The Times of Huntington-Northport - December 8, 2016

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December 8, 2016

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Town of Brookhaven Fire Marshal Chris Mehrman shows how Christmas tree fires can have devastating results.

Keep safety in mind this Christmas As residents decorate their Christmas trees this year, it’s important to keep safety in mind.

According to Suffolk County Legislator Lou D’Amaro (D-North Babylon) each year, fire departments in the United States respond to an average of 230 home fires that start with Christmas trees. Such fires result in approximately six deaths, 22 injuries and more than $18 million in property damage annually.

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Suffolk Legislature can’t decide on how to approach budget issues Five-year salary freeze for representatives and fewer members discussed but not supported

By Victoria Espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com

did not respond to requests for comment.

“This sends a message we’re serious about tackling the issue,” Lindsay said.

With Suffolk County’s dire financial “Everyone should feel the pain a little. We straights for the present and the future, should lead by example. This gives us more some legislators are proposing ideas to trim credibility.” Lindsay froze his salary when he the fat and save costs, while others think first took office in 2013, and other legislators the real problems are not being addressed. have done the same.

County Legislator William Lindsay III Lindsay said he was surprised the pro(D-Bohemia) has drafted two bills, one posal didn’t get more consideration from that would freeze salaries for all legislators his colleagues. for five years and another to consolidate “With the financial issues we’re facthe Legislature from 18 members to 13. ing, we need to look at alternatives to cut County legislators receive an annual spending,” he said. raise equal to 4 percent or the increase Lindsay’s second proposal to drop from in the Consumer Price Index, 18 to 13 representatives was whichever is lower. This year ‘We need to show we created in the same spirit. the raise is expected to be The first public hearing on 0.58 percent, according to can be an example, the bill was due to be held Lindsay’s office.

Dec. 6. If the bill is approved that we’re cutting Lindsay has advocated to by the Legislature it will be get rid of the automatic in- back during fiscally up to a voter referendum. creases for some time, and challenging times.’

“Why shouldn’t we alrecently drafted legislation for low voters to decide how — sarah anker they should be governed?” a five-year freeze — a motion that didn’t receive a seconder Lindsay said. in the Government Operations, Personnel, The 8th District representative said he Information Technology & Housing Com- thinks cutting legislators would help remittee. Fellow members Kara Hahn (D- duce costs without sacrificing the quality Setauket), Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset), of representation for each district.

Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) and RobHis proposal would see each represenert Calarco (D-Patchogue) declined to sec- tative go from roughly 80,000 constituents ond Lindsay’s motion. Hahn and Kennedy to 110,000.

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Legislator rob trotta (r-Fort salonga) believes a smaller leadership and a salary freeze are not enough to solve the county’s budget problems.

According to a 2015 government census report, Suffolk’s population is approximately 1.5 million. By comparison two Californian counties, Sacramento and Alameda, each have five representatives for their 1.4 million and 1.6 million residents respectively. Both of these counties function with a board of

supervisors, instead of legislators.

According to Lindsay’s office, Suffolk almost doubles the national average of representation while each legislator represents only one-fifth of the average constituency

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Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci, left, and Suffolk County Legislator William Spencer, right, smile in front of the testing van.

Mobile HIV/AIDS testing van opens in Greenlawn

By ViCtoriA ESPinozA victoria@tbrnewspapers.com In honor of World AIDS day, Dec. 1, the Dolan Family Health Center and Northwell Health dedicated a mobile HIV/AIDS screening van that will help bring testing and treatment services to residents throughout the North Shore.

The World Health Organization said it hopes to eradicate AIDS by 2030 and released new guidelines this year on HIV testing to improve access to and uptake of HIV diagnosis to help achieve that goal.

This mobile-testing center is another step in the direction of ending AIDS, with the ability to deploy on-the-go testing and counseling personnel to communities in need in Suffolk County.

New York State Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (D-Huntington Station) was present for the unveiling.

“Utilizing this day to shed light on HIV/ AIDS is crucial to raising awareness of a disease that affects so many throughout the world,” he said at the event. “I am thankful for Northwell Health and the Dolan Family Health Center’s commitment to informing and educating the public on the dangers of HIV/AIDS, and their commitment to pre-

venting the spread of this disease.”

