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The Sky Room Café has expanded its menu, now offering craft beer and wine. According to Raj Tawney, director of publicity and promotion at the Cinema Arts Centre, located at 423 Park Ave., Huntington, this is part of a continuing effort to make the Sky Café into its own entity. Aside from a wide-ranging menu, the Sky Café also hosts Cult Café, Sky Room Talks, Pop Culture Café, Hard Luck Café, movie trivia night and various music acts every month. Cult Café is a new film series aimed at

a younger audience that shows popular cult classic films. The first film featured was “The Big Lebowski,” which ran last Saturday and had an audience of more than 100 people. Movies to come include “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.” Sky Room Talks is a series where local film historians give talks and play clips from different films and television shows. One talk focused on the still popular “Twilight Zone” TV series from the early 1960s and was led by historian Philip Harwood.

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Israel’s departure will leave questions By Victoria Espinoza

After serving Long Island for more than 20 years, U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) has said he will be stepping down in November to pursue other interests and give someone else a chance at leading the 3rd District, and his announcement last week has led to an even broader political conversation facing the greater North Shore of Long Island. A North Shore native, Israel held his first leadership position as president of his high school class in Levittown. Years later, he was sworn in as a councilman on the Huntington Town Board in 1993, when he said he strived to bring stability to a then conflicted and divided government. Israel said the lessons he learned at the town level never left him as he moved on to the national political stage. “I focused on putting partisanship aside [in Huntington] and rebuilding the town’s finances,” he said. “With [Supervisor Frank] Petrone, together we brought to the town the highest bond rating on Long Island and ending political bickering.” Petrone (D) echoed the sentiment. “We forged ahead because we supported each other,” Petrone said in an interview. Petrone came into office as a Republican

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but with Israel’s support he eventually switched parties. “We both had a commitment to work together for the benefit of the residents,” he said. Israel took that mind-set of minimizing political bickering all the way to Washington, D.C. There, Israel created the Congressional Center Aisle Caucus to promote civility, compromise and change the divisive partisan atmosphere in the nation’s capital. As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, he said he told all candidates he worked with that “if they wanted any hope, they needed to think not as a Congress person, but as a local councilperson.” He said serving in Huntington was all about problem solving, and there is currently a “huge thirst” for the same in the U.S. Congress. “I never would have been in Congress without serving in Huntington.” Israel said he was proud that after leaving Huntington, he was able to continue to build on town projects while serving in Washington and taking a Huntington problem and developing it into a national solution. For example, in his work with the Housing Our Heroes Act, Israel collaborated

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congressman israel, far right, cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the new asharoken Village Hall in november.

with Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Dix Hills) to use the legislator’s bill crafted to house homeless veterans and turn it into a national piece of legislation that provided housing for veterans. “He was of great assistance to me on my landmark ‘Housing Our Homeless Heroes Act,’ and it was an honor to work with him on his innovative ‘Housing Our Heroes Act’ to end veterans homelessness,” Stern said in an email. Before the Housing Our Heroes Act, Israel worked with U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) to help put veterans back to

work with the Hire More Heroes Act, signed by President Barack Obama (D) in 2014. The law created an incentive for small businesses to hire more veterans who have health care coverage provided by federal departments. “When we’ve worked together, we found it enhances and multiplies our success,” Zeldin said in a phone interview. Suffolk County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport) said Israel and his staff were an invaluable resource to help pass legislation like the Sunlight ISRAEL continued on page A8

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Local band on verge of stardom music and felt that they were weekend quality, and would have the opportunity to headline a Saturday night show. “It’s definitely a lot of excitement,” bassist Ryan McAdam said about the gig. “I always get a little nervous a couple of minutes before, just waiting to go on stage. We put a lot of work in, so we always feel pretty comfortable going into the shows. I’m pretty confident we’re going to bang out a great set.” It turns out the Huntington community set the perfect stage for this band to come together. Beyer, 25, graduated from John Glenn High School in Elwood in 2008, and first met Mike Renert, the band’s 29-year-old lead singer and guitarist, through a mutual friend about four years ago. “When you play music with someone, you know in

