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This Kings Park girls’ volleyball photo received recognition in the New York Press Association’s best sports feature photo category.

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BY ALex PeTrosKi alex@tbrnewspapers.com Times Beacon Record Newspapers’ six North Shore community papers received 12 awards in the New York Press Association’s 2016 Better Newspaper Contest this weekend.

At a NYPA conference held in Saratoga Springs, it was announced that Desirée Keegan, managing editor, sports editor, and editor of both Village Beacon Record and Times of Middle Country, won third place for sports writer of the year for her coverage of local high school and college teams. “Excellent all-around portfolio of work,” the judges wrote. “Detailed stories, smart choices for story subjects.” She finished third in 2013, and took first place in the 2015 standings.

Keegan also finished second in her division for a sports feature story on former Stony Brook University men’s basketball star Jameel Warney, who is now on the Texas Legends team as an affiliate player of the Dallas Mavericks.

“Rich quotes from a variety of sources,” the judges said of the piece.

Victoria Espinoza, editor of The Times of Huntington and Northport and the Times of Smithtown, came in second place in the best feature story category for her division.

“History and romance, a great combination for reporting,” a judge said, on her story about 16th century love letters exchanged between a couple in Huntington. A girl was forced to break up with the man, who in turn committed suicide.

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Alex Petroski, editor of The Port Times Record, won third place for best feature story in his division for a story judges described as “well crafted and well paced.”

The piece involved local Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner (CRocky Point), who donated a kidney to a childhood friend.

Michael Tessler, Times Beacon Record director of media productions, won first places in his division for both best online dynamic ad and innovative ad project, which was centered around Culper Spy Day. A judge lauded him for a “perfect choice of transition element and timing to music.”

Tessler also received an honorable mention in the best advertising campaign category.

Beth Heller Mason, art and production director, received an honorable mention in the best small space ad category, which judges called “fun and refreshing.”

Freelancer Bill Landon received an honorable mention in his sports feature photo of the Kings Park girls’ volleyball team celebrating the Kingsmen’s sixth straight Suffolk County championship title win.

Wendy Mercier won first place for best special section cover for TBR’s 2016 Resolutions edition of Lifestyle magazine, which judges said is “eye-catching and invites the reader to pick up the magazine.” The company also earned second place for best advertising campaign for a “farm market” series, and an honorable mention in the special sections/ niche publications category.

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Hauppauge resident spends three decades creating havens for sick kids

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com For 25 years, Hauppauge resident Bob Policastro has made it his mission to give medically fragile children and their families a place to turn to — not just for specialized nursing care but love and normalcy.

As founder and executive director of Angela’s House, a nonprofit organization that offers an extensive array of services for families to support children with severe medical conditions, the 57-year-old has worked tirelessly since 1992 to address the

gap in New York’s health care system when it comes to helping chronically ill kids.

He said he was determined to be a voice for these parents and kids in the community after experiencing firsthand just how underhelped they are.

When his daughter, Angela, was born in August 1989, Policastro said everything went wrong.

“She lost a lot of blood and oxygen, and suffered severe brain damage, that left her very frail,” he said.

As there had been no permanent place on Long Island equipped to handle the

technological and medical needs of frail children, Policastro and his wife, Angie, had a tough time finding a specialized home or facility to provide their daughter the nursing care she desperately needed.

They ended up finding a specialty hospital two and a half hours away in Connecticut, but the long drive just to see his daughter left an emotional and physical scar on Policastro.

After Angela died a little after her first birthday, a grief stricken Policastro got to work.

Now there are three large group homes that look and feel more like cozy resorts to choose from, with Angela’s House locations in East Moriches, Smithtown and Stony Brook.

Each location contains 24-hour nursing, local therapists and doctors on hand, and houses up to eight kids between the ages 6 and 16 with varying conditions. The residences offer top-of-the-line medical and monitoring equipment hidden within the warmth and beauty of a caring home.

And although the children that inhabit it are those who have suffered accidents, disease, developmental delays and more, Angela’s House helps provide them the freedom and opportunity to have a simple childhood.

During a walkthrough of the large Stony Brook house, which opened in 2013 and is dedicated to kids who rely on ventilators, Policastro pointed out one of the children’s

Photos by Kevin Redding

Above, Bob Policastro smiles with ella, a young girl with a respiratory issue; left, a view of one of the kid’s bedrooms. bedrooms.

It looked like a kid’s paradise, with a bed covered in stuffed animals, the floor littered with toys, Nickelodeon on TV and a window that gives a beautiful view of the property’s nearby woods — a far cry from the hospitals

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Nonprofit’s site to rate, track government transparency

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com

records, notices of meetings and the minutes to the meetings are available and contact information is listed for elected officials. The Transparency and honesty play a major municipalities will receive an overall, objecrole in healthy democracies, and now New tive grade. The grade will indicate which are York State municipalities will have a watch- transparent and law-abiding, as budget infordog tracking their effectiveness, providing mation and records access officers need to be feedback publicly to concerned citizens, by publicly available. concerned citizens.

