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Residents Approve School Budgets, Give BOE Incumbents Seal of Approval The majority of residents across the Town of Smithtown voted “yes” to their districts’ proposed budgets and approved their board of education incumbents.

Smithtown Central School District

Smithtown residents passed the $255,203,276 budget for 2020-21, 7,345 to 3,726. Incumbents Matthew Gribbin (8,295), Frank James (5,479) and Jerry Martusciello (8,362) retained their seats on the board. Kevin Craine, who challenged James’ seat, received 4,104 votes. The 2020-21 budget is a 1.50 percent increase from last year’s budget, and the tax levy increase of 1.82 percent is under the cap.

Commack School District

Commack School District’s 2020-21 budget of $199,759,525 was approved by residents, 5,332 to 2,128. Trustee Susan Hermer retained her seat with 3,401 votes. Her challenger Mike Weisberg garnered 3,021. Incumbent William Hender ran unopposed and received 5,157 votes. The 2020-2021 school budget has a tax cap levy increase of 1.99 percent with a budget-tobudget increase of 1.37 percent.

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Kings Park residents voted in favor of the $96,510,404 budget, 3,223 to 1,859. Joe Bianco ran unopposed and was elected to a three-year term with 4,146 votes. The budget represents a 2.80 percent increase over last year’s total of $93,880,803, with a 3.27 percent tax levy increase. “During these challenging times, I am most thankful for the ongoing support from the Kings Park Community,” said Superintendent Timothy Eagen in an email. “Over the past 14 weeks, the Kings Park family has shown great resiliency, grit and persistence. We have come together as a family. With our budget successfully passed, we can begin to plan for a safe reentry in September.”

Hauppauge Union Free School District

Hauppauge was still canvassing votes Wednesday, and results were unavailable at press time. The board of education adopted the proposed $115,735,467 budget at a May 21 remote meeting. The budget shows a 0.28 percent decrease, and an increase to the tax levy of 2.3 percent, due to higher property taxes, meets the tax cap. Board of education trustee incumbents Dr. Lawrence Crafa and James Kiley both ran for another three-year term.

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Business Owners Take Precautions as State Continues to Open in Phases BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM From restaurants to retail stores to hair salons and barbers, business owners are all dealing with the same thing — how to open their doors while keeping their employees and customers safe. Last Wednesday, June 10, Long Island entered Phase 2 of New York Forward. This phase allows restaurants to offer outdoor dining, stores to permit a limited number of customers inside and for hairdressers and barbers to finally open up shop again. Marios Patatinis, who owns Sweet Mama’s in Northport and Stony Brook, said being able to offer outdoor dining on the restaurants’ patios has been helpful to increase business. He also bought The Bench Bar and Grill across from the Stony Brook train station right before the mandatory shutdowns. At this location he said outdoor dining is available in the parking lot, and he has been able to start renovations on the building. The restaurant owner said he was happy to see customers able to stay, sit and enjoy their meals. “Everyone is eager to get out of their own house and come out to eat again,” he said. “It’s nice to see people come out and socialize and mingle a bit.” Patatinis said employees both in the front and back of the establishments are required to wear masks. Anyone who has direct contact with food will also wear gloves. Like other businesses, cleaning will be done more frequently, hand sanitizers will be made available for customers and one-time use menus will be handed out.

Patatinis said he’s looking forward to Phase 3, which will allow restaurants to offer indoor dining as long as occupancy stays at 50 percent or less than usual. During the pandemic and mandatory shutdowns, he said he was grateful that he was able to offer curbside takeout service to his customers. “When you build a clientele, they become family,” he said. Hairdressers have also been taking measures to serve customers while taking extra precautions, following guidelines from New York State. At Capelli hair salon in Nesconset, owned by Maria LaMariana, in addition to more cleaning protocols, when clients arrive they must text their hairdresser as the waiting room is temporarily closed. All customers and staff members wear behind-the-ear face masks, and clients have their temperature taken at the door and put on a disposable cape. The number of patrons in the salon is also limited, and people are asked not to bring anyone with them during their visit. LaMariana said she also has customers fill out a form to verify that they aren’t sick and also to provide their phone number. The owner said this way if they get a call that anyone tested positive for the coronavirus, they will be able to contact quickly others that were in the salon that same day. She said at first reopening was overwhelming, comparing it to going back to school, and she said she cried a couple of times. The owner, who has been cutting hair for 50 years, was nervous that customers would challenge why certain things were being done, but only one person gave her a problem.

