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Smithtown designated as LI’s first clean energy community By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com Smithtown is officially green, not with envy, but with energy efficiency. According to Supervisor Pat Vecchio (R), The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has designated Smithtown the first municipality on Long Island, and first town in all of New York State, to be a clean energy community. Smithtown received the recognition after completing four of ten high-impact clean energy actions as part of New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) $16 million Clean Energy Communities program and competition. By being among the first two municipalities in the state to complete the challenge, the town, along with Ulster County, now qualifies for grants up to $250,000 toward clean energy improvement in their community. “Being first means that, out of all New York towns, Smithtown is in the forefront of energy efficiency and environmental initiatives,” Vecchio said in a statement. Cuomo launched the initiative in August of this year as a way to support local government leaders to enforce energy efficiency, reduce pollution, save energy costs, and create jobs in their communities. “This initiative encourages alternatives that will save money and create new opportunities for municipalities, and is one more step toward building a cleaner and more sustainable New York,” Cuomo said in a statement.

The town has been contributing to the green cause for more than a decade and has done a lot to earn its newfound designation. Smithtown has been nationally recognized for becoming the first municipality in New York State to institute a requirement to use refuse collection trucks who use compressed natural gas. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the 30 contractor-owned diesel refuse trucks collecting solid waste and recyclables from the town’s 116,000 residents were replaced by 22 compressed natural gas models in January 2007. Their choosing of clean alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles — which include snow plows, shuttle buses, pickup trucks and cars — has greatly contributed to reduced vehicle exhaust emissions and reduced fuel costs. In 2014, Smithtown continued its trendsetting by becoming one of the first in New York to adopt the Unified Solar Permit Process, a streamline solar permit form developed to make it much easier and cheaper for residents to install solar energy systems on their homes. It was mandatory within the Clean Energy Communities program that at least two of the high-impact action items be done after Aug. 1. The town got to work fast by both replacing most of its streetlights with energy efficient LEDs — which helps reduce street light energy use by 65 percent, saves generating costs, and overall creates a better lit and more attractive community — and implementing additional training

‘Being first means that, out of all New York towns, Smithtown is in the forefront of energy efficiency and environmental initiatives.’ — pat vecchio phone interview. “They just made a couple points of improvement, but overall, the building department was in good shape with our knowledge of the state’s energy codes.” Outside of the clean energy competition, Smithtown has also installed a 50kW solar energy system and 10kW wind turbine at the Municipal Services Facility in Kings Park and partnered with the state to advocate for the Long Island Green Homes Initiative, a not-for-profit launched in 2015 that helps set up homeowners with a professional energy audit at no cost. Organizers of the program said they connect residents with NYSERDA “to generate savings, stimulate jobs, boost economic development and promote sustainability.” According to Vecchio’s office, Smithtown already plans to use their $250,000 grant to install new alternative energy systems, two of which are currently in development: a solar electric system at the Planning Department on Redwood Lane and another solar electric system at the Devine Building on West Main Street.

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New testing center in Smithtown puts patients first

Emergency room standard resources, with high-quality care focused on patient comfort and ease By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com Residents of Smithtown and its surrounding neighborhoods now have easy access to quality radiologic care that eliminates the need for long and distressing hospital visits. At Northwell Health Imaging at Smithtown, patients in need of a wide variety of diagnostic testing services including MRIs, low-dose CAT scans and ultrasounds are guaranteed the ease of a private practice with the expertise and equipment of an academic medical center. The center, which took two years to build, provides 3D mammograms, bone density tests, digital X-rays and biopsies, all within a spa-inspired atmosphere that’s warm and comforting to its patients. On Dec. 8, a ribbon cutting was held in the lobby of the $2.8 million facility — even though it officially opened to the public in early September. Northwell Health’s staff, local medical community members and dignitaries gathered to celebrate the center, which stands as the fourth imaging center in Suffolk County; the others are located in Huntington, Bay Shore and Islip. Photos by Kevin Redding David Seligman, vice president of imaging services at Northwell Health, said radiology Above, doctors david Seligman, left, Jesse Chusid, center, and Jason naidich, right, stand in front of one of the new machines at has become a much more community-based the center; bottom left, doctors cut the ribbon in front of the new imaging center. service and there isn’t much of a need anymore to go to the hospital for a brain scan, Dr. Jesse Chusid, senior vice president people. When you’re coming in for health tients and allows you to spread out subchest scan or mammogram. He said the qual- of imaging services and a diagnostic radi- care, it’s anxiety producing, everybody is specialized resources over a big network ity of care at the center is just as good as it is ologist said Northwell Health wanted to of- always worried when they walk in the door like this,” the senior vice president said. in the best hospitals, but the experience for fer an alternative to the hassles associated so if you have an environment that’s warm “By making a virtual network, you can get the patient is far better, especially in terms of with a hospital. and welcoming with people who can com- those images everywhere.” scheduling and predictability. The facility contains the sort of equip“When you go to a hospital, the park- fort then it makes the whole experience a “It’s convenient and far ment found in major hospitals, like their ing isn’t very good, lot easier and that’s what we have here.” more patient-friendly and ‘It’s convenient and far you have to walk He said Northwell Health has Long Is- CT scan, which is sleeker and less claustrostructured here ... access is through a giant land’s largest group of fellowship-trained, phobic than most. While some scans have easier,” Seligman said at the more patient-friendly. ... building that’s subspecialized radiologists in its health more depth and seem to encase anybody ribbon cutting. “The environcomplicated, sig- system — upwards of 170, although only inside it, the one available at the center is We try to get patients in ment obviously is intended nage is not always two will be at the center day to day, one much more open and patient-friendly. to be spa-like; it’s quiet, in- and out so they don’t have optimal and you’re more focused on general kinds of imaging Chusid said mammographers can take viting, private. We try to get 3D images in breast cancer screenings to in a place with a lot and the other on women’s imaging and to waste an entire day patients in and out so they better detect early phases of cancer and get of sick patients,” breast health. don’t have to waste an entire coming in.’ Chusid said. “It’s The large group of radiologists across treatment started at a quicker pace. day coming in for a CT study The radiologists are also trained to per— david seligman not always a com- the system allows for focused expertise on [for instance]. The response fortable setting to specific problems patients might have. By form minimally invasive surgical proceto these community-based practices is far be in when you’re a well person just going interpreting and studying results in their dures. If a scan is performed and they notice more positive in the general population.” for a checkup, so I think you get to avoid specialized fields, the radiologists have something in the liver or thyroid gland, for He said he’s excited because he knows pa- all that by coming to an outpatient facil- proven to make more accurate diagnoses. example, they can do a biopsy with a needle tients who come to the center are going to ity like this one. Everybody likes the way Even though not all the experts are in and send that tissue to a pathologist to get a have a high-quality and efficient experience. this facility is laid out; it’s comfortable for the building, if an imaging is done, it can definitive answer on what it is. Dr. Jason Naidich, chairman of the Rabe immediately shared with other radiologists in their network with the technology diology Department at Northwell Health, said having this high level of equipment in to which they have access. “The whole goal is to make it easy and the local community is great for patients. “It means they don’t have to travel to convenient for patients to get the imaging they need and then route those images to a big academic medical center to get this somebody who’s uniquely trained to be able level of care,” Naidich said. “In radiology, to give an expert interpretation,” Chusid said. the quality of the service you get is based He said the center invests a lot in newer largely on the equipment that is used. We also try to make it as convenient as possitechnology and plans to keep doing so. “The direction not just in radiology but ble for patients, so we have extended hours in all of health care is toward telemedicine, ... evening hours, weekend hours. It’s imand providing services remotely, which portant to make sure we’re accessible to makes for more convenient access for pa- patients who work during the day.”