“Citizens can hold their governments acLast week, Reclaim New York, a nonpar- countable at every level if they have the right tisan, nonprofit organization established to tools for the job,” executive director for the or“educate New Yorkers on issues like afford- ganization Brandon Muir said in a statement. ability, transparency and “This is a truly unprecedenteducation,” launched a webed moment for New Yorkers site designed to rate governwho want to reclaim ownerment accessibility and transship of their government. parency based on an index Working with this new site of recommendations. they can make proactive The site is part of the transparency a reality.” group’s New York TransparTo input data, users ency Project, an initiative must register with an email launched in 2016, which address. When data is put kicked off with 2,500 Freeinto the system, it is vetted dom of Information Law reand sited prior to going live quests for basic expenditure avoid a “wild west” feel, — Doug Kellogg to information to county, town according to Kellogg. The and village governments, as well as school dis- process of imputing data to extract a rating tricts across Long Island and the state. for municipalities has only just begun. Kel“This is an accountability tool,” Reclaim logg said it will take time to have an all-enNew York Communications Director Doug compassing collection of information.

Kellogg said. “Anybody who wants to help do In May 2016, Port Jefferson Village and something to make government more acces- Commack school district failed to comply sible and accountable, go spend 30 minutes with FOIL requests as part of the organizaand input ratings.” tion’s Transparency Project.

The new system allows citizens to grade New York’s FOIL requires governments and local governments based on 29 indicators, school districts respond to records requests including whether contracts are posted on within five business days, whether with the the internet, there’s access to expenditure information requested, a denial or an acknowl-

‘Anybody who wants to help do something to make government more accessible and accountable, go spend 30 minutes and input ratings.’

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A view of the main page of a piece of reclaim Ny’s transparency Project. edgement of the request. The response needs to include an estimated date when one of the latter two will occur. Denials can be appealed but not allowed “on the basis that the request is voluminous or that locating or reviewing the requested records or providing the requested copies is burdensome, because the agency lacks sufficient staffing.”

As part of a project it dubbed the New York Transparency Project, Reclaim New York sent 253 Freedom of Information requests to school districts and municipalities on Long Island. It reported on its findings, saying that while many entities complied with state

guidelines on processing such public records requests, and after the findings were released, Port Jefferson Village and Commack school district eventually complied with the requests.

Entities that it said complied included Suffolk County; Brookhaven, Smithtown and Huntington towns; Belle Terre and Lake Grove villages; and the Port Jefferson, Kings Park, Huntington, Smithtown, Mount Sinai, Miller Place and Rocky Point school districts, among others.

To become an evaluator for the website or to view data, visit www.reclaimnewyork.org and click on the Transparency tab.

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S’town proposes $239.4 million budget By victoria espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers. com

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above, suffolk county Legislator sarah anker is heading the plan; right, Wading river resident Kaitlin Brown voices her support of the project.

LI Rails to Trails plans gets resident input

By Desirée Keegan desiree@tbrnewspapers.com As hundreds packed the auditoriums of Shoreham-Wading River and Miller Place high schools the same sentiment reverberated off the walls — there’s not only a want, but a need for a safe place for children to ride their bikes.

After the deaths of two local children, the desire for the Rails to Trails project to push forward was prevalent among the Port Jefferson Station, Mount Sinai, Miller Place, Sound Beach, Rocky Point, Shoreham and Wading River residents who live along the proposed 10-mile trail.

“I don’t know if this trail is going to move forward 100 percent, but so far it’s picking up momentum,” Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said to the March 29 group in Shoreham. “We need the ability to ride bikes in a safe place, the ability to take a walk or push a baby carriage in a safe place.”

The legislator, who is propelling the project, brought members the Suffolk County Department of Works and engineering company NV5 to her first general meeting to gather public input and answer questions.

Steve Normandy, project manager with NV5, discussed the flat surface and location being conducive to a trail.

“There’s over 1,600 rail trails nationwide over 20,000 miles,” he said. “They’re good for biking, hiking, walking, safe travel to school, and studies have shown businesses thrive and home values increase, it improves air quality and enhances sense of community.”

On March 28, the county Leg-

islature unanimously approved a negative New York State Environmental Quality Review Act determination for the proposed 10-foot-wide trail, which would be opened from dawn to dusk.

The adoption of negative SEQRA determination means that there is no anticipated environmental impact for the project.

The path will have paver markings and milemarkers for county miles, as well as emergency services to locate those in need.

It will also meet Americans with Disabilities Act slope requirements.

The design report was submitted to the state Department of Transportation in February. If design approval is received this summer, final design plans will be prepared in the next year in the hopes of received final design plan approval from the NYSDOT in winter 2018.

Currently, the plan is that construction will begin in spring 2019, for a fall 2020 finish.

“We’ve met with quite a few partners and discussed a bunch of different aspects of maintenance, but the biggest issue we anticipate is really going to be cutting the grass,” said county Department of Public Works chief engineer, Bill Hillman.

“We’ll be asking the community for help, to pitch in with a lot of the different maintenance aspects.”

The hope is that a not-for-profit like the Friends of Greenway, which maintains the Setauket to Port Jefferson Greenway Trail,

will form to beautify and preserve the attraction.

Kaitlin Brown, who moved to Wading River five years ago, said she entered the area because she loved the trees.

“I want to pledge my support because I think it’s a wonderful component that our community doesn’t have, and it needs,” she said, adding she is willing to help mow and maintain the piece of property, which is owned

by LIPA. “I found my house on the map, and it looks like one day when I have — Cory Fitzgerald kids, they’ll be able to get from our house through back roads to the trail, and then take the trail to the high school.”

The ideas weren’t without opposition.

There were some like 10-year Rocky Point resident Mary Anne Gladysz, who said she’s felt like she’s been kept in the dark.