Capelli Salon in Nesconset requires clients to sign in upon and arrival and the register features a reminder to wear a mask, above. Sweet Mama’s in Stony Brook, below, and other restaurants can now offer outdoor dining. Photos by Rita J. Egan

“I’m happy that people are very allowed at 25 percent capacity. Customers and cooperative,” she said. “They come in, they employees must maintain social distancing and clean their hands, we take their temperature, wear a mask. and they fill out the form.” “People have been so respectful of each For the time being, other and giving each other LaMariana said she will be space shopping,” she said. “I working seven days a week to think people are just generally catch up for the time lost during excited to get out and enjoy the the pandemic and the limited store, and get back to normal capacity she is working with life.” now. It was emotional to see her Employees have been regulars again, she added, and busy sanitizing and cleaning one customer even left flowers commonly touched surfaces, outside the door the first day of such as door handles, keypads the reopening. and phones, Mertens said. “I never felt so important in —Marios Patatinis The stores are also making my life,” she said. “I felt more hand sanitizer available to important than a surgeon.” customers and even selling Carolynn Mertens, director masks. Clothes that are tried of stores and buyer for Madison’s Niche in Stony on in the dressing room will be quarantined by Brook Village Center, Sayville, Huntington keeping them on a rack for a few days before and Garden City, said during the pandemic they are returned to the sales floor. the store’s website was a big help where both Despite all the changes, she said it’s been regular customers and new ones across the wonderful seeing the customers again. country purchased items. Once Phase 1 began “When we reopened, it felt like Christmas,” and stores were able to offer curbside service, Mertens said. “It was so energetic and lively.” Mertens said many customers ordered online She said the staff was happy to hear many and then picked up the merchandise themselves. customers missed coming to the store, and “But nothing compares to losing three reopening day was a successful one. months of in-store business, you can never make “It was a beautiful day,” she said. “We had that up,” she said. the doors open. We had the music pumping. It Mertens said in-store shopping is now was like a rebirth.”

‘It’s nice to see people come out and socialize and mingle a bit.’

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Obituaries

Claire Nicolas White, Iconic Figure of the LI Arts Community Claire Nicolas White, born June 18,1925, in Groet, Netherlands, died May 26 in St. James.. A woman of vast and varied talents, she was a poet, writer and teacher of ballet, French and writing. Daughter of stained-glass painter Joep Nicolas and sculptor Suzanne Nys, Claire spent her early childhood in the Netherlands and a convent school in France. When she was 14, her parents fled the Nazi menace. Her father had a commission to paint a mural in Rockefeller Center, New York, where the family felt at home in a European community of exiled artists and writers. Claire and her younger sister, Sylvia, attended the Lycée Français with the children and grandchildren of other refugees. When she’d arrived in New York, Claire spoke Dutch and French. By the time she graduated from Smith College, she’d fallen in love with English. In the poem, “Marriage II,” she wrote: But English I wed for better or worse, my reality, my daily companion. In 1946, Claire, with her mother, sister and fiancé, drove to California to visit her mother’s sister, Maria, and her husband, writer Aldous Huxley. In a 2017 interview, Claire said that her famous uncle had encouraged her to follow her chosen path. After graduating from Smith College, she married Robert White, renowned sculptor and a grandson of the architect Stanford White. Speaking of the primacy of art in their relationship, Claire said, in that same interview, “Life is chaos; art is necessary to organize it.” Claire and Bobby had four children. Their oldest, Sebastian, became a physicist; Stephanie, a dancer; and Christian, a painter. Claire’s youngest child, Natalie, died in a car accident when she was only 17. Claire also had six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Until her last days, her close family, including many nieces and nephews, was a continual source of joy. She took pride in the way Sylvia and her son, Diego, have carried on the stained-glass legacy of the Nicolas family. Because of family connections and her schooling, Claire was accustomed to meeting

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famous people. She wrote opera libretti for Vittorio Rieti, the composer, a great friend and the father of the artist Fabio Rieti, her Lycée classmate. Cartier-Bresson photographed her as a young woman. She took silent walks with the Indian writer and philosopher, Krishnamurti, who taught her how to concentrate on each step. Through Rieti, she met Igor Stravinsky and introduced him to Aldous Huxley. Through Stravinsky, she met the great choreographer, George Balanchine. When Bobby won a Prix de Rome, the couple befriended the writer William Styron and his wife in Italy. And yet Claire was not drawn to the limelight. She was fond of quoting the line in Emily Dickinson, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” Putting down roots in St. James, she created an astonishing legacy, producing poems, libretti, plays, essays, memoirs, novels, art criticism (Art News, Newsday) and translations of Dutch and French literature. She mentored students of all ages at the Walt Whitman birthplace, in schools all over Long Island and in nursing homes. At Taproot Workshops & Journals, a nonprofit that encourages senior citizens to write in all genres, Claire was, according to its executive director, Enid Graf (in a letter to The New York Times,1995), “One of the organization’s finest teachers.” Claire was also the first editor of Oberon Poetry Magazine, founded in 2002 and still published by the Oberon Foundation. She wrote into her 90s, both poetry and prose. Writer Orel Protopopescu, like many others in Claire’s orbit, considered her a mentor as well as a friend: “Until late last year, she was well enough to meet with our writing group weekly and would surprise us with unexpected turns of phrase, and a wry wit that was inimitably hers. Poems came to her with the regularity of dreams. There is a short poem called “The Tower” in which Claire describes an old wooden water tower close to her house. Its concluding lines encapsulate her philosophy of life:” When life is flat I tower it with a view of the infinite.

