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Time to pause and give thanks Life as we know it has radically changed forever. Unfortunately, according to the experts we are not really sure what is before us. We know that unfortunately many more lives will become infected and many more lives will be lost due to this pandemic.

On some level it

BY FR. FRANCIS seems like the world has PIZZARELLI lost its way. Our national leadership consistently seems to blur the facts and the media continues to fuel hysteria and fear.

We need to take pause in the midst of the chaos and the fear. We need to express gratitude to those in public service, especially those who have the courage to stand up and lead us. We need to give thanks to the entire medical community that are risking their lives every day to keep us safe and healthy. We need to give thanks to our first responders, our EMS workers, and our law enforcement who are challenged every day as they attempt to keep us safe. Each of them is risking their personal health and safety on our behalf. We are blessed.

Unfortunately, at times it seems so much easier to focus on all the negativity, all of the fear, and lose sight of all of the goodness and all of the hope that is alive in our midst. Every day there are countless stories of ordinary people acting in heroic ways in the service of our community, in expressions of love and compassion for others. It would be refreshing if the news media celebrated a little more optimism and what ordinary people are doing during this time of national crisis.

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random acts of kindness; countless strangers reminding us in simple ordinary ways what it really means to be a community. People reaching out and building bridges instead of walls; embracing their neighbors with a profound sense of concern and support.

As we navigate our way through these difficult days that probably will become difficult months, let us look at this time not as a burden but rather as an opportunity to become the best version of ourselves as we continue to reach out to the most vulnerable among us.

Let us try to remember that negativity and hysteria don’t change the facts; we are trying to live through the worst pandemic in our lifetime.

Scaring people is not going to change the facts; constantly focusing on the negative is not going to change the facts. However, being a people of hope filled with positive energy is going to transform an unbearable situation into something we will all get through because we are a part of a community that cares, a community of balance, of compassion and of unconditional love.

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Nedra and I have been in self-quarantine at Indiana University’s retirement community where we settled in November of 2019. The lockdown, if I may call it that, began in midMarch and continues until the President or Governor calls an end to staying at home as BY ELOF AXEL CARLSON a health precaution during the pandemic of 2020.

I consider myself extroverted and certainly my students think I am extremely extroverted because who else would stand before 500 students and share the pleasures of learning science? As a child, however, I was insecure, terrified of being called on in class, and would hide my head behind the person in front of me so I wouldn’t be called on.

I like being with people, but I also like times of solitude. I learned to appreciate solitude when I read Michel de Montaigne’s essays.

On his estate he had a silo constructed not to store grain but to have his books in a circular library that lined the structure’s lumen. He had his desk and writing supplies and would seclude himself to write his essays and read his treasured collection of books, most of them reflecting the civilizations of Greece and Rome.

I also appreciated novels about solitude, like Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo and how Edmond Dantès spent his years in prison before his escape. Or Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and how the title character had to reinvent the skills of survival as a shipwrecked sailor. I also enjoyed reading Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, his journal of

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his self-imposed solitude in the woods and a lake near his home in Massachusetts.

Charles Darwin’s The Voyage of the Beagle is another masterpiece of writing during a round-the-world trip using his cramped shipboard quarters as a place to write from his field notes and away from contact with his scientific colleagues and friends in England.

In February, before we were forced into solitude, we read for our monthly book discussion group Amor Towle’s The Gentleman in Moscow, a novel about a Russian leisure class survivor of the Revolution who was under house arrest in the Metropol Hotel for some 20 years and who managed to fill his life with adventures and the mental treasures of civilization.

The hard part is not seeing our children and grandchildren except through Zoom or reading their comments on Facebook and seeing pictures they send. The easy part is using the time to write. Since the quarantine I submitted the galleys for a book in production, signed a contract for a second book, and got my editor to agree to look at ten works I had abandoned over the years when I was too busy teaching and doing research to complete novels, scholarly books, and other writings.

I am sending her a summary of each of these ten books and at age 88 I am in a race with the Grim Reaper to see how many of them I can get published before the scythe is swiped.

While this sounds morbid, I am a realist and my life is so filled with the pleasures of living and having enjoyed so much mentoring with my students and solitude with my creative works, that I have no fears or terrors of the Reaper winning the race.

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KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS

BNL’s Daniel Mazzone studies metal that expands in the cold Harnessing the Technology of our Research Giants

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF Like many people who hunch down when they step into cold air, many materials shrink when exposed to the frigid temperatures.

That, however, is not the case for samarium sulfide when it has impurities such as yttrium sprinkled throughout. Indeed, the material goes through negative thermal expansion, in which cold air causes it to expand.

Daniel Mazzone, a post-doctoral fellow in Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department who is joining the Paul Scherrer Institute in May, wanted to know how this happened.

‘The next step is to find the materials that are cheaper and optimize it.’

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Working with synchrotrons on three different continents, at the National Synchrotron Lightsource II at BNL, the Soleil synchrotron in France and the SPring-8 synchrotron in Japan, Mazzone and a team of scientists explored the properties of this metal.

The work that led to an understanding of the properties that made the metal expand in cold temperatures could have applications in a range of industries. Some companies use materials that balance between expansion and contraction to prevent the lower temperatures from altering their configuration.

Mazzone said the expansion properties can be fine tuned by altering the mixture of materials.

With these results, he and his colleagues “bring a new material class to the focus of the community,” he wrote in a recent email.

So, what is happening with this samarium sulfide mixed with yttrium particles?

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In a paper in the journal Physics Review Letters, Mazzone and his partners, including Ignace Jarrige, who is the group leader of the Soft Inelastic X-ray Scattering Beamline, described the way mobile conduction electrons screen the samarium ions, causing a fractional transfer of an electron into the outermost electronic samarium shell. Quantum mechanical rules govern the process.

Using the Pair Distribution Function beamline at NSLS-II, the researchers performed diffraction experiments.

The scientists determined how the x-rays bounced off the samarium sample at different temperatures. The sample was contained in a liquid helium cooled crysotat.

“We track how the x-rays bounce off the sample to identify the locations of atoms and the distances between them,” Milinda Abeykoon, the lead scientist of the PDF beamline, said in a press release. “Our results show that, as the temperature drops, the atoms of this material move farther apart, causing the entire material to expand up to three percent in volume.”

In France and Japan, the researchers also used x-rays to explore what electrons were doing as temperatures changed.

“These ‘x-ray absorption spectroscopy’ experiments can track whether electrons are moving into or out of the outermost ‘shell’ of electrons around the samarium atoms,” Jarrige explained in a press release.

The valence electrons in samarium, which are the outermost electrons, are in a shell that is under half full. That means that they are more reactive than they would be if they the shell was full, as it is with noble gases.

The researchers observed that a fractional part of the electrons are transferred from the conduction

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band in the outermost samarium shell. This causes the samarium to expand, as the outermost shell needs to accommodate an extra electron. When this happens for the numerous ions in the system, this can have an important effect.

By working with Maxim Dzero, who is a theoretical physicist at Kent State University, the scientists were able to apply the Kondo effect, which was named after solid-state physicist Jun Kondo. Back in the 1960s, Kondo explained how magnetic impurities encourage electron scattering at low temperatures, which not only increases the volume of the materials, but can also increase their electrical resistance.

In the Kondo effect, electrons align their spins in the opposite direction of the larger magnetic articles to cancel its magnetism.

For the samarium material, the outer shell moves around the atomic core, creating the magnetic moment of the samarium ion.

“For some elements, because of the way the outer shell fills up, it is more energetically favorable for electrons to move out of the shell,” Jarrige explained in a press release.

“But for a couple of these materials, the electrons can move in, which leads to expansion.”

A phone call among several of the collaborators led them to believe the process involved with the samarium was akin to the one that causes water to expand when it freezes. As scientists build on this understanding, they will likely need

to create or search for similar but alternative materials to samarium sulfide, Mazzone said.

Samarium sulfide is incredibly expensive. Materials scientist will need to find the right elements that can “do the same job,” he explained. “The next step is to find the materials that are cheaper and optimize it.”

Mazzone, who is currently living in his home country of Switzerland, is preparing for his next job, which is expected to start next month.

He and his wife Fabienne, who is an economist at the ski producer Stöckli, enjoyed living on Long Island during his two year postdoctoral research experience.

“Switzerland is landlocked and surrounded by mountains,” said Mazzone, who speaks German, French, English and some Italian.

“Having a beach at the front door [when they lived on Long Island] was beautiful.”

Dedicated climbers, the Mazzones traveled to the Shawangunk and Adirondack mountains while they lived on Long Island to find an outlet for their passion for rock climbing.

As for his future work, Mazzone anticipates remaining in academia where he would like to continue his research and teach. He plans to conduct additional experiments on the Kondo effect. These materials also feature properties such as unconventional superconductivity and other quantum phases that may help with quantum computing.

Horoscopes of the week ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 This is the week to take charge of your overall health, Aries. If you haven’t been feeling so well, now is the time to visit a doctor and get back on track.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, if you have your heart set on an art project but can’t find the time, figure out a way to make it happen. If you commit to finding the time, your efforts will pay off.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, now is the perfect time to get up and get outside. Fresh air, sunshine and physical activity are long overdue, and they can infuse you with positive energy.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, do not get frustrated with a close friend if he or she seems less ambitious than you. Everyone works at his or her own pace and may not have the same focus as you. Be patient.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Use good relationships with loved ones and friends to organize group activities. Such outings will strengthen your already strong bonds with the people you love most, Leo. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, if you have not been exercising regularly of late, now is the ideal time to get back in the action. Embrace the physical and mental benefits of being active.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Let your ambition guide you this week, Libra. Spend the week mapping out strategies. Once you have a plan on paper, you can work towards executing it to perfection.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Do not have a moment’s hesitation when taking on a project or spearheading plans this week, Scorpio.

Your organizational skills are right for the job.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, this week should go well for you. Expect to feel a renewed energy and harbor a more positive outlook. Use this to your advantage in your career.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Ambition is creeping up on you and it cannot be ignored, Capricorn. You have the time now to devote to any plan of action, so don’t be afraid to go all-in.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, do not be surprised if you wake up feeling super this week. Chances are this renewed strength and energy has something to do with better lifestyle habits.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, the cosmos puts an end to any lethargy you have been feeling. Use this opportunity to be active and pursue new goals.

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MEDICAL COMPASS

When two pandemics collide: Diabetes and Covid-19 (coronavirus)

Worse outcomes for both

recommended daily allowances. The fiber came from foods, not supplements, including vegetables, fruits, beans and whole grains.

There were 200 participants over a six-month duration.

A third study, which was a randomized controlled trial comparing the 2003 American Diabetes Association (ADA) diet to a low-fat vegan diet showed that a low-fat vegan diet significantly reduced the HbA1C compared to the 2003 ADA diet in a 74-week study (8).

There were 99 type 2 diabetes patients in the study. A “side effect” of the low-fat vegan diet was that it also significantly reduced cholesterol.

We need help, and we need it fast. Not just for COVID-19, but also for diabetes, for the combination of the two is much worse than either disease alone. Type 2 diabetes can have devastating effects that can potentially result in patients dying prematurely from cardiovascular complications (1). COVID-19 symptoms can range from asymptomatic to severe or result in death.

Now combine diabetes with COVID-19 and you are at much

By David higher risk of severe viral Dunaief, M.D. symptoms that require hospitalization and ICU admission. According to the CDC, about onethird ICU patients infected with COVID-19 have diabetes (2).

Preventing diabetes

Keeping patients out of the hospital

We know containment is critical to control COVID-19, but it’s equally important to get ahead of the mitigation of symptoms curve; we need to control the chronic diseases that exacerbate the virus’s severity. And Type 2 diabetes is one of the largest contributors.

We can treat and reverse diabetes by empowering patients with lifestyle changes, especially diet. This is such an issue that the Mexican Deputy Minister of Health recently alluded to the fact that poor diet over at least the last 4 decades has resulted in more diabetes and obesity making people much more susceptible to COVID-19 and progressing to severe COVID-19 (3).

It is tempting while staying at home for most of the day to want reach for comfort foods.

Don’t do it. In fact, take the opposite approach and improve your diet. A whole food plantbased (WFPB) diet has been shown time and time again to prevent, treat and reverse diabetes potentially resulting in patients getting off their drugs and achieving levels that are considered normoglycemic, or non-diabetic.

Let’s look at the evidence.

Treating and reversing diabetes

Drugs help treat glucose, or sugar levels, and help reduce the risk of microvascular diseases such as diabetic retinopathy (eye disease causing blindness); nephropathy (kidney disease); and peripheral neuropathy, which can result in amputation. A few medications can even reduce macrovascular risk, or cardiovascular disease. Still, diet is still the best tool we have for reversing diabetes overall, with only beneficial side effects.

