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Vol. 35, No. 32

February 27, 2020

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Top, Justin Bakewicz and his mother, Marianne, are awarded business of the year, with Gary Pollakusky, chamber exec, speaking on their impact; bottom left, Mark Baisch, the owner of Landmark Properties, wins the economic impact award; bottom right, Ann Olenick and Shasho Pole of Broadway Market win new business of the year.

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Business owners, local residents and elected officials came together Feb. 25 to honor and recognize the accomplishments of members of the Rocky Point Sound Beach Chamber of Commerce at the North Shore Beach Clubhouse.

Close to 150 people came out to celebrate the first year for the organization. A total of 19 awards were given to local businesses and community members.

Gary Pollakusky, executive director of the chamber, stressed the importance of these types of events.

“It is so important to recognize our business and community leaders,” he said. “Rocky Point and Sound Beach are revitalizing; there is so much going on there.”

Pollakusky lauded the hard work the busi-

ness community has done this year in support of the chamber.

“Every aspect of this event has been put on by chamber members — they’ve donated their time and resources tonight,” he said.

Matthew Card, owner of Matt’s One Shop in Sound Beach, was one of the award recipients at this year’s event. He was awarded the Moeller “Spirit of Sound Beach” Award.

“I’m grateful to have been honored tonight — the reality is the town and the surrounding communities have supported my family and I for the past 40 years,” he said. “It is nice to be recognized for your work.”

Card was impressed with the turnout.

“We are really one group, we are this tight and this close [to each other],” he said. “I hope to participate in more events like this in the future. With the success of this one I’m sure the next one will be even better.”

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Rocky Point

Middle School Students Ramp Up Their Engineering Learning younger sister Ava said. “Because he likes a lot of things, but he really likes robotics.”

Christine Vay, his grandmother, was even amazed at the innovation the students had pulled off.

“It’s such a simple idea, I’m surprised nobody had thought of it before,” she said.

Alex’s mother, Aisha Grundmann, said she has long tried to advocate for her son to never balk at any activity, whether it’s traveling internationally or even driving a boat or BMX riding.

Not only is Alex making strides for himself in doing what he wants to do, but he’s also paving the way for others with disabilities to participate.

Moorman echoed the mother’s thoughts, saying this project goes beyond a simple middle school class presentation.

“STEM is absolutely super important, but how many students like Alex are out there and aren’t participating because they physically can’t?” he said. “My guess is the league was just never faced with this.”

Though this may be the first time a young person in a wheelchair showed he could compete in the LEGO competition, Alex’s mother said she doubted it was the first time anyone with such a disability has been discouraged from participating.

Parents, she said, should never feel like their child can’t participate.

“It’s about making lives better for everyone else too,” she said.

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Alex Grundmann presses the button on the LEGO robotics piece, and he and his five teammates stare with held breath at the small fourwheeled device as it rolls down the table. The little machine, programmed and built by them from LEGOs, moves and pushes a tower to the correct position a few feet from its start. It’s just one task the students programmed it to do.

Alex, 14, is just below eye height with his fellows on the Rocky Point Middle School Robotics team, but normally, that’s not the case. As he’s bound to a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy, he’s often a good foot lower to the ground and unable to reach the table at competitions that are about 3 feet up.

But despite their ages, the students on the team had an engineering mind-set, and their first thought when Alex wanted to join the team in the eighth grade was, simply, why not a ramp?

Alex had participated in the club in sixth grade, which is a beginners course where students do not compete, unlike the other teams for later grades at both the middle and high schools.

When it came time for seventh grade, Alex did not compete, saying he was originally daunted, knowing he couldn’t reach up to the tables.

His longtime friend at school, Cooper Peterson, asked him to come join the team.

“When I didn’t come back, you said you should come back and see what we can do,” Alex said of his friend. The coach initially told the student that, if he couldn’t reach the table, he could help in designing and programming, but that easily wasn’t enough for either Alex or anyone else on his team.

The crew first made a ramp prototype out of pallet wood, and then later, Alex’s father, Richard, who works at Riverhead Building Supply, constructed the modern ramp out of varnished plywood. The ramp is made to fold up and roll around on caster wheels.

“Honestly, I’m just happy,” Alex said and looked around at his teammates and coach. “I was a bit discouraged at first, but now I’m happy to meet fantastic people like you guys, to be able to compete and have fun doing it.”

The robotics team also designed a lip for the top portion of the ramp to stop Alex or any other wheelchair-bound participant from accidentally rolling off.

For this year’s FIRST LEGO League qualifiers, the theme of the event was City Shaper, and students were asked to identify a problem in their community and resolve it. Interestingly for team coach Mark Moorman, the parameters of the contest were vague on just what community it was talking about.

“It could be your neighborhood, could be New York,” he said. “In this case, it was the robotics community — the problem with the ro-

Top photo, The Rocky Point Middle School’s Robo Eagles, from left, coach Mark Moorman, Kristian Hald, Alex Grundmann, Matteo Gravinese, Neyo Alabi and Cooper Peterson, practice for the March 1 LEGO tournament; right, Grundmann takes part in designing a ramp that allows him to participate in robotics competitions; bottom right, Grundmann uses the ramp for the first time at the Jan. 25 LEGO qualifiers. Photos by Kyle Barr

botics community is that it wasn’t accessible to kids in wheelchairs.”

