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April 21, 2022 Photo by Bill Landon

Vol. 17, No. 53

One-on-one with Errol Toulon

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Huntington Hospital offers new calcium busting procedure for the heart

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Theodore Wawryk, a resident of Commack who performs maintenance work at the Bronx Gardens nursing home, had six stents placed in his heart in 2005.

This past February, Wawryk, 52, had a buildup of calcium behind some stents at their edges, which could lead to restenosis, or a narrowing of the arteries again.

The patient came to Huntington Hospital, where his cardiologist, Dr. Raj Patcha, director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, couldn’t initially get through the blockage.

Patcha reached out to Dr. Gaurav Rao, director of Interventional Cardiology at Huntington Hospital, to see if Wawryk might be a candidate to become the first Huntington Hospital patient

to receive shockwave intravenous lithotripsy, also known as IVL. Rao had used the shockwave treatment, which uses pressure waves to create fractures in the calcium, for over a year at other hospitals and was prepared to introduce the procedure at Huntington Hospital.

Other options for breaking through the calcium, such as orbital or rotational atherectomies, which act more like miniature jackhammers breaking up the calcium in the arteries, are off label when a stent is nearby because it can shave off the metal in the stent, leading to other complications, Rao said.

Additionally, placing another stent in the area without modifying the calcium leads to stent failure.

Rao and Patcha performed the procedure in early February.

“This is a much safer” approach, Rao said.

“It’s revolutionary in the way we deliver classic cardiac care.”

Shockwave IVL enables the placement of stents by creating fractures in the calcium that allow doctors to put in functional and durable stents, Rao explained.

Other area hospitals have used shockwave IVL for circulatory issues as well. Stony Brook Hospital, for example, uses shockwaves for peripheral arteries.

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While every surgical procedure includes risks, Rao cited studies that indicate that the possibility of a dissection, or a tear in the wall of the aorta, for heart-focused IVL is 0.3% for shockwave IVL, which is substantially lower than the 3.4% rate for orbital atherectomy and 3% for rotational atherectomy.

Rao said about 70% of patients who are coming in for stents are eligible for IVL, while the remainder are still candidates for atherectomy.

Extremely long lesions or lesions where the entry point is small so that doctors can’t deliver an IVL balloon make atherectomies, with their front cutting abilities, the preferred approach, he said.

So far at Huntington Hospital, the growing number of patients eligible for shockwave IVL have chosen to have this approach.

“No one has shied away from shockwave therapy,” Rao said.

Patient experience

As for the patient experience, Wawryk recalled how the operation, felt “a little weird.”

Wawryk described how the doctors told him he’d feel a “little zap” inside his body.

Indeed, Rao said the procedure uses an electrical pulse that can cause the heart rate, particularly for someone with a resting pulse below 60 per minute, to accelerate for about 10 seconds.

Intravenous lithotripsy, which uses a low energy pressure wave of about 8 to 10 nanojoules and involves inserting a tube through the arm or leg, is generally “welltolerated” Rao said. Many patients don’t feel the effect of the procedure.

Even with the slight shockwave, Wawryk

Commack resident Theodore Wawryk, above, recently received shockwave intravenous lithotripsy at Huntington Hospital. One of the doctors performing the procedure was Dr. Gaurav Rao, below. Photos from Wawryk and Rao

said he would recommend the procedure to other patients considering it.

Wawryk, whose father died of a heart attack at the age of 46, is grateful for the cardiac care he received. He appreciates the time he gets to spend with his wife Nydia and his 19-year-old son Michael.

The Commack resident spent a day at the hospital, as the procedure started at 7 a.m. and he was heading home by 7 p.m. that night. He said he felt like the staff treated him as if he were at a “five-star resort.”

Rao is pleased to offer this interventional cardiac approach at Huntington Hospital, which makes it possible for residents nearby to receive the treatment and head home, without a longer ride back from a hospital further away.

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The supervisor also presented Town of Brookhaven pins to commemorate their efforts.

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Cub Scout Pack 354 completed our semi-annual cleanup on our adopted segment of the Greenway Trail today.

The Scouts love when hikers and cyclists stop to thank them and we were honored to have two special guests visit us.

Thank you to Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) for kicking off our service project and for joining us along the cleanup — filling a full five-gallon bucket with trash along the way.