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With COVID-19, those whose glucose is not under control are at highest risk of severe disease that results in a progression from hospitalization to ICU and the need for a ventilator to increased mortality risk. High sugars may have negative impacts on the white blood cells, which makes patients more susceptible to infection from viruses (4).

Medications’ impact

Diabetes medication alone can help control sugars, but it can’t reverse diabetes. In fact, studies with medication alone may actually increase the risk of death from polypharmacy, or too many medications. In the ACCORD trial, patients were put on an average of four diabetes medications. Researchers stopped the trial early after 3.5 years, because of a 22 percent increased rate of mortality (5). Patients did not reach their HbA1C (a three-month sugar reading) target of under 6.0 percent, because the increased death rate occurred at around 6.5.

This was a large randomized controlled clinical trial with 10,251 patients, a mean age of 62.2 years, and mean HbA1C of 8.1 at baseline.

Reversing Type 2 diabetes: plant-based dietary approach

On the other hand, studies with a WFPB diet, have shown significant reduction in sugars and potential reversal of diabetes.

These include a small retrospective study and small randomized clinical trial comparing a WFPB diet to the American Diabetes’ (ADA) recommended diet.

In a small retrospective study, the results showed a reduction of HbA1C from 8.2, which was a similar baseline as with the ACCORD trial, to 5.8 (6). Remember, the goal of the ACCORD trial was to get patients below a HbA1C of 6.0. These results occurred over a mean of seven months. In addition, patients were able to stop all of their diabetes medications and reduce their total number of medications from four to one. The side effect was better health with a significant reduction in high blood pressure to normal levels, as well.

The weakness of this study was that it was retrospective (looking backward in time), only had 13 patients, and there was no control arm.

However, it suggests that this type of diet is powerful to reduce and reverse type 2 diabetes.

The foods used in the nutrient-dense WFPB diet included a non-starchy vegetable-rich approach, with an emphasis on dark green leafy vegetables, whole fruits, beans, and limiting grains, especially refined grains, and limiting starchy vegetables such as sweet potatoes, winter squashes, corn and pumpkin.

In a larger study, results showed that a high fiber diet in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension significantly reduced HbA1C, fasting glucose, systolic (top number) blood pressure, branchial-ankle pulse wave velocity, serum cholesterol and waist-to-hip ratio, ultimately reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease (7). The participants were considered to be having high fiber if they increased their consumption 20-25 percent above

There have been numerous studies demonstrating that a WFPB diet reduces the risk of diabetes. One of the best was the Adventist Health Study 2 (9). The results showed that a vegan diet reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 49 percent. This study is interesting because the different groups were very similar and it showed that small changes could have a big impact. Semi-vegetarians, pesco-vegetarians, and lacto-ovo vegetarians all had a reduced risk of diabetes compared to plant-focused nonvegetarians, but not as much as vegans.

In a more recent study, results showed a 30 percent reduction in the risk of type 2 diabetes for those who ate a predominantly whole food plant-based diet including fruits, vegetables and whole grains (10). Participants were still eating some animal protein daily. This was over a 2-to-28 year period in a metanalysis involving nine observational trials.

In conclusion, the best way to reduce your risk of severe COVID-19 is to control and reverse chronic disease. Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases that may contribute to getting COVID-19 and progressing to a severe form. A nutrient-dense WFPB diet has been shown to potentially reverse type 2 diabetes. While you are mostly housebound, empower yourself by taking action to reduce your risk of getting COVID-19 and especially the severe disease. We have the tools: it starts with what you put on your plate.

References:

(1) Lancet 389(10085):2239–2251. (2) CDC.gov. (3) Reuters.com April 4, 2020.

(4) Medscape.com March 18, 2020. (5) NEJM 2008;358:2545-2559. (6) OJPM 2012;2(3):364-371. (7) ACC Middle East Conference 2019 Presentation. (8) Am J Clin Nutr.2009 May; 89(5): 1588S–1596S. (9) Diabetes Care. 2009;32:791–796. (10) JAMA Int. Med. Online July 22, 2019.

Dr. Dunaief is a speaker, author and local lifestyle medicine physician focusing on the integration of medicine, nutrition, fitness and stress management. For further information, visit www.medicalcompassmd.com.

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HOW YOU CAN HELP

St. Johnland Nursing Center in Kings Park is in urgent need of PPE, gloves, masks, and cleaning supplies. Items can be dropped off at the back lobby of Smithtown Town Hall, located at 99 West Main Street, Smithtown. Please secure items in either a Ziploc bag, or tied in a large plastic bag. Call 631-360-7512.

Stony Brook University Hospital is accepting items that will help comfort their patients and enhance their experience while they are missing their loved ones and the comforts of home. These include

puzzles, activity books, pens, colored pencils, sleep masks, aromatherapy, ear plugs and other quality of life items to make those hospitalized, as well as those caring for them, feel as at ease as possible.

Stony Brook is also continuing to accept donations of iPads for telehealth, medical supplies and other comfort care items such as gum, lip balm, tissues and snacks. In order to maintain social distancing and safety, appointments are being scheduled for donation drop off.

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During the coronavirus pandemic, supportive care, fluids, soups and over-theeveryone has been trying to ready themselves counter cough medicines and pain relievers and their households for a possible long stay to ease symptoms. Have them take their at home. Stories abound about toilet paper temperature regularly. and hand sanitizer shortages, not to mention • If someone at home with coronavirus water, milk and bread. Even ice cream is in begins to have chest pain, is unable to short supply. complete sentences due to breathlessness, To be well prepared, experts recommend has dusky skin, is unable to eat and drink, or having a two-week supply of food on hand, has other concerning signs of getting worse, including pet food, plus a 90-day supply of they should be brought to the local emergency prescription medications and a thermometer. department for further evaluation.

Another part of prudent • Perform hand hygiene planning is to prepare for the after any type of contact possibility that a member of with your loved one. The your household will become exposed person should clean infected. and disinfect surfaces daily Your goal should be that are frequently touched to prevent one family in the room where he or member’s exposure she is staying. They should from becoming multiple also clean and disinfect their exposures that spread the bathroom and toilet surface virus throughout your entire at least daily. family. Here are some safe • Clean the person’s practices to take: clothes, bed linens and bath • The exposed person and hand towels using regular should wear a surgical mask, laundry soap and water at the if available, to prevent hottest permissible setting. airborne respiratory droplets Use a dryer if available. from infecting others. If a Use gloves when cleaning surgical grade mask is not BY SUSAN V. DONELAN, MD, FSHEA surfaces or handling clothes available, a homemade one or linen soiled with body should be used. fluids.

• Regardless of whether the exposed person • Healthy members of the household is wearing a mask, other family members should frequently clean household surfaces, should stay at least six feet away from the especially high-touch surfaces such as exposed person. Those who must come in handles, doorknobs, appliances, etc. closer contact should also wear surgical Establish a communication link with your masks when caring for their loved one. healthcare provider ahead of time, know • If possible, the exposed person should where your closest hospital is, and have a sleep alone in a separate bedroom and use a checklist of emergency supplies if you need separate bathroom from the other members of to take your loved one to the hospital. If they the household. are so sick or weak that they can’t eat, drink or • Common areas such as dens and kitchens go to the bathroom, call a doctor. should not be shared as long as the exposed Detailed guidance about caring for person is infectious, if possible. Common people at home is available from the World surfaces should be regularly sanitized; Health Organization website: www.who.int/ commercial products are sufficient. Shared publications-detail/home-care-for-patientsspaces should be well ventilated (e.g., keep with-suspected-novel-coronavirus-(ncov)windows open), when possible. infection-presenting-with-mild-symptoms• Meals should be eaten in separate locations. and-management-of-contacts If possible, create separate cooking and food The best advice? Take care of yourself and storage locations for the infected family your loved ones. Get rest, eat well and exercise member. Use separate linen and eating utensils however you can. Maintain social distancing. for your loved one. Dishes and utensils should Pay close attention to hand hygiene, and keep be placed into the dishwasher and are safe to your hands off of your face. We all have a role handle once the washing and drying cycles are to play to stop the spread and protect each completed. If a dishwasher is not available, other during this global pandemic. wash dishes and utensils in hot, soapy water Susan V. Donelan, MD, FSHEA is Medical while wearing dishwashing gloves.

• Caring for someone with mild to Director of the Healthcare Epidemiology and Assistant Professor, moderate symptoms of coronavirus is similar Department to caring for someone with the flu. Give them Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Medicine.

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Cinema Arts Centre debuts online dinner and a movie experience, 'Forks and Films'

BY MELISSA ARNOLD

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The Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington might not be able to show films or hold special events right now, but that’s not stopping them from finding creative ways to bring people together in the comfort of their own homes.

Their newest initiative, “Forks and Films,” invites viewers to open a bottle of wine and settle down for a family-friendly movie, then head to the kitchen to prepare a quick and simple recipe that connects to the film.

The weekly series will be hosted by Jacqueline Strayer, who will introduce the movie and share some fun facts, and Chef Martin Butera, who will prepare the recipes.

Strayer will also showcase viewer's stories, photos and videos in each subsequent episode.

While the CAC doesn’t have the rights to stream the films over the Internet, their selections are all readily available on popular streaming services such as Disney Plus. All of the streaming services offer free trials for new subscribers and can be canceled anytime.

Strayer, a professor at New York University and Columbia University, and Butera, owner of Butera’s Restaurant in Sayville and Woodbury, are both on the CAC’s Board of Directors.

“In 2013, I came up with the idea of showing a film at the center and then cooking some of the foods from the movie,” said

The first recipe will be Spaghetti and Meatballs inspired by the iconic scene from 'Lady and the Tramp' Image courtesy of Disney

Butera, who’s been on the board for 10 years.

“It was very successful, and we held a similar event a few years later. I was working on putting another one together not too long before the pandemic.”

As shutdowns rolled through the Empire State last month, Strayer started brainstorming ways they could continue to reach people in the community, including more than CAC 10,000 members and tens of thousands more who visit the theater.“When I realized people were going to be remote, I

sent a note to Martin and said, ‘Remember how you always wanted to do another dinner and a movie event? Well, maybe now is the time,” she recalled.

Every Thursday, the CAC will upload the “Forks and Films” video for families to watch and rewatch at their convenience, removing the need for everyone to be available at the same time. It’s a low-key, laid back experience that the staff and board hopes will have a broad appeal to all kinds of people while providing some badly-needed distraction.

“The cinema is a very communityfocused organization, and we have personal connections with many of our patrons that we’ve come to view as family,” said Nate Close, CAC director of marketing and communications. “[Before the pandemic] there were some people who were here every single day, watching films, giving us feedback, just wanting to chat. We still want to be there for everyone.”

Butera will be filming from his kitchen, while Strayer will be welcoming viewers to her basement. “Is it going to be perfect? No. We’re not professional television people and we don’t have fancy equipment. But we want to give people a little bit of joy in a time that’s so difficult for all of us,” Strayer said.

Of course, it takes a team effort to spread the word about any event, and “Forks and Films” is no exception. Strayer has enlisted the help of enthusiastic graduate students in her Public Relations and Corporate Communications and Integrated Marketing programs at NYU to promote the event. A group of seven students volunteered to help without any academic incentives, even as they complete coursework remotely.

“I was amazed at how quickly they jumped in and how hard they’re working. We meet over [the video chatting platform] Zoom every few days,” Strayer said. “They’ve been highly engaged and have wonderful ideas to share. And none of them are from New York.

I feel so fortunate to have talented students from all over the world.”

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Three Village Historical Society to offer virtual local history programming

BY BEVERLY C. TYLER

The Three Village Historical Society’s virtual local history programming is kicking off this week with a series of virtual SPIES! bicycle tours to locations that include spy videos, ciphers, codes and the stories of the five principal Setauket members of the Culper Spy Ring.

This will be followed by a series of virtual Founders Day tours that will take you to seven locations in the Town of Brookhaven Original Settlement area. Students, teachers and family members of all ages will be able to enjoy these local history explorations initiated every Monday for the next twelve weeks on the Society’s web site.

For the next five weeks we will be exploring local sites of Setauket’s Revolutionary War Culper Spy Ring. At each site you will learn about a spy who played a key role in the ring and you will be able to decode a spy message and send your decoded messages to the Three

Village Historical Society. On Friday of each week the decoded message will be posted on the Society’s web site.

Following the Virtual Spies Tours we will take you to seven Founders Day locations in the original settlement area of Setauket, including the Village Green; Setauket Presbyterian Church and graveyard; Frank Melville Park Sanctuary at Conscience Bay; Caroline Church of Brookhaven graveyard and Emma S. Clark Library; Frank Melville Memorial Park, mill and historic miller’s home; Setauket Neighborhood House, general store and post office; and Patriot’s Rock.

