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February 21, 2019

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Suffolk residents are being given an extra week to resolve any parking and traffic tickets or get booted.

The county’s Traffic and Parking Violation Agency announced Feb. 14 that it would extend the ticket amnesty program that waives all late fees and penalties on moving, parking and red-light camera citations through Feb. 28.

“We can think of no better Valentine’s Day gift than offering our residents an extra week to rectify their outstanding violations,” Paul Margiotta, executive director of Suffolk’s TPVA said. “Before it is too late, I urge everyone to take advantage of this program before enforcement action is taken.”

The ticket amnesty program has resulted in more than 2,300 residents settling outstanding penalties so far, according to county officials.

Those eligible include moving, parking and redlight camera tickets, as well as moving violations pled down to parking citations. However, it does not apply to those individuals where a judge has already suspended the driver’s registration or license, or where a suspension hearing is pending.

As of Feb. 28, Suffolk TPVA will launch a new aggressive collection and enforcement program by putting an outside boot or towing cars.

Those interested in taking advantage of the amnesty program should visit the Suffolk County Traffic Court, located in the H. Lee Dennison Building at 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, before Feb. 28. For more information, call 866-637-0008 on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Education

Three Village schools move toward sustainability

BY ANDREA PALDY DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The Town of Brookhaven’s recent return to dual-stream recycling has been a wake-up call for many residents, forcing them to take a closer look at food waste and other remnants of daily consumption.

In an effort to confront this new reality, two Three Village parents spoke to the school board Feb. 13 about establishing a districtwide sustainability and wellness task force.

“We have an opportunity right now to lead by example, to teach our children how we can make small changes in our schools to help the environment,” said Valerie Briston, a mother of three. “We are at a point now where we really need to focus on reducing our consumption of resources.”

Briston is working with other Setauket Elementary School parents who have approached their PTA about exploring ways to reuse classroom supplies, reduce the amount of waste at class parties, after-school events and in the cafeteria, and to “examine how things are delivered in eco-friendly packaging.”

Lindsay Day, a mother of two, is one of those parents. She recollected when she was a Setauket student, that she “learned very quickly about the positive environmental impact that waste reduction and recycling have on our delicate Long Island ecosystem.”

This is why, Day said, it is important that sustainability initiatives include education, as well as eco-friendly practices, such as transparent and thorough recycling, school gardens, composting programs to reduce lunch waste and the inclusion of schoolgrown fruits and vegetables in school meals.

The district has been receptive to the parents’ suggestions and will launch a pilot program to increase sustainability at Setauket Elementary School, where the switch will be made from plastic to reusable utensils in the lunchroom.

“We are more than willing to try new things and see how they go,” said Jeff Carlson, assistant superintendent for business services for the school district.

Plastic cutlery costs the district about half a cent for each piece, Carlson said, adding that the district was able to order metal versions for around 11 cents each. The new reusable utensils would quickly pay for themselves after several

uses and even save the district money, he said.

Carlson pointed to the district’s other ecofriendly efforts, such as working with the facilities director and custodial staff to put systems in place to make it easier to separate paper, plastics and metal for recycling. He also said he has spoken with parents at other schools about starting composting programs.

Board president Bill Connors agreed that sustainability is a pressing issue and is here to stay. Following the meeting, he and Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich said a task force is “something of interest.” The subject will be on the agenda of the board’s next executive meeting, Pedisich said.

This is not the first time the district has considered sustainability measures. In 2016, the board voted on the third phase of an energy contract with Johnson Controls to install solar panels on all of its buildings. However, the New York State Education Department has only just approved the district’s plans.

The panels, which will generate 2.3 megawatts of electricity, will cost about $7.7 million to install. The state will cover more than $5 million in building aid, and taxpayers will pay about $2.5 million, Carlson said.

On Feb. 13, parents of Setauket Elementary School students spoke to the board of education about establishing a districtwide sustainability and wellness task force. File photo

The installation should generate more than $10 million in savings over the term of the bond, along with additional savings beyond, according to Carlson. Installation is expected to begin this summer.

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Obituaries Christine Gongolewski

Christine Gongolewski, of Setauket, died Feb. 13. She was 46 and formerly lived in Lexington, Kentucky.

Christine was born in Huntington Hospital Jan. 19, 1973, and shared the same birthday as her mother. Her parents were Carol and the late Thomas Gongolewski, who died in 1984.

“Krissy” went to Briarcliff College in Patchogue where she graduated as an accountant in only three years while raising her daughter Corrine.

She was diagnosed with severe fibromyalgia, but nothing kept her down. She loved working as a fashion consultant for Chico’s in Stony Brook, as well as gardening, housing, boating and helping people wherever she could. She loved and was loved by all her neighbors, friends and relatives. There was nothing she would not do for people.

She was an unbelievable mother to Corrine.

Corinne took total care of her mother with no agency assistance. Her Uncle Robert carried her back and forth to doctors and hospitals.

She was paralyzed completely and needed total care. Gongolewski’s mother Carol Fitzsimmons assisted.

Gongolewski home educated with Sappo Private School of Long Island in Commack and volunteered to assist disabled children who were not getting the help that was required or needed. She had planned on going to Stony Brook University to get her master’s degree to continue to help more children before she died.

Arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home in East Setauket. Visitation will be hosted Feb. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. People are asked to visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book. In lieu of flowers the family has set up a GoFundMe page for Christine Gongolewski, which can be found at: https:// www.gofundme.com/christine-gongolewski.

Michael McGinley

Michael McGinley, of Mount Sinai, died Feb. 5.

He was the beloved husband of Maria R.; loving father of Michael J. McGinley, Dana Livoti (Joseph) and Evan Casucci; cherished grandfather of Julia and Robert McGinley; and adored brother of Joan Nolan-McGinley and Catherine KearneyMcGinley.

Arrangements were handled by O.B. Davis Funeral Homes in Port Jefferson Station. A visitation was held Feb. 8 and a funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 9 at St. James R.C. Church in East Setauket. Interment followed at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai.

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James von Oiste

James J. von Oiste, who practiced law on Main Street in Port Jefferson for 55 years, died Feb. 9.

