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January 21, 2021

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Senator Gaughran looks forward to a greener, better year BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) sees 2021 playing out in two parts. With the carryover from all the public health and economic difficulties of 2021, the first few months will require continued crisis management. The state will work to “figure out how to get vaccines [for COVID-19] to everybody, how to get schools fully open with kids going … and get businesses back open,” Gaughran said in a wide-ranging interview. The pace at which the Empire State moves past the crisis depends in large part on the vaccine, which Gaughran described as “key.” He predicted that could occur sometime between February and April. Up to now, the state senator said the process of getting the vaccine has been frustrating, with the website crashing. Gaughran’s office has fielded numerous calls from constituents. Some people in their 90s have called for help navigating the website, while grandchildren have also reached out on behalf of their older relatives, hoping to get an appointment for those who are among the most vulnerable to the virus. Gaughran hopes that the vaccine supply chain will improve in the next few weeks. The state senator believes that President Joe Biden (D) will “open up the floodgates” for the state to receive more vaccinations. Gaughran anticipates that the process of receiving vaccinations will likely track the

same course as viral testing. Initially, people struggled to get tested, often waiting for a test and then days or even a week for a result. The state and the country have figured out how to improve testing, allowing “anybody to get a test,” he said. “I am hoping the same thing happens with the vaccine.” The second phase of the year, which could occur around April, will involve the rebuilding of the economy, with opportunities for Long Island and New York to benefit from new directives out of the federal government including for green, alternative energy. “We’re going to have major money for green energy jobs,” Gaughran said, with infrastructure upgrades, sewage treatment and other projects starting or expanding in 2021. “There’ll be a much stronger will coming out of Washington. We have to pump up the economy.” New York is well positioned to capitalize on some of these economic and job opportunities, Gaughran said. That could be especially important as the government looks to support projects with considerable advanced planning. “Whenever these grant programs are available, the states that are most prepared with shovel-ready projects and concrete plans to move forward will get the most money,” Gaughran said. Gaughran said Long Island can build a green-energy workforce that is educated and supported by area institutions including his alma mater Stony Brook University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Committee opportunities

Gaughran is pleased to serve on several State Senate committees, including the Committee on Higher Education; the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions; the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations; and the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications. Gaughran sees opportunities to advance his goals, as “being on a committee gives you an edge in pushing your legislative priorities.” The investigations committee, which has subpoena power, can study problems in the state. Last year, that included housing discrimination. This year, Gaughran would like to see that committee examine waste in government spending. “We need to look at two investigations: One dealing with state budgets and state costs, [and the other] looking at local governments, where there may be waste, fraud and abuse,” he said. As a member of the Higher Education Committee, Gaughran also hopes the committee can offer some help to Stony Brook University and Suffolk County Community College by “being a little bit flexible.” Gaughran hopes these educational institutions can raise in-state tuition for those families that can afford to pay, while developing a scale that allows those who can’t afford higher costs to continue to pay their current rates. The state senator also hopes to reignite back-burner projects.

Sen. Jim Gaughran was sworn into his second term by his friend, state Supreme Court Justice David Gugerty, outside of his old high school, Half Hollow Hills. Photo from Gaughran’s office

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PSEG Long Island is alerting customers about scams from people impersonating employees and demanding immediate payment. The utility said scammers contacted more than 500 customers between Dec. 20 and Jan. 2, alleging overdue balanced and threatening to cut off power. PSEG said some scammers have used a standard tactic of asking customers to buy a prepaid debit card, such as Green Dot, to pay for their alleged overdue bill, while others demanded payment through Zelle, an online fund transfer platform. PSEG LI, however, offers numerous payment options and does not accept prepaid debit cards or Zelle. “Somebody represents themselves as one of our employees, states that the customer is in arrears [and] gives them a couple of hours to get some pressure going,” said Robert Vessichelli, senior security investigator for PSEG Long Island. “They say they are going to cut power in a matter of two hours.” Phone scammers, who have typically come from out of the country in places like India and the Dominican Republic, had started off by targeting mostly commercial accounts, Vessichelli said. Usually, people running a business may have an administrator paying their bills and they may not be sure if their advisor or accountant made payment. “They are more vulnerable, especially people who deal with perishable goods” because losing power could have dramatic consequences on their business, Vessichelli said. More recently, scammers have targeted a geographic area, as PSEG has collected numerous calls from the same neighborhoods. The money scammers request is usually an

odd number, such as $498.95. Some of the people scammed have paid as much as over $5,000. The average scam payment is closer to $500. Some of these scams encourage people to send money several times, claiming that the funds never transferred. In one case, Vessichelli said the scammers received money three times, each time making a phony promise that they would return overpaid funds. Vessichelli warned customers not to rely on caller ID because some of these scammers spoof the number and identification to make it look like PSEG is calling. Since August of 2013, the number of people who have reported scam calls or visits is 23,326, with about 1,194 people, or 5.1%, falling victim to these efforts. In 2013, the percentage of people who paid these fraudulent claims was over 10 percent, but that number has fallen as the company has made a concerted effort to educate consumers. “We would never make a phone call and say, ‘We’re going to cut your service off in two hours,’” Vessichelli said. “That’s not the procedure we use. We would contact people numerous times and try to give them a payment agreement. “ The company also said it had suspended electrical cut off for non-payment during the pandemic. In addition to the calls, some scammers show up at people’s doors and even wear clothing with the PSEG emblem and have the company name on their cars. The people who come to the door sometimes work with a partner who searches the house for jewelry, cash or other valuables, while someone allegedly checks electrical equipment or the meter. Vessichelli urged customers concerned about an unannounced visit from someone SCAMMERS CONTINUED ON A9

