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The Town of Smithtown Youth Bureau and Anti-Bias Task Force have joined forces with talented art students from Smithtown Central School District to celebrate Gay Pride Month in the community, according to a town press release. Students from AP art teacher Steven Halem’s class at Smithtown High School West painted a sign for the Kindness Rock Garden at Town Hall. Materials, stencils and additional supplies to paint a new sign were graciously put together, courtesy of AR Workshop; a boutique DIY studio located on Main Street in Smithtown. Councilwoman Lisa Inzerillo thanked AR Workshop and the students. “This is such an exceptional town, much in part because of the people who call Smithtown home,” Inzerillo said. “It gives me great pride and much hope to see our young people carrying the torch forward. Love does grow here ... and I hope that this display encourages even more unity throughout the community.” The Youth Bureau coordinated the delivery of the wood, stencils and paint to AP Art Teacher Steven Halem’s class in May. Students then exercised their own creativity to paint the sign together. The finished artwork was first showcased on display at the Anti-Bias Task Force table at Smithtown Festival Day, before being installed the following week. “This is a loving community that embraces and cares for our neighbors,” said Councilwoman Lynne Nowick. “You need not look further than

this past year and a half ... the way we all went above and beyond, whether we donated food to the pantry or supplies to first responders. Seeing our youth engaged in this gesture of solidarity, gives me great confidence that they will carry out this harmony well into the future.” The Kindness Rock Garden originated during the peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic, when the state mandated the closure of in person learning. The Youth Bureau began to work with the school districts in providing community service opportunities so that children could help make a difference during difficult times. Local art groups like Kings Park Kindness Rocks quickly jumped at the opportunity and in a short amount of time, adults and kids alike were “planting” kindness rocks in front of Town Hall. The town has opted to dedicate the kindness rock garden every month, with the first month (of June) in honor of Gay Pride. The Town’s official message for the month is “Love Grows Here.”

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Hundreds return to Kings Park fair BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Kings Park Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Kings Park Day Town Fair once again on Saturday, June 19. Last year the event had to be canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. This year’s Kings Park Day featured a craft and gift fair across the street from the Kings Park Fire House with more than 100 vendors and food trucks. Vendors from local businesses also set up tables along Main Street.

The day included performances from dance studio students and bands throughout the day. Attendees were able to try ax throwing, and the fire department hosted an open house where families checked out the various trucks, met local firefighters and children ran through a water spray. Elected officials were also on hand, including town Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R), pictured upper right on left, and state Sen. Mario Mattera (R-St. James). — Photos by Rita J. Egan

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SBU hospital helped test the Novavax vaccine BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM One of the larger centers for the Novavax vaccine trials, Stony Brook University Hospital recruited 376 patients for a potential fourth vaccine against COVID-19 . The Gaithersburg, Maryland-based company announced earlier this week that its vaccine was effective in 90.4% of the participants in its phase 3 trials, which is typically the last clinical hurdle before approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The trials occurred in the United States and Mexico. With 30,000 people participating in the clinical study, the Stony Brook participants accounted for about 1.25% of the total study group. “The quality of our data is among the highest,” said Benjamin Luft, chief investigator of the Novavax trial and director and principal investigator of the Stony Brook WTC Wellness Program. At its peak, the Novavax trials, which began on Dec. 28, involved 10 to 12 full-time staff at Stony Brook to prepare and administer the vaccines.

“The staff worked extremely hard,” Luft said. “I think everybody takes a great deal of satisfaction in being a small part of this great machine that ultimately produced these vaccines that we all benefit from.” Novavax reportedly plans to produce as many as 100 million doses of the vaccine per month starting in the third quarter and as many as 150 million per month in the fourth quarter. The Novavax vaccine, which received $1.6 billion from Operation Warp Speed in 2020, differs from the other three approved vaccines. Pfizer/BioNtech and Moderna use messenger RNA and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses a combination of the gene for the spike protein with an altered adenovirus, which causes the common cold. Novavax, by contrast, uses a piece of the spike protein from COVID-19 to train the immune system to recognize the foreign invader. Vaccine providers can store the Novavax vaccine, which requires two doses, at typical refrigerator temperatures, unlike the mRNA vaccines, which require ultra cold storage. The Novavax vaccines are usable for up to three months after they are stored.

