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Smithtown anxious for state’s OK on Kings Park sewer plans Town of Smithtown officials are counting the days to June 20 to see if state officials will take the necessary steps to help Kings Park sewers become a concrete reality. Smithtown town board held a special session June 1 to approve an amended home rule bill requesting permission to alienate, or use, 11,000 square feet of parkland to construct a pump station necessary to move forward with sewering the Kings Park business district. The paperwork was overnighted to Albany, Smithtown Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R) said, in hopes the legislation will pass before the state legislative session ends June 20. “They are only in session for a few more weeks, if we miss the end of their legislative session it would put that whole project off for at least a year,” Wehrheim said. Smithtown and Suffolk County require approval from the state to turn parkland located on the property of Smithtown’s Department of Parks building, located at 110 E. Main St. in Kings Park, into a sewage pump station. While the state Senate previously granted its permission, the state Assembly took issue with the town’s request. “The Assembly takes the alienation of parkland very seriously, there must be an equal or greater amount of land that is sterilized,” Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick
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A rendering of the proposed outline of the Kings Park sewer lines (R-St. James) said. “There is never a net loss of parkland.” The Assembly has requested three changes in order for the process to move forward, according to Wehrheim. The first requirement was to permanently preserve an additional 7,000 square feet of open space in exchange for constructing the pump station and to provide an aerial overview of the property to see the layout. Minor wording changes to the legislation were also requested. “[The Assembly] wanted some additional data to make sure everything passes muster,” Fitzpatrick said. The Suffolk County Legislature must take
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up the same amended home rule bill, pass it and send it back to the state legislature for approval as well, according to the assemblyman, for the project to move forward. Wehrheim said he will be watching and waiting to make sure the alienation bill passes, while the project has funding from the state. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has earmarked $20 million for sewering of the Kings Park business district in the 2018 state budget, but it is not in the town’s hands yet. “We haven’t been notified by anyone or assured that the money will stay there until we are ready to do the project,” the supervisor said. “We are methodically pursuing it.”
Fitzpatrick said home rule requests, such as Smithtown’s to use parkland for the public purpose of creating a pump station to install sewer lines, are usually handled at the very end of a legislative session. “I have every confidence on the Assembly side that we will get this done,” Fitzpatrick said. “The governor has made a commitment to Smithtown and Kings Park. I think we will continue to keep it.” The amended bill must also be reapproved by the state Senate, which passed the prior version in May, but has been deadlocked in recent days. “Once the home rule messages are adopted and filed by the town and county, the Senate has every intention of passing the bill again,” said the office of state Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) in a statement. The supervisor said the final draft of the Kings Park market analysis study to revitalize the area — in which sewers are noted to play a critical role — is expected to be finished shortly and presented to the public. The study, which cost $200,000 and was paid for by county taxpayers, could become outdated, according to Wehrheim, if the project gets delayed because the state approval isn’t granted this year. “I understand the town supervisor is worried about getting this done,” Fitzpatrick said. “But it ain’t over till it’s over, and it ain’t over until June 20.”
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St. James residents question intention of June 19 referendum Fire commissioners have preliminary results of study on rescue response times; may not release outcome before the vote Some St. James residents are feeling burned over the St. James Fire District’s plans to sell the Route 25A firehouse as the hamlet heads toward a referendum vote June 19. More than 70 people attended a May 30 community forum where the St. James Fire District presented its plans to sell the iconic two-story, white firehouse back to the St. James Fire Department, as well as its future plans for the building. On June 19, Commissioner Ed Springer said the St. James Fire District — which consists of elected officials who are responsible for setting taxes to provide and maintain the buildings, fire and EMS service equipment the volunteers use — will ask community residents to approve a sale of the Route 25A firehouse for $500,000 back to St. James Fire Department, an organization representing volunteers for fire and emergency response services. The fire district purchased the building in 2013 with original intentions of operating it as a second firehouse to the Jefferson Avenue facility and pass a bond for upcoming repair work. Two bond votes have since failed, one in 2013 and a second request for $12 million in September 2017. “The department wants the building back, and we need to do work on both buildings” Springer said. “We could rent the space to them for $20,000 a year, which we think is pretty reasonable.” If the vote passes, St. James residents raised questions over what fate holds for the iconic firehouse and how it may impact their local fire rescue services. Springer said the district will consider leasing space in the building at a rate of $20,000 a year to store equipment and host community events, but final cost and specific
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The St. James firehouse on Route 25A details have not been finalized. Glen Itzkowitz, board chairman of St. James Fire Department, said the department would then use the money from that lease to complete much-needed renovations on both the Route 25A firehouse and the Jefferson Avenue headquarters. The organization’s members would offer their time and skills during construction to help reduce labor costs of the project. “We’re going to have to do [a] tremendous amount of work on both firehouses,” Springer said. “Back when we wanted the last bond to pass it would cost $250 per square foot, now you’re talking about $450 per square foot.” But it remains unclear whether or not the Route 25A firehouse would continue to serve as a base of fire rescue operations. St. James resident Peter Macari, a 24-year member of the fire department, said many in the community fear response times would increase if the Route 25A firehouse is no longer used as a working fire station.
“We are so fortunate to have a fire station on both sides of the train tracks,” Macari said. “If that building can get a fireman to that person’s house in the time it takes to save them, then that building did its job.” The district currently operates one fire truck out of the Route 25A fire station, but Springer said the district does have plans to perform a trial run of operating all fire department services out of the Jefferson Avenue headquarters — once it can make much-needed renovations. “Is there sometime in the future where we might look to do a trial period to bring all apparatus down to the one firehouse, yes, but we still plan to lease that firehouse for a number of years,” the fire commissioner said. “Understand that its difficult during the day to have two crews out in two different places.” This spring, the commissioners of St. James Fire District hired a third-party consultant RFG Fire Rescue Consulting to conduct a study on response times of
both fire houses to different parts of the hamlet. The study includes public feedback on performance collected through an online survey. While an initial draft report of the findings is complete, fire district officials said that they will release the report only once it is reviewed by the district and consultant, but gave no specific date on when that might be or whether it will be released before the June 19 referendum vote. Itzkowitz said almost all operations for the department already occur at the Jefferson Avenue firehouse, and that current response times are sufficient to anywhere in the 4.5-square-mile area. John Rowan, of St. James, asked why the department wouldn’t hold off the vote until they could confirm exactly what they wanted to do with the property down the line. “It seems like [the fire district] doesn’t have those exact numbers on how much renovations or how much a new building will cost,” Rowan said. “I don’t think they know what they want to build in the future. It seems silly to sell it when they don’t have a complete plan.” Springer said that three of the five commissioners, including himself, have promised long-term commitments to lease the 25A firehouse into the foreseeable future. But Springer’s term as commissioner is up this coming January, and he said he does not plan to seek reappointment. If the referendum is approved June 19, the fire commissioner said the sale or lease of the Route 25A firehouse would not have any impact on residents’ taxes. Should it fail, Springer said the necessary renovations would require raising the tax levy. The referendum to sell the 25A firehouse will take place on June 19 from 3 to 9 p.m. at the Jefferson Avenue firehouse on 221 Jefferson Ave.
