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Vol. 17, No. 60

June 9, 2022

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Students of the Month

Middle Country School District recognizes two students’ academic achievements

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Proud, smiling faces filled the Brookhaven Town Hall auditorium on May 26 for the 2020-2021 Youth Volunteer Awards. The awards recognize residents from each council district who assist young people in the community, whether they are adults, service groups or younger people themselves. The Town works with the Town of Brookhaven Youth Board, which is an advisory board to the Youth Bureau, to nominate the award recipients. The Brookhaven Youth Bureau’s mission is to support and encourage the moral, physical, and mental well-being for young people in Brookhaven Town from 12 to 24 years of age. For further information, please call the Youth Bureau at 631-451-8011. Award recipients not pictured are Robert Pearsall, Scott Alfano and Dan Donofrio.

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Congratulations Julia Zabinsky and Liana Chivu The Middle Country Central School District is proud to recognize two middle school students — Julia Zabinsky and Liana Chivu — as students of the month for May. The two students were recognized for their academic excellence, participation in school activities and clubs, and brilliant attitudes. “It is with great enthusiasm that I acknowledge Julia Zabinsky and Liana Chivu for their academic success and distinguished character,” said Roberta Gerold, superintendent of Middle Country Central School District. “It is an honor to have the opportunity to watch the growth of these two students, who are positive role models for their peers. I can’t wait to see their journey in high school in the coming years.” Selden Middle School eighth-grade student Julia Zabinsky was nominated as student of the month for her maturity, intelligence, and positive attitude every day. Julia’s unmatched work ethic is shown through her meticulous lab work and constant desire to complete extra credit assignments, despite having a perfect grade score of 100 for the quarter. Julia also had a perfect 100 each quarter in her living environment class. Although Julia is a strong student academically, she is much more than her grades. Julia is devoted to community service and helping others. She is a Junior Environmental Steward with the Town of Brookhaven and has helped with clean-ups and wildlife preservation on south shore beaches. These projects helped save diamondback terrapin turtles who have been consuming litter and are in danger as they move about crossing roads. Julia also enjoyed helping

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with the Happy Hearts project in which she assisted special needs students with their sewing. Julia is also a lover of animals, especially those that are challenged. She has adopted three special needs cats, two of whom are blind and the third who is partially blind. She also appeared on television during the Kitten Bowl, which airs on Super Bowl Sunday to advocate for special needs animals. Julia’s dream is to become a veterinarian one day. Dawnwood Middle School seventh-grade student Liana Chivu was nominated as student of the month for her great respect for her fellow classmates and her remarkable spark for learning and education. She is an active member of the classroom as she helps her friends and contributes her thoughts, ideas, answers, and questions. Liana is a member and the president of the Dawnwood National Junior Honor Society. She is involved in many clubs and activities at Dawnwood, including Peer Leadership Club, Technology Club, American Sign Language Club, and Drama Club. Liana is also a member of the Competitive Sachem Swim Club and devotes many of her lunch periods to volunteering at the school store. Liana’s overall average for her sixth grade school year was 99.67 and her average for this school year is 98.8. She plays clarinet in the Dawnwood band and often works with students in her ENL afterschool study sessions. She has career hopes of working in the field of space exploration. For more information regarding the Middle Country Central School District and its students’ many achievements, please visit the district’s website: www.mccsd.net.

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Elected officials, community leaders rally for electrification of LIRR’s Port Jeff line BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM During the late morning hours of June 7, people gathered at the Stony Brook train station but not to board a train. They were there to call out the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road for not getting on board with modernizing the Port Jefferson Branch line. Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) asked state and local officials to join him at a press conference at the station to urge the MTA and the LIRR to extend electrification on the Port Jefferson Branch. In addition to the elected officials in attendance, civic, chamber, business and environmental leaders were also on hand to show their support. Many in attendance have vocalized the need for years, including during a December 2019 press conference at the train station. However, plans were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. East of Huntington the 24 miles or so of railroad tracks are not electrified, and the LIRR uses dual-mode trains that can switch from electric to diesel. Those in attendance addressed concerns such as air pollution from the diesel trains