“I’m not in favor of this at all,” she said, although adding she would probably be in favor of Rails to Trials if she didn’t live near it.“This is in my backyard 24/7; you come for an hour-anda-half walk and then you leave.

I’m here all the time.”

Some of her concerns included if the trail will take property from homeowners, if cesspools will be affected and what issues her dogs barking toward the trail could bring.

Hillman and Anker reassured her that she will not be losing

‘The roads in Rocky Point are very narrow and hilly, so I want to give my girls that opportunity to ride whenever they want.’

property, and cesspools will not be affected. As for dogs barking and noise ordinances, Hillman said it’s an issue Gladysz would have to take up with Brookhaven Town.

The trial currently doesn’t have any guardrails, fences, beautification elements, toilets or lights budgeted into the $8 million plan.

Anker said she is working on a plan to protect privacy along the path, and said Eagle and Girl Scouts typically do beautification projects, which could include adding benches and other useful things along the trail.

Others still worried about safety and other crime-related issues, were soothed by Sgt. Walter Langdon of the Suffolk County Police Department, and 7th Precinct COPE officer Mike Casper, who said there has been “little to no crime” at Setauket-Port Jefferson Greenway Trail, but added that there will still be a police presence along the path.

By the end of the first meeting, those like Rocky Point resident Cory Fitzgerald were heard loudest, and supported by other community members for their opinion of the trail.

Fitzgerald has daughters aged 8 and 6, and both love riding their bikes.

“We take trips to Cape Cod every summer and the rail trail up in Cape Cod is phenomenal,” he said.

“My girls ride their bikes more in that one week than during the entire year in Rocky Point. The roads in Rocky Point are very narrow and hilly, so I want to give my girls that opportunity to ride whenever they want. We’ve been waiting for so long — I’ve been told this was coming and I’ve been so excited and the girls really want this to happen.”

The Smithtown school district has proposed about a $3 million budget increase from last year, which includes reduced elementary class sizes, new special education resources and a new curriculum management plan. The $239,367,205 budget for 2017-18 has a tax levy increase of about $3 million from last school year, or 1.73 percent — which is the exact tax levy cap for this year.

Long-term instructional goals for the budget include replacing study hall for eighth grade students with an engineering course and computer science course, adding Advanced Placement Capstone courses, and increasing information and technology communication lessons to students in kindergarten through third grade. The district also intends to reduce average class sizes for elementary sections to 25 students in kindergarten through second grade and 26 students in third through fifth grade.

For the media instruction budget, the district proposed increasing spending by more than $100,000 for computer-assisted instruction and school library and audiovisual equipment.

Due to declining enrollment, which led to the district’s decision to close Branch Brook Elementary School ahead of the 2017-18 school year, the district has proposed to utilize the unemployment reserves to offset unemployment payment costs, which are expected to be higher this year.

Smithtown will adopt the budget April 25, a public hearing is set for May 9 and the public will vote May 16.

Residents in favor of the trail, which some like Wading River resident Bruce Kagan are naming the “Tesla Trail,” because it will lead to the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe in Shoreham, were unanimous on the biggest topic of discussion: kids.

“This is the most deadly county for injuries and deaths for pedestrians and cyclists,” Kagan said.

“There’s no place for our kids. Let us do this for our children and our children’s children.”

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Motorcyclist injured in S’town crash By victoria espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers,com Suffolk County Police Fourth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a Farmingville man in Smithtown April 5.

Michael Lacorte was riding a 2006 Honda motorcycle east in the right-hand lane of Nesconset Highway, west of Terry Road, when he hit the rear of a 2015 Subaru traveling east. The Subaru was attempting to change lanes from the center to the right-hand lane when the crash occurred.

Lacorte, 29, of Farmingville, was transported via Smithtown Rescue to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was being treated for multiple serious injuries.

The driver of the Subaru, Caitlin O’Reilly, 30, was transported via Smithtown Rescue to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown where she was being treated for minor injuries.

Both vehicles were impounded for a safety check and the investigation is continuing.

Detectives are asking anyone with information about this crash to contact the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.

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PersPectives A lesson in sugar, not so sweet (part two: metabolic stressor) Your turn

BY chris zenYuh It’s time to connect sugars to metabolic dysfunction. As a quick reminder, sugar is a paired unit made up of glucose and fructose.

These are the same two sugars (a term that can be used generically for the various related calorie-bearing sweeteners) that comprise high fructose corn syrup. Also notable is that starch is composed of long chains of glucose. Consuming too much of any or all of these substances puts stress on your body in numerous ways. Our individual metabolic vulnerabilities fall prey to this stress, as some individuals may develop diabetes and others cardiovascular disease, etc. This lesson will focus on the stress that too much glucose can

place on your metabolism.

Since your body can use glucose for energy, we are quick to accept this “blood sugar” as a good thing. We are equally inclined to believe the marketing that encourages us to buy more (sport drinks, pasta, etc.) especially if we also believe the claims that dietary fat is unhealthy. It turns out, however, high blood levels of glucose (more than two teaspoons) can be lethal. Consuming a typical sugary beverage (or a bagel) threatens to introduce five to 10 times that amount.

Luckily, your body is equipped to protect itself from such assaults and in the case of a glucose “rush,” it calls upon cells buried within your pancreas to produce insulin.

Insulin works like a verbal command to your fat cells, directing them to remove glucose from your blood before it can reach dangerous levels.

