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#MeToo movement is wind in sails for Suffolk’s Crime Victims Center BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
Victim advocacy
Though its actual functions have evolved over the years, advocating for victims remains Ahearn’s and the CVC’s primary objective. The center, with locations in Ronkonkoma and Patchogue, is a certified rape crisis center. The group has long provided advocacy for child victims of sexual abuse, and has since added advocacy components for adult rape and adult domestic violence victims. In 2006, the mission shifted to provide support for victims of all violent or hate crimes. “These are cases that are failing between the cracks and no one was helping them,” said Ahearn said, a New York State licensed attorney and social worker. Since 2015, the organization has been fed cases from the Suffolk County Police Department and District Attorney’s office through a cloud-based computer software program, allowing the CVC to directly contact innocent victims to begin providing support under the direction of Mike Gunther, CVC’s director of advocacy and victim services. Ahearn said the CVC has helped to recoup $5.5 million for Suffolk County crime victims from a county
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In a time of changing cultural and societal norms related to the treatment of victims of sexual abuse, Laura Ahearn now has a movement behind her decades-long mission. The founder of Parents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center, a not-forprofit organization, has been a relentless advocate for victims since the late ‘90s. What started as a small operation running out of her Three Village home advocating for sex offender registration has grown into a threepronged program that is used as a model by other advocacy groups. The CVC assists victims of child sex abuse and rape, provides services to victims of violent crime, and assists elderly, disabled and minor victims of all crime. Its mission is now virtually a daily part of the national conversation. “It’s a tremendous opportunity for organizations like ours that have worked with child sexual abuse and adult victims of sex crimes to be able to open up a dialogue now with a higher volume of a voice with state, local and federal legislators,” Ahearn said after attending a breakfast at Stony Brook University that featured lawmakers from across Long Island and all levels of government. The meeting was part of a daylong event designed to start a conversation about localizing the national #MeToo movement, a social media campaign started by Tarana Burke, a survivor of sexual violence. Burke also attended the SBU event. “The #MeToo movement has created an ideal climate for us to call upon legislators to help us change a culture which has minimized sexual harassment, and a society or environment whose prevailing social attitudes have the effect of normalizing or trivializing sexual assault and sexual harassment,” Ahearn said. The group has a list of legislative goals it would like to advance in 2018, like criminalizing “revenge porn” and advancing the Child Victims Act, a state law that has passed the Assembly but not the Senate, which would extend the time frame for a victim to bring forward allegations against an abuser.
‘The #MeToo movement has created an ideal climate for us to call upon legislators to help us change a culture which has minimized sexual harassment.’ — Laura Ahearn
Within the Crime Victims Center, a children’s play therapy area is designed to allow children to play out their trauma with a therapist, and to prepare for court appearances. fund to cover unexpected costs for innocent victims, as some have health insurance costs or other expenses to cover in the aftermath of a traumatic incident. Currently, the CVC has between 2,500 and 3,000 cases it’s handling, and its founder said the organization is always in need of more case managers. The group regularly sends advocates Diana Shuffler and Diana Guzman to Human Trafficking Intervention Court, a New York state initiative established to aid victims of human trafficking in every aspect of getting their life back on track, and put legal issues behind them. Prior to the program’s inception, Guzman said victims of human trafficking picked up for other crimes like prostitution were treated like criminals. The CVC even works with the FBI. Sally McDonald, a certified therapist and victim advocate at the CVC who is passionate about the work she does, said she has cases with victims ranging from 4 years old to adults in their 60s. “It’s exciting — it’s so nice to see anybody do well, but especially a child,” she said of seeing someone’s life improve as a result of her work. “You feel like ‘This is why I’m doing this.’” Ahearn stressed the importance of following up with victims and ensuring his or her traumatic incident is truly behind them. “Whenever you’re dealing with any kind of violent crime or trauma, unless there are support services, those are individuals that are going to need help,” she said. “If they’re not getting the help they need … those kids whose families were victims of violent crime are going to gravitate toward who they believe is going to protect them, and in those communities that would be the ones that, believe it or not, are the perpetrators.” The Ronkonkoma office features therapy rooms for all ages, including a child therapy room where kids are prepared for what to expect in a court setting, or play out personal trauma using a sandbox, toys or art therapy.
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Megan’s Law gets its name from an incident in the mid-‘90s in which 7-year-old Megan Kanka from New Jersey was lured into a neighbor’s home, sexually assaulted and murdered. The culprit was a twice-convicted sex offender, and after a nationwide lobbying effort, Megan’s Law was passed in 1996 and required all 50 states to release information to the public about known convicted sex offenders. Ahearn was one of those involved in the lobbying effort, and Parents for Megan’s Law was born. In 2014 the CVC implemented a new monitoring program to keep addresses and other important information about the county’s roughly 1,000 registered sex offenders current. Ahearn’s sex offender monitoring staff is comprised entirely of retired law enforcement officers, who regularly check up on the people on the list face-to-face to ensure their information is accurate and up to date. The organization also has a Megan’s Law helpline as well as a tip line, should community members want to report anything related to a registered sex offender in their area.
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When describing the CVC’s prevention arm, Ahearn uses an analogy. Imagine you’re fishing, she says, and three separate times during the day you have to dive in the river to save people who were drowning as they headed downstream. How many times would you have to dive in the water to save a life before heading upstream to see why so many people are falling in the water and nearly drowning? Led by prevention program manager Kim Malone, the CVC provides workshops for children, teens, parents and adults designed to empower them with knowledge and skills aimed at protecting against sexual abuse and abduction. The CVC offers workshops for schools and organizations geared toward every age group. To contact the Crime Victims Center call 631-689-2672 or visit www.parents formeganslaw.org.
