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LI Trump voters participate in Hauppauge rally to support president

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com Not to be outdone by the uprising of left-leaning activists who have made their displeasure known across the United States since President Donald Trump’s (R) inauguration, supporters of the president congregated March 4 to present a united front in backing Trump.

A group called Main Street Patriots organized the rallies, titled the Spirit of America Rallies, which took place in 32 states and Washington D.C. The only rally held in New York took place outside of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge and was organized and promoted in part by the Conservative Society for Action, a Patchogue-based group founded in 2008 whose website says has about 900 members.

“We need to stand united with our president who wants to do something to fix America,” a website set up to promote the Suffolk County event stated as part of its mission.

Judy Pepenella, a Patchogue resident and the national coordinator for the CSA, said she tried her best to spread the news of the rally on social media. She estimated about 350 to 400 people attended the Hauppauge rally.

“Spirit of America is the spirit of the Constitution, the spirit of the rule of law, the spirit of the goals and the directives and the original intent of the founding fa-

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supporters of President Donald trump take to the grounds of the H. lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge March 4 to make their voices heard. thers,” Pepenella said, explaining how her group got involved. “We do stand behind our president — some people, more, some people less. But he won, we want to give him a chance.”

The rally came as the heat was being turned up on Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who multiple news outlets reported last week had meetings with a Russian ambassador despite Session’s tes-

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The man was traveling north on the Sagtikos Parkway, between the Long Island Expressway and Northern State Parkway, when police said he struck the center divider after he apparently suffered a medical emergency.

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Congressman Zeldin meets with constituents face-to-face

By Kevin Redding and alex PetRosKi

on top of being concerned about Citizens United and “the takeover of the wholesale Hundreds of concerned constituents purchase of government by big corporaon both sides of the aisle gathered in- tions,” she wanted to talk about the elimiside the Hagerman Fire Department in nation of consumer protections, environEast Patchogue March 3, seated at scat- ment and health care.

“I have no hope of actually speaking to tered round tables, waiting to hear their names called to meet with U.S. Rep. Lee him...I’m only here so that he knows there are all these people who care enough are Zeldin (R-Shirley).

In another room, the congressman was watching him, and he can’t abandon us for holding mobile office hours and meeting corporate interests,” Mintz said. “I wish with five to six people at a time, grouped he would back down from Trump and the according to the topics they wanted to dis- policies the president is imposing.”

Just a few tables away, Hampton Bays cuss, to hear the issues of the people he resident Mark Raschke represents, which ranged said he wanted to meet from health care and what’s ‘Zeldin has a strong Zeldin, give him supto come of the Affordable voting record against port, tell him he voted Care Act, abortion and the for him, and let him congressman’s stance to de- Planned Parenthood fund Planned Parenthood, and I want to speak to know he liked the way he supported Trump. immigration, the environhim about staying the Port Jefferson Station ment, and tax reform.

Despite demands from course and defunding resident and military veteran Ed Bednarek various local groups to host wants to know where an in-person town hall in re- such an evil thing.’ his congressman feels cent weeks, Zeldin has com— jim lupis the country is going to mitted to these individualized and small-group meetings to avoid what he’s go under the Trump administration, and called the “liberal obstruction” of town halls when “the liberals are going to stop fightthat has taken place around the United States. ing and start getting on board and work Tehmina Tirmizi, a student at Stony with us as a team,” also calling for veterans Brook University, said she hoped to talk to take priority over immigrants.

Ira Silverberg, of Bellport, said he to Zeldin about the rhetoric of President Donald Trump (R) and his administra- wanted to challenge the congressman tion, which, she feels, supports bigotry on a voting record that is “not protecting the environment of Long Island as and fear of minorities. “[They] incite hatred, anger, stress, well as he says it is.”

When asked how he felt about the modepression and a lot of people have been hurt and are hurting inside and they bile office hours in comparison to an inshould be keeping the peace,” she said. person town hall meeting, Silverberg said “They can’t just say something, have “this format has disenfranchised 85 percent people react to it and then go and hide of the people who have shown up and is too somewhere. I’d love to see Zeldin make controlling and inadequate to deal with the a statement and come out against [the needs of the diverse, concerned community.”