At these locations you will discover stories about Setalcott Native Americans, agents for the English settlers, artist William Sidney Mount, Setauket’s war heroes, Three Village immigrants, philanthropists, millers, farmers, ship captains and more.

We don’t know when we’ll open our doors to in-person programs again, but

Beverly C. Tyler, historian for the Three Village Historical Society, at the grave of Culper Spy Abraham Woodhull during filming on April 6.

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please know that we are doing everything we can to prioritize the services and programs that you love and enjoy during this time of social distancing.

For more information check out our web site at: https://www.tvhs.org/.

To go directly to our virtual spy tours, visit https://www.tvhs.org/virtual-programming.

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Appointment of an Administrator

When a person does their estate planning, he or she will typically prepare a Last Will and Testament. A will contains a provision that nominates an Executor. Since there is a nominated executor, typically, in probate proceedings the appointment of the fiduciary is not complicated as it is controlled by the selec- BY NANCY BURNER, ESQ. tion made by the testator.

It is significantly different when a person dies intestate (without a will). In these situations, the Surrogate’s Court is required to appoint an Administrator. The rules on the priority of who is eligible for appointment are contained in Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act. The statute contains a detailed order of priority in the court’s granting of letters of administration. Absent a showing that the person with statutory priority is ineligible to receive letters of administration due to several grounds including: that person is an infant; incapacitated; a non-domiciliary of the United States; a felon or does not possess the qualifications required of a fiduciary by reason of substance abuse or dishonesty, letters must issue to that person.

The decedent’s surviving spouse has priority to receive letters. Unless he or she is ineligible as stated above, the spouse will be appointed. This becomes an issue in many second marriage situations where the children of the first marriage do not get along with Name: spouse from the second marriage. Unless there are grounds to disqualify the spouse, it is likely not worth pursuing objections to his or her appointment. Filing objections will delay the matter and cost a lot of money in legal fees with little likelihood of success.

Complications in the appointment of an Administrator also arise when there are several people in one category with equal priority to serve. This happens when the decedent has no spouse and several children. This situation can also arise in families where the decedent has no spouse, children, or surviving parents but several surviving siblings. Regardless of whose consent is required in each case, letters of administration can only issue to an eligible person(s) or person nominated by all interested parties.

It is not always advisable to resolve family disputes for letters of administration by agreeing to have the two or more administrators serve together. If the level of hostility is great, it is unlikely that they will be able to work together for the smooth administration of the estate. The parties might be able to agree on a third party to serve, known as a designee.

If not, the court may appoint one of the parties or might appoint the Public Administrator. While the Public Administrator will ensure fairness in the process, its fees are typically higher than if a family member served. The Public Administrator will take statutory commissions if appointed, and the Public Administrator will also be entitled to have its attorneys’ fees and the expenses of its office paid from the estate.

The appointment of an Administrator can be as simple or as difficult as the family dynamics allow. Regardless, if you are seeking to become the administrator of an estate, you should seek the advice of an attorney Date: experienced in estate administration to guide you through the process. Getting appointed by the court is only the first step in the process of administering an estate.

Nancy Burner, Esq. practices elder law and estate planning from her East Setauket office.

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MOVIE REVIEW

Harriet honors a true American hero

'Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.'

— HARRIET TUBMAN

BY JEFFREY SANZEL Harriet Tubman was born into slavery but escaped to the North where she became the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. With unfathomable bravery, Tubman repeatedly risked her life to bring her family and other plantation slaves to safety.

An extraordinary individual, she became a leading abolitionist prior to the Civil War; during the war, she worked directly with Union Army as a spy among other roles.

Beyond the war, she worked with freed slaves as well as campaigning for women’s suffrage.

Directed by Kasi Lemmons, who collaborated with Gregory Allen Howard on the screenplay, Harriet is a powerful and important biopic that focuses on the strength and perseverance of this exceptional person.

The film opens in 1849 and shows the twenty-something Harriet (born Araminta Harriet Ross, nicknamed “Minty” by her parents) newly married to John Tubman. While she is still a slave to the Brodess family, John is a freedman. Harriet lives on a farm in Dorchester, Maryland, with her mother and sister, her other sisters having been sold South.

It is revealed that the Brodess’s have denied the family’s freedom that was promised in the greatgrandfather’s will. When confronted with a letter from a lawyer, the plantation owner rips it up and dismisses the claim. In private, Harriet prays for God to take him — this witnessed by the adult son, Gideon. When the father dies suddenly, Gideon decides to sell Harriet as punishment. Realizing

Cynthia Erivo delivers a gripping performance as Harriet Tubman.

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this, she flees and begins the nearly impossible journey one hundred miles to the Pennsylvania border.

Harriet had been struck in the head as a child and, because of this, has seizures in which she receives visions that she believes are the guidance of God. Throughout, these flashes help her make difficult decisions and they become pivotal in her choices.

Once acclimated in Philadelphia, Harriet plans to return south for her husband. John, believing she was dead, has remarried and his wife is pregnant. While distraught from this discovery, she decides to bring her family to freedom. This she does along with bringing several other slaves to the North.

Thus begins Harriet's life’s work, returning time after time to bring more slaves to freedom. Legend grows around this mysterious figure – dubbed “Moses” – and incites the wrath of the plantation owners. Harriet remains undaunted and continues

her work, even after the Fugitive Slave Act is passed, allowing escaped slaves in free states to be returned to their bondage.

The film builds to a confrontation between Harriet and Gideon. After this, there is a small epilogue that suggests her work with the Union Army, in particular leading black soldiers who free hundreds of slaves.

It is a compelling film that tells the story with great clarity and doesn’t shy from the brutality of its topic. Lemmons finds the flow of the story and rich detail.

There is an occasional lack of tension because Harriet sometime seems a bit too invincible. This undermines the danger and risk that were clearly apparent in her every action and choice. It is a minor cavil but surprising given the life-and-death stakes.

Both the center and the heart of the film is Cynthia Erivo’s Harriet.

Erivo shows the struggle, pain, and triumph. Her transition from

“Minty” Ross to Harriet Tubman is done with poignancy and a raw honesty that inspires every moment of the story. Joe Alwyn does his best to avoid the clichés as the spoiled and vicious Gideon. His scenes with Erivo are some of the strongest in the film.

Leslie Odom Jr. charms as William Still, the Philadelphia abolitionist who connects Harriet with the Underground Railroad.

Janelle Monáe’s Marie Buchanon offers the right strength as the freeborn owner of a boarding house in Philadelphia where Harriet stays; there is a sensitivity in the growing friendship and mutual respect between them.

Clarke Peters and Vanessa Bell Calloway, as Harriet’s parents, both find dimension in their limited screen time. Omar Dorsey is terrifying as Bigger Long, a brutal slave-catcher. Henry Hunter Hall is a bit whimsical as Walter, a black slave tracker who switches to Harriet’s side. Jennifer Nettles is appropriately brittle as Eliza Brodess, Gideon’s mother.

The rest of the cast does the best it can but many of the parts – including most of Harriet’s family – are not full developed. The exception is Deborah Olayinka Ayorinde, as Rachel Ross, Harriet’s sister; in one brief scene she shows monumental struggle and fear.

In 2016, it was announced that Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill; this was to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Last year, this well-deserved honor was postponed until 2028 (or beyond). While Harriet Tubman might not grace American currency anytime soon, Harriet is a sensitive and honest reminder of this unique and remarkable human being.

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Colosseo Pizza & Restaurant 1049 oute 112 Port Jefferson Station 631-928-4972 Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe 75 Woodbine Avenue, Northport 631-754-3256 copenhagenbakery.net

Buona Sera 88 E Main St, Smithtown 631-265-0625 buonaseramenu.com

Country House 1175 N Country Road Stony Brook 631-751-3332 countryhouserestaurant.com

Burger King 2488 Nesconset Hwy Stony Brook 631-751-1107 burgerking.com Burgerology 308 Main Street, Huntington (631) 923-2441 burgerologyrvc.com

Bring Your Favorite Restaurants Home. Options For Take-Out, Delivery, Curb Side, & Door Dash Crazy Beans 159-14 NY 25A, Miller Place 631-403-4954 crazybeansrestaurant.com

Fratelli’s of Stony Brook 77 Main Street, Stony Brook 631-751-4445 Fratellisitalianeatery.com

Crust Brick Oven Pizza 739 Middle Country Road St. James 631-656-9800 crustbrickovenpizza.site

Friendly’s Restaurant 201 Hallock Road, Stony Brook 631-751-3150 friendlys.com

Cupeez Drive-Thru 30 Route 25A, East Setauket 631-751-9784

Casa Luis 1033 W Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown (631) 543-4656 casa-luis.com

Bagel Express 15-5 Bennetts Road, East Setauket 631-675-2770 bagelexpressli.com

The Pie 216 Main St. Port Jefferson 631-331-4646 thepieofportjeff.com

Crazy Beans 97 Main Street, Stony Brook 631-675-6964 crazybeansrestaurant.com

Domo Sushi 180 Route 25A, East Setauket 631-751-2299 domosushiny.com Don Jono’s 975 W Jericho Tpke, Smithtown 631-360-0178 donjonospizza.com DP Dough 1007 Route 25A, Stony Brook 631-941-9663 dpdough.com Elegant Eating 739 Route 347, Smithtown 631-360-2211 eleganteating.com Faradays 17 West Main Street, Smithtown 631-724-1031 faradaysofsmithtown.com Farm Country Kitchen 513 W Main Street Riverhead 631-369-6311 farmcountrykitchenli.com Fifth Season Restaurant 34 E Broadway, Port Jefferson 631-477-8500 Finnegan’s 5 Wall Street, Huntington 631-423-9696 À QQHJDQVQ\ FRP Foo Luck 122 Commack Road, Commack 631-499-1512 fooluck.com

Fusilli Restaurant and Pizzaria 691 Route 25A, Miller Place 631-744-3500 fusillipizzeria.com Gino’s of Commack 5990 Jericho Turnpike, Commack 631-486-9600 ginosofcommack.com

Golden Dynasty 416 North Country Road St, James 631-250-9888 Green Cactus Fresh Mexican Grill 1099 Route 25A, Stony Brook 631-751-0700 greencactusgrill.com Grumpy Jacks 28 Oakland Ave, Port Jefferson 631-642-1942 Grumpyjacksportjeff.com Hatch Brunch 286 Main Street, Huntington 631-424-0780 hatchbrunch.com

Husk and Vine Kitchen and Cocktails 655 Middle Country Road, St James 631-250-9616 huskandvineny.com

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Island Empanada 2040 Route 112, Medford 631-307-9696 islandempanada.com Island Lake Diner 625 Portion Road Ronkonkoma 631-676-5500 islandlakediner.com Jersey Mike’s Subs 4600 Nesconset Highway Port Jefferson Station 631-509-6700 jerseymikes.com

Gino’s of Kings Park 52 Indian Head Road, Kings Park 631-269-2880 ginoskingspark.com

Hurricane Grill & Wings 1037 Route 112 Port Jefferson Station 631-509-1288 hurricanewings.com

Island Empanada 601 Portion Road Ronkonkoma 631-617-6427 islandempanada.com

Luigi’s Pizzeria 1372 Main Street, Setauket 631-751-3400 icraveluigis.com Mac’s Steakhouse 12 Gerard Street, Huntington 631-549-5300 instagram: macssteakhouseny Madiran Wine Bar 209 Route 25A, East Setauket 631-675-2778 madiranthewinebar.com Maureen’s Kitchen 108 Terry Road, Smithtown 631-360-9227 Maxwell’s 501 Main Street, Islip 631-210-0011 maxwellsny.com

Jersey Mike’s Subs 586 Veterans Memorial Hwy. Hauppauge 631-780-5656 jerseymikes.com

MB Ramen 335 New York Avenue Huntington 631-923-3176

La Famiglia 250 W Main Street, Smithtown 631-382-9454

Nantuckets 9 Trader’s Cove, Port Jefferson 631-509-4848 nantucketsportjefferson.com

Lake Grove Diner 2211 Nesconset Hwy. Lake Grove 631-471-5370 lakegrovediner.com

Mission Taco 371 New York Avenue, Huntington 631-614-8226 missiontacoli.com

Land & Sea Fish & Lobster Corporation 524 Route 25A, Mount Sinai 631-473-0011

Neraki Greek Mediterranean Grill 273 Main St, Huntington 631 385-3474 neraki.com

Library Cafe 274 Main Street, Farmingdale 516-752-7678 thelibrarycafe.com Locals 106 E Main St., Port Jefferson 631-509-0627 cafelocals.com Long Island Bagel Cafe 2310 Nesconset Highway Stony Brook 631-364-9200 libc.com

