The Times of Smithtown - December 3, 2015

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Smithtown Fire Department came out in full force the day before Thanksgiving to battle a severe house fire, authorities said. The department received the call for a residential structural fire around 3:32 a.m. on Nov. 25 at 16 Trent Ln., where fire officials had to act fast before surrounding homes were also substantially damaged, a spokesman for Smithtown Fire Department said in a statement. There were no reported injuries, but the home to the right of the fire also sustained structural damage, including melted siding and a cracked window, Smithtown Fire Department said. The cause of the fire was still under investigation. The fire was brought under control after firefighters utilized one tower ladder and two hoses. The overhaul of any potentially dangerous structural debris concluded the rescue efforts, with help from departments from Kings Park, Nesconset, St. James and Hauppauge. The owners of the home had left the house when the fire started and were observed at Stony Brook University Hospital soon after, the department said. — phil corSo

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Police up patrols at Smithtown Planned Parenthood By phil corSo

A deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado has spurred Suffolk County into action, with a growing police presence surrounding similar clinics in Huntington and Smithtown. Robert Lewis, 57, allegedly opened fire at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic on Nov. 27, killing three and injuring nine, according to published reports in the Associated Press. And while the horrific scene may have occurred more than 1,000 miles away, the Suffolk County Police Department

said it was taking no chances when it comes to protecting clinics on the Island. In a statement, the department said it would be increasing patrols near the five Planned Parenthood clinics throughout Suffolk, including those at 755 New York Ave. in Huntington and 70 Maple Ave. in Smithtown. Police vehicles were stationed at both buildings for much of the week so far, but the department said there weren’t any credible threats targeting any county clinics. “While no specific threats have been made toward PaReNTHOOD continued on page a7

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Kings Park residents reject solar farm proposal BY Phil COrsO

A renewable energy company has its sights set on a former landfill in Kings Park to build a solar farm, but residents living nearby and conducting business there are not seeing the light. The Smithtown Town Board considered a special exception request at its last meeting on Nov. 19 that would make way for roughly 18,000 solar panels on about 27 acres along Old Northport Road, according to Kings Park Solar LLC — a subsidiary group of the Poughkeepsiebased BQ Energy. The proposal was met with disdain, however, when residents voiced opposition on the grounds of potential health hazards and negative business consequences for a separate sport complex approved nearby. A spokeswoman for Kings Park Solar said it would sell the electricity the panels produce to the utility company PSEG, similarly done at other solar and wind farms built throughout the state. If completed, the spokeswoman said the plan could offset more than 1,700 metric tons of carbon monoxide from the region. Paul Curran, managing director of BQ Energy, said the project was designed like several other solar farms in Suffolk County and would pose no negative health effects because it would be a sta-

tionary system build on top of what used to be a landfill. He said his group would work in compliance with the state Department of Environmental Conservation by consolidating two piles of waste left behind on the property and capping them before construction. Those piles would also be monitored by BQ Energy, he said. “We look forward to working with our neighbors in the community,” Curran said at the meeting before several residents approached the dais to oppose the plan. “It is a very compatible use and we can fit in very well in the town of Smithtown and we look forward to that.” But residents in the area were not convinced the proposal would not be a detriment to their health. Neil Rosenberg, president of the homeowners association for condominiums just north of the area in question, said the proposal was not compatible with the best interests of his neighbors. He requested that the board require BQ Energy to work with a neutral third party in drafting an environmental impact study on the solar farm plan. “What I’ve learned tonight is that the people who are proposing it have said there is no radiation, no noise, nothing coming off this,” he said. “But there’s literature that says contrary. There’s too many unknowns in our opinion.” And aside from health risks, residents

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argued that the solar farm would negatively affect a multimillion-dollar sports complex that was approved for construction over the summer on an adjacent lot in Kings Park. Kenny Henderson, a member of Prospect Sports Partners LLC, said that while he was not against solar power or clean energy, he was certain that a solar farm in that location would deter tenants from doing business with his group. He said ignoring his concerns would be a detriment to the town, as Prospect Sports is poised to produce more than

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Hauppauge School District stops to honor vets By Phil Corso

