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Vol. 42, No. 48

January 25, 2018

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The Second Saturdays poetry series will be returning to All Souls Church, 61 Main St., Stony Brook, on February 10 at 11 a.m. Suffolk County Poet Laureate Gladys Henderson will host the readings.

The featured poet will be Darrel Blaine Ford, a Walt Whitman devotee for more than 75 years. He will read poems from Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” including “Song of Myself.”

Ford was born on Long Island in 1930, where Whitman had been born more than a hundred years before. Similar to Long Island’s most famous poet, Ford has long white hair, a snowy beard and stands over 6 feet tall. He has often said that he and Walt Whitman have much in common.

“I’m a happy guy, and I think Whitman was, too,” Ford said. “There are people who stress his loneliness, and that was certainly a component of his life, but I think he was a glass half full rather than a glass half empty sort of guy. I wish I were as creative as he was, but I think I have the capacity to appreciate creativity, and I know he did, too.”

The poet has been impersonating Whitman since 1987, often visiting

Darrel Blaine Ford schools and libraries on Long Island dressed as the “The Good Gray Poet” — complete with a carpetbag and a cane with his face carved on it.

“I had no great desire to be more than what I am, and that is just somebody who is available when you need a Whitman,” Ford said.

An open reading will follow the intermission, and all are welcome to read their own work or that of another. Please bring a can of food to donate to help feed the hungry in our area. For more information, call 631-655-7798.

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North Shore residents joined others from Long Island on the southeast corner of routes 347 and 112 for the 2018 Women’s March, while a dozen pro-Trump supporters rallied across the roadway.

Hundreds participate in Port Jefferson Station rally

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A year after millions of Americans participated in women’s marches across the U.S. following the inauguration of President Donald Trump (R), Long Islanders are still rallying to raise their voices — and signs — with the hope that elected officials in Washington, D.C., will hear their cries.

On Jan. 20, women, men and children gathered on the southeast corner of routes 347 and 112 in Port Jefferson Station for the 2018 Women’s March Rally Long Island: A Call to Reclaim Our Democracy. Despite a similar event taking place in New York City, hundreds from Suffolk and Nassau counties chose the Port Jeff Station event organized by grassroots activist groups Long Island Rising and the North Country Peace Group. In 2017, the Women’s March held at the same location drew 2,000 participants, according to a press release from the organizations. This year’s event once again gave residents an opportunity to voice their concerns about women’s

rights, the environment, immigration and “We came out here to stand up for wommany more issues facing Americans. en’s rights,” said Elyce Neuhauser a teacher Kathy Lahey, a founding member of Long with Absolute Yoga Studio. “We came to stand Island Rising, said she felt hopeful about the up for human rights, to support each other, future after seeing so many women in atten- to create a peaceful community and country.” dance, and she hopes elected officials will Maryanne Vogel said she was glad the hear their concerns. group made the trip from Nassau County to “To me it’s billionaires and the corporations exercise their rights in a peaceful way. and very few people that are getting their way “It’s just wonderful to see all the people right now, and people are suffering,” Lahey out here — men, women and children,” Vogel said. “Women are going to step up to the ballot said. “And, the honking of the horns, it just box in November and [beyond] and create a makes me feel good to be an American today, country that works for all of us, not just a few.” and an American woman.”

Susan Perretti, a member of the North Dan Cignoli, of Coram, who attended last Country Peace Group, was also optimistic year’s event in Port Jeff Station, said he is after the rally. politically active because he “It is clear that status quo believes people need to do is not going to fix the mess something about an adminisAmerica is in,” Perretti said. tration he feels is at war with “And with the marches and Americans. He found this rallies this past weekend, I feel year’s gathering invigorating. confident that we are ready “The Women’s March and willing to do what it takes last year and this year has to bring back the America of — Susan Perretti brought out the activists in compassion for the poor and everybody,” Cignoli said. “It’s vulnerable, of respect for the wonderful to see.” dignity of all people, the America of inclusion Across Route 347 on the northeast corner, not exclusion.” about a dozen people stood with American Margaret Allen, minister of the Unitarian flags and pro-Trump signs. Howard Ross and Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook, at- Heather Martarello, members of the North tended the event with 25 congregants from Country Patriots who stand on the corner her church. of Route 25A and Bennetts Road in East “I was in New York City last year for the Setauket every Saturday morning to show march, and this is nothing compared to that in support for Trump, said it was important for terms of people, but in our relatively conser- them to be there. vative area, this is a good turnout,” Allen said.

Ross, who served in Europe during the “And, we are getting a lot of people honking.” Vietnam War, remembered coming home in At times, the cheers of participants and 1963 in his uniform and being spit on. He said honking from drivers passing by drowned for him it’s important for people to participate out the voices of guest speakers such as in events such as the rally, even if they are on former Suffolk County legislator and con- the opposing side, and voice their opinions. gressional hopeful Vivian Viloria-Fisher and Ross said he has two granddaughters and Tracey Edwards, former Huntington council- sees how much the country has negatively woman and Long Island regional director of changed since he was a child in the 1950s. the NAACP New York State Conference.

“I get upset for them that’s why I feel we Leslie Luft, owner of Absolute Yoga Stu- have to do more for this country,” Ross said. dio in Woodbury, said she traveled to the Martarello said when she first arrived on Suffolk County event with teachers and stu- Saturday the size of the crowd on the southdents from her school, choosing it over the east corner seemed daunting to her but she New York City rally. said the rally was a peaceful one.

‘It is clear that status quo is not going to fix the mess America is in.’

“They are entitled to express their opinions, and we want to express ours,” Martarello said. “Not only to get our voice out but to reach out to people going past, who when they see that huge crowd on the other side, and think, ‘Wow, there are so many people there, everybody thinks that way.’ But, then they see us, they say, ‘No, everybody doesn’t think that way. See, there are people who think like us.’ They realize a lot of people feel the way we do.”

