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Vol. 46, No. 17

June 17, 2021

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Long Island remembers MMA debut

Suffolk and Nassau officials come together to honor public transit workers who lost their lives to COVID-19 — A6

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Education

Three Village discusses DEI task force

BY KIMBERLY BROWN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM At Three Village school district’s board of education meeting Tuesday, one of the agenda items was the Anti-Racism and Social Justice Task Force formed to address diversity, equity and inclusion.

The responsibility of the task force is to work with students, staff and the community to educate, work collaboratively and understand the importance of why a social justice task force, such as their own, is essential.

“Our job in this committee is to recognize our children that walk into our buildings every day and perceive themselves to be not part of the makeup of what could be — and is — a beautiful Three Village school,” said Paul Gold, director of social studies and committee chairperson.

According to Gold, the long-term goal of the task force is to make every child feel included, no matter their race, ethnicity, religion, academic ability, gender or sexuality.

Some parents, as in other school districts, are concerned that the task force applies critical race theory. The academic movement has been criticized for creating divisiveness.

Another concern is that the task force would

eventually be consumed by special interest groups.

“I was told there was no CRT in our school district, yet we are hiding it as DEI,” parent Tara Geruso said. “Make no mistake, when you click on the [Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion] link on the Three Village homepage, the resources are all from those who support CRT.” Several parents such as Shoshana Hershkowitz, who is also a member of the task force, praised Gold for creating “an authentic space” for children to express themselves, as the intention of the task force is to collaborate as a community.

“I have never heard of critical race theory until a few months ago, and I had to Google it as I imagine many people did,” Hershkowitz said. “When I went down that rabbit hole, it never led me to educational websites, it led me to legal ones. So, I want to make the point that this is not a mainstream educational issue.”

Hershkowitz added the CRT debate is a distraction from the real issues that need to be discussed in the district, especially since Long Island is among the top 15 most segregated areas in the country, according to her.

Despite the differences, the parents, task force and board of education plan to work collaboratively to resolve any further issues.

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Three Village residents vote down 2021-22 school budget once again coming days, the district will finalize a plan for our contingency budget that has the least impact on student programs and services.”

During an interview with The Village Times Herald in May, Jeff Carlson, deputy superintendent for business services, said if the budget failed it would mean a shortfall of about $3 million and that major construction or improvements to district property would not take place. He also said during the interview that it would not be disastrous and the district would “make it as painless as possible for the kids.”

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The district is receiving $1.85 million in federal aid, which is earmarked for COVIDrelated expenses.

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In the Three Village school district, the $222.6 million budget did not pass a second time with a larger turnout.

On June 14, a district official said 2,027 voted in favor of the budget, while 3,211 rejected it.

Back in May, the budget did not pass (yes – 2,286, no – 1,677) as 60% approval was needed to approve the budget that pierced the 1.37% cap with a proposed tax levy increase of 1.85%.

The second rejection of the budget means the district now goes to a contingency budget and there will be no increase to the tax levy.

In a statement, Three Village school district officials said, “While disappointed in the defeat of the proposed budget, the district respects the voice of the community and the voter response received at the polls. In the

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Stony Brook resident helps visually impaired navigate their world

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Sometimes teaching and learning transcend the classroom.

When the visually impaired learn to travel — whether to go to work, cross a street to get to a restaurant or take an airplane for a trip — it happens when tackling everyday situations step by step with an educator. One of those teachers is Stony Brook resident David Seyfert, who recently retired from the South Country Central School District after 32 years as a visual teacher and orientation and mobility instructor.

For more than 20 of those years, besides working for South Country based in East Patchogue, he was contracted out to several school districts in the county, including Three Village, Port Jefferson and others. He said over the years he has helped students from EastportSouth Manor to Amityville on the South Shore and Miller Place to Northport on the North Shore. Despite his retirement, he continues to work with a few students.

Seyfert, who is typical sighted, said he only knows about five or six instructors on Long Island like him. Describing it as a rewarding career, he said he hopes to see more people follow the same career path.

“It’s an incredibly interesting and challenging field in which to work,” he said.

In order to qualify for his profession, after obtaining his bachelor’s degree in English from The King’s College in the city, Seyfert continued his studies by achieving a master’s in special education from Adelphi University

and a master’s in orientation and mobility from Boston College. In Boston, he lived in the Perkins School for the Blind. The school is where teacher Anne Sullivan once worked with Helen Keller.

Seyfert’s students can be anyone who is legally blind to someone who has 20/20 vision but doesn’t have a visual field greater than 20 degrees, known as tunnel vision. He compared the orientation and mobility lessons to backward teaching.

“Instead of kids coming to my classroom, I come to them,” he said.