Diagnosis is one of the most crucial steps in eradicating AIDS. According to a new WHO progress report, lack of an HIV diagnosis is a major obstacle to implementing the organization’s recommendation that everyone with HIV should be offered antiretroviral therapy.

“Millions of people with HIV are still missing out on life-saving treatment, which can also prevent HIV transmission to others,” Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO director-general said in a statement. According to the organization, 37 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2015, and as of mid2016, 18.2 million people are receiving antiretroviral treatment worldwide.

The San Francisco Aids Foundation said mobile testing vans help increase early detection and offer more flexible times for people to be tested, for example, at night and during the weekend.

“As we continue to search for a cure, state-of-the-art screening technologies such as the mobile HIV/AIDS screening van will help limit the spread of the disease,” Lupinacci said. ‘It also serves as a symbol of Northwell Health and the Dolan Family Health Center’s dedication to eradicating HIV/AIDS in our region.”

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A Jeep Renegade flipped on its top while on Cove Road last Friday. One passenger was involved in the crash and was transported to Huntington Hospital. Police and the Halesite Fire Department could not confirm the status of the driver.

HFD arrived at the scene with a heavy rescue truck, ambulance and mini-pumper.

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Second Squad detectives arrested and charged Granados, 25, of Huntington Station, with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

The vehicle was impounded for a safety inspection. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call Second Squad detectives at 631-854-8252.

Pedestrian seriously injured in Greenlawn car crash

By Victoria Espinoza Victoria@tBrnEwspapErs.com Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in Greenlawn Dec. 1.

Police said a 63-year-old man was attempting to cross Clay Pitts Road when he was struck by a 2012 Honda Odyssey traveling east at about 9 p.m.

The pedestrian, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of his next of kin, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

The driver of the Honda, Gigi Franklin, 54, of Greenlawn, was not injured.

The vehicle was impounded for a safety check and the investigation is ongoing. Detectives are asking anyone with information about the incident to call the Second Squad at 631-854-8252.

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Photo above and below right by Steve Silverman, others by Victoria Espinoza

Santa and Mrs. Claus spread holiday cheer as they visit children at Harborfields Public Library and Centerport Fire Department.

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree

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budget Continued from page A3 nationwide.

Lindsay’s proposal states that at present each county legislator receives a salary, is assigned three paid staff members and is entitled to a district office, among other benefits.

If this legislation passes, it would not go into effect until 2021, after the county district lines are set to be redrawn.

Lindsay’s suggestions all take aim at relieving some of Suffolk’s budgetary issues. Legislators, a credit rating agency and the director of the Budget Review Office for the Legislature have said the county’s financial situation is dire.

Robert Lipp, director of the Budget Review Office, expressed concerns in his assessment of the county budget.

“How are we able to provide services

at needed levels when facing a structural deficit that is far in excess of $100 million in each of the past several years? It is a conundrum,” Lipp said in a letter accompanying his review of the budget in October. “The short answer is that the county’s structural deficit is increasingly driving our decisions. As a result, some initiatives, that may be considered crucial, are funded without regard for our ability to pay, while others are funded at less than needed levels because of our deficit position.”

He said the county has set a bad precedent by borrowing money to pay for operating expenses. The credit rating entity Moody’s Investors Service has projected a negative credit rating outlook for the county due to outstanding debt and a reliance on borrowing.

Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) said the budget is deeply flawed, but he does not believe either of Lindsay’s proposals would help fix the problem.

“This is pennies compared to the problems we have,” Trotta said in a phone interview. “It’s showboating.” The District 12 representative is most concerned with the county’s contract with the Suffolk County Police Department, which he said costs Suffolk $135,000 per day.

“We’re in these binding arbitrations that we have no ability to pay,” he said.

Trotta’s primary concern is contractual pension and pay increases for county police officers. The county and the Police Benevolent Association agreed on the current contract in 2011, which runs through 2018.

Trotta, a former SCPD detective, estimated for every 200 cops that retire, it could cost the county more than $60 million.

“We need to generate businesses and growth, but we can’t afford to,” he said.

Trotta said a five-year salary freeze for legislators is equivalent to a grain of sand on the beach, but he would support a salary freeze of all government employees.

As for a reduction in members, he said he

doesn’t think that goes far enough either.