‘The whole goal is to make it easy and convenient for patients to get the imaging they need and then route those images to somebody who’s uniquely trained to be able to give an expert interpretation.’ —jesse chusid

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Suffolk drivers pulled over by Santa By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com License, registration and wish list please. Suffolk County Police Officer Alberto Acevedo made several traffic stops throughout Patchogue this weekend, though drivers were surprised with a holiday plot twist. “Good morning; I’m Santa Claus from the Fifth Precinct,” Officer Acevedo explained as drivers’ faces lit up. The officer, dressed as Santa, gave drivers holiday cheer and smiles instead of tickets. In the passenger seat of a Suffolk County Police vehicle, Officer Acevedo picked families to pull over with Officer Brianne Yarborough by his side. Together, they gave away several Target gift cards and candy to unsuspecting drivers. “I was getting yelled at at first, then, I noticed it was Santa,” said John Campbell, of Patchogue. Campbell said the traffic stop made his family very happy. “It’s a good start to Christmas and with our son in the car; it’s great.” The officers also enjoyed the un-routine

traffic stops. “For once it’s a great feeling to pull cars over,” Yarborough said. “A lot of times we pull them over and we’re the bearer of bad news. To see the faces of these children, you can’t beat that.” Acevedo explained in full Santa garb. “We’re dropping them a $50 gift card to Target just to say Merry Christmas from the Police Department,” he said. “It’s nice to see the kids eyes light up and the smiles on their faces; it’s fantastic.”

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Smithtown residents roast BOE for NY Ave. building sale By Victoria Espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com Smithtown residents are up in arms about the sale and potential development of the district’s administration building on New York Avenue. At the Dec. 13 Smithtown school board meeting, citizens gathered to express their dissatisfaction with how the board has handled the plan and criticized them for a lack of transparency. Joe Fortunato, a Smithtown resident, said he came to the meeting to express his disappointment with the board. “I understand the need for development in this town, but 250 units on 13 acres is ridiculous,” he said. “The zoning has to be changed, and we’re being almost railroaded into having to accept four-story structures in a neighborhood that we moved into 25 years ago that was very quaint in nature. To be forced to hear that we have to accept this as part of Smithtown revitalization is ridiculous.” Fortunato said he doesn’t agree the plan will benefit the whole community in part because the increase in traffic will actually cause more problems. Dennis Bader, like Fortunato, is a Smithtown resident who said he has lived through many development projects in the area. He asked the board how they came to the decision about the amount of structures in the complex, which the board said

they had no control over. “That was up to the developer,” district Superintendent James Grossane said. Community member Richard Cardone said the board does not have their best interests at heart. “Do you think all these people would be here if you had the town’s best interests?” he asked. “You’re going to lose the horseshoe of people that live around this school because nobody is going to want to live in a community with 200 plus apartments, with cars going all around here, the streets can’t handle anymore traffic than we have now. This community does not want this. I’m telling you it doesn’t belong here. Shame on you.” Grossane addressed the audience before the public comment period. “This decision was reached following several months of careful planning and extensive research,” he said. “This decision was not made lightly.” Grossane said the New York Avenue building is more than 80 years old, and is in dire need of repairs, which the district would receive no state funding for because the building is used for administration and not instruction. “Our enrollment continues to decline each year, by approximately 300 students per year,” he said. “In fact, our enrollment has fallen from a recent high of 10,800 in 2009 to the current 9,300, and is projected to continue to decline until it reaches ap-

