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March 7, 2019

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In honor of Women’s History Month, Middle Country Public Library will host several special programs in March at its Centereach branch at 101 Eastwood Blvd., as well as the Selden branch at 575 Middle Country Road. For adults, the library offers Women’s History Month Art Workshop on Monday, March 11, at the Selden location from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Celebrate the diverse creativity of famous women artists and share ideas about what you see in their art. Then, based on their innovative techniques, create your own painted masterpiece (MCPL cardholders only). On Tuesday, March 12, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Centereach, Irish performer, historian and broadcaster Kevin Westley will present Women of Ireland, a presentation on Irish females from the ancient Celts to the current day (open to all). Lastly, children in grades one to four can take part in a program titled We Can Do It! at the Centereach branch on Monday, March 18, from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. Learn about a few influential women in history. Then create a collaged “dream box” while listening to powerful music. Your dream

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Port Jefferson and Stony Brook partner for transport into village BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Port Jeff Jitney will soon bear the Stony Brook University logo and bring SBU Seawolves directly into the heart of the village. A new program, which offers a free mobility loop for riders between the university and the Village of Port Jefferson, will start its first pilot season March 7. The village will be repurposing the 20-seat jitney bus for this program. “We consider Stony Brook University a true partner with the village and an economic engine,” said Port Jeff Mayor Margot Garant. “This program will bring students and faculty to the village in an efficient way with no cost to the rider, offsetting the average Uber fee of well over $13 one way. This program also greatly helps with our goals to free up our parking lots — something we constantly look at in our managed parking program.” The loop was first presented to village trustees at their Feb. 4 meeting by Kevin Wood, the village parking administrator, who said the program will be administered by the Port Jefferson Parking & Mobility Resource Center. The program will cost the village approximately $13,000, though the village is

The new Port Jefferson and Stony Brook University shuttle. Photo from Kevin Wood

looking toward the university to pick up the promotional costs. The loop will start at the Port Jefferson Rail Road Station along Main Street in what’s known as Upper Port, before heading into Arden Plaza in the village, continuing up West Broadway down Route 25A, stopping at Stop & Shop in East Setauket. Once on the Stony Brook campus, it will make stops at the main circle loop, West Campus and the Chapin Apartments before coming back down Route

25A and ending at the train station. The pilot program will run until May 23 and have times starting on Thursdays from 3 to 9 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wood said one does not need to show ID to enter the bus; otherwise, the program is free for students and university faculty. The village and university are hosting a kickoff event March 7 to celebrate the first run of the bus. The event will also showcase

tracking of the bus with a phone app, which Wood said should help cut down on frustration in knowing when it will arrive. The free app, Passio Go!, is currently available on both the Android Play store and the iTunes marketplace. The existing Port Jefferson Jitney has seen its share of riders in the past, such as the Friday and Saturday of the Sept. 15 weekend during the Dragon Boat Day Festival and the weekend of the annual Charles Dickens Festival, when the jitney had a ridership of 164 and 125, respectively, last year. On off weeks, the jitney has seen a low of 27 riders such as in the weekend of Sept. 8 and an average of approximately 70 riders in 2018. Wood said while the idea has been around for about four years, he has been working diligently on it for the past four months. He said he expects the program might help rejuvenate the jitney’s ridership and mitigate some of the village’s parking issues. “It’s a pilot, so we will see,” Wood said in an email. “It will certainly help students and faculty — there is no cost to ride. It will help free up our parking lots too.” More information and a link to the bus locater app can be found on http://www. pjshuttle.com/.