And thank you to Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) for joining our Scouts at the finish, presenting each with a Brookhaven town pin and sharing some history of the town.

You can certainly count on us to perform our next semi-annual cleanup on a Saturday in mid-November.

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A Small Taste of History:

Centereach, Press Wireless and the Space Race Amongst the Middle Country Public Library’s many historical artifacts are a few that explain just how far the area has come from its pastoral roots. The picture and story below come courtesy of a collaborative effort among the library staff.

This all-female computer team was responsible for doing all the math by hand required to plot satellite trajectories and more. Image courtesy of NASA./JPL-Caltech

Minutes after the satellite was launched at 10:48 pm, Press Wireless, already prepared to monitor the Explorer’s frequency, picked up its signal. “We’ve been sitting on 108 megacycles, the Explorer’s frequency, since December 2,” al reported chief engineer Richard Hilferty urn Jo s ark Sp of Image courtesy to the Patchogue Advance of Feb. 13, 1958. Special radiophoto equipment had been installed at the Centereach facility to allow news photographs of the launch to be flashed across the United States and around the world. This launch took place Did you know that Centereach was at the height of the accelerating Space once the home of an immensely powerful Race, so each development of the flight communications center was followed closely by Americans as that could send and well as people all over the world. By receive transmissions November of 1957, the Soviet Union had worldwide and even already orbited two artificial satellites up to space? Read on to learn about Press and the race for scientific supremacy Wireless and the vital role it played for so between the two global superpowers many years. was on.

When we use the term “wireless” today, After the team of women we are talking about something we take for mathematicians at Cal Tech’s Jet granted: instantaneous access to images, Propulsion Lab had hand-computed sounds, videos and text files via the internet.

SA Image courtesy of NA the Explorer’s trajectory and confirmed But in the late 1950s when Press Wireless that it had reached a successful orbit opened its high-speed communications 1,575 miles above the Earth, that news facility in Centereach, we relied on radio waves and telegraph signals to send and new site in Centereach near today’s receive text, photos and voice programming Wireless Road. The 10-ton transmitters reached from distant shores. Originally located in over 100 feet high, broadcasting news across Hicksville, the antenna farm at Centereach the country to a sister station in San Francisco became home to 47 transmitters installed on a and overseas to 62 countries in Europe, South 500-acre site.

America, Russia and Asia. This Press Wireless It took over a month for 70 antennae of diagram shows the global reach of their various types to be moved from Hicksville and communication points of service. installed on a Global communications was an amazing feat during the 1950s, but Press Wireless even received transmissions sent from beyond Earth, an extraordinary technical achievement.

On Jan. 31, 1958, the U.S. launched its first satellite, Explorer I, from Cape Canaveral’s Pad 26 in Florida using a four-stage Juno rocket to propel it into orbit. This 6.6 foot, 30-pound rocket was developed at the California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was modified with the extra stage needed to launch the Explorer satellite, carrying 18 rg of tmchistory.o pounds of scientific instruments.

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was also immediately relayed by Press Wireless.

Soon after Explorer I achieved a stable course, Press Wireless received its first transmissions of Explorer’s scientific data.

Explorer I was very compact, and much smaller than the Soviet R-7 booster which launched Sputnik just one year prior. This image depicts the three scientists responsible for the success of Explorer I holding a life-size replica: William Pickering, James van Allen, and Wernher von Braun.

As in the case of the Explorer I satellite, which lost communication with Earth in 1958 after battery failure, science surged on and the capabilities of Press Wireless were rendered obsolete. By 1964, undersea cables and satellites began to revolutionize the communications field. Press Wireless was acquired by International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. in 1965, and the antenna farm on Wireless Road was eventually dismantled.

Today, the site is occupied by Percy B. Raynor Memorial Park, where area residents enjoy the park’s ball fields, playground and gazebo.

For more local history resources, visit Middle Country Public Library to browse our Heritage Collection or view our online archives page at www.mcplibrary.org/local-history Courtesy, NASA

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One-on-one with Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon

BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Last week, TBR News Media had an exclusive interview with Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D). During our conversation with the sheriff, he addressed his battles with cancer, the challenges of steering the sheriff’s department through a pandemic and his surprising place in the history of the New York Yankees.

How has your battle with cancer impacted both your outlook on life and the work that you do for Suffolk County?

