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December 16, 2021

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entrance. For musical pleasure, Laura Lorenzo sang “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” and encouraged the audience to sing along.

“Every year, Peter Boardman donates his helicopter to go up to the North Pole, pick up Santa and bring him back here,” said Dan Losquadro (R), town superintendent of highways.

“You want to know why? Because we don’t want the reindeer to get tired.”

Santa’s helicopter circled above the crowd many times, getting the children excited for his grand entrance. He later arrived on his sleigh accompanied by the Holtsville Fire Department with many lights and sirens. Then it was time to light the big tree.

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Looking for a new holiday tradition that the whole family can enjoy? Every year, the Holtsville Ecology Site transforms the main entrance leading to the zoo into a winter wonderland. On Dec. 10, the ecology site hosted the Town of Brookhaven’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony.

As visitors walked through the decorated area, they were welcomed with hundreds of lights and a beautiful Christmas tree ready to be lit. Sponsors of the event such as WALK 97.5, WBAB 102.3, My Country 96.1 gave guests the opportunities to win prizes, while restaurants such as Moe’s Southwest Grill and Texas Roadhouse gave chances for free food.

When people entered the Harold H. Malkmes Wildlife Education and Ecology Center, they were greeted with lights and garlands swirled around the entranceway and the room. Many used this area to take festive family photos to use for their holiday cards.

“I’m joined with Councilman Kevin LaValle [R-Selden], and we are all here with one thing — to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas, a happy holiday and celebrate despite the pandemic and this virus,” said town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R). “We’re still here and we’re still going strong — and we’re going to have a great Christmas.”

Prior to the anticipated tree lighting, children were greeted by characters including Frosty the Snowman, Chase from “Paw Patrol,” Olaf from “Frozen,” and Mickey and Minnie Mouse with whom they could take pictures with. Vendors sold light-up swords and lightsabers for kids to enjoy and play with while they awaited the arrival of the guest of honor: Santa Claus.

The ecology site welcomed dancers from Michelle Ferraro’s Dance USA and Inishfree School of Irish Dance to the stage to help get the crowd ready for Santa’s big helicopter

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Some North Shore school districts experience faculty shortages

BY RITA J. EGAN & JULIANNE MOSHER RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM, JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM This year as students returned to the classrooms full time, school officials are facing problems hiring enough faculty members.

Even before the pandemic, organizations such as New York State United Teachers, known as NYSUT, addressed the decline of people enrolling in the state’s teacher education programs. According to its website, enrollment has declined by more than 53% since 2009.

Jennifer Quinn, superintendent of Comsewogue School District in Port Jefferson Station, said that districts, like her own, are “definitely experiencing trouble in finding staff.”

“There are days that we have to go down and cover things ourselves,” she added.

The biggest challenge, Quinn said, currently at Comsewogue is the lack of people taking on the roles of teacher aides.

“I think it’s going to continue to be a problem in the future,” she said. “Everyone is struggling — businesses, restaurants — but we as a district still have the same amount of people in our community, but we don’t have the staff to support it.”

Gary Dabrusky, Three Village Central School District assistant superintendent for human resources, said the district “has experienced a shortage of teachers, which is reflective of regional and state trends.”

He said there has been a general decline in “the number of employees who have chosen to seek employment in the educational field. This includes areas such as tech, family and consumer science, global languages, substitute teachers, monitors, aides and food service workers.”

Smithtown Central School District is also experiencing shortages of certified and noncertified staff members, according to Neil Katz, assistant superintendent for personnel. In the Cold Spring Harbor district, Superintendent Jill Gierasch said her schools are also among the ones facing hiring issues. The superintendent said while they haven’t had major problems with their teaching staff, finding substitute teachers, special education and library aides has been a challenge for the district that has 1,700 students, which she added is small compared to others.

“We even increased the salaries to try to draw more folks for the first time,” she said.

Reaching out Gierasch said while they have advertised in local publications, the district has also taken out ads in The New York Times “to try to spread our scope.”

Dabrusky said he “created a human resources Facebook page to help cast a wider net in an effort to reach a greater number of potential candidates.” The search has also led to the Three Village assistant superintendent revamping the human resources tab on the district’s website

Districts like Middle Country are currently dealing with staff shortages and are looking to hire. Photo by Julianne Mosher

and using other sites such as the BOCES online application system, SchoolFront and Indeed.

In addition to online and social media, Katz said the Smithtown district also seeks “new and creative ideas on how to promote our vacancies in an effort to attract the most highly qualified candidates to join our staff.”

He added recommendations are also welcomed.

“While many online sources attract candidates, referrals from current staff are also very helpful,” he said. “The use of virtual interviews has also allowed us to meet with candidates from a farther distance more easily and to interview more candidates quicker in order to expedite our onboarding process.”

Solutions Katz said the district has been utilizing all staff members.

“Many part-time aides are working double shifts and covering various positions as lunch monitors and classroom aides,” he said. “We have hired a number of full-time aides to provide the necessary support. Teachers are covering classes during their lunch and preparation periods. Other certified staff are providing coverage in classrooms, as necessary.”

