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Entries were on display in the basement of the Masonic Temple on Main Street during the festival and were judged for their creativity, execution and originality by a panel of judges. Prizes were awarded in the adult category as well as the under 18 category.

Edward J. Lee beat out the competition in the adult category with a miniature version of Theatre Three on a snowy winter’s day — completely edible!

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a particle accelerator that creates tracer molecules. The tracer molecules bind to Propelled by the vision and support cancer cells and can be viewed during of Kavita and Lalit Bahl of Setauket and a positron emission tomography (PET) their two generous gifts totaling $13.75 scan.

Advanced Imaging. We will have two million, this month the Stony Brook University Cancer Center unveiled The Ka- new PET scanners in close proximity to vita and Lalit Bahl Center for Metabolo- the cyclotron. By using the tracer molecules, our researchers will be able to demics and Imaging.

For all of us at the Cancer Center, we velop novel applications of PET scans to believe this combined gift will have a image multiple aspects of cancers. This decades-long impact on advancing can- will provide new information about how cancer develops, how cer research, individuit can be detected with alized medical treatmore precision and how ments and patient care, therapy can be tailored with potentially draand monitored. matic advantages for Robust Research families on Long Island Program. We are fortuand beyond. nate to have widely reA state-of-the-art spected researchers in facility, the Bahl Centhe fields of lipids and ter capitalizes on Stony metabolomics, cancer Brook University’s biology, medical imagstrengths in three maing and computational jor areas: research, oncology already here treatment and imagat Stony Brook. With ing. At the research this gift, we will be able level, many university to recruit key experts in departments, includareas that complement ing engineering, inforour strengths to drive matics, applied math, the center to new levels physics and chemistry, of excellence. will be instrumental in The Bahl Center will The knowledge we synthesizing data and concentrate on the gain will help revolucollaborating on studtionize precision-based ies. In the clinical care field of metabolomics, cancer diagnosis and arena, the Cancer Cen- one of the most care. It will lead to ter’s physician experts earlier detection, new will be a vital resource promising approaches treatment targets and in developing preven- to individualized cancer improved monitoring of tion, diagnostic and treatment response, as treatment protocols treatment. well as a better underfrom the new discoveries. Our medical imaging researchers will standing of how to prevent cancer from provide innovative approaches in using developing in the first place.

For Long Island residents, the Bahl the technology and insight into the imCenter’s location at Stony Brook Univeraging studies.

Our ultimate goal is to transform sity Cancer Center means that patients precision-based cancer care by enabling will have the benefit of being treated by scientists and physicians at our Cancer professionals who are on the forefront of Center to learn more about the charac- transformative cancer discoveries.

The Kavita and Lalit Bahl Center for teristics and behavior of each patient’s Metabolomics and Imaging research prospecific cancer.

The center concentrates on the field of gram was officially opened with a ribmetabolomics, one of the most promis- bon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 1. We’re ing approaches to individualized cancer currently working in Stony Brook Univertreatment. Metabolomics explores how sity School of Medicine laboratories but cancer cells manufacture and use energy, will relocate to dedicated facilities in our allowing the disease to start, grow and new Medical and Research Translation spread, as well as how different types of (MART) building when it opens in 2018.

To learn more, please visit www.cancancer respond to different treatments.

At its core, the Bahl Center is a trans- cer.stonybrookmedicine.edu. lational research program that is uniquely positioned to drive innovative cancer Dr. Yusuf Hannun is the director of the research to the next level of discovery: Stony Brook University Cancer Center, vice Cutting-edge Technology. The gift al- dean for cancer medicine and Joel Strum lows us to purchase a cyclotron, which is Kenny Professor in Cancer Research.

Correction

A Dec. 8 article, entitled “Candelight House Tour draws more than 1,000 visitors to Setauket” contained incorrect information. The Three Village Historical Society was inadvertantly changed by editorial to read Setauket Historical Society in the third paragraph. We regret the error.

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on the grounds of Little Portion Friary in Mount Sinai. More than 35 years ago Once again the holiday season is upon that program of compassion and love us. It is a time to reflect and slow down; a opened its doors on the grounds of this time to give thanks for the blessings we’ve Anglican monastery.

On those grounds, Christmas miracles received. It is a time to celebrate the great gifts of family and relationships. It’s a time happen every day. Broken lives are transfor contemplation and renewed social action. formed — young people who were thought For Christians around the world, it is to be dead have come back to life. All of a time to give thanks for the birth of the this and so much more happens because child Jesus, a birth that has changed the ordinary people choose to do extraordinary things for others and not just at course of human history forever.

Christmas time.

During this time of year, Unfortunately, this holiday every newspaper ad and evseason there will be countery TV commercial attempts less people everywhere that to convince us to spend monwill not embrace the hope ey we don’t have, on things and joy of this extraordinary we don’t need, for people we time of year. Some of them can stand — and we call this are the victims of war, some Christmas?! are the casualties of people’s Think about this for a mohate and discrimination and ment: How many cards will still others will be shackled in you send and gifts will you prisons they create. give because you feel comWe do not have enough pelled to do so for all the opportunities to meet the epiwrong reasons, rather than demic need of those afflicted just giving from your heart with addictions and mental to the people you genuinely Kindness and health disorders. You don’t care about?

The “reason for this seacompassion seem have to go to the streets of New York City to find them. son” is to celebrate the hope contagious this They are walking and bleedthat lives within each of us ing among us. Even though time of year. and the belief that we have we are the richest county the power to make a differin New York State, we don’t ence in our world. We can change the world one person at a time if we draw have enough detox beds and long-term residential treatment beds to take care of on faith.

Kindness and compassion seem conta- our own.

The gift we could give this Christmas is gious this time of year. There is a spirit in the air that touches people’s hearts to en- to challenge the bureaucrats who lead us in Albany and Washington to celebrate this gage in random acts of kindness.

What has been so powerful to wit- season of hope not as a season of death, to ness this season is so many young people make a difference in this national health reaching out to those less fortunate than crisis we call the heroin epidemic that is themselves. Thousands of volunteers have infecting countless families everywhere. I been helping our own local Santa Claus — pray that no one buries a son or daughter Charlie Russo with his Christmas Magic during this Christmas season due to the program — a program that touches thou- social indifference and benign neglect of sands of children across Long Island who those who lead us. will be spending this Christmas season in our homeless shelters.

Fr. Pizzarelli, SMM, LCSW-R, ACSW, DCSW, Last year around this time Hope is the director of Hope House Ministries House Ministries opened Hope Academy in Port Jefferson.

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Please park vehicles in the Brush Barn lot.

For more information call 631-265-6768.

A caregiver support group titled Hope & Help for Caregivers will be held at the Caroline Church of Brookhaven, located at One Dyke Road in Setauket, on Jan. 14 and 28 and Feb. 11 and 25 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The meetings are led by a licensed social worker. This program is nondenominational, nonsectarian and not disease specific. Free and all are welcome. For more information call Virginia at 631-428-0902 or email vcash5msw@aol.com.

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When you hear the word dementia, what is your reaction? Is it fear, anxiety or an association with a family member or friend? The majority of dementia is Alzheimer’s, which comprises about 60 to 80 percent of dementia incidence (1). There is also vascular dementia and Parkinson’sinduced dementia, as well as others. Then there are precursors to dementia, such as mild cognitive impairment, that have a high risk of leading to this disorder.

In a recent study, results showed that the MIND diet reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s dementia by 53 percent in those who were adherent. It also showed a greater than one-third reduction in dementia risk in those who only partially followed the diet (7). There were over 900 participants between the ages of 58 and 98 in the study, which had a 4.5-year duration.

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If that is not enough, the MIND diet has shown the ability to slow the progression of cognitive decline in those individuals who do not have full-blown dementia (8).

Encouraging data There is good news! A recent study, the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a prospective (forward-looking) observational study, suggested that dementia incidence has declined (2). This was a big surprise, since predictions were for significant growth.

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There was also a decrease in mild cognitive impairment that was statistically significant. However, the reason for the decline is not clear. The researchers can only point to more education as the predominant factor. They surmise that more treatment and prevention of risk factors for cardiovascular disease may have played a role.

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Dementia symptoms include impairments in thinking, communicating, and memory.

How does medication to treat dementia, specifically Alzheimer’s, fit into this paradigm?

According to the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 (“Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” Fifth Edition), dementia is a decline in cognition involving one or more cognitive domains.

In addition to memory, these domains can include learning, executive function, language, social cognition, perceptual-motor and complex attention (3).

It is not that I was ignoring this issue.

Our present medications are not effective enough to slow the disease progression by clinically significant outcomes. But what about the medications in the pipeline? The two hottest areas are focusing on tau tangles and amyloid plaques. Recently, drugs targeting tau tangles from TauRx Therapeutics and amyloid plaques from Eli Lilly failed to achieve their primary clinical end points during trials.

There may be hope for these different classes of drugs, but don’t hold your breath.

The plaques and tangles may be signs of Alzheimer’s dementia rather than causes. Several experts in the field are not surprised by the results. Let’s look at the evidence.

What can be done to further reduce dementia’s prevalence?

The quandary that is blood pressure

Knowing some of the factors that may increase and decrease dementia risk is a good start. Those that raise the risk of dementia include higher blood pressure (hypertension), higher heart rate, depression, calcium supplements in stroke patients and prostate cancer treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

If ever you needed a reason to control high blood pressure, the fact that it may contribute to dementia should be a motivator. In the recent Framingham Heart Study, Offspring Cohort, a prospective observational study, results showed that high blood pressure in midlife — looking specifically at systolic (top number) blood pressure (SBP) — increased the risk for dementia by 70 percent (4).

Even worse, those who were controlled with blood pressure medications in midlife also had significant risk for dementia.

There were 1,440 patients involved in the study over a 16-year period with an examination every four years.

Then, those patients who were free of dementia were examined for another eight years. Results showed a 107-patient incidence of dementia, of which half were on blood pressure medications. And when there was a rapid drop in SBP from midlife

So how is dementia defined?

What abates risk?

This includes lifestyle modifications with diet and exercise. A diet shown to be effective in prevention and treatment of dementia is referred to as the MIND (Mediterranean–DASH intervention for neurodegenerative delay) diet, which is a combination of the Mediterranean-type and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diets. Surprisingly, there is also a cocktail of supplements that may have beneficial effects.

to late in life, there was a 62 percent increased risk, to boot. Thus, the moral of the story is that lifestyle changes to either prevent high blood pressure or to get off medications may be the most appropriate route to reducing this risk factor.

Prostate cancer inflates dementia risk Actually, the title above does not do justice to prostate cancer. It is not the prostate cancer, but the treatment for prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), that may increase the risk of dementia by greater than twofold (5). Treatment duration played a role: those who had a year or more of ADT were at higher risk. ADT suppresses production of the male hormones testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. The study involved over 9,000 men with a 3.4-year mean duration; however, it was a retrospective (backwardlooking) analysis and requires a more rigorous prospective study design to confirm the results. Thus, though the results are only suggestive, they are intriguing.

