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What is vermouth?

BY BOB LIPINSKI

Vermouth is a wine that has been infused with various herbs and spices, sweetened with sugar and fortified with a slight amount of alcohol. For a red vermouth, caramel coloring is added to the wine.

The name “vermouth” is from the German word wermut for wormwood (a bitter herb), an integral ingredient in the drink that has been used over its history. When the Latin countries emerged as the chief producers of this type of wine in the eighteenth century, the word wermut was written as vermouth.

How Vermouth Is Made

There are many types of vermouths, so the exact production method varies from brand to brand. The wine is lightly fortified with brandy or other distilled spirits. Each winery adds a proprietary mixture of dry ingredients, consisting of aromatic herbs, roots, and barks.

After the wine is fortified and aromatized, the vermouth is sweetened with either cane sugar or caramelized sugar, depending on the style. Wineries let the mixture rest for various amounts of time, before it is filtered and bottled. The above process has similarities to making tea. In vermouth-making, the herbs are “infused” or steeped in alcohol instead of boiling water.

Some ingredients used (there are over 100) are allspice, angelica, angostura, anise, bitter almond, bitter orange, celery, chamomile,

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cinnamon, clove, coriander, fennel, gentian, ginger, marjoram, myrtle, nutmeg, peach, quinine, rhubarb, rosemary, saffron, sage, sandalwood, savory, thyme, and vanilla.

Vermouth contains between 15 and 21 percent alcohol. It can be red, white, or rosé in color, and be dry, semidry, or sweet.

The sweet vermouths, mostly red and a few whites, contain about 10 to 15 percent sugar. The dry vermouths contain less than 4 percent sugar.

Many countries make vermouth or a vermouth-type wine. The leading countries in production are Italy, France, U.S. Spain, Germany, Argentina, United Kingdom, and Australia.

Serving

When a bottle of vermouth (red or white, dry or sweet) is opened, it should be refrigerated and consumed within six weeks.

After six weeks, the sweet and especially the dry vermouth takes on a darker color and has a somewhat musty, “off” odor.

Vermouth can be enjoyed chilled “straight up;” over ice with a twist of lemon or orange; or even with a splash of seltzer water. A drink called a “blonde and a redhead” is made with equal parts of dry white and sweet red vermouth. The wine is so versatile that it can be used in marinades, sauces, broths, and by most cooking methods, from steaming to grilling.

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Bob Lipinski is the author of 10 books, including “101: Everything You Need To Know About Whiskey” and “Italian Wine & Cheese Made Simple” (available on Amazon. com). He conducts training seminars on Wine, Spirits, and Food and is available for speaking engagements. He can be reached at www. boblipinski.com OR bkjm@hotmail.com.

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BNL taps technical talent to tackle COVID-19 Harnessing the Technology of our Research Giants

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF Brookhaven National Laboratory is putting its considerable human and technical resources behind the global effort to combat the coronavirus.

John Hill, the director of the National Synchrotron Lightsource II, is leading a working group to coordinate the lab’s COVID-19 science and technology initiatives.

He is also working on a team to coordinate COVID-19 research across all the Department of Energy labs.

“We are proud that the tools we built at BNL, which include the NSLS II, which took 10 years to build and cost about a billion dollars,” will contribute to the public health effort, Hill said. “We feel that science will solve this problem, and hopefully soon. It’s great that BNL is a part of that fight.”

In addition to using hightechnology equipment like the NSLS II to study the atomic structure of the virus and any possible treatments or vaccines, BNL is also engaging a team led by Kerstin Kleese van Dam, who is the director of BNL’s Computational Science Initiative.

According to Hill, the combination of the physical experiments and the computing expertise will provide a feedback loop that informs the efforts with each team. Kleese van Dam’s team is using supercomputers to run simulated experiments, matching up the atomic structure of the viral proteins with any potential drugs or small molecules that might interfere with its self-copying and lifedestroying efforts.

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Across the world, the scale of the science to which BNL is contributing is even larger than the Manhattan Project that led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II, said Hill.

In just three months since scientists in China produced the genetic sequence of the coronavirus, researchers around the world have produced over 15,000 research articles, some of which have been published in scientific journals, while researchers have self-published others to share their findings in real time.

Working with computer scientists from different fields at BNL, Kleese van Dam is helping researchers screen through the abundant current research on COVID-19. The number of papers is “accelerating at a rate no one can read,” Hill explained.

Kleese van Dam and four of her scientists are setting up a natural language processing interface so scientists can type in what they want to find, such as a protein binding with a specific complex, and put it into a search engine. She is working on an initial service that she hopes to expand. Additionally, the computer science team is planning to start a project to look at epidemiological data to determine how various people might react to different treatment.

Kleese van Dam and her team are also working to build an archive in the United States that they hope will host at least the results of the Department of Energy funded projects in medical therapeutics. “[We are] convinced that this would provide a much better starting point for future outbreaks, as well as providing a near term clearing house of results,” she explained in an email.

As for the work at the synchrotron, Hill said that the high-energy x-rays can determine

From left, Kerstin Kleese van Dam, Brand Development Manager at BNL Diana Murphy, and John Hill at the Practical Quantum Computing Conference (Q2B) in San Jose, CA, Dec. 2019. Photo courtesy of Kerstin Kleese van Dam

the specific atomic configuration of proteins in the virus.

The NSLS II, which was designed to study the structure of batteries, geology and plant cells, among other objects, can look at “small protein crystals better than anywhere else in the world.”

The virus relies on a docking mechanism that allows it to enter a cell and then insert its malevolent RNA to disrupt the cell’s normal function. Understanding how the pieces come together physically can allow researchers to look for small molecules or approved drugs that could interfere with the virus.

One of the many advantages of the synchrotron over protein crystallography is that the NSLS II doesn’t need as many copies of proteins to determine their atomic structure. Hill said protein crystallography needs samples that are about 100 to 200 microns in size, which is about the width of a human hair, which can take weeks to months to years to grow. This is a “bottleneck in the whole process” of solving protein structure, he said.

On the other hand, the NSLS II only requires samples of about a micron in size. This “greatly speeds up the process,” he added. Two different groups of researchers, from the pharmaceutical industry and from academia and national labs, are conducting experiments on the NSLS II. Hill said he was receiving viral proteins scientists believe will bind

with the virus from collaborators in the United Kingdom. The scientific process is as quick and collaborative as it’s ever been among researchers, he said. The proteins arrived recently.

That collaborative process would have “taken months to set up under normal circumstances,” Hill said.

Instead, it only took a few days.

At the same time, BNL is constructing a cryo-electron microscope, which doesn’t have the same resolution as the NSLS II, but does not need crystals and can study individual proteins.

Researchers need about 10,000 of them and can average the images together. The resolution is five to 10 times worse than x-rays.

BNL is accelerating the construction of the cryo EM and hope to have the first beam in midMay. Commissioning will take some extra time, Hill said. The first structure of the coronavirus spike protein was determined by using an electron microscope.

For Hill and Kleese van Dam, who each have dedicated much of their time to these efforts, the opportunity to contribute to a project that could have implications for a public that is battling this disease is rewarding and offers reasons for optimism.

“To be able to help at such a scale is indeed humbling and gratifying,” said Kleese van Dam. “Science is going to solve this problem,” added Hill. “That gives me comfort.”

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COVID-19: A three-pronged approach to strengthen lung function Who benefits from stronger lungs?

EVERYONE!

Until recently, many people thought COVID-19 was like the common cold or maybe like the flu.