Smithtown man pleads guilty to scamming Sandy’s victims A Smithtown contractor has pled guilty to scamming Superstorm Sandy victims out of more than $100,000, according to the Nassau County district attorney’s office. Lee Moser, 49, pleaded guilty to thirddegree grand larceny, a class D felony, and first-degree scheme to defraud, a class E felony, June 1 in Nassau County Supreme Court before Justice Robert Bogle. “Superstorm Sandy savaged our communities, and contractors who defraud those who suffered from the storm’s wrath are especially despicable,” District Attorney Madeline Singas said in a press statement. “This unscrupulous defendant took his victims’ money to help them rebuild, regaled them with excuses for delay and never performed the work.” From April 2015 to August 2016, Moser signed contracts with five Nassau County homeowners to perform work on their homes that were severely damaged by
Sandy, according to Singas. In most of these cases, the defendants wrote Moser a down payment check for the work, using funds from New York Rising, made payable to his business Capstone Remodeling. New York Rising is the state-run program that assists homeowners impacted by natural disasters. The homeowners had applied for and received money from New York Rising to rehabilitate their homes after they were damaged by the Oct. 29, 2012, storm. Instead of performing the contracted work, Moser repeatedly provided excuses as to why his business had not started, such as he was in the hospital or caring for his sick mother, according to prosecutors. In total, Singas said he is suspected of stealing $113,485 from Nassau homeowners. Moser allegedly spent these funds on gasoline, dining at restaurants, telephone services and other expenditures to continue running his construction business, that were unrelated to the homeowners’ contracts, according to the district attorney’s office. The Nassau County Office of Consumer
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‘Superstorm Sandy savaged our communities, and contractors who defraud those who suffered from the storm’s wrath are especially despicable.’ — Madeline Singas Lee Moser Affairs received five complaints from victims of Capstone Remodeling between June 2016 and April 2017, which were forwarded to the district attorney’s office. An investigation immediately commenced. To date, the district attorney said that Moser is currently an unlicensed contractor and has not attempted to repay any of the homeowners.
Moser is due back in court July 12, where he is expected to be sentenced to 45 days in jail and five years of probation, if he pays $50,000 in restitution to New York Rising and pays the remaining amount while on probation. If he does not pay the $50,000 restitution to New York Rising, he would be sentenced to one year in jail, according to the district attorney’s office.
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A Smithtown High School West teacher has been alleged of behaving inappropriately with a student. James Grossane, superintendent of Smithtown Central School District, confirmed June 1 that an educator at High School West has been reassigned. “Due to allegations of inappropriate behavior with a student, a Smithtown High
School West teacher has been reassigned to home pending the outcome of an investigation,” Grossane said in a statement. The superintendent confirmed that Suffolk County police have been notified of the allegations and are also looking into the matter. Police said they could not comment on an ongoing investigation. — SARA-MEGAN WALSH
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With graduation approaching comes a new outreach program to keep kids safe. Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini (D) announced an initiative aimed at educating high school students and their parents on the dangers of impaired and reckless driving May 14. The program, Choices & Consequences, is described as a dynamic, engaging presentation that is provided by assistant district attorneys and detectives assigned to the county District Attorney’s Office’s Vehicular Crime Bureau. “Whether it’s texting and driving, drinking or doing drugs and driving, these decisions can be fatal,” Sini said. “The Choices & Consequences program drives that message home to teens and their parents by using real-life examples that unfortunately have changed lives forever, have taken lives from us prematurely, and have devastated victims’ families and friends here in Suffolk County.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the leading cause of death for people in the United States between 15 and 24 years old is motor vehicle crashes. In Suffolk County, the leading causes of motor vehicle crashes are impaired driving and reckless or distracted driving. During Sini’s tenure as the county’s police commissioner, motor vehicle crashes within the police district were reduced by more than 30 percent as a result of a multipronged enforcement effort to increase traffic safety. “I’m proud to say that the Suffolk County Police Department and its partners have been successful reducing motor vehicle crashes that result in serious physical injuries or fatalities, but enforcement is just one piece of our approach,” Sini said. “We need to educate — we need to raise awareness of making bad decisions behind the wheel.” The Choices & Consequences program is based on a presentation created in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brook-
lyn and later adopted by the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. It comprises facts and statistics on impaired and reckless driving, interactive skits that show how police officers respond to motor vehicle crash scenes and detect impairment and demonstrations of the impacts of alcohol and drugs on motor skills. In partnership with the Long Island Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, the scope of the effort has been expanded to educate participants about the dangers of substance use in an effort to combat the opioid epidemic. LICADD, in conjunction with The Christopher D. Smithers Foundation, a family charitable foundation concentrated on alcohol-use disorder and addiction, and on educating the public that addiction is a medical illness, recently released a public service announcement, titled “Hey Charlie,” that highlights the progression of drug addiction and encourages those struggling with substance abuse to seek treatment. “LICADD is proud to partner with the District Attorney’s Office as it takes the lead in making sure that this lifesaving education is provided to every student and every parent in Suffolk County,” said Steve Chassman, executive director of LICADD. “It’s so important when dealing with a disease that is potentially preventable to get this message out in every Long Island school. This is how we are going to turn the corner on this epidemic.” Sini invited school districts and community groups across Suffolk County to participate in the program by emailing infoda@suffolkcountyny.gov or calling 631-853-5602. “We have proms, graduations and the summer months coming up, so it’s the perfect time for schools to invite us in to provide this presentation,” Sini said. “It’s a terrific opportunity for schools to be on the cutting edge of education and prevention. There are a lot of presentations out there, but I guarantee that if you sit through this presentation, it will impact your life and the way you make decisions. It is that powerful.”