New Wave Burrito Bar 2 Clinton Avenue, Huntington 631-923-2622 newwaveburritobar.com Old Fields Restaurant 318 Wynn Lane, Port Jefferson 631-331-9200 Old Street Restaurant & Bar 92 E Main St, Smithtown 631-979-9073 oldstreetonline.com

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O Sole Mio 2194 Nesconset Hwy, Stony Brook 631-751-1600 osolemiostonybrook.com Outback Restaurant 5040 Nesconset Hwy East Setauket 631-474-8700 outback.com Painters’ Restaurant 416 S. Country Rd, Brookhaven 631-803-8593 paintersrestaurant.com Pasta Pasta 234 E. Main St, Port Jefferson 631-331-5335 pastapasta.net Pastrami N Friends 110A Commack Road Commack 631-499-9537 pastraminfriends.com Pentimento Restaurant & Lounge 93 Main Street Stony Brook 631-689-7755 pentimentorestaurant.net Pietro Cucina Italiana 404 N Country Rd, St. James 631-862-6129 pietro631.com PJ Lobsterhouse 1 N Country Rd. Port Jefferson 631-473-1143 pjlobsterhouse.com Port Jeff Bistro and Pub 201 Main Street, Port Jefferson 631-828-2550 portbistroandpub.com 3RVW 2IÀ FH &DIH 130 West Main Street Babylon 631-669-9224 WKHSRVWRIÀ FHFDIH FRP Premiere Bakery 117 Main Street Stony Brook 631-675-0909

Prohibition 115 Main St., Port Jefferson 631-473-0513 Pumpernickles Deli and Market 734 Route 25A East Setauket 631-941-4200 Ragazzi Italian Kitchen and Bar 2950 Middle Country Road, Nesconset 631-265-8200 ragazzi-ny.com Ramen 109 West Broadway Port Jefferson 631-509-1166 slurpusa.com Rolling Pin Bakery 1387 Route 25A, East Setauket 631-689-6848 rollingpinbakery.com Ruvo 105 Wynn Lane, Port Jefferson 631-476-3800 Salsa Salsa of Smithtown 320 Maple Ave, Smithtown 631-360-8080 salsasalsasmithtown.com Sandbar 55 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor 631-498-6188 sandbarcoldspringharbor.com Sal’s Ristorante & Bar 1012 W Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown 631-543-6000 salsofsmithtown.com Sei Ramen 244 Route 25A, East Setauket 631-675-0808 seiramen.com Se-Port Delicatessen 301 Main Street, East Setauket 631-784-2432 se-portdeli.com Seaqua Deli & Caterers 430 N Country Road St. James 631-686-6868 seaquadeli.com

Setauket Gourmet Deli & Catering 216 Rte 25A, East Setauket 631-751-1200 setauketgourmet.com

Sundried Tomato Cafe & Pizzeria 127 Smithtown Blvd, Nesconset 631-366-6310 sundriedtomatocafemenu.com

The Steam Room 4 East Broadway Port Jefferson 631-928-6690 steamroomrestaurant.com

Setauket Village Diner 238 Route 25A, Setauket 631-941-3826 instagram: @lakeronkonkomabeverage

Sweet Mama’s Family Restaurant 121 Main Street, Stony Brook 631-721-7895 sweetmamasli.com

Three Bambino’s 385 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Smithtown 631-543-0110 3bambinos.com

Seven Quarts Tavern 688 Fort Salonga Road, Northport 631-757-2000 sevenquartstavern.com

Sweet Mama’s Family Restaurant 9 Alsace Place, Northport 631-261-6262 sweetmamasli.com

Tiger Lily 156 E. Main St. Port Jefferson 631-476-7080 tigerlilycafe.com

Slurp Ramen 109 W Broadway, Port Jefferson 631-509-1166 slurpusa.com

Tend Coffee 924 Montauk Highway Shirley 631-772-4707 tendcoffee.com

Toast Coffeehouse 242 E Main St Port Jefferson 631-331-6860 toastcoffehouse.com

Thai House 53 Main Street, Smithtown 631-979-5242 thaihousesmithtown.com

Tomo 9 E Main St., Smithtown 631-724-1100 tomosushiny.com

Soul Brew 556 Route 25A, St. James 631-250-9238 soulbrew.coffee Soul Brew 387 New York Avenue Huntington 631-470-4697 soulbrew.coffee Soup’s On 1099 Route 25A, Stony Brook 631-751-8500 Southside Bar & Restaurant 5 3rd Avenue, Bayshore 631-665-9596 southsidebayshore.com Stone Soup 232 North Belle Meade Road East Setauket 631-675-1930 stonesoupe.net Stony Brook Pizza 2460 Nesconset Highway Stony Brook 631-751-2220 StonyBrookpizza.com

The Bench Bar & Grill 1095 Route 25A, Stony Brook 631-675-1474 thebenchbar.com The Clay Oven 601 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge 631-724-1600 The Country Rotisserie 99 Route 25A, Shoreham 631-821-2020 The Fifth Season 34 E Main Street, Port Jefferson 631-477-8500 ext. 2 WKHÀ IWK VHDVRQ FRP The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille 716 Smithtown Bypass, Smithtown 631-656-9086 thegreeneturtle.com

Subway 2350 Nesconset Hwy Stony Brook 631-675-2515 subway.com

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The Secret Garden 225-Main St. Port Jefferson 631-476-8327

Tweets Ice Cream Café 5768 NY-25A bldg E, Wading River 631-886-1293 www.facebook.com/TweetsIceCreamCafe Via Pizza 205 Route 25A Setauket 631-689-9540

Vauxhall 26 Clinton Avenue, Huntington 631-4525-0222 vauxhallhuntington.com Vespa Italian Chophouse 843 Fort Salonga Rd, Northport 631-651-9889 vespaitalianchophouse.com Vintage Prime Steak House 433 North Country Road St. James 631-862-6440 facebook/instagram: Vintageprimesteakhouse Wild Ginger Smithtown 69 Smithtown Blvd, Smithtown (631) 265-2800 wildgingersmithtown.com Wunderbar Deli 148 Hallock Avenue Port Jefferson Station 631-473-8004 Z-Pita 217 Main St. Port Jefferson 631-476-7510 Zorba The Greek 572 Port Jefferson Plaza Port Jefferson Station 631-473-9220 zorbathegreekpjs.com

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Aji 53 1 Miller Place, Smithtown 631-979-0697 aji53.com

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TBR News Media Guide to open essential businesses These Essential Local Businesses Are Open and Ready to Serve You

AUTOMOTIVE Avis Budget Car Rental 999 N. Country Rd (Rte 25A) Stony Brook 631-444-0830 • avis.com Awsomotive Motor Care 594 NY-25A, Mount Sinai 631-474-5333 • awsomotive.com Chariot Collision 91 Gnarled Hollow Road, East Setauket 631-751-1515 Lee Myles AutoCare & Transmissions 929 Middle Country Road, St James 631-724-3332 • stjamesleemyles.com Middle Country Automotive 839 Middle Country Road, Selden 631-698-4455 middlecountryautomotive.com Middle Country Automotive 2435B Middle Country Road, Centereach 631-737-4585 middlecountryautomotive.com Munch Auto Repair 999 N. Country Rd (Rte 25A) Stony Brook 631-675-6675 Prestige Collision 70 Comsewogue Road Ste. 17 East Setauket 631-476-3792 • prestigecollision.net Setauket Auto Body 3350 Nesconset Hwy., East Setauket 631-751-1735 Smithwest Service Center 795 Middle Country Road, St. James 631-265-9885 • smithwestservice.com Sunoco Gasoline 999 N. Country Rd (Rte 25A) Stony Brook 631-675-6675 GROCERY Buttercup Dairy 285 Boyle Road, Port Jefferson Station 631-928-4607 • buttercupdairy.com Hamlet Wines 730 Route 25A, Setauket 631-751-3131 Handy Pantry 684 Route 25A, Rocky Point 631-821-2535 • handypantrystores.com Handy Pantry 280 Echo Avenue, Sound Beach 631-744-9085• handypantrystores.com HOME SERVICES Ace Hardware 1366 NY 25A, Setauket 631-751-9500 • acehardware.com Cheyenne Electric 631-366-4666 Costello’s Ace Hardware of Nesconset 246 Smithtown Blvd, Nesconset, NY 631-724-8300 • acehardware.com

Costello’s Ace Hardware of Northport 822 Fort Salonga Road, Northport, NY 631-925-5500 • acehardware.com Costello’s Ace Hardware of Rocky Point 360 NY-25A, Rocky Point 631-392-1206 • acehardware.com

Stony Brook Vision World 2194 Nesconset Hwy., Stony Brook 631-246-5468 • sbvisionworld.com Village Chemist 226 Main Street, East Setauket 631-751-1333

Costello’s Ace Hardware of Smithtown 52 E Main Street, Smithtown 631-863-3200 • costellosace.com

Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice Care of Suffolk 505 Main Street, Northport 631-261-7200 • visitingnurseservice.org

Home Ops 640 Building D, Belle Terre Rd Port Jefferson 631-509-2000 • callhomeops.com

Wig Allure Hair Loss Center 3201 Middle Country Road, Lake Grove 631-737-2850 • wigallure.com

Lighthouse Locksmith- Jimmy Locks Selden 516-830-8093 M & D Landscaping P.O. Box 366, Centereach 631-565-0955 Mr. Sewerman Cesspool Company Lake Ronkonkoma 631-924-7502 facebook: @MrSewermanCesspoolsvcinc Suburban Exterminating 879 W Jericho Tpke, Smithtown 631-864-6900 suburbanexterminating.com

PET SERVICES Animal Emergency Services 280 Middle Country Road, Selden 631-698-2225 • longislandaes.com Animal Health & Wellness Veterinary Hospital 150 Main Street, Setauket 631-751-2200 • animalhealthwellness.com Countryside Animal Hospital 544 West Broadway, Port Jefferson 631-473-0942 • countrysideportjeff.com Corner Animal Hospital 24 Woods Corner Road, Setauket 631-941-3500 • corneranimal.com

The Carpet Cleaning Guy 631-588-2793 • thecarpetcleaningguy.net

Feasts For Beasts 45 Route 25A, Mount Sinai 631-331-1150

The Cleaning Lady - Michele / Joe Patchogue 516-375-0065 / 631-767-4398

Hamlet Pet Supply 732 Route 25A, Setauket 631-751-6789

HOTEL Chalet Inn & Suites 23 Center Shore Rd., Centerport 631-757-4600 • chaletinnandsuites.com

Hounds Town 509-1 N Bicycle Path Port Jefferson Station (631) 476-9320 • houndstownusa.com

PERSONAL SERVICES Coram Chiropractic Center Dr. Aron Matthew 1970-6 Route 112, Coram 631-736-2323 • coramchiropractic.com

Jefferson Animal Hospital 606 Route 112, Port Jefferson Station 631-473-0415 portjeffersonanimalhospital.com Mt Sinai Animal Hospital 331 Route 25a, Mount Sinai 631-476-1304 facebook.com/mtsinaianimalhospital

Lake Ronkonkoma Beverage 400 Hawkins Ave, Ronkonkoma 631 588-3320 instagram @lakeronkonkomabeverage

Rocky Point Animal Hospital 526A Route 25A, Rocky Point 631-744-8882 rockypointanimalhospital.com

Lewin Medical Supply 15 Oliver Street, Riverhead 631-727-7006 • lewinmedicalsupply.com

Setauket Animal Hospital 89 Gnarled Hollow Road, East Setauket 631-751-8950 setauketanimalhospital.com

Online Piano & Guitar Lessons Tony Mann Music 631-632-6005 • 631-473-3443 Reach for the Stars Tutoring 631-804-3623 reachforthestarstutoring.com

Social Hound 130C Belle Meade Road, Setauket 631-675-0024 • mysocialhound.com Three Village Veterinary Hospital 1342 Stony Brook Road, Stony Brook 631-689-8877 • threevillagevethospital.com

Our Expanding Guide Of Open Essential Businesses Courtesy of TBR News Media In Print & Online at www.tbrnewsmedia.com To Add Your Business Call 631-751-7744 As of TBR presstime, this is the latest information submitted for the current issue. Please call ahead.

Send your Photo of the Week to leisure@ tbrnewspapers.com YEAR OF THE DAFFODIL Susan Wilk of Sound Beach sent in this gorgeous photo from her garden to share with our readers. She writes, 'It's a steller year for daffodils. Enjoy!'

