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BaBy, please come home: danielle Stenzel and david delligatti Jr. rang in the new year with a bundle of joy when the mama

delivered baby boy Jaxon abel delligatti at 6:20 a.m. on Jan. 1, the first baby born at St. charles hospital in 2016. the hospital presented the first-time parents, who are lake grove residents, with a gift basket to celebrate.

Meet the candidates Port Jefferson Free Library will hold its Board of Trustees election next Wednesday

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Tom Rotanz will head new lax program Former SWR lax coach will join ranks of St. Joseph’s College By deSirée keegan

A familiar face is stepping onto the college lacrosse scene. Tom Rotanz, a former head boys’ lacrosse coach for Shoreham-Wading River for 18 years, will helm St. Joseph’s College’s new men’s lacrosse program, which will begin its first season in spring 2017. “It’s something I always wanted to do,” Rotanz said of joining the college ranks. “I think any competitive athlete and coach wants to show someone what good can come from having the right people around you and the good players that are willing to commit themselves, and I hope to have another successful tenure at St. Joseph’s.” Rotanz has a long history with lacrosse. His elder brother was on the team that

won Ward Melville’s first Long Island championship in 1974, and the younger Rotanz was part of the squad that won the second and third in 1976 and 1977. The lacrosse captain earned All-American honors as a senior in 1977, after his team also made it to the New York State championship game, the first one for lacrosse. The boys lost that game, 12-11. From there, he was the captain of the Suffolk County Community College lacrosse team that won a national championship and earned All-American honors twice. He then repeated that feat at Adelphi University, where he was also named an All-American twice. “Tom was a great player,” said his former high school coach, and a legend on TOM ROTaNZ continued on page a4

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From left, laura Hill Timpanaro, susan Prechtl-loper, Joel rosenthal and Carl siegel are running for the Port Jefferson library’s board of trustees.

Candidate quartet runs for local library board Three trustee seats up for election next Wednesday By Giselle Barkley

Port Jefferson Free Library will soon have a full board of trustees for the first time in a while, after an election on Jan. 13 in which four candidates are running for three seats. Residents can meet the group at the library on Monday, at 7 p.m., including incumbents Laura Hill Timpanaro and Susan

Prechtl-Loper with newcomers Carl Siegel and Joel Rosenthal. The two candidates who win the most votes will secure seats with five-year terms and the third-place finisher will win a seat that carries a two-year term. The shorter term is available after former Trustee Harriet Martin vacated her seat on the board, leaving a couple of years

left on her term. Hill Timpanaro, the current board president, has been a trustee for the past five years and is seeking re-election. She heads the library’s planning and building committee and has worked on several projects, including securing grants and modernizing the library to keep up with changes in technology. “The library is moving into a time of change, not only for PJFL but for the libraries in general,” Hill Timpanaro said in an email. “As technology continues to change

patrons’ needs we have the opportunity to create a community cornerstone that suits a diverse clientele and becomes [an] anchor for the community.” Hill Timpanaro has lived in Port Jefferson for 15 years. Outside the library, she’s also helped secure funds to build a garden at the Port Jefferson elementary school. She hopes to continue her work on expanding the library in a new term, especially now that the library has acquired two adjaLIBRARY continued on page A10