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A shadow hangs above the heads of Long Island’s school districts: The specter of declining enrollment. “From last year, not a whole lot has changed, enrollment is still declining,” Barbara Graziano, the manager of the Office of School Planning and Research for Western Suffolk BOCES said. “What a lot of districts are seeing is there is a significant displacement between their graduating classes being larger than the following year’s kindergarten classes.” School enrollment across Suffolk County has been in decline for nearly a decade. In last year’s annual report on enrollment, Western Suffolk BOCES, a regional educational service agency, said there was a 9.1 percent overall decline in enrollment in townships from Huntington to Smithtown from 2010 to 2016. Between the 2006-07 and 2016-17 school years, Long Island saw a 6.2 percent decline in enrollment, according to Robert Lowry, the deputy director for advocacy, research and communications at the New York State Council of School Superintendents. Statewide enrollment declined 4.2 percent in the same period. Nearly every school district on Suffolk County’s North Shore has seen at least some decline, and the trend can have tangible effects on a district’s long- and short-term planning. “Declining enrollment may push a district toward reconsidering staffing and whether it’s necessary to close a school,” Lowry said. Smithtown Central School District in the 2012-13 school year had 10,317 students enrolled in the district, and four years later the number dropped more than a thousand to 9,241 in 2016-17. The declining enrollment was cited in 2012, with guidance from the district’s Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Instruction and Housing, as the rationale behind the closing of Nesconset Elementary
School, and again in 2017 when the district closed Brook Branch Elementary School. “Over the last few years, the board of education and administration have been proactive regarding the district’s declining enrollment,” Smithtown Superintendent James Grossane said in an email. “The district will continue to monitor its enrollment trends to plan for the future.” Experts cite factors like declining birthrate, aging population and changes in local immigration patterns as potentially having an impact on local enrollment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report in May indicating the national birthrate in 2017 hit a 30-year low with 60.2 births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44. The national birthrate has been in general decline since the 1960s, but this most recent report is low even compared to 10 years ago when the birthrate was closer to 70 births per 1,000 women. Suffolk County’s population is also skewing older. Census data from the American Community Survey showed from 2010 to 2016 there was an estimated 28,288 less school-aged children between the ages of 5 and 19 living in the county. School closings are probably the most severe action districts tend to take to mitigate the effect of declining enrollment, but it is not the only option. The Three Village Central School District has seen enrollment drop by about 900 students during the last decade. In its recently passed budget the district said it was making several staffing changes, including consolidating the roles of certain staff members. The district cited declining enrollment along with staff retirements and attrition for the changes, but also promised to add a new high school guidance counselor and an additional district psychologist to give attention to individual student’s mental health. “While our district, like so many others in our area, have recently been experiencing a decline in enrollment, particularly at the elementary level, we have
In school districts across the TBR News Media coverage area, as seen in graph at top, enrollment has been trending down across the board, with a few exceptions, like Huntington and Comsewogue.
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taken this opportunity to create efficiencies using current staff in order to lower class size and support a number of new initiatives, programmatic enhancements and student support services,” Cheryl Pedisich, the superintendent for Three Village schools said in an email. Kings Park Superintendent Timothy Eagen said lower enrollment allows for smaller class sizes and for more attention to the mental health of individual students. “Our students today need a little bit more mental health support than students yesterday,” Eagen said. “Obviously we don’t need as many elementary sections, but we haven’t necessarily decreased our total staffing amount because we’ve been increasing our mental health supports.” Even with those potential benefits, many districts are still trying to work out the long-term implications of lower enrollment. Al Marlin, a spokesperson for the New York State School Boards Association said enrollment has a large effect on how much state aid a school can procure. “Declining enrollment affects school districts in several ways — perhaps most importantly through the impact on state aid because New York’s school-aid distribution formula is based, in part, on enrollment numbers,” Marlin said in an email. “Declining enrollment also can make it more difficult for districts to sustain academic courses, including Advanced Placement courses and programs such as sports teams.” Shoreham-Wading River school district conducted an enrollment study in 2015 that was updated for the 2017-18 school year. The study predicted the district will recede to 1,650 enrolled students by 2025, compared to 2,170 as of May. Along with a declining birthrate and an aging population, the district pointed
to low housing turnover from 2008 to 2016 for part of the declining enrollment. “It is difficult to predict the exact number, but it is fair to say that the enrollment decline in the district will be continuing in the near future,” SWR superintendent Gerard Poole said in an email. Superintendents from SWR and Rocky Point school district both said they do not have any plans to close schools, but there is a possibility lower enrollment could affect the districts’ ability to apply for grants. A few districts are breaking the trend. Huntington Union Free School District has actually seen an increase in school enrollment from 2012 to 2017, but Superintendent James Polansky said in the most recent years that increase has started to level off. Polansky did not want to speculate as to why enrollment in Huntington was not decreasing like other districts, but Graziano said it might be because the district is more diverse and attracts more immigration than nearby districts. “Every district is different, they have to look at their own schools and communities to see how they deal with enrollment,” Polansky said. Every year Western Suffolk BOCES releases a report that looks at schools’ current enrollment and compares it to previous years. Graziano, who is working on this year’s report, most likely to be released sometime this month, said the agency expects a continuing decline in school enrollment at least for the next several years. Though eventually, she said, the declining enrollment should level off as entering kindergarten class sizes stabilize. However, there is no telling when that might be. “Birthrates do not seem to be increasing, it doesn’t look like, as of right now, that’s going to turn around any time soon,” Graziano said. “But of course, we don’t have a crystal ball.”