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Rocking out is the name of the game for a Huntington-based band of driven twentysomethings who are preparing for their biggest show yet. On Saturday, Jan. 23, they’ll be headlining The Bitter End, a Manhattan music venue that has hosted the likes of Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga and Bob Dylan. “It’s awesome,” Jarrod Beyer, the band’s drummer, said in an interview Tuesday. “We’re all ready for the task. This is what we’ve been working for, big shows in the city.” Initially, Beyer said the Greenwich Village venue only offered the band a weeknight spot. However, just a few weeks later, the person in charge of The Bitter End’s booking called Beyer to tell him he had heard some of their

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the first 30 seconds if it’s going to work, and that just happened,” Renert said about the first time he and Beyer got together to jam. “It was one of the first times in my life that I … was just like, ‘Hey, I have this song,’ and I started playing, and he played, and it was like, ‘Whoa, that’s the first song and that was exactly what I wanted to hear.’ And it just went from there.” Renert and Beyer’s natural chemistry inspired them to expand. Beyer had been in another band as a teenager — he called 24-year-old McAdam, another John Glenn graduate from Huntington whom he had experience with. “He came through, and he gelled with us perfectly,” Beyer said of McAdam. The band was still missing a little something, so when Beyer heard that Billy Hanley, 25, a saxophone player who Beyer had played with in the John Glenn High School jazz band, was running a record studio in the area, suddenly there were four bandmates. Gnarly Karma released their first studio album, “Classic Breeze,” via iTunes in September 2015. The group has a familiar but unique sound — they could be described as a distant cousin of The Dave Matthews Band, with a punk edge. The guys credited their small-town upbringing as a vital ingredient in their success. “It’s very small, so you know everybody, even if you don’t want to know everybody,” Beyer said. “So it’s kind of cool that, as we got more progressive into music, people who we haven’t talked to in a long time are coming to our shows and supporting us.”

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First STEM school principal retiring Montesano crucial to success of Abrams after it was shut down for gun violence By Alex Petroski

Huntington Superintendent James Polansky is searching for a new leader for the Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School following the news that Principal Rae Montesano will retire at the end of the school year. “Rae has been instrumental in helping me to put this school in a place where it has found tremendous success, and great

things have happened for children since she took over as principal,” Polansky said in an interview following Monday night’s school board meeting. “She will be missed based on all of the work and effort that she has put forth.” Montesano has held the position since July 2014, though she served as the acting principal beginning in January of that year. She was previously the district’s chairperson of science and instructional

technology for grades seven through 12. “I’m just very appreciative of the confidence that the board had in me to make me the principal and of the wonderful opportunities here at Huntington,” Montesano said. The Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School opened in September 2013, three years after the building, then called the Jack Abrams Intermediate School, closed in July 2010 due to recurring gun violence in the area. Between that spike in gun violence and when the school reopened with a focus on science, technology, engineering and math, police reported they had successfully reduced crime around the school. “On a personal level if it wasn’t for Rae, I don’t know if we could have gotten this off the ground,” Polansky said during Monday’s meeting. “I know I couldn’t have done it myself. Rae has been right there with everybody every step of the way.” Montesano has a degree in psychology from Cornell University and a master of science in education from Hofstra University, according to a press release from the district. She worked at various districts

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Above, rae Montesano has served as principal at the steM school since 2014. left, students from the steM school march in a parade.

before landing in Huntington, including Harborfields Central School District. “I’m going to miss the children,” Montesano said in an interview Monday night. “I’m certainly going to miss my colleagues and the parents. Everyone’s been very supportive of me in the district.”

O’Shea grabs gold Port Jeff Station athlete earns first place in skeleton World Cup By DAniel DunAief

Everything started turning around for Port Jefferson Station’s Annie O’Shea this past summer. A veteran of the high-speed world of skeleton racing, O’Shea had a reputation for her extraordinary sprinting speed. She just hadn’t been able to put it all together. In skeleton, where racers use the same tracks as bobsled, competitors clad in aerodynamic suits and helmets, sprint at top speed with their hands on their sleds for five seconds, until they dive on top of the sled, steering through treacherous turns at speeds of over 80 miles per hour by shifting their body weight. “For years, she’s been known for having one of the fastest starts in the world, and then losing that on the way down,” said Tuffy Latour, the head coach of the United States skeleton team. But not anymore. At an International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation World Cup race last week, O’Shea was poised to do something she’d never done on her home track in Lake Placid: collect a medal. Behind the leaders by a tenth of a second after the first of two heats, she visited with her skeleton coaches and her conditioning coach, Brett Willmott, who is also the associate head track and field coach at

