The Times of Smithtown - November 30, 2017

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Fort salonga east • kings park • smithtown • nesconset • st james • head oF the harbor • nissequogue • hauppauge • commack Vol. 30, No. 40

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Suffolk moves forward on appraisal of Flowerfield A3 Reflecting on simpler times in Smithtown A4

November 30, 2017

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017 • TIMES OF SMITHTOWN • PAGE A3

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County pushes Gyrodyne preservation efforts forward

By Rita J. Egan rita@tbrnewsmedia.com Suffolk lawmakers have taken the first step toward preservation of nearly 41 acres in St. James as open space.

The county legislature voted at its Nov. 21 meeting to approve a bill introduced by Legislators Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) and Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) for an appraisal of part of the Gyrodyne LLC property in St. James, also known as Flowerfield, that runs along Route 25A. The property contains freshwater wetlands and adjacent wetlands that feed into the Long Island Sound, Mill Pond in Stony Brook and Stony Brook Harbor.

“I am greatly appreciative of my legislative colleagues’ support for our effort to preserve 41 undeveloped acres of the former Gyrodyne property,” Hahn said. “With the owner actively seeking to develop the property, this perhaps is the community’s last stand to preserve one of the last large undeveloped tracts remaining in western Suffolk County. I am hopeful that the owner will understand the property’s overall environmental significance and its potential to negatively impact surrounding ground

and surface waters, traffic safety and overall quality of life should it be developed.”

The bill, which now goes to Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) for his approval, allows for the county’s planning division to assess the owner’s interest in selling the tract to the county for open space purposes. An interest by Gyrodyne would mean the county could follow its initial outreach by obtaining a real estate appraisal and additional legal and environmental reviews that are required for a potential sale from the company to the county.

According to county law, if sale of the land parcel can be negotiated, funding will come from the county’s Drinking Water Protection Program.

— Kara Hahn While preservation of the land is being considered, a conceptual development plan from Gyrodyne was approved by the Suffolk County Planning Committee Aug. 2 and was met with resistance from Stony Brook and St. James residents.

Over the summer, the property’s owner submitted an application to the Town of Smithtown to construct a 150-room hotel with restaurant and day spa, two medical office buildings totaling 128,400 feet and two long-term care buildings that would have a

‘With the owner actively seeking to develop the property, this perhaps is the community’s last stand to preserve [the land].’

total 220 assisted living units on the property.

Many in the area raised concerns about the amount of traffic that would empty out onto Route 25A and Stony Brook Road if an exit to the Brookhaven street was made accessible on the east side.

Trotta said he’s not completely against development as he realizes the community needs businesses such as the proposed assisted living facility. However, Trotta said he understands the community’s concerns about traffic and would like to see a good amount of the property preserved.

“It’s always about balance,” he said.

Trotta said he believes Gyrodyne will be willing to work with the community.

“I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have it appraised and get into discussions with what the community wants, what can we put up with traffic-wise and meet somewhere in the middle,” Trotta said.

At a Nov. 15 Smithtown Planning Board meeting, Gyrodyne representatives said their own traffic studies proved residents had sound reason to be concerned about increased traffic and pointed to six local intersections that needed improvement. The results were submitted to the Town of Smithtown and New York State Department of Transportation in October 2017 but have yet to be reviewed.

Conrad Chayes Sr., chairman of the Smithtown Planning Board, concluded the board would hold off on a decision until an environmental impact study is completed by the

File photo by Heidi Sutton

Legislators have approved the initial step toward preserving the gyrodyne property in St. James.

town, which he said may take up to a year.

Hahn said the commercial development of the land would “fundamentally change the character of the Stony Brook and St. James communities.”

“Each of us, regardless of which side of the Brookhaven-Smithtown border you reside on, is threatened by this project moving forward,” Hahn said. “For that reason, Legislator Robert Trotta and I put forward legislation to preserve these environmentally and historically important parcels from being destroyed.”

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Smithtown hiStory

File photo; image from Historical Society of Head of the Harbor’s Facebook page

a view of the statue of whisper the Bull as seen from route 25a, in front of the railroad trestle over Jericho Turnpike. at left, edward Lange’s etching of St. James driving Park circa 1873 shows how the area looked prior to development in the 1900s.

