The Times of Smithtown - January 14, 2015

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The TIMES of Smithtown

Volume 28, No. 46

Serving Smithtown • St. JameS • neSconSet • commack • hauppauge • kingS park • Fort Salonga January 14, 2016

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Smithtown parents push against closure

Barns’ last hurrah

exhibit makes final stop in Port Jeff Also inside: celebrating black history, Sandy Hook children’s book review

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Life without Israel

Questions arise after incumbent announces plans to leave Congress

The Smithtown school district board of education is weighing its options for ways to cut costs, and thus far parents in the district have delivered a clear message: Do not close Branch Brook Elementary School. In a housing report released in November 2015 by the school board with Superintendent James Grossane’s name on it, the recommended course of action was to close one of the district’s eight elementary schools, specifically Branch Brook. The report estimated that closing an elementary school would save the district about $725,000 annually, though very little data was provided to back that up. Prior to the 2012 school year, an advisory housing committee was formed and recommended that Nesconset Elementary School be closed, based on substantial data accumulated about the district and the community. Residents accepted the closure. This time around there is little evidence that any data was used to come to the conclusion that Branch Brook deserves to be closed, according to Peter Troiano, who is a member of the Save Branch Brook group. The organization is comprised of about three dozen parents, Troiano said in a phone interview last week, but a look at the group’s Facebook page or their petition showed support in the hundreds. “I’m not a PTA dad, I’m not involved in the schools,” Troiano said. “When I saw this proposal I knew right away looking at it that it doesn’t make sense.” Troiano said that he’s never a fan of closing schools, though he understood the necessity to close Nesconset a few years ago based on the data and research provided by the district. The overwhelming sentiment from the Save Branch Brook parents at the meetings has been to ask for another housing committee to be assembled, and the same due diligence done as was done prior to 2012’s closure. A housing

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committee was assembled in 2014 to assess the feasibility of closing another elementary school, but no specific one was chosen, Annemarie Vinas, a member of that housing committee said at Tuesday night’s board meeting. Vinas contended that none of their findings would lead them to suggest Branch Brook be closed, but that is what the board recommended anyway. “No one wants to close a school,” Grossane said in an interview following Tuesday’s meeting. “We need to be fiscally responsible. The board asked me to look at the results [of the housing committee’s findings]. These were my suggestions. The board is listening to the community. It’s their decision. I’m not sure where they’re going to go.” Grossane declined to get any more specific than that prior to the Jan. 19 public work session for the school board, which will

be their first chance to address the specific questions and concerns that the community has presented since November. Since that November 2015 school board meeting that made it evident closing Branch Brook was on the table for the board, very little else has emerged as a topic of conversation at multiple school board meetings, workshops and hearings. The Save Branch Brook parents came armed not only with matching blue T-shirts sporting the group name, but also with substantial statistical data. Parents involved in the Save Branch Brook movement who wish to remain anonymous who are also analysts put together their own presentation for the board ahead of the December 2015 meeting. Entitled “Quantitative Analysis of Smithtown Elementary School Information,” the report concluded

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that Branch Brook was the elementary school that made the least sense of the eight to close based on the following factors: projected enrollment decrease over the next 10 years; building occupancy; square foot per student; students per usable classroom; and utility cost. Another area of contention is the New York Avenue district office building. The housing committee that condemned Nesconset Elementary also suggested that this building be sold, and another space in a school in the district be used for the school board. To date that has not happened, though Grossane said at Tuesday night’s meeting that the board is working with the community on a way to repurpose the building and move to save costs. The debate seems to be just getting started, though more will be clear following the work session on Jan. 19.


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Lake rescue in Smithtown the entrance to Blydenburgh County Park is in Smithtown. BY Elana Glowatz

A man trying to rescue his dog from a freezing lake on Saturday morning needed a rescue himself, after falling into chest-deep water, according to police. The 56-year-old Brooklyn resident was going after Dena the dog, who had gotten loose during a walk and ran onto a frozen lake at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown, the Suffolk County Police Department said. While going after the canine, he fell into the lake himself. Park rangers as well as officers from the SCPD’s 4th Precinct, Emergency

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Service Section, Aviation Section and Marine Bureau responded to the park, on Veterans Memorial Highway. Police said Michael Coscia from the Emergency Service Section put on a water rescue suit and crawled onto the ice, while tethered to a rope officers Michael Simpson and Robert Stahl were holding. After the man was in the water for about 25 minutes, Stahl, Simpson and Sgt. Michael Homan pulled both him and Coscia from the water, police said. The dog walked off the ice. Police said the man was treated for hypothermia at Stony Brook University Hospital.