the University of Vermont. “Her first run, she was a little sloppy” with her sprint, Willmott said. “I told her to be aggressive in the last four steps.” With a physical game plan, O’Shea, 28, stood at the starting gate, waiting her turn to dig her spikes into the ice and fly down the mountain on a sled she’d purchased before the start of the new season. Thus far, the veteran slider, as skeleton racers are known, was a respectable 11th on the World Cup tour, competing against the best other countries had to offer. Her mental approach before her second heat was noticeably different to Latour, who knew O’Shea had “potential that was through the roof.” Last Friday, looking down her home track in front of a raucous crowd that included school children ringing cowbells and screaming her name, O’Shea looked “relaxed and composed,” the head coach said. She’s a “changed person.” Part of that change came from hiring a life coach. “I used to take [every] problem I was having to the track,” O’Shea said. “[I] needed to get everything else off my mind. I feel like I’ve never been so strong on the inside.” That strength, and the physical adjustment, helped her relax on a course where she had always felt extra pressure, espe-

Annie o’shea flaunts her new gold medal after her win in lake Placid.

cially after years of training that started when she attended SUNY Plattsburgh. True to form, O’Shea had a strong start in her second heat, igniting a ride along a track where she and her sled sounded like a freight train as she flew past spectators camped out at their favorite turns. “She held the corner in turn 14 well,” Latour said. “If you nail that corner well on this track, you’ll be very fast.” Latour said O’Shea tied a track record with her 55.08-second finish in her second heat, making up for her tenth-of-a-second deficit and putting the heat on the only two racers who could catch her. O’Shea

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stood at the bottom of the track with a nervous grin on her face as she watched her competition try to beat her combined time of 1 minute, 50.34 seconds. A Swiss athlete, Marina Gilardoni, was ahead of O’Shea through much of the race. At the very end, O’Shea’s time was just enough, by 0.09 seconds, to keep her in first, ensuring her the color of the medallion that would soon be hanging around her neck would be, at the very least, silver. O’Shea had earned a silver medal before, in 2011 in La Plagne, France, and this time she wanted gold. The next competitor, Laura Deas of SKELETON continued on page A8

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Movers & Shakers Northport senior making strides for Jewish youth BY VICTORIA ESPINOZA

A Northport High School senior has proven to be a diverse and formidable leader. Ethan Feuer was recently elected by his peers as international president of United Synagogue Youth. USY is Conservative Judaism’s premiere youth group and has taught young men and woman the values and skills they need to become exceptional leaders in their religious and secular communities. “I want to spend this year inspiring others,” Feuer said in a statement. “Starting right now, we need to redefine USY as being about relationships. If you can change one person’s understanding of what they’re capable of, how much

people care about them, or how powerful a source for change they can be, you change everything.” The international presidency is the highest office a young man or woman can achieve at USY, and according to a statement, USY said Feuer is a leader in both his home community and at the organization, and he serves as a role model to his peers. “Each of the newly elected leaders impressed us with their vision for the future of USY. We can’t wait to work with them as they empower new generations of teens and make their dreams a reality,” David Levy, director of Teen Learning for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism said. Feuer is a senior and honor roll student at Northport High School, where he has worked in peer tutoring and several other extracurricular activities. As president, Feuer will spend this year leading thousands of teens from across North America and guiding them toward the organization’s principles of social action/justice, social acceptance and inclusion, and the nourishing of their Jewish identities. “It is the most exciting, yet most humbling, experience I have ever encountered,” Feuer said in an email. “Th is opportunity means the world to me, since I have dreamed of leading United Synagogue Youth since the eighth grade. It is truly an honor to serve as a leader and role model to thousands of Jewish teens, and the newly elected board is already proactive and ready to be the change that USY needs.”

Man shot in armed gas station robbery in H’ton BY ELANA GLOWATZ

Police are hunting for an armed robbery suspect after a man was shot in the leg in an incident on Monday night. A male suspect in a mask, who was carrying a gun, allegedly approached a gas pump attendant at the USA station on New York Avenue in Huntington Station that night, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The assailant demanded cash. Police said a “confrontation ensued” and the suspect fired a shot that hit the

attendant in the leg, after which the robber fled on foot — with the cash. The victim’s injury was treated at Huntington Hospital. Detectives from the SCPD’s 2nd precinct are investigating the armed robbery, which occurred a little before 10 p.m., and police said they are searching for a 6-foot tall black male with a thin build. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 631-854-8252, or to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220TIPS.