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North Shore residents sharing tables to help others BY JULIANNE MOSHER AND RITA J. EGAN JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM,RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Give a little, take a little — sharing is caring. A new phenomenon that has made its way across Long Island — and now the country — is a discreet way to help those in need. The Sharing Tables concept, of New York and California, was started up in November by a Seaford mom and her young daughter. “I woke up on Sunday, Nov. 22, and me and my 6-year-old daughter didn’t have anything to do that day,” Mary Kate Tischler, founder of the group, said. “We went through our cabinets, got some stuff from the grocery store and started publicizing the table on Facebook.” The Sharing Table is a simple concept, according to her: “Take what you need and leave what you can, if you can.” Tischler, who grew up in Stony Brook, said the idea is that whoever sets up a table in front of their home or business will put items out that people might need, with the community coming together to replenish it. “The very first day people were taking things and dropping things off,” she said. “It was working just as it was supposed to.” When the table is set up, organizers put out anything and everything a person might need. Some put out nonperishable foods, some put toiletries. Others put toys and books, with some tables having unworn clothing and shoes. No one mans the table. It’s just out front, where someone can discreetly visit and grab what they need. “Since there’s no one that stands behind the table, people can come up anonymously and take the item without identifying themselves or asking any questions,” Tischler said. ”Some of our neighbors are in a tough time where they can’t pay their bills. I think the Sharing Tables are really helping fill those needs.” And they’re popping up everywhere. In just three months, the group has nearly 30 Sharing Tables in New York, with one just launched in Santa Monica, California.

Mount Sinai

On Sunday, Jan. 18, a Sharing Table was put outside the Heritage Trust building at Heritage Park in Mount Sinai. Victoria Hazan, president of the trust, said she saw the Sharing Tables on social media and knew that the local community needed one, too. “It was nothing but good, positive vibes,” she said. When she set up the table with dozens of different items that were donated, people already started pulling up to either grab something they needed or donate to the cause. “Some people are shy,” Hazan said. “What’s great is that you set up the table and walk away. There’s no judgement and no questions asked.” What’s available at the tables will vary by

community and what donations come in. “The response from the community blew my mind totally,” Hazan said. “This was the right time to do this.”

St. James

Joanne Evangelist, of St. James, was the first person in Suffolk County to set up a Sharing Table, and soon after, other residents in the county followed. The wife and mother of two said it was the end of the Christmas season when she was cleaning out drawers and her pantry. On the Facebook page Smithtown Freecycle, she posted that she had stuff to give away if anyone wanted it, but she would find sometimes people wouldn’t show up after she put something aside for them. “So, I put it on a table outside — not even knowing about the group or thinking anything of it,” she said, adding she would post what was outside on the freecycle page. Tischler saw the Smithtown Freecycle post and reached out to Evangelist to see if she would be interested in setting up a Sharing Table. The St. James woman thought it was a good idea when she heard it. While Evangelist regularly has food, toiletries, cleaning products and baby products on the table, from time to time there will be clothing, toys and other random items. Recently, she held a coat drive and the outwear was donated to Lighthouse Mission in Bellport, which helps those with food insecurities and the homeless. She said she keeps the table outside on her front lawn all day long, even at night, unless it’s going to rain, or the temperatures dip too low. People can pick up items at any time, and she said no one is questioned. Evangelist said she also keeps a box out for donations so she can organize them on the table later on in the day, and the response from local residents wanting to drop off items has been touching. She said helping out others is something she always liked to do. “I was a candy striper in the hospital when I was younger,” she said. “I just always loved volunteering, and I’m a stay-at-home mom, so, honestly anything I could do … especially with the pandemic.” Evangelist said she understands what people go through during tough financial times. “I’ve used a pantry before, so I know the feeling,” she said. “I know the embarrassment of it.”

Northport

Lisa Conway, of Northport, and two of her five children, Aidan, 16, and Kate, 14, set up a Sharing Table after their garage was burglarized on New Year’s Eve. Conway said her children, who attend St.