The Rocky Point Robo Eagles placed fifth in the “table” section of the competition, which is the technical part of the robotics portion, but came in first for the project research award at the FLL qualifiers at Huntington High School Jan. 25. The team did their research project presentation on Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, and their display board included information about the ADA, details about their ramp and also an interview with FLL co-director Janet Anderson, with a quote saying, “We will try to implement this in our administration and possibly put online instructions to building a ramp on the FLL website,” with an additional promise to perhaps make such a ramp standard throughout the competition in the U.S. The team got most of its points when Alex was up on the ramp, and with their efforts, the team has qualified for the Long Island championship March 1 at Longwood High School.

Teams that place well in that punch tickets to either the nationals or the world tournament.

Anderson declined to comment for the article on the project, saying it would not be fair to the other teams competing in early March.

Alex’s family was amazed at how their young family member and his team pulled this off.

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Miller Place

MP Woman Appearing in National Campaign for Colorectal Cancer Awareness

BY JULIANNE MOSHER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A local Miller Place woman is spreading the word that colonoscopies can help save a life during National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month this March.

When Dawn Platt was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, she knew she wanted to use this experience to help others.

“Four days after my first colonoscopy, I heard those three words, ‘you have cancer,’ and it changed everything,” she said.

Then just 51 years old, the Miller Place resident went through surgeries and chemotherapy to fight it. Now, four years later, she’s in survivorship mode and doing a lot better. “There’s no evidence of disease,” Blatt said. And now her goal is to get the word out.

“I knew that I had to make this into something positive that can be an impact to

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other people,” she added.

Last year, Blatt became an ambassador for Fight Colorectal Cancer, the nation’s leading colorectal cancer advocacy organization.

One of 14, she will be featured in a national campaign to promote awareness of colorectal (colon and rectal) cancer, which is the second leading cancer killer in the U.S. for men and women.

“Each year Fight CRC selects a group of ambassadors from across the country to represent our community year-round,” said Anjee Davis, president of Fight CRC, in a statement. “They bravely rally to raise awareness for this disease. … We hope their stories resonate with people and provoke the over 30 million people aged 45 years and older who have not been screened to get screened.”

Officially launching in Times Square Feb. 26, the public service announcement will appear during the NASDAQ Opening Bell Ceremony at 9 a.m. Her story will also

be featured on Fight CRC’s social media pages starting in March. She will join the organization by heading down to the Capitol for a call on Congress to discuss issues and advocate funding for cancer research.

“Colon cancer can be preventable,” Blatt said. “I want to help people and if I can talk to legislators about it, then I’m going to.”

Sixty percent of colorectal cancer deaths could be prevented with screening, especially if someone knows that it runs in their family.

“After joining Fight CRC, I have seen and heard a lot,” Blatt said. “It’s important to get yourself checked out in your 50s, but even now for people in their 20s and 30s.”

She’s hoping that her advocacy will save someone’s life. “Colonoscopies may not be the most pleasant thing, but it’s better than surgery and chemo,” she said. “Go get checked out. … Knowledge is power.”

Blatt added that Friday, March 6, is Wear Blue Day to raise awareness and fight CRC.

Dawn Blatt is to be one of 14 people to be the face of a national campaign for colorectal cancer awareness.

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University

CDC Officials Expect Coronavirus Feds Award SBUH to Spread to the U.S. $3 Million in Grants

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The spread of the new coronavirus has become increasingly likely in the United States, public health officials suggested, as the sickness that started in China has infected people in 39 countries including Italy and South Korea where an American service member has contracted the virus.

During a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, Nancy Messonnier, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said it was “not a question of if this will happen but when this will happen and how many people in this country will have severe illnesses.”

Messonnier’s warning included a suggestion that people start asking their schools about plans for dismissal and for conducting classes online if the coronavirus, now called Covid-19, affects their communities.

Stocks fell sharply lower on Monday and Tuesday amid concerns about the effect on the global economy.

As of earlier this week, over 80,000 people had tested positive for Covid-19,

which claimed the lives of over 2,700 people. In the United States, the number of confirmed cases, including those from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, had reached 57. None of those cases is in New York, where 26 tests have come back negative and one is still pending, according to the New York State Department of Health.

Bettina Fries, the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, said the infections in Italy and South Korea signaled a new phase in the epidemic.

“We are now having these new cases where we can’t even link them” to exposure to people who have traveled to China, Fries said. “The genie is out of the bottle. Once that happens, it’ll be that much harder” to contain the virus.

Fries described the virus, which health officials believe is transmitted through droplets from people carrying the infection, as “behaving much more like the flu,” which is why the CDC is preparing for cases in the United States.

With other coronaviruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome, the

majority of patients who transmitted these diseases had symptoms like high fevers.

That may not be the case with Covid-19, as patients that are “asymptomatic could be shedding the virus,” making it more difficult to contain, Fries said.

Medical professionals don’t have any medication or vaccine, while the world population, which hasn’t been exposed to this new virus, also hasn’t developed any kind of resistance.

If pockets of the outbreak appear in the United States, it is “conceivable that schools could shut down and that there could be rules where people self quarantine” for the required 14 days, Fries said.

Fries added that it’s important to protect health care providers who are on the front lines in this battle. Stony Brook is continuing to make contingency plans in the event of confirmed cases of this coronavirus, which includes making space available if necessary.

