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June 8, 2017

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What’s inside PJ Village mulls valet parking for restaurants A3 Councilwoman presents PJ Station hub study update A4 Officials weigh in on Paris, states’ climate agreement A5

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Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) announced May 23 that his bipartisan legislation, H.R. 1005, to help severely disabled veterans across the country, by expanding access to the Adult Day Health Care program for disabled veterans who need extra assistance, passed the House of Representatives unanimously.

“This is an important piece of legislation that provides a valuable and necessary service to our nation’s veterans, and I am pleased to announce that this bill passed the House of Representatives today,” Zeldin said in a statement.

“By expanding access to Adult Day Health Care programs, we can ensure that all veterans receive the best and most efficient outpatient services that provide each veteran with the assistance and special attention they need, while still allowing them to maintain their independence. With House passage of this bill, we are now one step closer to expanding care for disabled veterans on Long Island and across our country, allowing each veteran to lead a much more fulfilling life, while keeping families together and strong.

Expanding Adult Day Health Care for our disabled veterans is a top priority. I encourage the Senate to act quickly and pass this commonsense bill.”

According to Zeldin’s office, the Adult Day Health Care program is currently available to help disabled veterans and can be offered at state veterans homes across the United States. However, the expense of the program many times is one that veterans or families take on, which in turn significantly limits the number of veterans who can enroll.

The program is also only currently offered at three facilities in the United States, including the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University.

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Fred Sganga, director of the Long Island State Veterans Home, expressed gratitude for the legislation being passed.

“We are grateful to Congressman Lee Zeldin for his ongoing efforts to care for veterans both locally and nationally,” Sganga said in a statement. “H.R. 1005 will enable veterans to receive the essential services they deserve, while still being able to reside in their own homes. This legislation helps to restore a veteran’s freedom to remain an active member of their community even after succumbing to the perils of military service.

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Village Restaurant owners suggest valet parking system to Port Jeff Village

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com Restaurant owners in Port Jefferson Village brought forth an idea to the village board that might help to alleviate one of its oldest and most challenging problems. In a June 4 letter to other business owners in the village, John Urbinati, owner of The Fifth Season restaurant, announced his intentions along with other members of the Pro Port Jefferson Association to propose a communal valet parking system. Several restaurant owners attended a June 5 public board meeting to announce their intentions and allow the community to weigh in.

The proposed system would be a contract between the Port Jefferson Business Improvement District and the Port Jefferson School District. Currently the plan would see the municipal parking lot on Maple Avenue across the street from the fire department used as a staging area for downtown visitors.

Cars would be dropped off at that spot, parked at the high school, then picked up from the same spot. The service would cost drivers $7. The pilot program will take place during the summer months until Labor Day on Fridays and Saturdays from 4 p.m. to midnight, and Sundays from noon to 11 p.m.

“Parking is the number one issue that affects our bottom line as business owners,” Urbinati’s letter said. “There are not enough parking spaces in the village we

love and try to succeed in and customers are turned off when they get tickets. Anytime there are village events going on there are no spaces available.”

Tom Schafer, owner of Schafer’s and Tommy’s and president of the Port Jefferson BID, did the bulk of the speaking on behalf of the restaurant owners during the meeting.

“Regardless of anyone’s opinion on what the vision for the future of the village is, the one thing everybody seems to be in agreement on is that there’s not enough parking,” he said.

Many village residents in attendance pushed back against the idea because of the possible increase of traffic on their streets, and because of a lack of public notice or input prior to the imminent implementation of the program, though no date is currently set for its inception.

“Did anybody think to ever let the people know that live on those streets, that buy the houses on those streets, so they can get to know they’re going to have traffic coming and going at all hours,” Marge McCuen, longtime village resident, said. “Each and every property owner is funding what goes on in this village with our taxes. A public hearing should have been held before you ever came up with this. You might have had this grand plan, and I’m not questioning your motives, but don’t question ours either.”

Another village resident asked that studies be done, on how often parking is totally unavailable and how much traffic actually flows

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Finding parking in the village might be easier if a valet parking system is approved. on the streets proposed for usage, prior to the pilot program to see what the impact might be. Village Mayor Margot Garant said she did not anticipate the village committing funds to study that data.

“We’re interested in pursuing this because we think it’s necessary,” she said. “We have an obligation to support the new stores. There are new people making investments in this community every single day and they’re helping us make this community a vibrant and healthy community.”

The program would be cost-neutral for the village, and should revenue exceed the initial investment by Advanced Parking Ser-

vices, the valet company in agreement with the BID, 25 percent of profits would go to the company and the remaining 75 percent would be split between the school district and village. The approximately 300 employees of the restaurants would also use the valet system for their shifts.

Trustee Bruce D’Abramo also voiced vigorous support for the idea.

“I, for one, say if the ‘i’s’ are dotted and the ‘t’s’ are crossed we have to give this thing a chance,” he said.

No official vote was taken during the meeting after a lengthy discussion between several residents and business owners.

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town Councilwoman Cartright provides update on Port Jeff Station hub project

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com During a Three Village Civic Association meeting June 5, Brookhaven Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) provided a look into the future of Port Jefferson Station.

In 2014 the Brookhaven town board approved a study for a potential hub project for Port Jefferson Station, specifically in the area of Route 112 north of Route 347 and south of the Long Island Rail Road train tracks near Hallock Avenue. The goal of the study and community-visioning document was to gauge public interest and provide indepth plans for what a walkable, downtown Main Street residence and commercial retail space might look like in Port Jeff Station.

In the time since the study was conducted, Cartright, who has played an instrumental role in the progress of the plan, which preceded her taking office, since taking over, said a steering committee has been appointed to continue moving the project forward.

Cartright said in an email the town has been working with the steering committee to discuss potential projects and proposals with landowners in the area.