FORKS AND FILMS Continued from page B9

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For Butera, “Forks and Films” will be another way to share his love of cooking with the world.

“I’ve always had a passion and affinity for food as well as an appreciation for film," he explained. “My wife and I have been members of the CAC for 25 years. The center has been a great place for us to see foreign and independent films … but it’s also been a wonderful place for people to grab a cup of coffee and share their ideas and experiences with a film. It’s a community, and you can’t get that by watching Netflix.”

'We want to give people a little bit of joy in a time that’s so difficult for all of us.' — JACQUELINE STRAYER The first episode, which kicks off tonight, April 9, at 6 p.m., will encourage viewers to watch a beloved Disney classic, Lady and the Tramp. Released in 1955, the animated film follows the blossoming romance between Lady, a lovely Cocker Spaniel from an upper class family, and a scruffy stray mutt named Tramp.

One of the most iconic scenes from the film finds Lady and Tramp sharing a big plate of spaghetti and meatballs by candlelight in the back alley of Tony’s Italian Restaurant while Tony serenades them with the love song “Bella Notte.” Appropriately, Butera will demonstrate how to make his famous chicken meatballs on “Forks and Films.” The episode’s title? “Sunny with a Chance of Meatballs.”

The chef is planning on recreating the classic French stew ratatouille during the

April 16 episode to compliment the 2007 Disney Pixar animated film of the same name.

The ingredients for each featured dish will be posted on social media a week in advance of each episode, “I wanted to choose recipes that weren’t too hard to make, but a bit more challenging than just opening a can. Ideally they’ll have all or most of the ingredients at home already, and we’ll release the ingredients list ahead of time,” Butera said. “Cooking has a way of grounding people, of connecting them to good memories and feelings, which we think will be good for everyone.”

“Forks and Films” will be uploaded each Thursday on Facebook.com/ CinemaArtsCentre, and on YouTube.com -search for Cinema Arts Centre Huntington.

For other remote opportunities from the Cinema Arts Centre, including staffcurated film recommendations and the opportunity to rent films at home, visit www. cinemaartscentre.org.

To better prepare you for following along as Chef Martin recreates the classic meatballs from Lady and the Tramp, here is the ingredient list: ● 2 pounds ground chicken or ground chop meat ● 2 large fresh eggs ● 1 small onion, diced ● 1 large garlic clove, minced ● 1 ½ cup water ● 1 ¼ cup plain dried bread crumbs ● ½ cup fresh chopped parsley ● ½ cup freshly grated Romano cheese ● 1 teaspoon salt ● ¼ teaspoon black pepper ● ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

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COOKING COVE

A spoonful of comfort

BY BARBARA BELTRAMI Everybody knows that chicken soup is the ultimate comfort food, the ultimate panacea for those times when the body and soul need pure nourishment. I wish I could tell you that chicken soup will prevent you from contracting the coronavirus. It won’t. I wish I could tell you that if you do get it, it will cure you. It won’t.

All I can tell you is that cooking it, storing it in the fridge or freezer to have on hand and warm up, sipping and savoring it, sending some to a sick family member, friend or neighbor will make you feel better.

And when your soup is done and you’ve picked all the meat from the bones, even after you’ve saved big chunks of it for the soup, there are so many things you can use the remaining chicken for. My favorite is a chicken chowder, just another kind of chicken soup, really, with a creamy base. So wash your hands for 20 seconds, make a vat of chicken soup, practice social distancing and stay safe and well.

Chicken Soup

Photo from METRO

YIELD: Makes 3 quarts INGREDIENTS: • One 3 1/2 to 4 pound chicken • 1 large onion, halved but not peeled • 2 carrots, peeled and chopped • 2 to 3 celery ribs with leaves • 1 sprig fresh dill • 1 parsnip, peeled and coarsely chopped

• Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste • 4 quarts water • 6 to 8 carrots, peeled and cut into thirds DIRECTIONS:

In a large stockpot, combine first 8 ingredients.

Over medium-high heat, bring to a boil, then partially cover and simmer so liquid is barely bubbling. Cook until meat falls from bone and bones separate, about two hours. With slotted spoon remove meat and bones, place in large bowl and set aside. Into another large pot or bowl strain liquid, pressing all solids to extract as much juice as possible.

Adjust seasoning, if necessary. Transfer liquid to container(s), cover tightly and refrigerate or freeze. Pull meat away from bones; discard skin, bones and gristle. Place meat in separate container(s), cover and refrigerate or freeze; once it is chilled, skim any hardened fat from top of liquid, strain again.

One hour before serving, reheat broth, add the fresh carrots and cook, covered, over low heat. Serve with noodles or rice and some of the chicken meat, if desired. Reserve remaining broth and meat for other use or freeze in containers.

Serve with noodles or rice.

Chicken Chowder

YIELD: Makes 4 to 6 servings INGREDIENTS: • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter • 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 3 to 4 cups diced cooked chicken meat • 1 large onion, peeled and chopped • 2 celery ribs with leaves, finely chopped • 1 large sprig fresh thyme • 1 bay leaf • Coarse salt and pepper to taste • 4 cups chicken stock • 2 large potatoes, peeled and diced • One-10-ounce package frozen corn • 2 tablespoons flour • 2 cups milk • 1 cup half and half DIRECTIONS:

Place a large pot over medium – high heat; add two tablespoons of the butter and the oil. When butter is melted add chicken and stir frequently until it starts to brown, about 5 minutes; remove and set aside. Lower heat to medium; add onion, celery, thyme, bay leaf and salt and pepper; stir to coat with seasoning. Sauté, stirring once or twice, until veggies soften, about 5 minutes. Return chicken to pot; add stock, potatoes and corn, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer and cook until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.

Remove thyme and bay leaf and discard.

In a small saucepan; make a roux with remaining butter and flour. With the large pot still on simmer, stirring constantly with wire whisk, add milk, half and half and roux gradually to achieve thick smooth consistency. Serve immediately with oyster crackers or saltines and a tossed green salad.

WE ARE OPEN LIKE CLINT EASTWOOD IN HEARTBREAK RIDGE, WE’VE HAD TO QUICKLY “ADAPT AND ADJUST” TO THIS EVER CHANGING SCENARIO. WE THANK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR LOYAL SUPPORT, PATIENCE AND HEARTFELT WORDS AS WE ALL WORK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. We have had to make some changes to our store hours and our procedures so we can keep everyone including our staff healthy.

Again I will stress that the food supply is fine and we are receiving normal deliveries most every day. Please check our website or Facebook posts for the latest hours because these may change as we go.

At this time we are not offering our walk up deli counter but we are offering our usual same day sliced pre-packed deli express and we are also offering our deli call in service. Please phone in your orders at least one hour before you come in.

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WE WILL STILL BE CLOSED ON EASTER SUNDAY

PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY (Corner of Boyle Road & Old Town Road) 631–928–4607 • buttercupdairy.com

Thanks to everyone who has shown us support and spoken a few kind words…

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APRIL 09, 2020 • ARTS & LIFESTYLES • PAGE B19

BOOK REVIEW

Long Island Freemasons

By Ronald J. Seifried

Long Island History Reviewed by Jeffrey Sanzel “One of the things that attracted me so greatly to Masonry, that I hailed the chance of becoming a mason, was that it really did act up to what we, as a government and as a people, are pledged to — of treating each man on his merits as a man.”

— Theodore Roosevelt to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Nov. 5, 1902 Many of us have been intrigued by the society known as the Freemasons but most know little about its history. Huntington Station resident Ronald J. Seifried has written Long Island Freemasons to offer background and anecdotes of this organization while still respecting its privacy. Seifried, a Freemason for over seventeen years, succinctly defines the Order: “Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization that is a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.

Formally organized in London, England, in 1717, Freemasonry initiates men from various professional and social backgrounds, well recommended, with a shared belief of a supreme being without prejudice of religious affiliation. A society with secrets, but not a secretive society, Freemasons forbid the discussion of politics or religion in the lodge, creating an atmosphere of harmony and removing any conflictive or divisive nature.

Charity has been an important aspect and virtue of Freemasonry since its foundation.”

The introduction provides a brief history before focusing on Long Island’s connection to the association, which traces its roots to George Washington. Seifried then gives a detailed timeline of Long Island’s various lodges, some of which still exist today. He cites the challenges faced by the earliest members, including the traveling of great distances and economic struggles. His presentation is well thought-out and his research is a wealth of detail.

There is a mammoth amount of information in this slender volume.

The book is rich with hundreds of photos. There are pictures of lodges and meeting halls, both interiors and exteriors.

Seifried gives descriptions of the buildings’ histories and architecture as well as the costs of construction. Faith in the Freemasons’ goals has historically attracted generosity

Author Ronald J. Seifried; right, the cover of his book.

Photos courtesy of Arcadia Publishing

with many wealthy individuals and families donating money and land for lodges and their locations. There are explanations of lodge names, many of them obtained from Native American sources. Pictures of gathered lodge members give background on the individuals and their positions in the lodge. There is a mammoth amount of information in this slender volume.

The author acknowledges the enigmatic nature of the Freemasons: “The secrecy of this group of men lent a certain level of mystery and respect when the members appeared in public. Schools were dismissed and locals turned out en masse to see the Masons parade.”

Often, this is the only time the community ever sees the members in their Masonic regalia. In addition, dedications were also public events and several images show these gatherings.

The book is divided into geographical sections: Central Suffolk; Western Suffolk; Oyster Bay; Town of Hempstead; North Hempstead; and Glen Cove. Seifried finds what makes each area special to the group and offers a range of photos that pertain to the region.

The final chapter touches on affiliated groups, including the Shriners, Eastern Star, and the Scottish Rite, among others.

There are intriguing accounts scattered throughout: “Part of a brother’s introduction into Freemasonry included a drama representing the building of King Solomon’s Temple, with chief architect Hiram Abiff as the central character, murdered for not revealing the secret word of a master mason; the lodges are often referred to as ‘temples,’ as an allegorical reference to King Solomon’s temples.”

The Hawkins-Mount Homestead, in Stony Brook, was used several times in 1802 as a meeting place for the Suffolk Lodge; its owner, Major Jonas Hawkins, was a member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution. Chief Crazy Bull, grandson to the famous Sioux Chief Sitting Bull of the Hunkpapa Lakota Tripe, was a member of the Suffolk No. 60 Lodge, which is still located on Main Street in Port Jefferson.

Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was invited to speak at Huntington’s Jeptha No. 494 Lodge, in commemoration of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. He was late due to inclement

weather and traffic and quipped that the island should be named “Longer Island.”

The color plates in the book’s center are striking. They have contemporary shots of existing lodges, explaining the various rooms.

There are paintings that depict the three degrees of Freemasonry, offering a insight to the overall core of spirituality. The Long Beach No. 1048 Lodge’s stained glass window dome is photographed beautifully and the symbols are clearly explained.

Today, there are 28 active lodges across Suffolk and Nassau counties. Ronald J. Seifried’s Long Island Freemasons is an excellent look into the local history of the world of Freemasonry as well as a tribute to its survival and contribution.

Long Island Freemasons by Ronald J. Seifried, part of the Images of America series

by Arcadia Publishing, is currently available online at www.arcadiapublishing.com, www. amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.

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Religious D irectory

Byzantine Catholic

RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

38 Mayflower Avenue, Smithtown NY 11787 631–759–6083 resurrectionsmithtown@gmail.com www.resurrectionsmithtown.org FATHER VLADYSLAV BUDASH, PAROCHIAL VICAR DEACON ROBERT KNAPP JOSEPH S. DURKO, CANTOR Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:30 am Holy Days: See website or phone for information Sunday School Sundays at 9:15 am A Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite under the Eparchy of Passaic.

