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Vol. 37, No. 32

February 24, 2022

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Congratulations given to Troop 1776’s newest Eagle Scouts

On Saturday, Feb. 12, Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) joined elected officials, boy scouts, troop leaders and scout families and friends to honor Troop 1776’s newest Eagle Scouts: Dominic Passaro and Joshua Skubliskas.

The ceremony was held at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rocky Point.

“It is always pleasure to see the bright young leaders that have come from Troop 1776,” Anker said. “Dominic and Joshua have demonstrated that they have a strong

dedication to serving our community and are truly deserving of the honor of being an Eagle Scout. I congratulate them on this magnificent achievement.”

Eagle Scout is the highest rank that a scout can receive. It requires hard work and dedication for a scout to earn 21 merit badges, complete a community service project and undergo a lengthy review process.

Dominic Passaro and Joshua Skunbliskas both received the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout after completing their community

service projects. Dominic installed and replaced signage that included braille in the buildings of the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind in Smithtown, which will help to rejuvenate and improve the navigability of the Foundation’s facilities.

Joshua constructed a paved walkway connecting an existing walkway to two sheds for the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rocky Point, which will provide a more accessible pathway for staff and volunteers to utilize the church’s storage sheds.

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A beloved superintendent will be retiring from Miller Place school district, effective June 2022.

Marianne Cartisano said that the retirement has been in the works for years so she can focus on the next chapter in her life.

“I’m going to sleep,” she joked. “I’ve been in administration for the entire 31 years of my career. So, it’ll be the first time probably, since I’m about 16 — even when having my children — that I will have an extended period of time just to do an appropriate decompression.”

She plans on spending time with her family, and will continue to mentor.

“I had spoken to the board a couple of years ago when we were planning a succession plan for Miller Place,” she added. “Mr. Lipshie has been my right-hand person for 10 years so that has made the transition a little bit easier.”

Deputy Superintendent Seth Lipshie will be taking on the role of superintendent of schools “I’m super excited, I’m motivated,” he said.

“It’s an opportunity for me to continue my service in Miller Place.”

Lipshie said he is in his 32nd year in the district and he’s done a bit of everything while working there. From 1990 to 2001, he was a social studies teacher and in 2001 he became assistant principal at North Country Road Middle School. From 2002 to 2010 he served as principal of Miller Place High School before being appointed as assistant superintendent in 2010 and deputy superintendent in 2014.

“I’ve either hired or interviewed almost probably a good majority of the staff that now works in the workplace,” he said. “One of the

things I think that I’ll bring to the table is some stability, something familiar.”

By having all this experience, Lipshie said that he has developed “some very strong ties with staff and the unions in terms of making sure that we can serve the students as best we can without any issues.”

He has also been adviser for the AV Club as well as spearheaded the Mock Trial Club. He coached soccer at both the middle school and the high school, was the varsity basketball coach for nine years and has been an umpire for high school baseball for the last 17 years.

Cartisano said that promoting Lipshie to the role of superintendent was a no-brainer — it was important to keep things consistent.

“Having been here now 10 years, that’s a long stretch of the superintendency, especially with the last two COVID years,” she said. “It’s been so rewarding, and the work is so purposeful and meaningful — it just has been a great run.”

But Cartisano said that Lipshie is not a carbon copy of her.

“It’s a marriage made by workplace, and we probably agree on 85% of the time,” she said. “The other 15% we don’t, and that has allowed this district to move forward because we don’t have one mindset, we have different perspectives. That’s the way we lead. It’s not that Seth is a mirror image of me nor me of him.

That would not be good leadership.”

She added that there is nobody that could have been a better fit.

“This is an organization that has 500 staff members that show up every day and educate our children, we have 2,500 customers who get off buses every single day for us, and it’s important that the school district stays consistent,” Cartisano said. “We’re very excited.”

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Village Former Benten owner brings sushi favorites to PJ Lobster House

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It’s now the best of both worlds.

When Benten Fine Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Miller Place permanently closed in October, members of the community were devastated.

A new opportunity came just this month for Kenny Lee, the former Benten owner, where he has found a new home inside Port Jefferson village’s PJ Lobster House.

It began when the Lobster House’s owner, James Luciano, started getting tips and requests from mutual customers about Lee. “James had another sushi person before who left and the timing just worked out,” Lee said. “I thought it was a good opportunity.”

When the PJ Lobster House moved from Upper Port to Main Street last year, as part of the renovations came a full sushi bar that they didn’t have at their old spot.

“It’s great to add sushi to the menu, especially with the summertime coming,” Luciano recently said. “There’s no sushi in Port Jeff.”

Luciano admitted that when the previous sushi chef was at the bar, people didn’t come to sit there and indulge. But then Lee came on board and the seats have been filled every night he’s there.

“We’re getting a lot of customers where people are asking for sushi, and then ask if Ken is working,” Luciano added.

Last March, TBR News Media reported that Benten was struggling to keep their doors open due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A GoFundMe was created to help support the sushi restaurant with hundreds of people showing their support.

Unfortunately, Lee said, the closure was inevitable.

“It was hard finding people to work,” he said.

Lee and his mother owned the building at 971 Route 25A in Miller Place for nearly two decades, previously owning a place in Mount

Kenny Lee, PJ Lobster House’s new sushi chef, inside the restaurant. Photo by Julianne Mosher

Sinai for many years before that.

