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Vol. 34, No. 41

May 2, 2019

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What’s inside Shoreham-Wading River, Rocky Point and Mount Sinai school districts showcase their budgets A3

The Miller Place High School gymnasium was found to contain mercury vapor A5 A Sound Beach man allegedly conducted a sex trafficking operation using his parents’ basement A7

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Town Local school districts gear up for budget votes and trustee elections

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM School districts throughout the North Shore of Long Island are gearing up for budget votes on May 21. Here is a round up of some of the local districts latest budget overviews and a preview of candidates who are running for board of education trustee seats.

high school roof repair would cost $850,000 and the HVAC replacement would cost $650,000.

The remaining $100,000 would be saved for future projects.

Other highlights of the budget are plans to make the Consultant Teacher Direct Instructor program full day for children in grades 1 through 4. To expand the program, the district would be looking to hire two additional instructors.

Also, the budget will cover replacement of outdated textbooks in the middle and high school. The total for the new textbooks will cost the district $75,550.

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Mount Sinai School District budget overview

The final proposed budget figure for the 2019-20 school year will be 61,009,770, which is a 1.34 percent and $806,295 increase from the current year’s amount.

The district is poised to receive $18,007,000 in state aid in the upcoming school year, a slight decrease than it received last year.

Though it will receive slightly more in foundation aid for the upcoming school year in $12,909,109 compared to this year’s figure of 12,845,044, the district will be receiving less money in building state aid. The 2019-20 amount will be $1,168,106, a $489,000 decrease in funds. That’s due to a 25-year-old bond loan on the high school finally being paid off, according to Superintendent Gordan Brodsal.

“The bond on the high school is paid off,” he said. “No more principal, no more interest. That means no more building aid from the state.”

The tax levy cap for the district in 2019-20 will be 2.168 percent and the tax levy amount is $40,986,735, a $870,000 increase from the previous year.

The tax rate for an average assessment of a household valued at $3,700 will be $9,839. As a result, and the district said there will be a $17 increase in tax rates for the average homeowner.

For capital projects, a separate vote in conjunction with budget, the board wants to set a capital reserve of $850,000. Including the $750,000 in funds put last year in capital reserve, the district will have $1.6 million for future capital projects.

Brosdal and the board are proposing to use $1.5 million for two projects: the cost of another partial repair of the high school’s roof and to replace the middle school’s HVAC system. The

This year, Mount Sinai will have five candidates running for three open trustee seats. Board member Anne Marie Henninger’s seat will come up for vote again after she replaced trustee Michael Riggio, who vacated his position in August 2018. Board member Lynn Jordan will be vying for re-election. Challengers this year are Lisa Pfeffer, Chris Quartarone and Robert Pignatello. The two candidates with the highest votes will get a three-year term while the person to receive the third most votes will take up Riggio’s vacated seat, which will have a two-year tenure instead of the usual three years for the other seats.

Next week will include Miller Place’s proposed school budget and interviews with school board trustee candidates.

Ballot boxes at Rocky Point High School. File photo by Kyle Barr

that debt services will decrease in the 2019-20 school year as a result of a completion of payments of two bonds that date back to 1995 and 2000. The bond payments will expire on June 30 and will save the district $451,751.

Superintendent Micheal Ring said the bonds expiring were approved by voters for various

construction projects, including the construction of the Rocky Point Middle School. As debt service decreases, so does building aid from New York State, which is provided to offset part of the cost of bond interest and principal payments over the life of debt.

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Rocky Point Union Free School District budget overview

The latest proposed budget amount for the upcoming school year will be $86,743,446, a slight increase of 0.71 percent from last year’s amount. The district will also see a projected tax levy cap of 2.59 percent and a tax levy amount of $52,491,371, which is an increase by more than $1.3 million from the current year’s figure of $51,166,218.

The district will be receiving $28,864,295 in state aid for 2019-20, an increase of close to $130,000. Rocky Point will get $19,044,293 in foundation aid, an increase of more than $140,000 compared to last year’s figure of $18,902,525.

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BUDGETS On this page: Rocky Point continued and ShorehamWading River

Middle School, Miller Avenue Elementary School and Wading River Elementary School.

Also, the budget will cover the purchase of a new high school auditorium bandshell and supplies/materials for the middle school greenhouse.

Shoreham-Wading River board of education trustee vote

Continued from A3 Employees Retirement System rates will decrease to 13.1 percent, which is expected to likely save the district more than $159,000.

Teachers Retirement System rates are expected to decrease as well to 9 percent and would save the district close to $582,000.

Ring said that as rates have gone down it has resulted in opportunities to better support the district’s core instructional programs and enhance maintenance of facilities.

Rocky Point board of education trustee vote

This year there will be two open trustee seats.

Board member Scott Reh, who was sworn in to the board Jan. 14 to fill the seat vacated by Joseph Coniglione earlier this school year, has said he has no plans on securing re-election in May and will let other candidates run for his seat. The candidate with the most votes will serve for the three-year term. The candidate with the second highest number of votes will serve the remainder of Coniglione’s term, which is one year. The candidates this year are Susan Sullivan, Michael Lisa and Jessica Ward.

Shoreham-Wading River Central School District budget overview

The finalized proposed budget figure for 2019-20 will be $75,952,416. It is a $1,176,344 increase from last year’s figure.

The tax levy cap for the upcoming school year is 2.36 percent and the tax levy cap amount is $54,377,657, an increase of $1,257,442 from the current year’s amount.

The district is expected to receive $12,676,465 in state aid for the 2019-20 school year, a decrease of over $98,000 from 20182019. Also, SWR will see an increase of over $48,000 in foundation state aid received with the total amount being $6,442,501.

The fund balance for 2019-20 will decrease by close to $67,000 from 2018-19.

The final budget will cover the implementation of an integrated video, door access and alarm management system as well as additional video cameras and perimeter fencing. Night gates will be installed at the Alfred G. Prodell

This year, SWR will have three trustee seats open.

The full terms of board members Michael Lewis and Kimberly Roff will expire June 30.

Roff chose to not seek re-election.

The third seat is for board member Erin

Hunt, who resigned in March and whose term will expire June 30 as well.

The candidates with the two highest number of votes will win the full three-year term seats.

These candidates’ term will be from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2022.

The candidate with the third highest number of votes will win Hunt’s vacated seat. The winning candidate’s term will begin the evening of the election, May 21, and their term of office will end June 30, 2020. An election will take place in May 2020 to fill the seat for a three-year term.

The five challengers for this year are: Thomas Sheridan, Jennifer Kitchen, Meghan Tepfenhardt, Edward Granshaw and William McGrath.

Check back next week for the full interviews with all candidates running for school board.

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School district detects mercury vapors in high school gym

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Miller Place School District has closed its high school gym after mercury vapors were detected within the recreation space.

A letter sent home to parents dated April 28 stated the district was made aware of a possible situation regarding the original synthetic flooring used in the gym when the school was built back in the 1970s, which had also been covered over with wood flooring in the late 1990s. The synthetic flooring, made several decades ago, contained a mercury catalyst that breaks down over time.

The district conducted the testing April 25 in the gymnasium and adjacent rooms, including under the stage in the auditorium, in the girls and boys locker rooms, the weight room, the corridor from the boys locker room to the cafeteria and ambient levels outside the school. That testing revealed recordable levels of mercury vapor in the gym, girls locker room and under the stage in the auditorium. Since there are no federal or New York State standards for mercury vapor levels, the district said it used Minnesota State guidelines instead.

The district, along with environmental consultants, sectioned off the gym interior and retested the areas Friday, April 26 into the following evening. The letter stated all other areas except the gym were cleared of air monitoring and testing for mercury vapor.

It is unsure how long the mercury vapors have been present within the high school.

“The health and safety of our students, faculty and all who visit our schools remains our top priority,” Superintendent Marianne Cartisano said in the letter. “As we move forward with this process, we will keep the community informed accordingly.”

A representative of the school district was not available to comment on how long the vapor could have been in the gym, how the district was initially alerted to the vapor, or how much it is expected to cost to remove the flooring from the gym.