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Comptroller audit sparks Kings Park policy changes By Alex Petroski

Changes have been made to the way that Kings Park Central School District officials track and record fuel usage for district vehicles, following an audit by the Office of the State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The comptroller’s report recommended that written policies and procedures be adopted to ensure that fuel inventory is measured and records maintained, especially when fuel is delivered or pumped. The district has approximately 62 vehicles, according to the report. “New formal fuel accountability procedures were adopted and went into effect on Dec. 14, 2015,” Eagen’s response said. “The new formal fuel accountability procedures require that tank fuel levels be measured — morning and afternoon — and reconciled both daily and every 10 days. The procedures also require that any significant reconciliation issues be submitted in writing to the superintendent of schools.” The audit was conducted from July 1, 2014 through July 31, 2015, but the results were given to the district back in December. “The district has embraced all of OSC’s recommendations, and as of today, all of these recommendations have

been fully implemented,” said Timothy Eagen, Kings Park Central School District superintendent. Eagen said in his statement that he was happy to report that fuel accountability was the sole focus of the audit, and not issues with the district’s budget overall. “This speaks to the high level of internal controls and budgeting procedures that are typical of the Kings Park CSD,” Eagen said. Issues with the district’s tracking of fuel stemmed from sloppy record keeping, not a loss of fuel, which would indicate potential theft or environmentally dangerous leakage, Eagen said. “On both the diesel and gasoline forms, Department personnel entered the same beginning and ending inventory amount on multiple lines of the forms or entered the same beginning and ending inventory amount even when fuel use was recorded that day,” the report said. These forms were provided during the audit period, in lieu of the hand written notes that were the only real source of record keeping before the audit. “District officials are responsible for establishing procedures to provide assurance that vehicle fuel is accurately accounted for and used for appropriate District purposes,” DiNapoli’s report said. “To determine day-to-day use for each

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kings Park Central school District superintendent timothy eagen says the district has already responded to recommendations made by the state comptroller’s office.

fuel pump, department personnel subtract the previous day’s pump reading from the current day’s reading and note the gallons pumped. No reconciliation was performed to determine if the gallons pumped agreed with the change in stick reading from one day to the next.” Prior to the audit period, the fuel pumps and tanks at the district’s bus

garage were monitored by security personnel 24 hours per day along with video surveillance, though no official written policies or procedures were in place to assist employees in accurate tracking of the fuel inventory. The comptroller also recommended that all employees who use fuel document the gallons pumped, vehicle and type of fuel.

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Israel’s departure leaves questions for North Shore By Victoria Espinoza

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

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

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

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

Before the Housing Our Heroes Act, Israel worked with U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) to help put veterans back to work with the Hire More Heroes Act, signed by President Barack Obama (D) in 2014. The law created an incentive for small businesses to hire more veterans who have health care coverage provided by federal departments. “When we’ve worked together, we found it enhances and multiplies our ISRAEL continued on page A9


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North Shore athlete Annie O’Shea gets gold to dig her spikes into the ice and fly down the mountain on a sled she’d purchased Everything started turning around for before the start of the new season. Thus Port Jefferson Station’s Annie O’Shea this far, the veteran slider, as skeleton racers are past summer. known, was a respectable 11th on the World A veteran of the high-speed world Cup tour, competing against the best other of skeleton racing, O’Shea had a repu- countries had to offer. tation for her extraordinary sprinting Her mental approach before her second speed. She just hadn’t been able to put heat was noticeably different to Latour, it all together. who knew O’Shea had “potential that was In skeleton, where racers use the same through the roof.” Last Friday, looking tracks as bobsled, competitors clad in aero- down her home track in front of a raucous dynamic suits and helmets, sprint at top crowd that included school children ringspeed with their hands on their sleds for five ing cowbells and screaming her name, seconds, until they dive on top of the sled, O’Shea looked “relaxed and composed,” steering through treacherthe head coach said. She’s a ous turns at speeds of over ‘She did a lot of stuff “changed person.” 80 miles per hour by shift- this summer that’s Part of that change came ing their body weight. from hiring a life coach. “For years, she’s been starting to pay off. “I used to take [every] known for having one of This is her time.’ problem I was having to the fastest starts in the the track,” O’Shea said. “[I] — Tuffy LaTour needed to get everything world, and then losing that on the way down,” said else off my mind. I feel like Tuffy Latour, the head coach of the United I’ve never been so strong on the inside.” States skeleton team. That strength, and the physical adjustBut not anymore. ment, helped her relax on a course where At an International Bobsleigh & Skel- she had always felt extra pressure, especially eton Federation World Cup race last week, after years of training that started when she O’Shea was poised to do something she’d attended SUNY Plattsburgh. never done on her home track in Lake PlacTrue to form, O’Shea had a strong start id: collect a medal. in her second heat, igniting a ride along a Behind the leaders by a tenth of a second track where she and her sled sounded like after the first of two heats, she visited with a freight train as she flew past spectators her skeleton coaches and her conditioning camped out at their favorite turns. coach, Brett Willmott, who is also the asso“She held the corner in turn 14 well,” ciate head track and field coach at the Uni- Latour said. “If you nail that corner well on versity of Vermont. this track, you’ll be very fast.” “Her first run, she was a little sloppy” Latour said O’Shea tied a track record with her sprint, Willmott said. “I told her to with her 55.08-second finish in her second be aggressive in the last four steps. That’s all heat, making up for her tenth-of-a-second she needed to know.” deficit and putting the heat on the only two With a physical game plan, O’Shea, 28, racers who could catch her. O’Shea stood at stood at the starting gate, waiting her turn O’SHEA continued on page A12