Photo above by Jackson Krule, below from Laurie Kamens

Above, Ethan Feuer, of East Northport, poses with the 2016 United Synagogue Youth International executive board after being elected its president. Feuer, left, will serve as president for 12 months.

Woman’s body found in Caumsett Park Nassau Police Missing Persons Squad found the body of Stella Y. Lee, a 22-yearold woman from Great Neck, in a wooded area of Caumsett State Park in Lloyd Harbor on Jan. 9 at 2:30 p.m. According to detectives, on Saturday, Lee’s 2012 Honda was located in the parking lot of Caumsett by a park employee. An intensive search of the

area commenced. An officer of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation located the deceased’s body and the investigation has determined that no criminality was involved. Lee was last seen on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 3:27 a.m. in Great Neck and was reported as a missing person.

Motorcycle crash results in serious leg injury for driver BY VICTORIA ESPINOZA

Suffolk County Police 2nd precinct detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist in Greenlawn last Friday. A 65-year-old man from Northport was seriously injured just after 4 p.m. on Jan. 8 while driving a 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle on Pulaski Road. He collided with a 75-year-old from Greenlawn driving a 2014 Nissan while mak-

ing a turn onto Duncan Elder Drive from Pulaski. The motorcyclist was transported via Suffolk County police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital and is being treated for serious leg injuries. The Nissan driver stayed at the scene and was not injured. The investigation is continuing and anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact 2nd precinct detectives at 631-854-8252.

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Blue Devils down Newfield after huge third quarter Girls’ BasketBall

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Huntington led from the opening tipoff and never looked back, as the visiting Blue Devils held Newfield to just 13 points in a 59-13 victory in girls’ basketball action Tuesday night. Huntington moved the ball effortlessly and controlled the tempo of the game for all 32 minutes, while the Wolverines had difficulty clearing the ball, and struggled to find a rhythm and the rim. The Blue Devils’ defense was overwhelming in the second half, where the team scored 24 unanswered points in the third quarter while holding the Wolverines scoreless. “They’re a team that’s strong — they work very hard and their effort was nonTopping the scoreboard for Huntingstop,” said Newfield assistant coach Mike ton was sophomore guard Alex Heuwetter Weaver. “We warned our team at halftime with 14 points, followed by junior guard that you have to be prepared, because [Hun- Anna Gulizio with nine. tington] is not going to give up, and that’s Gulizio said her team had good reads on the reason the margin was what it was.” the floor and good communication. Huntington head coach “Yes, we did well scoringMichael Kaplan rested his ‘From a defensive wise, but we played much starters for the final eight better as a team in the secminutes of play as the Blue standpoint, I thought ond half,” Gulizio said. Devils coasted to victory we played great — Blue Devils sophomore and extended their winning guard Katie Seccafico, who we did a good job streak to five games. Kaplan tallied six points in the consaid the goal for his team under the board.’ test, agreed with Gulizio in the game was for every — Michael kaplan that her team was a little flat player to get better and not for the first 16 minutes. turn the ball over. “In that first and second quarter, we “From a defensive standpoint, I thought weren’t coming together on defense,” Seccafwe played great — we did a good job un- ico said. “Coach told us we needed to work der the boards,” Kaplan said. “We’ll have harder even though we were winning.” to work on our rebounding and limit our Huntington junior guard Emma Peoffensive turnovers, but this game was a trizzi echoed her teammate’s assessment of confidence builder.” the performance in the final two quarters. “We played hard and we never let up,” she said. “We were able to hold the score so low.” Huntington senior guard and forward Brooke Baade finished with eight points, senior guard Katie Reilly netted seven and Seccafico and senior guard and forward Taylor Moreno rounded out the score by banking six each. Newfield senior guards Maria Daume and Muariana Milano, and senior forward Kelsey Larkin finished with four points apiece, while sophomore forward Emily Diaz completed the scoring with a freethrow point. With the win, Huntington improves to 5-1 in League III and 7-2 overall, while Newfield falls to 1-5, and 2-7. Both teams are back in action Friday as Huntington hosts Smithtown East at 5:45 p.m., while Newfield travels to North Babylon for a 4 p.m. game.

