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December 9, 2021

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Kevin Gershowitz, president of Gershow Recycling, behind podium, speaks during a press conference announcing the Town of Huntington’s Anti-Drunk and Distracted Driving campaign on Nov. 30. Photo from Gershow Recycling

Gershow Recycling donates use of wrecked vehicle to town for Anti-Drunk and Distracted Driving campaign

Gershow Recycling recently donated the use of a wrecked car in support of the Town of Huntington’s Anti-Drunk and Distracted Driving Campaign, according to a press release from Gershow Recycling.

Presented by Town of Huntington Councilman Mark Cuthbertson (D) and the Town Board, the program reminds residents of the dangers of drunk or distracted driving during the holidays.

Kevin Gershowitz, president of Gershow Recycling, took part in a press conference that was held on Nov. 30, along with local elected

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officials, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and law enforcement personnel.

Gershowitz thanked the town and MADD for their public awareness efforts and noted that Gershow takes in thousands of vehicles that were involved in serious accidents each year, some of which were the result of drunk driving.

“There’s no reason to drive drunk today,” Gershowitz said. “Technology has afforded us the ability to use Uber, Lyft and all the types of ride-sharing services. I urge you: take advantage of it. Have fun, but stay away from your car if you’ve had too much to drink.”

On a recent fall day, Friends of the Northport-East Northport Public Library planted 100 daffodil bulbs that they purchased to enhance the grounds of both library buildings. Membership chair Penny Ferraro organized the project and had advice from member and master gardener Eileen Anders, along with the hard work of Susan Walsh Lauria and Doreen Earl. Everyone looks forward to seeing their efforts bloom this spring.

The Friends of the Northport-East Northport Public Library are volunteers who support the library and the outstanding staff and programs. They are always looking for new members and new ideas. Throughout the year, membership applications are available at each library.

Some of the projects funded by the Friends include: • Round trip LIRR train tickets to NYC for only $12 • Engaging author visits

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• Discounted vouchers for the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead • Victor Readers for the Library to help visually impaired patrons

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County

Some North Shore school districts experience faculty shortages certain ones so they can adjust who the aides work with throughout the course of the day.

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

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

draw more folks for the first time,” she said.

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Reaching out

This year as students returned to the classrooms full time, school officials are facing problems hiring enough faculty members.

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

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

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

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

“We even increased the salaries to try to

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

Dabrusky said he “created a human resources Facebook page to help cast a wider net in an effort to reach a greater number of potential candidates.” The search has also led to the Three Village assistant superintendent revamping the human resources tab on the district’s website and using other sites such as the BOCES online application system, SchoolFront and Indeed.

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

He added recommendations are also welcomed.

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

Solutions

Katz said the district has been utilizing all staff members.

“Many part-time aides are working double shifts and covering various positions as lunch monitors and classroom aides,” he said. “We have hired a number of full-time aides to provide

Possible reasons Districts across the North Shore are looking for teachers, substitutes and aides. Stock photo

the necessary support. Teachers are covering classes during their lunch and preparation periods. Other certified staff are providing coverage in classrooms, as necessary.”

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

The superintendent said they have also looked at the IEP [individualized education program] aides for students who need them to see if they require someone for all periods or just

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

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

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

Katz also pointed to the overall decline.

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

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School News Harborfields High School

All-State honors

New York State Assemblyman Steve Stern visited Harborfields High School on Nov. 22 to present proclamations to 11 seniors who had been selected last year for the American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary

Girls State summer leadership and citizenship programs. Recognized for this achievement were Chad Berlent, Quintin Gegwich, Anna Gosselin, Wyatt LaFountaine, Christian McNally, Andrew Palermo, Nicholas Ruisi, Nicolas Saliou, Jack

Steel, William Sullivan and Moore Theobald.

“I think anyone who has ever been associated with the Boys and Girls State program in any way knows they will still be talking about it years and years from now,” Stern told the students.

the efficacy of immersive virtual reality in earth science classes.

“We take complex topics and the kids have to stand up there and debate for a period,” Chesnoff said. “They’re judged by their peers on who had the stronger debate. It really does teach argumentative thinking and reasoning in a way that is authentic and demanding, and the kids rise to the occasion.”