“It should be six or seven members,” he said. However, Trotta warned fewer representatives could put grassroots campaigns at a disadvantage with more ground to cover in a single district. Ultimately he called the idea a double-edged sword.

Lindsay’s proposal acknowledged this concern, stating districts would still be small enough to “allow underfunded candidates to compete effectively in legislative races and permit winning candidates to provide excellent services to their constituents.”

Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said she supports the five-year freeze. She froze her own salary in 2011.

“We need to show we can be an example, that we’re cutting back during fiscally challenging times,” she said in a phone interview.

But Anker doesn’t back a smaller Legislature. “If you have less representation, that’s not in the best benefit for the public.”

obituary

By John Mancino It is with deep regret the Northport Volunteer Fire Department announces and mourns the death of 43-year member exCaptain James Michael Mahoney of the Hook & Ladder Company No. 1.

Mahoney joined the Northport Fire Department July 1973. He was a member of the Hook & Ladder company, the Rescue Squad, three-time captain of the Rescue Squad, chairman of the fire prevention education program, lead instructor for the Northport Fire Department babysitting program, public information officer, author of the safety news article which appeared monthly in the Northport Observer, chairman of the 100th and 125th Northport Fire Department anniversary committees, three times Northport Fire Department firefighter of the year and Rescue Squad man of the year, Hook &

Ladder company firefighter of the year, Firemen’s Association of the State of New York firefighter of the year, and the Kiwanis club firefighter of the year.

Three years ago the Northport Board of Fire Commissioners instituted the “Ex-Captain James Mahoney Award.” The award goes to a member of the fire department who exhibits the qualities of Mahoney. The recipient receives a silver Benjamin Franklin coin for exhibiting his or her dedication to the volunteer fire service as well as displaying selfless acts of benevolence toward the community. Mahoney was the first recipient of this award.

Mahoney also received the Northport Fire Department scoop-and-run award 15 consecutive years for making more than 100 volunteer ambulance calls.

Mahoney was a longtime member of the Suffolk County Volunteer Firefighters Burn Center Fund. He had served as a board member and is a past president of the Burn Center. Jim and his late wife Sophie raised more than $150,000 for the Burn Center through an annual Doll and Teddy Bear show directed by Sophie.

Additional awards include: • Schaefer Fireman of the Year 1977 • Rescue Squad Fireman of the Year 1977, 2003, 2016 • VFW Fireman of the Year 1977 • Northport Fire Department Fireman of the Year 1991, 2002 • Hook & Ladder Company Fireman of the Year 1991 • FASNY Fire Service Achievement Award • New York State Firefighter of the Year 2002 • Scott Health & Safety Firefighter of the Year 2002 • National Volunteer Fire Council’s Award United States Firefighter of the Year 2002 • Inducted into New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame 2005 • Suffolk County Firefighters Burn Center

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above, ex-captain James Mahoney smiles, center, with two members of northport Fire Department; left, Mahoney served the department for more than 40 years.

Robert Lyon Award for Distinguished Service 2013 • Suffolk County Firefighters Emerald Society • Harold Lally Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 “Jim Mahoney has demonstrated the brilliance of his individual performance, leadership and dedication to his department, his village, this state and this country,” state Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) said.

Mahoney was always an extremely active member of the Northport Fire Department Rescue Squad. He was a state emergency medical technician helping to save lives in the

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community for greater than 40 years.

Mahoney has been a great friend and mentor to all members of the fire department; he will be deeply missed.

He is predeceased by his wife Sophie, survived by his children Luke Timothy (Peter), Kevin (Debbie), Kathleen Fristensky (Brad) and Maureen Kiefaber (Henry); and by his adoring grandchildren Kelly, Kristen, Jake, Jeremy and David.

In Mahoney’s memory, donations would be appreciated to the Suffolk County Volunteer Firefighters Burn Center Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 765, Smithtown, NY 11787; or VNS & Hospice of Suffolk, 505 Main St., Northport, NY 11768.

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history

Lessons of Pearl Harbor

By Rich AcRitelli “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and him with terrible resolve.”