In the event of an outbreak, the hospital would change its policy of having trainees, residents and medical students go in and out of rooms with doctors on rounds, she said.

Fries added that the warmer weather may not cause a reduction in the incidence of the virus. “Every virus is different,” Fries said.

On Feb. 25, federal officials announced Stony Brook University Hospital was awarded five grants totaling just over $2.8 million. The funds will go toward cancer and transplantation research, among others.

“Continuing to drive federal funding back toward their critical efforts and our district will help ensure they can continue their important work and pioneer the future of everything from cancer research to mental health treatment,” U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) said in a press release.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health are providing the funding, including $1,995,417 for cancer research, $402,786 for youth mental health treatment and $428,729 for allergy, immunology and transplantation research.

The Stony Brook Cancer Center is to receive $1,299,443 for cancer research.

“The studies proposed in this program project aim at defining how specific pathways of lipid (fat) metabolism and specific enzymes in these pathways regulate key functions of cancer cells,” said director of the cancer center Dr. Yusuf Hannun in the release.

“Understanding these novel pathways and mechanisms not only enhances our understanding of cancer behavior, but also promises to lead us to the identification of novel targets for developing new inhibitors of cancer by focusing on specific enzymes,” he added.

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County

Legislature Could Move Forward on ‘Ban the Box’

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A piece of legislation that would restrict employers from asking about criminal histories in job applications could be voted on by Suffolk lawmakers in the near future.

At a county Legislature meeting earlier this month, legislators said that they had reached a bipartisan agreement on “Ban the Box” legislation and plan to present the bill at a later date.

County Legislator Samuel Gonzalez (D-Brentwood) along with Legislators Susan Berland (D-Dix Hills) and Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) plan on making amendments on the bill.

More than 20 people came out in support of the bill at a Feb. 11 meeting. Those who spoke agreed that it would allow former convicts the ability to become better contributing members of a community while helping them rehabilitate and reacclimate into society.

“I would like applaud the Legislature for making progress in supporting fair hiring practices in Suffolk County — it’s about time,” said Serena Liguori, executive director of New Hour, a Long Island nonprofit organization advocacy group that supports women, mothers and children impacted by incarceration. “We have worked with more than a thousand women across the county who have convictions. Most of them need employment when they come home.”

The executive director of the nonprofit said

Advocates say businesses asking applicants if they’re convicted felons often leaves them jobless. Stock photo

she hopes a potential passage of the legislation could lead to making strides around other issues.

Besides employment, “many of the women we help talk about housing and the lack of it, [and] transportation,” Liguori said.

Melissa Bennett, Huntington resident, said she believed individuals deserved a second chance.

“People makes mistakes in their lives, I’m sure each of you have made mistakes,” she said.

“We’re human, it happens. Without banning the box, you are essentially [putting people] in a box.”

Elizabeth Justesen, community outreach director of the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County, also stressed the need to eliminate the application question.

“Last year this bill lost by one vote,” she said. “For those who came out here every month [to the Legislature] it was a blow. We sat in disbelief in the Legislature’s inability to vote on human dignity.”

The community outreach director pointed out that one in three people have a criminal record in the U.S. Other advocates of such legislation, such as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) have also made the claim in the past, though according to PolitiFact, a fact-checking website, the FBI considers anyone who has been arrested on a felony to have a criminal record, even without a conviction. Effectively, one in three adults in the U.S. have a criminal record, but less have actually been convicted.

Though Justesen said with Suffolk County’s numbers of people on parole, people with convictions have it harder than it needs to be.

“In Suffolk County … with the largest parole population in the state, how can we expect them to get up on their feet and reintegrate to our communities if they cannot work,” Justesen said. “The time has come to do what is right and give people the chance to interview.”

Supporters have contended the ban would give applicants a chance to explain their crimes, in turn increasing their chance of getting hired, reducing crime and the number of repeat offenders being sent back to jail. More than 150 municipalities and 33 states in the U.S. have implemented “Ban the Box” laws.

Gonzalez spoke on the future of the

legislation.

“We have been fighting the fight on this bill for a very long time, and we have been continuing to come together to iron out our differences,” he said. “We all felt that we needed to get this thing put in. ... I think we are headed in the right direction on this issue.”

Local business owners are concerned about what the legislation could mean for them.

The Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers encouraged members to voice their opinions on the issue.

“It is imperative that you know what your elected officials are voting on and have a chance to share your concerns before additional regulations are forced on you which ultimately might make it harder to operate a business here in Suffolk County and New York state,” the organization said in an email.

Last year, county legislators voted 9-8 against the measure. Lawmakers were concerned about putting too much onus on the employers. The previous version of the bill required employers to wait until after an initial interview to inquire about an applicant’s arrest or conviction record, and disclose to applicants the reason why they were not hired.

At the time, Berland did not support some of the requirements. The legislator said she didn’t think people who have a criminal record should get more benefits than others, noting that people with no criminal records do not learn why they were passed over for a job.

State’s Plastic Bag Ban to Take Effect Next Week

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Beginning March 1, Long Islander shoppers will have one less option when packing their groceries, as a New York State ban on single-use plastic bags goes into effect.

The ban would prohibit retailers from giving out plastic carryout bags to customers. State lawmakers hope that this will lead to more residents deciding to bring their own reusable bags and a decrease of plastic waste.