Lee and his family decided it was best to close instead of dealing with the constant stress.

But the new opportunity at PJ Lobster House is special for Lee — he is a graduate of

Port Jefferson high school and is happy to be back in the community.

And while it’s not a carbon copy of his menu at Benten, Lee is bringing a ton of favorites — customers who order the new PJ roll might

remember it as Benten #2.

Luciano said that right now they will have sushi available Wednesday through Sunday and will offer lunch, dinner and plan to add seafood towers to the menu.

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Link Advisory Services LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/11/22. Office: Albany County. Registered Agent Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 90 State Street, Suite 700 Office #40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2013-TT2, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, vs. RALPH R. DIGENNARO A/K/A RALPH R. DI GENARRO A/K/A RALPH RON DIGENNARO, LO R R A I N E D I G E N N A RO A/K/A LORRAINE DI GENNARO A/K/A LORRAINE N. FAVALORA, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on February 4, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 23, 2022 at 1:30 p.m., premises known as 604 Canal Road, Mount Sinai, NY 11766. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 231.00, Block 04.00 and Lot 023.000. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 618903/2017.

COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale.

Terry R. Referee

Woodard,

Notice of formation of Chrissie’s Bread Bakery LLC. The Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/17/2021. Office located in Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 159 6th Avenue, Holtsville, NY, 11742. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, & Peddy, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff

PROBATE CITATION. FILE NO.: 2021-2782 SURROGATE’S COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY CITATION TO: STATE OF NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL; and “The Maternal and paternal distributes, heirs at law and next of kin of Barbara A. Mancebo, deceased, if any be living; and if any be dead, their respective distributes, heirs at law, next of kin, legatees, devises, executors, administrators, assigns and successors in interest, all of whose names, whereabouts and addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained with due diligence, being the persons interested in the estate of Barbara A. Mancebo, deceased as distributes or otherwise.

A petition having been duly filed by MARSHALL LAGER, who is domiciled at 727 West Madison Street, Apt. 1806, Chicago, IL 60661.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County, at 320 Center Drive, Riverhead, New York on March 29, 2022 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of BARBARA A. MANCEBO lately domiciled at The Terraces, 10 Walnut Road, Rocky Point, NY admitting to probate a Will dated July 7, 2008 directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Marshall Lager.

THIS COURT DATED DOES NOT REQUIRE OR PERMIT IN-PERSON APPEARANCES. If you oppose the Court granting the relief requested on this citation, you must file verified objections, using New York State Courts

Electronic Filing (NYSCEF), except that unrepresented parties may file verified objections, with the appropriate filing fee, or respond indicating such intent by mail provided that the Court receives the verified objections or response on or before the date listed above.

Failure to do so will result in an assumption that you do not object to the Court granting the relief in this matter and no further notice will be given to you.

Hon. THERESA WHELAN, Surrogate Dated, Attested and Sealed: February 4, 2022 Doreen A. Quinn Chief Clerk John A. Reno Attorney for Petitioner (631) 667-7366 1913 Deer Park Avenue Deer Park, NY 11729 Address of Attorney 6948 2/10 4x vbr

Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Action to Foreclose a Mortgage INDEX #: 616793/2021 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION M O RTG AG E C O M PA N Y Plaintiff, vs CRAIG PHILLIPS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HELEN PHILLIPS, WHO WAS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF WILLIAM K. PHILLIPS, MICHELLE SCHUPNER AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HELEN PHILLIPS, WHO WAS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF WILLIAM K. PHILLIPS, JACQUELINE PHILLIPS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HELEN PHILLIPS, WHO WAS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF WILLIAM K. PHILLIPS, UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF HELEN PHILLIPS, WHO WAS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF WILLIAM K. PHILLIPS IF LIVING, AND IF HE/SHE BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN TO PLANTIFF, CLAIMING OR WHO MAY CLAIM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN, OR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS ACTION, SUCH UNKNOWN PERSONS BEING HEREIN GENERALLY DESCRIBED AND INTENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN WIFE, WIDOW, H U S B A N D, WIDOWER,

HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, D E S C E N DA N T S , E X E C U TO R S , ADMINISR ATO R S , DEVISEES, LEGATEES, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF SUCH DECEASED, ANY AND ALL PERSONS DERIVING INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON, OR TITLE TO SAID REAL PROPERTY B Y, T H RO U G H OR UNDER THEM, OR EITHER OF THEM, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE WIVES, WIDOWS, HUSBANDS, WIDOWERS, HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DECENDANTS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, L E G AT E E S , CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNS, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES EXCEPT AS STATED, ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED S TAT E S OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE IRS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN D E V E LO P M E N T, N O RT H SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT MANHASSET, CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA, CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY TRAFFIC & PA R K I N G V I O L AT I O N S AGENCY, PETRO INC, L I ANESTHESIOLOGIST PLLC, JOY E. JORGENSEN ESQ LAW GUARDIAN JOHN DOE (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mor tgaged premises.)

Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 71 Rush Street Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the

State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Suffolk. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF HELEN PHILLIPS, WHO WAS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF WILLIAM K. PHILLIPS Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. John H. Rouse of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Twenty-Fourth day of January, 2022 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, in the City of Riverhead. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by Helen Phillips (who died on October 21, 2019, a resident of the county of Suffolk, State of New York) dated the March 13, 2008, to secure the sum of $487,500.00 and rec o r d e d a t B o o k M00021684, Page 656 in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk, on the March 19, 2008. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed September 7, 2017 and recorded on September 20, 2017, in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk at Book M00022857, Page 399.; The property in question is described as follows: 71 Rush Street, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not

stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: February 11, 2022 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Brookhaven Town Planning Board on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. via virtual conference, or in person on the 2nd floor of Brookhaven Town Hall at One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York, to consider the application of Thomas Norbury, 59 Thunder Road, Miller Place, NY to repeal Restrictive Covenant for property known as Hunter Estates, Lot 59.

Covenant relief being requested on the abovedescribed premises is as follows: Increase clearing limit from 49% to 68% Reduce buffer from 50 feet to 25 feet The application and diagram of the subject property are on file in the Planning Division and may be examined during regular business hours. At the time of the public hearing all interested parties will be given the opportunity to speak.

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■ A resident on Oakland Avenue in Miller Place reported that someone entered their unlocked vehicle parked on their driveway on Feb. 16 and removed an iPod Touch and Apple AirPods valued at $320.

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■ A resident on Rolling Road in Miller Place

reported that someone entered their unlocked vehicle parked in the driveway on Feb. 15 and removed women’s sunglasses valued at approximately $300 and a $50 gift card.

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■ A resident on Grant Street in Port Jefferson Station called the police on Feb. 18 to report that an unknown person had entered their unlocked vehicle the night before and stole assorted gift cards and cash.

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■ Staples on Nesconset Highway in Port Jefferson Station reported a shoplifter on Feb. 17. A man allegedly stole a Brother Laser Printer valued at $200.

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■ A resident on Superior Street in Port Jefferson Station reported that someone entered two cars on Feb. 15 and took a total of $330 in cash. The vehicles had been unlocked.

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■ Macy at the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove reported a grand larceny on Feb. 12. A man allegedly grabbed a gold chain valued at approximately $4,000 and fled the store.

■ A resident on Hooper Street in Port Jefferson Station reported that a catalytic converter had been removed from their 2001 Honda Accord on Feb. 15. The item was valued at $500.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole a Dyson vacuum from Target located at 265 Pond Path in South Setauket on January 26.

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■ Suffolk Wines and Liquors on Middle Country Road in Selden reported a shoplifter on Feb. 14. Two men allegedly stole two bottles of liquor valued at $225 before fleeing in a car driven by a third man.

■ Aldi Supermarket on Middle Country Road in Selden reported a shoplifter on Feb. 13. A woman allegedly stole 4 containers of Tide Pods and 6 bags of frozen shrimp valued at approximately $140.

South Setauket

■ Target on Pond Path in South Setauket reported a grand larceny on Feb. 17. Two men entered the store and allegedly filled bags with an assortment of health and beauty products and walked out without paying. The value of the items was approximately $3,000.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.

Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.

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Obituaries

benefiting from beautiful handmade gifts over the years. Gail’s family and friends will deeply miss her loving support and will endeavor to carry on her extraordinary legacy by continuing to show kindness and care to others as Gail showed to them.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that those who wish, may donate to Camp Good Grief in memory of Gail Shelley, www. eehcampgoodgrief.org.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Visit www.bryantfh. com to sign the online guest book.

Mabel “Mickey” Ackerman

PORT JEFFERSON

Mabel “Mickey” Ackerman

Mabel “Mickey” Ackerman, of Port Jefferson, died quietly at home Tuesday, Feb. 15, at age 93.

A 60-year resident of Port Jefferson, Mickey served on the Scraggy Hill Elementary School PTA, Port Jefferson School District Board and the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Board. An avid bridge player, she was active with her bridge group, The Nitwits.

Born in Butte, Montana, the youngest of five children, Mickey grew up on her Greek immigrant father’s farm. The first in her family to go to college, it was at the University of Montana she met and married the love of her life, Ramsey Ackerman, a New York City native, the Ackermans settled in Port Jefferson in 1962 raising their children, John, Paul and Dawn.

After Ramsey’s sudden death in 1965, Mickey dedicated herself to raising her children as a single mother, an activity she felt was her true calling and proudest achievement.

In addition to her children, Mickey is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Carol Danoff, Darcelia Beck and Dan Gallagher; and her grandchildren, Hanna Ackerman and spouse Mateo Homan, Sam Ackerman, William Gallagher and Jeffrey Gallagher; her nieces and nephew Diane DeBorde, Bill DeBorde, Joan Eisenbarth and Jean Heck. The family also gratefully acknowledges Mickey’s friend, companion and caregiver of the last few years, Michele Sadler.

A memorial gathering and celebration of life will be held at the Port Jefferson Village Center Saturday, Feb. 26, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to The American Heart Association or The Dementia Society Foundation.

Jane A. Roden

Jane A. Roden, 91, of Port Jefferson, died Nov. 26, 2021.

She was born Sept. 21, 1930, in Port Jefferson and was the daughter of Margaret and John Evans. Jane was a teacher’s aide and to know her was to love her. She was always there for her friends and family offering a helping hand.

She was the beloved wife of the late Larry

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Roden, and the cherished mother of Anne and Tom, Gail and Sean, Lynn and Jimmy and Penny. She was also a loving grandma of nine and great grandma of eight, she will be deeply miss by many other family and friends Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Services were held at Infant Jesus RC Church on Dec. 3, 2021.