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proximately 8,500 students a few short years from now.” He said one of the board’s primary responsibilities is to be fiscally prudent to the residents of the entire Smithtown district. “The sale of the New York Avenue property amount to approximately $15 million or more to assist the district with future budgetary concerns,” he said. Grossane said the district worked with

town officials throughout the year to find the right bidder and to help a plan come to fruition, and he was surprised to hear Supervisor Pat Vecchio’s (R) comments that the school board had no communication regarding the property. “The school board is being presumptuous in assuming the town board will change the zone,” he said in a previous interview. “There must be a public hearing and the people will be heard for or against such a change.” The Smithtown school board voted at the Oct. 25 meeting to approve entering a contract with Southern Land Company LLC, for the sale of the property and the surrounding land. According to Grossane, Southern Land Company is planning to building one- and twobedroom apartments that will be “in keeping with the architectural style of Smithtown.” The district was encouraged to explore the sale of the building by members of the community in the spring, in the hopes of avoiding the closure of Branch Brook Elementary School.

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to prevent trauma. Everybody deserves credit here. We’re very happy when our patients do well.” L. Reuven Pasternak, chief executive ofA lifelong New York Jets fan and Stony Brook University Hospital surgeon had the ficer at the hospital, said at the press conference trauma is the leading cause of death chance to take the field with the team. The Suffolk County Police Department for all Americans before age 45 and, in showed its gratitude to SBU Hospital Chief terms of trauma care, every second counts. Vosswinkel leads the hospital’s trauma Trauma Surgeon Dr. James Vosswinkel at a surprise press conference at the hospital program, which is the only Regional Level 1 trauma center for Suffolk County, according Nov. 29, with a little help from the Jets. Vosswinkel, a Jets fan who saved the to the New York State Department of Health. lives of two SCPD officers critically injured The center has been recognized as the topin the line of duty, said he was “complete- ranked center in the care of pedestrian ly overwhelmed” to learn that he and 20 trauma and has some of the highest survival members of his staff were to be honored rates anywhere in the nation and state. The two SCPD officers at the Jets’ Annual First are on their feet again Responder Appreciation thanks to the emergency Night at Metlife Stadium surgery done by Vossbefore the game Monwinkel. Mark Collins and day, Dec. 5. Nicholas Guerrero made SCPD Commissioner sure their surgeon was Tim Sini and Military & invited to the event as First Responder Liaison they wanted to do somefor the team, Steve Castlething special as a thanks ton, along with members for giving them a second of the police department chance at life. and staff from the hospi“I don’t think either tal, were present to anone of us would be standnounce the news to the ing here today as full catrauma surgeon. pacity police officers if it Alongside members — Nicholas Guerrero wasn’t for the doctor and of police and fire departhis care,” Guerrero said. ments from across the triCollins said he and Guerrero are thankstate area including the SCPD, NYPD and FDNY, Vosswinkel served as honorary team ful for each day they wake up. Guerrero, a four-year veteran of the SCPD, captain and helped with the coin toss before the Jets squared off against the Indianapolis was under Vosswinkel’s care for weeks in a Colts on “Monday Night Football.” Unfor- medically induced coma after suffering a crititunately the Jets were defeated by a 41-10 cal head injury when a hit-and-run driver in Huntington struck him in September 2014. final score. According to Vosswinkel at the time of Vosswinkel said the honor is as much about the efforts of the hospital as it is the officer’s discharge from the hospital, Guerrero had “only a one in three chances about him. “I may be the guy that’s most visible of surviving.” Collins, a member of SCPD’s right now, but this is not about me,” Voss- gang unit and a 12-year veteran, was winkel said. “This is about Stony Brook. rushed to the hospital in March 2015 afStony Brook cares. It excels in so many ar- ter he was shot in the neck and hip while eas. It’s a true team here that truly cares pursuing a suspect in Huntington. He was about their patients. They put the extra discharged only four days after the shoottime in; we go out to the community to try ing occurred.

‘I don’t think either one of us would be standing here today as full capacity police officers if it wasn’t for [Vosswinkel] and his care.’

If it wasn’t for the immediate action of Vosswinkel and his team, the injuries could have been fatal. According to Sini, the partnership between the SCPD and SBU Hospital is integral to the law enforcement mission. He said the department relies on the hospital in the wake of unfortunate circumstances, and many officers wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for “the man sitting to my left,” referring to Vosswinkel. “We call him Voss and he’s part of our family,” Sini said. “You’ve saved families from extreme tragedy; you’ve saved this department from extreme tragedy; and you’ve allowed two officers to continue to serve the department. We can’t thank you enough for that. What we can do is do our best to express our gratitude. But from the bottom of my heart, on behalf of the SCPD and on behalf of Suf-

folk County, thank you very much.” Castleton was introduced to make the big announcement, which Sini referred to as a small token of appreciation. Castleton said when the announcement was being planned, he heard some “crazy” stories about Vosswinkel, like he often wears a Jets shirt under his scrubs and even repainted his office in the team’s colors. He spoke on behalf of the Jets organization and said it was extremely important to recognize medical staff. “A lot of people forget that doctors and nurses are first responders ... it’s not just policemen, EMTs, and paramedics,” Castleton said. According to Castleton, the Jets players were insistent that members of the surgeon’s staff join them in running out of the stadium tunnel before the start of the game.