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Claire Nicolas White in 1963. Photo by Mathieu Koch

In 2006, Claire donated her work to Stony Brook University Special Collections & Archives. Open to researchers without restriction, the collection comprises 10 cubic feet of newspaper clippings, articles, manuscripts, journals, notebooks, correspondence and published works from 1944 to 2006. Reading the titles in this collection, not all listed below, made me dizzy. I had thought that I knew her, but now I see I only had a glimpse. Claire was an extraordinary woman, complex and not always easy. She had a powerful impact on the lives of all of us privileged to know her, work with her, live a part of our lives with her and to love her.

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Poetry in reviews and anthologies: The New Yorker, Partisan Review, Grand Street, Atlantic

Anne M. Teese

Anne Marie Teese, 63, of Atlantic Beach and formerly of Commack, died June 5, at her home. She was born July 15, 1956, in Queens to Barbara and the late Howard “Bud” Teese. She is remembered as the beloved daughter of Barbara; loving sister of James, John and Alyson (Guldner); cherished niece of Robert (and Joanne), Carolyn (Smith), the late Donald (and Susan) and the late Margaret (Mohan); beloved aunt of Jessica, James, William and Patrick Teese, Nicholas, Kevin, Rose and Sarah Guldner, Daniel, Emil and Vivian Rauhansalo; and great-aunt and cousin to many in the extended family. She moved with her parents and three siblings from Hollis to Commack in 1964. Anne graduated from Commack High School North in 1974 and received her bachelor’s

Monthly, Witness, Confrontation, The Paris Review, Long Island Quarterly, Paumanok, Poems and Pictures of Long Island and A Taste of Poetry (Walt Whitman Birthplace Association). Translations: “The Time of Our Lives (Journal d’une petite fille)” by Martine Rouchaud, 1946 (with Louise Varèse); “The Assault” by Harry Mulisch, 1985 (Pantheon Books, 1985 Honorable mention, PEN Translation prize); “A Night in May (La Nuit de mai)” by Alfred de Musset, 1989; “A Letter of Time” by Hans van de Waarsenburg in 1989; “The Vanishing” by Tim Krabbé, 1993; and “My Father’s War: A Novel” by Adriaan van Dis, 1996. Selected books, poetry and prose: “The Death of the Orange Trees” (Harper and Row, 1963), a novel; “Joep Nicolas, leven en werk” (life and work) (Van Spijk, 1979); “Biography and Other Poems” (Doubleday, 1981); “Fragments of Stained Glass” (Mercury House, 1981), a memoir (Spanish tr. “Mosaico de Una Vida,” Sabina Editorial, 2017); “The Bridge” (Cross Cultural Communications, 1987); “River Boy,” 1988 (ed.); “Stanford White: Letters to His Family” (Rizzoli,1997); “The Elephant and the Rose” (The Vineyard Press, 2003), a memoir’; and poetry collections: “Riding at Anchor” (Waterline Books, 1994); “News from Home” (Birnham Woods Graphics, 1998); and since 2004: “Elusive Harbors” (poetry), “An Armful of Time, Snapshots” (memoir), “Ernestine” (novella), “Robert White, Sculptor,” “The Land of the Smiths” (2014) and “Five Generations Painting with Light” (2019). Submitted by Kathy Donnelly with contributions from poets and writers.

degree from SUNY Brockport in 1978. She worked for Equitable Insurance — later AXA Equitable — for more than three decades, retiring in 2016. A multisport athlete in high school, Anne remained an avid sports fan, an active swimmer and a lifelong lover of the beach. She enjoyed the wind, the waves, the sunshine and the calmness that surrounded her on the sand. The family received visitors Monday, June 15, at Moloney’s Hauppauge Funeral Home. Family and friends are planning a fuller remembrance/ celebration of life when the world has regained more normalcy. In lieu of flowers, friends may honor Anne with donations in her name to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society or Atlantic Beach Cats Inc. (P.O. Box 189, Atlantic Beach, NY 11509).

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Perspectives

Gyrodyne’s Sewage Plant Proposal Carries a Bad Whiff BY WARREN STRUGATCH We Long Islanders are a coastal people. Waterfronts provide our communities with beauty and sense of place; offer abundant recreation opportunities and make dining out delightful. Waterways teach our children about ecology and nature and account for billions of dollars in tourism revenue for businesses. The so-called “conditional approval” vote of a sewer treatment plant by the Suffolk County Sewer Agency on Gyrodyne property next Monday (June 22) threatens to destroy the balance between quality of life and economic opportunity that characterizes life on the North Shore. Gyrodyne’s proposed 7-acre sewage treatment plant is the lynchpin of a humungous, much-debated development plan that, if it goes forward, will forever change life along Route 25A from Smithtown through Brookhaven towns. Gyrodyne’s planned tenants — a 125,000 square feet medical office complex, a 250-room assisted living center and a 150-room hotel — will of course generate jobs, bring traffic, create growth and — inevitably — produce waste. Gyrodyne, which has seen similar proposals go down

in defeat for decades, this time promised to run a pipeline to nearby Lake Avenue. The offer made Gyrodyne a hero on Lake Avenue and made the company friends in local positions of power. Suddenly, their longrejected proposal seems headed for success. Two factors make the big sewer debate particularly contentious: Toxic Effluent. Tenants will produce high quantities of toxic effluent, laden with radioactive waste, pharmaceutical byproducts, nitrogen and biohazards. As environmental experts testified at town hearings in January, when these components enter the harbor they increase algae bloom, turn water green, kill fish, and ultimately kill the aquatic ecosystem, rendering the waterways unfit for fishing, swimming and boating. Gravity. Effluent will flow directly downhill from the plant and into Stony