Back on the southeast corner, Cindi DeSimone, of Farmingville, who attended the event with her 5-year-old twins Jake and Kate, said she attended similar rallies in the past, but this was the first time she brought her children. While Jake held a sign that read, “Boys will be boys” with “boys” crossed out and replaced with “good people,” Kate held a sign with the same sentiment about girls.

“I think that the times are scary, and I only hope that we have something to leave to our future generations,” DeSimone said.

“I think everybody can do one thing. What I’m doing is trying to teach [my children] to be good stewards of the environment and be respectful of each other.”

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VILLAGE Drug, alcohol awareness program hosts Q&A forum B.E.S.T. treats those 18 and older and provides counseling for family members who have a loved one addicted to alcohol or drugs. Grady will answer questions regarding the facility coming to the Three Village area. She will discuss the national and local epidemic of substance abuse, the barriers and obstacles present in identifying and receiving treatment, various treatment modalities and options, and the mobilization of resources to reach and treat those afflicted by this issue.

The meeting will be held at 1 Bates Road, Setauket, at 7 p.m. Jan. 25. For more information, call 631-689-7054. To speak confidentially with a certified alcohol and substance abuse counselor, call Merrit Hartblay at 516-852-8478.

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The Three Village Drug & Alcohol Awareness Program will host an open Q&A forum with two guest speakers Thursday, Jan. 25, at The Bates House.

Heather Reilly, certified drug and alcohol counselor for the Three Village Central School District, will be on hand to answer parents’ questions about services provided for students and parents in the Three Village schools.

Also attending the meeting will be Lauren Grady, a private practice clinician and social work investigator for the New York State Department of Health, who works at B.E.S.T. PLLC located in Deer Park. The facility is planning to open another location on Technology Drive in Setauket, tentatively late February or early March.

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981 1/11 6x vth NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 MASTR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006NC2 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-NC2, Plaintiff, Against 22113/2009

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#MeToo: Applying a national Laying down the law on workplace harassment County legislators Sarah Anker, Kara Hahn and Leslie Kennedy;

BY ALEX PETROSKI accused of harassment to be legally held liable Valerie Cartright, Huntington Town Councilwoman Joan Cergol, as a deterrent in justice being achieved for ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM victims. She said when formal complaints are Mesidor and activist Cindy Morris visit TBR News Media for Like a tidal wave slamming into the shore made by employees, cross examination follows the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, born that takes on the tone of “slut shaming.” She of high-profile sexual assault and sexual ha- said that in itself is enough to prevent many about laws, and share personal stories and ways in which we rassment cases becoming public, are decimat- women from filing initial complaints, thus ing decades-old culturally accepted standards harming their harassment cases in the future. regarding behavior in the workplace and oth“I’ve seen a trend of cases come into our erwise. In an effort to keep up with rapidly office of women who are in forced sexual shifting societal norms, lawmakers from local relationships with their bosses over time,” town governments all the way up through the she said. “They’ve been taught to believe that federal level are examining existing laws per- performing sexual favors for their bosses is taining to workplace sexual misconduct while part of the job.” also crafting new ones to cover potential lapses Employees and employers in the private sec— in government and the private sector. tor are often unaware of their rights and what Laura Ahearn, an attorney and the execu- constitutes harassment that would hold up tive director of The Crime Victims Center, a in court, according to Mesidor. She said New nonprofit dedicated to the prevention of sex- York City Human Rights Law doesn’t require ual abuse and rape, as well as formal complaints, and should providing support for victims be looked to as an example for of violent crimes, said she writing harassment laws. views the #MeToo movement Bills are currently in comas a valuable opportunity. mittee in the U.S. Senate and “The #MeToo movement House of Representatives that has created an ideal climate would amend the Congressiofor us to call upon legislators nal Accountability Act of 1995, to help us change a culture a law passed to require Conwhich has minimized sexual gress to follow employment harassment and a society or and workplace safety laws environment whose prevailing applied to the business world. social attitudes have the effect The Senate version of the bill, of normalizing or trivializing sponsored by Sen. Kirsten sexual assault and sexual Gillibrand (D-New York), if harassment,” she said, adding passed, would reform proher organization, which runs cedures for investigating the Parents for Megan’s Law harassment complaints in website, has many state-level Congress and require public legislative priorities currently announcement of the offendin the works. er and the dollar amount in While cases of harassment, the cases where settlements assault and general sexual are reached. This week, — Marjorie Mesidor Newsday reported more than misconduct involving prominent men in government and $10 million of taxpayer monthe entertainment industry are resulting in ey has been used to settle 88 sexual harassserious consequences, through loss of em- ment, discrimination and other related cases ployment or social pariah status, low-profile in state government over the last nine years. offenders, especially from the private sector, Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Valerie are likely avoiding them. Creating concrete Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) said she ways to punish offenders operating out of the would like to see laws put in place requiring public eye will be a challenge for lawmakers businesses to adopt best practices when it going forward. comes to sexual harassment, rather than simAccording to Suffolk County Legislator ply providing legal cover for the ones that do.

Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), the county Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) agrees. passed legislation in December mandating “What about someone working in a deli, all elected officials and department heads be the restaurant waitress — their jobs, their life trained on sexual harassment and assault by depend on that paycheck from the boss who the Office of Labor Relations. might just be making them uncomfortable,” The law mandates elected officials and she said. “It might be much worse.” department heads be trained starting 2018, In October 2015, New York Gov. Andrew and again every two years. Anker said she’s Cuomo (D) signed legislation to prevent hoping to amend the law to make it mandated harassment in the workplace. The legislation that every new hire be educated once taking directed the state Department of Labor and a position.

Division of Human Rights to make training Marjorie Mesidor, a partner at New York available to employers to help them develop City’s Phillips & Associates law firm, which policies, procedures and their own training specializes in employment discrimination and to address and eliminate discrimination and sexual harassment cases, said she was floored harassment in the workplace. Cuomo signed to hear the law was only just put in place. legislation “Enough is Enough” that year, “Great progress,” she said. “I’m not mock- which requires all colleges to adopt a set of ing it, but my stomach is churning.” comprehensive procedures and guidelines, Mesidor pointed at state and federal laws including a uniform definition of affirmathat require a complaint to be filed in order for tive consent, a statewide amnesty policy and businesses with management-level employees expanded access to law enforcement.