Long Island men and women are prepared to keep the #MeToo conversation going in their communities after an appearance by the movement’s founder, Tarana Burke, at Stony Brook University Jan. 28. More than 500 people attended a Q&A with Burke, a victim of sexual violence, led by three young women from i-tri girls, a free program working to raise the self-esteem of middle school-aged girls on the Island’s East End by training them for a triathlon. Abby Roden, Noely Martinez and Maria Chavez posed questions to Burke that covered a range of topics, from how she felt when the #MeToo movement gained momentum, to empowering survivors of sexual abuse and harassment, and how to show empathy when someone shares his or her story. “The idea behind #MeToo being an exchange of empathy is that if you tell me this thing that is already difficult to say, one of the hardest things in your life, and my first response is, ‘Me too,’ that draws you in,” she said. “Regardless, we have an automatic connection now.” After the #MeToo movement went viral Burke felt crippled. She said she stopped reading comments on her social media posts, even though most responses were thoughtful. “I had people telling me I was too ugly to get raped, sexually harassed,” Burke said, adding that she is thickskinned, and didn’t let the comments get to her. “‘You look like a man.’ Just awful, awful things.” The movement also affects the LGBTQ community — something Burke said is personal for her, as her daughter identifies as queer and gender nonconforming. “Survivors of sexual violence, we’re not victims,” Burke said. “That’s why we call ourselves survivors. We have solutions, answers and the experience.” Retired teacher Terry Kalb, of Wading River, said Burke is skilled at connecting others through experiences, calling the forum “beyond inspiring.” “I liked the fact that there was such emphasis on the intersectionality of this issue,” Kalb said. “It’s very important that the vast majority of the people who are marginalized with domestic violence, sexual harassment and sexual violence issues — all people — are afforded a voice. This just can’t be about celebrity issues; it has to be about people who are often powerless to be able to respond. That they be the focus, because that’s where the most damage is done.”
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DEBRA A RASMUSSEN, DONALD E RASMUSSEN JR, CARLA BASSO, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on 11/4/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on 2/13/2018 at 9:15 am, premises known as 16 Clairmont Drive, Mastic Beach, NY 11951, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Mastic, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York and designated on the tax maps of the Suffolk County Treasurer as District 0209 Section 007.00 Block 05.00 Lot 039.000 F/K/A District 0200 Section 970.00 Block 05.00 Lot 039.000 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $469,881.08 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 22113/2009. 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. DONNA ENGLAND, Esq., Referee. Leopold & Associates,
PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504 Dated: 12/20/2017 GNS 991 1/11 4x vth REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK VENTURES TRUST 2013-IH-R BY MCM CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, ITS TRUSTEE, Plaintiff – against – NANCY A. LUCIANO, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on September 8, 2016. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hall, Farmingville, NY 11738 on the 15th Day of February, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situate lying and being at the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Premises known as 10 Grace Lane, Coram, NY 11727. (District: 0200, Section: 339.00, Block: 03.00, Lot: 009.000) Approximate amount of lien $387,185.11 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 20681/13. Linda Donato, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 Dated: December 7, 2017 008 1/18 4x vth SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK-BROOKHAVEN 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
OBITUARY Arthur Henry Leonard Jr. BY CYNTHIA LAURINO Arthur Henry Leonard Jr., of Setauket, died Jan. 26 at age 89. He was born May 19, 1928, in Providence, Rhode Island, and was the son of Arthur Henry Leonard Sr. and Lillian Horsefield. He was the loving and devoted husband of the late Celia for 60 years. They were married April 14, 1951, in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Arthur is survived by his six children, Kristine, Arthur, Brian, Cynthia, Jennifer and Judith. He was a cherished grandfather to his eight grandchildren, Jonathan, Andrew, William, Anne, Carolyn, Daniel, Sara and Laura and step-grandson Davin; and six great-grandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren. Arthur became a naval aviator March 10, 1950, and served in the U.S. Navy in the Air Transport Squadron Six at Westover Air Force Base in Massachusets until June 11, 1953. Arthur had a passion for flying and he was a commercial airline pilot for TWA from 1953 until July 1, 1984. He piloted Constellation planes, and then as a captain, 707 and 1011 jetliners. He flew domestic and international flights. Arthur was an avid fisherman on his Blackfin, and he joined the Stony Brook Yacht Club Feb. 9, 1970, and he had been an active member ever since.
Arthur began volunteering for Three Village Meals on Wheels in 2001, and he didn’t stop until Jan. 3. Arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home in East Setauket. Visit www. bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book. A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. James R.C. Church in East Setauket today, Feb. 1, with interment at St. James R.C. Cemetery. Donations can be made in his memory to Three Village Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 853, Stony Brook, NY 11790.
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Setauket teenagers aim to make a difference in Malawi Two Ward Melville High School juniors are asking the Three Village community to join them in achieving their goal to build a school in the African country Malawi. Last summer, Lucia Buscemi and Rebecca Holt, of Setauket, brainstormed ideas for a fundraiser they could spearhead. They researched the nonprofit buildOn, which helps students raise funds to build schools in impoverished countries, and the pair liked the idea of helping children in need have access to education. “What got me most excited is that I know that education is the best way to eradicate poverty,” Holt said. Buscemi agreed and said she believes providing children with an education can be better than donating food. “It’s not giving someone a handout,” Buscemi said. “It’s giving somebody a lifetime supply of education, and of food practically.” When it came time to choose a country, the teenagers solicited the help of Lucas Turner, one of buildOn’s community engagement managers. After talking to Turner, Buscemi and Holt decided Malawi was the country with the greatest need. Buscemi and Holt’s goal is to raise $30,000 to fund the building of the school. Turner said if a student wants to travel to Malawi where he or she will stay with a host family and help build the school, he or she must fund their own travel. The girls said they are hoping to make the trip as well, which would take place during summer vacation.
