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Vol. 13, No. 48

March 9, 2017

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The challenger

Northport teacher and veteran eyes supervisor’s seat

PJ Documentary Series returns

Also: Patricia Bosworth comes to CAC, ‘Raggedy Ann & Andy’ reviewed

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Dogs rescued from death The Little Shelter in Elwood saves animals from South Korea slaughterhouse — A4

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First Annual Kiwanis Cares Tribute Concert, March 18, 7:30 pm, Ward Melville HS The Music of Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan and Chicago. Tickets $50, $37.50 and $30 Scott Sanders, 631-360-0004, scott@sheaandsanders.com - www.kiwanisconcert.eventbrite.com

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Huntington gets ready to go green The Irish are coming to town, as Huntington gets set to host its annual St. Patrick’s Day parade this Sunday, March 12. The parade begins at 2 p.m. and starts north of the Huntington train station on New York Avenue and ends at the Church

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N’pt residents approve $39.9 million school bond for improvements By Victoria Espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com The Northport-East Northport school district is set to roll up their sleeves and get to work, as the community recently voted to approve a nearly $40 million bond to improve infrastructure, athletic and physical education needs, classrooms and more. Residents voted Feb. 28 overwhelmingly to support the bond, with 2,802 yes votes to 1,025 no votes. Superintendent Robert Banzer was pleased the community was behind the board in this endeavor. “I thank all community residents who took the time to vote today and for their support of the referendum,” Banzer said. “Through this support, we will be able to make improvements that will enhance our instructional learning, upgrade our physical education and athletic facilities for students and the greater community, and make needed infrastructure improvements that are long overdue. As we move through the process of finalizing plans and submitting them to the State Education Department for approval, we will continue to keep the community updated on our progress.” The $39.9 million bond has been in the works for more than a year, with committees touring school grounds and facilities to see which areas are in dire need of improvements, meeting with officials and administrators from other districts to see how they’ve tackled upgrades and more. The school board voted to approve the scope of

the work in December, and then worked to educate the community on the project with building tours and community forums. Half of the funds — $19.9 million — will be going towards infrastructure improvement. This includes repairing and replacing asphalt pavement, curbing, sidewalks and masonry; renovating bathrooms; upgrading classroom casework; renovating classroom sinks and counters; replacing windows and some ceiling areas at several buildings; and reconfiguring the south entrance of Northport High School. The other 50 percent of the bond will be divided for classroom and security enhancements and athletic improvements. Ten million dollars will go towards renovating three outdated science labs at East Northport Middle School, five at Northport Middle School and 10 at Northport High School; constructing a security vestibule at every school building; upgrading stage rigging and lighting at East Northport Middle School and replacing the auditorium stage floor at Northport High School. For the first two scopes of work, the majority of the ideas came from the Capital Projects Committee, created in 2016 to review district buildings’ conditions. For the athletic and physical education improvements, the Athletic Facilities Citizens Advisory Committee, formed in 2015, suggested most of the work. Projects will include replacing the track and reconstructing the baseball and softball fields at East Northport Middle School; re-

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Left, one of the boys bathroom stalls with urinals that no longer work; right, the high school football field, which currently floods easily during games. placing the track and tennis courts at Northport Middle School; and renovating and redesigning the athletic fields at Northport High School, as well as installing a synthetic turf field at the high school’s main stadium and reconstructing the track and reconstructing Sweeney Field with synthetic turf. According to the board, approximately 90 percent of the projects included in the

proposed plan are eligible for New York State building aid at a rate of 28 percent, which would reduce the cost impact to local residents. The cost to the average taxpayer in the school district would be approximately $122 per year. To ease the cost to residents, the board has timed the project so a portion of the new debt created by the plan essentially replaces debt that expires in the near future.

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above, some of the dogs rescued from a slaughterhouse in south Korea and brought to Elwood; below, shelter workers carry the dogs into their new home.

10 dogs rescued from South Korea slaughterhouse, brought to Elwood By Victoria Espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com

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Ten dogs from South Korea were rescued from certain death this past month after the Little Shelter in Elwood stepped up and gave them a new home. The dogs arrived at the shelter Monday, Feb. 27, after a long, 14-hour journey by airplane. The dogs were scheduled to be slaughtered for their meat, a common practice in South Korea. However, with the help of a local Korean rescue group, Free Korean Dogs, a transport was arranged for them to come to New York. Free Korean Dogs estimates more than 2 million dogs are raised and slaughtered for the Korean meat trade annually. The group often seeks to partner with larger rescue groups like Little Shelter to help get these

dogs to safety and give them a chance to be adopted. Little Shelter Executive Director David Ceely said the group has wanted to get involved with this cause for years. “We knew we wanted to help out with this problem,” he said in a phone interview. “It’s such a growing issue. In the last three to five years it’s really come to light, and as the oldest shelter on Long Island our mission is to help animals locally, however also use our capabilities to help beyond the local level.” The Little Shelter created a plan called the Passage to Freedom Program, which aims to help dogs throughout the world find a home. Rowan Daray, marketing coordinator and spokesperson for the Little Shelter said the rescue took a lot of work.

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Northport teacher, veteran wants to lead Huntington as supervisor By Kevin Redding Kevin@tbrnewspapers.com Huntington native Darryl St. George has been driven by service his whole life, so it only makes sense the beloved high school teacher-turned-war-medic is giving politics a shot with a run for Town of Huntington supervisor. Running on a platform of community service, keeping young people in Huntington and involving residents in the political process, St. George, 34, wants to help create a local government that’s more accessible and “works for all of its citizens.” St. George said he wants to see more people at town hall meetings and doesn’t think that’s possible when the meetings are held at 2 p.m. on a weekday. While he has nothing bad to say about longtime Supervisor Frank Petrone (D), whose bid for re-election is still up in the air, St. George said he believes in term limits and thinks it’s time for a change. Petrone declined to comment. “Democracy is not a spectator sport ... and every demographic in Huntington has a voice and the government has a responsibility to hear this voice,” St. George said. “This campaign is not about me, it’s not about one person. It’s about the people of Huntington.

‘Democracy is not a spectator sport ... and every demographic in Huntington has a voice and the government has a responsibility to hear this voice.’ — darryl st. george It’s not going to be like, ‘Thank you for your support, you can go home now and I’ll get to work,’ it’ll be ‘okay now we get to work, now you and I will go about the business of governing this town.’” He’s also passionate about working with veterans and is active in trying to stamp out the drug epidemic — a crisis that has impacted him directly. St. George’s political journey began in 2012. He was honorably discharged from three years of serving as a Navy Corpsman taking care of Marines in Afghanistan when he got news that his younger brother, Corey, had died from a drug overdose at 21 years old. He returned to his position as a 10thand 12th-grade history teacher at Northport High School, where he’d worked since 2005, and tried to adjust to civilian life after his personal tragedy. He soon realized he was not alone; many people in the community had been affected by addiction, largely due to lack of education and prevention programs. He felt the need to do something about it. St. George became actively involved as an adviser with the high school’s Students Against Destructive Decisions group, working with students, teachers and members of the community to have an open and honest dialogue. He was instrumental in the now annual Recovery Awareness and Prevention weeks at Northport. Along with a few other teachers, St.