Now, most of us know somebody directly or indirectly who has been hospitalized with COVID-19.

While social distancing and handBy David washing are critical Dunaief, M.D. to prevent its spread, strengthening lung function is crucial to preventing its progression to severe disease.

Among those with highest risk for severe COVID-19 are those with chronic obstructive lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, as well as those who smoke and vape.

What can we do to strengthen our lungs? We can improve lung function with simple lifestyle modifications including exercising, eating a plant-based diet with a focus on fruits and vegetables, expanding lung capacity with an incentive spirometer, and quitting smoking and vaping, which damage the lungs (1). Not only people with compromised lungs will benefit; studies suggest “healthy” people will also benefit.

Why is this important?

This virus starts in the throat but may progress to the lungs attacking the alveoli, small air sacs that allow gas exchange to take place. When this occurs, patients get short of breath and may have to be hospitalized and placed on a ventilator. Two factors influence this: inflammation and fluid in the lungs.

Both asthma and COPD increase inflammation of the airways and the lung’s functional tissue (parenchyma) thus, potentially making these patients more susceptible to severe COVID-19.

Let’s look at the research, taking a three-pronged, or “forked,” approach: diet, incentive spirometry and exercise.

Diet Studies in Asthma

In a randomized controlled trial (gold standard of studies) of asthma patients,

A small study showed that those who trained with an incentive spirometer for two weeks increased their vital capacity, right and left chest wall motion, and right diaphragm motion. This means it improved lung function and respiratory motion. Participants were 10 non-smoking healthy adults who were instructed to take five sets of five deep breaths twice a day, totaling 50 deep breaths per day. The brands used in the study are easily accessible, such as Teleflex’s Triflo II. In another small, two-month study of 27 patients with COPD, the incentive spirometer improved blood gasses, such as partial pressure carbon dioxide and oxygen, in COPD patients with exacerbation (6).

The authors concluded that it may improve quality of life for COPD patients.

Exercise Studies

Physical exercise three times a day improves lung function. METRO photo

results show that after 14 days those who ate a low-antioxidant diet had less lung function compared to those who ate a high-antioxidant diet (2). Researchers measured lung function with one-second forced expiratory volume (FEV1) and predicted forced vital capacity (FVC). Additionally, those who were in the low-antioxidant diet group also had higher inflammation at 14 weeks, as measured using a c-reactive protein (CRP) biomarker. Those who were in the low-antioxidant group also were over two-times more likely to have an asthma exacerbation.

The good news is that the difference in behavior between the high- and lowantioxidant groups was small. The highantioxidant group had a modest five servings of vegetables and two servings of fruit daily, while the low-antioxidant group ate no more than two servings of vegetables and one serving of fruit daily. Carotenoid supplementation, instead of antioxidant foods, made no difference in inflammation.

The authors concluded that an increase in carotenoids from diet have a clinically significant impact on asthma and can be seen in a very short period.

Diet Studies in COPD

Several studies demonstrate that higher consumption of fiber from plants decreases the risk of COPD in smokers and exsmokers. Bear with me, because the studies were done with men or women, not both

at the same time. In one study of men, for example, results showed that higher fiber intake was associated with significant 48 percent reductions in COPD incidence in smokers and 38 percent incidence reductions in ex-smokers (3). The high-fiber group ate at least 36.8 grams per day, compared to the low-fiber group, which ate less than 23.7 grams per day. Fiber sources were fruits, vegetables and whole grain, essentially a whole foods plant-based diet. The high-fiber group was still below the American Dietetic Association-recommended 38 grams per day.

This is within our grasp.

In another study, women had a highly significant 37 percent decreased risk of COPD among those who consumed at least 2.5 serving of fruit per day compared to those who consumed less than 0.8 servings per day (4).

The highlighted fruits shown to reduce COPD in both men and women included apples, bananas, and pears.

Incentive Spirometry

What is an incentive spirometer? It’s a device that helps expand the lungs by inhaling through a tube and causing a ball or multiple balls to rise. This opens the alveoli and may help you breathe better.

Incentive spirometry has been used for patients with pneumonia, those who have chest or abdominal surgery and those with asthma or COPD, but it has also been useful for healthy participants (5).

Exercise can have a direct impact on lung function. In a study involving healthy women ages 65 years and older, results showed that 20 minutes of high-intensity exercise three times a day improved FEV1 and FVC, both indicators of lung function, in as little as 12 weeks (7). Participants began with a 15-minute warm-up, then 20 minutes of highintensity exercise on a treadmill, followed by 15 minutes of cool-down with stretching.

What is impressive is that it was done in older adults, not those in their twenties and not in elite athletes. Since most of us don’t have access to a treadmill right now, note that any physical exercise will be beneficial.

We should be working to strengthen our lungs, regardless of COVID-19. However, to potentially reduce our risk of severe COVID-19, this three-pronged approach of lifestyle modifications – diet, exercise and incentive spirometer – may help without expending significant time or expense. As Yogi Berra would say, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” There is no time to waste.

References:

(1) Public Health Rep. 2011 Mar-Apr; 126(2): 158-159. (2) Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Sep;96(3):534-43. (3) Epidemiology Mar 2018;29(2):254-260. (4) Int J Epidemiol Dec 1 2018;47(6);1897-1909. (5) Ann Rehabil Med. Jun 2015;39(3):360-365. (6) Respirology. Jun 2005;10(3):349-53. (7) J Phys Ther Sci. Aug 2017;29(8):1454-1457.

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

AUTOMOTIVE

A to Z Custom Colour 594 Rt. 25A Mt.. Sinai, NY 11766 631-474-5917 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

Suburban Exterminating 879 W Jericho Tpke, Smithtown 631-864-6900 suburbanexterminating.com

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

Hamlet Wines 730 Route 25A, Setauket 631-751-3131

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

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

Buttercup Dairy 285 Boyle Road, Port Jefferson Station 631-928-4607 • buttercupdairy.com

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 Costello’s Ace Hardware of Smithtown 52 E Main Street, Smithtown 631-863-3200 • costellosace.com Home Ops 640 Building D, Belle Terre Rd Port Jefferson 631-509-2000 • callhomeops.com

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PERSONAL SERVICES

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Lewin Medical Supply 3655 Route 112, Coram 631-716-4040 • lewinmedicalsupply.com Online Piano & Guitar Lessons Tony Mann Music 631-632-6005 • 631-473-3443 Reach for the Stars Tutoring 631-804-3623 reachforthestarstutoring.com Stony Brook Vision World 2194 Nesconset Hwy., Stony Brook 631-246-5468 • sbvisionworld.com U4U 280 Main Street, Suite 31 Farmingdale, NY 11735 P 516 420 0013 uniforms4unity.org Village Chemist 226 Main Street, East Setauket 631-751-1333 Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice Care of Suffolk 505 Main Street, Northport 631-261-7200 • visitingnurseservice.org Waterfront Chiropractic PC 146 N. New York Ave Huntington, NY 11743 631-549-1490

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Animal Emergency Services 280 Middle Country Road, Selden 631-698-2225 • longislandaes.com

Mr. Sewerman Cesspool Company Lake Ronkonkoma 631-924-7502 facebook: @MrSewermanCesspoolsvcinc

KGI Design Group 280 Main Street, Suite 34 Farmingdale, NY 11735 P 516 420 0013 kgidesigngroup.com

Corner Animal Hospital 24 Woods Corner Road, Setauket 631-941-3500 • corneranimal.com Feasts For Beasts 45 Route 25A, Mount Sinai 631-331-1150 Hamlet Pet Supply 732 Route 25A, Setauket 631-751-6789 Hounds Town 509-1 N Bicycle Path Port Jefferson Station (631) 476-9320 • houndstownusa.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 Rocky Point Animal Hospital 526A Route 25A, Rocky Point 631-744-8882 rockypointanimalhospital.com Setauket Animal Hospital 89 Gnarled Hollow Road, East Setauket 631-751-8950 setauketanimalhospital.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

PET SERVICES

Animal Health & Wellness Veterinary Hospital 150 Main Street, Setauket 631-751-2200 • animalhealthwellness.com

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MOVIE REVIEW

SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK MEET KOBE: The natural antidepressant!