Von Oiste was born in Floral Park, Queens, in 1930 at the height of the depression and graduated from John Adams High School in Brooklyn. Upon his graduation in 1948 he signed up for the U.S. Marine Corps and was the youngest staff sergeant at 19. He was sent to Korea where he fought on the front lines at the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir in 1950. He was wounded and received a purple heart before retiring from the military as a result of his injuries.

After leaving the military he attended St. John’s University undergraduate program and law school with the assistance of the GI Bill.

He began practicing law in Brooklyn before relocating with his wife and daughter to Port Jefferson in 1965. He later moved with his first wife Gloria and four children to Belle Terre.

Von Oiste represented the Village of Belle Terre as an attorney where he helped the village prevail in winning a landmark U.S. Supreme Court zoning case Village of Belle Terre v.

Boraas, which allowed a village to set zoning laws for its residents that could eliminate multifamily dwellings.

He was an active Rotarian lector at Infant Jesus R.C. Church in Port Jefferson. He was also a member of the local VFW where he presided from 1968 to 1969 and was a longtime member of the board of directors at Mather Memorial Hospital.

In 1978 he was a widower for seven years with his four children when he met his second wife Aida, a fellow attorney with two children, and they eventually married in 1988.

Von Oiste is preceded in death by his first wife Gloria and daughter Carolyn.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife Aida; children and step-children Gloria (Romulo), James J. Jr. (Hana), Douglas (Chrissy), Vanessa (Rand) and William (Kara); and his 13 grandchildren Camila, Sofia, Elena, Lucas, JJ, Grace, Patricia, Ava, Gavin, Emilia, Dylan, Leilani and Maya.

Von Oiste was a fixture at the annual Fourth of July parade in Port Jefferson where he proudly stood on the porch of his office with friends and family to salute the Marine Corp retirees as they marched past.

Services were held at Infant Jesus R.C. Church, and he received full military honors at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Port Jefferson.

Arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket.

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Adults and children will be able to combine exploring museum exhibits and discussing books at events presented by Emma S. Clark Memorial Library and Long Island Museum. Photo from Emma S. Clark Memorial LIbrary

Library and museum partner for three events this spring Emma S. Clark Memorial Library and Long Island Museum are partnering to offer one-ofa-kind reading experiences for all ages, where museum exhibits enhance conversations about books.

Kids in grades fourth through sixth and their parents, grandparents or caregivers are welcome to join a collaborative book club, which will meet at the museum Sunday, April 7, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The book club begins with a tour of the exhibit, Long Road to Freedom: Surviving Slavery on Long Island, with a member of Long Island Museum’s educational team. Afterward, Emma Clark librarians Carol Denby and Irene Ericksson will lead a book discussion on “Chains” by Laurie Halse Anderson, a historical fiction novel about a slave in New York City during the Revolutionary War. This book discussion is open to Three Village residents and Long Island Museum members only, and those interested should register in-person at the library beginning Saturday, March 2. Books will be supplied at the time of registration.

For the adults, there will be two events this spring. On Thursday, April 25, from 2 to 4 p.m., there will be a tour of the exhibit Long Road to Freedom, led by a museum educator, followed by a conversation about Kathleen Velsor’s “The Underground Railroad on Long Island: Friends in Freedom” with Emma Clark librarian Carolyn Emerson. Registration is open to both residents and nonresidents of Three Village and those interested must register online at www.emmaclark.org or by calling the

adult reference desk at 631-941-4080, ext. 127,

by March 15 in order to receive the book.

In honor of Walt Whitman’s bicentennial, the library and museum will be hosting a read-in and curator’s tour of Walt Whitman’s Arcadia: Long Island Through the Eyes of a Poet & Painters at the carriage house of the museum Thursday, May 16, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Registrants will be given the opportunity to listen to and participate in a reading of Whitman’s poems, especially those which celebrate Long Island. Suffolk poet laureates, Gladys Henderson and George Wallace, will each read a Whitman poem, sharing why it’s meaningful to them. Following the readings, Susan Scheckel, associate professor of English at Stony Brook University, will speak briefly about Whitman’s relationship with art, before the group moves to the art gallery for a tour of the exhibit led by museum curator Joshua Ruff. Registration is open to both residents and nonresidents of Three Village, but must be done

by May 1, either online at www.emmaclark. org or by calling the adult reference desk, as above. Those who wish to receive the poetry selections should provide an email address when registering. For those who wish to be a reader, they must email Emerson at carolyn@ emmaclark.org.

The library also offers free passes to Long Island Museum for library patrons. For more information, visit www.emmaclark. org/services/museum-passes. Emma S. Clark Memorial Library is located at 120 Main St. in Setauket, and Long Island Museum at 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook.

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Protest in PJ Station calls out president over national emergency declaration

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Three days after President Donald Trump (R) declared a national emergency to build a wall on the United States-Mexico border, protesters in Port Jefferson Station held aloft a large sheet with four words painted on it, “Trump is the emergency.”

The North Shore Peace Group, a local activist organization, galvanized close to 50 people to protest Feb. 18, despite cold winter winds, about Trump’s Feb. 15 announcement he would declare a national emergency in order to build 234 miles of physical barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border. The total funds freed up from the national emergency and other measure will equal up to $8 billion, more than the originally proposed $5.7 million Trump had previously asked from Congress.

Trump is “actually giving a demonstration of how a unilateral president — an imperial presidency is emerging — he’s now overriding Congress’ constitutional mandate to control the purse strings,” said peace group member Bill McNulty.

Standing at the corner of state routes 112 and 347, which has been dubbed by other left-leaning activists as Resistance Corner, the protesters chanted and asked passing cars to honk in support.

Myrna Gordon, a Port Jefferson resident and peace group member, said there are other national issues which are better suited for the

moniker “national emergency.”

“With all the things that could be an emergency, think about all the people every day who die from gun violence.” Gordon said. “Down at the border people need help. Instead it’s a wall that people will either tunnel under — they already have — or find a way to go over.”

Some activists said the president calling the ongoing illegal migration across the southern border a national emergency opens up the doors for future presidents to declare national emergencies for agenda items. While activist Rosemary Maffei said this could mean, in the case of a Democratic president, national emergencies to deal with gun violence or climate change, it could also set precedent for a Republican president could call national disasters on practically any agenda.

McNulty said the ongoing illicit immigration across the southern border is due to the past and continuing foreign policy of the U.S. “Our policies in Central and South America have caused the destabilization of country after country, including overriding democratic elections,” McNulty said. “Brazil, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, these are the very countries that have been negatively impacted by American intervention.”