One of the things that I realized as a two-time cancer survivor is that you never know what the person next to you — whether you’re on the ball field watching kids play or you’re in the movie theater or the supermarket — you don’t know if someone has health issues, financial issues, relationship issues. I think I have become a lot more sympathetic and also empathetic to the plights that people are going through.

Earlier in your career, you worked at Rikers Island. How has that experience shaped your later approach as county sheriff?

My father was a warden on Rikers Island for 36 years, starting off as a correction officer. I remember during one of the early conversations I had with him, I asked him about his employment.

He said, ‘We rehabilitate men and women who are in jail.’ That kind of resonated with me throughout my career.

Also, we really want to engage our youth because they are the ones that we want to make sure are on the right path, that they look at law enforcement as a positive role model, and that they maybe even want to come join our forces and work at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.

There are three things that I’m working on.

Mental health and substance abuse seem to be the primary traits for the majority of the men and women not only in our custody but throughout the nation’s prisons and jails. We’re working very hard to understand those two components because we want to be able to help those men and women, and even those that are not in jail — maybe there’s no criminal activity in their lifestyles, but they’re still suffering.

We want to see what we can do, working with various community partners and service providers to look more holistically and see what’s going on.

We do understand, even with some of our youth, who we are learning may have adverse childhood experiences, not only are they experiencing mental health and substance abuse in the home, but there are also traumatic issues, domestic violence issues and socioeconomic challenges. Those are the things we intend to focus on.

We’re also looking to create the first network of information sharing for jails and prisons throughout the United States. We think this will be very beneficial. We know that most police departments are sharing information with each other, but jails and prisons throughout the country are not. We want to tap into that resource because if we learn of different trends that are occurring, we can also alert our law enforcement partners to these things that are occurring, specifically in the jails and prisons throughout our region and our country.

been said to me a lot, my first goal is to be the best sheriff possible, regardless of my race. I do realize that being the first African American not only as sheriff, but the first African American elected to a nonjudicial county-wide position on Long Island, Nassau or Suffolk, it’s something that I’m very cognizant of wherever and whenever I go somewhere.

I know there are a lot of people looking at me, some favorably and some unfavorably. I think I need to be who I am and not necessarily who people perceive due to the color of my skin.

You are the first African American You were recently sworn in for a second elected as Suffolk County sheriff. What term as sheriff. What is your vision for does that distinction mean to you?

To me, and I know that’s something that has the next four years at the department?

Sheriff, what is your professional background and how did you land in the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office?

I started my career in 1982 as a New York City correction officer and I worked with the New York City Department of Corrections for 22 years on the uniform side. From 1982 until 2004, I worked on various assignments in numerous jails throughout the department. We had almost 25,000 inmates in our city system back then. I worked in our emergency services unit for almost 10 years. I was a captain there and also a captain in our detectives unit for almost three years before I retired. I also worked in the compliance division toward the end of my career.

I had to leave because I had some health issues.

I’m a two-time cancer survivor. Uniquely, after I was able to recover from my illnesses, I went back to school to finish my bachelor’s, master’s and I received a doctorate in education. I worked with County Executive [Steve] Bellone [D] as his assistant deputy county executive for public safety for almost two years, where I tell people that I truly got an understanding of the landscape of Suffolk County. Then, I returned back to New York City as the deputy commissioner of operations, overseeing almost all of the operational aspects of the department from 2014 until 2017. I then decided to run for sheriff in September of 2017.

What we also did was that every newly admitted inmate had to go into a quarantine for 14 days while our medical staff checked up on them three or four times a day. We wanted to make sure that our new admission inmates weren’t exposing any inmates that had been in our custody with any potential virus.

Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. Photo from Toulon’s office

When I became sheriff, I noticed that almost 85% of the men and women that are in our custody are returning back to our communities.

In order to help them and to have less victims in our communities, while we have them within our custody why not try to provide them with the resources so that they can be successful when they return back to our communities?

What are some of the struggles that your department had encountered due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how did you attempt to overcome them?

When I was the deputy commissioner, we had to deal with the H1N1 and Ebola viruses. When we learned about COVID-19 in Washington state in 2020, we started preparing for the possibility of there being an outbreak. By the end of February, we had our plans set. We implemented them around the second week of March because the first [confirmed] case of COVID in New York state was March 1 and the first case in Suffolk County was March 8. By that second week of March, we started implementing measures of social distancing; we had masks that were mandated to be worn; we started doing temperature checks; and we told our staff that if they were not feeling well or had any of the signs of identified symptoms for COVID-19, that they should seek out their health care professionals.