“The community has expressed a desire for revitalization in the study area in Port Jefferson Station/Terryville,” she said in an email through spokeswoman Jennifer Martin. “From a town perspective, we agree with the community that this area

calls for a flourishing and vibrant ‘walkable’ downtown that has an appropriate mix of commercial and residential. Both the town and the community wish to see a smoother transition from Port Jefferson Village to the station in that corridor.”

Cartright added the next step in the process is to determine the compatibility of landowners’ visions for the future of the area with the plans laid out in the hub study-visioning document.

Lee Koppelman, a longtime Suffolk County planner and a current professor at Stony Brook University, submitted a letter in support of the proposed project.

“The overall goal sought for the corridor is to achieve improvements that will transform this core of the hamlet into a destination center with improved, coordinated architectural design; safe walkable ambience; and the preservation of historical sites,” he said.

A survey was sent out to 6,500 residences in 2013 to assess if the community would be behind a project like this. Some responses included “the idea for a real downtown is great,” “the area is terrible — clean it up!” and “beautification is always welcome.” Others suggested building affordable housing would be preferable, congestion in the area is already excessive and abandoned buildings should not be replaced with brand new ones.

In the survey residents were able to weigh in on aspects of the project they

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A proposed sketch of what the Hallock Avenue-Main street intersection would look like if the plan were brought to fruition. might like to see. Of those who responded to the questionnaire, 82 percent said they wanted to see a historic looking downtown area, 92 percent were in favor of public WiFi and 87 percent would be in favor of a grocery store. A vast majority of those who responded also said they would not patronize stores in the area if they were required

to pay for parking — about 89 percent.

Port Jefferson Village secured grant money from New York State and Suffolk County earlier this year to improve the train station, parking surrounding the train station and to fix blighted buildings in the area just north of the station on Main Street.

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Gov. Cuomo among creators of new climate alliance Local officials weigh in on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Paris Agreement

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com U.S. President Donald Trump’s (R) decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a global effort to combat the threat of climate change, elicited strong responses from around Page A26 the world. One of the more notable reactions came from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who along with the governors of California and Washington State established the United States Climate Alliance.

The coalition will convene the three states, and others that have come out in support of the initiative, in committing to uphold the parameters of the Paris Agreement despite Trump’s June 1 announcement. As of June 5 the alliance included 13 members — 12 states and Puerto Rico.

“The White House’s reckless decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has devastating repercussions not only for the United States, but for our planet,” Cuomo said in a statement. “New York State is committed to meeting the standards set forth in the Paris accord regard-

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New york Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, helped to establish the United states Climate Alliance in the aftermath of President Donald trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. lawmakers signed a bill protecting the long island sound last year. less of Washington’s irresponsible actions.

We will not ignore the science and reality of climate change, which is why I am also signing an executive order confirming New York’s leadership role in protecting our citizens, our environment and our planet.”

The Paris Agreement, which officially took effect in November 2016, aimed to strengthen the response to climate change globally by keeping temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius during the current century and also strengthen countries’ ability to

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deal with the effects of climate change. The U.S. is now one of only three nations on the planet not included in the agreement.

According to Cuomo, the United States Climate Alliance will seek to reduce emissions by 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels and meet or exceed the targets of the federal Clean Power Plan, each of which were self-imposed U.S. goals of the Paris Agreement. The Clean Power Plan was established in 2015 to establish state-by-state targets for carbon emission reductions. Trump signed an executive order early on in his administration placing a hold on the plan and pledging a review. Cuomo also announced New York State will be investing $1.65 billion in renewable energy and energy efficiency in the aftermath of Trump’s decision.

In addition he said he aims to create 40,000 clean energy jobs by 2020.

Republican New York State Sens. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) and Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) did not respond to requests for comment through spokespersons.

Local officials from across the political spectrum spoke out about Trump’s decision in the aftermath of the announcement.

“We live on an island and have already begun to see some of the effects of our rising

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Police Blotter Incidents and arrests May 30–June 5 Not Kool

Storage wars

Driving on drugs

Break-in on Lockwood

A 44-year-old woman from Port Jefferson Station driving a 2003 Volkswagen on Kool Place in Port Jefferson Station at about 10:30 p.m. May 13 collided with a parked 2015 Ford and left the scene without exchanging contact information, according to police. She was arrested May 30 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

At about midnight June 3, a 22-year-old man from Brentwood driving a 1997 Toyota on East Broadway in Port Jefferson failed to stop at a stop sign and was pulled over, according to police. During the traffic stop police said they discovered the man was driving while impaired by drugs. He was arrested and charged with first-degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs.

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Hit-and-run

On May 31 at about 4 p.m., a 27-year-old woman from Brentwood stole assorted clothing from Target on Pond Path in Setauket, according to police. She was arrested in Centereach and charged with petit larceny.

A 36-year-old man from Nesconset was driving a 2015 Ford van on Middle Country Road in Selden at about 4:30 p.m.

June 5 when he struck another vehicle, then a tree and fled the scene without exchanging contact information, according to police. Police found him at a nearby parking lot and discovered he was driving while impaired by drugs. He was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and firstdegree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs.

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At about 10:30 p.m. May 29, a 34-year-old man from Brookhaven broke into a home on Lockwood Drive in Shirley and struck one of the residents, according to police.

He was arrested May 30 in Stony Brook and charged with first-degree burglary.

On May 19 at about 9:30 a.m., a 19-yearold man from East Setauket driving a 2006 Ford on Mark Tree Road near the intersection of Route 347 in Setauket crashed into another vehicle and left the scene without exchanging contact information, according to police. He was arrested May 30 in Setauket and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

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A 23-year-old man and a 22-year-old man, both from the Bronx, used a bolt cutter to cut a chain link fence at Extra Space Storage facility on Route 112 in Coram at about midnight May 30 and stole items from seven different storage units, according to police. They were arrested and each charged with seven counts of third-degree burglary as well as third-degree criminal mischief.