The legislation is a step toward reducing the 23 billion plastic bags used by New Yorkers every year, reducing litter and helping the fight against climate change.

According to a Siena College Research Institute poll conducted after the bill was passed, 62 percent of New Yorkers support the ban compared to 33 percent who don’t.

While plastic bags will no longer be handed out at retailers, paper bags will still be available.

In Suffolk County, consumers will be charged 5 cents for each paper carryout bag provided at a

checkout. In areas that have the opted into the 5 cent charge, the fee does not apply for SNAP and WIC food benefit recipients.

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said the ban will have a positive impact in curbing plastic pollution.

“This is a significant accomplishment — Suffolk County needs to be commended for implementing the 5 cent bag fee,” she said.

“The state noticed the success of it and it led to this ban.”

Some environmentalists are concerned about some final tweaks in the legislation by the DEC that would allow usage of bags which are thicker and heavier. Esposito said they aren’t concerned about it as it won’t be widely distributed as regular bags and will only be used for packaging of certain foods.

“If for some reason it needs to be tweaked further, we will be a part of those discussions,” she said.

State lawmakers are hoping the ban will increase usage in reusable bags. Earlier this

A sign inside Wild by Nature in East Setauket warns customers they will no longer supply plastic bags starting March 1. The store will also collect 5 cents for paper bags used. Photo by Heidi Sutton

month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced a campaign, dubbed BYOBagNY, which has been spearheaded by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

The agency has been running ads on the ban on TV, radio and social media. In addition, the DEC provided educational materials to its nine regional offices to use for outreach events and will be distributing more than 270,000 reusable bags to low- and moderate-income communities.

Stop & Shop branches throughout the county began offering free reusable bags to customers who bring in one or more carryout plastic bags for recycling.

Similarly, in the county, a plastic straw ban took effect this January, which required businesses to switch biodegradable alternatives.

A Styrofoam ban was also implemented, prohibiting businesses from using items such as cups, trays and containers that are made from polystyrene.

“We are expecting a successful implementation — we as a society can learn to bring a reusable bag when we go out shopping,” Esposito said. “Most people have already made the change, some have lagged behind, but this is one thing they can do to reduce plastic waste.”

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Police

Selden Man Involved in Fatal North Patchogue Crash

Suffolk County Police said a man was struck by two vehicles in North Patchogue Sunday night, but the Selden man was the one to stop after the incident.

Police said a yet-to-be identified man was riding a bicycle on North Ocean Avenue, just north of Vehslage Street, when he was struck by a northbound Nissan SUV driven by Ira Dunne, 42, of Selden, at around 9 p.m. The bicyclist was then struck by a second vehicle that fled the scene.

The victim, who has not yet been identified

by police, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Dunne was not injured.

The Nissan was impounded for a check.

The investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the Major Case Unit 631-8526555 or Crime Stoppers 800-220-8477. All calls will be kept confidential.

Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist in Center Moriches Sunday.

Police said Jason Frederick, 44, of Selden, was driving a 2017 Kawasaki motorcycle eastbound on Montauk Highway, just east of the intersection of Belleview Avenue, when the motorcycle veered off the roadway and Frederick struck the guardrail at around 3 p.m.

Frederick was transported via Center Moriches Fire Department ambulance to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue where he was pronounced dead.

The motorcycle was impounded for a safety check and the investigation is continuing. Police have asked anyone with information to call detectives at the 7th Squad at 631-852-8752.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

Selden Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash

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Petit Larceny of Router in Selden Police are asking the public’s help to identify and locate the person who allegedly stole merchandise from a Selden store this month.

A person allegedly stole a Google Wifi router system from Target, located at 307 Independence Plaza, Feb. 15 at around 6 p.m. The suspect fled in a waiting SUV. The merchandise was valued at $269.

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Remembering the Holocaust and 75th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM This past January marked the 75th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of Auschwitz Extermination Camp in Poland. Like that of the horrific surprise of the American and British military forces that freed the western and central European camps in the spring of 1945, the average Soviet soldier who entered this camp never knew what its main purpose was before they walked into Auschwitz. They unknowingly freed the largest extermination camp that the Germans built some five months before the war ended.

As Auschwitz was not known by most of the Allied combat soldiers, it was understood to be the final stop for many Jews, gypsies, political opposition, homosexuals, Jehovah Witnesses, etc. In 1941, Hitler began to authorize the deportation of the Jews to Poland. While Germany had its own concentration camp system, the later killings of Jews and other “enemies of the state,” took place mostly in the east. As the German military continued to show its dominance against every nation that it fought against, more Jews came under their control. Although the Nazis always needed additional workers, they did not provide any decency to those groups that were deemed to be “inferior” populations against the German Reich.

The SS, under the direction of Heinrich Himmler, was determined to capture and kill every Jew in Europe. Most of these plans were to be carried out at Auschwitz, which was located 50 miles southwest of Krakow. This western area of Poland was originally known as Oswiecim, a sparsely populated town that had 12,000 citizens and included some 5,000 Jews. At first, this camp was created to handle the flow of Polish prisoners of war and partisans who opposed this German occupation.

During the Jan. 20, 1942, Wannsee Conference that was chaired by SS leader Reinhard Heydrich and representatives of 15 departments of the German government, they met to decide the final fate of the “Jewish Question,” which resided within their conquered territories.