Aidan and Kate Conway stand by their table in Northport filled with food, cleaning supplies and more. Photo from Lisa Conway

Anthony’s High School in South Huntington, were looking for a community outreach project. She had seen a post about the Sharing Tables on Facebook and was considering starting one, but she was debating how involved it would be. Then the Conway’s garage was burglarized where thousands of dollars of tools were stolen, an electric skateboard, dirt bike and more including a generator that was taken from the basement. The wife and mother said the family felt fortunate that the robbers didn’t enter the main part of the house. Conway said after the experience she realized that some people need to steal to get what they need and decided the Sharing Table would be a good idea. “They can come take what they need without having to steal from anyone,” she said. Her children have been helping to organize the items they receive, and every day Aidan will set everything up before school and clean up at night. He said it’s no big deal as it takes just a few minutes each day. Aidan said there have been more givers than takers. “People are a lot more generous than what I expected them to be,” he said. The mother and son said they have been touched by the generosity of their fellow residents. Conway said she’s been using the Nextdoor app mostly to generate contributions. She said she started posting on the app to let people know what they needed for the table. One day after a posting indicating they needed cleaning supplies for the table, they woke up to find the items outside. The family has also received a $200 Amazon gift card to buy items, and another person bought them a canopy to protect the table. Conway said every once in a while, she will be outside when people are picking up items. One woman told her how she drove from Nassau County. Her husband was suffering from three

different types of cancer, and he couldn’t work due to his compromised immune system. She told her how they had to pay the bills first, and then if there was money left over they could buy food. Another day Conway went outside to see that someone had left gum and mints on the table. “I just was so touched by that,” the mother said. “They wanted to leave something they didn’t just want to take, and that’s all they had.” Conway said it’s a learning experience for her children to know that there are people on public assistance who can’t use the funds for items such as paper goods or cleaning items, and there are others who are struggling but not eligible for any kind of assistance. “My youngest one is 9, and even he can’t believe when he sees people pulling up,” she said. “He’s not really in the helping phase but I love that he’s seeing what we’re doing.” Aidan agreed that it is an important learning experience. He said before he wasn’t familiar with those who had financial issues. “It’s not good to know that there are people out there with financial issues, but it’s good to know that you can help them,” he said. Conway said the Sharing Tables came around at the right time as she was suffering from “COVID fatigue,” and it changed her outlook on life. “I feel like my faith in humanity has been restored,” she said.

To help

Tischler said that if people would like to donate but cannot get to a Sharing Table, there is an Amazon wish list on the group’s Facebook page. Items ordered through the site will be delivered to Tischler’s home, where she will personally deliver to the Sharing Tables across Long Island. Addresses for locations are listed on the Facebook page. “It’s been such a whirlwind,” she added. “I have to stop and pinch myself and take stock of what’s happening.”

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SBU’s leaders deal with present, prepare for future BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Stony Brook University has been at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, as hospital staff has treated and comforted residents stricken with the virus and researchers have worked tirelessly on a range of projects, including manufacturing personal protective equipment. Amid a host of challenges, administrators at Stony Brook have had to do more with less under budgetary pressure. In a two-part series, Interim Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos and President Maurie McInnis share their approaches and solutions, while offering their appreciation for their staff. Part I: Like many other administrators at universities across the country and world, Fotis Sotiropoulos, Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Interim Provost of Stony Brook University, has been juggling

numerous challenges. Named interim provost in September, Sotiropoulos, who is also a SUNY Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, has focused on ways to help President Maurie McInnis keep the campus community safe, keep the university running amid financial stress and strain, and think creatively about ways to enhance the university’s educational programs. In January, Stony Brook University which is one of two State University of New York programs to earn an Association of American Universities distinction, plans to announce new degree programs aimed at combining expertise across at least two colleges. “We have charged all the deans to work together to come up with this future-of-work initiative,” Sotiropoulos said. “It has to satisfy a number of criteria,” which include involving at least two colleges or schools and it has to be unique. Such programs will “allow us to market

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the value of a Stony Brook education.” Sotiropoulos said Stony Brook hoped to announce at least two or three degree ideas by the middle of January. Under financial pressure caused by the pandemic, the university has “undertaken this unprecedented initiative to think of the university as one,” Sotiropoulos said. Looking at the East and West campus together, the university plans to reduce costs and improve efficiency in an organization that is “complex with multiple silos,” he said. At times, Stony Brook has paid double or triple for the same product or service. The university is taking a step back to understand and optimize its expenses, he added. On the other side of the ledger, Stony Brook is seeking ways to increase its revenue, by creating these new degrees and attracting more students, particularly from outside the state. Out-of-state students pay more in tuition, which provides financial support for the school and for in-state students as well. “We have some room to increase out-of-state students,” Sotiropoulos said. “There is some flexibility” as the university attempts to balance between the lower tuition in-state students pay, which benefits socioeconomically challenged students, and the higher tuition from out-of-state students. While the university has been eager to bring in talented international students as well in what Sotiropoulos described as a “globally-connected world,” the interim provost recognized that this effort has been “extremely challenging right now,” in part because of political tension with China and in part because Chinese universities are also growing. Stony Brook “recognizes that it needs to diversify right now. The university is considering strategies for trying to really expand in other countries. We need to do a lot more to engage students from African countries,” he said. Sotiropoulos described Africa as an important part of the future, in part because of the projected quadrupling of the population in coming decades. “We are trying to preserve our Asian base of students,” he said, but, at the same time, “we are thinking of other opportunities to be prepared for the future.” While the administration at the university continues to focus on cutting costs, generating revenue and attracting students to new programs, officials recognize the need to evaluate the effectiveness of these efforts for students. “Assessment is an integral part,” Sotiropoulos said. The school will explore the jobs students are able to find. “It’s all about the success of our students,” he added. The school plans to assess constantly, while making adjustments to its efforts.