At about 7:30 p.m. June 4, a 64-yearold man from Rocky Point was driving a 1998 Honda on Mill Road in Medford when he was pulled over for a traffic stop for failing to maintain his lane, according to police. Police discovered he was driving under the influence of a medication, which police said he did not have a prescription for. He was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Trader Bill’s revenge

On Aug. 30, 2016, a 38-year-old woman from Middle Island stole jewelry and money from Trader Bill Thrift store on Middle Country Road in Middle Island, according to police. She was arrested May 31 in Selden and charged with thirddegree burglary.

At Dunkin’ Donuts on Route 25A in Mount Sinai at about 11 p.m. June 4, someone broke a drive-through window and stole cash from within the store, according to police.

Shining down

A sky light window was broken at Port Jefferson Dental Lab on Wilson Street in Port Jefferson Station at about 11 a.m.

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Is that real fur?

Fur coats were stolen from a storage rental facility on North Belle Meade Road in Setauket at about midnight May 21, according to police. A police report was filed June 5.

Park assault

Someone was attacked by an unknown person at Washington Memorial Park on Canal Road in Mount Sinai at about 3:30 p.m. June 5, and a wallet, cellphone and cash were stolen from the victim, according to police.

Smashing watermelons

After an officer responded to a call to disperse a large party at a home on Mount Sinai Avenue in Mount Sinai at about 9:30 p.m. June 3, someone smashed a watermelon on the hood of the marked police car, damaging the hood, according to police.

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NatioNal Suozzi proposes free mental health services for veterans in new bill

By Victoria Espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com

U.s. rep. suozzi introduces his bill to a crowd of veterans last month.

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U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) is hoping to protect those who protect us. Last month he introduced a new bill in Congress that pledges free mental health resources to those who have served in the military.

When presenting the bill, Suozzi stressed how difficult it is to identify and diagnose a mental illness in a veteran, as compared to physical injuries.

“It’s obvious when someone loses a limb or is injured tragically in war to identify that their injury is service-related,” he said. “But for veterans who go home at night and are alone by themselves suffering from a mental illness, too many are suffering and it’s not easy to identify these problems and demonstrate their injury is service-related.”

Suozzi said the mental health services would be made available through Veterans Affairs medical facilities such as the Northport VA and other veteran centers. The legislation would ensure any veteran, regardless of their discharge status, would receive “the mental health care they need.” Under the bill, reservists would also be eligible for the services. Suozzi’s office did not return requests for comment on where the funds would come from for the program and the specifics of how the law would be executed in VA centers.

“This is a real, serious epidemic we’re facing in our country,” Suozzi said in a statement. “Our veterans find that they don’t have any hope and many are committing suicide. We have an obligation to try and help these veterans that are facing this struggle. Democrats and Republicans must work together to address this issue.”

While the Northport VA said they couldn’t comment on current legislation, they said they “appreciated” Suozzi’s dedication to veterans’ issues. The Northport center currently offers several resources for mental health issues, including a psychiatrist in the emergency room 24/7, many substance abuse treatment programs and a resident post-traumatic stress disorder recovery and treatment program.

An aspect of the bill also includes mental health services for veterans with other-than-honorable administrative discharges.

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin said earlier this year he intends to expand provisions for urgent mental health care needs to former service members with other-thanhonorable administrative discharges. According to the VA, this would be the first time a VA secretary has implemented an initiative specifically focused on expanding access to assist former service members who are in mental health distress and may be at risk of suicide or other adverse behaviors.

“The president and I have made it clear that suicide prevention is one of our top priorities,” Shulkin said in a statement.

“We know the rate of death by suicide among veterans who do not use VA care is increasing at a greater rate than veterans who use VA care. This is a national emergency that requires bold action. When we say even one veteran suicide is one too many, we mean it.”

Shulkin said there are more than 500,000 former service members who are discharged other-than-honorably, and roughly 20 veterans per day die from suicide, with only six using VA services on average.

A Government Accountability Office study showed 60 percent of troops that have been discharged for misconduct in recent years suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder or some other type of brain injury.

Suozzi cited the incident last month when a Navy veteran crashed his car into pedestrians in Times Square, killing one person and injuring many more. Suozzi said he reportedly was dishonorably discharged after exhibiting dangerous and unstable behavior.

“It’s simply too difficult for many veterans in this country to receive mental health counseling and we need to make it available for every single veteran in this country,” Suozzi said.

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Climate allianCe Continued from page A5

seas,” Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said in a statement. “To protect Brookhaven for our children and generations to come it is our responsibility to take action now. The president’s announcement today regarding the Paris climate accord is disappointing. On behalf of our residents, I will continue to fight to protect our environment.”

Democrats including 3rd Congressional District U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) and others blasted the decision in public statements.

“President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement is a devastating failure of historic proportions,” Schumer said. “Future generations will look back on President Trump’s decision as one of the worst policy moves made in the 21st century because of the huge damage to our economy, our environment and our geopolitical standing. Pulling out of the Paris Agreement doesn’t put America first, it puts America last in recognizing science, in being a world leader and protecting our own shoreline, our economy and our planet.”

New York State 4th District Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) expressed support for the newly minted climate alliance on Twitter, sharing the hashtag “#LeadNotLeave.”

First Congressional District U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) said in an emailed statement through a spokeswoman that he supported many of the goals of the

Paris Agreement, but thought the U.S. “approached this entire agreement all wrong.”

He criticized former President Barack Obama (D), who played a leadership role in establishing the Paris Agreement, for bypassing Congress in reaching the agreement and for what he viewed as outsized pledges made by the U.S. compared to other world powers in the agreement.

“What we need to do moving forward should include continuing to take an international approach to protect clean air and clean water, and reduce emissions that are impacting our climate, but we must negotiate it correctly so that we aren’t over promising, under delivering and causing unnecessary harm,” he said.

During Trump’s June 1 speech announcing the withdrawal, he sited a loss of American jobs in the coal industry and crippling regulations on the business world as the drivers behind his decision.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who was appointed by Trump, praised his decision.