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Bellone aims to secure Suffolk’s finances with new reform plan BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County financial reform has leaped to the tops of the minds of members of both parties in county government. County Executive Steve Bellone (D) announced proposals aimed at strengthening Suffolk’s financial future at a press conference in Hauppauge Feb. 27. As part of the Securing Suffolk’s Financial Future Act, Bellone proposed amending the county Tax Act to allow the county to collect tax revenue that is owed in January, instead of waiting until June. Officials said the plan is the latest in the county’s efforts to streamline operations and be more efficient. Bellone said the goal of the plan is to help strengthen the county’s financial condition going forward. “When we look at planning ahead, looking beyond where we are today and thinking about where we’ll be five, 10, 15 years down the road — it’s important that we do that,” the county executive said. The plan would build upon previous undertakings by the county, which include bipartisan efforts to bring the county in line with the best finance practices set forth by financial

County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and other Democrats speak about the county’s finances. Photo by David Luces

experts from the Office of the New York State Comptroller and the Government Finance Officers Association, according to Bellone. In doing so, the county would press to amend the Tax Act, which would require state legislation. The county executive said the 100-year-old law is seriously outdated. “It would ensure the county would get tax revenue that it is owed at the beginning of the year instead of waiting until June and [being] forced to borrow funds,” he said. “This is an issue that crosses party lines, this is not an issue Discover the world’s best walk-in bathtub from 5 Reasons American Standard Walk-In Tubs are Your Best Choice 1 2 3

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In a Jan. 31 TBR News Media article, Eric Naughton, Suffolk’s budget director, said while the county’s bond rating has dropped, Kennedy were “overstating” the impact. He said Moody’s, which gives the bond grades to municipalities, was only looking at the past and not the future. Kennedy has said he plans to consolidate county offices in order to reduce taxes. Legislator Rob Calarco (D-Patchogue), deputy presiding officer, said fiscal responsibility is the top priority when talking about taxpayer dollars. “These policies that we are laying out are common-sense ways to ensure that we are transparent with the public,” he said. The county executive also called for re-establishing an insurance reserve fund, originally created in 1980, which would assist in paying unexpected legal expenses. There was a call as well to reorganize the county’s audit joint committee and add more members. Bellone said the changes would allow for a more robust and diversified review of the fiscal condition of the county. Deputy County Executive Jon Kaiman (D), who helped piece the plan together along with a team from the county executive’s office, said its goal was to figure out how Suffolk County can be best managed and reach its fullest potential. “What we can do is to present reform in a manner to get the best out of what this county can offer,” Kaiman said. County officials indicated legislation has been filed and expect a hearing to be set at the end of March and the proposals could be up for consideration into law sometime in April.

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Notice of formation of 1016 GREENE PROPERTY LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/25/2016. Office location: Suffolk*County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 15 SAINT MARKS PLACE DEER PARK, NY 11729. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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23. Ira Varon, 11 Belwyn Lane, Centereach, NY. Location: East side Belwyn Lane 375’ North of Brookfield Lane, Centereach. Applicant requests side yard variance for existing detached shed located in the required side yard; also, side yard variance for 2nd existing detached shed. (0200 39100 0500 006000)

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF Suffolk, NJCC-NYS COMMUNITY RESTORATION FUND LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Walter Raeder, Jill Raeder, ET AL., Defendant(s).

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IV, SEC. 85-55 (B) OF THE BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND AT ONE INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (AUDITORIUM – 2nd FLOOR), ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019 COMMENCING AT 2:00 P.M. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAW, SAID PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED OVER THE INTERNET AT http:// b r o o k h a v e n t o w n n y. i g m 2 . com/Citizens/Default.aspx, TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

24. Charles & Lorraine Castelli, c/o Andrew Malguarnera 713 Main St., Port Jefferson, NY. Location: North side Palm St. 168’+/- West of College Road, Selden. Applicant requests rear yard variance for existing inground swimming pool not built in conformance with permit #252388 and for existing deck; also, side yard variance for existing brick oven located in the required side yard. (0200 51900 0300 017000) 37. Beverly Wendt Trust Agreement, c/o Traci’s Permits 80 Terry St., Patchogue, NY. Location: West side Long Meadow Place 671’+/- South of Long Meadow Place, Centereach. Applicant requests side yard variances for existing inground swimming pool not built in conformance with permit #12B79726 and for existing pool equipment on property line. (0200 36500 0600 014000)

TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY 7. Scott Corria, 150 Smithtown Polk Blvd., Centereach, NY. Location: West side Smithtown Polk Blvd. 4,140’+/- North of Rt. 25, Centereach. Applicant requests side yard variance for existing above ground swimming pool; also, front yard setback variance for existing deck. (0200 44400 0600 020000)

