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Photo by giselle Barkley
Fred Sganga, Sen. Flanagan and kenneth kaushansky, senior vice president of health Sciences at Stony Brook University, after Flanagan received an honorary award at the long island veterans home.
Flanagan flanks vets in Stony Brook
By giSelle Barkley
Reboli Center
The Reboli Center for Art and History users new phase in Stony Brook history
Veterans Day isn’t just another day on the calendar for those who served. “I can’t speak,” said Armmond Bergeron while fighting back tears. The veteran was unable to put together more than a few words about the Veterans Day Ceremony at Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony
Brook. “It hits me right here,” he added, pointing to his heart. Veterans, religious figures, New Lane Elementary school students and Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) were among those who attended the home’s seventh annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Friday. The home invited Flanagan to speak at the ceremony, as he is an avid supporter of veterans
and the sacrifices they make or made for the nation. “I consider myself very fortunate to have the liberties, freedoms [and] protections that I do because a lot of people that are sitting here today,” Flanagan said in an interview. According to Fred Sganga, executive director of the LI State Veterans Home, the ceremony honors the more than 42
million Americans who served the nation. He added that those who served the nation continue paying the price, even after their military service ends. For the senator, how society treats people correlates to how veterans are cared for when they return home. Earlier this year, the home called upon the senator, seeking financial FLANAgAN continued on page A3
Volunteers add years to a little girl’s life
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By elana glowatz
Photo from Debbie engelhardt
above left, Uerda zena colors before her procedure last week.
A 4-year-old girl from Kosovo is recovering after a lifesaving heart operation on Long Island, thanks to the work of local volunteers. It took a village to support Uerda Zena. Rotary groups throughout Suffolk lent a hand
to the girl and her mother, Barbara, through the Gift of Life program, which works to provide such stateside heart procedures to children from around the globe. Uerda’s Nov. 4 surgery to repair a hole in her heart the size of a nickel was a milestone effort that celebrated the Rotary program’s 40th anniversary. HeART continued on page A7