Heydrich, who was later killed by Czechoslovakian-British commandos, was the driving force to carry out the orders of Hitler and Himmler to transport and kill the estimated 11 million Jews in Europe. He worked with the bureaucracy of his government to ensure that there would be enough resources and logistics to follow Hitler’s directives to destroy these self-proclaimed enemies of the regime.

Auschwitz was established for this exact purpose. Even through the massive fighting that Germans had to wage on every front, Hitler demanded that his orders of the “Final Solution” were to be followed through the creation of other smaller centers at Belzec, Sobibor and Treblinka. The first victims at Auschwitz were

‘Here heaven and earth are on fire I speak to you as a man, who 50 years and nine days ago had no name, no hope, no future and was known only by his number, A7713 I speak as a Jew who has seen what humanity has done to itself by trying to exterminate an entire people and inflict suffering and humiliation and death on so many others.’

—Auschwitz Survivor and Writer Elie Wiesel

berg met with the Soviet military after they liberated Hungary. The Children at Auschwitz after its liberation by the Soviets in 1945. Photo from Associated Press diplomat, who regularly risked 850 Soviet military political prisoners of war that were killed by Zyklon B gas. This chemical his own life, was believed to be an American was primarily used to deter rodents and it later spy by the Soviet KGB. Wallenberg was taken was utilized by the SS to kill almost one million by the Soviets and never seen again.

A main question that people have pondered people at Auschwitz.

This massive area constructed by Germany since 1945 is why the Allies did not do more to was broken into two separate places for the pris- limit the extent of the Holocaust. Around the oners. Birkenau held most of the gas chambers clock, American and British bombers targeted and crematoriums for those people that were se- every military and industrial location in Gerlected right away for death. The other portions many. Auschwitz was located near the eastern of Auschwitz were built for massive slave labor part of Germany and it was within the range where their prisoners worked within factories of Allied aircraft that operated from English, established inside and outside of this camp. As Italian and later French military bases. Early some were chosen to live, the Germans calcu- in the war, when evidence was sent to Franklin lated the minimum number of calories that were D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, they inineeded to survive. These people were expect- tially refused to believe that the Germans were ed to eventually die from the spring of 1942 to committing wide-scale mass murder. But as the the fall of 1944. People from all over the Ger- war continued, increased stories emerged from man-occupied land, ranging from France on the the people who escaped from the death camps Atlantic Ocean to the Greek islands in the Aege- looked to identify to the world the true intentions of Hitler. an Sea, were deported to Auschwitz.

When it was completely proven to RooBy the end of the war, when Hitler was all but assured that the Allies would defeat his armies, sevelt and Churchill that the Germans would the killing continued at a faster rate against the never halt this policy, the Western Allied leadHungarian Jews. This was one of the few Jew- ers did little to stop this genocidal policy. Since ish populations that were still protected by their 1945, many of the inmates of Auschwitz openown government. But after a regime change that ly stated that they would rather have died from supported the Nazis, many Jews were deported aerial bombs seeking to destroy this factory of right away to Auschwitz. Adolph Eichmann, death than by being personally led to the gas who was later captured by Israeli agents in Ar- chambers. Information was smuggled out of gentina in 1961, was driven to capture as many Auschwitz that described the location of the Hungarian Jews and deport them to their death. railroad lines, gas chambers and crematoriums Swedish diplomat Raul Wallenberg was sent that were later analyzed by Allied leaders. Both to Hungary through the indirect support of the Roosevelt and Churchill believed that the only United States. When it became apparent that the way to end the Holocaust was not to divert any Germans would not stop, this was a last-ditch at- major resources from quickly winning the war. tempt to save these Eastern European Jews who The issue with this policy was that there was not even a limited effort to thwart the carrying were not yet targeted by the Nazis.

Wallenberg bribed Hungarian officials and out of the Holocaust.

Captain Witold Pilecki was a Catholic Polissued Swedish passes that made these Jews citizens of his nation. Even as he was engaged ish cavalry officer who gathered intelligence within this vital humanitarian mission, Wallen- for his government. The Polish were in hid-

ing after their country was taken over by the Germans. When rumors continued to circulate about the true intentions of Auschwitz, he volunteered to purposely get arrested and be sent to the camp. He spent almost two years at Auschwitz, where he smuggled out reports that were read by western leaders. Pilecki organized the under-ground resistance efforts to possibly take over the camp. He believed that if this facility was attacked from the outside by either the Polish resistance or the Allies, that his men were able to control the interior from the Germans. When he realized that help was not coming, Pilecki escaped from Auschwitz.

He later fought against the Nazis and was again taken as a prisoner, but he survived the war. After Poland was liberated, he returned home to oppose the communists, and he was later killed by his own government as being an accused spy that supported the democratic government that was in exile in England.

At the end of the war, as American forces were destroying the German army on the Western Front, additional camps were discovered by the U.S. military. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with generals Omar N. Bradley and George S. Patton, were sickened at the sight of Hitler’s “Final Solution” in Western Europe.

Under the orders of Eisenhower, he directed large parts of his army to personally observe camps like Berga, Dachau, Mauthausen and Ohrdruf. It was his belief that current and future people would deny the existence and purpose of this organized terror. Today, as many Holocaust survivors are well into their 90s, they fear that resentment is at heightened levels toward many different religious and ethnic groups. And like the concerns that Eisenhower presented some 75 years ago, many of these survivors believe that the lessons of the Holocaust are being forgotten, and that there are more Holocaust deniers around the world who seek to suppress the knowledge of these crimes against humanity.