The entire Hauppauge School District community was pleased to host numerous activities to honor the men and women in the armed forces who bravely served their country both domestically and abroad. The Bretton Woods Elementary School’s faculty and students recognized veterans at their 10th Annual Veterans Day Assembly. U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (RPatchogue) was this year’s guest speaker, and he delivered a moving speech about the importance of recognizing U.S. veterans. On a more poignant note, among the service members was Ensign Charlie Lloyd who attended Bretton Woods and graduated from Hauppauge in 2011. Lloyd was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy in May 2015 and deployed one week later on the USS Forrest Sherman. He returned after six months in the Persian Gulf on Nov. 7 and went to Bretton Woods to attend his alma mater’s Veterans Day Assembly. He was seated beside his grandfather, Charles Lloyd Sr., who is a Marine Corps veteran. “It was a very proud moment for our family,” Charlie Lloyd said. “We are blessed to be from Hauppauge.” The Pines and Forest Brook Elementary schools also held Veterans Day assemblies to honor family members and vet-

erans from the community. The schools sold U.S. flags, which were displayed at the special celebrations. The proceeds from the flag sales were donated to the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook and the United Veterans Beacon House in Bay Shore. “It’s important to remember that time and time again, ordinary people have served our nation in extraordinary ways so that all Americans can pursue the happiness our Founding Fathers envisioned,” Forest Brook Principal Kristen Reingold said. “Your willingness to sacrifice for our country to defend and protect our freedoms has earned you our lasting gratitude. Thank you.” Hauppauge High School hosted veterans from WWII up to the present day who spoke to students from seventhgrade classes on up as well as to administrators and staff members. “We were fortunate to have all these veterans in one room together to share their history,” social studies teacher Deborah Surian said. “This allowed for a variety of perspectives from different periods of history for students to learn and ask questions about.” Surian also said that it was a “real treat” to listen to Barbara Kruz, a gregarious WWII female Marine veteran, who spoke of how women felt pride in their roles during the war.

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Members of the hauppauge school District gather with U.s. veterans for one of several Veterans Day ceremonies held in November.

According to Kruz, “I am proud of what I did and I would do it again if I could.” Each of the veterans described his or her military experiences and shared how these experiences changed/affected their lives. Some of the veterans discussed post-traumatic stress disorder and how prevalent this is when veterans return from combat to assimilate back into ci-

vilian life. Afterward, the students were given an invaluable opportunity to speak one-onone with the veterans. “To be able to listen to ‘living history’ is something that is quite rare,” Hauppauge’s Director of Social Studies and Business Doreen Gordon said. “In a few years, many of these veterans will not be here to share their personal narratives firsthand.”

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Pregnant woman charged with drugged driving Kings Park resident treated at Stony Brook Hospital after her car overturns on day before Thanksgiving effects of opioids like heroin and Vicodin and is commonly used to reverse overdoses. The driver of the other car, a Kings Park resident, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital to be treated for minor injuries. The passenger in her car, a 34-year-old Kings Park resident, was treated for minor injuries as well at Huntington Hospital. No other cars were involved in the crash. Wisnieski was arrested and charged with driving while impaired by drugs. Attorney information for the suspect was not immediately available, and she was scheduled to be arraigned at a later date.

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Police allege a pregnant woman was on drugs when she overturned and crashed her car in Kings Park the night before Thanksgiving. The 26-year-old, Danielle Wisnieski, who is also 26 weeks pregnant, according to the Suffolk County Police Department, was driving north on Indian Head Road at the time of the crash. Police said she lost control of the vehicle, a 2003 Cadillac Escalade, near the intersection with Old Northport Road and overturned just after 8 p.m. Paramedics treated her at the scene, police said, and administered Narcan, a medication that is used to block the

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Smithtown is one of five Planned Parenthood clinics in Suffolk County.