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Movers & Shakers TOM ROTANZ

York State championship titles in 2007 and 2012. Continued from page A1 In 2012, the coach added to his list of accolades, serving as an assistant for the the lacrosse scene, Joe Cuozzo. “He was 2012 USA Men’s U-19 lacrosse team that a great competitor, had a great sense of won a world championship. humor about him, and I really enjoyed Now, he hopes to be able to bring that working with him.” same success to St. Joseph’s, and Shantey As a coach himself, with the SWR Hill, assistant vice president and senior Wildcats’ program only a year old, Ro- director of athletics and recreation for the tanz took over a roster of 14 players, college, thinks Rotanz is the perfect fit. including six freshmen. The team went “We were very lucky in that Coach 1-15 his first season, scoring 38 goals on Rotanz applied,” she said, referring to the year. But seven the school’s intensive, years later, the team ‘People always wondered national search across was ranked fourth all NCAA instituin the country, after why or how [Shorehamtions. “He has a plethwinning a New York Wading River boys’ lacrosse] ora of experience, State championship and … he knows the kept winning every year ... and scoring close to landscape of Long I say if you have bright kids Island, and he’s very 400 goals. “It snowballed into that buy into the system, I well-connected with something that was his peers to be able really neat to be a part think anything is possible.’ to do good recruiting of,” he said. “In the last — TOM ROTANZ for what we’re look13 years I was there, we ing for.” won 10 county championships, five Long For Rotanz, being on the scene as long Island and three New York State. People as he has and being a part of Long Island always wondered why or how we kept win- lacrosse, serving as an assistant coach at ning every year and being ranked one or Smithtown West for the last two years, two in the county. I say if you have bright will be beneficial throughout the recruitkids that buy into the system, I think any- ing process for the Golden Eagles. thing is possible.” “I’m very close friends with a lot of the Rotanz earned his first of six Suffolk Suffolk and Nassau coaches, so they’re County Coach of the Year honors in already contacting me with players that 1999, two years before he led the pro- they think will be a great fit, kids that they gram to its first county championship think would really like to play for me; so in 2001. In 2002, the program repeated that’s the neat thing.” as Suffolk champs en route to Long IsHe added, laughing, “I think there land and New York State titles. The team will be a lot more kids that think about also swept Suffolk, Long Island and New not leaving the Island now, hopefully.”

According to Hill, the school decided the time was right for a lacrosse program after seeing that a number of Division III student-athletes in the college’s Skyline Conference that commit to play lacrosse come from Long Island and that there was interest with incoming and current students. The college also built a new outdoor athletic facility. Hill said St. Joseph’s found the right coach in Rotanz. “We think we hit a home run with coach Rotanz,” she said. “He’s not only a wonderful coach, but also a great man, and he will do great things. We’re looking forward to him not only being the face of the lacrosse program, but also being a mentor to our male studentathletes. His tenure speaks for itself. He’s very well-connected, and he has good relationships with lots of people, and that’s something you can’t put a price tag on.” Cuozzo, who was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, said he used to go to Shoreham-Wading River practices and games to watch his former athlete, and has been thrilled with his approach to the game. “The way he treats kids, he’s a real student of the game, and I can’t say enough on how proud I am of his accomplishments,” he said. “He brings a winning attitude.” Rotanz, who said he tries to emulate the ways and successes of his former coach, is competitive, according to Cuozzo. “He hates to lose — I think he got that from me,” he said, laughing. “I wasn’t a very good loser.” Luckily, neither one of them has had to do much of that. Cuozzo compiled a 699-73 record while

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Clockwise from top left, Tom Rotanz gets water dumped on his head by a former Shoreham-Wading River team after a win; Rotanz with a gold medal and trophy after the U-19 team won a world championship; and Rotanz coaches from the Wildcats sideline.

at the helm of the Patriots’ program. In 2007, he became the head coach at Mount Sinai, where he brought his win total to 747 in his four years before retirement. During his tenure with the Wildcats, Rotanz amassed a 256-99 record. Cuozzo also thinks Rotanz will be able to draw athletes to the school. “A lot of kids like to leave Long Island when they are finished with high school — they don’t want to stay local — but knowing Tom, he’s very convincing,” Cuozzo said. “He’ll do his homework. He’ll go out and scout, he’ll go to high school games and he’ll talk, make phone calls. He’s very organized, he’s very knowledgeable about the game, and there’s no doubt in my mind that he’s going to be successful there.”

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Legislature looks at payment plans for ticketed drivers By Phil Corso

The Suffolk County Legislature is looking to put the brakes on its “pay now, or else” approach when it comes to fines levied to ticketed drivers. Lawmakers have tasked the county’s Traffic and Parking Violations Agency with developing a payment program for the fines it levies to motorists within 90 days. If approved by the Legislature, the plan could allow nonmoving violators to pay their fines in installments, rather than the current system which requires one lump sum, due immediately. It all started when Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) said she was approached by one of her constituents who claimed to be threatened with a driver’s license suspension if he did not pay his nonmoving ticket fine in one full installment. “The revocation of a driver’s license should be reserved for violators who endanger public safety, not for someone unable to pay a fine on the day it is imposed,” she said. The county currently has close to $2.3 million in outstanding tickets, lawmakers said. Hahn said that unpaid fines, fees and surcharges associated with parking tickets are often not collected or prove costly to collect and can result in lost revenue for the county government and taxpayers. A payment plan option,