Top photo from Melissa Weir; photo above by Kevin Redding

Top, Stony Brook Univeristy surgeon James vosswinkel, left, is recognized prior to the dec. 5 new york Jets game at Metlife Stadium; above, nicholas guerrero, left, and Mark Collins, right, honor vosswinkel, who performed life-saving surgery on each of the police officers, at a surprise press conference nov. 29.

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Students in Rob Springer’s art class at Accompsett Elementary School collaborate on a Monster Project with art students at Smithtown High School West.

Legislator Rob Trotta joins Lindsey Gysgt McLaughlin, a recruiter with the Marines in Smithtown, at his display table at the Commack Middle School Career Day.

A monster of a collaboration Career Day in Commack Students in Rob Springer’s secondgrade art class at Accompsett Elementary School in the Smithtown Central School District recently collaborated on the Monster Project with students at Smithtown High School West in Steve Halem’s Advanced Placement art classes. The Monster Project is the undertaking of a passionate collection of artists who share a common goal: to help children recognize the power of their own imaginations and to encourage them to pursue their creative potential. Springer’s student-artists worked on

their monsters in the spring of 2016. When the students finished their creations, the work was then presented to Halem’s students. Each work was imaginatively transformed into an adaptation taken from the original piece. After the second-graders drew their monsters, the high school students brought them to life in their own artistic style. The Smithtown High School West students then delivered the new interpretations back to the elementary students and spent time demonstrating new art techniques within their original creative context.

Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (RFort Salonga) attended Commack Middle School’s Career Day and was joined by other professionals such as FBI agents, members of the armed services, accountants, lawyers, doctors, journalists, educators, social workers, policemen and firefighters. They all met with the students to share

information about their careers, to answer questions about their jobs and to address what training or education was required for their field of work. “I was happy to participate and to talk with the students about local government and the status of the county,” Trotta said at the event.

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Alois Rubenbauer

Alois William Rubenbauer, of Commack, died Nov. 11 at the age of 81. He was a self-employed builder of Rubenbauer Associates in Huntington. Alois was a United States Army veteran and avid recreational pilot. He was the beloved husband of MaryAnn; loving father of Thomas, Pa-

tricia, Barbara (Bob) Lahey, Caroline (Glen) Fannin, Marlene (Cliff) Montick and Alois; cherished grandfather of 14; and great-grandfather of one. He is survived by many other family members and friends. Arrangements were entrusted to Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown. A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Thomas More R.C. Church in Hauppauge and interment with military honors followed at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale. Donations in his memory may be made to DVAMC Northport, 79 Middleville Road, Northport, NY 11768, Attn: Voluntary Services. An online guest book is available at www.branchfh.com.

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Caryn Caporicci, left, and Heather Schulman, right, smile with their awards.

Employees with disabilities honored Smithtown residents Caryn Caporicci and Heather Schulman were recently among individuals with disabilities honored by Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities at ACLD’s 31st Annual Employment Recognition Breakfast held at Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale. Caporicci, a resident of Holbrook and a bagger at Stop&Shop in Smithtown, was presented with ACLD’s Thomas Choma Longevity Award, which recognizes individuals with disabilities who have maintained employment for many years. Schulman, a resident of Commack and a day care attendant assistant at Kiddie Care in Commack, was presented with ACLD’s Vocational Achievement Award, which recognizes individuals with disabilities for their

professional accomplishments. ACLD, a leading Long-Island-based notfor-profit agency supporting people with developmental disabilities, hosts the breakfast each year to honor employees with special needs who have made notable achievements on the job, salutes businesses that are committed to hiring people with disabilities and encourages other businesses to do the same. “ACLD has been, continues to be, and will remain committed to helping the people we support pursue their dreams of meaningful, sustainable employment,” Rich Breuninger, first vice president of the ACLD board of trustees said. “ACLD is dedicated to identifying successful employment solutions for people with developmental disabilities.”

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OBITUARY A community shares the loss with Erik Halvorsen’s family A celebration of life — Saturday, Dec. 17 at The Old Field Club by liv halvorsen On Nov. 28, the community felt the enormity of the passing of a truly selfless soul. My father, Erik Halvorsen, owner of Norse Tree Service, died in a tragic accident at Avalon Park and Preserve while removing a damaged tree for the benefit of park visitors. The son of Lynda and Richard Halvorsen, my father was raised along with his sisters, Christina and Julianne, in Port Jefferson. Countless tales of humorous mischief and spontaneous adventures have been handed down to the next generation. My mom and dad were childhood sweethearts, passing notes in science class. They were even each other’s dates for the eighthgrade prom. After graduating from Earl L. Vandermeulen High School, my father studied geology at SUNY Cortland, graduating in 1994 and then returning to Long Island, where he reconnected with my mother.

