The Village Beacon Record - February 22, 2018

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MOUNT SINAI • MILLER PLACE • SOUND BEACH • ROCKY POINT • SHOREHAM • WADING RIVER

Vol. 33, No. 31

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In 2014, Andrea Petterson was in a dark place. The Sound Beach resident had recently left her job as a landscape manager at Stony Brook University, just months after she accused her supervisor of sexual harassment and discrimination. At the time, she was in the beginning stages of filing a lawsuit against the school.

“I was at my lowest,” Petterson said, looking back. “That job was my life, my identity and everything I was. Suddenly, I felt very unsafe.”

That was, she said, until she found herself inside Gentle Strength Yoga studio, after a friend suggested she try and heal herself there.

Owned and operated by Mather Hospital nurse Christine Cirolli, the yoga studio opened for one of her students, whose family lives in Mount Sinai in 2013, and moved perma- in poverty. She referred to the studio as “a special place.” nently to Route 25A in Rocky Point in 2016.

Aside from offering regular classes, acu“It’s the kind of place where people can punctures and massages, the studio was de- come in and talk about what’s going on physisigned to be a community-oriented refuge cally or mentally and everybody sort of works where “people can band together to help together to help each other,” she said. “At the each other,” according to Cirolli. studio, we learn that yoga is really the begin“The second I stepped in, it just felt like ning of a lifelong practice of being connected home,” said Petterson, who was a student with, and kind to members of our community.” for two years before graduating from Long Cirolli, a Queens native and Suffolk ComIsland Yoga School in Great munity College graduate, Neck and eventually becomsaid she has been practicing ing an instructor at the stuyoga on and off since she dio. “Christine really gave was in high school, and alme an opportunity here to ways aimed for her studio to learn more about myself. be inclusive for everybody.

She was the one that told “I feel blessed that me that ‘helping heals’ and people would trust me, that has stuck with me.” that they are here in a This past Christmas, place of caring and love,” Petterson raised close to — Andrea Petterson Cirolli said. $3,400 by making and sellShe added that Gentle ing holiday ornaments in Strength hosts a free 12-step the studio, and then donated the funds to recovery yoga program for those affected by several families in need. She routinely teach- alcohol addiction. es classes at Joseph A. Edgar Immediate “It’s just providing people with another School in Rocky Point and within Shoreham- tool to help in their recovery,” she said of the Wading River school district. program. “It doesn’t require anyone to sign She also said the studio has motivated her up or register, either, so if they wanted to to start an organization that helps to empow- come here and be completely anonymous, er young women. they can. I thought that was a really nice Melissa McMullan, a longtime regular at way to try and welcome people in here who the studio and a teacher in the Comsewogue might otherwise be steered away.”

School District, said the holiday fundraiser For more information, visit www.gentle at the studio helped provide a happy holiday strengthyogastudio.com

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COUNTY Local districts respond to Florida shooting

BY KEVIN REDDING KEVIN@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

MOUNT SINAI

Since news of the shooting broke last Wednesday, Mount Sinai Superintendent Gordon Brosdal said he and other administrators and members of the board of education have been thoroughly discussing, evaluating and prioritizing security upgrades across the district’s three buildings to make its existing emergency preparedness plan even safer.

He said residents will see upgrades sooner rather than later.

“These are tense times now, and the safety of students and staff is paramount,” Brosdal said. “We’ve been fortunate in the past, but you can’t take anything for granted anymore.”

Some of the upgrades currently being considered include the installation of more security cameras in each building in the district; security films for all windows that deter attackers from gaining access to a building via shooting through glass, buying students, teachers and staff more time to escape in the process; the implementation of identification badges for school staff and different-colored lanyards to be worn in each building to pinpoint outsiders; the hiring of retired law enforcement personnel inside the elementary, middle and high schools — currently the district has two outdoor security guards who monitor traffic entering and exiting the school grounds; and a better monitoring system on the district’s entranceway alongside Route 25A. “We are having real, hard discussions about this,” Brosdal said. “We also fielded calls from parents last week.”

The district’s existing emergency operations plan, Brosdal said, includes lockdown drills, evacuation procedures and relocation of students from one school to another in emergency situations.

He added that, at Mount Sinai, all visitors must enter the buildings through a security vestibule and are required to show identification and state a reason for entering the building.

He said each building in the district is equipped with the School Active Violence Emergency hotline, an emergency notification system rolled out by Suffolk County in 2013 in response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. With the push of a button, the phone systems are programmed to automatically bypass normal communication channels and immediately dial the county police 911 center supervisor.

The program displays the school’s location and initiates an immediate dispatch to the nearest available emergency responders.

According to Suffolk Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), who helped launch the system, only 34 out of 70 school districts are equipped with it. However, she hopes

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The shots fired in a Florida high school last week are ringing out across Suffolk County.

Immediately following the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 students and faculty members dead, Suffolk County school district officials began to batten down the hatches and inform residents that preparations are in place if an active shooter situation were to occur closer to home.

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“When they send a child to school after events like this, parents feel helpless — they have no control over what happens to their child throughout the day and have no choice but to rely on school and law enforcement security,” Anker said. “So, by working together, this program creates a stronger network of security for students in the schools. As soon as that phone rings, within eight seconds, the response process begins.”

SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER

Over at Shoreham-Wading River Central School District, Superintendent Gerard Poole released a letter to parents the day after the Florida shooting, ensuring that “safety and security for our students, staff and visitors is a daily topic within our schools” and is the first agenda item at each administrative meeting.

“When we hear of these tragedies, we are reminded that our district’s preparedness for any emergency situation is of the utmost importance,” Poole said in the letter. “Each school conducts drills related to evacuation, lockdown and lockout. These drills are observed by our security team and assessed for improvements.”

He added that this past summer, the district hired an outside security consultant firm to add an extra level of expertise to its plans, drills and overall preparedness.

In the Emergency Planning Information for Parents tab located on the district’s website, some of Shoreham’s security procedures are outlined: Outside doors are locked when school is in session; security guards are at each school, checking entrances to monitor the district’s access points and perimeters; all school visitors must obtain a pass; and school personnel are required to wear photo ID badges.

“On an ongoing basis, the district is reviewing its use of technology to further strengthen our security plans,” Poole said.

“In addition, with the support of our security consultants, the district recently completed a security audit and developed a multipronged plan to further enhance the safety and security of our campuses.”

According to the district, unique variables are occasionally implemented into the drills, like a blocked exit, in order to present a more realistic scenario.

PORT JEFFERSON

“Although teaching and learning is our core mission, families, first and foremost, want to know that their loved ones are safe at school,” said Port Jefferson Superintendent Paul Casciano in a Feb. 15 email. He explained that, in preparedness for a similar

situation, emergency drills are conducted regularly at the school, security guards are in place and cameras are installed throughout the district’s property. “We are working collaboratively with the Suffolk County Police Department to identify areas for continued attention moving forward.”

He also said that in the aftermath of the Florida shooting, discussions were held in classrooms for students and efforts will continue to be made to alleviate stress, anxiety and depression in them.

“Internally, we are working with students through a variety of programs and strategies to address their social-emotional health,” he said.

ELWOOD

Kenneth Bossert, superintendent of the Elwood school district, said while he is hesitant to make public any portion of the school’s full emergency preparedness plan, in an effort to shield tactics from the “bad guys,” the district does plan for all types of emergencies on a consistent basis. In cooperation with the Suffolk County Police Department, he said the district conducts a minimum of four scheduled drills per year.

On the night of the Florida shooting, Bossert made, what he called, a rather lengthy phone call to all parents to share this information and put minds at ease.

“We’re all in this together,” he said.