This issue with this particular type of synthetic flooring has been seen in schools across the nation. Other school districts have reported spending several million to remove the floors.

The State of New Jersey has recently had to deal with this mercury vapor situation in several of its schools. The New Jersey Education Association has released information on its website specifically about this type of flooring, and said such floors had to be removed as hazardous waste.

The New Jersey organization said the polyurethane floors use 1,000 to 2,000 parts per million of phenylmercuric acetate catalyst, which breaks down over time into a colorless, odorless mercury vapor. The floor could release this vapor indefinitely.

This vapor may do damage to lungs, kidneys, skin and eyes, though it depends on how much and how frequently people are exposed to the gas. It’s expected that physical education teachers, coaches, certain sports teams and maintenance staff would be the most frequently exposed.

Minnesota Department of Health guidelines regarding mercury flooring testing and mitigation state that a floor containing 20 parts per million of mercury may lead to health concerns. The guidelines also state that the public should not be exposed to air concentrations above 1,800 milligrams per cubic meter. For longer exposures, gym teachers should not be exposed to more than 750 milligrams per cubic meter in a 40-hour workweek. The guidelines instruct that good ventilation is an effective way to reduce mercury vapor concentrations inside the location, though of course the only way to reduce the vapor entirely is to remove the flooring.

The letter sent to parents states all activities that normally happen in the gym will be relocated to other areas. Activities that normally happen in the auditorium will continue to take place within that room, and events, such as concerts or drama productions, will not need to be rescheduled.

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LEGALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE MILLER PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MILLER PLACE, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Miller Place Union Free School District, Miller Place, Suffolk County, New York, will be held in the Miller Place High School of the Miller Place Union Free School District, 15 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, in said District on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money, which will be required for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the school district beginning Tuesday, April 30, 2019, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Office of District Clerk, Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law, and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com granted, identified by statutory authority, and show: (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the gymnasium of the North Country Road Middle School, 191 North Country Road, Miller Place, New York, during which time the polls will be open to vote by voting machine upon the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2019-20 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2. To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2019 and expiring on June 30, 2022.

3. That for the purpose of enabling the residents of this District to have the benefit of full library services, the Board of Education of Miller Place Union Free School District is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Comsewogue Public Library and the Port Jefferson Free Library for such library services for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 and to expend therefore during the District’s fiscal year 2019-20 a sum of money not exceeding $2,353,792.78(Two Million, Three Hundred Fifty Three Thousand, Seven Hundred Ninety Two Dollars and Seventy Eight Cents) and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy the neces-

sary tax therefore.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget for 2019-20, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. beginning Tuesday, April 30, 2019, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, and at each schoolhouse in the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at the Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, not later than Monday, April 22, 2019, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 qualified voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); must state the name and residence of each signer, and, must state the name and residence of the candidate.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote LEGALS con’t on pg. 8

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Rocky Point man arrested for allegedly spying on women’s bathroom Suffolk County Police arrested a Rocky Point man for allegedly placing a video recording device in the employee bathroom of a Ronkonkoma business earlier this year.

A female employee of Trinity Solar, located at 2180 5th Ave., Unit 1, discovered a device plugged into the electrical outlet in the women’s bathroom. The device appeared to be a cellphone charger. Upon further inspection, other employees realized it was a recording device.

Following an investigation, 5th Squad detectives determined the device was placed in the bathroom by Michael Evans, who was

employed at the business at the time. A search warrant was executed April 26 at Evans’ home, where he was arrested at approximately 4:50 p.m.

Evans recorded the victims between March 7 and 14. Evans had already left the company April 1, police said.

Evans, 32, was charged with 12 counts of unlawful surveillance. He was arraigned at 1st District Court in Central Islip April 27 and is next set to appear in court May 2.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

The vehicle Bruce Brant allegedly drove into the Rose Caracappa Senior Center April 30. Photo from Town of Brookhaven

Alleged intoxicated man drives into Mount Sinai senior center

Guess he didn’t try knocking first.

Senior citizens who attend activities at Mount Sinai’s Rose Caracappa Senior Center were in for a surprise when they arrived for morning activities. The whole front door was pasted over with plywood after a man allegedly crashed his vehicle into the senior center in the early morning April 30, police said.

Bruce Brant was allegedly driving a 2012 Mazda3 northbound on North Ocean Avenue when he failed to stop at the end of the roadway and crashed the vehicle into the Rose Caracappa Senior Center, located at 739 Route 25A, at around 12:25 a.m. The vehicle came to a stop inside the building, according to Suffolk County Police.

Mount Sinai Fire Department Heavy Rescue extricated Brant from the Mazda. He was transported to John T. Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. There were no other injuries.

Town of Brookhaven workers were there at around 1 a.m. after the car had been extricated to make repairs on the front door, which were completed without interruption to center activities. A Brookhaven spokesperson said the town had not yet completed a cost estimate on repairs.

Brant, 25, of Pennsylvania, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He will be arraigned at a later date.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 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 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting “SCPD” and your message to “CRIMES” (274637). All calls and text messages will be kept confidential.

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Sound Beach man indicted for allegedly running sex trafficking ring

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The house where Raymond Rodio III allegedly committed acts of sex trafficking. Photo by Kyle Barr

Rodio had the only key. In addition to the house, Rodio also allegedly forced the victims to perform prostitution at various motels throughout Suffolk County.

Rodio is alleged to have used threats of violence to force victims to continue engaging in prostitution on his behalf. He also allegedly provided his victims with heroin and crack cocaine before prostituting them to impair their judgment.

“This creates a vicious cycle that is extremely difficult for victims to break,” Sini said. “That is precisely why my office and the Suffolk County Police Department have shifted the paradigm in how we deal with these cases. We treat the women as victims, because they are.”

The DA’s office said the parents, Nancy and Raymond Sr., did not appear to know about what was happening in their basement.

The parents could not be reached for comment but have told other media outlets they knew of their son’s drug habits, him using crack, but had no idea about any kind of sex trafficking or of what has been described by the DA’s office.

Rodio has been charged with seven counts of sex trafficking, a B felony; one count of sex trafficking, a B violent felony; one count of promoting prostitution in the second degree, a C felony; one count of promoting prostitution in the third degree, a D felony; and four counts of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree, an A misdemeanor. If convicted of the top count, Rodio faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.

In addition to the sex trafficking charges, the Suffolk County Police Department’s Narcotics Section, in conjunction with the Human Trafficking Investigations Unit, began a subsequent investigation into alleged drug dealing by Rodio. The investigation resulted in Rodio being indicted by the District Attorney’s office March 22 and charged with five counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, a B felony.

Rodio was arraigned on the indictment in connection with the alleged human trafficking operation April 25 by Suffolk County Acting Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho. Bail was set at $1 million cash or $2 million bond.

He is due back in court May 21.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Daniel Cronin, of the Enhanced

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A Sound Beach man was indicted for allegedly conducting a human trafficking ring out of his parents’ house since at least 2014.

Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini (D) and the Suffolk County Police Department said Raymond Rodio III, 47, allegedly operated a sex trafficking ring of more than 20 women for several years by luring them with the promise of crack cocaine and heroin, and then using that addiction as leverage against them. The man also allegedly kept individual women in horrible conditions in his parents’ basement for long stretches of time.

“This is a dangerous and depraved individual,” Sini said in a release. “He kept women locked up in the basement of his parents’ house, using the basement as a dungeon. He preyed on women using their vulnerabilities and their drug dependencies to maintain his control over them.

With this indictment, we are putting an end to his criminal operation and his victimization of over 20 women.”

In August 2018, the Suffolk County Police Department identified a suspected victim of human trafficking during a routine traffic stop.

An investigation by the Police Department’s Human Trafficking Investigations Unit revealed evidence that the victim had allegedly been forced into sex trafficking by Rodio in the spring of 2018.

Further investigation by county police and the DA’s human trafficking sections revealed Rodio was allegedly trafficking women out of the basement of his parents’ residence, located on Lower Rocky Point Road in Sound Beach, since 2014. The investigation identified more than 20 victims of Rodio’s alleged sex trafficking operation. Rodio was arrested March 18.