Hilary Swank and Betty Gilpin in a scene from the film. Photos courtesy of Universal Pictures

Bloody politics take center stage in The Hunt

BY JEFFREY SANZEL

“Whether they’re smart pretending to be idiots or idiots pretending to be smart …”

The Hunt follows “elitist snowflakes” stalking “deplorables” on a sprawling compound in Croatia. In this film, both groups have earned the quotes in one way or another. The rich are insufferable and entitled on a whole new level; the rednecks behave in the way they are most often caricatured. It is hard to label the film: satire, horror, action thriller, or political commentary.

All are relevant but not one fully encompasses the frenzied whole. It is also hyperviolent, bloody, frequently sadistic, but, more often than not, engaging.

Co-written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof and directed by Craig Zobel, The Hunt’s release was scheduled for September 2019 but was postponed because of mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso. It was finally released in theaters in early March; when the theaters were closed, it was quickly offered on pay-per-view sites.

This is not the first movie to follow humans hunting humans. Richard Connell’s 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game was first adapted for film in 1932. It has been seen in about a dozen incarnations over the years. The Hunt’s strong political thread separates it from many of People do come its predecessors.

A group of captives and go very from various parts of quickly here and the United States are all in unpleasant dropped into a forest where, upon their circumstances. release, the majority are slaughtered in a scene reminiscent of The Hunger Games: bullets, landmines, arrows, a pit with spikes, etc. Those who escape are then hunted down in various ways throughout the next hour.

Playing in the background is the discussion of Manorgate, a conspiracy theory that seems to be coming true for these targets: the left-wing rich tracking the poor for sport.

The film spends little time developing character but is more concerned with the broad strokes, moving swiftly through a range of vicious encounters. Late in the film, a flashback explains but in no way attempts to justify the actions of the

privileged. Centering on a leaked text introduced in the beginning, it is the impetus for the events, leading to the question of motivation versus wish fulfillment. This is part of the all-over and overthe-top nature of the entire story.

The cast makes the most of the chaos. The dark humor surfaces in unexpected times, including Amy Madigan and Reed Birney’s argument over an issues of political correctness as they clean-up and store bodies. It is either hilarious or horrifying, depending on the pointof-view. Perhaps, it is both.

Most of the characters are either given first names or simple monikers. For example, Emma Roberts is billed as “Yoga Pants.” Her quick dispatch is enough reason not to go further into her character. Justin Hartley (Kevin of television’s This Is Us) also disappears early on.

People do come and go very quickly here and all in unpleasant circumstances.

The stand-out is Betty Gilpin as Crystal Creasey, one of the pursued, who proves to be a match for her assailants at every step and turn. Gilpin (best known as Debbie “Liberty Bell” Eagan on the Neflix series GLOW) is extraordinary. She makes Crystal quirky and mannered, yet entirely believable. In the most powerful and disturbing moment, she retells the story of the tortoise and the hare with a brutal and unexpected outcome. Her delivery is both painful and chilling. It also comes full circle at the end.

The climax is a showdown between Crystal and the driving force behind the Hunt, Athena Stone (an unbridled Hilary Swank). It could be an example of female empowerment or could easily just be plain exploitation. Either way, it is an all-out brawl of epic proportions.

“Whether they’re smart pretending to be idiots or idiots pretending to be smart …” states Crystal. As to who are the heroes and who are the villains, this is left in a strange ambivalence.

Certainly, many will see the film as a portrait of the underlying divide between the left and the right. Others will see it as a blood-drenched spectacle. With its extreme violence and twisted politics, ultimately, The Hunt is an equal opportunity offender.

Rated R, The Hunt is now streaming on demand.

This week’s shelter pet is a loving happy guy named Kobe, a three-year-old male English Bulldog and Pit mix currently waiting at the Smithtown Animal Shelter for a new family. Kobe is an adorable pup who has a face that makes you instantly fall in love with him. He’s a total goofball, and will perform to get your attention. He has lots of energy inside him, and will let it all out with lots of playtime and love to anyone he meets. He gets along great with children, but would prefer to be the only pet in the household.

Kobe unfortunately suffers from a chronic heart condition, so he requires an owner to go the extra mile. He requires daily medication and a yearly checkup with a cardiologist. He also should not be permitted to go on long walks or be out in the hot weather. Despite his heart problems, and a tough start of his life, Kobe is sweet, affectionate and extremely outgoing. He has an amazing attitude through it all.

Photo from Smithtown Animal Shelter

*Due to the health risk presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, there will be limited public access to the shelter. If you are interested in meeting Kobe please fill out an adoption application online. The Smithtown Animal & Adoption Shelter is located at 410 Middle Country Road, Smithtown. For more information, call 631-360-7575.

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Akropolis 127 Smithtown Blvd, Nesconset (631) 979-0924 akropolisrestaurant.com Alpine Pastry Shoppe 59 Route 111 Smithtown, NY 11787 631-265-5610 alpinepastryshoppe.com

Burrito Loco Fresh Mexican Grill 128 Commack Road Commack 631-462-3030 burritologogrill.com

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Cafe Buenos Aires 23 Wall Street, Huntington (631) 603-3600 cafebuenosaires.net Cafe Red 107 Main Street, Kings Park (631) 544-4500 caferedli.com

Ancient Ginger 556 N Country Road St. James 631-584-8883 ancientginger.com

Cara Mia Restaurant 257 Echo Avenue, Sound Beach (631) 849-4809 caramiarestaurantandpizzeria.com

Andersen’s Deli & Catering 41 Indian Head Rd, Kings Park 631-544-6506 andersenscatering.com

Carnival Restaurant 4900 Nesconset Hwy Port Jefferson Station 631-473-9772 carnivalrestaurant.net

Andersens Smokehouse & Grill 20 E Main Street, Smithtown 631-292-2520 andersensgrill.com Bagel Express 15-5 Bennetts Road, East Setauket 631-675-2770 bagelexpressli.com

Casa Luis 1033 W Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown (631) 543-4656 casa-luis.com Cest Cheese 216 B Main St, Port Jefferson 631-403-4944 cestcheesepj.com

Bistro Cassis 55 Wall Street, Huntington (631) 421-4122 reststarinc.com

Chop Shop Bar & Grill 47 E Main St, Smithtown (631) 360-3383 chopshopbarandgrill.com

BiVio Ristorante 1801 East Jericho Turnpike Huntington 631-499-9133 Bivioristorante.net

Ciro’s Italian Restaurant 74 Main Street, Kings Park 631-269-2600 cirosresaurants.com Colosseo Pizza & Restaurant 1049 Route 112 Port Jefferson Station 631-928-4972

Brezza Pizza Kitchen 5768 NY-25A suite k, Wading River 631-886-1536 facebook.com/BrezzaPizzaKitchen

Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe 75 Woodbine Avenue, Northport 631-754-3256 copenhagenbakery.net Crazy Beans 97 Main Street, Stony Brook 631-675-6964 crazybeansrestaurant.com