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Planned Parenthood locations in Suffolk County, the department will enhance patrols and remain in contact with other law enforcement agencies for the most up-to-date information regarding the potential for similar attacks,” the department said in a statement. Planned Parenthood clinics also operate in Patchogue, Riverhead and West Islip. When reached for comment, both the Huntington and Smithtown Planned Parenthood clinics deferred to a statement from Reina Schiffrin, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, who spoke of grief for those affected by the horrific shooting. “The hearts of the staff at Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic are with the families of the victims of this senseless tragedy, as well as our colleagues across the country and particularly PP of the Rocky Mountains,” she said. “The safety and security of our patients and staff has always been our top priority, and we are very grateful to the Suffolk County Police for their response to this event and for expanding their pres-

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ence at our five health centers in Suffolk County. Our doors remain open and we will continue to provide high quality health care to the women, men and teens of Suffolk County.” Suffolk County cops also teamed up with Planned Parenthood administrators this week to offer crime prevention training, the department said in a statement. The goal of the crime prevention program, the department said, is to reduce opportunities for crime at sensitive locations while also combatting fear. “Suffolk Police officers will assess the locations and provide information on how building design and environmental influences can affect human and criminal behavior,” the department said in a statement. “Officers will speak to Planned Parenthood officials about the importance of camera systems, target hardening, natural surveillance, facility access control, and territorial reinforcement, which may be used to decrease crime.” Planned Parenthood has roughly 700 health centers across the country, with each clinic serving as a hub for affordable health care and sex education. Its practices have been an ongoing source of controversy, mostly relating to its work in providing abortion and greater contraception services for women.

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Students at the Sts.. Philip & James School in St. James show off the bounty of holiday gifts they helped collect in the name of Operation Christmas Child.

St. James gets in spirit Students and faculty members at Sts. Philip & James School in St. James participated in Operation Christmas Child. The group filled more than 100 shoeboxes, which will be distributed to children throughout the world who are less fortunate. “In the hands of local churches, ev-

ery gift-filled shoebox is a powerful tool for evangelism and discipleship—transforming the lives of children and their families around the world through the Good News of Jesus Christ,” the group said in a statement. “We wish everyone a blessed and merry holiday season.” — Phil COrSO

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North Shore gala to honor charitable champions Friends of Karen prepares to award four at third annual event to benefit children with life-threatening illnesses By Phil Corso

Friends of Karen of Port Jefferson will present its third annual Long Island Gala, which will take place on Friday, Dec. 4, at Stonebridge Country Club in Smithtown. The event will honor Rich Panico, president of Symbio of Port Jefferson, John and Janet Kornreich with the Friends of Karen’s Humanitarian Award and Debbie Peck with the Friends of Karen’s Shelia Petersen Award. Panico has been a champion for the charity for several years, the group said, and John and Janet Kornreich were selected for their award because of their work as the founders of the John and Janet Kornreich Charitable Foundation. Peck has been a longtime Friends of Karen advisory board member and speaker for the organization and has shared her family’s personal story with schools, corporate employees and others so they can learn about the important work of Friends of Karen. Friends of Karen provides vital, practical and comprehensive support, at no cost, to families in the tri-state region who are caring for a child with a life-

threatening illness. Since 1978, Friends of Karen has helped nearly 14,000 children and their families with personal advocacy provided by a team of dedicated professionals — including social workers, expressive arts therapists and child life specialists — who work to ensure they have the financial, emotional and practical support they need to get through the turmoil and treatment process of a devastating diagnosis. Friends of Karen began in 1978 when friends and neighbors came to the aid of a family with a 16-year-old daughter, Karen, who was terminally ill. A fundraising campaign for medical and other costs enabled Karen to spend her precious last days at home surrounded by loving family and friends. More than 37 years later, Friends of Karen has helped nearly 14,000 children in the tri-state region, from birth to age 21, who have been diagnosed with cancer or another life-threatening illness. For sponsorship and ticket information or to learn more about Friends of Karen, visit www.friendsofkaren.org or call Patricia Conway at (631) 473-1768, ext. 303.

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County revisits wastewater treatment programs By Giselle BarKley

Suffolk County is getting more serious about a smelly situation. Sixteen months ago, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) bumped water quality issues to the top of his todo list. Now, the Suffolk County Health Department is reviewing existing sewage treatment plant sites, its enforcement and possible means to strengthen current regulatory programs. Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James Tomarken said the program could be more effective despite the efforts of wastewater management staff members. “As a part of a comprehensive approach to improve water quality, it makes sense to review our existing regulatory programs in consultation with governmental agencies and other stakeholders to identify areas where those programs can be improved,” Tomarken said in a press release. According to Peter Scully, deputy county executive, there aren’t any specific steps to improve the programs yet. Earlier last month the health department met with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Suffolk County Water Authority, on Nov. 5 and Nov. 16, respectively. Scully said the department addressed regulation efforts and compliance issues with the DEC while they tackled water quality concerns and sit-

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ing requirements for the sewage treatment plants. According to the county executive’s website, there’s an excess of 200,000 onsite residential wastewater disposal systems in environmentally compromised areas in the county as of last year. Reviewing the existing programs is an extension of Bellone’s Reclaim Our Waters Initiative. He announced the initiative in March of 2014 to address the county’s poor water quality.