Women have ‘been taught to believe that performing sexual favors for their bosses is part of the job.’

Moving forward with momentum

BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN DESIREE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM While pregnant and riding the subway in New York City, attorney Marjorie Mesidor was grabbed from behind. Despite describing herself as typically abrasive, or as she put it, “the literal bull in the china shop,” in that moment, she froze.

“I became so fearful and so frozen because I wanted to protect my child,” Mesidor said, noting that it was also around the time frequent slashings were being reported in Manhattan. “I’ve thought about that instance more during these #MeToo discussions, and it’s given me a taste of what it feels like Page A22 to be caught off guard in a moment, and your immediate reaction means everything.”

The fear that Mesidor — a partner at Phillips & Associates, a law firm that specializes in workplace sexual harassment cases — described is unfortunately common. Women across the world show up for work or ride public transportation or otherwise exist in public knowing their own #MeToo story could unfold at any moment. But like many moved by the worldwide shift in perception created by the movement, the promotion of self-reflection and empowerment in the hopes of amending the culture of objectification is fully underway in the eyes of Mesidor and many other women, especially those elected to serve by the public.

Government officials have shared personal encounters that at times resulted in little to no justice. While noting women’s rights have come a long way in the last century, the women echoed the need for long-term remedies to truly change the culture.

“We are evolving as a society, but it’s go-

Editorial comment

ing to take leaders to make sure that the attitudes are changing to where they need to be,” said Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), who noted the importance of educating the next generation of boys and girls about proper conduct around the opposite sex. “We need to make sure people are held accountable for their actions and behavior, and label what is wrong and what is right — we need educational components available for school districts.”

County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) said she is hoping from the movement to see observers of inappropriate sexual conduct empowered to speak out when they see someone being victimized, eliminating the acceptance of things like “locker room talk.” Hahn shared an emotional memory, recalling when a boy grabbed her breasts when she was in fifth grade. She said other students witnessed the incident, but she decided not to speak to a parent or teacher.

Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) pointed out a bigger problem with Hahn’s story, which included admitting the boy talked about her breasts for months after the incident.

“She may not say anything, but everyone else around her is watching and not saying anything,” Cartright said. “And then she goes home and says to herself, ‘Well, I guess I’m supposed to let that happen, because everyone else says it happened and no one said anything.’ Are we doing what we need to do to make sure women feel there’s a continued safe space? Because retaliation is very real.”

Mesidor said she thinks a culture fitted around the idea of “going with the flow” when it comes to sexual encounters has contributed to the toxicity.

“When we soften it up and we make it flowery and pretty, we raise boys who don’t know how to recognize consent, who do not ask before leaning in for a kiss,” she said.

“There are so many moves made without permission, and it puts us in murky waters and we continue to extend and extend consent. Girls are brought up thinking you should be flirty instead of frigid, not requiring permission for someone to touch or interact with your body.

Nonprofit programs are here to help

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Nonprofits are working toward creating stronger support for females.

L.I. Against Domestic Violence provides a range of services to Long Island adults and children, helping them escape from abusive relationships and build new lives.

I-tri girls, a free program, works to raise the self-esteem of middle school-aged girls on

the Island’s East End by training them for a triathlon. “[We need] to bring young girls into this discussion and to recognize that this isn’t just happening to us in our 20s and 30s and 40s, but this is happening to our 10-yearolds and our 12-year-olds, it’s so important,” said Cindy Morris, chief operating officer of i-tri girls.

Many of the children in the program don’t know how to swim or ride a bike.

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“We not only teach them how to set a goal, but we teach them how to work toward a goal,” Morris said. “And when you have done something that you think is impossible once, you are so likely to see yourself capable of doing that [again].”

Bethpage-based The Safe Center LI, Islandia-based Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk, and The Suffolk County Crime Victims Center all work to help victims of domestic abuse.

County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said nonprofits are vital in educating young people and women. Many provide

Coming together at SBU

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RITA J. EGAN

I’m not promoting extremism, that’s certainly not what I’m saying, but we need to recognize the totality of the issue, not only with our laws but with the way we raise our children and what we deem acceptable.”

County Legislator Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset) advocated for teaching self-esteem, especially to young girls. She said being brought up to stick up for herself worked to her benefit when handling her own incidents of sexual harassment. Kennedy said she was in third grade the first time she was forced to experience inappropriate sexual behavior.

While riding her bike in Commack, a man wearing an overcoat in the middle of the summer disrobed to unveil his naked body to her. Kennedy said she raced home to tell her mother, who called the police. Then, years later, while working at a supermarket at age 17, the owner grabbed her breasts.

“Even though I’d lose the perfect hours to help me work around school and sports, I called the guy a pervert and I left,” she said.

“We need to teach self-esteem. I think it’s because of my personality, or maybe because I went to Catholic school, we were taught everyone’s body is a temple. By not sticking up for yourself, or by posting promiscuous pictures, you’re saying, ‘Please disrespect me.’”

While some may not want to rock the boat or come off as overly sensitive, Mesidor said women need to look within to help progress the cultural shift currently underway, working as allies for other women.

“Everyone should be self-reflecting and ask themselves, ‘How am I potentially contributing to these types of cultures? What am I seeing that I may not be speaking out on? What am I experiencing that I may not be responding to?’” she said. “And we can’t be letting a man think it’s OK to say something offensive to the next person.”

Kennedy is a proponent of making men aware of the things they say, even if a supposed “joke” might be funny to a woman.

“We should be making teachable moments,” she said. “If you find the joke funny, you laugh, but then you make a comment saying many other women would not find that funny.”