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1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Dems eyeing ballot spot against Zeldin state their cases before primary Fifty percent of the Nov. 6 ballot in the race to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District is already set, but there’s plenty to sort out before the other half is finalized. Five candidates garnered enough signatures on their petitions for elected office, earning spots on the ballot for the June 26 Democratic primary. Page A34 They’ll square off for the right to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) in the general election. All five candidates were at TBR News Media’s Setauket office June 1 for a debate to point to the areas in which they differ, matters they think they’re better suited for the job and ways they can dethrone their adversary. In pitching herself as the candidate most capable to do the latter, former Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning said she can take votes away from Zeldin in a variety of ways. “We need to be able to appeal to the blue-collar voters, and I believe that’s something I can do,” she said. “Having a husband who’s in law enforcement, who’s an Army veteran — we hear Lee Zeldin talk about ‘vote for the vet, vote for the William Floyd graduate,’ and I live in his base, and I can tell you I know that I can take votes from his base. And having two kids in the military, I can take a lot of that away from him.” Zeldin is a U.S. Army Reserve veteran. Perry Gershon identified a different way that he can pull from Zeldin’s support. The candidate said he made a living in commercial mortgage lending for 25 years and owned a small business — a sports bar in New York City — touting the fact he is a political outsider hoping to shake things up. “What that background means is that when I talk about the economy and jobs I have a little extra credibility, because I’ve been involved in creating jobs before,”
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The five candidates running in the Democratic primary for New York’s 1st Congressional District debate at the TBR News Media office in Setauket June 1. Gershon said. Elaine DiMasi provides perhaps the most unique qualifications of the bunch. “There aren’t too many districts that can add a professional scientist to that problem-solving team that is congress,” said DiMasi, a physicist at Brookhaven National Lab. “There’s 435 professionals there — many lawyers, many legislators, many more people with business degrees than with backgrounds like mine, and it’s badly needed right now.” David Pechefsky said he offers a blend of foreign and domestic policy experience despite never holding elected office, which is uncommon for most first-time candidates. He has worked as an adviser to governments abroad, in addition to his time as a staffer for the New York City Council. “We’re going to need that to go toe-to-toe with Zeldin,” he said. “He talks a lot about foreign policy. Our national lawmaking body [is] going to have to vote on a whole host of issues pertaining to foreign policy, and I also feel deeply that the Democratic Party needs to challenge the narrative on foreign policy. We cannot afford to continue to have military interventions.”
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Vivian Viloria-Fisher said she previously served as a delegate at three Democratic National Conventions in the past. That, her experience as a Suffolk County legislator and living in the district for nearly five decades helps her to understand the needs of 1st District Democrats, she said. “This is who I am, this is who I’ve always been,” she said. “I have a footprint that goes throughout the district and I’ve done good work throughout this district. I’m well-known.” Viloria-Fisher and Pechefsky said they possess empathy and compassion, respectively, which they said they feel Zeldin lacks. DiMasi said she’s dexterous, or quick-witted, capable of thinking on her feet in the midst of say, a scrutinized debate. Gershon said during his years in business he thought he’d earned a reputation as a person with high integrity, capable of getting along with people from all walks of life. Browning said she’s approachable, often having to remind people to call her “Kate,” as opposed to Legislator or Mrs. Browning. The winner of the primary will be campaigning for a seat Zeldin won by almost 20 points in 2016, within a county Trump won by seven points, marking the first time a Republican presidential candidate secured Suffolk County since 1992. Viloria-Fisher said she partnered with Republicans to pass various pieces of bipartisan legislation while representing the county. Pechefsky said he thinks his message — his willingness to advocate for working people — cuts across political lines. DiMasi said she thought her approach to campaigning — sticking to just the facts — would earn her respect with Republicans. Gershon said he believes many people who voted for Trump in the past could be convinced to vote Democratic because he thinks many regret doing so, with an opportunity to score points because of the Republican tax plan, which did particular damage to Long Island property owners. Zeldin was one of few Republicans in Congress who did not vote for the bill. The candidates identified many of the
same issues — gun control legislation, immigration reform, health care options, lack of high-paying jobs, high cost of living in the district — as the most important to the voters they’ve spoken to, while also citing what they said they viewed as Zeldin’s misguided positions on these issues. Browning named taxes and water quality as among the biggest concerns facing the district in the near future. “[Zeldin will] come to the Island and say, ‘I have a great environmental record, I’m opposed to the offshore drilling, I’m all about clean water,’ however, he’s voting for bills that are polluting the waters in Virginia,” she said. Pechefsky identified availability of affordable housing, for people from all income brackets, as desperately needed. “Brookhaven is losing population except for Patchogue, and seniors can’t afford to stay here either,” he said. “When you say we’re trying to figure out interventions that can make for healthier communities, healthier neighborhoods — housing is one you could tackle directly. I worked a lot on housing policy in the city.” Viloria-Fisher also noted the importance of creating reasons — be it high-paying jobs or vibrant downtowns — for young graduates to remain local and plant roots. She also referenced Zeldin’s position on guns, and campaign donations he has received from the National Rifle Association, as counter to the values of voters she said she’s spoken to. “He calls it Second Amendment support, I just call it gun violence support,” she said. “Nobody needs to carry around an assault weapon.” DiMasi said she’s been trying to get through to those with a distaste for politics, recalling a conversation with an African-American as she was campaigning door-to-door. “The fact is, I believe that federal law is the place to decrease discrimination,” she said. “Laws create personal biases, much more so than the other way around, and that’s from research. We have to understand just how deeply disenfranchised people have become.”
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STATE
New standards for crab traps should save terrapins It has been a slow crawl saving Long Island’s turtles, but local conservation groups are hoping new state regulations will speed up the process. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Long Island environmental groups gathered May 23 at the Suffolk County Environmental Center in Islip to celebrate new rules requiring crab cages — used in Long Island’s coastal waters including many of the bays, harbors and rivers that enter Long Island Sound — to have “terrapin excluder devices” (TEDs) on all entrances. As carnivores, terrapins are attracted to bait fish used in commercial, or what’s known as Marylandstyle crab traps or “pots.” As a result, male and female turtles of all sizes push their way through the entrance funnels and end up drowning. “With each and every season these traps are not required to have TEDs, there are likely hundreds of terrapins that are drowning,” said John Turner, conservation policy advocate for Seatuck Environmental Association, which operates the Islip center. “To me, one of the signs of a real civilized society is how we treat other life-forms. We haven’t treated terrapins very well.” He said in Stony Brook Harbor alone there are dozens, maybe hundreds of terrapins that will spend the winter in the mud, emerging once the water runs up high enough. Turner said many of the North Shore areas that are home to these turtles, like Setauket Harbor, Conscience Bay, Port Jefferson Harbor, Mount Sinai Harbor and Nissequogue River, play a key role in preserving the species. “In contrast to where I am in South Jersey, I can go by the canals and I can see a dozen [terrapin] heads bobbing up and down,” said James Gilmore, director of the marine resources division at the state DEC. “Here, it’s very rare to see one. Hopefully these new rules will help us see more.” Gilmore said the DEC began working on changing state regulations in 2013 but knew long before there was a problem. Carl LoBue, The Nature Conservancy’s New York ocean program director, said it was in the late 1990s he’d witnessed recreational crab traps in Stony Brook Harbor. One day he lifted a cage out of the water while trying to move his landlord’s boat and saw it was filled with trapped terrapins. Two were still alive, but five had already drowned. “I’m sure the crabber wasn’t intent to kill turtles,” LoBue said. “But when I looked across the bay at the 60 or something crab traps this person had set, I was crushed thinking of the terrapins drowning at that very moment.” In the early 2000s terrapins became a popular meal in New York, but the harvest of those turtles led to a massive decrease in population, especially the diamondback terrapin, which was identified as a species of greatest conservation need in the 2015 New York State Wildlife Action Plan. In September 2017 the DEC passed regulations banning the commercial
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Above, Russell Burke, a professor of biology at Hofstra University, shows how the new state-mandated terrapin excluder devices keep turtles out while keeping crabs in. Below, John Turner, a conservation policy advocate for the Seatuck Environmental Association, shows the North Shore areas where turtles, like Bertha, on left, are getting caught and drowning in crab cages.