Hahn added, is a win-win, because it helps struggling Suffolk County citizens meet their obligations to both their families and to the county. “A deterrent should never become a detriment, nor should the sting of a ticket ever become the hunger pains of a child,” Hahn said. “While these fines are supposed to serve as a financial deterrent to behavior that puts the public at risk, when unaffordable penalties are imposed and become due immediately, our residents are forced to make decisions that are counter to our values and to the public interest.” County Legislator Kate Browning (WF-Shirley), who serves as chair of the Legislature’s Public Safety Committee, said punitive measures are intended to be teaching moments, rather than a road to economic ruin. She applauded the steps the county was taking in allowing ticketed motorists more time to pay fines. “I congratulate Legislator Hahn for bringing this issue forward,” Browning said. “As a co-sponsor of the bill, I agree that no one should have to make a choice between putting food on the table for their family or paying a fine. Failure to pay causes a person to have a suspended license and potentially lose their employment. A payment plan for middle and low income residents will benefit the resident and the agency.“

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With help from legislator Kara hahn, the suffolk County legislature is giving the county’s Traffic and Parking Violations Agency three months to come up with a plan that would allow ticketed motorists to opt into payment plans when paying fines.

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POLICE BLOTTER Incidents and arrests from Dec. 27-Jan. 2 Drifting to jail On Dec. 29, an East Setauket resident was driving a 2006 Jeep west on Route 347 in Port Jefferson Station when he failed to maintain his lane. Police discovered the man was intoxicated and arrested him on the corner of Route 347 and Jayne Boulevard. The 33-year-old was charged with driving while ability impaired. He was previously convicted on similar charges 10 years ago. Quest for the card thief A 29-year-old man from Coram was arrested for grand larceny on Dec. 27, after he stole a credit card from an unlocked 2010 Chevrolet. The incident took place on Piedmont Drive in Port Jefferson Station, but police arrested the man on Montclair Street. Drive away home Police arrested a 21-year-old Port Jefferson woman on Jan. 2 for unauthorized use of a car. Police said she took a 2003 Lincoln Navigator out of a shared driveway around 4:04 a.m. and was arrested later that day at her Laurita Gate home. Gimme a break A man from Miller Place was arrested for criminal mischief on Dec. 29, after police said the 40-year-old broke a glass window to enter a residence on Woodhull Landing Road in Miller Place around 11:25 a.m. The man also allegedly gave the wrong name to officials just prior to his arrest. Wantagh go to jail Police arrested a Wantagh man on Jan. 1 for driving while ability impaired in a 2012 Nissan after he got into a crash while going south on Howell Avenue in Centereach. Officials discovered the 28-year-old was intoxicated. Police arrested him at 3:39 a.m., less than 30 minutes after the crash. Boozy breakfast On Jan. 1, police arrested a 26-yearold woman from Centereach for driving while ability impaired. Around 8:48 a.m., the woman was driving a 2006 Nissan when she got into a crash near the Sunoco station on Middle Country Road. Police at the scene discovered the woman was intoxicated and arrested her.

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Pound it Police arrested a 23-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station for criminal possession of a weapon at the Centereach Mall on Jan. 1, after they found him in possession of brass knuckles. Food for the winter An unidentified person took groceries from a store on Nesconset Highway in Mount Sinai on Dec. 29.

An early morning stroll Police said an 18-year-old Selden man was shouting obscenities on Jan. 1 before trespassing at the 7-Eleven on Middle Country Road in Selden. Police arrested the man for trespassing at the scene. Party-crashers On Jan. 1 at 3:30 a.m., a resident living on Christian Avenue in Stony Brook was throwing a party when several unknown, uninvited guests struck and broke the glass front door and window of the home. Police didn’t specify what they used to cause the damage. King of the road On Jan. 2, a 52-year-old man from Rocky Point was arrested for driving while ability impaired. According to police, the man was speeding in a 1995 GMC north on Kings Walk and failed to stay to the right on the road. Stopped and seized A 20-year-old man from Sound Beach was arrested on Jan. 1 for criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police had made a traffic stop on Madison Street in Rocky Point and discovered the man was in possession of drugs. Police didn’t specify why the man was originally stopped. The same old steal On Jan. 2, someone entered the Old Fields Restaurant on Wynn Lane in Port Jefferson and stole an iPod and license from the business. Toy troubles According to police, someone entered the Kohl’s in Setauket-East Setauket and concealed a toy set in their bag. The incident happened on Dec. 30 at 9:54 p.m. On the fence On Dec. 28, a resident living on Kingston Road in Mount Sinai reported that someone damaged the house’s PVC fence and fence posts between 11 and 11:20 a.m. Pumped for pickpocketing An unknown person broke the passenger window of a 2005 Jeep parked in the LA Fitness parking lot in Port Jefferson Station. Police said a wallet was stolen. The incident happened on Dec. 31 around 6 p.m. Finance this Police said an unknown person broke a window at Soloway Agency on Nesconset Highway in Port Jefferson Station on Jan. 1, at 4:25 a.m. Beauty knows no bounds On Jan. 2, someone took body spray and hair products from the Walgreens on Middle Country Road in Selden. — Compiled by Giselle barkley