Buona Sera 88 E Main St, Smithtown 631-265-0625 buonaseramenu.com Burger King 2488 Nesconset Hwy Stony Brook 631-751-1107 burgerking.com

Crazy Beans 159-14 NY 25A, Miller Place 631-403-4954 crazybeansrestaurant.com

Burgerology 308 Main Street, Huntington (631) 923-2441 burgerologyrvc.com

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

Bring Your Favorite Restaurants Home. Options For Take-Out, Delivery, Curb Side, & Door Dash Cupeez Drive-Thru 30 Route 25A, East Setauket 631-751-9784 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 Faradays 17 West Main Street, Smithtown 631-724-1031 faradaysofsmithtown.com Farm Country Kitchen 513 W Main Street Riverhead 631-369-6311 farmcountrykitchenli.com Farm to Table 127 Smithtown Blvd Nesconset, NY 11767 631-406-6742 farmtotablecatering.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 Fratelli’s of Stony Brook 77 Main Street, Stony Brook 631-751-4445 Fratellisitalianeatery.com Friendly’s Restaurant 201 Hallock Road, Stony Brook 631-751-3150 friendlys.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

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

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

Golden Dynasty 416 North Country Road St, James 631-250-9888

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

Green Cactus Fresh Mexican Grill 1099 Route 25A, Stony Brook 631-751-0700 greencactusgrill.com

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

Grumpy Jacks 28 Oakland Ave, Port Jefferson 631-642-1942 Grumpyjacksportjeff.com

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

Hatch Brunch 286 Main Street, Huntington 631-424-0780 hatchbrunch.com

Library Cafe 274 Main Street, Farmingdale 516-752-7678 thelibrarycafe.com

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

Locals 106 E Main St., Port Jefferson 631-509-0627 cafelocals.com

Husk and Vine Kitchen and Cocktails 655 Middle Country Road, St James 631-250-9616 huskandvineny.com Island Empanada 601 Portion Road Ronkonkoma 631-617-6427 islandempanada.com Island Empanada 2040 Route 112, Medford 631-307-9696 islandempanada.com

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Long Island Bagel Cafe 2310 Nesconset Highway Stony Brook 631-364-9200 libc.com Long Island Microgreens Longislandmicrogreens.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 MB Ramen 335 New York Avenue Huntington 631-923-3176 Nantuckets 9 Trader’s Cove, Port Jefferson 631-509-4848 nantucketsportjefferson.com

Pace’s Steak House 325 Nesconset Hwy Hauppauge, NY 11788 631-979-7676 pacessteakhouse.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

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

Pastrami N Friends 110A Commack Road Commack 631-499-9537 pastraminfriends.com Pentimento

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

Restaurant & Lounge 93 Main Street Stony Brook 631-689-7755 pentimentorestaurant.net

New Wave Burrito Bar 2 Clinton Avenue, Huntington 631-923-2622 newwaveburritobar.com

Pietro Cucina Italiana 404 N Country Rd, St. James 631-862-6129 pietro631.com

Northport Quality Meats 829 Fort Salonga Road Northport, NY 11768 631-757-0300

PJ Lobsterhouse 1 N Country Rd. Port Jefferson 631-473-1143 pjlobsterhouse.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 O Sole Mio 2194 Nesconset Hwy, Stony Brook 631-751-1600 osolemiostonybrook.com

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Outback Restaurant 5040 Nesconset Hwy East Setauket 631-474-8700 outback.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 631-751-2432 se-portdeli.com Seaqua Deli & Caterers 430 N Country Road St. James 631-686-6868 seaquadeli.com

Via Pizza 205 Route 25A Setauket 631-689-9540

The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille 716 Smithtown Bypass, Smithtown 631-656-9086 thegreeneturtle.com

Vauxhall 26 Clinton Avenue, Huntington 631-4525-0222 vauxhallhuntington.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

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

Sweeties Candy Cottage 142 E. Main St Huntington 631-423-7625 sweetiescandycottage.com

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

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

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

Six Harbors Brewing Company 243 New York Avenue Huntington, NY 11743 631-470-1560 sixharborsbrewingcompany.com Slurp Ramen 109 W Broadway, Port Jefferson 631-509-1166 slurpusa.com

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

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

Sweetwaters 200 W Main Street Smithtown, NY 11787 631-360-0276 www.sweetwaterscafe.com Tend Coffee 924 Montauk Highway Shirley 631-772-4707 tendcoffee.com

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

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

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The Fifth Season 34 E Main Street, Port Jefferson 631-477-8500 ext. 2 WKHÀ IWK VHDVRQ FRP

The Pie 216 Main St. Port Jefferson 631-331-4646 thepieofportjeff.com The Secret Garden 225-Main St. Port Jefferson 631-476-8327

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

Tweets Ice Cream Café 5768 NY-25A bldg E, Wading River 631-886-1293 www.facebook.com/ TweetsIceCreamCafe

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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COOKING COVE

DIRECTIONS: Stock photo

Preheat oven to 475 F. Place heavy 10” skillet in oven to heat. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs until frothy; then whisk flour, milk, nutmeg and cinnamon into eggs. Lower oven to 425 F. Remove skillet and swirl butter to completely coat bottom and sides. Pour batter into hot skillet; place back in oven and bake 20 minutes or until golden and puffy. Remove from oven, slide pancake onto warm plate and sift confectioners’ sugar on top. Serve immediately with hot coffee and fresh fruit.

Oven-baked French Toast

A wake-up call for family breakfast

BY BARBARA BELTRAMI When was the last time before the coronavirus quarantine that you and your family had breakfast together, except maybe on Sunday morning?

How long has it been since everyone didn’t bolt out the door, coffee cup or bagel in hand and dash off? Late for work, late for school, just plain late and barely time for a goodbye. Along with the many togetherness opportunities afforded us by our domestic isolation, weekday breakfast has got to be the most novel. It’s a chance to whip up a batch of special pancakes, French toast or a savory breakfast hero; a time to let the aroma of sizzling bacon and fresh coffee waft upstairs

or down the hall to lure the rumpled late sleepers to the table for conversation, monosyllabic as it’s likely to be, and to get to know each other in a relaxed morning mode.

Dutch Baby Pancake

YIELD: Makes 2 to 4 servings INGREDIENTS: • 2 eggs • 1/2 cup flour • 1/2 cup milk • Pinch nutmeg • Pinch cinnamon • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter • 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar

YIELD: Makes 4 servings INGREDIENTS: • 6 jumbo eggs • 1 1/2 cups milk • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1 tablespoon maple syrup • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1 loaf challah, cut into 1” slices • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 250 F. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, maple syrup and salt. Transfer to large shallow dish. Soak bread slices, as many at a time as will fit, in egg mixture, turning once, until both sides are well coated and soaked. In large skillet, heat one tablespoon butter and one tablespoon oil over medium-high heat; add bread and cook, turning once, until golden brown on both sides, about 3 to 5 minutes; transfer to cookie sheet and place

in oven to keep warm. Repeat procedure with remaining butter, oil and bread. When all slices are cooked, serve immediately with maple syrup, honey, jam or preserves or powdered sugar.