They married in August 1997 and moved into our historic home in Setauket in 1998. My father was in his element when outdoors. He genuinely loved trips in kayaks, hikes with our family, and boating in the harbor. Following his passion, he pursued a career in tree care, and in 1997, founded Norse Tree Service, so named as a tribute to his Norwegian heritage. My father handled every aspect of his business, teaching himself what he needed to know through reading and research. We three children, me and Leif and Lilli, grew up with a father whose life — say all who knew him — was all about the kids. He made sure to be a significant presence in all our lives, coaching youth soccer and basketball teams for all of us. He supported us in everything we did — from school to sports to home life — always making sure we were “oak k.” Even when he was playing with us, he was always in the mo-

ment, fully part of the game, being the big kid that he was. Since his passing, friends have described the many qualities that made my father a unique person. He was never too busy to say hello — and remembered everyone’s name. He was a humble person, always taking an interest in others. He did not overlook the small things — the details of a situation, the nuances of a conversation. He was friendly, thoughtful and kind, and made everyone feel that they were special. This inherent magnetism made him a friend to so many. The number of lives my father touched is just unbelievable. Friends say he was the first person to show up if you needed him — and the last to leave. Following a hurricane, he’d head right out to clear the roads and make them passable for everyone else. He was generous and caring and had a great sense of humor, an unexpected wit. He never failed to make people laugh. A

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liv, leif and lilli halvorsen get tree-climbing assistance from their father erik, who is holding sadie, a rescue dog from the “islands.” lover of tree puns, he would “go out on a limb” for anyone. Our family plans a celebration of my father’s life at The Old Field Club in Setauket Saturday, Dec. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. We would like

the occasion to be observed in my dad’s laid-back, casual style. No suits or black will be necessary. If you have a Norse Tree shirt, you’re welcome to wear it. We think he’d really like that.

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Clockwise from left, Tori Redmond dribbles around a defender during practice; Kate Cosgrove moves the ball up the court; Tatiana Jean is strong in the paint; and alexandra Schultz practices her jump shot.

Smithtown looks to speed, team defense to get to postseason By Bill landon What the Bulls lack in size, they’ll have to make up for with speed, as the Smithtown East girls’ basketball team hopes to race into this postseason after narrowly missing last season. The League III team is still looking for its first win of the season, after playing four nonleague games against Lindenhurst, Walt Whitman, Riverhead and Hauppauge. The Bulls fell to Lindenhurst 53-39 and Walt Whitman, 60-39.

“The girls got a little down on themselves,” them was getting the rebound.” Smithtown East head coach Thomas Vulin The coach said he expects big things from said. “Then, Riverhead came here and they’re Tori Redmond, his senior captain who is a a league II team, and I expect them to be a four-year varsity player. player in that league, and we stayed with “She has played leaps and bounds above them the entire game.” what I expected,” he said. “She’s our top reSmithtown East narrowly lost to River- bounder so far this year.” head, 57-55, despite Vulin saying his team Redmond said she likes how athletic this handled the press well. The Bulls lost to year’s squad is. Hauppauge 59-40. “I think once we figure out who works best “We don’t have a lot of height, but we can together, with our athleticism, that will really play a fast-paced game,” the head coach said. help us,” she said. “I mean 5-feet, 9-inches is our tallest kid, and Vulin will also rely on senior Alex Schultz, we’ve faced 6-foot,1-inch, who brings extensive ex6-foot, 2-inch kids. And perience to the court. Vuwe’re going to see that in lin said Schultz, who was our league. Smithtown already a good shooter, West has a bunch of sixhas improved on her defoot kids, so we’re going to fensive skills. have to combat everyone’s “We’re coming tosize with our speed.” gether really well so far All the Bulls need to — I’ve been on the team work on now is staying five years and it’s like that healthy. Vulin had to canon and off the court, and cel Saturday’s practice bethat will only help us,” cause five players are bat— Kate Cosgrove Schultz said. “We’re going tling illness. to have to work on our de“We have some very good shooters, so on fense. We’ve only had three games so far and nights where we can move the ball and get most of us haven’t played together, so that’s some shots from the outside, that’s going to something we have to work on.” benefit us a lot,” Vulin said. “So in practice, we With a roster that fields four freshmen, start with a lot of different shooting drills, just Kate Cosgrove has impressed her head to get them ready.” coach most so far, particularly in the game In past years, Smithtown East relied on against Riverhead. one or two dominant players, but this year “I told her, after our last game, I don’t will look for a complete team effort to execute view her as a freshman anymore; she’s a different defensive scheme. played well beyond what you would expect “A couple of years ago, I had Sam Delaney from a first-year varsity freshman,” Vulin and Jess Anderson, and those two were a se- said. “With the young kids, you see the athcurity blanket on the floor,” Vulin said. “Those leticism first, but you don’t see the compotwo knew that when that ball went up, one of sure. [She shows both].”

‘We have to get better at communication on the court and once we pick that up, I think that gives us a chance to win.’

But what the freshman has done that sets her apart is the commitment she’s shown so far. “We’ve all put in a lot of hard work coming in, we all have a lot of heart, we all want to win,” she said. “We all have the same goal, which is to make it to the playoffs. We have to get better at communication on the court and once we pick that up, I think that gives us a chance to win.” Smithtown East hosts North Babylon in its league opener Dec. 19, with tipoff scheduled for 4 p.m. “After tryouts and the first week of practice, my message to the team was very clear,” Vulin said. “I have a roster of 13 girls, and I expect every one of them to contribute in some fashion in every game we play.”