For Cindy Morris, from Stony Brook, rhetoric] and he has yet to do that.”

Wading River resident Jim Lupis was who wished to speak with Zeldin about the there on behalf of a pro-life group to encour- civil liberties she felt had been under attack as of late, she said the mobile office age Zeldin to defund Planned Parenthood.

“Taxpayer’s money shouldn’t be used to hours format “does not work.”

“We are all just talking amongst ourperform abortions, and murdering innocent children should be totally illegal,” Lu- selves…[Zeldin’s] staff isn’t even circulatpis said. “Zeldin has a strong voting record ing and coming out to talk to us,” Morris against Planned Parenthood and I want to said. “I look at this room and I see diverspeak to him about staying the course and sity, so this is an opportunity for him to really meet with his constituency and not just defunding such an evil thing.”

Eastport resident Penny Mintz said, meet with the people who pay for him to win elections. We aren’t protesters, we’re passionate citizens.”

Anna Hayward, a Stony Brook University professor, echoed Morris’s feelings.

“In a town hall format, he could hear our issues but we can also hear other people’s issues...we’re a very respectful, educated, and well-mannered community and I don’t think he needs to worry about people screaming at him and attacking him,” she said.

Conversely, Nancy Beltran of Holtsville stands by Zeldin’s decision to not hold such a public forum.

“There’s no risk of chanting and screaming and bullying in a group setting so it avoids all of that, he’s doing the right thing by trying to hear the people without all that noise,” Beltran said.

Outside the fire department, dozens of people — supporters of Zeldin on one side holding up signs that read “Thank You Lee Zeldin for doing what we elected you to do” and opponents of Zeldin on the other

Photo by Kevin Redding

above, U.s. Rep. lee Zeldin meets with constituents in east Patchogue; bottom left, protestors wait outside of the Hagerman Fire department to speak with Zeldin.

with signs that read “Lee Let’s Talk” — needs to prescreen people’s questions, he’s incredibly controlling about the conditions stood to voice their concerns.

“I’m very passionate about supporting in which it happens, and it’s clear he doesn’t Lee Zeldin...he’s a stand up guy, he listens want a general town hall with community to people, educates himself and is not just moderators because he’s not actually prea go-with-the-political-winds [leader],” Pa- pared to stand accountable for the things that he’s doing,” Sitzmann said in an interview tchogue resident Heather Martello said.

Mary Casey, who stood in opposition after the performance. She added Zeldin was of Zeldin, questioned his moral courage in invited to attend the event but she received an “unbelievably disrespectful response.” not wanting to hold a town hall meeting.

A spokeswoman for the congressman, “His reported reason is that it just descends into screaming and yelling and it’s Jennifer DiSiena, responded to Sitzmann’s useless but I think it’s because he wants to claim in an email, saying she’s not sure maintain that aura of being right and if you what Sitzmann was referring to and called have people screaming at you, you can’t be the performance “unbelievably disrespectful.” DiSiena took issue with much of the in control,” she said.

Zeldin’s aversion to holding a tradi- content of the show.

“Congressman Zeldin will meet with tional in-person town hall has left many in his district angered, despite mobile office any constituent interested in a productive, hours and an hour-long telephone town substantive exchange of ideas,” she said.

“He has even met with the protesters inhall in February.

A group called Project Free Knowledge volved in setting up that mock town hall. hosted an event called The People’s Town He is not interested in the type of political Hall March 4 at the Performing Arts Studio theater that this group of liberal obstrucin Port Jefferson, which featured a Zeldin tionists is interested in promoting. The impersonator, repeated potshots at the country faces real challenges and Zeldin congressman and a foil called “the people’s will remain focused on working across the aisle to constructively candidate.” The show was find solutions. Requestmeant to serve as political ‘I wish he would back ing a town hall for the satire, though one of the orpurpose of disrupting the ganizers behind the produc- down from Trump town hall without any tion said the group intended and the policies the sense of decorum or deto deliver a serious message president is imposing.’ cency is wrong and will through the performance.

Anna Sitzmann, a mem— penny mintz not be taken seriously.”