Brook Harbor, less than 8,000 feet downhill. Environmental protocols or advanced filtration requirements are not mentioned in the plant’s specs. Meaning: Pollution of the harbor is inevitable. Inevitably, jurisdictional questions arose. Authority over the Gyrodyne proposal rests with the Town of Smithtown, which conducted hearings in January. More than 100 people spoke, including noted environmentalists, scholars of marine sciences, and local officials known for their environmental commitments. Homeowners and business owners also spoke, testifying to the likely impact the development could have on their businesses, home equity and quality of life. Most of their testimony was negative. Town of Smithtown is still reviewing their testimonies, in accordance with New York State’s SEQRA law, enacted to ensure

‘A sewage plant that despoils life in its shadow is ultimately harmful, not helpful, to economic growth.’

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environmental protections are present in local permitting. The Suffolk County Sewer Agency, by choosing to interrupt the town’s process, defeats the spirit of the state’s law. The agency’s rush to offer “conditional approval” is illogical and unseemly, blurring jurisdictional responsibility and raising serious questions as to why they are calling this vote while the actual permitting agency continues to deliberate. I don’t believe a plan that’s so poorly conceived and been dragged through a jurisdictional back door is going to work over the long haul. A sewage plant that despoils life in its shadow is ultimately harmful, not helpful, to economic growth. Suffolk County’s sewer functionaries should call off their vote, which was never a good idea, and let Smithtown’s officials do what they were installed to do. Gyrodyne, try again. Next time keep in mind that your neighbors love their water and their waterways and demand that their local officials balance environmental protection with economic growth. Warren Strugatch is president of Select Long Island, an economic development news publisher.

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SBU’s Kaushansky Talks Possibility of 2nd Wave of COVID-19 Dean Talks Cultural Sensitivity and Race in Face of Pandemic BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky, the dean of the Stony Brook Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, is eager to restart the educational mission of training medical school students. While Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has said that medical schools can restart on June 22, Kaushansky has asked for a waiver to allow students to continue to build on their clinical knowledge sooner. “I was worried about the delay in doing the experiential learning,” Kaushansky said. A delay that lasts too long could push graduation back for the rising fourth year students, which is “not good for any health care professional. We need health care professionals, including respiratory therapists, physical therapists, nurses and social workers” among others. On top of the need to ensure on-time graduation for the Class of 2021, he said another wave of the COVID-19 crisis will increase the demand for graduates. The medical school dean said Stony Brook University —Kenneth Hospital is watching carefully the protests over the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd at the hands of a police officer charged with his murder. The hospital and staff are ready in the event of a spike in demand for health care after large gatherings on Long Island and in New York City. “We are ready to mobilize on a moment’s notice because we did it the first” time, albeit with numerous questions about the course and potential treatment for the new virus, Kaushansky said. On Saturday, he sent out a letter to the health sciences community addressing what he termed “health care racism.” “We witnessed the sum of all these effects in the disproportionate lethal burden

of COVID-19 on communities of color, a combination of overcrowding at home, of jobs that do not allow the protection afforded by work from home, or from the disproportionate burden of health care conditions that arise, in part, from health care disparities,” he wrote in the letter. He urged the Stony Brook community to “do everything in our power to work toward erasing the social determinants of disease that contribute to our unequal society.” He urged learners and critical staff to develop and practice cultural sensitivities, and he also suggested that the school should make “certain our graduates reflect the diverse society in which we live.” In its admission decisions, SBU includes the notion of overcoming hardship as a part of the process through which the school evaluates prospective students. In the coming years, Kaushansky plans to emphasize further the importance of encouraging those who have faced significant hurdles in applying to the medical school. In terms of treating patients who have COVID-19, he is encouraged by the use of remdesivir and convalescent plasma. The school has these treatments available for people who are sick and is studying the effectiveness of these approaches. More than 1,500 patients have been admitted through the university hospital, Southampton and Eastern Long Island hospitals and have benefited from the clinical study of symptoms including clots. Surgeons had noticed that D-dimer levels, which are proteins that indicate the presence of clots, were shooting up. They decided when this protein reached a certain level, they would use Kaushansky a full dose of anticoagulants. Stony Brook has put the results of these aggressive anticoagulant treatments into an article that has been submitted for publication. In the meantime, the university has taken an across-the-board approach to raising anticoagulants. “That will improve the mortality rate should we get a second wave,” Kaushansky predicted. In the event of a second wave, Stony Brook Hospital and, indeed, New York will be better prepared, with more tests, greater awareness and contact tracing. Kaushansky believes that the people who have already fought off the virus are presumably immune from getting it a second time. What’s unclear, he explained, is whether the antibody test is predictive of resistance. Additionally, it’s

‘We witnessed the sum of all these effects in the disproportionate lethal burden of COVID-19 on communities of color.’

Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky, the dean of the medical school at SBU, said there’s a real possibility of a second wave of COVID-19. File photo

unclear how long that resistance will last. He expects that monoclonal antibodies can work, but that they should be reserved for the sickest patients. They are expensive and are hard to produce the level necessary for the U.S. population of more than 300 million people. What worries the Stony Brook dean is that people have had enough of staying at home, social distancing and wearing masks. In the worst of the crisis, when the numbers of people sick and dying were climbing, Kaushansky could get to work in much less time than normal, as traffic on the roads had lightened up considerably. Days before the Phase 2 reopening, which began on Wednesday of this week, the level of traffic has returned to a more normal density. Meanwhile, Phase 2 for Stony Brook University involves reopening research laboratories and allowing people who were previously deemed nonessential workers to return to the labs in an “orderly and safe fashion,” Kaushansky said. The university has installed plexiglass shields, requires social distancing, built partitions between people who don’t have their own offices, and requires everyone to wear masks and have their temperatures taken when they come to work. The hospital opened up for elective surgery two weeks ago. Everyone who is

scheduled for surgery has to get a viral swab the day before. The approach the university has taken in requiring personal protective equipment and social distancing has paid off for hospital staff who have been exposed to all those sick patients. The rate of antibody tests of employees is much lower than in the general community. “It’s safer to be a frontline health worker at Stony Brook than to work at some grocery stories,” Kaushansky said. On the clinical side, he believes Stony Brook Hospital needs more highly skilled nurses. At the peak, the university hospital had 437 patients. If it had reached 500, “we would have been in trouble,” he added. Upstate New York had sent 20 experienced nurses to help out. “Nursing is important and high-level nursing, operating-room nursing, was particularly stressed,” Kaushansky said. “We need to hire more nurses.” He added that the school trains excellent nurses and plans to hire some of its own graduates. In terms of medical school classes, the dean said the university hasn’t decided yet whether to bring small groups back together. The big lecture halls will still involve remote teaching. “Are the smaller group educational exercises going to be back safely?” he asked. “I’m working to make that happen.” Kaushansky takes solace in the way PPE reduced the infection rate for the hospital as a whole, and believes such an approach could work for medical school classes as well.

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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic overshadowing other public health issues, Stony Brook Medicine Trauma Center workers have not forgotten the issues that occur on the road due to distracted driving. According to Stony Brook Medicine, reckless and distracted driving is the number one killer of American teenagers. To reduce car crashes and injuries the trauma center has trained more than 2,500 students in safe driving in the Commack, Central Islip and Middle Country school districts since 2016. This year, with no in-school teaching, the pandemic created a challenge in keeping the message going.. To reach teenagers this year, the trauma center decided to make the annual presentation virtual. On May 28 in three sessions, Commack High School students took part in the nationally recognized teen safe driving program Impact Teen Drivers. The trauma center is the first in New York to offer the program, according to Injury Prevention & Outreach coordinator for Stony Brook Medicine Trauma Center, Kristi Ladowski, who is a liaison for Impact Teen Drivers. Heather Leggio, Commack High School psychologist and Students Against Drunk Driving club adviser, said remote learning had been taking place for two months, which helped with the new virtual presentation, since a process was already in place. The psychologist said she felt the virtual version enabled more to participate and there was a constant stream of discussion. Ladowski said when she started looking into different programs a few years ago she

kept going back to the California-based Impact Teen Drivers program. She said among its strengths are the supportive staff members, research- and evidence-based material and that the program doesn’t incorporate the usual scare tactics that other programs have used. She said using statistics and real stories the program connects with teenagers on a visceral level. She added that, from the beginning, Commack was on board with the program, and the trauma center partnered with the high school’s SADD group. “Commack School District with the SADD students and their health classes just really connected with the program and has run it year after year with such success so it’s been such a great partnership,” Ladowski said. In the past, Ladowski presented the program in schools in a small classroom setting to connect better with students, and in Commack, SADD members were trained and then the club members took the lead and ran the program in their 10th-grade classes. “We’re happy to go to the school, and I will run the program as the instructor, but to really embed it in a school is what we’re looking for, and to see the passion that these young students have to take on the program and make it their own and really connect with their peers to make a difference — that’s what’s really great about working with the Commack School District,” she said. Sara Decker, Commack High School social worker, said everyone is motivated and passionate about the program, and health teachers have also been advocates for halting distracted driving.. “As the program went on for different years, we were able to recruit more SADD members

