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Running the farm Annual 4-mile run: Brookhaven Town Councilman Kevin LaValle congratulates a few of the winners of the 4th annual Run the Farm 4-Mile Challenge Aug. 18. The yearly event takes runners on a course of mixed terrain that ends at the historic Bethel Hobbs Community Farm. The run benefits the Centereach farm which is devoted to servicing local food programs and pantries.

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Library receives state grant In the days of mobile devices, one senator recognizes libraries still play a major part in communities.

Recently, state Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) announced that four libraries in his district, including Middle Country Public Library, would be receiving state funding to offset the cost of construction projects.

“Public libraries are more than books — they are community centers that provide valuable programs and services,” Flanagan said in a statement. “They are a proven resource for residents of all ages and we need to continue to work with the leaders of these facilities to provide them with the funding they need to fulfill their mission.”

The construction grants, which were allocated in the 2017–18 state budget for public library construction and broadband infrastructure projects, total $209,638, and are administered by the New York State Education Department and the New York State Library, according to a statement from Flanagan’s office.

Middle Country Public Library received $130,000 for interior renovations at its Selden branch. The library is planning to expand the

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The adult services department at the Selden branch of the Middle Country Public Library.

lobby and redesign the entrance to make it easier for patrons to access from the library’s main parking lot.

“Our library is very appreciative of this construction grant award, as it will help fund the renovation of the library’s Selden building,” said Sophia Serlis-McPhillips, director of the library.

“The project will also see the creation of a new 24-hour drive-up return station, as well as redesigned and renovated spaces for adults and children, which will help the library more effectively provide resources and services to its patrons.”

The Legislature approved an additional $34 million in funding for projects as part of the 2018–19 state budget. The approved projects for that funding will be announced in the summer of 2019, according to the statement.

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (center) joins Lake Grove’s Carmela Constant, village clerk; Felix Wienclaw, trustee; John Peterson, trustee; Robert Scottaline, mayor; Richard Cohen, deputy mayor; and Richard Kick, trustee and 50th anniversary committee chairman.

Romaine celebrates Lake Grove’s milestone On Aug. 18, Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) was on hand to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove.

The two-day event, which was held at Lake

Grove Village Hall, included entertainment, food, arts and craft vendors, artist gallery, antique car show and a 5K run/walk race. Lake Grove was originally settled in the early 18th century and was incorporated Sept. 9, 1968.

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Town Brookhaven unveils electric vehicle charging stations in Mount Sinai

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ALEX PETROSKI Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner, Supervisor Ed Romaine, and Councilwoman Valerie Cartright unveil new electric vehicle charging stations at Heritage Park in Mount Sinai Aug. 21.

Romaine said the town currently owns one fully electric vehicle and about five hybrids in its fleet, and added the plan is to replace “aged out” high mileage cars with more hybrids and full electric vehicles during the coming year.

“I can’t tell you how excited and proud I am that these charging stations are in my council district in Mount Sinai at the Heritage Park,” Councilwoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) said.

“Very often, in deciding to make that move in that direction you have to think in your mind, ‘Well

where can I charge my car?’ If these are centrally located in convenient places, it’s a win for the consumer and it’s a win for the environment and the residents that live here.”

Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station), who represents the neighboring 1st District, said she was proud to join her colleagues in the unveiling Tuesday.

“This is clearly a step in the right direction for the Town of Brookhaven as we move to reduce our emissions here in the town,” she said.

Similar stations to the ones placed at Heritage Park already exist at Moriches Bay Recreation Center and the town Parks & Recreation administration building in Centereach. The installs are part of a five-year capital plan spearheaded by Romaine called the Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Initiative, aimed to achieve a 50 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the town by 2020.

“We want to encourage the use of hybrids and electric vehicles,” the supervisor said.

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The town unveiled two new electric vehicle charging stations at Heritage Park in Mount Sinai Aug. 21, paid for through a grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and rebates from Long Island Power Authority. The stations cost about $22,000 each, and Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) pledged that the town will install additional charging stations at various, strategically located town facilities during the next year, either through grants or using town funds. Members of the public with electric or hybrid vehicles are permitted to utilize the stations for a minimal charge, according to Romaine, just to cover the cost of the electricity.

The two stations can combine to give juice to four cars at a time.

“There’s a societal benefit in that these cars don’t produce smog, or pollution or hydrocarbons,” Romaine said. “The air quality on Long Island has consistently been rated as very poor. This is an opportunity for us to try to convince people who are thinking about electric to go electric.”

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SBU president, senators announce $25M state funding for new building Two state senators are doing their part to engineer a better future for Stony Brook University and Long Island.

New York state Sens. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) and Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) joined SBU President Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. Aug. 16 to announce the award of $25 million in state funding to the university for the initial phase of developing a new engineering building on campus — one that is estimated to cost $100 million in total. The 100,000 square-foot facility will include industrial-quality labs, active-learning classrooms and prototyping/manufacturing shops.

The official announcement was made at the university’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences building with representatives of local engineering companies in attendance, including VJ Technologies, Cameron Engineering & Associates and H2M Architects & Engineers.

“We have the opportunity to provide funding, sometimes discretionary, and this is a very strong investment,” Flanagan said.

He thanked the owners and board members of the local engineering companies who traveled to Albany a few months ago to discuss the needs of engineering companies as well as the

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Dean Fotis Sotiropoulos, SBU president Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr., Sens. Ken LaValle and John Flanagan in front of the current engineering building at the university.

importance of recruiting talent and retaining students on Long Island.