Calcium supplements — not so good In terms of dementia, the Prospective Population Study of Women and H70 Birth Cohort trial has shown that calcium supplements, especially when given to patients who have a history of stroke, increase the risk of dementia by greater than sixfold (6).

Those who had white matter lesions in the brain also had an increased risk. The population involved 700 elderly women, with 98 given calcium supplements.

How do we reduce this risk? Easy: Don’t give calcium supplements to those who have had a stroke. This brings more controversy to taking calcium supplements, especially for women. You are better off getting calcium from foods, especially plant-based foods.

Supplement cocktail To whet your appetite, a recent study involving transgenic growth hormone mice (which have accelerated aging and demonstrate cognitive decline) showed a cocktail of supplements helped decrease the risk of brain deterioration and function usually seen with aging and in severe Alzheimer’s dementia (9). The cocktail contained vitamins, minerals and nutraceuticals, such as bioflavonoids, garlic, cod liver oil, beta carotene, green tea extract and flax seed.

Each compound by itself is not considered to be significant, but taken together they seem to have beneficial effects for dementia prevention in mice.

The reasons for dementia may involve mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and inflammation that are potentially being modified by these supplements.

Hopefully, there will be more to come on this subject.

It comes down to the fact that lifestyle modifications, whether in terms of reducing risk or slowing the progression of the disease, trump current medications and those furthest along in the drug pipeline.

There may also be a role for a supplement cocktail, though it’s too early to tell. The MIND diet has shown some impressive results that suggest powerful effects.

References: (1) uptodate.com. (2) JAMA Intern Med. online Nov. 21, 2016. (3) uptodate. com. (4) American Neurological Association (ANA) 2016 Annual Meeting.

Abstract M148. (5) JAMA Oncol. online Oct. 13, 2016. (6) Neurology. online Aug. 17, 2016. (7) Alzheimers Dement.

2015;11:1007-1014. (8) Alzheimers Dement. 2015;11:1015-1022. (9) Environ Mol Mutagen. online May 20, 2016.

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Sensory-friendly screening of ‘The Nutcracker’ comes to local theaters Just in time for the holidays, Fathom Events and the Autism Society of America will bring a first-of-its-kind sensory-friendly cinema event featuring the Bolshoi Ballet’s 2014 production of “The Nutcracker,” captured from the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia, to select cinemas nationwide on Monday, Dec. 19 at 6 p.m.

Danced by the Bolshoi’s principals, E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale staged by Russian ballet master Yuri Grigorovich will transport children and adults alike to

Above, Maureen Smilow’s winning wreath Photo from Smithtown Historical Society

Community Wreath Contest gets festive On Saturday, Dec. 3, the Smithtown Historical Society decked its halls and walls for its annual Heritage Country Christmas. At the center of the festivities was the popular Community Wreath Contest.

Guests had the opportunity to view and vote on a selection of 23 unique entries. Designers were able to choose from any type of material with a minimum size restriction of 12 inches and maximum size of 24 inches in diameter. At the end of the evening each wreath was auctioned off in a drawing to raise funds for the Smithtown Historical Society.

The Best in Show Community Choice was award to Smithtown’s Maureen Smilow’s evergreen with berries wreath. Honorable mentions were Marti McMahon of St. James and Angela Della Croce of Bethpage. The Smithtown Historical Society wishes to thank all the participants and contributing community members and to extend a happy holiday to the Smithtown community and thank them for their continued support.

For more information on the society’s programs and events, call 631-265-6768 or visit www.smithtownhistorical.org.

We all love Lucy As part of the Young at Heart Alzheimer’s & Dementia Program, St. George Productions will present “The I Love Lucy Story: Birth of the Modern Day Sitcom” on Wednesday, Dec. 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Ward Melville Historical Organization’s Educational & Cultural Center, 97P Main St., Stony Brook located in the rear of the Village Center. The program will include a lecture and a video led by a facilitator who specializes in geriatrics and a certified nurse will be present.

Cost is $20 for guest and caregiver; light refreshments will be served. Sponsors include Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, CVS Health, Bristal Assisted Living, Aging Flower and Village Chemists of Setauket. Reservations are required by calling 631-751-2244 or by visiting www.stonybrookvillage.com.

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a world of magic and wonder for the holiday season.

In this special cinema presentation audience members are encouraged to be themselves; the lights will be turned up, the sound will be turned down and you can get up, dance, walk, shout or sing!

Participating theaters in our neck of the woods include AMC Loews 17 in Stony Brook, Farmingdale Multiplex Cinemas and Island 16: Cinema de Lux in Holtsville.

For more information, visit www.fathomevents.com.

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Share your holiday memories with us Times Beacon record News Media invites you to share your fondest holiday memories and traditions with our readers, your neighbors, to be featured in a special Holiday Memories edition in our arts and Lifestyles section.

This will appear in all six of our newspapers in the December 22nd issue.

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In terrorem clauses

By NaNcy BurNer, eSQ. In terrorem is a term derived from Latin that translates to “in fear.” An in terrorem provision in a decedent’s last will and testament “threatens” that if a beneficiary challenges the will then the challenging beneficiary will be disinherited (or given a specified dollar amount) instead of inheriting the full gift provided for in the will.

An in terrorem clause is intended to discourage beneficiaries from contesting the will after the testator’s death.

New York State law recognizes in terrorem clauses; however, they are strictly construed.

An example of an in terrorem clause might read as follows: “If any person shall at any time commence a proceeding to have this will set aside or declared invalid or to contest any part or all of the provisions included in this will they shall forfeit any interest in my estate.”

There are, however, some limits on in terrorem clauses in the interest of preventing

fraud, undue influence, or gross injustice. These statutory “safe harbor provisions” allow a beneficiary to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the drafting of a will without risking forfeiture of any bequest.

Since, as discussed above, New York State courts strictly construe in terrorem clauses, these safe harbor challenges are a means by which a beneficiary can evaluate the risk of contesting the will.

In relevant part, the statute provides for the preliminary examination of (i) the testator’s witnesses, (ii) the person who prepared the will, (iii) the nominated executors and (iv) the proponents in a probate proceeding. These persons “may be examined as to all relevant matters which may be the basis of objections to the probate of the propounded instrument.”

If the beneficiary challenges the will and the will is found to be invalid due to lack of mental capacity, undue influence or failure to have the will properly ex-

ecuted, then the in terrorem clause also fails.

It is important to note that a beneficiary may present a petition to the court, prior to the will being admitted to probate and before formal objections have been filed, seeking a determination as to the construction or effect of the in terrorem clause of the will.

The basic principle of construction is that the decedent’s intent, as expressed from a reading of the relevant provision of the will under the circumstances under which it was drawn, is to be given effect by the courts.

Keep in mind that simply having an in terrorem clause in your will may not be enough to dissuade beneficiaries from potentially challenging your will. Theoretically, however, for an in terrorem clause to have any weight at all, a beneficiary under a will must be left a substantial amount to incentivize their compliance with the will.

An in terrorem clause may have no effect on a beneficiary who was not left anything

In terrorem is a clause in a will stating that a beneficiary who contests the will shall lose his or her legacy. under a will as they risk losing nothing by challenging the will. While in terrorem clauses may be effective in minimizing a will contest, for some it holds no power.

It is important to discuss your estate plan and your wishes regarding the ultimate disposition of your assets with an experienced estate attorney to determine the proper provisions to include in your will.

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

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Ocean State Job Lot first opened for business in North Kingstown, R.I., in 1977. The chain now has 124 stores in eight states, each with between 30 and 40 employees. Using the slogan, “A Lot More for a Lot Less,” the chain asserts that it sells quality brand name merchandise at close out prices.

Customers can shop for a variety of goods including clothing, housewares, food, beauty supplies and holiday items. Hours are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. For more information, call 631467-7578 or visit www.oceanstatejoblot.com.

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Panera Bread opens in Selden Panera Bread in Selden celebrated a “bread breaking” grand opening ceremony on Dec. 5. Town of Brookhaven’s Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), Councilman Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) and Town Clerk Donna Lent (R) attended the event to

wish them well and presented the store with a Certificate of Congratulations.

The restaurant, located at 1 College Plaza (in the same shopping center as Bob’s Stores and ShopRite) on Middle Country Road, is owned and operated by Panera Bread franchisee Doherty Enterprises and will be the chain’s 33rd Long

Island location. The new location has a drive-thru window, one of only three Panera Bread locations on Long Island to have the feature, and hiring is currently underway to fill the 60 jobs at the new Selden location, according to a company statement. Call 631-698-1780 for more information.

Project Warmth Project Warmth, United Way’s emergency energy one-time fuel and fuel-related assistance program to help families and individuals with heat-related crises during the winter months, is currently underway. For more information, contact United Way by dialing 211 or call the Huntington Opportunity Resource Center at 631-385-2305.

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above, ‘Washington’s crossing: McKonkey’s Ferry, Dec. 26, 1776,’ 2011; oil on canvas, 33 × 50 in., from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Suozzi

Image courtesy of the Heckscher Museum

Heckscher Museum highlights collection and works of Mort Künstler in latest exhibit

By EllEn BarcEl

Two related exhibits have opened at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington: Normal Rockwell and Friends: American Illustrations from the Mort Künstler Collection (through March 5, 2017) and Mort Künstler: The New Nation (through April 2, 2017).

Related in theme (American artists and subjects), related in exhibit time and related through American artist Mort Künstler himself, the duel exhibits complement each other perfectly.

Norman Rockwell and Friends Mort Künstler, an American artist himself, has long collected the works of late 19th century and early 20th century artists/ illustrators. The current exhibit at the Heckscher (Norman Rockwell and Friends) highlights Künstler’s collection and is unique because this is the first time these works are being shown to the public. The 75 pieces on display, such a broad variety of artists, represent 39 artists including Edwin Austin Abbey, Howard Chandler Christy, Dean Cornwell, Charles Dana Gibson, George Gross, Winslow Homer, J.C. Leyendecker, Thomas Lovell, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle and, of course, Norman Rockwell.

In a recent phone interview, Künstler remarked that of the many artists he collected, he knew several personally.

Thomas Lovell was “almost like a mentor” to him and George Gross “really was my mentor,” adding, “I did have the pleasure of talking to Norman Rockwell on the phone.”

Künstler’s collecting goes back to at least 1972 “or earlier,” he commented, over four decades of seeking out the best illustrators of the early 20th century.

Why these particular artists? “I liked the work,” he said, from when he was in art school. Künstler stated that many of the artists were members of the Society of Illustrators, a professional organization founded in 1901. Gibson was one of its early presidents.

Included in the nine founding artists were N.C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle, both in the current exhibit. The heyday of the society’s art shows was during the Roaring Twenties and Great Depression of the 1930s.