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darryl st. george speaks at a press conference about drug prevention in northport; left st. george smiles. George also started a service-learning club called Project VETS (Veterans Enlisting Teachers and Students) as a way to bring students and veterans together and raise money for veterans’ homes. Within his community, he’s president of the Greenlawn Civic Association and frequently volunteers at his church, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs. Social studies teacher Jim DeRosa, who met St. George when he was a 14-year-old student at Northport High School, said he’s always been a leader. “He was always civic-minded, even back then,” DeRosa said. “He was always trying to help people, so it’s kind of natural he’s looking to get into politics, and we need more people like him who are energet-

ic and wanting to give and help. I asked him once why he didn’t want to enlist in the Marines, as both his grandfather and father had served [in that branch], and chose to be a medic instead, and he said ‘I don’t want to be responsible for taking lives, I want to help save lives.” On Huntington itself, St. George said even though he’s traveled the world and gone to incredible places, at the end of the day there’s no place he’d rather be than his home. “We’re truly good people and we’ve got something for everybody,” he said. “You’ve got great restaurants, bars, movie theaters, the Cinema Arts Centre. It’s a really unique place and most importantly, it’s my home.”

Congressman Zeldin meets with constituents face-to-face By Kevin Redding and alex PetRosKi Hundreds of concerned constituents on both sides of the aisle gathered inside the Hagerman Fire Department in East Patchogue March 3, seated at scattered round tables, waiting to hear their names called to meet with U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley). In another room, the congressman was holding mobile office hours and meeting with five to six people at a time, grouped according to the topics they wanted to discuss, to hear the issues of the people he represents, which ranged from health care and what’s to come of the Affordable Care Act, abortion and the congressman’s stance to defund Planned Parenthood, immigration, the environment, and tax reform. Despite demands from various local groups to host an in-person town hall in recent weeks, Zeldin has committed to these individualized and small-group meetings to avoid what he’s called the “liberal obstruction” of town halls that has taken place around the United States. Tehmina Tirmizi, a student at Stony

U.s. Rep. lee Zeldin meets with constituents in east Patchogue. Brook University, said she hoped to talk to Zeldin about the rhetoric of President Donald Trump (R) and his administra-

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tion, which, she feels, supports bigotry and fear of minorities. “[They] incite hatred, anger, stress,

depression and a lot of people have been hurt and are hurting inside and they should be keeping the peace,” she said. “They can’t just say something, have people react to it and then go and hide somewhere. I’d love to see Zeldin make a statement and come out against [the rhetoric] and he has yet to do that.” Wading River resident Jim Lupis was there on behalf of a pro-life group to encourage Zeldin to defund Planned Parenthood. “Taxpayer’s money shouldn’t be used to perform abortions, and murdering innocent children should be totally illegal,” Lupis said. “Zeldin has a strong voting record against Planned Parenthood and I want to speak to him about staying the course and defunding such an evil thing.” Eastport resident Penny Mintz said, on top of being concerned about Citizens United and “the takeover of the wholesale purchase of government by big corporations,” she wanted to talk about the elimination of consumer protections, environment and health care.

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Police Blotter Incidents and arrests, Feb. 24–March 5 William Burn Park

A 45-year-old man from East Northport was stopped in William Byrne Park at 12:45 p.m. March 5 while smoking marijuana, police said. He was arrested and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana.

Reckless on the road

At about 6:20 p.m. March 5, on West Hills Road in West Hills, a 29-year-old woman from Richmond Hill recklessly drove a 2012 Toyota sedan while intoxicated and struck another vehicle, according to police. She was arrested and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Stop & Shop & steal some sushi

Police said an unknown person stole a container of sushi from Stop & Shop on Wall Street in Huntington between 1:45 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. March 5.

Mall mayhem

Four Michael Kors watches were stolen from Lord & Taylor in the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington by a 49-year-old woman from Bay Shore at around 7:10 p.m. March 2, police said. She was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

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suffolk County police officer thomas laFemina speaks at the press conference.

Kings Park man has cardiac arrest while driving, rescued by police by viCtoria espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com A Kings Park man’s life was saved March 1 thanks to the quick-thinking actions of Suffolk County police officers. The man was traveling north on the Sagtikos Parkway, between the Long Island Expressway and Northern State Parkway, when police said he struck the center divider after he apparently suffered a medical emergency. Off-duty Suffolk County Police Officer James Brucculeri observed the crash and stopped to check on the driver who was unconscious, barely breathing and turning blue from lack of oxygen, he said. Police later confirmed the driver went into full cardiac arrest causing the vehicle to crash into a guardrail. Brucculeri removed the man from the vehicle and began CPR. A Good Samaritan and EMT pulled over to assist Brucculeri, who administered multiple shocks from an Automatic External Defibrillator. Suffolk County Police 4th Precinct Officer Thomas LaFemina, a member of the department’s Medical Crisis Action Team responded and started advanced life support in conjunction with Commack Fire Department first responders. “The state police pulled up and they dropped the defibrillator off and we immediately hooked it up,” Brucculeri said at a press conference describing the scene. “The EMT put the pads on, I cut the guy’s

shirt off and we let the defibrillator analyze the man’s heart beat. One shock was applied but there was no change in the victims condition so we continued CPR.” Brucculeri said they continued to administer two more shocks with rounds of CPR in between but saw no change in the status, and that’s when LaFemina took over at the scene. “I immediately pulled out my manual defibrillator, hooked it up, analyzed the rhythm myself and noticed he was in course v-fib [ventricular fibrillation], shocked the individual and then shortly thereafter he got a life sustaining pulse rate,” LaFemina said at the press conference. The man’s pulse was restored and he was transported to Southside Hospital where he is currently recovering. “Essentially as one big team we started to care for the individual…he started to breathe on his own, and show neurological signs,” LaFemina said. “And then he started to continuously improve on the way to the hospital.” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini said he was proud of the work his department did which resulted in saving a life. “I want to thank the officers involved, the troopers involved, all the EMT and fire personnel that were involved and the Good Samaritans,” he said. “Once again because of the work of our first responders and residents of Suffolk County a life was saved.”

A 48-year-old man from Brooklyn stole four shirts from Macy’s in the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station at about 4:10 p.m. March 2 after being previously told not to enter that particular store anymore, according to police. He was arrested and charged with third-degree burglary. Police said at 3:45 p.m. March 1 a 46-year-old woman from Huntington Station stole two Fitbits, a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses and a pair of Tommy Hilfiger pants from the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station. She was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

Residence ransack

An unknown person broke the side window of a residence on Whitson Road in Huntington Station between March 2 and March 4 and stole jewelry, police said.

Inn it to break it

At the Rodeway Inn on Jericho Turnpike

in Huntington Station at about 4 p.m. March 3, a 40-year-old man from Greenlawn broke a sliding glass door, police said. He was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal mischief.

Snackin’ at Starbucks

At Starbucks on Wall Street in Huntington, an unknown person opened several packages of snacks, didn’t pay for them, and refused to leave at about 6:45 a.m. March 3, according to police.

Downtown druggin’

On 5th Avenue and 3rd Street in East Northport, a 33-year-old man from East Northport was found to be in possession of two different prescription medications, heroin and a hypodermic needle at about 12:20 p.m. March 4, according to police. He was arrested and charged with three counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree possession of a hypodermic instrument.

My baby steals the Hanky Panky

An unknown person stole one pair of Hanky Panky undergarments from Ooh La La Boutique on Main Street in Huntington at 12:38 p.m. between Feb. 24 and March 5, police said.

Middle school money

Police said a 69-year-old woman from Huntington Station took an unknown amount of cash from Henry L. Stimson Middle School in Huntington Station on four different occasions: between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31 2017; between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31 2016; between May and June 2016; and in Sept. 2016. She was arrested March 3 and charged in Huntington with five counts of petit larceny.