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Televisions teleported A 36-year-old man from Medford and 39-year-old woman from Middle Island were arrested on Jan. 9 at 9:50 p.m. after

police said they stole three televisions from Walmart on Veterans Highway in Islandia. They were both charged with petit larceny. Tools taken On Jan. 7 a 29-year-old man from Smithtown was arrested after police said he stole power tools from a residence on Wayside Lane in Smithtown at 9 a.m. He was charged with petit larceny. Blurred lines Police said a 50-year-old from Rocky Point was driving drunk at 11:25 p.m. on Jan. 7. He was pulled over on Route 25 in St. James after police said he turned left in the right lane and drove across traffic. He was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated. Busted at Busters A 56-year-old man from Greenlawn was arrested on Jan. 9 at 8:30 p.m. after police said he was selling alcohol to an underage person at Beverage Busters in Commack. He was charged with firstdegree unlawfully dealing with a child with alcohol. Pill problem On Jan. 7 a 32-year-old man from Commack was arrested after police said he was in possession of prescription pills without a prescription inside a 2015 Dodge Ram pickup truck on Wesleyan Road at about 10:45 p.m. He was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Purse nabbed at Napper’s Police said an unknown person stole a pocketbook with credit cards and a license from Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub in Smithtown on Jan. 7 just after midnight. — COMPILED BY VICtOrIa EsPInOza

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PERSPECTIVES

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Thanks to a recently passed transportation bill in the United States Congress, small communities like those across the North Shore can more easily invest in bicycling.

Hauppauge business VP of sales commends Congress for FAST Act At a time when public opinion of the federal government seems to be BY DaN Rowe at a historical low, I want to commend Congress for passing the FAST Act, a five-year transportation bill, and specifically thank U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin for his support and leadership throughout the process. I am a member of the Hauppauge, Long Island, business community and the vice president of sales for Finish Line Technologies, a leading producer of bicycle maintenance products. We employ more than 30 people year-round in our Hauppauge headquarters. We pay local, state and federal taxes while supporting the local community in a number of other ways, including donating bicycle maintenance products to local teams and cycling clubs. Bicycling provides important benefits to our community. Making modest, cost-effective investments in bicycle infrastructure increases property values, boosts retail sales, improves transportation choices and creates healthier, more active communities. For example, several of our employees participated in our local Long Island Bike to Work Day on June 24, 2015. This oneday event was a fun and effective way of building ‘Safe and appealing awareness of safe cycling places for bicycling and bicycle commuting encourage more on Long Island. Safe and appealing people to bike and places for bicycling engood things follow.’ courage more people to — Dan Rowe bike and good things follow. Communities become more active and road congestion and air pollution are reduced. Cities become more attractive for people to live and work. No wonder so many mayors, community leaders, developers and businesses are getting on board with bikes. I am grateful for Rep. Zeldin’s leadership on the passage of the five-year transportation bill. The FAST Act opens the door for communities to continue to make modest, cost-effective investments in bicycling infrastructure. Thank you, Rep. Zeldin for your support of more and better places to ride. Dan Rowe works as vice president of sales for Finish Line Technologies.

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PEOPLE Honors for High School East volleyball player

Smithtown High School East junior Haley Anderson has received numerous honors this school year as a member of the girls’ volleyball team. She has been selected for All-State, All-County and All-Tournament, All-County Elite 8, All-Long Island volleyball first team (Newsday) and was named the Booster Club’s Most Valuable Player of 2015.