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OBITUARY Richard M. O’Neill Richard M. O’Neill, 84, of Mount Sinai, passed peacefully on Dec. 4, 2015. He was the beloved husband of the late Victoria; loving father of Richard, Elizabeth Prisco and Robert; and adored grandfather of Ally, John, Aidan, Joseph, Michael, Liam and Daniel. He is sur-

Book Club Pajama Program. Both schools are in Rocky Point. As part of the initiative, Scholastic will match each of the schools’ donation with a picture or chapter book. As part of the initiative, the JAE students in Debbie Vieira and Lisa Celentano’s class as well as Kristie Jackson’s class, hosted a Great Pajama Drive Writing Celebration.

To prepare for this celebration, the students created their own bedtime stories. They worked through the writing process in collaborative groups and generated pictures to connect with their stories. FJC’s service squad members also drafted a bedtime story that corresponded with the pair of pajamas they selected.

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cent properties — a residence on Thompson Street and a business on East Main Street. Fellow incumbent Prechtl-Loper, the board’s financial officer and a member since 2013, is also seeking re-election, with the goal of further improving the library and its services. She said the biggest accomplishment for the trustees since she first joined was when the library purchased the Scented Cottage Garden property on East Main Street in May, to help satisfy the library’s parking and general needs. For Prechtl-Loper, a village resident for more than 20 years and a library member for more than 50, the institution is like home. “I grew up in the library,” she said. “I have really fond memories there.” Siegel, like the incumbents, is no stranger to the board of trustees. He served from 1994 to 1999 and is hoping to return this year. During Siegel’s previous tenure, he helped establish the children’s library and an adult reading room, among several other projects. Now that building plans are underway to address a parking shortage and

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add a room to host live performances, Siegel wants to help execute those projects. He was an English teacher at the Port Jefferson high school for 23 years before retiring in 1992. Since then, he’s been active in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Stony Brook University, which offers a variety of courses to its older students. He served as its president in 1997. For Rosenthal, whose has lived in Port Jefferson Village for 50 years, the election is a new phase. While he’s never been a trustee, Rosenthal is aware of the library’s plans for expansion and would like to work with fellow trustees on the projects. “With the tremendous changes in technology, [the trustees] should make some informed decisions about the library,” he said in an interview. Rosenthal is a distinguished professor emeritus of history at Stony Brook University. He was also previously the chair of the history department and took on other administrative roles before partially retiring from the university. Although Rosenthal said he would prefer the two-year seat to a five-year seat, he would “take what I can get.” Voting is at the library on Wednesday, Jan. 13, between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.

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The Shoreham-Wading River girls’ basketball team struggled to recover after an 11-0 start by its opponent as the Wildcats fell to Hampton Bays, 51-30, in their first League VI loss Tuesday. “Being down 11-0 was a problem,” Shoreham-Wading River head coach Adam Lievre said. “We talked a little bit about that before the game — I don’t know if I jinxed us — but we played hard. Offensively, at times, we struggled to score, and against a team that can shoot the ball well from the outside, it’s hard for us to trade missed layups for them to get open threes.” Shoreham-Wading River sophomore guard Mikayla Dwyer put the Wildcats’ first points on the board, and junior forward Lindsey McKenna followed right behind her. Dwyer was fouled heading to the basket after her team forced a turnover, and she sank her first free-throw attempt to cut the deficit, 11-5. The Baymen went on another tare, this time scoring six straight points, before McKenna scored another field goal. Hampton Bays countered with a field goal of its own, and added a long field goal at the buzzer to bring the score to 22-7.