Sitzmann said she’s ber of the Project Free not concerned about the Knowledge team and a participant in the performance, said the possibility of the performance adding to an group’s mission was to be both informa- already heated political discourse, which tive to those in attendance while also seems to be swallowing whole the district and country alike. being critical of Zeldin.

“If I’m stoking the flames of Zeldin’s Sitzmann said this was the first time the group has branched out into “politi- fire, fine,” she said. “I admit that a lot of cal theater,” a phrase she said she’s often people that voted for Lee Zeldin or voted heard Zeldin use to describe activist dem- for Donald Trump were upset about things onstrations. She added the group met with that they ought to have been upset about, Zeldin about three weeks ago and asked but I think the Republican party and espehim to host a community-moderated, live cially President Trump have harnessed that town hall, which he declined. Sitzmann anger and misdirected it towards things said that’s when the group decided to put that don’t deserve the blame, such as minorities and global cooperation, while as a on their own town hall.

“Zeldin has certainly met with constitu- way of hiding the real cause of the probents personally, but as we made reference to, lem, which is the kind of economic advanhe won’t do it for more than half an hour, he tage seeking that both of them partake in.”

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tRuMP Continued from page A3 and contentious town hall meetings featuring activists opposing Trump’s agenda and policies have taken place across the U.S. in recent weeks.

Pepenella said the group’s mission is not to blindly defend all of Trump’s policies or words, or her congressman — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) — for that matter, but she said it’s refreshing to hear a politician “call a spade a spade.” Zeldin has publicly supported Trump for months.

“Just because [Trump] said so doesn’t mean it’s right,” she said. “If it doesn’t work with the Constitution; if it infringes on a person’s rights; if it’s going to hurt somebody socially, economically and a person in need … he’s going to hear from us.

It’s not a just ‘we blindly support the presi-

dent’ — we support the president’s goals and his platform and mission statement to make America great again.”

Pepenella, who said she has yet to hear anything from Trump that would cause her to raise an eyebrow so far in his presidency, attributed outrage toward Trump’s words and actions to people not being used to a New Yorker telling it like it is.

“We are all New Yorkers, and there’s a problem with New Yorkers, and I say that as a native New Yorker,” she said.

“We have a bit of a tenacity and a bit of a brazen, ballsy-ass attitude — forgive my French — but that’s what we have.

Donald Trump was born in Queens. He’s born and raised here. He’s a New Yorker and we can sometimes say things that are not perfectly correct, but that’s who we are. It doesn’t bother me. I have no problem with his rhetoric.”

Port Jefferson resident Keith Debaun shared his motivation behind attending the event.

“Clearly I’m here not to support Hillary Clinton,” he said. “I’m here to support Donald

Trump because he’s facing a lot of resistance, and I’m here to oppose that resistance.”

Dix Hills resident and attorney Mike Dyckman also explained his reason for attending.

“I’m a Republican, I’m a conservative, and I’m an American,” he said. “I don’t like what’s happening whether it’s Republican or Democrat — we have to be together as a nation and I don’t like what’s going on right now on the left. They’re not listening to anybody. They’ve got all of these shoutdown sessions when the representatives are going back to talk to their constituents.

It looks like a lot of it is staged, whether they’re paid for it or not. If that doesn’t stop, what’s going to happen is we’re going to not get anything done in the country.”

Pepenella addressed some constituent’s complaints that Zeldin has not been available enough and hasn’t met with many local residents who have invited him to events, saying the congressman who came before him wasn’t any better.

“I know for a fact people have gotten in to see him [Zeldin],” she said. “When it

Photos by Alex Petroski

Scenes from the Trump rally last weekend.

obiTuaries Mary Cavallo

Mary Frances Cavallo of Smithtown, died Feb. 18 at the age of 81.

She was the beloved wife of Carmine and cherished mother of Dianne Williams, Linda Falco, Stephen (Tracey) Cavallo and Angela (James) Anderson.

Loving grandmother of Scott, Melissa, Jenna, Keith, Carolann, Emily, Amy, James, Megan, John and Jacob and greatgrandmother of Colby.

She is survived by many other family members and friends.

If you would like to make a donation in her memory, donations can be made to St Patrick’s Parish Outreach, 280 East Main Street, Smithtown, New York 11787.