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Leadership and Community Protection legislation was passed on the state level in 2019, it included the call for electrification across all sectors — transportation, residential, commercial and more. He said the same year the legislation passed, the MTA purchased 55 diesel engines. “Maybe they haven’t figured it out yet but diesels are, as the supervisor indicated, antique technology, and we need to move toward technology that doesn’t pollute the air,” Englebright said. Town of Brookhaven Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook) said that the diesel engines not only are harmful to air quality, but also when they arrive at a station the vibration can be felt in nearby neighborhoods. Kornreich said there are people in Port Jefferson Station who “have State Assemblyman Steve Englebright, at podium above, joined by state Sen. Mario Mattera and officials from the Town of to listen to the sound of diesel throbbing all Brookhaven during a press conference calling for the MTA/LIRR to electrify trains beyond Huntington. Photo by Rita J. Egan night.” and traffic congestion from residents driving fuel “some of the most polluting fuel that we Mitch Pally, CEO of the Long Island south to take trains on the Ronkonkoma have.” He added that Suffolk County and Builders Institute and a former MTA board Branch. They also said electrification Brookhaven “have been shortchanged by the member, called on the state Climate Action would benefit the area, including efficient MTA.” Council to mandate the MTA to have He said that with the passage of President Joe responsibility in electrifying train lines experiences for passengers, more business drawn to the area, increased enrollment Biden’s (D) $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure across Long Island. at Stony Brook University and real estate bill and more than $10 billion estimated to go “Only in that way will the mass transit to the MTA, it was time for Suffolk County system that we have not only transport our values increasing. Romaine said the Port Jeff Branch was residents to see improvements on the railroad people, but do it in an environmentally “That is supposed to help rebuild our sensitive manner,” Pally said. the busiest line of the LIRR. He called diesel infrastructure,” the supervisor said. “We’re Anthony Figliola, who is running in asking for a 20th-century technology — the Republican primary for Congressional electrification. Diesel is a 19th-century District 1, said after the press conference technology. We haven’t even asked for 21st- he was encouraged by the bipartisan century technology.” support. He added that State Sen. Mario Smithtown Supervisor Mattera (R-St. Ed Wehrheim (R) is James) also called also supportive of for infrastructure electrification. money to be spent in Figliola and Charlie the area. Regarding Lefkowitz, president North Shore of the Three Village residents traveling Chamber of Commerce, to stations along were part of the North the Ronkonkoma Shore Business Alliance Branch, he said formed in 2017 that everyone needed worked on a feasibility to come together to study for electrification ensure that those in of the branch. The MTA the area could drive included $4 million in to a nearby station their five-year 2015without changing 19 capital plan to pay trains to get to New for a feasibility study —Steve Englebright York City. He added on electrification of the with a feasibility Port Jefferson Branch study that was Figliola said if started in the 1980s, elected to Congress the time had come for change. he will be committed “to helping fund “We need to make sure that we’re here for this critical economic development and the commuters,” Mattera said. “Mass transit environmental project.” is so important for our future, and MTA “The next step is for the MTA to complete shortchanges us all the time.” the study,” he said. “My hope is the MTA will State Assemblyman Steve Englebright think twice before spending any additional (D-Setauket) said when the Climate dollars on more diesel trains.”

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County COVID-19 hospitalizations and infections decreasing BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Even as the newer omicron subvariant of COVID-19 continues to spread throughout Long Island, hospitalizations and infections have been lower. Hospitalizations, which had risen to 490 in mid-May from about 130 in early April, have been “slowly declining for the past week or two,” according to Dr. Gregson Pigott, commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Service. Area health care professionals suggested that the severity of symptoms also had eased up. “COVID hospitalization rates are lower than in prior COVID waves,” Dr. Adrian Popp, chair of infection control at Huntington Hospital, explained in an email. Most of the patients have mild to moderate illnesses, although Huntington Hospital still does have some severe cases and/or a COVID-related death. The average number of positive tests per 100,000 people in Suffolk County has declined from recent peaks. As of June 3, the 7-day average number of positive PCR and rapid tests per 100,000 people was 33, which is down from 52 on May 27 and 67.7 on May 20, according to New York State Department of Health data. “If anything, Suffolk County rates are dropping,” said Dr. Michel Khlat, chief medical officer at St. Catherine of Siena in Smithtown. “We’re seeing a drop in inpatient cases.” Many of the cases St. Catherine is finding are incidental, as the hospital tests for the virus in connection with other procedures. At this point, the newer subvariant of omicron, called BA 2.12.1, accounted for 78.1% of the