When working with Seyfert, students learn how to do things such as cross the street and travel by bus and train in their area, and when they are older, he brings them into the city to learn how to ride the subway system. Seyfert said, for example, he has taken students on the 6 train down to Chinatown and up to 86th Street, and the M86 bus from 86th Street to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “I’ll take them up to The Cloisters [in Washington Heights] and the Bronx Zoo all by train and subway,” he said. “We’ll go around, we’ll switch to Grand Central Station to take the New Haven line out to Bridgeport and take the ferry across [to Port Jefferson].”

When it comes to the subway system, Seyfert said he teaches students what to listen for and which way the stairs will be at certain stops. Once a person goes up the stairs, he instructs them to listen for the turnstiles. He said there are also posts with braille on them to prompt those who are visually impaired as to where to go.

Seyfert will also teach tips while walking in the city such as figuring out what direction the sun is depending on what cheek a person feels it on. The educator has taken students on the AirTrain to the airport, too. A friend of his who is a traveler’s aide gives the teenagers a tour of the airport.

One of his students had an internship in the city when he was a junior in college. Seyfert said he had a knack regarding the subway systems and how they connected to Penn Station, something his parents couldn’t imagine when he first started the mobility training.

“He became completely independent traveling around New York City, so it’s really neat to see where the kids go,” Seyfert said.

The teacher said learning how to navigate not just streets and buses in their hometowns but also the city gives the students options in the future as far as their careers go.

He said while many of his students have decided to visit and work in the city, others have chosen not to go there again.

“At least you know how to do it,” he said.

“If it’s not your thing, that’s fine, but you’re not doing it because you don’t know how to do it or you’re afraid.”

Above, David Seyfert, center, with students Sydney Steuernagel, left, and Louisa Tait at Chelsea Market in New York City.

Below, a student learning the route from the Manhattan-bound 7 train to the Downtown 6 in Grand Central Terminal during the morning rush hour. Photos from David Seyfert

Barbara O’Rourk worked with Seyfert when she was a secretary to the director of student support services in the Port Jefferson School District.

“He was one of the most incredible people that I’ve met, what he did was close to amazing, and his attitude, his patience, just how he dealt with them and dealt with the parents, was just amazing,” she said.

O’Rourk also remembers him as an effective advocate for his students.

“If they needed services, he would go to a meeting and support what he felt they needed, and people listened to him because he would never lose his temper or be arrogant,” she said.

Barbara Kelly, of East Setauket, whose daughter Megan started working with Seyfert when she was attending Three Village’s Nassakeag Elementary School, said not only does he advocate for his students, but he also teaches them to do so for themselves.

When her daughter and her husband, who is also blind, had difficulty crossing a busy intersection in Farmingdale, Seyfert told Megan Kelly to write to the New York State Department of Transportation. Eventually, a “no right turn

on red” sign was installed at the intersection.

“Dave really encouraged that,” Barbara Kelly said.

Seyfert is still in touch with Megan who is now 35 years old. He even traveled to her college twice to help her work with navigating the school and attended her wedding. He has since helped her with walking the streets of Farmingdale, navigating her new home and using a cane again when she was between seeing-eye dogs.

Megan Kelly, who works for Helen Keller Services teaching technology skills to adults who are blind, said she had many great learning experiences in the city with Seyfert.

“I learned to explore, and he always made learning fun, something I always hope to do for my students,” she said. “I always remember him saying that every mistake was a learning opportunity.”

Barbara Kelly described Seyfert as dedicated and that her daughter has great mobility because of him.

“He was always there to do mobility for her, so he gave my daughter her wonderful life,” she said.

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County

Suffolk and Nassau honor transit workers lost to COVID-19

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

On Saturday, June 12, elected officials from Suffolk and Nassau counties, along with union leaders, paid respect to local transportation workers who lost their lives to COVID-19.

Family members and friends of the 21 public transportation workers who succumbed to the virus were on hand for a dedication of a memorial garden to their loved ones on the east side of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge.

The garden features a stone with all of the workers’ names and five American white dogwood trees donated by the Bridgehampton High School’s Future Farmers of America under the direction of Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz.

Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming (D-Noyac), who chairs the Legislature’s transportation working group, led the event.

The committee initiated the idea to salute the workers with the memorial. Fleming said with families not being able to properly mourn during the pandemic due to COVID-19 restrictions, it was important to take time out to remember the workers.

She said the concept of essential workers evolved over the past 15 months, from frontline workers such as police officers, firefighters and health professionals to educators, grocery store workers and more.

“Our public transportation workers ensured that each of these essential employees got to his or her workplace,” Fleming said. “Our bus drivers, and our train operators and our transportation workers literally kept our society moving and our economy afloat. We owe them a debt of gratitude that we cannot fully express.”