LaValle, chairman of the Senate’s higher education committee, said he believed the new building will attract preeminent students to SBU, and thanked Flanagan for helping to secure the funds during a time when spare money isn’t plentiful.

“I think it will go a long way in ensuring that we enhance where we are today in terms of providing students and faculty with an optimum

state-of-the-art facility,” LaValle said.

Stanley recognized the senators as visionaries for acknowledging how critical the university is when it comes to building the technology that Long Island needs.

“The demand is tremendous,” Stanley said.

“So, we really need to grow this school. We’re turning away qualified applicants from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences because we don’t have enough space and

because we need more faculty to teach.”

Fotis Sotiropoulos, dean of the engineering college, said the number of students applying to SBU has grown 60 percent since 2012, and the university has become more selective due to the lack of space. Currently, engineering students need to score at least 1400 on the SATs and to be in the 95th percentile in their class.

The dean said the research conducted at the school, in addition to impacting the economic development on Long Island, also affects the state and nation. The university focuses on engineering-driven medicine, artificial intelligence discoveries and energy systems for sustainability.

“This is where we are going to develop the medicine of the future,” Sotiropoulos said, adding SBU wants to be the hub for the state in artificial intelligence research.

Sotiropoulos said as the university develops the new facility the curriculum will be reconstructed to build learning around projects that start early in a student’s college years and continue all the way to incubating startup companies.

He said one of the goals is to keep students local after graduation.

“We want to grow the size of the engineering workforce for Long Island and the state, but we also want to educate the new kind of engineers,” Sotiropoulos said.

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Sheriff’s department lends a helping hand to Alzheimer’s patients

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When someone goes missing, it can be a terrifying experience for the person as well as family, friends and neighbors, especially when the individual has an impairment.

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department is reminding the public of its Project Lifesaver initiative after John Wile, a Stony Brook man with Alzheimer’s, was found dead Aug. 8 on the Research and Development Park property, also in Stony Brook, after leaving his home to jog two days earlier. The 10-year-old rapid-response program aids clients who may wander due to cognitive impairments or other afflictions, such as Alzheimer’s, dementia and autism.

Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Brian Weinfeld said those enrolled in the sheriff’s program wear a wristband with a transmitter that can be used on the wrist, ankle or as a necklace. The radio frequency transmitter and wristband come with a case, tester and battery. The battery and wristband have to be changed or charged every 30 to 60 days depending on the type.

He said caretakers are informed to call a special line with the Sheriff’s Department and 911 as soon

as it’s discovered that someone with the transmitter is missing. The calls are received at the sheriff’s communication bureau and a text message is sent out to all Project Lifesaver responders, which is approximately 15 people within the department who are spread out from Montauk to Amityville.

While all may not be working when an emergency occurs, Weinfeld said sometimes a responder will join the search on his or her day off.

Once the responders get a message that someone is missing they turn on their equipment and will receive a signal every one second transmitted from the person’s location device, Weinfeld said.

The range of the signal depends on the terrain, and a responder’s antennae can pick up a signal approximately 3 miles on land and 5 in the air. The signal can be picked up by the antenna on a car or from a handheld antenna when searching on the ground. Using radio frequencies has its benefits.

“It’s not susceptible to satellites going down, cloudy weather or being in a basement,” he said.

“That signal is going to be strong no matter what.

Whereas with a GPS-type of device, you’re going to be relying on satellites and a clear path to the sky and that type of stuff.”

Weinfeld said responders start from where the person went missing and have an estimated

range of how far the person could have wandered, which can be about 4 miles an hour. When a man in Brentwood went missing recently, a responder was near the Sagtikos State Parkway and the man was found within three minutes, according to the deputy sheriff sergeant. He said it’s critical when looking for someone who is lost that a caretaker calls the second he or she realizes, even before he or she searches for the person.

“Thankfully most of our searches end before we even get there,” he said. “Which is great. I tell all the clients, ‘Please, don’t hesitate to call us because we’re working, we’re on the road, we’re there. If you think your person is missing, just call us. We can start by sending someone to your area. Five minutes later we’re just pulling in and you found them, no big deal, we’ll just go back to work.’ I don’t want people to think they’re burdening us.”

Weinfeld said there are approximately 108 clients enrolled in the program, with roughly 50 percent being seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

The other 50 percent are children and adults with autism. He said there has been a 100 percent success rate out of the 3,000 reported searches in North America.

Those interested in the program can fill out a form with the Sheriff’s Department, and after a

home visit and approval, can purchase the kit for approximately $300. Weinfeld said health insurance may cover the expense in some cases and others may be eligible to receive it for free.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, a voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research, one in three seniors die with Alzheimer’s or other dementias, and it’s the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. The association states 5.7 million Americans are currently living with the disease, and it’s projected that number will rise to about 14 million by 2050.

“The use of electronic tracking devices may be an appropriate part of a comprehensive safety plan which offers peace of mind for individuals with the disease and their caregivers,” said Douglas Davidson, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association, Long Island Chapter.”It should never be used as a replacement for needed supervision, and families should prepare for safety issues throughout the course of the disease.”

For more information on Project Lifesaver, visit www.suffolkcountysheriffsoffice.com/projectlifesaver. Also visit www.alz.org/longisland, for more information about Alzheimer’s and free programs and support available for patients in Suffolk and Nassau counties.

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A 37-year-old man from Ridge allegedly punched another man in the face and body multiple times while at a home on Sylvan Avenue in Miller Place Aug. 11, according to police. He was arrested and charged with assault.