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, the architect of the attacks on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago, supposedly uttered these words as he assessed the immediate aftermath of Dec. 7, 1941. Up until Japan attacked, most Americans still subscribed to the popular sentiment of remaining out of the conflict, inspired by the words of Charles Lindbergh — “America first.” The America First Committee openly resented any notion that the United States should prepare for war. Even the first peacetime draft conducted in 1940 that expanded the military forces received stiff anti-war congressional opposition. While German tanks easily invaded France and later pushed through the Soviet Union, officers like Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley and George S. Patton still saw the cavalry play a major role within the mobility of the Army. All of this changed when Japanese fighter planes swarmed into Hawaii and attacked the air, naval and Army bases that manned the “jewel” of our forces in the Pacific Ocean.

Within seconds, Americans were on lines blocks long to enter the service. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation with his “Day of Infamy” speech that was adopted as a rallying cry by American citizens to defeat the Axis powers.

Unlike the political gridlock seen today, Roosevelt’s words were accepted without reservation, and supporters and opponents of the president’s New Deal listened to the beloved leader. The “sleeping giant” of productivity, strength and endurance was awakened to defeat a global enemy. Prominent baseball players like Yogi Berra, Bob Feller, Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg and Yankee Manager Ralph Houk hung up their uniforms during the prime of their careers to support the war effort. By the end of 1942, the size of the U.S. armed forces had doubled from the previous year. The enthusiasm could be traced to a commitment to avenge Pearl Harbor and defeat Hitler and the Nazis.

Although the U.S. government was fully committed to fighting and helping its allies, America had a steep learning curve in teaching its young men the ways of modern warfare. The Japanese crippled America’s naval forces and Hitler looked unstoppable in Europe, but Roosevelt promised armed forces would be fighting the enemy in the Pacific and in North Africa before the close of 1942.

Americans were drafted so quickly into the military that there were not enough uniforms, weapons, tanks or trucks for them to utilize for their training. Longtime Wading River resident Michael O’Shea, who passed away in 2009, was a navigator in a B-17 Flying Fortress and experienced the earliest aspects of

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Americans lost on Pearl harbor are honored during a previous remembrance in Port Jeff. the war efforts.

The New York City kid watched Yankee games and attended Stuyvesant High School.

Like other young men, O’Shea was horrified by the attack on Pearl Harbor and wanted to forgo his senior year to enter the military.

His parents were adamant that he finish high school before enlisting. As a young recruit into the Army Air Force, O’Shea for a brief time was stationed in Atlantic City, N.J. He was not issued a uniform, did not have many knowledgeable instructors, and the lack of heat in the military housing made people sick. The local resident flew 24 combat missions and had the rare experience of being shot down twice over Europe. He was later imprisoned

in Stalag Luft III, the same camp depicted in the film “The Great Escape.” In the spring of 1945, Patton’s Third Army liberated O’Shea.

He was present to see the noted armored general speak to all of the freed Americans.

O’Shea was a good friend to Rocky Point High School, where he was a proud representative of the “Greatest Generation” and spoke about his crusade against totalitarian powers.

On this 75th Pearl Harbor anniversary, may we never forget those men and women who were lost and wounded in the defense of this nation and continue to do so today at home and abroad.

Joseph Lalota of the Rocky Point History Honor Society contributed to this story.

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SportS

Photos from Huntington Athletics

clockwise from above, Ryan Mock smothers his opponent; Ryan stieve closes in on a pin; and sean Flick, on bottom, remains in control with a half nelson.

Ryan Mock wins MOW award to pace Blue Devils Ryan Mock won five matches and captured the 113-pound weight class and Most Outstanding Wrestler award to pace the Huntington wrestling team Dec. 3 in the “A” bracket in a round robin tournament at Louis D. Giani Gymnasium.

Mock pinned three foes and took a 19-1 technical fall and 7-2 decision en route to his title. The senior is ranked No. 4 in Suffolk County in his weight class and is Huntington’s top wrestler.

Teams from Patchogue-Medford, Kings Park, Port Jefferson, Harborfields and New York City’s Grand Street Campus vied against the Blue Devils during the course of five rounds. The tournament stretched until the early evening.

“There were some very tough matches today,” Huntington head coach Travis Smith said. The tournament featured A and B brackets, which separated some of the more experienced wrestlers from those who have less time logged on the mat.