“This is a historic restoration of American Economic Independence — one that will benefit the working class, the working poor, and working people of all stripes,” he said. “With this action, you have declared that people are the rulers of this country once again.”

Administrators from the New York District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, a government agency that offers support to small businesses, were not available to comment on Trump’s decision or the formation of the United States Climate Alliance, but a spokesperson for the department instead directed the request to answers U.S. SBA Administrator Linda McMahon gave to Yahoo Global News June 6.

Image on left from governor’s website; file photo on right by Kevin Redding

Left, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order establishing the United States Climate Alliance. Right, Sen. Schumer was among the most forceful opponents of Trump’s decision.

She agreed with Trump’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement, adding she believes this will result in more job opportunities for Americans.

“I think [Trump] was making a statement that we’re going to look at what’s good for America first,” she said. “I do

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Back at Yale, she discovered “The God of Vengeance,” a Yiddish play written by Sholem Asch in 1906, which would become the inspiration for “Indecent.” Taichman’s production is about the events surrounding the early Broadway productions of Asch’s controversial and landmark drama which depicts a brothel owner whose daughter falls in love with one of his prostitutes.

During the original run of Asch’s play in 1923, which featured the first kiss between two women on a Broadway stage, Taichman explained, most of the cast and crew were indicted and thrown in jail for “indecency” and “obscenity.”

“It took my breath away,” Taichman said of the original play by Asch, which she’d adapted as her thesis at Yale and been actively trying to do something more with since 1997.

She eventually met and pitched the idea to Pulitzer-winning playwright Paula Vogel about seven years ago, and Vogel quickly got on board. Finding its legs at the Vineyard Theater in Union Square before racking up awards on Broadway, “Indecent” is a music-and-dance-filled yet powerful stroll through the decades as a group of actors perform “The God of Vengeance.” “[It’s] ultimately a love letter to the theater and the power of making art in increasingly dangerous times...it’s an extremely important story, one about homophobia and anti-immigration, similar to what we’re experiencing now,” she said.

“It’s quite special to be recognized for this particular piece, having thought about it for decades. People can apparently feel how deeply my heart is in it.”

Taichman’s sister Laura tried to put the Tony nomination into perspective.

“It’s so exciting and totally well-deserved — she has worked so hard, this play has been her baby for 20 years and it’s a heartening experience to watch this happen,” she said. “For the reception to be a Tony Award nomination rather than a conviction for obscenity feels just.”

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When Rebecca Taichman was a student at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School, starting in 1984, she felt lost. With a reputation since elementary school of being a bit of an oddball, she found it difficult, and unappealing, to fit in with the rest of the pack.

She was an outsider, she said, until her senior year when she took an acting class offered by Robert Krusemark, an English teacher at the time.

“I burst to life,” Taichman said in a phone interview. She was recently nominated for a Tony Award in the category of Best Direction of a Play for the critically lauded Broadway production, “Indecent.”

The show is also nominated in the Best Play category. “I loved it [and] I really found myself there. Mr. Krusemark had a huge impact on me; he suggested that I apply to go to this Yale School of Drama summer program and because of him and that class, I did that.”

From that class, in which she recited monologues by playwrights like George Bernard Shaw, Taichman began her journey that has since seen her direct dozens of New York-based and regional plays, operas, and musicals. She has taught theater arts at NYU, MIT, and Yale and is among just five nominees in her category at the 71st Annual Tony Awards this Sunday, June 11, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

“It’s amazing and I’m really proud of her,” one of Taichman’s closest friends Cynthia Lee, a classmate in the Port Jefferson School District from first through 12th grade, said in a phone interview.

Laughing that she and Taichman felt like the offbeat kids in John Hughes’ movies while in high school, Lee recalled her friend’s sudden foray into theater.

“I was kind of surprised...I didn’t realize she had that bug in her and that was something she was going to pursue, [but] then she took off with it in college,” Lee said. “I can’t imagine her not going down that path.”

After graduating high school in 1988, Taichman became absorbed by all things theater, recognizing the art form as her true language.

“I knew it was my vocabulary, that was very clear, I’m still not sure exactly why, but it was clearly my way of thinking,” she said.

It was at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that she first dabbled outside of acting, taking part in casting, literary management, dramaturgy and eventually directing, cutting her teeth with a production of John Patrick Shanley’s “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.” “It was clear I was a better director than I was at any of the other things,” she said. “I was not a very good actor and as soon as I started directing, it was so clear I never would’ve cast me. That’s where I found my talent lay.”

Five years later, she ventured back to the Yale School of Drama, this time to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing.

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Photos left and below right by Rita J. Egan; above from Suffolk County; below left from Legislator Hahn’s office

Clockwise from left, Suffolk County Leg. Kara Hahn, third from left, introduced a new program to showcase parks in northwest Brookhaven; the passport book that is available at Hahn’s office to collect badges that are printable after finding a hidden sign; Boy Scouts from Troop 70 discover the Old Field Farm County Park sign; and Hahn visits Forsythe Meadow County Park in Stony Brook.

Legislator’s program encourages kids to visit parks

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parks,” Hahn said. “One reason I am so excited about it is because now, thanks to cooperation from our state, town and village There’s a wondrous world of nature to partners, we have expanded the pilot here explore along the North Shore and beyond, in the 5th Legislative District to include all and Suffolk County Leg. Kara Hahn (D-Se- the parks in the district. That means we’re tauket) and Suffolk County Parks are chal- able to introduce children and their familenging local children to get out of their lies to even more great places where they houses and discover the natural treasures can go out and get in nature right in our own backyard.” of public open spaces.