Rodio would allegedly post advertisements on websites, including the now defunct Backpage and online classified ad registry craigslist, promoting prostitution by the victims and would keep either a large percentage or all of the profits of their prostitution, according to the district attorney’s office.

“This man preyed on vulnerable women, using threats and drugs to manipulate them for his own financial gain,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart said.

The district attorney’s office said the investigation also revealed evidence Rodio would allegedly occasionally keep victims in the basement for extended periods of time and force them to use a bucket as a toilet because the basement does not have a bathroom. The door to the basement has an exterior lock to which

What the community should be aware of about sex trafficking The house on Lower Rocky Point Road that allegedly was used by Rodio for sex trafficking is well known in the community for its multitudes of colorful lawn ornaments. For residents of the small North Shore hamlet, with a population barely over 7,500, reactions on social media ranged from disbelief to outrage.

But sex trafficking has become a growing front for those linked to the illicit drug trade, and according to those who try and work with those who have been victims of sex trafficking, the trade is well-linked to the middle-class suburban areas of Long Island.

Emily Waters is the director of Human Trafficking Programs at The Safe Center LI, a Bethpage nonprofit that assists the survivors of drug addiction, domestic abuse, child abuse and other issues. She said the issue of sex trafficking has only escalated in recent years, due in part to the opioid crisis that has killed millions across the nation. The center is currently involved with more than 130 human trafficking cases on Long Island, including minors and adults involved in sex and labor, but cases like the one in Sound Beach, she said, are extremely common.

Waters said these human traffickers, often called pimps, use drug addiction as a means of control of these people, mostly women. She said the average age for these young women is 14 or 15 years old, though she has personally been involved, in the United States, with cases of one as young as 9 years old.

“A victim can look like anyone,” Waters said. “Could be anyone from a high socioeconomic background to somebody who’s living in poverty.”

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 6 must register.

The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law in the Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, on Thursday, May 16, 2019, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., prevailing time, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared.

The last day to register shall be May 16, 2019. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on May 16, 2019, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday, May 18, 2019, by appointment, and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the gymnasium of the North Country Road Middle School, 191 North Country Road, Miller Place, New York to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in 2020, and any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after May 21, 2019.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning Friday, March 22, 2019; completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, on and after Thursday, May 16, 2019, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on May 21, 2019, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter then present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk, Board of Education at the Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, in sufficient time to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of the Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required by Section 2004 of the Education Law or on or before March 22, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., prevailing time;

must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the District Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 42 qualified voters of the District (representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name and residence of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot.

Dated: Miller Place, New York February 27, 2019

By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE MILLER PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Miller Place, New York Patricia Morbillo, District Clerk 400 4/4 4x vbr AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTO DE PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR MILLER PLACE UNIÓN LIBRE MILLER PLACE, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK A continuación se da el aviso de que una audiencia pública de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Miller Place Unión Libre, Miller Place, Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo en la Escuela Secundaria Miller Place del Distrito Escolar Miller Place Unión Libre, 15 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, en dicho distrito el martes, 7 de mayo de 2019, a las 7:00 pm, hora prevaleciente, para la transacción de negocio a lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación, que incluye los siguientes elementos: 1. Para presentar a los electores una declaración detallada (presupuesto) de la cantidad de dinero, que se

requiere para el 2019-20 año fiscal.

2. Para analizar todos los elementos que se enumeran a continuación para ser votados por las máquinas de votación en la Votación de Presupuesto y Elección que se celebrará el martes, 21 de mayo de 2019.

3. Para tramitar cualquier otro asunto que pueda presentarse adecuadamente antes de la reunión, de conformidad con la Ley de educación del estado de Nueva York y los actos de enmienda a la misma.

Una copia del presupuesto propuesto estará disponible, a solicitud, para los residentes del distrito escolar a partir del martes, abril 30, 2019, entre las horas de 9:00 am y 3:00 pm, hora predominante, en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York.

Y SE HA DADO UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con el Capítulo 258 de las Leyes de 2008, la Sección 495 se agregó a la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, y requiere que el Distrito Escolar adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, mostrará la cantidad de el valor evaluado total en la tirada de evaluación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos, enumera cada tipo de exención otorgada, identificada por la autoridad estatutaria, y muestra: (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado como un dólar cantidad del valor evaluado o como porcentaje del valor evaluado total en la tirada; (b) el monto acumulado que se espera recibir de los destinatarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas.

El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.

Y ADEMÁS LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA, que dijo que el

presupuesto y votación de la elección se llevará a cabo el martes, 21 de mayo de 2019, entre las 6:00 am y las 9:00 pm, hora que prevalece, en el gimnasio de la Carretera del Norte Escuela secundaria, 191 Norte Country Road, Miller Place, Nueva York, durante la cual las urnas estarán abiertas para votar por la máquina de votación en los siguientes elementos: 1. Aprobar el presupuesto anual del distrito escolar para el año fiscal 2019-20 y para autorizar la porción necesaria de los mismos para ser criados por los impuestos sobre la propiedad gravable del Distrito.

2.

Para elegir a dos (2) miembro s de la Junta de Educación para una que comienza el plazo de tres años 1 de julio de 2019 y el 30 de junio de 2022.

3. Con el propósito de permitir que los residentes de este Distrito tengan el beneficio de servicios completos de biblioteca, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación de Miller Place Unión Free School District a firmar un contrato con la Biblioteca Pública de Comsewogue y la Biblioteca Gratis de Port Jefferson. para este tipo de servicios bibliotecarios para el período del 1 de julio de 2019 a 30 de junio, 2020 y para gastar, por lo tanto, durante el año fiscal del Distrito 201 9 - 20 de una suma de dinero que no exceda de $2,353,792.78 (dos millones trescientos cincuenta y tres mil, Setecientos noventa y dos Dólares y setenta y ocho Centavos) y que la Junta de Educación esté autorizada para recaudar el impuesto necesario.

Y ADEMÁS LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA, que una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se requiere para financiar el presupuesto del distrito escolar por 201920, exclusiva de los fondos públicos, se puede obtener por cualquier residente del Distrito entre las horas de 9:00 am y 3:00 pm a partir del martes, 30 de abril de 2019, excepto sábado, domingo o días festivos, en el Edificio Administrativo, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, y en cada escuela en el distrito.

Y SE HA PRESENTADO UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que las solicitudes de nominación de candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se presentarán ante el Secretario de dicho Distrito Escolar en el Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, a más tardar el lunes 22 de abril, 2019, 9 am-5:00 pm, hora prevaleciente. Las vacantes en la Junta de Educación no se consideran oficinas separadas, específicas; los candidatos se ejecutan en general Las peticiones de nominación no deben describir ninguna vacante específica en la Junta para la cual se nominó al candidato; debe ser dirigido al Secretario del Distrito; debe estar firmado por al menos 25 votantes calificados del Distrito (representando el mayor de 25 votantes calificados o el 2% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior); debe indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, y debe indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato.

Y SE HA DADO UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que se requiere el registro personal de los votantes, ya sea de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación o el Artículo 5 de la Ley de Elecciones. Si un votante se ha registrado hasta ahora de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de educación y ha votado en una reunión anual o especial del distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, es elegible para votar en esta elección. Si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar conforme al Artículo 5 de la Ley de Elecciones, él o ella también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse.

La Junta de Registro se reunirá con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación en el Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, el jueves 16 de mayo de 2019, entre las horas de 10:00 a.m. y 2:00 p.m., hora de vencimiento, para agregar cualquier nombre adicional al Registro que LEGALS con’t on pg. 9

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 8 se usará en la elección mencionada anteriormente, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho Registro , siempre que, en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro, se conozca o se demuestre, a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro, el derecho a votar en la elección para la cual se prepara el registro. El último día para inscribirse será el 16 de mayo de 2019. El registro así preparado de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, y estará abierto para inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito que comienza el 16 de mayo de 2019 , entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., hora de la semana, los días hábiles y cada día anterior al día establecido para la elección, excepto el domingo y el sábado 18 de mayo de 2019, con cita previa, y en los lugares de votación el día de la votación.