Rich Acritelli is a social studies teacher at Rocky Point High School and an adjunct professor of American history at Suffolk County Community College.

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Rocky Point Boasts Published Science Educator

Rocky Point Middle School science teacher Audra Hallock has added published author to her resume. Hallock’s article, “Forms of Energy Museum Walk,” is featured in the February issue of Science Scope magazine, the National Science Teaching Association’s peer-reviewed journal for middle-level and junior high school science teachers.

Her article, which is in the Science on a Shoestring section, pinpoints the higher-order thinking skills involving analysis, evaluation and synthesis that students gain in engaging in gallery walks. The lesson she created, and which is highlighted in the article, involved helping students understand various forms of energy and energy transformations and featured a photo of two of the district’s current ninth-graders, Alyssa Calderon and Sarah Zarzycki.

Hallock, who is also the district’s first New

RPMS science teacher Audra Hallock. Photo from RPUFSD

York State STEM Master Teacher, created the step-by-step assignment with her eighth-grade physical science classes last year as they worked in the lab. She also differentiated instruction for English language learner students and those with special needs.

“After doing this activity and reflecting on it, I was very happy with the results,” Hallock said of the students highly engaged with the low-cost, simple educational lesson. “The fact that it was so student centered made this activity a keeper.”

SWR High School senior Ray Colon, of the Gay-Straight Alliance club, is flanked by GSA co-advisers Ed Storck and Brittany Davis. Photo from SWRCSD

SWR Gay-Straight Alliance Club Helps Build Community Leadership Shoreham-Wading River High School recently hosted the first Suffolk County Gender-Sexuality Alliance Leadership Conference and welcomed more than 100 students and more than 40 educators and administrators from neighboring school districts as well as members from the LGBT Network of Long Island. The day brought GSA clubs together to help build a community of leaders and create safe spaces to meet students’ social-emotional needs.

The day included a welcome from Principal Frank Pugliese and Superintendent Gerard Poole, who commended everyone in attendance for taking steps to make all students feel safe at school and promoting messages of equality. Students then moved through a number of discussion tables centered around topics that were identified by them as being important and current in the LGBT+ community.

Keynote speaker Jeremy Thode shared his personal story about his transgender son, Noah, and emphasized the need for

students to find allies in their school who could serve as a support network. Noah then addressed the audience about how important allies were throughout this coming-out journey.

“In my six years of teaching, I have never experienced a more powerful day seeing so many adults stand hand in hand to show support of the next generation of LGBT+ youth,” the high school’s GSA coadviser Ed Storck said.

Others echoed the same sentiment.

“The conference was an amazing opportunity to hear the experiences of others and discuss many important topics within the LGBT+ community,” senior Ray Colon said. “It was very meaningful to many people at the conference, as it was an outlet for them to feel safe and part of something that they might not always feel at home or at school. Not only does the conference bring GSA clubs together, it brings people together and creates a larger community for students to feel safe and supported.”

Rocky Point’s varsity bowling team after their victory with Vertuccio, front right. Photo by RPUFSD

Rocky Point Bowling Team Named Suffolk County Small School Champs

The Rocky Point varsity bowling team made district history when it was named Suffolk County Small School champions and moved on to compete in the Suffolk County High School Bowling Championships at Sayville Bowlero Feb. 8.

Teammates, including seniors Nick Calore, Justin Chitty, Brandon Epp and Robert Manginello, junior Sean Vogel, sophomores Olivia McDonnell, Hannah Schappert and Gianna

Schmitt, freshmen Dakota Rosasco and Devin Delfox and seventh-grader Meghan Delfox, worked with coach Anthony Vertuccio toward this milestone.

Epp also finished All-County first team and All-League first team. He is on the Section XI All-Stars team and will join them at the New York State championships in March in Syracuse. Manginello and Vogel both finished AllLeague second team.

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Victorian Built during the rise of the machine age, V ictorian architecture incorporated decorative details such as patterned shingles.

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Editorial Letters to the Editor An Example to Live By Trump’s Political Pardons Abuse Power of Office There are only so many people who could have done the job that Dr. Joe Rella, the former Comsewogue superintendent, did — teacher, principal and finally head of schools. If the scores of affectionate tributes posted to social media are anything to go on, Rella is one of the few folks you could point to that has made the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville community what it is today.

Rella died last Friday at the too-young age of 69. He had been dealing with a diagnosis of bile duct cancer for the last few years, but still he kept at the job until he finally retired last year. Community members know there wasn’t a day that went by where Rella did not put himself forward for the benefit of the community, whether it was his weekly online story times or his constant attendance as the “piano man” at district concerts.

Many in the community can point to examples of outreach and help he bestowed upon employees and students in the district.

North Shore residents often rightfully complain of their high taxes, the majority of which stem from school districts, but Rella showed that a school district can become the heart of the local hamlet and the epicenter for every goings-on in the area. It can become the source of pride and culture for residents, not only the entity that simply teaches students for 13 to 14 years at a time.