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Cergol (D) recalled stories her mother told about her days as a stewardess, hearing how she needed to maintain a certain weight to be able to fly, have her legs checked for stubble and nose for powder, and docks to her pay for failures to comply. A common practice associated with bartenders and waitresses, they also were discouraged to wear wedding rings, ensuring to keep alive an air of availability for male customers.

At 30 years old, Cergol, then working in a law firm, was called into her boss’s office after hours. According to the councilwoman, he asked her to close the door because he had a personal question. Instead of taking a seat in front of him, she sat in a chair closest to the door, and listened to his question about her and her husband’s preferred birth control method, explaining that the intrauterine device his wife was using was resulting in painful sex for him.

“This was my career, this was a boss who could make or break me, but I told him I educational programs in schools.

“Women and children should not be afraid to speak up,” Anker said. “I think it’s really important presentations start in schools.”

Executive director of LIADV, Colleen Merlo, said in a phone interview local legislators are receptive to receiving advice on taking measures to end domestic and sexual abuse.

“This is the start of what’s going to be a years-long process to try to bring Long Island to a place that really is safe,” Merlo said.

“Where men and women can feel safe from sexual assault. It’s going to take more work.”

wasn’t going to have this conversation, I got up and left, and ultimately took it to the managing partner only to find out this man was doing this to many women,” she said. “It all starts with stories — our own personal stories we can look at and say, ‘Yes, that’s what #MeToo is.’ We’ve come very far, but yet we haven’t.”

By opening up and sharing personal stories and working on new legislation, education and training models, Stony Brook resident Cindy Morris, founder of The Benson Agency, which works to expand on the effectiveness and interests of the nonprofit sector, said she hopes women can stay ahead of the news cycle and seize the powerful moment in time.

“This movement is consciousness raising,” she said. “We need to stand up while this is the topic of the day, and to stay standing up when the next news cycle comes around so it doesn’t go away. The whole goal of this is to draw people in, because this moment in history gives us an opportunity. What we do with it is up to us.”

Contact information: • L.I. Against Domestic Violence www.liadv.org / 631-666-7181 • i-tri girls itrigirls.org / 631-902-3731 • Suffolk County Crime Victims Center www.parentsformeganslaw.org / 631-689-2672 • The Safe Center LI www.tscli.org / 516-465-4700 • Victims Information Bureau www.vibs.org / 631-360-3730

To translate the #MeToo social media movement into real world action, The Safe Center LI and #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, with Suffolk County legislators, business owners, nonprofits and cultural organizations will gather at Stony Brook University Jan. 28 in an effort to build greater support for the safety and empowerment of all women and girls.

“People are so appalled with what others have been getting away with for so long, and what level it’s rising to,” said Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket). “What’s important about the #MeToo movement is it’s an attempt at a cultural shift.”

Hahn is leading a roundtable discussion from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. with Burke and nonprofits for 40 members of town, county and state government. They will share ideas about legislation that can create a safer environment for victims of abuse. It is not open to public or media.

At 12:45 p.m. student leaders will have lunch with Burke to discuss ways to protect university students. From 2 to 3:30 p.m., a public forum will be held in the Student Activities Center, where Burke will be questioned by three kids who have gone through i-tri girls, a free program across six school districts on the East End that empowers girls through the completion of a triathlon. A safe space will be opened from 3:30 to 5 p.m., where Crime Victims Center rape and trauma counselors will be available.

The discussion will lay groundwork for a 10X10X10 initiative, which will gather input from 10 youth-based organizations like schools or nonprofits; 10 government officials; and 10 Long Island-based companies. It is modeled off British actress and activist Emma Watson’s HeForShe IMPACT 10X10X10 initiative, put in place to galvanize momentum in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The plan is for follow-ups to the event, and a website to pool the resources into one place, and showcase models, ideas and strategies to tackle the issue.

“We want to create models that can be shared and replicated across sectors,” said Cindy Morris, chief operating officer of i-tri girls. “There are people and organizations that are doing this beautifully, powerfully and with impact. We want to focus on education and empowerment, policy and best practices, and possible legislation ideas at all levels.”

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Dated: January 17, 2018 Cynthia Hubbard Fire District Secretary 35 1/25 1x vth NOTICE OF AMENDMENT & HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board at Brookhaven Town Office Complex, Town Auditorium, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York on 02/08/2018 at 2:30 pm, to consider enacting the following proposed amendment(s) to the Uniform Code of Traffic Ordinances of the Town of Brookhaven.

Article VIII Section 33 entitled PARKING PROHIBITED IN DESIGNATED AREAS is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of STONY BROOK MOUNT RD NO PARKING ANY TIME BEG CEDAR DR CONT N +/-270’ TO TERMINUS BOTH At said public hearing, any persons interested shall be given the opportunity to be heard.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SETAUKET FIRE DISTRICT Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF APRIL 1, 2005, PARK PLACE SECURITIES, INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-WHQ2, Plaintiff, Against Index No.: 26561/2012

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FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff -against- ROBERT F. KELLY; LISA A. KELLY, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated September 30, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on February 22, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Lot No. 345 as shown on map entitled, “Map of Shoreham Beach, Section 2” and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on February 19, 1994 as Map No. 1527, which said lot is more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of Vee Jay Drive where the same is intersected by the extreme westerly end of a curve which connects the northerly side of Vee Jay Drive with the westerly side of The Bend; being a plot 125.00 feet by 100.00 feet by 150.00 feet by 75.00 feet by 39.27 feet.

District: 0200 Section: 105.00 Block: 02.00 Lot: 019.000 Said premises known as 3 VEE JAY DR., SHOREHAM, NY Approximate amount of lien $434,649.09 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 31894/2009.

MARK A. PETERSON, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File# 9020.75

January 25 February 8 March 8 and 22 April 12 and 26 May 10 and 24 June 14 and 28 July 12 and 26 August 9 and 23 September 13 and 27 October 11 and 25 November 8 December 13 and 27

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on 9/12/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on 2/28/2018 at 2:00 pm, premises known as 4 Clare Court, Manorville, NY 11949, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Suffolk County Treasurer as Section 462.00 Block 04.00 Lot 003.002 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $317,337.42 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 26561/2012.