With the jails, we cleaned our facilities three to four times per day. Inmates were required to wear masks. We were able to “cell skip’’ our inmates, so instead of inmates being in cells 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, they were in cells 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. We did stop visits because, if you remember, [former] Governor [Andrew] Cuomo [D] had said that if we shut down visits for two weeks, we’d be OK. We did shut down our visits for any individuals coming in and for any service providers entering our jails. It proved to be somewhat successful, but we had to do it for longer than we anticipated.

From March, when we first implemented those measures, until the beginning of December, we only had five inmates that had tested positive — and I should say, three tested positive in the jails, two came into the jail positive. I think we were very successful.

Your office has donated bulletproof vests to the people of Ukraine. What are some of the other philanthropic initiatives that your office has been part of to benefit both Suffolk County and the greater global community?

That was a start by donating those decommissioned vests, but one of the things we are embarking on is that the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office is now an advisory component to a sheriff’s foundation. This is not run by the Sheriff’s Office, but by a group of individuals. They’re a 501(c)(3) and their goal is to have fundraising events. We do so much in the community that they want to assist us in really helping these kids that are having certain issues. Whether it is donating school supplies or the various community events that we want to do, we want to strengthen the bond between the community and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.

Baseball season is now underway and I have learned that you also occupy a place in the history of the New York Yankees. Could you elaborate on this?

Yes. I was fortunate enough in 1979 and 1980 to be a bat boy with the New York Yankees. They had just come off of back-to-back World Series championships in 1977 and 1978. Tragically, in 1979 our captain, Thurman Munson, was killed in a plane crash and we fell short of making the playoffs that year. Subsequently, in 1980 we did make the playoffs, but we lost three straight to the Kansas City Royals. In the third game, I was the ball boy down the right field line watching George Brett hit a three-run homer off of Goose Gossage, which went into the upper deck. I realized then that my career as a bat boy had quickly come to an end.

What are your thoughts on Aaron Judge’s contract fiasco?

I hope they do sign him. I think he’s proven to be not only a great ballplayer when he’s not injured, but more importantly a great role model. Mr. [Joe] DiMaggio and Mr. [George] Steinbrenner — both of whom I was fortunate enough to meet and speak with — would say that he is the type of person they would want to be a Yankee for his entire career, very similar to Derek Jeter.

Sheriff, thank you for taking this interview. Is there anything else that you would like to say to our local readers?

Yes. I firmly believe that the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office is changing the paradigm of criminal justice, not just in Suffolk County but throughout New York state. We’re continuing to look for partners, both from the governmental side but also the community side, to make sure that we are not only able to engage but also help those that need us. That’s why we’re here. We’re really here to help our community.

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Centereach reported a shoplifter on April 16. A man allegedly stole 22 computer hard drives valued at approximately $900.

East Setauket ■ Kohl’s on Nesconset Highway in East

Setauket reported a shoplifter on April 14. A man allegedly stole 13 items of men’s assorted apparel valued at approximately $520.

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Lake Grove ■ A woman shopping at Trader Joe’s on

Nesconset Highway in Lake Grove called the police on April 14 to report that her wallet containing credit cards and cash had been stolen from her purse.

Mount Sinai ■ A petit larceny was reported at the Cedar

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Beach parking lot on Harbor Road in Mount Sinai on April 16. A purse containing cash and credit cards was taken from the front seat of an unlocked vehicle.

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Jefferson Station reported that tools valued at approximately $950 were stolen from his unlocked shed on April 14.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who allegedly stole from a Lake Grove store in April. A man entered Macy’s, located inside the Smith Haven Mall, at 5:10 p.m. on April 9 and allegedly stole assorted merchandise.

Two men allegedly stole three XC 6.0 battery packs totaling $507.

South Setauket ■ Target on Pond Path in South Setauket

reported a shoplifter on April 15. A man Selden ■ Home Depot on Middle Country Road allegedly stole $320 worth of assorted

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in Selden reported that a man allegedly stole two 5 gallon paint buckets valued at approximately $395 on April 16.

LEGO toys from the store.

