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August 31, 2017

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What’s inside Great-grandson of Tesla’s architect gives lecture A4

Girl Scouts maintain garden of former troop A5 Low-cost Narcan now available at pharmacies A6 Rep. Lee Zeldin talks Trump with TBR News Media A7 Setauket mom encourages other to spread kindness A10

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Also: Culper Spy Day event guide and map; A Boating pARTy opens in Huntington; kids coloring contest; ‘Wind River’ reviewed

Brookhaven supports governor in lawsuit against EPA over dumping in Sound — A3

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This year, forecasters predict an abovenormal hurricane season in the Atlantic. Hurricanes and tropical storms can cause serious damage to coastal and inland areas, including storm surge, heavy rainfall, coastal and inland flooding, high winds and tornadoes. To help Long Islanders prepare for these types of storms, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) hosted a seminar with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, American Red Cross and Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services Aug. 28 at Brookhaven Town Hall to provide information to help residents prepare for, stay safe during and recover from hurricane storm systems. Residents also learned more about how these organizations measure, track and forecast hurricane activity. “As we are witnessing in Texas with Hurricane Harvey, it is vitally important to be as

Boater safety tips ahead of Labor Day weekend By HerB Herman It’s Labor Day weekend and a great time to go boating. You get the family in the car and go to the marina. Being a responsible boater, first you check the weather forecast and make sure that you won’t face any surprises out on the water. You or someone else will remember the sandwiches and drinks. You get to the boat and go through the required check-off items: examine the fuel level; check oil; see that the personal flotation devices are in the right place — at least one per person and easily accessible in an emergency — check if the anchor is set up for easy deployment; that flares and other emergency items in order; that the hand-held VHF radio is charged and readily available. Being a responsible boater, the final thing to do before you cast off is to inform the passengers and crew as to where the emergency items are and how to use and wear them. And if you are a diligent boater, you file a float plan with friends, so that in the eventuality that you aren’t where you’re supposed to be in the coming days, they can inform the Coast Guard of a potential problem. All of the above seems like a lot of hard work to go out for a day trip to the local anchorage. But with some experience, and perhaps after some nasty events, you will tend to do these things automatically — better yet, have an actual check-off list so you forget nothing. Then you’ll have a beautiful day to go boating. Coast Guard teaches, rather preaches, to their boat crews and to the Coast Guard Auxiliary situational awareness. That is, what’s going on around you. In the parlance of the local guru, mindfulness — the state of knowing the environment in which your boat plows ahead.

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These include water state, weather now and what’s to come, wind, other boats and buoys and all the impediments that exist on local waters. There should also be a designated lookout in case someone falls overboard. Above all, know the rules of the road. This includes what to do when boats approach one another. These regulations, also known as colregs, are devised to avoid collisions at sea. The main elements should be learned by way of courses given on Nautical charts, which are available for the waters in which you wish to sail. The chart, unlike a land road map, gives you broad swaths of safe passages and also tells you which regions to avoid due to shallow depths and rocks. If you’re a power boater or a sailor with an accessory motor, you should know about the innards of the beast. Have you enough fuel for your planned voyage? Will you check the oil dipstick, or do you assume marina personnel

do it for you? They won’t unless you ask them to. Are all your oil, water, fuel and water filters clean, and can you change out a clogged filter? Are water cooling sea cocks open? Can you troubleshoot easy problems? Do you have the essential tools for such work? Most aspects of inboard and outboard motors can be handled by a layman with a little study. A quick course on troubleshooting your power plant by the marina mechanic can also pay off. Paddle craft safety is of growing concern to the Coast Guard, with some 22 million Americans enjoying the sport. According to industry figures, some 100,000 canoes, 350,000 kayaks and a very large number of stand-up paddleboard are sold annually. A tragic consequence of these large numbers is that as of 2015, 29 percent of boating deaths were related to paddle crafts. In response, the USCG has generated a Paddle Craft Vessel Safety Check, which is administered by a USCG-approved vessel

