commend U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for again walking in the New York City Pride March. He set an example for his state. It’s important that our local and national leaders stand as allies, and those who don’t should not be given the excuse “it’s their choice.”

It’s not a choice to defend the rights of your constituents. It’s the job you were elected to do and nothing less.

Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than

400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to victoria@tbrnewspapers.com or mail them to The Times of Huntington, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

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Why health care is especially vital for our veterans As chairman of the Veterans Committee of the Suffolk County Legislature, I have the honor of working with, and for, the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much to protect our great nation — and with their families. I have had the opportunity to author and sponsor numerous legislative initiatives and work with the support of elected officials across all levels of government and across party lines and with not-for profit organizations and members of our community, to ensure that the needs of those who have given so much for all of us, always have access to the services they have earned and deserve.

We have just observed Memorial Day, a solemn day of tribute and honor to all who have made the ultimate sacrifice through our history, from Lexington and Concord to Fallujah and Jalalabad, to ensure that their sacrifices will always be remembered and never be in vain. But Memorial Day and every day, we must do more than hold parades, wave flags and lay wreaths. We all have a solemn duty to protect those who have served us all.

I recently traveled to Washington, D.C., with Tom Ronayne, Suffolk County director of the Veterans Services Agency, to meet with members of the House

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, to promote national expansion of the Joseph Dwyer peer-topeer program, which originated in Suffolk County to address the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder and the tragic epidemic of veterans’ suicides. This program, which has been emulated across New York state, has been instrumental in reducing the number of veterans’ suicides in our community.

All of us concerned about our veterans should know that the current Trump administration budget proposal and the proposed American Health Care Act threaten to do grave damage to access to health care for about 1.75 million of our veterans. Many do not receive care through the Department of Veterans Affairs for reasons ranging from proximity to VA health care providers, discharge status and disability rating. In 2014, only 40 percent of all veterans were enrolled in the VA health care system. Additionally, these services are rarely available to veterans’ family members. In 2015, roughly 1.75 million veterans had Medicaid coverage. Many veterans now rely on Medicaid or Medicare for supplemental coverage.

Expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act expanded access to more than

340,000 of our veterans. Proposed changes to Medicaid under the AHCA, including block grants to states, capping and cutting funding, threatens access to critical life-saving medical care. Even more troubling, elimination of mental health care funding, substance abuse treatment programs and elimination of protection for preexisting conditions and mental health parity insurance coverage exponentially increase the risk to veterans who are already struggling.

Congress and the president should make access to health care easier for our veterans, not propose draconian cuts that would decimate access to critically needed care.

It is increasingly difficult to find consensus on important issues these days, especially in Washington, D.C. However, I hope we can still all agree that we all have a role to play in supporting our veterans. It is critical that we all demand Congress rejects these proposals and works together, across party lines and levels of government, to provide our veterans with the care and respect that they have earned.

Steve Stern Suffolk County Legislator Dix Hills

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OpiniOn Relative harmony on the country’s birthday

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om and Tim grew up great friends. Soon after they learned how to spell, they figured out “i” and “o” were the only difference in their names.

They liked their parents, teachers and country. The United States, as they were told, was the greatest country in the world. Their grandparents, as they’d find out on a rainy Sunday when they watched a show about

By Daniel Dunaief TV a country in Europe that didn’t exist anymore, came from the same place.

“We could be related,” Tim said.

Tom thought Tim would be a much better relative than his Uncle Oswald, who wreaked of cologne and was always trying to give him

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great advice about his life. Tom wanted to become a baseball player and he wanted to marry a woman some day who could make apple pies because he loved apple pies.

Tim also wanted to become a baseball player, but his mother wanted him to play the trumpet.

Tom also wanted to play an instrument, so he started playing the trumpet, too.

Competition got the better of Tim and Tom. They stopped hanging out because they wanted to practice separately, so they could win the solo in the concert and so Heather, the best trombone player in the band, would notice them.

When the music teacher, Mr. Holden, chose Tom to play the solo, Tim stopped talking to Tom, Heather and Mr. Holden.

Tim’s mother didn’t understand why he was quiet and angry. She read books on how to let go while lending a hand. One day, Tim told her about the solo, so she hired the best music teacher in the area.

Soon enough, Tim was better

than Tom on the trumpet. Everyone, including Mr. Holden, could tell, so the teacher gave the solo to Tim. Tom found out about the new trumpet teacher and he, too, became a student. Tim and Tom filled their block, night and day, with the sound of blaring trumpets.