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Fidel Castro’s death brings hope to local Cuban-Americans I am a Cuban-American woman born and that changed after Fidel Castro took power. Castro established watch groups within raised in New York City. My parents have instilled in us a love for the United States and communities to make sure that civilians were patriotic passion. We are also proud of our obeying the rules he had in place. Neighbors Cuban heritage and are affected by situations began turning in neighbors for playing television programs that were considered antithat arise in my parent’s native home. My father came to the United States in revolutionary, or eating food that was meant 1960 after fleeing the Communist regime. for the soldiers, or for gathering for prayer, My mother came to the United States in or expressing views that were different from 1961. They met in the United States and mar- that of the government. My mother remembers the frequent asried in 1971. My father lived a prosperous life in Cuba. saults on her house. Soldiers would enter He was a farmland owner and a veteran their house by force in the middle of the of the Cuban military. He also did many night. The rationale for this entry might have side jobs. One of his side jobs under the been that a neighbor had heard them speaking ill of the government, Batista government was to or that they had some item drive dignitaries to their that was considered coundesired destinations. My faterrevolutionary. One night, ther loved Cuba. He loved my mother’s family was the nightlife and time with told to remove their crucifix friends and family and was from the house and replace very proud to be Cuban. it with Fidel Castro’s picture. But when Fidel Castro My grandfather refused and took power in Cuba, everywas taken prisoner. He was thing changed. My father incarcerated in a dark enwas imprisoned. He rememclosed space, alone, starved, bers hearing men cry before beaten and humiliated. they died in front of the firMy grandparents knew ing squad. He was beaten, starved and tortured. The BY AmEliA EstEvEz CREEdon they had to leave the country. They applied for a prosoldiers would insult, hugram through which they miliate and mutilate the prisoners. The men in the prison were not might gain permission to leave. This procriminals, but people that were incarcerated gram consisted of the family working in an for voicing their opinion, going to church, re- agricultural camp for two years. This did not fusing to join government-run organizations ensure exit from the country but placed their and more. My father was able to escape from name in a lottery. The family was separated prison and Cuba and help other families within the camp and lived in barracks. Life in the camp consisted of working from dawn come to the United States. My mother lived with her parents and two until dusk cutting sugar cane. The work was sisters. They were poor and worked hard to brutal. The workers were given raw horse make a living. My grandfather was a mail- meat to eat, had no work breaks and limited man. My grandmother washed clothes for water. My mother remembers being taunted neighborhood families. Despite their poverty, by the soldiers. They would spit at her, call my mother has precious memories of her her “gusano,” which means worm, and was a country. She remembers school being a place popular derogatory term used to describe anof great learning. She recalls the love that ex- ti-Communists. The barracks had bunk beds isted between neighbors. She remembers a with no mattresses or pillows. The workers childhood filled with dreams, play and joy. All were housed in these cramped quarters and

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Ricardo and Eva Estevez with their children, Amelia Estevez Creedon and Ricardo Estevez Jr. the outhouses were filthy and unkempt. My dad passed away this past March. My grandparents died two years ago. They knew that the government was still oppressing many, as well as incarcerating political prisoners and dissidents on the island. This type of oppression continues today. The inhumane treatment of many Cuban citizens is still occurring. My parents, as well as grandparents, became United States citizens shortly after arriving. When they first arrived they worked long hours cleaning floors, waiting on tables, basically doing whatever work was available. My father was able to learn different trades as time passed so that he could better provide for our needs. Neither of them was a stranger to hard work and they taught my brother and me to value it as well. They came to love the United States as their home. They were, and my mother still is, fiercely proud to be United States citizens. They taught us to love our country but to always have hope that Cubans in Cuba might

also one day be free. They always reminded us that anyone could be successful if they worked hard in the United States and that freedom was not free. Every year our family prayed that Cuba would be liberated from this dictatorship. For my father and grandparents, Castro’s death would have restored a glimmer of hope that despite the years of tyranny, things could change. Unfortunately, my grandparents and father never saw this day. Fidel Castro’s death does not mean that communism is over or that the brutalities will cease. His brother, Raul rules similarly. Yet, Castro’s death gives many Cubans a hope for the future, a hope that one day democracy and freedom might come to Cuba. Amelia Estevez Creedon lives in Sound Beach. She is an elementary school teacher at Riley Avenue Elementary School and a school librarian, the leader for a Webelos and Bear den for Cub Scout Pack 204 in Miller Place and a member of the Sound Beach Civic Association.

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ALL PRO PAINTING Interior/Exterior. PowerWashing, Staining, Wallpaper Removal. Free estimates. Lic/Ins #19604HI. 631-696-8150, Nick