Gierasch said the Cold Spring Harbor district has put together skeleton crews to ensure each space is covered. In the past, for example, when the school librarian would go to lunch an aide would cover the break. Now, the library is

closed during the librarian’s lunch period.

The superintendent said they have also looked at the IEP [individualized education program] aides for students who need them to see if they require someone for all periods or just certain ones so they can adjust who the aides work with throughout the course of the day.

Dabrusky said Three Village has been resourceful in managing the shortage as he described student instruction and supervision to be of “paramount importance.”

“For example, in our elementary schools, every teacher volunteers for two coverage periods,” he said. “In the secondary schools, extra class coverage is offered to our teachers to cover a class during their lunch and preparation periods. In addition, we employ permanent substitute teaching staff, and human resources leadership has expended robust effort to recruit and maintain substitute teaching staff.”

Possible reasons Gierasch said some of the faculty positions aren’t always high paying and many people take them for health insurance coverage. With COVID-19, she feels many are hesitant to take a position due to health concerns.

“I don’t think it’s just germane to school districts,” Gierasch said. “I think, in all industries, staffing is an issue.”

Dabrusky agrees that many may be reluctant to return to the field due to the health crisis.

Katz also pointed to the overall decline.

“It appears that fewer people are entering the profession and that has caused some difficulty with securing teachers in certain areas of certification,” he said. “The number of vacancies that are posted for school districts throughout NYS is much greater now than I’ve seen in years. There definitely seems to be a supply and demand issue.”

James Donovan, assistant superintendent for Human Resources at Middle Country Central School District, said that his district has filled all teaching positions for the current year, but are experiencing shortages in the areas of teaching assistants and teacher aides.

“I believe one of the underlying reasons for the shortages is because colleges and universities have been struggling with student enrollment in their Teacher Educational Programs,” he said.

To work around these shortages, the district has been using substitutes while they go through the interview process.

“We are continuing to use The On-line Application System for Educators as our primary resource in finding candidates, and have been very successful,” he added. “Our collegial contacts have also been helpful in finding candidates to fill some of the more difficult tenure areas.”

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Suffolk County police arrested a Centereach man after his wife’s body was found in Middle Island Thursday.

On Dec. 9, Suffolk County Police Department Homicide Squad detectives arrested Marcello Molinari after police found the body of his wife Melissa Molinari, 38, in the Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest off Currans Road in Middle Island.

Marcello, 43, was charged with seconddegree murder. His wife’s body was transported to the Suffolk County medical examiner where an autopsy will be conducted.

The mother of four children was last seen at their residence on Nov. 21 and was reported missing Dec. 2 after leaving her vehicle at home.

Suffolk County police said during a press conference Friday, Dec. 10, that they were able to use K-9 units and GPS from the husband’s cellphone to place him near the forest where the body was discovered.

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State

SUNY chancellor resigns amidst Cuomo scandal

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Jim Malatras, chancellor of the State University of New York, submitted his resignation last week following political pressure for him to step down after text messages showed him belittling one of the women who accused former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) of sexual harassment.

Malatras faced bipartisan backlash over the last few weeks after new evidence was released by state Attorney General Letitia James’ (D) investigation surrounding the allegations against Cuomo.

Part of the evidence included text messages from May 2019 between Malatras and other Cuomo officials disparaging Lindsey Boylan, a former economic development official who accused the former governor 18 months after the SUNY chancellor sent the text, The New York Times reported.

Boylan and Malatras then argued over Twitter.

Since the documents were released, the

chancellor decided to resign, stating in a letter to the SUNY board of trustees that the controversies were taking him away from his work.

“The recent events surrounding me over the past week have become a distraction over the important work that needs to be accomplished as SUNY emerges from COVID-19,” he said.

“I believe deeply in an individual’s ability to evolve, change and grow, but I also believe deeply in SUNY and would never want to be an impediment to its success.”

As chancellor, Malatras was tasked with overseeing the State University of New York comprehensive system of higher education.

Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory.

In total, SUNY serves about 1.3 million students in credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs.

Two of those schools locally are Stony Brook University and Suffolk County Community College.

“I am aware that the chancellor has tendered his resignation and respect that decision,” said SBU President Maurie McInnis. “I look forward to working with the next leader of SUNY as we continue our important research and teaching mission.”

A representative from SCCC added that nothing will change at the college amid the scandal, and it “will continue to work with our partners at SUNY to ensure that high quality higher education remains accessible and affordable to students.”

Malatras’ resignation goes into effect on Jan. 14.

“The past two years have been among the most trying in SUNY’s history — and Jim’s leadership and collaboration with our faculty and staff have allowed our institution to continue to thrive and serve our nearly 400,000 students at 64 campuses across our state safely and in person,” said a

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Jim Malatras. Photo from SUNY

statement from the SUNY board of trustees. “He has been a champion for our students, for access, for equity, and for deeper public investment in this great institution. The entire board expresses our gratitude for his dedication and leadership.”

Local bakeries, bagel stores experience cream cheese shortage

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Across the North Shore of Suffolk County, bagel shops and bakeries have found that it has been a little difficult getting cream cheese.