A simpler way of life in Smithtown

By Marianne Howard

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In the time between 1900 and 1975, Smithtown grew from a population of roughly 6,000 to nearly 115,000 people. In 1986, Brad Harris, then town councilman and town historian, in conjunction with the Town of Smithtown, the Smithtown Historical Society and the Kings Park Heritage Museum, released a video on Smithtown’s past and present.

In the video, Harris described the profound impact the 20th century had on Head of the Harbor.

At the location where the Nissequogue River flows underneath Jericho Turnpike was once the commercial hub of Smithtown, although there is really no trace of that now. Across from the statue of the famous Whisper the Bull, the Booth and Arthur general store stood in 1900. To its east was a coal and lumber yard. It was serviced by vessels running up and down the river pulling coal, lumber and cordwood. But then and now, there was no indication that there was any business on this side of the river.

The home of the Gould family also disappeared, located right where Whisper stands now. It backed up onto the Long Island Rail Road trestle and tracks. Below the trestle on Jericho Turnpike used to be the post office for all of Smithtown. At the turn of the 20th century, the postmaster E.L. Arthur would take his mail bound for New York City and climb up the trestle, where he would hang a mail sack on a hook so the train to New York City could pick up the sack. In turn, trains coming east out of Manhattan would bring Smithtown’s mail, but sometimes the sack would miss its target and would land in the swamp below. Arthur was known for having a hook that he would use to pull a sack out of the river.

The park to the east of the Nissequogue river was fed by fresh water, which made it perfect for swimming and fishing. It also allowed horses pulling buggies to stop for drink. This attracted tourists, who could stay across the river at Frank Friede’s Riverside Inn. For many tourists, this was the jumping-off spot for traveling to eastern Suffolk County. Celebrities were seen at the Riverside Inn and fed with surf and turf meals. The inn burned down in 1981, and there is no evidence of the building by the park.

Driving through this part of Smithtown, it’s hard to imagine these changes on Route 25. Lights change so quickly and our thoughts move to picking up the children from school, gift purchases from the holidays and current events. Next time you have a chance, look up at that trestle and think about hanging a sack of mail, swimming and fishing in the river — and our prior generations enjoying a much simpler way of life.

Marianne Howard is the executive director of the Smithtown Historical Society. For more information on the society, its events or programs or on becoming a member, visit smithtownhistorical.org or call 631-265-6768.

NOVEMBER 30, 2017 • TIMES OF SMITHTOWN • PAGE A5

County

Sini announces transition team for DA’s office In an exclusive interview, the district attorney-elect sheds light on his support staff and goals for his first term

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewsmedia.com Restoring public trust in a powerful position, rebuilding a low-morale office and launching aggressive initiatives to move the criminal justice system forward is a lot to put on one person’s plate. But for Tim Sini (D), Suffolk County’s current police Page A18 commissioner and district attorney-elect set to take office Jan. 1, it’s an all too familiar task and one he said he’s more than ready to tackle.

Sini is replacing Suffolk County DA Tom Spota (D), who officially resigned Nov. 17 following an indictment for federal obstruction of justice charges. Spota pleaded not guilty to being involved in the cover-up of a civil rights violation by former Suffolk Police Commissioner James Burke, whose position Sini assumed in 2016.

“I came into the police department and did an assessment of the office, interviewed people and turned over all the rocks,” Sini said during a discussion at John L. Barry Police Headquarters in Yaphank Nov. 28.

“It’s an eerily similar situation now.”

The 37-year-old Babylon native, who began his career as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York as a federal prosecutor, said his first step between now and January is to conduct a “top to bottom” evaluation of the DA’s office. This will include extensive interviews with every employee, gauging who to keep, who to remove and what the office’s strengths and weaknesses are; investigations into finances and documents; and taking a look at training and accountability protocols, he said.

“My overall objectives for the job are clear and simple,” Sini said. “Reform the office, ensure we have the right people in the right spots for the right reasons, adopt best practices, and get the office focused on fighting crime, eradicating violent street gangs and aggressively addressing the opioid problem. From now until January, I’ll be putting in long days and nights, as will the members of my team, so we can hit the ground running on the first.”