The peace group has hosted many pop-up protests in Port Jefferson and the Three Village area since the inauguration of the 45th president, enough to lose count. Gordon said she expects they will host many more in the future.

Protesters galvanized by the North Country Peace Group gather at the corner of routes 347 and 112. Photos by Kyle Barr

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ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $4,250,000 REFUNDING SERIAL BONDS OF THE DISTRICT TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION, AND MAKING CERTAIN OTHER DETERMINATIONS ALL RELATIVE THERETO.

Thomas Laskowski. The city and state of my present address are Setauket, NY the month and year of my birth are January, 2016; the place of my birth is Stony Brook, NY; my present name is Jack Thomas Nelson-Laskowski.

Object or purpose: refunding all or a portion of outstanding School District Serial Bonds issued in 2010

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Period of probable usefulness: thirty (30) years, commencing on the date of original issuance of the first bond or note issued for the purposes for which the outstanding bonds were issued

The resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on February 13, 2019, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Three Village Central School District of Brookhaven and Smithtown, in the County of Suffolk, New York, is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this Notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the publication of this Notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution.

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Amount of obligations to be issued: not to exceed $4,250,000 A complete copy of the refunding bond resolution summarized above shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the District Clerk, Three Village Central School District of Brookhaven and Smithtown, 100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook, New York.

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REFUNDING BOND RESOLUTION OF THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BROOKHAVEN AND SMITHTOWN, NEW YORK, ADOPTED FEBRUARY 13, 2019, AUTHORIZING THE REFUNDING OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING SERIAL BONDS OF SAID DISTRICT, STATING THE PLAN OF REFUNDING, APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,250,000 THEREFOR, AUTHORIZING THE

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Selden man arrested for alleged bank robbery in Bohemia Suffolk County police arrested a Selden man Feb. 18 for allegedly robbing a Bohemia bank last month.

The arrest of Nicholas Marino, 28, followed an investigation by Major Case Unit detectives.

He was charged with third-degree robbery, criminal possession of a controlled substance and false personation. He was arraigned at 1st District Court in Central Islip Feb. 19.

Police allege Marino entered Capital One, located at 4110 Veterans Memorial Highway, approached a teller and presented a note demanding cash. The teller complied with his demands and gave him cash from the drawer. Marino fled on foot eastbound on Veterans Memorial Highway and then southbound on Corporate Drive.

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Mug shot of Nicholas Marino. Photo from SCPD

Detectives seek woman for alleged credit card robbery

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Images of woman involved in alleged credit card theft. Photos from SCPD

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County police 6th Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a woman who allegedly used stolen credit cards at multiple locations.

A woman allegedly used stolen credit cards to make more than $10,000 in purchases at Best Buy, Home Depot and Target in South Setauket Jan. 3. The credit card was stolen from Port Jefferson Station earlier in the day.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting “SCPD” and your message to “CRIMES” (274637).

All calls and text messages will be kept confidential.

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Ward Melville graduates partner to build rocket

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Former Ward Melville High School graduates are finding out how valuable past connections are while they keep their eyes on the sky.

When Joshua Farahzad, a 2017 Ward Melville graduate, decided to give building a rocket a try, he began to solicit college and graduate students from around the U.S. and Canada for his team, which he called Operation Space. Along the way, fellow 2017 Ward Melville grads Hugh Ferguson and Brandon Cea joined the mission.

Farahzad, who is currently a sophomore at Duke University majoring in electrical engineering and economics, led a group of 40 college and graduate students in building two hypersonic rockets last summer. While many colleges have groups of students trying to do the same, Farahzad set out to assemble a group from various universities by emailing every college in the U.S. and Canada to work on a rocket remotely, learning the art of collaboration along the way.

After receiving resumes from fellow rocket enthusiasts, he and Operation Space team members remotely designed and built a rocket that is capable of reaching Mach 6-plus speeds, which is six times the speed of sound. Farahzad said the group is planning its first launch in late May at Spaceport America in New Mexico, and the goal is to break the student altitude record of 330,000 feet to reach the Kármán line, recognized as the border between Earth’s

atmosphere and outer space.

Farahzad said Operation Space, in a way, took root in Ward Melville when he was in teacher Bob Spira’s Advanced Placement physics class during his junior year. Spira showed the class “October Sky,” a movie about students who try to build rockets. As a part of the final project, the students built one themselves.

“I remember really, really loving that,” he said. “I never did it before.”

Farahzad said he knew he wanted to include Ferguson, who while in high school started the nonprofit Mission Toothbrush with him.

The group, which is still run by Ward Melville students, collects oral care products for those in need. Later into the rocket project, during a trip home Farahzad said he was talking to Cea, and he realized how valuable his friend, who is a West Point cadet, would be to the plan.

The Duke student said after planning remotely with other Operation Space members, they managed to prefabricate electronics at Rutgers University in New Jersey and structures at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, which is also where the students finally met in the summer of 2018.

“We never met each other before,” Farahzad said. “We had been working on it for less than two months. We tried to piece it all together at Vanderbilt over a course of week. Some things worked, some things didn’t work.”

Farazad said the group decided to build two rockets in case one got damaged. The rockets were shipped to Princeton University in New Jersey where they will be housed until take off.

Ferguson said he was happy when Farahzad, one of the first people he met when he moved to the Three Village school district, approached him about the project. He said their experience with Mission Toothbrush provided a solid foundation to work on future projects.

Ferguson said they learned that when you have an idea you just have to jump in, and it’s important for young people to follow their interests no matter what their personality or skill set.

“It has taught me that do things you’ll be the most interested in and most fulfilled in, and because of that, I think you’ll do your best work, and it will be the best for your personal growth as well as be the best for the cause,” Ferguson said.

Now a sophomore at Northeastern University studying computer science and economics, Ferguson has helped Farahzad with recruiting, creating a business plan, and working on the web side of things. He said the project, and how quickly the rocket was built, reminds him of hackathons where students create an app or computer program in 24 to 48 hours. He added having a focused idea and proper planning is the key, and he also realizes

Clockwise from above, members of Operation Space assemble a rocket at Vanderbilt University; Joshua Farahzad and Hugh Ferguson graduating from Ward Melville in 2017; and Brandon Cea and Farahzad. Photos from Joshua Farahzad

how important a network is when it comes to working on a project of this size.