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Rebecca Holt and Lucia Buscemi, above, hope to raise $30,000 to build a school in Malawi and travel to the country in the summer. “Rebecca and I are both very excited to learn about the culture there,” Buscemi said, adding they have only traveled within the United States and Europe. “We are anticipating a culture shock when we get there because it’s going to be so unlike every single place we’ve been to.” Buscemi said buildOn requires help from residents to build the structure, many of whom will eventually attend the school. “When the school opens, [villagers] are not looking at it and saying, ‘Oh, these foreigners came and gave us this school,’” Turner said. “They look at that, and they say, ‘We built that with buildOn and this is
something we can be very proud of.’” Turner said while students visit a country to help for seven to 10 days, it can take the villagers 15 to 20 weeks to complete construction. “It’s not about a bunch of kids going down there to build a school to get community service hours,” Buscemi said. “They’re making sure that it’s something sustainable and will last for generations to come.” Friends since they were in seventh grade at P.J. Gelinas Junior High School, Holt said this is the first time she will be heading up a fundraiser, while Buscemi has been involved with philanthropic efforts since she was in
elementary school. For the past three years, she has organized an annual 30-hour famine fundraiser at Caroline Church of Brookhaven, where young adults fast for 30 hours while performing everyday tasks to simulate how it feels for the undernourished. The pair is using social media and email to spread the word about their buildOn project and are currently planning a soup cook-off fundraiser for March 18 at The Bates House in Setauket. The high school juniors said so far their fundraising has been a valuable learning experience, and they hope to apply those lessons toward future pursuits. Buscemi said she is considering taking a gap year after she graduates from high school to work with refugees in Athens, Greece. For now, the two are focused on their present pursuit, and said every single person who contributes to the cause, no matter how much they donate, will be making a difference. “It doesn’t take two girls to build a school,” Holt said. “It takes a community and that’s why we need to work with Three Village in order to build this school. It takes a village to build a school. We need to pool as many resources as we have in this community in order to accomplish our goal.” Holt and Buscemi have already raised $1,086 toward their $30,000 goal. For more information on how to donate or about the March 18 soup cook-off at The Bates House, 1 Bates Road, Setauket, visit act.buildon.org/team/136930 or email wmbuildon@gmail.com.
Three Village teaches literacy for a technological world Whether it is a demonstration from the high school robotics team or honoring 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars, recent school board meetings have been a venue to showcase the vast strides the Three Village School District continues to make in science, technology, engineering and math instruction and enrichment. In recent months, the district’s teachers and information specialists have given presentations explaining how they are helping to prepare students from elementary through high school for the brave new world that’s theirs. The spotlight is put on the elementary STEM curriculum and the district’s library services. These demonstrate the way Three Village integrates technology into the curriculum as a unit of study, while also using it as a tool for research and growth in other academic disciplines. Three Village embarked on the first year of its elementary STEM program in the fall of 2015, just as President Barack Obama (D) was signing the STEM Education Act into law. The curriculum, which introduces elementary-aged students to concepts such as aeroponics, coding and robotics, also teaches them about engineering and design. Speaking at a school board meeting in
November, Setauket Elementary’s STEM teacher Gina Varacchi explained how design challenges are embedded into the program to teach students about the design process. Students are given a design goal along with guidelines and constraints, she said. Similar to the scientific method, students must follow certain steps as part of the process. After determining “the problem” and conducting research, they can begin to design, but most important is that students experiment with their design through old-fashioned trial and error. Varacchi said that not only do they learn problem-solving skills, they also learn persistence. Design projects range from physical construction of marble tracks and bridges to using the online program Tinkercad to design 3D sculptures and containers for 3D printing. Students also learn coding for robots — Bee-Bots for kindergarten through second grade, and Ozobots for third and fourth grade. Additional STEM units include building with littleBits circuits, as well as coding with Scratch. The district goes further in supporting students’ technological literacy. R.C. Murphy Junior High School information specialist and district library head Betsy Knox said at January’s meeting that the library departments put an emphasis “on teaching information and inquiry skills to students and collaborating with teachers on planning
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Three Village elementary students learn coding with Bee-Bots. appropriate lessons on research.” To achieve this mission, the libraries offer Lightbox, a web-based system that provides supplementary lessons in English language arts, science and social studies. It also includes supporting materials such as videos, primary documents, interviews and articles, Knox said. The district has 74 different units that are also accessible to students at home. Additionally, media specialists help to design curriculum that includes research projects with suggested resources or team-teach lessons on developing thesis statements and
providing research-based evidence for support. Nicole Connelly, information specialist at P.J. Gelinas Junior High, said this helps to give students the skills they need to navigate systems to “make informed decisions and become critical thinkers.” In addition to providing maker spaces and experiences with virtual reality, the district’s libraries, or “information centers,” teach internet safety and provide instruction in online behavior from kindergarten to 12th grade. Ward Melville’s information specialist April Hatcher said the curriculum on “digital citizenship” for grades six through 12 was recently updated and covers cyberbullying, copyrights and plagiarism, social responsibility and identity protection. Lessons on hate speech are also addressed in the high school curriculum, she said. The district’s media specialists not only support educators with research and curriculum, but also with technology. The library service department has recently submitted grant applications for drones, digital cameras and an outdoor classroom. But, said Allyson Konczynin information specialist at W.S. Mount Elementary School, even with growing focus on technology, emphasis is still being placed on book selection and literature appreciation. “Nothing beats seeing a student light up with excitement when they find a book they love,” she said.