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BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM In Port Jefferson, the stacks are impossible to miss. They stick up in the sky, visible from Setauket and Port Jefferson Station when not in use. However, when electricity demand spikes, the billowing, white steam coming from the red-and-white, candystriped stacks of the Port Jefferson Power Station is a sight to behold.

With the emergence of energy-efficient appliances and a general societal shift toward being “green conscious,” the power station is only activated in times of peak electricity demand these days, like when temperatures and wind chills start flirting with zero. From late December into early January, the New York office of the National Weather Service reported that for 13 straight days, ending Jan. 9, the maximum temperature at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip failed to exceed 32 F. It was the second longest period of below-freezing temperatures reported at the airport since 1963.

As a result of an Island-wide rush to crank up thermostats every day from Dec. 27 through Jan. 10, the steam-powered electrical generation station was ready to go, serving as an addendum to the Island’s regularly used energy production. In 2017, the Port Jeff plant was operated for 1,698 hours through November, with an additional 260 hours of run time needed in December, according to Sid Nathan, director of public information for the Long Island Power Authority, which oversees operation

of the station.

When running, its two steam units produce the white clouds or water vapor, which is a byproduct of burning oil or gas.

As the vapor exits the stacks, contact with colder air causes condensation of the water vapor, producing the cloudlike white color.

The two steam units ran for 1,958 hours in 2017, the equivalent of running for 41 days, or 11 percent of the year, Nathan said. The power station has the ability to generate about 400 megawatts of power.

The historic stretch of cold temperatures definitely generated an unusually high energy demand at the station, according to Nathan.

“Generally, on a typical 35 degree day, PSEG Long Island would not expect to dispatch the Port Jefferson plant,” he said.

For those concerned about the white steam yielded by the energy generation process, Nathan said the station is not producing more or different steam than normal and that the byproduct is more visible at extremely low ambient temperatures.

“There is no cause for concern,” Nathan said.

State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) said the white smoke is mostly steam that could potentially contain particulates other than steam, and he reiterated residents shouldn’t be overly concerned.

Although Englebright did say it would be “prudent to try to separate yourself from the atmospherics of the plant.”

As a North Shore resident and chair of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation, Englebright said he was thankful the plant was ready to roll when needed most.

“Yes, during most of the year they are not in use,” Englebright said, of the stacks.

“But when we really need it, it’s there. And we really needed it just in this cold spell and it went into high operation. Thank God it was there.”

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Gisela Brand Tornquist

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Sewing inspiration

Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) recognized Caroline Comiskey of Setauket who was recently awarded the Girl Scout’s Silver Award. Reserved for sixth, seventh and eighth grade scouts, the award is the second highest honor that can be bestowed upon a Girl Scout and is awarded for completing a community service project.

To earn this honor, Caroline studied ways to craft cheerful and colorful pillowcases. Upon mastering the skill, she taught other Scouts who she then enlisted to help create 89 hand sewn pillowcases that were donated to Stony Brook Children’s pediatric cancer center. Attached to each pillowcase was a personal note of inspiration to the children undergoing treatment.

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Three Village Central School District’s Ward Melville High School upperclassmen learned about the college experience of recent alumni during an annual event coordinated by the school’s guidance department.

Alumni Day brought back dozens of recent graduates, who are currently attending such institutions of higher education as the University of Maine, Princeton University, University of Hawaii and SUNY Buffalo. During the event, the alumni participated in panel discussions and visited individual classrooms sharing information about their chosen school and experiences, either living away from home or

commuting to college. Topics of discussion included how they selected their school, the roommate experience, how to balance coursework and a social life and what activities they take part in at school.

“My perspective on how well Ward Melville prepared me for the college experience continued to grow since graduating,” said Dylan Weber, a current senior at Binghamton University and future law school student.

“One of the best pieces of advice I could give to the current classes is to not only think about the program the school has to offer, but the financial aspect of attending.”

Gisela Brand Tornquist of East Setauket died Jan. 14 at age 90.

She is survived by her six children Tara Grynne, David (Alice), Andrew, Kristin Gabriellini, Heidi Parles (Jamie) and Hannah Nelson (Kenny); 13 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. She was married for 60 years to Thomas Tornquist who predeceased her in 2012.

Gisela was born Aug. 30, 1927, in Berlin, Germany. She left Germany at age 12 with her family and spent two years in Havana, Cuba before immigrating to New York City in 1941. After graduating from Hunter College High School in Manhattan, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Hunter College. She later obtained a master’s degree in education from Dowling College.

Gisela was a lifelong educator, having taught at the pre-school, elementary school and college level during her career.

She was one of the original founders of Conscience Bay Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in St. James.

Later in life, Gisela became very active in the Setauket Presbyterian Church. She was an avid reader of everything from the classics to romance novels and belonged to several book groups through the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library in Setauket.

She was an accomplished knitter and needle pointer and spent many recent years knitting caps distributed to newborns at Mather and St. Charles hospitals.

She loved the beaches of Long Island and Martha’s Vineyard, but her greatest joy came from time spent with her children and grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. at the Setauket Presbyterian Church.

Ramonita Soriano Ramonita Soriano, 97, a longtime community resident, died Jan. 3.

She was born Dec. 20, 1920, in the Dominican Republic and was the daughter of Dominga and Delfin Soriano.

Ramonita was a retired seamstress. She loved to cook, was always a caregiver, very spiritual and loved her family.

Left to cherish her memory are her brothers Antonio, Marino and Juan; sister Altagracia; and other family and friends.

Services were held at St. James R.C. Church Jan. 8. Interment followed in the Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Visit www. bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book.

Donations can be made in her memory to

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101.

Joseph G. Williamson Joseph G. Williamson of South Setauket died Dec. 22 at age 92.

He was a proud World War II Army veteran.

He was the loving husband of the late Caroline and loving father of Kenneth (Regina) Williamson and Claudia Lester.