Interment followed in the Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book. Contributions made to Alzheimer’s Association, www.Alz.org, in memory of her would be appreciated by the family.

SHOREHAM

Gail Shelley

Gail Shelley, of Shoreham and formerly of Miller Place, died on Jan. 12. after a brief illness.

Gail was born on Jan. 30, 1954, to the late Robert and Mildred Carson in Memphis, Tennessee.

She was the beloved wife of Michael Shelley, and the cherished mother of Cassie Shelley Sheridan, mother-in-law of James Sheridan, and stepmother of Christina Shelley Woltmann (Christopher). She was also the loving sister of Ross Carson. Gail is also survived by many dear aunts, uncles, nieces, cousins, friends, students and colleagues.

Gail’s southern hospitality shone through in everything she did, always sure to see that all were welcome, their plates were full, and that there was always enough for a second helping.

Gail was an English teacher in the Smithtown school district for 33 years, where generations of students benefited, not only from her love of education, literature and language arts, but also her ability to serve as a warm, confident role model and mentor to those experiencing academic or personal challenges. Gail was a natural caretaker who selflessly dedicated her life to caring for her family and loved ones, as well as serving as a devoted advocate for the underdog and voice for the disadvantaged. Gail was known for her compassion and love toward others, which she demonstrated by always offering a listening ear, helping hand, and warm smile to all those who needed it. Gail also showed care through knitting, with numerous family members, friends, and beloved pets

SOUTH SETAUKET

Rose T. Coffey

Rose T. Coffey

Rose T. Coffey, 91, of South Setauket, died Jan. 24.

She was born Nov. 21, 1930, in Brooklyn and was the daughter of Julia and Anthony Prete. Rose was a retired secretary and loved spending time with her family.

Left to cherish her memory are her son Steven; daughter Teresa; six grandchildren, three great grandchildren; brothers John and Vincent; and many other family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Services were held at the funeral home on Jan. 31. Interment followed

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BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM “The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself — the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us — that’s where it’s at.” — Jesse Owens After years of training and dedication, American athletes have been competing on the world stage in Beijing, China, through the Winter Olympics in front of a communist regime that is openly competing with the United States — not only in athletics, but for social, economic, political and military prowess — to be the top superpower.

Eighty-six years ago, during the beginning of German aggression in Europe, Jesse Owens, an African American track-and-field standout athlete competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

In front of fascist powers that were bent on expanding their national power, this Alabama native was a highly regarded runner for the United States. In front of Adolf Hitler, Owen received cheers and along the way he shattered the myth of the Aryan race and the racial superiority of the Nazi regime.

Known as the Buckeye Bullet from his competitive days running at Ohio State, Owens won four gold medals and gained the respect of the global community that was on the brink of World War II. During the games, a fatigued Owens was told with Ralph Metcalfe to replace Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller in the 400-meter relay race.

At first, Owens was reluctant to run, he was tired, and believed that these men had the ability to win this race for America. While he continued to succeed at these games, he believed in the ability of these runners that had faced antiSemitism at home and during these games. The American track-and-field athletes won 11 gold medals, six of them were earned by African American athletes.

Owens confidently represented the character and pride of the United States in front of the Germans, whose government sponsored racism and hatred toward minority groups.

But when he arrived home, through the longstanding policy of segregation he was unable to gain the same rights as white citizens until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 were passed.

Rosa Parks

Another native of Alabama that changed the scope of civil rights was Rosa Parks. While she was traveling home by bus in 1955 from her job at the Montgomery Fair Department Store, several Black people were told to leave their seats to make enough room for white riders.

Parks refused to stand with the other Blacks,

where she defiantly remained seated to oppose the unfairness of segregation. Like other Black citizens who lived in Alabama, she observed the fire department use of hoses to push back civil rights demonstrators, the police using German Shepherd dogs to assault crowds of protesters, and the use of force to physically carry away Blacks who were engaged in sit-ins that were waged at segregated areas such as restaurants, park benches and local businesses.

By refusing to leave her seat, Parks broke the Jim Crow segregationist laws, was photographed as she was arrested, fingerprinted and sent to jail. Her name has become synonymous for people of all backgrounds to oppose widespread civil rights abuses that have been seen within the United States.

In 2012, at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, President Barack Obama (D) sat in the original bus seat and reflected on the strength of this little woman who was a giant toward the cause of civil rights.

Thurgood Marshall

In 1908, Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a mother who was a teacher and a father who was a railroad porter.

At an early age, his father took him to local courtrooms to observe the legal procedures for the defense and the prosecution of local cases.

As he grew older, Marshall was concerned about the high death rate of African Americans within the streets of Baltimore and how Blacks were defended in the court of law. He was an outstanding student in high school and attended the African American equivalent to Princeton University at Lincoln University near Oxford, Pennsylvania.

While he was a brilliant student, Marshall enjoyed his social life and saw some trouble through a hazing incident within his fraternity.

He realized the necessity of being more dedicated to his studies, as he joined the debate club and began to see law as his future calling.

During his college years Marshall lived through the tribulations of segregation, where he helped desegregate a local movie theater. Once he graduated, he began his pursuit of attending law school, but he was denied his first choice of University of Maryland Law School.