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LEGALS PERRY A/K/A DAVID PERRY A/K/A DAVID A. PERRY, JR. A/K/A DAVID COX A/K/A DAVID A. COX A/K/A DAVID A. COX, JR., if he be living and if he be dead, etc… KELLIE S. PERRY A/K/A KELLIE PERRY, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated August 1, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, located at 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 2, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the County of Suffolk, State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southwesterly side of Thunderbird Court where the same is intersected by the division line between Lots 9 and 10 on the above mentioned map said point being distant 483.60 feet southeasterly, southerly and southeasterly as measured along the southwesterly, westerly and southwesterly side of Thunderbird Court from the easterly end of a curve having a radius of 20.00 feet on arc length of 31.42 feet connecting the easterly side of Ramblewood Road with the southwesterly side of Thunderbird Court; being a plot 131.58 feet by 223.19 feet by 261.26 feet by 19.98 feet by 186.93 feet. Said premises known as 8 THUNDERBIRD COURT, SHOREHAM, NY Approximate amount of lien $827,324.10 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 68705/2014. JONATHAN A. BAUM, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File# 7682.85
LEGALS con’t from pg. 4 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. 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. Theresa A. Mari, Esq., Referee. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504 Dated: 1/17/2018 GNS 46 1/25 4x vth INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF OLD FIELD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Old Field on Monday, February 26, 2018, at 6:00 PM, at the Keeper’s Cottage, 207 Old Field Road, Old Field, NY, 11733, to consider the following application: Pursuant to Village Code 121-60A, Applicant Louis and Janine Romeo, at premises know as 127 Old Field Road, Old Field, NY, District 203, SBL 9-3-22.1, seek permission to install 600 cubic yards of fill in connection with construction of a bluff wall where only 200 cubic yards of fill is permitted. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all persons having interest shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the time and place aforesaid. BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS of the Incorporated Village of Old Field, New York. Adrienne Kessel Village Clerk 62 2/1 1x vth
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Incidents and arrests Jan. 21–29 Pawning jewelry
Vacuums stolen
Carvel robbery
Target theft
Between July 2017 and January 2018, a 38-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station allegedly pawned jewelry belonging to one person valued at about $100,000 in total, according to police. He was arrested Jan. 25 in Port Jeff Station and charged with second-degree grand larceny.
At Carvel on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station, a 32-year-old man from Bayport allegedly stole a tip jar that was on the counter Jan. 20, according to police. He returned and allegedly attempted to steal the tip jar again Jan. 24, and then demanded cash from the register, eliciting fear from the employees, police said. He was arrested Jan. 24 and charged with petit larceny and third-degree robbery.
Crack sale
A 29-year-old woman from East Patchogue allegedly sold crack cocaine while on Route 112 in Medford between Aug. 10 and 13, 2017, according to police. She was arrested Jan. 23 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.
Trespassing
At about 5 a.m. Jan. 28, a 23-year-old man from Sound Beach was allegedly found sleeping in a chair in the living room of someone else’s home on Thompson Street in Port Jefferson, according to police. He was arrested and charged with second-degree criminal trespassing.
Drug bust
While executing a search warrant at the home of a 19-year-old man from Rocky Point Jan. 25, police allegedly discovered the synthetic opioid fentanyl, drug packaging materials, scales and marijuana, according to police. He was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fourth-degree criminal possession of a narcotic drug, unlawful possession of marijuana and two counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia.
Fentanyl arrest
A 20-year-old man from Amityville allegedly possessed fentanyl while seated in a 2015 BMW on Virginia Street in Centereach Jan. 25 at about 6:30 a.m., according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Between Jan. 19 and 23, a 34-year-old man from West Islip allegedly stole five vacuums from Target on Pond Path in South Setauket, according to police. He was arrested Jan. 24 in Centereach and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny and petit larceny.
At Target on Pond Path in South Setauket, a 27-year-old man from Ronkonkoma allegedly stole a blender, baby formula, clothing and shaving products at about 5 p.m. Jan. 29, according to police. He was arrested and charged with petit larceny.
Knifepoint robbery
At about 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28, a man entered Beach Bum Tanning on Nesconset Highway in Stony Brook and allegedly displayed a knife and demanded cash, according to police. He fled with the money and no one was injured, police said.
Tires taken
A tire and rims were stolen off a 2014 BMW parked on Gaymore Road in Port Jefferson Station Jan. 26 at about 7 p.m., according to police.
Package pinched
A package delivered to a home on Brookfield Lane in South Setauket was stolen off the front porch Jan. 12 at about 4 p.m., according to police. A police report was field Jan. 27.
Cash stolen from car
More than $1,000 in cash was stolen from an unlocked 2008 Ford parked on Piedmont Drive in Port Jefferson Station Jan. 24 at about 9:30 p.m., according to police.
Nasal spray haul
At about 3:30 p.m. Jan. 21, 54 packages of the nasal spray Flonase was stolen from CVS on Main Street in Port Jefferson, according to police.
Setauket larceny
A 31-year-old woman from Port Jefferson Station allegedly stole clothing from The Home Depot on Pond Path in South Setauket Dec. 22 at about 7:30 p.m., according to police. She also allegedly stole kitchen supplies from the same location at about 9 p.m. Dec. 4, police said. She was arrested Jan. 26 in Port Jeff Station and charged with two counts of petit larceny.
Stolen snow blower
A snow blower was stolen from the yard of a home on Half Mile Road in Terryville Jan. 26 at about 4 p.m., according to police.