SMITHTOWN

For better protection against intruders, this school district is equipped with the Raptor Visitor Management System, a webbased monitoring software designed to track visitors and electronically check them against public databases, as well as exterior cameras for all its elementary buildings, according to Superintendent James Grossane. He also said each school building has access-controlled doors operated by a swipe card.

“I want to reassure you that we take school safety and security very seriously,” Grossane said in a letter to parents. “Our schools are a safe place. As a district, we continuously review and improve our districtwide Emergency Management Plan as needed to incorporate any new policies or improvements in security equipment. Additionally, all district staff undergo annual training on the emergency response plan, and students and staff participate in drills throughout the school year.”

Grossane included a website link for the National Association of School Psychologists, and the organization’s document “Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers” for students coping with the recent tragedy.

Social media threat

BY ALEX PETROSKI Days after a shooting killed 17 at a high school in Florida, a threat was made via social media against Port Jefferson High School, according to an email sent to parents in the district by Superintendent Paul Casciano.

“Today our high school administration was made aware of an alleged threat via social media,” Casciano’s email said. The message went out just before midnight Feb. 15.

The district sent out an update to parents on the situation Friday afternoon and posted the message on its website.

“While I know that there are many questions that you may have, please understand that there is a limit to the amount of information we are permitted to share publicly about this type of situation,” Casciano said in the notice to parents. “Please know that the individual responsible for the threat has been identified and that our district is complying with the Suffolk County Police Department with their ongoing investigation into this matter.”

The superintendent’s message sought in part to dispel what he referred to as “a firestorm of rumors,” on social media.

“At no time today or yesterday were any of our campuses on lockdown/ lockout, no evacuation occurred and no bomb threat was made against any of our school facilities,” he said. “The police presence on campus was intended to put our parents and students at ease and was a direct result on the before mentioned ongoing investigation.”

The Suffolk County Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Reporting contributed by Kevin Redding.

KINGS PARK

Superintendent Timothy Eagen at nearby Kings Park school district also provided information from the NASP website to parents and informed them that psychologists and school counselors were available to students in the days following the tragedy.

In his letter, Eagen urged parents to speak with their children about the importance of reporting concerning activities they might see or hear from other students to adults, as many perpetrators of school shootings tend to leave clues leading up to their eventual rampages. These signs, he said, may include posts to social media relating to weapons, cruelty to animals or any reference to past tragedies, like Columbine.

“Even though yesterday’s events seem far away from Kings Park, they are a frightening reminder of the importance of safety and the potential impact of senseless acts of violence,” Eagen wrote in a Feb. 15 letter. “[But] while the world can sometimes seem out of control, schools are incredibly safe places where children experience security, normalcy, inclusion and connections to positive possibilities. As I have often said, the three pillars of Kings Park are: Pride, service and family. Our collective vigilance will help to ensure that Kings Park remains a safe place to live and raise a family.”

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TOWN Friends of St. Patrick announces 68th grand marshal

BY KEVIN REDDING KEVIN@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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Andrew Streeff likes being a behind-thescenes kind of person.

For the past 20 years, he has operated out of the kitchen in the back of The Hartlin Inn, a Sound Beach pub and restaurant and community fixture where he serves as chef and co-owner and he’d hoped to keep it that way. He has always been eager to help local school districts and clubs through fundraisers and donations, but never seeks recognition. And, in 2001, when encouraged by his business partner and mentor Richie Hartig to join the Friends of St. Patrick, Streeff was hesitant, despite his lifelong Irish pride and love for the group.

“I told him, ‘I’ll do it as long as I don’t have to march up front,’” Streeff said, referring to the group’s annual Miller PlaceRocky Point St. Patrick’s Day parade. In his 17 years with the organization, and being involved in the parade, Streeff has run raffles, sold T-shirts and fed information to the event’s announcer.

“That’s what I really enjoy,” he said.

“When the cameras and the politicians come, I’m darting out of the way.”

That all changes March 11 when Streeff leads the nearly three-mile march from the Flying Pig Cafe in Miller Place to Broadway in Rocky Point as grand marshal of the 68th annual parade. This honor is bestowed on longtime, dedicated members of the organization, or those who have proven to be pillars of the community, and Streef “fits both those bills,” according to Friends of St. Patrick president Michael Tatilian.

“He’s very active in our community, a great guy, and, whenever we’ve asked him to help us out with something, he’s always been there,” Tatilian said.

But Streeff said he isn’t marching for himself. Instead, he’s accepting the honor in memory of the man who pushed him to join the group in the first place — Hartig, one of the two original owners of The Hartlin Inn; a U.S. Navy veteran, a detective in the Nassau County Police Department, a commodore of the Mount Sinai Yacht Club; and

Rocky Point-Miller Place St. Patrick’s Day parade’s 68th grand marshall Andrew Streeff, above, and the co-owner of The Hartlin Inn in Sound Beach, below right, is leading the parade in memory of friend and founder the inn, Richie Hartig, below left. a proud member of the Friends of St. Patrick until his death from a heart attack in 2004 at age 63.

Hartig died before it was his turn to be grand marshal, Streef said.

“Anyone who knew Richie knew this was right up his alley,” he said. “My biggest concern really was asking his wife how she would feel about this if I did it. It turned out she was 100 percent behind it. A lot of people are excited that I’m doing this in Richie’s name.”

Linda Hartig, who joined the restaurant full time as an accountant after her husband’s death, described Streeff as a “standup guy” who would do anything for anybody in the community. She said she was honored by his motivation to march.

“While Richie would have loved to have Streeff said. “Any time I got a new job growled the parade, in my heart I know that he’ll ing up, I’d tell the boss, I can work any holiday be walking right alongside Andrew,” she and any weekend throughout the year except said. “I’m sure he’s looking that one Sunday in March.” down very happy.”

Streeff has been in the Streeff was born in restaurant business since Queens to a Finnish fahe was 16 as a student at ther and Irish mother, and Miller Place High School. moved to Sound Beach in By the time he graduated 1969 when he was 7 years in 1979, he had been workold. Just a year later, he ing full time for about a marched for the first time year. He began at the old in the parade as a Cub Nine Doors restaurant in Scout, later joking that his Port Jefferson and picked mother indoctrinated him up different styles of cookwith the importance of St. from a variety of cul— Linda Hartig ing, Patrick’s Day from day one. tures like French and Ger“I think when I was in man, as he moved on from Catholic school in Queens, with the manda- one local establishment to next. He eventory uniform on, she made sure that, on St. tually found himself working seasonally in Patrick’s Day, I had green on somewhere,” Florida’s Palm Beach County for a number

‘While Richie would have loved to have led the parade, in my heart I know that he’ll be walking right alongside Andrew.’

of years in the 1990s, until he learned his friend, Linda Sarich, and her business partner, Hartig, bought a restaurant in Sound Beach. The name Hartlin is a combination of Hartig and Linda’s names. Streeff originally offered to help set up their kitchen and menu, but within a matter of months, he became a full partner.

“Having grown up here, it was ideal for me to get involved,” said Streeff, who, since 1997, has taken it upon himself to hire youth in the community with the aim of steering them in the right direction and keeping them out of trouble. “This is a down-home type of family restaurant in a tight-knit community where you wave to strangers. You don’t really see that anywhere else anymore.”

After 40 years in the restaurant industry, and 21 strong years at The Hartlin Inn, Streeff said, “It feels like I’m the typical hometown boy who made good.”