Sir, you don’t look 25

A 52-year-old man from Huntington provided a fake name and date of birth when apprehended by police for a bench warrant on New York Avenue in Huntington March 1 at about 5:45 p.m., according to police. He was arrested and charged with a bench warrant and false personation. — Compiled by kevin redding

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LI school changes gown colors, sparks controversy Principal says change meant to create more welcoming environment for transgender students By Rita Egan Rita@tbRnewspapeRs.com

hateful comments, we decided we needed to support our class and protect our LGBTQA+ peers from the hateful rhetoric Things will look a little different at featured on signs during the walkout.” Ward Melville High School’s graduation Some of the signs held by students had ceremony this year. slogans like “Straight Lives Matter” and Gone now are the separate green and “Don’t Tread On Me.” gold gowns for males and females. ReDavid Kilmnick, CEO of the LGBT Netplacing them, are gender-neutral green work, a Long Island-based nonprofit, said ones with gold stoles that feature the high the organization heard about the debate afschool emblem, breaking the school’s half- ter the walkout. He said a few students from century commencement tradition. the school emailed his group seeking help, “This year, as we mark the 50th anniversa- claiming they heard anti-transgender rhetory of the Three Village Central School District, ric spewed from students and teachers. we are focusing on honoring the traditions of The CEO said the decision to have one the past, while building new traditions for our gown color solves the issue of transgender chilfuture,” Ward Melville High School Principal dren feeling a sense of anxiety when it comes Alan Baum wrote in a letter posted on the to choosing a color. He said when making school district’s website March 2. such a decision, most feel that if they choose The letter came after nearly 100 students the color that represents their true identity, participated in a walkout March 1, protest- they’ll risk harassment from their peers. If ing the news of even the posthey don’t choose the sibility of a color change. ‘Through the use of the color, they’re “not feelOne of the factors considered ing whole in who they in making the decision was to unified gowns, we are are.” meet the concerns of transgen- no longer separating “This is not as der and gender-fluid students. simple as black and “In addition to creating a our students by gender; white, or even about unified senior class, it is our rather, we will be green and gold anyhope that creating a unifying more — this fair decolor scheme will eliminate promoting a more bate over tradition the anxiety that is caused by inclusive practice at has devolved into an forcing a young adult to wear excuse to promote a gown that labels them differ- graduation.’ transphobic hate ently than how they identify,” speech,” the petition— alan baum Baum wrote in the letter. “This er organizers wrote. decision also reflects the progressive na- “That is not what our community is about.” ture of our district, our high school and our As of March 8, their petition to support community. Through the use of the unified the same colored gowns had almost 700 gowns, we are no longer separating our stu- signatures. One petitioner wrote on the dents by gender; rather, we will be promot- site: “I would be so grateful if we can all ing a more inclusive practice at graduation.” leave Ward Melville more loving and emNews of the gown change circulated on pathetic individuals, we should always be social media Feb. 28, prompting a number working to ensure that all of our class feels of students to start petitions and partici- comfortable every day but especially a day pate in the walkout. as special as graduation.” Seniors Brianna LaSita, Charlotte A senior at the high school, who asked Schmidt and Isabelle Antos were motivated to remain anonymous, said many students to start a petition on Change.org to support were disappointed by the color change, same-colored gowns. The trio sent a joint especially after having already had their statement to The Village Times Herald to senior portraits taken adhering to the nowexplain their motive. former color tradition. The school rectified “We created our petition in response to the problem by notifying parents March 7 the petition that was made in support of that students could retake their graduation keeping the traditional colored gowns,” the photos at no additional cost. three wrote. “As it gained supporters and According to the student, it was felt the

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making the decision. “Instead of listening to our voices, our principal brought our protest in the auditorium, and basically stifled our statements in what was a clear attempt to silence us,” the student said. “It is clear, to me at least, that the school has no intention of doing what is right. They would rather follow in popular culture than face the fact that what they are doing is blatantly unfair. Again, I carry no prejudice. I speak with the basic ideal of a democratic republic that what is done should be decided by the majority.” Ward Melville isn’t the first Long Island school to break tradition, following in the footsteps of Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington and Island Trees High School in Levittown. Kilmnick said he feels the administration made a bold move in the right direction. “I think we’re seeing a movement,” Kilmnick said. “Even though Ward Melville is the third school on Long Island to do this, I think we’ll see a lot more on Long Island. And we’re certainly seeing schools across the country getting rid of the separate colored gowns because they’re not inclusive for all students. What the change does, in fact, is let everyone in Ward Melville wear green and gold, from looking at the new gown, and it allows the entire school to move forward as one community, and to celebrate graduation in a safe, inclusive manner — and make graduation celebratory for all.”

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North Shore Trump voters participate in nationwide rally to support president By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com Not to be outdone by the uprising of left-leaning activists who have made their displeasure known across the United States since President Donald Trump’s (R) inauguration, supporters of the president congregated March 4 to present a united front in backing Trump. A group called Main Street Patriots organized the rallies, titled the Spirit of America Rallies, which took place in 32 states and Washington D.C. The only rally held in New York took place outside of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge and was organized and promoted in part by the Conservative Society for Action, a Patchogue-based group founded in 2008 whose website says has about 900 members. “We need to stand united with our president who wants to do something to fix America,” a website set up to promote the Suffolk County event stated as part of its mission. Judy Pepenella, a Patchogue resident and the national coordinator for the CSA, said she tried her best to spread the news of the rally on social media. She estimated about 350 to 400 people attended the Hauppauge rally. “Spirit of America is the spirit of the Constitution, the spirit of the rule of law, the spirit of the goals and the directives and the original intent of the founding fathers,” Pepenella said, explaining how her group got involved. “We do stand behind our president — some people, more, some people less. But he won, we want to give him a chance.” The rally came as the heat was being turned up on Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who multiple news outlets reported last week had meetings with a Russian ambassador despite Session’s testimony during his confirmation hearing he had no contact with Russian officials during the campaign. Rallies, protests and contentious town hall meetings featuring activists opposing Trump’s agenda and policies have taken place across the U.S. in recent weeks. Pepenella said the group’s mission is not to blindly defend all of Trump’s policies

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supporters of President Donald trump take to the grounds of the H. lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge March 4 to make their voices heard. or words, or her congressman — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) — for that matter, but she said it’s refreshing to hear a politician “call a spade a spade.” Zeldin has publicly supported Trump for months. “Just because [Trump] said so doesn’t mean it’s right,” she said. “If it doesn’t work with the Constitution; if it infringes on a person’s rights; if it’s going to hurt somebody socially, economically and a person in need … he’s going to hear from us. It’s not a just ‘we blindly support the president’ — we support the president’s goals and his platform and mission statement to make America great again.” Pepenella, who said she has yet to hear anything from Trump that would cause her to raise an eyebrow so far in his presidency, attributed outrage toward Trump’s words and actions to people not being used to a New Yorker telling it like it is. “We are all New Yorkers, and there’s a problem with New Yorkers, and I say that as a native New Yorker,” she said. “We have a bit of a tenacity and a bit of a brazen, ballsy-ass attitude — forgive my French — but that’s what we have. Donald Trump was born in Queens. He’s born and raised here. He’s a New Yorker and we can sometimes say things that

are not perfectly correct, but that’s who we are. It doesn’t bother me. I have no problem with his rhetoric.” Port Jefferson resident Keith Debaun shared his motivation behind attending the event. “Clearly I’m here not to support Hillary Clinton,” he said. “I’m here to support Donald Trump because he’s facing a lot of resistance, and I’m here to oppose that resistance.” Dix Hills resident and attorney Mike Dyckman also explained his reason for attending. “I’m a Republican, I’m a conservative, and I’m an American,” he said. “I don’t like what’s happening whether it’s Republican or Democrat — we have to be together as a nation and I don’t like what’s going on right now on the left. They’re not listening to anybody. They’ve got all of these shoutdown sessions when the representatives are going back to talk to their constituents. It looks like a lot of it is staged, whether they’re paid for it or not. If that doesn’t stop, what’s going to happen is we’re going to not get anything done in the country.” Pepenella addressed some constituent’s complaints that Zeldin has not been available enough and hasn’t met with many local residents who have invited him to events, saying the congressman who came