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On Aug. 16 at about 8:30 a.m., an 18-year-old male from Centereach allegedly walked on school grounds at Centereach High School with a BB gun, according to police. Police said he was spotted by a coach during a sports team practice, and the coach immediately called 911. He was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal trespassing and unlawful possession of a weapon on school grounds.

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The tires on a 2010 Dodge were slashed while it was parked on Furrow Place in Miller Place at about 9 a.m. Aug. 20, according to police.

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A 21-year-old man from Rocky Point allegedly possessed oxycodone without a prescription while at a location on Pipe Stave Hollow Road in Miller Place Aug. 18 at about 2:30 p.m. according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. A 20-year-old man from Rocky Point was with the other man at the same location for the alleged purpose of using the drugs obtained from what police called a “known drug location.” He was arrested and charged with loitering for the purpose of using a controlled substance.

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A purse containing cash, credit cards and prescription medication was stolen from within an unlocked vehicle parked at Cedar Beach on Harbor Road in Mount Sinai Aug. 20 at about 2:30 p.m., according to police.

Glass door damaged

A sliding glass door at a residence on Bleeker Street in Port Jefferson was shot and damaged with a pellet gun at about 9:30 a.m. Aug. 19, according to police.

Stealing from Target

A 41-year-old man from Amityville allegedly stole luggage and sporting goods from Target on Pond Path in South Setauket Aug. 18 at about 1:30 p.m., according to police. He was issued a field appearance ticket.

Business break-in

The front glass door was broken to The Wine Authority on Nesconset Highway in Mount Sinai Aug. 15 at about 4 a.m., and cash was stolen from the register within, according to police.

Trees taken

Four assorted living plants were stolen from 4 Corners Produce on Boyle Road in Terryville Aug. 18 at about 7:30 p.m., according to police.

Vacant home vandalized

The storm door at the rear entrance of a vacant home on Nesconset Highway in Terryville was damaged and 12 glass windows were broken at about noon Aug. 13, according to police.

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Someone filled their car with about $20 worth of gas at Speedy Gas on Route 112 in Terryville Aug. 15 at about 11 a.m. and left without paying, according to police.

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Judge rules in favor of LIPA, ‘no promises’ to school districts Legal challenges over tax assessment of power plants can go forward A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled Long Island Power Authority “made no promises” to the Town of Huntington, Northport-East Northport school district and Port Jefferson School District not to challenge the taxes levied on its power stations.

In decisions dated Aug. 15 and 16, Judge Elizabeth Emerson dismissed the lawsuits brought forth by the Town of Huntington and the two school districts which alleged LIPA broke a promise by seeking to reduce the power plant’s taxes by 90 percent.

“The court’s decision affirms our customers’ right to pay reasonable taxes on the power plants,” LIPA said in a statement from spokesman Sid Nathan. “We remain committed to reaching a fair settlement for both the local communities and our 1.1 million customers to put an unsustainable situation back on a sustainable path.”

The judge’s ruling is a big victory for LIPA as it allows tax certiorari cases to continue to trial, rather than being dismissed, and could have a widespread impact across Long Island for other municipalities with similar disputes against the utility.

“Obviously, we disagree with this decision and plan to appeal,” Northport Superintendent Robert Banzer wrote in a letter to district residents. “Please understand that Justice Emerson’s decision is not the end of our fight in this case.”

Port Jeff school district also responded to the development.

“While this decision is not the outcome the district was hoping for, we vow to continue to explore our options as we work to protect our school district’s financial future and the needs of our community,” the district said in part in a statement. “The district will work to keep the community apprised of any updates on the matter.”

In her 24-page decision, Emerson denied any notion that chapter 21, section 16 of the 1997 Power Supply Agreement — which has been referred to as “the 1997 promise” — signed by LIPA when it took over Long Island Lighting Company was intended to benefit the school districts by preventing LIPA from challenging the tax-assessed value of its power plants.

Rather, she found it was to ensure other parties, including LILCO and GENCO, which owned the plants at the time, could not start initiating tax claims during the takeover process.

She also dismissed all claims that town governments or school districts were intended third-party beneficiaries of the contract.

“The Power Supply Agreement is clear and unambiguous and that it does not bestow any

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The tax assessment of the property that houses Port Jefferson Power Station in Port Jeff Village has been the subject of a legal battle between LIPA, Brookhaven Town, the school district and the village for the better part of a decade.

enforceable third-party-beneficiary rights on beneficiary “was wrongly decided.”

This recent decision could have large and the plaintiff,” Emerson wrote.

The judge pointed to the PSA saying it profound impact not only on Huntington, “does not expressly name” either the town or Northport-East Northport and Port Jeff schools, but for all other municipal government and school districts as a third-party beneficiaries.

“She applied contract law, not third-party school districts that have LIPA’s power plants.

On page 18 of her decision, Emerson wrote beneficiary law,” said John Gross, the attorney representing Northport-East Northport school not only did the PSA contract not protect the district. “That’s what we think she made the Town of Huntington, Northport or Port Jeff school district taxpayers but mistake on.”

Gross said New York State ‘While this decision is not “other similar situated school law allows entities, like the the outcome the district districts and municipalities.”