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LEGALS

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29 1/25 6x vbr NOTICE OF ADOPTION Notice is hereby given that the following amendment(s) to the Uniform Code of Traf‑ fic Ordinances of the Town of Brookhaven.was/were adopted by the Brookhaven Town Board on Public Hear‑ ing Date 02/08/2018 to be‑ come effective ten (10) days from this publication as re‑ quired by Section 133 of the Town Law. Article VIII Section 33 enti‑ tled PARKING PROHIBITED IN DESIGNATED AREAS is hereby amended by ADDI‑ TION of the following in the hamlet of SHOREHAM MILLER AVE NO PARK‑ ING ANY TIME BEG +/‑400’ S/O SR 25A CONT S +/‑372’ STATE OF NEW YORK) SS: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK) I, Donna Lent, Clerk of the Town of Brookhaven in said State and County do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of the Amendment(s) to the Uniform Traffic Code with the record of the original filed in my office, and that it is true and correct copy of such record and of the whole thereof.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of the Town of Brookhaven on this 9th day of February, 2018 .

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The District Office hours are 8AM to 4PM, Monday thru Friday. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the standard fashion at said time and place.

The Contract Documents may be examined at the Of‑ fice of the Architect, BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers, P.C., 244 East Main Street, Patchogue New York, (631475-0349); however the Contract Documents may only be obtained thru the Office of REV, 330 Route 17A Suite #2, Goshen New York 10924 (877-2720216) beginning on February 26, 2018. Complete digital sets of Contract Doc‑ uments shall be obtained online (with a free user ac‑ count) as a download for a non-refundable fee of Forty-Nine ($49.00) Dollars at the following websites: www.bbsprojects.com or w w w.usinglesspaper.com under ‘public projects’.

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Shoreham-Wading River C.S.D. Janice M. Seus, District Clerk Dated: February 14, 2018 149 2/22 1x vbr NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM #18-01 MILLER PLACE FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Fire Com‑ missioners of the Miller Place Fire District, in the Town of Brookhaven, Suf‑ folk County, New York, at a meeting held on February 14, 2018, duly adopted the following Resolution subject to Permissive Referendum: The Resolution authorizes the purchase of Comput‑ ers and related equipment for Chiefs’ vehicles, at an estimated total cost not to exceed $25,000.00, and the expenditure for such purpose of not more than $25,000.00 from monies now in the Capital Reserve Fund of the Miller Place Fire District heretofore previous‑ ly established.

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Incidents and arrests Feb. 13–18 Drug bust

A 24-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station allegedly possessed more than 1/8 oz. of cocaine as well as marijuana while at a store on Old Town Road in Port Jefferson Station Feb. 17, according to police. He was arrested and charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a narcotic drug and unlawful possession of marijuana.

Unlicensed driver

At about 10 p.m. Feb. 16, a 27-year-old man from Coram was allegedly driving a 2015 Nissan south on Old Town Road in Port Jefferson Station with a suspended license, according to police. He was arrested and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

False ID

On Feb. 15 at about 11:30 p.m., a 27-yearold man from Medford allegedly had control over a 2000 Honda that did not belong to him without consent from the owner, according to police. When questioned by police, he allegedly identified himself as someone else and gave a false date of birth, police said. He was arrested on Main Street in Port Jefferson and charged with false personation and seconddegree unauthorized use of a vehicle.

Coke and pot

A 27-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station allegedly possessed a marijuana cigarette in a plastic bag as well as more than 1/8 oz. of cocaine while on Radburn Lane in Port Jefferson Station Feb. 13 at about 11 p.m., according to police. He was arrested and charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a narcotic drug and fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana.

Driving on drugs

On Feb. 14, a 24-year-old man from Port Jefferson was allegedly driving a 2016 Nissan on High Street in Port Jefferson without headlights on, according to police. He was pulled over and police discovered he was allegedly driving under the influence of drugs, and also allegedly possessed heroin, police said. He was arrested and charged with first-degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Selling heroin

On two separate occasions in March 2017, a 45-year-old man from Port Jefferson allegedly sold heroin, once at Applebee’s on Motor Parkway in Brentwood and once at Walmart on Veterans Memorial Highway in Islandia, according to police. He was arrested Feb. 14 in Port Jefferson and charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.

Dog stolen

A shih tzu dog was stolen from Pax Christi on Oakland Avenue in Port Jefferson Feb. 18 at about 7:30 p.m., according to police.

Driving with suspended license

A 59-year-old man from Mount Sinai was allegedly driving a 1989 GMC on North Country Road near the intersection of Old Field Lane in Mount Sinai at about 9 a.m. Feb. 15 with a suspended license, according to police. He was also allegedly driving without a court-mandated interlock device, police said. He was arrested and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and circumvention of an interlock device.

Shoplifting

At ShopRite on College Road in Selden Feb. 17 at about 10 p.m., a 49-year-old man from Selden allegedly stole groceries, according to police. He was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

Walmart theft

On Feb. 13 at about 5 p.m., a 53-yearold woman from Medford allegedly took assorted merchandise from Walmart on Middle Country Road in Middle Island, according to police. She was arrested Feb. 15 in Selden and charged with petit larceny.

Food and cash robbery

A 19-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station and a 19-year-old man from Sound Beach placed a Chinese food order for delivery to a home on Andover Drive in Port Jefferson Station Feb. 10 at about 9:30 p.m. and allegedly forcibly stole the food and cash from the person delivering the food, according to police. They were arrested Feb. 13 and each charged with second-degree robbery.

Hit and run with a gun

While driving a 2010 Chrysler on Mill Road in Coram Feb. 1 at about 6 a.m., a 43-year-old man from Selden allegedly crashed into a yellow bus, causing damage, and fled the scene without exchanging insurance or contact information, according to police. He also allegedly possessed a loaded revolver in public view on the passenger seat, police said. He was arrested Feb. 13 in Selden and charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident with property damage and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Three stolen vehicles

A 17-year-old man from Setauket allegedly stole a 2012 Kia from the driveway of a home on Mayflower Lane in Setauket between Feb. 5 and 6, according to police. He also allegedly stole a 1996 Nissan from a home on Twig Court in Setauket Feb. 13, according to police. Police said he also allegedly possessed a 1995 Chevrolet, which had previously been reported stolen. He was arrested Feb. 13 and charged with third-degree grand larceny, fourth-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

— COMPILED BY ALEX PETROSKI

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COUNTY

Suffolk DA combats MS-13 with gang unit

BY KYLE BARR

— Tim Sini ALEX PETROSKI

Amid escalating gang activity in Suffolk County, District Attorney Tim Sini (D) announced the creation of a gang task force to combat the rise, specifically of MS-13, the group linked to six Suffolk killings in 2017.

The gang unit, which has already begun operations, exists inside the new Enhanced Prosecution Bureau within the district attorney’s office. Sini said during a press conference Feb. 7 that the unit will focus specifically on prosecuting gang members, even lowerlevel ones or members who commit non-gangrelated crimes. Just before the event a meeting took place, which is said to be the first of many bi-weekly meetings, co-led by the DA’s office and the county police department.

“Previously, when a gang member committed an offense, that prosecution issue was handled by any number of different bureaus within the district attorney’s office,” Sini said. “It created a system where gang members could fall through the cracks or be treated like any other individual. That is no longer going to be the case. We will be strategic in our prosecution against gang members.”

Though overall crime rates in Suffolk County have gone down, there has been persistent MS-13 activity, including the double homicide of young Brentwood residents Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas, and the murder of

‘This is an enormous shift in paradigm — this will bring the fight to a whole new level.’

Suffolk County DA Tim Sini four young Latino men in 2016. More than a dozen alleged gang members were arrested in 2017 and charged with their murders. Many more murders, attempted kidnappings and drug sales have also been linked to the gang.