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An East Setauket man faces a multicount indictment for allegedly receiving more than $400,000 through insurance fraud. On Feb. 28, Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini’s (D) office announced the unsealing of a 70-count indictment against former health care worker Joseph Basile, 50. It is alleged he fraudulently received more than $400,000 through a health insurance fraud scheme where he would file claims for unperformed procedures and list a former employer, a colorectal surgeon, on the forms. “This was an act of pure greed,” Sini said. “He used his knowledge of the health care insurance system to illegally pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars, money that would have otherwise been used to care for people who were sick and in need.” Basile was charged with insurance fraud in the first degree, three counts of health care fraud in the second degree, two counts of grand larceny in the second degree, health care fraud in the third degree, grand larceny in the third degree, scheme to defraud in the first degree and 60 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree. Basile was employed as an office manager for a private health care practice by a colorectal surgeon in Port Jefferson before the practice closed in 2013, according to the DA’s office. From January 2014 through July 2016, Basile allegedly fraudulently filed insurance claims for medical procedures, including colorectal surgeries, to Empire BlueCross BlueShield in excess of $3.8 million on behalf of himself and others, listing his former employer as the provider. The medical procedures had not been performed. Basile then allegedly forged the signature of his former employer and deposited the checks

John Basile, of East Setauket, will face charges of alleged insurance fraud March 12. Photo from Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office

into his own account. The more than $400,000 received was paid by both the insurance company and John T. Mather Hospital. The former health care worker also allegedly filed fraudulent insurance claims on behalf of another individual whose health care is provided through Teamsters Local 1205’s welfare fund, according to Sini’s office. Basile allegedly stole more than $3,000 from the fund by filing false health care insurance claims. Basile was released on $5,000 bond and is due back in court March 12. If convicted of the top count, he faces a maximum sentence of eight and one-third to 25 years in prison. He is being represented by Legal Aid of Suffolk County attorney Kathleen Evers who could not be reached for comment.

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Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee’s Report, Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Amendment of Caption duly filed on January 3, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 28, 2019 at 1:30 p.m., premises known as 5 Daell Lane, Centereach, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 566.00, Block 08.00 and Lot 016.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $575,462.14 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 29696/2013.

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Applicant requests front yard setback variance from Lucille Dr. for existing one story residence addition; front yard setback from Lois Ct. and rear yard variances for existing detached shed located in the required front yard; also, height variance for existing 6’ high fence located in front yard (Lois Ct.). (0200 36500 0100 011000)

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Man and woman sought for alleged credit card theft in Lake Grove

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County police 4th Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two people who allegedly used a stolen credit card at stores in Lake Grove last month. A man and a woman allegedly attempted to use a stolen credit card to make more than $6,000 worth of purchases at the Apple Store and Game Stop, both located inside of Smithaven Mall, Jan.

28. The credit card was stolen earlier that day. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this incident can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220TIPS (8477) or texting “SCPD” and your message to “CRIMES” (274637). All calls and text messages will be kept confidential.

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Village

Town of Brookhaven IDA offers PILOT for senior living projects

Mount Sinai civic concerned over loss of tax revenue BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A long mesh fence has gone up around the corner of Echo Avenue and Route 25A in Mount Sinai. Passing cars can see heavy construction vehicles already breaking the ground on what will be an assisted living community and senior rental space. As development and construction are underway for two projects, a 120-unit Bristal assisted living community and a 225-unit senior rental complex for individuals 55 and over on a 24-acre parcel of land in Mount Sinai, the Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency earlier last month offered a 13-year payment in lieu of taxes agreement to the developer. Lisa Mulligan, the town’s director of economic development and CEO of the town’s IDA, said the projects would be a major boon to the area, adding these two projects are a $138 million investment for the township, and construction would facilitate around 800 construction jobs, according to town officials. Mulligan said that before construction began in January the developer paid around $46,000 in property taxes on the vacant land. The 13-year PILOT would see the developer continue to pay $46,000 in property taxes for the first three years while the two projects are under construction. Then in the fourth year the tax payments would increase to around $190,000 and would continue to rise to about