“All were illustrators,” said Künstler.

“There was no TV (back when they were working). The only visuals that people got were out of magazines and newspapers.

Visually, they were the ones who created the fashions. Charles Dana Gibson was the creator of the Gibson girl.” She was recognized as the personification of feminine beauty in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. “The illustrators were idolized like movie stars. They reached out to thousands of people. They were the superstars of that era.”

Why the exhibit now? “I got to know Michael Schantz, executive director at the Heckscher Museum, well. He came to lunch, visited, loved the collection. … It was time to let it go out,” said Künstler.

“One of the extraordinary things about this is that both the Künstlers allowed us to take everything off their walls, from the house. It was just an extraordinary gesture. It speaks so well of the relationship between this museum and the Küntslers,” said Schantz. “I met with him quite a few

times. I recorded him for hours and hours — a record of the interesting stories, the hunt for the works, where he found them and how he found them.” He added that some of these stories are related in the information cards in the exhibit.

Mort Künstler: The New Nation The museum also has a related exhibit, Mort Künstler: The New Nation, featuring Küntsler’s most recent work including his paintings of the early years of the United States. Künstler, who is particularly known for his Civil War paintings, reflected that his interest in American history came about because “almost all of my work was commissioned,” and frequently those commissions related to American history.

“My book, ‘The New Nation’ [‘The New Nation, The Creation of the United States in Paintings and Eyewitness Accounts’] will act as the catalogue of the show,” said Künstler. “I did some of the work for the bicentennial in 1976,” then did additional paintings, he said. The book, with text by American military historian Edward G. Lengel and David H. Fischer, will be available at the museum.

Künstler, who has published 10 books of his art work, now also has a children’s book series as well, “based on my paintings.” Themes of the four books include the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Wild West and World War II. The works are written by well-known historians (particularly James “Bud” Robertson) for children ages 10 to 15.

Howard Shaw, president and director of the Hammer Galleries in Manhattan,

has known and worked with Künstler for more than 25 years. “Mort is considered the country’s leading historical artist,” said Shaw. “Not only has he incredible technique but he does enormous research so that even the smallest detail is accurate.”

Shaw went on to relate an incident where Künstler was researching information with a number of historians for a painting he was doing. Only one was able to get back to him “one or two hours before the opening of the show. With the painting on the gallery wall, Mort repainted that particular part of an insignia,” so that it would be historically correct.

Shaw observed the joy that goes into Künstler’s work. “He told me if it ever feels like work, ‘I’ll stop doing it.’ Over 70 years he hasn’t felt he’s had a job.”

A gallery tour and talk with Mort Künstler will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the museum (inclement weather date is Jan. 19). Members are invited to attend free, for nonmembers there is a $5 charge.

The Heckscher Museum of Art, is located at 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. The museum is open Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day). For further information, visit www.heckscher.org or call 631-351-3250.

On the cover:

Image courtesy of Heckscher Museum

norman rockwell’s ‘a merry christmas to everybody! a happy new year to all the world!’ (aka ‘World of charles Dickens’), 1937; Mort Künstler collection. courtesy norman rockwell Family agency

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Raising the roof at Theatre Three

By Rita J. Egan The staff at Theatre Three is making sure audiences and cast members won’t be “Singin’ in the Rain” inside their over 150-yearold building with their ongoing campaign, Raise the Roof. The fund will help repair the structure’s aging roof, which, when wet weather arrives, sometimes leaks rain into various parts of the structure.

Douglas Quattrock, director of development and group sales and special events coordinator, said the damage to the roof has occurred over the years, and whether it leaks depends on the type of rain. “Sometimes we get a heavy driving rain and there’s nothing because it’s moving so fast. And then, sometimes when it just rains steadily over a few days, it just all of a sudden seeps in and finds its way down into the lobby area, over the lighting board, and there have even been times it’s in back of the stage, on the stage,” he said.

’We’re just putting Band-Aids on the Titanic.’

— Douglas Quattrock The theater, which was built in the 1860s, was utilized at first as a town meeting hall, even though it wasn’t owned by the town, according to Quattrock.

Originally named Athena Hall, events such as political rallies, school graduations and performances were held there, and it was even used as a roller skating rink at one point when the floor was flat, with folding chairs that could easily be removed. Quattrock said the building during the early years had a balcony as well as a machine shop downstairs.

The shop was where Fred Griswold invented the film splicer that was used in motion films until digital became the norm, and Thomas Edison came to the theater and showed the first film on the island there.

The director of development has been with the theater since 1982, and he said he

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doesn’t remember the roof ever being replaced. From what Quattrock has been told, the average roof should be replaced every 25 years. “It’s been patched and re-patched so many times over the years. We’re just putting Band-Aids on the Titantic,” he said.

According to Quattrock, there have been times when the water has leaked into the recently constructed handicap bathroom, and because water has seeped in over the lighting board, they have hung plastic on the ceiling in that area. He said structural damage has already occurred in the attic and on the roof, and future damage could range from simply aesthetic to

mold problems, including in the main part of the building.

The biggest donations to repair the roof are collected at performances, but theatergoers can also send contributions through the website. When donating, one can specify that he or she wants the money to go directly to the roof. So far, the community theater has managed to collect approximately $15,000, but they still have a large amount to raise, as the theater has received estimates between $40,000 and $60,000 to repair the roof.

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Thursday 15 Dance on Film

Temple Beth El, 660 Park Ave., Huntington will present Dance on Film from 7 to 9 p.m. Film historian Philip Harwood will speak about queens of tap, Eleanor Powell and Ann Miller and how they shaped the Hollywood musical and advanced the genre with the perpetual evolution of dance on film. Open to all. Free of charge. Call 421-5835 or visit www.tbeli.org for more information.

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The Folk Music Society of Huntington will welcome Steven Pelland and Aly Tadros in concert at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. as part of its Hard Luck Café series. Preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $15, $10 members of CAC and FMSH at the door. Call 423-7611.

Monday 19

Town of Brookhaven will present its annual Holiday Spectacular, an indoor, walk-through holiday light show benefiting the animals at the Holtsville Ecology Site through Dec. 18. The show will run today and Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5 per person, children 3 and under are free. The Holtsville Ecology Site is located at 249 Buckley Road in Holtsville. For more information, call 758-9664.

Sky Room Talk

The Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will present a Sky Room Talk titled "We're in the Money: Busby Berkeley and the Hollywood Musical" at 7:30 p.m. Hosted by film historian Philip Harwood. $15, $10 members.

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Lake Grove Christmas Celebration

East Northport Public Library, 185 Larkfield Road, E. Northport will welcome the Northport Middle School Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Anthony Tramontana at 7 p.m. for an evening of festive holiday music. Open to all. Call 261-2313 for further information.

Season of Light concert

The Northport Arts Coalition will welcome Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie in a Season of Light concert at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 270 Main St., Northport at 7:30 p.m. as part of its StarLight Coffeehouse series. Doors open and open mic sign-up at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Purchase tickets at www.northportarts.org.

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Seiskaya Ballet's production of the classic holiday ballet 'The Nutcracker' returns to Stony Brook University's Staller Center this weekend. See more on page B30.

Noah Hallock house Christmas Tour

The Rocky Point Historical Society will offer Christmas tours of the Noah Hallock Homestead (c. 1721), 172 Hallock Landing Road, Rocky Point from 1 to 3 p.m. Docents dressed in period costumes will portray members of the historic Rocky Point Hallock family and lead you through the festively decorated home. Light refreshments will be served. Suggested donation $5. For more information, call Natalie at 255-4304.

Community dance

St. Sylvester's Church, 680 Ohio Ave., Medford will host a community dance with the Savoy Swing Band from 7 to 10 p.m. Admission is $15 and includes beverages and snacks. For information, call 567-1790.

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Selden Craft & Gift Fair

Time to shop 'til you drop! Newfield High School, 145 Marshall Drive, Selden will host the 36th annual Selden Craft & Gift Fair today and Dec. 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Over 150 vendors. Unique gifts. Refreshments. Proceeds will benefit the Athletic Booster Club. Free admission. For more information, call 846-1459.

Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn holds an adult coloring class every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Kitchen Meeting Room. All are welcome. Registration is not required. Call 757-4200.

Travel Presentation Club Meeting

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will host Friday Night Face Off, Long Island’s longest running Improv Comedy Show, on the Second Stage from 10:30 p.m. to midnight. $15 per person. Cash only. For ages 16 and up. Call 928-9100.

Holiday Spectacular

The Parish of Sts. Philip and James, One Carow Place, St. James will present a Christmas Concert at 6:30 p.m. in the church. Come enjoy a special evening of spiritaul, seasonal favorites and a sing-along. Free admission. Call 5845454 for additional information.

St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church, 29 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown will present a holiday concert with the South Shore Brass at 3 p.m. Come sing along with some classics and listen to a variety of holiday tunes. Refreshments will be served after the performance. Free-will offering. Call 265-4520 for more information.

Holiday Spectacular

Fireside Friday concert

Christmas Concert

South Shore Brass in concert

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L.G. Cares will present a Christmas Celebration at the Village of Lake Grove Recreation Hall, 980 Hawkins Ave., Lake Grove at 6:30 p.m.

Join for a Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Christmas carols with the Girl Scouts and enjoy coffee, hot chocolate and cookies. Also featuring a holiday coloring contest, story time, face painting and raffles. Visit www.lgcares.org for more information.

be Israeli pianist Tomer Gewirtzman, first prize winner in the 2015 Young Concert Artists International auditions. The program will include works by Liszt, Couperin and Corigliano. Tickets are $30 adults, $25 seniors, $10 students.

To order, call 385-0373. For more information, visit www.ridotto.org.

Holiday Spectacular Selden Craft & Gift Fair See Dec. 17 listing.

Hiking in Caumsett

Join the folks at Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Huntington for a hilly 1/2-mile Photo Op Walk for adults from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Frequent stops will be made where a guide will provide background information and allow time for photos. Bring your camera. $4 per person. Advance registration required by calling 423-1770.

Renaissance Club meeting

Temple Isaiah, 1404 Stony Brook Road, Stony Brook will host a Renaissance Club meeting for seniors at 1:30 p.m. Join them for entertainment, refreshments and socializing. Call 8621747 or 751-5557 for more information.

Winter concert

The Silver Chords will present a free Winter Concert at Kings Park High School, 200 Route 25A, Kings Park at 2 p.m. The program, titled Carols Old and New, will include "Let It Snow," "The Very Best Time of the Year" and "We Are Lights." For more information, contact Caroline at 235-3593.

Chamber music concert

Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, 120 Main St., Setauket will welcome the Three Village Chamber Players in concert from 2 to 3 p.m. as part of its Sunday Afternoon Music at the Library series. No need to register, just stroll in.

Questions? Call 941-4080.