While customers can still get their favorite spread on a sandwich or buy a cheesecake or Danish pastry, local bakery and bagel shop owners are having a difficult time procuring cream cheese, and the price of the product has increased over the last few weeks. The shortage has been felt across the nation.

David Prestia, owner of Bagel Express in Setauket, said he first heard about the shortage on the news. It was a bit concerning to him as his restaurant uses cream cheese often for their bagel sandwiches, even though they offer other options such as butter, egg salad and more.

Prestia said he deals with several distributors so he has only been slightly affected by the shortage. When a couple of them couldn’t fulfill his cream cheese order, he was able to go to another distributor.

However, the amount he could order was limited. He said this distributor told him that they would have to limit orders until they could assess the situation.

Cream cheese comes in 50-pound blocks, and while it’s the norm to order a few blocks at a time, he and others have been lucky if they can get one or two per order.

Prestia said he also noticed the price was going

up recently. He estimated, based on his experience, that it cost 20% more to buy the spread.

Cream cheese blocks can last 45 days if the seal isn’t broken, so Prestia said he should be good through the remainder of the year. He added that cream cheese is not the only thing in short supply and he has had trouble finding other products, including napkins and plates.

“It’s been so many different things that we’ve been short on and then when the stuff appears, then the price goes up and that’s the problem,” he said. “Prices are changing so rapidly. It’s hard to keep up with what’s going on.”

Cemal Ankay, owner of Bagelicious Cafe in Port Jefferson Station, has been experiencing the same issues as Prestia. He said he has been reaching out to different distributors throughout the state to get cream cheese.

Ankay said he always tries to have twoweeks inventory, and while he hasn’t been able to get as many blocks of cream cheese as he has in the past such as four or five, he has been able to get one or two here and there. He said it’s important to be proactive as the year winds down.

“Christmas week, that’s our busiest days of the year,” he said.

Product shortages have seemed to become the norm lately, Ankay said.

“After this pandemic happened, we always have different kinds of product shortages,” he said, adding at one point he had trouble getting bacon then cups for iced tea. He, too,

items such as cheesecake, Danishes and their red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, according to employee Jessica Greenbaum.

Like Bagel Express, they deal with a few distributors and have options regarding ordering. Recently, they ordered cream cheese from a distributor that they haven’t ordered the product from in the past.

“I hope it doesn’t come to, when in the morning you crave a cheese Danish, that we don’t have one,” she said, adding that the bakery has enough to get through the holidays as they don’t use as much of the spread as a bagel store would.

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A portion of the cream cheese case in Bagel Express in Setauket. Photo from David Prestia

has had trouble getting napkins.

Ankay has seen the prices skyrocket for cream cheese. He once paid $1.90 a pound but then last week it was around $2.49, and the other day he was told it would be more than $3.

“You’re lucky to get it,” he said. “I don’t want to say to my customers, ‘Sorry, I don’t have any cream cheese.’”

In Northport, Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe owned by Flemming Hansen has been facing similar problems getting cream cheese for

The cream cheese shortage has affected local grocery stores, too.

Stefanie Shuman, external communications manager for Stop & Shop, said, “Like many retailers, we are seeing some shortages because suppliers are experiencing labor and transportation challenges due to COVID-19.

With cream cheese, Kraft specifically has been having supply issues on Philly and Temp Tee [products] due to impacts from Hurricane Ida.” King Kullen, which has stores in St. James and Wading River, is experiencing similar problems, according to Lloyd Singer, spokesperson for King Kullen.

“While we are in stock on most varieties, supply is tight and is expected to remain so through the end of the year,” Singer said.

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Movers and Shakers

Reflections on Jefferson’s Ferry’s 20th anniversary

BY LINDA KOLAKOWSKI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM This is part one of three part series.

Over its 20 years in existence, Jefferson’s Ferry has been home to a significant number of accomplished and creative older adults who have been groundbreakers, innovators, educators and artists. All were original thinkers with a desire to do something that hadn’t been done before, and many of these residents wrote books about their work, which can be found in the Jefferson’s Ferry library collection.

Gerhart Friedlander and Barbara Strongin: scientist and activist

Gerhart Friedlander and his wife, Barbara Strongin, were among the first residents of Jefferson’s Ferry when it opened in 2001. He was a nuclear chemist who emigrated to the United States in 1936 from Munich, Germany, when the Nazis forbade Jews from attending university. Friedlander studied at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving his doctorate in 1942. After gaining American citizenship in 1943, he was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico. He later worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory for more than 30 years, conducting groundbreaking research on how high-energy particles trigger nuclear reactions. Friedlander also co-authored the textbook “Nuclear and Radiochemistry,” considered a classic in its field, with Manhattan Project colleague Joseph W. Kennedy. The book has been translated into 18 languages, and over the years, was updated twice with other co-authors. He received honorary degrees from many universities and countries and was an active elected member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Friedlander died in 2009 at the age of 93.