before him wasn’t any better. “I know for a fact people have gotten in to see him [Zeldin],” she said. “When it was Tim Bishop’s (D-Southampton) office, you’d go in, they had a sign-in sheet, you put your name… and why you’re there. If you were lucky you got a response. I didn’t get a response when I went in the office because I was asking for specific things. I [did] get one meeting with Tim Bishop. When he found out it was me, he never met with me again.” Flyers with information about the CSA were passed out during the rally with a clear statement of the group’s mission going forward. “The Conservative Society for Action believes it’s time for a return to fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, free markets and honest government,” it said. “We cannot afford to sit this one out. We will be silent no more. Please join us in our fight for the future of this country. Freedom isn’t free. Get involved while there’s still time.”

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Harborfields High School seniors and National Merit Scholarship finalists with Principal Timothy Russo, far right

Photo from Northport-East Northport school district

Principal Dan Danbusky was taped to a wall at Northport High School as part of the Class of 2019’s Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraiser.

Northport is sticking to the cause Northport High School’s Class of 2019, and their advisers Larry Cerasi and Wayne Jensen, recently raised approximately $350 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation through their unique fundraiser, Tape Your Principal to the Wall. Students were asked to donate money toward the cause and, in return, they received a piece of duct tape. One by one, participants stuck Principal Dan Danbusky to a wall in the school building. This was

the first year of the fundraiser and the turnout was a success. “This was very much a student-initiated event,” said Jensen. “The students are eager to expand on the Tape the Principal to the Wall fundraiser in the future to maximize participation.” The Class of 2019 thanked Principal Danbusky for being such an enthusiastic supporter and participant.

Students recognized as finalists All six semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program from Harborfields High School have recently earned the title of finalist, making them another step closer to winning one of 7,500 National Merit Scholarships that the program has to offer. Seniors Greta Browne, Jacob Chalif, Ishaan Lohia, Casandra Moisanu, Mia Santomauro and 2015 early graduate Connor Stewart are now among 15,000 finalists out of the 16,000 semifinalists to advance. The students entered the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program by

taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Qualifying Test. Each student will be evaluated based on their abilities, skills and accomplishments to receive a National Merit Scholarship. “I feel proud to be named a National Merit Scholarship finalist along with some of my peers,” Moisanu said. “I know that we all worked hard and it’s nice to be recognized for that.” Beginning in March and continuing to mid-June, the finalists will be notified on whether or not they are a scholarship recipient.

obituaries Robert Baudier

Robert A. Baudier of Northport, died Jan. 29, at 70 years of age. Beloved husband of the late Sharon. Loving father of Christine Teepe (Eric), Robert (Erin), Patricia Mackay (Andrew), Matthew (Lindsay), Thomas and Katie (Chris) and the late Brian. Cherished grandfather of Emily, Allison, Connor, Ryan, Kaileigh, A.J., Lauren and Jake. Dear brother of Eugene Baudier and Renee Yeager. Also loved by his many nieces and nephews. In Robert’s memory donations to VNS Hospice of Suffolk, 505 Main Street, Northport, New York would be appreciated. www.nthfh.com.

John Bauer

John G. Bauer “Poppy” of Fort Salonga, died Jan. 31, at 69 years of age. Beloved husband of Linda Diane Bauer. Loving father of Christianna Bauer (Michael Cole), Danielle Bauer (Michael Richmond) and Brianna Bauer (Michael Troy Wilkerson). Adoring grandfather of Hanna, Finn, Julianna, Ella Kate, Delaney Grace, Kayleigh, Aidan and Shannon. Last but not least his great dogs Buddy and Charlie.

Cathleen Bozzella

Catherine V. Bozzella “Cathleen” of East Northport, died Jan, 29, at 76 years of age. Cathleen was the central force in the development and nurture of a welcoming and loving family, raising four children with her husband, John. She was a brilliant conversationalist with both strong values to convey and the empathy to listen to other points of view. Her intellectual curiosity was fed by an insatiable reading habit and led to extensive travel across the United States and abroad. Cathleen held a deep faith in God, which was made powerfully relevant in her service to others, including her volunteer work at St. Anthony’s Parish Outreach. Cathleen is survived by her husband, John A. Bozzella; her children, John T. Bozzella, Thomas M. Bozzella, Joseph D. Bozzella (Kim), Laura B. Sheehan (Timothy); her grandchildren, John H., Paul, Sophia, Nathaniel, William, Matthew, Timothy, Joseph and Thomas. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Cathleen’s memory, to: St. Anthony of Padua Parish Outreach, 20 Cheshire Place, East Northport, New

York 11731; Calvary Hospital, Calvary Fund Inc., 1740 Eastchester Road, Bronx, New York 10461-9955; or a donation of blood or platelets to help improve the lives of those with blood cancers.

Ralph Alio

Ralph V. Alio of Northport, died Feb. 14, at 74 years of age. Dear husband of Lauretta. Loving father of Lauretta-lynn Johnston (George), Ralph Alio (Patricia), Mellany Alio (Patrick Duncan) and Amanda Alio (Rand Marshall). Loving grandfather of Christian, Jaime, Madeline, Francine, Cecilia, Bennett and Harlan. Caring brother of the late Al (Josephine) and Thomas (Gail). In lieu of flowers donations to VNS Hospice of Suffolk, 505 Main Street, Northport, New York 11768 or Covenant House New York, 460 West 41st Street, New York, New York 10036, in his memory would be appreciated. www.nthfh.com.

Antonia D’Ambrosio

Antonia D’Ambrosio of Northport, died Feb. 20, at 92 years of age. Loving mother of Jean Comanducci and her husband Charles

and Lawrence D’Ambrosio and his wife Sue. Cherished grandmother of Gaige, Noel and Christopher; also loved by her great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers donations to your favorite charity would be appreciated.

William Holm

William F. Holm of Northport, died Jan. 27, at 79 years of age. Beloved husband of the late Dorothy. Loving father of George W. Holm, Michael J. Holm (Tara) and Erik P. Holm. Cherished grandfather of Matthew, Christopher and Michael. Dear brother of Barbara Holm. Fond brother-inlaw of Donald Zielinski (MaryAnn), Frank Zielinski (Gaye) and Marie Zielinski. Bill retired from the New York City Fire Department, Ladder Co. 140.

Frederick James

Frederick James of East Northport, died Jan. 27, at 92 years of age. Beloved husband of the late Brenda. Loving father of David. Dear companion of Doris Van Riper. James worked as a local residential painter for many years. www.nthfh.com.

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Photo left from Councilwoman Bonner; photos above and below left from Kelli Cutinella; and file photo below

Clockwise from left, kidney recipient Tom d’Antonio and Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner; Karen Hill, the recipient of Tom Cutinella’s heart, and his mother Kelli Cutinella; Tom Cutinella; and donate Life supporters during a rally.