Catholic ST. GERARD MAJELLA ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station 631–473–2900 www.stgmajella.org REV. GREGORY RANNAZZISI, PASTOR Mass: Saturday 5:00pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am & 11:00am Weekday Mass: 9:00am Confessions: Saturday 4:00-4:45 or by appointment Baptism and Wedding arrangements can be made by calling the Parish Office Thrift Shop: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm Saturday 10am-2pm

INFANT JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

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110 Myrtle Ave., Port Jefferson, NY 11777 631-473-0165 • Fax 631-331-8094 www.www.infantjesus.org REVEREND PATRICK M. RIEGGER, PASTOR ASSOCIATES: REV. FRANCIS LASRADO & REV. ROLANDO TICLLASUCA To schedule Baptisms and Weddings, Please call the Rectory Confessions: Saturdays 12:30-1:15 pm in the Lower Church Religious Ed.: 631– 928-0447 Parish Outreach: 631–331-6145 Weekly Masses: 6:50 and 9 am in the Church, 12 pm in the Chapel* Weekend Masses: Saturday at 5 pm in the Church, 5:15 pm in the Chapel,* Sunday at 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 5 pm in the Church and at 8:30 am, 10 am, and 11:30 am (Family Mass) in the Chapel* Spanish Masses: Sunday at 8:45 am and Wednesday at 6 pm in the Church *Held at the Infant Jesus Chapel at St. Charles Hospital

ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

429 Rt. 25A, Setauket, NY 11733 Phone: 631–941–4141 • Fax: 631–751–6607 Parish Office email: parish@stjamessetauket.org Office Hours:Mon.-Sat. 9am - 2pm REV. JAMES-PATRICK MANNION, PASTOR REV. GERALD CESTARE, ASSOCIATE PASTOR ASSOC. PASTOR REV. JOHN FITZGERALD, IN RESIDENCE In response to the COVID-19 virus, Bishop Barres has mandated that there will be No public celebration of Mass until the Tuesday after Easter. We have

unexpectedly and suddenly moved from Lent to a Prolonged Good Friday...but this too shall yield its austere loss to the glory of Easter’s Joy of Jesus’ Resurrection.

While we are in this prolonged Good Friday, let us commit ourselves as a parish to the following: • private prayer (a rosary, reading of scripture, adoration before the tabernacle) each day. The church will be opened from 8 am to 5 pm Mondays to Saturdays and from 8 am to 12 noon on Sundays.

• attend mass, by watching The Catholic Faith Network (CFN) which will provide televised and online daily Masses, including Holy Week and Easter Liturgies, as well as other devotional and spiritual programs.

(Optimum channel 29/137, Verizon FiOS TV channel 296, and Spectrum channel 162/471.)

• for Easter, blessed Easter Holy Water will be available by Our Lady’s statue. Check web page for an announcement of a possible video livestream of the mass from our own church.

• when that first Sunday comes when we can once again gather at our ‘family table of the Lord’ and break the bread and drink of the cup, it will be a celebration of great Joy! Where can the weak find a place of firm security and peace, except in the wounds of the Savior? Indeed, the more secure is my place there, the more he can do to help me. The world rages, the flesh is heavy, and the devil lays his snares; but I do not fall, for my feet are planted on firm rock. - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

75 New York Avenue, Sound Beach, N.Y. 11789 Parish Office: 631-744-8566; FAX 631-744-8611 Parish Website: www.stlouisdm.org Office Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs.: 9 am to 5 pm Wednesday: 9 am to 8 pm; Friday: 9 am to 4 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 1 pm; Closed on Sunday Mission Statement: To proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ’s love through our active involvement as a parish family in works of Charity, Faith, Worship, Justice and Mercy. ALL ARE WELCOME! No matter what your present status is in the Catholic Church. No matter your family situation. No matter your practice of faith. No matter your personal history, age or background. YOU are invited, respected and loved at St. Louis de Montfort.

REV. MSGR. CHRISTOPHER J. HELLER, PASTOR REV. ALPHONSUS IGBOKWE, ASSOCIATE PASTOR REV. MSGR. DONALD HANSON, IN RESIDENCE REV. FRANCIS PIZZARELLI, S.M.M., PARISH ASSISTANT REV. HENRY VAS, PARISH ASSISTANT Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday: 8:30 am in the Chapel Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5 pm Sunday: 7:30 am; 9:00 am; 10:30 am; 12 noon.

Baptisms: Most Sundays at 1:30 pm.

Please contact Parish Office for an appointment.

Reconciliation: Sat.: 4-4:45 pm or by appointment.

Anointing of the Sick: by request.

Holy Matrimony: Contact Parish Office at least six months in advance of desired date.

Religious Education: Contact 631-744-9515 Parish Outreach: Contact 631-209-0325 Our Lady of Wisdom Regional School: Contact 631-473-1211.

Catholic Traditional Latin Mass ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

Society of Saint Pius X 900 Horseblock Road, Farmingville, NY 11738 631–736–6515 • sspxlongisland.com Please consult sspxlongisland.com for current Mass dates and times.

Congregational MT. SINAI CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

233 North Country Road, Mt. Sinai • 631–473–1582 www.msucc.org • REV. DR. PHILIP HOBSON Please think of your friends at our church who do not typically get our emails and give them a call to let them know.

What is On-Line Worship? How does it work?

If all goes as planned, a few of us will be live-streaming worship from the church at 10 am Sunday morning, on our church’s Facebook page.

You can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/ Mt-Sinai-Congregational-United-Church-of Christ-175000241113/ Afterwards, the service will be uploaded to YouTube, which is available here: https://www. youtube.com/channel/UCoY0iKWN2v8NTDtSFjFpS3Q Whether via Facebook or YouTube, you will be able to watch and participate in the service at a later time as well.

(One strange benefit to all this is you can sleep in and still make it to church!)

A few more reminders: 1. We will be doing “Communion Where You Are” so if you want to have some bread and drink available, you can join in.

2. There will be an offering time. While we won’t be passing the plates, we will be reminding people that there are ways to donate via the church website https://www.msucc.org/ giving/, by mailing in a check, or by setting up bill pay through your bank.

3. While we have livestreamed and recorded the sermon, we haven’t done a full service before. Also, Facebook may have added viewer volume as lots of churches are going on-line this Sunday. If it does not work right away, please have patience. We will still try and get it uploaded even if livestreaming has difficulties.

Take care of yourselves, wash your hands, check on your neighbors.

Grace and Peace, Phil

Episcopal ALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

“Our little historic church on the hill” across from the Stony Brook Duck Pond Main Street, Stony Brook • 631–751–0034 www.allsouls–stonybrook.org allsoulsepiscopalchurch@verizon.net Sunday Holy Eucharist: 8 and 9:30 am All Souls now offers a 30 minute Inter-Faith Service Join us Sunday mornings at 8 am or 9:30 am for a 30 minute morning virtual prayer service. Call for more information 631-655-7798.

This is a small eclectic Episcopal congregation that has a personal touch. We welcome all regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey. Walk with us.

CAROLINE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SETAUKET

THE REV. CN. DR. RICHARD D. VISCONTI, RECTOR 1 Dyke Road on the Village Green, Setauket Web site: www.carolinechurch.net email: office@carolinechurch.net • 631–941–4245 Please note that the Episcopal Diocese of LI has suspended all public worship services. Please check our website for the latest information or call the office.

Let God walk with you as part of our family– friendly community.

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

127 Barnum Ave., Port Jefferson • 631–473–0273 email: ccoffice@christchurchportjeff.org www.christchurchportjeff.org FATHER ANTHONY DILORENZO: PRIEST–IN–CHARGE BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WE ARE NOT CERTAIN IF WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE OUR SERVICES. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 PM (631-473-0273) FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. PLEASE DON’T CALL AFTER HOURS. LET US PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER. GOD BLESS YOU. Father Anthony DiLorenzo It is the mission of the people of Christ Church to grow in our relationship with Jesus Christ and to make his love known to all through our lives and ministry. We at Christ Church are a joyful, welcoming community. Wherever you are in your journey of life we want to be part of it.

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH

490 North Country Road, St. James, NY 11780 631-584-5560 www.stjamesstjames.org Parish Office email: stjamesc@optonline.net THE REV. IAN C. WETMORE, RECTOR During this time of the coronavirus pandemic, the church is closed but you are welcome to join us every Sunday for livestream worship from the church at 9:30 a.m. You can access it on the Facebook page of St James Episcopal Church, St James, NY. Please call the church office for information about pastoral care and other church-related activities.

HOLY WEEK SERVICES Maundy Thursday, 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday, 12:00 noon Easter Day, 9:30 a.m.

Where is God calling us?

To grow in faith through Scripture and prayer, To build relationships in Christ, To serve one another and the world.

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

“To know Christ and to make Him known” REV. DUNCAN A. BURNS, RECTOR MRS. CLAIRE MIS, SEMINARIAN ALEX PRYRODNY, ORGANIST & CHOIR DIRECTOR 12 Prospect St, Huntington ● (631) 427-1752 On Main St. next to the Library www.stjohnshuntington.org ● LIKE us on Facebook Sunday Worship – Live Stream 10:00 AM – Rite II with music Morning Prayer – Live Stream 9:00 am – Monday thru Friday Tuesday Lenten Series – Live Stream 5:30 pm – Stations of the Cross 6:00 pm – Evening Prayer visit our website for more information

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THREE VILLAGE CHURCH

To Know Christ and To Make Him Known 322 Main Street, East Setauket www.3vc.org • 631-941–3670 LEAD PASTOR JOSH MOODY All Services and Activities are Canceled.

Join Us As We Celebrate 60 Years Of Proclaiming The Good News Of Jesus Christ!

Greek Orthodox CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

430 Sheep Pasture Rd., Port Jefferson 11777 Tel: 631-473-0894 • Fax: 631-928-5131 www.kimisis.org • goc.assumption@gmail.com REV. DEMETRIOS N. CALOGREDES, PROTOPRESBYTER Sunday Services: Orthros 8:30 Am - Divine Liturgy 10 Am Services Conducted In Both Greek & English* Books Available To Follow In English* Sunday Catechism School, 10 Am - 11 Am* Greek Language School, Tuesdays 5 Pm - 8 Pm* Bible Study & Adult Catechism Classes Available* Golden Age & Youth Groups Banquet Hall Available For Rental* For Information Please Call Church Office*

Jewish VILLAGE CHABAD

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Center for Jewish Life & Learning “Judaism With A Smile” 360 Nicolls Road, East Setauket Next To Fire Dept.

631-585–0521 • www.MyVillageChabad.com RABBI CHAIM & RIVKIE GROSSBAUM RABBI MOTTI & CHAYA GROSSBAUM RABBI SHOLOM B. & CHANIE COHEN Membership Free Weekday, Shabbat & Holiday Services Highly Acclaimed Torah Tots Preschool Afternoon Hebrew School Camp Gan Israel • Judaica Publishing Department Lectures And Seminars Living Legacy Holiday Programs Jewish Learning Institute Friendship Circle For Special Needs Children The Cteen Network N’shei Chabad Women’s Club • Cyberspace Library Chabad At Stony Brook University – Rabbi Adam & Esther Stein

NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER

385 Old Town Rd., Port Jefferson Station 631-928–3737 • www.northshorejewishcenter.org RABBI AARON BENSON • CANTOR DANIEL KRAMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARCIE PLATKIN PRINCIPAL HEATHER WELKES YOUTH DIRECTOR JEN SCHWARTZ Services: Friday At 8 Pm; Saturday At 9:15 am Daily Morning And Evening Minyan- Call For Times.

Tot Shabbat • Family Services • Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Seniors’ Club Youth Group • Continuing Ed • Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah • Judaica Shop Food Pantry • Lecture Series • Jewish Film Series NSJC JEWISH LEARNING CENTER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Innovative Curriculum And Programming For Children Ages 5-13 Imagine A Synagogue That Feels Like Home!

Come Connect With Us On Your Jewish Journey.

Member United Synagogue Of Conservative Judaism

TEMPLE ISAIAH (REFORM)

1404 Stony Brook Road, Stony Brook 631-751–8518 • www.tisbny.org A Warm And Caring Intergenerational Community Dedicated To Learning, Prayer, Social Action, And Friendship.

Member Union For Reform Judaism RABBI PAUL SIDLOFSKY • CANTOR MARCEY WAGNER RABBI EMERITUS STEPHEN A. KAROL RABBI EMERITUS ADAM D. FISHER CANTOR EMERITUS MICHAEL F. TRACHTENBERG Sabbath Services Friday 7:30 pm And Saturday 10 am Religious School • Monthly Family Service Monthly Tot • Shabbat Youth Groups • Senior Club Adult Education Sisterhood Brotherhood • Book Club-More

Lutheran–ELCA HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND ANCHOR NURSERY SCHOOL

46 Dare Road, Selden 631-732-2511 Emergency Number 516-848-5386 REV. DR. RICHARD O. HILL, PASTOR ERIC FARET, VICAR Email: office@hopelutheran.com Website: www.hopeluth.com We are livecasting a worship service at our regular service times, however. Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday as 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. This can be accessed by using any one of three links on our church website: www.hopeluth.com.

It is also available to anyone who joins our “Friends of Hope Lutheran Church” Facebook group where notifications will be given when services are going live. Weekday devotions at 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday-Friday are posted on Facebook for those who join the group. Our YouTube channel can be found by searching on YouTube. com for “Rev Dr Richard O. Hill.” Please leave comments when watching the livecasts.

At this time the food pantry will provide pre-filled bags of food on Thursdays from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. We thank Selden Masjid for their generous food donation. Those wishing to make a similar donation should also call the church before bringing food: 631-732-2511.