Pandemic Response

Stony Brook University has been at the forefront of reacting to the pandemic on a number

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of fronts. The hospital treated patients during the heavy first wave of illnesses last spring, while the engineering school developed ways to produce personal protective equipment, hand sanitizer, and even MacGyver-style ventilators. The university has also participated in multi-site studies about the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Stony Brook has been involved in more than 200 dedicated research projects across all disciplines, which span 45 academic departments and eight colleges and schools within the university. Sotiropoulos, whose expertise is in computational fluid mechanics, joined a group of researchers at SBU to conduct experiments on the effectiveness of masks in stopping the way aerosolized viral particles remain in the air, long after patients cough, sneeze, and even leave the room. “Some of these droplets could stay suspended for many minutes and could take up to half an hour” to dissipate in a room, especially if there’s no ventilation, Sotiropoulos said, and added he was pleased and proud of the scientific community for working together to understand the problem and to find solutions. “The commitment of scientists at Stony Brook and other universities was quite inspirational,” he said. According to Sotiropoulos, the biggest danger to combating the virus comes from the “mistrust” of science, He hopes the effectiveness of the vaccine in turning around the number of people infected and stricken with a variety of difficult and painful symptoms can convince people of the value of the research. Sotiropoulos said the rules the National Institutes of Health have put in place have also ensured that the vaccine is safe and effective. People who question the validity of the research “don’t understand how strict this process is and how many hurdles you have to go through.” Part 2 will appear in an upcoming issue.

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Local lawmakers demand priority of senior citizen COVID-19 vaccine BY KIMBERLY BROWN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Republican elected officials gathered at a press conference in Hauppauge Thursday, Jan. 14, calling out Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on the state’s failed vaccine rollout. State senators, including Mario Mattera (R-St. James) and Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk), demanded that Cuomo implement a plan to fix issues that have arisen since the vaccine was authorized to be distributed. Senior citizen and West Babylon resident, Anna Foley, shared her experience of how difficult it has been to obtain the vaccine, which she has still not received. “I’m 83 years old, fighting two types of cancer and other underlying medical problems,” she said. “I can’t seem to get anyone to help. I have looked at the New York State website, called pharmacies, doctors, hospitals, and I even tried my union to see if I can get any information, to no avail.” Foley mentioned the difficulties senior citizens are facing while trying to make an appointment for the vaccine, saying that most people ages 80 and over are not computer savvy, and the locations where the vaccine is administered are too far to drive to. Mattera pointed out how the federal government still has not released the new vaccine to pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS, giving residents fewer options of locations where they can receive the vaccine. In his plea to the governor, Mattera said, “Get the vaccine here and get more locations.

State Sen. Mario Mattera along with other Republican elected officials call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to implement a plan to fix vaccine rollout issues in Hauppauge Jan. 14. Photo by Kimberly Brown

Right now, there are four locations, and do you know what they say? They say, ‘We don’t know what to do, we can’t help you.’ It’s unacceptable.” The partial and full closings of businesses, mandated by Cuomo, were intended to combat rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. However, Palumbo said even though businesses are partially closed, the cases are still increasing. “The Legislature needs to get involved, we need to get control back,” he said. “We need to get those vaccinations out, and as quickly as possible — not throw them in the garbage.” Many of the politicians also discussed

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Obituaries

Frederick Troll, former Elwood resident, active with BSA BY PHYLLIS STEIN

Frederick C. Troll, 86, formerly of Elwood, died Jan. 1 in Howard County, Maryland, of natural causes. Fred was born in Brooklyn to Theodore and Marie Troll and raised in Ozone Park, where he attended St. Mary Gate of Heaven School. After graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, Fred began his career as an electrician, becoming a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 25, where he served as an electrical foreman for most of his career. The love of Fred’s life was his wife, Lucille, whom he married in 1954. Fred and Lucille moved to Elwood in 1958, where they raised four children, Kathleen, Thomas, John and Richard. Proud Elwood citizens, Fred and Lucille became very involved in the Elwood Taxpayers Association, both serving multiple terms as officers, including president. During his tenure, Fred established the “Elwood News,” the Elwood Community Council, the Elwood Community Calendar, Elwood Day, the Elwood Scholarship Fund, and was instrumental in founding Elwood Park. A charter member of the Cuba Hill School PTA, he started the Elwood Teen A.C., and served as Chairman of the Harborfields-Elwood Youth Development Association. A devout Roman Catholic, Fred was a leader in the movement to establish a new parish in the community, leading to the formation of St. Matthew’s Church, where he was a religious instructor and member of the Nocturnal Adoration Society. The Knights of Columbus Council 4810 inducted Fred in 1967, and he later become an