The more glucose consumed, the more insulin produced and the more your fat cells are called into action. (Notably and ironically, high insulin levels actually reduce the ability of your muscle cells to absorb this energy, leaving them, and you, still hungry.)

These verbal directions, when repeated

frequently throughout the day, become tiresome to your fat cells, which develop a sort of hearing loss described by the medical community as “insulin insensitivity.” Progressively more insulin than before will be required to get the job done, crossing the line to a pre-diabetic state.

Eventually, the cells become unable to “hear” the insulin commands (insulin resistance), a condition known as diabetes.

If that is not concerning enough, insulin also functions as an inflammatory signal to your body.

Inflammation, a topic of its own, is a critical component of our health maintenance. It should work in concert with our natural repair mechanisms. But when out of balance, it inhibits our recovery from even normal wear and tear. One may develop arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and/or require extended recovery times for illness and injury.

Recent research places the blame for heart attacks on the inflammation that can develop along the walls of your arteries. Ironically, the cholesterol that was once thought to be the

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culprit is now seen as evidence of your body’s attempts to repair this inflammation.

Similarly, obesity, once viewed as a precursor to diabetes, is now known to be just one symptom of glucose management malfunction that may occur as diabetes progresses. The acronym TOFI (Thin on the Outside, Fat on the Inside) has been coined to describe individuals who appear healthy, but have metabolic dysfunction that is dangerously real.

Our society has yet to learn the difference between looks and health. Many thin individuals are unknowingly pre-diabetic or at risk for heart disease. Even the acronym TOFI continues to promote the stereotype that fat is unhealthy. And yet, there are plenty of active, overweight individuals who are metabolically healthier than many of the thin people who judge them.

Whether absorbed from starchy foods or literally half of table sugar, glucose represents both an energy source and a cause of disease, depending on the amount and frequency of its consumption. Knowing how your body metabolizes glucose is an important step in being able to make better food and beverage choices for a healthier life.

Choose well, live well. “Chow for now!”

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

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The Smithtown Historical Society hosted its first Titanic Gala Saturday, April 8, at 7 p.m. at the Smithtown Elks Lodge. The gala “set sail” with cocktails and an orchestra followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and with a moment of silence for all the people who perished on the Titanic.

Upon entering the lodge’s expansive ballroom, residents were able to pose for a photo with the society’s member Jack Hessel from Kings Park portraying the Titanic’s Captain Edward Smith and survey reproductions of artifacts such as china and jewelry once seen in the massive ship.

James Clinch Smith, a descendant of the legendary Richard “Bull Rider” Smith, founder of Smithtown, was among the 1,517 passengers who died during the Titanic’s maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. This gala was to celebrate the lives of heroes like him who saved as many lives as they could when the ship went down.

The Smithtown Historical Society would like to thank all the guests who attended the gala and made it into a huge success. A special thanks to Maureen Smilow for the exhibits and Carolyn Borella for beautiful centerpieces. Deanna Varricchio chaired this lovely event and Ken Donato was instrumental in organizing the event.

We, at the Smithtown Historical Society work to preserve the historic properties in our town and we seek to expand and improve upon programs for both adults and children while sharing Smithtown’s rich history.

All these activities require funding, and we have been fortunate enough to have the support of our wonderful friends and neighbors in Smithtown.

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League appearances, During five Summer 6.5 rebounds, 1.2 do; in the Amateur he was going to make points, “They didn’t think of her son’s he averaged 6.5 never per game. Dallas Denise Warney said steals and one block open, it,” his mother said he was very lazy, and he designed to get him it seemed ran offensive plays field. coaches. “They with the drills and 60 percent from the in. That it’s was struggling yet Warney still shot went into this and he wasn’t interested “A lot of hard work still have like somethingtwo or three months.” in recognition, but I that all changed experience great to get some he said. “I was happy learned from the do,” to Warney work of for the a lot training a newfound passion bring me along to ul- and established [Dallas] offered to multiple AAU teams just another step toward sport. Within months, tall middle camp, because it’s in the abnormally dream come true.” timately making my there were interested may not have been Although his form Brook school standout.Warney joined the varsity basnow former Stony From there, from the start, the Catholic High School head coach, Steve ketball team at Roselle University star’s previous the school’s of the player Warney He graduated as File photos from sBU Pikiell, said he’s proud the vast improvement in New Jersey.

1,968 points, and winning leading scorer with has become. He noted around his neck after the 22-year- all-time 17 points, 13.5 rebounds, four asover game Warney with the netting the ball; and Warney blocks. averaged he saw in Warney’s per game as a senior. or Clockwise from left, Jameel with the Seawolves. game; Warney dunks sists and 3.5 blocks old’s four-year tenure he’s well, sick east championship hands, great this, on “For Jameel, whether his mother said. the america “Everyone says great and proving my stuff said. ically, being mature just a great kid,” Pikiell plays really well,” after high school great that, but he’s the court tired, he with Stony Brook play at the next level.” the sport.” feel like himself on and off than the court the continue to I’ve “He just loves much,” he said. “I “How he handled though, it’s more enjoyed much of — I’ve learned so He’s one of the best over my For Denise Warney At Stony Brook, he was just awesome. and titles. It’s about a lot of the people I’ve come across of my 23 years of coaching.” same success. just her son’s accolades has come basketball have influenced worked with in all with more victories how proud she is of how far her son years of playing my mom, Warney graduated is the but as a person. When my life. My coaches in high school, and my school history, and not just in the sport, than any player in the rest of my family can’t help but smile. points, rebounds, she in coaches, him, leader college them bewatches she school’s all-time NCAA berth, I just close friends, I’m doing this all for played. The Associated with me “The game for the bealso blocks and games cause they’ve been over and over again Honorable Mention and watch that game Press All-American through the struggles he’s points in a seathat for me records amazes happy it I’m 43 cause broke Stony Brook through the highs. a great game when he scored support turned out to be such 12. son and in a single to have such a nice she said. of Vermont March basketball player,” against the University system with me.”