positive samples collected between May 22 and May 28 in New York, which is up from 593% in the prior two weeks, according to figures from the New York State Department of Health. “Preliminary data suggest that Omicron may cause more mild disease, although some people may still have severe disease, need hospitalization, and could die from the infection with this variant,” Pigott added in an email. Khlat suggested that hospitals aren’t tracking the type of variant. Even if they did, it wouldn’t alter the way they treated patients. “It doesn’t make a difference” whether someone has one or another subtype of omicron, Khlat said. The treatment is identical. Area doctors and medical care professionals continue to recommend that residents over 50 receive a second booster, particularly if they are immunocompromised or have other health complications. “People over 50 should get the booster — it decreases the severity of COVID,” explained Popp. Like much of the rest of the country, some Long Islanders have also contracted COVID more than once. The reinfection rate per 100,000 is currently 7.3%, according to New York State Department of Health figures. “We are certainly seeing symptomatic COVID infections in persons who report having COVID at the beginning of this year or last year,” Dr. Susan Donelan, medical director of the Healthcare Epidemiology Department at Stony Brook Medicine, explained in an email. Popp explained that natural immunity from a COVID infection generally lasts about two to three months. Vaccine-related immunity generally lasts

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Jason J. Scolaro, of Ronkonkoma, passed suddenly on May 30 at age 28. JJ was an amazing son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, friend, and teammate. May your troubles be less, and your blessings be more. Beloved son of Mary Ellen and Tim Passanisi, loving brother of Ty. Jason was adored by all who knew him, especially the Hope House community and his soccer family at KK Athletics. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Jason to Hope House Ministries, P.O. BOX 358, Port Jefferson, NY 11777-0358. Donations can also be sent to the “Family of Jason Scolaro” page on GoFundMe. For more information, please visit: branchfh.com/obits/jason-j-scolaro/

“Preliminary data suggest that Omicron may cause more mild disease, although some people may still have severe disease, need hospitalization, and could die from the infection with this variant.” — Dr. Gregson Pigott twice that duration, for about four to six months. Doctors continue to urge caution during larger, poorly-ventilated indoor gatherings. “Close crowds without masks, in an indoor setting with poor air flow, would be one version of a scenario with potential super-spreader potential,” Donelan explained. Donelan said Stony Brook encouraged staff and patients to consider receiving boosters when they are eligible. Popp believes wearing masks indoors while in

a large gathering is a “reasonable” measure. That includes theaters, airplanes, buses and trains. At Huntington Hospital, meetings continue to take place online. “We decided as an organization that the risk of transmission is high enough to continue these measures,” Popp wrote. “We cannot afford to lose team members to COVID since it can negatively impact our operation.” Even though the current infection rate is dropping, Khlat said he also continues to remain cautious, wearing a mask when he goes indoors.

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The following incidents have been reported by Suffolk County Police: Calverton Rocky Point ■ A resident on Hill Court in Calverton ■. Stop & Shop on Route 25A in Rocky Point

called the police on June 2 to report that someone stole a blue 2016 Can-Am Outlander ATV from their backyard. The vehicle had a value of $9,000.

reported a shoplifter on June 2. A man allegedly put $630 worth of assorted food items in his cart and walked out without paying.

Road in Centereach reported the theft of merchandise on May 31. Two women allegedly stole miscellaneous women’s clothing worth $286.

rims and tires had been removed from a customer’s 2017 Ram 150 by an unknown person while it was parked in front of the auto repair shop on June 2. The parts were valued at approximately $940.

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Beach Road in Mount Sinai on May 31 reported that someone entered her vehicle and stole her purse from the front passenger seat containing her cell phone and wallet.