What we found in reporting on Comsewogue is that doors were always open. Most of the time, officials did not hesitate to speak on either positive events or district issues. In an age where there seems to be more and more red tape between district/school administrators and both journalists and the public, Comsewogue, under Rella’s guidance, showed just how effective being open to public comment could be. In a final interview with Rella before he retired, he spoke to one newbie editor of how important it was to listen to community feedback, no matter if it was negative and no matter if you may disagree with it. As a former music teacher, who brought music into everything he did, he said the important thing was to listen.

Rella was named one of TBR News Media’s People of the Year in both 1995 and 2010 for music and education, respectively. Though the papers have changed editors since then, the editorial staff was amazed reading those old articles, seeing just how much of the same man was in stories 25 years old as he was in articles written about him little more than half a year ago.

There is a sense of compassion, of simply wanting to be there, to spread an awareness of purpose amongst students and staff and to act selflessly and to help define a community around a sense of selflessness and compassion.

Other supers have also made the list of People of the Year, including Elwood’s Ken Bossert — formerly Port Jeff superintendent — who has shown a similar sense of community engagement.

Of course, we do not wish to diminish the hard work of the many heads of schools in our coverage areas, and we know many who have shown strides in district leadership. What we instead ask is for more people to look at the example Rella left in not just defining a school district, but defining neighborhoods and neighbors, of being the precedent which every student and even most residents could look toward. He was the one who looked to building trust not by demanding loyalty, but by creating a space everybody feels they’re on the same side and that all are working toward goals that benefit everyone.

Rella will be missed, but his example remains one that all should live by.

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Who’s worried about President Donald Trump [R] politicizing the power of presidential pardon?

I am. All presidents have the power and constitutional right to pardon anyone they want of criminal charges for any reason they deem appropriate. All have done so. President Bill Clinton [D] pardoned Mark Rich on the last day of his presidency. Rich was a major political financial supporter of Clinton. This blatant move of political pardon power overreach was condemned by the media and both political parties. Rightfully so.

But it was constitutionally legal.

Looking at this factually, nobody has abused this power more than Trump. He has weaponized it. From blatantly telling his campaign staff and people who are pro-Trump not to worry about cooperating

with legal authorities regards any criminal investigative matter that involves Trump because he “has their back,” to the recent spate of high profile criminals he let go for a variety of reasons, he has sent a clear message, “At the end of the day, I can be the police, jury, prosecution, defense and judge all in one”. And, obviously, Trump likes this power and is not afraid of the consequences or the precedent it sets.

The problem is this is a far cry from being ethical or just. It is not what our Founding Fathers wanted. I do not believe it is what most Americans want today — including Republicans. No president has been so reckless in wielding this power as Trump. I am reminded of George Washington who had the opportunity to become president for a third term and most historians believe could

have become king. But Washington felt this would not be good for America. It was not what this new experiment in democracy was about. God bless Washington. Instant American hero.

I believe whoever follows Trump as president will need to take an honest look at presidential pardon power and take steps to constitutionally control it. This will be difficult because in so doing, the next president will be decreasing his or her own power. That has to be tough no matter how logical and right, but it will be the right thing to do. I hope our next president will be inspired by Washington. Who knows, maybe Trump will take such actions himself. That would be impressive. On second thought — that will never happen.

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Bail Reform Fixes Injustice in the Justice System Last week’s editorial [“Don’t Eliminate Bail Reform, Fix It,” Feb. 20] was spot on and should be heeded by state lawmakers wrestling with changes to the bail reform measure New York recently put in place.

Bail should exist to ensure that dangerous individuals are sequestered from others they may harm while waiting for trial. It should not exist to keep harmless individuals in jail because they lack the financial means to pay the cost of bail.

Yet, for way too many years New Yorkers have had to live with the injustice of a two-tiered criminal justice system — those that could afford to post bail continued their lives and roamed free waiting for trial, while poor defendants languished behind bars. How could there be a more marked example of injustice than two defendants, charged with identical crimes, having very different outcomes based simply on the fatness of their pocketbook or wallet? One goes on with their life while the other sits in a small cell for days, weeks, months and, in a few cases, years, while waiting for resolution of their case.

This injustice understandably breeds contempt by those too poor to post bail and those around them. For example, they often run the risk of losing their jobs

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and their homes, apartments or places in shelters. Studies have shown that down the road they are more likely to commit crimes than those who post bail.

And if you don’t think this injustice affects you, you’d be as wrong as the criminal justice system is unfair. Every New York taxpayer pays the price for those who remain unfairly incarcerated due to income. For example, you pay the costs of their incarceration and the social programs their families desperately turn to when their family breadwinner is behind bars for a prolonged period of time.

And we all pay when the unfairly incarcerated commit additional crimes when they finally get out.

Has there been hiccups in the implementation of the bail reform measure?

Absolutely, as the editorial notes — repeat offenders have gotten out who should have been held, an especially serious concern for those who have repeatedly been arrested for crimes such as driving while intoxicated.

But the answer to these problems isn’t to toss out the newly enacted, badly needed reform measure but to tweak it to make sure it achieves its dual purpose — delivering justice to all defendants while protecting all members of society from harm.

John L. Turner Setauket

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Opinion

Wanted: A Weak President in a Balanced Democracy

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want the weakest possible president in 2020.

As a representative democracy, the United States uses a system of governance that relies on checks and balances. Everything about the history of the country makes it clear that a collection of leaders, each with limited power, should reflect the diverse nature of the country, with states that have small populations getting equal representation in the Senate.