Stony Brook ■ A golf cart was reported stolen from the

■ Target on Middle Country Road in Selden Stony Brook Marina on Shore Road in called the police on April 16 to report a shoplifter. A man allegedly stole a Vizio Smart TV valued at $170.

■ Home Depot on Middle Country Road in Selden reported a petit larceny on April 12.

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Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.

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Middle County boys lacrosse team raises funds for communication boards On Monday, April 4, the Middle Country Boys Varsity Lacrosse team collaborated with the Special Education Department to host a Goals of Giving event at Centereach High School.

The team played against the Boys Varsity Lacrosse team from North Babylon. “Our athletes, students, and staff members did an amazing job spreading the word and raising funds to help our students with disabilities,” said Roberta Gerold, superintendent of

schools. “This is what our school district is about, coming together to give back to our community. It was heartwarming to see all those who took the time to participate and help make this event possible!”

The money raised at the Goals of Giving event will go to build communication boards for Stagecoach Elementary School, Eugene Auer Memorial Elementary School, North Coleman Road Elementary School, and Hawkins Path Elementary School. The communication boards

Middle Country families and community members at the Goals of Giving fundraiser on April 4, above. The Middle Country boys lacrosse team holds a banner during the event, below. Photos by MCCSD

will be placed in the schools’ playgrounds for students with disabilities.

These boards will help non-verbal students communicate with their peers and teachers while promoting an inclusive environment for all. Many of these students rely on electronic devices to communicate their wants and needs, and the boards

will allow them to play in their school’s playground when their own devices are not easily accessible. The Goals of Giving event raised a total of $8,730.65.

For more information regarding the Middle Country Central School District and its students’ many achievements, visit the district’s website at www.mccsd.net

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Newfield slugs 14 in win over Huntington

BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Newfield’s bats barked early, scoring four runs in the first inning to open the first of a threegame series at Huntington High School in a League III match-up April 18.

The Wolverines were able to keep the Blue Devils at bay, stretching their lead to 9-1 after four innings and won the game, 14-1.

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Logan Prisco got the win, pitching four innings with 10 strikeouts. Joe Hackal went 3-4 from the plate with three RBIs. Stephen Lumme also went 3-4 and tacked on another two RBIs. The win lifts Newfield to 6-4 in league, while the loss drops the Blue Devils to 0-6.

Game two was Wednesday afternoon at Newfield High School. Scores were not available at press time.

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Pictured clockwise from above, Newfield junior Logan Prisco from the mound in a league III road game against Huntington; senior James Hannon heads for home; second baseman Scott Whitbeck throws the runner out at first; Newfield’s Stephen Lumme with a deep shot straight away; senior Joe Hackal rips one deep for the Wolverines.

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Port Jeff Chamber holds annual Easter Parade

BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM On April 17, Easter Sunday, the Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce hosted its 27th annual Easter parade.

Led by the Easter Bunny, dozens of children, parents and community members marched through the village streets. Starting from Theatre Three on Main Street, the parade route cut through East Main, and finally ended at the Port Jefferson Village Center.

The event was concluded by a massive egg hunt in Harborfront Park, where participants scaled fences and sprinted long distances in pursuit of the precious hidden eggs.

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Much needed makeover on 347

Work will begin once again on New York State Route 347, and North Shore residents couldn’t be happier.

Drivers navigating the roadway from Gibbs Pond Road in Nesconset to Hallock Road in Stony Brook have noticed construction cones beginning to appear. The upcoming work is part of a $71 million state Department of Transportation project, which continues the roadway improvements made to Route 347 years ago in the Smithtown area. Future plans include changes on the state road as far east as Port Jefferson Station.

Through the years, it has become more and more apparent that the road built decades ago is over capacity. Called the Smithtown Bypass in its western portion, the roadway initially served as a way to avoid the heavy traffic of downtown Smithtown. Today, drivers use side roads in the town to avoid Route 347.

Rerouting presents various problems. As drivers speed through residential neighborhoods, congestion appears in spots previously unanticipated. Residents who once lived on quiet streets now have trouble just backing out of their driveways or are hesitant to let their children play anywhere near the roadway.

Adding new travel lanes, traffic signals, raised planted medians and crosswalks to 347 will help ease congestion and keep cars on the main thoroughfare instead of traveling through residential areas.

According to NYSDOT, the road work between Gibbs Pond and Hallock roads will be completed by 2024. While that is a two-year span, the benefits will be well worth the wait.