The new focus on gang activity has become internalized in other law enforcement agencies, such as the county sheriff’s department, which plans to revamp its gang unit inside the office and expand its data analytics and predictive models relating to gang crime.

“Part of it is going to be a learning curve, because my staff is going to have to learn my

ideals and how I want to look at things, and it will require more resources,” Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D) said. The police department is “assisting us with some technology that will allow us to look at these patterns differently, and not only patterns, but individuals as well.”

Sini said that with this change the county will be more effective in deciding whether a crime should be processed locally or federally.

“This is an enormous shift in paradigm — this will bring the fight to a whole new level,” Sini said. “In some instances, it may make sense to start a case in the state system

where we’re able to develop probable cause in an efficient manner while it may take longer to build that federal case.”

The 14-member county gang unit includes eight assistant district attorneys and six special investigators. The gang unit will be led by deputy bureau chief Kate Wagner, and the Enhanced Prosecution Bureau will be led by veteran prosecutor Christiana McSloy, who previously worked on gang cases in the Nassau district attorney’s office.

The assistant district attorneys assigned to the gang unit will be on call on a rotating basis, and available around the clock for when police need assistance or advice. One of the prosecutors speaks Spanish.

The district attorney’s office also announced a partnership with Suffolk County Crime Stoppers, which will still allow community members to send in tips on gang activity that, if leads to an arrest, offers cash rewards up to $5,000.

The new program was announced just over a week after President Donald Trump (R) made mention of MS-13 in his State of the Union address. He cited the rash of gang killings as a reason for America to change its immigration laws. MS-13 activity in Suffolk also inspired the president to visit the Suffolk County Police Academy campus in Brentwood during summer 2017, where he addressed a crowd of officers.

Asking Congressman Lee Zeldin to explain himself

BY ERNESTINE FRANCO We’ve seen a number of letters in this paper where you [U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley)] expound on all the great things you’ve done for your district. However, it seems to me that you either have forgotten about or don’t want us to know some of your votes and issues you’ve supported, especially relating to gun control.

The horrific events at the Parkland high school in Florida happened because a 19-year-old was able to walk into the school with an AR-15-style rifle, which he legally bought, and murder 17 people.

Some of the children who survived the shooting, the deadliest school

lems with the mentally ill rather than ensure that people with mental illness cannot buy a gun? Then please explain why you voted “yes” on the bill to nullify the Obama-era rule that prohibited people with severe mental health issues from purchasing guns?

Granted there was lots of evidence that the shooter’s behavior should have triggered alarm in those around him, but it is unclear whether recognizing and trying to deal with the signs would have changed what this young man wanted to do that day. However, it is clear that if he couldn’t buy an AR-15, he more than likely could not have been able to kill 17 people. So, I ask you, will you support a ban on assault-style weapons?

The day after the school shooting in Florida, in a Facebook post, you expressed sympathy for the victims and their parents. Taking President Donald Trump’s lead, however, you never used the word “gun,” as if the carnage were just about the person.

According to MoveOn.org, you have received $33,732 from the National Rifle Association. So, here, I have to again wonder whether your views on gun control have more to do with gun sales than with gun rights. The majority of Americans, even most gun owners, as well as the majority of Republicans, support enhanced background checks

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shooting since Sandy Hook, are speaking out: “How are we allowed to buy guns at the age of 18 or 19?

That’s something we shouldn’t be able to do,” Lyliah Skinner, a student who survived the shooting, told CNN. Beginning with the attack at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999, life for many of our children has become about practicing active shooter drills and huddling through lockdowns. So I have to wonder about your position on gun control.

I question whether you care about what many children now have to deal with when they go to school.

On Jan. 14, 2014, after the Newtown massacre, in a letter to the New York State Senate, you wrote, “This debate should be even more focused on targeting illegal guns and providing maximum assistance to New Yorkers with mental illnesses in order to most directly avoid another tragedy like Newtown. Our focus ... has to be providing people in need of mental health care more access to help. Society as a whole also needs to better understand mental illness and develop improved means of detecting potential violence long before it can become a threat to anyone else.”

So it seems you believe the solution to some of these mass shootings is that we need to better detect prob-

In a July 2017 tweet, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin insisted he’d ‘married up’ when his wife Diana asked him to take their date to the shooting range. as well as a ban on assault-style weapons. Why don’t you? Is it about the money you can get from the NRA rather than what most people want? What’s more important to you: That anyone, even someone who is mentally ill, should be able to buy an AR-15 or ensuring that our children are kept safe?

On Dec. 6 you co-sponsored H.R. 38 — the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. This act authorizes someone who holds a concealed-carry permit issued in one state to carry a concealed firearm in any state that also authorizes

concealed carry of firearms. This bill overrides federal law concerning the concealed carry of a firearm into a school zone or onto a federally owned property.

In case I have misrepresented any of your positions, and if you are really committed to keeping our children — and your own — safe, how about holding an in-person town hall meeting so we can discuss these issues?

Ernestine Franco is a Sound Beach resident and proofreader for TBR News Media. She is also a member of the Sound Beach Civic Association.

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SPORTS DESIREE KEEGAN

Clockwise from left, Gabby Sartori leaps up to the rim; Holly McNair reaches for the rebound; Olivia Williams fights for possession under the basket; and Margaret Kopcienski looks for the open girl.

Mustangs heading back to county final 

Mount Sinai 69, Sayville 52

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Sartori scores triple-double

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Williams hold down defense

BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN DESIREE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The number 20 must be lucky for Olivia Williams.

In her senior year, still donning her number 20 jersey, the forward helped her team to a perfect, 20-0 regular season.

On Feb. 20, she had the game of her life, scoring a double-double on 11 points and 20 rebounds in a 69-52 Class A semifinal win over Sayville. The No. 1 seeded Mustangs will face No. 6 Hauppauge Feb. 23 at Farmingdale State College at 5 p.m. to defend its Suffolk County crown after nabbing the first one in school history last year.

“I wanted to lay it all on the line, make sure we got back to the finals,” Williams said. “I couldn’t stop going. I didn’t even feel tired because I knew I had to keep fighting until the end.”

Five Mustangs fought for Mount Sinai’s first-quarter lead. While Sayville might have been expecting leading scorer Gabby Sartori to drive to the basket, Williams was first on the board on a free throw after a Sayville 3-pointer. Down 5-1, Sartori sent a long pass over to Brooke Cergol for the score, and Williams tied things at 5-5.

Margaret Kopcienski assisted next on junior Holly McNair’s field goal, to give the Mustangs a lead they’d never relinquish.

“We got into the paint really, we drove to the basket and passed the ball out to get

the shot when we needed to,” McNair said.

“We had so many good passes, and when we play together as a team, I think we’re unstoppable.”

Sartori did turn it on though, scoring eight of Mount Sinai’s 11 points in the second quarter and 11 of her team’s 14 in the third. Of her game-high 29 points, she scored 13 on free throws, going 7-for-8 from the charity stripe in the third quarter.

“I saw they were playing off me, and driving is my main purpose when I play,” said Sartori, who also had 10 assists and 10 rebounds to complete a triple-double.

“When I see the foul coming I take it, because I know I’ve been working hard from that free-throw line to get the easy buckets.”

She said the crowd definitely got the team going.

“The energy, the fantastic atmosphere, I think we fed off that,” Sartori said. “That feeling from last year, I’ve never forgotten it, and I just can’t wait to feel it again.”

Defense was the focus, and the game plan was to be aggressive as the Mustangs keyed in on Jenna Harclerode and Devin Dolan. Mount Sinai held the girls to 12 and eight points, respectively.

“We had to shut down those two girls because they really pick their team up,” McNair said.

Williams’ job was to defend against Dolan, and Mount Sinai head coach Jeff Koutsantanou thought his number 20 exceeded expectations.