Luft said the vaccine might have a real benefit in places that don’t have these cold storage facilities. Earlier one morning this week, Luft received several emails from colleagues in South America who had heard about the trial and knew he was involved. “They are so excited for their countries that they could get access to such a vaccine,” Luft said. The clinical trials for Novavax occurred at a time when the original Wuhan strain, which formed the basis for the vaccine, wasn’t the only COVID-19 threat. “The variants that were in the community were different” during the Novavax trial, Luft said. The vaccine was not retooled for the new variant, which is what made the results so encouraging. Like the other vaccines, the Novavax vaccine had some side effects, which included fever, head aches and soreness at the site of the injection that went away over the course of a day or two. At this point, Novavax plans to submit its data for potential approval to the Food and Drug Administration by the end of the third quarter.

Benjamin Luft is the chief investigator of the Novavax trial at SBUH. File photo from SBUH

Luft expressed his appreciation for the opportunity Stony Brook and the residents in the area who participated in the study had to contribute to this effort. “I was just so delighted” with the results, Luft added. “It was just so gratifying to be a part of the cog in the great wheel” for a process that proved effective.

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North Shore resident helps visually impaired navigate their world BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Sometimes teaching and learning transcend the classroom. When the visually impaired learn to travel — whether to go to work, cross a street to get to a restaurant or take an airplane for a trip — it happens when tackling everyday situations step by step with an educator. One of those teachers is Stony Brook resident David Seyfert, who recently retired from the South Country Central School District after 32 years as a visual teacher and orientation and mobility instructor. For more than 20 of those years, besides working for South Country based in East Patchogue, he was contracted out to several school districts in the county, including Three Village, Port Jefferson and others. He said over the years he has helped students from EastportSouth Manor to Amityville on the South Shore and Miller Place to Northport on the North Shore. Despite his retirement, he continues to work with a few students. Seyfert, who is typical sighted, said he only knows about five or six instructors on Long Island like him. Describing it as a rewarding career, he said he hopes to see more people follow the same career path. “It’s an incredibly interesting and challenging field in which to work,” he said. In order to qualify for his profession, after obtaining his bachelor’s degree in English from The King’s College in the city, Seyfert continued his studies by achieving a master’s in special education from Adelphi University

and a master’s in orientation and mobility from Boston College. In Boston, he lived in the Perkins School for the Blind. The school is where teacher Anne Sullivan once worked with Helen Keller. Seyfert’s students can be anyone who is legally blind to someone who has 20/20 vision but doesn’t have a visual field greater than 20 degrees, known as tunnel vision. He compared the orientation and mobility lessons to backward teaching. “Instead of kids coming to my classroom, I come to them,” he said. When working with Seyfert, students learn how to do things such as cross the street and travel by bus and train in their area, and when they are older, he brings them into the city to learn how to ride the subway system. Seyfert said, for example, he has taken students on the 6 train down to Chinatown and up to 86th Street, and the M86 bus from 86th Street to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “I’ll take them up to The Cloisters [in Washington Heights] and the Bronx Zoo all by train and subway,” he said. “We’ll go around, we’ll switch to Grand Central Station to take the New Haven line out to Bridgeport and take the ferry across [to Port Jefferson].” When it comes to the subway system, Seyfert said he teaches students what to listen for and which way the stairs will be at certain stops. Once a person goes up the stairs, he instructs them to listen for the turnstiles. He said there are also posts with braille on them to prompt those who are visually impaired as to where to go. Seyfert will also teach tips while walking in the city such as figuring out what direction the sun is depending on what cheek a person feels it on. The educator has taken students on the AirTrain to the airport, too. A friend of his who is a traveler’s aide gives the teenagers a tour of the airport. One of his students had an internship in the city when he was a junior in college. Seyfert said he had a knack regarding the subway systems and how they connected to Penn Station, something his parents couldn’t imagine when he first started the mobility training. “He became completely independent traveling around New York City, so it’s really neat to see where the kids go,” Seyfert said. The teacher said learning how to navigate not just streets and buses in their hometowns but also the city gives the students options in the future as far as their careers go. He said while many of his students have decided to visit and work in the city, others have chosen not to go there again. “At least you know how to do it,” he said. “If it’s not your thing, that’s fine, but you’re not doing it because you don’t know how to do it or you’re afraid.”