Warney was also lives She is especially amazing Among all the records, He’s influenced the East Player and Defensive watching him dunk the ball, as young named American of others as well, her, it brings after leading the Seawolves Stony and because for Player of the Year children run around memory.

Championship title his name back a decade-old to the American East Brook donning little, berth in school hisjerseys, “When he was the first NCAA postseason and 15 rebounds and number on their him saying, 23 points up to the professiontory. He recorded against I remember looking trampoa tournament the want of continu17, ‘Mommy, I in the first round al athlete who is why, and Kentucky on March as he line.’ I asked him the University of ing to put in the work his to put it next 85-57. was he said, ‘I want hoop so I his ladder toward though the team fell I Pikiell and climbs Steve on — early him to the basketball “I saw something in goal of making a roster. that talent and ability she said. “We as he I see him ultimate able to help him bring “Mix that in with his can dunk,’” player as talented it because now when “He’s humble for a said. hardthe laughed about all the way back to when he out of him,” Pikiell humble and he’s how he’s gotten to I go is,” Pikiell said. “He’s an unbelievable comhard work, and that’s can play at the NBA dunk a ball, watching him, he old. I get this rush working. I think that’s That enabled point he’s at. I know could was 10 years with this emotion, and I just for a kid nowadays. set that everyone of him.” bination better and help us do things that re- I’m overcome level. He has a skill prouder and prouder motor, he’s a terrific him to get done, I think use. He has a great a great keep becoming mother both appreci- no Stony Brook team has ever great hands, he’s time. I Warney and his bounder, he has him reach such and stay for a long physical ability who have helped he can make a team of him.” ahead is passer, he has a tremendous He has a great ate those basketball player. think his best thus far in his career. and he’s an unselfish those are heights mentally and physof basketball, and “The years of improving mind for the game able to well for him to be attributes that bode

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PeoPle St. James Elementary School

Students in the EPIC Club smile as they work on a project.

At St. James Elementary School in the Smithtown Central School District, a group of fifth-grade students have been busy at work in an effort to give back to their community.

The EPIC Club, a community service and leadership club, meets weekly to work on projects and activities for the betterment of their local community. They are currently working on painting flower pots for a local nursing home and a macaroni and cheese drive for the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless.

Other initiatives this school year include food drives for the Smithtown Food Pantry, volunteering at the Project Hope soup kitch-

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en in Greenlawn and making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for St. Anne’s Church in Brentwood. The club has also worked on Valentine’s for Vets and a project called Caitlyn’s Smiles, making craft kits for children in local hospitals.

The EPIC Club doesn’t forget about their animal friends either, making birdseed feeders for the local nursing home, organizing a food drive for Tuff Tails (animal fostering program) and working with Save-a-Pet, the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind and the Smithtown Animal Shelter.

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Mills Pond Elementary School in the Smithtown Central School District collected from families and staff to fill Easter baskets for those in need.

Members of the Mills Pond Cares Club at Mills Pond Elementary School in the Smithtown Central School District are working hard to give back to the community this holiday season.

On April 4, the club, along with two fifth-grade classes, created spring holiday baskets. Throughout March, the school collected donations from families and staff members to fill the baskets.

The baskets, more than 100 in total, were filled with candy, stuffed animals and handmade cards to be distributed by the River Fund of New York to children in need. The River Fund is an organization that provides food relief all year long for children, working families in need, and the homeless and low-income seniors. The baskets will be delivered prior to Easter.

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Smithtown High School East students participate in Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Day with guest speaker and Holocaust survivor Werner Reich, center.

Smithtown High School East social studies students learned about hope, tolerance and courage during Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Day April 5.

Holocaust survivor and Smithtown resident Werner Reich was the guest speaker to classes in the morning session. Reich spoke about his time in concentration camps, using his oppressive experience to teach the students how to take action in a situation.

In the afternoon, author and Rwandan genocide survivor Joseph Sebarenzi spoke to students about how his parents, seven siblings and countless family mem-

bers were among the 800,000 Tutsi murdered over the course of 90 days in 1994 in Rwanda. Sebarenzi’s book “God Sleeps in Rwanda” recalls his survival but also provides insight about conflict prevention and reconciliation.

During classroom activities, students watched films such as “The Killing Fields” on Cambodian genocide, “Hotel Rwanda” on the Rwandan genocide and “Devil Came on Horseback” about the genocide in Darfur. Students also wrote a reaction essay on how they could choose an escape route if they were in Syria during its conflict.

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Hauppauge High School film students smile after winning big at the Long Island Media Arts Show.

Hauppauge High School is proud to announce film students won five Best in Show awards at the 2017 Long Island Media Arts Show, which recently was held at Five Towns College, Dix Hills. There were approximately 90 films shown at the Long Island Media Arts Show of which 20 were selected for Best in Show honors.