Y ADEMÁS LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA, que de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes, 21 de mayo de 2019, entre las 6:00 am y las 9:00 pm, hora predominante, en el gimnasio de la Escuela Intermedia North Country Road, 191 North Country Road, Miller Place, Nueva York para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará en la Votación del Presupuesto y la Elección que se realizará en 20-20, y cualquier reunión especial del distrito que pueda celebrarse después de la preparación de dicho Registro, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro sea conocido o demostrado a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro tener entonces o posteriormente derecho a votar en la elección escolar para la cual se preparó dicho Registro, o cualquier reunión especial del distrito celebrada después del 2 de mayo de 2019 .

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com Y SE HA DADO UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que las solicitudes de boletas de voto en ausencia se podrán obtener durante las horas de oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del viernes 22 de marzo de 2019; las solicitudes completadas deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta se envía por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección, si la boleta se entrega personalmente al votante. Las boletas de votación en ausencia deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. M., Hora de vencimiento, el martes 2 de mayo de 2019.

Una lista de las personas a quienes se emiten las papeletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible para la inspección de los votantes calificados del Distrito en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, a partir del jueves 16 de mayo 2019, entre las horas de 9:00 am y 3:00 pm los días hábiles antes del día establecido para la elección anual y el 21 de mayo de 2019, el día establecido para la elección. Cualquier votante calificado que esté presente en el lugar de votación puede objetar la votación de la boleta en los terrenos apropiados presentando su desafío y las razones, por lo tanto, conocidas por el Inspector de Elecciones antes del cierre de las urnas.

Y ADEMÁS, SE OTORGA EL AVISO de que, de conformidad con una norma adoptada por la Junta de Educación de conformidad con la §2035 de la Ley de Educación, cualquier referéndum o propuesta para enmendar el presupuesto, o de lo contrario se presentará para votar en dicha elección, debe ser presentado ante el Secretario del Distrito, la Junta de Educación en el Edificio de la Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, con tiempo suficiente para permitir que la notificación de la propuesta se incluya en la Notificación de la Audiencia Pública, la Votación del Presupuesto y la Elección requerida por sección 2004 de la Ley de Educación o en o antes del 22 de marzo de 2019, a las 3:00 pm,

hora prevaleciente; debe ser escrito o impreso en el idioma inglés; debe ser dirigido al Secretario del Distrito del Distrito Escolar; debe estar firmado al menos por 42 votantes calificados del Distrito (que representan el 5% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior); y debe indicar legiblemente el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta Escolar no aceptará ninguna petición para presentar a los votantes ninguna propuesta cuyo propósito no esté dentro de los poderes de los votantes para determinar, lo cual es ilegal o cualquier propuesta que no incluya una asignación específica cuando el gasto de dinero es requerido por la proposición, o cuando exista otra razón válida para excluir la proposición de la boleta electoral.

Fechado: Miller Place, Nueva York 27 de febrero de 2019 Por orden de la JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DE LA UNIÓN MILLER PLACE GRATIS DISTRITO ESCOLAR Miller Place, Nueva York Patricia Morbillo, Secretaria Del Distrito 401 4/4 4x vbr NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE ROCKY POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public (Budget) Hearing of the qualified voters of the Rocky Point UFSD, Rocky Point, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held at the Rocky Point High School, 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, in said District on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money which will be required for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the School District beginning April 30, 2019 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, every day except Saturday, Sunday, and holidays at the Office of the District Clerk, Rocky Point High School Guidance Office, 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election (Annual Meeting) will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Rocky Point High School, 82 Rocky PointYaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, at which time the polls will be open to vote by voting machine upon the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2019-2020 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the School District.

2. To elect two members of the Board of Education. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes will fill a seat for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2019 and expiring on June 30, 2022. The candidate with the second highest number of votes will fill a seat with a term commencing July 1, 2019 and expiring on June 30, 2020; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget for 2019-2020, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, beginning April 30, 2019, every day except Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, at the District Administrative Office, 90 Rocky

Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, and at each schoolhouse within the District; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at the Clerk’s Office in the Rocky Point High School Guidance Office, 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, not later than April 22, 2019, between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Such petitions must be directed to the Clerk of the District and must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District; must state the name and residence of each signer, and must state the name and residence of the candidate; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any Annual or Special District Meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register.

The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law at the Rocky Point High School, 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid vote/election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The register so

prepared pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, Rocky Point High School Guidance Office, 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 16, 2019, and each day thereafter prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, as follows and at the polling place on the day of the vote; Thursday, May 16, 2019, and Friday, May 17, 2019, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 18, 2018, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the polling site to be used at the Budget Vote and Election (Annual Meeting) to register voters for the Annual Meeting be held in 2019, and at any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after May 21, 2019; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk, beginning April 24, 2019; completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 in order to be canvassed.

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 9 A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk beginning on Thursday, May 16, 2019, and each day thereafter prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, as follows: Thursday, May 16, 2019 and Friday, May 17, 2019 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 18, 2019, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

Dated: Rocky Point, New York March 13, 2019

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION KELLY WHITE, DISTRICT CLERK ROCKY POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Suffolk County, New York 416 4/4 5x vbr AVISO DE VISTA PÚBLICA, VOTACION DEL PRESUPUESTO DEL DISTRITO UNIDO DE ROCKY POINT EL PUEBLO DE BROOKHAVEN, DEL CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK POR El PRESENTE ANUNCIO SE NOTIFICA, que la vista pública (presupuesto) de los votantes del Distrito de Rocky Point, Pueblo de Brookhaven, Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, tendrá lugar en el Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky PointYaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York, el martes 7 de mayo a las siete (7) de la tarde., hora local, para la transacción de asuntos autorizados por la Ley de Educación que incluye los siguientes puntos: 1. Presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (presupuesto propuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que será requerido para el año fiscal 2019-2020.

2. Coordinar otros asuntos que puedan presentarse antes de la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y acto enmendadura al respecto.

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com Una copia del presupuesto propuesto estará disponible a petición de los residentes del distrito escolar empezando el 30 de abril, 2019 desde las nueve (9) de la mañana hasta las tres (3) de la tarde, hora local, cada día excepto sábados, domingos y festivos en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito, Oficina del Consejero del Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York; y POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que dicho voto del presupuesto y elección (reunión anual) tendrá lugar el martes, 21 de mayo, 2019 desde las siete (7) de la mañana hasta las nueve (9) de la tarde., hora local, en el instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York. En ese momento las urnas estarán abiertas para votar por la máquina de votación a cerca de los siguientes puntos: 1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fiscal de 20192020 y autorizar la porción requerida del mismo para aumentar por los impuestos de las propiedades sujetas a tributación del Distrito Escolar.

2. Elegir dos miembros de la Junta de Educación. El candidato que reciba más votos la cantidad el mayor de los votos ocupará su puesto durante un plazo de tres años empezando el primero (1) de julio, 2019 y finalizando el treinta (30) de junio, 2022. El candidato con el segundo número más alto de los votos ocupará su cargo comenzando el primero (1) de julio 2019 y finalizando el treinta (30) de junio, 2020; y POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se utilizará para financiar el presupuesto del Distrito Escolar para 2019-2020, exclusivo de los fondos públicos, podrá estar disponible para cualquier residente del distrito entre las nueve (9) de la mañana hasta las tres (3) de la tarde., la hora local, desde el 30 de abril, 2019, cada día excepto sábados, domingos y días festivos, en la Oficina de Ad-

ministración del Distrito, 90 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York, y en cada escuela dentro de los límites del distrito; y POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que las solicitudes de los candidatos para miembro de la Junta de Educación se entregarán al secretario del distrito escolar en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Oficina del Consejero del Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky PointYaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York, a más tardar el 22 de abril, 2019, entre las dos (2) de la tarde hasta las cinco (5) de la tarde., hora local. Dichas solicitudes deberán ir dirigidas al Secretario del Distrito y deberán estar firmadas por veinticinco (25) votantes cualificados del distrito; deben indicar el nombre y residencia de cada firmante y el nombre y la residencia del candidato; y POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que se requiere el registro personal de los votantes de conformidad a los dispuesto en § 2014 Ley de Educación y de conformidad con el artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante está ya registrado de conformidad a § 2014 la Ley de Educación y ha votado en cualquier reunión anual o reunión especial del distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años civiles, dicho votante es elegible para votar en esta elección. Si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar bajo el artículo 5 de la Ley de Educación también es elegible para votar en esta elección. El resto de personas que quieran ejercer su voto, deberán registrarse.