Funeral mass was celebrated at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery.

Arrangements entrusted to the Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown and Vigliante family.

Online guest book at www.branchfh. com.

Eugene Spina

Eugene F. Spina of Commack, died Feb. 3. Retired Federal Aviation Administration inspector, retired TWA regional director of maintenance, East.

Beloved husband of the late Gloria Spina. Loving father of Lori Spina (Bjorn Eide) and Kim Clarke (Michael).

Adored grandfather of Brendan, Kurt and Morgan. Brother of Joan Kent.

Former president of Chapter 348 of the AARP of Kings Park, former president of Fort Salonga Senior Citizens Club of Smithtown. Former volunteer with R.S.V.P. of Smithtown. Recipient of the coveted F.A.A. Charles Taylor master mechanic award. More than 50 years in membership as a Mason.

Funeral service was celebrated at the Branch Funeral Home, Smithtown. Interment followed with military honors at Pinelawn Memorial Park. Arrangements entrusted to the Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown and Vigliante family.

was Tim Bishop’s (D-Southampton) office, you’d go in, they had a sign-in sheet, you put your name… and why you’re there. If you were lucky you got a response. I didn’t get a response when I went in the office because I was asking for specific things. I [did] get one meeting with Tim Bishop.

When he found out it was me, he never met with me again.”

Flyers with information about the CSA were passed out during the rally with a clear statement of the group’s mission going forward.

“The Conservative Society for Action believes it’s time for a return to fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, free markets and honest government,” it said. “We cannot afford to sit this one out. We will be silent no more. Please join us in our fight for the future of this country. Freedom isn’t free. Get involved while there’s still time.”

Online guest book at www.branchfh. com.

Stefanie Bombace

Stefanie C. Bombace of Commack, died Jan. 27.

Beloved daughter of Frank and Marcia Bombace.

Loving sister of Erica Tierney (Raymond), Melissa Sestak (Thomas), Kenneth Bombace (Sandy) and the late Brian Bombace.

Cherished aunt of ten nieces and nephews. Proud and dedicated administrative assistant for 23 years with the Federal Aviation Administration.

She is survived by many other family members and friends.

Funeral mass was celebrated at Christ the King R.C. Church, Commack.

Interment followed at St. Phillip Neri Cemetery, East Northport.

Arrangements entrusted to the Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown and Vigliante family. Online guest book at www.branchfh.com.

Roe Graville

Roe Graville of Smithtown, died Jan. 29, at the age of 86.

He was the beloved husband of Judith. Cherished father of Lori. Loving grandfather of Annie and Mollie. Cremation was private. Arrangements entrusted to the Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown and Vigliante family. Online guest book at www.branchfh.com.

Paul Hall

Paul Hall, 90, of Smithtown, died Feb. 16. “They Shall Not Be Forgotten.” Proud veteran U.S. Army WWII Purple Heart recipient.

Beloved husband of the late Nancy.

Loving father of Robert Rovinsky, Judith and William McCormick, John Rovinsky, Melissa Hall and Frances Lapinski.

Adored grandfather of Paul (Lizzie), William, Samantha (Nate), Elise (Stephan), Thomas (Carolina) and Katherine, and adored great-grandfather of four.

Arrangements entrusted to the Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown and Vigliante family.

Online guest book at www.branchfh. com.

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Kings Park shot putter Danny Byrne’s toughest opponent, Jack Zimmerman of Briarcliff, hadn’t thrown as well as expected, which lifted a weight off his shoulders and allowed him to just relax, and let it fly. Byrne’s 58-feet, 10.25-inch toss, a new personal best, won him gold at the state indoor track and field championships at Ocean Breeze Athletic Conference in Staten Island March 4.

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The Long Island and Suffolk County indoor champ had won both meets during the spring of last year but didn’t perform the way he’d hoped when he made the trip upstate.

“It wasn’t what I wanted,” he said. “I didn’t prepare correctly for that meet last year, and now, I feel I definitely had revenge on the state championship. That spring performance definitely motivated me to work really hard to achieve what I achieved this season.”