“Your network is much bigger than you think, probably better than you think,” he said.

“If you really put the effort in, I think you know a lot more people than you think you do or who can help you, at least.”

As for the connection with Cea, Farahzad learned that his former classmate founded the West Point Space Engineering and Applied Research Program, an interdisciplinary team focused on enabling the next generation of space-capable leaders. Cea says for their projects the team can source BKNO3, an explosive compound, which cannot be procured or tested by civilian universities. Farahzad said Cea partnering with Operation Space allows them to get the explosive material they need for their rocket.

The West Point cadet, who describes Farahzad as inspirational, is happy to be working with his fellow classmate and is looking forward to the launch day.

“While it would be the crowning achievement of most students, it’s just the first step of an exciting partnership between a couple of Ward Melville alumni,” he said. “The future lies in space, and the best shot we have is through the building of the civilian-military relations. I don’t know what problems we’ll want to tackle next, but we can be content in the fact that it hopefully won’t be rocket science, and if it is, we already know how that’s going to go.”

Farahzad is looking forward to launch day too and said while a date has not been scheduled yet, the second rocket will be launched at a later date.

“I’m just happy to get to launch and see this whole thing, which feels very abstract, become real,” he said. “As long as everyone is safe, whatever happens after we hit the button will be a bonus.”

For more information about Operation Space, visit operationspace.org.

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Brookhaven makes second attempt to woo Amazon with Calabro airport

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Most couples agree there’s nothing worse than receiving a breakup message on Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, that’s the message New York City received Feb. 14 when Amazon said it would no longer build its next headquarters in Queens.

Reactions from Long Island’s elected officials was swift. U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) said the blame rests on New York’s unfriendliness to business.

“New York’s 1st Congressional District would be happy to be Amazon’s Valentine today and take these 25,000 great-paying jobs,” Zeldin said in a statement. “New York wouldn’t even need all the subsides if we didn’t have one of the worst business climates in the United States. We must level the playing field, reduce taxes and burdensome regulations, stop picking winners.”

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who were both heavily involved in the Amazon deal, also made public comments lamenting the loss. Meanwhile, Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) reaffirmed the town would

welcome the retail giant with open arms.

Now that Amazon is no longer courting New York City, Romaine offered to sign over the 795 acres of Brookhaven Calabro Airport in Shirley if the corporation chooses Brookhaven as a site of their future headquarters.

“We would close and give them the airport,” he said. “That’s a transfer of property. We’re interested in economic development.”

The town had offered the airport to Amazon before they had originally settled on Queens.

The supervisor said the same tax deal proposed

by Cuomo is still on the table should the company want to come to the East End of Long Island. The state offered a total of $1.2 billion in refundable tax credits to Amazon, in addition to providing a $505 million capital grant to aid in building its new headquarters. With New York City also pitching in, the total aid package would have been at least $2.8 billion. Romaine said the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency could make up the same amount of aid should Amazon rethink its plans and come back to Long Island.

A representative from the Brookhaven IDA did not respond to requests for comment.

The town supervisor was adamant the airport location was perfect for Amazon’s needs,

boasting of its proximity to Sunrise Highway, the Long Island Expressway and William Floyd Parkway. The site is also a few miles away from Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Mastic-Shirley train station. He said the proposed location’s close proximity to the Hamptons, Shoreham and Wading River would be an extra incentive for those looking to make day trips.

“They’re looking for a campus-life situation, and this would provide that,” Romaine said. “If they wanted to they could keep one of the runways for light aircraft. That is totally negotiable.”

Despite the pushback the Queens Amazon headquarters received from residents and city politicians, Councilwoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) said Brookhaven residents are much more open to the idea of a company like Amazon coming in.

“We’re looking for corporate businesses that would create good-paying jobs,” she said.

Romaine said he knows it’s a long shot, especially with Amazon saying in a Feb. 14 blog post it would not be conducting its new headquarters search again. Instead, the corporation would be looking toward northern Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee, for its new

Satellite image of the 795-acre Brookhaven Calabro Airport. Image from Google Maps

headquarters location.

“I think it’s worth a shot,” the supervisor said. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

Kindergarten Registration for the 2019-2020 School Year The Three Village Central School District offers a full-day kindergarten program for district residents. In order to be admitted to Kindergarten in September, a child must be five years of age, on or before December 1st, during the school year in which they enter kindergarten. A proof of residency (a lease, deed, tax bill or signed contract) must be provided, along with the child’s original birth certificate, and a copy of their immunization records at the time of registration. Registration occurs Monday -Thursday at the Central Registration Office at the North Country Administration Center (100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook) from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

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Stony Brook University students petition to change LaValle Stadium’s name

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM In response to the decision of state Sen. Kenneth P. LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) to vote against a ban on gay conversion therapy, almost 800 people have signed a petition calling for Stony Brook University officials to change the name of the football stadium that bears his name.

The petition was posted to Change.org Feb. 12 by Stony Brook College Democrats, alongside support by other organizations such as SBU’s LGBTA club, House of SHADE and Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance.

The petition states if the university wishes to be an inclusive community, it means no longer idealizing an individual who voted for “the torture of LGBTQ* youth.”

“Stony Brook University has a responsibility to protect all of its students, especially those who come from marginalized communities,” the petition page reads.

“No student should have the name of their oppressor looming over them at graduation.

No student should have to see their oppressor glorified in their home.”

The bill banning gay conversion therapy for minors was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) Jan. 25, in conjunction with the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act Stony Brook University’s Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium during a football game. File photo which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity. from the truth. Throughout my tenure, I have at Stony Brook,” said Cecelia Masselli, give anything to Stony Brook. He was a wellLaValle has put out two statements on been a supporter of civil rights for all groups. president of Stony Brook College Democrats. known name on a committee that moved funds the matter. The first reads he is opposed to That being said our laws have to be workable Lauren Sheprow, Stony Brook University’s toward Stony Brook University. The money gay conversion therapy; wouldn’t be withdrawn and satisfy constitutional media relations officer, however, he chose not to his support at requirements.” said students should try ‘At this point, Lavalle’s without vote for the ban because it ‘While some will use this point. We owe him The senator has been to understand LaValle’s would undermine the current my votes to paint responsible for several reasonings. voting history does not nothing.” legal process for determining projects and expansions “The New York State said students me as anti-LGBTQ at the university over Legislature and Governor reflect the values of on Masselli medical misconduct, which campus have been leaves it up to professionals nothing could be the years, including the Cuomo got it right — diversity and inclusion receptive to the petition. on state review boards to creation of the roughly $27 not only on conversion Members and peers in the further from which Stony Brook decide whether or not to million football stadium therapy but also on the LGBTQ community have ban the medical practice, in 2002, which is credited Gender Expression Nonexpressed enthusiasm University claims the truth.’ according to a Feb. 13 article with helping bring Division Discrimination Act,” she about the petition as well. to hold.’ in The Statesman.