“This result was to a very school districts, to be recogwas hoping for, we vow large extent expected by the nized as third-party benefito continue to explore village, and that’s why the ciaries based on third-party our options as we work mayor and the board of trustconversations, letters and to protect our school ees very early, initiated and promises. The school districts have filed thousands of pages district’s financial future drove settlement discussions with LIPA to resolve the isof documents with the courts, and the needs of our sue,” Port Jefferson Village according to Gross, that incommunity.’

Attorney Brian Egan said. clude official correspondence The village board of trustand records of conversations — Port Jeff school district ees and Mayor Margot Garant former LIPA chairman Richin April passed a resolution ard Kessel had with school approving “settlement conadministrators and Huntington Town officials allegedly promising not to chal- cepts,” and the two sides are exchanging details of terms, expected to reach conclusion “at lenge the tax assessment of its power plants.

The judge ruled these “extra-contractual any time,” Egan said.

“When we’re a taxing jurisdiction and promises” made largely by Kessel “were gratuitous promises for which there was no consid- we’re going to subject ourselves to the back eration.” As such, the former chairman’s words taxes on a long shot, that is not what we do with taxpayer dollars,” Garant said. “We have “did not contractually bind LIPA.” Gross said the school’s status as a third-party an obligation to not gamble, so to speak.”

Huntington town attorney Nick Ciappetta said the town plans to file an appeal of the judge’s decision.

“We believe there’s only one logical and legal way to interpret that provision,” he said.

“That provision was there for the benefit of the taxpayers of Huntington.”

The town, Northport and Port Jefferson school districts will have 30 days to file an appeal once the decision is officially entered into court records, according to Ciappetta. He estimated an appeal of the decision could take 18 to 24 months.

“The decision does not affect the pending tax certiorari case between the Town of Huntington and LIPA scheduled for trial in December, nor do we expect it will impact the parties’ willingness to proceed with mediation,” Banzer wrote to the community.

Gross confirmed that Northport school district is still looking forward to sitting down for the first mediation session with the Town of Huntington, LIPA, National Grid and third-party neutral attorney Marty Scheinman slated for Sept. 26.

Officials in the Town of Brookhaven Law Department could not be immediately reached for comment, though the town has also said it is nearing a settlement in its case, though Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said Aug. 21 he was glad the town opted to pursue a settlement. Egan speculated settlements for municipalities attempting to resolve cases out of court might be held up by mediation in Northport and Huntington Town’s case.

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University

Opioid symposium posits ethical questions on crisis Stony Brook University hosts opioid forum featuring health care community

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The opioid crisis has reached its tendrils out to touch every person in the U.S., and the doctors who prescribe those opioids for pain relief see the ethical dilemma — whether they should treat their patients’ pain or not out of concerns of misuse.

At an opioid ethics symposium hosted at Stony Brook University Aug. 3, Dr. Kevin Zacharoff, an expert in pain medicine and a sitting member of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said a number of doctors no longer prescribe opioids for pain management because of how quickly the repercussions of misuse will come down on them.

“All the regulatory agencies are coming down and tightening the screws of people in primary care, and people in primary care are saying ‘I wash my hands of it,’” Zacharoff said. “This is all falling on the shoulders of health care providers — when people dying from heroin and fentanyl has overtaken pain medication.”

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that nationally 116 people a day died from opioid-related drug overdoses in 2016.

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released in 2016 said that the rate of death from drug overdoses has increased 137 percent and a 200 percent increase in the rate of opioid overdose deaths from 2000 to 2014.

Medical professionals, above, participate in an opioid ethics symposium at Stony Brook University Aug. 3. Dr. Kevin Zacharoff, below, delivered the keynote speech and discussed the effects of regulatory agencies on addiction.

CDC data shows that regulations on prescription opioids restrained the rise of overdose deaths involving legal drugs, but since 2011 there has been a spike in the number of deaths caused by illicit drugs such as heroin and other painkillers including fentanyl. Zacharoff said he fears that these regulations on opioid prescribing pushes stable patients who could have been using opioids to treat long-term pain into using illicit drugs.

“Prescription drug monitoring programs have made a positive impact, but they have also had a negative impact on health care providers, because it takes a lot of time and energy,” Zacharoff said.

“Should we sacrifice our care for patients for the sake of people using the substances illicitly?”

For the past several years federal agencies, as well as state governments, have started to restrict the number of opioids available for pharmacies as well as scrutinizing how doctors prescribe that medication. A large number of federal agencies, such as the CDC, the FDA, the Drug Enforcement Administration, just to name a few, are involved in opioid research and regulations. This is on top of state prescription drug monitoring programs, which make doctors fill out forms on patients, saying whether they informed them of the dangers of the drugs and whether they asked if there was a person in the house with a history of addiction.

In April, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the DEA would propose setting more limits on the numbers of opioids that a drug manufacturer could produce. Prescribing doctors said they have seen multiple problems

with a shortage of opioids due to these limits Suffolk County officials are hoping to see a on manufacturing and distribution. decline in the number of opioid-related deaths “We are seeing an inability this year. In a report presented to get our prescriptions filled at the May 31 Suffolk County on Long Island,” said Laureen ‘Prescription drug Legislature’s health committee Diot, a nurse practitioner from monitoring programs meeting Chief Medical ExamEast Patchogue. have made a positive iner Michael Caplan said that Though that is not to say there if numbers stay low, approxhave not been bad actors. In May, impact, but they have imately 260 opioid-related Merrick doctor Michael Belfiore also had a negative deaths are expected this year was convicted of prescribing impact on health care — a near 100-person decrease hundreds of opioids for profit compared to 2017. However, and for causing the deaths of two providers, because the county will not know the men via overdoses. He wrote it takes a lot of time total opioid-related deaths until 5,000 prescriptions for 600,000 and energy.’ the year’s end. pain pills between January 2010 There are options for nonopiand March 2013, but Belfiore oid pain relief, such as rehabilitais asking a federal judge to distive and psychological therapies.