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HISTORY CLOSE AT HAND
Loyalists overtake Setauket Presbyterian Church BY BEVERLY C. TYLER
BEVERLY C. TYLER
Early in 1777, Queens County Loyalist troops, under the command of Loyalist Lt. Col. Richard Hewlett, took possession of Setauket Presbyterian Church. The church was turned into a barrack and fortified the area around the building with an earthwork topped with sharpened wooden poles. Bundles of branches were placed along the top of the fortification as protection from musket fire and there were more sharpened poles facing outward along the earthwork to repel a frontal attack. Swivel guns were set in the window openings to fire down on attackers. The resultant fort in the middle of the small settlement of Setauket was then ready to provide protection and safety for the small force of Tory troops. The stationing of troops in Setauket was part of a British plan to provide a series of observation points on Long Island, which would keep an eye peeled for any movement of rebel troops from Connecticut that might threaten British positions on the Island and in New York City. On Aug. 16, 1777, Brig. Gen. Samuel Parsons was ordered by Gen. Israel Putnam, to gather Continental Army troops in Connecticut, procure boats, “and such small armed or other vessels as you find necessary and proper. ... You are to make a descent on Long Island and deplete and destroy such parties of the enemy as are found at Huntington and Setauket.” Parsons, born in Lyme, Connecticut, in 1737 and educated at Harvard, was by 1777 a veteran of two major battles. As an effective strategist under Gen. George Washington, Parsons was familiar with the conditions on Long Island and with the plight of both the refugees who fled to Connecticut and the Americans who remained
The mural at Setauket Elementary School shows the American cannon set by Patriots Rock to fire on the fortifications around Setauket Presbyterian Church. on Long Island under the rule of the British military governor. On Aug. 21, the day before his troops were to attack the Loyalists at Setauket, Parsons issued the following order. “On the present expedition ... ’tis not to distress the helpless women or honest citizen we draw our swords, but from the noble and generous principle of maintaining the right of humanity and vindicating the liberties of freemen. The officers and soldiers are therefore most earnestly exhorted and strictly commanded to forbear all violation of personal property; not the least article is to be taken but by orders; we are to convince our enemies we despise
their practices and scorn to follow their example. But should any person be so lost to all virtue and honor as to infringe this order, he or they may depend on the most exemplary punishment ... and the greatest silence on the march is to be observed.” The expedition left Fairfield Harbor that night under cover of darkness. Parsons knew that the success of the mission depended on surprise. Care was taken to avoid detection, but it was to no avail. The force was spotted from shore as it crossed the Sound and landed at Crane Neck early in the morning. The alarm was quickly spread and the Loyalist officers and men assembled at the
fort. Hewlett was staying at the home of Benjamin Floyd. He arrived at the fort just ahead of the Americans. The element of surprise was gone and with it any chance of capturing the fort. Parsons set up his cannon behind the large rock on what was then part of the Village Green. He sent a message to Hewlett demanding the surrender of the fort. Hewlett asked for a half-hour to consult with his officers. Parsons said he would give them 10 minutes. The reply came back, “Colonel Hewlett’s compliments to General Parsons, and is determined to defend the fort while he has a man left.” The artillery officer was Continental Army Lt. Caleb Brewster, a refugee from Setauket. Parsons knew that a frontal attack would be suicide so he attempted to breach the walls of the fort with cannon fire. The two sides fired at each other for about four hours with little effect. Then Parsons, fearing that British warships on the Sound would cut off his return route to Connecticut, broke off the attack and headed back to the vessels at Crane Neck. The Patriot troops took with them some horses, blankets and other supplies belonging to the Loyalists. The attack had failed to accomplish its primary purpose, but the residents in Setauket now knew that Washington and the Continental Army had not forgotten the plight of the Patriots in enemy territory on Long Island. However, this is not the end of the story, which continues next with Hewlett, Parsons, Brewster and the Culper Spy Ring. Beverly C. Tyler is Three Village Historical Society historian and author of books available from the society at 93 North Country Road, Setauket. For more information, call 631-751-3730 or visit www.tvhs.org.
OBITUARY
Former Three Village resident and volunteer Margaret “Peggy” Elaine Duby Tulevech, 86, of Morehead City, North Carolina, and formerly of Old Field, died Jan. 14. Peggy was born in Saratoga Springs on April 27, 1931, to Dr. Mark Donald Duby and Mildred Bell Duby. She grew up in Schuylerville and graduated from Schuylerville High School in 1948. Peggy received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Syracuse University in 1952. She worked at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City as a nurse and eventually nursing supervisor where she met the love of her life, Dr. Charles “Chuck” Tulevech Jr. They were married in 1956 and later settled in Old Field where they raised their family, and Chuck practiced ophthalmology for more than 30 years. During her time in Old Field, Peggy was an active member of St. James R.C. Church, where she taught catechism, and a volunteer member of the Ward Melville High School music boosters where she managed the sale of a tractor-trailer of Florida citrus fruit every Christmas. As volunteer
nurse coordinator of Three Village Meals on Wheels, Peggy played an active role in managing the organization as well as delivering meals on a regular basis. Peggy and her family spent summers at Point O’Woods on Fire Island where they were active community members for more than 50 years and maintain close ties to this day. In 1995, Peggy and Chuck retired to Morehead City where they lived in Brandywine Bay. Peggy was an active member of St. Egbert Catholic Church. As a member of the Ladies Guild, she could often be found setting tables for luncheons or washing salad leaves by the pound for large gatherings. Her church dedication extended to St. Egbert Catholic School where she volunteered and taught introductory computer skills to kindergartners — quite a novel job for an 80-year-old. Peggy also volunteered at Martha’s Mission helping distribute food to those in need. Being an experienced Meals on Wheels volunteer for many years in New York, Peggy became a dedicated volunteer driver
delivering meals to homebound seniors in Carteret County through the Leon Mann Jr. Enrichment Center and only resigned her duties when, older than most recipients, she became less nimble and required a cane for the delivery run. Peggy spent much of her time caring and serving the community, but her children and grandchildren were always the greatest recipients of her attentions. Peggy is survived by her daughter Susan T. Scott and husband Buford of Wimbledon, England; sons Charles B. Tulevech III and wife Lisa of Cedar Point, North Carolina; Steven M. Tulevech and wife Carol of Morehead City; grandchildren Charlotte and Logan Scott, Steven, Grace, Charles IV, Maxwell and Jack Tulevech, Kailey and Mitchell Smith; several nieces and nephews; and brother Mark Duby and wife Doris of Ballston Lake. In addition to her parents, Peggy was preceded in death by her husband Charles; and sister, Jane Duby Caldwell. A funeral Mass was held Jan. 26 at St. Egbert Catholic Church in Morehead City. In
lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to Three Village Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 853, Stony Brook, N.Y., 11790-0853; Martha’s Mission Cupboard, 901 Bay St., Morehead City, N.C., 28557; or St. Egbert Catholic School, 1705 Evans St., Morehead City, N.C., 28557.