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reported that someone entered her unlocked vehicle parked in her driveway on June 1 and stole a wallet containing credit cards.

from a residence on Deepwells Lane in Head of the Harbor on May 30. The vehicle, which was valued at $50,000, had been left unlocked with the key fob inside.

■ A resident on Clymer Street in Port Jefferson Station reported that someone entered two of his vehicles on June 1 and stole a Chromebook, backpack, cash, wallet and credit cards.

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Country Road in Centereach was burglarized on May 31. Video captured two men cutting through a chain link fence, forcing open multiple storage units and removing items.

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Eisenhower

The man whose D-Day plans secured a lasting peace in Europe BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM By early July 1940, after Germany quickly defeated France, Hitler and his military leaders were photographed gazing across the English Channel. Many feared Hitler would order an invasion against the last remaining nation in Western Europe: Britain. While his senior military leaders planned for Operation Sealion, Hitler had always feared the might of the British navy, and a full-scale assault was never carried out. Instead, Europe suffered through four years of brutal German occupation, which included the Nazi air blitz on London and a genocide across the continent which sought the annihilation of Jews in Europe. The liberator of this Nazi tyranny came in the form of a farm boy from Abilene, Kansas. Dwight D. Eisenhower was an affable character among his fellow officers. He was a talented football and baseball player, a writer and later an aide to Gen. Douglas MacArthur. By 1941 it was now his turn to lead the effort to dismantle the German war machine and to bring the war to a successful conclusion. Gen. Eisenhower ran his headquarters with a team-first mentality. He considered the British, French, Canadians, Norwegians, Polish and even Soviets as comrades rather than foreigners. These nations that had suffered through Hitler’s subjugation would be key elements to achieve total victory. By the spring of 1944, the war plans were laid to invade Nazi-occupied Europe from England. Major weaponry and reinforcements of soldiers, primarily from the United States, were sent to England to reinforce Eisenhower’s Operation Overlord. To cope with the stress of planning the invasion, Eisenhower smoked over five packets of cigarettes a day. Once living in poverty, the military commander had emerged as one of the most powerful men in the world, entrusted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill to change the tides of war in their favor. By 1941, Eisenhower had grown into a dependable officer who embodied the necessary skills to work well with the Allies. A talented strategist, he was the right man for the task. Although he was not as battle hardened as Gens. MacArthur or George S. Patton, Eisenhower possessed unique attributes that aided his planning. A graduate of U.S. Army Command and General Staff School, he was highly regarded

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for his writing skills and his clear understanding of fighting campaigns. Eisenhower was not only preparing an immense invasion, but a road map for the continued invasion after getting ashore. Having traveled extensively through France as a younger officer, his past experiences again proved invaluable. Always a likable figure, Eisenhower had the unique ability to resolve conflicts amongst his own senior command. His good friend Patton understood the value of this trait for he was a gifted commander but with an uncontrollable temper. Perhaps Eisenhower’s greatest challenge was seen through his relations with Gen. Charles de Gaulle. This renowned French leader refused to endorse the earliest speeches that called for his people to revolt against the Germans in the name of the Allies. De Gaulle

was supported by the Americans and British, but he believed he deserved greater authority over the major fighting in France. Dealing with this French leader was an obstacle only Eisenhower could surmount. In the days leading up to the D-Day invasion, terrible weather conditions threatened to further delay Eisenhower’s plans. The delays could prove to be catastrophic as the Germans were bound to learn of the true intention of this invasion, where they originally viewed Calais as the key spot that would be assaulted by this cross-channel attack. With the weight of the invasion and outcome of the war upon his shoulders, Eisenhower ordered 1,213 naval combat ships to move across the channel. 132,000 soldiers, stocked with supplies and equipment of every kind, headed off the Normandy beaches into the

interior. By the end of the day, on June 6, 1944, the final chapter of Hitler’s rule was being written as American, British and Canadian soldiers executed Eisenhower’s plans. Today, fighting rages on in Ukraine. But the resolve of the United States should never be doubted. This week marks the 78th anniversary of D-Day, and America remains a beacon for the world, always there in the darkest hour to oppose tyranny abroad and to prevent its expansion. We must remember the example of Eisenhower, who gave us the road map for a future of peace. Rich Acritelli is a history teacher at Rocky Point High School and adjunct professor at Suffolk County Community College. Written in conjunction with members of the high school’s History Honor Society.