Senior Charlie Gadson won three matches, including pins in 1 minute, 13 seconds and 1:29 and a 10-4 decision to grab the 220-pound weight class crown.

Aiden McCooey and Khari McNeil both took second place in the 170-pound and

285-pound weight classes, respectively.

McCooey’s victories included a pin in 5:59 and a 10-4 decision. He also won a match when one of his opponents forfeited. McNeil pinned four foes in 2:51, 2:18, 1:55 and 26 seconds. His only loss came to Harborfields’ Sean Dall, 1-0.

Sean Flick placed third at 99 pounds, notching pins in 48 seconds, 1:06 and 5:15. Aeden McDonald was third at 106 pounds, picking up a pin in 1:50. Robert Simon was third at 180 pounds with 5-4 and 1-0 decisions. Ryan Stieve took fourth place at 195 pounds with a pin in 2:44.

Isiah Rodriguez (120 pounds), Taji Anthony (126 pounds) and Kareem Chapman (152 pounds) all took fifth place in their respective weight class. William Mejia placed sixth at 145 pounds.

Smith is assisted by Kieran Mock and Peter Fusco.

“We have a lot of work to do,” Smith said. “We see plenty to work on.”

The Blue Devils travel to Miller Place on Dec. 10 for another tournament before beginning their dual meet schedule the following week.

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Elwood soccer leader is coach of the year

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Varsity volunteer assistant coach chris Reilly and elwood-John glenn boys’ soccer head coach lou Hanner after Hanner received his award

Elwood-John Glenn boys’ soccer coach Lou Hanner was recently named the 2016 New York State Large School Soccer Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

The organization awards three winners from each state to receive the prestigious honor. One winner from a large, small and private school is selected.

Hanner was nominated for the award by a coach from the Suffolk County Boys Soccer Coaches Association board.

“I felt very proud and honored to repre-

sent our program, school, Section XI and my family,” the 19-year coach said. “I was very happy for our players as well. It is because of them and the success that they have had that I was able to be nominated.”

Athletic director David Shanahan said Hanner is a man of the highest integrity.

“He teaches his students proper soccer and team skills, but most importantly, he teaches his players how to be good men and leaders,” Shanahan said. “The lessons he teaches will last a lifetime with all his current and former players.”

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OpiniOn Editorial

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Visit Cause Cafe in Fort Salonga and help give back Hello, My name is Stacey Wohl, founder and owner of Northport-based CAUSE Brands.

Last year, I launched Our Coffee with a Cause, an online coffee retailer, in response to the growing concern for local individuals with special needs who are looking for job opportunities and a learning environment to acquire real-life skills.

My children, Brittney and Logan, each have severe autism, which worried me about their futures. As they have gotten older, I have come to realize that their disabilities don’t make them incapable, but I felt they would not get a chance like everyone else to succeed. Although 53 million adults in the United States are living with a disability, as many as 70 percent of this working-age population are currently unemployed.

Earlier this year, I opened a new storefront, Cause Café, located at 1014 Fort Salonga

Road in Northport. As with my original CAUSE brand, Cause Café’s mission is to integrate individuals with cognitive delays alongside their typically developing peers to help provide them with the skills necessary to live a successful and fulfilling life. Most recently, we launched our Baked with a Cause line of cookies, brownies and cupcakes, which are available online or instore. We also offer our CAUSE bar and chocolate-covered CAUSE espresso beans.

In addition to being a delectable gift item, our CAUSE brand coffee, sweets and baked goods products make the perfect addition to any holiday gathering. Enclosed please find a flyer, which highlights the coffee products available for sale at www.ourcoffeewithacause.net, as well as the baked goods that can be ordered in-store to accompany any holiday spread by calling us at 631-651-8667.

A portion of the proceeds from our sales benefit Our Own Place, a nonprofit organization I founded in 2012 to provide unique opportunities to specialneeds children and their single parents. The mission of the organization is to support businesses and other organizations that provide valuable resources to children and adults with cognitive disabilities.

Nothing would mean more to me than the support from your local organization to help us fulfill our mission of increasing job opportunities for individuals with special needs.

If you’re in the area, stop in, grab a bite and check us out; I’d be thrilled to meet you. If you’re looking for gift ideas, be sure to visit us online at www.ourcoffeewithacause.net.