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Give a gift to those in need Holiday spending is expected to reach its highest point since the Great Recession. According to PwC’s 2016 Holiday Outlook, consumer shopping will likely increase 10 percent compared with the 2015 holiday season. Digital sales are expected to increase 25 percent. With larger holiday budgets — an average increase of $1,121 per household — why not use some of that extra cash to spread a little holiday cheer to those less fortunate? The North Shore has a myriad of options for food and toy drives this holiday season. Suffolk County, our local towns, hamlets and even some of our neighbors are asking for nonperishable food items or gifts to make the season a little brighter for those who can’t participate in that extra spending. If there’s a willingness to spend, a willingness to share should come with it. Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) is working with Operation Veronica to collect care package supplies at her district office in Mount Sinai for military men and women. She has also teamed up with Rhonda Klch, a Miller Place resident and founder of the Equity First Foundation, to help Klch collect toy donations for the annual Holiday Dream event. To donate items to Anker’s drives, drop-offs can be done at her district office, located at 620 Route 25A, Suite B in Mount Sinai. For more information about the drives, contact her office at 631-854-1600. The Town of Brookhaven is also hosting an INTERFACE toy drive, sponsored by the Town of Brookhaven Youth Bureau, which will help provide presents to more than 7,000 children this holiday season. The Town of Brookhaven toy drive event is Dec. 16 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at four separate locations: the Brookhaven Town Highway Department, at 1140 Old Town Road in Coram; the New Village Recreation Center, at 20 Wireless Road in Centereach; the Rose Caracappa Senior Center, at 739 Route 25A in Mount Sinai; or the Brookhaven Calabro Airport, at 135 Dawn Drive in Shirley. For more information or other drop off locations, call the Town of Brookhaven Youth Bureau at 631-451-8011. The Friends of Huntington Station Latin Quarter will host a toy drive event Saturday, Dec. 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. Residents are encouraged to drop off toys before that date at 1399 New York Ave. in Huntington Station. Gently used clothing is also being collected. Councilwoman Susan Berland (D) is hosting a holiday pet drive, with six locations in Huntington where anyone can drop off items, including the Huntington Animal Shelter at 106 Deposit Road in Huntington, Selmer’s Pet Land at 125 E. Jericho Turnpike in South Huntington and more. You can contact 631-351-3173 for more details. The Salvation Army has representatives collecting money outside of supermarkets and other shopping centers throughout the holiday season.

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Many people buy and hang Christmas tree lights and regular tree lights for special occasions and holidays, but studies have revealed that the bright tree lights hanging on trees all the time is harmful for the trees. As most of us know, trees and plants survive and function using photosynthesis, and sunlight is a part of photosynthesis. When the lights on the plants and trees are constantly active, it seriously affects the plant cycles. It confuses the plants, animals and organisms around it as well. The normal growth and development for trees depends on the light’s quality. William Chaney of Purdue University, says the continuous lighting is even more damaging than lighting that is turned off late in the evening. This is because the foliage of trees grown in continuous light-

ing would be larger in size and more susceptible to air pollution and water stress due to the stomatal pores in leaves remaining open for longer periods. The artificial lighting extends the day length for the plant when it is always being exposed to light. It can change flowering patterns and the continued growth. The lights can prevent the plant from flowering and reproducing, and it prevents trees from developing dormancy, which allows them to survive the harshness of the winter weather. The bright lights everywhere can disrupt the animals around as well. For instance, the lights disrupt the navigation systems of migrating birds who calibrate their flight patterns by the moon and stars. The birds (when passing brightly lit areas) then become disoriented and might

even fly into the lit buildings. Some people are starting to use fake Christmas trees for decorating, instead of using real ones, but many people still decorate the environment around them and during the winter season, hundreds of towns and cities are filled with trees and bushes doused with lights which really throws off the plants and their cycles. Imagine if someone covered the entire earth with lights and we never knew if it was morning or night. It would really throw you off, wouldn’t it? So this Christmas and for future reference, think about how your decorating affects the environment and organisms around you. For my family and me, having one artificial lit tree is enough.

Sapphire Perera Port Jefferson

Black Lives Matter and racial injustice Recently a letter appeared in Times Beacon Record Newspapers protesting coverage of a Black Lives Matter rally at the Stony Brook LIRR station. The writer, Robert Sandberg, calls BLM a “vicious gang of thugs.” He calls George Soros “the world’s most evil billionaire.” First, about George Soros. He’s a Hungarian Jew who escaped the Holocaust by posing as a Christian. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union he provided financial support to anti-Soviet movements and activists in Eastern Europe, including the Solidarity Movement in Poland and Andrei Sakharov in Russia. This was the beginning of his philanthropic organization, the Open Society Foundations, the stated purpose of which is to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to its citizens. In the U.S. Soros has given to civil rights groups and left-leaning political causes. This makes him no more “evil” than giving to right-leaning political causes makes the Koch brothers “evil.” Calling Soros evil only reveals Mr. Sandberg’s profound ignorance of the nature of true evil. Far from being a “gang of

thugs,” BLM is a loosely connected movement of groups responding to a single issue: racial injustice. The crocodile tears Mr. Sandberg cries about BLM not providing scholarships or helping start businesses are entirely irrelevant. To understand why there are BLM protests one needs only recall a few recent incidents. An unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, is confronted and shot dead by a self-appointed vigilante near where he lives. The killer is acquitted. Several months afterwards he sells the gun used to kill Martin for $250,000. A distinguished Harvard professor, Henry Louis Gates, who is black, is handcuffed and arrested outside his home when he returns from vacation and forces his way into his own house, where the front door was jammed shut. The arrest occurs after Gates provides ID to the police. A black motorist, Sandra Bland, is arrested and jailed after being pulled over for failing to signal when changing lanes. A few days later she is found hanged dead in her cell under mysterious circumstances. What all these incidents have

in common is the theme of racial injustice. It is very reasonable for black people to protest both the additional risks they are exposed to simply because of their race and the lack of consequences when serious harm or death is inflicted on them for reasons that are entirely disproportionate. By ranting against BLM Mr. Sandberg only shows his own woeful lack of empathy. Do I agree with every statement made by every spokesperson for BLM? No. But I certainly understand their grievance that justice is not being done. Mr. Sandberg caricatures BLM as “beating up people and burning cars.” But when BLM stages a peaceful protest at the Stony Brook station (with the support of such “radical” groups as the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship), Mr. Sandberg is “offended” that this paper covers it. I guess he prefers to live in a Long Island bubble and not be reminded of continuing racial injustice in this country. Maybe he thinks that if we all just stick our head in the sand it will go away.