—Dr. Kevin Zacharoff Doctors at the symposium said miss the case, saying it was the pharmaceutical companies who they expect as opioid prescribing promoted the drugs while downebbs, then other practices or drugs playing their risks. will become more prevalent. While some medical The issue, Zacharoff said, stems from doc- professionals said medical marijuana might one tors’ lack of education when it comes to pain day work as effective pain relief, it not being legal medicine. A 2011 study in the National Acad- in New York and without the necessary number of emies Press showed that out of 117 U.S and tests, the drug is not viable at this moment.

Canadian medical schools only four U.S “It’s too early to write the book on marijuana schools offer a required course on pain. for chronic pain,” said Marco Palmieri, the direc“That’s despite the fact that pain is the most tor of the Center for Pain Management at Stony common reason people seek medical attention,” Brook University. “Some physicians have gotten Zacharoff said. “Doctors will often say to me, ‘I around this by opting not to test for marijuana have to think about hypertension, diabetes, heart [when doing prescriptions]. Whether that’s right, disease,’ but pain is more prevalent than diabetes, I don’t know. There certainly needs to be more cancer and heart disease combined.” data available.”

August 23, 2018 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A9

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Brookhaven and other local towns seek grant for cyber security

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Town of Brookhaven is looking to beef up its cyber security.

At the Aug. 2 Brookhaven Town board meeting councilmembers voted unanimously to apply for a $50,000 grant under the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Cyber Security Grant Program. If the town attains the grant, Brookhaven will use town funds under specified cyber security initiatives and seek reimbursement through the grant.

The grant will make $500,000 available for any county, town or village in the state at a maximum of $50,000 per entity. Other municipalities in Suffolk County such as the Town of Smithtown are applying for the grant.

According to the state grant application, the money can be used for a number of items, including hiring a cyber security consultant, software packages for items such as firewalls and encryption, new equipment such as servers or hardware used against cyber threats, and for staff training involving cyber security awareness.

Jack Krieger, communications director for Brookhaven Town, said the town does not comment on current or future cyber security measures when asked what the money might be used for.

In June 2017, the Town of Brookhaven’s website, among 76 other municipalities, was successfully hacked by what was described as a “pro-ISIS group.” ISIS is referring to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the group that took over parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014 and is now being pushed back by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and the Syrian army.

The group, Team System DZ, created a static webpage using the Town of Brookhaven servers,

but it did not affect the official Brookhaven website. A link was set up through town servers to a static, look-alike webpage.

Deputy Town Supervisor Dan Panico (R-Manorville) said at the time they did not see any information extracted from the servers. The town’s website was taken down temporarily but was restored within a few days.

Much emphasis has been put on cyber security by government officials of late, as it was revealed that Russia had made efforts to hack into Democratic National Convention servers during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, taking information which was later released via several outlets including WikiLeaks, an international whistleblower organization.

U.S. intelligence officials have warned that Russia is already attempting to influence the 2018 midterm elections through multiple electronic means including phishing scams that target people’s passwords and by setting up fake accounts on social media, according to Bloomberg News recently.

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Sports

Centereach’s Jamie Ortega plays up to expectations “I feel I can push through adversities and the challenges defenders face me with.”

– Jamie Ortega

Centereach native Jamie Ortega, above right, playing lacrosse for the University of North Carolina, and, below, playing lacrosse for Middle Country in 2017.

broke a North Carolina record set by attacker Molly Hendrick the season prior.

“Jamie Ortega is a special player,” McCool told The Daily Tar Heel. “She’s only a freshman and the confidence that she plays with — you don’t see it often with freshmen.”

Ortega played her best lacrosse the second half of the season. She scored a career-high seven goals and closed out a 10-0 first-half run in a 20-10 win against Duke University April 21. The performance was one goal shy of the UNC single-game record set in 2002.

Ortega grew accustomed to the spotlight in high school, having experienced facing double-teams throughout her six years on her Middle Country high school team, which she led to its first Suffolk County title and state championship game in 2017. Even a switch from midfield to attack couldn’t slow her down this season.

“It just comes so natural to her, playing the game how it is supposed to be played,” Middle Country head coach Lindsay Dolson said. “Jamie’s did an awesome job on defense and offense for us. She definitely led the team in that aspect.”

Her senior year she tallied 98 goals and 45 assists, and finished as New York state’s alltime leader in points with 588 (402 goals and 186 assists). She was also a five-year varsity starter and two-time all-county pick on Centereach High School’s soccer team.

“I’m a pretty confident person,” Ortega said. “I think that’s really important for other players to have. I don’t let things get to me.

I feel I can push through adversities and the challenges defenders face me with.”

Through all her triumphs she also had some unique experiences as a Tar Heel, like when she faced her older sister Nikki, an attack for the University of Notre Dame. The sisters scored unassisted and back-to-back for the first goals for each of their teams in UNC’s comefrom-behind win.

“It was stressful, because you want them both to win,” their mother Susan said, laughing.

“I’m so proud of them, and one thing with Jamie is she’s always trying to get better and her hard work really paid off. Jamie is the most humble kid you’re ever going to meet. She doesn’t talk about herself, she doesn’t watch herself, and I think that makes it even more impressive to me because she’s all about the game and playing, and playing with her team, and having fun doing it.”