State lowers organ donor registration age By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com On National Organ Donor Day, a new state law rolled out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) permits 16- and 17-year-olds to enroll in the New York State Donate Life Registry when they apply for a driver’s license, learner’s permit or nondriver ID, potentially growing enrollments in New York by thousands. Sponsored by State Sens. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) and Kemp Hannon (RGarden City), the legislation’s altered minimum age to sign up as an organ donor, which had previously been 18, serves as a big step for New York, which currently ranks 50th out of all 50 states when it comes to the percentage of residents enrolled to be organ donors. At just 28 percent, New York State is “way at the bottom of the pack” when it comes to enrollment, according to Flanagan, a strong advocate for organ donations because of his late friend, Assemblyman James Conte (RHuntington Station), who was the recipient of two kidney transplants before losing a battle with cancer in 2012. “[New York] has been a leader in many ways on a wide variety of issues and we should be the premiere state in terms of organ donation,” Flanagan said. “I just want to promote organ donation, and promote aware-

ness. There are thousands and thousands of her kidney to her childhood friend Tom people who are waiting for transplants here in D’Antonio, who had been diagnosed with dithe state, kidney being the primary one. We abetes at a young age, had suffered multiple don’t have enough people signing up, and it’s health issues over the years and desperately taken too long to [get here] but I think we’re needed a transplant. moving in the right direction.” “I said ‘I’ll do it, we’re the same blood type,’ The senator said Conte is the reason he’s and I donated blood to him when he got his a donor, and after his death, he realized he first kidney transplant,” Bonner recalled. could use his own political platform to advoD’Antonio was more than grateful for the cate for this cause and encourage others to donation his longtime friend made. get involved. “I bounced back like a rockstar and I feel Like Flanagan, Brookhaven Town Council- great, I have more energy and determinawoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) is pas- tion,” D’Antonio said, reflecting on the exsionate about organ donation and takes every perience. “It’s my belief that there is someopportunity to raise awareness about the im- thing within a human being that takes that portance of becoming a donor when speaking step and makes that heroic move to save a publicly, regardless of the event. life; it moves me beyond a place I can eas“I could be at a civic ily describe. Not only did event talking about town im[Jane] save my life but she provement projects or town enriched the lives of those issues, and I always use it as close to me, [like my wife].” a soapbox to talk about orBut D’Antonio is not a gan donation,” Bonner said. big fan of the new law, call“Roughly 125,000 people in ing it “hugely irresponsible” the United States are waitand a “grossly inadequate ing for a kidney and there response” to appease a need are 350 million people in for more donors. the United States, seemingly “Sixteen- and seventeenwith healthy kidneys. If evyear-olds have enough erybody who could donate, making a decision — Megan Fackler trouble donated one, we wouldn’t about what classes to take as have people waiting for a kidney anymore and seniors, their minds are still developing, and lives can be saved.” I’m appalled that this is the state’s answer,” Bonner said that under the new law, 16- he said. “What the state should do instead is and 17-year-olds can make donations upon put some money and effort into organ donor their death, and it includes safeguards where awareness and make it part of the teaching their parents or legal guardians have the op- curriculum in high school.” tion to rescind the decision if the minor dies Alternatively, Kelli Cutinella, whose son before 18. Tom died October 2014 following a head-on “Teenagers are very passionate about so collision during a high school football game, many issues and I think this legislation was spoke in Albany to help get the law passed, made because they’re employing every toy and said she’s glad to see it in effect. in the toolbox, knowing the state is dead Tom, who wanted to register when he was last,” she said. 16 at the DMV but was ultimately not allowed The councilwoman knows a thing or two at the time, donated all vital organs, such as his about saving lives this way. heart, kidneys, liver, pancreas, bones and skin. It was last April when Bonner donated “He was a giver in life and would do any-

‘It not only ups the amount of eligible organ donors there are to sign up and save lives, but also starts a conversation at an earlier age about its importance.’

thing for anybody, and it didn’t surprise me that he wanted to register at 16, it was just in his nature,” Cutinella said. The mother, who has an ongoing relationship with Tom’s heart recipient and pancreas and kidney recipient, was recently notified by a New York Burn Center that a 30-year-old man from Brooklyn had received Tom’s skin after suffering severe burns in a house fire. “Tom lives on now,” Cutinella said. “He’s not here in the physical sense, but he is with the recipients as they go on to live wonderful, fulfilling lives.” According to Megan Fackler of LiveOnNY, a federally designated organ procurement organization, the new law is exciting. “It not only ups the amount of eligible organ donors there are to sign up and save lives, but also starts a conversation at an earlier age about its importance,” Fackler said. “Donor family and recipient meetings have been the most touching. There are lots of things 16- and 17-year-olds can’t do, like rent a car, get a tattoo, vote, join the army, but they can save lives.” Residents can visit the New York State Health Department’s website at www.health. ny.gov/donatelife to get more information about organ donation in New York State, including how to register as a donor.

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dogs Continued from page A4 “The rescue was a long process, our team had been working on it for over a month,” he said. “We were communicating with the rescue group and a third party to help us transport the dogs, so responses could be delayed due to time zones, language barriers and just all the steps needed to get the dogs ready for their flight.” He said once the dogs were on their way everything went smoothly. The South Korean dogs are between four and 15 pounds, and range in age from 9 months to 3 years. The dogs are mostly small-sized breeds though some are medium. Little Shelter said all of the animals are healthy and friendly dogs that have been socialized prior to receiving their doggie passports. Ceely said when the dogs first arrived on Long Island they were understandably shaken, but some were more social and resilient than others — for perhaps

one specific reason. “Some people from those countries are not above stealing people’s pets,” Ceely said. “They can easily get a couple of bucks by stealing someone’s dogs … so the dogs that are now licking our hands through the cages, wagging their tails and becoming more outgoing, I suspect they had to be someone’s pet. There’s no way they weren’t.” Before they arrived in New York each dog had a full medical check up and was fixed while in South Korea. As part of the Little Shelter’s protocol the dogs will be kept quarantined for two weeks when they — david Ceely have time to settle down and become familiar with the staff. So far their adjustment period has been a success, according to Daray. “The dogs are doing well, many of them are opening up to staff and showing us their personalities,” he said in an email “We have two who love to dance on their hind legs and do ‘happy paws’ for their handlers. Two others are very excited to meet people but will try to walk in between your legs when on leashes, so they

‘some people from those countries are not above stealing people’s pets.’

zeldin Continued from page A5 “I have no hope of actually speaking to him...I’m only here so that he knows there are all these people who care enough are watching him, and he can’t abandon us for corporate interests,” Mintz said. “I wish he would back down from Trump and the policies the president is imposing.” Just a few tables away, Hampton Bays resident Mark Raschke said he wanted to meet Zeldin, give him support, tell him he voted for him, and let him know he liked the way he supported Trump. Port Jefferson Station resident and military veteran Ed Bednarek wants to know where his congressman feels the country is going to go under the Trump administration, and when “the liberals are going to stop fighting and start getting on board and work with us as a team,” also calling for veterans to take priority over immigrants. Ira Silverberg, of Bellport, said he wanted to challenge the congressman on a voting record that is “not protecting the environment of Long Island as well as he says it is.” When asked how he felt about the mobile office hours in comparison to an in-person town hall meeting, Silverberg said “this format has disenfranchised 85 percent of the people who have shown up and is too controlling and inadequate to deal with the needs of the diverse, concerned community.” For Cindy Morris, from Stony Brook, who wished to speak with Zeldin about the civil liberties she felt had been under attack as of late, she said the mobile office hours format “does not work.” “We are all just talking amongst ourselves…[Zeldin’s] staff isn’t even circulating and coming out to talk to us,” Morris said. “I look at this room and I see diversity, so this is an opportunity for him to really meet with his constituency and not just meet with the people who pay for him to win elections. We