David Friedman St. James

Correction The Dec. 8 editorial, entitled “Pearl Harbor: A turning point for America,” contained incorrect information about the USS Arizona. It was a battleship, not an aircraft carrier, as labeled. We regret the error.

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ing about her pregnancy, I spoke with someone for another story I’m researching. When this person heard my last name, he immediately asked me if I was related to someone. Most of the time, that someone is my mom, who works visibly and tirelessly in the communities these newspapers serve. When I was younger and people asked me about my mother, I would look down or look away, because I couldn’t answer questions about the way my mom’s paper covered something or because I was far too busy reading the batting averages for the latest Yankees to share insights about someone who was and is such an inspiration. As I’ve grown, I’ve become more appreciative of the questions and more prepared to look people in the eye — yes, mom, I’m teaching my kids to do that, too — to hear what they have to say and to provide a thoughtful answer. But, this person wasn’t asking me about my mom. He wondered if I was

related to Dr. Dunaief, his former ophthalmologist. Hearing the question surprised me. My father died almost 30 years ago. We talk about him regularly amongst ourselves, wondering what he would have thought of the people he’d never met, including my wife, my brother’s wife and his grandchildren. We tell our children stories about him so they know who he was and they appreciate their heritage. The person said my father was a great doctor. I told my children about the interview and the mention of their grandfather. I asked them what they thought the conversation meant. Both of them looked me in the eye for a long time as they considered their answers. “He must have been a good doctor,” my son said. “Wow, that’s amazing. He made that connection all these years later,” my daughter offered. Yes, I thought, they’re right. And, they had an idea of what it means to make meaningful and lasting connections. Whatever we do, whoever

we see on a daily basis, we have an opportunity to create a legacy that extends long after we’re no longer involved in the same routine. Some parts of who we are, or who we were, remain, whether that’s through our children or grandchildren, or through the memory of an action or interaction. I remember sitting in my father’s office one day when he took me to work and watching as he pulled glass out of the eye of a patient who had been in an accident at a construction site. The patient, a man much more muscular and stronger than my father, fainted in the chair. My father calmly removed all the equipment and revived him. He demonstrated such incredible grace, control and professionalism. So, as I think about the connection between the expectant mother and the memory of my father, I hope she creates positive, lasting memories for her unborn child, even as that child grows and develops a meaningful legacy.

The joy of news — real, ‘true’ news “News” is one of my favorite fourletter words. Since I was a kid and watched the newsreels that preceded the feature films at movie theaters, before television, I have been engaged by the events that unfold around us on a daily basis. When they installed the public address system in my elementary school, instruction would stop a half hour By Leah S. Dunaief for every Friday morning as “Let’s Look at the News,” a New York City-sponsored program, was transmitted to all the classrooms. The format involved student panelists each week, and I listened with great interest. I was even on the panel at the radio station when I was in fifth grade, which necessitated my reading the daily newspapers throughout

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the week. So in hindsight, I guess it is not so surprising that I wound up being a newspaper publisher, despite my teenage plans for a different direction. Hearing the news and interpreting its implications are as much a habit for me as breathing. So you can understand my distress at the current tsunami of fake news that has overtaken us. News, by definition and tradition, must be factual. If not, it is either a parody in the guise of news; or it is opinion or partisan, clearly presented as such; or it is propaganda, to be thus evaluated by the viewer. Now, those in the business of offering the news can certainly make mistakes, sometimes colossal ones, as in telling us that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction rather than emphasizing the fog and controversy surrounding that conclusion. Respected journalists told us that as fact, and though they believed what they were sharing, they were wrong. That is different, however, from the plethora of so-called news stories that are deliberately fabricated and shared every day with millions

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thanks to access to social media. Everyone with a digital device can now become a publisher and disseminate half-truths, conspiracy theories and flagrant falsehoods as news, without any form of vetting. The more gullible or, perhaps, less informed, or those enjoying the partisan slant, like tabloid readers, are rapt viewers. Sometimes they respond, as did the North Carolina guy we heard about who shot up a pizza parlor in Washington, D.C. because he heard that there was a child-abuse ring operating there. While extreme, it is not any more false than the news that Pope Francis had endorsed Donald Trump before our recent election. Regardless of one’s political orientation, that sort of phony and hyperpartisan stuff is alarming — or should be. Further troubling is how to deal with the question of vetting versus censorship. Worst, as a result of the proliferation of so much fake news, is the confusion it sows about all news. What’s true, what’s a lie? Whom and what to believe? The marvel of the internet and mobile phones to bring

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LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton SPORTS EDITOR Desirée Keegan ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ellen Recker ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathryn Mandracchia

inside news about brutality of dictatorships or other previously secret horror stories to the world’s attention and thereby reduce their occurrence has now been inverted. All sorts of false horror stories can now be broadcast as truths. The impact on the real news is to diminish the effect and value of good reporting. As Thomas Jefferson preached, without an informed public, democracy is not possible. Ironically, speaking of Jefferson, he or his supporters placed deceitful and, in today’s view, libelous stories in early newspapers when he ran against John Adams for president, and Adams’ followers did the same. So this fake news epidemic is not something new; only having so many decentralized outlets for transmitting the lies is. Somehow we will sort this out, just as they did two centuries ago. Meanwhile, read the hometown newspaper. We never lie and while we are not always accurate, publishing corrections for our inadvertent mistakes in the following issue, we hold fact to be sacred.

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