Breakfast Hero Ranchero

YIELD: Makes 4 to 6 servings INGREDIENTS: • 1/4 cup olive oil • 1 large onion, diced • 2 fresh jalapeno peppers, cleaned and diced • 1 loaf Italian bread or French baguette, sliced lengthwise and toasted • 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened • 1/2 pound bacon, fried and drained • 4 to 6 eggs, scrambled • 3 breakfast sausages, cooked, drained, sliced • Half a 14-ounce can black beans, rinsed, drained • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste • 1 cup Manchego cheese, shredded • 1 cup tomato salsa • 1 cup sour cream DIRECTIONS:

In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, warm oil. Add onion and jalapeno and sauté, stirring often, over medium-high heat until onion is opaque and pepper is tender, about 5 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, toast bread halves and assemble precooked ingredients. When bread is toasted, spread top half with butter, top bottom half with bacon, then eggs, sausage slices, beans, pepper and salt, cheese, salsa and sour cream.

Place buttered top over fillings, press gently with heel of hand, slice into desired portions and serve immediately with citrus fruit and hot chocolate.

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Dr. Jane Goodall Photo courtesy of National Geographic

Environmental education could not wait then, and cannot wait now

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New Jane Goodall documentary, 'The Hope,' to air on Earth Day

Patricia Paladines teaches a child the art of seining during Setauket Harbor Day on Sept. 28, 2019. Photo by Maria Hoffman

he first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 ecological balance. It called for the use of such catalyzed the modern environmental curricula in model educational programs at education movement. A few months the elementary and secondary school levels, after that first official celebration of the Earth’s the development of training programs for natural environment, the Congress of the United teachers, other educational personnel, public States passed The Environmental Education service personnel, community, labor, industrial and business leaders, and Act, which was signed into government employees at law by President Richard State, Federal and local levels.

Nixon on October 30, 1970.

It supported the planning Later, Nixon noted that it is of outdoor ecological “vital that our entire society centers that would provide develop a new understanding community education and new awareness of man’s programs on preserving and relation to his environment enhancing environmental – what might be called quality and maintaining ‘environmental literacy.’” ecological balance, and the The Act states that preparation and distribution “The Congress of the of material by mass media in United States finds that the dealing with the environment deterioration of the quality and ecology. of the Nation’s environment In 1971, the U.S. and of its ecological balance

BY PATRICIA PALADINES Commissioner of Education, poses a serious threat to the Sidney P. Marland Jr. wrote strength and vitality of the people of the Nation and is in part due to poor an article titled Environmental Education understanding of the Nation’s environment Cannot Wait in American Education. In the and of the need for ecological balance; that article he stated, “Environment as a high presently there do not exist adequate resources priority educational theme has also been for educating and informing citizens in these assisted by strong student concern for the areas, and that concerted efforts in educating decline in environmental quality. Youth is citizens about environmental quality and more concerned with the future state of the environment than is the older generation ecological balance are therefore necessary.”

The Environmental Education Act because young people are, for one thing, going encouraged and provided financial support for to spend so much time inhaling that future the development of curricula that improved environment, swallowing it, and finding their American’s understanding of policies that way through it. Environmental concern offers enhance environmental quality and maintain an attractive neutral ground in which to work

out the ‘alliance between generations’ which President Nixon spoke of at the University of Nebraska in January.”

Many of us were the “youth” Mr. Marland refers to in his article. We grew up inhaling, swallowing and finding our way through the environment our leaders at the time sought to protect. We raised our children on a less polluted planet than what we had begun to experience in the 1950s and 60s when we were children.

Opportunities for learning about the natural environment that surrounds us are readily available around Long Island through nature centers, aquariums, universities, and our protected forests and beaches.

On this 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, the world is on lockdown due to a pandemic which is believed to have originated from disturbance to wildlife and habitats. It is an opportunity to give us pause and reflect on how we now should work out an “alliance between generations” for preventing future Earth Days experienced in lockdowns caused by environmental illiteracy.

Patricia Paladines is an environmental educator and photographer living Setauket.

She works as a consultant for an organization that funds UNICEF's Let Us Learn projects in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Liberia, Madagascar and Nepal. Patricia is on the board of various local environmental organizations including the Four Harbors Audubon Society and the Center for Environmental Education and Discovery in Brookhaven, and in the warm months enjoys leading trips around Stony Brook’s West Meadow Creek aboard the Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s Discovery tour boat.

National Geographic commemorates Earth Day with a special screening of the new two-hour documentary Jane Goodall: The Hope on April 22 starting at 9 p.m. The film, which will air globally in 172 countries and 43 languages on National Geographic, Nat Geo WILD and Nat Geo MUNDO channels, takes viewers through chapters of Dr. Goodall’s journey, highlighting how she inspires hope for our planet, love for its animal inhabitants and actions of stewardship for this generation and those to come.

Featuring an extensive collection of photographs and footage that spans over seven decades, the special depicts the formation of the Jane Goodall Institute’s "Tacare" communitycentered conservation approach and Roots & Shoots youth empowerment program, her remarkable advocacy and leadership on behalf of chimpanzees and humanity.

"Being out in the forest of Gombe, I had a great sense of spiritual awareness; I began to realize that everything is interconnected," says Goodall. "Since then, every day, it’s become clearer that climate change is an existential threat to our natural world, and if we destroy this world, we destroy our own future."

"Each day, every single person has the chance to make an impact through small, thoughtful choices, and when billions of people make the right choices, we start to transform the world," added Goodall. "Don’t give up; there’s always a way forward."

The documentary includes appearances by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, and U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, among others.

"The need to protect our planet has never been more urgent, and we’re using Earth Day's 50th as an opportunity to inspire viewers through the wonders of our planet and its incredible species for viewers around the world," said Courteney Monroe, president, National Geographic Global Television Networks. "With the Earth Day takeover across all of our networks and platforms, we are able to reach the largest audience possible to celebrate this momentous day and ensure that viewers fall in love with our planet and act to protect it."

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SPRING GARDEN

Stony Brook Camera Club member Pam Botway snapped these gorgeous photos to share with our readers in perfect timing with Earth Day. The East Setauket resident writes, "Here are some cheery photos of spring.

Reminding people to look for the good or be part of the good, during these scary times."

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On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, birds are telling us it's time to take action on climate change

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ifty years ago on April 22nd, millions of birds and people alike will face. Birds are already Americans made their voices heard. It telling us that our climate is changing — birds was this first Earth Day that brought on ranges are changing, shifting and contracting as the environmental movement as we know it to- the climate conditions change across the globe. day, where concerned individuals collectively Birds like the Rusty Blackbird are lost to large said that it was time to take action to be better parts of their historical range as climate conditions worsen. Whole communities are collapsing, for our planet.

Across the country, people demanded that ac- with mass seabird die offs now happening tion be taken to clean up our air and water and yearly off our northern shores due to warming sea temperatures. Seabirds protect our environment. The like puffins and murres are momentum of that day helped dying from starvation from bring about public support in the changes in the food web the creation of the Environbrought about by extreme heat mental Protection Agency, in the oceans. and helped usher through the Bird migration has shifted. passage of key laws including As spring arrives earlier and the Clean Water Act, Clean earlier, birds are either having Air Act, and the Endangered to migrate earlier or find Species Act. themselves out of luck when As Earth Day 2020 is set they arrive too late and their to be celebrated in nearly resources have past their peak.

200 countries, this year’s Even the herald of spring, the celebration may look different American Robin, has decided to the crowd-filled events and that it may not have to fly rallies typical of this day; we south after all, sticking around are in truly unprecedented through warmer winters in times. As I write this we are a

BY BROOKE BATEMAN many places. few weeks into the pandemic Without global action, quarantine, but I am blessed to be outside listening to the familiar calls of the such as the Paris accord (of which the U.S. is no longer a part of), how can we meet the significant birds I have come to know in my neighborhood.