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A growing divide has emerged between the people of the North Shore and the Long Island Rail Road, and it is time for the local community to bridge this gap. In board rooms and public meetings throughout this area, local officials today express similar frustrations about their various dealings with this public railroad company. On Monday night, Port Jefferson Village trustee Bruce Miller described the complications that arose during a recent meeting with LIRR reps as neither party could agree on a common path forward. A day later, Brookhaven and state officials traveled to Stony Brook train station, echoing the decades-old call for the electrification of the Port Jefferson Branch line. Local elected officials are most familiar and best equipped to handle the plights of their constituents. Yet in communities throughout this area, our leaders are meeting resistance with LIRR, whose leadership changes too often. While LIRR rightly devotes much of its energies to the more heavily traveled Ronkonkoma Branch, the residents of the North Shore pay taxes and have an interest in this company, too. LIRR officials should be aware of the frequency of riders who travel inland to the main line in the center of the Island. This suggests residents here are rejecting the railways in their own backyard for a longer drive to the train station — albeit a faster and more direct commute into Manhattan. The unintended consequences of this are greater congestion on our roadways and more pollution generated by cars. This burdensome commute impairs our quality of life, costing us more energy and placing unnecessary strain on our physical and mental health. For decades, the people of this area have asked LIRR to electrify the Port Jefferson Branch. Today, as the cost of diesel fuel surges exponentially due to inflation, this transition is more necessary than ever before. Despite the preponderance of evidence that electrification will reduce air and noise pollution, that it will cut costs for the railroad and the taxpayer, and that it will deliver a better ride for the people of this community, electrification has been nothing more than a pipedream. There is no better time than right now to electrify the line. With a flood of infrastructure stimulus cash from the federal government, the opportunity is ripe for the taking. We must thank our representatives who are fighting to secure a better ride and remind them to keep applying the pressure. At some point, LIRR must soon give in and when it does, it will be for the better.

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In October of this past year, when the nation’s focus was on public health, there was a deadly threat being overlooked by the media and ignored by the Democratic Biden administration. It was our wide-open Southern Border. Back then, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted the “rate of illness” for those illegally crossing the U.S.Mexico border was “approximately 20 percent.” Referencing the September surge of 15,000 Haitians, he said, “I do not know whether anyone was sick with COVID.” It’s only gotten worse. The Biden administration, and Mayorkas’ DHS, perhaps distracted by the threat of passionate parents showing up at PTA meetings, or slandering Border Patrol agents, have been AWOL to the point of complicity. Illegal migrant encounters at the border soared to a new record 234,088 in April, dwarfing March’s all-time high by 5.8%. Border Patrol holding areas are already at 203% capacity, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities are at 68.5%. Almost half of April’s crush was not from Mexico or the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The latter mentioned creates a whole different threat dynamic. An ISIS plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush [R] was uncovered. Iraqi citizen Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab planned to infiltrate the U.S.-Mexico border and get as many as seven or so coconspirators in from other countries, including Egypt and Denmark. That’s not all. Since January 2021, Border Patrol apprehended 42 illegal aliens, whose names are on the terror watchlist. When Mayorkas was asked if any of those were released into American communities, he could not say for certain. Remember how we’d “Never Forget 9/11”? This hapless Homeland Security bureaucrat looks like he’s already forgotten. Then there are the drugs. Fueled by deadly fentanyl being trafficked from Mexico, the U.S. had a recordshattering, more than 107,000 overdose deaths in 2021. That poison was the biggest killer of those aged 18-45. In 2020, 29,000 Americans aged 15-34 died of drug overdoses. Between 2019 and 2021, OD mortality for drug users aged 14 to 18 appears to have risen by over 100%, likely because the drugs

have gotten deadlier. Fentanyl is estimated to be up to 50 times more potent than heroin by weight. Quick and easy to make, it’s the perfect drug for producers and dealers. Making it even better for the cartels is the “surge” Biden called for during the ABC Democratic debate. While border enforcement personnel are busily processing some 2 million illegal crossings, smugglers are moving easily transportable fentanyl through areas left unprotected and into the hands of local gangs terrorizing many minority communities. If you thought Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris [D], and Mayorkas would be moved by skyrocketing American deaths and ongoing existential threats you’d be wrong. Rather than securing the border and saving lives they’ve chosen to hide behind a shamefully mum media. It worked for them last fall, but for us, not so much. Jim Soviero East Setauket