Cherished grandfather of Megan Williamson; Erin and Michael Tartaglia; Patrick and Kerry Williamson; Carrie and Joseph Lester. Cherished great-grandfather of Ellie Rose and Nolan Patrick Tartaglia. Dear brother of Robert Williamson and survived by many nieces and nephews.

Services were held at St. Gerard Majella R.C. Church Dec. 28. Joseph was afforded full military honors at Calverton National Cemetery.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Visit www. bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book.

Donations can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101, in his memory.

Patricia Ann (O’Connor) Brown Patricia Ann (O’Connor) Brown, 77, died Jan. 14 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Nursing Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Born in 1940 in Jackson Heights, Queens, she was the loving daughter of the late James and Catherine O’Connor of Manhasset.

A graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset and St. Vincent’s College School of Nursing, she worked as an registered nurse at St. Francis, North Shore and Stony Brook University hospitals.

She will be deeply missed by all who knew her, especially by her loving children Teresa Ritzel (Hobie), Joseph Brown (Lauretta), Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Brown, Brendan Brown (Allison), Meghan Spearman (Edward), and the father of her children, Joseph Brown. Other survivors include her sisters Susan Boyd, Catherine O’Connor, James O’Connor and sister-inlaw Monica Callahan. She is also survived by eight grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by brothers-in-law Lawrence Callahan and Richard Boyd.

A funeral Mass was held Jan. 20 at The Church of Sts. John and Mary in Chappaqua, New York followed by interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn.

Memorial donations to the Alzheimer’s Association are appreciated.

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Clockwise from above, Ward Melville’s Ivanna Zavala-Arbelaez, on left, was the only Patriot to top Newfield’s Ally Hu; Julia Duffy, who swept both of her opponents, battles on the strip; and Ward Melville’s Catherine Cao dukes it out with her challenger.

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BY BILL LANDON The stakes were high for the Patriots Monday night.

The last time Ward Melville’s girls fencing team faced off against Newfield it won by a

single point, which was too close for comfort for head coach Kyle Hempe. With an undefeated streak on the line, the Patriots showed they learned from their mistakes, making a statement with an 18-9 home win Jan. 22.

“They were really fired up at home,” Hempe said. “We know Newfield is the second best team in our league, and they were really coming for it. So we went out, we worked as hard as we could, won a little earlier than we thought we would and we’re happy about that.”

Early wins came in the form of all three weapons. Ward Melville (10-0, 6-0 League II) took the second two of three in each of the first rounds of sabre, foil and épée.

Ward Melville’s Lauren Cappello started things off for the Patriots, putting the first point in the win column. The junior swept her sabre matches, 5-1, 5-2 and 5-2. Fellow sabre specialist Bridget Becchina, a senior, did the same while outscoring her challengers 15-4. ”We knew what we were coming into — I don’t think any of us were too worried — we knew we would have to bring it in each bout,” Becchina said. “I had confidence in the team, we had confidence in ourselves, and knew they have to beat us. We go out there and we just fence, and that usually works.”

Newfield (9-3, 5-2) was toughest in foil.

Senior Ally Hu, who finished the day 2-1, took home victories in her second (5-1) and third (5-0) appearances out on the strip. “[She’s] their strongest fencer, so was very happy with Ivanna Zavala-Arbeleaz, to see her come out with a victory there,” Hempe said. “But Bridget and Lauren are always solid for us in sabre so I’m happy for them and their performances, too.”

Junior épéeist Catherine Cao and senior Julia Duffy swept their Newfield challengers.

“I’m proud that we came out with the win,” Duffy said. “Newfield gave us a run for our money, but we lean on all of the hard work that we put in, and reap the rewards.”

Junior sabreist Olivia Calise, who had dropped her first two bouts, blanked her opponent, 5-0, in the meet-clinching matchup.

With three meets left before the postseason Hempe said he’s confident going down

the stretch, especially since the Patriots won’t be matching up with the Wolverines over that span.

“We’re not as worried, but we’ll go full force,” he said. “We’re happy to be in the position that we’re in.”

Ward Melville is back in action facing Centereach (5-7, 2-5) today, Jan. 25, at 4 p.m.

Newfield will host Sayville today at 6 p.m.

Ward Melville 16, Newfield 11

Ward Melville 94, Central Islip 89

Keeping score Ward Melville 52, Longwood 47

Alex Sobel’s 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks lifted Ward Melville at home over Longwood Jan. 23. Ray Grabowski also scored 15 points. The Patriots are now 12-3 overall and 7-2 in League I.

Longwood 65, Ward Melvillle 50

Jamie Agostino and Shannon Brazier scored a team-high 15 points apiece in Ward Meville’s girls basketball team’s Jan. 23 loss at Longwood. The Patriots fall to 5-8 overall and 3-6 in League I.

Josh Yen went 3-0 in sabre to lead Ward Melville’s boys fencing team to an away win over Newfield Jan. 22. The Patriots remain undefeated (10-0) in League I, winning 168 consecutive dual meets.

Ward Melville’s boys swimming team traveled to Central Islip Jan. 19 and won the last meet of the regular season. The Patriots finish No. 3 in League I at 8-1-1 overall and 6-1-1 in conference play.

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PAGE A22 • THE VILLAGE TIMES HERALD • JANUARY 25, 2018

OPINION Editorial

Letters to the editor EMMA CLARK LIBRARY

ALEX PETROSKI

Participants at the 2017 Women’s March in Port Jeff Station.

Learning from #MeToo

Spider-Man’s Uncle Ben once said, “With great power comes great responsibility.”

Over the course of the last several months, we’ve seen the dominance of men in power being stripped down. The day-to-day climate regarding sexual harassment and misconduct have surely changed, but we need to keep this #MeToo dialogue open.

TBR News Media hosted female local government officials, lawyers and activists at our Setauket office to speak about their feelings regarding the behavior of men, and we thank them for their openness and raw stories, sometimes relating to men of high status.