—Kenneth LaValle 1 athletics to the school. said. “That said, you may The political science In a letter that was sent He also helped raise $21.1 have seen the letter that —Charlie Scott major added that her to university President Dr. million for a renovation of The Statesman published club and other campus Samuel L. Stanley Jr., which Island Federal Credit Union outlining Senator groups hope to speak with was shared to TBR News Media by LaValle’s Arena in 2012, which was a collaborative LaValle’s concerns about university officials, but in director of communications, the senator effort between state legislators and university the conversion therapy bill as drafted, along the meantime, they want to continue to collect defended his stance again. officials. with his history of legislative support for more signatures and make more people aware “I voted ‘no’ on this bill because I strongly This is not the first time the university equality for the LGBTQ* community. It’s an of the petition. They have also discussed the believe that trained medical professionals, has fielded calls to rename Kenneth P. important letter for members of the campus possibility of a protest or rally in front of the who across the board have stated that the LaValle Stadium. In 2009 there was a short- community to read.” stadium, but first, they have to see whether or not practice of conversion therapy is archaic and lived campaign led by students to rename Charlie Scott, the president of the Stony university officials are responsive to the petition. inhumane, should be determining misconduct, the football stadium after the senator voted Brook LGBTA club, said Lavalle’s legacy Masselli said if LaValle’s actions as a not elected officials,” LaValle said. “I try to against a bill that would legalize same-sex does not mandate his name be on the stadium. legislator got his name on the stadium, his thoughtfully study an issue and base my votes marriage in New York state.

“At this point, Lavalle’s voting history actions as a legislator could get his name on facts to avoid unintended consequences.

“We think it’s important that the university does not reflect the values of diversity and removed as well.

While some will use my votes to paint me take into account that this is not the first time inclusion which Stony Brook University “To us, one vote in favor of gay conversion as anti-LGBTQ nothing could be further LaValle has failed to represent the students claims to hold,” Scott said. “Lavalle didn’t therapy is enough to make this request,” she said.

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Rocky Point Jewelers celebrates 40 years in the community

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Honesty and service — that’s what the owners of Rocky Point Jewelers say have been the mainstay of their shops for 40 years.

Originally born from a coin collecting hobby between father and son, Anthony Bongiovanni Jr., the general manager of the store, said that after he graduated high school he and his dad hatched the idea of opening a small coin shop.

The coin shop eventually turned into a fullfledged jewelry store.

“I realized early on though that jewelry was the way to go for a daily business — so we went in that direction,” Bongiovanni said.

From there, Bongiovanni would pursue and receive a graduate gemologist diploma from the Gemological Institute of America, the highest degree awarded by the institute. He also holds the title of certified gemologist with the American Gem Society.

Bongiovanni said he learned much from his father.

“My father taught me honesty and hard work,” he said. “He meant everything to the store. He was here every day — he was a fixture — always there to lend encouragement to the staff.”

Anthony Bongiovanni Sr. passed away in 2011, but his impact on the store and the community remains.

“My father was a big influence — he was a great man,” Ann-Maria Bongiovanni-LaBella, who works with the family business, said. “I see a lot of my father in my brother.”

Bongiovanni-LaBella worked as a secretary for many years in the Hauppauge area until that company went under. With some convincing from her father she began working at the store in 1984.

“Who would’ve thought it would’ve come to this,” she said. “[I remember] we started out with homemade displays my mother would make.”

Over the years, the store has seen an expansion in size, and the family opened a Rocky Point Jewelers branch in Stony Brook.

The Bongiovanni siblings point to customer service as essential to running a success business.

“Anyone that sells retail will tell you that it is a different environment now than it was years ago,” Bongiovanni said. “You’re competing these days with not only other retailers but big box stores and online [shopping].”

The main store’s general manager said local jewelers like himself still offer services that are hard to find elsewhere.

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Bongiovanni-LaBellla said you learn how to read people and get a sense of what they want.

Many customers have become personal friends over the years.

“Some of these customers I’ve been seeing for close to four decades,” Bongiovanni said.

“You know them, you know their children, now we are meeting their grandchildren.”

Bongiovanni’s sister said she sees her customers at the post office, at Stop&Shop and at the bank.

“Generations of families have come here,” she said. “We try to keep people happy — your biggest advertisement is word of mouth, it really is.”

Theresa Armone, who has worked at the store for more than four years, said it’s the level

and quality of service they provide that has kept customers coming back all these years.

Those who work at Rocky Point Jewelers agree the store works hard to earn the customers’ trust.

Bongiovanni said people entrust them with their valuables and sentimental objects and it means never compromising their standards.

“Times change, but it doesn’t mean your level of quality or service has to change — we try to improve on services as much as we can,” he said.

The general manager said with the work ethic instilled in him by his father, good employees and a little bit of luck, the store is still around 40 years later.

“It’s a tough retail environment out there,” he said. “There’s no two ways around it, but you always have to strive for better.”

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Obituary

Barbara Burns, former Three Village administrative assistant Barbara A. Burns, 77, died Feb. 10.

She was the administrative assistant to the superintendent in the Three Village Central School District for nearly 40 years.

Last week Cheryl Pedisich, district superintendent, notified current and former faculty members of Burns’ passing via email.

“It is with a most heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of Barbara Burns,” Pedisich wrote. “Barbara was truly iconic. Her tenure in Three Village spanned seven superintendents and her memorable quote, ‘I am in charge of the one in charge,’ could not have been more true. She served our district with incredible grace, diplomacy, skill, and geniality.”