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S E R V IC E S Carpentry
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GRANDSON UPHOLSTERY, INC. Residential-Commercial Custom woodworking, carpentry, refinishing, upholstery services. Antonio Nieto, Lic. #57459H/Ins. Carpentry 631-357-0371 grandsonexpress@ hotmail.com
GREENLITE ELECTRIC, INC. Repairs, installations, motor controls, PV systems. Piotr Dziadula, Master Electrician. Lic. #4694-ME/Ins. 631-331-3449
Cleaning BETTY’S CLEANING SERVICE Homes/Offices Affordable, reliable, honest. Experienced Local Polish woman w/references. Pet friendly. Three Village area/Port Jefferson. Call/Text Betty, 631-226-2595 COME HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is our priority. Excellent References. Serving the Three Village Area. Call Jacquie or Joyce 347-840-0890. KAREN’S HOUSECLEANING/ HOUSEKEEPER Trusted and professional service. Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly. Home and Offices. Free estimates. 631-384-2432
Decks DECKS ONLY BUILDERS & DESIGNERS Of Outdoor Living By Northern Construction of LI. Decks, Patios/Hardscapes, Pergolas, Outdoor Kitchens and Lighting. Since 1995. Lic/Ins. 3rd Party Financing Available.105 Broadway Greenlawn, 631-651-8478. www.DecksOnly.com
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Handyman Services HANDYMAN SERVICES “No job too big or small� Very Neat. Kitchens, baths, roofing, windows, decks, brick work, siding, etc. Free estimates. Over 30 yrs experience. Old World Restoration, Inc. Old World Craftsmanship. Lic/Ins. #41083-H. 631-872-8711 JOHN’S A-1 HANDYMAN SERVICE *Crown moldings* Wainscoting/raised panels. Kitchen/Bathroom Specialist. Painting, windows, finished basements, ceramic tile. All types repairs. Dependable craftsmanship. Reasonable rates. Lic/Ins. #19136-H. 631-744-0976 c.631 697-3518
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OPINION Editorial
Letters to the editor
America: a nation of immigrants
In the wake of a political battle that characterized 2017, it appears solutions for potentially improved and more affordable health care may be on the horizon. While federal lawmakers bicker over the Affordable Care Act, three corporations are teaming up to resolve the issue for their employees. If the companies are successful in creating an effective health care system, it’s possible their idea could benefit all Americans. Online retailer Amazon, holding company Berkshire Hathaway and bank JPMorgan Chase issued a press release Jan. 30 announcing plans to start an independent health care company. The statement provided little detail about the joint venture except that “the initial focus of the new company will be on technology solutions that will provide U.S. employees and their families with simplified, high-quality and transparent health care at a reasonable cost.” The hope is that it will balance rising health care costs with enhanced patient satisfaction and outcomes. The release also mentioned a desire to transition away from a profit-based health care system. After the announcement of the initiative, stock prices of major health insurance companies dropped, and rightfully so. If it expands in the future, the new partnership may create much-needed competition in an arena fraught with overpricing, complicated procedures and an abundance of paperwork. Competition is always a good thing. It prevents medical costs from being controlled by just a handful of insurance providers, and in an important area like one’s health, everyone should have coverage options that will ensure receiving the highest quality of care possible. “The ballooning costs of [health care] act as a hungry tapeworm on the American economy,” said Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffet. The joint venture also creates opportunities for other employers to join forces with the giants, or attempt to come up with their own answers to provide better health care options for their workers. But this isn’t the first time a corporation has become involved in health care. In December, CVS Health bought health insurance giant Aetna for $69 billion with a similar goal — to remake the consumer health care experience and build a health care platform around individuals. In an era where many Americans fear that one accident or illness will drastically alter their financial future — because they can’t afford health insurance to assist with potentially high medical expenses — the idea that legitimate solutions are being sought is refreshing. What’s even more uplifting is that these companies understand the importance of their employees being able to afford health insurance and, in theory, politics will be held out of the discussion. Considering all three corporations have enjoyed immense successes in their respective fields, the potential for innovative ideas from the three giants is exciting. We look forward to seeing if the private sector can produce what elected officials were stuck in the mud trying to accomplish all of 2017.
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Donald Trump and his followers are intolerant of one of the basic characteristics of our country: immigration. America is a nation of immigrants and the descendants of immigrants, as all of us surely must realize. I dug up a few quotes from famous American leaders, both Republicans and Democrats — words that reassert the idea that immigration is one of the outstanding aspects of our nation. George Washington: “I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong. … Let the poor and the needy and the oppressed of the Earth … resort to the fertile lands of our country and there dwell in peace.” Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the world, can come to live in the United States and be an American.” Thomas Jefferson: “Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this one, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in our society.” Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Remember, remember always that all of us … are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
Thomas Paine: “The United Sates should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty.” Lyndon Johnson: “The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources — because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.” Mitt Romney: “We are a nation of immigrants … the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life, the driven ones, those who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that life in that place called America could be better.” John F. Kennedy: “Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.”