He said he also hopes to set up a Conviction Integrity Bureau and gang unit within the DA’s office. Another stated goal from the DA-elect is to form strong bonds with outside groups from civics to substance abuse organizations to the attorney general’s office. Sini added that he hopes to increase diversity in the office.

“We’re going to be doing a lot of outreach to communities of color, working with professional organizations like the Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association,” he said.

In order to help ready his administration, Sini assembled a 13-member transition team that was announced last week.

The team is a bipartisan group of lawyers, community leaders, government and communications representatives, and criminal justice experts with years of experience in fighting corruption, pushing transparency and serving the public, Sini said.

“What’s consistent throughout the team

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district Attorney-elect Tim Sini delivers his election night victory speech. tion to start moving mountains on day one.”

Kelley agreed, adding that Sini’s selections for the team cover a wide range of issues, all of which he said he views as crucial to the mission of the DA’s office.

“Everything from budget to former prosecutors to people familiar with the operations of the office so that we cannot only assess who should stay and who should go, which programs should be enhanced, which should be eliminated,” Kelley said. “Tim’s vision for the office is to really get his arms around the current state of affairs, principally to restore integrity and transparency to the office. We really need to get under the tent and see exactly what’s going on.”

Sini made it clear that regaining public trust will be a major focus in his first year.

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is people with integrity who have a real desire to affect positive change in the district attorney’s office and the criminal justice system in general, which is in the best interest of the county,” he said.

Co-chairing the team are David Kelley, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Sini’s campaign chairman, and Justin Meyers, the Suffolk County assistant police commissioner and head of the police department’s office of strategic communications.

Other members of the team include Leslie Anderson, a former Suffolk County assistant DA and chief of that office’s Gang Investigations and Prosecutions Unit; John Barry, Suffolk’s first deputy police commissioner, whom Sini pointed to as a top criminal investigator who has mostly worked on narcotics and political corruption cases; former assistant DA and Bureau Chief William Ferris, who serves as a special prosecutor in the DA’s office and intended to run in the Republican primary for DA but backed out and later endorsed Sini; Connie Corso, a former budget director for the county; Howard Master, a former deputy chief of the Criminal Division and attorney in the Public Integrity Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York; and Evelyn Rodriguez, a victim advocate and community leader.

“We have immense talent on this team and folks that really understand criminal justice, understand the district attorneyelect’s vision and goals, and understand how to do the things we need to do,” Meyers said. “I think we have all the tools to get the job done and make sure there’s a seamless transition of power to put [Sini] in a posi-

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When asked what he intends to do about the nearly $2.7 million in bonuses Spota has awarded prosecutors since 2012, he said he and his transition team have already requested that the DA’s office cease paying them. He said the acting DA’s office, led by Emily Constant, has complied with that request.

“I’m not saying I’m not going to fight for proper pay for my employees, but I’m going to do it in a transparent and appropriate way,” Sini said. “Public trust between the people and any law enforcement agency is critical.

It’s incredibly important that we restore that trust, and while it’s not entirely certain to me when we’ll be at a place where I’ll be satisfied, I can tell you … starting now, moving forward, every single day, my team and I are going to be working to restore that trust.”

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POLICE

Tackan Elementary School

Photo from SCPD

Photo from Smithtown school district

Learning to give thanks

Dressed in their feathered hats, the kindergarten classes at Tackan Elementary School in the Smithtown Central

School District celebrated Thanksgiving with a holiday feast Nov. 21. The students decorated place mats and enjoyed spending time together sharing snacks with their classmates.

ObItuarIEs Roseanne Casamassima

Roseanne Cassamassima (nee: Scopelliti), of Lake Grove, died Oct. 23. She was the beloved mother of the late Denise Casamassima DeMaio and the late Lisa Casamassima; cherished aunt of Donna Cancro Chider, Guy (Jeannette) Cancro, Anthony Cancro, Marisa (Edward) Sorrentino, Diane Leo, and Jennifer Scopelliti; adored great-aunt of Justin, Edward, Diana, Daniel, Lisa, Megan, Giana and Nicholas; and great-great aunt of Robert, Isabella and Jordan.

A funeral Mass was held at Saints Philip & James Roman Catholic Church in St. James. Interment of her ashes will be held at Mt. St. Mary Cemetery in Flushing.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in her name can be sent to: Cooley's Anemia Foundation, 740 Smithtown Bypass # 201, Smithtown, NY 11787.