Nitrogen pollution is rampant in the water, which not only affects the water quality but also the organisms living in these waters. The Town of Brookhaven took on similar efforts to address Brookhaven’s declining water quality. In October, the town issued its own study about Long Island’s water, starting with the Setauket Harbor. While that study will take up to a year, conducting the review on the county’s regulatory programs may take several months, accord-

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ing to Scully. The sewage plant application process will also be evaluated. The health department receives around three applications annually. The review will examine whether the department has adequate penalties for those who don’t comply with sewage plant siting regulations. The regulation process of new facilities or those under order is also up for examination. Scully said this is to help make the facilities better for the environment.

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Sean Ferguson leads the pack.

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setting a course record and beating every runner on Providence College, highly ranked in the country. Ferguson finished the race in 14:50; the previous school record was 15:28. The wins and records kept piling up. All together during this year’s cross-country season, Ferguson ran six races, won five of them and set four course records. At the New England championship in Boston he was injured during the middle of the race, but he pulled himself together and just focused on finishing, coming in 23rd place. Unfortunately, Ferguson was not able to run in the trial race to qualify for the National Championships in Louisville, Ky., because he hurt his calf at practice.

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Nine Hauppauge student-athletes signed letters of intent.

But there’s always next season. Although slated to graduate this May from Sacred Heart, where he’s studying history and maintains a 3.87 GPA during his first six semesters, finishing with a 4.0 in three of them, Ferguson has one year of college athletic eligibility remaining. Due to his heel injury, Ferguson received a medical waiver from the NCAA that allows him to compete if he chooses to enroll in graduate school. His decision to stay at Sacred Heart or go elsewhere is still up in the air. For now, he’s focused on training for winter track when the season begins Saturday. He’s expected to be a top competitor in both the 3K and 5K races. “I have high expectations for myself because I got hurt,” said Ferguson. “The cross-country season didn’t end the way I had hoped and that is something I want to rectify.”

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Hauppauge athletes sign letters of intent Nine Hauppauge senior studentathletes recently committed to continuing their academic and athletic careers at the collegiate level next year. “We are honored to offer our sincere congratulations to these outstanding individuals and their families and wish them the best of luck in all their future endeavors,” athletic director Dan Butler said. Pictured seated left to right: Tyler Sanderson will play baseball at St. Joseph’s College; Mike Lazos will compete for LIU

Post’s baseball team; Kaila Quinlivan committed to play lacrosse at Misericordia University; Billy Huber signed to play baseball at the University of New Haven; Ryan Nawrocki will play lacrosse at Providence University; Jack Spera will take to the lacrosse field at St. Leo University; Jimmy Connelly signed to play lacrosse for Union College; Emily Kaplan will compete for the soccer team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Chris Mauriello signed to wrestle for Old Dominion University.

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Commack High School students round up leaves.

Commack High School’s Pay It Forward Club began its annual Rake-It-Forward drive in midNovember. The spirit of the season drives this event, with club members lending a helping hand by raking leaves for senior citizens in the com-

Commack’s Pay It Forward Club rakes for seniors munity. The students filled more than 50 bags of leaves after school at three seniors’ residences, before darkness stopped them for the day. “These young adults set the examples for all of us; they give freely and willing of their time without the ex-

Athletes Helping Athletes lends a hand

Smithtown High School West’s Athletes Helping Athletes Club presented 250 pounds of food donations to WALK-FM as part of the organization’s annual food drive. Athletes Helping Athletes collected the nonperishables as an entry fee to their fourth annual dodge ball tournament. All donations will support the Long Island Cares food bank throughout the holiday season.

pectation of anything in return,” said club co-advisor Rob Raeihle. “They are driven by the selfless goal of spreading their message of giving to the community. … They understand that one gesture can create others. They find reward in giving to others.”

“[Other] Pay It Forward efforts include collecting food and clothing for those in need, the Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics and the Free Car Wash in the spring,” said co-advisor Katina Price.