Pedisich continued, “To say she was special, would be an understatement. In addition, to an adventurous spirit, inimitable wit, and wonderful sense of humor, she was kind, compassionate, and caring. She was a district historian and her humanitarian nature

was evidenced in her interactions with all.

Barbara never hesitated to help those around her and her beautiful smile always radiated genuine warmth.”

The superintendent said Burns loved her family and her colleagues.

“Three Village was her second home and we were fortunate to know her,” Pedisich said.

“She will always be remembered with great love and admiration.”

According to her obituary on the Raynor & D’Andrea Funeral Home website, Burns was a 30-year resident of Oakdale and was raised in Hicksville. She graduated from Hicksville High School and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree at Stony Brook University. She was a longtime member and extraordinary minister at St. Lawrence the Martyr R.C. Church in Sayville and an active member at Eastern Athletics in Blue Point. Burns loved the beach and summered at Ocean Beach where she

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owned a home with her husband, John, for the past 18 years.

Burns is survived by her husband; her children Michael Estabrook and his wife

Louise, Christine Estabrook and Michelle Virga and her husband Matt; John’s four children Tim Burns and his wife Tessa, Kathleen Zielinski and her husband Zeke, Kerri VanIderstein and her husband Don and Tom Burns and his wife Jennifer. She is also survived by her 16 grandchildren, Mike, Alicia, Anthony, Jonathan, Nicholas, Olivia, Pierce, Danielle, Greg, Julie, Nicole, Tom, Kristina, Gabby, Jessica and Amy. Arrangements were entrusted to Raynor & D’Andrea Funeral Home in West Sayville, and a funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 14 at St. Lawrence the Martyr R.C. Church in Sayville.

Entombment followed at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in her memory to either Hospice Inn, 70 Pinelawn Road, Melville, NY 11747 or The Neighborhood House of Long Island, 132 Clyde St., Suite 10A, West Sayville, NY 11796.

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Jefferson’s Ferry Life Plan Retirement Community was recently honored for its outstanding Achievements in Health Care by Long Island Business News. The nonprofit community was named the 2018 recipient of the award in the Exemplary Performance by a Non-Hospital Facility category for making a significant impact in health care-related services, resident engagement and satisfaction, its superior customer service and its sound business acumen.

“It is a tremendous honor to be recognized with the Achievements in Health Care award,” said Robert Caulfield, president and CEO of Jefferson’s Ferry. “This distinction is a testament to not only the level of importance we place on providing our residents with the

utmost in care, support and amenities, but also to the commitment of our staff and board to ensure that our overall operation exceeds expectations year after year.”

Jefferson’s Ferry also recently earned a Community Choice Award for 2018 by Holleran Consulting, based on the high marks given to the not-for-profit life plan community during its annual resident survey. Recognized as the gold standard in the senior living industry, the Community Choice Award recognizes life plan communities that exceed national benchmarks for resident engagement and satisfaction.

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Spreading kindness

Kindness was sprinkled throughout Minnesauke Elementary School like confetti as students, staff and families recently took part in the Great Kindness Challenge.

The initiative commenced with a schoolwide assembly, where the students learned about the different activities planned for the week and enjoyed a kindness fashion show.

During the weeklong challenge, students participated in a variety of kindness activities and lessons in their classrooms. A “kindness station” was set up in the cafeteria, where students wrote thank you cards and positive

affirmations, which were then hung on a bulletin board that said, “Give what you can” and “Take what you need.”

Additionally, students donated spare change for Liberia to help build a health clinic and wore spirited outfits on choreographed days, including sports day for “everybody wins with kindness” and superhero T-shirts for “kindness is a superpower.”

The students also received a special guest visit from the members of the Stony Brook University football team, who cheered on the students as they arrived at school during the week.

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BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Northport girls basketball, the No. 2 seed, hosted Ward Melville Feb. 19, the third seed, in a tight game that saw several lead changes, but with less than two minutes left, the Tiger defense stood its ground, holding Ward Melville at bay to clinch a 61-56 victory in the Class AA semifinal round.

Lauren Hansen led the way in scoring for the Patriots netting seven field goals, three triples and 10 from the free throw line for 33 points.

Pictured clockwise from above, Ward Melville senior Noelle Richardson drives the open lane against an opponent; Northport senior Shea Cronin drives an open lane against Lauren Hansen; and Ward Melville junior Morgan Wenzler is double teamed by two Northport defenders.

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Above, Art Billadello, second from left; Katherine Kirkpatrick, middle, author of ‘Redcoats and Petticoats’; and historian Beverly Tyler with students Eve and Lily Rosengard on Culper Spy Day last September. The Rosengards helped to produce a video about historic murals at their school. Students, right, from different classes pass each other as they arrive, leave and pass

by Setauket Post Office. In the foreground is Steve Hintze, one of 12 Founders Day guides and former Three Village Historical Society president. Photos from Beverly C. Tyler

Fourth-graders discover history in Three Village area

BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM This year, April 11 and 12, will mark the 14th year that Three Village fourthgrade students have come to the Setauket Elementary School auditorium to learn about the murals depicting the history of Setauket and Brookhaven, and the sixth year the Founders Day program has included the Original Settlement Walking Tour.

Last year during the Founders Day walking tour, one fourth-grade student had something to share.

“I don’t like history, but I like this,” he said.

Last year on April 23 and 24, about 450 Three Village fourth-grade students came to the elementary school auditorium in celebration of Brookhaven Town Founders Day to learn about the area history through the murals of Vance Locke, a local artist who completed the murals in 1952. Then, for the next two hours, each class, led by guides from the Three Village Historical Society, explored the Original Settlement area that surrounds the Setauket Village Green. Students were introduced to painter William Sidney Mount and Culper spy Abraham Woodhull at the Setauket Presbyterian Churchyard and to residents Emma S. Clark, Thomas Hodgkins and Ward Melville at the Caroline Church Cemetery. At the Village Green, students learned about the Setalcott Native Americans, Brookhaven’s original English settlers, and

the diversity of immigrants who lived and worked here, as well as the varied ancestry of the Three Village area soldiers whose deaths in war are memorialized here.