Hahn said her 2015 At a June 1 press consponsored legislation that ference held at Old Field established a countywide Farm County Park in Stony Parks Passport Program Brook, Hahn introduced a created to encourage resinew passport program that dents to visit parks focused will combine exploring nasolely on Suffolk County ture with a bit of technolmanaged parkland. The ogy. Suffolk Parks Comnew expanded pilot promissioner Philip Berdolt, gram includes state, town Brookhaven Town Counciland village public lands woman Valerie Cartright and open spaces in the 5th (D-Port Jefferson Station), Legislative District, which Port Jefferson Village May— Kara Hahn covers the northwest secor Margot Garant as well as tion of Brookhaven Town. representatives from Boy Hahn’s hope is that in the near future the Scout Troop 70 and Girl Scout Troop 3083 county will include all park organizations were on hand to show their support. countywide in a passport program, too.

“Many months in the making, this piThe legislator said the first step in the park lot program expands on my earlier legisla- adventure is to obtain passport books that are tion designed to showcase Suffolk County available at her Port Jefferson office at 306 Main Street, local libraries and staffed county parks. Participants can also download the book by at suffolkcountyny.gov/do5/home.

Hahn said parks in North Brookhaven include hidden “check-in” signage located along trails and elsewhere within the parks.

Once a visitor discovers a sign, they can scan a QR code with their smartphone or enter the provided website address into a web browser to check-in. The reward is a printable badge that can be pasted in the passport book, which includes the majority of the parks in her legislative district, including Old Field Farm County Park, North Shore Heritage Park in Mount Sinai, Centennial Park in Port Jefferson and Sherwood-Jayne Farm Nature Trail in East Setauket.

‘I am convinced children are going to love it, and what they love, they will be eager to do again and again.’

Hahn said there is also a digital option that will issue “open badges”. The legislator’s aide Seth Squicciarino said participants can take a photo of a sign and email it to kara.hahn@ suffolkcountyny.gov, and a digital badge, which is compatible with any open badge platform, will be emailed back to them.

Once children collect and paste the 25 badges in the passport book, they can bring or email their passport to Hahn’s office to receive a certificate of completion. The legislator compared the new initiative to collecting stamps in travel passports or autographs at Disney World, and she believes children will enjoy the parks adventure.

“I am convinced children are going to love it, and what they love, they will be eager to do again and again,” she said.

Cartright said she believes the passport program will be a success with children and is a great opportunity for residents to get outside and meet other families calling it “a networking opportunity in the sun.”

The councilwoman said she will be explor-

ing the parks with her eight-month-old daughter this summer.

“I look forward to filling up my book as well,” Cartright said.

Hahn said among her hopes are that residents will appreciate their open spaces and take better care of them, citing recent dumping problems, and that families will become familiar with parks they might not have been aware of in the past.

“I’m always surprised that people don’t know about some of our wonderful treasures,” she said.

The legislator thanked park officials and staff members for installing the signs as well as her staff members, Squicciarino, Zach Baum, Alyssa Turano and May Zegarelli, for all their help in developing the program.

“This summer there will be children on a summer-long scavenger hunt,” she said.

“Some day they will be grandparents bringing their grandchildren to the same parks, boasting gently about the summer they filled their passport book with badges.”

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SCHOOL NEWS

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Port Jefferson high school

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Sources of strength

In an effort to continue a mission to spread hope, help and strength through the halls of the Earl L. Vandermeulen High School, seven members of the high school Sources of Strength group trained incoming freshman as peer leaders.

During the 90-minute training, held May 26, 22 eighth graders participated in group activities planned by the high school students and included powerful messages. Corrine Scannell, Billy Scannell, Samantha Acampora, Ava Schully, Matt Pifko, David Moir and Alexa Wakefield were the peer leaders.

“The seven Sources of Strength students spent a lot of thoughtful time and

energy designing inclusive activities that made the eighth graders feel comfortable to share while also creating an environment of trust and openness,” said Port Jefferson School District social worker Kristin Britt. Britt advises the program along with guidance counselors Kerri Neligon and Kathi Galvin and school psychologist Kristen Wendel.

The eighth-grade participants were nominated for the training by their teachers. Nominations were based on which students could provide support to their peers should they need support during difficult times.

“They are considered the connectors between their peers and trusted adults within the school,” Britt said.

Hospital award

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital will receive an IPRO Quality Award in June for its eMOLST (Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) system, an electronic medical record order form that informs others of a patient’s wishes for life-sustaining treatment. IPRO is a national independent health care assessment and improvement services organization.

Mather was nominated for being the

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first Long Island hospital to go live with eMOLST — the electronic version of MOLST — for the team’s work on integrating the system into Sunrise At Mather. The award was presented at the group’s annual meeting June 7 in East Elmhurst, Queens.

“This quality initiative will help better serve our patients by making their wishes known and consistent with the treatments they receive near the end of their lives,” said Director of Social Work Rich Poveromo, who headed the eMOLST team.

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Abstract artists

Edna Louise Spear Elementary School fifth-grade art students recently visited the East Hampton home and art studio of famous abstract artists Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. While on the field trip, they also toured

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the LongHouse Reserve, a 16-acre reserve and sculpture garden, featuring the works of Buckminster Fuller, Dale Chihuly, Yoko Ono and Willem de Kooning. The trip, coordinated by elementary art teachers Richard Anderson and Nancy Randazzo, allowed the students to not only explore art, but their own creativity.

Terryville Road Elementary School Fishing experts The fourth graders at Terryville Road Elementary School were recently visited by two fishing experts from the I FISH NY Education program. The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation created the program with the primary goal “to increase fishing participation and awareness of the outstanding fishing opportunities in New York State.” Students were introduced to the various species of fish in our area and were able to closely study the external anatomy features of fish by touching life-sized models. The educators also told students about how a fish’s anatomy tells us about the species, where it lives, how it finds food and how it protects itself.

“Students are so excited to learn about their own environment and the animals that live here, and it really complements

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and enriches the fishing trip we take the following week,” said fourth-grade teacher Mrs. McCumiskey. The students will board boats next week at the Port Jefferson Marina to go fishing.