Smithtown native in command change ceremony

Photo from the U.S. Navy Office of Community Outreach

Photo from Smithtown school district

Smithtown High School West’s Athletes Helping Athletes co-presidents Emily Hicky, left, and Amanda Cohen, right, with WALK-FM DJ Nick Parker, center.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kerrye Barrett, from Smithtown, rehearses a color guard routine to be performed at the upcoming change of command ceremony in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3). Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

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OPINION

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Police are increasing patrols at county Planned Parenthood clinics.

EdiTOriAL

Shootings effect spreads to Suffolk Colorado Springs is not around the corner. But the effects of a tragic shooting there the day after Thanksgiving have trickled down and made a very real impact on Suffolk County. We spent much of the fall season interviewing candidates running for various offices, and more than once we were reminded that our county police department was being stretched too thin. Fast forward a few weeks to the aftermath of Friday’s shooting at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado that killed three and injured nine. Our county police department announced it would be increasing patrols near the five clinics in its jurisdiction as a result. The department also committed itself to training Planned Parenthood officials in crime prevention, which hopefully will provide a more lasting impact on preventing similar tragedies here. Sometimes there is a disconnect between the national conversation and the small-town scuttlebutt, but this is an example of how one person’s actions can have a nationwide effect. in our case, it is strapping an already taxed police department. The consequences are real, and there are things we could do on a local level that could perhaps trickle in the opposite direction — up to the national conversation. We could strive to better care for our neighbors, both through publicly funded mental health programs that provide more access to treatment and more comprehensively deal with mental illness, and by speaking up when someone we know is behaving erratically or speaking in an alarming manner. We are seeing more and more irrationally thinking people commit acts like the shooting in Colorado Springs, in which the assailant targeted people unknown to him. And it seems impossible that none of these perpetrators displayed irrational behavior or thought beforehand. A strongly connected community is an excellent safety net. We should work to weave ours tighter.

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Since 1988, World AIDS Day is Dec. 1.

World AIDS Day a critical moment TO ThE EdiTOr: We have come a long way in the fight against hiV/AidS— since the Millennium development Goals were first adopted in 2000 through 2013, new hiV infections have fallen by roughly 40 percent. But the hiV/AidS epidemic continues to affect millions of people around the world and in the United States, with marginalized communities disproportionately impacted and millions newly infected each year. in some of the hardest hit areas globally, adolescent girls and young women face poverty, gender inequality, exclusion, dis-

crimination, lack of education and violence, which put them at increased risk of acquiring hiV. Many don’t realize that Planned Parenthood is a leading educator and provider of hiV testing in the United States. in 2013 alone, the last year for which data is available, Planned Parenthood health centers provided 704,000 hiV tests nationwide. in 2014, Planned Parenthood hudson Peconic health centers and SmartWheels mobile education and testing vans provided 13,100 rapid hiV tests in Westchester, rockland, Putnam and Suffolk counties. Yet rather than supporting such needed efforts to end the epidemic in our community, we anticipate that anti-women’s health members of Congress will continue to push

for a policy rider that defunds Planned Parenthood in the next round of budget negotiations. defunding Planned Parenthood really means taking health care — including testing and treatment for STis like hiV away from the 2.7 million women, men and young people Planned Parenthood serves each year. i encourage you to #StandWithPP and support efforts to end hiV/AidS. Now is the time to move forward, not backward, on this issue that has impacted so many millions around the world. Let’s protect our progress and double down on our efforts to end this epidemic. reina Schiffrin Planned Parenthood hawthorne

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A holiday gift for the planet and our wallets

D. None of the above by DaNiel DuNaief

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uring the holidays we donate coats to the homeless, buy presents for strangers and send cards to the brave soldiers representing our country far from home. In addition to those charitable efforts during this time of year, how about if we come up with ways to give to our planet? Huh? In light, if you’ll pardon the pun, of the current