A memorial stone, above, dedicated to public transit workers, who succumbed to COVID-19 over the last 15 months, is surrounded by five American white dogwood trees donated by the Bridgehampton High School’s Future Farmers of America, below. Family and friends were on hand for the ceremony June 12 where rows were reserved for loved ones, below left.

Photo below right from Fleming’s office; others by Rita J. Egan

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) thanked labor leaders for working with the county during a difficult time.

“You have done so much to lead, to represent these essential workers and to work with us,” he said. It was “in an environment in which none of us had a playbook on how to deal with this, how to handle this.”

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran (D) said the families do not grieve alone.

“When people come and see these beautiful trees they’re going to ask questions, are going to want to know what happened here — why is this here?” she said. “People will know about your loved one’s sacrifice, and we’ll know about their lives. The fact that they were out there when so many other people were afraid, getting the doctors and nurses, getting the grocery store workers, getting home care workers to where they had to go. It was selfless work.”

Among the speakers were the Rev. Shaju Devassy, associate pastor of Church of St. Barnabas the Apostle in Bellmore; the Rev. Charles Coverdale, pastor of First Baptist Church of Riverhead; Debra Hagan, Transport Workers Union Local 252 president; Daniel Kane Jr., Teamsters Local 202 president; Anthony Simon, SMART Transportation Division general chairman; and Bill DeCarlo, national vice president/legislative director of Transportation Communications Union/IAM. The Hauppauge High School Chamber Choir sang “A Parting Blessing” and “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and Lt. Sean Murtha of the Suffolk County Police Department Emerald Society Pipes and Drums played “Amazing Grace.”

Hagan said the workers left their homes

every day knowing the risks they were taking, trying their best to protect themselves with masks, hand sanitizer and keeping their distance from others.

“They made that sacrifice, because the communities needed them to get on those buses and do their job,” she said. “It’s so important that we never forget that every morning they

got up, and they left their home, kissed their loved ones goodbye. And unfortunately for many, sacrificed the ultimate sacrifice of contracting COVID and leaving us on this Earth. We’re not going to forget. Each and every one of your family members holds a very special part in our hearts. Their co-workers are never going to forget the camaraderie.”

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Village

Ward Melville grad takes on the world of MMA

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Hometown supporters of a Ward Melville graduate and Head of the Harbor native will gather to cheer him on virtually at a popular local spot when he makes his mixed martial arts debut in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Friday, June 18.

Nick Piccininni, a 24-year-old MMA fighter, will be fighting during the XFN-371 event at the River Spirit Casino. While Piccininni is competing in Tulsa, family and friends can gather at The Bench Bar and Grill in Stony Brook to watch the match, which will be livestreamed. Owner Marios Patatinis said the fight will be shown on all the TVs in The Bench, and the night will feature various drink and food promotions. At the beginning of the week, reservations were already limited.

The Bench, with the Country Corner bar in East Setauket, which Patatinis also owns, are sponsoring Piccininni. The restaurant owner said the sponsorship came about because one of his managers, Michael Cohen, is a friend of the MMA fighter. Sponsorships help athletes with expenses incurred while training.

“Ultimately, what we get in return is

partnering up with a local kid who’s on to some big dreams, and we’re glad to be part of that,” Patatinis said.

Piccininni is currently training at the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, according to his father Anthony Piccininni.

His father said his son began wrestling in the Three Village school district when he was in seventh grade, but was unable to compete that first year in the league and county tournaments due to being too young. He went on to become a four-time New York state champion.

After graduating from Ward Melville with an impressive high school wrestling career under his belt, he attended Oklahoma State University where he continued competing in the sport.

During his time with the university, he was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American and a four-time Big 12 Conference champion.

The folkstyle wrestler decided to compete in the flyweight division of MMA when the 2020 college sports season was cut short due to COVID-19. His father said Nick attended the university on a full scholarship, and while he thought about continuing to achieve his master’s at OSU where the odds of becoming an assistant coach at the university were good, with the 2020 wrestling season cut short, he

Nick Piccininni trains in San Jose, California. Photo from Nick Piccininni’s Instagram

decided to go into MMA. “He was only 23,” the father said. “He still had his competitive spirit, and he wasn’t ready to enter into the coaching world, which

he probably will do sometime down the road, whether it be 10 or 15 years.”

Anthony Piccininni said it’s not unusual for OSU wrestlers to go on to compete in the MMA world. Among the former OSU athletes who went on to become MMA fighters are Johny Hendricks, Randy Couture and Nick Piccininni’s mentor Daniel Cormier.

The father said his son was always a fan of MMA but the family didn’t realize how much so until recently. When he was younger, Nick always thought he may be a professional athlete, as he also excelled in baseball as a pitcher for the Patriots.