Youth volunteers

More than 200 proud, smiling faces filled the Brookhaven Town Hall auditorium May 5 for the 37th Annual Youth Volunteer Awards. The awards recognize residents from each council district who help and assist young people, whether they are individual adults, service groups or young people themselves. The event was organized by the Brookhaven Youth Board and Youth Bureau.

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sory board to the Youth Bureau. The Brookhaven Youth Bureau’s mission is to support and encourage the moral, physical, mental and social well-being of youth in Brookhaven Town. This is accomplished by providing services, programs and counseling for young people up to 21 years of age, while also monitoring and providing oversight for several youth agencies and programs that receive funding through Brookhaven Town. Pictured are members of the town board with the volunteers.

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Community flocks to 2017 Port Jefferson Boater’s Maritime Festival

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The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Maritime Boater’s Festival June 3 and 4 at Harborfront Park. Community members of all ages came out to enjoy food, music and activities during the two-day festival.

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Lax Out Cancer games raise funds for PJ Station kids

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com Alexa Boucher has attended ShorehamWading River’s Lax Out Cancer game for years, and this year, she’s one of the fundraiser’s beneficiaries.

In January, Alexa Boucher was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancerous tumor that’s grown on the 14-yearold’s eye socket.

She was chosen as one of four — alongside 6-year-old Grayson from Miller Place, and 1-year-old Hannah Grace and 10-yearold Jackson from Port Jefferson Station — who were honored in the middle of Thomas Cutinella Memorial Field during the ninth annual event May 6.

Shoreham-Wading River, Garden City, Miller Place and Bellport participated in three games, with all money raised through donations and raffles divided equally among the recipient’s families.

“I’m overwhelmed,” Alexa said when she arrived on the school grounds to see hundreds of families, volunteers and corporate sponsors rallying behind her. “I never would’ve imagined that I would be a recipient.”

Kimberly Boucher, Alexa’s mother, was equally overwhelmed by the outpouring support for her daughter, who has been undergoing chemotherapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

“We’re just so blessed to live in such an amazing community; there aren’t enough words to say how much we appreciate what’s been done for Alexa,” she said. “You never think it’d be your own child that you’re coming for ... we’re just so grateful [that] everybody comes together when they hear a child is sick.”

Larry and Vanessa Horowitz, whose son was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in February and has been in and out of treatment at Stony Brook Hospital the last few weeks, were grateful to be there with him.

“He’s 6 years old and deserves everything we can give him,” Larry Horowitz said as he watched Grayson, smiling earto-ear, pass a lacrosse ball around with his friend. “There’s so much unbelievable selflessness and fundraising and everyone getting together here. The sun is shining and this is what I’ve been praying for.”

His wife, reflecting on her son’s ability to muscle through his ordeal at such a young age, said, “He’s stronger than I ever imagined and it’s making us all stronger just watching him. … You don’t really know people until you go through something like this, and I have no idea how to thank everybody for doing they they’ve done for us.”

The Shoreham-Wading River-based fundraiser was started in 2008 by Tom Rotanz, the high school’s then varsity lacrosse coach, as a way to acknowledge the father of one his player’s, who succumbed to a rare salivary gland cancer in 2005, as well as others in the community affected by cancer.

Since then, the event narrowed its focus on raising money for the families of kids in Shoreham and neighboring districts fighting cancer — starting with 10-year-old Liam McGuire, a member of Shoreham’s lacrosse program who has been in remission following a 38-month leukemia battle, and Kaitlyn Suarez, a Shoreham girls’ lacrosse superstar who joined the team after recovering from two bouts with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“It’s such an uplifting experience to feel all the love that everybody throws at these kids,” said Miller Place resident Glen Cote, who, along with his wife Renée and young son Zachary, were beneficiaries in 2014

Photos by Kevin Redding

grayson Horowitz, above left, tosses the ball around. Local Lax Out Cancer beneficiaries, above, with the Shoreham-Wading River boys’ lacrosse team. Alexa Boucher, with her family below left, enjoys playing her guitar, basketball and softball. and 2015. In June 2014, Zachary, 5 at the he was hired three years ago, said the playtime, was diagnosed with Grade 4 medul- ers are a different breed of athletes.

“They understand the true meaning of loblastoma, or brain cancer.

“To have your child go through some- this,” he said. “They’re competitive kids and thing like this, you’re down in the dumps,” they want to play the game, but they underthe father said. “But this provides the par- stand the bigger purpose of giving back to ents and the little ones with a great feeling.” kids that are not as fortunate as they are.

Before the event even kicked off, When they were kids seeing this event, they wanted to be part of it on the $30,000 was raised for the families through sponsors, ‘They’re competitive lacrosse side. Now that they’re older, and they’ve met the which included St. Charles kids and they want kids that they’re helping, it beHospital and FLG Lacrosse, to play the game, comes a whole different thing and the sale of program ads, but they understand to them.”

T-shirts and raffle tickets.

Joe Miller, a senior and varA DJ from 101.7 FM “The the bigger purpose sity midfielder for ShorehamBeach” emceed the fundraiser of giving back to River’s boys’ lacrosse and That Meetball Place, from kids that are not as Wading team, said he’s incredibly Patchogue, supplied food for fortunate.’ moved by what the recipients attendees.

— Mike Taylor go through.

“Every year it’s grown and “It means a lot that we can grown,” said Kathy Miller, a member of the event committee and moth- help them out a little bit,” Miller said. “Seeer of a lacrosse player. “It’s teaching the ing the kids and their families here, it makes players a valuable lesson about life, how it a lot more powerful and makes you feel precious life is and how much this giving like what you did made a difference.”

Defenseman Kyle Higgins echoed his means for the families. It’s bigger than just teammate’s sentiment. a lacrosse game.”

“It’s an honor to play for this kind of Mike Taylor, head coach of the boys’ varsity lacrosse team who opened the door for event,” he said. “Helping those who need other school districts to participate when support means a lot to us.”