aren’t protesters, we’re passionate citizens.” Anna Hayward, a Stony Brook University professor, echoed Morris’s feelings. “In a town hall format, he could hear our issues but we can also hear other people’s issues...we’re a very respectful, educated, and well-mannered community and I don’t think he needs to worry about people screaming at him and attacking him,” she said. Conversely, Nancy Beltran of Holtsville stands by Zeldin’s decision to not hold such a public forum. “There’s no risk of chanting and screaming and bullying in a group setting so it avoids all of that, he’s doing the right thing by trying to hear the people without all that noise,” Beltran said. Outside the fire department, dozens of people — supporters of Zeldin on one side holding up signs that read “Thank You Lee Zeldin for doing what we elected you to do” and opponents of Zeldin on the other with signs that read “Lee Let’s Talk” — stood to voice their concerns. “I’m very passionate about supporting Lee Zeldin...he’s a stand up guy, he listens to people, educates himself and is not just a go-with-the-political-winds [leader],” Patchogue resident Heather Martello said. Mary Casey, who stood in opposition of Zeldin, questioned his moral courage in not wanting to hold a town hall meeting. “His reported reason is that it just descends into screaming and yelling and it’s useless but I think it’s because he wants to maintain that aura of being right and if you have people screaming at you, you can’t be in control,” she said. Zeldin’s aversion to holding a traditional in-person town hall has left many in his district angered, despite mobile office hours and an hour-long telephone town hall in February. A group called Project Free Knowledge hosted an event called The People’s Town Hall March 4 at the Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson, which featured a Zeldin

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Some of the dogs rescued from a slaughterhouse and brought to Elwood. can be as close to you as possible.” Ceely said he expects at least five dogs to be ready to go up for adoption next Monday when the quarantine period is finished. Little Shelter was asking for donations to help cover the incurred $5,000

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Protestors wait outside of the Hagerman Fire Department to speak with Congressman Lee Zeldin. impersonator, repeated potshots at the congressman and a foil called “the people’s candidate.” The show was meant to serve as political satire, though one of the organizers behind the production said the group intended to deliver a serious message through the performance. Anna Sitzmann, a member of the Project Free Knowledge team and a participant in the performance, said the group’s mission was to be both informative to those in attendance while also being critical of Zeldin. Sitzmann said this was the first time the group has branched out into “political theater,” a phrase she said she’s often heard Zeldin use to describe activist demonstrations. She added the group met with Zeldin about three weeks ago and asked him to host a community-moderated, live town hall, which he declined. Sitzmann said that’s when the group decided to put on their own town hall. “Zeldin has certainly met with constituents personally, but as we made reference to, he won’t do it for more than half an hour, he

of transporting these dogs to safety, and they were able to reach their goal in less than two weeks. If you would like to donate to the cause, go to the Little Shelter, call 631-368-8770 ext. 26 or visit their website at www.littleshelter.com. The Little Shelter is located at 33 Warner Road.

needs to prescreen people’s questions, he’s incredibly controlling about the conditions in which it happens, and it’s clear he doesn’t want a general town hall with community moderators because he’s not actually prepared to stand accountable for the things that he’s doing,” Sitzmann said in an interview after the performance. She added Zeldin was invited to attend the event but she received an “unbelievably disrespectful response.” A spokeswoman for the congressman, Jennifer DiSiena, responded to Sitzmann’s claim in an email, saying she’s not sure what Sitzmann was referring to and called the performance “unbelievably disrespectful.” DiSiena took issue with much of the content of the show. “Congressman Zeldin will meet with any constituent interested in a productive, substantive exchange of ideas,” she said. “He has even met with the protesters involved in setting up that mock town hall. He is not interested in the type of political theater that this group of liberal obstructionists is interested in promoting. The country faces real challenges and Zeldin will remain focused on working across the aisle to constructively find solutions. Requesting a town hall for the purpose of disrupting the town hall without any sense of decorum or decency is wrong and will not be taken seriously.” Sitzmann said she’s not concerned about the possibility of the performance adding to an already heated political discourse, which seems to be swallowing whole the district and country alike. “If I’m stoking the flames of Zeldin’s fire, fine,” she said. “I admit that a lot of people that voted for Lee Zeldin or voted for Donald Trump were upset about things that they ought to have been upset about, but I think the Republican party and especially President Trump have harnessed that anger and misdirected it towards things that don’t deserve the blame, such as minorities and global cooperation, while as a way of hiding the real cause of the problem, which is the kind of economic advantage seeking that both of them partake in.”

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North Shore man chosen for Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ at 23 By KeVin Redding KeVin@TBRnewSPaPeRS.com At just 23, Setauket native and Ward Melville graduate turned Stanford graduate Philip Brady is the cofounder and manager of a $55 million fund which was closed in Sept. 2016, has backed 12 startup companies and, alongside his college buddy, was the youngest venture capitalist featured in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” issue. As incredible as that all is, in the case of Brady — whose whole life has been about working hard and not following the beaten path — it makes perfect sense. In fact, he started his company, GoAhead Ventures, during his senior year at the California university as a way to avoid the type of career path on which he’d have to wait years for a promotion, move up the food chain slowly but surely and pay his dues — a path he was confused by and questioned: “But what if I work harder than anyone? Do I get to skip a few levels?” “[Early on] I realized I wanted to do something where the sky was the limit, where I had no boss,

and if I worked really hard, I could make it extremely far,” Brady said. That lifelong mentality really took shape at the end of his sophomore year of college, when the young entrepreneur, who had been turned down left and right for consulting internships because he felt working up to four jobs was more important than getting perfect grades, decided he might as well start his own consulting firm based on his understanding of tech and startups, and learn more about the field by doing it rather than studying it. That firm, Copernican Solutions, began at the start of his junior year and is still going strong today, being run by Stanford students. Not wanting to have to wait 30 years to gain the experience, he started GoAhead Ventures with fellow Stanford student Clancey Stahr and business colleague Takeshi “TK” Mori. The lucrative company works with young entrepreneurs, mostly college students and recent graduates, to help them achieve their startup company’s vision. With an investor base mostly in Japan, Brady and his fellow managing

partners travel to Tokyo regularly. “I really feel like there’s a whole lot of really capable young people, not just at Stanford but any university, and if someone is willing to work hard, they should be able to have their experiences,” he said. “It shouldn’t all be gradebased. It should be about how hard you’re willing to work and if you’re willing to think outside the box. I guess for me that was the key to a lot of my success.” While at Ward Melville High School, Brady also wrote for a science blog, helped form the Model Congress, competed as a member of the Science Olympiad as a freshman and was even awarded “most likely to succeed” as a senior. He’s always been a voracious reader, and has a deep love for the outdoors (not just fishing but hiking and camping too) and science and technology. His father, Phil, who works at AXA Insurance Company in Manhattan, said he’s met a lot of people in life but has never met someone who works as hard as his son does. “He’s just always been a kid that

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never stops thinking, never stops working and never stops dreaming,” he said. “He’s not boastful or arrogant or superficial. He’s really grounded ... his moral compass is of honesty and integrity ... he’s never cheated on anything in life.” As a believer that the next generation should always do better than the previous one, he said he wouldn’t want to be his son’s kid. “My father came from nothing and worked his way up ... so of course I probably wound up doing a bit better than him, but Phil has set the bar high — I wouldn’t want to be his kid,” he said. “That’s going to be a tough one.” Gary Vorwald, chair of the sci-

ence department at Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School in East Setauket, taught Brady’s eighth grade Earth science class and was his Science Olympiad coach throughout seventh, eighth and ninth grades. “He was a phenomenal student: conscientious, hard-working, motivated, enthusiastic, versatile,” Vorwald said. “Through Science Olympiad, he studied herpetology, amphibians and reptiles, rocks and minerals, received medals at the regional tournament, worked on a lab team. He was always so pleasant and affable. He never seemed to get angry or frustrated ... he just always attacked a problem and tried to solve it.” Brady said he loves venture capital and hopes to take what he’s created and build it into an empire someday. But through all the hard work he puts into it, he never considers what he does a job. “It really doesn’t feel like work. I never feel like I have certain hours or anything,” Brady said. “I’m just always on call, if something ever comes up. It’s not like I’m working nine to five. My job and my life are pretty much the same thing.”