La Junta de Registro se reunirá con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes cualificados del Distrito de conformidad a lo dispuesto en § 2014 Ley de Educación en el Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York el martes, 14 de mayo, entre las nueve (9) de la mañana hasta las nueve (9) de la tarde., hora local, y para añadir cualquier nombre adicional al registro para poder utilizarse en las elecciones. En ese momento, cualquier persona tendrá derecho a regis-

trar su nombre, considerando que en dicha reunión el votante será reconocido por la Junta como participante en las votaciones y se demostrará la satisfacción de la Junta con que el votante se registre y tenga derecho de votar en ese momento o en las elecciones para las que se prepara el registro.

El registro se prepara de conformidad a § 2014 Ley de Educación y se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario Escolar, Oficina del Consejero del Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York, y estará disponible para ser consultado por cualquier votante cualificado del distrito los días: desde el jueves 16 de mayo, 2019, y en los días que le siguen previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, en los siguientes horarios: el jueves 16 de mayo y el viernes 17 de mayo 2019, entre las nueve (9) de la mañana hasta las tres (3) de la tarde y el sábado 18 de mayo, 2019, entre las nueve (9) de la mañana hasta las doce (12) de la noche; y en el centro de votación el día del voto.

POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que de de conformidad a § 2014 la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, La Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes, 21 de mayo, 2019, entre las siete (7) de la mañana hasta las nueve (9) de la tarde., hora local, en el centro de votación para utilizarlo en el voto del presupuesto y elecciones (reunión anual) para registrar a los votantes para la reunión anual que tendrá lugar en 2019, y lo utilizará asimismo en cualquier reunión especial del distrito que pueda realizarse después de la preparación de dicho registro, y en ese momento cualquier persona tendrá el derecho a que su nombre sea puesto en dicho registro a condición de que el votante reconocido y aprobado por dicha junta de registro para tener el derecho a votar en la elección para la que se prepara dicho registro, o en cualquier otra reunión especial del distrito después del 12 de mayo 2019; y POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que las solici-

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Una lista de personas que solicitan ser votantes ausentes será emitida para que los votantes cualificados del distrito puedan inspeccionarla en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito desde el jueves, el 16 de mayo, 2019, y en los días que le siguen previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, en los siguientes horarios: el jueves 16 de mayo, 2019 y el viernes 17 de mayo, 2019 entre nueve (9) de la mañana hasta las tres (3) de la tarde y el sábado 18 de mayo, 2019, entre las nueve (9) de la mañana hasta las doce (12) de la noche.

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County

Cathedral Pines Park will get multiyear renovation project County to increase accessibility options

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM As the weather begins to improve and with summer just around the corner, residents may begin to enjoy Suffolk County-owned parks.

With their minds on attracting nature tourism, county officials came together April 26 to announce the start of a $5 million multiyear modernization project at Cathedral Pines County Park in Middle Island.

“We are announcing our next phase of the Stay Suffolk campaign, where we are encouraging our residents to stay local,” County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said. “We want them to enjoy the things that we have here particularly in the summertime.”

The renovation project is part of an effort to promote Suffolk County parks, local tourism and highlight popular destinations, as well as regional attractions.

The first phase of the project will be a restoration of some of the park’s most used areas.

Roads will be widened and realigned to reduce congestion, while areas are planned to be reconfigured to accommodate 74 additional campsites. All sites will be outfitted with concrete paved picnic table pads, barbecue grills, fire rings, a Wi-Fi system, water and electricity.

Additionally, the renovations will create a designated recreation area away from the current campsites in the center of the park, where visitors can have oversight over children with-

out disturbing other campers.

“When we invest in our parks, it improves our quality of life,” Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), the chair of the Legislature’s parks committee, said.

In 2012, the county had an analysis and study done on the park to develop a master plan, which has led to the $5 million expansion.

A playground will be converted into additional visitor parking, while the county would create a new children’s playground located adjacent to the activity building. New projects also include a new picnic pavilion area, additional picnic tables and grills, bathhouses with upgraded showers that meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards for accessibility, five new horseshoe courts, two new boccie courts and a new sand volleyball court. The final phase of the plan is to create a new drive-up check-in station for campers to streamline the check-in process and updates to sanitary systems and the installation of a new central dump station with tanks to store sanitary waste from the bathhouses.

Hahn added that the project will go a long way in providing the necessary activities for residents to take a vacation locally.

“There are so many spectacular spots available for hiking, camping and biking,” she said.

“This is the place to be, and it will be even nicer once we are done with the improvement plan.”

Cathedral Pines consist of 320 acres of parkland located along the headwaters of the Carmans River and is one of 10 Suffolk County

County officials joined Legislators Sarah Anker and Kara Hahn and County Executive Steve Bellone in announcing new changes to Cathedral Pines County Park. Photo by David Luces

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Family and friends celebrate ALS nonprofit founder’s special birthday

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM While reaching 70 years old is a celebratory milestone for many, for one Miller Place resident, the birthday was a triumph.

On April 28, Chris Pendergast celebrated a special day which loved ones and doctors thought he wouldn’t see after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease, 26 years ago.

Most patients only live a few years after being diagnosed. Pendergast is the founder of ALS Ride For Life, the Stony Brook-based nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about ALS, funding research and providing patient services.

More than two weeks before his big day, family members and friends attended a party for Pendergast at 89 North Music Venue in Patchogue to celebrate, while the Billy Joel tribute band Big Shot belted out some classic tunes. His wife, Christine Pendergast, said at the party he was surprised with a computer program that allows his communication device to generate his voice instead of a robotic one. The device produces a voice after he gazes at a letter, and the new program was put together using past recordings of him being interviewed.

Christine Pendergast said her husband was surprised and overwhelmed by the gift, and she and their children were emotional, too.

“You know you lose so much with ALS that having the gift of your own voice given back to you is a true gift of who you are as a person, and what you used to be before you lost so much to ALS,” she said.

Fellow ALS patient Paul Weisman, who described Pendergast as a living, breathing miracle, said the gift presentation was emotional for everyone in the room.

“When they gave him his present, where he got his voice back, I was standing right next to

Chris and I could see and hear people sobbing — not just crying but sobbing — because they were so happy that he got his voice back,” Weisman said.

ALS Ride For Life started when Chris Pendergast embarked on a ride with his electric scooter from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx to Washington, D.C., 22 years ago to raise awareness about the disease and raise funds for research. After a few years, the ride was contained to New York — from Riverhead to the Bronx — where participants stop by schools along the way that take part in the organization’s presentations throughout the school year. This year’s ride events run from May 6 through 18.

Christine Pendergast said she thought the first ride was going to be a one-time event.

The nonprofit started out with a few people at a kitchen table trying to figure out how Chris Pendergast would do the ride, she said, and once they realized they could raise money, the group decided to start a nonprofit.

“It’s very hard to believe that this will be his 22nd ride, and from that one small spark of an idea to raising $8 million is just a testament to what one person can actually create and inspire so many others to join his mission,” Pendergast’s wife said.

Richard Iannuzzi, 2nd vice chair of ALS Ride For Life, described the nonprofit’s founder as persistent and strong willed.

“I think that’s probably key to what makes him do such terrific things with the ride as well as maintaining his own disposition in his approach to the disease,” Iannuzzi said.