“Olivia Williams was outstanding,” he said. “She took on an All-County player and she played the game of her life tonight — she

out-rebounded her, she played her tough. She really did a great job. Without her strength, we might not have been as successful.”

Six Mustangs found themselves on the scoreboard, with Cergol adding the third double-double for her team on 11 points and 10 rebounds. McNair finished with eight points, Kopcienski added six and Casey Campo rounded out the scoring with four.

“We’re all really hyped up,” Williams said. “We knew we wanted to come out strong, we weren’t selfish, and we’re going to do it again. We’ve been wanting to take it game by game, but I’ve really been hoping for the chance to repeat history.”

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SPORTS

BY BILL LANDON

Because there’s no pool at ShorehamWading River High School, junior Jason Louser commutes over an hour to his practice pool in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. That level of commitment paid off Saturday when the swimmer took a photo first in the 200-yard individual medley at the county championship, stopping the clock at 1 minute, 50.63 seconds, just two seconds ahead of second-place finisher David He of Ward Melville.

“It’s definitely good to see that all of the hard work has paid off — it gives me more confidence and a little less stress,” said Louser, who shaved nearly six seconds off his personal best at Hauppauge High School’s pool Feb. 15.

“The pool in Eisenhower Park is an hour drive from where I live, so it’s a big commitment.

Trying to get to practice and all of the meets at the same time it can be a little challenging.”

An upset came in the 50 freestyle, which pitted Northport’s Ethan Greenfield against Ward Melville’s Nick Bogush, who holds the fastest time in the county at this distance.

Greenfield tripped the timer at 21.89, just hundredths of a second ahead of Bogush.

Northport head coach Drew Modrov said he wasn’t expecting that kind of performance from Greenfield.

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SWR’s Louser swims to first-place county finish

‘It’s definitely good to see that all of the hard work has paid off — it gives me more confidence.’

— Jason Louser Shoreham-Wading River junior Jason Louser swims to a Suffolk County first-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley.

“I was surprised,” he said. “Ethan came in as the underdog, and I think he was a little surprised [knowing the time differences between them]. He just showed up on race day and won it.”

Bogush said he felt fatigued going in, but credited his challenger’s changes.

“He was very swift,” Bogush said of Greenfield. “But I’m going to come back to states and do even better. I’ll give it my best. So we’ll

see what happens.”

Bogush came back with a vengeance though, earning a first-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay with teammates Kevin Xu, David He and Cameron Kubik. The team finished a mere hundredths of a second ahead of Northport’s relay, led by Greenfield.

The Patriots finished the event in 1:27.03.

Northport’s quartet also consisted of Zachary Papsco, Nicholas Millkey and Dylan Karpf.

“Every day in practice, I try to race other people who are specialist in their event, against freestylers and backstrokers, it gives me better reach,” He said. “I’m a 400 individual medley competitor in club swimming, so I have to train in every event every day.”

Ward Melville’s foursome also held off Northport in the 200 freestyle relay, with a best time of 3:11.87, nearly six seconds ahead of second place. The Patriot’s 200 medley team was edged out by Half Hollow Hills by 0.14 seconds.

Hauppauge’sTrentonBurr(100backstroke, 51.26) and Jack Casey (100 breaststroke, 55.34) also came in first. Casey’s time was an All-American automatic standard.

The swimmers will compete in the state championships at a familiar venue for Louser, at Nassau County Aquatic Center in Eisenhower Park March 2 and 3.

Miller Place Olympic athlete, area coach named to HOF Athletes and coaches that have had careers like few others will be immortalized this May. Miller Place Olympian Matt Ryan and recent Shoreham-Wading River coach Hans Wiederkehr are two of the 10 newest members of the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame.

“I keep a phrase in my back pocket, ‘The harder you work the luckier you get,’” Ryan said. “I knew I could control the hard work and where I landed I didn’t know, but I figured the hard work would get me there.

The work has certainly paid off.”

Ryan, noted as one of the greatest handGEORGIA TECH

ball players in American history, was a 1996 U.S. Olympic captain and three-time U.S. Handball Player of the Year. His 225 official international matches are an American record. Ryan also played professional handball overseas and starred in multiple world championship tournaments.

His athletic prowess, however, began on the basketball court. As a senior at Miller Place High School in 1984, Ryan was named New York Basketball Player of the Year. As a junior, he was second team All-Long Island and won a gold medal at the Empire State Games with the Long Island squad.

Ryan also played baseball and ran cross country. He said the community support kept him striving for greatness, and said being the young kid on the block pushed him to rise to the occasion.

“They say it takes a village to raise a child, and that was the case in Miller Place,” Ryan said. “I learned a lot competing for Miller Place — how to overcome obstacles and how to battle through any circumstance. I think a lot of my work ethic came from that. Everyone was wonderful, from the teachers to coaches to parents. The bond with fellow classmates is a bond like no other. We always supported each other.”

In 2013, Ryan was inducted in the Miller Place Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2004, he was honored with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America National Service to Youth Award.

After a successful career as a lineman at Syracuse University, Wiederkehr spent a season with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an offensive lineman in 1985-86. From 1986 until 2002 he served as a physical education teacher and director at Babylon and coached var-

sity football from 1987 to 2002. The Panthers won 10 league crowns, six Suffolk County titles and two Long Island championships during his tenure. From 2014 to 2016 he was an assistant at Shoreham-Wading River High School. The Wildcats won three Long Island championships and two Rutgers Trophies, given annually to Suffolk’s top football team.

“I had tremendous parents, tremendous support, and then I took the time to coach my own son at Shoreham and dealt with the same type of people,” Wiederkehr said. “I’ve been very lucky to have that support, and I think that’s the foundation of amateur athletics.”

The former Division I athlete and NFL player is also one of the longest tenured athletic administrators of any coaches association in Long Island history. He has served as president of the Suffolk County Football Coaches Association since 1999, known for its famed awards dinners that draw more than 900 guests annually. Wiederkehr is also an inductee of the East Lyme High School Hall of Fame (2004) and the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame (2009).

Former executive director of the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame, Ed Morris, is also in this year’s class. He served on the executive board since 1992 prior to taking over the organization in 2000. A Sachem alum, he is also the first recipient of his namesake award, the Edward J. Morris Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also served on the board of directors of Suffolk police athletic league.

Longtime Middle Country track and field coaches Bob Burkley and Harry Schneider; Half Hollow Hills graduate Stephen Bowen, who spent 10 seasons in the NFL; and Shannon Smith, a three-time first-team lacrosse All-American who is among the most

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BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN DESIREE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Former Babylon head football coach and Shoreham-Wading River assistant Hans Wiederkehr, above, and Miller Place handball Olympian Matt Ryan, on left, will be inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame May 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Watermill Caterers in Smithtown. decorated players in the sport, and is also the head women’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University, also highlight this year’s class.

“When I found out that I was one of the new members I almost felt guilty, because there are so many wonderful men and women coaches in Suffolk County,” Wiederkehr said. “There are so many that work hard, and sometimes don’t achieve some of the success some other coaches have, but that doesn’t bother them, they just keep working and working and working. I’m very honored and humbled to be a part of this induction class.”

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SCHOOL NEWS Rocky Point High School ROCKY POINT SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROCKY POINT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Solving mathematical clues

Mathematical concepts and critical thinking skills united at Rocky Point High School as students enrolled in Daniel Capell’s geometry classes worked to unlock a box.

Breakout, as it’s called, is where students solve clues in order to unlock a series of resettable locks, boxes and times that are customized to a specific subject area.