“The Hauppauge school district community congratulates our student winners on achieving Best in Show awards at the 2017 Long Island Media Arts Show,” Hauppauge High School IB film teacher

David Schaeffler said.

Hauppauge’s Best in Show films and students were: • “Looking Back” – Frank Hufnagel and Shijo Thomas • “Until Next Year” – Evelyn Beltrani, Justin Grunthal and Josie Thode • “Lili” – Candice Medina and Christian Rodriguez • “Lingvo Samnacia” – Nadia Truglio and Matthew Cullen • “The Gift” – Nadia Truglio

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Clockwise from left, Taylor Bigliani rockets the ball into the outfield; Samantha Swenson slides safely into third base; ashley deGiorgio dives for the out; and Marina amicizia tosses a pitch.

Smithtown East softball mercies West Babylon

By Bill landon The Bulls were raging, and Taylor Bigliani was leading the way.

The Smithtown East softball team may have found itself behind early, but a fifthinning rush by the Bulls, which bled into the sixth, triggered the mercy rule for a 17-5 win over West Babylon April 8.

After the Eagles ripped a solo shot home run over the fence in the opening inning, Smithtown East first baseman Bigliani smacked a two-run double that put the Bulls out front for good.

Smithtown East was swinging throughout the next two innings, but West Babylon’s defense was up to task, making play after play

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to hold off the threats. Smithtown East center fielder Kyra Dalli eventually drilled the ball to right center, driving in outfielder Rebecca Fields with a stand-up double as the Bulls pulled ahead 3-1.

“They had a tough defense, but we got the hits we needed today,” said Dalli, the leadoff hitter who went 5-for-5 on the day. “We were able to work through it.”

With runners at the corners, Smithtown East right fielder Samantha Swenson ripped a shot deep for a two-run double that plated Dalli and short stop Ashley DeGiorgio. Bigliani’s bat cracked next with another stand-up double that scored Swenson from second base for a 6-1 advantage.

West Babylon responded with a triple and a two-run single to close the gap, 6-3, in the top of the fifth inning, but DeGiorgio was able to apply the tag on a runner trying to steal second, to close out the inning. The Eagles would come no closer.

After Fields singled and DeGiorgio found the gap, a fly ball by Dalli dropped in to load the bases with one out.

Swenson cracked a single to right field, scoring Fields for a four-run lead, 7-3.

“West Babylon is a good team, but we were good offensively and we hit the ball when we needed to,” Swenson said. “And our coaches give us a lot of confidence.”

After a passed ball on a full count, Smithtown East took a five-run lead. With the bases still loaded and now two outs, Bigliani stepped into the batter’s box. She jumped on a pitch and hit a rocket to straight away center, over the fielder’s head for a bases clearing double and an 11-3 advantage.

“We never gave up, we kept hitting the ball so hard and we had a lot of energy throughout the entire game,” Bigliani said. “I didn’t expect this. I thought we’d be in a very close game, but we jumped on them right away and I’m proud of my team for that.”

West Babylon threatened in the top of the sixth when the team loaded the bases with two outs. On a Smithtown East fielding error, two runners made their way home, but Smithtown East pitcher Marina Amicizia shut the door with the final strikeout of the game.

“We don’t usually play them, so they were kind of a mystery for us,” Amicizia said. “Our team came out there strong and we were ready for anything. We were able to score runs when we had runners in scoring position, so we were very clutch out there.”

Smithtown East, again doing its best work with two outs, got another opportunity in the bottom of the sixth after West Babylon turned a double play. The Bulls’ bats never missed a beat, and after a Savannah Coffelt double, Dalli drove one through the right field gap to plate Coffelt for a 12-5 lead.

“We treat every team the same — we didn’t come in here cocky, but we hit the ball well, we adjusted well,” Coffelt said. “[West Babylon’s pitcher] was a little slower than other pitchers, and we’re not used to that, so I

think we adjusted to that nicely.”

Swenson hit the ball over the center fielder’s head, scoring Dalli, and catcher Courtney Hohenberger found the gap to score Swenson for a 14-5 advantage. Again, Bigliani stepped into the batter’s box and belted the ball deep for a stand-up double that scored Hohenberger. Bigliani finished with seven RBIs on the day. Smithtown East third basemen Tori Hussey was up next, and her single drove in Bigliani, before Andrea Lichas knocked the ball through the gap to bring home Hussey for the run that triggered the mercy rule.

“We have a lot of girls that can really hit — they have very fast bats, so we needed to be patient and let the ball get to us because their pitcher wasn’t overpowering,” Smithtown East head coach Glenn Roper said. “My infield played really well, my pitcher did a really good job keeping them off balance, so I’m happy with how we played all around. We got timely hitting when we needed it, we made the plays when we had to and just tried to keep it simple and let the game come to us.”

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angela’s house Continued from page A3 and institutions in which many of the children at the house had been living.

“For me, it’s about the kids and giving them a safe and loving life,” he said.

“I feel really blessed that these kids who have been given a limited lease on life can make the most of it in ways the average person could never dream possible, or can touch people in ways that change them forever. It’s remarkable to see a nonverbal kid, [many of house’s children can’t talk], that has a smile that can light up a room. It’s a great responsibility and I feel honored to be put in a position where I can try to help as much as I can.”

Deborah Church, nurse manager at the Stony Brook location who does everything for the kids from providing medical stability to planning birthday parties to giving them a hug when they need it, said Angela’s House is the best place for these children to be if they can’t be home.