Jamie Ortega also had the chance to play minutes from her home when Stony Brook University hosted the NCAA playoffs for North Carolina, which made its 10th appearance in the NCAA tournament semifinals, including seven in the last 10 years. She had four goals and one assist in the team’s final appearance of 2018 against James Madison University, earning AllNCAA Tournament Team honors.

If that all wasn’t enough, Ortega is giving back to a sport that’s given so much to her.

She worked a camp called Top of the Class at Lawrence Academy in Massachusetts with her assistant coach Phil Barnes, who runs it with Harvard University head coach Devon Wills.

Many Ivy League schools and coaches were there, along with six of her UNC teammates.

She said working with the freshman to junior players felt natural.

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University of North Carolina standout Jamie Ortega wanted to live up to the hype after being named Inside Lacrosse’s No. 1-ranked freshman attacker, and she did just that with a record-breaking first season with a Tar Heels team that reached the NCAA semifinals.

The Centereach native was tabbed National Rookie of the Year as well by the lacrosse-centric publication, and Freshman of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Conference, navigating her way to be the top goal-scorer on a deep North Carolina offense. She shot 57.4 percent for 70 goals and added 16 assists while starting in all 18 games, scoring multiple goals in each of the Tar Heels’ final 14 contests, including 12 in a three-game span in the NCAA tournament.

Her 86 points broke UNC’s single-season record while she led all ACC rookies and ranked fourth overall in the conference. Her 70 goals also broke a 2008 record (50) for most goals scored by a freshman in a season, ranked second overall in the ACC and tied for 11th in Division I. “She’s a tremendous talent,” 23-year North Carolina head coach Jenny Levy said. “[Myself and my coaching staff] have done this for a long time, and when you see ‘It’, you see it.

She really has multiple weapons — she can dodge, feed and play off-ball — and she’s done that for a long time. She’s had the most tremendous freshman year we’ve ever had.”

Levy, who is considered among the best coaches in women’s lacrosse history, ranking third in NCAA Division I history in career wins and is a two-time national champion and a two-time National Coach of the Year, said she challenged Ortega to perform at a high level after UNC graduated a huge class of seniors.

She said she hadn’t put that type of pressure on a freshman in a long time, and said she thought Ortega responded.

“I wasn’t really expecting being ranked the top recruit in the nation, and it did make me nervous because I felt like I had to live up to that expectation, but it also made me want to work harder, because I wanted to prove I was the No. 1 lacrosse recruit in the nation,” said Ortega, who was also named to the Inside Lacrosse ILWomen All-Rookie Team and All-America third team. “Being named the Rookie of the Year means a lot to me because it showed that through college — which is really hard, because it’s not like high school, everyone’s good — I can still stand out.”

She credited her teammates, like Marie McCool, a decorated player in her own right, for pushing her to become better, and giving her opportunities to succeed.

McCool said Ortega proved she was a force all her own, especially after the freshman recorded her 15th goal of the conference tournament, which

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“I didn’t feel like I was coaching — it felt like I was just hanging out with some lacrosse girls,” Ortega said. “This is definitely something I never expected, because I’m not one to brag, but being an idol to others really motivated you more. Lacrosse means everything to me, and to be able to play, and to still play at this level, making memories with my teammates, trying to succeed with them and giving back to others has been a privilege.”

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Opinion

Editorial

LIPA fallout coming

We get it — if you read our newspapers or just about any other media that cover Long Island, you’ve heard enough over the past decade about the legal battles going on between several school districts and townships versus Long Island Power Authority.

If you feel like you’re on LIPA overload, we have some significant news — a major development occurred in the cases last week.

A New York State Supreme Court judge determined that the 1997 Power Supply Agreement between National Grid, which owns the power plants, and LIPA, which transmits that electricity to customers, did not contain any language, or “promise,” that prevented the utility companies from seeking to have taxes they pay on the power stations reduced.

The good news is this decision may signal there’s a light at the end of the tunnel to this endlessly drawn-out court battle. We fear the positives may end there.

LIPA has said that its intention in filing these lawsuits is to be able to reduce energy bills for its customers, as it hopes to pay out less in property taxes. On its face, the company’s goal appears to a good thing for residents of Huntington and Brookhaven townships, who will likely see a reduction in their monthly electrical bills should LIPA be victorious, except for the residents in Northport and Port Jefferson, who will see a property tax increase. These odds seem an increasingly likely fact in recent weeks as courts have ruled twice in LIPA’s favor.

However, these legal battles have been waged for nearly a decade, racking up what we can only imagine are substantial legal bills from lawyers hired to represent the municipalities and the school districts involved. Then adding in fees paid for a third-party mediator when sit-downs begin in September, we find ourselves asking, “At what cost?”

We hope to find out just how much taxpayers’ money has been spent on legal fees for the duration of the saga, so keep an eye out for that. And for what? The “Hail Mary” play that a court would determine the 1997 PSA had implied a legally binding promise that LIPA wouldn’t seek a reduction in its property taxes.

It was such a risky play for Brookhaven Town and Port Jefferson Village that those two municipalities have agreed to settle the cases out of court to avoid exposure to the risk of years of back pay should the issue actually end up in a trial loss for the two entities. Still, why did it take Brookhaven and Port Jeff until 2018 to finally reach a settlement while legal fees kept accruing?