D. None Whenever one of of the above the three branches of government overBY DANIEL DUNAIEF steps its bounds, the other two have the opportunity to keep that one in check. If, for example, the executive branch, through the president

of the United States, takes actions that the legislative or executive branches find objectionable or questionable, Congress or the Supreme Court can hold that president accountable.

So, how do we ensure those checks and balances? Where do we find exactly the right kind of weak president who can do just his or her job without trying to tell the courts what to do or legislate new laws favorable to the officeholder?

Most presidents, including every candidate who seems to be running now, appear to be convinced that he or she will be a strong leader with a vision for the country that takes us to greater heights or that makes us a better nation.

That’s lovely, but no president can do it alone. The government should be a team effort, pulling together people with a drive to contribute to the world through public service and to represent not only personal opinions, but the values, goals and concerns of the entire nation.

That seems almost impossible, given the divided nature of the country as we enter the 2020

election, right? Someone is always winning and someone is always losing.

That doesn’t have to be the case if a president sees and understands the limits of their power.

While this may seem like a direct rebuke of President Donald Trump (R), it is not. If Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I), who seems to be gaining momentum with each passing primary, wins the Democratic nomination and then becomes president, I don’t want him to be powerful, either.

Some of his ideas, like free college and Medicaid for all, seem compelling on the surface, but many Democrats, Republicans and Independents wonder how exactly he’ll pay for all of those ideas. I enjoy reading dystopian fiction, like “1984,” “The Giver,” and “Fahrenheit 451,” to name a few. The conclusions of all of them are that utopia doesn’t work and big government creates even bigger problems, particularly for the individual.

The idea of Medicaid for All may seem appealing because of the frustration so many

people feel with their medical insurance, until they imagine the bureaucratic machine known as the federal government making decisions about their medical coverage. Many of us want to make informed choices.

That brings me back to the choice for president. In the next eight months or so, as we prepare for the onslaught of advertisements telling us how and why the other candidate may ruin our lives, We the People can do something about it. If we truly believe a Democrat will win the White House, we can vote for Republicans in Congress. If we believe Trump will continue to share his inspirational Twitter messages wishing everyone well — just a bit of sarcasm here — we should vote Democratic in all the other races.

I don’t want Sanders expanding government and running up a tab that even higher taxes seem incapable of paying, while I also don’t want Trump getting a free pass to follow his impulses where they take him and the rest of the country. For me, the best 2020 choice is a weak and controlled president.

Winners of Readers’ Choice 2019 Ready for Viewing Now

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s many of you know, because we have been publicizing it and because it created a bit of a buzz in town, we recently had a reception at the Three Village Inn for well over 100 guests. The purpose was to celebrate the winners of the Readers’ Choice contest in which their customers voted these select businesses the best in their business categories. It was a relaxed and fun evening where everyone seemed delighted to be there and party together and, in some cases, even to do business with each Between other. We had our you and me talented videographer filming the

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF proceedings.

What you may not know is that the video, with the winners walking the red carpet to accept their awards and to explain how they got into their respective businesses, is now up on our website for viewing. Just go to our website tbrnewsmedia.com and you will find the window, labeled TBR Readers’ Choice 2019 Reception Videos, on the top right-hand side of the home page. When you click on that, it will open to reveal a choice. You can just watch the film in its entirety, fairly long, or by clicking on the prompts you can bring up the playlist and advance to any one of the recipients or hopscotch throughout the video. You can also pause anywhere to watch the rest later or to share.

I hope you enjoy this second look if you were there — or perhaps first look if you weren’t — at this jolly community event, which we will make an annual. It is an index of some of the best businesses in the local area and, I hope, an encouragement to shop locally.

We are now clearly in the events business.

Readers’ Choice was our third theme, the other

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two being the longstanding reception for People of the Year, our 44th, coming up March 22 at the Three Village Inn, and Cooks, Books & Corks, our other annual event, at which we have delicious tastings from local restaurants combined with books presented for sale by local authors.

“Corks,” of course, refers to the libations that accompany the meals. CB&C will again be held in September at the Bates House in Setauket.

Now you might be surprised that we have wholeheartedly embraced the events business.

It certainly is a wonder to me. We started our professional life here on the North Shore of Long Island as a community newspaper. I liked to write, didn’t like to be edited up the line, as I was when I was working at Times Inc. in New York City, loved the villages and meeting residents, and felt we had something to offer that wasn’t already here. Over the past four-plus decades, we have taken pride in advancing the interests of our hometown, communicating the news, issues and entertainment offerings, and strengthening the sense of community. We have

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LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathryn Mandracchia ART AND PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Beth Heller Mason

also struggled mightily to stay afloat financially so that we could do all those things.

We all know that newspapers — and other news media as well — have been totally disrupted by progress. The publishing industry has changed; retail, the backbone of newspapers, has been disrupted by the digital world, and we have had to grow and change, too. Those who resist change are left behind.

So just as we are now in the moviemaking business (“One Life to Give,” prequel to the Culper Spy story — be sure to see it when it screens next as it’s quite a story and will make you proud of where you live), and the video business, we can assert that we are in the events sector. These activities fit with our mission to inform our residents because they offer something of interest, and they enhance our sense of community. They also help us to do our main job of relaying the news and to pay our bills.

Therefore, we are beginning to plan for our next event, Rising Stars, and you will be hearing and reading more about that soon. Please stay tuned.

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