Strongin has spent her adult life dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls on Long Island. She met her husband when he was the chair of the board and she was the chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Suffolk County. They both received the Family Planning Advocates of New York State award. One of three founding members of the Women’s Fund of Long Island, Strongin was also an adviser and contributor to the Herstory Writers Workshop. She has co-authored curricula and articles on the Jewish perspective of human sexuality and has been honored by the New York Civil Liberties Union (Suffolk County Chapter) and Family Planning Advocates of New York State. Also, she won in 2011 the Good Neighbor award from The Village Times Herald.

Strongin and Friedlander jointly received the Allard K. Lowenstein Memorial Award from the American Jewish Congress, Long Island Chapter, and were recognized by Newsday as “Long Islanders of the Century: Everyday Heroes.”

Strongin continues to reside in her independent living cottage at Jefferson’s Ferry.

Gerhart Friedlander, Barbara Strongin and Joyce Edward are among the movers and shakers who have lived at Jefferson’s Ferry. Photos from Jefferson Ferry

Joyce Edward: author, advocate, activist

Joyce Edward enjoyed a long career as a respected and influential social worker psychoanalyst, teacher, writer and activist. The co-editor and co-author of several books showing the value of psychoanalytic theory in social work practice as well as in the analytic consulting room, she also authored a book on her own, “The Sibling Relationship.”

Edward holds a Master of Social Work from Case Western Reserve University and earned post-master’s certificates in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

“Therapists seek to help a patient understand what’s in their way, what’s keeping them from a congenial marriage, for example, or from exploring career options,” she said. “A therapist is a partner in the work. We do not tell you what to do but help identify what may be blocking you and what you can do for yourself to move past these obstacles.”

Edward attended Antioch College in Ohio, attracted by its then unusual work study program.

With the intention of becoming an advertising copywriter, Edward was placed in a salesclerk position at Macy’s as part of her work experience.

She was uncomfortable in the post and quickly realigned her course, gravitating toward social work after helping Southerners who were recruited to come to work in a bomber plant up North find housing during World War II. At home she was exposed to acts of kindness, generosity and caring for those less fortunate.

“My aunt, who was a social worker during the Depression, would say of the people she helped, ‘They are just people like us.’ At Antioch, there was an emphasis on helping others. For example, as students we helped integrate a barbershop and the local movie theater.”

Edward did not intend being a practicing analyst. Balancing motherhood and career, she first volunteered at a newly founded small private school for emotionally disturbed children. As the school grew, so did her role.

“It was a major and central working part of my life for 13 years and exposed me to psychoanalytic training,” she said. “As the social worker on the clinical team, I wanted more than a handmaiden role. I questioned the prevailing theory at the time that the cause of autism in children was ‘refrigerator parents’ who were cold and did not connect with their children. I saw the ‘coldness,’ when it was observed, as frequently being the result of living with an autistic child, whose needs are tremendous and time consuming. I realized that I had to get more training to gain prestige and acceptance of my ideas, so I enrolled in an analytic training course of study.”

Upon publishing an article on her thoughts and observations, Edward was asked to write a book on the subject. She wrote “SeparationIndividuation” collaboratively with two colleagues, with each contributor writing several chapters. The book was well received and provided the basis for greater discussion and ideas about the developmental process that led to subsequent studies, articles and books.

After 13 years at the school, Edward took a position in the Freeport Public Schools in a program funded by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson’s “war on poverty.” When the funding for this program ceased, she opened a small private practice and continued with this until she retired. During these years she also taught in the schools of social work at Adelphi University, Hunter College and Smith College as well as in two analytic training programs.

With the introduction of managed care into the mental health system, Edward and her colleagues founded the National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals & Consumers.

The organization sought to restore privacy and to return to the clinician treating a patient their decision-making role.

Edward has lived in an independent living apartment at Jefferson’s Ferry for more than 14 years. Over that time, she has served on the residents council and the health committee, the social activities committee, the education committee as well as others. Through Stony Brook University’s OLLI program, she enjoys courses via Zoom, which currently include a political discussion newsroom, a music course with essayist David Bouchier and a class on the work of Leonard Bernstein.

An avid reader, she participates in book club discussions, one at the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library and the other at Jefferson’s Ferry. Recent reads include “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell, “White Teeth” by Zadie Smith and works by Edith Wharton, George Eliot, George Packer and Anne Applebaum.

According to Edward, the best thing about Jefferson’s Ferry is the people, the residents and the staff — there are many interesting, knowledgeable and accomplished people.

“More importantly is the understanding and support that we offer each other,” she said.

“The residents have an appreciation of each other gained through our ages and experiences and have come to recognize what’s important in life.”

Linda Kolakowski is vice president of Residential Life at Jefferson’s Ferry Life Plan Community in South Setauket.

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Obituaries George L. Annino

George L. Annino, 74, of Setauket, died Oct. 6.

He was born Feb. 8, 1947, in Columbus, Georgia, and was the son of Sebastian and Evelyn Annino.

George was the owner of Chariot Collision Center in Setauket. He loved his work, as well as rebuilding and racing cars.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Joan; daughter Dawn Marie; sons George and Michael; six grandchildren; and many other family and friends.