United Nations climate-change meeting of world leaders in Paris, perhaps we can add a few small items to our lists. And, no, most of them don’t require spending any money. In fact, they will help save money. For starters, and this is something my Depression-era grandparents ingrained in me from an early age, turn off the lights in rooms we don’t use. I know that’s tough, especially during this darker time of year, but it cuts our electric bill. That’s an extra few bucks in your pocket at a time when our kids absolutely, positively, have to get the latest, greatest, fastest, most-fashionable present to pass the holiday parent test. When we drive somewhere and wait for someone, turn off those engines. Seriously, idling is something we should never do. It wastes gas and pollutes the environment. I appreciate all the effort parents make to sit outside schools, piano

lessons, practices and games, waiting to pick up their children. But leaving the engine on is not only unnecessary, it fills the air with pollutants just before our children step in the car. Having sat in cars in temperatures below freezing for close to a half-hour, I assure you that the car stays warm if you don’t open your window or door. Seriously, try it. It also gives us those cherished moments of silence. Then, there’s the thermostat. Yeah, I know we like it warm, but for the month of December, how about turning it down just 2 degrees? If that becomes unbearable, lower it just 1 degree. It might not seem like much individually, but that can and will make a huge difference collectively. During the night we can turn off our computers and printers. These machines are much faster at booting up than the same electronics were just a decade ago. While we’re

waiting for our computers to come back online, we can check our emails, send important messages about what we just realized we need to get from the store, and send instant messages to people around the world. OK, so, we’ve got that shopping list and we know you’ll forget something because the overstimulating holiday environment of most stores has an ability to soften our brains. The bright and clever displays and constant caroling music on the radio encourage us to buy something that wasn’t on the list, turning us into consumer marionettes. But if we were more efficient about our holiday shopping, we could buy that extra thing and still cross everything else off the list. What does that buy us? It gives us more time to write that rhyming couplet expressing our enduring love for our spouse and it reduces the amount of

By walking we could burn off that extra piece of pumpkin pie.

time we’re running back and forth to stores. How about walking? I know it seems hard to imagine carrying everything from store to store but, let’s face it, it’s hard to find parking spots anyway. Instead of using gas to get from one place to another, by walking we could burn off that extra piece of pumpkin pie that called to us from the refrigerator. Like so many other efforts at this time of year, giving to our planet will bring returns for us, our children and grandchildren down the road.

Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,” may be purchased online from www.tbrnewsmedia.com/ebooks.

An offbeat plumbing cult from Japan

between you and me by leah S. DuNaief

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f you are looking for a holiday gift that is out of the ordinary, I have a suggestion for you. In fact, this particular product has been written up recently in The New York Times in the Fashion & Style section so dramatically that it has caught people’s imagination. Perhaps that is because the giver of the gift can realize as much benefit as the receiver. Ready for the offbeat suggestion?

The Times sums it up with this headline: “The Cult of the Toto Toilet.” What? You may say that you have had indoor plumbing all your life. You may even have a commode previously manufactured by Toto, the Japanese plumbing company. But the object of this cult, dear reader, is no ordinary bit of plumbing. If you own one, it will change your life. Let me explain. While this Toto marvel may look the same as a regular toilet bowl as it quietly sits in the bathroom, when you lift the lid the differences become obvious. You see several buttons in a housing alongside the seat. And like many of the latest electronic luxury items, its use is intuitive. There is the on-off switch, two different buttons that regulate temperature and a couple more that control position of the flow. This seat, you see, is actually a bidet, with all the benefits brought right to your doorstep, so to speak.

Called a Toto washlet, the product has inspired unbelievable devotion. This Japanese creation boasts a heated seat, a bidet function for a thorough cleanse and, if you have one of the more recent models, “an air purifying system that deodorizes during use,” according to the Times. There is even an air dryer, virtually eliminating the need for toilet paper if you have higher tolerance for risk. I first saw the washlet when I visited Japan seven or eight years ago. It seemed like such an upscale item, yet it was so widespread: in hotels, department stores, restaurants and airports. I was so impressed with its functionality that when I returned home I called my plumber to see if I could order one. He thought I was kidding when I described how it worked. I challenged him to call his supplier before he totally laughed me off, and then call me back with the answer. He did, 20 minutes later,

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and added that in addition to mine, he was going to buy one for himself. I was not so surprised on my trip to China this past September to find such a seat in the home of a Chinese family. Though they are still a novelty here, they are more common in Asia, and they are now made by more companies than just Toto. The installation of the washlet is a little complicated in an existing bathroom. In addition to bringing a water line to the seat, an electric outlet needs to be placed within a cord’s reach of the commode, and this is counter to the normal safety regulations for distance between electricity and water. Therefore this outlet has to be one certified for use near water, like the one near the bathroom sink used for shavers or hair dryers, and the electric line probably has to be snaked over behind the bathroom wall from the nearest source of electricity. This is not impossible, however,