harvest of diamondbacks. Terrapin population has slowly increased since then, but researchers say there’s still little known about the population, like life expectancy or habits while in water. The species has a very slow birth rate, with low local clutches of 10 or so eggs — sometimes only one or two of which hatch and mature. Russell Burke, a professor of biology at Hofstra University, said terrapins could live very long lives, pointing to older specimens he has seen living to 60 years old, but he estimated some could be twice that age. While Burke said it’s hard to estimate the total population on Long Island, he said
in Jamaica Bay alone, he knows there are approximately 3,500 adult females. The TED devices are 4¾ inches by 1¾ inches, an exact measurement, to ensure that while crabs can get through, turtles cannot. According to Kim McKown, leader of the Marine Invertebrate and Protected Resources Unit at the state DEC, the small, plastic TEDs cost $10 for the three needed to secure a normal crab trap. The cost exponentially increases depending on how many traps a fisherman has, with some owning up to 1,000 traps. Turner said his organization used its own funds and purchased 5,000 TEDs and gifted them to the DEC. The state agency is giving
them to Long Island crab fishermen on a first come, first served basis. Commercial crab fisherman Fred Chiofolo, who hunts in the Town of Brookhaven along the South Shore, experimented with TEDs on his own for years before the regulations were passed. He said the devices even improved the number of crabs caught. “It made a significant difference with the pots that had them versus the pots that didn’t,” Chiofolo said. “Last year I put them in every pot I had — about 200 of them. I’m not going to lie; it’s a lot of work to put them in, but we don’t want to catch the turtle. I don’t want them, and [the TED] does keep them out.”
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Thirty-nine students from Smithtown school district recently participated in the DECA International Career Conference in Atlanta. With more than 22,000 students from around the world competing in this year’s event, several Smithtown students were named national finalists and award winners.
Smithtown High School East’s Jonathan Golbert was a national finalist for his community service project. Golbert wrote a 30page manual and ran events to raise money and awareness for Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in honor of his father. Brian Feminella, also of Smith-
management strategy and prepared a strategic plan for the golf course. Kenny Indovino, David Wallman and Ian Whitehead also from Smithtown West were national semifinalists for their 30-page learn and earn manual. They developed a business plan and implemented a promotional campaign to sell
Smithtown West spirit accessories. Jonathan Pofcher, of Smithtown West, was a national finalist in his principles of finance test. Stefanie Lin of Smithtown West was a medalist for her test, professional selling. Pictured above: Feminella, Wallman, Indovino, Whitehead, Plourde, Palat, Pofcher and Golbert.
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town East, was awarded a $220,000 ROTC Scholarship. Sunitha Palat and Madison Plourde from Smithtown High School West were national finalists for their 30-page sports and entertainment manual. They worked with Smithtown Landing Golf Course to develop a customer experience
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Exploring cultures Talented journalist
Lily Hoffmann, the editor-inchief of Kings Park High School’s newspaper, Kings Herald, was recognized by the American Scholastic Press Association in the category of Outstanding Investigative Reporting. It is a national contest and she was one of only four high school reporters to earn this distinction across the entire country.
Marissa Marino was also acknowledged for her original cartoon, “Mochie,” in the category of Outstanding Cartoon. She was one of only two high school cartoonists in this nationwide contest to earn this distinction. Pictured above, from left, Hoffman, Kings Park principal Lino Bracco and Marino.
On May 30, third-grade students at Accompsett Elementary School in the Smithtown Central School District celebrated Heritage Day. Parents were invited to join students in a special celebration of their ancestry. Each class performed a unique, cultural song and dance. Following the performances, students shared their Heritage Day History projects.
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practice mindfulness. The instructors taught students in all grades to focus on their breathing, how to connect with their bodies and offered master challenging poses that some thought impossible. Using strength, balance and focus, students were able to take their yoga practice to the next level.
West’s Nick Cipolla first in 3,200 at state qualifier
Clockwise from top, Smithtown West’s Nick Cipolla leads the pack in a previous race; and celebrates a first-place finish; Kings Park’s Mike Perez bends over the high jump bar during an indoor meet; and Smithtown East’s Kevin Cawley runs.
Teams stock the shelves of Smithtown food pantry Smithtown High School East’s varsity and junior varsity lacrosse teams spent a day giving back to the community by stocking
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BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN DESIREE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Nick Cipolla can run. The Smithtown West senior crossed the 3,200-meter run finish line in 9 minute, 27.31 seconds for first place at the Suffolk County track and field individual championship/state qualifier June 2 and 3 at Comsewogue High School. He will test his skills against the best in the state with other top county winners at the state championship at Cicero-North Syracuse High School June 8 and 9. Other area runners excelled in the 3,200. Northport senior Dan O’Connor came in third (9:40.92), Smithtown East junior Kevin Cawley fourth (9:41.44), Smithtown West junior John Cuff fifth (9:42.91) and Northport sophomore Thomas Fodor sixth (9:47.13).
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During the first week of May students at Smithtown Elementary School in the Smithtown Central School District took part in yoga classes during their physical education periods. Thanks to the school’s committee for arts and education, Yoganomics in Medford provided students with a physical outlet to
Smithtown West junior Nick DeFelice finished second in the 3,000 steeplechase (9:44.70). Smithtown East’s Cawley came in fourth (20:02.76). Smithtown West junior Emily Eng placed second in the pole vault with a 10-6 leap. Kings Park junior Mike Perez jumped 6-2 in the high jump for a fourth-place finish.