Services were held at St. James R.C. Church on Oct. 12. Committal services followed in the St. James Churchyard in Setauket.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket.

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Ruth Anna (Kupka) Merz

Ruth Anna (Kupka) Merz, age 90, formerly of Stony Brook, died peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 23 at Messiah Village in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

She was born Oct. 28, 1931, in Staten Island.

Ruth was the youngest child of the late Ludwig and Gisela (Huttar) Kupka.

Ruth grew up in Ithaca, where she graduated from Ithaca High School at the age of 16. She continued her education and lifelong love of classical music by attending Houghton College, where she majored in piano. While at Houghton, she met the love of her life, Bob Merz.

Shortly after their marriage in 1954, they moved to Long Island to begin teaching at The Stony Brook School.

The town of Stony Brook would become their home for over 50 years, and it was where they raised their five children. Once the children were in school, Ruth returned to school herself, getting her master’s degree at SUNY Stony Brook, and she began teaching public school music in the Middle Country Central School District.

Upon her retirement in 1995, Ruth and Bob served as missionaries in Papua New Guinea with Wycliffe Bible Translators for six years.

Ruth loved God, music, world missions, her family, chocolate, Boggle and having fun.

Anyone who knew her knows that she was a very loyal alumna of Houghton College.

She was also a faithful member of the New Village Congregational Church, serving for many years as choir director, Sunday School teacher and Bible study leader, among many other acts of service.

She was a dedicated wife and a loving mother and grandmother who will be deeply missed. She was also a spiritual mom to many and demonstrated hospitality not only in her home but in her heart.

Ruth was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 55 years, Robert L. Merz; her daughter and son-in-law Ann Elizabeth Merz and Roman Fedoryka; her sister and brother-in-law Helen and Paul McMillan; and her brother and sister-in-law John and Betty Kupka.

Surviving are her four children Lawrie Merz and husband John McGuire of Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Mimi Mears and husband Leighton of Wading River; Bob Merz and wife Kerrie of Rochester; and Carrie Merz of Boston, Massachusetts; six grandchildren Liam, Kyra and Connor Mears, and Abby, Maisie and Bizzy Merz; three stepgrandchildren Stephen McGuire and wife Darrah; Caitlin McGuire; and Kevin McGuire and wife Vivi; as well as four great grandchildren Sadie, Cal, Bridgette and Cooper McGuire.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12 at the New Village Congregational Church, 3 Wildwood Street, Lake Grove. The family hopes to also have a service of celebration at Messiah Village when restrictions are lifted.

As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be made to Wycliffe Bible Translators or Houghton College.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket.

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Victoria “Vicki” Savage

Victoria “Vicki” Savage, of Port Jefferson and Chandler, Arizona, died peacefully in Arizona on Nov. 17.

She was born Dec. 15, 1960, and was the daughter of the late Carolyn and Mariano Musso. She was the beloved mother of her two children Matthew and Heather Savage; dear sister of Kerry Spillmann (Jay); devoted “Grammie” to Savannah; and loving aunt to Rebecca, Peter, Linda and Jenny. She loved her family fiercely.

She was a member of the Port Jefferson Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and worked most of her life at her family’s business, The Red Sled Christmas Shoppe.

A Celebration of Her Life will be held Dec. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon at Bryant Funeral Home, 411 Old Town Road, Setauket.

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Remembering William Thomas Leonard, Jr. Bill Leonard and the sea were a perfect fit and inseparable. He was born on Dec. 21, 1928 and spent his early childhood on Gnarled Hollow Road (first house on the left) in East Setauket, New York.

The Leonard home was just a stone’s throw from Setauket Harbor and just around the corner from the Rolston’s grocery store, where his father was manager. Setauket Harbor was Bill’s “playground” and he’d tell you the marshy area behind his house “produced the finest muck in the world.”

His mother’s scolding’s were not enough to keep him from trudging around in that muck and coming home looking and smelling like a “swamp monster.”The family, now including a four-year-old brother, Edwin, moved to South Street in Port Jefferson village when Bill was 15 years old. One more Leonard boy (Francis) was born there, and Bill became a much admired and dearly loved big brother.

He spent his teenage years cultivating lifelong friendships, “having way too much fun,” and dreaming of the day he’d join the armed forces. At 17, he enlisted in the Army and at 20 he joined the Navy. Bill and his duffel bag traveled the world.

He was part of the occupational force in Korea while in the Army and served as an Engineman aboard four Naval ships in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and a PT boat in Vietnam. He achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer before his retirement in 1973. During his 22 years in the Navy, he was a Frogman with the Underwater Demolition Team (UDTs). These teams were the predecessors of the Navy’s current Seal Teams. It was very dangerous work. Bill and his wife, Shirley, were both in their late 40s when they married. Shirley was an Army veteran (a WAC from 1950-53) and a beloved primary school teacher. Their marriage was one of deep mutual respect, adoration and a love everlasting.

Shirley once wrote to a friend “Bill is quiet and unassuming. Little by little, I am finding out more and more. He is not a braggart. If there were a catastrophe, I would put my life in his hands. He would protect me.”