Suffolk County residents are reminded regularly of the importance of building affordable housing and independent living units to keep our young people and retired residents here on the Island.

Accelerated by the pandemic, which prompted rapid urban flight from New York City, we are also facing an increase in population with more people attracted to the North Shore.

As our area experiences population growth, our infrastructure needs to be modernized and expanded. While there is some hesitancy to widen roads, add overpasses and traffic circles — since these changes might attract more development in the area — traffic is here now. With smart planning, our elected officials on town, county and state levels can work together to determine which roadways in our towns and villages could benefit from widening and other improvements. Continuing the roadwork on Route 347 is a step in the right direction. There is also the prospect of federal infrastructure bill monies.

While many don’t want Long Island to become life in the fast lane, it’s time to accept that it’s no longer country roads taking us home. A proper balance needs to be found to make life a little easier for those who live here as they navigate their day on North Shore roadways.

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Vote in school elections May 17 for our children’s sake

As an educator and parent, I believe that our schools are our greatest resource and a public good. Our schools should be a place where our young people learn to think critically and become civically engaged. This is an investment in our society and our democracy.

Because of my deep commitment to public education, I have been watching the disruptions to school board meetings this past year with both horror and interest. Let me be clear: This is not a movement founded by parental concern. It is an attempt to undermine educators and the labor unions that advocate for their working conditions, to censor curriculum, to cause division and confusion by arguing about health and safety measures during a global pandemic, and finally, by running candidates for school board who seek to implement this worldview. This is a national right-wing movement, and it is intended to undermine our public institutions and democracy itself.

Every resident should attend meetthe-candidate nights and listen to the board of education candidates in their school district. If they are advocating for “parent choice,” “curriculum transparency” or “medical freedom,” recognize that this is the language of right-wing extremist groups. The truth is that the curriculum is quite transparent and guided by the New York State Education Department. It is not the purview of the board to determine curriculum — that is the work of our teachers, who are rigorously trained in their subject matters and grade levels they work with. Our safety protocols are determined by the state and county health departments — the board does not create policy, it implements it and risks losing state funding if it does not comply with regulations. Any board of education candidate saying otherwise does not understand the nature of the position and is not fit to hold the job.

It is crucial that taxpayers recognize what is happening in their home districts, and vote in their school budget and board of education elections May 17. We need well-funded public schools that educate and nurture all of our children. Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are academic, social and emotional needs that the educators in our schools provide for our children. We need to work collaboratively with the educators

and districts that teach our children rather than as adversaries, as the rightwing extremists have done this past year. Public education is a community investment, and we must not allow those who seek to defund, undermine and censor it to have the final say.

Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

Celebrate Long Island Spring Restaurant Week

In these difficult economic times, it is especially important to patronize your local neighborhood restaurant not only during Long Island Spring Restaurant Week April 24-May 1, but all year round. As most people are vaccinated from COVID-19, it is safer now to dine out. There are so many great restaurants in Huntington, Northport, Port Jefferson, Smithtown, Stony Brook and other communities in Suffolk, also Nassau counties.

My wife and I don’t mind occasionally paying a little more to help our local restaurants survive. Don’t forget your cook and server. We try to tip 20% to 25% against the total bill including taxes. If it is an odd amount, we round up to the next dollar. If we can afford to eat out, we can afford an extra dollar tip. When ordering takeout, we always leave a dollar or two for the waiter or cook. It is appreciated.

Remember these people are our neighbors. Our local entrepreneurs work long hours, pay taxes and provide employment. If we don’t patronize our local restaurants to shop and eat, they don’t eat either.

Larry Penner Great Neck

NYS bill to help birds and bees

Honeybees are vital pollinators of more than one-third of our nation’s crops. However, our pollinators are in trouble. Field surveys and accounts from beekeepers reveal that in the past few years, the population of honeybees in hives have been reduced by more than 40%. This population lost has been called colony collapse disorder.

The rapid loss of honeybees threatens agriculture production nationwide.

Scientists now are examining the impact of a powerful class of insecticide called neonicotinoids. Neonics are used to kill leaf, fruit and root chewing pests but are extremely toxic to bees and other pollinators. There is mounting evidence linking the honeybee die-off to systematic

insecticides like neonicotinoids. These chemicals, even in low doses, can damage bees’ ability to navigate back to the hive.