Chesnoff and Greening have seen firsthand how the Capstone program at Glenn has successfully evolved over time.

“Getting to work with some of the best students we have in the school, and seeing their diverse interests, has helped to showcase not only the various talents that they have, but also has showed us that the students can do research at a higher level,” Greening said. “We’ve seen the

growth from the first year, where we had mediocre success, to last year, when we had six kids graduating with 5 grades on their AP Research projects and another four with 4 grades.”

Many of the students feel that the Capstone program has helped immensely in preparing them for their college studies and career plans.

“I think it gives you a voice, and the kind of tools to come prepared to make an argument, because you have the research and the means to argue your point and have that on hand,” said senior Kevin Kelly.

“Writing skills are important in any discipline,” said senior Braden Gastaldi. “I’m going to major in business, so being able to draw conclusions accurately from a given piece of text and express myself on paper are very important.”

“Your experience benefits all of us, because we all know what a tremendous opportunity you will have, and what outstanding leaders you are all going to be, whatever you choose to do, and that’s great for all of us as a community.”

John H. Glenn High School Think for themselves

Now in its fifth year, the AP Capstone program at John H. Glenn High School was successfully implemented to provide students with the best opportunity for achievement. Capstone equips students with the independent research, collaborative teamwork and communication skills that are increasingly valued by colleges and employers. AP Capstone is built on the foundation of two AP courses: AP Seminar, which debuted in the 2017-18 school year, followed

by AP Research. Students can complete one or both courses with the possibility to obtain an AP Capstone Certificate or AP Capstone Diploma.

AP Seminar, taught by Garrett Chesnoff, is a foundational course that engages students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing and synthesizing divergent perspectives, with an emphasis on collaboration and team learning. It can be taken in sophomore year in lieu of English 10 Honors, or as an elective in a student’s junior or senior year.

AP Research, taught by Richard Greening, can be taken in junior or senior year. It allows students to deeply explore an academic topic, problem, issue or idea of individual interest, culminating in a 4,000-5,000-word academic paper and a presentation with an oral defense.

The more than a dozen Capstone proposals at Glenn from the last year included such research topics as the effectiveness of online and hybrid learning models, the impact of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, religious interference on the forensic autopsy process, the effects of texting slang on formal writing and

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All-State honors

Earning All-State honors, Elwood — John H. Glenn High School student Sofia Condron placed 11th overall in the 2021 New York State cross-country championship meet, held Nov. 13 at Chenango Valley State Park in Binghamton. Condron completed the race in a time of 19:24, good enough to place her on the 2021 All-State team.

“Sofia ran an amazing race here,” said her coach, Pat Burke. “We knew that this course was a bit flatter than Sunken Meadow, so Sofia was really able to highlight her strength and speed to run a dominating race. She put everything out there in the race, dropping over 30 seconds from her previous best time for a new personal best in the 5K race.”

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County Suozzi announces nearly $3 million in matching federal grants for protection of the Sound

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM On Dec. 7, in a virtual press conference, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY3) announced matching federal agency grants that will bring nearly $3 million in funds to the 3rd Congressional District to help to protect and preserve the Long Island Sound.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have all contributed funds to the grants.

The organizations or agencies receiving the grants will need to match the funds.

Suozzi, who is the co-chair of the bipartisan Long Island Sound Caucus, said during the Dec. 7 press conference that the main problems environmentalists have encountered with the waterway through the years have been hypoxia, and nitrogen being released into the Sound from sewage treatment plants. He called the waterway “our national park” and said it has improved over the last few decades but still needs more care.

“If you look at the water, just look at it,

it’s clearer than it used to be,” he said. “If you look at the wildlife, you see more osprey and more red-tailed hawks.”

He added there has also been more bunker fish in the water.

Also taking part in the virtual press conference were Curt Johnson, Save the Sound president; Cecilia Venosta-Wiygul, Udalls Cove Preservation Committee and Douglaston Civic Association board member; Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment; Vanessa Pino Lockel, executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk; Eric Swenson, executive director of Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee; Carol DiPaolo from the Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor; and Heather Johnson, executive director of Friends of the Bay located in Oyster Bay. The groups will benefit from the grants, and Suozzi praised them for their efforts in protecting the Sound.