Members wishing to make cash donations should use the “Share God’s Mission” tab on the church website.

All regular programs and meetings will not be held at the church. When necessary, they will be set up on Zoom.us.

In emergencies, call the pastor at 516-848-5386.

ST. PAUL’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

309 Patchogue Road, Port Jefferson Station 631-473-2236 REV. PAUL A. DOWNING PASTOR E-mail: Pastorpauldowning@yahoo.com Pastor’s cell: 347–423–1523 (voice or text) www.StPaulsLCPJS.org facebook.com/stpaulselca Service Times: Sundays 8:30 am and 10:30 am Adult Bible Study 9:30 am Sunday School during 10:30 am service Holy Communion offered at both services Fridays: Power of Prayer Hour 10:30 am Meal provided by Welcome Friends Sundays at 1:00 pm and Wednesdays at 5:45 pm We continue to serve the Port Jefferson Community Now in our 102nd year

Lutheran–LCMS

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH

Messiah Preschool & Day Care 465 Pond Path, East Setauket 631-751–1775 • www.messiahny.com PASTOR STEVE UNGER Grace, Mercy and Peace to you as we enter our most sacred week of the church year.

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem.

We continue our week with Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday where the institution of Eucharist is celebrated as well as we hear those magnificent words from John’s Gospel, “This I command you, that you love one another.” How true these words have echoed through the centuries and how imperative it is for us to hear them now.

This Friday, as we observe Jesus’ death and relive the Passion, we will be together on our website at 7 pm for Good Friday devotions and prayers followed by our joyous celebration of His Resurrection on Sunday at 10:30 am. We also can join together as a congregation in our spirit and pray for one another as God continues to knit our hearts together. You are welcome to go to our website and join in with many others of our congregation for our Easter Celebration of Prayers and hymns and an Easter message for all of us.

Please go to www.messiahny.com and click on the link for Good Friday and Easter Sunday and join together in worship.

May God’s richest blessing be upon you and may He protect you and hold you in the palm of His Hand.

God’s Peace and Love

Methodist

BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

33 Christian Ave/ PO 2117, E. Setauket NY 11733 REV. GREGORY L. LEONARD–PASTOR • 631-941–3581 Sunday Worship: 10:30 Am Adult Sunday School 9:30 Am Lectionary Reading And Prayer: Wed. 12 Noon Gospel Choir: Tues. 8 Pm Praise Choir And Youth Choir 3rd And 4th Fri. 6:30 Pm

ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

532 Moriches Road, St. James 11780-1316 REV. PRINCE DONKOR, PASTOR 631-584-5340 All are Welcome Sunday Service and Sunday School at 10 am Tuesday Evening is Prayer Group at 7:30 pm Wednesday Morning Bible Study at 7:30 am Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study at 1 pm Wednesday Evening Choir Practice at 7:30 pm AA Ministry Every Monday and Wednesday Evenings at 6:30 pm

SETAUKET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

160 Main Street, Corner Of 25A And Main Street East Setauket • 631–941–4167 REV. STEVEN KIM, PASTOR www.setauketumc.org • sumcny@aol.com Adult Bible Study: 9am Sunday Worship Service & Church School: 10 am Holy Communion 1st Sunday Of Month Mary Martha Circle (Women’s Ministry) Monthly On 2nd Tuesday At 1pm

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you’re welcome here!

STONY BROOK COMMUNITY CHURCH UNITED METHODIST

216 Christian Ave., Stony Brook, 11790 Church Office: 631-751-0574 stonybrookcommunitychurch@gmail.com www.stonybrookcommunitychurch.org REV. CHUCK VAN HOUTEN, PASTOR Connecting People To God, Purpose And Each Other While we all work together to fight the coronavirus, please join us in worship online. Please go to our website (StonyBrookCommunityChurch.org), click on the Announcements page, and then click on the link to Sunday’s service.

Renewing, Restoring, Reviving For The 21st Century!

Presbyterian FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PORT JEFFERSON

107 South/Main Streets • (631) 473-0147 We are an accepting and caring people who invite you to share in the journey of faith with us.

THE REV. DR. RICHARD GRAUGH Email: office@pjpres.org Website: www.pjpres.org Sunday Worship Service -10am (Childcare Provided) Christian Education-Sunday School: 10:15am Coffee and Fellowship 11:15am Bible Study: Tuesday 3pm Holy Communion 1st Sunday of the Month Meals Provided by Welcome Friends every Friday at 6pm Call the church office or visit our website for current activities and events.

NYS Certified Preschool and Daycare - Noah’s Ark The purpose of First Presbyterian Church of Port Jefferson is, with God’s help, to share the joy and good news of Jesus Christ with the congregation, visitors and the community at large; to provide comfort to those in need and hope to those in despair; and to seek justice for all God’s people.

SETAUKET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

5 Caroline Avenue ~ On the Village Green 631- 941-4271 Celebrating and Sharing the love of God since 1660.

THE REV. KATE JONES CALONE, INTERIM PASTOR THE REV. ASHLEY MCFAUL-ERWIN, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PASTOR “Visit Our Website: setauketpresbyterian.org for updates on worship. Our service will be streamed live at 9:30 on Sunday mornings until further notice.”

Quakers RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

4 Friends Way, St. James 631–928-2768 • www.cbquakers.org We gather in silent worship seeking God • the Inner Light • Spirit. We are guided by the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. Weekly coffee and fellowship, monthly discussions, Religious Education for children.

During this time when we are asked not to gather together physically, we are gathering online for worship.

Please see our website (www.consciencebayquakers.org) for information about joining in. All are welcome.

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irectory ReligiousRDeligious Unitarian Universalist UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP AT STONY BROOK

380 Nicolls Road, East Setauket, NY 11733 631–751–0297 www.uufsb.org • office@uufsb.org REV. MARGARET H. ALLEN (minister@uufsb.org) We are a religious community that seeks diversity, individual spiritual growth, social and economic justice.

Sunday Service: 10:30 am Children’s Sunday Religious Education Classes: 10:30 am Senior High Youth Group Adult Faith Development Choir, Folk Group, classical music Vespers, Sangha Meditation, Labyrinth Walks, Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Yoga, Essentrics, Grounds & Sounds Café, Le Petit Salon de Musique

SUDOKU

PUZZLE

Would You Like to Join Our Religious Directory?

For More Information Please Call 631-331-1154

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CLUES ACROSS

1. Wire danger 6. Part of a circumference 9. Nashville’s Keith 13. In a cold manner 14. Prefix for something revived 15. Paralyzing disease 16. Mulled wine 17. Egg cells 18. A do-nothing 19. ”Alphabet Series” detective novels author 21. ”It’s close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking in ____ ____” 23. Second mo.

24. Fabricca Italiana Automobili Torino 25. Not don’ts 28. Popular Japanese soup 30. Agatha Christie’s famous sleuth 35. Wood sorrels 37. “Through” in text 39. Give sheep a haircut 40. Raise the roof 41. Wall or pedestal support 43. Cogito, ____ sum 44. Drink like a cat, two words 46. Be inclined 47. Commotions 48. Bewitch or beguile 50. Jack and Jill’s water jug 52. Put to work 53. James Patterson’s “____ the Girls” 55. “Jack and the Beanstalk” Giant’s disapproval 57. Hitchcock classic 61. Poe’s “Tales of ____ and Imagination” 65. In the know 66. Subject of Roswell’s mystery 68. Cocoon dwellers 69. King Julien XIII of “Madagascar,” e.g.

70. Bubble source 71. Possible allergic reaction 72. Gaelic tongue 73. Store posting, for short 74. Oceanic trenches

Answers to last week’s puzzle:

Directions: Fill in the blank squares in the grid, making sure that every row, column and 3-by-3 box includes all digits 1 through 9.

Answers to last week’s SUDOKU

CLUES DOWN 1. Google alternative 2. Maple genus 3. Capital on the Baltic Sea 4. Blindman’s ____ 5. International ____ of Units 6. In a little while, old-fashioned 7. Once around 8. Raccoon’s South American cousin 9. The Demon Barber 10. Spanish earthen pot 11. Coffin stand 12. New ____, setting of “The Alienist” 15. Michelangelo’s famous Vatican statue and others like it, e.g.

20. Death reports, for short 22. Deli offering 24. Baby extractor 25. *Sherlock Holmes creator 26. Continental divide 27. Planktonic tunicate 29. ”Who ____ J.R.?”

31. Actress Perlman 32. “Lost” in Paris 33. Mar-a-___, pl.

34. Having a toothed margin 36. Undesirable location 38. Forearm bone 42. Enlighten 45. Slower 49. Oil drilling apparatus 51. Spoke with a speech defect 54. Make a murmuring sound 56. Chopin’s composition 57. Wide river valley 58. Water carrier 59. L.A. footballers 60. HBO’s “____ Detective” 61. Pamela Voorhees and Norma Bates, e.g.

62. D’Artagnan’s sword 63. Stairway alternative 64. Those not opposed 67. Remus Lupin’s occasional body cover

Answers to this week’s puzzle will appear in next week’s newspaper and online on Friday on Continued afternoon at www.tbrnewsmedia.com, Arts and Lifestyles next page •

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SBU SPORTSWEEK STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

APRIL 9 TO APRIL APRIL 15, 2020

America East cancels all competitions and practices through end of academic year

Effective immediately, all competition and practices for all teams and individual student‐athletes at America East Conference institutions have been canceled for the rest of this academic year, including any spring sport events that occur beyond the academic year. The decision was made in light of the recent developments, including the cancellation of all NCAA winter and spring championships, regarding the spread of the COVID‐19 virus. This is a proactive decision to protect the health, safety and well‐being of everyone.

Historic season cut short, future remains bright for women’s basketball

On March 12 the Stony Brook women’s basketball team began its morning with the mindset that it would be competing for an America East championship on its homecourt the following night. At approximately 4:16 p.m. that very same day, the Seawolves’ season came to an abrupt and unsettling end.

Shortly announcements of cancellations of conference basketball tournaments and suspensions of spring sport seasons spread like wildfire throughout the day in response to the threat of the COVID-19 virus, the NCAA put an end to it all by scrapping all remaining winter championships as well as upcoming spring ones. The Seawolves’ shot at playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history was over.

“My stomach felt like it sunk and the tears instantly came,” India Pagan recalled.

“Everything we talked about all season and dreamed of was put to a stop. Our historic season was cut short, and it was the last time playing with our five seniors.”

To say that Stony Brook had earned its right to represent the America East in the Big Dance would be an understatement. The Seawolves had produced a program-best

#33 India Pagan, center, with her teammates at a postgame celebration earlier this year.

Photo from SBU Athletics

28-3 overall record. And they had won their first regular-season championship, with an impressive 14-2 finish in conference action.

That’s not to mention also touting the nation’s longest active win streak at one point (22 games) and garnering votes in the national polls for several weeks.

It looked like the stars were aligning for the Stony Brook squad that had advanced to the championship game for the first time in head coach Caroline McCombs’ six-year tenure.

“This team took the tools that we have been equipping them with and became a player-led team,” McCombs said. “This team loved each

other more than any team I have been part of.

We figured out how to set some new norms and raise our standard. It was amazing to watch the growth of our young women. I’m so thankful for our graduating seniors and the foundation they have set.”

Averaging 13.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, Pagan, an all-conference first-team selection, was just one of the many pieces of the puzzle who made the 2019-20 team built to make history. “This is not going to take away from all that we accomplished as a team,” Pagan said. “We are a part of history, and I will forever be extremely proud of this group.”

As a junior, Pagan will be one of several key returners for the Seawolves next season.

Starter and all-conference third-team honoree Anastasia Warren also will be back. So will key substitutes Oksana Gouchie-Provencher, McKenzie Bushee, Jonae Cox and America East Sixth Player of the Year Victoria Johnson.

“The focus for next year will be the same: taking everything one step at a time and doing the little things every single day,” Pagan said.

“We are already preparing for next year. We have to remain positive in times like this, stick together and be there for one another.”

SBU’s Sara Chin donates homemade masks amid pandemic LONG BEACH, CA: Stony Brook swimming and diving’s Sara Chin discovered a new hobby with a friend back home a couple of years ago, making scrunchies from recycled fabric for fun.

Now, the extra materials as well as the skills Chin acquired from that hobby are being utilized for a greater cause.

Despite self-isolating at home in California, she discovered a way to aid healthcare workers. Shortly after returning to the West Coast from SBU, the junior discovered a video with instructions about how to make basic face masks and how to donate the items.

Chin dug up her leftover scrunchie fabric and got to work at a sewing machine.

“My mom and I have an assembly line set up in our living room,” she said. “She’ll

cut all of the fabric and iron it, and I’ll sew it and pleat it. With the two of us, the process to make one mask goes pretty quickly.”