A screen shot from the May 28 Zoom presentation, above. A resource, below, used to educate teenagers on the perils of distracted driving. Photos from Stony Brook Medicine

through this presentation in our classes and it really gave our club a rejuvenation,” she said. “Commack students really got behind this important topic from the beginning.” Decker said Ladowski gave this year’s virtual presentation over Zoom and afterward the students were able to chat and ask questions. SADD students and teachers helped to moderate the chat. Ladowski said during the course she goes over risky behaviors such as the application of lipstick or eating and drinking that can be lethal while driving a car. “It constantly brings it back to our choices and then it also brings in relating everyday activities, things like lipstick application, doing our hair, eating and drinking, using our cellphones,” Ladowski said. “These everyday things that we do by themselves that are not dangerous, but as soon as we make the choice to do it in a car, it can become dangerous and deadly. We don’t get a second chance, so it’s so important to make good decisions every time we’re in the car.” Ladowski added that passengers should do their part not to distract drivers and also speak up when they don’t feel safe. Leggio said the students quickly understand that anything that they do that’s not 100 percent focused on driving is considered a distraction. She said they suggest for students to have a plan

every time they go in a car as far as how many passengers they feel comfortable having in the car and a rule for everyone to wear seatbelts. The program, Leggio said, empowers the students and agrees that it’s helpful that it doesn’t rely on scare tactics. She added that when the SADD students give the presentation, the younger ones look up to them. “The kids don’t get turned off by it immediately,” she said. “They recognize it as a logical, rational explanation. It just makes sense.” Decker and Leggio said in the past they noticed many students realized mistakes their parents have made while driving. “A lot of them recognize what their parents are doing is not okay, and it kind of empowers them to go home and kind of remind mom and dad they shouldn’t be texting and driving or taking a call,” Leggio said. Ladwoski said the family discussion is important because sometimes more experienced drivers don’t perceive the risks as such. “It’s such a rational process to have that aha moment,” she said, adding that parents may rethink certain behaviors like taking calls while driving to set a better example. While the other districts weren’t able to use the virtual version of the program this year, Ladowski is hoping to offer it to libraries so more teenagers can take advantage of it during the summer vacation.

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Cheers To Fathers and More State Senator Says Thank You to Constituents TBR News Media editorial staff share memories of their dads and other special people for Father’s Day.

Rita Egan — Editor

As someone whose parents separated when she was 9 years old and moved in with her grandparents, I’m an example of a village raising a child. From an early age, I realized that relatives and even friends’ parents can play a role in a young person’s life. I was fortunate that my new friends and their parents made my transition to life in Smithtown an easier one. There were the Irvolinos, the D’Agostinos, Mrs. Naseem, and later in high school, the Juans, the DeNobregas and the Castros who always made me feel welcome in their homes, even at family gatherings. I frequently was in the Irvolinos’ pool and on their boat. The D’Agostinos introduced me to the beauty of Head of the River and would take me with the family to the Jersey Shore. And of course, there were the rides many parents gave me when it was too dark for my grandfather to drive. One day on Fire Island, my friend Nancy and I were knocked down by a huge wave. One second I’m hitting my head against something hard, and the next I was grabbed out of the water by Mr. Irvolino. He had me in his right hand and Nancy in his left. I will be forever grateful for my village. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and a belated Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms, too.

Several months ago, I announced that after nearly 34 years as an elected official in the New York State Legislature that I would not be seeking reelection in 2020. Today I would like to let you know that effective June 28, I am formally retiring from the Senate to pursue an opportunity in the private sector. As I have often said over the course of my career in public service, it has been my extraordinary honor and privilege to have served the people of New York in both the Assembly and Senate. My life has been immeasurably enriched by the thousands of people whom I have met along the way, and I leave Albany with my head full of life lessons and my heart full of fond memories. As I roamed the halls of the Capitol last week for the very last time, I marveled at the architecture of the building and reveled in its beauty and

splendor, while contemplating the remarkable history of our great state. I was humbled knowing that I was walking in the footsteps of many great legislators from generations past, including my father, the late Assemblyman John Flanagan. I am forever grateful to my legislative colleagues, past and present, who helped guide my path and nurture my legislative career. I am a lifelong New Yorker, and never more proud of that fact than at this very moment. Despite unprecedented challenges over the last few months, Empire State residents have been profoundly resilient, and I am inspired by their fortitude and optimism. Their individual and collective perseverance will help move our state forward in the spirit of our state motto, “Excelsior” (Ever Upward). A very special thank you to my loyal

constituents in Brookhaven, Huntington and Smithtown for your ongoing confidence and trust in me over the last three decades. Your encouragement and insight into various issues along the way have been extraordinarily helpful and reassuring. As Clarence the angel from “It’s A Wonderful Life” said, “Remember … no man is a failure who has friends.” I have been truly blessed with wonderful friends and a loving family, who have supported me throughout every step of this journey. During my career I have been surrounded by many talented and dedicated people, and I am proud of all we have achieved together on behalf of New York residents. From the bottom of my heart … thank you to all for the opportunity of a lifetime. State Sen. John Flanagan New York State 2nd District