“When he was going through college, I had no idea that he had the passion for MMA,” the father said. “But in his senior year is when he obviously had to make his decision, and he did.

We support him. It’s his dream.”

Nick Piccininni said in an email from California that he appreciated the support he has received from home. He said The Bench and Country Corner are two of his biggest sponsors.

“I am grateful to come from a town where so many people continue to care about my career,” he said. “So, seeing everyone support me on my upcoming fight is amazing to see.”

University

SBU hospital helped test the Novavax vaccine

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM One of the larger centers for the Novavax vaccine trials, Stony Brook University Hospital recruited 376 patients for a potential fourth vaccine against COVID-19 .

The Gaithersburg, Maryland-based company announced earlier this week that its vaccine was effective in 90.4% of the participants in its phase 3 trials, which is typically the last clinical hurdle before approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The trials occurred in the United States and Mexico.

With 30,000 people participating in the clinical study, the Stony Brook participants accounted for about 1.25% of the total study group.

“The quality of our data is among the highest,” said Benjamin Luft, chief investigator of the Novavax trial and director and principal investigator of the Stony Brook WTC Wellness Program.

At its peak, the Novavax trials, which began on Dec. 28, involved 10 to 12 full-time staff at Stony Brook to prepare and administer the vaccines.

“The staff worked extremely hard,” Luft said. “I think everybody takes a great deal of satisfaction in being a small part of this great machine that ultimately produced these vaccines that we all benefit from.”

Novavax reportedly plans to produce as many as 100 million doses of the vaccine per month starting in the third quarter and as many as 150 million per month in the fourth quarter.

The Novavax vaccine, which received $1.6 billion from Operation Warp Speed in 2020, differs from the other three approved vaccines.

Pfizer/BioNtech and Moderna use messenger RNA and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses a combination of the gene for the spike protein with an altered adenovirus, which causes the common cold.

Novavax, by contrast, uses a piece of the spike protein from COVID-19 to train the immune system to recognize the foreign invader.

Vaccine providers can store the Novavax vaccine, which requires two doses, at typical refrigerator temperatures, unlike the mRNA vaccines, which require ultra cold storage. The Novavax vaccines are usable for up to three months after they are stored.

Luft said the vaccine might have a real benefit in places that don’t have these cold storage facilities.

Earlier one morning this week, Luft received several emails from colleagues in South America who had heard about the trial and knew he was involved.

“They are so excited for their countries that they could get access to such a vaccine,” Luft said.

The clinical trials for Novavax occurred at a time when the original Wuhan strain, which formed the basis for the vaccine, wasn’t the only COVID-19 threat.

“The variants that were in the community were different” during the Novavax trial, Luft said. The vaccine was not retooled for the new variant, which is what made the results so encouraging.

Like the other vaccines, the Novavax vaccine had some side effects, which included fever, head aches and soreness at the site of the injection that went away over the course of a day or two.

At this point, Novavax plans to submit its data for potential approval to the Food and Drug Administration by the end of the third quarter.

Benjamin Luft is the chief investigator of the Novavax trial at SBUH. File photo from SBUH

Luft expressed his appreciation for the opportunity Stony Brook and the residents in the area who participated in the study had to contribute to this effort.

“I was just so delighted” with the results, Luft added. “It was just so gratifying to be a part of the cog in the great wheel” for a process that proved effective.

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Health

Huntington Hospital’s Adrian Popp talks COVID, ticks, return to school in the fall

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Adrian Popp, chair of Infection Control at Huntington Hospital/Northwell Health and associate professor of medicine at Hofstra School of Medicine, spoke with TBR Newspapers to discuss the current state of vaccinations in Suffolk County, the return to school in the fall, workplace issues, and ticborne challenges for residents. Please find below an abridged version of the interview below. If you’d like to listen to the entire interview, visit tbrnewsmedia.com.

COVID-19

TBR: How close are we to the 70% threshold for herd immunity to COVID-19?

Popp: We were hoping vaccination would start rolling out pretty fast and actually that happened. Over the last several months, more and more people got vaccinated. Right now, it’s open more or less like just show up and you can get a vaccine. You don’t even need an appointment anymore. The number of people vaccinated in Suffolk County is, percentagewise, around 55% of eligible persons.

TBR: What about the rates at which people

are seeking the vaccines? Has that slowed?

Popp: The number getting vaccinated has somewhat plateaued. The most eager people who wanted to get vaccinated did.

Now, we’re seeing people who are actually still willing to get vaccinated and doing it and also some of people who are on the fence getting more information and speaking with other people who actually received the vaccine. More and more people are getting confident that the vaccine is safe, efficacious, and I hope this trend will continue.

TBR: What about schools in the fall?