Bill described their relationship this way: “It was just so comfortable — like slipping on your favorite sweater.”

Shirley (Bill’s “Punkin”) passed away in 2017.

Bill’s health began to decline in 2020. By March of that year, after a short hospital stay, he

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Kay Lee Hamilton, 82, of Port Jefferson Station passed away at the Woodhaven Nursing Home on Nov. 9, 2021. She was born on Aug. 6, 1939 to Dale and Pauline (Moore) Fitzgerald.

Kay was the beloved wife of the late James Hamilton and the late Larry Wallace.

Kay worked at the University of Delaware in the cafeteria as a food service worker and was a member of the New Alliance Church in Newark, Delaware for many years.

She is survived by her sons, Ken and Jeff Wallace, daughter Diana Flesher, son Patrick Hamilton, sister Lynn Hershberger, brothers Floyd and Stanley Fitzgerald. She is preceded in death by her infant sons Timothy and Todd Wallace, son

was thoughtlessly and indefinitely placed in a nursing home as COVID-19 raged out of control.

Thanks to the unyielding efforts of his family, Bill was able to return home and spend the last year and a half of his life in the cozy little house he shared with Shirley on High Street in Port Jefferson village. Even as the end grew near, Bill never failed to lift the spirits of those around him. He was courageous, a guiding light, and an inspiration to all.

He will be remembered for his kindness, generosity, good humor, optimism, honesty and his unrivaled quick wit. He will be missed but never forgotten by his adoring family and a multitude of friends who so enjoyed his company.

Bill was placed in hospice care at Stony Brook’s Veteran’s Home on July 29 and passed away ever so peacefully on Aug. 15. He asked that no formal service be held in his honor. He wished to be buried at sea as that was where his spirit longed to be.

The Rev. Gregory Leonard and many members of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Setauket held a very special place in Bill’s heart — a proclamation and certificate they presented to him in 2008 for his commitment and support was a prized possession.

Contributions to the church in Bill’s memory may be made to: Bethel A.M.E Church, 33 Christian Avenue, P.O. Box 2117, Setauket, New York 11733.

David Hamilton, sister Daylene Stanley, and her parents Dale and Pauline Fitzgerald.

Kay had eighy grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.

She has charitably and altruistically donated her body to the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook.

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It’s no surprise that face mask use is mandated once again when visiting or working in a store or venue in the state of New York.

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said earlier this year if the COVID-19 infection rate kept climbing, the mandatory health protocol would be needed again.

Until Jan. 15, 2022, Stock photo when the state will reassess, unless an establishment has a vaccine requirement, a mask must be worn by everyone 2 years old and up. The governor announced the statewide mandate that began Monday, Dec. 13, during a press conference last Friday. In addition, businesses that do not comply can face fines up to $1,000.

According to a recent article in The New York Times, the state’s infection rate last Saturday reflected a 51% jump over 14 days. With more than a 7% seven-day infection rate in Suffolk County, Hochul’s new mandate seems more than appropriate for our communities.

While some people still have been wearing masks either because they aren’t vaccinated or as an extra precaution, many have not since former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) lifted the initial mask mandate in the state.

The news can be frustrating for those who are vaccinated and even received the booster shot. However, Americans have known since the virus first reached our shores that it would take a while to figure out how to lessen transmission, especially since a virus can mutate. With no practice 100% effective — and some people resisting not only wearing masks but getting the vaccine — the virus has continued infecting people and new variants have developed, such as Delta and Omicron. While medical researchers are still trying to understand the virus, why not take extra precautions? Even if they are not guaranteed to stop transmission, they can lessen the chances of spreading the virus.

While face masks can be uncomfortable at times, the protective gear acts as a barrier to protect the wearer from droplets released in the air when someone coughs or sneezes.

It also traps the wearer’s respiratory droplets. If someone is sick and they are wearing a mask, they are less likely to give someone else the virus.

When Cuomo issued mandatory business shutdowns in the early days of the pandemic, New Yorkers debated if this was the right approach. A good percentage of people thought it would be the demise of many businesses. Fortunately, many business owners were able to swim with the tide and come up with innovative solutions such as curbside service and selling merchandise on social media if they didn’t have a website.

Now more than ever, local businesses need our support as many of them cannot make it through another round of shutdowns. So, let’s mask up before stepping inside a favorite store, restaurant or theater so that we can keep these places not only open but give them a chance to thrive.

After all, this is the season of goodwill.

Letters to the Editor Zeldin’s dog whistles

There are so many dog whistles in U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin’s [R-NY1] “Perspectives” piece appearing in this newspaper [Dec. 9] I’m surprised it hasn’t emptied out every dog kennel on Long Island.

Dog whistle #1: Zeldin speaks of a “racist, hateful curriculum.”

By this he actually seems to mean a curriculum which is anti-racist and teaches tolerance. Is he referring to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative? It’s impossible to know exactly what he means, because he gives zero examples from the curricula of local school districts. Pretty hard to be against DEI unless what you really favor — without wanting to say so — is homogeneity, injustice and conformity.