George W. Bush: “It says something about our country that people around the world are willing to leave their homes and leave their families and risk everything to come to America. Their talent and hard work and love of freedom have helped make America the leader of the world, and our generation will ensure that America remains a beacon of liberty and the most hope-filled society this world has ever known.” Will Donald Trump and his followers ever cease to ignore or downplay or degrade or oppose the fact that America is a unique nation of immigrants and the descendants of immigrants, “yearning to breathe free”?
Elio Zappulla Stony Brook
Checking on what Trump has done In response to The Village Times Herald Jan. 25 letter entitled “Plans to impeach Trump are flawed,” I must point out how disappointed the writer must be to only hold second place in the I Love Trump brigade. Surely only Lee Zeldin is ahead on the spouting Republican rhetoric scale. So kudos to Mr. Altemose. To offer the benefit of the doubt, I will choose to believe that the writer is under some hypnotic spell cast by Sean Hannity and the rest of the Fox News friends, and surely there is an antidote for what has overtaken those suffering the same affliction. What might that antidote be you ask? Well, I believe it goes by the name Robert Mueller, the man President Chump threatened to fire in June 2017. The “stable genius” was informed by his White House legal team that this might not be in his best interests, and he ran with
his tail between his legs, back to Mar-a-Lago, to waste some more taxpayers’ money. It stuns me to my core that the writer truly believes that this president is “doing a great job.” What exactly has he done? Stomped on women’s rights? Check. Mocked and instigated world leaders with access to nuclear weapons? Check. Colluded with a foreign country to illegally gain access to the highest position in the land? Check. Alienated most of our closest allies and put us in a position of near isolationism? Check. Put us on the path of complete destruction of our health care system? Check. Threatened the livelihoods of Dreamers and all other groups that do not fit the mold of what he and his party feel are American? Check. Reinstituted the overwhelmingly tangible presence of racism this country hasn’t
seen in decades? Check. Paid off porn stars to keep quiet about numerous adulterous romps? Check. Run roughshod over the United States Constitution — a document he has never even read? Check. Turned ignorance into an acceptable quality? Check. If any of these monumental victories are what we deem admissible in rating how well a president is doing, then kudos to the present commander in chief. He is doing an A plus job. I for one — although I speak for many — will never support this person and wholeheartedly support impeachment and/or the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. Jail time would suffice as well. So I will wait patiently as Mr. Mueller continues his investigation and the truth is finally unveiled.
Stefanie Werner East Setauket
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OPINION
RIP dairy: Thanks for the mint chip memories
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heese, milk, butter, ice cream, yogurt. You were all such good friends. I was lucky to have known you at all. Long ago, I developed an intolerance for you. It’s not as if you’d kill me but, let’s just say, you’d incapacitate me for a prolonged and agonizing period of time if I ever decided to ignore all the earlier experiences and indulge again. That doesn’t mean, however, that I can’t appreciate the quality time we shared together, the memories you embedBy Daniel Dunaief forever ded in my taste buds and in my satisfied stomach. I’ll start with the unexpected. Yes, you, in the corner, looking all innocu-
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ous. Stand up custardy yogurt and let me recall the smooth, cool feel and consistent taste. My favorite was banana, even though I lost the secondgrade spelling bee when I thought there had to be an extra “n” in there somewhere. Someone with as many vowels as there are in the name Dunaief should have recognized the superfluous nature of consonants, but alas I was too young. Then there’s macaroni and cheese. The soft noodles and almost too-sweet cheese was like a warm, sweet bath for my mouth. After throwing snowballs at my brothers or coming in from the walk along Mud Road from Gelinas on a rainy day, the hot mac and cheese revived me enough to break out my homework and try to figure how to find a second derivative or identify feldspar (a rock-forming mineral). Then there’s that tall carton of milk. How awesome were you with Oreos and chocolate chip cookies? I’d dip the cookies deep into the milk, hoping they’d break apart. At the
end of that refreshing glass, I’d have a blend of cookie crumbs supersaturated in milk at the bottom. I tipped the cool glass toward my mouth and let those mushy morsels land gently on my unfolded tongue. And then there’s ice cream. After a movie at Stony Brook Loews, I’d sit with my buddies at Friendly’s on Route 347 and wait as patiently as I could for everyone else to figure out what they wanted. I pretended to read the menu, particularly when I was on a date and was considering what to say next, but the choice was always the same: the mint chocolate chip sundae. During cold winter days, particularly after a day of skiing with my family — who were patient enough for me to stop getting frustrated when I fell, learn from my mistakes and enjoy the ride — I looked forward to onion soup. Oh, the melted cheese on the top of that soup. As my wife would say, what’s better than that? Busboys risked serious injuries to their fingers if they tried to take the
Crock-Pot before I’d finished picking every piece of cheese off the sides. When I finally looked up from my cheese removal operation, I saw my mom flashing that same annoying grin I show our children when I see how satisfied they are in a moment. Since we’re discussing cheese, how about a grilled cheese? Buttered bread with soft American cheese was an irresistible delight. I’d order several of these sandwiches at the old Jack in the Box at the corner of 25A and Main Street in Setauket. When I was young, one of my late father’s favorite sandwiches was Swiss cheese on rye with lettuce, tomato and mustard. The first time I tried it, I smiled politely and gave it back to him. Before the end of the dairy road for me, I ordered it again and thoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe it was an acquired taste or maybe it brought me closer to my father, who I could imagine enjoying the life and the food as much as I did. Oh, those dairy delights.
State of the Union: Can you hear America singing?