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There is a real health component in the Toto washlet. but it is the largest expense in making this change. I can tell you, and so can everyone who has one, that it is well worth the effort and not just as a luxury or convenience. There is a real health component. The washlet I have is the most basic, and the entire transition cost in the three figures. But now there are many more upscale and sophisticated models. They can also be a lot more expensive. Features can include urine testing and other medical data that can then be relayed via the Internet directly to physicians. But you can still get the stripped-down version, like the most basic model of washing machine or dishwasher, and that is quite sufficient to take you to a better place.

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Photos above, above left and below left by Bernadette Boyle; photo below from Sacred Heart Athletics

Clockwise from left: Sean Ferguson crosses the finish line of the NeC Cross Country Championship; he rounds a corner; he smiles for his Sacred Heart University head shot; and in stride.

Comeback kid: Smithtown star shines on and off track Running By Mary DeMaio

It’s a crisp Friday afternoon in mid-autumn at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. The clock reads 4 p.m. The weekend has finally arrived; an opportunity to take it easy. The cross-country team is off from practice, but the faint whispers of heavy breathing can still be heard from the track. The shadow of only one athlete is present. Even on his off days, 21-year-old senior Sean Ferguson can be found going that extra mile.

It’s that work ethic which has enabled championship 8,000-meter race, beating him to come back from what doctors la- out 70 runners. beled a career-ending injury two years ago, “Sean is determined, focused and is so to becoming one of the top Division 1 run- humble,” said teammate Trevor Guerrera. ners in the nation this year. “He has broken multiple meet records and At the end of his winter-season sopho- still is the most down-to-earth person I more year, the Smithtown native ran at a know.” championship conference meet and sufChristian Morrison, Ferguson’s crossfered detrimental complications to his heel. country coach at Sacred Heart said, “Sean He had to stop running altogether and was has progressed tremendously because sidelined for a year, causing him to miss he is single-minded about being the best one cross-country and runner he can possibly ‘Sean is determined, two track seasons. be, and he’s coachable During his layoff, focused and is so humble. and easy to work with. he visited four doctors, He’s tough and isn’t some of whom predicted He has broken multiple afraid to suffer and push he would never be able to meet records and still is himself during a race to run again. But Ferguson run as fast as possible.” refused to give up. Final- the most down-to-earth When Ferguson steps ly, in October 2014, after person I know.’ on the line, he said he receiving seven injechas four goals: to race — TRevoR gueRReRa tions in his hobbled foot well, to run fast, to be and getting lots of rest, the pain started to competitive and, most importantly, to subside and he began rehabbing. have fun. He spent a year working with athletic “I just really try to take in the moment trainers, strengthening the muscles in his and enjoy what I’m doing while I’m still heel through rigid resistance exercises ev- able to do it,” he said. ery day before he was able to start running Ferguson said his mental approach is competitively again. what gives him an edge on other runners. “Finding the motivation to keep work- Fixating on time tends to trip up many ing despite not knowing if I would ever be runners, he said. They are, what he calls, able to return again was extremely diffi- “slaves to the watch.” Ferguson, however, cult,” Ferguson said. said he pays more attention to how his But thanks to his mental fortitude, body is feeling and focusing on putting his Ferguson overcame his injury and is now best effort forward. better than ever. Most recently, on Oct. 31, “Running is mostly a mental sport, you Ferguson won the Northeast Conference can train as well as anyone but if you don’t

truly believe you are the best, you won’t be,” said David Wood, Ferguson’s crosscountry coach at St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School in West Islip. “By senior year, Sean believed he could run with anyone even if in reality he couldn’t.” What Ferguson has long believed has finally become reality. At the start of his season on Sept. 5, he defeated 60 runners at the Stony Brook University Invitational en route to a firstplace finish. He also set his school’s record for the 6K with a time of 18 minutes, 35 seconds; the previous school record was 18:52. It was the fastest that anyone has ever run on that course. A week later, at the Rhode Island Invitational, he came in first place out of 100 runners, crushing his school’s 5K record, RUNNING continued on page A9

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