A scene of construction going on behind the fences along Route 25A in Mount Sinai. Photo by Kyle Barr

$2.2 million at the end of the PILOT. From there, the developer would pay the full assessed value of the properties, which is expected to be more than the PILOT payments. “We are really excited for the projects and to be able facilitate 800 jobs,” Mulligan said. Mount Sinai Civic Association has largely been supportive of the senior housing construction plans, though civic leaders are not fond of the news that the developer has received a PILOT from the Brookhaven IDA. The civic association hosted a meeting March 4 to discuss the PILOT agreement. “The Mount Sinai Civic Association has been consulted by The Engel Burman Group and approves of their plan to construct the

senior housing project currently underway on Route 25A in Mount Sinai,” the civic said in a statement provided to TBR News Media. According to the civic association, the development is a part of a 1999 legal stipulation which resulted from a lawsuit filed against the town by them on the 24-acre parcel of land, and the land has always been designated for that purpose of creating these senior facilities. However, civic members were disappointed in the loss of tax revenue due to the PILOT. “Our community has gone through many proposals for this project, and is pleased that the development is finally underway,” the civic said in its statement. “However we were very disappointed to see that a PILOT was approved

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by the Brookhaven IDA as this parcel was always intended to provide much-needed tax relief for the Mount Sinai community.” At the March 4 meeting, civic president Ann Becker reiterated that stance. “We’ve had a series of correspondence [with the town] going back two or three years about the need for this particular parcel [of land] to be generating tax income for the community,” she said. “We’ve been concerned about that for a number of years.” Becker said while they are supportive about the facilities coming to the area and understand there will be some tax benefits for Mount Sinai, they are just unsure if this was the best deal that could have been obtained. The developers, The Engel Burman Group of Garden City, are no strangers to the Long Island area with 13 other assisted-living locations on the Island, including facilities in Lake Grove and Holtsville. Census data shows the senior population will outstrip the younger generations. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2035 there will be 78 million people 65 years and older compared to 76.7 million under the age of 18. The Mount Sinai senior rental complex will include a 9,000 square foot clubhouse with a movie theater, card room, outdoor pool, living room and gym. Units in the complex, will range from studio up to two bedrooms. A spokesperson from Engel Burman said they have not determined the prices of rent yet.

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John Damianos of Damianos Realty Group, Old Field resident BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Attorney, real estate developer and longtime Three Village resident John Damianos was laid to rest March 4. Damianos died unexpectedly in his Old Field home Feb. 25. The 67-year-old was the principal and legal counsel of Smithtownbased Damianos Realty Group LLC and a familiar face in the town. State Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick (R-St. James), who has known Damianos and his family for several years, described him as a cheerful, upbeat and sharp man. The assemblyman said he would always pick Damianos’ brain about local real estate when he saw him at events. “He was just an all-around good guy,” Fitzpatrick said. Christine Mazelis, owner of Niche Boutique in St. James and Mazelis Landscape Contracting Corp., met Damianos due to both of their families’ work with the Smithtown Historical Society and said he seemed to have a passion for everything, especially his cars. “I always saw him as someone who lived

his life with purpose,” Mazelis said. “Always giving back to our community.” Rev. Demetrios Calogredes (Father Jim), pastor of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption in Port Jefferson, said Damianos was a devout Greek Orthodox Christian who served on the church’s parish council for many years. “He would read with great care the Holy Bible every day and derive inspiration from the Holy Scriptures,” Calogredes said. “John also was a great philanthropist, helping people in need and supporting the local soup kitchens with food and contributions.” Calogredes said Damianos was an active member of Port Jefferson American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. The organization was formed in 1922 to help Greek immigrants assimilate into the American way of life and be successful while fighting discrimination. “John will truly be missed by all our parishioners and friends who loved and admired him,” Calogredes said. “May his soul rest in peace and may others follow his sterling example.” In addition to his work with the church, Damianos was involved with Middle Country Coalition for Smart Growth, Building Owners’