The 2nd vice chair said he met the Pendergasts 20 years ago through the teachers union as Chris Pendergast was a teacher in Northport while his wife taught in Comsewogue for 32 years.

Iannuzzi said he estimates the group can visit up to 90 schools from September through May

Chris Pendergast, right, with his wife, Christine, left, enjoys his 70th birthday bash at 89 North Music Venue in Patchogue with family and friends. Below, the Pendergasts with their grandson Patrick Scali. Photos by Elliot Perry

with presentations to raise awareness about ALS. The board member said Pendergast, through the example of his life, sends a general message to students about not losing hope, never giving up and always being optimistic.

“He always wants to deliver the message that if he doesn’t find his situation hopeless then you as a youngster — who is probably going through your own challenges, whether it’s bullying or divorce at home or what have you — if he doesn’t feel hopeless, and he can seek help the way we’re asking them for help, then you in the audience, if you’re facing the challenges of life, be sure to reach out and seek help from your parents and your teachers,” he said.

During the Ride For Life events Long Island students and teachers line up with signs and cheer the ALS patients during the two-week trip, Iannuzzi said.

“For the patients, it’s very exciting to have the attention, and for the youngsters, it’s very exciting to see they’re doing something good, and they’re supporting a wonderful cause,” he said.

Weisman, who is 58 and was diagnosed with ALS a little more than six years ago, said he found ALS Ride For Life online while researching the disease and met with the Pendergasts soon after discovering the organization.

“When you’re diagnosed with ALS, your world is just completely turned upside down where I couldn’t work anymore,” he said. “So being with the ride has given me a purpose in life.”

Weisman, who helps to conduct the school presentations, said he could do them all day, every day if possible, and he thinks the message

resonates with everybody.

“It’s not just about ALS,” he said. “This is in life in general. We’re all going to go through some pretty tough times, but you can ask for help. It’s OK.” To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the walk in 2017, Chris Pendergast road his wheelchair once again from Yankee Stadium to D.C., and Weisman said he walked along with him to talk to Congress members to advocate for ALS awareness. He also participates in the annual rides on Long Island.

“The energy we get from these kids — you read in the papers and a lot of people talk about kids these days this that and the other thing — but I go from school to school to school,” he said.

“I spend time with these kids, and I have to tell you, man, we’re in good shape with these kids out there. They’re so encouraging. They just want to help. You can see the empathy they have.”

Christine Pendergast said the funds raised by Ride For Life go toward ALS research, patient services, nursing respite plans, scholarships, a mobility program with a fleet of eight handicapped vans and to fund the Stony Brook University clinic that has been named the Christopher Pendergast ALS Center of Excellence.

On May 11, ALS Ride For Life will hold its pinwheel ceremony at SBU where 6,000 pinwheels will be planted to represent those who have died from ALS in the past year. Those who have lost family members or friends to the disease can ask that their loved ones be added to a list of 90 whose names will be read that day to represent the patients who are lost to ALS every 90 minutes.

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Community News

School News

Rocky Point Union Free School District

Above, Boy Scouts of America Troop 161 assist in creating the new memorial garden in honor of Andrew McMorris; below, Red dogwood tree planted in honor of McMorris. Photos by Jane Sherman

Troop 161 builds garden in honor of fallen Boy Scout Members of the North Shore Youth Council’s Youth Advisory Council. Photo from RPUFSD

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

School district hosts emotional health community forum In an effort to proactively support students’ social, emotional and health needs, the Rocky Point Union Free School District recently hosted a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Community Forum. In addition to hearing the results of a recent survey taken by Rocky Point students, those in attendance learned how the self-reported answers compare to what student peers are experiencing nationwide.

Guest speakers included North Shore Youth Council Executive Director Janene Gentile, RESPONSE of Suffolk County crisis counselor Lorraine Peragallo, Deputy Sheriff Investigator Michael Kern and New York National Guard Counterdrug Task

garden sometime in the near future.

The Boy Scouts Suffolk County Council is still fundraising to create a new Adirondack Cabin at Baiting Hollow Scout Camp. People can donate to Troop 161 at www.troop161shoreham. org/ and support Andrew McMorris Foundation at www.andrewmcmorrisfoundation.org/.

Force and Civil Operations Specialist Carissa Siry. Topics included information on the area’s after-school youth programs and intervention services, RESPONSE’s crisis intervention hotline services, the effects of vaping and the unfortunate rise in opioid abuse across the country.

To support the speakers’ efforts, additional resource groups were on hand to provide reading material and included the Alateen Brookhaven Youth Bureau for young people living with alcoholics, Hope House Ministries, OUTREACH, the Suffolk County Police Department and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.

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The field in front of the Robert S. Reid Recreation Center in Shoreham was marked by red, the red shirts of Boys Scouts’ uniforms and red ribbons, which residents know has become a symbol for remembrance and an icon for bringing the community together.

Boy Scouts of America Troop 161 is continuing their honoring of Andrew McMorris, a young troop member who was killed by a drunk driver in October of last year, by creating a new garden in front of the community center where they have hosted their meetings for years.

In October, after the horrific event, the Girl Scouts of America donated a red dogwood tree to the McMorris family, which troop 161 planted in front of the center, adorning it with tiny ribbons. In an effort to remember young Andrew, the troop promised it would build a memorial garden around that tree.

Boy Scout Joseph Pozgay made it his Eagle Scout project to lay memorial bricks in front of the garden, while other troop members laid plantings in the ground, all of which were donated by the community.

Jane Sherman, the committee chair of Troop 161, said they plan to host a dedication for the

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SEX TRAFFICKING Continued from A7

Worse, sex trafficking has become, in many cases, a more profitable business for criminals.

Keith Scott, the director of education at the Safe Center, said a pimp could make upwards of $280,000 a year, and that the practice is often harder to prosecute on the polices’ end.

In 2017, the Suffolk County Police Department, at the time headed by Sini, launched a pilot program to go after human traffickers, according to the DA’s office. In 2018, Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart adopted the Human Trafficking Investigations Unit while the DA launched its own team to track human traffickers.

For years, human trafficking has been growing as an issue. Data from the New York National Human Trafficking Hotline show there have been more than 6,400 calls and more than 2,000 cases of sex trafficking for New York since 2007. The vast majority of these are sex trafficking, and the vast majority are with women.

A 2017 report by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health said the top sex trafficking venues are commercial-front brothels (with legitimate businesses up front and illegal sex work in the back), online advertising venues such as craigslist and hotel- or motel-based venues.

Those who have worked to get people treatment understand the issue has grown on Long Island, people like Joe Czulada, a graduate of the Riverhead school district and Riverhead resident until recently who moved with his wife to Brooklyn, where she operates a funeral home. Czulada worked as an interventionist, helping to put people into recovery for about five years. He saw the way the opioid epidemic was tied to the illicit sex trafficking industry.

What he saw was mostly young women from small hamlets, those who were often addicted to drugs, and whose pimps used that addiction as leverage against them.

“It’s prevalent, it’s become ever more prevalent, the whole industry,” Czulada said.

“It’s everywhere, in every small town here on Long Island.”

The work was emotionally draining, especially in seeing people go in and out of recovery,

often ending up back on the street or back with the people who abused.

Cases of sex trafficking with prostitutes over the age of consent require proving a form of cohesion. Many cases, like the alleged one of Rodio, come in the form of what Waters called the “chemical tether,” or the trauma bonding between a trafficker and victim. The pimps often come in two forms, ones who expressly use violence to maintain control, and the others who first get the trust of girls, often abusing their need for affection if they come from affectionless backgrounds, and then hooking them on drugs in the process. Scott said opioids are often used, especially in modern cases of sex trafficking, because it makes those victims more docile. Stimulants, like cocaine, are also used often. Those sex traffickers use the threat of withholding drugs as cohesion. In many cases, the pimps will effectively brand women with tattoos, which can range from the pimp’s name to words like “whore,” effectively reducing their chance of being able to get employment if they wished to escape the life.