Above, David Seyfert, center, with students Sydney Steuernagel, left, and Louisa Tait at Chelsea Market in New York City. Below, a student learning the route from the Manhattan-bound 7 train to the Downtown 6 in Grand Central Terminal during the morning rush hour. Photos from David Seyfert

Barbara O’Rourk worked with Seyfert when she was a secretary to the director of student support services in the Port Jefferson School District. “He was one of the most incredible people that I’ve met, what he did was close to amazing, and his attitude, his patience, just how he dealt with them and dealt with the parents, was just amazing,” she said. O’Rourk also remembers him as an effective advocate for his students. “If they needed services, he would go to a meeting and support what he felt they needed, and people listened to him because he would never lose his temper or be arrogant,” she said. Barbara Kelly, of East Setauket, whose daughter Megan started working with Seyfert when she was attending Three Village’s Nassakeag Elementary School, said not only does he advocate for his students, but he also teaches them to do so for themselves. When her daughter and her husband, who is also blind, had difficulty crossing a busy intersection in Farmingdale, Seyfert told Megan Kelly to write to the New York State Department of Transportation. Eventually, a “no right turn

on red” sign was installed at the intersection. “Dave really encouraged that,” Barbara Kelly said. Seyfert is still in touch with Megan who is now 35 years old. He even traveled to her college twice to help her work with navigating the school and attended her wedding. He has since helped her with walking the streets of Farmingdale, navigating her new home and using a cane again when she was between seeing-eye dogs. Megan Kelly, who works for Helen Keller Services teaching technology skills to adults who are blind, said she had many great learning experiences in the city with Seyfert. “I learned to explore, and he always made learning fun, something I always hope to do for my students,” she said. “I always remember him saying that every mistake was a learning opportunity.” Barbara Kelly described Seyfert as dedicated and that her daughter has great mobility because of him. “He was always there to do mobility for her, so he gave my daughter her wonderful life,” she said.

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Gyrodyne’s megadevelopment: A wolf in sheep’s clothing lauded the proposed sewer plant as a solution Many residents are still not aware that allowing to perhaps the town’s most pressing economic Gyrodyne permission to build will not mean problem, its lack of commercial sewer sewer treatment access. Local business and labor leaders, along treatment services. Wehrheim promised to speak with Gyrodyne officials about providing with town officials, continue to make the sewage treatment services to the Lake Avenue economic development argument, refocusing on job creation for residents business district. His remark and tax-base expansion. These forged a connection between are canards as well. In fact, wastewater treatment access few full-time jobs will be for business and Gyrodyne created. Construction jobs will gaining permission to build. be temporary and cannot by As a dry sewer line was law be restricted to Smithtown installed under Lake Avenue, residents. Most permanent jobs the supervisor’s theme was will be relatively low-paying echoed approvingly by chamber hourly work in the service presidents, business district sector, such as housekeeping champions and labor leaders. posts and positions as health It certainly sounded good. Who care attendants. Creating could possibly object? high-paying jobs in industry That argument, however, clusters — the key definition has been thoroughly debunked. Warren Strugatch of economic development — Early this year Gyrodyne is not in the cards. acknowledged in a filing with As for expanding the tax the Securities and Exchange Commission that it could not provide treatment base, that too is problematic. About 20 years services to Lake Avenue businesses nor anyone ago, Stony Brook University — Flowerfield’s else not located on its premises. The town, immediate neighbor to the east — acquired however, has yet to acknowledge this reality. about three-quarters of the property through

BY WARREN STRUGATCH Economic development sounds good. In fact, it sounds great. Reasonable people will tolerate immense inconvenience resulting in financial betterment — for their community and for themselves. Unfortunately, the $150 million megadevelopment planned for Flowerfield, Gyrodyne’s approximately 70-acre campus along 25A in St. James, is to true economic development what a wolf is to sheep’s clothing: a mis-planned, ecologically tone-deaf cover for self-serving overdevelopment. When the Town of Smithtown made Gyrodyne’s subdivision application public, its details — the 150-room hotel, the 250-unit assisted living facility, and — most ominously — a 100,000-gallon-a-day sewage treatment plant sited above a vulnerable watershed — earned the immediate ire of prominent environmentalists and civic activists. Opponents vastly outnumbered supporters at the one public forum the town held, in late 2019. Supporters, following the staunch, probusiness lead of Smithtown Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R), touted the project as an engine of economic growth. When plans for the subdivision were unveiled, the supervisor