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s I write this column, Tuesday, I am thinking of the State of the Union address that President Trump is scheduled to give to Congress and the nation in the evening. What does each of us think about the state of the union at this time? Do we know enough about what’s happening in the country to offer a credible picture in this first month of the year 2018? We know we have problems. Big problems, if you follow the newscasts. We have a Congress that people seem to agree is “broken,” a president By Leah S. Dunaief and without precedent. We have an economy that is the largest in the world, yet our citizens are divided into those enjoying its fruits and the rest who have been left behind. We have a remarkable health care system that
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is not accessible for everyone. Our schools are uneven in their teaching, especially in subjects like math and science. We have to deal with racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism and lots of other “isms,” as well as gun violence, drugs, gangs, North Korea, Russia, the Taliban, you name them. It’s enough to addle the mind. Then I think of the other side of the story, the story of what America means to me. When my grandchildren have their children, they will be sixth generation Americans. We are deeply rooted here in our country but not so much that we have forgotten how we got here and especially why we came. My father’s family arrived in the second half of the 19th century from Riga, the capital city of Latvia set on the Baltic Sea. We don’t know much about them except they were dairy farmers, and they managed to buy property and continue with that life after they landed and settled in Connecticut and upstate New York. My dad, the middle child of nine, left the farm for the big city when he was 14, got a job at the bottom of the ladder in a hardware store, lived in a
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boarding house in Brooklyn near his older brother, worked hard and for long hours, saved his pennies and ultimately started several hardware stores on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It was about then that I came along, the middle child of three. We know more about my mother’s side of the family. Her uncle, her mother’s brother, left the army in the Ukraine after a perilous stint at the beginning of the 20th century. He joined his uncle in Corona, Queens, who taught him how to use a sewing machine in a clothing factory. He realized he could earn more if he owned a machine and could hire himself out to the highest bidder, then understood he could do better still if he owned the factory. His four children all graduated from college, his daughters became teachers and his son served as a judge in the District and Criminal Courts of Suffolk County. My mother’s grandparents and parents, alarmed at the unrest in their homeland in the first decade of the 20th century, followed the family chain, established themselves financially in New York City, and saw to it that their offspring were educated so
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that they might further contribute to society and share in its benefits. This is the American Dream. This is the route that countless individuals and families followed for 400 years to reach their goals amid the freedom and security of the United States, Has that dream been achieved by everyone here in America? Certainly not, and the situations where people are chained to the past or even the present are heartbreaking. The national goal is to bring the American Dream to all living within our borders. Except for Native Americans, we all started out as immigrants, foreigners in a foreign land, and those who came voluntarily — along with those who didn’t — aspired for more. Some came with more skills and resources, some with less. Some had supportive family networks, some arrived alone. The American siren song still exists. The formula does work. I see it realized by people locally every day. For all the cynicism and the partisanship, whatever the shortcomings and injustices, this is still America. On the day of the State of the Union, this is what America means to me.
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SPORTS FROM JOHN DALY
Daly ‘never really lost it. It was quite amazing to see.’ — Tuffy Latour John Daly, competing on the slope above, is a professional skeleton racer. Pictured left with father James, Daly has had a successful season leading up to competing in the Olympics in North Korea, grabbing gold in Lake Placid last year.
Smithtown skeleton racer stepping out of retirement and back into Olympic spotlight BY DANIEL DUNAIEF Four years ago, Smithtown resident James Daly took his son John aside. The younger Daly had been in position to realize a long-held dream, only to see that dream slip away, as if it, and his sled, had slipped into a nightmare on Russian ice. Competing in his second Olympics in the fast-paced sport of skeleton racing, John Daly was in fourth place in the Sochi Winter Olympics going into the final run of a fourheat race when his sled popped out of the grooves at the top of the mountain. That slip cost him time he could not afford to lose, sending him down to 15th place, and after the race, into retirement. Daly’s father grabbed him and said, “What happens to you today will make you the man that you’ll be tomorrow,” the son recalled. At the moment, Daly barely registered the words, as the agony of defeat was so keen that he walked away from a sport that had helped define his life over the last 13 years.
His retirement, however, only lasted two. Daly wanted to rewrite his Olympic script. The Smithtown native recently learned that he would represent the United States for a third time at the Winter Olympics, completing a comeback that required him to make marathon nine-hour drives from Virginia, where he’d gotten a job as a sales representative at medical technology company Smith & Nephew, to Lake Placid, where he returned to familiar stomping grounds. A race official for bobsled and skeleton, the elder Daly continued to trek to the top of snowy and wind-whipped mountains, recognizing in the back of his mind that the middle of his three children might one day return to a sport where competitors sprint with a hand on their sled for five seconds and then dive headfirst onto a brakeless vehicle that can
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is in a similar position preparing for South Korea as it was going into Sochi. “We had a test of it last year in the World Cup,” the coach said. “The results were similar to what we had [in 2014].” Latour said it sometimes helps to walk away for a few years and return refreshed. He highlighted Daly’s experience as an asset in preparation for the 2018 games. “He has nothing to lose,” said Latour, who appreciates Daly’s comedic side steadying his teammates during competition. He said Daly has the same energy he had before he left the race. “It’s great to have him around.” Daly said he’s proud to represent the United States. After he retired, he went to the gym, where he’d see people wearing sweatshirts emblazoned with the names of the colleges they’d attended. His sweatshirts read “USA.” “That USA represents every college,” said Daly. “It’s a good feeling to wear it.” At the South Korea games, Daly will be without teammate and friend Steve Holcomb, who died last year at 37. Holcomb’s story, including a recovery from an eye disease that made him nearly blind to a gold medalwinning driver of the celebrated Night Train sled, inspired people around the world, as well as his teammates. As with his fellow bobsled and skeleton racers, Daly will be flying down the mountain in a suit that has Holcomb’s initials on it. Daly will spend a next few weeks preparing for one more chance in the Olympics. During the training to get back, Daly said his body and his mind demanded to know why he’s going through this work again. He told himself: “I’m here to finish my career off the way I’d like.” Bennarda Daly, who will attend the Olympics with her husband, said the South Korea Olympics will give her son something he didn’t get from the games in Russia. “In South Korea,” she said, “he will finally get closure.”