Through the unjust racial policies of this prominent school, he was refused admission to attain this degree, since he was Black. As a married student, Marshall graduated as a valedictorian at Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., and later turned down the chance of attending Harvard University to begin his own law office in East Baltimore.

This emerging legal icon was interested in gaining positive changes to the civil rights laws that prevented the growth of rights for

Rocky Point High School students helped create this mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Photo from Seth Meier

African Americans. Marshall was known for his devotion to fight against police brutality, unfair practices of landlords, and he also supported labor organizations and businesses.

Always with an eye toward helping others, he had two key cases that saw him fight for the rights of Blacks against segregation. First, he opposed the unfair “separate but equal” parts of the GI Bill that limited the rights African American veterans that served within every component of the Armed Forces at home and overseas during World War II. In 1952, he fought against the government to overturn the segregationist policies that were established within the American educational system.

After excelling within many government legal positions, in 1967 President Lyndon Johnson (D) nominated Marshall to become the first African American associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a legal pioneer who always looked forward to change, through the positive beliefs that all Americans were able to get ahead in the United States, where they should receive all of the rights of the constitution.

Aretha Franklin

All I’m askin’ is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit) The legendary lyrics of “Respect” were sung by trailblazer Aretha Franklin in 1967. Born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee, her father the Rev. C.L. Franklin was a famous Baptist minister and her mom Barbara was a gospel singer.

By the time Aretha was 14 years old, she had already recorded her first gospel single, in Detroit. In 1960, she was scouted for Columbia Records by New York’s John Hammond, who also signed Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to professional contracts. But it

would take a few years before Franklin hit fame in the late 1960s through her association with Atlantic Records and its music savvy heads, Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler.

This was the beginning of her pursuit to consistently earn top 10 hits and gold records.

Along the way, as the Queen of Soul, she sold millions of records such as with “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)” and “Respect,” a No. 1 hit. Her music was adored by people of all races, as her records made it through the tumultuous moments of the 1960s. Franklin’s success was felt during this trying decade that saw major Vietnam anti-war and civil rights protests. After the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, ironically in her birthplace of Memphis, Franklin sang at his service in honor of this noted leader.

Many fans noticed the soulful feeling of sincerity when listening to the words of Franklin that always struck a chord with people that enjoyed music. Into the early 1970s, she gained big hits with “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Spanish Harlem” but at this moment soul music tastes began to change with disco and hip-hop.

Her popularity never wavered on the national level as she performed at the inaugurations of Presidents Bill Clinton (D) and Obama, and she was given the Presidential Medal of Honor by George W. Bush (R) in 2005.

The musical grace and strength of Franklin was also recognized in 1987 when she was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1994, she was honored at the Kennedy Center and was given the National Medal of Arts in 1999.

Franklin represents the countless examples of African American accomplishments that added to the national character and pride of the United States during all periods of time.

Rich Acritelli is a history teacher at Rocky Point High School and adjunct professor at Suffolk County Community College.

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Members of Ted Lucki’s family were in a forced labor camp. Lucki’s grandmother Anna, left, grandfather Nicholi, second from left, are shown with their children, including Lucki’s father Michael in the back row. Photo from Ted Lucki

BY TED LUCKI “Good morning, Lori. How are you?” (I said to my wife.)

She said, “I feel great.”

I said, “You should be ready. “ “Ready for what?”

“My relatives will be coming from the Ukraine.”

“When?”

“When the first tank crosses the Ukrainian border with Russia.”

Lori said, “You worry too much.”

I replied that the cycle repeats itself every 70 years or so.

An old Ukrainian folk tale: What is the difference between a Ukrainian and a Russian?

The Ukrainian has two shots of vodka and falls asleep. The Russian has two shots of vodka and wakes up to finish two bottles of vodka.

Let’s go back in time to 1944 and stories from my grandfather Nicholi. His family was ethnically Ukrainian but lived in Eastern Poland. The borders were constantly moving by advancing and retreating armies. Welcome to the Eastern Front.

My grandfather was in the Austrian army during World War I and knew the German commander in his town. The commander told him that his unit was moving out in the morning.

He said that the Red Army was marching, and they were killing everybody in their way. If you were alive, you must be a traitor. This was the logic of Joseph Stalin, who governed the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953.

So, my grandfather, Nicholi, woke up his wife and five children — including my father and 2-year-old sister. They loaded up their horsedrawn wooden wagon and headed west trying

to avoid the advancing Red Army. They made it to Czechoslovakia. They sold the wagon and bought train tickets to Vienna, Austria.

Grandpa Nicholi was a student there after World War I and knew some old friends. They then made it to Salzburg, Austria, and were arrested. They had Polish passports and were not allowed legal passage to Austria. They were arrested and sent into a forced labor camp. They worked in the slave labor camp for two years building boxes for ammunition.

When the war ended, they were fortunately liberated by the American Army and put into refugee camps. They waited for one year before they were sponsored by a medical doctor in Cincinnati, and ultimately ended up in Buffalo.

They survived and they were together. They had hope for a new life. Thank God, they made it to America. Many of my relatives were killed or sent to their deaths in Siberia. Those were insane times. I thought the world was more civilized now.

The Red Army is on the march again. Sounds like a very similar tune. Sounds like a similar strategy: the domination of the Ukrainian people.