supported worthy causes and delivered food parcels to those in need on behalf of City on a Hill Community Church in Middle Island. He also loved working in his yard and on his vintage Porsche. Damianos was born Dec. 19, 1951, in Plattsburgh to Dr. Xenophon and Virginia Damianos and was raised in Stony Brook with his five brothers and sisters. A member of the Suffolk County Bar Association since 1982, he was a graduate of The Stony Brook School and Long Island University. He earned a juris doctor from the California Western School of Law. Damianos is survived by his two children, Elexis Zoe Damianos, Esq. and John James Damianos; his former wife and good friend Evonne Damianos; beloved brothers X. Cristofer Damianos (Helayne), Pelops Damianos (Marilyn); and sisters Bonnie Lee Rampone (Chuck), Elektra Gaebelein (Thad) and Beth Ann Damianos. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket. A funeral service was held March 4 at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption and interment followed at St. James Episcopal Church Churchyard in St. James.

John Edward Damianos died unexpectedly Feb. 25 in his home. Photo from Damianos Realty Group LLC

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Amelia Calderone’s mother founded Hope for Histiocytosis after her daughter’s battle with Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Clockwise from above, Amelia, right, meets actress Sofia Carson through Make-A-Wish of Suffolk County. Amelia receives her last chemo treatment in September of 2018, and the Setauket Elementary School student relaxes in between treatments. Photos from Alexandra Calderone

Foundation aims to raise histiocytosis awareness with upcoming fundraiser While the parents brought her to a group practice of pediatricians continuously, doctors couldn’t come up with a diagnosis, and while A Three Village family is helping to raise Lyme disease was first suspected, it was initially awareness about a rare disorder. ruled out. It wasn’t until the parents asked to see Hope for Histiocytosis is hosting a fundraiser the head doctor of the practice who reviewed April 7 in Port Jefferson. The foundation was her tests that Lyme disease was considered as inspired by the frustrations felt by Setauket a possibility. residents Alexandra and Christopher Calderone The diagnosis led to Amelia, who at the after the couple struggled time was 6, to visit a to find a diagnosis for rheumatologist where their daughter Amelia a doctors found a mass on few years ago. Doctors her spine. eventually diagnosed “The red flag was up, Amelia with Langerhans ‘OK, there’s something cell histiocytosis, a wrong here,’” Alexandra disorder where the body Calderone said. produces too many of a The parents then type of white blood cell — Jennifer Scarlatos brought her to Cohen’s that helps the body fight Children Medical Center off infection. where Dr. Carolyn Fein Now 8 years old and in third grade in Setauket Levy treated Amelia and the LCH diagnosis was Elementary School, Amelia was only 5 years old finally given. While the journey to an answer and in kindergarten, her mother said, when she was a difficult one, Calderone said her daughter started to complain that her back was sore in the was a trooper during everything, and her last morning. At first the Calderone family thought it chemo treatment was in September 2018. “She’s really so mature, and handled the was due to a new mattress being too firm for her or from wearing a backpack to school. Periodic doctors, the scans, the blood work, the pain,” fevers soon followed, and she would come she said. Last year friend and neighbor Jennifer home from school feeling nauseous. She would also complain of seeing black spots in her vision Scarlatos, co-owner of Toast Coffeehouse and said she had a wood taste in her mouth. As in Port Jefferson, decided she wanted to do the school year progressed, her teacher told her something to help Amelia who is friends with mother that Amelia was having trouble reciting her son Everett. She said she wasn’t sure what she was going to do but wanted to do something. what she learned that day. BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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“She’s spirited,” Scarlatos said. “She’s just so sweet, and I don’t know, you just love her from the beginning.” Scarlatos organized a fundraiser at Theatre Three where attendees enjoyed a children’s musical and afterward gathered in the downstairs area for a party that included raffles and balloon animal making for the children. She told Calderone to use the money for what she thought was best. These funds helped the mother establish Hope for Histiocytosis. Scarlatos said she is happy she was able to help kick start the foundation after last year’s fundraiser. “I would love to help with anything else they’re going to do in the future too because they’re a wonderful family,” she said. Calderone hopes her foundation and the fundraiser will bring awareness to the disease, which she said many pediatricians are unaware of. She said when trying to find what’s wrong with a child, parents need to have faith in their gut feelings. “You know your kid, and you know when things are wrong,” she said. “You can’t cower down to someone saying, ‘You’re exaggerating.’” She said when it comes to starting a foundation or raising awareness, it has to feel right. “I feel like this is the right next step,” Calderone said. “Now it can be sort of a healing for us to talk about it and to have the awareness.” The mother said proceeds from the event will go toward the Pediatric Oncology Rare Tumor and Sarcoma program at Cohen’s Children