Kyle Barr — Editor

When my parents call me on the weekend, we can go through the platitudes of normal life: How is your job, how’s Long Island, how’s your brother? Dad, you can make comments about how I continue to leave my room a FEMA-designated disaster area. You can talk about my habits of leaving my clothing in the laundry bin after washing them instead of putting it in drawers. Then we can get into the heavier stuff of national politics and local happenings. We can talk about the issues, and I can get angry and you can deflect. And I can’t seem to stop and ask you how you’re really doing. You moved away, and I hope you’re doing OK. I hope the pandemic and quarantine has not made you so reclusive you can’t talk to anybody except mom’s parents. I hope the days you spend in retirement allow you to explore things you haven’t necessarily had the opportunity to. I can ask only so much of you. I can ask you to be patient until I find time to see you. Until then, I can enjoy those platitudes and our conversations.

David Luces — Reporter

When it comes to Father’s Day, I immediately think of my uncle and my late grandpa, two men I’ve been lucky to have in my life. As a young kid, they were a constant fixture, always there to lend me encouragement and support. Whether it was a Little League baseball game or a band recital, they were there. Sometimes, it would just be us slouched on the couch spending hours watching a Knicks game or WWE professional wrestling. My younger self didn’t know any better, but now looking back I think the one thing I take away from those experiences is to be present and to enjoy those moments with the people you love. My grandpa passed away before he could see me graduate high school and college, though I know he would be proud of my accomplishments and the person I’ve become. My uncle and family have played a big part in that. So when I think of this Father’s Day, I think of spending time with my uncle, maybe having a couple of beers and reminiscing of past times with my grandpa. But most importantly, we’ll be with family to make new memories together.

Start Calling Us Winstons I guess instead of being “citizens” of our great country you can now start calling us “Winstons.” The titular character from George Orwell’s “1984” is a fitting description of a people who betray their personal sovereignty to the will of the state. I know many reading have just bailed, as I’m probably some “conspiracy nut” but please hear me out. The fact that any narrative contrary to the official one is suppressed should give you immediate pause. Any scientist who questions the effectiveness of a dust mask for protection against a microscopic virus is not going to be interviewed on News12 anytime soon. It’s akin to a chain-link fence keeping the flies out of your backyard. Dr. Anthony Fauci has now admitted it’s more a “courtesy” to your neighbor. The CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] has flip-flopped on the issue so much that they still have credibility is mind numbing. Please know that if there was a shred of evidence that my exhale was a health risk to my fellow neighbors then I would wear two masks. If there was

proof that my family’s health was at risk I would dress like Neil Armstrong as he descended the steps of the LEM. A deadly virus that spreads so quickly and easily makes one wonder how the human race even survived to this point. It’s crucial that Long Islanders start thinking for themselves and research outside the mainstream. Can a mask that blocks some visible dust particles block anything on a subatomic level? Twentyfour-hour visuals showing everyone wearing masks have created a culture of fear that pits us further against each other as propaganda convinces many that those who don’t wear a mask are trying to kill them. Our governor shaming anyone who questions authority is further proof that dissent is not tolerated. Remember, these are the same people that mandated school children to scurry under their desks as protection from a nuclear blast. There are thousands of medical experts who will tell you that your body is exhaling CO2 for a reason. It’s expired oxygen the body is trying to evacuate and extended blocking of this natural process retards respiration. Pay attention

to how you feel after several hours of extended mask wearing. Most people feel worn down and lightheaded. This is your body’s reaction to rebreathing CO2 it’s trying to expel. Not a good way to protect your neighbor especially if you’re driving. The bigger principle at stake is our natural right of self-determination. The government does not have authority to quarantine healthy people, only infected people under very small parameters. This massive overreach is a test of our resolve. Will we passively accept any mandate that violates the constitutional right of assembly because of an indeterminate threat which they admit only vague ideas of its origin, cause of spread and effective treatment, but somehow know it’s coming back in the fall? Our Constitution is in our charge during this time. Our children are trusting us (“the people”) to preserve what little is left so there is some semblance of a republic to pass on.

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Sean King Smithtown

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Opinion

Important Messages Hidden in the Alphabet

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s we approach Father’s Day, I can’t help thinking that the creators of the alphabet hid important lessons in plain sight when they put the letters “n” and “o” between the letters “m” and “p.” The letter “m” starts the Latin word “mater,” which means mother. The letter “p” starts the word “pater,” which, also in Latin, means father. Between mom and dad, then, resides the simple, D. None effective and importof the above ant word “no.” BY DANIEL DUNAIEF Parents who aren’t on the same page about decisions will find children who don’t believe a “no” ever means anything because they will run to the other parent to