So, Lori, when the tanks roll, my extended family will head west. They’ll hop a train to Poland, fly to JFK, and I will go pick them up. I do not really know them. We met them 20 years ago on our trips to Ukraine. But I am sure they remember us. We were the lucky ones that got out alive.

I hope history doesn’t repeat itself.

Please join me in “praying for peace” and hoping that America understands its leadership role in our crazy world.

Ted Lucki is the former mayor of Belle Terre and president of the Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen.

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PAGE A18 • THE VILLAGE BEACON RECORD • FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Editorial

Perspective

The time has come for a long overdue return to normalcy

BY LEE ZELDIN

Congressman Tom Suozzi speaks at a press conference with county and state officials opposing Hochul’s acessory apartment plans earlier this month. Photo

by Julianne Mosher

Voice your concerns

Over the course of the last month, local elected officials were speaking out against Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) plan to allow, potentially, accessory apartments to every home throughout the state.

Members of Congress across Long Island bashed the idea, state senators and assembly members did, too. It even got to the hyper local level when Brookhaven and Huntington towns both held press conferences asking Hochul to reconsider the plan, saying that it would not fit into the landscape of Long Island.

The Town of Smithtown strongly objected, too.

It was bipartisan. Members from both parties said that it would impact the way we live here, parking would be terrible, property values could decrease and the already concerning sewage issues we have on Long Island would worsen. It simply wouldn’t work.

And just this week, it looks like all that kicking and screaming had an impact. Hochul decided to pull the plan from the state budget.

So, what does this mean?

The events that led up to her decision were important. All of those press conferences hosted by our elected officials were worth the time and effort. The stories that the media reported on got other people talking, thinking and writing.

This shows how important it is to reach out to our local representatives. Tell them what you want and ask them to help make a change. That’s their job.

Reach out to us, your local media and write letters to the editor. Voice your concerns and demand action.

Some things cannot be changed or might take longer than desired. But there are other opportunities that can be fixed before they take flight.

If it wasn’t for our local elected officials looking over the state budget and noticing the line about the apartments, some of us might not have known about the issue until it was too far along to be stopped.

That’s when people begin to complain, but sometimes not much can be done.

Stay vigilant and be proactive instead of reactive. Use what resources are available to us now to make continuous changes that will benefit us and our families.

We’re all in this together and the more we communicate, the better. But we should remember to say “thank you” to those who made it possible when you finally get your way.

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own.

They do not speak for the newspaper.

We are closing in on two full years of “two weeks to slow the spread” of COVID-19. In the name of “defeating the virus,” unprecedented mandates and restrictions were placed on individuals and businesses that caused far more harm than good. COVID case numbers are plummeting all across the country, following the recent spread of omicron that caused far less severe reactions than past variants. The time has come for a long overdue return to normalcy. All COVID mandates must end.

A recently published study from Johns Hopkins University concluded that lockdowns have not “had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality.” The study’s findings show that not only did overly restrictive lockdown policies have little to no success in preventing COVID deaths, but they have also had devastating effects on many other aspects of life: “They have contributed to reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest, contributing to domestic violence and undermining liberal democracy.”

Johns Hopkins researchers concluded: “These costs to society must be compared to the benefits of lockdowns, which our meta-analysis has shown are marginal at best. Such a standard benefit-cost calculation leads to a strong conclusion: Lockdowns should be rejected out of hand as a pandemic policy instrument.”

Many of the overreaching lockdown policies are thankfully no longer in place. However, those that remain are still wreaking havoc on many aspects of everyday life.

In New York, many of our state’s health care heroes were fired from their jobs because of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s [D] statewide COVID shot mandate for health care workers. Despite the fact many of

these employees had previously contracted COVID and had natural immunity, which data suggests provides even stronger immunity than the shot, they were unceremoniously fired for their private medical decisions and are still unable to get their jobs back. Even worse is that Hochul’s inflexible mandate exacerbated our state’s health care worker shortage, forcing many hospitals to postpone elective procedures.

This mandate on health care workers remains in place in New York state, despite recent declines in cases, hospitalizations and deaths, and the fact that the omicron variant largely evades immunity provided by vaccines. Even Democratic strongholds like Washington, D.C, are now lifting proof of vaccination requirements.

These draconian mandates are not limited to just health care workers. A COVID shot mandate for municipal employees in New York City recently went into effect and has cost nearly 1,500 New Yorkers their jobs so far. This mandate includes firefighters and police officers at a time when crime is steadily rising and we can ill afford to have any fewer men and women in blue on the streets. New York City is also continuing to enforce its vaccine passport policy, requiring proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, gyms, movie theaters and other private businesses for anyone ages 5 and older. Keeping this mandate in place defies the data and science and wrongly dictates to small businesses, many of whom are struggling with both the effects of inflation and the remnants of draconian lockdown policies, who they can and cannot hire and serve.

Children have been especially devastated in the classroom. Remote learning, socially distanced classrooms and being forced to wear masks all day, every day, have caused harmful developmental, mental, emotional and physical impacts. It cannot be understated how much students have been affected not only academically,

but also in many other ways by these often over-the-top policies.

While many blue state governors just announced they will finally ease their statewide mask mandates here in New York, Hochul, on the other hand, extended the mask mandate for school children as young as 2 years old.