“Execution is hard,” Lievre said. “We do as much as we can, and sometimes they fall and sometimes they don’t. Tonight was a night where, early on, in the first couple of minutes, they didn’t fall, and it led to a hole that we just couldn’t recover from.” The hole continued to grow, despite junior guard Jesse Arline coming off the bench to score half of the team’s points in the second stanza, with a long field goal and a three-pointer. At the end of the eight minutes, the Wildcats fell behind 38-17. “We just need to strategize, but there’s no problem with effort,” Arline said. “We tried really hard and we did a good job. I think movement of the ball was really good. Some of our shots weren’t landing, but you need to play fast against a team like that.” Lievre said he agreed that despite the loss, he’s never had a problem with his girls giving him their all. “My girls always play hard until the very end,” he said. “We never have to question effort or intensity, we just have to execute offensively. I never have to worry about them putting everything into a game, because they will — they’ll battle no matter what the score is, good or bad.” McKenna led the team with six points on the evening, Arline and Dwyer tacked on five apiece, junior forward Maddy Bottari and junior forward Sophie Triandafils finished with four each, junior guard Mackenzie Zajac added three, and junior

guard Sam Higgins and junior forward Maria Smith rounded out the scoring with two points and one point, respectively. The Wildcats were off to a 3-0 start in the league before the loss. The head coach said that although the team is halfway to the playoffs wins-wise, they still have some tough competition ahead when they travel to Elwood-John Glenn today at 4:15 p.m., and then host Mount Sinai on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Arline said her team would recover from the loss and use it to fuel them for their upcoming league matchups. “We lost, and we’ll take it as a learning

experience,” she said. “We’ll put what we’ve learned here into the game ahead. We try to keep a game-to-game mindset, so we’re just worried about the next opponent.” Lievre also thinks his team will be more prepared moving forward. He liked some of what he saw, and hopes that if his team can execute, they’ll have a better shot of remaining in games against tough opponents. “There were a lot of good looks and a lot of good shots I’d like to repeat again, we’ve just got to hope next time that they fall for us,” he said. “It’s one game; we’ll regroup and move on.”

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OPINION

Let’s let every child succeed Your turn BY GarY D. Bixhorn & SuSan a. SchneBel

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Relation resolutions in the new year

Ringing in a new year comes not only with celebrations, but also with ideas of what we could do better in the future. While thinking of personal resolutions, we can also begin to think of resolutions for the towns we live in and the people who serve them. The Suffolk County Police Department went through some major changes in 2015. Shortly before the year ended, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) tapped Tim Sini for police commissioner in light of the recent investigation and indictment of former Police Chief James Burke, who has been accused of beating a handcuffed suspect and attempting to cover up the crime. This week, former SCPD Sgt. Scott Greene began the first of two trials for allegedly stealing cash from Hispanic motorists during vehicle and traffic stops. He is being charged with seven counts of larceny as a hate crime. A good place to start for a 2016 resolution could be within the county’s police department. We hope that Sini will function with transparency as he takes on his new role and keep the lines of communication with the public as open as possible. We also hope he will work well and collaborate with the Republican legislators who have already challenged his appointment. 2015 was a huge year for substance abuse programs and drug summits as well. Officials, from town board members to congressmen, lent their voice to what many are calling an epidemic. While these programs have made great strides, it seems the younger generation, where the fight is really happening, seem least connected to these talks. Going forward, focusing on drug programs that reach high school and college students may be the best bet. Although the winter break is coming to a close, spring break is right around the corner, and, soon enough, those students will be right back on our couches, enjoying a week off. That could be the perfect time to bend their ears. As a community, we can make 2016 better than any year before it. Let’s work together to make that happen.

After years of legislative gridlock in Washington, President Barack Obama has signed the Every Child Succeeds Act into law and called it a “Christmas miracle.” The bill had strong bipartisan support in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Educators across the country have eagerly awaited the passage of this bill, which replaces the 15-yearold Bush Administration’s No Child Left Behind Act and the subsequent Obama Administration’s Race to the Top program. In combination, these two initiatives significantly expanded the federal government’s role in educational matters traditionally subject to state and local control. It’s been New York State’s implementation of these overreaching federal initiatives that’s generated so much dissent within the educational community and ultimately resulted in a public revolt in the form of the optout movement. It appears, based on the new federal legislation, which scales back federal involvement and restores state and local control, that our leaders have learned an important lesson: A parent will not let their child’s education become an academic research project or a campaign platform. Parents expect schools to provide a safe, secure environment where teaching and leaning is fostered and protected. Given the new federal direction, it’s now time for the state to work with local school districts to give parents what they expect and students what they deserve — schools meeting high standards, with outstanding teachers and rich program offerings. Clearly, now is the time to “hit the reset button” on reform efforts. Many of the more controversial provisions of the state’s effort to reform education were put in place to align with federal requirements that are now changing. Accordingly, key members of the state legislature are beginning to voice support for a moratorium on new state legislative