The biggest misconception when it comes to sex trafficking is that it only happens to those in poverty. Cases like the one alleged in Sound Beach show just how tangible the reality is for middle-class areas. And in the age of the Internet, pimps also find these victims through social media, luring in these young women through the promise of affection and drugs. Waters said recruitment also often occurs at schools. Often sex work is sold through online websites, such as craigslist, but she said it also occurs at more than 20 other websites, and even on mobile dating apps such as Tinder.

Beyond that, it takes a campaign of education, starting with local schools, to keep the community informed. It takes people knowledgeable about the warning signs, and a need for people to call the police if they suspect someone is engaged in sex trafficking.

“People may not know what they’ve seen, but they’ve seen something,” said Scott, who grew up in Smithtown and currently lives in Kings Park. He knows the North Shore and said despite its prototypical sense of suburbia and pockets of wealth, residents need to understand what issues creep into the smallest of residential neighborhoods.

“People often don’t want to realize it’s going on in their own backyard,” he said.

The owlet found by Richard Gass near its nest in Miller Place. Photo by Richard Gass

The day I found a baby great horned owl

BY RICHARD GASS DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM On April 7, I discovered a baby great horned owl that had fallen from its nest in Miller Place.

After contacting New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, I was told to check on it the next day. On April 8, the owl was still there and looked very weak.

I contacted the DEC and they put me in touch with the Save the Animals Rescue Foundation, a Middle Island wildlife nonprofit that helps rehabilitate injured animals.

They recommended I bring the owlet to them to evaluate, and that it should later be returned to the nest, but an arborist would be needed with a bucket truck. I brought the owlet to Lori Ketcham, the director at the foundation, who determined it was dehydrated and hungry. They stabilized it.

“The owl was cold, and had been flat out on the ground,” Ketcham said. “The moms aren’t able to pick their babies off the ground.”

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for a bucket truck at no charge and returned the owl to the nest with volunteer John Picerno from STAR. The owl is back in the nest with two other owlets and the parents are relaxed and caring for their family.

The owls are doing well and growing quickly.

To contact the STAR foundation, either call 631-736-8207 or email at info@savetheanimalsrescue.org. Those interested can visit the website at www.savetheanimalsrescue.org if they wish to donate.

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BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Ward Melville had a strong showing on the links at Heatherwood Golf Club against the Wildcats of Shoreham-Wading River as the Patriots won the League IV match play 9-0 April 29. The Wildcat golf program formed just

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Obituary Rose DeRicco

Rocky Point school district hosts STEM Celebration The Rocky Point school district hosted its second annual elementary STEM Celebration for students to create solutions to hands-on science and math-based challenges, to share their designs with their peers and to continue to improve their solutions.

This year’s STEM Celebration theme was “Fun with Fairy Tales.” Several hundred students and parents attended this year’s event, where they were able to build zip lines for Rapunzel, a para-

chute for Jack to escape the giant, houses for the three little pigs, bridges and boats for the billy goats gruff, and construct a variety of other solutions to fairy tale character challenges. Attendees were able to participate in a LEGO build-a-thon and see Rocky Point robotics in action.

The district continues to build opportunities for students to explore STEM fields and possibilities and to generate enthusiasm for solving STEM challenges.

Rose DeRicco of Rocky Point died April 4. She was 79.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Dominick DeRicco.

She is survived by her cherished children Joseph DeRicco, Michael DeRicco and Rich De Ricco; her grandchildren Gina, Mia, Sophia and Thomas; sisters Anna and Phyllis; and her many other family members and friends.

Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church in Rocky Point, and interment followed at Washington Memorial Park Cemetery in Mount Sinai.

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Opinion

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Pay attention to your community

The house on Lower Rocky Point Road in Sound Beach, a relatively quiet, two-lane road that parallels the North Shore coastline is somehow indicative of comfortable, suburban living. The house is quaint and the front yard is loaded with lawn ornaments. Now there’s something hauntingly disturbing at the sight of it.

On April 25, the Suffolk County district attorney announced a multicount indictment of a resident of that Sound Beach house, Raymond Rodio III, for allegedly keeping over 20 women in a cycle of drugs and prostitution over several years, often using that basement for activities related to that prostitution. The parents said they didn’t know.

Comments from community members online were similarly flummoxed. Nobody expected a story like that to come from such a neighborhood.

Nobody ever does.

Everyone knows about the opioid epidemic. It’s said you don’t have to stick your arm out too far before you brush against someone who has been impacted by the crisis. For years it has ravaged Long Island, and only with concerted and multiyear efforts from community activists, journalists and policymakers are we finally starting to make efforts from the ground level up. Local legislators and school districts continually host Narcan training courses to aid overdose cases, and with the New York State budget, an expanded access to medication-assisted treatment has become available in both the hospital and jail settings.

Residents have commented online there are houses they suspect are involved in drug dealing, but why would anybody expect that this case also has allegedly been involved in human trafficking?

That’s just the thing — perhaps people need to be more alert to prevent these crimes.

Rodio was allegedly operating this illicit scheme for five years or maybe even longer. He got away with it for that long only until thankfully during an unrelated traffic stop an officer recognized that the woman passenger in Rodio’s car showed signs of being in a forced prostitution situation.

Prostitution? On the North Shore? Yes, it does happen here, and it doesn’t just take place in seedy motels or in illicit massage parlor operations. It happens at reputable hotels, and online, through well-known websites like craigslist or on dating apps like Tinder. It’s likely that people as young as 15 years are involved. These sex traffickers often recruit online through social media or find young women with poor family lives or with existing drug problems.

It can happen anywhere. The case in Sound Beach more than proves it.

It’s time for parents and teachers to learn about this issue, one that has only grown with the opioid epidemic. Children need to learn the dangers beyond drugs, and adults should learn the warning signs to notice young women who might be involved in these truly horrific situations.

Many North Shore communities have continued to step up in the overwhelming face of the opioid crisis. We can take a stand against this issue as well.

Letters to the editor

Facts for thought during political discourse

Among all the political discourse going on in this country there are a few basic tenets we should all be aware of.

Starting with the Electoral College, our Founding Fathers wanted all states to be represented. The Electoral College prevents the smaller states from being disenfranchised and prevents the tyranny of the larger states.

The verbal fad since the 2016 election is a push to eliminate the Electoral College.

Next, border problems. How long would you last in a business if you still had no solution to immigration issues since the 1980s — note to Democrats Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.

Isn’t it ironic that people are leaving their country because of lawlessness, yet some come here breaking our laws, crossing the border cutting ahead of their

fellow immigrants who are waiting at the portals. Where is the social justice there?

How many teachers would allow and condone the tougher kids to cut ahead of the line of kids following class rules? This is a microcosm of our border problems. Only chaos and anarchy results in lawbreaking in or out of the classroom.

Now, a public health crisis at our doorstep. Why are politicians pushing for the legalization of marijuana when there are concrete studies since the 1800s linking marijuana to mental illness and violence.

Could the common denominator of the increase in bipolar, schizophrenia and school violence be due to widespread marijuana use in recent years? A recently published book

by Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter, is a must-read: “Tell Your Children:

The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence.” Is the marijuana revenue blinding the governorships or are our politicians looking for the young vote?

The most egregious of all: How is “infanticide” not only accepted but celebrated? How ironic that animal rights are taking precedent over human rights.

In conclusion, what if Hillary Clinton (D) had come out on election night and encouraged her supporters to get behind our elected President Donald Trump (R) instead of the “resist movement.” Isn’t that what she had accused Trump of what he would do?

Our real strength comes from unity not diversity. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness!

Carol Florio and Lisa Pius Old Field

Zeldin puts faith in bad actors On April 25, Vladimir Putin of Russia and Kim Jong-un of North Korea, two of the world’s preeminent authoritarian dictators, met regarding Pyongyang’s denuclearization. While I would support any action that would reduce nuclear weapons in our world, I am skeptical of putting my faith in these two men, who have committed atrocities against their own people and are global bad actors. History has taught me to be wary of murderous authoritarians.