“It’s a constant effort by all the people on this call working together as a team,” he said.

Also, speaking during the virtual press conference, was Northport Mayor Damon

McMullen. He said the village has been working on upgrading the sewer system, and doing so has made a “huge difference.” He said the village has been able to reduce its nitrogen output from 19 pounds a day to less than 2 pounds. The mayor said the village has put money in next year’s budget for stormwater control which will help to catch pollutants and pesticides before they enter Northport Harbor and ultimately wind up in the Sound.

There will be $105,001 made available in a program known as Green Infrastructure to Improve Water Quality in Northport Harbor and Long Island Sound. Grant money will go toward rain gardens to capture stormwater in the village which the mayor said he believes is the next step in achieving the goal of cleaner water.

The grants include $170,000 to develop a Long Island Sound Student Action Plan, and among the projects that will benefit from the funding is the Long Island Sound Summit for High School Students, Esposito said. The project included 125 students from four schools this year, and she said they are anticipating 250 students from eight

schools in the upcoming year, including Northport, Smithtown and Rocky Point.

Part of the project includes students taking water samples and looking at microplastic content of the Sound, studying the effects of nitrogen on the native cordgrass along the shore and more.

Among other grants, $729,606 is earmarked for new methods to enhance coastal restoration and resilience at Centerport Harbor; and $152,314 for expanding oyster sanctuaries in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor.

When Suozzi first came into office in January of 2017, he said funding at the time for the Sound was about $4 million.

This year it was more than $30 million, according to him.

While Suozzi was pleased his district will be granted money, he said any area along the Sound getting help is a plus.

“If we get money in Connecticut, if we get money for New York City’s combined sewer outfall, it helps all of us, because there’s no geographic boundaries,” he said. “There’s no congressional boundaries in the Long Island Sound. We’re all in this together.”

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Movers and Shakers

Part three: Reflections on Jefferson’s Ferry’s 20th anniversary

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

Bill Lockwood: ‘Hello Mrs. Lockwood, Can Billy Come Out to Play?’

As the father of an adventurous only child, and part of a far-flung family, Bill Lockwood knew that he had to write a family history if his son was ever going to know from whence he came. What was conceived as a short family history grew to encompass Lockwood’s childhood in Ridgewood, Queens, his military service, career in banking, his own artistic endeavors and his reconnection with his artistic family.

“Basically, I had opinions and wanted to express them against a backdrop of what was going on in the world at that time,” he said of his memoir. “Each chapter represents a certain period of my life.”

In addition to the writer’s particular experiences with his family, he also paints a larger picture of the times — the social and economic drivers, what Long Island was like in the 1940s and the other forces that shaped the decisions people made. Quite the raconteur, Lockwood has a razor-sharp memory for names, places and situations.

His unabashed and relatable anecdotes take the reader back to a time and place that feels as fresh as last week. While he self-identifies as someone who didn’t put much effort into schoolwork, sports and music, he clearly has a talent for recognizing and pursuing an opportunity. He’s been happily married to the girl next door for 62 years, parlayed what he called a middling talent as a drummer into a well-paid job in early adulthood and formed his own highly successful business.

Lockwood is always on the lookout for an enriching experience and life-changing experience.

In part by using this native talent, he was able to fashion a phenomenally successful career in the banking industry. Working for U.S. Trust, Lockwood became involved in the valuation of assets held in trusts and estates by the bank, predominantly closely held family businesses interests, for commission and tax purposes. This work represented a fraction of the business the

From left to right, Bill Lockwood holds his memoir; Doris Williams with her husband George’s book; and Tony Tallarico and his wife, Elvira, with his comic book ‘Lobo.’ Photos from Jefferson’s Ferry

bank did as a whole but, as his expertise grew, he exploited this niche market and formed Empire Valuation Consultants, which grew to employ 80 people. In addition to performing valuations of stocks and other hard assets, he came up with valuations for investments as diverse as partial ownerships of National Football League teams.

Lockwood started writing in the late 1980s while learning how to use his first computer.

For the next 20 years, he worked on his book as time allowed. He also discovered a talent for woodworking. Lockwood’s siblings had all gravitated to the arts. His brother, George Lockwood, was a noted painter, sculptor, wood carver and lithographer. His twin, Patricia, is a painter of botanicals.