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Mr. Baker also made deals to preserve four acres on Old Northport Road in Kings Park and properties in East Hampton. He gave the town many opportunities to preserve land where typically they would not be able to do so at no cost to the tax payer. He was well known and a dear friend to many at Smithtown Town Hall. The Town of Smithtown is a stronger place because of the indelible mark John left on it. John worked side by side with Peter and Michael Cosentino for over 35 years and his passing is a significant loss to the company both professionally and personally. John grew up in Dix Hills and was the oldest of five children. John has been a resident of Smithtown since 1973 when he married his wife Joanne Baker. Prior to working for PJ Venture, John worked for the local 138 Engineers Union where he operated heavy machinery to complete the South Shore sewer district and Kulka Construction. He served honorably in the US Army from 1965-1967. He found his passion for building while he studied engineering and construction there. He was a skilled gunman and a lifetime member of Peconic River Sportsman Club and Maidstone Club. His hobbies included clay shooting, quail hunting, fishing, gardening and spending time with his grandchildren. John never missed an opportunity to speak about his grandchildren. They were the light of his life. John was known for his stories, humor and selflessness. He always told the truth even if it wasn’t what you wanted to hear. John is survived by his wife, Joanne, his son Joseph, daughter-in-law Ashley

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Editorial

People may need to be more vigilant when walking in quiet or unfamiliar areas. Photo by Rita J. Egan

Staying safe

After sitting home for over a year, people are finally emerging from their living rooms. The world has opened back up, restaurants and venues allow 100% capacity again. Things are starting to look like they’re coming back to normal. Remember before COVID-19 how many murders, shootings and disputes there were — not only on Long Island but across the country? For almost a year, there was little news of a gunman entering places of business. Schools weren’t open, so there were no high school shootings — something that happened relatively often in 2019. It was nice, wasn’t it? But now, we’re seeing a lot of instances again where we need to remember to be safe. Last week, there was a stabbing in the early morning on the Greenway Trail in Port Jefferson Station. Barely two days later, a shooting occurred outside a bar in Port Jeff village. Now that life is seemingly regular, the people who have pent-up energy, anger or who are emotionally disturbed are back out in the public. It’s time to be aware of our surroundings again. People might have forgotten to look over their shoulders while walking in a parking lot in the dark. They might not realize it’s not safe to be alone during a walk at night. If a customer looks unstable at a business, it might be good to alert someone and stay away. Things are back to normal and, unfortunately, that means the bad stuff is back, too. Keep your phone handy, bring a friend to places infrequently visited so you’re not alone and maybe invest in a whistle for your keyring to deter someone coming at you. If someone is walking toward you, look them in the eyes, so they know you can identify them if needed. Also, it never hurts to let someone know where you are going, especially when it’s late at night or you are traveling in an unfamiliar area. Nowadays there are also apps for your phone that can help you stay safe, from ones that you can check before you venture out to see if any crimes have been reported in the area, to others that will send a message to your contacts you predetermine if you scream or don’t respond to a text message from the service by a certain time. It’s important to stay safe. Look out for yourself and look out for others. We’re all in this together.

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Letters to the Editor Zeldin weaponizes issues for his quixotic campaign Congressman Lee Zeldin’s [RNY1] “perspective” piece in the June 17 edition is filled with statements that necessitate fact checking. He blames remote learning and lockdowns for the escalation of mental health issues in children, seemingly not realizing that it is not remote learning or lockdowns that created these problems, but a global pandemic that has killed over 600,000 Americans. Blaming the preventative measures taken shows his deep lack of understanding of what factors contribute to mental health issues. His sudden concern for mental health issues is disingenuous at best, given the fact that he voted for Trump’s health care plan in 2017, which made mental health and addiction treatment preexisting conditions. Zeldin disregards the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics that all children who are not fully vaccinated wear a face mask to stop the spread of COVID-19.