Stacey Wohl Fort Salonga

A look at the problems with Black Lives Matter

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I was dismayed, disgusted and egregiously offended by your support of BLM and their portrayal on your front page. BLM is a vicious gang of thugs who have no apparent purpose except depriving others — including Bernie Sanders — of their right to free speech and to violently attack anyone in their way.

They would not exist except for the dirty money of the world’s most evil billionaire, George Soros. Their very name is a fraud because they couldn’t care less about the thousands of blacks killed every year in gang violence.

The only black lives they care about are those lost — in most cases — by criminals confronting

and antagonizing police.

And they ignore the power of all the blacks who constitute the power structure of this country ... from the president, the attorney general, the presidential advisors and cabinet secretaries and the hundreds of black mayors, chiefs of police and policemen in every city and town who enforce the law.

Do you agree with BLM that all these black leaders hate their fellow black sisters and brothers?

And how many scholarships has BLM given to black students?

None! How many encouraged to graduate high school? None! How many helped to start businesses?

Less than zero because of all the

black businesses BLM has burned to the ground!

In the end, if BLM doesn’t like all the blacks and Democrats they keep electing and re-electing, why don’t they elect someone else instead of just beating up people and burning cars? And why doesn’t this “newspaper” print news instead of being Karl Marx’ definition of useful idiots, copying whatever social fad their rich friends think may be cool this week, while mindlessly carrying out the goals of the most hurtful elements of the society.

Robert Sandberg Stony Brook

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opinion The day our kids bend down to look us in the eye

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he first time we hold them, they fit into the corner of our arms with room to spare. Their impossibly small pink toes fit neatly in our eyelids as we kiss their wiggling feet.

We lower their grocery-sack-sized bodies gently into their cribs.

During the day we bring food to their toothless mouths, and their bodies process the food as they take what they need and leave the rest for us to clean and remove.

Suddenly they are coasting,

By Daniel Dunaief looking into the side of a couch, a chair or our legs, standing for the first time. Amid the cheers and squeals, they fall and

D. None of the above

we rush to the floor near them and congratulate them. Before long we’re bending down, gently holding tiny hands engulfed in our oven-mitt-sized palms.

From their first walking steps, they progress to trotting. It’s a wonderful yet terrible transition, as their developing minds can’t process dangers at the same rate that their feet propel them.

We keep up or race ahead, making sure they don’t step off a curb until all movement on the street has stopped.

They no longer want to sit in the car seat. They arch backs that are shorter than our arms, making it impossible to buckle them in. We distract them enough to close the clasps, run to the front seat and bring the car to a high enough speed that they sleep.

We take them roller skating, skiing or ice skating. We start them early so they’ll become naturals. Brilliant idea, except that they need us to put our hands under their armpits to keep them upright. After a time far too short

for our kids’ liking, our backs scream to stop. We can’t bend down or our spines will go on strike. At that point, these small people want hot chocolate or the chance to try skiing, snowboarding or rollerblading on their own.

We stand on a field, tossing a ball lightly near their gloves. They throw the ball back in our general direction, discouraged that they haven’t discovered the magic of a catch. We get down on one knee, look them in the eye, pull up their small chins and smile, hoping we can teach the mechanics of throwing before they become too upset to keep trying.

We protect their heads from colliding with the tops of tables, reach for glasses from the cabinet, and help them into the seats at restaurants where their feet dangle far from the floor.

Pretty soon, they want to ride a bike. We promise to hold on but our backs, yet again, have other ideas.

They shout at us for letting go or,

maybe, they decide they want to do it on their own because they saw Timmy down the street on his bike.

Their faces, arms and legs get longer, they pick up speed everywhere they go and, before long, their heads are above the level of the kitchen table.

They reach down to pet the neighbors’ big dog, and they sit in restaurant chairs with enormous feet that rest on the floor and which we wouldn’t dare put anywhere near our eyelids.

We no longer have to bend our necks to kiss the tops of their heads.

In fact, with their braces gleaming in the sun, they stare or glare from under the long hair of adolescence directly into our eyes. Pretty soon we hope, as we go to sleep each night, they will be taller than we are.

Wonderful as that moment is, maybe — just for an instant — we remember that the head perched atop this growing body is the same one that fit so snugly into our arms all those years ago.