Unfortunately, our representative to Congress, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), doesn’t seem to be a student of history, or of the actions of these men. Zeldin appeared on Fox News the same day as the summit, gushing that there was a “great deal to be made” at this summit. This belies

the history of these nations and these men, and is a foolish position. The fact that Zeldin takes this position while sitting on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is alarming. Zeldin seems to place more faith in bad actors than he does our own Congress. In a recent interview with RiverheadLOCAL, our congressman said, “I don’t see Congress right now getting anything accomplished with regards to anything.” An elected official who places more faith in dictators than the body that he serves in is unfit for the job.

This follows a pattern with Zeldin, who has continuously supported bad actors on the global stage, including refusing to hold the Saudis accountable for their assault on Yemeni civilians, and for the murder of

Jamal Khashoggi. It is clear that Zeldin has ceased to be a true representative of New York’s diverse 1st Congressional District, and has instead opted to be a mouthpiece for the agenda of our own authoritarian president and administration. I cannot even accuse Zeldin of “dual loyalty,” as he has so thoroughly sold out this district on domestic issues like taxes, health care and the social safety net, to foreign policy issues like I’ve discussed. It is clear that Zeldin is performing for an audience of one, the most loyal of Fox News watchers, President Donald Trump (R). Zeldin is unfit to serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee and in the U.S. Congress.

Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

Taken out of context or not Context: The words that are used with a certain word or phrase and that help to explain its meaning.

That is the Webster’s Dictionary definition of context. It is also the word that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) is using to hide behind.

A sitting United States member of Congress referred to the horrific events of Sept. 11, 2001, as “some people did something” during a recent speech to the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Most Americans were stunned and hurt by her trivializing such a world-altering

event that killed approximately 3,000 innocent people and continues to cause casualties through horrible illness.

What possible excuse could the congresswoman use for being so insensitive and thoughtless you might ask? She and her defenders claim she was taken out of context. Being a reasonable person I immediately watched her complete speech which is on YouTube. I encourage my neighbors to do the same. I watched her body language, the tone and inflection of her voice, and carefully listened to the

words she spoke. There is no mistake.

Any reasonable person will see her choice of the phrase “some people did something” was clearly intentional and deliberate. The words that come to my mind to describe the congresswoman’s description of that horrible day in the history of the world are disgraceful, ignorant, insulting, disgusting, divisive, arrogant and dangerous. I use this many adjectives so I am not taken “out of context.”

Charles Cozzolino Setauket

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Opinion

Translating the messages behind college advice

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dvice is wonderful, unless it isn’t. The giving and receiving of advice is nothing like the process of exchanging gifts around the December holidays.

Often, there is a not-so-subtle subtext to advice that sitcoms have used to relatable comedic effect.

A comment like, “You’re wearing that to your date?” isn’t advice, per se, although the underD. None lying message is of the above clear: “You could

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF do so much better.”

Extending this even further, the speaker seems to suggest that the listener

returns to his or her dorm room, finds something that’s not wrinkled and doesn’t smell like the gym, and then go out on the date.

With high school and college graduations on the horizon, it’s inevitable that people will share their thoughts, opinions and ideas with the person they are celebrating. Here are a few pieces of advice and the translation for them: Advice: “You might want to study a little harder in college than you did in high school.

It’s much harder.”

Translation: “You’re probably lucky to graduate from high school and you won’t be so lucky in college, so take this time to start over and get your act together. Maybe you should consider studying more than 12 hours before a test on material you read all night the day before.”

Advice: “The time goes so fast. Take the time to appreciate and seize every opportunity.”

Translation: “I missed out on a lot of things in college and I’d like to go back and take better classes, find different friends and start over

again. How about if you invent a time machine while you’re in college and send me back, so I can do it right this time?”

Advice: “Not everything your professors tell you is true, accurate or in your best interests.”

Translation: “Someone told me to major in chemistry. I hated it. I did something else for a living and it would have helped to take courses that made more sense. I could really use that time machine about now. How about if you make that your senior thesis?”

Advice: “Pick your friends carefully.”

Translation: “I didn’t really like your high school friends and I wish social media didn’t exist, so you wouldn’t stay in touch with all those people who steered you the wrong way. How about if you pick the nerdy woman who’s going to start her own company some day or the intellectual guy who plans to open a new school?

Maybe, instead of asking me what classes I think you should take, you should send me a list of your prospective friends. That way I can be

like a Roman emperor, putting a thumbs up or thumbs down on the relationship.”

Advice: “Pizza and soda are killers for the waistline.”

Translation: “I had the “freshman 20” and it took months to lose it. I blame pizza and soda which, at college, is pretty much 90 percent of your diet. Good luck avoiding the easy sugars and carbs when you’re up late at night, having the conversation of your life and you need energy so you don’t nod off when your friend from New Zealand with the cool accent shares some story you know you’ll want to recall the next day.”

Advice: “Floss your teeth.”

Translation: “This comes from hard-earned experience. Flossing is the best way to prevent root canals and those are among the most painful procedures many of us endure as we age.

That is probably the best advice for graduates leaving the nest. If you floss, the older version of yourself will be eternally grateful.”

Winning institutions for independence and fortune

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id you know that the Boston Tea Party, during which colonists boarded British ships anchored in Boston Harbor and pitched their precious cargoes of tea into the sea, was organized by a local chamber of commerce? In 1773, in response to the onerous Tea Act imposed on the North American colonies by the British Parliament, the Charlestown Chamber of Commerce — that’s always been a tough part of town — called its members together and dramatically displayed their displeasure at yet another tax. And the Between rest is history — you and me our history.

All of which is

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF to say, chambers of commerce have been around for a long time and, in their own way, can be quite powerful.

How do I know about this? I was watching the television program, “Jeopardy!” the other night, fascinated by the latest contestant who has won well over a million dollars so far and in record time, when the answer to the final question about a group founded in 1599 was, “Who was the chamber of commerce?” Intrigued, I looked up the history of chambers and discovered that in Marseille, France, tradesmen had banded together at that time to protect and promote business. They called themselves “chambre de commerce,” chartered by King Henri IV. There are all sorts of chambers today: international, national, national-international, state, regional and particularly local such bodies.

They still have the same mission and generally are respectfully regarded by the public. They tend to be a nonpartisan source of information about their towns, especially regarding business, and membership in them suggests a certain authenticity. There are roughly 4,000 local chambers in the United States today, according to the internet, and they often advocate with government on behalf of business.

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in the areas we serve across three townships.

Some are larger, like Huntington and Smithtown, some are just getting started, like Rocky Point Sound Beach. Earlier this week I attended the Brookhaven Chambers of Commerce Coalition, usually referred to as the BCCC. Founded in 1992 by Barbara Ransome of Port Jefferson, among others, the BCCC was celebrating the 20th anniversary of its annual gala, honoring a member of the year chosen by each of 16 chambers. Some 230 people filled the room and patiently applauded as the chambers in turn introduced their winners.

The now-famous “Jeopardy!” contestant, James Holzhauer, did have the right answer but only barely squeaked by one of the other two challengers to enlarge his winnings and earn the right to return the next night. Holzhauer is one of the more unforgettable characters that have appeared on the show. He is both “extraordinarily knowledgeable,” as described in The New York Times, but also has brought an unprecedentedly aggressive strategy to the game program. He is, by his own description, a professional sports gambler, and starts with the high value questions first, then bets shrewdly

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and big on the Daily Double. He thinks nothing of interrupting the amiable chatter from host Alex Trebek and moving the pace of the traditionally polite game faster. Married, with children, he is laser focused most of the time but seems to have relaxed a bit and even joked with the audience, as the days go by and his winnings pile up.

Holzhauer is different from the long line of previous contestants in key ways. By his own admission, he is used to winning and losing large sums of money all the time, so he doesn’t tremble when he bets $60,000 on the Final Jeopardy question. And he knows he is well prepared for the game.

What is the secret to his immense knowledge of trivia? He wasn’t a diligent student in school, he admits, but he prepared for “Jeopardy!” by reading children’s books in libraries where facts are presented in an interesting way. He worked really hard to achieve his longtime goal of getting onto the game show, and he studied to win.

Three cheers then for chambers of commerce and libraries.

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