Ellis Paul in concert

The Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook will welcome Ellis Paul in concert in the Carriage Museum's Gillespie Room at 3 p.m. A part of the Sunday Street Concert Series, the event is hosted by WUSB-FM radio and the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Tickets are $25 in advance before Dec. 16, $30 at the door. For more information, call 751-0066 or 632-1093.

Ridotto concert

The Huntington Jewish Center, 510 Park Ave., Huntington will present Ridotto, concerts "with a touch of theater," at 4 p.m. Guest artist will

Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, 120 Main St., Setauket will host a meeting of the Travel Presentation Club at 7:30 p.m. Join them for an end of the year potluck holiday celebration. Bring a dish to share with the group. Award-winning Ron Ondrovic will make a presentation, "Home Town Dickens Festival," and show images he has taken during the Port Jefferson Dickens Festival.

RSVP to 3vtravel@gmail.com by Dec. 17 with the number of persons attending.

Swing Dance in Greenlawn

The Moose Lodge, 631 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn will host a Swing Dance featuring the New Vintage Swing Band from 8 to 11 p.m.

Beginner lessons from 7:30 to 8 p.m. No partner needed. Come alone or bring a friend.

Admission is $15. Visit www.sdli.org for more information.

Wednesday 21 Int'l and Israeli folk dancing

RJO Intermediate School, 99 Old Dock Road, Kings Park will host an evening of Israeli and international folk dancing every Wednesday (when school is in session) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. All levels, no partner needed. Cost is $9 per person. For more information, call Linda at 269-6894.

New York Circle Round Table

The Setauket Neighborhood House, 95 Main St., Setauket will host a New York Circle Round Table, fostering understanding through dialectic, at 7:30 p.m. Your participation is encouraged through the suggested reading ahead of the meeting. During the discussion,

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DECEMBER 15, 2016 • ARTS & LIFESTYLES • PAGE B21 participants hash out the specifics of the reading and discuss its greater implications. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. $3 donation requested. For further information, visit www.NewYorkCircle.org.

Thursday 22 No events listed for this day.

Theater 'The Night Before Christmas'

Theater 294, 294 Farmingdale Road, E. Farmingdale will present Lowel Swortzell's play about Clement Moore, "The Night Before Christmas," on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m., and Dec. 17 and 18 at 3 p.m. Tickets, available at the door, are $12 adults, $10 students and children. To order in advance, call 516-404-2960 or visit www.longislandrep.com.

‘The Nutcracker’

The Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will present Seiskaya Ballet’s "The Nutcracker," a perennial holiday favorite, on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m., Dec. 17 at 2 and 7 p.m., Dec. 18 at 1 and 6 p.m. and Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 adults, $34 children and seniors, $30 groups of 20 or more. To order, call 632-2787. For more information, visit www. nutcrackerballet.com.

‘The Androids Lodge’

Bare Bones Theater Company, 57 Main St., Northport will present "The Androids Lodge," a comedy by Tom Rizzuto, on Dec. 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m., and on Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25, $15 students. To order, visit www. barebonestheater.com or call 800-838-3006.

For more information, call 606-0026.

'Mary Poppins'

Join the John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport for a jolly holiday with "Mary Poppins" through Jan. 1. Based on the classic Disney film, the show features beloved songs such as the Academy Awardwinning "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Feed the Birds" and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Tickets range from $71 to $76. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

‘A Christmas Carol’

Celebrate the season with a holiday favorite!

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present its 33rd annual production of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens through Dec. 30.

All evening shows begin at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $20 to $35. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

'Holiday Wishes from Mary Martin & Dinah Shore'

The Ward Melville Heritage Organization's Educational and Cultural Center, 97P Main St., Stony Brook will present a St. George Production, "Holiday Wishes from Mary Martin & Dinah Shore" through Jan. 11, 2017. Featuring a musical theater tribute performance and high-tea luncheon catered by Crazy Beans.

Tickets are $50, $48 seniors. Advance reservations required by calling 689-5888. For further information, visit www.wmho.org.

'The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical'

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will present the holiday sequel to its 2009 hit, "The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical," through Dec. 18. Rated R for language. Tickets are $35 adults, $28 seniors, $20 students. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

On Dec. 18, the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East Main St., Smithtown will present "It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" at 7:30 p.m. Five actors will perform the dozens of characters as well as produce the sound effects. Tickets are $35 adults, $32 seniors and $20 students. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

‘Sylvia’

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will present the howlingly comic valentine "Sylvia"

by A.R. Gurney from Jan. 14 to Feb. 4 on the Mainstage. Tickets are $35 adults, $20 children ages 5 to 12. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

‘The Full Monty’

The John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport will present the 10-time Tony Award nominee "The Full Monty" from Jan. 19 to March 5. Tickets range from $71 to $76. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www. engemantheater.com.

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’

From Jan. 14 to Feb. 25 the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will present "Peter and the Starcatcher."

Tickets are $35. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

Film Holiday of horror double feature

On Dec. 16, Retro Picture Show will screen "Silent Night, Deadly Night" and "New Year's Evil" at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington at 10 p.m. Tickets are $22, $18 members. For more information, call 423-7611.

'East Side Sushi'

Join the Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 510 Sweet Hollow Road, Melville for an Art House Film Discussion of "East Side Sushi" (rated PG) on Dec. 21 at 6:30 p.m. Led by librarian Chris Garland. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome. Call 421-4535.

Farmers market Huntington Station Jack Abrams STEM School, 155 Lowndes Ave., Huntington Station will host a winter farmer's market on Dec. 18, Jan. 8 and 22, Feb. 5 and 19 and March 5 and 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Featuring fresh regional produce and artisanal foods. Meet Santa Claus on Dec. 18. For more information, visit www.longislandfarmersmarkets.com.

Port Jefferson The Village of Port Jefferson will host a winter farmers market at the Village Center, 101A E. Broadway, Port Jefferson every Sunday on the third floor from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. through May 2017. Find local organic produce, honey, bread and baked goods, international specialties and much more. Over 20 vendors. Free admission. Call Melissa at 516-551-8461 for further information.

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My holiday decorating was abruptly interrupted by a “RARE BIRD ALERT!” received from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society.

A rufous hummingbird, a western native, was spotted at a private garden in Aquebogue on the east end of Long Island. I dropped everything, jumped in the car with binoculars and camera hoping for a glimpse of this tiny creature. This was a rare sighting indeed! While there are over 350 species of hummingbirds in the world, the ruby-throated hummingbird is the only common species on Long Island. Rufous hummingbirds are known to be found west of the Great Plains but not in the East.

The bird loving homeowner noticed this unusual hummingbird at her feeder in November and contacted the Quogue Wildlife Sanctuary and the Eastern Long Island Audubon Society.

She knew the bird should have migrated south and had lost its way. She was looking for advice on how to help it find its way back on its journey. She was keenly aware that with winter approaching, this 3.5-inch bird weighing slightly more than a penny had a future that was in jeopardy.

The ruby-throated and rufous hummingbirds make their migration each year to Mexico. The rufous hummingbirds may breed as far north as Alaska and make their 3,000-mile trip along the West Coast to Mexico to spend winter in a warmer climate.

As I and other birding enthusiasts arrived in her backyard this past weekend, we were delighted to learn that there was not one but two rufous hummingbirds in this quiet east end backyard. We were rewarded with the visual display of two rufous hummingbirds fighting over the feeder. Hummingbirds are the tiniest birds in the world but also very aggressive and will fight another to protect its territory. For me, this was a “lifer,” my first time seeing the species. We all watched with excitement and joy as

these birds went back and forth to and from the nectar-filled feeders and the flowers still in bloom due to our warm fall weather.

While a sighting such as this would be extremely rare during the warm months, it is extraordinary to find one the first week in December. However, this summer a rufous hummingbird visited the Morton National Wildlife Sanctuary in Sag Harbor. It was there a few days and then disappeared.

Recently, wintering rufous hummingbirds have appeared in eastern states as far north as Massachusetts.

There was a rufous hummingbird in NYC the winter of 2012 and another in 2011. One made it through to the spring and the other did not. How did these hummingbirds get so far off track?

Researchers over the last several years determined that some have changed their route, traveling east before heading south, giving rationale as to why these birds have been sighted in a number of eastern states from October to January.

The challenge for these wintering birds is to survive the weather and lack of protein. They live on the nectar from flowers and insects for protein.

According to Dr. Paul Adams, founder of the Baiting Hollow Hummingbird Sanctuary, two rufous hummingbirds appearing in November is an extraordinary occurrence. To help the birds make it through the winter there needs to be a cooperative effort to help them meet the challenges of the cold.

As I return to the routines of the holiday season, I plan to make another trip to see the birds again. Dr. Adams will visit the residence and give his advice on how to help the birds manage the winter here, and hopefully these birds will survive the Long Island winter cold and snow. Meanwhile, nature will take its course. The rufous hummingbirds of Aquebogue may or may not make it to spring. These birds, just like all species, hope to make it to the next season, taking life’s challenges one moment at a time.

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gardening

This week in hisTory

Dec. 15

1854: In Philadelphia, the first street cleaning machine is put into use.

1877: Inventor Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.

1938: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt presides over the ground-breaking ceremonies for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. 1939: "Gone With the Wind," produced

by David O. Selznick based on the novel

by Margaret Mitchell, premieres at Loew's Grand Theater in Atlanta. The movie stars Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.

Dec. 16

1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.

1901: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," by Beatrix Potter, is printed for the first time.

Dec. 17

1791: A traffic regulation in New York City establishes the first street to go One Way. 1903: The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight takes place near Kitty Hawk, N.C. Orville and Wilbur Wright make the flight.

1975: Lynette Fromme is sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of U.S. President Ford.

Photo by Ellen Barcel

When feeding the birds, use a 'patio mix, seeds without shell, so there is less mess.

By EllEn BarcEl

Winter's coming

Winter’s on its way, despite the really mild autumn we’ve had. And yes, as of this writing, I still have geraniums and roses blooming. Here are some things to remember for the cold days and nights ahead.

Predictions for this winter include a milder (but still cold) and, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac for 2017, snowy winter. If you haven’t done so already, check out your trees for damaged and dead branches, which can easily come down in a storm especially an ice storm. Call in an arborist as needed.

Remove heavy wet snow from shrubs if possible to do it safely (safety for yourself first and then the plant), so that branches don’t break after storms. And yes, remove any icicles if possible, but not branches coated with ice. You’re more likely to damage the plant trying to remove the ice. Most plants survive icing well. Come spring trim any broken branches as needed.

Another prediction I’ve seen is that despite the last few rains, we may have a time of drought coming up. If the ground is not frozen and there hasn’t been much rain, you need to water accordingly, especially newly planted ones. Also, you may need to wrap some evergreens, again especially newly planted ones, to protect from dry wind.