Medical Center, which is led by Fein Levy. The April 7 fundraiser will be a Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Waterview at Port Jefferson Country Club located at 44 Fairway Drive. Admission is $65 for adults and $40 for children 5 through 12 years old. The event includes a Sunday brunch with Bloody Marys and mimosas. There will also be raffle prizes, face painting and entertainment by the Sugaree Band. For more information about the foundation, visit www.hopeforhistiocytosis.org.

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Opinion

Letters to the editor

Celebrating women

On Feb. 27, the House of Representatives passed H.R.8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, 240-190, which would require a background check for every gun sale in America. Though many lives are lost in America every day to gun violence, Congress has done little to address this public health crisis. The bill passed with all but two House Democrats voting for it, and all but eight House Republicans voting against it. A bill that has the potential to save American lives should not be a partisan issue but, sadly, it seems that too many Republican lawmakers value their National Rifle Association rating and donations more than they value the safety of their constituents. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley)

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March is Women’s History Month, a time to honor the feminine icons who have left their mark on the world. However, when it comes to learning about accomplished women, in many ways, people need to educate themselves. A recent article from the Smithsonian Magazine cited a report from the virtual National Women’s History Museum released in 2017 titled “Where Are the Women?” The study examined the status of women’s history in state-level social studies standards seen in the K-12 curriculum and found only 178 women. This find was compared to 559 men found in the same scholastic standards. Fortunately, while school systems catch up with including the countless impressive women in history missing in their curricula, many libraries and museums offer programs dedicated to Women’s History Month offering information about the lives of so many amazing and impactful women who may not be included in a high school textbook. Of course, there are options to increase your knowledge, such as digging a little deeper on the library shelves or the internet to find out information beyond the frequently told stories of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, civil rights activist Rosa Parks or 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Those women are out there and are not as hidden as one may think. We’ve come up with just a few powerful women who may not be referenced enough, or not at all, in the history books. Elizabeth Jennings Graham was an African-American teacher who in 1854, when Manhattan streetcars were mostly segregated, fought for the right to ride in any car. She won her case in New York courts in 1855, and by 1865 all New York City transit systems were desegregated. Margaret Hamilton was the lead software engineer for NASA’s Apollo program. Along with her team, she wrote the code algorithms for the spacecraft’s in-flight software. Apollo 11 went on to become the first mission to successfully land humans on the moon. Sonia Maria Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, become the first Latina and Hispanic justice in the Supreme Court of the U.S. when President Barack Obama (D) appointed her to associate justice in 2009. Digging even further into history and across the sea, there is Ching Shih, a female pirate leader, who lived in the late 1700s to early 1800s. History has remembered Shih as a fierce warrior who commanded more than 300 Chinese sailing ships, defeating Qing dynasty Chinese officials and Portuguese and British bounty hunters. She was so successful she managed to force the Chinese government to grant her a pardon. Unlike the careers of other famous pirates in the Caribbean, she died peacefully in her bed. Stories like these and others of women’s impact on the world and our everyday lives are out there waiting to be discovered. We encourage our readers to go out and find those stories or perhaps even make history themselves.