“I always wanted to do woodworking but never took the time to find chisels or other carving tools,” Lockwood said. Fortunately, his wife, Connie, bought him his first set of chisels “to get me out of her hair and down in the basement.” Today he carves out of his light-filled studio woodshop in his sprawling Jefferson’s Ferry cottage, where Connie and he have lived since 2018.

He started carving decoys. His first carving, a Canada goose, took first prize at a show. What first intrigued Lockwood about carving decoys is their beauty, form and distinct coloration. Every mallard, for example, is exactly alike in terms of color and feathering.

In time, he expanded his repertoire and

is known throughout the Jefferson’s Ferry community for his whimsical and charming carvings of nutcrackers, athletes and other figures, which he gives to families and friends, and donates to fundraisers. He has also carved numerous personalized walking sticks, including one for his Jefferson’s Ferry neighbor, fellow writer and fellow artist Tony Tallarico.

Keeping busy is important to Lockwood.

In addition to his carving, he serves on Jefferson’s Ferry’s Resident Council, goes trap shooting with friends five days a week, dines out regularly and enjoys great discussions. He is locally famous for his homemade beer, also his rye and caraway seed bread.

George and Doris Williams: ‘Adaptation and Natural Selection’

George Williams was a fish man. That’s what he told his future wife, Doris, at their first meeting. From that statement, Doris Williams knew that he was an ichthyologist. It helps to know that the pair met at a course in marine biology at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey, California. Both had studied zoology and biology.

And so began the adventure of a lifetime for George and Doris Williams. Their work took them around the United States and abroad, including twice to Reykjavik, Iceland, where in 1966, the couple and

their three daughters lived for a time. He studied cold-water plankton, and Doris taught fourth-through-sixth grades in a oneroom schoolhouse. She later earned a library science degree in 1968.

Iceland had collections of plankton going back 100 years. The Fisheries Institute the country offered George the opportunity to use its ships to collect more plankton.

The couple, along with their son and three daughters, widely traveled all around the island nation in an attempt to circumnavigate it. Doris Williams recalls fording icy streams.

While they never quite made it the whole way, there were other accomplishments to be had. He became fluent in Icelandic and published on the European and American species of eels and their potential hybrids on Iceland, further establishing himself in the scientific community.

In 1960, the Williams family moved to Stony Brook when George accepted a position in the Biology Department at the newly formed State University of New York at Stony Brook. At that time, the Stony Brook campus was being built, so he taught his classes at the Planting Fields in Oyster Bay. The Stony Brook campus opened in 1962. The university started its Ecology & Evolution Department in 1968 with George Williams as a member of the department.

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Tony Tallarico: artist and illustrator

Visit the home of Jefferson’s Ferry resident Tony Tallarico, author of more than a thousand illustrated comics and children’s books and you’ll find the walls and shelves of his office replete with his own cover art and other drawings, as well as those from various cartoonists he admires. He and his wife, Elvira, moved to their spacious cottage at Jefferson’s Ferry two-and-a-half years ago when it became too much of a job for them to

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for his compelling critique of group selection. Williams’ work in this area, along with a group of colleagues, led to the development of the gene-centered view of evolution in the 1960s. His most influential book, “Adaptation and Natural election,” proposed that natural selection almost always acts more directly, swiftly and strongly at the level of the gene or the individual than at the level of the group or even species. He published six other highly regarded books — both alone and with co-authors — and many influential papers.

He received two prestigious awards: the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal in 1992; and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Crafoord Prize, which Doris Williams likens to the Nobel Prize, in 1999.

He remained at Stony Brook University until his retirement in 1990.

The couple moved into Jefferson’s Ferry 20 years ago on the third day it was open. They had been looking for a community in which they could age in place with health care and have access to both Long Island’s waters and New York City, which they loved almost as much as the open water. George maintained an office in their apartment and Doris set up her loom, where over the years she created many beautiful garments and woven linens. The couple made many friends over the years with community residents.

George Williams died in 2010. Doris continues to live in their Jefferson’s Ferry independent living apartment.