Will students return without masks and at full capacity?

Popp: At this point, the rate of coronavirus in Suffolk County is very low and has been decreasing since March steadily and is at almost a minimum even compared to last year. The question is, what will happen down the road? What will happen in the fall? We know that coronavirus has a propensity to be more active in cold environment. It’s hard to predict, because of these variants coming from different parts of the world.

We should be hopeful that the fall will look good as long as more and more people get vaccinated. Hopefully, by September, we’ll

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TBR: As offices reopen and people return to work, how should companies handle rules, especially if some people aren’t vaccinated?

Popp: Offices vary in size, the number of people, how many are sitting in one room, close to one another. One has to make a decision on a case-by-case basis. Ideally, everyone working in one office should be vaccinated. It’s a difficult situation, mandating people to get vaccinated. It’s a fine line between your personal liberties and public policies.

TBR: When might a booster be necessary?

Popp: The need for the booster is being debated [as] the efficacy of the vaccine, the immunogenicity of the vaccine is probably higher than what I expected to see. From the early stages of December, we do find that they hold their antibodies quite well. The expectation is that this could last maybe two years or so. We don’t know that yet. One has to give it time and really find out.

TBR: What about weddings?

Popp: The wedding situation is quite a big situation. A lot of people have postponed the wedding in the hopes of having a real thing later on. The approach people have taken varied from A to Z. There is no cookiecutter way to say this is the right thing to do and that’s the wrong thing to do. A friend of mine getting married is asking every person to be vaccinated. If you’re not vaccinated, you’re not allowed in the wedding. This is the decision of the groom and bride. Other venues are obviously more open, and they invite everybody and so forth. In the end, you have to be comfortable with the decision you make and you’re going there to have fun, you can’t have fun and celebrate if you’re truly nervous.

Adrian Popp, chair of Infection Control at Huntington Hospital/Northwell Health, discussed COVID-19 updates with TBR. Photo from Huntington Hospital

Tick-borne diseases

TBR: What about tick-borne diseases? Is there messaging people should keep in mind?

Popp: In the last three years, I have seen more tick-related diseases than before.

We’re not talking only Lyme disease, could be also babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and Rocky Mountain Spotted fever. Rocky Mountain Spotted fever used to be very unusual on Long Island. Now, we do see cases. I have already seen cases this year. When you go somewhere walking or hiking in some woods or meadows that may have ticks that may be around there, what you do at the end of the day when you come home, you get your shower, do a body check. Have someone else look at areas you can’t see well on your back, back of your legs.

Poquott candidates receive 147 votes each

BY RITA J. EGAN On June 15, village election day in Poquott, residents only had two candidates to chose from for two two-year trustee terms, incumbent Tina Cioffi and newcomer John Musiello.

Each candidate garnered 147 votes each, according to Cindy Schleider, village clerk.

Cioffi said, in a June 10 The Village Times Herald article, that she was “running again because I enjoy giving back to the community that gives me so much to be thankful for. The vibe in Poquott is really great these days, and if I can help keep that going, I’m really happy to do so.”

She was looking forward to working with Musiello on the village board. In the June 10 article, the newcomer said his goals for office include utilizing his financial background and community service experience.

“Financially, I’m looking forward to collaborating with the board on operational efficiencies, bid reviews and budget considerations,” he said. “From a community service standpoint, having done volunteer work for many years, I hope to establish some more formalized volunteer programs for Poquott based on resident interest and feedback.”

The two will be sworn in July 1 during the village’s organizational meeting.

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E M PL OY M E N T / C A R E E R S FRONT DESK/ASSISTANT

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Electronic Components Company seeks F/T help in order fulfillment role as well as doing some light manufacturing. Must have experience with pulling orders & shipping, working with computers. The second component of this position includes programming electronic parts on our equipment will train in this role.

Job requires someone that is comfortable with computers and has knowledge of UPS & FedEx + interest in technology & learning is also a plus.

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Electricians

WIREMAN CABLEMAN Professional wiring services.

Free estimates. All work guaranteed. Call 516-433-WIRE, 631-667-WIRE or text 516-353-1118. SEE DISPLAY AD FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Carpentry LONG HILL CARPENTRY 45 years experience All phases of home improvement. Old & Historic Restorations. Lic.#H22336/Ins. 631-751-1764 longhill7511764@aol.com

Cesspool Services MR SEWERMAN CESSPOOL SERVICE All types of cesspool servicing, all work guaranteed, family owned and operated since 1985, 631-924-7502.

Licensed and Insured.

Cleaning COME HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is MY PRIORITY. Serving the Three Village Area. Call Jacquie 347-840-0890

Exterminating

LET STEVE DO IT Clean-ups, yards, basements, whole house, painting, tree work, local moving and anything else. Totally overwhelmed?