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requirements involving testing and teacher evaluation in accordance with recommendations of the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association and others. In addition, both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state education commissioner have established advisory councils to help sort out the tangled web of issues that have been created. We cannot delay in taking advantage of the unique opportunity that the new legislation and a moratorium offer. We have an unusual second chance, a chance to “get reform right.” This time we must approach the issues in an inclusive, collaborative manner. In order to do this we have to identify the key issues and assign responsibility appropriately for addressing each of them. What are the issues? Simply stated, they include the adoption and introduction of higher educational standards, appropriate student assessment, meaningful teacher evaluation, equitable school finance and state support, turning around failing schools and serving student populations with unique needs. A comprehensive, coordinated approach to addressing statewide needs in each of these six areas should begin without delay. The Board of Regents and the commissioner of education, in concert with the governor and legislative leaders, should begin to draw up a plan to bring together stakeholders

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and form work groups focused on each of these areas. The work groups should include nationally recognized experts in the area of focus, as well as parents and seasoned practitioners. The work group looking into school finance and state support should also include representatives of the Division of Budget, the State Education Department, the comptroller and the legislature to assure that their work is tied to the reality of the state’s budgeting process. Overall coordination of the effort should be within a structure agreed upon by the governor, legislative leaders and the Board of Regents. This isn’t as complicated as it may sound because so much effort has been expended in working through recent difficulties. There are many people who have a wealth of experience in dealing with these issues who would willingly contribute to such an effort. We already know what the problems are; we’ve already made our mistakes. We should take advantage of our recent experience and immediately begin a comprehensive, coordinated, inclusive and transparent process and “get reform right” this time. The stakes are far too high to delay. Gary D. Bixhorn is the executive director and Susan A. Schnebel is the president of the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association.

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The insane pain of the plane Almost anywhere in the country, we can look toward the heaven and see a plane bathed in sunlight at the end of the day. Then again, someone on that plane might have just closed the blind, keeping that annoying light off the screen to watch a fictional character stuck on Mars, colonizing a planet with potatoes. Speaking of uncomfortable situations, maybe the guy or girl D. None stuck in the last row near the bathroom is rooted near someof the above one who insists on sharing his by DaNiel DuNaief life story, his experience with his vtimes@tbrnewspapers.com neighbors, or his laundry list of gripes. If the Long Island Rail hen the Wright broth- Road can make quiet cars, can ers invented man-made airlines designate quiet sections? flight more than a Maybe they can add a quiet century ago, I can’t imagine they button, with a picture of a flight thought it’d be a good idea for attendant with a finger over her airlines to charge for meals when pursed lips on the bulkhead? more than 200 people are stuck The flight attendant might in the same plane for over four whisper, “As you can see, the caphours. Then again, they may not tain has turned on the ‘No-sharhave imagined just how common ing terrible stories, petty frustraand popular planes would be. tions, or things you might find

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funny with the person next to you button.’ Please, zip it! While you’re at it, please stop tapping that person on the shoulder to get him to look at you. He doesn’t want to look at you. He’s trying to close his eyes.” We are a culture that marinates in our frustrations, anger and judgments. “Can you believe the food cart only had chicken or fish and didn’t have a vegan/vegetarian/ dairy-free option?” someone might ask. “Would you have bought something from the cart?” we might reply. “Heavens, no. Did you see the prices? I’m just saying they ought to offer it.” Each flight starts with informative details. “We’ll be flying at 34,000 feet,” the captain might share in his best “The Right Stuff” voice. “Excuse me, miss? Can we fly at 33,000 feet? My doctor suggested I stay below 33,000 feet

because anything higher triggers the side effects from the drug I’m taking because of that ad on TV.” Then there’s all the beeps. Bing! “You can move about the cabin now but keep your seat belt fastened when you’re in your seat.” Bing! “The restroom in the front is just for the firstclass passengers, regardless of how badly you have to go to the bathroom because you ate nine hours of food so you wouldn’t be hungry and have to buy a meal on the plane.” How about putting the people who want to invent new, safe and potentially delicious food options together with the airlines, giving people a chance to sample new foods? We’re a captive audience, watching movies, playing cards, reading and wondering whether we should be eating breakfast or dinner, depending on whether we’re trying to keep our stomachs on the local time in the place we left or the local time in the place we’re