Second-year head coach John Luis Damaskos said Byrne has been progressing since he took over the indoor team. He first had the chance to see his athlete compete when he attended a Kings Park football game, and said when he met Byrne on the track, he could already tell the type of competitor he was dealing with.

“He had a good mentality for training hard, and he was focused,” Damaskos said.

“To see him train as competitively as he does but still be such a good, nice guy, it’s something a coach really looks for in an athlete.”

Assistant coach Rob Gelling said Byrne’s focus is what took him to the next level.

“I saw an intensity in his eyes for accepting nothing but first place,” he said. “I could see it when he was weight training, I could see it when he was doing drills, and I could see it in his desire to throw every day in practice.”

Byrne also took full advantage of a premiere throwing coach in Shoreham-Wading River’s Bill Heine and credits the football program for helping him add a few feet to his throw.

“I definitely did a very good weight-training program this year, and I credit the Kings Park football program for teaching me everything I know about lifting,” he said. “As for my technique in the circle, Bill Heine is the

reason why I am where I am. His knowledge of track and field, and shot put specifically — I owe him a lot. It all came together and to reach my personal best, it made me feel really good to see all my hard work over the last four years pay off.”

His coaches were also moved by his state championship-winning moment. Damaskos said it was a long time coming.

“It was heartwarming,” he said. “He’s always trying to do more, and it was something he was really proud of — we were all really proud of. Being an elite thrower, he helps out the younger throwers on the team, and he has a great rapport with other throwers on the Island, so to see him be cheered on the way he was and reach this level of achievement, it was something special.”

Gelling echoed the head coach’s sentiment, adding that because he’s retiring, he feels lucky to have had coached a state champion in his final year with the team.

“It was without question one of the most emotional moments in my whole athletic career — from player to coach,” he said. “Danny was overwhelmed. There were tears, there were hugs, and there were high-fives and fist pounds from all the coaches who know him well from Section XI. His parents were ecstatic. He’s a pleasure to work with and I learned a lot from him.”

As Byrne looks ahead, the five-time AllDivision, four-time All-County and three-time All-State selection has his sights set on the spring season.

“I’m looking forward to working hard, continuing to improve what I do and I think the sky’s the limit,” he said. “Whatever you put in, you get out, and I’m looking to defend this state title in the spring.”

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

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U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin

In defense of Congressman Lee Zeldin Ward Melville High School graduates

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Instituting change — the right way Many students at Ward Melville High School are upset that after 50 years, they will no longer wear separate green and gold gowns at graduation. Last week a walkout was organized in protest of the change implemented by Principal Alan Baum, who defended the act as an opportunity to make new traditions while also creating a more inclusive environment — mainly for transgender students.

The editorial staff applauds any effort to make the lives of some of the most emotionally vulnerable young people in our society a little bit easier. Breaking tradition in cases like these is not only acceptable, but commendable.

However, that doesn’t mean this idea didn’t come without its flaws, and we understand why students may have been frustrated.

As an editorial staff we have all gone to our fair share of board of education meetings and sat through countless readings and rereadings of minor policy changes. We have listened to long debates on issues that may not even affect a third of the student body. But these discussions need to be had — they show the process and transparency of the administration.

So it’s surprising to us that this decision was made and implemented by the principal alone. No public forum for the idea, no vote from the board. Surely an idea, no matter how positive the outcome of it will be, should be debated and scrutinized to ensure success.

This gives everyone a chance to be heard and to understand, and perhaps support a change.

We hope more districts consider doing the same with their graduation gown policy, but not before they solicit responses from the student body to find out if a change in policy would alleviate concerns for even just one student. Make no mistake, the core idea here should be celebrated.

However, changing the gowns without letting the student body know was not the right move. After all, it’s their bodies that will be wearing them.

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I cannot believe the things people are saying about Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) in these papers and online. Calling him names like a coward, stating he’s afraid to meet with his constituents and saying he only represents the right wing. Are we talking about the same man here?

The Lee Zeldin I know has always been willing to reach out across the aisle and work with Democrats, Independents, Republicans and anyone else in between to get things done. Remember last term when he worked with Congressman Steve Israel (D-Huntington) on environmental issues? Or when he supported that bipartisan bill to drive funding home for local roads and bridges? Time and time again, Lee Zeldin has proven he is no ideologue. He’s also always accessible to constituents through meetings, events across the district and more, and his staff is great.