As the concert approached, Mr. Holden became dismayed at how the two trumpet players were trying to drown each other out. He sent Tom out of a rehearsal, which caused the lower brass and flutes to stop playing because they supported Tom. When Tom returned, however, the bickering continued, so Mr. Holden sent Tim out of the room, at which point the clarinets and percussion stopped playing.

Mr. Holden removed the song with the trumpet solo from the concert. The boys blamed each other and, soon enough, an all-out war on social media broke out between Tim, Tom and the parts of the band that backed each of them.

Mr. Holden threatened to cancel the concert, but the town wouldn’t

allow it, especially because the concert was the highlight of the July Fourth celebration.

One day, when Tom was too tired to play the trumpet and he wanted to get away from his annoying uncle, he collapsed on the couch and turned on the TV. He watched a black-and-white film about people coming from the country where his grandparents were born.

When the show ended, Tom got on his bike and rode to Mr. Holden’s house. He rang the bell.

“Mr. Holden, can you please put the original song back in the program? I’d like Tim to play the solo,” Tom said.

Mr. Holden smiled.

“He just asked me if you could play the solo,” Mr. Holden said, opening the door to reveal Tim standing in the kitchen.

When the concert ended, Tim and Tom were sure of one thing: They had to be related.

more than a million degrees Celsius while the rest of the sun’s surface registers 5,500 degrees Celsius. Why the extreme difference and why is it hotter farther away from the center?

Astronomers will have only 2 minutes, 38 seconds to capture the sun’s secrets. But they can come yet again to Carbondale for the next eclipse, which is predicted for April 8, 2024.

Coincidentally, that will be the 48th anniversary day of the founding of The Village Times.

To share with you some interesting trivia I learned from the article, the sun goes through an 11-year cycle. During that period its activity level changes from mellow to being more turbulent. Bet you didn’t know that, unless you are an astronomer or a rabid stargazer. This year, the sun is on the down side, but during the next eclipse activity will be greater, with more sunspots and solar flares.

Now that you know about the coming eclipse, if you didn’t already, perhaps you too can pass yourself off as a “magician.” That is what Hank

Morgan does in Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” In that tale, Hank receives a severe blow on the head and when he awakes, he finds himself transported back in time from the 19th century to early medieval England and the world of King Arthur, Merlin and Sir Lancelot. Because Hank is dressed differently and speaks oddly, he is sentenced to burn at the stake. But his execution date, he knows, coincides with a historical eclipse, and he threatens King Arthur with blocking out the sun if he is set alight. As the eclipse begins, the king releases him from prison, and Hank becomes the second most powerful person in the kingdom.

All of which gives me an idea.

On Aug. 21, I will proclaim myself publisher of six newspapers, one website, several supplements and maps, and the executive producer of a full-length historic film called, “One Life to Give.” Now I call that magic. And if people don’t believe me, I will threaten on my birthday to blot out the sun.

The magic of a total eclipse

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here will be a rare, special occasion on my birthday this year.

The spectacle I refer to is the first total solar eclipse across the United States since 1918.

Termed the Great American Eclipse, the moon will come between the Earth and the sun, blocking out daylight for about two-anda-half minutes on Aug. 21.

According to a New York Times science article, “A Dark

By Leah S. Dunaief Spotlight” by Nicholas St. Fleur, “The temperature will dip.

Birds will hush. And a dazzling, pearly white halo will emerge, demanding everyone’s attention.”

Carbondale, in Southern Illinois, population 26,000, has been deemed

by NASA as “the point of greatest du-

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ration.” This small college city is bracing for an onslaught of many thousands, who will want to experience that day in the most dramatic place.

Hotels are booked, some at $499 per night with a three-night minimum, seats are selling in the 15,000 seat Southern Illinois University stadium for $25, and local business people are rubbing their hands in expectation of an economic bonanza amid municipal financial struggles.

According to The Times, “People have called from Europe, Japan, Panama and Brazil” looking for accommodations. The city is planning other events leading up to the eclipse, including a music festival called Shadowfest. T-shirts, eclipse hats, coffee mugs and any other items that can carry a logo are selling.

Among the visitors will be excited astronomers, who are fascinated by this rare opportunity to collate new data. With the total eclipse, the sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, will be visible separately behind the moon. It has long been a mystery because its temperature is

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