If the Long Island Rail Road can make quiet cars, can airlines designate quiet sections? going to. While we’re sitting there, let’s watch independent films we can’t see in the suburbs and eat food that comes from the land we’re flying over. I love those images of our plane that indicate where we are located. Too bad for Rhode Island and Delaware that the image is often bigger than the entire state. That could exacerbate a small state’s inferiority complex. The Wright brothers may have gotten us started, but we seem to have flown off course on our commercial flight conveniences. Bing! Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,” may be purchased online from northshoreoflongisland.com/ebooks.

Leaping into another new year

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ow! It’s 2016. How did that happen so quickly? We were just recently worrying about being carried by the calendar into 2000 and whether our computers would continue to work. Well, here we are, 16 years later, amid all the promises of a brand new year. At the very least we know it will be interesting because this is a presidential election year, with a new administration since our current president will be termed out. Will the new incumbent’s party also be different? We

Americans like a change of party in the White House regularly but not always. We will have to wait and see, meanwhile enduring the endless pontification, punditry and prognostication. If the year will seem a little longer, in fact it will be. This is a leap year, with that extra day stuck onto the end of February, giving us one more day of winter. Why didn’t they put it onto the end of June, adding to summer? In any event, that gives us one more day to listen to our politicians before we go to the polls to vote. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that the leap years and the presidential election years coincide. We welcomed the first business day of the new year with one of those heart-stopping stock market plunges. The trip wire this time was the double whammy of projected further slowdown in China, which has the world’s second largest economy, and the combustion between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Despite the fact that some 85 percent of the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims are Sunni, there simmers an un-

derlying rage periodically leaping into confrontation with the Shia. This complicates our diplomatic efforts since Saudi Arabia is technically an ally in the volatile Middle East. On the lighter side, for escapism, we can generally look forward to some of the best movies from year’s end because their producers want them to be fresh in the minds of the judges for awards in the following quarter. This year the trend seems to be toward historical fiction that is more like documentaries. “Spotlight,” based on fact, is the story of the investigative efforts of the daily newspaper, The Boston Globe, to bring the tawdry tale of clerical pedophiles and their cover-up within the Catholic Church to the public. The filmmakers managed to make this movie riveting despite the lack of the usual boy-meets-girl, boyloses-girl, boy-wins-back girl in the narrative. Another excellent movie based on recent history is “The Big Short.” Using some outrageous scenes to make its point, like a woman in a bubble bath

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drinking champagne and a stripper shimmering around a pole in a nightclub, the movie does a credible job of explaining the subprime mortgage crisis and how it almost took down the world economy. Again, this is not the usual romantic or violent action fare we are offered by Hollywood, and three cheers for the enlightenment which in turn enables ours. Then there is of course “Star Wars,” with its record-breaking box office receipts. Nothing more to be said there, except that if you wish to be part of the national conversation, you will see it. For true escapism, we have the long-awaited, much-anticipated return of “Downton Abbey” on television. Delightful for its attempt at historic accuracy and its engaging upstairs/downstairs characters, this mighty soap opera has succeeded in capturing the attention of the world. Why? Perhaps we wish to see how the wealthy lived in the Gilded Age. Or perhaps there is also the thread of historical fiction here, as we watch how events of 100 years ago changed the world LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton SPORTS EDITOR Desirée Keegan ONLINE EDITOR Elana Glowatz

That gives us one more day to listen to our politicians before we go to the polls to vote. and set us up for life in the 20th century. The historic period lived by these characters bridges the enormous shift from an agrarian world, 25 percent of which was dominated by the United Kingdom, to the industrial and perhaps more egalitarian existence that developed under the watch of the United States. On a personal note, we will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Times Beacon Record newspapers, whose exact birthday is April 8. What a personal satisfaction to have been here for 40 years. As you might imagine, there will more to come on that subject in future columns. So here we are, in the early days of 2016, wishing each other wonderful things like good health, lots of love, happiness and fun. Would that wishing might make it so. In any case, Happy New Year!

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