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Smithtown High School East’s Haley Anderson has received numerous volleyball accolades this school year. She is pictured with Principal Ed Thompson and girls’ volleyball coach George Alamia.

Smithtown senior an Intel semifinalist Smithtown High School East senior Emily McDermott has been named a semifinalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search. McDermott was chosen for her research in developing an experimental model for natural variation in genetic robustness. She will be awarded $1,000 with an additional $1,000 going to Smithtown High School East to support STEM education. McDermott conducted her research in the lab of Dr. Joshua Rest, an associate professor in the department of ecology and evolution at Stony Brook University. Her project, “Developing an Experimental Model for Natural Variation in Genetic Robustness,” investigated the concepts of environmental and genetic robustness as reflected through a complex network of molecular interactions. She sought to develop an experimental model to study the relationship of robustness in the natural world by using wild strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, yeast. “The moment I found out about being a semifinalist was amazing, overwhelming and unforgettable,” McDermott said. “Science is all about discovery and learning, and to be recognized for all my hard work is an honor beyond belief.” McDermott has worked with Smithtown High School East Research Coordinator Maria Zeitlin during the last three years to conduct her research.

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Katelin Rippee holds treasure donations, along with gifts provided by the Commack Middle School faculty, are brought to the hospital through an annual wish-granting program headed by Randi Seideman, sixth-grade English language arts and science teacher.

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Smithtown High School East senior Emily McDermott has been named a semifinalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search.

According to Ms. Zeitlin, McDermott’s work was on par with graduate level study. In addition to performing the entire experimental bench work herself, McDermott also wrote the computer code to do the analysis. The Intel Science Talent Search, a program of Society for Science & the Public, is the nation’s most prestigious precollege science competition. From more than 1,700 applicants, 300 were selected as semifinalists, which will be further narrowed to 40 finalists on Jan. 20. Those finalists will be invited to Washington, D.C. in March to participate in final judging, display their work to the public, meet with notable scientists and compete for awards, including the top three awards of $150,000 each.

Sixth-grade students at Commack Middle School spread holiday cheer for children with cancer at Stony Brook Hospital Pediatrics Oncology Unit by donating “treasures” for those going through chemotherapy. “Treasures” are small gifts that patients pick from a “treasure chest” to use while they are receiving treatments. These small gifts bring some happy distraction during a difficult time. The most popular “loot” included items like Slinkies, coloring books, stickers, card games, Matchbox cars and Play-Doh. Student Katelin Rippee attended her grandfather’s seasonal meeting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and shared her desire to help. She gathered more than $400 in donations to purchase “treasures.”

OBITUARY Robert Medlock Robert Lawrence Medlock, 72, of Kings Park, died on Dec. 23, 2015. He was born on Nov. 2, 1943 in Pennsylvania, the son of Edward and Bertha Medlock. Robert was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for Pilgrim State Hospital who enjoyed all aspects of agriculture — farming, livestock, antique tractors

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— and a good glass of scotch. Left to cherish his memory are his sisters, Linda, Lois, Eileen and the late June; nephews, Paul (Karen) and Christopher (Jess); and niece, Dana. Arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket, where services were held. Mr. Medlock was afforded full military honors at Calverton National Cemetery. An online guest book is available at www.bryantfh.com.


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success,” Zeldin said in a phone interview. Suffolk County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport) said Israel and his staff were an invaluable resource to help pass legislation like the Sunlight Law, which was signed into law in April and ensures that veterans and their families will directly benefit from charitable donations and penalize any person who impersonates a decorated veteran. Looking ahead, Israel said his advice to his colleagues still in Congress is to spend little time in Washington as well. “The trappings of power in Washington can trap you,” Israel said. “I pride myself on never spending a weekend in that place. Go to a diner, and at pizza places in your district. That is where you will learn the most.” The departures of both Israel and Zeldin’s predecessor, former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop, have left room for fresher faces from Long Island to make their mark in Washington, but those who follow the race said it could lead to a shift in power for North Shore representatives. Jeffery Segal, a political science

professor at Stony Brook University, said Israel will be leaving a powerful position and could have even expanded his reach if he stayed. “Congressman Israel has been the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee,” Segal said in an email. “That makes him extremely influential in terms of securing support for projects he favors. Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader, is 75 years old. Steny Hoyer, who as minority whip is second in leadership, is 76 years old. Congressman Israel is only 57 years old. Israel possibly could have become one of the Democratic leaders and possibly even Speaker.” Since Israel’s announcement last week, many lawmakers have come out to say they will consider running for the soon to be vacant seat. Berland, Spencer and Stern are among the many who have said they may throw their hat into the race. Assemblyman Chad A. Lupinacci (R-Huntington Station) has already formed a campaign committee for his possible run. “There are serious issues facing our country and I think that my elected experience at the state and local level will prove invaluable in helping to get the country headed in the right direction,” Lupinacci said in a statement.