Or is he dog whistling about something which is not taught in our schools?

Dog whistle #2: “Sow racial resentment,” “promote radical ideas.”

Is it impossible to teach the history of racial injustice in America, including its ongoing legacy, without somehow making white students — which is the great majority of students in our community — feel threatened? Are our students really that fragile and delicate that they can’t handle the truth? I don’t believe it. “All men are created equal,” “liberty and justice for all” — are these radical ideas?

Dog whistle #3: “Promote radical ideas that aim to redefine gender.” An obvious demonization of the small minority of gay and transgender students, as if they needed any more hatred and vitriol directed their way. Exactly what “radical” ideas are we talking about? We don’t know, because in good dog-whistle fashion Zeldin is heavy on innuendo and nonexistent on specifics.

Dog whistle #4: “Parents wanting to improve the quality of their kids’ education.” Would that it were so. A good education teaches the scientific method, critical thinking and a respect for facts. A good education develops open minds, and the empathy and imagination to see the world through the eyes of those unlike ourselves. Is this really what the parents who are jeering and shouting obscenities and racial slurs at Smithtown board of education meetings are looking for? Are they focused on hiring and retaining the best teachers and finding out why highly qualified teachers and other staff are in increasingly short supply in our district, as described in a news article elsewhere in the same edition of this

newspaper?

Dog whistle #5: “Pitting students against one another based on their races and genders.” Although Zeldin’s rhetoric pretends to decry identity politics it achieves precisely the opposite, namely sowing more division and anger based on these kinds of antagonisms. By claiming, without evidence, that students are being pitted against one another his overheated rhetoric actually pits the adults in our community against one another.

In spite of what Zeldin would have us believe the real purpose of all this isn’t getting parents “more involved in their child’s education.” Nothing has ever stopped parents who truly want to from getting involved in their children’s education, and that continues to be the case. The real purpose of this is political. Its real purpose is to help Zeldin, and partisans like him, churn up a wave of manufactured popular resentment and anger, based on falsehoods, which they can then exploit for their own ends.

David Friedman St. James

Thoughts on smash-and-grabbers

An exciting new cultural phenomenon has appeared in the streets of our cities in the last few months. A convoy of cars, sometimes as many as a few dozen or so, pulls up in front of a store. In unison, the occupants exit the cars, run into the store, grab as many items from the shelves and display cases as they can carry, run back to their cars, put the items in the cars and drive away. Initially, this activity was described as “looting.” However, after careful consideration by our liberal wordsmith friends, it was pointed out that looting may be said to transpire only in the wake of a disaster such as a war or riot, and is therefore not appropriate for these activities. A much better term, we are told, is “smash-and-grab,” which sounds much less anti-social than looting, and more like

a mischievous Halloween prank than a real crime.

So, what are we, those of us who are law-abiding citizens, to think about this new onslaught of smash-and-grab activity? And what do our leaders think about it? U.S. Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez [D-NY14], affectionately known as AOC, doubts that smash-and-grab is even a real thing.

“A lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out,” said AOC. “I believe it’s a Walgreens in California cited it, but the data didn’t back it up,” she added, despite the presence of numerous videos showing the smash-andgrabbers in great detail, both inside and outside the stores they have patronized.

And what about President Joe Biden [D]? When his perky press secretary, Jen Psaki, was asked what the president thought about it, her reply, following a gratuitous cheap shot at former President Donald Trump [R], was, “I think a root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic.” This presumably reflects the opinion of Biden, although he, as usual, has not made himself available to answer pesky or uncomfortable questions.

To Democratic leaders, the smash-andgrab epidemic, if it even exists, must be due to COVID-19, or desperate parents wanting to feed their hungry children, or whatever other dodge may cross their devious minds.

Never will they acknowledge the real reasons, which are clearly their own policies of defunding the police and abolishing the prosecution of “minor” crimes, including shoplifting and petty theft.

Clearly the miscreants see an opportunity to commit a crime for which they will not be prosecuted, due to the abrogation of their legal responsibilities by feckless Democratic politicians, particularly mayors and governors, and they take them. For as long as voters in blue states continue to elect politicians such as these, the end of these smash-andgrab incidents is not in sight.

George Altemose Setauket

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Opinion Walks to remember on cold nights in December

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ogs need to go outside, regardless of the temperature. My dog, who has a thick coat of hair, loves the winter and is perfectly happy to linger outside, especially when it’s close to freezing.

When the grass is covered with frost, he slowly lowers his right cheek and does a lawn dive, bringing the rest of his body piece by piece down onto the cold, wet surface.

Once he’s completely on the ground, he rolls onto D. None his back, using the of the above blades of grass and

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF the water and ice to scratch his back, while

snorting with delight. With the eye that isn’t pressed into the ground, he stares at me, waiting for me to give up the ghost on getting some exercise or coming back inside quickly.

When I reach down to pet him, I can almost see him smirk as he wags his tail triumphantly.

This month, he and I have seen some unusual sights. When I see something unusual, I try to take out my phone, but my reaction time, and all the extra material in my pocket, makes that a largely ineffective effort.