In his obituary in Nature, former Stony Brook colleague Axel Meyer praised Williams, saying, “He would be remembered by evolutionary biologists as one of the most incisive thinkers of the 20th century. His major contribution, the theory of gene-level natural selection, left a profound and enduring stamp on fields from sociobiology and evolutionary psychology to behavioral ecology.”

maintain their former residence.

Over the course of his long and distinguished career, his genius has charmed readers of all ages and of varying interests. Comic book fans have enjoyed his work for Dell Comics and Charlton Comics, which includes the superhero comic “Blue Beetle,” also “Bewitched” and “Bobby Sherman,” modeled after the popular 1960s TV show and teen idol, respectively. Tallarico also drew Dell’s “Frankenstein” and “Dracula” superhero series and Harvey Comics’ superhero title “Jigsaw.”

Tallarico created the first Black comic book hero, “Lobo,” which was published in December 1965. Asked how he got the idea, he explained simply, “No one else was doing it.” The idea for Lobo came in part from a childhood experience that stuck with him. He was riding on a bus with his mother and a Black woman on crutches boarded. When his mother gave the woman her seat, she was criticized by some other riders. As an adult, the few Black men Tallarico saw in comic books were always the bad guys, so he decided to create a Black hero. “Lobo” didn’t do as well as he hoped, it was before its time. Several decades later, when Tony and Elvira attended an exhibit of Black cartoonists, on display was a cover of “Lobo” credited to author unknown.

“Lobo” was also considered as a movie vehicle for actor Dwayne Johnson, but that did not come to fruition.

Tallarico started writing books for children and their parents around the world in the 1960s, including “Look for Lisa,” “Hunt for Hector,” “The Big Book of Search and Find,” and countless other similar creative hunt-and-seek books.

“Adults help a child understand the world around them, expand their critical thinking and help them learn what are good questions to ask, although there are no bad questions,” Tallarico said.

During the 1960s, he was interviewed

by Walter Cronkite for “CBS Evening News” upon the publication of “The Great Society Comic Book,” which portrayed President Lyndon Johnson [D] and his cabinet as superheroes, with Lady Bird Johnson as a Wonder Womantype character. Tallarico also appeared as a guest on the television show “Romper Room” in the 1970s and was interviewed

by News 12 Long Island in the 1990s.

“Inspiration just happens when you are a part of something,” he said to explain his process. “I saw things that didn’t exist and wanted to do something about it.”

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Community News

LIU teams up with Huntington’s Community Thrift Shop

What’s old is new at Huntington’s Community Thrift Shop as Long Island University students reimagine the store to accelerate sales, according to a press release from the university. Students from LIU’s Fashion Merchandising & Management program are engaged in a creative venture that reflects LIU’s tradition of service to the community as well as a current focus on sustainability in fashion.

Students enrolled in LIU’s fashion program volunteer to design attractive thematic/seasonal displays to maximize sales in The Community Thrift Shop, located at 345 Main Street in Huntington. They also work on signage, messaging, photography and social media to broaden the customer base and stimulate purchases. Net sales from the thrift shop directly benefit the Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk.

In a unique cross-collaboration, LIU students with a keen eye for desirable vintage fashion price, display and sell clothing and accessories in The Student Body Boutique (LIU Post, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville). LIU’s share of proceeds from these sales will go towards scholarships for Fashion Merchandising students, while The Community Thrift Shop’s will help VNSHS serve local families who are facing health care crises.

“This collaboration exemplifies the experiential learning for which our university

is renowned,” said Long Island University President Kimberly Cline. “It also illustrates the creative ways that our students give back to the community while gaining experience that will drive success in their future careers.”

Cherie Serota, director of LIU’s Fashion Merchandising & Management program, explained, “Another highly advantageous aspect of this partnership is that it promotes circularity and sustainability in fashion, which is of pressing concern to our students and the industry worldwide. Thrifting reduces impact on the environment by upcycling and reusing clothing.

At the same time, it enables a larger population to access luxury brands. Our students not only use their merchandising and visual display skills, but also their buying expertise to identify merchandise that they can then offer at the Vintage Corner in our very own Student Body Boutique at affordable prices. It’s a win-win.”