No humbug at Port Jeff’s Dickens festival, just cheer and comfort

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his is a big THANK YOU to the Village of Port Jefferson and all those who worked hard to transform the village into the Charles Dickens Festival. For the 21st year in a row, the seaside village came to life in the time of Dickens, with decorations, lights, greenery and especially costumed characters roaming the streets and welcoming visitors. This year, a second THANK YOU for naming us, Times Beacon Record News Media, the honoree for the event.

The entire

By Leah S. Dunaief weekend was a thrill, for us and for the thousands of people who chatted with the characters, shopped in the many varied stores, ate in the wide selection of restaurants, rode in the horse-drawn carriage, enjoyed the festival of trees and took in the harbor views. How do I know? I asked the festivalgoers, because I was there every day from Thursday to Sunday,

Between you and me

and they told me how they decided to come into the village. Some came from Connecticut, enthusiastic about the magical event because they had visited before and knew of the many fun activities. It also helped that Port Jefferson ferry general manager, Fred Hall, offered a two-for-one price special during the weekend. The 10:30 a.m. boat on Saturday morning had 300 walk-ons alone, and they came without cars so no parking problems, and they had money in their pockets to spend for a good time. And people came from towns to the east and west, responding to the publicity and reputation surrounding the annual fantasy on the Long Island Sound.

Everyone might take the festival for granted after all these years, but I know how it came about because I was also there at the beginning. It was the brainchild of Jeanne Garant, the mayor at the time and mother of the present mayor, Margot Garant. Jeanne, a woman of vision, wanted the many organizations and groups to come together and work as a whole on a project to strengthen the sense of community and to celebrate the village. And she figured it wouldn’t hurt if the project helped the local businesses. So the first weekend in December was designated

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as the ideal time to capture some of the holiday shopping, and the theme was to be the Dickens stories and characters, who would come alive during those couple of days. And so it happened.

This was no small project to get the organizers’ arms around. Among those invited to offer their talents and to hold special events was the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council, which would become the managing body alongside Port Jefferson Village, the historical society, the school district, the churches, various cultural paeans like Theatre Three (“A Christmas Carol”) and Harbor Ballet Theatre (“The Nutcracker”), the chamber of commerce and the civics, the constables, the ferry company, music groups, the harbormaster, the individual businesses and the residents just for starters. Events were designed for all age groups.

Eventually the Currier & Ives-like ice skating rink — another Jeanne Garant idea — joined the enchanting picture.

And a special THANK YOU to nationally famed and charming confection artist, Pat Darling, for once again creating the whimsical Santa’s Workshop in the historic Drowned Meadow Cottage on West Broadway.

There are new offerings each year,

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Leah S. Dunaief GENERAL MANAGER Johness Kuisel MANAGING EDITOR Desirée Keegan EDITOR Victoria Espinoza

LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton SPORTS EDITOR Desirée Keegan ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ellen Recker ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathryn Mandracchia

and this past weekend Mrs. Cratchit’s Colorful Christmas Crafts was one such in the Village Center, along with an expanded Festival of Trees that each sponsor creatively decorated.

Port Jefferson Village was rich with events running through Saturday and Sunday. Indeed, it required more than two full pages in our Official Festival Guide just to list them in their many different locations hosted by the various community groups. So the original vision of a unified village has once again been realized. And the businesses were delighted with the results. “Never had an empty table all weekend,” one restaurateur said. “Shoppers buying all afternoon,” a jewelry store owner said.

Dickensian pleasure will go on throughout December this year, with the decorations and specials. And I would like to end on a personal note.

I have watched countless parades in my lifetime as a child, a mother and a grandmother, but until this weekend, I had never been on a parade float. As the honoree of the Dickens weekend, I got to ride atop the ferry float and to wave at the thousands of people and shower them with (artificial) snow as they waved back, calling out greetings.

What fun! We are deeply honored to have been appreciated in this way.

ART AND PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Beth Heller Mason INTERNET STRATEGY DIRECTOR Rob Alfano

CLASSIFIEDS DIRECTOR Ellen Segal BUSINESS MANAGER Sandi Gross CREDIT MANAGER Diane Wattecamps CIRCULATION MANAGER Courtney Biondo

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