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Zeldin ignoring the voices he represents falls into that vast majority of House Republicans who voted against this lifesaving bill. He has consistently opposed gun safety legislation, even in his days in the New York State Senate, where he said of the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in a 2014 Facebook post, “I do not support the NY SAFE Act and sponsor the bill to repeal it.” Zeldin is one of the highest recipients of NRA donations in the country with one other New York representative in the congressional delegation, receiving $9,900 in the 2018 election cycle. This is concerning not only because almost 40,000 lives were lost to gun violence in the U.S. in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, far more than other nations. It is concerning because 90 percent

of Americans supported universal background checks in 2017, as did nearly 74 percent of NRA members in 2015. The stranglehold that the NRA itself, which at one point did support universal background checks, has on lawmakers is preventing the legislation that an overwhelming majority of Americans would like to see enacted. It is important that our legislators vote not just on their ideology, or their base, but on the will of the people. In his vote against universal background checks, an idea that has broad support, Congressman Zeldin has ignored the voices of those he represents.This is not what democracy looks like. Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

NY needs an independent utility advocate I congratulate state Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) and state Assemblyman Steven Englebright (D-Setauket) on their re-elections in 2018. Now that the legislative session has resumed in Albany, it’s time for them and their colleagues to take care of the people’s business. As an AARP member in their districts, I applaud LaValle’s and Englebright’s commitment to public service and look forward to working with both to improve the lives of New

York’s 50 years-and-older population. I urge LaValle and Englebright to work together for the creation and funding of an independent utility consumer advocate in the next state budget. Currently 40 other states have such an advocate with the power to challenge rate hikes in court. We New Yorkers, who pay some of the highest utility rates in the nation, surely need that — now. I, for one, am tired of utility companies spending part of the money I pay them

on lawyers and experts to try to raise my utility rates. Once again, congratulations to LaValle and Englebright and we all look forward to working with you both on this and other important initiatives for the 50-plus New York population. Charlie McAteer Port Jefferson Station AARP Volunteer Advocate for Suffolk County

We need to consult the owner’s manual When one acquires any complex product, car, computer, cellphone, etc., it is well to study and follow the owner’s manual provided by the designer/ manufacturer. To ignore the design, purpose and instructions of the maker is to invite malfunction, breakdown and loss of warranty. God is the Creator of heaven and earth, including human beings. His

instruction manual is the Bible. When we ignore the owner’s manual and God’s design, purpose and rules for use, we invite confusion and chaos, personal and societal breakdowns, present and eternal consequences. When political refugee from Communist Russia Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was asked what happened to his country, he replied simply, “Men have forgotten God.”

This is what is happening to America today. We have ignored the owner’s manual and defied the Creator in personal morality and public policy and education. The results are predictable, obvious and intensifying. The Rev. Ronald Stelzer Our Savior Church and School Centereach

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March 07, 2019 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A19

Opinion

The ongoing search for ‘just right’

hen my daughter drives to a crosswalk and a pedestrian is crossing, she feels terrible if the person on foot starts to jog or sprint, pushing him or herself to move more quickly so my daughter can continue on her way. My daughter also gets annoyed if the person suddenly slows down. Life is full of those “just right” moments. If our hot chocolate is D. None too hot, we risk of the above burning the roofs of our mouths. If BY DANIEL DUNAIEF it’s too cold, it doesn’t have the desired effect of warming us up.

It’s what makes the Goldilocks story so relatable. The father’s bed is too hard, the mother’s is too soft, but the baby’s bed is just right. When my family searched for new beds, we collapsed into one mattress after another, imagining a good night’s sleep, just the right book or a good movie with perfectly balanced sound. Most salespeople spend their careers trying to find the right fit for someone, whether it’s a shoe, bed, car, house or any of the myriad items that fill my email box overnight while I sleep. Life involves the constant search for just right. If we won every game we played, the competition wouldn’t be strong enough and we wouldn’t push ourselves to get better. A movie with absolutely no adversity can be charming, but it can also wear thin quickly, as the lack of suspense can lead us to wonder whether a dystopian conflict is pending.