The Student Body is an on-campus boutique that features trends and styles curated by LIU’s fashion students. The students select all the merchandise as well as manage and staff the boutique, giving them valuable experience to launch their careers in fashion. By showcasing The Community Thrift Shop items, they have an opportunity to promote sustainability while adding

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A plan for reform

Last week, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) announced the county’s comprehensive police reform and reinvention plan, which was approved by the Legislature back in March.

According to Bellone, the reform plan seeks cultural change in the Suffolk County Police Department, with enhanced civilian oversight, increased accountability and transparency through the use of body cameras, and an expanded mental health crisis response among many other initiatives and policy changes.

The plan focuses on seven major points for reform: training and continuing education, recruitment and staffing, community policing, traffic stops, arrests and warrants, mental health response and police systems, accountability and body cameras.

The body camera program has been a topic of debate not just locally, but nationally. While some believe that officers should not have to wear them, many think that it would be beneficial to not only those in uniform, but also to the county — it could save us money in terms of potential lawsuits or settlements.

Right now, the county has a pilot program where a limited number of SCPD officers wear body cameras. In an effort to increase transparency and accountability, the police reform and reinvention plan proposed that body worn cameras be deployed as standard police worn equipment for all county police officers who engage with the public in the course of their professional duties.

According to Bellone, starting in 2022, body-worn cameras will be deployed for approximately 1,600 SCPD officers with an incentive of $3,000 additional pay over the course of two years to wear them. Suffolk County has included, in its capital budget, $24 million over a five-year period for the purchase of the cameras, implementation of the program and maintenance of the body-worn cameras and data systems.

Nassau County has implemented a similar program while other jurisdictions in the U.S. have already begun giving officers bonus pay, negotiated by the police unions, for wearing cameras.

While the financial incentive might seem unfair to some, it’s not the worst thing.

If an officer gets a boost for wearing something that could help accountability and trust within the local police departments, then so be it. It would then create a domino effect, resulting in other officers jumping on board until each one is armed with a camera.

If all SCPD officers eventually sport a body cam, the bad apples will be weeded out and trust could come back to those who risk their lives on the job.

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Parents should be encouraged to get more involved in their child’s education, not less

BY U.S. REP. LEE ZELDIN

Education officials are pushing the adoption of a racist, hateful curriculum, which only serves to indoctrinate our children, sow racial resentment, promote radical ideas that aim to redefine gender and teach non-age-appropriate sex education lessons to young students, and pit students against one another. Parents across the United States have good reason to be outraged about the quality of education their children are receiving, and the notion that parents should be discouraged from pushing back is ludicrous.

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced it was launching an investigation to “address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel” by parents increasingly and rightfully worried about their kids’ education. We learned from Attorney General Merrick Garland’s recent testimony before the House Judiciary Committee that the basis for this investigation was a letter from the National School Boards Association, not actual crime data or evidence from any law enforcement agency.

The NSBA’s letter likened parents’ participation in school board meetings to domestic terrorism. Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request by Parents Defending Education, emails were obtained revealing that the NSBA coordinated with

White House officials when developing the letter. The NSBA has since apologized for the language it used in the letter, but the fact that language was used after consultation with the White House provides frightening insights into the Biden administration’s disregard for America’s parents wanting to improve the quality of their kids’ education.

Let me be clear: Concerned parents absolutely have the right to hold their elected officials and school board members accountable and make their voices heard in a nonviolent manner.

Parents know their children better than anyone, are their biggest and most persistent advocates, and have their best interests at heart. Certain politicians, at the local, state and federal levels, are peddling the idea that concern over curriculum is just a rightwing conspiracy theory and that parents having a say in the curriculum their children are taught is a threat to our schools and quality of education. That notion is patently absurd.

In one particularly alarming instance, first grade students at a New York school were being taught sex education lessons without the knowledge of the children’s parents. When parents caught wind of what was being taught, school administrators wrongly assured the parents they had simply misinterpreted the lessons. This dismissal of parents is unacceptable and is an alarming sign of how some educators view their role

versus the role of their students’ parents.

The real threats here are the erosion of the curriculum, the weaponization of the justice system and attempts to turn students against other students, not the parents who are courageously speaking out and pushing back on dangerous ideologies being taught in the classroom. One of the best ways to improve education in schools is for parents to be more actively involved, not less.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [R] recently said, “We teach the good and we teach the bad of history. But what we don’t do is make 7- and 10-year-olds feel that they are somehow bad people because of the color of their skin. We’ve been through that and we don’t need to do that again.” I couldn’t agree more. When children go to school, they need to be learning essential skills and information that will help them become productive members of society and shape their successful futures.