Photos by Bill Landon

Clockwise from above, Taylor Moreno fights for the rebound; alex Heuwetter shoots from the top of the key; Katie Seccafico scores; anna Gulizio drives the baseline; and Katie Reilly leaps up to the rim.

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Annie O’Shea practices in Lake Placid prior to her World Cup race win.

Standing on the highest rung of the platform, O’Shea had finally earned gold, and what made it even sweeter, was that it was on her home track. Back home where she works at the Comsewogue School District offices, her mother, Linda O’Shea, was cheering so loudly that teachers from down the hall came to her desk to see what all of the commotion was about. “I’m so proud of her,” Linda O’Shea said. “It was just nice to see how happy she was.” After the medal ceremony, O’Shea signed autographs for some of her enthusiastic young fans. O’Shea now has her sights set on a bigger prize: the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. “This is the start of what I want to accomplish,” O’Shea said.

Zeldin’s predecessor, former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop, have left room for fresher faces from Long Island to make their mark in Washington, but those who follow the race said it could lead to a shift in power for North Shore representatives. Jeffery Segal, a political science professor at Stony Brook University, said Israel will be leaving a powerful position and could have even expanded his reach if he stayed. “Congressman Israel has been the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee,” Segal said in an email. “That makes him extremely influential in terms of securing support for projects he favors. Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader, is 75 years old. Steny Hoyer, who as minority whip is second in leadership, is 76

years old. Congressman Israel is only 57 years old. Israel possibly could have become one of the Democratic leaders and possibly even Speaker.” Since Israel’s announcement last week, many lawmakers have come out to say they will consider running for the soon to be vacant seat. Berland, Spencer and Stern are among the many who have said they may throw their hat into the race. Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci (RHuntington Station) has already formed a campaign committee for his possible run. “There are serious issues facing our country and I think that my elected experience at the state and local level will prove invaluable in helping to get the country headed in the right direction,” Lupinacci said in a statement.

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Great Britain, was also ahead during the second run, but she too fell back. Assistant Coach Zach Lund, who was holding O’Shea’s hand while she awaited her fate, assured her she’d won the gold before Deas’ run had ended. “I couldn’t even react until she crossed the finish line,” O’Shea said. “Then, the moment it showed red,” meaning Deas was behind O’Shea, “I lost it.” O’Shea screeched, jumped in the air and gave Lund, among others, a hug. Photo by Pat Hendrick

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Law, which was signed into law in April and ensures that veterans and their families will directly benefit from charitable donations and penalize any person who impersonates a decorated veteran. “He has represented us well and has really supported his Long Island constituents,” Spencer said in a phone interview. Looking ahead, Israel said his advice to his colleagues still in Congress is to spend little time in Washington as well. “The trappings of power in Washington can trap you,” Israel said. “I pride myself on never spending a weekend in that place. Go to a diner, and at pizza places in

your district. That is where you will learn the most.” Huntington Councilwoman Susan Berland (D) volunteered for Israel’s congressional campaign in 2000 and said she became good friends with him through that time. She later went on to win Israel’s seat in Huntington once he left for Washington. “He taught me it was important not to loose sight of solving one problem at a time,” she said in a phone interview. She also took over Israel’s role on the Keep Huntington Beautiful campaign that sponsors annual community cleanup programs and gives Huntington residents a chance to participate in keeping their town clean. The departures of both Israel and

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OPINION Make the pledge

Gun control is a controversial issue in the presidential race.

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TO THE EDITOR: Some of the presidential candidates fully support the National Rifle Association and advocate an unrestricted interpretation of the Second Amendment. Furthermore, they suggest that several of the recent mass killings might have been prevented, or reduced in scope, if more people were carrying guns. Each of those candidates could exercise their conviction by making a pledge to the American public, stating that should they become president, they’ll sign an executive order stating that whenever they make a public appearance, the Secret Service and all other security agencies will not do weapons screenings. Bruce Stasiuk Setauket

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Unbelievable TO THE EDITOR: It's amazing how mindlessly people stroll through the Internet, and how willingly they gobble up information without knowing anything of its origin or accuracy. The recent public discussion about the lottery provided us with a prime example. Someone created a meme that alleged that if the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot was divided among the roughly 300 million people in the U.S., each person would get $4.33 million. Sounds pretty great, right? We could end poverty and hunger overnight. The only problem is that $1.3 billion divided by 300 million is $4.33 — as in dollars, not millions of dollars. Not exactly a sum that puts an end to American poverty. Of course, as other critics have pointed out, there is also the matter of the U.S. population being closer to 309 million, and that a large portion of the jackpot is lost to taxes — both of which would cut individual shares even further. Some may argue that the meme's author intended to make a point about the distribution of wealth and used false math on purpose,