“It’s nice to have the parents smile and know they can go out and have a life, and come and visit their children and see they’re so happy, safe and well taken care,” Church said. “This is a happy home for them to live. These kids can be as normal as possible and always have a smile on their face.”

Gathered around a kitchen table, Policastro and Church talked with 15-year-old Torren, who had been confined to a hospital and nursing home for the first 12 years of her life because of a respiratory illness, about her Sweet 16 next month. Torren

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Above, Bob Policastro smiles with Torren who suffers from a respiratory issue; right, Ella smiles in her room. will wear an extravagant dress, dance to her favorite band, OneRepublic, and eat nachos with her friends at the house.

Torren, who wheels her ventilator around inside a travel suitcase in order to feel less self-conscious about her condition, said her favorite parts about living in the house are the staff and outings — which include trips to the bank and local stores,

as well as pumpkin patches in the fall.

Stephanie Caroleo has been working at Angela’s House for six years.

“The most rewarding aspect is when you come to work and you truly feel like you make a difference every day,” she said.

“Every day we make a difference in the lives of these kids, and you see it in their face, in how they speak with you and the

relationships we develop.”

When asked what’s kept him motivated for the last 25 years, Policastro pointed to Ella, a little girl in a wheelchair smiling from ear to ear. “That,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what mood you’re in, if you bump into one of these kids and you see that smile, oh man, that’s golden.”

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PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Never Known To Fail) Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, blessed mother of the Son of God, immaculate virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh star of the sea, help me & show me here in, you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity There are none who can withstand your power. Oh show me herein you are my mother.

Oh Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. (3 times).

Oh Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands. (3 times).

Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can obtain my goals.

You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me, and that in all instances of my life, you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy toward me and mine.

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The request will be granted.

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Please send resume and clips to leisure@ tbrnewspapers.com * The position is unpaid, but two tickets to each play are complimentary with each assignment.

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Port Jefferson Ferry seeks PT/FT reservation agent for a fast-paced call center. Nights, weekends & holidays a must. Great communication skills.

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ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA MEDICAL CENTER SEEKS GASTROENTEROLOGY PHYSICIAN for Smithtown and Commack locations. MD, DO or equiv degree from approved Med School and 3 yrs exp treating Gastroenterology patients reqd. Must be board certified or board eligible, and licensed with a current registration certificate to practice medicine in the State of NY. Drug testing, background/reference checks, and travel between Smithtown and Commack hospital locations reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d.

QUALIFIED CANDIDATES SUBMIT RESUME TO https://jobs.chsli.org/job/sm ithtown/gastroenterologyphysician/247/4170917

SPORTS FREELANCER WANTED Looking for a freelance reporter to cover local high school sports. Sports writing experience necessary.

Must have a car and camera to shoot photos during games. Ability to meet deadlines a must.

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PUBLISHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EMPLOYMENT NOTICE: All employment advertising in this newspaper is subject to section 296 of the human rights law which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, disability, marital status, sex, age or arrest conviction record or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. Title 29, U.S. Code Chap 630, excludes the Federal Govâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. from the age discrimination provisions. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for employment which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that employment offerings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

COUNSELORS NEEDED!!!

Shoreham. Concern for Independent Living Counselors; experience working with individuals who suffer from Mental Illness. Sat. 4p-2a OR Sat. & Sun. 4p-12a OR Sat. & Sun.12a-8a.

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DIAMOND JEWELERS Assistant Store Mgr. Must have strong knowledge of jewelry/sales exp. P/T & F/T positions available. Call Bob: 516-250-1621 DiamondJewelers1@aol.com See Employment Display for complete details

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DIGITAL STRATEGY with web design, e-commerce, mobile web design, social media services and video.

Full-Time/Part-Time/Per Diem positions available.

Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.

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Power Washing EXTERIOR CLEANING SPECIALISTS Roof cleaning, pressure washing/softwashing, deck restorations, gutter maintenance.

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Tree Work ARBOR-VISTA TREE CARE Complete Tree care service devoted to the care of trees.

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

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The TBR staff smiles during the annual People of the Year dinner.

Think we’re missing something? Tell us Last weekend the TBR News Media staff trekked up to Saratoga Springs for the New York Press Association’s spring conference. The two-day event was full of lectures from leaders and innovators in our field, and we left feeling reinvigorated as we headed back to our Setauket newsroom.

One of the lectures, called “Community 360,” focused on throwing out the playbook for covering community news and figuring out how to best cover the changing and diverse areas we live in with new technology.

The lecture was quite an eye-opener for us and made the editorial staff self-evaluate the level of coverage we’re providing to our readers.

So this is where you come in. If you think there is an area, an issue, an event or a group we’re not covering sufficiently enough — or even at all — we want you to reach out to us. We want to know about every single issue our readers think is important. Of course, there are going to be moments where you know more than we do. So share anything and everything you think we might be missing. If we already covered something, but you think a part of the story was left out, let us know. We want to provide the best service we can, because we’re in this business to inform our readers about the most important news going on in their area. You’re our eyes and ears, and our storytelling would get us nowhere if it weren’t for the information, the sources, the news and the comments you provide.

For news in the Port Jefferson area — Alex Petroski, alex@ tbrnewspapers.com For news in the The Village Beacon Record and Times of Middle Country areas, or for sports news — Desirée Keegan, desiree@ tbrnewspapers.com For news in the Three Village area — Rita J. Egan, Rita@tbrnewspapers.com For news in the Huntington and Smithtown areas — Victoria Espinoza, victoria@tbrnewspapers.com

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

than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste.