Just because you have the right to be upset and protest, doesn’t make you right. Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment here; these people are upset with the results of the election and have decided to take that frustration out on Congressman Zeldin. They’ve also been ranting and raving about how he canceled a “town hall.” News flash: people, this event wasn’t a town hall. A simple investigation online showed that the event that was canceled was a simple meeting at a library in Southampton he was invited to speak at. After hearing that liberal obstructionists were planning on crashing the library to ruin the event, he canceled. Honestly, I don’t blame him. After hearing what he went through in East Patchogue, I would have done the same thing. In case you’re not aware, when a local Rotary

Club held a meeting to honor Zeldin as its Man of the Year, protestors decided to obstruct the event by banging on cars, shining lights in the eyes of drivers and jumping in front of traffic. This is dangerous and immature. It’s also counterproductive. I think it’s time these people grew up a little bit.

I supported Lee Zeldin because he’s a fighter who genuinely cares about the people he represents. If you’re going to criticize the congressman, at least tell the truth and have substance to back up your claims. From what I can see, Congressman Zeldin is a fair representative who has always kept the needs of Long Island as his top priority and has always been happy to work with people all over the political spectrum.

Tom Lassandro Calverton

Taking a nurturing environment over tradition Earlier this week, when the administration of Ward Melville High School announced the decision to move away from genderspecific graduation gowns to a gown that unified all students, there was an uproar in the community. While I can appreciate the feelings of those who were upset that a long-standing tradition was being changed, the reaction of many parents and students was deeply upsetting and concerning.

That so many adults chose to respond with vitriolic behavior, rather than giving the admin-

istration the time and space to handle this delicate situation, was shortsighted and escalated the situation, to put it mildly. It made a teachable moment for our young adults an unpleasant and, at times, frightening situation.

I believe that this is a compassionate and progressive decision that allows graduating students to display unity, while still honoring the traditional school colors. I find it disturbing that so many adults, who claim to be accepting of all others, chose to forego modeling empathy and handling disappointment with

grace for their children, instead fomenting a situation that bordered on outright bigotry at times. I sincerely hope that our community can learn from the mistakes that were made in this situation, and can move forward in a manner that creates a safe and nurturing environment for all students. As a parent and educator, I value that setting for my children over a longstanding tradition any day.

Shoshanna Hershkowitz South Setauket

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OpiniOn Electronic punching bag for e-frustrations

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emember those punching dummies from years ago? They were like Weebles wobbles, where you could smack them as hard as you wanted and they would come popping up for more.

I think we need some kind of equivalent device for modern technology. Sure, cellphones allow us to talk to each other from anywhere in the world, see each other’s faces and share pictures on our way to school, to restaurants or to the most mundane places, but they and their cousins, the computers, can

By Daniel Dunaief also be like sand in the bottom of our socks.

My daughter sends pictures of herself from the car to her friends.

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Why? What do they see in these pictures? In many of them, she doesn’t even seem to be centered and her eyes are closed — maybe that’s a generational complaint.

Anyway, if these friends were in the car with her, they wouldn’t be looking at each other. Rather, they would be sending pictures of themselves to other people in other cars.

Modern technology has encouraged parallel play to such an extent that phone users prefer to interact from afar. When I see my daughter smiling at these ridiculous pictures while mumbling something incoherent to me, I’d like to remove the phone from her hand and toss it out the window.

It would cost way too much money to do that every time she annoyed me and, worse, I might hit someone with her phone.

That’s where the new device comes in. I’d like to have some version of her phone that I could pretend-smash into a thousand pieces.

That frustration doesn’t just involve technology with my children. I have

had numerous problems with my computer when I’m on deadline and I can’t afford to stare at a colorful circle that’s freezing my system or a cursor that refuses to respond to my movements across the page.

Sometimes, I feel as if technology is experimenting with me.

There’s someone sitting behind a monitor, using my phone or computer’s camera and is waiting for just the moment when I have no extra time and is sending a “kill” signal to my computer.