MTA and LIRR give and take away service

Gov. Kathy Hochul [D] and MTA Chair/CEO Janno Lieber’s recent announcement concerning significant service improvements upon the initiation of the LIRR East Side Access service to Grand Central Terminal, promised to start in December 2022, was less than candid. Only MTA vice president Jolyan Handler was completely honest when he said, “Upon completion of East Side Access, a significant number of trains will be removed from Penn Station.” The LIRR has promised to increase the number of Manhattan-bound peak morning trains from 113 to 159 and Long Island-bound peak afternoon trains from 98 to 158. What it omitted to say is that there will continue to be no room to run additional trains into or out of Penn Station during rush hours via the East River Tunnels with connections to Long Island. This has been the case for decades. Three of four tunnels running inbound mornings and outbound evening rush hours have tight spacing between trains. One tunnel is shared by the LIRR, NJ Transit and Amtrak for reverse train movements with equally tight spacing during rush hours. There is no platform capacity at Penn Station to accommodate additional trains during rush hour. Penn Station operates at 100% ca-

pacity. If one of the four tunnels is temporarily out of service, the result is numerous delays and cancellation of trains. Amtrak plans on removing one tunnel from service at a time. This will start in 2025 for major repairs. Work to bring all four of the East River Tunnels back to a state of good repair will take three to four years. The LIRR will have to cancel and combine numerous trains to and from Penn Station during this time while Amtrak performs major reconstruction. While the MTA and LIRR give Penn Station-bound commuters added service one year, they will take away another year. So much for truth in advertising. Larry Penner Great Neck

Time to pass environmentally responsible bill

State Assemblyman Steve Englebright [D-Setauket] is an environmental champion. He has been for his entire career in public service. He was way ahead of his time taking on the plastics industry when he was a Suffolk County legislator and is continuing that important work in Albany today. Englebright has introduced a bill to expand New York’s successful bottle bill to require deposits on noncarbonated beverages, liquor and wine bottles. These are all major sources of litter in Suffolk County and will be reduced when deposits are added. Second, he has introduced the most comprehensive packaging reduction bill in the nation which will not only protect the environment, especially the marine environment — but which will also save taxpayer dollars. His Extended Producer Responsibility bill (Assembly bill 10185), requires big companies like McDonald’s and Amazon to pay for the disposal of packaging rather than taxpayers. It is time to pass these sensible environmental proposals in Albany. Save the environment and save tax dollars — all at the same time. Judith Enck, President, Beyond Plastics Former EPA Regional Administrator Poestenkil

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e’re finally here. These poor couples have had to wait for days, months and years to tie the knot in front of family and friends. It’s such a relief that we can all gather again, celebrating the love that binds two people forever and that may, if it hasn’t already, lead to children. It seems that the list of dos and don’ts for weddings has changed, just as so many other D. None parts of modern reality of the above have altered the way we BY DANIEL DUNAIEF go about our lives. Here are a few of the dos and don’ts, starting with the don’ts. — Cough. Ever. If you have to cough, swallow it or make it sound like a strange laugh.

No one wants to hear a cough, least of all at a wedding. Go outside to cough. Cough in the car. Cough into your hand like you’re saying something private and being discrete. Go to the edge of the parking lot and cough. — Chew with your mouth open. No one wants to see the food you’re eating, especially not in the third year of COVID-19. — Point to the food and say how much better you could make it. Look, we know that you’ve lost a step on your social graces from being home so often. We know that you’ve spent a great deal of time cooking meals to your satisfaction. We know that you are a great admirer of your own food, your own voice, and your own way of doing things. Appreciate that someone else has made the food and will clean it up and that they do things differently than you do. You can have food you know you love as soon as you walk back into your fortress of solitude. — Talk about politics. You’re not going to convince anyone who doesn’t agree with you already of your views. So, why bring it up?