Call Steve @ 631-745-2598, leave message.

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.

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Handyman Services HANDYMAN SERVICES AND PAINTING. Dependable, Honest, Professional. No job too small. Call Steve 631-831-3089.

SEE DISPLAY AD FOR MORE INFORMATION.

ALL PURPOSE LANDSCAPING Tree spraying, exterminating, owner operated, licensed/ insured, 631-924-4099 See Display Ad for coupon and more information.

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REACT PEST CONTROL INC. Wasps, Yellow Jackets Nesting in your home! Protect your home before those pesky nests are built. SEE DISPLAY AD FOR MORE INFORMATION.

ALL PHASES OF HOME IMPROVEMENT From attic to your basement, RCJ Construction www.rcjconstruction.com commercial/residential, lic/ins 631-580-4518.

SCIENTIFIC EXTERMINATING SERVICES let’s all stay safe, ecological protection, ticks, ants, mosquitoes, termites, Natural Organic products 631265-5252-SEE DISPLAY AD FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Fences

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SEE OUR DISPLAY AD FOR MORE INFORAMTION.

Gutters/Leaders

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Now offering 12 month interest free financing.

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70 Jayne Blvd., PJS. Lic.37690H/Ins. 631-743-9797 www.smithpointfence.com.

Floor Services/Sales FINE SANDING & REFINISHING Wood Floor Installations Craig Aliperti, Wood Floors LLC. All work done by owner.

29 years experience.

Lic.#47595-H/Insured.

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631-566-1826.

SEE OUR DISPLAY AD FOR MORE INFORMATION. SETAUKET LANDSCAPE DESIGN Stone Driveways/Walkways, Walls/Stairs/Patios/Masonry, Brickwork/Repairs Land Clearing/Drainage,Grading/ Excavating. Plantings/Mulch, Rain Gardens.

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Landscape Materials SCREENED TOP SOIL Mulch, compost, decorative and driveway stone, concrete pavers, sand/block/portland.

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Masonry CARL BONGIORNO LANDSCAPE/MASON CONTRACTOR All phases Masonry Work:Stone Walls, Patios, Poolscapes. All phases of Landscaping Design.

Theme Gardens. Residential & Commercial. Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110

Painting/Spackling/ Wallpaper ALL PRO PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Power Washing, Staining, Wallpaper Removal. Free estimates. Lic/Ins #19604HI 631-696-8150. Nick BOB’S PAINTING SERVICE 25 Years Experience.

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Free Estimates. Lic/Ins. #17981.

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ASK ABOUT GYPSY MOTH AND TICK SPRAYS Bonded employees. Lic/Ins. #8864HI 631-744-1577

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19150

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Editorial

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Zeldin: Unmask our kids

BY LEE ZELDIN

On June 12, Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming led a memorial event for public transit workers who lost their lives to COVID-19. Photo by Rita J. Egan

Never forget

This past Saturday at a memorial honoring the Suffolk and Nassau transportation workers who lost their lives to COVID-19, speakers touched on the idea that our definition of what makes a worker essential has evolved over the past 15 months.

We have always recognized the heroic acts of people such as firefighters and police officers who save and protect us when we are in danger. We respect the work that health professionals and EMT workers and volunteers provide when we or loved ones are sick or injured. However, the pandemic brought to the forefront many we have overlooked previously in our everyday lives.

To think, for more than a year, truckers and grocery store employees have gone out every workday, taking the chance that they may be exposed to a virus that could hospitalize or even kill them or their loved ones, just to make sure we had food on our tables.

Then there were the home health care professionals, who continued to care for their patients inside their homes, despite the risks, and our utility workers who kept the lights on and the water flowing.

Journalists continued to be there to keep everybody abreast of what was going on in the world, whether about the virus, restrictions, politics and so much more, some even standing in the middle of protests.

And of course, the public transportation workers were there to make sure that those professionals and so many others who were unable to work from home were able to get to their offices and stores every day. When one doesn’t have a car, a train or bus can make the difference between getting a paycheck or not.

How many people in their everyday lives can remember on occasion rushing around and maybe not showing such workers the respect they deserve. Maybe it was being short tempered with a cashier because the line was long or an item was missing a price tag or driving too fast as workers were repairing a road thereby putting them in danger.

Adversity can bring with it many lessons, appreciating those who make our day a bit easier is one we hope all will remember as our country continues on the road to normalcy. It’s essential for everyone to have some sort of income to afford the necessities of life, but there are some whose work is essential in keeping us alive and healthy beyond the roles we once recognized.

We salute them all.