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Vivian wrote groundbreaking laws that protect our drinking water. As a Planned Parenthood Board member, Vivian fought hard for a woman’s accesss to health care. As a former public school teacher, Vivian treasures the importance of public and affordable education, and Vivian will fight to repeal the Trump tax scheme that eliminated our property and local tax deductions.
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Shoreham’s Wardenclyffe property, the site of famed Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla’s last living laboratory, is up for consideration for historical site status by the New York State Historic Preservation Office June 7. “We want to make the world aware, more than it is now, of the site’s importance,” said Jane Alcorn, president of the board of directors of Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe. “It gives the community and our investors some assurance that we’re moving in the right direction, that were not just gaining local recognition, but state and national as well.” In 2012 the science center worked with The Oatmeal comic website to launch a successful Indiegogo campaign that raised $1.37 million to purchase the land. Since then the nonprofit has renovated the property with plans to turn the site into a museum and incubator for technology-based business startups. Alcorn said the board hired a historic architect consultant who documented the land KYLE BARR
and its legacy. The group worked for months crafting a 92-page document describing Tesla’s life along with the many minute details of the 16-acre property, such as which buildings are historic and which are not, when each was built, and by what person and company. Marc Alessi, the science center’s executive director, said that having the property on the historic register would help to indefinitely safeguard the land. “It’s preserving it for future generations,” Alessi said. “When you get something registered as a historic landmark, we’ll be able to rest easy knowing 500 years from now if society completely changes, there is a very good chance the lab will still be there.” Alcorn said getting historical status would not only increase the project’s notoriety, but would also allow the group to apply for state grants they wouldn’t be eligible for without the historic status. “It’s often one of the requirements of many state grants — that you are located on the historic register,” Alcorn said. “We’ve been eliminated from granting opportunities in the past due to that lack.” Many modern-day entrepreneurs and scientists have a vested interest in the lab’s history. Tesla, a self-starter and entrepreneur, created many technological innovations still used today, such as alternating current and electromagnetism technology. His research influenced modern day X-rays. In the early 1900s Tesla acquired the Wardenclyffe property in Shoreham to test his theories of being able to wirelessly transmit electrical messages. The property housed a huge 187-foot tower for the purpose, but in 1903 creditors confiscated his equipment, and in 1917 the tower was demolished. The concrete feet used to hold the structure can still be seen on the property today.
Nikola Tesla, depicted in statue at top, was a Serbian-American inventor who had a lab built in Shoreham, above, which was designed by architect Stanford White, as inscribed on the sign in front of the building, bottom left. It remains his last standing laboratory. The science center submitted the final historic register application nearly a month ago, and next week it will be reviewed by the state’s national register review board. The review process takes several weeks, and if accepted, the property will be put on the state register of historic places. The application will then automatically go to the National Register of Historic Places review board for the potential of being put on the national registry. That process will take several months. “Not everything submitted to the national registry gets listed, but New York has a very good track record, so hopefully we’ll be hearing a good thing from this one,” said Jennifer Betsworth, a historic preservation specialist for the state preservation department. Only a day after the center announced its application, it had more than 6,700 people sign letters in support of the application, according to Alessi, and were sent to the state historic preservation review board.
Betsworth said despite how the property has been modified through the years, it has value as Tesla’s last intact laboratory and has historical significance as the site of some of his last and most ambitious inventions. “It’s a bit complicated because it’s a building that’s absolutely covered with later additions that aren’t historic, so its value is not necessarily immediately obvious,” said Betsworth. “If this wasn’t the last remaining laboratory related to Tesla, it might not have been eligible. The incredible rarity and significance of this resource is what it has going for it.” The science center is currently working to fundraise for the first phase of a project that would turn two buildings on the grounds into exhibition spaces for science education. The fundraising has reached $6 million out of the planned $20 million, according to Alessi. The science center hopes to have the first part of a functioning museum up and running by the end of next year.
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BUNNIES Continued from page A7 on their skin and many were suffering from malnourishment. The first rabbit Strong Island rescue captured is currently being nursed back to health, and they have named it André the Giant after the famous French wrestler and actor. “Once we caught him we were running through the woods, it was just net after net after net,” Kutzing said. “And you have to be careful picking these guys up because if they kick strong enough they’ll break their backs, if they get too frightened they can have a heart attack. They have paper-thin skin so if you handle them wrong you can tear the skin.” The rescued rabbits have been sent out to multiple animal rescue operations in the surrounding area. Six were taken in by Guardians of Rescue, but all those have al-
ready been fostered out. Several more were taken in by Long Island Orchestrating for Nature from Malverne, the Connecticutbased Hopalong Hollow Rabbit Rescue and Queens-based All About Rabbits Rescue. The Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has put out a $3,500 reward for a person who leads them and authorities to the person who abandoned the animals. Several local animal rescue groups donated money toward that reward, namely Guardians of Rescue, Strong Island Animal Rescue League and Long Island Orchestrating for Nature who put up $500 each, while the SPCA and All About Rabbits Rescue put up $1,000 each. “We at the SPCA take this very seriously, especially in cases of abandonment like this,” Suffolk SPCA President Roy Gross said. “This is a case of abandonment and animal cruelty, and so the person or persons involved in this are up for criminal charges. All that person had to do was to pick up a
phone, call any of these organizations and from where the rabbits were dumped in we would have found a home for them, but Ronkonkoma. “We had a case just recentinstead he abandoned them.” ly of other rabbits dumped Vivian Barna, who runs in Lake Ronkonkoma,” All About Rabbits Rescue, Gross said. “This may possitook in six of the rabbits, and bly be the same person, but said that rabbit abandonment there’s no way right now to on Long Island, especially be sure.” in Suffolk, is endemic. All rescue groups men“This is a sad, pervasive tioned in the story said that problem in Suffolk County,” if people were interested Barna said. “This is about our in fostering the rabbits or fourth or fifth recent rescue. wished to donate to call We had rescued 25 in Bohemia to call and inquire. People back in December 2016, another set in Northport not too long — Frankie Floridia inquiring about the rescued rabbits can call the ago. These rabbits were just Guardians of Rescue at deprived. They had illnesses including upper respiratory problems, intestinal 888-287-3864. The SPCA said that any tips about the parasites, and these six rabbits are costing us person who abandoned the rabbits can be close to $2,500 to give them that care.” Gross said there have been instances of sent to their phone number 631-382-7722. rabbit abandonment recently not too far All calls will be anonymous.