John Cummings

John J. Cummings, 84, of Smithtown, died Nov. 8. Cummings, who was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, served during the Korean conflict and worked for Grumman Aerospace for 40 years. He was the devoted husband of Rose; beloved father of Kevin, Patty, Loretta, John Jr., Chris and Rose Mary; and grandfather of nine.

A funeral Mass was held at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Smithtown. Interment with full military honors followed at Calverton National Cemetery in Wading River.

Raymond Gilroy

Raymond P. Gilroy, 91, of Nesconset died Nov. 10. He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Marines serving in World War II. He was the beloved husband of the late Sheila; cherished father of Eileen Lazzaro, John (Debra) Gilroy, Brian (Debbie) Gilroy, Donna Brinkworth, Mary Bucci, Anne (Roy) Roxburgh and the late Carol Pavone; loving grandfather of 20; and great-grandfather of 13.

A funeral Mass was held at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Smithtown. Interment followed with military honors at Calverton National Cemetery in Wading River.

John Morgan

John J. Morgan, 82, died Oct. 27 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Morgan was a Smithtown High School graduate and former electronic technician for Grumman Aerospace.

He was the beloved husband of the late Natalie (nee Jones); loving father of Anne (Michael) Schapiro, Michael (Tina) Morgan, Daniel (Lee) Morgan, Lance Morgan, Kevin Morgan and the late Ellen Morgan; devoted grandfather of Alissa and Jonathan Schapiro, John, Luke and Elena Morgan; Elizabeth, Abby, Caroline and Alex Morgan; and cherished greatgrandfather of Lucy, Jude and Max. A funeral Mass was held at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Smithtown. Interment followed at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Smithtown. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the American Heart Association.

Barbara Nolan

Barbara A. Nolan, 75, of Smithtown, died Nov. 15. She was the beloved wife of Peter; loving mother of Steven (Rabia) Ericson and Melissa (Michael) McCabe; devoted stepmother of Thomas, James (Joanne), John (Nancy) and Kevin; cherished grandmother of Chelsey, Michael, Cameron, Patrick, Treasa, Joseph, Kathleen, Shannon and Erin; and dear sister of James Rekully and Carol Lecour.

A funeral service was held at Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown. Interment followed at St. James Episcopal Cemetery in St. James.

Emerita Tiedemann

Emerita Tiedemann, 84, formerly of Smithtown, died Oct. 25. She was a retired teacher in the Middle Country School District. She was the beloved wife of the late Richard; loving mother of Kenneth (Marcy), Keith, and Eric (Lin); cherished grandmother of Theo, Erin and Ian; and dear sister of Evelyn Martinez.

A funeral Mass was held at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Smithtown. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery in Wading River.

Police seek the public’s help identifying the man pictured above in connection with items stolen from a Commack store.

Handy Commack thief sought

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and 4th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who stole a saw from a Home Depot in Commack.

On Oct. 28, at approximately 2 p.m., a man entered Home Depot, located on Crooked Hill Road, and stole a DeWalt miter saw worth approximately $600. The suspect is described as a white male, wearing black

sneakers, camouflage pants, a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, dark-rimmed glasses and a black baseball hat with blue lettering.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-8477 (TIPS). All calls will be kept confidential.

— Sara-Megan WalSh

Cops seek Commack crook Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 4th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who stole items from a store in Commack earlier this month.

The man stole merchandise from Home Depot, located on Crooked Hill Road, Nov. 5 at 6:38 p.m. The merchandise was valued at $825. The man fled in a gray Hyundai 4-door sedan with a damaged rear passenger window covered in tape.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-8477 (TIPS). All calls will be kept confidential.

— Sara-Megan WalSh

Photo from SCPD

Suffolk police seek the above-pictured man in connection with a home Depot theft.

Smithtown man arrested for multiple vehicle burglaries Suffolk County Police arrested a man for multiple burglaries and grand larcenies that took place in Smithtown and Saint James between Nov. 9 and 26.

Anthony Schook, 20, of Smithtown was arrested following an investigation by 4th Squad detectives, and charged with two counts of burglary in the second degree and two counts of grand larceny in the fourth degree.