That’s the thing about birds; their presence actions needed to limit global temperatures to 2C can connect us to the local rhythms of nature, (or preferably 1.5C)? The consequence of not the signature of a time and place. As the majority doing so is that our planet would be transformed of people are spending their days at home on into a more inhospitable place.

The consequence is potentially losing lockdown, I have had many friends reach out to me about how much solace they are finding billions more birds. Audubon’s Survival by in birds right now. As one of the most beloved Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink, a and ubiquitous forms of wildlife, birds are our report forecasting the survival of birds to connector to nature around us. Birds are also climate change, shows that two-thirds of North our messengers and if we pay attention, they’re American bird species are at risk of extreme range loss and potentially extinction from showing us that our world is changing.

Over the last 50 years, America has lost over unmitigated climate change. In New York, one quarter of its birds, nearly 3 billion birds less 116 species are vulnerable to climate change, fill our skies today then in 1970. Yet, the century- including charismatic species like the Scarlet old Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) is being Tanager, Wood Thrush, American Woodcock, dismantled, making it much more likely that even Saltmarsh Sparrow, and Piping Plover.

The Piping Plover could be completely lost more will be lost and without any accountability from the shores of Long Island due to climate for incidental loss.

We are losing nature at an unprecedented change. No species will escape climate change, rate, yet we are seeing rollbacks on some of our with birds (and the places they share with us) bedrock protections such as the Clean Air and also facing multiple coincident climate changeWater Acts, making it easier for our planet to be related threats. New York will experience greater polluted yet again. Looking forward to the next extreme heat events, increased coastal and inland 50 years, climate change is the biggest issue both flooding from sea level rise and heavy rainfall,

The Piping Plover could be completely lost from the shores of Long Island due to climate change.

Photo by Kimberley Caruso/Audubon Photography Awards

increased pressures from urbanization, and disrupted ecosystems.

But this loss is so much more than just numbers. It is the loss of some of our familiar neighborhood birds we have come to know and love, of nature and our sense of place as we know it. It is not being able to share the joy of seeing a Piping Plover on our beaches with our children.

It is the loss of our familiar seasons and weather patterns, where extreme events and natural disasters become more frequent. It’s some of our more vulnerable communities being put at further risk, as climate change will disproportionately affect our children, our elderly, lower income communities, and communities of color.

However, we still have time, and as the threat of climate change grows, so does the work we need to do. If we can limit climate change to between 1.5C to 2.0C, then we can limit the loss we will come to see. Indeed, 76% of bird species will be better off if we can do just that, and our communities and environment will also not see such drastic affects.

To get there we need to listen to the science, and make changes now both as individuals and as a nation. We have done this before. One of the greatest environmental successes of our time came as concerned Americans listened to what the birds were telling us. Toxic pesticides, pollution and ecosystem destruction were devastating some of our beloved birds including the Bald Eagle and the Brown Pelican. We gathered evidence, and looked hard at our values.

As Americans, we decided that we value clean water, clean air, and healthy ecosystems for our wildlife and natural spaces. We decided we did not want a world where unchecked environmental destruction quieted our birds as described in Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. We listened to the science and we took action, and as the environment got healthier, the birds returned.

I now marvel at the Bald Eagles and Osprey that

have returned to Long Island, having never been a feature of my Long Island childhood.

So where do we stand on this 50th Earth Day? We need to yet again examine our values and embrace science-based conservation. We need to take action, to set in motion the momentum to spark the next environmental movement taking us beyond just one day. We need to face these incredible challenges and opportunities collectively, to do what needs to be done to solve this climate crisis.

The science illustrates how our warming planet will impact both the birds we all love, and the people in our communities, but also shows us that if we act there is still time to create a brighter future for birds and people. If we do something now to stabilize climate change, then we can improve the chances for the majority of these species. And we already have a lot of the tools we need to reduce the effects of global warming.

Climate change is a global crisis, a threat that humanity faces as a whole. Even as we face the current global pandemic threat, the need for effective and coordinated advocacy for climate change action is greater than ever. We have shown through our current pandemic crisis we are able to come together (even by being apart), and we must harness this united energy as the climate is changing and the window to act is closing. Birds are telling us, the time to act on climate change is now.

This Earth Day, and every day, we need to come together and listen and to act on our values.

We once again need to be a collective voice of change to protect the earth we all share.

Brooke Bateman is a mother, nature lover, and scientist. She received her PhD in Ecology and Conservation and is the Senior Scientist, Climate at the National Audubon Society. The Stony Brook resident also sits on the board of Four Harbors Audubon Society.

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Book Review: Nature’s Best Hope

By Douglas W. Tallamy

Non-Fiction

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Reviewed by John L. Turner

uthors have differing goals for writing. For some, the motivation is to entertain, for other’s it’s to illuminate some slice of life, and for others still it’s to explore some fascinating historical event. In rare cases, though, the author writes with the not-so-modest goal of changing the world by presenting a new and novel way of looking at things, the result being a change to a person’s perspective on an issue, concept or their set of values.

Changing the world, or at least a part of it, by shifting our collective mindset is Doug Tallamy’s goal in his highly insightful book Nature’s Best Hope. The target of this change? The front and backyards of suburbia, dominated as they are by grass lawns and non-native shrubs. As Tallamy makes clear our yards are a virtual dead zone, biologically speaking, requiring vast amounts of water and chemicals and which provides little to no food or shelter for wildlife, large and small.

In its place, Tallamy sees a suburbia vibrantly alive with wildlife — butterflies and moths, pollinating bees, and abundant birds — all sustained by widespread plantings of native, life-sustaining plant species — white oaks, willows, and black cherry trees; elderberry, arrowwood and spicebush shrubs interspersed among beds of wildflowers including goldenrods (not the producers of hay fever!), asters, evening primrose, blazing stars, and milkweeds. He sees residential landscape design incorporating new values beyond just aesthetics to include the needs of the local ecology by providing species that help maintain, and to a large degree enhance, local food webs.

What does he call this interconnected webs of land with interconnected native plant and animal species flourishing within?

Homegrown National Park, a place every bit as diverse as any national park existing today and “Nature’s Best Hope” for restoring highly important ecological relationships.

As Tallamy makes clear, the spread of “sterile suburbia,” dominated by turf grass and exotic trees, shrubs, and wildflowers, is not a small problem. Collectively, lawns take up approximately forty million acres of land in the United States, equivalent to the

Author Doug Tallamy Photo by Rob Cardillo

combined size of the states of New York and Massachusetts. And it is growing daily.

And as Tallamy further makes clear, this growth has come at a high ecological cost. Forests and fields, filled with native plants that sustain caterpillars, bumblebees, squirrels, and Scarlet Tanagers, are replaced with exotic and sterile plants — Callery Pears, Arborvitae, hostas, and English Ivy, to name but a few. These plants and other exotics are fed upon by very few species, causing food webs to fall apart, a trend that portends an ominous future.

Here’s but one example — butterfly and moth caterpillars are the major source of food that songbirds feed their young — and oak species sustain 557 caterpillar species!

If there are oaks, and other native trees, then the local food web is intact; remove and replace them and other native plants with non-natives and it unravels — insects decline followed by birds and mammals.

And this unraveling, happening quietly before our eyes, means that Tallamy’s idea isn’t just an interesting one — it is vital to our survival! Birds are not the only group of animals dependent on insects for their survival — we humans depend upon insects too. If we were to do away with all insects, human society would soon collapse and

humanity would simply not survive longterm for there would be no replacement agent to pollinate the nearly 90% of all plants that they currently depend upon insects for.