While high-profile allegations and apologies mount, it’s not the actors, politicians and TV stars with whom we should be most concerned. It’s the people around us. We’ve found most often that it’s just when we share our stories, big or small, that we’re really getting somewhere. Getting people together — especially women in power — we can come up with strategies to enact change. We hope that what’s lasting from this remarkable moment in history is not just the list of famous men left in the rubble, but rather the idea that leveraging power to diminish someone else’s selfworth is a thing of the past.

Hearing the wide array of stories from women who have been elected to lead communities, from being grabbed during a middle-school class to being asked inappropriate questions by a boss, the truth is that these things can happen to anyone. And it’s clearly time for a cultural overhaul.

We hope that a byproduct of this moment is also prevention, which can come in the form of education to ensure our boys don’t grow up to become the sexual abusers of tomorrow. To guarantee that this happens, we would like to see school districts and colleges create stricter rules and hold kids accountable for their actions, whether they’re the star lacrosse player heading to the championship or the valedictorian of their class.

In the process of this shift, we don’t want to run out of steam. An issue so long ingrained in society needs a multipronged approach. With that, women shouldn’t fear sticking up for themselves — think about it not as your job being on the line but your principles on the verge of breaking.

While the bad behavior of powerful men is what has created this movement, raising confident girls and creating an environment for them to flourish into strong women is another antidote.

Women are, at last, being heard. But we want to make sure that every woman is heard. The focus should be on the prey and not the predator.

Just because your abuser wasn’t famous doesn’t mean your story doesn’t need to be heard. To keep steering the #MeToo ship in the right direction, we will continue to run stories on the development of the issue. If anyone, male or female, would like to share a story, anonymous or not, call 631-751-7744 or email rita@tbrnewsmedia.com. The only way to get to a better tomorrow is to share the stories of yesterday and today, to heal, to learn from our actions and to create stronger reactions in the hopes of continuing to rip down the abuse of power that has landed us in this mess.

Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste.

We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to rita@tbrnewsmediacom or mail them to The Village Times Herald, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

3V Meals on Wheels thanks local youth Many of you are familiar with the Three Village Meals on Wheels organization which services homebound clients in our community. Meals on Wheels supplies hot and cold meals five days a week. We rarely cancel delivery but when road conditions get too dangerous for our volunteers, delivery is stopped. On days such as these, the clients are lucky to have a “blizzard bag” on hand.

Blizzard bags contain nonperishable items for our clients and are delivered to the clients in the fall prior to winter conditions.

We are very fortunate to have had some local youth helping our organization by supplying us with these blizzard bags. Our organization is not government funded so these contributions are extremely helpful.

The Leo Club from Earl L. Vandermeulen High School supplied us with a stock of blizzard bags. They have been doing this since 1989.

The board of directors of Meals on Wheels would like to thank them and their adviser, Brian Chalmers for this generous

contribution.

Another local group also supplied us with blizzard bags and we thank Deidre Doran, Teen Connect members and the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library staff for their contribution.

Our clients were very appreciative of having this food on the days we did not deliver meals. It is great to see the youth of our community organizing outreach programs to support those in need, and we thank them.

The Board of Directors Three Village Meals on Wheels

Plans to impeach Trump are flawed When candidate Barack Obama vowed in 2008 that he would fundamentally transform America, he meant it. During the eight long years of his presidency, he moved the nation, sometimes constitutionally, other times not, in the direction of socialism, with increased government control over our personal lives. These policies met with the approval of his faithful Democratic followers, and they looked forward to a continuation of these policies, with even more of the same, in a smooth transfer of power from President Obama to his eminently entitled successor, Hillary Clinton.

The election of Mrs. Clinton was widely considered to be a virtual certainty by her Democratic supporters, led by a coalition that included celebrities from the world of entertainment, mainstream purveyors of so-called “news,” and liberal college professors. Her opponent, Donald Trump, was seen as an uncultured businessman with a TV reality show who was no match for the talented and

gracious Mrs. Clinton, and who would soon be dispatched to the irrelevancy of his hotels and golf courses. But then a funny thing happened on the way to Pennsylvania Avenue; to their utter shock and horror, Trump won.

“How can this be?” they asked. “Can the American people be that stupid?”

There could be only one course of action; they must form a united front and do everything possible to have president Trump removed from office, and thereby override the great blunder perpetrated by the American electorate.

Let the actors and comedians attack and ridicule the President on every show on television. Let the news “journalists” on almost every network, including ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN, magnify and exaggerate every story that can possibly be detrimental to President Trump, invent fake stories if necessary, and ignore any items that might somehow be interpreted by the president’s deplorable followers as favorable to him.

For the college professors,

whether active or retired, their task is to pitch in wherever they can, by indoctrinating their students and by criticizing the president in whatever venue is available to them.

The Democratic party brain trust, led by Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi, is not failing to do their part, calling loudly for impeachment. And everyone is anxiously waiting for the imminent bombshell indictment from the special counsel, Robert Mueller, for the crime of collusion with Russia.

Of course, it is to be hoped that this indictment will not involve the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One, but that is another matter. And, if all else fails, there is always the 25th Amendment, which can be invoked to remove the president if he is proved to be insane. Good luck with that one.

Unfortunately, this grand plan has a fatal flaw: President Trump is doing a great job, and the American people know it.

George Altemose Setauket

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

JANUARY 25, 2018 • THE VILLAGE TIMES HERALD • PAGE A23

OPINION

Smithtown’s comeback Winter Olympian

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e was so close and then, poof, everything he’d worked for and imagined for 13 years disappeared in an instant.

John Daly, a Smithtown native who hates the cold, was competing in his second winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and was in fourth place, in the hunt for a medal after three of the four legs of his skeleton race.

In skeleton, athletes sprint at top speed hunched over with their hands on the sleds for five seconds, then dive headfirst on the sleds, navigating the curved

By Daniel Dunaief around icy track by shifting their weight while traveling at speeds of more than 80 miles per hour.