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Clockwise from above: Kings Park seniors Dorian Albanese, Nick Forte, Dillon Roske and A.J. Leo present a check to Dan Tramontozzi, at center, who is the executive director of Pin Cancer; Albanese has his arm raised after a win; and Leo, at one left, sizes up his competition.

KP grapplers pin cancer The Kings Park wrestling is fighting to pin cancer. During a matchup against Westhampton Beach on Friday, the Kingsmen raised money for Pin Cancer, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that receives donations which go toward building awareness of all types of cancer, as well as research initiatives at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Kings Park presented a check for $4,460 to Pin Cancer. Twenty percent of all donations raised come from a Wrestle For A Cure event, according to Athletic

Director Bill Denniston. The Kingsmen earned another win in addition to their fundraising efforts: a 4824 victory over their visiting challengers. Kings Park’s Rich Gomez, Nick Forte, A.J. Leo, Dorian Albanese, Ryan Doyle, Sam Schuyler, Dillon Roske, Matt Guercio, Stefan Major and Mike Savello all walked away with wins. Roske pinned his opponent in 37 seconds at 220 pounds, while Guercio earned a 13-5 major decision win over his challenger at 285 pounds. Kings Park (3-1) is currently third in League V.

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the bottom of the track with a nervous grin on her face as she watched her competition try to beat her combined time of 1 minute, 50.34 seconds. Even before the race ended, she knew she would have a medal. At that point, she just wasn’t sure what color it would be. A Swiss athlete, Marina Gilardoni, was ahead of O’Shea through much of the race. At the very end, O’Shea’s time was just enough, by 0.09 seconds, to keep her in first, ensuring her that the color of the medallion that would soon be hanging around her neck would be at the very least, silver. O’Shea had earned a silver medal before though, in 2011 in La Plagne, France, and this time, she wanted gold. The next competitor, Laura Deas of Great Britain, was also ahead during the second run, but she too fell back. Assistant Coach Zach Lund, who was holding O’Shea’s hand while she awaited her fate, assured her she’d won the gold before Deas’ run had ended. “I couldn’t even react until she crossed the finish line,” O’Shea said. “Then, the moment it showed red,” meaning Deas was behind O’Shea, “I lost it. I couldn’t believe it.” O’Shea screeched, jumped in the air and gave Lund, among others, a hug. Standing on the highest rung of the platform, O’Shea had finally earned gold, and what made it even sweeter, was that it was on her home track. Back home where she works at the Comsewogue School District offices, her mother,

Linda O’Shea, was cheering so loudly that teachers from down the hall came flickering to her desk to see what all of the commotion was about. “I’m so proud of her,” Linda O’Shea said. “It was just nice to see how happy she was. When she realized she was going to get any medal, she was really excited.” O’Shea and her other three daughters spent the better part of the morning exchanging emails. The mother has her daughter’s silver medal at home on a shelf, and is looking forward to adding the gold to the collection. After the medal ceremony, O’Shea signed autographs for some of her enthusiastic young fans. For years, she was too focused on where she finished. Now that she’s keeping her approach much simpler, O’Shea, and Latour hope this is just the beginning. “If she sticks with it and stays focused, she can do anything,” Latour said. While she’s pleased with her first World Cup gold medal, O’Shea has her sights set on a bigger prize: the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. “This is the start of what I want to accomplish,” O’Shea said. After a decade on the tour, struggling through all types of challenges, O’Shea may have found her groove months before she stepped on the ice this season. “She did a lot of stuff this summer that’s starting to pay off,” Latour said. “This is her time.” On the immediate horizon, O’Shea will compete in the next World Cup race in Park City, Utah on Jan. 15 and 16.


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

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

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A national conversation about gun control has public officials weighing in.

Make the pledge TO ThE EdiTOr: Some of the presidential candidates fully support the National rifle Association and advocate an unrestricted interpretation of the Second Amendment. Furthermore, they suggest that

several of the recent mass killings might have been prevented, or reduced in scope, if more people were carrying guns. Each of those candidates could exercise their conviction by making a pledge to the American public, stating that should they become president, they’ll sign

an executive order stating that whenever they make a public appearance, the Secret Service and all other security agencies will not do weapons screenings.

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Differences between the sexes in tall stories

D. None of the above by DaNiel DuNaief

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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