Remember to water periodically (usually once a month) any potted tender plants, like fig trees, you’ve stored over winter in an unheated garage or basement. You’ll know when to bring them out in the spring when you see the green buds starting to open.

Salt is a big danger to plants. Some agricultural fields in the Netherlands that were flooded during World War II with salt ocean water did not produce for many

years after. So, when you select plants that will grow near the roadside, make sure they are somewhat salt tolerant so that salt spray from the road in winter doesn’t damage your plants. Holly and crepe myrtle are just two of these plants. But your grasses may not like the salt, so when spreading an ice melt on your driveway look for one that doesn’t harm plants. Note, there are also ice melts that are safe on dogs’ paws.

If your regularly walk your dog in a certain area that needs de-icing, looking for the appropriate one.

If you are so near the coast that your property floods with severe storms, grow your least salt-tolerant plants in containers that can be moved to a safer location when such storms are predicted.

If you feed the birds during the cold months, you may want to use a variety known as “patio mix,” seeds without shell. There’s less mess. Also, don’t put out so much bird seed that a lot falls on the ground and isn’t eaten, or you’ll find the excess seed sprouting come spring, making more weeds to pull. Been there, done that.

If you have a living Christmas tree (one with roots attached), move it outside as soon as possible after the holidays. Keep it watered during times of drought. Plant it as soon as the ground is workable in late winter or early spring.

When buying a living tree, check to make sure you don’t plant a tender one outside, like the holiday-decorated Norfork Island pine, which can only be grown as a house plant in a climate zone (with summer’s outdoors).

Ellen Barcel is a freelance writer and master gardener. To reach Cornell Cooperative Extension and its Master Gardener program, call 631-727-7850.

Dec. 18

1796: The Monitor, of Baltimore, is published as the first Sunday newspaper.

1898: A new automobile speed record is set at 39 mph (63 kph).

1936: Su-Lin, the first giant panda to

— compilEd By ErnEstinE Franco come to the U.S. from China, arrives in San Francisco. The bear is sold to the Brookfield Zoo for $8,750.

1956: "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS

Dec. 19

1732: Benjamin Franklin begins publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac."

1777: General George Washington leads his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, to camp for the winter.

1843: Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is first published in England.

Dec. 20

1946: The Frank Capra film "It's a Wonderful Life" has a preview showing for charity at New York City's Globe Theatre, a day before its "official" world premiere. James Stewart and Donna Reed star in the film.

1963: The Berlin Wall is opened for the first time to West Berliners. It is only for the holiday season. It closed again on Jan. 6, 1964.

Dec. 21

1620: The Mayflower and its passengers, pilgrims from England, land at Plymouth Rock, Mass.

1913: Arthur Wynne publishes a new "word-cross" puzzle in the New York World in England. The name is later changed to "crossword."

1998: The first vaccine for Lyme disease is approved.

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Religious ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

STONY BROOK CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Connecting to God, Each Other and the World

400 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket (631) 689–1127 • Fax (631) 689–1215

www.stonybrookchristian.com Pastor Troy Reid Weekly Schedule Sunday Worship w/nursery 10 am Kidmo Children’s Church • Ignited Youth Fellowship and Food Always to Follow Tuesday Evening Prayer: 7 pm Thursday Morning Bible Study w/Coffee & Bagels: 10 am Friday Night Experience “FNX” for Pre K-Middle School: 6:30 pm Ignite Youth Ministry: 7:30 pm Check out our website for other events and times

BYZANTINE CATHOLIC RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

38 Mayflower Avenue, Smithtown NY 11787 631–759–6083 resurrectionsmithtown@gmail.com www.resurrectionsmithtown.org Father Tyler A. Strand, Administrator, Joseph S. Durko, Cantor Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 11:15 am Holy Days: See website or phone for information Sunday School Sundays at 9:15 am Adult Faith Formation/Bible Study: Mondays at 7:00 pm.

PrayerAnon Prayer Group for substance addictions, Wednesdays at 7 pm A Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite under the Eparchy of Passaic.

CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. GERARD MAJELLA 300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station (631) 473–2900 • Fax (631) 473–0015

www.stgmajella.org All are Welcome to Begin Again. Come Pray With Us. Rev. Jerry DiSpigno, Pastor Office of Christian Formation • 928–2550 We celebrate Eucharist Saturday evening 5 pm, Sunday 7:30, 9 and 11 am Weekday Mass Monday–Friday 9 am We celebrate Baptism Third weekend of each month during any of our weekend Masses We celebrate Marriage Arrangements can be made at the church with our Pastor or Deacon We celebrate Reconciliation Confession is celebrated on Saturdays from 4–5 pm We celebrate You! Visit Our Thrift Shop Mon. – Fri. 10 am–4 pm + Sat. 10 am–2 pm

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www.www.infantjesus.org Reverend Patrick M. Riegger, Pastor Associates: Rev. Francis Lasrado & Rev. Rolando Ticllasuca To schedule Baptisms and Weddings, Please call the Rectory Confessions: Saturdays 12:30-1:15 pm in the Lower Church Religious Ed.: (631) 928-0447 • Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145 Weekly Masses: 6:50 and 9 am in the Church, 12 pm in the Chapel* Weekend Masses: Saturday at 5 pm in the Church, 5:15 pm in the Chapel* Sunday at 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 5 pm in the Church and at 8:30 am, 10 am, and 11:30 am (Family Mass) in the Chapel* Spanish Masses: Sunday at 8:45 am and Wednesday at 6 pm in the Church *Held at the Infant Jesus Chapel at St. Charles Hospital Religious Education: (631) 928-0447 Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145

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CATHOLIC

ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 429 Rt. 25A, Setauket, NY 11733 Phone/Fax: (631) 941–4141

Mission Statement: In faith we come together to celebrate the Eucharist as a Parish Family; and as a Catholic community of faith, we are sent to be Christ to the world around us.

Rev. James-Patrick Mannion, Pastor Rev. Gerald Cestare, Associate Pastor Rev. Jon Fitzgerald, In Residence Weekday Masses: Monday – Saturday 8:00 am Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00am, 9:30 am (family), 11:30 am (choir), 6:00 pm (Youth) Office Hours: Monday–Thursday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Baptisms: Sundays at 1:30 pm (except during Lent) Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00 – 4:45 pm or by appointment Anointing Of The Sick: by request Holy Matrimony: contact the office at least 9 months before desired date

CONGREGATIONAL MT. SINAI CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

233 North Country Road, Mt. Sinai • (631) 473–1582 www.mtsinaichurchli.org “No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here”

Service of Remembrance to be held on December 21 at 7 pm Worship hour is 8:30 am and 10 am Sunday School and Childcare offered at 10:00 am open to all children (infants to 8th grade).

The last Sunday of every month is our Welcome Sunday Service.

This service has been intentionally designed to include persons of differing abilities from local group homes.

We are an Open and Affirming Congregation.

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN CHURCH CROSSOVER CHRISTIAN CHURCH Finding Faith As A Way of Life

Meeting at the Heritage Community Center 633 Mt. Sinai Coram Rd., Mt. Sinai (631)734-0204

www.crossoverchristianchurch.com Pastor Lesaya Kelly Weekly Schedule: Sunday Worship w/Children’s Church 9:30 - 11am We offer weekly small groups and monthly meetings for men and women.

12/18 Christmas Sunday Service, serving hot chocolate and cookies at 9 am.

Service starts at 9:30 am. Please join Crossover Christian Church and Mattituck Presbyterian Church 12/24 celebrating Christmas Eve together 4 pm, 7 pm & 10 pm services at Mattituck Presbyterian Church, 12605 Main Road Mattituck, NY 11952 We exist to love God with everything we have. We are a small, vibrant community reaching out to our world with love in action.

EPISCOPAL

ALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Our little historic church on the hill” across from the Stony Brook Duck Pond

Main Street, Stony Brook • (631) 751–0034

www.allsouls–stonybrook.org • allsoulsepiscopalchurch@verizon.net Please come and welcome our new Priest: The Rev. Farrell D. Graves, Ph.D., Vicar Sunday Holy Eucharist: 8 and 9:30 am Religious instruction for children follows the 9:30 am Service Christmas Eve December 24 4:30 pm Caroling, 5 pm Eucharist, 11 pm Eucharist Christmas Day December 25th 9 am Eucharist 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.

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CAROLINE CHURCH OF BROOKHAVEN The Rev. Cn. Dr. Richard D. Visconti, Rector

1 Dyke Road on the Village Green, Setauket Web site: www.carolinechurch.net Parish Office email: office@carolinechurch.net (631) 941–4245

Sunday Services: 8 am, 9:30 am and 11:15 am Church School/Child Care at 9:30 am Church School classes now forming. Call 631-941-4245 for registration.

Weekday holy Eucharist’s: Thursday 12 pm and First Friday of the month 7:30 pm (rotating: call Parish Office for location) Youth, Music and Service Programs offered.

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 Sunday Services 8 am & 10 am Sunday Eucharist: 8 am and 10 am/Wednesday 10 in our chapel Sunday School and Nursery Registration for Sunday School starting Sunday after the 10 am Eucharist Our ministries: Welcome Inn on Mondays at 5:45 pm AA meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm/Prayer Group on Wednesdays at 10:30 am/Bible Study on Thursdays at 10 am.

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.

EVANGELICAL THREE VILLAGE CHURCH Knowing Christ...Making Him Known

322 Route 25A, East Setauket • (631) 941–3670 www.3vc.org

Lead Pastor Josh Moody Sunday Worship Schedule 9:15 am:Worship Service Sunday School (Pre–K – Adult), Nursery 10:30 am: Bagel/Coffee Fellowship 11:00 am: Worship, Nursery, Pre–K, Cornerstone Kids (Gr. K–4) We offer weekly Teen Programs, Small Groups, Women’s Bible Studies (day & evening) & Men’s Bible Study Faith Nursery School for ages 3 & 4 Join us as we celebrate 55 years of proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ!

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

430 Sheep Pasture Rd., Port Jefferson 11777 Tel: 631-473-0894 • Fax: 631-928-5131 www.kimisis.org • goc.assumption@gmail.com

Rev. Demetrios N. Calogredes, Protopresbyter Sunday Services Orthros 8:30 am - Devine Liturgy 10 am Services conducted in both Greek & English* Books available to follow in English* Sunday Catechism School, 10:15 am - 11:15 am* Greek Language School, Tuesdays 5 pm - 8 pm* Bible Study & Adult Catechism Classes Available* Golden Age & Youth Groups* Thrift Store* Banquet Hall available for Rental* For information please call Church office*

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Religious ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

STONY BROOK CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Connecting to God, Each Other and the World

400 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket (631) 689–1127 • Fax (631) 689–1215

www.stonybrookchristian.com Pastor Troy Reid Weekly Schedule Sunday Worship w/nursery 10 am Kidmo Children’s Church • Ignited Youth Fellowship and Food Always to Follow Tuesday Evening Prayer: 7 pm Thursday Morning Bible Study w/Coffee & Bagels: 10 am Friday Night Experience “FNX” for Pre K-Middle School: 6:30 pm Ignite Youth Ministry: 7:30 pm Check out our website for other events and times

BYZANTINE CATHOLIC RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

38 Mayflower Avenue, Smithtown NY 11787 631–759–6083 resurrectionsmithtown@gmail.com www.resurrectionsmithtown.org Father Tyler A. Strand, Administrator, Joseph S. Durko, Cantor Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 11:15 am Holy Days: See website or phone for information Sunday School Sundays at 9:15 am Adult Faith Formation/Bible Study: Mondays at 7:00 pm.