Police said Schook stole a 2004 Honda quad, a 2004 Honda dirt bike and an undisclosed amount of cash from a Landing Meadow Road home in Smithtown between 8 p.m. Nov. 8 and 6 a.m. Nov. 9.

Schook alledgedly took a 2013 CANAM quad from a Dehan Street residence in Smithtown between 10:30 p.m. Nov. 18 and

7:30 a.m. Nov. 19, according to police.

Next, the Smithtown man allegedly stole a 2004 Yamaha quad from a house on Frank Street in Smithtown at 1:28 a.m. Nov. 22.

Police reported Schook stole a 2003 Honda dirt bike from a St. James home on Fifty Acre Road between 9 a.m. Nov. 25 and 1 p.m. Nov. 26.

The Smithtown resident is known to police as he was previously arrested Nov. 11 for allegedly stealing a Yamaha quad from Rose Street in Smithtown a day earlier at 3:37 p.m.

Schook was held overnight at the 4th Precinct in Hauppauge and was scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip Nov. 27.

— Sara-Megan WalSh

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TOWN

Hundreds compete in Turkey Trot More than 1,350 runners took part in the Nissequogue River State Park Foundation’s annual 5K Run/ Walk for the Park and Turkey Trot held Thanksgiving Day. The foundation handed out more than $5,000 in cash prizes to the top finishers in the men’s and women’s divisions.

Smithtown resident Brendan Martin, 28, finished in first place

with a time of 15 minutes, 19 seconds, averaging 4:56 per mile, according to EliteFeats results page.

Sarah Hardie, 21, of East Northport, was the first woman to cross the finish line with a time of 17:20. She averaged a pace of 5:35 per mile.

The 5K race and the 1K Turkey Trot for Kids are sponsored by the

Reichert family of Fort Salonga, Bethpage Federal Credit Union and IGA supermarket to raise funds to enhance and beautify the park. The Nissequogue River State Park covers more than 522 acres of the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center.

See more photos at www. tbrnewsmedia.com.

— Sara-Megan WalSh

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

Suffolk County District Attorney-elect Tim Sini has recently announced the members of his transition team.

Recently, a number of letters to the editor have appeared opposing President Donald Trump’s change to the federal tax code.

Specifically, these people are objecting to elimination of the state, local and real estate tax deductions from their federal taxes.

Homeowners in wildly overtaxed states such as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and California have the most to lose if this change goes into effect.

Instead of blaming Trump, who’s been in office only 10 months, the public should be challenging the competence of our excessively overspending state and local politicians for years. We should be asking how New York and, in our case, Long Island’s governmental agencies need to charge double, triple or more in taxes than other states to function.

Do we pay political officials and our civil service employees too much? Do we have too many separate governmental entities, each having their own expensive hierarchy? For example, Long Island has 127 individual school districts, plus numerous town and village police departments, while also having two county governments and a large contingent of state police.

Blame state and local officials for your high taxes

File photo by Greg Catalano

Fresh start for DA’s office Changes are coming to Suffolk County.

District Attorney-elect Tim Sini (D) announced his transition team last week. Led by David Kelley, a former U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the group includes members from diverse backgrounds, including former Suffolk County assistant DA William Ferris, who sought the Republican nomination for DA this election year.

We applaud Sini for choosing people from both major political parties and from the private and public sectors in what we believe is the first step toward creating a DA’s office that Suffolk residents can trust. According to a press release from Sini’s office, the team includes a range of lawyers, community leaders, government and communications professionals, and criminal justice experts who have proven track records of success in fighting corruption and serving the public. Our hope is that Sini and his team are committed to his plan to aggressively address the opioid issue, eradicate MS-13 from the county and to restore integrity to the office.

While opioid use and gang problems are important to tackle, we feel any lack of confidence in the office is an even bigger obstacle to the incoming administration. Sini inherits this from DA Thomas Spota (D), who was charged with obstruction of justice in the federal investigation of former county police chief James Burke. Spota has pleaded not guilty.

When it comes to restoring public confidence in the office, which we believe should be Sini’s first mission, we have a couple of suggestions.

Above-and-beyond transparency from the DA’s office is vital in restoring trust and would be a wise course of action for Sini’s team.