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PART-TIME DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT Excellent organizational, written & oral skills. Have proficiency in Word & Excel. Experience on Raiser’s Edge a plus. Some evenings and weekends required.

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SPORTS REPORTER, PT, WANTED Looking for a freelance reporter to cover local high school sports. Sports writing experience necessary.

Must have a car and camera to shoot photos during games. Ability to meet deadlines a must.

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LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NY SEEKS: Waiver Service Providers, Per Diem RN’S Medicaid Service Coordinator Accountant Direct Care Workers Child Care Workers Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.

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PRODUCTION MANAGER (PHARMACEUTICAL) (Hauppauge, NY): Develop SOP to ensure proper pharm. prod. dosages; eval. res. findings to calibrate dosage formulation; conduct investigations; write change controls; execute validations and generate reports; prep. FDA tech/clinical data rep. Master’s (or foreign equiv. deg.) in Ind. Pharm., or rel. plus knowledge of SOP prep., investigations, batch record review, validation doc. prep.

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NURSING ASSISTANT OB/GYN office days & evenings, Flexibility a must.

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Electricians ANTHEM ELECTRIC Quality Light & Power since 2004. Master Electrician.

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Home Improvement PRS CARPENTRY No job too small. Hanging a door, building a house, everything in-between.

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DUMPSTERS 10-40 YARDS, Bobcat service, no job too big/small, fully licensed and insured, serving all of Suffolk, Islandwide Industrial Services inc.

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Letters to the editor Brookhaven Town still on track for greener tomorrow

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Trump’s decision fails Americans, and the world

Late last week President Donald Trump (R) announced his intention for the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, an accord signed by 197 countries in 2016 to mitigate the global effects of climate change. The U.S. target was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.

We intensely disagree with Trump’s decision, a decision made by only two other countries in the world — even North Korea is on the right side of this.

The U.S. was the second leading country in greenhouse gas emissions in 2015, behind only China, according to the World Resources Institute. Our nation emits more pollutants than the 28 countries making up the European Union, which is home to almost 200 million more people than America.

Why is this bad? In simple terms, emitting greenhouse gases into the Earth’s atmosphere warms the Earth’s surface so, as our emissions continue to increase, so does our surface temperature.

The two warmest years in the U.S. were 2012 and 2015, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and the decade from 2006 to 2015 was the warmest on record. Aside from a warmer Earth, sea levels are also rising as a result of climate change.

In a special issue earlier this year, we explored the many reasons why a warming planet spells out danger for Long Island. The first victims of climate change will undoubtedly be those living on shorelines, especially to the north, as water levels rise.

The first early victims, though, will be those living in small, impoverished countries.

Tuvalu, a cluster of nine islands in the South Pacific, has already seen a fifth of its population flee their homes, most to New Zealand, as their land continues to be swallowed by the ocean. Climate change refugees have barely any guidelines or funds to help them once they lose their homes.

Trump suggested his decision stemmed from a desire to go back to promoting “clean coal” as a source of energy, as opposed to cleaner — in reality — 21st century options like wind and solar.

With this decision, we’re not being international leaders, shaping a promising future for the next generation. Instead, we’re passing the buck. Trump said he plans to renegotiate U.S. involvement in the agreement to make a better deal. While we challenge him to keep his word, French President Emmanuel Macron said, “There is no plan B because there is no planet B.” New York state is one of 13 members of the United States Climate Alliance, an agreement between 12 states and Puerto Rico to uphold the tenants of the Paris Agreement despite the federal government’s decision. We commend New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) for his efforts to keep our state poised to push toward a sustainable future, along with other leaders across the country that have refused to accept Trump’s decision.

Climate change will continue to affect us despite our president’s lack of support for combating the danger, and we cannot afford to follow in his footsteps.

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The president’s announcement regarding the Paris climate accord is disappointing. As supervisor of the largest town on Long Island, I am committed to continuing our fight to protect the environment.

We live on an island and have already begun to see some of the effects of our rising seas. To protect Brookhaven for our children and generations to come, it is our responsibility to take action now.

I am proud to have initiated a number of policies to help fight climate change. In my 2015 State of the Town address, I identified an ambitious goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from town operations in half, by 2020. The town board and I have taken action based on the best available science on climate change. This year, our goal of planting 10,000 trees by 2020 was attained — a full two years early. As a result of our efforts, the Town of Brookhaven has been named a Tree City by the Arbor Foundation for the last three consecutive years.

This past fall we purchased our first all-electric vehicle. We plan to purchase three more all-electric vehicles this year, and to install a charging station at Town Hall.

These electric vehicles will allow us to retire older gas-powered vehicles. In addition, we will be purchasing battery-powered landscape equipment to replace two-stroke gas-powered equipment that emits high levels of pollutants and noise.

We have completed energy audits of town facilities that have resulted in energy upgrades, including LED interior lighting throughout Town Hall, at the Mastic Pool and at Calabro Airport in Shirley. Brookhaven is also working to procure green power for town facilities. We are engaged with New York State’s energy efficiency efforts and with a Solarize Brookhaven program that installed solar panels on over 70 houses.

Brookhaven instituted changes to our building codes that make it easier than ever for residents to

install solar panels on their homes and businesses. We have upgraded our land use and building codes to protect our forests and to ensure energy efficiency.

The town is also replacing interior lighting with exterior LEDs at ball fields and Town Hall. We have initiated a capital project to replace all of our older streetlights, over 30,000 of them, with efficient LED fixtures over the next two years.

The primary reason we are taking these actions is to protect the environment. These efforts are not only beneficial to our environment, they also benefit our bottom line and reduce our need to buy fossil fuels that may originate from unstable regions of the world that are hostile to our country and our beliefs.

With the support of my fellow town board members, and informed by science, I will continue to lead Brookhaven toward a greener and cleaner tomorrow.