Even when I do manage to take out the camera and point it in the general direction of something interesting, the pictures typically disappoint, because my dog who hates to move suddenly gets the urge to pull just as I’m snapping the photo, leaving me with a blurry image of the road.

A few days ago, we were at the top of our street at dusk, near one of my dog’s favorite places to poop. In fact, I can take him on a four-

mile walk and, within a tenth of a mile of our home, he finds his favorite blades of grass, takes his usual tentative steps, turns away from me — he needs privacy — and does his business.

This time, though, just as he was approaching his familiar spot, a hawk passed by only a few feet from my head, giving me a chance to look him, and the object he was carrying, squarely in the eyes.

The hawk was holding a squirrel, which seemed especially odd to me given the relative size of the two animals. The squirrel wasn’t moving but was clearly alive.

When I told my family about it, they were sympathetic to the squirrel.

A few days later, walking toward the other end of the block, my dog and I observed a blow-up Frosty on one end of a lawn and a blow-up Santa on the other rise slowly from the ground as air flowed slowly into them.

My dog, whose fear of unusual inanimate

objects builds around Halloween and the December holidays, stood at attention and considered announcing his presence with authority to objects that can’t, and don’t, react to his deep bark.

Fortunately, he only pulled his lips back slightly and lifted his tail, allowing the neighbors to enjoy their dark, quiet evening without the sound of a panicked pooch on a poop walk.

A few minutes later, I studied the stars at a distance when a light appeared in the sky, flashed toward the horizon and disappeared.

Never having seen a shooting star before, I was mesmerized.

When I returned and shared the story, my son, who doesn’t seem too keen on superstition but is clearly aware of pop culture, asked if I made a wish. Not wanting to pass up the opportunity for help from anywhere, I did. Maybe by next December, I’ll let you know if it came true!

“Why does coffee make me poop?” asks The New York Times. Here is my gut reaction

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ll of you devoted coffee drinkers, and that includes me, might like to know the information in an article in The New York Times headlined, “Why does coffee make me poop?” Written by Alice Callahan and published on Dec. 7, the story explains cause-andeffect, providing some understanding of what is happening in our bodies when we drink java. (That’s where it originally came from, hence the name.)

Not much is known about the precise mechanism of how Between coffee affects the you and me gastrointestinal tract,

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF but we do know that it can be a laxative.

“Coffee is a complex beverage containing more than 1000 chemical compounds, many of which have antioxidant and anti-

inflammatory properties,” according to The Times. This is also why drinking coffee is generally encouraged since it is considered to be a healthy beverage in moderation.

A gut reaction to the intake of coffee can surprisingly happen in a matter of minutes.

How does drinking coffee on one end stimulate the other end of the GI tract so quickly? The answer is that a signal probably goes through the gut-brain axis, meaning that the arrival of coffee in the stomach, which happens in 4 minutes, stimulates the brain to send a signal to the colon to empty itself. The coffee actually takes an hour to travel through the small intestine and reach the far end of the colon.

“This communication between the stomach, brain and colon [is] called the gastrocolic reflex [and] is a normal response to eating,” according to The Times.

But coffee has an outsized effect, stimulating colonic contractions as if a full meal had been consumed. The messaging is thought to be caused by one or more of the chemicals in coffee, and may be aided by some of our own hormones. Examples of such

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hormones are gastrin and cholecystokinin, which can spike after coffee drinking.

It is not the caffeine that is the stimulant, however, because those who drink decaffeinated coffee can experience the same stimulatory effect on the colon. This makes coffee a useful tool in dealing with chronic constipation, along with eating more fruits and vegetables, which are high in fiber, drinking more fluids and getting more exercise. Incidentally, a brewed cup of coffee contains a small amount of fiber, one gram for an 8-ounce cup. Fiber is necessary for good gastrointestinal activity.

I have always been a coffee drinker, although my parents wouldn’t let me have some, saying it wasn’t good for children. But I found the smell of it irresistible and began drinking it in college, especially to facilitate those late-night assignments. But right around the time my second child was born, I started getting migraines that were triggered by the caffeine in coffee. This would suggest that a heightened state of hormones plus coffee with caffeine were upsetting my colon and

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causing trouble along my gut-brain axis. I have satisfied my coffee desires with decaf, but I will tell you what many of you decaf drinkers know: the taste and the effect are not the same. I do miss that lovely surge of energy to start off the morning.

It’s surprising how little we know about how coffee affects us. The most valuable study of digestion, in general, was done between 1822 and 1833 by William Beaumont, an American Army surgeon, on the French Canadian, Alexis St. Martin, a boatman employed by a fur company. St. Martin was shot in the abdomen on Mackinac Island in a near-fatal accident, and the wound did not heal properly, leaving a hole in his stomach. This provided a window of sorts for Beaumont to watch the digestive process. He learned much about the stomach, gastric juices and how digestion works, and he published those observations.

But he doesn’t seem to have advanced our understanding about coffee’s effects. Perhaps neither man drank coffee.

To this day, I still say that the best part of coffee, regular or decaffeinated, is its smell.

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