Chin closely feels the impact of the pandemic. Both of her parents work in healthcare. Her father Steven is an ER doctor.

Her mother Debra is a pediatric dietitian.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals around the world are suffering from equipment shortages, including masks.

“They’re obviously being directly affected with equipment being so low, especially at my dad’s hospital,” Chin said. “They’re actually talking about what they’re going to do once they run out of resources.”

She estimates the mother-daughter duo have completed approximately 180 masks since beginning the mask-making project in mid-March.

Although her homemade masks don’t meet the standard of official surgical masks, hospital employees who work elsewhere in the facility, including café workers, benefit from her labor.

Both of her parents have distributed the masks to colleagues at their hospitals. Chin also has distributed the masks to friends to help protect themselves and their families.

Municipalities, including Los Angeles, are beginning to recommend everyone wear face coverings when going out in public, while continuing to maintain social distancing.

“Considering that both of my parents work in health care, this hits close to home,” said Chin, who represented the Seawolves in the 100 breaststroke, 100 free and 50 free at the America East Championships in midFebruary. “I’ve just been trying to help in any way that I can.”

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ARTIST OF THE MONTH

Dino Rinaldi

BY IRENE RUDDOCK

After spending his childhood in Port Jefferson, artist Dino Rinaldi studied art at the University of South Florida. Upon graduating, he exercised his artistic creativity by pursuing a career in advertising as an illustrator and sales representative.

While also creating television commercials, he devoted his spare time studying fine art with renowned artists at the Art Students League of New York City. After twenty-five years of intense study, Rinaldi moved to Setauket. While living on a nature preserve with his wife and daughter, he is happy to devote himself to drawing and painting.

Were you interested in art as a child?

From an early age I was attracted to art.

I drew as a teen and some of my best pieces were created on desktops in high school. Boy, I would love to see some of them now! But what impressed me the most was my Italian grandfather’s pastel portrait and landscapes that sadly disappeared over the years. Both of my parents painted, so the talent apparently has been passed down. However, my mother was the driving influence in me pursuing art throughout my life.

Who influenced you while you studied at the Art Students League?

I started at the League where I discovered a world that I had no idea existed. The talent was intimidating but I was welcomed in by all and turned the intimidation into the goal of being the intimidator! I moved from one teacher to another until I discovered Costa Vavagiakis for figure drawing and Nelson Shanks for color theory, learning techniques that nobody had taught me before.

How did you transition from the advertising world to full time painting?

I noticed people were expendable in that business. I needed an escape plan and a second career that I could pursue anywhere in the world. While hitting my most lucrative stride, I quit the ad business at age 42 and went back to the art school full time, intensely learning for eight months.

After living in New York, what drew you back to Long Island?

At 48, I met my wife Hazel and at 49 my daughter Lia was born. Not wanting to raise Lia in the city, I returned to my home town area. Having grown up in Belle Terre and finding it magical, we found the artists’ dream setting, Miller’s Cottage in Frank Melville Memorial Park, East Setauket. I still work in the ad business, but now work in the seclusion of my studio.

From top, ‘Zephyr,’ pencil and graphite; ‘Jackson,’ pencil on paper Images from Dino Rinaldi

How does living in a nature preserve impact your painting?

Although I hadn’t taken a course in landscape, I knew the allure and dreamlike

beauty of the surrounding area would have to be painted. I watched instructional videos, while applying my previously acquired skills and set out with my easel.

I love being outside so landscape painting was a natural progression. Hearing swans taking off on the pond and an owl that likes to say hello around 11 p.m. always makes me smile and gives me inspiration to paint.

Tell us about painting local scenes.

I have painted and drawn the Belle Terre Gates in Port Jefferson many times, loving every stroke and remembering back to my childhood. Painting the cove at the end of Cliff Road also holds some of my fondest memories.

You are also known for your paintings of animals. Do you have many commissions for those?

I have a pretty steady clientele who commission me to draw their horses and dogs. The number of people requesting pencil portraits of a family member is gaining momentum. Relatives, famous musicians, artists, and celebrities are among the most requested.

How would you describe your style of painting?

I feel I have yet to hit my stride on one subject are or even one style, but continue to grow and hone my skills with the goal of creating something each painting better than the last one.

You exhibit many beautiful still life paintings in a box. How did this genre come about?

While living in SoHo, I took a walk to Houston Street where people were selling goods. I suddenly saw an old box with a wonderful patina. I was told it was from the 1800’s and “very rare.” After much haggling, we settled on $10. I told the man I was going to paint a still life in the box and paint so many that I would turn the $10 purchase to $10,000. I ended up selling the first one for at the Art Students League for $600. Only $9,400 to go! Since then, I have painted close to 100 objects in the box and the amount must be close to $100,000 in sales.

Since you don’t often enter shows or work with a gallery, how do you seek out opportunities to sell your work or cultivate a collector base?

When it comes to selling my work I found a worldwide audience through Facebook, Instagram, and Saatchi Art online. I love interacting with my over 4,500 friends from around the globe on Facebook: Dino Rinaldi Art. I also have lawn exhibits outside the cottage in the park where my daughter joins me.

APRIL 09, 2020 • ARTS & LIFESTYLES • PAGE B25 Is your daughter following in your family’s footsteps?

My daughter has begun taking her art seriously, often accompanying me with her pink easel to paint various spots in this stunning park. She has already sold 6 pieces!

A fine start indeed!

What qualities does a painting to have to satisfy your standards?

Before setting out to paint, I ask myself “Would it be something I want on my walls?” Another criteria is that it must be a great drawing or painting. If the work fails to meet these two criteria, I put it aside and re-use the canvas. I am my toughest critic.

What advice would you give to your younger self?

If I had a chance I probably tell a younger Dino to focus more on art at an earlier age, save your money for a rainy day so you could escape the city earlier for the peaceful life at Setauket, and to keep my head down longer on my chip shots!

Is there one habit that helps or hinders your creativity?

Determination! I paint and draw as many as a hundred hours a week, working late into the night while listening to music. I learned that when you can do something you love, it is no longer a job but a passion.

What role does art have in society?

I have used my art toward helping charities whenever possible. I began a friendship with Petra Nemcova, a model who lost her fiancé in the tsunami almost a decade ago. I was so moved, I set up an art show at Guava Studios and was able to raise $13,000 toward building a school in Thailand.

That is a wonderful achievement! I have heard that you also give to other charities as well.

I have donated to horse rescues and other animal rescues. I think it is a natural progression to want to help people even as I sometimes struggle to make money; rarely do I question if it is the right move.

What are your future aspirations as an artist?

My goal has been to always to enjoy my life in the fullest manner possible while also being able to spend more time with my wife and daughter. I want to sell enough art to pay the bills and keep me in cadmium red! By continuing to study the old masters, I will someday reach my goal of fame and fortune.

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From top, ‘Grist Mill,’ oil on canvas; ‘Belle Terre Gates,’ oil on canvas Images from Dino Rinaldi

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Hokey Pokey will need to have his deformed leg amputated when he is old enough, and he will likely never have control over urination/defecation behavior but his spirit and grit is absolutely unbreakable. Hokey Pokey can live with any dogs, cats, or children; he just needs a home that will give him the love and special care that he needs to live a long and happy life. *Due to the health risk presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, there will be limited

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Leveraging the online conferencing website Zoom, alongside Google’s ‘Classroom’ app, students have managed not only to continue learning, but also to come together in a unique and special way to recognize those on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of their ‘distance learning’ co-curricular art instruction, teacher Amarilis Singh tasked students with the challenge of displaying gratitude and inspiring positivity through art. Leaning on Maya Angelou’s famous quote, Try to be the rainbow in someone’s cloud, which

the kindergarten class had been studying prior to the school closure, and paired with a musical selection from a recent school concert, "A Million Dreams" from The Greatest Showman, the students’ work was created into a slideshow.

Harbor Country Day School’s music teacher, Donna Siani, initially shared the slideshow with SUNY Stony Brook University’s Director of Community Relations, Joan Dickinson, to thank front line medical workers for their extraordinary efforts during the most unusual and frightening of times.

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ooking for a fun dessert to brighten up your holiday table this weekend? Why not go old school and make this blast from the past bunny cake? We printed this recipe back in 2016 but our readers had so much fun making it we thought we'd bring it back for an encore. Not only is this cake easy to make and delicious, but it is also fun for kids as they can help decorate and bring out their creative side.

Devil's Food Bunny Cake INGREDIENTS: • 1 and 3/4 cups sifted cake flour • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 3/4 teaspoon salt • 1 and 1/3 cups sugar • 1/2 cup butter • 1 cup milk • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 2 eggs • 3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted • white frosting (about 4 1/2 cups) • 1 bag sweetened coconut flakes • red food coloring • assorted jellybeans • pink gel frosting DIRECTIONS:

Sift the flour with soda, salt and sugar. Soften the butter. Add flour mixture and 3/4 cup milk to the butter.

Mix to dampen flour and then beat for two minutes at

medium speed. Add the vanilla, eggs, chocolate and 1/4 cup milk. Beat 1 minute longer. Pour the batter into two 9-inch layer pans, lined on bottoms with paper. Bake at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes and then remove and cool on racks.

Cut one cake into 3 parts, making two ears and a bow tie (see diagram). Assemble the other cake as the head.

Frost the entire cake. Line the inside of the ears with pink gel frosting. Tint 1/4 cup coconut with red food coloring to make it pink.

Sprinkle pink coconut in the centers of the ears and in the mouth area. Sprinkle white coconut over the rest of the cake. Use black jelly beans for the eyes and nose and assorted jelly beans on the tie. As a grand finale, add three whiskers on each side of the mouth with pink gel frosting.

Now who wants some cake?

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A Heartfelt Talk About Pediatric Cardiology OUR EXPERTS ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS Laurie E. Panesar, MD Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology Stony Brook Children’s Hospital

Kathleen Walsh-Spoonhower, MD Director, Fetal Heart Program Stony Brook Children’s Hospital

When should a child see a pediatric cardiologist?

Sometimes children experience symptoms that are similar to those of a heart condition, including chest pain, palpitations (heart racing), fainting or diminished tolerance for exercise and activity. In some cases, these symptoms do require evaluation by a cardiologist, which

Are there ways to help prevent heart disease in children?

The same heart health guidelines for adults also apply to children. They should eat lots of fruits, vegetables, healthy grains and low-fat dairy, and limit saturated fats, trans fats and sodium. Children should also get an hour of physical activity each day.

Heart disease runs in my family.

How do I know if my child is at risk for having a heart problem?

Although some heart conditions can be inherited, most are not. Congenital heart disease occurs when children are born with their heart condition.

Children can also acquire heart conditions later in life due to other illnesses, such as a viral illness that affects the heart, or heart disease that develops after birth, such as a cardiomyopathy.

If heart disease runs in your family and you are unsure if your child should see a pediatric cardiologist, you can ask your child’s pediatrician or make an appointment to have your child evaluated by a cardiologist.

What should I expect to happen at my child’s pediatric cardiology visit?

A typical evaluation at Stony Brook Children’s includes a comprehensive cardiovascular examination and an electrocardiogram to evaluate the heart rhythm. Depending on the clinical concern, an echocardiogram, or a heart ultrasound, may be performed to evaluate the heart structure and function.

Once all of the evaluations are completed, your child’s cardiologist will review the information with you, answer your questions and make recommendations for a follow-up plan.

What makes the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Stony Brook the leading choice for pediatric heart care in Suffolk County?

We are the only academic pediatric cardiology practice in Suffolk County and can provide comprehensive, evidence based care to the children we care for. We also provide an environment that feels safe and reassuring to the child and their family. Even if a child has a complex heart problem, our team strives to work together with the family, the pediatrician and other pediatric subspecialists to ensure that the whole child is cared for, not just their heart.

Why a pediatric cardiologist?

Pediatric cardiologists have received extensive training in diagnosing and treating cardiac problems in patients generally younger than 18 years old.

Stony Brook Children’s is the only medical center in Suffolk County that offers comprehensive cardiac care for children from before birth into young adulthood. It is important to look for a specialist who is board-certified, which indicates the physician has passed a certifying examination after completing an advanced level of training.

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It can be frightening and confusing for parents to hear their child may have a heart problem. Fortunately, Long Island is home to one of New York’s most renowned academic medical centers and the only children’s hospital in Suffolk County. Pediatric cardiologists at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital answer your questions about childhood heart disease.

would be determined by your pediatrician. Another reason to consult a pediatric cardiologist is a family history of heart disease in children or young adults, including a relative passing away at a young age from a suspected heart problem.

This article is intended to be general and/or educational in nature.

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