Without worker bees bringing needed food back to the hive, the entire colony suffers.

Fortunately, New York State Assemblyman Steve Englebright [D-Setauket] and state Sen. Brad Hoylman [D-Manhattan] have introduced the Birds and Bees Protection Act, which would ban neonic-tested corn, wheat and soybean seeds. It would also ban the use of turf and ornamental neonic uses. Finally, it would require the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the state Department of Agriculture and Markets to identify alternatives to neonic products.

Assemblyman Englebright and his former long-time aide and beekeeper Maria Hoffman are to be commended for their efforts to protect the birds and the bees. Now we need his bill to pass and to be enforced.

Edward P. Romaine Brookhaven Town Supervisor

Skip mowing for nature’s sake

If you could fight climate change and help bee and bird populations survive, would you do it?

A small town in Wisconsin is doing just that. How? The No Mow May initiative described in The New York Times. The residents of Appleton were asked to put away their lawn mowers for the month of May, which allows plants typically identified as weeds to flower. These include violets, clover and dandelions, which can provide food for bees emerging from hibernation.

Why is this important? Honeybees are crucial for the pollination of our food sources, and U.S. beekeepers lost 40% of their colonies in one year April 201819. North America has also lost nearly 3 billion birds in 50 years — 29% of them from the U.S. and Canada. Many are literally starving to death because of the decrease in the insect population.

As a planet, Earth is facing catastrophic declines through the loss of habitats and food supplies. In Appleton, yards that were not mowed had five times the number of bees and three times the number of bee species than did mown parks, according to the Times.

So instead of having your spring lawn look like a putting green, think wildflowers, birds and bees. It’s a winwin for the planet and for us.

Kerri Glynn Setauket

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Opinion The carving knives emerge after the gatherings end

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e all try, more or less, to say the right thing in the moment.

“Wow, so nice to see you again.

You look wonderful.”

“How are your children?”

“How’s work? How many days a week are you back in person?”

But after cutting up turkeys, ham and other food, the real carving occurs in the hours and days after gatherings, when we D. None separate into smaller groups and snicker, of the above judge and let loose the

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF parts of our sinister souls for which we seek atonement during religious and other holidays.

Now that family gatherings have restarted in

earnest, despite the COVID clouds still hovering over us, we have a chance to turn moments of discomfort into a collage of complaints.

While I’m sure there might be a few people who don’t practice the fine art of conducting post-gathering analysis about friends, family members and loved ones, I have yet to meet them.

We ought to break the process, lighthearted ideally though it may, into various categories.

Clothing: Wardrobe choices are often the subject of discussion. We sometimes marvel at how revealing or tight an outfit was or how casually someone dressed for a larger gathering.

Defensive guests: Sometimes, what people say, or hear, has nothing to do with a question they were asked or even a conversation in which they participated. While I was recently cleaning dishes, another guest walked in and told me everything he had contributed to the confab. His need to share his contribution, or to allay any guilt he might have felt, was revealing.

Conversation interrupters: While many families have long-winded storytellers, some gatherings include a conversation interrupter.

They are the people for whom any dialog that doesn’t revolve around them or their opinions is unwelcome and unworthy. They interrupt other people’s stories to interject their views on a topic or, perhaps, on something completely unrelated to the discussion.

Exacerbaters: These are the people for whom conflict is nearly as delicious as the homemade apple pie or fruit cobbler that awaits after dinner. Sensing conflict in a marriage or between siblings, they will figure out how to help build any tension in the moment. When challenged for their role as instigators, they will frequently play the victim card, claiming that making people angry at each other or at them wasn’t their intention and that everyone doesn’t understand how they were really only trying to help and to resolve the conflict.

Welcome to Narnia guests: No party is

complete without at least one person who needs to bring everyone into their perspective or their world. These people often see everything through one perspective, whether it’s about saving stray dogs, the challenges of having difficult neighbors, or the difficulty of finding good Thai food in their neighborhood. The discussion could be about the challenges educators faced during the pandemic and, they will say, “Oh yeah? Well, that reminds me of the challenges of finding good Thai food.”