PrayerAnon Prayer Group for substance addictions, Wednesdays at 7 pm A Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite under the Eparchy of Passaic.

CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. GERARD MAJELLA 300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station (631) 473–2900 • Fax (631) 473–0015

www.stgmajella.org All are Welcome to Begin Again. Come Pray With Us. Rev. Jerry DiSpigno, Pastor Office of Christian Formation • 928–2550 We celebrate Eucharist Saturday evening 5 pm, Sunday 7:30, 9 and 11 am Weekday Mass Monday–Friday 9 am We celebrate Baptism Third weekend of each month during any of our weekend Masses We celebrate Marriage Arrangements can be made at the church with our Pastor or Deacon We celebrate Reconciliation Confession is celebrated on Saturdays from 4–5 pm We celebrate You! Visit Our Thrift Shop Mon. – Fri. 10 am–4 pm + Sat. 10 am–2 pm

INFANT JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 110 Myrtle Ave., Port Jefferson, NY 11777 (631) 473-0165 • Fax (631) 331-8094

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www.www.infantjesus.org Reverend Patrick M. Riegger, Pastor Associates: Rev. Francis Lasrado & Rev. Rolando Ticllasuca To schedule Baptisms and Weddings, Please call the Rectory Confessions: Saturdays 12:30-1:15 pm in the Lower Church Religious Ed.: (631) 928-0447 • Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145 Weekly Masses: 6:50 and 9 am in the Church, 12 pm in the Chapel* Weekend Masses: Saturday at 5 pm in the Church, 5:15 pm in the Chapel* Sunday at 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 5 pm in the Church and at 8:30 am, 10 am, and 11:30 am (Family Mass) in the Chapel* Spanish Masses: Sunday at 8:45 am and Wednesday at 6 pm in the Church *Held at the Infant Jesus Chapel at St. Charles Hospital Religious Education: (631) 928-0447 Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145

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ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 429 Rt. 25A, Setauket, NY 11733 Phone/Fax: (631) 941–4141

Mission Statement: In faith we come together to celebrate the Eucharist as a Parish Family; and as a Catholic community of faith, we are sent to be Christ to the world around us.

Rev. James-Patrick Mannion, Pastor Rev. Gerald Cestare, Associate Pastor Rev. Jon Fitzgerald, In Residence Weekday Masses: Monday – Saturday 8:00 am Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00am, 9:30 am (family), 11:30 am (choir), 6:00 pm (Youth) Office Hours: Monday–Thursday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Baptisms: Sundays at 1:30 pm (except during Lent) Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00 – 4:45 pm or by appointment Anointing Of The Sick: by request Holy Matrimony: contact the office at least 9 months before desired date

CONGREGATIONAL MT. SINAI CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

233 North Country Road, Mt. Sinai • (631) 473–1582 www.mtsinaichurchli.org “No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here”

Service of Remembrance to be held on December 21 at 7 pm Worship hour is 8:30 am and 10 am Sunday School and Childcare offered at 10:00 am open to all children (infants to 8th grade).

The last Sunday of every month is our Welcome Sunday Service.

This service has been intentionally designed to include persons of differing abilities from local group homes.

We are an Open and Affirming Congregation.

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN CHURCH CROSSOVER CHRISTIAN CHURCH Finding Faith As A Way of Life

Meeting at the Heritage Community Center 633 Mt. Sinai Coram Rd., Mt. Sinai (631)734-0204

www.crossoverchristianchurch.com Pastor Lesaya Kelly Weekly Schedule: Sunday Worship w/Children’s Church 9:30 - 11am We offer weekly small groups and monthly meetings for men and women.

12/18 Christmas Sunday Service, serving hot chocolate and cookies at 9 am.

Service starts at 9:30 am. Please join Crossover Christian Church and Mattituck Presbyterian Church 12/24 celebrating Christmas Eve together 4 pm, 7 pm & 10 pm services at Mattituck Presbyterian Church, 12605 Main Road Mattituck, NY 11952 We exist to love God with everything we have. We are a small, vibrant community reaching out to our world with love in action.

EPISCOPAL

ALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Our little historic church on the hill” across from the Stony Brook Duck Pond

Main Street, Stony Brook • (631) 751–0034

www.allsouls–stonybrook.org • allsoulsepiscopalchurch@verizon.net Please come and welcome our new Priest: The Rev. Farrell D. Graves, Ph.D., Vicar Sunday Holy Eucharist: 8 and 9:30 am Religious instruction for children follows the 9:30 am Service Christmas Eve December 24 4:30 pm Caroling, 5 pm Eucharist, 11 pm Eucharist Christmas Day December 25th 9 am Eucharist 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.

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CAROLINE CHURCH OF BROOKHAVEN The Rev. Cn. Dr. Richard D. Visconti, Rector

1 Dyke Road on the Village Green, Setauket Web site: www.carolinechurch.net Parish Office email: office@carolinechurch.net (631) 941–4245

Sunday Services: 8 am, 9:30 am and 11:15 am Church School/Child Care at 9:30 am Church School classes now forming. Call 631-941-4245 for registration.

Weekday holy Eucharist’s: Thursday 12 pm and First Friday of the month 7:30 pm (rotating: call Parish Office for location) Youth, Music and Service Programs offered.

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 Sunday Services 8 am & 10 am Sunday Eucharist: 8 am and 10 am/Wednesday 10 in our chapel Sunday School and Nursery Registration for Sunday School starting Sunday after the 10 am Eucharist Our ministries: Welcome Inn on Mondays at 5:45 pm AA meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm/Prayer Group on Wednesdays at 10:30 am/Bible Study on Thursdays at 10 am.

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.

EVANGELICAL THREE VILLAGE CHURCH Knowing Christ...Making Him Known

322 Route 25A, East Setauket • (631) 941–3670 www.3vc.org

Lead Pastor Josh Moody Sunday Worship Schedule 9:15 am:Worship Service Sunday School (Pre–K – Adult), Nursery 10:30 am: Bagel/Coffee Fellowship 11:00 am: Worship, Nursery, Pre–K, Cornerstone Kids (Gr. K–4) We offer weekly Teen Programs, Small Groups, Women’s Bible Studies (day & evening) & Men’s Bible Study Faith Nursery School for ages 3 & 4 Join us as we celebrate 55 years of proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ!

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

430 Sheep Pasture Rd., Port Jefferson 11777 Tel: 631-473-0894 • Fax: 631-928-5131 www.kimisis.org • goc.assumption@gmail.com

Rev. Demetrios N. Calogredes, Protopresbyter Sunday Services Orthros 8:30 am - Devine Liturgy 10 am Services conducted in both Greek & English* Books available to follow in English* Sunday Catechism School, 10:15 am - 11:15 am* Greek Language School, Tuesdays 5 pm - 8 pm* Bible Study & Adult Catechism Classes Available* Golden Age & Youth Groups* Thrift Store* Banquet Hall available for Rental* For information please call Church office*

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

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Community news

Ward Melville High School students performed ‘Sweeney Todd’ as this year’s school musical.

Photos courtesy of the Three Village Central School District

Actors take to the stage at Ward Melville High School

East Setauket: Ward Melville High School student-actors and musicians recently dazzled audiences when they took to the stage to perform the Tony Awardwinning musical “Sweeney Todd.”

The story tells the tale of a famed barber who returns to work above a struggling pie shop under an alias after being wrongly sentenced to life. Working with the baker, Mrs. Lovett, the pair seek vengeance against the corrupt judge who sentenced Todd and end up traveling down a path with deadly consequences.

From the opening number, the cast impressed the packed audiences and kept them entertained until the final curtain call.

Religious UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP AT STONY BROOK

380 Nicolls Road • between Rte 347 & Rte 25A (631) 751–0297 • www.uufsb.org • office@uufsb.org

Rev. Margaret H. Allen (minister@uufsb.org) Sunday Service: 10:30 am

Religious Education at UUFSB: Unitarian Universalism accepts wisdom from many sources and offers non-dogmatic religious education for children from 3-18 to foster ethical and spiritual development and knowledge of world religions. Classes Sunday mornings at 10:30 am. Childcare for little ones under three. Senior High Youth Group meetings Sunday evenings.

Registration is ongoing. For more information: dre@uufsb.org.

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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF HUNTINGTON

109 Brown’s Road, Huntington, NY 11743 631–427–9547 www.uufh.org

Rev. G. Jude Geiger, Minister

(minister@uufh.org) Starr Austin, religious educator (dreuufh@gmail.com) Sunday Service 10:30 am, Children’s Religious Education 10:30 am Whoever you are, whomever you love, wherever you are on your life’s journey, you are welcome here.

Our services offer a progressive, non-creedal message with room for spiritual seekers.

Services and Religious Education each Sunday at 10:30 am Youth Group, Lifespan Religious Education for Adults, Adult and Children’s Choirs. Participants in the Huntington Interfaith Housing Initiative. Find us on Facebook and Twitter

UNITY UNITY CHURCH OF HEALING LIGHT 203 East Pulaski Rd., Huntington Sta. (631) 385–7180 www.unityhuntingtonny.org

Rev. Saba Mchunguzi

Unity Church of Healing Light is committed to helping people unfold their Christ potential to transform their lives and build spiritual community through worship, education, prayer and service.

Sunday Worship & Church School 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Service 7:30 p.m.

Sign Language Interpreter at Sunday Service

To be listed in the Religious Directory, please call 631–751–7663 ©152336

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Knowledge seeKers

SBU duo explores protein buildup in brain vessels, neurons

By Daniel Dunaief In medieval times, armies needed to understand the structure of the castles they were about to attack. Enough information could enable a leader to find a weakness and exploit it, giving his troops a plan to take over the castle.

Today, researchers use advanced tools to study the molecular structure of everything from tumors to the protein plaques involved in neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.

Recently, William Van Nostrand and Steven Smith, scientists at Stony Brook University who have worked together for over 10 years, discovered subtle differences in amyloid fibril structures that surround blood vessels and neurons.

Many forms of the structures likely have some contributory effect to cognitive declines, although researchers debate the extent of that contribution, Van Nostrand said.

Amyloid fibrils in plaques in the space between neurons have subunits lined up side by side in a head-to-head manner.