This incorrect meme has been shared all over the Internet.

but whatever the intention, all that person did was prove that stupidity knows no bounds. All over Facebook and other social media sites, people were sharing the meme in complete seriousness, exclaiming they wanted their cut of the jackpot. Some, to their credit, recognized the error. But most did not and became outraged over the

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meme's false information. People need to stop lapping up every sensational thing they hear, and they especially need to stop repeating everything they hear. Maybe then we can have actually productive conversations about poverty, hunger or anything else. Sean McArdle Coram

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One year after his Long Island colleague Tim Bishop, left, was ousted, Congressman Steve Israel has announced he will not seek re-election.

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Big shift coming U.S. Rep. Steve Israel is stepping aside at the end of the year, declining to run for another term in the House this November, after what will be 16 years as the Democratic representative for the Huntington and Smithtown areas. But his departure will affect more than just western Suffolk County. Long Island residents in general should be paying attention to the 3rd Congressional District seat in the coming year. Our officials at the federal and state levels work with their neighboring colleagues to get things done that benefit Long Island — sometimes in a quid pro quo sort of way. That means that no matter the elected body or who our representative is, the priorities and the character of the person who is elected in the next district over from us are important. And with Israel gone, no matter who is elected to replace him, Suffolk County will have two longtime congressman exiting in two years, after Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) unseated Democrat Tim Bishop in 2014. That’s not to say that new blood is a bad thing. Zeldin kept himself busy during his first year in the House, authoring several bills. Most recently, he introduced the Earnings Contingent Education Loans (ExCEL) Act of 2015, which aims to help young people manage their federal student loan debt by making the repayment system more flexible, with payment amounts based on the borrower’s salary. And in interviews with this newspaper, Zeldin has called being a newcomer a positive — party leadership supports their freshmen, he said, because they want to help them retain their seats. We appreciate Israel’s long service to our community. That being said, electing a new point of view to Congress has the potential to be a good thing for Long Island, which is in a state of flux as we try to plan our economic and environmental future. 3rd District candidates, all eyes are on you.

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

JANUARY 14, 2016 • TIMES HUNTINGTON & NORTHPORTS • PAGE A19

Differences between the sexes in tall stories

D. None of the above by DaNiel DuNaief

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e started, “Once upon a time, three little brown bears.” “No, no, that’s not right!” she shouted, interrupting him before he could get to the action. “They weren’t little, there weren’t three of them and they weren’t brown.” “Wait!” he protested, putting up a finger. “Who is telling this

story, you or me?” “No, well, if you’re going to tell it, tell it right,” she argued. “But it’s a children’s story,” he snapped. “Can’t we just tell the story?” “You want him to go to school with the wrong details? You want him to come home with a bloody nose because someone punched him when he argued about whether they were little brown bears or mediumsized, endangered polar bears?” “You think our kid is going to get into a fight because I might have used the wrong details in a story? Weren’t we trying to put the kid to sleep? Look at him now. He’s crawling all over the bed, putting everything he can reach into his mouth,” he said. “Yeah, well, get the details right next time,” she huffed, storming out of the room. What is it about storytelling that divides the sexes? Why is it that a man remembers a story

one way and a woman seems so much better at remembering the details? Is it fair to generalize? Well, like every generalization, yes and no. A friend recently shared his observation that his girlfriend, whom he thinks is absolutely one of the best people he’s ever known, has only one small problem — she tends to take all the momentum out of his stories by correcting him. Is she wrong, I wondered? And even if she’s not wrong, do the details matter? When I thought about all the couples I’ve known over the years, it seemed to me, in my nonscientific recollections, that the women were more likely than the men to halt a story to fix a detail. “So, there were we were, in the middle of a fire alarm scare in Boston, and we were standing at the window ledge, eight stories up,” he might be saying. “No! No! We were in San