Many insects are in trouble, a trend which scientists have labeled the “insect apocalypse.” Several North American bumblebees have already gone extinct and 25% of our other native bumblebees risk extinction. Many other of the continent’s 4,000 bee species are in trouble too, not to mention countless moths, butterflies, and beetles. Even the workhorse European honey bee is in trouble.

Tallamy is a fine writer with an interesting and clear style and he presents subjects and concepts in logical sequence. Color photographs of numerous plants and butterflies (and their famous larvaecaterpillars) fill the book and there’s an informative question and answer section in the back of the book. Also, an extensive bibliography is available if the reader is interested in digging deeper into some concept covered in the book.

And the most important chapter in the book? Chapter 11, entitled “What Each of Us Can Do.” The chapter includes a bunch of common sense ideas: shrink the size of your lawn; remove invasive species; plant native plants that are ecologically important like the aforementioned oaks and goldenrods and be generous with these plantings; talk to, and team up, with your neighbor to coordinate plantings; install bee hotels; place covers over sunken window wells that can serve as death traps for small mammals and amphibians; use motion-sensing security lights that only go on when needed (security lights that stay on all the time can kill hundreds if not thousands of moths attracted to the light); and do not spray or fertilize — native plants don’t need it.

Each of us can do some or all of these things. If we do any of them, we are helping to expand Homegrown National Park!

Released in February through Timber Press, Nature’s Best Hope is available online at www. timberpress.com, www.amazon.com and www. barnesandnoble.com. For more information on the author, visit www.bringingnaturehome.net.

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Bright spots on Earth Day 2020

New York City now hosts the densest known nesting population of peregrine falcons in the world, sited on bridges and tall buildings, back in the Hudson’s Palisades, and even, locally, around Port Jefferson Harbor.

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hen I was 15 or so, an older neighbor took me fishing to his secret pond in Flanders. It was 1970, the year of the first Earth Day. He led me along a narrow trail through the pine woods to his special spot. It was a modest-sized pond, and the first thing I noticed was that right across the shore was a huge nest made of big sticks. It was a little dilapidated. Abandoned.

I’d always loved birds. And among birds, I particularly was based in a place called thrilled by hawks, eagles, and East Setauket were falcons. But living in a cookie-cut about to sue for the suburb of central Nassau County, cessation of aerial my real-world contact with wild spraying of DDT and nature at that time was very limited. some other chlorinated Much of what I knew was from hydrocarbon pesticides. books. I knew what that nest was.

But they did. More And I knew why it was abandoned. surprising — they won!

It belonged to a spectacular In a few years,

BY CARL SAFINA species I’d never seen: huge fish with those pesticides hawks called ospreys. And I knew, banned, the new also — from reading Newsday and Rachel Endangered Species Act in place, and the Carson's Silent Spring — that I would probably Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and National never see them because DDT and other hard Environmental Policy Act signed into law by a pesticides had caused all their eggs to break. president named Nixon, the natural environment Adults were now dying off wholesale due to became noticeably cleaner. old age, and ospreys were already erased from Scientists at Cornell University had most of the region. succeeded in breeding some of the last peregrine I knew all this from reading, but actually falcons in the U.S. — hatchlings collected seeing that nest made me realize in a very in Arctic Alaska. So in 1976, I drove up to visceral way how narrowly I’d missed growing Ithaca, tucked my long hair under my collar, up in a world that contained what it was and entered the office of the breeding facility supposed to contain. I could not believe the bad to make the strongest case I could muster for luck of the timing of my life. why I would be a good candidate for helping And speaking of bad timing; that same year to release the first generation of captive-bred The New York Times Magazine ran a story peregrine falcons into a world newly cleansed on my favorite bird — another that I had only of the worst pesticides of the time. read about and seen photos of. The title of the And thus I started my professional career story: Death Comes To The Peregrine Falcon. by securing the first of several dream jobs, I would never see my favorite bird, because the spending part of the summer caring for and same pesticides that were snuffing out ospreys managing the release of three precious falcon had also wiped peregrine falcons from their chicks that were not just birds; they were three cliff-nests from the New England to the West promises we were making to ourselves and Coast and indeed all across Europe. to the future of Life on Earth. If it was going Bald eagles — forget it. A few left in places to be up to us — and it was, of course — this like southern Florida and Alaska, places I was wondrous species, the fastest living thing in the sure I would never get to. world, would not vanish from this planet.

I assumed the trends would continue. I That was also the year that I saw an osprey did not yet know that a small group of people in Cold Spring Harbor.

A peregrine falcon Photo by Carl Safina

Other Cornell scientists, who refused to see our ospreys wither into oblivion, moved viable eggs from remaining Chesapeake pairs to failing Long Island nests, keeping a few remnant pairs on reproductive life-support so that a smattering of new young birds might survive and return to the region.

It all started working. Ospreys did start coming back, laying eggs that no longer broke.

Slowly at first and then to a degree I never could have imagined, ospreys recovered and came off the Endangered Species list. New York City now hosts the densest known nesting population of peregrine falcons in the world, sited on bridges and tall buildings, back in the Hudson’s Palisades, and even, locally, around Port Jefferson Harbor.

Bald eagles are nesting on Long Island for the first time in our lives, with perhaps a dozen pairs now, and regular sightings in our Setauket and Stony Brook communities. All of that we owe to the few, early, never-say-die scientists and environmentalists of the first Earth Day era.

When the continued existence of several species of whales was very much in doubt, people who are now friends and colleagues of mine worked tireless, hard-fought battles that achieved, in 1986, a global ban on most commercial whale hunting. Another of my friends was burned in effigy for her tireless work to secure regulations that would prevent the last sea turtles on the East Coast from drowning in shrimp nets.

But whales are now so common in our waters that it is no longer exceptional to see them from our ocean beaches. Sea turtle numbers have sky-rocketed from 1980s lows.

Since the 1990s I’ve worked on several key campaigns to turn around the deep depletions

in our fish populations and some of these, too, have worked beyond our — and our opponents’ — expectations.

Last summer, a friend told me of seeing several whales from the beach in East Hampton. He said they were feeding just beyond the surf on dense schools of herringlike fish called menhaden. Because they formerly existed in enormous schools, are very energy and nutrient rich, and are eaten by many kinds of fish, seabirds, and marine mammals, menhaden have been called “the most important fish in the sea.” And because of recent hard-won catch restrictions, they’ve been rapidly recovering.

The morning after I got my friend’s tip, I checked five beaches from Amagansett to the west side of East Hampton. To my astonishment, I saw whales, dolphins, and dense schools of menhaden at every stop. The next morning I took my boat around Montauk Point for a water view. I first encountered the menhaden schools just west of the Point. Millions of fish extended in an unbroken school twenty miles long, with a humpback whale or two lunging spectacularly into breakfast every mile and a half or so. I went as far west as Amagansett, traveling just beyond the surf. I took a bunch of photos and decided to head back, knowing that the fruits of these spectacular recoveries continued far down the beach.

Nature is under withering pressure worldwide. But we here on Long Island are beneficiaries of some of the best successes I know about. And the successes are both spectacular and instructive.

When we give natural communities and endangered species a break, and make the slightest accommodation to coexist and let life live, they strive to recover the abundance, vitality, and beauty of the original world. Two things are required: we have to want it, and a few people have to move a few obstacles and let it happen. And then we can have, and pass along, a more alive, more beautiful world. It can work.

Carl Safina is an ecologist and a MacArthur Fellow. He holds the Endowed Chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University and is founder of the not-for-profit Safina Center.