Once again, the demographic in our society that is least at risk to suffer serious COVID reactions is suffering the most from these draconian mandates. It’s also important to note that Hochul’s absurd mandate remains in place despite the CDC no longer recommending the use of the cloth masks that almost all students are wearing. Whether it be day care, preschool or elementary school, far too many New York children have never had a normal schooling experience, and it could be years before we fully grasp the significant developmental impact this could have on an entire generation.

Former FDA commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, emphasized this point recently on “Face the Nation” (CBS News). “A lot of kids haven’t really known a normal school day for two years now, so we want to … we need to try to lean forward aggressively to try to restore that and reclaim it when we can,” he said.

Hochul continuing to subject children to unnecessary mask mandates and firing health care heroes for their private medical decisions is not about science. It’s about ego, power and control. It’s not up to the government to tell parents how to raise their children, play doctor for individuals or make hiring decisions for businesses. All COVID mandates, especially on children, should be lifted today.

Congressman Lee Zeldin represents New York’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, and is considered the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in this year’s New York gubernatorial election.

pay little or no taxes at all in this country.

There is not a mention of the most devastating and costly health crisis in American history.

Zeldin mentions the supply chain crisis but carefully doesn’t mention “American” (multinational?) corporations that have been exporting jobs and factories abroad for decades now.

Near the end he brags that he will continue policies to end “out of control” spending. Meanwhile, our economy is creating new millionaires and

billionaires at a historic rate. Most of them pay historically low taxes on their accumulating wealth, while sending millions into the coffers of their favorite politicians.

Zeldin’s long half-page op-ed is basically a campaign flyer without photos. It encourages maintaining the financial status quo of the wealthy and ignores the crisis facing his poor and low wealth constituents.

Thomas Lyon Mount Sinai

Letter to the Editor Solutions?

If I was one of Congressman Lee Zeldin’s (R-NY1) multimillion-dollar constituents, I would be sending him a congratulatory note for his recent op-ed [Feb. 3] concerning “inflation.”

He successfully blames inflation all on “reckless government spending” without any mention of bloated increases to defense contractors, a stock market that is soaring for those who can “invest,” or any mention of how many corporations

FEBRUARY 24, 2022 • THE VILLAGE BEACON RECORD • PAGE A19

Opinion The comical realities of modern flying

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ven before the pandemic, stand up comics, who took to the air to entertain the rest of us with their clever observations, often spent considerable time describing the absurdities of airline travel.

The process, as each airline and each airport appears to have somewhat different rules, has become even more bizarre.

Each airline has its own baggage limitations. For some larger planes, you can take one carry-on and one personal bag. For D. None some smaller planes, of the above however, especially

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF if you’ve bought the cheapest seats on smaller flights, which we do as a rule, you can only bring one carry-on. You can’t even get a boarding pass unless someone comes and inspects the size of your bag.

Once you have your boarding pass, you head to security with your mask on.

The first screener who checks boarding passes and IDs has to have one of the harder jobs. Everyone is trying to catch a plane, which means that, even if they are early, they are still under time pressure. Many feel the need to share their sense of urgency with people who fly under the radar in our lives unless something goes wrong. When these security agents do their jobs well, we expect it, and when they don’t, we are outraged, frustrated, annoyed and irritable. It’s a bit like being a referee or an effective traffic cop.

Anyway, we shuffle up to the line with the largest possible bag that won’t require checking. When we get to the front, we hand our ID and ticket over, wait for the cue, and then lower our masks.

I like watching people lower their masks.

Many feel the need to smile, as if the person is taking a picture of them. It’s ironic because the photo from a driver’s license or a passport looks much more like a 6 a.m. mug shot than

a, “this-is-me, this-is-my-face, I’m-about-togo-somewhere-awesome smile.”

Every so often, someone is selected for random additional screening. On a recent trip, they checked my wife’s phone on the way out and my phone on the way back.

During that trip, one of the conveyer belts that enables the screener to look at x-rays of our underwear was moving especially slowly. Each time a new person approached the conveyor belt, that person could and sometimes did push his or her huge suitcase ahead of the ones from the people who were ahead of them.

Fortunately for me, I travel with a small but powerful force of nature, also known as my wife. She doesn’t allow dysfunctional systems to slow us down, even if that involves shaming people who are trying to shove their suitcases ahead of the ones on the belt.

My wife was so effective that the system not only worked as it should for the few minutes we stood there, but a TSA agent jumped in to reinforce what my wife was doing.

Once we get on a plane, the battle for overhead space begins, with the special people getting first dibs on that space while the people in the last groups get the leftovers. It’s so Darwinian: people who spend extra money are the Alpha Fliers, while those who fly economy get the scraps, with flight attendants telling them to gate check their allowable luggage, which will hopefully be waiting for them on the jetway when we arrive.

People jockey for position at baggage check, where they want to stand directly on a line with the ramp that delivers their luggage magically from below. I’m sure that magic requires considerable lifting and hefting from the people we rarely see.

The final competitive positioning occurs at the curb, where the faces of tired fliers often look much more like the pictures from their IDs than the faces they make at the beginning of their trips. The tired fliers stare at approaching vehicles, looking for their Ubers, family members, or buses to bring them back to their world.

Some things you may not realize about Ukraine

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n an attempt to make Ukraine more real for all of us, this country on the far side of Europe, I am including the information below that was taken from Wikipedia on the internet. I hope it helps us visualize what the situation is there.

Ukraine is an important agricultural country and can meet the food needs of 600 million people.