Within the geometry classes, the students were asked to answer questions revolving around the topics covered in their class so far this year. Each of the questions corresponded with something to help crack the code. The classes raced against each other and time to retrieve the prize inside.

Miller Avenue School

Robotics team members are motivators

who makes a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout their school and community, and sparks others to embrace the culture of FIRST. Rocky Point was selected based on its community outreach work, namely efforts throughtheteam’sYouTubechannel,Snapchat presence, annual district robotics fair for younger students, participation in the first district STEM fair and its continued support of the two middle school robotics teams.

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A step back in time

Miller Avenue School second grade students had an educational experience like no other when they visited the historic one-room schoolhouse at The Long Island Museum in Stony Brook.

As part of their social studies curriculum, students learned what a typical school day was like for a child in the 1880s — solving math problems on slate boards, learning about Spencerian script — the standard writing style of the period — and playing 19th century games. To add to the feel of the day, some students brought lunch in a paper bag,

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Students were encouraged to dress as if they lived in the time period — girls with long dresses, aprons, bonnets, shawls and boots, and boys with straw hats, suspenders and socks pulled up over their pants to give the appearance of breeches.

“We had a wonderful field trip,” said teacher Kristen Gironda, who encouraged students to share their experiences with their families, and note the differences between the modern Miller Avenue School and the vintage one-room schoolhouse.

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Rocky Point High School’s robotics team received the Motivate Award at the FIRST Tech Challenge regional qualifying competition at Lynbrook High School.

The award is given to a team that embraces the culture of FIRST and shows what it means to be a team. This judged award celebrates the team that represents the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition through team building, team spirit and displayed enthusiasm. It recognizes a team

Jonathan Brunet, 32, of Sound Beach, died Jan. 21.

Born March 23, 1985, in Huntington, he was the son of William and Tracy Ann (Mayon) Brunet.

He was employed by Curtiss-Wright in East Farmingdale as a nuclear valve technician.

He is survived by his parents; sister Kristen Kelley of Sound Beach; brother Ryan Brunet of Sound Beach; and nephew Derek Kelley of Sound Beach.

Visiting hours were held at Rocky Point Funeral Home. A private cremation followed.

Arrangements were entrusted to Rocky Point Funeral Home.

Edward Tkacsik Jr.

Edward Tkacsik Jr., 85, of Mount Sinai, died Jan. 29.

Born April 29, 1932, in Brooklyn, he was employed by the City Of New York as a dock worker. He was a veteran of the Korean War. Tkacsik was the son of the late Edward and late Jenny (Slabodzian) Tkacsik. He was predeceased by his wife, Maureen, in 1994.

He is survived by sons Paul Tkacsik of Rocky Point and Danny Tkacsik of Rockaway; sister Marion Wohl and two grandchildren.

Prayers were offered at Rocky Point Funeral Home. Burial followed at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale.

Arrangements were entrusted to Rocky Point Funeral Home.

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RICH ATRICELLI

SPORTS

Clockwise from left, former Anthony Volpe, head coach Darren Goldstein and Billy Coggins; Volpe and Coggins with Rocky Point’s recent trophies; and Volpe and Coggins represent Suffolk County in the state tournament.

Former Eagles impact culture of Rocky Point wrestling

BY RICH ACRITELLI The Rocky Point wrestling squad — being one of the best teams competing at the league, county, Long Island and state level — has lived up to the historic words of former president Theodore Roosevelt.

“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena ... who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat,” Roosevelt said in his 1910 speech referred to as “The Man in the Arena.”

If you visit the wrestling room or watch a match, you’ll see some familiar faces offering advice to the current lineup. They are two former athletes, inspired by what head coach Darren Goldstein had done for them. Using injuries as positive motivation to make the switch from collegiate competion to coaching, the pair returned to their alma mater to make a difference, and they have once again found success.

Anthony Volpe and Billy Coggins, 2010 Rocky Point graduates, are respected Eagles.

The two had historic six-year careers at 171-pound state title-winning finish.

Rocky Point and improved with each season to Coggins too learned from prestigious culminate in state victories their senior seasons. coaches along the way, noting his time spent Volpe, now 25, garnered a tremendous with Dan Gable, a college coach in Iowa and amount of interest from collegiate coaches. former Olympian. The duo also trained with He amassed a 226-19 record, and in addition Ed Darcy, owner of Personal Fitness Club in to taking the 160-pound state title, was a Rocky Point. two-time state placer, two-time county title Coggins competed for University of winner, six-time league champion and Virginia, where as a freshman, he wrestled four-time All-American. The grappler chose behind a three-time college All-American. This to compete for Rutgers University. Although is where the physicality of the sport started to he did not compete as a freshman during the take its toll. Coggins unknowingly tore a labrum, dual-meet season, he competed in multiple in his hip, and continued to wrestle with it for tournaments to compile a 28-5 record. two seasons. He redshirted his junior year to “He always looked like a wrestler from repair the damage, but after two hip surgeries the start of his interest within this sport,” he was sidelined for good. He graduated with Goldstein said. a degree in economics and a masters in higher The head coach, recently education administration. nominated to be inducted Volpe, who said one of into the state Wrestling Hall his proudest moments was of Fame, first met Volpe making the lineup of a top when the soon-to-be star 20 Division I team when he was in second grade. The transferred to the University two crossed paths inside the of Maryland, went up against same elementary school, the nation’s fiercest wrestlers. where Goldstein, marveling He competed in one match in at his build, passed him a flier his junior year, fractured his with local wrestling club and foot and needed surgery. school sport information.

Volpe and Coggins each Volpe said he wouldn’t hit a crossroad due to injury, have gotten where he was if and reality was hard to acit wasn’t for the sacrifices his cept. Instead of taking it as family of five made, putting a defeat, at 22, the duo re— Charlie Delgary turned to Rocky Point to pass up with constant traveling and expenses to go attend on their knowledge. camps and tournaments.

“They have taken everyWhat also aided in his success, were the thing they know and have broken it down to lessons learned from then-Hofstra University give our student-athletes great tactical advanwrestling coach Tom Ryan, who currently tages when they take the mat,” Rocky Point coaches at Ohio State University. athletic director Charlie Delargy said. “They Like Volpe, Coggins had his own successes, are both great tacticians and bring a cerebral but they came slower. side to this sport. The student-athletes do During his junior year at Rocky Point, the more visualization prior to execution, which grappler reached a turning point. Seeded I believe is a great key to the team’s success.” eighth, he competed in the tough Eastern The pair have since worked with more States tournament, and defeated the top Rocky Point greats, like Tommy Dutton, whose wrestler. A week later, at a Staten Island tour- older brother Stephen earned a state champion nament, he edged a top 10 nationally-ranked title alongside his former teammates in 2010. wrestler, which put him on the local and Tommy Dutton, now a sophomore at Harvard national map. Coggins, also a cross-country University, was a six-time all-county and six-time runner, recorded a 222-25 record over his league champion grappler. The 145-pounder career, taking three league titles, two county grabbed all-state honors three times and holds and three All-American nods on top of his Long Island’s career wins record (261).

‘They have taken everything they know and have broken it down to give our student-athletes great tactical advantages.’

“Coggins, Volpe and coach Goldstein always make sure that offseason training is available and were committed to making you a better wrestler and a person,” said Dutton of the 2016 county coaching staff of the year.

“They always keep it fun with the team, and from that the team wants to keep coming back for the offseason and put in the extra time it takes to win the team title. The trio of Goldstein, Volpe and Coggins works so well together and really is what brings the team to the next level.”

Peter Vivonetto, a 2010 graduate and close friend who was a three-sport athlete, said while wrestling is thought of as an individual sport, Volpe and Coggins created a team mentality, when they were wrestlers and as coaches.