All of this can also be looked at against the backdrop that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has set a goal for 50 percent of the state’s energy to come from renewable sources by 2030. Who’s going to pay for the solar and wind producing plants necessary, for example, to get on track in reaching that goal? We don’t think we’re going out on a limb in speculating that at least some of that cost will fall on LIPA’s customers.

While we’d like to think we’re inching closer to a day when we no longer have to report on legal issues pertaining to LIPA, a positive resolution for all stakeholders is going to take significantly more work. In reality, it should have been resolved long ago.

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Letters to the editor

Pay everyone a living wage A few months ago, I was talking with a friend on his front porch when he leaned against a column. His finger went through the glossy paint into the rotten wood underneath. The paint had done such a great job of hiding the decay. It had gone undetected. It’s how I feel about the economy. I am not an economist, but I observe things and wonder.

Are we on the brink of something unseen?

During a break, at a seminar I attended recently, the people at the table talked about the economy and how the jobs numbers were looking better. One of the women remarked, “Yes, I have four of them”; she drives with Uber, works at a card shop, a

grocery checkout and the board of elections, all just to get by. Others at the table, though not as severe, had similar stories.

In the early spring, while walking my son’s dog, I met a young man living in his car behind a shopping mall. I recognized him from the local market, where he worked as a deli clerk. He did his laundry at the laundromat, had a $35-a-month membership at a gym that afforded him a locker, access to a shower, the pool and some equipment. I inquired about how he handled severe weather?

“There are houses around that rent rooms by the day, week or month ... I stay

On hate and immorality Susan Perretti was given the privilege of writing a Your Turn column for TBR News Media, July 12. Sadly, she used that opportunity to blatantly mislead her audience regarding the true nature of her actions at the campaign kickoff of U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), June 28.

Far from Susan’s grandiose portrayal of a victimized citizen, we learned she was part of a group generously celebrated in The Smithtown News as the “Elks Club Four,” whose sole purpose was to infiltrate and disrupt an event held on private property.

We learned this because the quartet apparently had so little regard for both the curiosity and intellect of TBR readers, they merrily boasted of their double-dealing in a weekly, published in the same town, and on the same day Perretti’s propaganda appeared. That this crew refused to even consider the possibility someone might read more than one local paper and recognize the obvious contradictions speaks a whole lot more about them than us.

Yet recently, despite being easily exposed as an untrustworthy source, Sue is back moralizing to the same readers she presumed incapable of discovering her obvious duplicity. She loves lecturing the commoners on hate and morals, especially with regards to Zeldin; retyping the word “immoral” five times in her latest Aug. 16 letter, “Something is wrong, we must speak up.”

Yet she’s had zero to say about the inarguably immoral, hateful death threats being made against our congressman, his wife and their young, twin daughters.

It’s critical to note two things. All three of those targeted ladies were introduced at the Elks Club that evening, and the next week there was a widely publicized July 6 incident at Zeldin’s Smithtown campaign office. The Suffolk County Police press release read: “Martin Astrof was arrested after he threatened to kill supporters of Congressman Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump.

in those,” he said. “Can be pricey but it gets you inside.”

Don’t be distracted by the glossy paint.

In 2017, 82 percent of the wealth generated last year went to 1 percent of the population, according to a study released by Oxfam International, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to helping fight against poverty with offices in Washington, D.C. With everything we care about on the line, we have to get involved in this election.

Vote for a livable wage for everyone.

Jerry Reynolds Coram

Astrof went to the campaign headquarters of Congressman Zeldin and became irate with a campaign worker at approximately 11:15 a.m. After threatening to kill the campaign worker and other supporters, Astrof backed his car up in an aggressive manner nearly striking the worker.”

Astrof was charged with making a terroristic threat and second-degree reckless endangerment. Those are felonies. After he made the threats at one of the congressman’s offices, he then menaced the worker outside the office by nearly backing into the person.

Then he fled the scene.

Rather than, once again, sermonize TBR readers on what’s right and wrong, perhaps Ms. Perretti could better redirect her homilies toward alleged felon Astrof, and any others who think they have the moral authority to threaten the lives of Congressman Zeldin and his family.

Jim Soviero East Setauket

Response to last week’s editorial Recent polls indicated nearly three-quarters of Americans have little or no faith in mainstream news. This is primarily due not to attacks on the free press, but on the performance of the free press.

Fair, unbiased, balanced truth telling is what is necessary to restoring faith in journalism, ratings, readership and fiscal

health to news media in America.

Most public purveyors of news and views function as the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party and the never-Trump resistance. The real squelching of the free press is done by censors within both the mainstream media and alternative modern forms of communication, such as

Facebook, Twitter, etc.

By the way, in the interest of full disclosure and transparency, I’m curious: How many of your editors and reporters voted Republican last election?

The Rev. Ronald Stelzer Our Savior Church and School Centereach

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August 23, 2018 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A23

Opinion

Suggestions for an untapped baseball entertainer

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aseball is missing out on an entertainment gold mine. In most games, the third base coach is practically invisible, wandering in and out of a rectangular box that’s missing its back line.

Indeed, most of the time, the coach isn’t anywhere near lines that were drawn specifically for him.

If those lines aren’t necessary, why draw them? And, if they are where D. None the coach is supposed to be, then of the above shouldn’t umpires

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF enforce that rule?

What kind of lessons are we teaching our children if the coaches can’t stay between the lines?