The revisionist historians: Often, some, or even many, of the people in a room spent considerable time with each other. Stories have a way of evolving over time, either because they sound better one way or because the storyteller’s memory has altered some of the facts to suit a better narrative. No, you didn’t invent the yo-yo, no, you didn’t predict the year the Cubs would finally win the World Series, and, no, you didn’t always use the phrase “just do it” before Nike added it to their ad campaign.

Overheard in a deli: “I’ll have what she is having”

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ne of the first things we noticed when we moved from the Bronx to Wichita Falls Texas, where my husband reported for duty on the Air Force base in July 1967, was that the city had no delis. Really, no delis.

“Where can we find a deli?” we asked people.

“What’s a deli?” was the response.

It was then that we learned that a deli, short for delicatessen, was indigenous to large urban settings generally found on the coasts, that made Between fresh sandwiches and you and me sold side salads from

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF their display cases and bottled sodas from their glass-front, vertical refrigerators. We explained that they were mighty convenient for a quick take-out lunch.

Sometimes a few people ate at the handful of tables, but mostly it was an in-and-out

experience and one hoped the line would not be too long. “We have diners,” they offered helpfully. “You could probably take out an order from one of them.”

How to describe the difference between a diner and a deli? I had never thought about delis before. I just knew there was one every couple of blocks in New York. Some of them were quite elegant, with imported products, cured meats and cheeses, and even exotic foods, while others, in the neighborhoods, just sold the usual turkey, bologna or ham and Swiss on a roll or white bread.

Ah, but then there were the kosher delis, the ones with overstuffed pastrami on rye and spicy mustard, with a pickle and a soda, maybe even a potato knish on the side. That’s the classic New York deli sandwich. They were the best, and there were fewer of those but enough to feed the discriminating in all five boroughs.

Often kosher delis were part of a restaurant in which diners could sit at tables and be served by wise-cracking waiters. Patrons might slurp up chicken soup before they attacked their fulsome sandwiches.

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In fact, there were 1500 kosher delicatessens in New York City in the 1930s, brought here primarily by German-Jewish immigrants in the late 19th century. There were fewer than 15 as of 2015, and I’ll bet there are only a handful today.

This is how they started, or so the story goes.

A Lithuanian named Sussman Volk, who arrived in New York in 1880, owned a butcher shop on the lower East Side. He befriended another immigrant, from Romania, and allowed the fellow to store his meat in the shop’s large icebox. To thank him, the friend gave Volk a recipe for pastrami, which then proved so popular with Volk’s customers that he opened a restaurant at 88 Delancey Street and served the meat on rye. The creation was soon repeated in delis and became the city’s iconic sandwich.

Delicatessens originated in Germany during the 18th century, started by a German food company called Dellmayr in 1700 that still exists, and spread to the United States in mid-19th century. They catered to the German immigrants, offering smoked meats, sausages, pickled vegetables, dips, breads and olives.

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of the word comes from the Latin, “delicatus,” meaning giving pleasure, delightful, pleasing.

After WWII, from about 1948 on, they were simply referred to as “delis.”

Today, even supermarkets have deli sections. There are two delis within walking distance in my village and more up and down the neighboring villages. And they exist in many countries with slight variations on the theme. Australia, Canada, Europe (Milan, Paris, Vienna, London, Munich, Zurich), Ireland, they all have delis. They are different from Subway or Jersey Mike’s, or Wawa, which, too, make sandwiches to order. They are also different from McDonald’s or Wendy’s, who specialize in fast food. Some of them have hot prepared foods as well, and all of them require interaction with a clerk behind the counter as opposed to a more digital ordering process.

Those clerks may whip up an egg on a roll with bacon and cheese if you ask. Some delis even have small groceries attached to them.

Delis are generally unpretentious eateries that welcome you. For my lunch tastes, you can’t spell delicious without “deli.”

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In Addition to Delivering Food, Deliver on Making More Money!

Don’t wait around for your next gig for extra money to fall into your lap.

Work a set of GUARANTEED hours a day, and still have time to do your daily errands. We have immediate openings for school bus drivers and assistants. The hours are convenient and the starting pay is one of the highest of any bus company. Best of all, a future with a company recognized year after year for putting its employees first.

School Bus Drivers Starting Rates: $23.92

to $29.80!

Visit our website and click on JOBS for our online application.

Walk-in Hiring Centers: Bay Shore - 2309 Union Blvd.

Coram - 2152 Route 112

Ronkonkoma - 1849 Pond Rd.

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