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On June 2, I joined local parents and advocates in Hauppauge to demand that Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) follows science and common sense, and immediately lift New York’s mask mandate on school children. Just two days later, it appeared Cuomo listened to our pleas when the indoor and outdoor mask mandates were reversed.

However, Cuomo set off an array of chaos and confusion when he reversed his reversal on June 6 and reinstated mask requirements for students both inside and outside. The next day, Cuomo half reversed the prior day’s reversed reversal and lifted the outdoor mask mandate but kept the indoor mandate.

Thanks to remote learning and lockdowns, kids have sacrificed and suffered so much developmentally, emotionally, physically and mentally throughout the pandemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of mental health-related ER visits by children increased steadily from April-October of last year, and for kids ages 12-17 these types of ER visits rose 31% from 2019. In a survey of public school K-12 teachers conducted in February and March, 97% of teachers said students suffered at least some loss of learning from school closings and online classrooms. More than half of teachers described the loss of learning as “significant.” Children, more than any other population, are desperate for a return to normalcy.

Hauppauge school district is a great example of schools being able to operate safely with in-person learning throughout the pandemic. Hauppauge offered both fully in-person and remote learning for its students for the 2020-21 school year, and the results were staggering. Less than 5% of the school district’s in-person students contracted COVID-19. Meanwhile, more than 20% of the remote learners contracted the virus. Hauppauge is a great example of maintaining high educational standards while keeping students and teachers safe, and leaders from Hauppauge’s board of education and teachers association have called for a lifting of New York’s statewide mask mandate for students.

Congressman Lee Zeldin voiced his concerns over children wearing masks in schools June 2. Photo by Kimberly Brown

In a June 10 letter to Cuomo and state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, Hauppauge board of education president, David Barshay, and teachers association president, Kevin Giachetti, argue that “the decision regarding masks in our schools must be made at the local level, not in Albany.” They conclude that it’s time to “let kids breathe, see each other’s smiles and enjoy being kids again.” I could not have said it better myself.

Additionally, while I am fully vaccinated, I strongly oppose making the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory; vaccine passports, including New York’s Excelsior Pass; and having seating in ballparks and other locations separated between the vaccinated and unvaccinated.

These policies set a dangerous precedent relating to individual freedom and privacy. It’s a slippery slope, for example, to require Americans to have to present personal health papers to nonmedical professionals just to go about their daily lives.

It’s also imperative that critical race theory be eliminated from every school in our state. Many states are

taking steps to ban CRT from schools, and it’s time for New York to do the same. We must stop this dishonest and divisive curriculum. Our kids are sent to school for a quality education, not for indoctrination and brainwashing.

Bureaucrats at the state level have dropped the ball for far too long and twisted themselves in knots trying to maintain credibility. It is long overdue that we put our children’s well-being back in the hands of their parents and the people who know them best.

Teachers were among the first to be vaccinated, kids are low risk for contracting and spreading COVID-19, and the weather is getting hotter and many classrooms don’t have air conditioning. New York State has no business forcing kids to sit in the heat all day long wearing masks. It’s time for Cuomo to, once and for all, follow the science and common sense. Unmask our kids today, and give them the return to normalcy they deserve.

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) represents New York Congressional District 1. He is seeking the Republican nomination to run for state governor in 2022.

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Opinion So then these aliens land in my backyard and we start talking

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liens are all the rage these days.

People are excited about the declassified documents that seem to suggest a technology that exceeds American understanding and know-how.

Of course, one possible explanation is that other people built them. With billions of intelligent humans scattered around the planet, it’s possible that we have fallen a few steps behind the most D. None advanced surveillance technology of the of the above world, making these

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF sudden flying objects that disappear an enormous mystery, even as our fellow humans elsewhere are snickering.

While that only feeds into the advanced state of American paranoia, it doesn’t preclude the

possibility that these technological mysteries are human-generated. Then again, maybe someone has built a time machine and is tooling around in a craft from future humans. If that’s the case, why didn’t our descendants do more to fix historical tragedies, global warming or other human errors?

Another tantalizing option exists: what if they are, indeed, alien? What if advanced creatures from another planet, galaxy, solar system, or celestial neighborhood, have come into our airspace to spy on us, learn our secrets and decide whether to stick their appendages out at us so we can meet them and become acquaintances or allies?

I was thinking about what I might say to an alien scout gathering information to decide whether to bring all manner of other creatures to our planet to share a drink, catch a baseball game, and argue the merits of communism versus capitalism.

I imagine a conversation might go something like this: Alien: So, tell me about yourself?

Me: Well, uh, I’m human.

Alien: What does that mean?

Me: I guess it means I can talk to you and that, unlike other animals on this planet, I have imagined what this conversation might be like for much of my life.

Alien: How do you know other creatures didn’t imagine it?