Van Nostrand and Smith’s new work, which was published in Nature Communications, showed that vascular amyloid subunits, which are on the vessel’s surface, have a different configuration, lining up side by side in an alternating head-totoe pattern.

This structural difference generates a new set of questions that might provide insight into ways to diagnose or treat diseases or cognitive declines.

The structural difference in the vascular forms may provide a way to determine how they uniquely contribute to cognitive decline, which could have implications for diagnostic and therapeutic intervention.

“We want to know if these different structures cause different responses,” said Van Nostrand, who was the colead investigator in the study with Smith and is a professor

in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stony Brook.

The research came from a close structural analysis of the amyloid buildup in mouse models of the disease. Van Nostrand provided the animal models and did the vascular amyloid isolation, while Smith, a professor and the director of structural biology in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, conducted the structural study.

“The more we understand about how these peptides assemble (and which components and structural motifs actually are toxic to neurons), the easier it is to target” the problem, Smith explained in an email.

While the mouse models the scientists studied may have some differences from the human forms of the disease, Van Nostrand said the group also conducted some preliminary studies that showed that vascular amyloid from human vessels has the same structure as the vascular amyloid in isolated vessels from the mice.

Van Nostrand and Smith have “investigated the structure of vascular amyloid in one case of a transgenic mouse and from vessels isolated from the brain of one human patient that had spontaneous cerebral amyloid angiopathy,” Smith said. “In both cases, the structure was anti-parallel, which provides some confidence when we start investigating additional mouse and human samples, we will also find the structure is anti-parallel.”

Van Nostrand’s lab studies pathogenic mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases, including cerebral amyloid angiopathy. In Alzheimer’s disease, patients have these amyloid or protein plaques around neurons. In about 90 percent of these, people also have protein buildup around blood vessels, where the amount can vary.

Amyloid plaques on the surface of blood vessels are “a lot more common than previously thought,” Van Nostrand said.

The consequences of these

Image from Pam Brown

‘Bird on flower,’ collage by Pam Brown will be on view at the event.

Reboli Center unveils Third Friday

Photo courtesy of William Van Nostrand

above, William Van nostrand completes a triathlon this past September in lake George. amyloid fibrils on blood vessels can affect other conditions and treatments for medical challenges including an ischemic stroke. Typically, doctors can prescribe a tissue plasminogen activator. While the drug works to break up the blood clot in the brain, it can cause amyloid blood vessels, if they are present, to bleed, which is a serious side effect.

It would be particularly helpful for doctors and their patients if they knew with certainty before doctors gave any drugs whether the patient had any of these plaques around their blood vessels.

The current state of the art in searching for these plaques around blood vessels is to look for any signs of bleeding.

Van Nostrand and Smith are searching for biomarkers that could indicate the presence of specific types of amyloids.

“If you had a probe that would recognize a structure, can you also use that for imaging?” Van Nostrand asked.

Such a probe might be able to distinguish between the parallel and anti-parallel orientation of the proteins in the plaques.

Van Nostrand said there are rare mutations that create blood vessel amyloids, without the plaque between the neurons. People with only blood vessel amyloids have cognitive impairments, Van Nostrand

said, but it’s not the same as Alzheimer’s pathology.

In addition to partnering with Smith, Van Nostrand works with Lisa Miller, a biophysical chemist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators in the Netherlands.

A resident of Poquott, Van Nostrand competes in triathlons and iron man events. During the offseason, when the weather isn’t particularly warm, he still does some training.

Van Nostrand’s oldest son, Joffrey, who earned his undergraduate degree at Stony Brook, graduated from law school and is now working at a law firm in Wisconsin. His younger son, Kellen, is applying to graduate school to study psychology. Van Nostrand has an 11-year old daughter, Waela, with his wife Judianne Davis. Waela has done two triathlons and “puts me to shame in 100 yards swimming,” Van Nostrand proudly confessed.

As for his work, Van Nostrand, Smith and their collaborators are focused on understanding how to exploit any differences in the plaques, so they can make progress in the battle against neurodegenerative diseases.

“We are interested in understanding structure and pathological functions” of different states of the subunits of amyloid fibrils, Van Nostrand said.

The recently opened Reboli Center for Art and History, located at 64 Main Street in Stony Brook Village, is inaugurating a new monthly program called Third Friday at the Reboli.

Third Friday is modeled after a number of nationally successful events sponsored by art centers that bring communities together with artists, speakers, authors, performers and other special guests to offer programs that will allow the visitor to experience these institutions in an entirely different way.

“Our goal at the Reboli Center is to involve the community in our programs and be an inspiration for artistic and historical interpretations. We have had such an overwhelmingly positive response to our opening and we want to continue with offering exciting free programs like Third Friday at the Reboli,” said Reboli Center President Lois Reboli. “Our hope is that Third Friday will become a community tradition.”

The first Third Friday program will be held on Friday, Dec. 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Reboli Center. The initial program will feature a panel of artists who are currently exhibiting in the Design Shop at the Reboli Center. The artists Pam Brown, Robin Clonts, David Ebner, Jim Molloy and Doug Reina create in a variety of mediums, and the evening will allow the audience members to hear about the philosophies underlying their work and about the practical, artistic and other quirky processes at work in their studios.

The audience will have the opportunity to join the discussion.

In addition, visitors can get a sneak peak at the gallery’s upcoming exhibit, Joseph Reboli: A Sense of Place, which will be on view from Dec. 18 to Jan. 29, and shop for unique holiday gifts from local artists at the Design Shop.

Future Third Friday programs will discuss historical topics, introduce other artists, offer sketching events, present musical performers, hear local authors and offer other engaging programming that will bring new connections and fresh perspectives.

Third Friday programs are free to the public and do not require a reservation.

For more information call 631-751-7707 or visit the Reboli Center website at www.ReboliCenter.org.

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Tomorrow is Friday – wear red on Campus!

Stony Brook UniverSity

Bayne-Walker, Scognamiglio team up Senior Christa Scognamiglio raced Stony Brook to a 12-point halftime lead by hitting five of five first-half three-pointers, and classmate Kori Bayne-Walker carried the Seawolves home with a game-high 21 points as Stony Brook (3-5) defeated Central Connecticut State University (1-8) 64-59 on Sunday.

“We played with more confidence today and were able to knock down shots from the perimeter,” Stony Brook head coach Caroline McCombs said. “It’s always difficult to get a road victory. I was happy with our toughness and ability to get stops when we needed them.”

Scognamiglio’s big first half reached its boiling point in the second quarter when the guard buried four three-pointers in a span of 4:06 to push the Stony Brook lead from 18-12 to 30-16. She turned the reins over to Bayne-Walker in the second half, where the point guard scored 15 of her 21 points.

The Blue Devils chipped into the lead, pulling as close as 57-53 with 2:57 to go, but Scognamiglio ended it.

Bayne-Walker spotted Scognamiglio The Seawolves finished with a seasonwith her season-high seventh assist of the game as Scognamiglio drained her career- high 14 assists. In addition to Bayne-Walker’s seven, junior guard best sixth three to put Lauren Williams had four. the Seawolves ahead 62Bayne-Walker was 53 with 59 seconds left tabbed America East Coin regulation.

Player of the Week for Stony Brook made her efforts. a season-best 11 threeStony Brook had a pointers — 10 coming season-best five blocks, from Scognamiglio and two from senior forward Bayne-Walker — on just Elizabeth Manner.

20 attempts, but went 9-for-19 from the freeStony Brook finished — Caroline McCombs its four-game throw line. The Searoad swing wolves knocked down 22 of 45 shots, with with a 2-2 record, and returns home for its a season-high nine of them scoring a field next game against Molloy College Dec. 16 goal during the game. at 7 p.m.

‘We played with more confidence today and were able to knock down shots from the perimeter.’

Photos from SBU

Above, kori Bayne-Walker dribbles around a Syracuse University opponent during a previous game. Left, Christa Scognamiglio tosses the ball from the free-throw line.

Stony Brook men fall to Rutgers, 71-66 A second-half drought for the Stony Brook men’s basketball team proved to be the difference-maker as the Seawolves fell to Rutgers University, 71-66, at Island Federal Credit Union Arena Dec. 10. Stony Brook (3-6) pulled within one with just over two minutes to play, and redshirt freshman Akwasi Yeboah scored 18 points, but the Seawolves were never able to take back the lead they had over the Scarlet Knights (9-1) for most of the night.

“What a great college basketball game,” Stony Brook head coach Jeff Boals said. “I know I say it a lot, but what a phenomenal atmosphere. This place gets louder and louder every game.”

Besides liking what he was hearing, Boals was proud of the game his Seawolves played.

“I thought our guys battled,” he said.

“I’m really disappointed we lost … I thought we should have won the game. [But] we are getting better.”

Junior Roland Nyama hit a long threepointer on Stony Brook’s first possession to get things going, but the two teams traded baskets early on. Rutgers was able to get back within one by halftime, despite the Seawolves’ seven straight points helping them control the tempo for the first half.

Stony Brook again started play with a basket made from beyond the arc, and this time, it was junior UC Iroegbu who connected to begin the second half. Senior Lucas Woodhouse followed it up with a trifecta of his own the next time down the floor to force

an early timeout by the Scarlet Knights.

The Seawolves tacked on two more buckets to earn their largest lead of the night, up 10 in the opening minutes of the second half.

But a lull for Stony Brook midway through the half, and a 15-0 run by Rutgers, lost Stony Brook the lead and gave the Scarlet Knights a six-point lead.

“We got good looks at the basket, but we missed it,” Boals said of his team’s opportunities during the 15-0 run. “I really thought that was the game. I’m just really proud of our guys the way they battled.”

Rutgers hit a dry spell of its own late in the game, going the final 7:59 of regulation without making a field goal, but was able to make 10 free throws during that span.

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Stony Brook took advantage of the lull by working its way back within one with 2:01 left to play, but saw a potential game-tying three-pointer from the corner go in and out with three seconds on the clock.

Yeboah’s 18 points marked a new season best for the newcomer, and the sixth time this season the guard and forward scored in double figures. He received America East Rookie of the Week honors for his showing.

Nyama’s 17 points are also a season high.

This is the third time in his five starts this season the junior guard and forward has reached double figures.

The Seawolves returned to action Dec. 13 to take on Hofstra University on the road, but results were not available by press time.

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KIDS CALENDAR

Film ‘Finding Dory’

Join the Northport Public Library on Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. for a free screening of “Finding Dory.”

Join the friendly but forgetful blue tang fish as she begins a search for her long-lost parents.

Rated PG. Call 261-6930.

‘Elf’

As part of its Cinema for Kids series, the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will screen “Elf” on Dec. 17 at 11 a.m. Rated PG. Tickets are $12 adults, $7 members, kids 12 and younger free. Call 423-7611.