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‘I’m not the highly-skilled guy or the flashiest guy, but I’ve got to play a hard, physical game.’ — Brandon Sutter cent of his faceoffs. “I just put time into it,” he said of how he improved. “As you get older, you get stronger and you learn a few more tricks. Taking faceoffs against different guys over the years, you learn a few new things to do. It’s something I’m going to keep working at and it’s something we’ve been improving at as the year has gone on, too.” Sutter also credits his improved play on faceoffs to instruction from Canucks firstyear developmental coach Manny Malhotra. A former center himself, Malhotra won over 56 percent of his faceoffs in his 991-game NHL career. Metrics also support Sutter’s claim. Last season, the Canucks’ 45.4 percent win rate on faceoffs was dead last in the league. This season, they have won 51.5 percent of them, which ranks fourth among the 30 NHL teams. Scouting reports describe Sutter as a sound two-way forward. He is not the most aggressive player or an elite passer, but he can shoot and play solid defense. “I always like to think I can contribute in every aspect of the game,” he said. “I’m

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Vancouver canucks center Brandon Sutter was born and raised in Huntington. not the highly-skilled guy or the flashiest guy, but I’ve got to play a hard, physical game. I’ve got to play good defense, got to have good body position there and let the offense take care of itself.” Even as a veteran himself, Sutter admits his blood connection to several NHL play-

ers has its benefits. “There’s a lot of people I’m close to that I can ask for pointers that have a lot of experience in the game, so anytime I need something, I know who to call,” he said. “It’s honestly pretty special to have that kind of support.”

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

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U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin

In defense of Congressman Lee Zeldin Ward Melville High School graduates

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Instituting change — the right way Many students at Ward Melville High School are upset that after 50 years, they will no longer wear separate green and gold gowns at graduation. Last week a walkout was organized in protest of the change implemented by Principal Alan Baum, who defended the act as an opportunity to make new traditions while also creating a more inclusive environment — mainly for transgender students. The editorial staff applauds any effort to make the lives of some of the most emotionally vulnerable young people in our society a little bit easier. Breaking tradition in cases like these is not only acceptable, but commendable. However, that doesn’t mean this idea didn’t come without its flaws, and we understand why students may have been frustrated. As an editorial staff we have all gone to our fair share of board of education meetings and sat through countless readings and rereadings of minor policy changes. We have listened to long debates on issues that may not even affect a third of the student body. But these discussions need to be had — they show the process and transparency of the administration. So it’s surprising to us that this decision was made and implemented by the principal alone. No public forum for the idea, no vote from the board. Surely an idea, no matter how positive the outcome of it will be, should be debated and scrutinized to ensure success. This gives everyone a chance to be heard and to understand, and perhaps support a change. We hope more districts consider doing the same with their graduation gown policy, but not before they solicit responses from the student body to find out if a change in policy would alleviate concerns for even just one student. Make no mistake, the core idea here should be celebrated. However, changing the gowns without letting the student body know was not the right move. After all, it’s their bodies that will be wearing them.

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I cannot believe the things people are saying about Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) in these papers and online. Calling him names like a coward, stating he’s afraid to meet with his constituents and saying he only represents the right wing. Are we talking about the same man here? The Lee Zeldin I know has always been willing to reach out across the aisle and work with Democrats, Independents, Republicans and anyone else in between to get things done. Remember last term when he worked with Congressman Steve Israel (D-Huntington) on environmental issues? Or when he supported that bipartisan bill to drive funding home for local roads and bridges? Time and time again, Lee Zeldin has proven he is no ideologue. He’s also always accessible to constituents through meetings, events across the district and more, and his staff is great.

Just because you have the right to be upset and protest, doesn’t make you right. Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment here; these people are upset with the results of the election and have decided to take that frustration out on Congressman Zeldin. They’ve also been ranting and raving about how he canceled a “town hall.” News flash: people, this event wasn’t a town hall. A simple investigation online showed that the event that was canceled was a simple meeting at a library in Southampton he was invited to speak at. After hearing that liberal obstructionists were planning on crashing the library to ruin the event, he canceled. Honestly, I don’t blame him. After hearing what he went through in East Patchogue, I would have done the same thing. In case you’re not aware, when a local Rotary

Club held a meeting to honor Zeldin as its Man of the Year, protestors decided to obstruct the event by banging on cars, shining lights in the eyes of drivers and jumping in front of traffic. This is dangerous and immature. It’s also counterproductive. I think it’s time these people grew up a little bit. I supported Lee Zeldin because he’s a fighter who genuinely cares about the people he represents. If you’re going to criticize the congressman, at least tell the truth and have substance to back up your claims. From what I can see, Congressman Zeldin is a fair representative who has always kept the needs of Long Island as his top priority and has always been happy to work with people all over the political spectrum.

Tom Lassandro Calverton

Taking a nurturing environment over tradition Earlier this week, when the administration of Ward Melville High School announced the decision to move away from genderspecific graduation gowns to a gown that unified all students, there was an uproar in the community. While I can appreciate the feelings of those who were upset that a long-standing tradition was being changed, the reaction of many parents and students was deeply upsetting and concerning. That so many adults chose to respond with vitriolic behavior, rather than giving the admin-

istration the time and space to handle this delicate situation, was shortsighted and escalated the situation, to put it mildly. It made a teachable moment for our young adults an unpleasant and, at times, frightening situation. I believe that this is a compassionate and progressive decision that allows graduating students to display unity, while still honoring the traditional school colors. I find it disturbing that so many adults, who claim to be accepting of all others, chose to forego modeling empathy and handling disappointment with

grace for their children, instead fomenting a situation that bordered on outright bigotry at times. I sincerely hope that our community can learn from the mistakes that were made in this situation, and can move forward in a manner that creates a safe and nurturing environment for all students. As a parent and educator, I value that setting for my children over a longstanding tradition any day.

Shoshanna Hershkowitz South Setauket

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OpiniOn Electronic punching bag for e-frustrations

emember those punching dummies from years ago? They were like Weebles wobbles, where you could smack them as hard as you wanted and they would come popping up for more. I think we need some kind of equivalent device for modern technology. Sure, cellphones allow us to talk to each other from anywhere in the world, see each other’s faces and share pictures on our way to school, to restaurants or to the most mundane places, but they and their cousins, the computers, can By Daniel Dunaief also be like sand in the bottom of our socks. My daughter sends pictures of herself from the car to her friends.