Me: Maybe they did, but they seem kind of busy trying to avoid getting eaten.

Alien: That doesn’t mean they couldn’t imagine it.

Me: I suppose. So, where are you from?

Alien: Somewhere else.

Me: Wow, helpful. Can you tell me about yourself?

Alien: Yes, but I made a long trip and I’d like to hear about you, first. Do you mind?

Me: Now that you put it that way, I wouldn’t want to be considered intergalactically rude. So, what else can I tell you?

Alien: What’s the best and worst part of humanity?

Me: It’s hard to come up with one of each.

Our ability to help each other is near the top of the list. Oh, as is our ability to imagine

something, like traveling to the moon or Mars, and then making it happen. Music and art are also pretty amazing.

Alien: What about the worst?

Me: Destruction? Hatred? Violence? Excluding people? Preying on people’s weaknesses? Using our trauma to traumatize other people?

Alien: You sound complicated. Can we trust you?

Me: We don’t trust each other, so, going by that, I’d say, caveat emptor.

Alien: What does that mean?

Me: It means, “let the buyer beware.”

Alien: Hmm. So, who is this near your leg?

Me: That’s the family dog.

Alien barks at the dog. The dog barks back. The alien nods.

Alien: We’ve decided to go in a different direction.

Me: Wait, where are you taking my dog?

Alien: He’s not yours, and he’s chosen to join us.

Me: Can I come?

Alien laughs and flies off, buzzing close by a jet, the sound of the family pet laugh-barking in the skies.

Pressured into World War I by Gold Coast Long Islanders

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ost of my free time this past weekend I spent reading a little book, something of a page-turner, called “Long Island’s Gold Coast Elite and the Great War.” Doesn’t sound like a riveting read unless you like history and want to know more about what happened on the north shore of the Island from Sands Point to Port Jefferson, and its effect on the rest of the country during World War I. Life here and in the northeast establishment was different then, epitomized by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Gold Coast.

It was a time of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, a time of JP Morgan and William Between you and me Vanderbilt, a time of high society that came from

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF prep schools and Ivy League colleges, white-shoe law firms and Wall Street financiers. It was guardedly Anglo-Saxon and

Protestant, in which members married each other and lived in over 1000 high-end, architecturally distinguished country homes that boasted large swaths of land and gardens. It featured a privileged existence that ended with the Great Depression, followed by the Second World War. This highly influential concentration of those with money and power, though not so numerous in population, played an outsized role in nudging the country into WWI, and Richard F. Welch, the author of the well-researched book, tells us how.

Why did the prominent residents want the nation to enter the war, and not just enter but to do so decidedly on the side of the Allies?

Welch offers the following reasons.

The first was money. Almost immediately after the outbreak of war, in 1914, JP Morgan & Sons was designated by Britain as the United Kingdom’s official agent for procurement in the United States. That meant exporting food, drugs and especially munitions to the U.K. The fact that Britain controlled the sea lanes provided practical encouragement. It got to the point where the bank’s activities interfered with the nation’s official policy of neutrality.

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The Morgan bank also spearheaded funding for the Allied war effort that enabled purchases from the United States, despite the fact that the Wilson administration opposed loans for any of the belligerents. The bank evaded these sentiments by labeling loans as “bank credits.” And of course, the Morgan bank received commissions for these services that ultimately netted them $30 million.

Wilson was stymied in his attempt at proposing a peace agreement that he calculated would bring the financially strapped Allies to the negotiating table.

Only Germany’s unwitting launch of unrestricted submarine warfare on all supply ships, (some carrying passengers), which enflamed America, caused a reversal of the administration’s loans opposition.

Further, “there was an instinctive sense of class and ethnic solidarity—both inbred and learned— which affected virtually all the major players in the New York financial and business world and underlay the calculations in most government decisions,” writes Welch. Many of the men were descended from British stock, perhaps had British spouses and basically absorbed from the same syllabuses an “Eurocentric and assumed

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imperialism by the white western powers, domestically and internationally, as both normal and positive,” according to Welch. They socialized with each other, lived near each other, worked with each other and saw themselves as the country’s elite, strategically located at the heart of the nation’s economy.

And they saw America’s future, aligned with that of the U.K., as a burgeoning world power.

This was certainly being proselytized by Teddy Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge and those around them, “who envisioned America as the new global power—playing Rome to Britain’s Greece.”

And that was well before the phrase “special relationship” was hatched, “the belief that shared language, basic political principles and common international objectives bind the United States and Britain together.”

It’s a fascinating scenario that Welch puts forth, and not being a credentialed historian, I cannot comment on its validity. But I can attest to the social and cultural tone of Manhattan in the 1940s through ‘60s as being faithfully portrayed. It was indeed a different world, of which even as a child, I was aware.

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