We hope to see an increase of information available to the public regarding cases, in the form of more press conferences and statistical reports about convictions on the office’s website. More accessible reports would allow members of the public to assess what crimes occur in their areas and with what frequency. Reports comparing convictions and lost cases can enable county residents to see how prosecutors are handling cases. A more transparent DA’s office, maybe one that utilizes social media more and updates the user-friendliness of its website can help Sini find support from county residents when it comes to the wars on drugs and gangs.

We’re glad to hear an investigation is also being considered into the motive behind prosecutors receiving a total of $2.7 million in bonuses since 2012 without approval from county legislators. With more allies on Sini’s side, the more chance he has in being successful in his goals.

The assembling of a bipartisan and varied transition team is just the beginning, but we have faith that Sini is on the right course.

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Compare this to New York City’s more-than 8 million population, where well over 1 million children are educated in a system with only one superintendent of schools, and where their one police department of some 35,000 members (some six times that of Nassau, Suffolk and all the town and village police departments combined) are run by one police commissioner.

It appears that Trump’s bold move to force citizens in high-

taxed states to rise up and collectively object to their obscenely high taxes may finally be happening. It’s time for our multitude of governmental agencies to consider massive consolidation, as a costsaving and tax-saving alternative.

Long Island and places like it simply can no longer be dissected into hundreds of municipal entities while continuing to remain an affordable place to live.

Ronald Gendron Smithtown

Fact-check Trump’s statements In a time when sadly we have become accustomed to outrageous political statements, George Altemose, in his letter “Trump has no need to revise his speech,” in The Village Times Herald, Nov. 16, may have won the grand prize with his assertion that we “have a president who always tells the truth on matters of substance.” Seriously?

Is Mr. Altemose talking about a President Trump in an alternative universe? Surely he is not describing the current real world occupant of the White House?

Altemose undoubtedly shares Trump’s views on such issues as health care, tax reform, immigration, the environment/ climate change, civil rights, gun control and foreign policy, and while I would strongly disagree with those views, I do respect Altemose’s right to hold and express them.

However, he should not insult our intelligence by having the audacity to proclaim that Trump is basically truthful. The president

has proven himself time and again to be an inveterate, pathological liar. The fact-checking website PolitiFact has calculated that 76 percent of Trump’s statements are either false or mostly false and that Trump tells a lie every three minutes and 25 seconds.

In addition, The New York Times this summer published a definitive list of every major, verifiable lie that Trump had told since taking the oath of office. The list took up a full page in small print.

Unquestionably, Trump lies more than any other president in my lifetime, and while I can’t prove it, probably more than any other president in American history.

Those who support this president by arguing that he “tells it like it is” are ignoring the fact that when Trump makes “fact free” or “alternative fact” statements, he is in fact not “telling it like it is.”

Near the conclusion of his letter, Altemose makes reference to President Obama’s promise that he “would preserve, protect

and defend the Constitution of the United States” and implies that Obama did not do so. Since Altemose does not offer any evidence for that implied assertion, I will not comment further on it except to point out that it is blatantly false and remind him that Barack Obama was at one time a professor of constitutional law and obviously knows the Constitution inside and out.

Mr. Trump, on the other hand, is notorious for his unwillingness to engage in reading or study on any issue and probably has never even read the Constitution.

I do have one piece of advice for the president, however. It might be a good idea for him to take a look at the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. That amendment may well be our best hope that we will be saved from the nightmare of three more years of the Trump presidency.

Bob Arrigon Setauket

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017 • TIMES OF SMITHTOWN • PAGE A19

opinion Tackling some of the fictions of our youth

T

he fictions start when we’re young.

Santa Claus is coming to town. Oh yeah? Well, hopefully he isn’t traveling on the New York area transit system, which seems to be making two types of stops these days: late and later.

Certainly, young children can and should revel in the stories that animate this time of year, when cold and snow usually replace warm and bright weather.

And yet it

By Daniel Dunaief might be a good time to reflect on the myths of our youth, just to compare them to our realities. Let’s start: • Everyone gets what they deserve or what’s coming to them. Hmm, does it seem fair or merit based that

D. None of the above

some of the finest teachers in the country, who serve as an inspiration to children year after year, earn barely enough to afford modest cars that warm up just as they arrive at school? Compare this iniquity with athletes who spit at each other, curse at their coaches, fight on the field and charge people for autographs, yet are earning exorbitant salaries to play children’s games.