Francisco, not Boston, and we were on the 11th floor,” she might suggest. A glare and bad body language often follows, as the man loses the thread of his story while he grinds his teeth, wondering whether he can or should confront the love of his life in front of other people. Is this one of those differences between the sexes that reflect the fact that men are from Mars and women are from Venus? I suspect it is. The way I see it, the details we share about our lives in stories are like the fish we might collect if we were standing at the edge of a pier in Stony Brook, dropping nets into the water to catch fish — or story details — as they swim by. The holes in a man’s net are larger, letting the small fish swim through, while the holes in the women’s nets are smaller. The women pull up their nets and notice and count

No! No! We were in San Francisco, not Boston, and we were on the11th floor. the large and small fish, paying meticulous attention to everything, cataloging the variety of fish in their nets. The men look at the fish and wonder: (a) “Is this enough for dinner?” (b) “Should I take a picture of it?” and most importantly (c) “Did I catch more fish than my brother or the stranger at the end of the pier who kept bragging about all the fish he caught?” The next time a man’s story goes off track because of specific details, maybe he can suggest he’s focusing on the “bigger fish.” Then again, a woman might rightfully reply that he’s just telling another “fish” story.

Rapturously waiting for a customized diet

between you and me by leah S. DuNaief

vtimes@tbrnewspapers.com

ere is some new information for those struggling with their New Year’s resolution to lose weight. Not all of us metabolize the same foods in the same way. How we metabolize is unique for each of us and depends on different factors such as genetic makeup, gut bacteria, body type and chemical exposures. Further complicating the picture is the variability of response by the same individual, depending on stress and one’s environment at

any given day or week. Now we know that we are all different in what we can eat. I remember when I was in seventh grade and a good friend asked me to join her every day after school at the nearby Schrafft’s, the ladies genteel luncheon restaurant, for an ice cream sundae. Slender and yet to have need of a bra during our puberty years, she thought she could hurry such development along with some more poundage — her straightforward goal was to gain weight. The year was 1952 and if you can believe it females generally did not go into restaurants alone, although Schrafft’s was known to cater to women. So being a good pal, I went with her each afternoon for a month, and we rapturously enjoyed hot fudge sundaes with vanilla ice cream in chilled metal cups. At the end, she got on the scale and to her disgust she had not gained an ounce. I, on the other hand, although having changed nothing else in my ordinary diet during that time, had gained five pounds,

which I subsequently worked hard — alone — to take off. Moral of story: Different bodies digest differently. Now if we were in the caveman days, as a physician once told me, I would have a better chance of survival in times of starvation rations because I can store reserves better than she. But to this day she is reed slender … and I am not. How do bodies absorb and metabolize differently? If we could figure that out, people like us would be more successful following diets — a notoriously difficult thing to do. The same dietary advice does not work for everyone. A recent study published in the prestigious journal, Cell, “found a startling variation in the glucose responses of 800 subjects fed the same foods,” according to an article in Science Times, a section of the Tuesday New York Times. “Some participants had sharp increases in blood sugar when they ate ice cream and chocolate, while others showed only a flat or moderate response.” They could have been talking about my junior

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high school friend and me. “Each person’s capacity to extract energy [calories] from foods differs, it appears,” the article continued. The researchers went further with their study. Using today’s high tech tools, they combined glucose responses of each participant with identification of gut bacteria, medications, family histories and lifestyles, and devised a formula that correctly predicted blood sugar responses to foods not yet eaten in the study. Once they could do that, the scientists could then modify diets and boost good gut bacteria according to whatever the goal might be for better health; for example, how to lose weight and/or prevent diabetes. The study is titled, “We Just Do It with Food,” and is coauthored by Dr. Eran Segal of the Weizmann Institute in Israel. The study is based mainly on genetic testing, according to The Times, but scientists have only begun to explore the links between DNA and good nutrition. The answers for each person are not simple because there are the many variables previously LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton SPORTS EDITOR Desirée Keegan ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ellen Recker ONLINE EDITOR Elana Glowatz

Not all of us metabolize the same foods in the same way. mentioned: those same genes, microbes, diet, environment and lifestyle on any given day. To date, 38 different genes have been linked to nutrient metabolism, and the technology in the form of sophisticated computers exists to analyze big data issues. Meanwhile, until these studies produce customized diets for us, keep eating whole grains, lean meats, and lots of fruits and vegetables, especially the green leafy kind. Interestingly when I was a kid, I remember people who were fat blaming their weight on their “genes.” Most of us didn’t even know what genes were, and all of us scoffed at that idea. Obesity was considered a failure of willpower then, pure and simple. Little did we know how right those people turned out to be.

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