Pitting students against one another based on their races and genders will not help them achieve any of these goals and will cause severe damage to the learning environments in classrooms across the country. I am proud to stand with our nation’s parents in the effort to improve classrooms everywhere.

Rep. Lee Zeldin represents New York’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and is the presumptive Republican candidate for New York governor for the 2022 election.

DiNapoli’s review, the MTA has $2.6 billion worth of projects still in construction. This includes $1,964 million NYC Transit, $145 million LIRR and $399 million MetroNorth Railroad ongoing capital projects in construction. The MTA also has $1,575 million worth of projects that are not yet under way. This includes $1,209 million NYC Transit, $307 million LIRR and $44 million Metro-North Railroad. How do you make the case for Washington to increase the amount of federal funding when you can’t spend billions that you already have to complete capital projects?

The LIRR has only completed 20% of its $569 million program with 54% not yet under way. Projects still waiting to be started include $179 million for restoration of the East River Tunnels and $128 million for shops and yards. This includes resiliency measures in the West Side Yard and portals including the Long Island City Yard and the

East River Tunnels Queens entrances.

Why wasn’t this work completed prior to the impacts of COVID-19 starting in March 2020? Why weren’t contracts awarded for all those projects not underway prior to COVID-19?

Commuters, taxpayers, transportation advocates, transit reporters and local elected officials deserve a detailed explanation from the MTA on how these billions of dollars are being spent.

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for billions in capital projects and programs for the MTA, NYC Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road, MTA Bus, Suffolk County Transit, Town of Huntington HART Bus, New Jersey Transit along with 30 other transit agencies in NY & NJ.

Problems with MTA capital program

BY LARRY PENNER State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s [D] “A Review of Capital Needs and Resilience at the MTA” (Report 14-2022 December 2021) is very informative if you want a better understanding for the current state of affairs when it comes to the MTA capital program.

After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Federal Transit Administration provided several billion dollars in recovery and resiliency grants to the MTA. Most of the funding was approved in grants between 2012 and 2016.

It would be reasonable to assume that these critical projects would have been completed several years ago. Hurricane Sandy took place in 2012. Why nine years after Sandy is construction work still under way today for many projects? Why nine years after Sandy have some projects yet to start?

As of September 2021, according to

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Opinion SB’s Coach Langford discusses women’s basketball’s strong start

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efore each game, the Stony Brook University women’s basketball team meditates.

The pre-game ritual, among other changes and additions first-year Coach Ashley Langford instituted, has worked, as the team has a 7-1 record and sits first in the America East division.

Meditating “calms us and helps us visualize what we want to see in a game,” said India Pagan, a starter for Stony Brook and D. None a graduate student of the above with an extra year of

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF eligibility because of the COVID pandemic.

A standout guard for Tulane University who finished her college career first in assists, Langford appreciates how hard the team has

worked and how well they’ve come together.

“Our chemistry has been really good early on, to the point where, sometimes, [I wonder] is it November or is it March?” she said.

With five players averaging double digits in scoring, Stony Brook becomes harder to guard.

“On any given night, we’re moving and sharing the ball,” Langford said. “They are selfless. They don’t care who has the most points.”

While earning a spot in March Madness this year for just the second time in the program’s history would be rewarding, Langford focuses on each game.

“I’m a person that stays in the moment,” Langford said. “As long as we’re getting better, that puts us in a position to win the next game.

To that end, Langford would like the team to continue to improve in its transition defense.

She would like to see the team, which includes starters Earlette Scott, Gigi Gonzalez, Leighah-Amori Wool, Anastasia Warren and Pagan, continue to collect more offensive rebounds.

Langford’s assistant coaches, which includes

recruiting coordinator Shireyll Moore, have been searching for players who might join the program as student-athletes.

“We’re in the position we are today because we have pretty good players,” Langford said.

“My staff does a lot of this. They are more actively involved in the recruiting” each day.

Stony Brook has signed three current high school seniors and is focusing on juniors.