“This has maintained a winning culture,” he said. “They always drove themselves and others around them to get the most out of their abilities.”

Goldstein says the small-town feel creates a strong sense of family that is felt in the wrestling room. It’s one he says his athletes-turnedcoaches have worked hard to maintain.

“It doesn’t matter what these guys do — they have unbelievable work ethics,” Goldstein said. “‘Can’t’ is not a word in their vocabulary.”

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R E A L E S TAT E PUBLISHERS’ NOTICE All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

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our town seems to have a hot real estate market. You’ve even seen houses in your neighborhood sell quickly. Yet your house still has its “For Sale” sign planted in the front yard after many weeks – perhaps months. So what gives?

The National Association of Realtors suggests if you haven’t received an offer after six showings, you should reassess your home and its potential weaknesses.

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YOUR HOME’S CONDITION It’s time to view your home with fresh eyes. You should start from the outside and work your way in.

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It’s best to physically leave your home. Get in your car and drive away.

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If your problem isn’t an absence of offers but an absence of walk-throughs, it might be time to revisit your home’s listing.

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OPINION Letters to the editor

Spare me the ‘thoughts and prayers’ Funds held higher than children’s lives Another 17 people are dead — mowed down by a teenager wielding a semiautomatic weapon. Please, spare me the “thoughts and prayers.” This will continue until easy access to these weapons and the ammunition they take is halted.

No other nation on Earth has this problem. All have disturbed individuals, but only one makes it easy to get your hands on an AR-15. It’s legal for an 18-year-old to buy an AR-15 but not a can of beer. That’s crazy. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why we have this problem “only in America.” School shootings have become an American tradition, like homecoming or apple pie. As the satirical website “The Onion” put it: “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.”

Please, spare me the talk about “mental health.” Are we going to monitor the mental health of every American? Who draws the line? It’s no accident many of these shooters post pictures of their assault rifle arsenals on Instagram or other social media beforehand.

We’ve made them so easy to obtain. It’s a symptom of a sick culture which prizes these weapons as tokens of power and manhood.

We’re not talking here about hunting rifles or handguns used for self-protection.

We’re talking about a military weapon designed specifically to efficiently kill as many people as quickly as possible.

After 20 first-graders were mowed down at Sandy Hook we did nothing. After 58 innocent people enjoying a country music

festival were massacred in Las Vegas we did nothing. I could go on and on, but what’s the point? After Las Vegas, Congress could not even pass a bill to prohibit bump stocks. As long as the NRA, the most powerful lobby in the country, has anything to say about it, the massacres will continue.

As long as we decide by our actions that so-called Second Amendment rights take precedence over human life, this will continue. There’s a price to be paid for so-called “Second Amendment rights,” and it’s paid by the child or loved one of somebody else.

As long as we keep electing politicians who take money from the National Rifle Association this will continue. Our own congressman, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), the biggest recipient of National Rifle Association funding in New York, hypocritically tweets he’s “praying” for the dead and maimed victims. But last December he co-sponsored a bill to allow people from states with loose or no gun laws to bring their weapons here to New York.

So, please, spare me the “thoughts and prayers,” and talk about our “great law enforcement” and better mental health care and better security and arming everybody in some kind of demented re-enactment of a Wild West that never was. It’s only a matter of time before something like this happens right here on Long Island. And as long as we do nothing, we are all responsible.

David Friedman St. James

NRA controls votes as much as purse As a former school nurse, this topic pains me greatly, and the time has come for me to speak out. I am concerned that many campaign war chests have excessive funding by special interest groups and corporations. So, to each member of Congress I ask: How about the National Rifle Association?

Did they give you big bucks? Do they essentially hold the purse strings of your campaign, your votes in Congress? Have you become a puppet of the NRA? Do they pull the strings when you vote, just as they control the purse strings? You have sold your votes, your heart, your conscience, your duty and perhaps even your soul to the highest bidder, and they own you.

Every time there is a school shooting, or some other mass shooting, how do you feel deep down? I bet you might even send prayers and condolences. We don’t want your false words! We want action now!

Have you ever held the body of a mass shooting victim? Gotten their blood on your clothing, your hands? And had to personally hand that body to the family members?

The Second Amendment was written long before assault weapons were developed. I am not anti guns ... I want assault weapons outlawed. I want tight screening before a purchase of weapons or ammunition can be made. And I want the FBI and all other agencies to give serious review to social media postings, words and actions reported, which may indicate a predisposition to violence and leanings to anti-social/radical groups.

Members of Congress — how much longer will you do nothing? How much longer will those coins mean more to you than the lives of Americans?

Lynn Jordan Mount Sinai

Call it assault rifle 15 What’s in a name? I would not want to be known only by my initials, K.E., and I don’t think most other people would. That might diminish our identities and sense of personal power.

So maybe we should start calling the ubiquitous AR-15 by the name assault rifle 15.

These assault rifle 15s are responsible for

some of the highest death tolls in mass shootings. We could let that name settle into our collective subconsciousness, and maybe into our own individual consciences.

Karleen Erhardt Port Jefferson

As I watched the events of Feb. 14 unfold in Parkland, Florida, my heart broke for those in mourning and my ire rose to unthinkable levels at those “in power” who have done nothing to stop these mass murders from happening. I have two main jobs in life, and both are affected every time these horrific catastrophes occur.

First and foremost, I am the mother of a young school-age child who I send off every day to a public school. I entrust my child’s life to those in the building where I too once walked the halls as a student, though in a very different time. When I was in elementary school I never once feared that someone with a gun would enter this sacred place of learning and hope to cause me any kind of harm. I felt safe and assured that my teachers would care for me, and that I would return home in exactly the same shape I had left in. Unfortunately, as a mother in 2018, there is a constant sense of hypervigilance that I feel every day, particularly after one of these heinous crimes has occurred. I despise this feeling, but it cannot be helped as I worry about the person who is most precious to me.

My second job is as a teacher, and this causes an even deeper level of inner conflict for me. When I walk into the school building I work in every day I cannot imagine allowing anything to ever happen to any of my students. I would not allow any harm to

come to them, but I fortunately have never been confronted by a gunman looking to kill as many people as he possibly can for no apparent reason. The conflict lies in the fact that I feel obligated to protect my students, as much as I would hope my child’s teachers would feel the same, but I also would not want to be killed and have my child suffer the loss of her mother. This is an unfortunate conundrum that teachers have been forced to confront in this day and age, and it is an unreasonable choice that we may be compelled to make. What is the ultimate consequence for acting as a human shield?

Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) had the audacity to offer his “thoughts and prayers” while his hypocrisy rose alarmingly with every word he spewed. How dare he talk out of both sides of his face as he co-sponsors the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act? Sadly, he feels no shame about his voting record on gun control, and his supporters continue to cheer him on. And I won’t even waste words concerning Chump and his ignorant ramblings about the Second Amendment. Numerous mass shootings have already occurred in less than two months, and still a Republican-led Congress continues to cater to the National Rifle Association as parents continue to bury their murdered children. Enough is enough.

Stefanie Werner East Setauket

There’s no substitute for action Columbine. Virginia Tech. Newtown. San Bernadino. Orlando. Sutherland Springs.

Las Vegas. And now, Parkland — yet another mass shooting in this country.

Sadly, there are more mass shootings in the U.S. than in any other country in the world. And, once again, what is the response we hear from the president and most Republicans in Congress? Prayers, condolences, expressions of sympathy. Those are all well and good, but they are simply not enough; they are no substitute for action.