We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to victoria@tbrnewspapers.com or mail them to The Times of Smithtown, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

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Calling climate change a fact doesn’t make it such Calling something a fact doesn’t make it a fact, even if you shout. Just because you or a majority of your chosen writers and selected scientists have an opinion — that doesn’t settle anything.

Most newspapers at least make an ostensible attempt at balanced reporting, presenting responsible viewpoints for all sides of an issue. Your climate change edition was 16 pages of crafted propaganda, not journalism.

The greatest (by far) of all scientists, artists and inventors has given this assurance: “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” (Genesis 8:22) Not throwing trash on the roadside would do more for the Long Island environment than grandiose slogans like “save the planet,” government pork barrels for special interests, thinly veiled

masks for global Marxism and demagoguery-induced neuroses in impressionable captive students.

Our personal exits or Christ’s return will put a sudden end to our life on this planet long before we will need to deal with Earth’s demise by climate change. Prepare for that.

Rev. Ronald Stelzer Our Savior Church & School Centereach

Protect your private browsing history In the 21st century, it is so important that we are able to maintain our privacy on the internet. Since the founding of our nation, we have valued personal privacy as an essential right, and in the modern age, the internet should be included under the same protections. What I do on the web is my own business, and the thought that my information may be bought and sold is absolutely horrifying. In case you had not heard, the House of Representatives recently voted on S.J. Resolution 34, which would roll back privacy protections on the internet. Thankfully, our representative, Lee Zeldin, voted against this legislation.

This resolution would overturn a Federal Communications

Commission, or FCC, rule which requires a consumer’s consent before an internet provider sells that person’s data. Essentially, a corporation like Verizon or Optimum may have the power to sell your web history without you knowing and without your permission. This is an astounding breach of privacy.

Worse still is how the FCC might be banned from creating similar protections in the years going forward. The right to privacy is a constitutionally guaranteed right, and this resolution violates it in every way, shape, and form.

I’d like to thank Congressman Zeldin for going against party lines and voting no. I’ve always believed in people over

party, and this shows that Lee Zeldin actually takes time to review legislation and make an informed decision before voting, instead of so many other lawmakers who simply do as they’re told by party leaders. We need more legislators like him who recognize bad laws when they see them and will do what is right for our country. It’s a relief to know that we have someone like Lee Zeldin representing us in Congress.

Shame on every representative who voted for this awful resolution. Let’s just hope no one sells YOUR browsing history.

James Saccardi East Setauket

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

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OpiniOn The solid wisdom of youth

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hen I was in college, I wrote an essay in a seminar. In such a small class, we read everyone else’s writings each week and needed to be prepared to share our observations or else face the ignominy of our teacher either excusing us from the room or glaring at us until we cracked.

One of the other writers had written this spectacular story about four people at a dinner party. She had moved the reader through the thoughts of each of the characters, until she got to the fourth person, whose social anxiety receded when he started choking. His inability to conBy Daniel Dunaief trol noises that interrupted her stories irritated his wife, who glared at

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him until he read her vexed expression and retreated to the kitchen. Separated from the group, he choked to death.

The ending was so powerful that I was sure my prose was inferior.

When my turn came, I waited through the usual polite beginning, as my classmates shared what they thought worked. Great, I thought, it won’t take long before we transition to the unnerving category of “what could he have done better.”

It took some time before people starting quibbling with my choice of words. Certainly, I could maneuver through the minor discomfort of a new word here or a different turn of phrase there.

Professor Brilliance sat in his green corduroy pants, with his oversized left foot rising and falling diagonally above his right knee to his rhythm, tilting his head to the side, awaiting a worthy insight.

“Well,” he said, scanning the room slowly, “has anyone spotted clichés?”

Oh no! Clichés? Clichés! I thought I had scrubbed out the clichés. I

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quickly scanned words that floated unevenly above the page, hoping to find any and expose them before anyone else did.

His foot stopped, and so did my breathing.

“No,” he nodded slowly, “I didn’t see any, either.”

This had to be only a temporary respite before the scissors started slicing.

“Now, let’s go over the introduction to this fine piece,” he said.

Was that sarcasm? Did he mean that it was fine, or was he acknowledging its shortcomings?

As we went line by line through the piece, my writing held up to the scrutiny. Some of my classmates even defended a few phrases, suggesting that they found them perfectly fine just as they were.

The professor saved his lone arrow for his final remark.

“This is a solid piece of writing,” he said, before adding, “for someone your age.”

And there it was, ladies and gentlemen. The backhanded compliment

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that sent me back to the children’s table, wondering what the adults might be discussing.

Now that I’m older than Professor Brilliance was when he shared that line, I have considered whether he had a point and the answer is, yes and no.

My experiences have changed my perspective. I recognize the value of history, even if I despised memorizing dates and names for a test. I also understand the Chinese devotion to their elders, not because I’m older, but because I have an increasing appreciation for all the decisions my parents and their generation made.

At the same time, when I hear the ideas my children share, I don’t minimize them in the context of their shorter lives. Instead, I recognize the wisdom that comes from their experiences in a handheld techno world they maneuver through more deftly than I. All these years later, I guess I’d have a comeback to my professor’s observation. “Maybe you’re right,” I’d say, “or, maybe, I’m young enough to know better.”

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