• It’s the beauty on the inside that counts. That sounds nice and, in some cases, it actually plays out that way, as people cherish the character, spirit and energy of the person they meet, rather than dwelling on how much they fit the modern ideal for a man or woman. And yet for every magazine cover with a regular-looking bloke or woman, there are 10 or more who look like lithe or buff caricatures of real people.

• Slow and steady wins the race.

Yeah, maybe for turtles and rabbits, but everyone is racing to win, win, win at all costs. Sure, patience and gradual steps toward a goal

make sense, but a capitalist society is driven by those who are the first movers, who make the unexpected discoveries and who patent their method, idea or product first.

• Winning isn’t everything. Oh, no? It sure does seem like cause for enormous celebrations. The Winter Olympics are coming up in February.

Will we revel in the effort the athletes took to get there, will we celebrate the man or woman who finishes fourth, and will we congratulate the athlete who didn’t make it to the medal round? Maybe, but then again aren’t we more likely to remember the names and achievements of those who finished first or, gulp, second?

• Be who you are. That sounds lovely, but doesn’t that depend on what state you’re in? In some states, if who you are involves altering gender expectations, that might be problematic. Yes, we are all urged to celebrate ourselves and our identity, but others don’t necessarily join the party if they feel threatened by those we embrace.

• Truth, justice and the American way. No, I’m not referring to Superman here, although those are the words from the famous comic book hero. Listening to people fight about the direction of the country suggests that the American way isn’t what it used to be. Ask President Trump, who is so fond of deriding what he describes as “fake news.”

We as a nation can’t agree on truths anymore, because we have become so adept at fighting the appearance of disagreeable facts.

• Happily ever after. This catchphrase depends on whom you ask, but seems to involve riding off cheerily into some sunset aboard a horse-drawn carriage. Years like 2017 can present bumps in the road, the way acne suddenly appears on the face of a developing teenager.

That doesn’t mean life won’t involve a “happily ever after.” Maybe we should revise the homily to suggest that it will likely require work, in which the payoff, down the road, is worth the challenges.

ments seem within reach and future possibilities appear limitless. Two are in college, each pursuing their respective dream of filmmaking and music composition; the third is visiting colleges between her volleyball tournaments; and the youngest is a star baseball player in high school, which is exactly where he wants to be on his hoped-for career in the majors. They are not frivolous in going about realizing their goals. They understand that academic excellence is required, and they work tirelessly at that task. During their visit, they could be found doing physics homework, prepping for the SATs and, to my great delight, practicing on their musical instruments. They, and we, have reached the stage where their music soars, even during practice.

Gone are the squeaks and sour notes of yesteryear.

My children and their spouses are doing what they want to be doing and finding satisfaction in their particular successes, which gives

me untold pleasure. They have also reached the stage in their parenting where they can appreciate their own parents. Three of my grandchildren are still teenagers, and I know of no harder job than the raising of teens.

My children can look back now and sometimes marvel at how their parents handled those years. They might even ask for a bit of advice.

That, of course, gives us grandparents further pleasure because our children have now become our friends. And for our part, we can ask their advice in turn. It’s a wonderful stage of life for us oldies. We can enjoy the capital gains of our investments in our children and the dividends with our grandchildren.

Ultimately what is it that really makes us thankful? I don’t know anyone who gives thanks for their Mercedes or diamond tiara, much as it may be fun to have those symbols of accomplishment. To be really thankful is to have what will outlive us — those we love.

No more turkey, but lots of gravy

T

hanksgiving Day has passed but the thankfulness lingers on. It’s a wonderful feeling, to be appreciative and to give thanks for the richness of life.

I understand that there are even clinical studies showing that such feelings promote health. So on such a crusade, here’s what I suggest we can all be thankful

By Leah S. Dunaief for at this time.

For starters, let’s consider the weather. Amid the chaotic political climate, our weather has been serene right up to the end of November. When my family visited, we could walk the beach, stroll on the roads, play touch football — they did, not me — and

Between you and me

just bask on the front porch in the sun. It was so warm, we could have been in Florida. And there was nary a raindrop in sight.