Before each game, Langford’s assistant coaches watch film of their opponents. They give her a cheat sheet before she watches film as well.

While Langford plans to stick to the team’s strengths, she will add a few wrinkles depending on the insights she gains about her opponents.

In the team’s first loss, Pagan and Warren were unavailable to play for medical reasons.

The team could have gone to Fordham feeling defeated, but the players fought to the end in a game they lost, 71-59.

“They don’t like losing, we don’t like losing,” Langford said. “They have responded

well this week.”

The start of a season as head coach has taught Langford several lessons, including pacing herself and, in particular, protecting her voice.

She drinks tea all day long and tells her staff to remind her not to yell in practice, because she shouts over the band at games.

In practice, Langford grabs a ball periodically to demonstrate what she’d like to see from her players.

As for her activity during the game, Langford sits only for about the first 30 seconds and then works the sidelines.

Pagan appreciates the work Langford puts in and the way her new coach has improved her game. While she used to get three or four rebounds a game, she’s often snagging 10 or more.

Pagan also sees herself hustling more, particularly after Langford created a drill where the players dive for loose balls.

“Before, I wouldn’t think of diving for a ball.

Now, it’s ingrained into my head,” Pagan said.

“The hustle doesn’t stop until the whistle blows.

You play until you can’t play any more.”

still trying to figure out where the hole in our defenses lies. As nearly as we can conclude, a negative test does not check for viruses in low numbers that are just beginning their infection in the nose, for example, and are still too few to register. With no symptoms, there is no way to detect their presence. It typically takes at least three days before the alarm goes off. So even weekly testing, which is so often done by institutions and employers, is not foolproof, especially if the patient is asymptomatic.

Fortunately, because my grandson was doubly vaccinated, the illness was of short duration, although he did lose his sense of taste and smell for a bit. The rest of the family members are fine. But what does that mean for all of us? The potential for infection is there, still with us despite how much we would like to leave it behind and despite all precautions. Gatherings of almost any size carry some risk, especially when we remove our masks to eat together, and we cannot be mindless of the threat.

There may be some good news, however.

Omicron, the latest variant to be identified,

seems to cause a milder version of the disease, at least so the early evidence indicates. And there are now two different pills that appear to hold back the most harmful effects of the virus if taken within five days of onset. One is from Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, called molnupiravir, that reduces the risk of hospitalization and death by 30%. It should be receiving FDA approval soon, even though it can cause serious side effects. The other is Paxlovid from Pfizer and so far appears to be 85% effective, perhaps to be authorized by year’s end. Made of a different formulation, it probably would not cause the same side effects as Merck’s but could cause others. Both pills could turn out to be a stop gap if the vaccines prove ineffective against new variants. And both may be more powerful if given together, as research against the virus that caused AIDS proved at that time. According to Dr. Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, who oversaw combination therapy for HIV years ago, such a clinical trial could be quickly done.

COVID-19 came to dinner

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mong the many preparations we made for our family Thanksgiving gathering this year, was carefully considering how to prevent any intrusion by COVID-19, a most unwelcome guest. The children and grandchildren were coming from six different states, so the potential exposure was widespread.

We agreed that everyone would have the appropriate vaccinations, two and a booster if possible.

Each member also Between bought an Abbott you and me BinaxNOW antigen

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF self test result that they took before starting out on their trips. Everyone tested negative, so we were full steam ahead.

Thanksgiving Day was filled with hugs,

laughter and love. We had not been all together in almost two years, and much conversation resulted, including how the youngest one had grown. After the traditional sumptuous dinner, we went around the table and spoke about what we were most grateful for in the past year. This is of special value to me, in addition to the lovely feelings of gratitude evoked, because it gives me a chance to catch up on their various activities.

The next day, Friday, we talked, walked, played games and ate some more. I almost didn’t register when one of my grandsons came to the dinner table a little late because he was feeling “achy.” But when he asked for an Advil the next morning, I got out the At-Home rapid test, and in 15 minutes we knew he was positive. Thinking it might be a false positive, we drove him to Stony Brook Hospital, where he was given a PCR test, the gold standard, and in four hours we had the result.

Somehow, in spite of our careful efforts, the pathogen had found us. We then went to the next step and self-quarantined, but we are

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