Even in the world of friendships, we search for just-right friends. We generally don’t seek friends who want to talk to us all the time, or who can barely make time for us. We also don’t want friends who agree with everything we say. A few people, public figures and otherwise, seem eager to find people who reinforce their brilliance regularly. I would prefer to find people with viewpoints that differ from my own, which force me to defend my ideas and allow me incorporate new perspectives into my thinking or behavioral patterns. Just right for any one person can and often is different from just right for someone else, which enhances the notion that we can find someone who is a great match or complement for us. Ideally, the non-just-right shoes, weather, girlfriends, boyfriends or jobs teach us more about ourselves. Why, we wonder, didn’t that work? Once we figure that out, we have a better chance at understanding what does. Sometimes, like the bed that doesn’t feel

comfortable at first but eventually becomes the only one that affords us a quality sleep, we grow into a role and find that the previous tasks or conversations, which had seemed so odious initially, are a much better fit than we originally thought, as a result of the changes in ourselves. And, as Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, “There’s the rub.” The pursuit of just right in any context can change as we age. Our high school tastes in music, clothing, cars, houses, jobs or any other choices can and do change with each landmark reunion, making it more difficult to know what we want or what we’re searching for. While I share my daughter’s guilt when a pedestrian rushes across the crosswalk to let me go or prevents me from running down that person, I’m not as frustrated by someone who slows down. I try to determine, watching that person pause in the middle of the street, how this might be a “just right” moment for the pedestrian.

Hold on, winter is not all doom and gloom

his is the time of mixed seasonal emotions. On the one hand, the deep cabin fever that sets in with February is still with us. Winter is upon the land, the trees are skeletons, the bushes just sticks and the lawns an anemic greenish brown. Even the evergreens, instead of being a lusty hunter green, are more like a drab olive, branches hangBetween ing dutifully but you and me limply, to remind us that all color BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF has not entirely disappeared from view. That’s probably also an apt description of our souls, suffering from winter’s darkness and yearning for color and warmth. Patches of

snow, remnants of the recent storm, have also lost their luster and serve only to nudge us that winter still has us in its grip. So do the ever widening potholes. But — and this is only a tiny “but” — March is here. That means we have made it through the coldest, darkest months. This weekend, we will switch to daylight savings time, so those who work past 6 o’clock in the evening will not be stumbling out from their stores and offices into the darkness. There will still be evidence of some day left. Remember, though, to drive with extra care during the week following the change, for statistics tell us there are more car incidents after losing even one hour on one’s biological clock. With the advent of March, if we hold on three weeks, comes the official start of spring. Now we know that Mother Nature doesn’t check the calendar, and we can get wicked snowstorms after spring officially begins. But that likelihood is less and would be a grand finale rather than the beginning of a long siege. So there is the smallest whiff of hope

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for the return of better weather. Also if you look closely at the bushes, you can see buds. Buds! That means flowers will be coming, and leaves, the bright green leaves of early spring. If we really want to get delirious about color, we can trek to Philadelphia to drink in the world’s oldest and largest indoor flower show, now happening at the Pennsylvania Convention Center until Sunday, March 10. This year’s theme is Flower Power, celebrating the contribution of flowers to our lives. Sometimes on a winter day when the sun is shining, the sky is cloudless and intensely blue and the air, with its low humidity, crisp and invigorating. For those who ski downhill or through the woods, snowshoe or ice skate or even take a walk on a country road, the scene is poetic, an artist’s dream. To come inside after such activity and be greeted with the scent of hearty soup or freshly baked chocolate chip cookies is a treat most keenly appreciated when the temperature is low. As the season turns, and we think about putting away the shovels and salt — not yet

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though! — we can also cheer ourselves on a bit by conjuring up the benefits of winter. What are they, you ask? Well, no mosquitoes for one. And the ticks have disappeared. No lawn to mow, although we do sometimes have to shovel snow, so that’s probably only a trade-off at best. We can gain a few pounds and hide beneath our tunics and sweaters until the change in wardrobe forces us to acknowledge the slothful truth. There are no emergency calls to fix the air conditioner in winter. But the boiler is no angel either. It always seems to give way on the coldest nights. A dark and cold winter night can be cheered with a crackling fire, as we sit before the fireplace sipping a favorite beverage and exchanging deep thoughts with a loved one. Even the dog seems to enjoy the warmth and glow, curling up at our feet. But we are willing to cast all that away for the excitement of spring, with its birdsong, flowers and warmth. The return of light, longer with each day, is a magical salve for our moods. Just for a little while longer, dear friends, hang in there.

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