This isn’t the time to try to make a reasoned argument with relatives who only share genes and nothing else. Smile if they bring something up you find disagreeable. — Complain about the weather. The bride, groom and the extended family have no control over the weather. If it’s too hot, get a drink. If it’s too cold, shift back and forth from one foot to the other or bring a sweater. The weather is either perfect, dramatic, lovely or dynamic. — Talk about your own wedding. If people were there, they remember. If not, they don’t need you to compare what’s going on to what you did. Your wedding may have been lovely, but you’re not there right now. — Point to someone else’s mask and ask them why they’re wearing it. Do whatever is comfortable for you. Don’t tell anyone else what to do because, well, that doesn’t work and it gets people angry. They do their thing, you do yours. — Binge watch shows while you’re waiting for the ceremony to start. Yes, the invitation said the party would start at 7 p.m. and it’s now

7:18 p.m. So what? You’re there to celebrate other people and to witness this lovely moment. Netflix and other shows can wait. Live your life. — Show pictures of your pet. Many of us added dogs, cats and fish, particularly during the pandemic. Okay, so, here is a short list of dos: — Give other people a chance to talk. Silence, periodically, is okay. You don’t need to fill every quiet moment, if there are any, with your opinions, thoughts and experiences. — Ask someone to dance who seems eager for a partner. Grab your mother-in-law, your brother-in-law, or your something-in-law by the hand, lead him or her to the floor, smile, and appreciate the chance to dance. — Remember that you won’t have to see many of these people until the next blessed event, whenever that is. — Thank the bride, groom and their families for a lovely event. Even if you hated it, you’ve got some good stories to share and you gave your wonderful pets a short break from you.

Rectal cancer cured but too late for my father Medical scientists released fantastic news Sunday that made me think of my father and weep. In a small trial of 18 patients with rectal cancer, who took a particular drug, the cancer totally vanished. My dad died of rectal cancer in 1975. Dr. Luis A. Diaz Jr of Memorial Sloan Cancer Center was an author of the paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine explaining Between the results, according to The New York you and me Times. He said he BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF knew of no other study in which a treatment completely obliterated a cancer in every patient. “I believe this is the first time this has happened in the history of cancer,” the NYT quotes Diaz as saying. The trial was sponsored

by the drug company GlaxoSmithKline. My dad and all these other patients faced chemotherapy, radiation and surgery with possible colostomy bags as treatment for their cancer. Unlike my dad, with the benefit of the new drug, dostarlimab, 47 years later, they all seem to be cured, although only time will tell. So far, it has been three years. And none of the patients had “clinically significant complications.” The medicine was taken every three weeks for six months and cost $11,000 per dose. “It unmasks cancer cells, allowing the immune system to identify and destroy them,” according to the NYT. I guess we are thinking of our dads this month in particular since Father’s Day is coming quickly, and we need a gift for the occasion. This incredible breakthrough seems like the ultimate present for any fathers suffering from this disease, and of course for anyone else, too. But it has come too late for my adored dad. My father, born in 1904, came to the City from the family’s Catskill dairy farm when he

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bus would go where he wanted but other times would turn off and head in a different direction. So to be sure of winding up where he needed to go, he ran. He ran all over the city until he was fired. He was deemed to be too slow. Another early instance of having arrived in an alien world happened when he followed his brother into a tiny room in a tall building. Surprised when the doors slid closed behind, he could feel the floor drop beneath his feet. Bending into a crouch, he prepared to cushion the shock of the landing when he realized the others in the space were staring at him. He was in his first encounter with an elevator. Of course, he was the constant victim of teasing in the next office in which he worked. He still remembered when the office manager gave him a folder to bring to the stationery store down the block. Wise now, he retorted, “I’m surprised you would try to trick me, Miss Murphy. I know every store is stationary.” My dad went on to become a successful businessman in Manhattan. But that’s a story for a different day.

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