honorary member. Always a concerned citizen, Fred served as a committeeman in the local Democratic Club and as chairman in 1972. Fred served on the Town of Huntington’s first Citizens Capital Budget Committee, and as chairman of the Town of Huntington’s Housing Authority Commission. While serving in the latter role, he recognized the need for organized youth activities and formed a Cub Scout Pack and a Boy Scout Troop, acting as Cub Master and Scoutmaster. After his retirement from the electrical industry, Fred and Lucille joined the IBEW Local 25 Retirees Club, in which Fred relished his role as Chaplain. Fred joined the Suffolk County Y- Jewish Community Center and became an active member of the Y Men’s Club, the Y Current Events Club, and published the “Golden Times” monthly newsletter. After attending a performance of the Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan at a scouting event, Fred arranged for the Israeli Scouts to perform at the Y and at Huntington’s Temple Beth El. Fred had a lifetime history with the Boy Scouts of America, beginning in childhood as a Cub Scout. Fred served several years as scoutmaster and assistant scoutmaster for Troop 125, as the Roundtable Commissioner in the Dan Beard District as well as a Merit Badge Counselor in the Dan Beard Scouting District, and after redistricting in 1993, the Matinecock Scouting District in Suffolk County Council (BSA). Fred also served as the Council Commissioner for the Theodore Roosevelt Council (BSA) and in many leadership positions in both the Suffolk and Nassau Scouting communities. These included staffing several Wood Badge Training courses

(and was the Scoutmaster for a Wood Badge Course) as well as holding several positions including Sagamore Master of the Sagamore Service Troop. For his volunteer efforts, Fred was honored and recognized with a number of prestigious awards including the Order of the Arrow (BSA’s National Honor Camping Society) Vigil Honor, The George Meany Award (given to Union Scouters — he was one of only three presented on Long Island), the Silver Beaver Award (a National BSA recognition), Commissioner’s Arrowhead Award, the Flame and Cross Award from the United Methodist Church, and the Jewish Committee on Scouting’s Shofar Award during his tenure in both the Suffolk County Council (BSA) and the Theodore Roosevelt Council BSA (Nassau County) Fred was proud of his sons, John and Richard, who both attained the rank of Eagle Scout, and of his son, Thomas, who attained the rank of Life Scout (and went on to become an Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 509 while in the Air Force). Fred’s proudest moment in scouting was in 2012, when he administered the Eagle Oath to his eldest grandchild, Christopher, at Christopher’s Eagle Court of Honor. Fred and Lucille enjoyed visits with their grandchildren and the times they spent with their many friends. After Fred’s retirement, they often traveled to Atlantic City to see shows, dine and play in the casinos. The couple also traveled across Italy, visited England, cruised to Hawaii, Alaska and Nova Scotia, and sailed the Mississippi on a riverboat. In 2000, 2006 and 2011, Fred and Lucille traveled with their children to Germany to attend the Familientreffen (reunion) of the extended family of Troll cousins from around the world.

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Fred is predeceased by sons Richard and Thomas and wife of 66 years, Lucille. Fred is survived by his daughter, Kathleen, and her husband, Albert Free; his son, John, and his wife, Nancy; and grandchildren Christopher, Jennifer, Matthew, Emily and Jacquelina. A wake for Fred Troll was held at Commack Abbey Jan. 10, where Troop 125 Boy Scouts conducted a closing ceremony. Holy Mass of the Resurrection was held at St. Matthew R.C. Church in Dix Hills the next day followed by internment at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale. A Memorial Service is planned for late 2021. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Fred’s memory to your favorite charity or to: Boy Scout Troop 125, c/o 3 Candy Lane, Commack, NY 11725; The Wood Badge Scholarship Fund, 7 Scouting Blvd, Medford, NY 11763; or, the Sagamore Troop of Theodore Roosevelt Council BSA, Attn: Scout Exec, 544 Broadway, Massapequa, NY 11758.

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BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Doug Jansson hasn’t been home in over six weeks, and his story is being heard all around the world. Right now, the lead pastor of Living Word Church in Hauppauge is in the Intensive Care Unit at Stony Brook University Hospital, said his wife Kelly Jansson. But the good news is he’s alive and heading toward recovery after a terrifying battle with COVID-19. On Nov. 30, the Jansson family tested positive for the virus. After 10 days, his wife said, Doug was getting worse so they called an ambulance. “I got a phone call the day before Christmas Eve that he was declining,” Kelly said, her voice breaking. “They didn’t think he was going to make it.” Doug, a healthy, athletic 42-year-old father of three from Smithtown, who grew up in Huntington, shouldn’t have gotten the virus, she said. “I think I remember him being sick only a handful of times in the 20 years we’ve been married,” she said. “When we got COVID, he was worried about me — nobody was worried about him getting hit this hard.” Kelly said the next day he was put on a ventilator. “He was not doing well,” she said. “They weren’t sure if he was going to make it half the day.” But she said the doctors and nurses at SBUH have been “amazing” toward her husband and family. “I got a phone call saying they had a plan to save his life,” she said. Doug spent six days on life support and 13 on a ventilator. Eventually he was moved to the ICU where he sent his wife a text after

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long battle ahead of him. “But every day is a step forward, and any step forward is a significant step.” While his titles are father, pastor, husband and son, Kelly said she has another name for him now. “There is no doubt this is a miracle — God responded and did something,” she said. “I call him Miracle Man … God did this.”