In Frank Melville Memorial Park, the fourth-grade boys and girls learned about gristmills, millers, blacksmiths, post offices, general stores and one of the Original Settlement’s 17th century homes. At the Setauket Neighborhood House — a home this writer grew up in — students heard about the structure of the building and how it progressed from a hotel, with stagecoach service from the Lakeland railroad station, to a tourist home with station wagon service from the Long Island Rail Road’s Stony Brook station, and finally to its use as a meeting place for the entire community.

At the circa 1740 Amos Smith House, students learned about the eight generations that lived in the home and how it grew to accommodate the four generations that included from five to nine children, parents and at least one grandparent in a threebedroom house.

Each fourth-grade class also discussed the differences as shown in the images of the house in 1740, 1900 and today. Donna Smith, historical society director of education and Founders Day committee member was told by one of her tour group students, “My favorite part was seeing the house Mr. Tyler grew up in and how it is so different.”

The last stop, at Patriots Rock, a remnant

of the last glacier and a Native American meeting place, provided an opportunity to learn about the Revolutionary War Battle of Setauket in 1777 and Caleb Brewster, who as an artillery officer directed the cannon fire, and who was also an important member of the Setauket-based Culper Spy Ring.

“Founders Day is more than learning about our local history,’ said Barbara Russell, Brookhaven Town historian and Founders Day committee member. “It is a historical experience for our Three Village fourth-grade students. …

Learning that the Emma S. Clark Library is not just the place to find books or attend a program, but is an architecturally interesting structure that was built by a local resident [Hodgkins] as a gift to the community, and there really was a person named Emma S. Clark is enlightening to fourth-graders. Then they walk toward the Caroline Church and see the Hodgkins and Clark headstones — it all comes together in this fascinating look on a student’s face that they have just put it all together.”

At the end of the tour each student receives a copy of “Discover Setauket, Brookhaven’s Original Settlement,” a walking tour guide companion prepared by the historical society, courtesy of Three Village Central School District. Students, who can now be considered knowledgeable guides to the area’s local history, are encouraged to take their family members on the walking tour.

The elementary school’s fourth-grade students were so inspired by the 2018 Founders

Day tour that they decided to produce a video story of each of the Vance Locke murals in the school’s auditorium. The students were led by Andy Weik, school district lead teacher for instructional technology, and fourth-grade teacher Eric Gustafson. The students recorded the videos, and they were produced with a QR code added at the base of each mural. All but two were completed in time for Culper Spy Day, Sept. 15, a communitywide celebration of the spy ring with a wide range of community organizations and businesses taking part. For the first time, due to the student videos, the elementary school auditorium was opened on a Saturday to take part in the celebration.

Four of the Vance Locke murals are scenes of activity in Setauket and Brookhaven during the Revolutionary War. Several of the students who worked on the video stories were present in colonial costumes in the auditorium to answer questions and talk to some of the 800 people who bought tickets for the event, as well as a few who wandered in to see what was happening.

At the historical society, we hope, for the foreseeable future, that every fourth-grade student will continue to experience the wonder of our local history and be excited to learn more of the stories of the people who lived here and what they contributed to our history.

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.

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Amazon and other companies should listen to residents

On behalf of the Ward Melville Wrestling Booster Club, we would like to thank the parents, coaching staff, athletes and their fellow students who volunteered their time, resources and considerable efforts to make this year’s Suffolk County League I wrestling championship meet Feb. 2 such a successful event. However, this would not have been possible or as successful without the generosity of the following donors: A1 Roofing, AMC Landscaping, Bagel Cafe, Bagel Express, The Bench, Cabo Grill, Camco Services of NY, DeSario Construction, Dunkin’ Donuts of Setauket, Fratelli’s, HPM Property Management, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles LLP, Mario’s, Old Town Pizza, O Sole Mio, Plycon’s Plycar division, Pumpernickels Deli & Market, RaZor Wrestling Club, Schwab’s 2nd Wind, Spagnoli Physical Therapy, Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates, Stony Brook Vision World, Stop & Shop of Setauket and South Setauket, Sweet Mama’s, Three Village Club and Via Pizza.

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Amazon, the online retail giant, tried to set up shop in Long Island City. The company came onto the scene in 2018 promising to build its second headquarters in Queens and create more than 25,000 high-paying jobs in the process, but by Feb. 14 Amazon had pulled out of the deal after months of community antagonism and protest.

What did Amazon do wrong? After all, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) were both completely behind the idea.

What happened was Amazon, like Marcus Licinius Crassus of Rome marching into the Parthian Empire in ancient Iran, wanted to stamp its logo in the dirt without thinking of the logistics, or whether the people wanted them there.

We, as journalists, know the routine developers need to take to successfully settle into our areas. The prospective business must work with the local municipality, whether it’s a village or town, and establish site plans and conduct environmental reviews. If their idea is sound, the area representative works with the developer, relaying questions and concerns from their constituents to the developer.

More important is reaching out and connecting with the local residents. After all, they are the ones who will likely patronize the business. They are the ones who will see it affect their local ambiance or property values. They are the ones forced to live next to it day after day.

It might be the height of foolhardy narcissism from all involved, from the government to Amazon themselves, to think there wouldn’t be any blowback from residents. The announcement of HQ2 was kept secret until leaping onto the scene, and residents were stuck either saying “yes” or “no” to Amazon.

We often see how the community reacts to new developments, and while sometimes there is a little not-in-my-backyard ideology to go around, many residents are keen to know how a development will affect them. The developer needs to listen to their concerns and make changes to their designs, otherwise the plans could blow up in their face.

The Town of Brookhaven, especially Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), has recently shown its desire to see Amazon keep its promise to New York. It has offered the retail giant to set up in the town near the South Shore, all the while keeping the massive tax breaks promised by the governor using the town’s own Industrial Development Agency. While we appreciate the idea of bringing so many high-paying jobs into the area, which may boost the local tourism industry, we also caution the same sort of secrecy and backroom dealing which led Amazon to abandon its Queens plans in the first place.

It’s also a lesson to local governments and prospective developers. Not all residents will agree with every new structure and every new business, but developers absolutely need to listen to their concerns. Amazon is not the only company to be pushed back by protest. The Villadom project in the Town of Huntington that would have created a new Elwood mall, was lambasted by community members who felt they were being sidestepped and ignored.

The community has a stronger voice than some might expect, and like Crassus eventually learned as he was roundly defeated and humiliated by the Parthians, one can’t simply stake claim on property unilaterally without a spear pointed at one’s neck.