Are we telling them it’s OK to leave the

lines? Or, maybe, we cleverly imagine that allowing them to stray from their limitations encourages children to exceed whatever limits others put on them — as happens in this space on occasion, but I digress.

No, you see, the third base coach spends an entire game performing: He appears to be simply scratching an itch on his nose, tapping his cap and motioning for sunscreen as he rubs his hand down his arm. Yet those gestures are a series of complicated signals that indicate what the batter and the runners should do before, during or after the next pitch.

Why does every team need to be so restricted and why does the coach’s facial expression always have to look like he’s trying to memorize a phone number written on a blackboard 90 feet away?

We are a creative culture, the endless Hollywood sequels to movies that shouldn’t have been made in the first place notwithstanding.

Why can’t we encourage the third base coach to add entertainment and perhaps levity to a sport

in which the home audience routinely watches players and managers shove sunflower seeds into their mouth and then expectorate them onto the field of dreams?

I have a few suggestions to bring more eyeballs to the third base coach and, perhaps, away from teams that long ago gave up hopes of a playoff berth. A coach could: • Attempt to bring his hands together behind his back. Sal, as we’ll call him, could turn his back to the hitter, put one hand behind his back from below while reaching down from above with the other.

• Break into a one-person kick line. Who doesn’t love a great Broadway number? Sal could kick out his leg and raise his hat at the same time.

• Combine line dances. Sal could start with a Macarena, add a second of the wobble and then conclude with the hustle.

• Attempt to start a lawn mower. The coach could bend down as if he were fixing something on the ground and then pull straight up several

times, hoping the engine catches.

• Wash his hands. This could serve two purposes: It could signal to the hitter to clean up his swing or mechanics; and it could remind everyone watching about the benefits of good hygiene, all the spitting and rubbing dirt between their fingers notwithstanding.

• Put a leash on an imaginary dog and stroll in place.

• And, finally, Sal could walk around his small box, tapping imaginary heads and then mouth the word “goose” and run back to his original spot.

These are just a few of the ways the forgotten man on the field might spruce up the game a bit. Maybe, if he caused the other team to focus on him enough, he might give his team an edge, allowing a runner on first to break for second as an appreciative pitcher became distracted by a coach’s antics. And, even if it didn’t work, it might bring a few smiles to fans during the dog days of summer.

The census doesn’t count these neighbors of ours

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hey are a surprise to behold, the wildlife in the suburbs. When I was growing up in New York City, the extent of the animal population consisted of pigeons and squirrels in the park. So I marvel at Long Island’s Canadian geese, rabbits, squirrels, ducks, swans, seagulls, ospreys, raccoons and deer going about their business alongside us as we humans go about ours.

Sometimes they are beautiful to watch.

On one road I frequently use, Between the geese will you and me cross to the other side, holding up

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF traffic as they do.

Drivers slow to a stop and watch as the geese unhurriedly walk single file before them. Interestingly one of the geese stands in the mid-

dle of the road in front of the line of march, a sentinel protecting the rest. Only after the last one crosses does the lookout then join on the end. These geese are definitely traffic savvy, patiently waiting on the edge of the grass and avoiding the cars as they speed by, awaiting an opening before they start to cross.

My son likes to watch the ducks swimming along, one behind the other, and wonders aloud if there is a pecking order to the line. We also marvel at the birds in strict formation when they begin to migrate.

We have a wacky rabbit that lives on our property and races the car down the driveway as we arrive home. One of these days, we are going to have rabbit stew if it isn’t careful.

There are gorgeous butterflies occasionally, rising together like an umbrella of color when startled, and the buzzing bees encourage the likelihood of pollination.

The other day, as I was driving along a waterside road, two deer, one in front of the other, rushed out of the wetland grass in front of my car, crossed the road, gracefully jumped the post-and-rail fence on the oppo-

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site side and raced up the hill until they were hidden in some trees. It was a heart-stopping moment because they had come close. They were also so lyrical in their movements, their russet bodies glistening in the sunlight, that they took my breath away.

We have a woodpile that is visible from the windows on one side of the house, and early each day, it seems, there is a squirrel that runs back and forth, bushy tail held high, across the chopped logs. We have named him Jack and conjectured that he is doing his morning exercises. Later, he can be seen leaping from limb to limb among the lush trees, the ultimate gymnast gathering nuts, I suppose, for his meals.

Early in our lives here, we used to see an occasional red fox and sometimes plump pheasants, but I haven’t seen those in a long while. I do know when there is a skunk nearby, and should we just once leave the garbage cans unfastened, we are aware we would be visited by raccoons.

The variety of songbirds is lovely. In addition to the mockingbird, the cardinal and the blue jay, those little brown birds are loud and

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numerous. A pair of ospreys apparently have made a huge nest nearby because we can see them soaring high above. Ditto for the seagulls, crying out to each other as they glide on an air current looking for dinner.

It surprises me that the dogs in the neighborhood coexist so peacefully with the rest of the animal kingdom here. Yes, they will occasionally chase a rabbit, almost as a duty, but not for long. And they will bark at a chipmunk as it scurries along but not in any sort of vicious way. I suppose that means they are well fed by their owners. The cats, however, are a different story. We’ve got one on the block that’s a real hunter, a lion in miniature.

The cliché is that the suburbs are sterile places, but they certainly are more interesting for their variety of natural life than the pigeons I used to be thrilled by as they landed on the fire escapes and city windowsills. To take just a few moments from an otherwise busy day, draw a deep breath, and enjoy the beauty of living beings around us this summer is a pleasure we should allow ourselves.

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