Ed Romaine Brookhaven Town Supervisor

Promoting economic stimulus plan as pollution solution Your editorial policy repeats the county’s misinformation that we must protect our waters from nitrogen pollution by replacing our septic systems with these new advanced treatment systems. There is no doubt that nitrogen is a problem in some locations, but these complicated treatment systems in our front yards are not the answer.

Studies have shown that nitrogen from acid rain falling directly on the bays and runoff from the land together with fertilizers are a major component of nitrogen pollution. These expensive septic systems (up to $20,000 installation and $600/yr operation and maintenance) will do nothing to reduce nitrogen from these sources.

The county’s own website touts that these new systems are suitable for construction on small lots near wetland areas “with significant site constraints such as high ground-

water … in coastal areas” (www.

ReclaimOurWater.info). Any additional construction in the watershed will increase nitrogen from runoff regardless of the type of septic system installed. The long-term solution is to limit population density and development in environmentally sensitive areas, not increase it.

The fact that the environmental and editorial community has jumped on board shows what a great PR job the county has done in promoting an economic stimulus package as a pollution solution. Plans are already in the works to require these systems to be installed, not just in sensitive areas, but whenever a septic system has to be pumped or whenever a property is sold. The industry projects that thousands of jobs will be created with millions of dollars coming out of our pockets. This is the underlying reason for the

program — to help plug the $100 million plus hole in the county budget — at taxpayers’ expense.

The grant program only pays about half of the installation cost with the owner having to shell out or take a loan for the additional cost estimated at up to $10,000, not including landscape and legal fees. The new Article 19 of the Sanitary Code also requires that the owners of the new system file deed restrictions against their property that require maintenance contracts be paid in perpetuity and subjects the owner to investigation and penalties for noncompliance.

Anyone thinking of installing these systems should seriously consider the financial and legal ramifications and carefully read all the information on the website www.ReclaimOurWater.info.

Peter Akras Wading River

Warmed by the words of love for a dog In response Leah Dunaief’s May 25 column “A farewell letter to a beautiful Golden Retriever”: Your wonderful tribute to Teddy brought tears to my eyes. I want you to know how sorry I am for your loss. His paw prints will always be in a special corner of your heart.

We lost our beloved Golden, named Christian, in late 2006. He also was 12 years old. Like Teddy,

he was so special. He had to greet everyone and people would come up to him just to touch him and feel that special love that only a Golden Retriever can give. Like Teddy, Christian also loved the water.

In Harborfront Park in Port Jefferson, there are five small trees along the road across from the Port Jefferson Village Center. It is the children’s park. Under the middle tree is a bronze plaque with

a Golden Retriever etched into it.

Engraved are the words: “Christian Trigony, A Much Loved Golden Retriever.”

We bought him the tree and plaque because we also knew his memory would never die.

Thank you for sharing your love and your memories of Teddy, “a Much Loved Golden Retriever.”

Jackie Trigony Port Jefferson

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Heckscher Park in Huntington

Seeking shade and a book under a pecan tree

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have hundreds of new friends I’ve never met, and a profound appreciation for the people who created them or shared their lives.

I recently attended my first BookExpo at the Javits Center in New York City, where I was surrounded by booksellers, librarians, agents, book publishers and authors including Stephen King, James Patterson and John

By Daniel Dunaief Grisham, with numerous budding luminaries in the mix.

A highlight for me was a panel of children’s book authors, which included actress Isla Fisher, who has starred in movies including “Wedding Crashers” and “Definitely, Maybe.”

D. None of the above

While I was intrigued to see Ms. Fisher in person, the other authors owned the stage, as Fisher readily admitted that she wasn’t a writing peer to her fellow panelists.

Jason Reynolds, an African-American writer for middle-grade and young adult novels, electrified the audience.

He talked about how he used to visit his great Aunt Blanche in South Carolina, where the sun was so scorching it burned his neck. His aunt, who was 85, sat on her hot porch, smoking cigarettes and watching the children.

Aunt Blanche planted a pecan tree — as he said, a “pea can” — when she was 4. The tree had become enormous by the time Reynolds was a child, providing shade for the younger crowd.

Reynolds, a 2016 National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature with “Ghost,” suggested that books offered the kind of shade he desperately needed, providing relief from the heat.

Reynolds asked himself, “What if I get to be the pecan tree?”

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Jennifer Weiner, meanwhile, has ventured from the world of adult fiction and “Good in Bed” to writing for a younger audience, which includes her recent book, “The Littlest Bigfoot.”

Weiner said she does much of her writing in the equivalent of a large closet in her home, although she completed “half of a book waiting in a carpool line.”

Dutch author Marieke Nijkamp shared some insights into her latest book “Before I Let Go,” which is about a girl named Corey who loses her best friend Kyra.

Nijkamp, with fans waiting in a long line for the blue-haired author’s signature, said she “definitely goes for a walk right after I kill a character.”

While circling the Javits Center exhibits, I bumped into Owen King. He is the son of acclaimed author Stephen King, and is promoting a book he wrote with his father called “Sleeping Beauties,” in which all the women but one in a small Appalachian town become wrapped in a cocoon when they

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go to sleep. If someone awakens them, they become violent. That leaves the men without the civilizing and calming influence of women. It sounded to me like an adult version of William Golding’s classic “Lord of the Flies.”

In describing the novel, Owen King said he enjoyed the time writing and editing the book with his father. He described how a King dinner time activity includes coming up with story ideas, many of which never see the light of day.

I asked Owen, who was clad in an untucked plaid shirt and looks remarkably like his father, what caught his eye at the Expo. He highlighted a book by Steve Steinberg about a Yankees pitcher named Urban Shocker. King said he loved the name and found the story compelling, about a pitcher who went 18-6 in the Yankees’ famous 1927 season despite battling heart disease. I picked up a copy, which was autographed for my son, and I look forward to learning about Shocker’s world.

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