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Thank you again to all who turned out, and congratulations to our wrestlers on their outstanding performance at the league tournament: James Araneo, Daniel Cassera, Matthew Cracchiola, Thomas

Fitzsimons — who achieved a milestone 100th win — and Christian Lievano, all qualifiers for the Suffolk County tournament. We look forward to seeing you all next season.

Thank you again.

Ward Melville Wrestling Booster Club Alicia McElroy, president Jackie Herschander, vice president Debbi Varano, secretary Eileen Cracchiola, treasurer

Response to climate change views I would like to comment on an incorrect statement in a letter from Professor Arnold Wishnia in the Jan. 31 issue of The Village Times Herald (“The data involved in climate change”), which was that the Earth’s average surface temperature increased by 1.39 degrees Fahrenheit (0.77 degrees Celsius) from 1951 to 1980. Actually, during the years from 1951 to 1980, this temperature remained virtually constant. For this reason, this 30-year period is commonly used as a baseline for comparison with other years, particularly for the years following 1980, to measure and record the temperature changes that have occurred since then.

According to some sources, the total change from 1980 until 2018 was an increase of approximately 1.39 degrees Fahrenheit, which is about 0.05 degrees per year. But there is another very interesting fact relating to the 1951 to 1980 period, which the good professor conveniently neglected to mention. And that is that, while the temperature during this time remained constant, there were continuous substantial increases in the

emissions of carbon dioxide, from about 1 billion tons per year in 1951 to 5 billion tons per year in 1980. This raises the important question: If global warming is to be attributed primarily to man-made emissions of carbon dioxide, why was there no increase in the average surface temperature of the Earth over a 30-year period (1951 to 1980) during which there were large and continuous increases in the global emissions of carbon dioxide? Is it possible that there are other factors at work here, and might it be that anthropomorphic emissions of carbon dioxide have only a limited role to play, and may be only a minor contributor to the process of global warming?

Clearly, there is sound scientific justification for the proposition that carbon dioxide is truly a “greenhouse gas,” although one with probably less than 10 percent of the effect of water vapor and clouds, which are also greenhouse gases.

The greenhouse phenomenon was first explained by the Swedish physicist Svante Arrhenius in 1896, and it is not in dispute.

Interestingly, Arrhenius had a positive view of carbon dioxide emissions and the

greenhouse effect, because he believed that they would prevent the occurrence of another ice age and would contribute to increased plant growth and thereby help to maintain the world’s food supply.

The real question for us today is not whether or not carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming — they do, but it is the degree of this contribution, in relation to the other contributing factors, including, but not limited to, variations in solar radiance, levels of carbon dioxide dissolved in the oceans, concentrations of other greenhouse gases, plant growth, emissions from cement, volcanic activity and — my personal favorite — cow flatulence. Before we flush trillions of our children’s dollars down the national toilet bowl, adding to the already unsustainable national debt, let us make sure that we know what we are doing, and are not being hoodwinked by pictures of forlorn polar bears on small icebergs or flimflammed by tales of imaginary tipping points, which exist only in the minds of those who make them up.

George Altemose Setauket

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They suggested working from home on Friday and over the weekend, if possible, to avoid delays.

As a result, for D. None the entire weekend, the car traffic of the above around this manBY DANIEL DUNAIEF ageable city seemed even lighter than usual. People couldn’t drive too close to the Spectrum Center, but it was nothing like Yankee Stadi-

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The city rolled out much tighter security than usual, putting up fences around a nearby bus station and restricting walking traffic into the outskirts of the stadium to ticket holders only.

Once inside, I felt as if I had become a Lilliputian in “Gulliver’s Travels.” Men and women of all ages made 6 feet seem like a minimum height for admission. I felt like a kid who sneaks onto a ride at Disney World despite falling well below the clown’s hand that indicates “you must be this tall to enter.”

The clothing choices reflected a wide variety of fashion statements. Some had come to be seen, decked out in fine suits, flowing dresses and highheeled shoes. Others strutted around in sweatpants and sweatsuits, donning the jerseys of their favorite players.

Celebrities walked among the commoners, much the same way they do at the U.S. Open.

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frail-looking Rev. Jesse Jackson to shake his hand.

Jackson later received warm applause from the crowd when he appeared on the jumbotron largescreen display.

As taller teenagers, who were well over 6 1/2 feet tall, brushed past us, we wondered whether we might see any of them at this type of event in the next decade. They were probably thinking, and hoping, the same thing.

The game itself, which was supposed to start at 8 p.m., didn’t commence until close to 8:30, amid considerable pomp and circumstance.

The crowd saluted each of the players as they were introduced. The roar became considerably louder for local hero Kemba Walker, the shooting star for the Charlotte Hornets who scored 60 points in a game earlier this season.

The crowd also showered old-timers Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki with affection, saluting the end of magnificent careers that included hardfought playoff battles and championship runs. The two elder statesmen didn’t disappoint, connecting on 3-point shots that also energized the crowd.

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Leah S. Dunaief GENERAL MANAGER Johness Kuisel MANAGING EDITOR Kyle Barr EDITOR Rita J. Egan

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

While the All-Star game sometimes disappoints for the token defense that enables teams to score baskets at a breakneck pace, it does give serious players a chance to lower their defenses, enjoying the opportunity to smile and play a game with the other top performers in their sport.

Wade and Nowitzki, who each have infectious smiles, grinned on the court at their teammates, competitors and fans after they sank baskets.

A first-half highlight included a bounce pass alley-oop from North Carolina native Steph Curry to team captain Giannis Antetokounmpo. In the end, Team LeBron beat Team Giannis, 178-164.

The halftime show proved an enormous success, as rapper and North Carolina product — via Germany — J. Cole performed “ATM,” “No Role Modelz,” and “Love Yourz.” The young woman sitting near us knew every word of the songs, swaying, rocking and bouncing in her seat.

I asked her if she knew Cole would be performing and she said, “Of course.” I asked her whether she liked the basketball or the halftime show better. She said she enjoyed both.

ART AND PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Beth Heller Mason INTERNET STRATEGY DIRECTOR Rob Alfano CLASSIFIEDS DIRECTOR Ellen Segal

BUSINESS MANAGER Sandi Gross CREDIT MANAGER Diane Wattecamps CIRCULATION MANAGER Courtney Biondo

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