• 1st in Europe in terms of arable land area; • 3rd place in the world by the area of Between you and me black soil (25% of world’s volume);

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF • 1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil; • 2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;

• 3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world; • 4th largest producer of potatoes in the world; • 5th largest rye producer in the world; • 5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons); • 8th place in the world in wheat exports; • 9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs; • 16th place in the world in cheese exports.

It is the second-largest country by area in Europe and has a population of over 40 million — more than Poland.

Ukraine ranks: • 1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores; • 2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves; • 2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world’s reserves); • 2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);

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• 2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves; • 3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters) • 4th in the world by the total value of natural resources; • 7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons) Ukraine is an important industrialized country

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and ranks • 1st in Europe in ammonia production; Europe’s 2nd’s and the world’s 4th largest natural gas pipeline system; • 3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants; • 3rd in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km); • 3rd in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment; • 3rd largest iron exporter in the world • 4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world; • 4th largest manufacturer of rocket launchers, in clay exports and in titanium exports • 8th in exports of ores and concentrates; • 9th in exports of defense industry products; • 10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

Ukraine matters.

These are some reasons why its independence is important to the rest of the world.

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Sports

Former area Olympians reflect on the recent games

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

After athletes from around the world raced across and flew over ice and snow in Beijing, much of it manufactured, some Olympians are likely to need to adjust to a return to their everyday life.

Two-time Olympian Matthew Mortensen, who competed in Sochi, Russia, in 2014 and in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018 in the luge, suggested that the competitors coming back needed to give themselves time to settle back into their routines.

While he cautioned that he couldn’t speak for all athletes, he described how “you are going so hard for so long during any season.

One capped by the Olympic Games brings even more adrenaline and mental stress. Once it was over for me, I just felt emotionally and mentally drained.”

Mortensen, who grew up in Huntington Station and now lives in Connecticut, spent March and April of each Olympic year focusing on his physical and mental recovery.

As with each Olympics, the 2022 Games in Beijing had its own storylines and challenges, as American athletes traveled across the world without support networks who couldn’t attend because of strict COVID rules.

“With COVID restrictions and protocols, lack of spectators, a diplomatic ban, differences in how long athletes could stay at the games after their [events] had finished, etc., I couldn’t help but feel like the athletes at this Olympics were not getting the ‘full experience,’” Mortensen explained in an email. “That being said, I’m sure it was still wonderful for them.”

Indeed, Stony Brook University graduate student India Pagan, who is a stand-out starting basketball player and is earning her master’s degree, attended her first games in Tokyo as a representative of the first Puerto Rican basketball team to compete in the Olympics last summer.

“It crossed my mind, what would these [games] be like if we didn’t have all these COVID restrictions, how much more fun it would have been,” she said.

Still, Pagan, who had routine COVID and temperature tests and had to show her badge regularly, called the experience a “blast.”

While Pagan said she, too, was “sad” when the Olympics were over, she said she was “thankful” she got to participate and appreciated the reception she received when she returned, which included a parade in her native New London, Connecticut.

“I’m an Olympian now,” she said. “It’s a different life. People see the tattoo on my leg,

Left: luge competitor Matthew Mortensen, on right in photo, with teammate Jayson Terdiman in 2018. Right: India Pagan, right, at last year’s summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Left photo from USA Luge; Right photo from Pagan

and they say, ‘Can I take a picture with you?’”

Russian skater

Mortensen and Pagan said they both were well aware of some of the storylines that dominated the Beijing games.

One of the biggest narratives involved 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva. After the team event, in which the Russian Olympic Committee won a gold medal while the United States earned a silver, Valieva tested positive for a banned substance.

The International Olympic Committee allowed her to compete in the individual skating event, where she was first after the short program, but fell in the long program and finished in fourth, behind two of her teammates.

Like many other athletes and commentators, Mortensen believed Valieva shouldn’t have been competing after her positive test.

“There has to be a hard line on doping, especially when it comes to the Olympic Games,” Mortensen wrote. “The adults around

her let her down and the Court of Arbitration for Sport made the wrong decision.”

He said he couldn’t imagine competing knowing that her competitors felt like she was a cheater. He expected that the mental trauma she experienced would be “long lasting.”

Pagan said Team USA officials warn athletes to be careful about anything they take that might lead to a positive drug test.

“You never know what type of substances could be illegal,” Pagan said. “You have to be very careful.”

Love for the Games

Mortensen said he watched the Games every day, getting up early to support his former teammates live.

“I still love the Olympics and everything that the Games represent,” he wrote in an email. He finds them “fascinating” and enjoys cheering on Team USA. In addition to lasting memories, Mortensen and Pagan both appreciate the camaraderie and friendships that came from

participating in a marquee athletic event on the world stage.

“In our sport, we find ourselves competing against most of the same athletes for our entire career,” Mortensen wrote. “We travel together, hang out together, play sports together and just spend a lot of time around each other in general over the years,” which helps build enduring friendships.

Just hours after the competition, Pagan said she and other Olympians interacted in the game room.

“We do everything we can for our country” and then they connect with other people who are doing the same, she said.

Pagan said she has stayed in touch with several members of the South African track team and with a wrestler from Australia.

One of her new friends asked her if she thought she’d be able to see each other in person again.

“Maybe life will bring us back together,” Pagan said. “It’s cool that we’re still friends.”