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Raising awareness

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, Harborfields High School’s 10th grade Student Government members donated $1,500 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The team collectively designed and sold children’s and adult-sized t-shirts, long-sleeved shirts and sweatshirts across the district’s schools, raising breast cancer awareness and a sense of community. “I think it’s something that is really impactful especially because there is so little

we can do in this time, and it’s so strange that we can’t be together and gather,” said Student Government President Nahrahel Louis. “We thought that this would be a great way to bring the community spirit back by collectively coming together and supporting this one thing. It has truly been a team effort.” Members of the Student Government also planned and executed districtwide “Pink Day[s]” Nov. 12-13. Students, faculty and staff wore their new apparel in solidarity.

Northport-East Northport Elementary Schools Science rooted in storytelling

Northport-East Northport elementary schools are preparing to roll out an updated New York State Science Learning Standards science unit curriculum to third graders districtwide. The new unit called “What Happened to the Dinosaurs?” is a life science unit about interdependent relationships in ecosystems that students will be learning this spring. The district’s elementary science curriculum writing team has been working on developing the unit lesson plan and emphasized that it is rooted in storytelling. Katie Moy, one of the first teachers to pilot the program at Ocean Avenue last week, shared that storytelling means “every lesson comes back to our central theme,” which ultimately helps students understand the “why” behind their problem solving. Students in the Technology and Engineering Department at the high school created a life size 3D dinosaur to launch the program and help further inspire the third graders. During the first lesson of the pilot, students learned about the process of digging for dinosaur bones and used miniature sand boxes to replicate the process. Throughout

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the next few weeks, students will continue on with this dinosaur theme, learning about their ecosystems, anatomy, ecology and more. District Chairperson of Science, Technology and Engineering David Storch shared that these lesson plans are based on “three dimensions: science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and cross cutting concepts.”

Above, pictured left to right, board of education trustee Sara Siddiqui, John H. Glenn High School Principal Carisa Burzynski and Nobel Nights Kimberly Barnes, Solomon Buchman, Suzanne Hulme, Krista Albrecht and Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Bossert. Below, Elwood-John H. Glenn High School’s chamber strings ensemble celebrated the New Year with a performance. Photo from Elwood Union Free School District

Recognizing exceptional staff

Following an uplifting performance by the Elwood-John H. Glenn High School chamber strings ensemble, the district’s board of education was thrilled to honor several high school staff members for their unwavering commitment to success. The orchestra students and director Emily Dana were credited with bringing a sense of “normalcy” to the meeting. “For the first time in 10 months I felt like I was transitioning into a new norm,” said board President James Tomeo. To commemorate the performance, Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Bossert presented the group with a certificate on behalf of himself and the board of education. “It’s often said that you don’t know what you have until you lose it,” he said. “I’m not sure it occurred to me just how much I enjoy listening to our students perform until we don’t have the ability to do that.” At the meeting, the board was also pleased to recognize the newest John H. Glenn High School Nobel Nights, Krista Albrecht, Kimberly Barnes, Solomon Buchman, Jennifer Champouillon, Nicole Gendjoian, Patricia Farrell, Suzanne Hulme, Patricia Iadarola, Arnold Kamhi, Christopher Lafferty and Sara Santos-Camacho. Recognizing each of them, though unfortunately not all were in attendance, Principal Carisa Burzynski extended her gratitude for their “profound” dedication to their students and school community. “It is truly my humble honor to serve this

faculty and these are among some of the best that we have at John Glenn,” she said. Initiated in 2018, the Noble Night award aims to recognize the great work that faculty and staff are doing in the classroom, on the field and in co-curricular settings. To close out the commendations, the board also sought to recognize the tireless efforts of Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Maureen Hull, Assistant Superintendent for Business Lorraine Dunkel and Bossert. “They do a lot of work that starts at the top and transcends all the way down to the bottom,” Tomeo said. “We are fortunate to have some of the best leaders and our district is reflective of that.”

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Fearlessly moving forward All semblance of fairness lost It was during Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inauguration address in 1933 when he uttered the famous sentence, “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” It was a call to Americans to work together to fight against dark times. Our country has known collective terror throughout the decades, and 2020 will be remembered as the year we feared an invisible virus and people taking advantage of peaceful protests by looting stores and burning cars. That trepidation carried over into the new year as citizens watched as extremists sieged the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Nearly 90 years after Roosevelt called for Americans to fight fear, we find ourselves afraid of our fellow citizens. Since the attack on the People’s House in Washington, D.C., members of Congress are worried that their safety, as well as that of their family members, is in jeopardy. Some even believe their own colleagues will harm them if they speak out against former President Donald Trump (R). Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI-03), a freshman congressman, told CNN he was afraid of possible threats after he voted to impeach Trump. The fear has trickled down to our own neighborhoods as many are hesitant to speak their opinions, afraid if their views are more conservative than others they will be tied to the extremists who assaulted the Capitol. There are those who once wouldn’t think twice about standing on a corner to protest or rally, even if people who held opposing views were right across the street. Now many are hesitant that their words might be met with foul language, assault and worse. Many this past summer, during protests, witnessed foul language being exchanged between protesters and antiprotesters. Black Lives Matters participants in a rally in Smithtown in June took to social media alleging that they were assaulted. In September, a Massapequa man was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 64-year-old man who was rallying with the North Country Patriots, a conservative group that meets on the corner of Bennetts Road and Route 25A every Saturday morning. Our times have become so divisive that many have forgotten the adversities Americans have gone through together — the Great Depression, the world wars, 9/11 and more. These horrific events didn’t leave us weaker, they left us stronger. We became stronger because we live in a country where we have the right to pursue happiness, the right to gather, the right to express our opinions and so much more. And while we may not have the right to use those words and actions to cause harm to others or property, we have those rights. Most of our fellow Americans get that. So let’s move forward together, stronger and more fearlessly than before with knowledge and empathy, embracing our freedoms and respecting that others in this country enjoy the same rights.