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Why? What do they see in these pictures? In many of them, she doesn’t even seem to be centered and her eyes are closed — maybe that’s a generational complaint. Anyway, if these friends were in the car with her, they wouldn’t be looking at each other. Rather, they would be sending pictures of themselves to other people in other cars. Modern technology has encouraged parallel play to such an extent that phone users prefer to interact from afar. When I see my daughter smiling at these ridiculous pictures while mumbling something incoherent to me, I’d like to remove the phone from her hand and toss it out the window. It would cost way too much money to do that every time she annoyed me and, worse, I might hit someone with her phone. That’s where the new device comes in. I’d like to have some version of her phone that I could pretend-smash into a thousand pieces. That frustration doesn’t just involve technology with my children. I have

had numerous problems with my computer when I’m on deadline and I can’t afford to stare at a colorful circle that’s freezing my system or a cursor that refuses to respond to my movements across the page. Sometimes, I feel as if technology is experimenting with me. There’s someone sitting behind a monitor, using my phone or computer’s camera and is waiting for just the moment when I have no extra time and is sending a “kill” signal to my computer. “Wait, no, no, no!” I shout at the disobedient machine. “Please, please, please, I have to send this now.” “Heh, heh, heh,” a mischievous elf who decidedly does not work for Santa Claus is thinking as he watches my panicked face. Instead of pushing the same unresponsive button a thousand times, I’d like an inflatable computer that I can throw across a room, kick as hard as I can or punch without injury. I’d also like to hear the sound of breaking glass as I’m doing it, as if the destructive force

I’m applying is somehow damaging the computer as much as it’s upsetting my psyche. I know breaking real glass and destroying real technology would not only be bad for me and my bank account, but it would also create waste and pollute the environment. I need something that can give me the faux satisfaction of my caveman instinct to strike back at something that’s bothering me. I can type pretty quickly on my computer, but my thick fingers and the small keyboard on a smartphone, coupled with a spellchecker that hates the last names of my contacts, are a combustible mix. Maybe the next time the computer autocorrects something and then adds an error, I can hit a button that can give me a virtual sledgehammer so that I can virtually shatter my screen into a million pieces. Of course, I’d need the phone to work almost immediately after that because someone, somewhere needs me to send a “LOL” to their mistyped text message.

Itzhak Perlman, a pearl of a man and musician

hank you, Itzhak Perlman. It was a fabulous concert by the superstar violinist last Saturday night at Gala 2017 held at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts. And besides the music, of Vivaldi, Beethoven, Schumann and Stravinsky, there was pleasure in just being in Perlman’s company. He produces extraordinary music in a most relaxed, unaffected and joyful fashion. His face, known for its elasticity, changes expression as he By Leah S. Dunaief plays the notes, encouraging the listener not just to hear but also to feel the elegant sounds. Perlman was 3 years old and living in the newly created state of Israel when he heard classical

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music on the radio. He asked for a violin but was turned away from the Shulamit Conservatory, which his father had brought him to, because he was pronounced too small to hold a violin. Instead he was given a toy fiddle and taught himself to play until he was finally accepted. When he was 4, he contracted polio and in time was able to walk with crutches, but he plays seated on an electric scooter that he uses to get around the stage. He gave his first recital at 10 and not too long afterward came to the United States and to Juilliard. By 1958, when he was just 13, he appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and then went on tour with “The Ed Sullivan Caravan of Stars” across the country. In 1963 he debuted at Carnegie Hall and a year later won the prestigious Leventritt Competition before embarking on an extensive performing and recording career. Perlman is known as a violinist, conductor, teacher and speaker, the last sometimes on behalf on those with disabilities. He usually performs as a soloist, accompanied by

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the gifted pianist, Rohan De Silva from Sri Lanka. But Perlman has shared the stage with many of the world’s greatest musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Isaac Stern and his friend and fellow violinist, Pinchas Zukerman. He has collaborated often with screen composer John Williams and plays the score for “Schindler’s List” in the movie, as well as that of “Memoirs of a Geisha” and other films. He even did a stint with the Muppets on “Sesame Street.” Perlman has played with or conducted some of the great orchestras performing classical music. He also loves klezmer, a Jewish folk music, and jazz. What is not so well known is that he can sing. He actually sang the role of the jailer in the opera “Tosca,” alongside Placido Domingo and conducted by James Levine. At another time, he sang the same part, joining Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta conducting. That’s keeping pretty good company. Known for his charisma and humanity, Perlman and his wife Toby — also a violinist, who he met

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in high school — started the Perlman Music Program that is housed in Shelter Island. There gifted young string players attend summer camp and mentoring programs. The Perlmans have five children and live in New York City. Over the years, Itzhak Perlman has won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest honor for a civilian, and the National Medal of Arts with numerous Grammy and Emmy awards. He has performed several times at the White House and all over the world, perhaps most notably in the Eastern European bloc countries with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1987 before the Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union in 1990, also China and India in 1994. He won over those audiences with his elegant yet seemingly effortless technique, his affability and humor, as he so totally did with us in Stony Brook this past weekend. Thank you Staller director, Alan Inkles, and the rest of your staff of hardworking magicians, for a memorable night.

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SportS

Photo above from Huntington athletics Department; file photos right and below by Darin reed

Clockwise from above, Lawrence Leake shows off his new hardware following his third-place win at the new york state indoor track and field championship March 4 at the Ocean Breeze athletic Complex; Leake crosses the finish line during a race at a previous meet; and Leake with head coach ron Wilson and teammate Kyree Johnson.

Lawrence Leake takes bronze at state championship Kyree Johnson’s pulled muscle left him unable to compete By Desirée Keegan desiree@tbrnewspapers.com

finals. The top times were then compiled to create the final standings in the event. White came out of the unseeded section of the race. Huntington senior Lawrence Leake ran “This was a great field and [Lawrence] was one of the fastest 600-meter times in the na- right there with the best,” Huntington head tion this winter, but it wasn’t enough to over- coach Ron Wilson said. “We are very, very come an upset performance by Lockport’s proud of Lawrence and the race he ran. FinishTreston White at the March 4 state track and ing third among all of these incredible athletes field championship at Ocean is a wonderful accomplishment, Breeze Athletic Complex on that’s for sure.” Staten Island. Leake is being recruited by Leake ran a blistering 1 some of the top college track minute, 21.53 seconds, finprograms in the country, and ishing 35/100ths of a second some that are highly regarded behind White (1:21.18) and academically. 26/100ths of a second off of “Lawrence is not only an Suffern’s Myles Solan’s runnerexcellent all-around athlete, up time of 1:21.27. but also a fine young man “The race itself was ex— Ron Wilson with character that’s second tremely competitive because to none,” Wilson said. “He’s a everyone had such a close time going into special kid and a great athlete.” the race,” Leake said. “During the race, I was Huntington had also qualified for the state primarily thinking just to stay close to the kid championships in the 4x400 relay. It had in first, hoping I would be able to kick hard some stiff competition in the event. The Blue enough to finish ahead of him. Honestly, even Devils claimed county, state and national titles though it wasn’t a gold, it feels great to bring in the event last winter. home a medal.” What made the race difficult, was the abThe Huntington senior’s bronze medal per- sence of Blue Devil star Kyree Johnson, who formance caps off his final high school indoor pulled a muscle in the Long Island Elite meet at season. The 34 runners in the race were spread St. Anthony’s Feb. 25, and the injury prevented among six heats, which, in essence, were all the All-American from vying for gold medals in

‘This was a great field and [Lawrence] was right there with the best.’

the 55 and 300 dashes, and the relay. “It’s a really tough break for Kyree, who has been working hard and who wanted to try to win three gold medals,” Wilson said. “We have to shut him down for the next two weeks so we don’t jeopardize the spring season or put his future at risk.” Johnson’s absence sent shock waves through the competitive field. He’s one of the country’s premier runners. “Not having Kyree was a big factor,” Leake said. “Not having him made it really tough to make it to the finals.”

Now, he will have to wait for the spring championships. “It breaks my heart to see Kyree sitting out of the state championships during his senior year, but unfortunately these things happen,” Wilson said. “We want to get him back to 100 percent and ready for the spring.” Huntington Athletics Department contributed reporting. See more sports coverage on page A14.