Seiskaya Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ returns to the Staller Center The Seiskaya Ballet’s “The Nutcracker,” a perennial holiday favorite on Long Island, returns to Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts for a six-performance run from Friday, Dec. 16 to Monday, Dec. 19.

This classical ballet rendition has earned praise from critics and audiences alike. Hailed in its 1995 debut as Long Island’s most lavish “Nutcracker,” the Seiskaya Ballet production of the classic holiday ballet is a truly international collaboration, choreographed by world-renowned Russian-born choreographer Valia Seiskaya.

‘Elf’

Join the Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport as it prepares for the holidays with a special screening of “Elf” on Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. Grab some candy at the door and don’t forget your elf hat! Free and open to all. Questions? Call 261-6930.

Theater ‘Barnaby Saves Christmas’

Photo from SoLuna Studio

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?

Justin Autz stars as Buddy in ‘Elf Jr.’ at SoLuna Studio in Hauppauge through Dec. 18.

Programs

Polar Express Party

Let’s Celebrate Snow!

This year’s cast will be led by guest artist Nick Coppula (pictured above), formerly with the Pittsburgh Ballet, who will play the role of Cavalier, and Seiskaya’s award-winning principal dancers Jenna Lee, Diana Atoian and Brianna Jimenez (pictured above) along with first soloists Max Lippman, Jamie Bergold, Amber Donnelly and Lara Caraiani.

Come celebrate snow at the Maritime Explorium, 101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson on Dec. 17 and 18 between 1 and 5 p.m. Explore the science of snowflakes and make one to take home! $5 per person. Call 331-3277.

Cookies & Cocoa with Santa

Pancake Breakfast with Santa

Living Water Church, 24 Shade Tree Lane, Riverhead will host a Pancake Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 17 from 9 to 11 a.m. Don’t forget to bring your camera! Free. Questions?

Call 722-4969.

Let’s Create Together

Gallery North, 90 North Country Road, Setauket will present an art program, Let’s Create Together, for ages 2 to 4 with a caregiver on Dec. 17 from 9 to 10 a.m. Projects will include a variety of mediums including paint, clay and collage, with fun-filled activities that teach the fundamentals of color, shape, line, form and composition. $25 per child includes materials.

To register, call 751-2676.

Top and above photos, scenes from last year’s ‘The Nutcracker’ Performances will be held on Friday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17 at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 18 at 1 and 6 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 adults, $34 children and seniors, and $30 for groups of 20 or more; on sale now at the Staller Center Box Office at 631-632-ARTS and at www.nutcrackerballet.com. (Box office hours are noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and one hour prior to all performances. Online seat selection is available for all shows.)

Art Ventures

Gallery North, 90 North Country Road, Setauket will present an art class for ages 7 to 12 on Dec. 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Explore the art of kirigami and origami with artist Larissa Grass. $25 per child includes materials. To register, call 751-2676.

Yankee Whaler Party

Port Jeff Bowl, 31 Cherub Lane, Port Jefferson Station will host a Polar Express Party on Sunday, Dec. 18 from 3 to 6 p.m. $15 adults, $5 children (15 and under) includes bowling, pizza, soda, hot cocoa, cookies and a visit with Santa. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

For further information, call 473-3300 or visit www.portjeffbowl.com.

The Whaling Museum, 301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor will host a Yankee Whaler Victorian Holiday Party on Dec. 17 from noon to 3 p.m. Celebrate Victorian style with crafts of olde and ring in the holidays with live sea shanties, scrimshaw carving, candle-dipping and other festive crafts. $10 per person, $5 members. Call 367-3418 for further details.

Join the folks at the Caroline Church, 1 Dyke Road, Setauket for a community event, Cookies & Cocoa with Santa, on Dec. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Sponsored by the Caroline Church Youth Group, the event will feature holiday-themed crafts and games, story time, letter writing to Santa, cookies and cocoa and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

For further information, call Elaine at 428-0475.

Holiday Spectacular

Town of Brookhaven will present its annual Holiday Spectacular, an indoor, walk-through holiday light show benefiting the animals at the Holtsville Ecology Site through Dec. 18. The show will run on Friday and Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5 per person, children 3 and under are free. The Holtsville Ecology Site is located at 249 Buckley Road in Holtsville. For more information, call 758-9664.

Santa Claus visits St. James

Santa Claus will return to the historic St. James General Store, 516 Moriches Road, St. James to meet with children and hear their wishes on Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. Free. Don’t forget your camera to capture the perfect photo for your holiday card.

For more information, call 854-3740.

Toddler Time

Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington hosts Toddler Time for ages 3 to 5 every Thursday (new day) at 11 a.m. Free. No registration necessary. For further information, call 271-1442 or visit www.bookrevue.com.

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson celebrates the 13th anniversary of “Barnaby Saves Christmas” through Dec. 30. Join Santa’s littlest elf Barnaby and his reindeer friend Franklynne as they set off on a journey to save Christmas. All tickets are $10. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

‘Elf Jr.’

Just in time for the holidays, the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown will present the musical “Elf Jr.” through Dec. 31 with daily shows from Dec. 26 to 3; no show on Dec. 18. Follow Buddy the Elf in his quest to find his true identity.

Tickets are $15 each. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

‘Frosty’

A holiday favorite, “Frosty,” returns to the John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport through Dec. 31. Join Jenny and Frosty on their winter adventure as they try to save the town of Chillsville from the mean old Ethel Pierpot.

Tickets are $15 each. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

‘Elf Jr.’

SoLuna Studio, 659 Old Willets Path in Hauppauge, will present the heart-warming and hilarious musical comedy “Elf Jr.” starring Justin Autz through Dec. 18. Tickets purchased in advance at www.SoLunaStudioNY.eventbrite.com are $10 for kids under the age of 10 and $15 for general admission. At the door, tickets are $5 more. Group rates are also available. For more information, call 761-6602 or visit www.SoLunaStudioNY.com.

‘Beauty and the Beast Jr.’

John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport will present “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” on Jan. 7, 2017 at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. and Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. Performed entirely by students of the John W. Engeman Studio of the Performing Arts. Tickets are $20. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

‘Shrek The Musical Jr.’

Everyone’s favorite ogre will be starring in “Shrek the Musical Jr.” at the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown from Jan. 21 to Feb. 26 with shows daily from Feb. 20 to 24 for Presidents’ Week.

All seats are $15. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

All numbers are in (631) area code unless otherwise noted.

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Survey SayS:

What is your favorite holiday movie?

By Kevin Redding

Rebecca Zunno, Huntington Bella Ayer, Setauket I watch a lot of the old ones like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and “Frosty the Snowman” and those types of movies. “The Year Without a Santa Claus” is one of my favorite Christmas movies because it’s such a classic and whoever made the movie put so much time and effort in animating it ... it’s just so well put together and such a good story. Even though it was made like 30 or 40 years ago, I still loved it as a kid and still love it now.

Nancy Sanks, Steven Guild, Joanna Guild, Coram Nancy Sanks: “While You Were Sleeping” [with Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman] is one of my favorite ones, because I have three daughters and we started watching those because it puts you in the Christmas mood and it’s friendly and it’s light romance and cozy “hot chocolate” kind of movie. And I’ve always liked “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” with Chevy Chase and all the lights.

Steven Guild: “Elf” is a classic.

Joanna Guild: I like “The Holiday” a lot and remember seeing it when it came out. I like the mellow romantic ones.

I love “A Christmas Story” because it really reminds me of how my parents were raised, and I love watching it with them because they just laugh the whole way through and it’s one of my dad’s favorite films. I also like Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” because it has the best soundtrack, but “Elf” is definitely my favorite overall. I just love it because it’s funny and goofy and warm, and it kind of brings that sentimental teariness that we love as audience members.

I think it’s important to have Christmas films that just make you feel like you’re a kid again. And I love Zooey Deschanel and I remember that was the first time I ever heard her sing [in the shower scene] and she has a beautiful voice. And Will Ferrell just cracks me up and he’s adorable in that. He’s just a big kid and it makes me laugh.

Bill Herrmann, Port Jefferson I would definitely say “A Christmas Story.” I can’t get enough of it and I think the father makes the whole movie, how he hates the dogs next door and just all of his mannerisms. I love the narration by Jean Shephard too ... it’s like an outsider looking in but also like a firsthand recap of what he went through. It’s one of those staples where you gotta expect it to be on 12 times in a row every year. I’d watch it with my family, by myself, or even trick someone into watching it with me.

Staff picks

Courtney Biondo: NL’s ‘Christmas Vacation’ Liz Bongiorno: ‘The Holiday’ Joane Brady: ‘Family Man’ Leah Dunaief: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Janet Fortuna: ‘The Santa Clause’ Ernestine Franco: ‘A Christmas Story’ Laura Johanson: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Cathie Kitz: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Meg Malangone: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Sandy Gross: ‘Elf’ Robin Lemkin: ‘White Christmas’ Kathryn Mandracchia: ‘White Christmas’ Beth Heller Mason: ‘A Christmas Carol’ (1951) Sheila Murray: ‘Elf’ Sharon Nicholson: ‘Elf’ Jackie Pickle: ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ Ellen Recker: ‘White Christmas’ Kevin Redding: ‘Home Alone’ Judy Secacca: ‘The Polar Express’ Ellen Segal: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Heidi Sutton: ‘A Christmas Story’ Michael Tessler: ‘The Muppet Chrismas Carol’ Diane Wattecamps: ‘Elf’ Minnie Yancy: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

Vera Wilde, Port Jefferson Well, I love “It’s a Wonderful Life.” I always have to watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” because it just makes it seem like Christmas to me and my family. I have to watch it every year, even more than once. It’s just the whole feeling of Christmas, family, generosity, a whole community coming together ... it’s a wonderful movie.

Scott Walsh, Hauppauge It would have to be “Die Hard.” It is a Christmas movie; it’s based around Christmas, he’s trying to go home to see his daughter, it’s a great movie.

Yeah, “Die Hard” is the best Christmas movie of all time.

Bruce Willis is in it and I love Bruce Willis and it’s a great action movie, has Christmas music in it ... it’s a classic.

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Christina Urso, Port Jefferson I think our family’s favorite holiday movie is “A Christmas Story” because I think it just reminds everybody of their own little crazy family. We pull the DVD out and watch it every year. I’ve watched it since I was a kid and teenagers and it’s just something that’s been passed down and now our children like it. They were actually a little afraid of the bully [Skut Farkus] for the first few years and didn’t watch it for a while, so it took them a little time. It’s just a funny, silly movie but again I think it reminds everybody of their own family.

Jacob Ward, Port Jefferson I really like “The Polar Express.” I love Tom Hanks’ acting in all five of his roles in that movie and I loved it as a kid and seeing it on the big screen was really cool.

Amanda Damone, Sound Beach I watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” every year. I watch it twice [in early December and Christmas Eve] in full with my dad. Everyone in the family thinks it’s really boring and annoying, but I’m the only family member who watches it with him.