He is author of numerous books on the human relationship with the rest of the living world.

Carl’s new book is "Becoming Wild; How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace." More at CarlSafina.org and SafinaCenter.org

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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, as well as other devotional and spiritual programs. (Optimum channel 29/137, Verizon FiOS TV channel 296, and Spectrum channel 162/471.)

• 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 Visit our website www.allsouls–stonybrook.org or call 631-655-7798 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.

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: stjameschurchnyoffice@gmail.com 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.

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

Evangelical 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!

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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

To be listed in the Religious Directory please call 631–751–7663

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

Presbyterian

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PORT JEFFERSON

Messiah Preschool & Day Care 465 Pond Path, East Setauket 631-751–1775 • www.messiahny.com PASTOR STEVE UNGER 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

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

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

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.”

SETAUKET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

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!

Quakers 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.

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

PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT MANY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS HAVE CANCELLED SERVICES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE CALL OR VISIT YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP’S WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE.

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KIDS TIMES

Vanderbilt Planetarium creates new programs for unexpected, stay-at-home world

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“The programs cover a wide range of subjects,” Bush explained, “including tours of habitable worlds, the history of space exploration, the solar system, the life cycle of stars, how far Earth is from the stars, and how astronomers measure that distance. Console operators are developing their own 20- and 45-minute star talks, with their personal choice of music, narration, imagery, and humor.”

Bush plans to produce virtual planetarium shows using the popular conferencing app Zoom.

He is creating the shows remotely, away from the planetarium, using professional recording equipment and video-editing software.

The Reichert Planetarium staff is creating downloadable worksheets for children. “Our challenge is, what do we add to make sure kids stay interested and engaged?” Bush said. “We want to make pages that make sense visually, with fun information, games and characters.”

The team is also developing new mythology shows for both recorded and live presentations. The shows will be a series of short constellation stories from ancient civilizations around the world.

“We have talented artists on staff who can create the characters, scenery and panoramas that will be displayed on the domed projection screen of the planetarium,” Bush said. “We’ve tossed around the idea of turning Konnie into a time machine. We can imagine traveling through time in an imaginary spaceship.

We can be magically transported to lands

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Some programs will be posted on the museum’s website and on social media.

The planetarium’s Konica Minolta star projector was the inspiration for a character called “Konnie” to be featured in a comic strip that presents astronomy information in an entertaining way.

“Konnie will become a comic strip and we’re considering turning the strips into coloring books,” said Bush.

When the planetarium reopens, visitors will see several fresh, original programs.

Bush and his staff have created new program scripts for staff who operate the projector and star-ball systems through the command console in the rear of the planetarium’s William and Mollie Rogers Theater. The programs explore stars visible during the different seasons, and feature trips to the planets.

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in ancient places like Greece, Rome and Stonehenge, as well as to original, imaginary landscapes. Whatever we want!”

While Bush and his colleagues produce new programs, they are also “touching up” existing educational programs for school groups. “Now we have the time to focus on what we need to do to enhance programming,” he said.

For more information, visit www. vanderbiltmuseum.org and select Virtual Learning.

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Poseidon, Greek god of the sea/ Drawing by Vanderbilt artist Megan Gallipeau

he Reichert Planetarium at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport is closed for now, but its astronomy educators, artists, and show producers are busy creating new programs to make it easy for parents and children to enjoy its offerings — at home.

“We are producing an array of virtual planetarium programs that we will begin posting on a YouTube channel called Reichert Planetarium’s Virtual Outreach. The first episode, titled How to Use a Telescope, is now live,” said director Dave Bush.

“Other projects will include a comic strip based on Konnie – our affectionately named planetarium star projector; a coloring book; crafts and projects targeted to family groups for home use; and educational materials for teachers to download and use with their athome students,” he said.

'Our challenge is, what do we add to make sure kids stay interested and engaged?' — DAVE BUSH

348 Mark Tree Road, East Setauket 631-751-6100 www.WorldGymSetauket.com

Less than 5 minutes from SBU Campus, 800’ north of Rte. 347

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SBU SPORTSWEEK STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

APRIL 16 TO APRIL APRIL 22, 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.

Women’s lacrosse’s Kailyn Hart named to All-ILWomen Rookie Team Kailyn Hart certainly made an impression in her first season of collegiate lacrosse.

The Stony Brook University freshman was named to the All-ILWomen Rookie Team on Tuesday, as the publication announced its top 10 freshmen of the shortened 2020 season.

Hart made an immediate impact for the Seawolves, posting 11 goals in her five starts.

Her top performance came against Ohio State in the team’s home opener, notching six points from four goals and two assists.

“It’s an honor to receive this recognition and be named to the all-rookie team for the 2020 season,” Hart said. “I would like to thank

Coach Spallina, Coach Hillier, Coach Miceli and the rest of the coaching staff for making me a better all-around player at the college level. A special shoutout to my teammates for helping me achieve my goals and being the best teammates on and off the field.”

The freshman also made two appearances on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10 with highlightreel worthy behind-the-back goals against Syracuse and the Buckeyes in her first pair of collegiate games.

Hart was also named the America East Rookie of the Week by the conference on two occasions.

Sabella earns spot on College Crosse All-Freshman team

Athlete’s volunteer work as first responder takes on added importance Stony Brook men’s lacrosse goalie Michael Bollinger’s role as a first responder was praiseworthy under normal circumstances.

Now, Bollinger’s volunteerism with the Holbrook Fire Department, where he serves as a firefighter and ambulance driver, may take on even more importance as coronavirus spreads throughout the region and United States.

“I’ve been doing my regular response and trying to get down there as much as I can,” Bollinger said. “They don’t want us hanging out at the fire department — only responding for calls. There are a lot of extra precautions all departments are taking. The chief’s office is sending out more about it.”

Bollinger had his senior season cut short when the NCAA halted sports throughout the country two weeks ago.

A four-year starter, he was 5-2 with a career-high .522 save percentage this season. That included recording a career-

Kailyn Hart

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Michael Bollinger

high 22 saves in an 11-10 overtime win against Brown. Bollinger was named to the USILA Team of the Week three days after that accomplishment.

The Seawolves were off to a 5-2 start to the season and were receiving votes in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association poll.

Bollinger began his association with the fire department in his native Holbrook at age 10 as a junior firefighter. His volunteer work continued when he started

answering emergency calls while a senior at Sachem East High School. He was cleared to begin driving a fire truck and ambulance upon turning 21 last April.

He is on track to graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in business and marketing specialization. He immediately planned to seek a full-time job as a first responder, although now he — along with other spring sport student-athletes across the NCAA — will get a year of eligibility back if they choose to use it.

Hard work pays off.

For Stony Brook freshman LSM Michael Sabella, that statement couldn’t be more true. On April 7 the Mt. Sinai native was named to the second team of the 2020 College Crosse AllFreshman team.

During the abbreviated season, Sabella started all seven games for the Seawolves and helped the squad to a 5-2 overall record.

He collected 14 ground balls and caused eight turnovers during his time on the field.

He began his collegiate career by when he picked up five ground balls and forced three turnovers in the season-opening OT victory over St. John’s.

College Crosse released their All-Freshman team that included 13 members

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of the first team, 13 on the second team and 13 third teamers in addition to a list of honorable mentions.

Stony Brook’s Christian Lowd, a fellow LSM for the Seawolves, landed a spot as an honorable mention. Lowd also played in all seven games and the Smithtown native recorded 13 ground balls and caused seven turnovers.

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