“Wait, no, no, no!” I shout at the disobedient machine. “Please, please, please, I have to send this now.”

“Heh, heh, heh,” a mischievous elf who decidedly does not work for Santa Claus is thinking as he watches my panicked face.

Instead of pushing the same unresponsive button a thousand times, I’d like an inflatable computer that I can throw across a room, kick as hard as I can or punch without injury. I’d also like to hear the sound of breaking glass as I’m doing it, as if the destructive force

I’m applying is somehow damaging the computer as much as it’s upsetting my psyche.

I know breaking real glass and destroying real technology would not only be bad for me and my bank account, but it would also create waste and pollute the environment.

I need something that can give me the faux satisfaction of my caveman instinct to strike back at something that’s bothering me.

I can type pretty quickly on my computer, but my thick fingers and the small keyboard on a smartphone, coupled with a spellchecker that hates the last names of my contacts, are a combustible mix. Maybe the next time the computer autocorrects something and then adds an error, I can hit a button that can give me a virtual sledgehammer so that I can virtually shatter my screen into a million pieces. Of course, I’d need the phone to work almost immediately after that because someone, somewhere needs me to send a “LOL” to their mistyped text message.

Itzhak Perlman, a pearl of a man and musician

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hank you, Itzhak Perlman. It was a fabulous concert by the superstar violinist last Saturday night at Gala 2017 held at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts. And besides the music, of Vivaldi, Beethoven, Schumann and Stravinsky, there was pleasure in just being in Perlman’s company.

He produces extraordinary music in a most relaxed, unaffected and joyful fashion.

His face, known for its elasticity, changes expression as he

By Leah S. Dunaief plays the notes, encouraging the listener not just to hear but also to feel the elegant sounds.

Perlman was 3 years old and living in the newly created state of Israel when he heard classical

Between you and me

music on the radio. He asked for a violin but was turned away from the Shulamit Conservatory, which his father had brought him to, because he was pronounced too small to hold a violin. Instead he was given a toy fiddle and taught himself to play until he was finally accepted.

When he was 4, he contracted polio and in time was able to walk with crutches, but he plays seated on an electric scooter that he uses to get around the stage. He gave his first recital at 10 and not too long afterward came to the United States and to Juilliard. By 1958, when he was just 13, he appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and then went on tour with “The Ed Sullivan Caravan of Stars” across the country. In 1963 he debuted at Carnegie Hall and a year later won the prestigious Leventritt Competition before embarking on an extensive performing and recording career.

Perlman is known as a violinist, conductor, teacher and speaker, the last sometimes on behalf on those with disabilities. He usually performs as a soloist, accompanied by

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the gifted pianist, Rohan De Silva from Sri Lanka. But Perlman has shared the stage with many of the world’s greatest musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Isaac Stern and his friend and fellow violinist, Pinchas Zukerman. He has collaborated often with screen composer John Williams and plays the score for “Schindler’s List” in the movie, as well as that of “Memoirs of a Geisha” and other films. He even did a stint with the Muppets on “Sesame Street.”

Perlman has played with or conducted some of the great orchestras performing classical music. He also loves klezmer, a Jewish folk music, and jazz. What is not so well known is that he can sing. He actually sang the role of the jailer in the opera “Tosca,” alongside Placido Domingo and conducted by James Levine. At another time, he sang the same part, joining Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta conducting. That’s keeping pretty good company.

Known for his charisma and humanity, Perlman and his wife Toby — also a violinist, who he met

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in high school — started the Perlman Music Program that is housed in Shelter Island. There gifted young string players attend summer camp and mentoring programs. The Perlmans have five children and live in New York City.

Over the years, Itzhak Perlman has won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest honor for a civilian, and the National Medal of Arts with numerous Grammy and Emmy awards. He has performed several times at the White House and all over the world, perhaps most notably in the Eastern European bloc countries with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1987 before the Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union in 1990, also China and India in 1994. He won over those audiences with his elegant yet seemingly effortless technique, his affability and humor, as he so totally did with us in Stony Brook this past weekend.

Thank you Staller director, Alan Inkles, and the rest of your staff of hardworking magicians, for a memorable night.

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