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June events at Smithtown libraries Here’s a list of select special events and programs happening at various branches of The Smithtown Public Library this month. Biological Timekeeping —Birds, Bees and Humans Too Do you know that your body can keep 24hour time — even deep within caves or in outer space? Learn the general properties of biological rhythms in humans, plants, animals and single cells. In the second session, attendees will learn where the biological clock is situated, and what is its mechanism. The instructor will discuss temporal disorganization in insomnia, jet lag, shift work and disease and examine clinical applications of chronopharmacology and chronotherapy in the treatment of cancer and other maladies. This program series is scheduled for June 14 and 21, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Commack building of The Smithtown Library, located at 3 Indian Head Road in Commack. It is a free program, but registration is required. For more information, call 631360-2480, ext. 232.
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Thoughts on the race for In favor of ranking students congress in NY-1 Last week we had the five Democrats vying for a spot on the ballot to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District against U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) at TBR News Media’s Setauket office for a debatestyle discussion. Traditionally, this is an exercise we do every fall for each of the various races for local political offices. We write about the discussions and endorse a candidate, and we do not traditionally do this for primaries. However, this particular race at this particular time in national politics felt like an important moment to fully embrace. We are witnessing a presidential administration that both sides can at least agree on calling, if nothing else, virtually unprecedented. This is noteworthy here and now because the district is represented by a congressman who is taking an enormous political risk by routinely doubling and tripling down on even the most unprecedented behaviors and policies that have been displayed and put forth by President Donald Trump (R). A byproduct of being a chief congressional defender of this president is that a political campaign through a long hot summer with a Democrat stockpiled with endless juicy campaign content like: “Trump and Zeldin wanted to take your health care away and let Paul Ryan raise your taxes,” awaits. Full disclosure: We have not yet had Zeldin at our office for an extended, far-ranging discussion, as we do periodically, in 2018. A memorable quote from his last visit was, “I’m no one’s proxy.” We intend to invite the congressman in for a discussion again in the near future, ahead of a one-on-one debate with the primary winner this fall. In the meantime, his two Twitter accounts should be examined — @RepLeeZeldin and @LeeZeldin — and conclusions drawn. For a congressman who has been roundly criticized for declining to hold what his critics would define as the proper number of in-person, no-holdsbarred town halls, his statements on Twitter can sometimes be the best we’ve got. What he chooses to discuss on Twitter, and how it is received, has become of interest to us. A calculation Zeldin is likely to be making currently, if retweets and likes are to be believed is rabble-rousing about Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Russia and general identity politics sells. While our organization is not endorsing a primary candidate, we will offer a few thoughts that registered NY-1 Democrats should know come June 26. They will have their choice of five, clear-headed, issue-driven candidates who are decidedly left of Hillary Clinton (D) and a few strides to the right of Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) on the political spectrum, but not much. They each offer unique and interesting political challenges for Zeldin, especially should he choose to embrace Trumpism and identity politics as his campaign motif. Kate Browning lives two miles from the incumbent on the South Shore, and insisted she knows what it takes to make a dent in Zeldin’s base, in addition to touting her experience in the Suffolk County Legislature. Elaine DiMasi is a scientist from Brookhaven National Lab, who we imagine would be difficult to debate on a topic like, say, “clean coal.” Perry Gershon can ironically sell a similar background to Trump: a political outsider from the private sector — commercial lending and a small business owner — running on change, with the most money of any of the candidates, which largely comes from his own pocket. David Pechefsky boasts legitimate domestic policy experience as a longtime New York City Council staffer, though he has not personally held political office. He also possesses a legitimate foreign policy background, having served as an adviser to foreign governments. Vivian Viloria-Fisher has a solid blend of track record, depth of experience, name recognition from her years in the county Legislature and laser focus on the few issues we could easily see being the deciding factors come November: health care (especially regarding reproductive/ women’s health care rights), gun control and immigration. We will continue tracking this race through November and will update you with the primary results come the end of June. We hope you will reach out to us with your thoughts and feelings about the challengers and the race, too.
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After I read the first two paragraphs of Leah Dunaief’s May 31 column in Times Beacon Record Newspapers, “Dumbing down America as graduation approaches,” I had to check the byline and the picture to see if my name and photo were there. My sentiments exactly. I grew up in NYC, and went to a high school where you had to pass a test to get in. I was not even close to being valedictorian or salutatorian, but I didn’t care. Just having that school as something I could use on a résumé, or to get into a good college, was enough for me. The people who wanted to be competitive with one another were, and those of us who chose not to be were not. For me, my competition was to be the best that I could be. The key was to do the best that I could do. During the administration of
New York City Mayor David Dinkins, there was a strong movement to do away with specialized high schools, since they were thought to be elitist, and that not getting in would affect a kid’s self-esteem. This was the start of the dumbing down process (remember the movement to outcome-based education) in a “progressive” city. Thank goodness that movement was squelched. As Leah points out, the “participation trophy” society, and one where people get recognized for just showing up, really means that if everyone is special, then no one is. What incentive is there for a mediocre student to try to improve, if everyone gets a diploma, and excellence is not recognized? Oh, poor Johnny’s self-esteem will be hurt if he is ranked, or if his team loses at a soccer
tournament and he is made to feel like a loser because he doesn’t get a trophy. GET OVER IT. In life, there are winners and losers, and many successful business people, athletes, etc., will tell you that it was their failures that drove them to ultimately succeed. The way that many millennials reacted to the 2016 election is indicative. Some colleges and law schools had to have “safe rooms,” places with LEGOs, petting animals and PlayDoh, psychologists on campus, etc., because the students could not deal with the fact that their candidate lost. They never had to deal with failure before. They had no idea how to handle it. They were told by their parents and educators that they were the best. That whatever they did was good enough. POOR BABIES!
Gary Aronowitz Plainview
Political dealings with Bannon a mark against Zeldin It is a great irony that Congressman Lee Zeldin touts Jewish-American Heritage Month. The irony is that Zeldin, against the pleading of Jews and nonJews in his district who begged him not to have Steve Bannon as a keynote speaker at his fundraiser, had him anyway. Bannon has been cited by the Anti-Defamation
League as a panderer to antiSemites and racists. Zeldin also supports an agenda that is diametrically opposed to Jewish values. This apparent attempt on the part of Zeldin to win the support of Jews in his district is cynical at best and hypocritical at worst. While Jewish-American Heritage
Month is important in that it points out the contributions and participation of Jews in America, Zeldin in not the one to celebrate it.