And then, in the fourth race, at the top, where he needed to generate the

D. None of the above

kind of speed that would allow him to race against his rivals and the clock, Daly’s sled popped out of the grooves in the ice, slowing him down and sending him back to 15th place.

After such a crushing defeat, Daly decided to move on with his life, retiring from a sport where he’d won numerous other medals and where he was one of the country’s best sliders.

For two years, he stayed retired, taking a job in Virginia at medical technology company Smith & Nephew.

Then, a funny thing happened in retirement. Daly missed the sport. He didn’t have the same passion for other parts of his life, the bitter cold from mountains around the world notwithstanding, that he felt when he was racing.

He spoke to numerous people about what he might do.

People his age, he’s 32, could understand the hesitation about throwing himself back into a sport that required physical and mental commitment. To get back into prime condition, Daly would need to make nine hour drives from Virginia, where he was living, up to Lake

Placid, a familiar training ground and site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice. People older than he is, however, couldn’t understand the agony of the decision.

“Why wouldn’t you go back?” they asked. When you’re older, they argued, “Do you want to look back and say, ‘I might have gotten a little further ahead at work,’ or do you want to go back for one more Olympic games?”

Unlike other competitions, the Winter Olympics only occur once every four years. And, unlike the World Cup competitions, a global TV audience seems to pause to watch the games.

The Olympics can make the improbable possible, including the unexpected warming of tensions between North and South Korea, who are marching together in the opening ceremony and sending a combined women’s ice hockey team to the games.

As we age, we don’t always spring out of bed the same way and we may lose a step or two in our reaction time.

We gain, however, the benefit of each year of life experiences, observing how

we, and the world around us, change.

Daly decided to return to the sport, where he has made his third Olympic team. The poet Horace, who published the immortal Latin phrase “carpe diem,” meaning “seize the day,” would be proud.

No one knows how Daly will do in a few weeks. Could he medal? His coach Tuffy Latour thinks so.

Latour said that Daly “never really lost it.”

Sometimes, Latour said, the time away helps athletes better prepare for the next Olympics, allowing them to gain a fresh perspective.

Coming back, however, may prove equally important for Daly, who is hoping to rewrite the final chapter of a sliding odyssey. Many years from now, he hopes he may one day offer the same kind of support to his kids that he received from his parents James and Bennarda, whom he jokingly called “sliding enablers.”

Regardless of the outcome, that older version of himself may thank him for giving it one more try.

Racism in America: A letter to my grandson

D

ear Grandson Adam, Thank you for lending me your book last weekend. While you were off skiing with the rest of the family, I was totally absorbed reading your high school homework assignment, “A Raisin in the Sun,” in front of a crackling fire in the lodge. Lorraine Hansberry wrote the play, you know, in 1958, which was the year I graduated from high school, so I can tell you how remarkable her characters and themes are for that time.

The story takes place in

By Leah S. Dunaief Chicago, on the city’s gritty South Side, and tells of a poor black family living in a three-room flat with a bathroom in the hall that is shared with others. The grandmother, Lena, whose apartment it is, sleeps in one bedroom with her daughter, Beneatha, who is in college. Walter, Lena’s

Between you and me

35-year-old son, is a chauffeur for a wealthy businessman, and he shares another room with his wife, Ruth, who works as a cleaning woman in different homes. Travis, 10, is their son and he sleeps in the living room/kitchen on a sofa that is made up for him each night, which means that he doesn’t get to sleep until any visitor leaves.

When we meet them, the family is excited about the imminent arrival of a “big check,” that turns out to be the proceeds from an insurance policy on the life of Big Walter, Lena’s late husband.

The value is $10,000, which in today’s money would be about $160,000. The introduction of this money into the plot is the fulcrum around which the characters, their roles in the family dynamic and their situation in society are defined.

Walter desperately wants to start his own business with the funds, viewing entrepreneurship as a way to rise above a humiliating life stretching out before him as a chauffeur. There are tense exchanges between him and Lena, as he passionately explains to his mother that he can go into partnership in a liquor store with a shrewd friend who has figured out the financing, but they need startup capital.

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Lena, for her part, thinking back to their not-so-distant ancestors of slaves, values freedom more than financial success, and certainly doesn’t appreciate the prospect of selling liquor to their neighbors. However she wants to see her son as the prideful head of the family and recognizes his despair at the life in which he feels trapped in mid-century America.

Ruth, who is pregnant, loves her husband and understands that his grind, as they enter middle age, is eroding their marriage. She is the life-giving mother of the next generation and it is she who ultimately urges optimism after Lena makes her pivotal decision. I hesitate to tell you what that decision is because I don’t want to ruin the plot for you. This is a play well worth reading if you have the chance, if only for the messages that continue to be so relevant today.

Beneatha is a most interesting character, attracted by the romantic allure of the distant continent from which her people originally came, albeit unwillingly, yet determined to make her own way through education, the upward mobility ladder presumably offered by the American Dream. She eschews the

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Leah S. Dunaief GENERAL MANAGER Johness Kuisel MANAGING EDITOR Desirée Keegan EDITOR Rita J. Egan

LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton SPORTS EDITOR Desirée Keegan ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathryn Mandracchia DIR. OF MEDIA PRODUCTIONS Michael Tessler

idea of advancing herself through the traditional female strategy of marrying rich, much touted for her by Walter.

At a time when most medical schools were admitting only one or perhaps two women in each freshman class, she is planning to become a doctor. She will need money to pay for that education, and Lena recognizes that fact.

The play is about poverty, masculinity, femininity, opportunity, integration, honor, tradition and especially racism in American, and looks into the future with remarkable prescience. Has much changed in our country over the ensuing 60 years? In 1959, the play received standing ovations and critical acclaim. It was, after all, the first play offered there by an African-American woman, only 28, that purported to tell the truth about black lives. Hansberry came from a wealthy family and could present her initially optimistic message of a different life.

In answer to the question, it could be said she at least started the conversation on Broadway. Racism discussed is, however slowly, racism destroyed.

It is up to your generation, Adam, to continue the fight.

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