As there is no vaccine available to children under 12 — which is the entire population of most elementary schools — his “unmask our kids” crusade goes against the recommendations of medical experts in the field. It endangers our youngest and most vulnerable, whose only protection against the virus is wearing a mask. Ignoring the medical experts is a testament to the sheer arrogance and ignorance that characterizes his political career. He also takes this opportunity to raise the latest right-wing talking point, that of critical race theory. It seems that Zeldin is unaware that CRT is a legal theory taught in law school. That’s disappointing, given that he is himself a lawyer. Was he not paying attention in class that day? What is and should be taught in our schools is an inclusive curriculum that highlights our diverse nation. It is not “dishonest” or “divisive,” as he states. It’s just facts and history as it happened. I suppose

for right-wing extremists like him, that truth is uncomfortable, as it exposes the bigotry of his own ideology. As Zeldin weaponizes these issues in his quixotic campaign for governor, it is important that media outlets call out the falsehoods, and not publish them as “perspective.” It is crucial that the media recognize this for what it is, a distraction from the real issues that we face. Question Zeldin on his troubling legislative record, which has disenfranchised marginalized communities and working families. Question him about his peddling of “the big lie,” and his vote against certifying the election of President Joe Biden [D]. Question how his rhetoric and actions contributed to the failed insurrection on Jan. 6. It is the media’s responsibility to hold our elected officials accountable and not merely provide them free space to peddle falsehoods. Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

Zeldin’s cheap shots gone with the wind Zeldin’s article begins with a cheap shot at Gov. Cuomo [D] by focusing on some confusion about masks in schools but completely fails to mention Cuomo’s daily briefings on TV in the thick of the epidemic providing the latest scientific updates and guiding New Yorkers on how to avoid infection. The governor’s efforts led to one of the highest vaccination rates in the country and very low infection rates. He is one of the main reasons we can even open schools and

businesses. The congressman further errs when he chooses the rights of those refusing vaccinations over the health of those who have been vaccinated. I am 80 and contracting COVID-19 would be very serious, if not fatal. I have been vaccinated but there is still a small chance I could be infected. I don’t want to incur additional risk by being forced to sit at sports events or the movies next to people who refuse vaccination. Those who choose not to

be vaccinated should sit separately. Let them take responsibility for their decision and not endanger me. Finally, Zeldin claims not to want to indoctrinate school children but he refuses to allow even the discussion of systematic racism in America. That is, to indoctrinate them with the same old views. Does he really want to teach the “Gone with the Wind” view of happy slaves? I would hope not. Adam Fisher Port Jefferson Station

Sewers needed in Smithtown and Kings Park As I have said repeatedly since taking office, we need sewers in downtown Smithtown and Kings Park as soon as possible in order to protect our precious surface and groundwater, and to promote much-needed economic development in these communities.

I support whatever means can best achieve this goal provided that process is transparent and allows for resident and stakeholder input. We must not allow critical sewer expansion to continue to be used as a political football or negotiating tool.

The health and welfare of local residents and our environment is at stake, and it’s time for county officials to stop dragging their feet and manufacturing excuses. Get it done! Robert Trotta Suffolk County Legislator, 13th District

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Opinion Ready to cheer for the magical return of Broadway

ith my fingers crossed, I am excited about the return of shows on Broadway, which is scheduled to reopen in September. Something magical happens when a curtain rises, taking an excited audience on a musical journey to other places and other times. Decades ago, I attended a production of “The King and I.” While the famous Yule Brenner played the title role, I found the experience utterly meaningless. D. None I remember asking of the above my mother what those BY DANIEL DUNAIEF small people were doing so far away from me, as we watched that production in the third balcony.

“Next time,” my mother said through gritted teeth to my father, “I’m getting the tickets.” Sure enough, my parents took my brothers and me to “A Chorus Line.” The experience was as different as standing across the street, looking through the fog at a candy store and sitting at the counter, reading through a menu and enjoying the smell of warm waffles and ice cream and the sight of tantalizing delicacies akin to what I imagined Turkish delights from the Narnia series would taste like. The live performance so completely captivated me that I left the auditorium humming some of the songs and hoping everything would work out for characters who came from broken homes and broken dreams. Each of the actors was taking his or her shot, hoping for approval, and a job, doing what he or she loved. I have found numerous shows that have been as moving and as thrilling, including more modern performances, like “Dear Evan Hansen.” The combination of sights and sounds, the

emotional range from humor to tragedy and the riveting live voices that cause seats to vibrate and artwork to come alive provide a completely immersive artistic experience. I don’t always love every moment in a show, and I don’t always understand what a director or actor is conveying, but that doesn’t stop me from trying or from appreciating the effort. When I was in high school, I joined the pit orchestra of the musicals “The Wizard of Oz” and “West Side Story.” I far preferred the latter, with its more complicated and intricate music, although participating in each performance provided artistic highlights for my high school career. On one of my first dates with my wife, we attended “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” starring Nathan Lane. The show, which I had seen once or twice before, was a familiar pleasure, while Lane’s periodic breaking of character and hamming up the role tickled the audience, sharing the equivalent of a modern-day wink with an appreciative crowd.