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Our historic right to free speech, as American citizens, has been under serious attack, and it is not likely to improve during the upcoming Joe Biden [D] administration. Since the election and inauguration of President Donald Trump [R], we have been faced with a diabolical cabal of partisan zealots, including the majorities of our TV networks, newspapers, college campuses, Hollywood celebrities and digital media outlets, particularly Twitter, Facebook and Google. These groups have lost all semblance of fairness, and no longer even pretend to provide fair coverage of both sides of the political aisle. According to their unabashed propaganda, Trump has done nothing right, and Biden and his collaborators and supporters have done nothing wrong. In actual fact, nothing could be further from the truth. In the months leading up to the election, information began to surface regarding Biden’s son, Hunter. It appeared that Hunter Biden, when he was not

incapacitated from his overindulgence in recreational drugs, was extensively involved with a number of Chinese companies, for which he had received many millions of dollars for the sole purpose of providing a path of access to his father, when Joe was the vice president. As time went on, these allegations became increasingly supported by evidence, including the acknowledgement that Hunter was being investigated by the U.S. Attorney in Delaware for tax issues. And an extremely credible witness appeared, named Tony Bobulinski, who appeared to have irrefutable evidence that Hunter did in fact receive millions of dollars from Chinese sources, and that significant portions of this money were earmarked for Joe and Jim Biden, who is Joe’s brother. However, unless you watch Tucker Carlson on Fox News, or you read the New York Post, you were probably unaware of these startling disclosures, because the media conspired to keep it under tight wraps, even going so far as to ensure that candidate Joe Biden was

never put into a position where he was forced to answer a single tough question about the whole sordid Hunter affair. Over the last four years, we have seen one-sided, patently unfair coverage of every aspect of the Trump administration, including the two Supreme Court nominations, the farcical Mueller report, the totally political impeachment, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Democrat sanctuary city riots, in which the anarchists were allowed, and even encouraged, to vandalize, loot, burn, spray paint, destroy businesses and topple statues. In 1776, a few months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, with a clear foreboding of the dark days ahead, Tom Paine got it right when he said, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” I wonder what Tom Paine would have to say about our plight today. George Altemose East Setauket

Gratitude for small acts of kindness

As I am returning to “The Land of the Living,” I am thinking of the world this past holiday season and what COVID-19 has done to it. I know it changed my world to a pretty scary place for a while. An overachieving, list-making, focused person disappeared and a rather helpless, and very forgetful one, emerged. Returning home after a week on oxygen in Stony Brook University Hospital, I wondered how I would manage with my closest family over 3,000 miles away. “Family” is an interesting word, and I’ve been blessed with two kinds. One biological and one joined together by friendship and a sense of common purpose. The first called twice a day, the second has been outside my door or in my garage with nourishing food, beautiful flowers and addicting cookies. My formerly empty refrigerator became a repertory for tempting treats and great homemade meals — and it was overflowing with kindness. It is hard to

explain the worth of good chicken soup or homemade meatballs to a healthy active person — but to one confined to home, bed and kitchen — it was “more priceless than rubies!” So, my dear ones, my St. James family, my gratitude for your acts of kindness is beyond measure. In a conversation with a special friend who is now responsible for at least a five-pound weight gain, I shared my feelings about being the recipient of all this kindness — a little disconcerting when I’d much prefer being the donor. She said something unexpected and well worth passing on to all of you. After a prolonged and difficult illness, her husband passed away and she confided that in all that time, only a few if anyone offered a helping hand. One would think this would have affected her negatively, but instead she vowed to become a person who would “pay it forward” and she has, and those acts of kindness prompted

acts of kindness in return. COVID-19 has separated families and caused terrible hardship and pain, but the one thing that has become clear through this past horrible year, is that caring people make a difference in ways large and small. I know firsthand what that meant. Thoughtfulness and kindness are never small. Their worth is beyond measure. My St. James family has been my link to getting better, being nourished and being able to return to the outside world — to all of you. After this holiday season, I can honestly say that I see the world a bit differently and with much gratitude to still be here! My heartfelt wish for all of you is to never take your families for granted — both the biological one and the extended one — and to “pay it forward” when you can. Natalie Weinstein St. James

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What to do when you meet someone new in 2021