find someone who will render a “no” from the former parent meaningless. Parents need the word “no” to unite them, bringing together the “m” and “p” that makes it possible to provide consistent parenting advice. When a “no” from dad is also a “no” from mom, children can’t divide and conquer with their parents. Now, valuing and appreciating the word “no” doesn’t necessarily mean parents should say “no” to everything. In fact, when mom and dad agree on something for their children, they can and should celebrate the opportunities they urge their progeny to pursue. When our children were young, we found ourselves falling into the repeated “no” pattern, mostly to protect our children. “Don’t go in the street, don’t put that toy in your mouth, don’t grab that dog’s tail, etc.” While all of those rules are valid and valuable, they also can create a culture of “no” that constantly reminds children of their limitations, giving them the equivalent of a Greek chorus of “no”

that follows them around, preventing them from exploring the world or from considering opportunities and risks worth taking because they expect a giant “NO!” sign to appear in their closet, under their bed, at the entrance to their classroom or in the backyard. My wife and I put considerable energy into redirecting our children, rather than giving them a negative answer. We suggested alternatives to their suggestion or even, at times, a compromise answer that wasn’t a negative so much as it was a reshaping of an impulse. On an elemental level, the letters “n” and “o” also seem so apt for the world between mom and dad. After all, N for nitrogen represents 78 percent of the atmosphere while O for oxygen represents 21 percent, which means that, between the letter placeholder for mom and dad resides the letters for 99 percent of the atmosphere of the earth. The elements nitrogen and oxygen also, like some families, exist in paired form as

molecules instead of single elements. These molecules float around in the atmosphere as a duo, with a strong covalent bond keeping the orbiting electron shells full. For children, saying “no” to their parents starts early as a way to fight back against the world of “no” while they drift into the world of the terrible twos or, in our children’s case, the threadbare threes. When these children are caught between their mother and father, they may find that their only defense against a disagreeable world is to hold up their own “no” shield. That small word, however, is important to change the world as well, because children who can defend their “no” answer to parents can also refuse to accept problems they see in the world. Instead, they can defy policies or ideas that rankle them. Saying “no” to anything aids cognitive development and, as it turns out, is good preparation for parenting. It has to be true because it’s right there, hidden in place sight, in the alphabet.

more ominous than the pain of his sole being sewn up. If we begged, he would show us the jagged scar, evidence of his exciting youth. What would he say about living through the present pandemic? It still feels like a dream, this novel coronavirus, from which we will shortly awake. I pinch myself, but I know I am not dreaming. For sure these times require daring just to go shopping in the supermarket, and judging by the amount of media coverage, are also riveting. For many, sheltering in place has proven to be most difficult. Those who like to be in motion constantly are now restrained to their few rooms and a daily walk. Relationships with spouses or others sharing the house or apartment may have become strained to the breaking point. In Wuhan, China, made famous as the origin of COVID-19 for example, suits for divorce have increased appreciably compared to the preceding year. There has been an uptick in the use of alcohol and drugs in the U.S. by those feeling isolated or lonely or simply in limbo from their normal lives. Depression is an increasing complaint.

Yet others, at the same time, have found the pandemic a time for reevaluation of their lives. They have slowed down from their frenetic pace, deepened relationships with partners and children and colleagues, and if they have been fortunate enough not to have anyone fall ill, and to keep their jobs, perhaps have seen a new way occasionally to work: remotely from home or elsewhere in the world. They have probably saved some money by not venturing out to shop, dine or vacation and have maybe enjoyed some healthy home cooking. There is a better prospect ahead. After all, we are in Phase Two now. It appears that Phase Three is on the immediate horizon. By wearing masks in public, practicing social distancing and avoiding crowded indoor settings, and by sheltering those who would be most vulnerable, we seem now to be co-existing with the virus, at least until a vaccine becomes available or sufficient herd immunity evolves. How would my dad tell this story? I believe he would share his experience as a great adventure, even as he would hold up his scar.

Father’s Day and COVID-19

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unday is Father’s Day. When I think of my father, one of the most immediate memories I have of him is of his telling us stories. He loved to talk about his childhood days growing up on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. One of nine children, he distinguished himself with his claim as “the middle child,” and made his adventures sound daring and riveting. Somehow he Between and his siblings always survived, you and me always came BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF through relatively unscathed. And the conclusions to the stories were inevitably happy ones. For example, there was the time the six boys climbed to the peak of the hill behind

their farmhouse, arranged themselves onto an oversized sled and careened down on the hard-packed snow. It was great fun until they saw a train in the distance coming along the track at the bottom of the mountain. Their oldest brother, sitting in the front, quickly calculated the speed of the sled and the speed of the train and shouted a command to those behind him: “Jump off to the left when I count to three.” They obeyed and huddled together watching, as down below the rushing train crushed the sled crossing in its path. Then there was the day my dad and a couple of his schoolmates climbed atop the one-room schoolhouse roof and jumped down in front of their young teacher just as she was arriving for the day. She screamed, which was satisfying to his buddies, but my dad also screamed as, barefoot, he landed on a glass shard. His father, who was of necessity the “emergency room doctor” for his family, isolated as they were in the rural farmland, stitched his foot and spooked him by saying that he would bear the scar of that misadventure “all the rest of his life.” To my young father, that sounded

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