The warm temperatures have delayed the falling leaves, and many trees and bushes still offer bursts of glorious color. Even a drive on Northern State Parkway in traffic can actually be a pleasure, at least aesthetically. We know that the trees will soon be bare so this late autumnal show is particularly to be appreciated. The birds are still in fine chorus, the rabbits are bopping around in plain sight and the squirrels are playing between tree limbs even as they are busy gathering their acorns.

The satisfactions that come along with a visit from one’s family are grand. Despite any high-spirited political discussions, the sight and success stories of children and grandchildren fill one’s heart. My four grandchildren are at an age now when mighty accomplish-

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SportS Smithtown Central School District

Photos from Smithtown school district

Swimming success

Smithtown swimmers have gone the distance this season.

Smithtown West sophomore Hayley Beutel qualified for states for the third consecutive year in diving and broke her own 6 dive score school record this season.

Her new 286.87 record tops her previous record of 282.35 from 2016.

Smithtown East senior Liz Gallagher traveled to states for her fifth time com-

peting in the 100-yard butterfly. She holds the school record in the 50 freestyle, 24.63 seconds; 100 freestyle, 54.49; and 400 freestyle relay, clocking in at 3:49.12 with teammates Christina Hummel, Olivia Eterno and Alexa Dominger.

Great Hollow Middle School seventhgrader Leah Treglia is the only seventhgrader in Suffolk County to have made states this year. She too competed in the 100 butterfly.

Kings Park High School

Photo from Smithtown school district

First to the finish line Smithtown Central School District’s boys cross-country team won its second consecutive Suffolk County championship Nov. 3. Five Smithtown runners placed in the Top 12 and seven in the Top 20.

Steven Spreizer led the runners with a second-place finish in 16 minutes, 39 seconds.

Nick DeFelice was following close behind to finish third in 16:46 and Nick Cipolla crossed the finish line soon after to finish sixth in 16:59.

David Cabello (ninth in 17:02) and John

Cuff (12th in 7:13) rounded out the five scoring athletes.

Aidan Kennedy (18th in 17:42) and Michael Danzi (20th in 17:43) rounded out the team scoring.

The boys represented Smithtown and Section XI at the New York state cross-country championships at Wayne Central High School in Ontario Center.

Pictured: Mark Jackett, Peter Schieck, David Cabello, John Cuff, Michael Danzi, Nick DeFelice, Nick Cipolla, Steven Spreizer, Aidan Kennedy, Kevin Cawley and Alex Martin.

Photos from Kings Park school district

Taking the talent onward Kings Park High School held a national letter of intent signing Nov. 8.

Surrounded by family, friends and coaches, five student-athletes put pen to paper to continue their athletic journey at the collegiate level. Of the five, three of the seniors signed to play lacrosse next fall.

Mckaela Braun committed to compete for Iona College, Shaylagh Devlin for Nyack College and Zoe Dougherty for the University of Mount Olive.

Alexa Petraitis signed to play for LeMoyne College’s volleyball team and Samantha Schultz for the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s basketball team.

Smithtown East

Smithtown West

The start of the season Kings Park

The Kings Park girls basketball team will be hosting its first nonleague game today, Nov. 30, at 5:45 p.m. against Bay Shore. The boys team will host Plainedge in a basketball tournament at 5 p.m.

Dec. 1. Huntington, which is coached by Brian Carey, a former Kings Park alum and coach, will

compete against Commack at 7 p.m. A ceremony will be held at intermission for the renaming of the gym after longtime coach and Kings Park Hall of Fame member Art Snelders, who Carey played for at Kings Park. The winners will face off in the finals at 7 p.m. Dec.2. The game is in memory of former Kings Park assistant coach Gene “Pop” DeGraw.

The Smithtown East girls basketball team will be playing its first nonleague game of the season at Hauppauge today, Nov. 30, at 5:45 p.m. The boys basketball team will be hosting its first nonleague game of the season against Northport Dec. 1 at 4:15 p.m.

The Smithtown West boys basketball team will be hosting Brentwood in its second nonleague game of the season. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:45 p.m.

Dec. 1. The wrestling team will travel to William Floyd High School Dec. 2 for a tournament that begins at 9 a.m.