Adam Fisher Port Jefferson Station Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Isaiah
Gershon represents the values of party As concerned citizens, we believe that the November election may well determine the future of democracy in Suffolk County and the nation as a whole. Because of the significance of this election, we are supporting Perry Gershon for U.S. Congress in the Democratic primary on June 26. We believe that Gershon is the strongest candidate, and the one who has the best chance of unseating our current Republican
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high-speed internet. We urge all eligible Democrats to cast their votes for Perry Gershon June 26 at your usual polling place. Thank you to all in advance for participating in this most important civic duty.
Jane Cash Marge Debowy Judith Albano Martina Matkovic Diane Samuels Stony Brook
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JUNE 07, 2018 • TIMES OF SMITHTOWN • PAGE A35
OPINION
Starting my own collaborative counterculture
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’m starting a new movement. I’m going to call it CCDD, for CounterCulture Dan Dunaief. Hey, look, if other people can put their names on buildings, airlines and bills that become laws, why can’t I, right? My movement is all about trying to get away from a world in which large groups of people line up on either side of an issue, without much consensus or common ground in between. The polar opposites are like a barbell, with heavy By Daniel Dunaief weights on either end and a thin line between them. The counterculture lives along that line.
D. None of the above
So, I’m going to establish my own rules for CCDD. For starters, I’m not going to hurry to do anything. I’m going to smile when the person in front of me doesn’t hit the gas as soon as the light turns green. I’m going to let people go ahead of me. Let’s not get ridiculous about this, right? I mean, if I’m waiting for a sandwich and I’m starving, I’m not going to let everyone go, but, I’m just saying, I’m going to take my foot off the accelerator and stop acting as if I have to race to every event. OK, I’m also going to stop acting as if I know everything. Everyone is supposed to know everything, or at least fake it. Besides, if we don’t know something, we can check on the internet, which is the greatest source of information and misinformation ever invented. I’m going to say, “I don’t know,” and try to reason through what I recall from my education, from my reading and
from people around me before asking Siri, Alexa or any other computer created voice for help. I can and will try to figure it out on my own. I’m not going to read anything shorter than the length of a tweet message. No offense to Twitter, but the president of the galaxy vents his extreme frustration with people inside and outside his cabinet regularly through this system, so strike while the iron is hot, right? Except that I don’t want to read short ideas, short sentences or shorthand. I want to read a full, detailed thought and idea. I’m going to care more than I ever have about grammar and spelling. I’m going to encourage others to care about the difference between counsel (advice) and council (a collection of people) because words matter. I will look carefully at nature whenever I have the chance. I plan to consider the importance of the
journey, even as I head toward a destination. The ends will not justify the means, even if it’s easier to cut corners and to take small liberties along the way. I will believe in facts. This one might be the hardest to live by because, after all, what is a fact today? How do we know, for sure, that something is true? I will research information and will make my own informed decision. In CCDD, I’m going to listen to people who speak to me, and ignore those who shout to get my attention. If what you say is important and relevant, the value should speak for itself. Finally, I’m going to celebrate my differences with other people. I’m not going to assume someone passionate about a belief different from my own is wrong. I am going to try to listen attentively, so that I can meet them somewhere closer to that barbell line. If they can change me, maybe I can change them?
The best-laid plans of mice (and women) often go astray
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o much for well made plans. It was to be a milestone high school reunion this past weekend, a classmate was coming from Denver to stay with me, and we would attend the reunion together. I have known her since seventh grade, and for whatever reasons apparent only to middle school kids, we had nicknamed each other then “Salmon” and “Clambroth.” We giggled about that over our cellphones, temporarily traveling back in time 60 years, as we arranged the By Leah S. Dunaief logistics for the coming event. She had been one of the shortest girls in the class and I was one of the taller, so our classmates inevitably referred to us as “Mutt & Jeff” as we walked the halls. Would anyone
Between you and me
besides us remember that? More than 50 women out of the original 225 in our all-girls school were coming into New York City or already there, and it promised to be a grand gathering. My friend was already flying east Thursday morning when I climbed out of the shower and fell on my back in the bathroom. The pain was sharp and immediate. In an instant the much-anticipated weekend evaporated before my eyes. Never mind the weekend. I was going to be lucky if the bones on the left side of my body — my shoulder, elbow, forearm, ribs and hip — weren’t broken. None of the surfaces in the bathroom are forgiving, and I had cracked against the wall of the tub. The vision of walking into reunion was replaced by my coming home from the hospital in a body cast. I realized I was screaming as I lay on the ceramic floor and had been for a number of seconds to no avail. There was no one else home. I screamed some more, just because I could, then began the miles-long
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crawl to my bedroom. For some unaccountable reason, I thought I would feel much better if I could get into my bed. Silly me, I couldn’t even stand. Nor could I stop shaking. I was able to pull the phone off the table, however, and I called a dear friend who fortunately was home and had rescued me before. Together we drove to the hospital. That was only a 10-minute trip, but I felt every pebble and bump in the road. The hospital personnel were wonderful. They wheeled me into the emergency room, and after some inevitable paperwork but not much of a wait, I was helped onto a bed between two curtains and my date of birth corroborated several times with the paper bracelets on my wrist. An empathetic physician’s assistant greeted me and asked what had happened. Then came the X-rays. Of course they were going to X-ray the places that hurt, and I tried not to scream during the many rearrangements of my body. The process seemed to go on forever although I had no idea of time, and then it was
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over. I joined my angelic friend between the two curtains and squirmed in bed, searching for a pain-free position as we waited for the results. The PA came with good news and bad news. My shoulder, elbow, arm and hip were badly bruised but not broken. In fact they were already turning colors of the rainbow amid the swelling. But my back, the area of greatest pain, had what seemed like a new compression fracture. I had endured that trauma before, and the PA couldn’t be sure it was a new or old injury. And there wasn’t much the PA could do except recommend a painkiller, preferably Tylenol, and send me home. Imagine the reaction of my Denver friend when she completed the 2,000 mile trip to my house, only to find me laid out in my living room and still shaking. She did go the different events of reunion weekend, and through her descriptions and the texts and emails from those gathered, I was able vicariously to enjoy hearing what they talked about. I think before the next milestone reunion, I won’t shower.
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