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Ideally, we’d stand somewhere between six and 60 feet away from them, especially if we’re inside. That could be problematic for people who can’t hear all that well and who don’t have the beneﬁt of reading anyone’s lips anymore. In fact, I’m thinking of going into the business of selling those Mission Impossible voice changers. If you’ve seen the movies, you know that the Tom Cruise teams can change their voices to sound like everyone else. Most of us who have heard our own voices on voicemail would like a few moments to sound more like James Earl Jones or Scarlett Johansson. Maybe we like our own voice, but we’d prefer to have a British, Australian or New Zealand accent. We could change our accents, the way we change the navigational voice on Siri and ask people if they know where we’re pretending we were raised. Now, what we discuss is a bit tricky in the hypersensitive, polarized world of 2021. Someone who’s walking a dog most likely

From the frivolous to the critical

hree things I want to tell you about today. The ﬁrst is of a friend who knocks on my window each day that the sun is out. At ﬁrst, he annoyed me, distracting me from my keyboard or my Zoom screen. But as the social distancing and the isolating in place have continued, I changed my tune. When he doesn’t come, I miss him for he keeps me company. He has brought color to my winter world with his improbable crimson feathers easy to spot among Between the brown limbs of the naked trees and you and me the often slate sky. BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF By now you have probably guessed that I am referring to a cardinal, one who calls my property his home, too.

He is not just content to share my trees, however. He wants in to my house. Well, not exactly. When the sun is shining, he sees a reflection of my surrounding bushes in my glass windows and thinks he can just continue to fly in their direction. I give him a high mark for determination because he tries over and over again. At the same time, I have to give him a low mark for intelligence because he doesn’t seem to learn from his abrupt crashes that the way is blocked for him. I guess the term “bird brain” would be appropriate, but I don’t want to discourage him since he reminds me that there is life outside my house, and he doesn’t seem to cause himself any damage with his efforts. The second thing to share is that we have binged our way through the eight episodes of “Bridgerton,” a new historic series on Netflix, and I would give it a B+. It’s a little slow and talky, in the way of Jane Austen, but it has real worth for some of its subject matter. The main theme deals with the impossible position of upper class women in 19th century Europe.

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would be happy to talk about their fourfooted companion. I’ve been surprised by the type of questions and information people seek when they talk about my dog. People have asked not only how old he is, but also how much he weighs, as if dogs around his size are in some kind of modeling contest. Fortunately, my dog doesn’t seem particularly concerned about his weight, as he demonstrates regularly with a feverish appetite for everything from broccoli to french fries to cat vomit. Yes, he eats cat vomit, which means that if I cook something he won’t eat, he thinks it tastes worse than cat vomit, a notion that delights my teenage children. Now, if you’re thinking about politics, you probably should keep that to yourself. Unless someone is wearing a MAGA hat or has some version of Dump Trump on a T-shirt, it’s tough to know where they stand on the plate tectonic sized political divide. We can talk about sports, but we run the risk of someone telling us how irrelevant

sports is in the modern world during a pandemic or how they wish they could return to the age when sports mattered. Children seem like fair game, although we have to watch out for many age-related mineﬁelds. My son, for example, is a senior in high school. Some parents are happy to tell you all the colleges that accepted and rejected their children, while others are content to share what city or even what coast intrigues their progeny, as in, “yes, my son has only applied to schools on the East Coast or in states with fewer than seven letters” (there are nine states in that category, by the way). So, where does that leave us in the strange world where we’re all putting on masks before we go into a bank (imagine taking a time machine from 1999 and seeing those entering a bank without masks getting into trouble?) Well, the weather is often safe, as are dogs, the disruption the pandemic caused and, generally speaking, children.

The poor things had but two goals in life: to marry well and to produce heirs. This was for the good of the family and only incidentally for their own benefit, so they suffered from lots of family pressure and control. That’s old hat, though, for us 21st century viewers. However, the series is somewhat original for populating London in the 1800s with a totally integrated cast. The Duke is black and the debutante is white, but that’s just for starters. The one theme that’s absent is any discussion of racism. There is none. You can pretty well guess how the love story ends up, but it’s fun watching the couple and their supporting cast get there. The third subject is more serious and important to share. You know by now that our new president is making it mandatory to wear face masks in federal buildings and on planes, trains and buses that cross state lines. He is also urging the rest of us to wear masks at least for his first 100 days in office. “Observational studies have suggested that widespread mask wearing can curb infections and deaths on an

impressive scale, in settings as small as hair salons and at the level of entire countries,” according to an article by Katherine J. Wu in the Science section of this past Tuesday’s The New York Times. Now comes further advice about mask wearing. Double-masking is even better and for obvious reasons. In order for the droplets that carry the virus to get to our nose and mouth, they have to work their way through the tangle of threads in a cloth mask or the ﬁlter in a surgical one. Double the masks and we double the difﬁculty. The best arrangement, we are advised, would be a face-hugging cloth mask over a surgical mask. As if one weren’t miserable enough, now we are urged two. Yes, the vaccines are here and more are coming, but it will take a while for the logistics of delivery to get ironed out. And the numbers of patients stricken with the disease keep escalating, so we have to continue to maintain our distancing, our hygiene and yes, our masks.

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