When are we finally going to do something about enacting responsible, sensible gun control legislation? When President Trump spoke a day after the shooting in Florida, he did not talk about the need for stricter gun control laws — in fact, he did not even mention guns. Is he so beholden to the National Rifle Association that he will not even deign to mention the role that guns play in the deaths of so many people in this country? All he would cite as a factor in the Parkland shooting was mental illness — this from a president who actually revoked President Obama’s ban on the sale of guns to mentally ill people. There is no doubt that the current president’s action contributed to a state of affairs where a mentally ill teenager could walk into a gun shop and buy, without any problem whatsoever, a semi-automatic assault rifle.

If Trump is so afraid of losing support from the NRA that he will not even broach the subject of the need for better gun con-

trol laws in America, then we must depend on Congress to do so.

Unfortunately, Republicans in Congress also refuse to do anything about the problem. When there is a mass shooting, they say that it is not a good time to discuss gun control because that would be “politicizing” a tragedy. Sure enough, a day or two after the Parkland tragedy, Paul Ryan said that we should not become involved in a discussion about gun control. “I think,” he said, “we need to pray” and not have a “knee jerk” reaction to what happened. Yet when the public weeping dies down and the tragedy fades from full media attention, Republican legislators continue to ignore the issue, apparently believing that it is not important enough to merit action or even serious discussion.

We know that most congressional Republicans have become dependent on the political and financial support of the NRA. Indeed, our own representative — Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) — has received an “A” rating from that organization. But are campaign checks and endorsements from the NRA more important to our legislators than the lives of the children and adults who are the victims of the never-ending shootings in this country?

What must happen before the majority party in Congress finally says, “Enough already”?

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

Robert Arrigon Setauket

FEBRUARY 22, 2018 • THE VILLAGE BEACON RECORD • PAGE A23

EDITORIAL

Reflections following yet another U.S. mass shooting W

e’ve been here before. A shooter kills and maims unarmed, innocent American citizens, and according to the people elected to represent us, it’s never quite the right time to discuss gun control.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) told us last week, now “is not the time to jump to some conclusion,” adding the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was not about guns, but about “pure evil.”

We’re glad students from the high school have rebuked Ryan and his ilk who, as a church sign in Australia put it over the weekend, “love guns more than their kids.” If students who experienced the horror in Florida Feb. 14 firsthand are ready to talk about change, we’re with them.

However, we’ll go along with the speaker’s flawed premise and offer some thoughts about the latest mass shooting in the United States without politicizing the discussion: • First, let’s honor the heroes who put themselves in harm’s way, some, making the ultimate sacrifice for their colleagues and classmates. While many have heard of teacher

Scott Beigel, 35, who grew up in Dix Hills and died shielding students from gunfire, have you heard of Anthony Borges? Anthony is a 15-year-old student fighting for his life who saved 20 lives as he attempted to close and lock a classroom door. He was shot five times — in both legs, his upper left thigh and his back. His thigh bone was shattered.

• Are all threats taken seriously? A neighbor reported the shooter’s social media account to the FBI in January, making note of his “gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting,” a statement from the FBI read. But nothing was done. Every single hostile message, no matter how small, needs to be noted and handled accordingly. Police need to investi-

gate every threat or mention of harm or disturbance, while schools and their therapists should monitor every student suspect from then on out.

• We are extremely impressed by the grace and maturity students from the high school have displayed in their public thoughts on the tragedy. Lasting change being brought about by young voices should be what America is all about.

While many had lost hope, grieving students cried out. Yes, it was a terrible tragedy that should never have happened, as is said each and every time a mass shooting occurs, but again nothing is being done. This is why there are plans for a March For Our Lives stomp on March 24 in Washington, D.C., where the people will bring the power. “We are up here standing together, because if all

‘Lasting change being brought about by young voices should be what America is all about.’

our government and president can do is send thoughts and prayers, then it’s time for the victims to be the change that we need to see,” said 18-year-old Emma González. We admire the Parkland high school senior, and the many other students who took to podiums to voice their opinions, concerns and anger. They have a right to be mad, and even more, a right to be heard. David Hogg, a 17-year-old student who survived the shooting, had a similar, strong message to legislators: “Politicians and more importantly the American public must take action if we’re going to prevent the next shooting.

To elected officials I say this, ‘Don’t lie to us.

Don’t make any more false promises, because when you do, children die.’” He called the time a turning point in American history “where students stand up and speak out — when the politicians won’t.” We hope to see that happen.

In the face of division, standing up is not for any political agenda but for the lives of the innocent, like young school children.

As Emma González said, and, yes, now we’ll talk about guns: “They say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence. We call B.S.” So do we, Emma.

COLUMN

A close look at an Olympic relationship

T

hey grew up an ocean, and a few months, apart. They spoke different languages, lived in families of different sizes, and competed at high levels in sports from different seasons.

And yet Huntington Station’s Sgt. Matt Mortensen, a Winter Olympic soldier-athlete with Team USA who competes in the luge, and Alex Duma, a sports chiropractor in New York, have been dating for close to two years.

The world of sports provides common ground for these two 32-year-olds.

Duma grew up to become a Romanian women’s national swimming champion and

By Daniel Dunaief an All-American swimmer.

Mortensen, despite living his early years on the relatively flat terrain of Long Island, dedicated his considerable athletic energy to a sport his father

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Jerry introduced him to when the company where he worked, Verizon, was sponsoring a luge event.

Mortensen and Duma met when she was on volunteering at Lake Placid Olympic Training Center.

He tried to ask her out for a drink and she turned him down because she didn’t want to consider dating someone she might treat as a patient.

Several months later, however, she relented when she knew he wouldn’t consult her professionally.

Once they started dating in earnest, her experience as an athlete helped prepare her for the travels, the dedication to training — and the competition.

“I understand him really well,” she said. “I’ve been an athlete myself and I do travel with athletes. I understand his lifestyle.”

That lifestyle brings challenges that would be difficult for people who weren’t born some 5,000 miles apart. Indeed, as a member of the Army World Class Athlete Program, Mortensen ventures around the globe routinely, competing in World Cup competitions.

Since he was 12, Mortensen learned most of his middle school and high school lessons from work sent from St. Dominic’s in Oyster Bay. He often missed celebrating his December birthday with his family because it fell during the winter luge season.

The time on the road, however, helped him grow up more rapidly and, as it turned out, gave him the opportunity to learn other cultures earlier than many of his American contemporaries.

The months he spent in Europe “helped bridge the cultural gap,” Duma said. It helped him “understand my European culture.”

At the same time, Duma came to the United States when she was 19, so she feels that “a lot of what I am is due to the American culture.”

Duma admires Mortensen’s relentless efforts to improve and compete.

She has watched how he continues to work out after the season ends, even when the workouts are not required.

“He’ll go above and beyond the extra step,” she said.

As for their families, Duma grew up as an only child. On another continent,

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Mortensen grew up with four brothers and two sisters, in a family of nine.

“They are an amazing big family,” Duma said. “I feel so blessed to have been invited to family events,” which include Christmas and Easter.

Duma appreciates the noise, the dogs, little kids and the constant commotion, which is a marked contrast from her life in a small family, where it was “too quiet.”

Borrowing an oft-quoted line from the movie “Jerry Maguire,” Mortensen said Duma “really completes me.”

Mortensen suggested that Duma stay behind and continue to work while he was in PyeongChang. In South Korea, he finished fourth in the luge team relay, a tenth of a second behind the Austrian team for bronze.

He wanted her to save up her vacation time so the athletic couple could travel on a planned trip to Hawaii. During the games, the two of them speak by FaceTime and Whatsapp.

Ultimately, what makes the relationship work, Duma said, is that her Olympic boyfriend is “such a good communicator. He’s amazing at that.”

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