After the show, I was thrilled to find that my wife shared my love and appreciation for the Great White Way. We repeated lines that amused us, commented on the sets, and appreciated the spectacular stage presence of an acting legend who, somehow, show after show, seemed to be completely in the moment. As we continue to emerge from a pandemic in which we discussed books we’d read and Netflix shows we’d seen, I am eagerly looking forward to returning to the cushioned seats, the brightlycolored programs, the friendly ushers, and the hard-working cast members who inspire and elevate my life with their dedication, talent and hard work. Who knows? This year, I might even go back to dressing up for the occasion, tying a tie, finding matching dark socks, and wearing dress shoes as the lights return to live performances, the orchestra holds up its instruments, and the actors take deep breaths, preparing to serenade those lucky enough to score tickets to a transformative ride.

season. And while I was wearing a life vest, I had casually closed only the top couple of toggles, so the vest rode up to the level of my chin, pinning the edge of my broad-brimmed hat that had come askew in front of my eyes. While I knew I was in the water, I couldn’t see a thing. It took us several minutes to sort ourselves out, my son, daughter-law and myself. We worked to untangle ourselves as we cling to the side of one of the overturned pontoons. Then the boat became caught in a mooring into which the wind had blown us. We hoped one of the two motor boats that came along would stop to help. They passed us by, but one slowed down to take a video of us struggling in the water. It is hard to right a catamaran, and in the sudden heavy wind, it proved impossible. “Maybe we should call for help,” my daughterin-law suggested, and proceeded to do just that. Fortunately Evelyn and Greg Haegele, in their sailboat aptly named “Necessity” heard us

and slowly approached. My children were most concerned with getting me to safety and up the swim ladder that Greg had thrown over the side, my daughter-law helping me swim over to their boat. My son calling out my age with concern in his voice. It was not easy to climb the six steps in my sopping wet clothes, but as they say at NASA, failure was not an option. Then Greg passed his sunglasses to his wife and made a beautiful dive to swim over and help right the Hobie. Together they were successful despite the strong wind. As my children clambered back aboard and sailed off, a police boat, followed by a fire boat dashed after them, checking to see if all was well. It seems some alert person in a waterfront home in Belle Terre, witnessed the mishap and called 911. Meanwhile the Haegeles took me back to Port Jefferson via the launch service and then drove me home, a drenched dog.

A ‘Thank You’ note to my rescuers

three-year-old golden retriever, missing for two weeks, was pulled out of Barnegat Bay Wednesday by two blessed souls. I know how that golden feels. I was pulled out of Port Jefferson Harbor Sunday and was I ever grateful. I’ll tell you the whole story. My family is visiting, finally, as the pandemic fades. That includes three sons, three daughters-in-law, one granddaughter, two grandsons, (the third was working), one dog Between and two cats. Sunday you and me late afternoon we noted BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF the arrival of what sailors call “the cocktail breeze,” and to enjoy

it, three of us went out in the harbor on a 16-foot Hobie Cat. The catamaran is little more than two pontoons connected by a sturdy webbing on which passengers sit. There is a mainsail and a jib, and the light craft really flies across the water. But there is no motor, only an oar in case the wind dies down, and we have to row ourselves back to shore-hardly a desirable state of affairs, as you can imagine. So, there we were, happily zipping along, when the breeze turned into a sudden gust, caught us off guard, and lifted one pontoon out of the water. I was sitting above the other, and I saw the colorful mainsail rising up like a wall and coming toward me. The abrupt knot in the pit of my stomach confirmed that we were about to capsize. That had never before happened with this boat. I braced for a shock. To my pleasant surprise, the water temperature, while not warm, was more comfortable than I expected for so early in the

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