prepared as possible in the case of a hurricane or tropical storm,” Zeldin said. “New Yorkers unfortunately know this all too well. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit New York hard and devastated our coastal communities and businesses on Long Island, leaving mass destruction in its wake. The common message among all of the presentations was: Be prepared. The key is to be informed, make a plan, build an emergency kit and get involved.” Hurricane Tips: •Put together a go-bag of disaster supplies •Trim or remove damaged trees and limbs and clean gutters to keep your property safe •Cover windows/install storm shutters •Review evacuation routes •Charge cellphones in advance •Set family emergency communication plan •Purchase generator or create a safe room For more on how to best prepare in the event of a hurricane, visit www.ready.gov/hurricanes.

Items to check for as you head out to sea •Personal Flotation Devices — at least one per person on board •First Aid Kit and blanket •Very high frequency radio •Flashlight •Operational navigational lights •Depth sounder, lead line, sounding pole •Bilge pump or other de-watering device, portable pump •Serviceable and sufficient number of fire extinguishers — should be tested occasionally •Watch or clock •Visual distress signal •Sound-producing device •Compass •Chart for operating area •Deviation tables •Navigational tools •Binoculars •Tide tables •Adequate fenders •Anchor and anchor line (rode) •Boat hook •Cleats in order — sufficient strength — through hulls •Tools for emergency repairs examiner, such as Coast Guard Auxiliary personnel. Paddle crafters should wear personal flotation devices and have a sound-producing device, like a whistle, on them at all times. Herb Herman is a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, 1st Southern District, Division 22, Flotilla 06, Port Jefferson.

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Town

Brookhaven supports NYS lawsuit against EPA By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is picking a fight with the federal government, and as of Aug. 28, he officially has backup. Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), joined by town board members, environmentalists and State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), announced the town’s support of a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) Aug. 17 against the United States Environmental Protection Agency regardPage A22 ing the open dumping of dredged materials in the Long Island Sound. The lawsuit alleges the Long Island Sound Dredge Material Management Plan, which was approved by the EPA, violates the Ocean Dumping Act and Coastal Zone Management Act, and also cites a “failure to address environmental impacts on the Long Island Sound.” The plan allows for more than 50 million cubic yards of dredged spoils from Connecticut rivers and harbors to be dumped in the Sound for the next 30 years. In 2016, the EPA increased the number of open water dumping sites in the Sound from two to three, despite a call from governors of both New York and Connecticut in 2005 to reduce and eventually eliminate

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supervisor ed romaine voices support for a state lawsuit against the ePA Aug. 28. the practice of dumping in the Sound. According to the suit, the dumping is also inconsistent with several investments of taxpayer dollars and policies that have sought to clean up the vital Long Island waterway. Cuomo opposed the additional dumping site in late 2016, and Romaine and the town sent a letter to the governor in support of legal action against the federal agency.

“We’re here to send a very strong message — that we are opposed to dumping in the Sound,” Romaine said during a press conference Aug. 28 at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai. “The state of New York and this governor, Andrew Cuomo, has done a great service to this state and to the residents of Long Island by working to enjoin, in the court, the EPA from allowing contin-

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ued dumping in the Sound.” Romaine accused the EPA of taking the expedient course of action rather than the most environmentally sound course with dredged materials, some of which are contaminated by pollutants. Though a spokesperson for the EPA declined via email to comment on ongoing

EPA LAWSUIT continued on page A8

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Town

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Above and below right, hundreds of residents gather at The Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s educational & Cultural Center to eagerly and attentively listen to Sebastian White, the great-grandson of nikola Tesla’s architect Stanford White, discuss the importance of Tesla and his work, below left.

Nikola Tesla through the eyes of his architect’s kin By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com More than 100 years after his great-grandfather designed and oversaw the construction of Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe laboratory in Shoreham, Sebastian White, a renowned physicist and St. James native, filled a local lecture hall to discuss all things surrounding the Serbian-American inventor. White, whose famous ancestor Stanford White’s architectural achievements include Washington Square Arch, the original Madison Square Garden and what is now the Tesla Science Center, took time out of his busy schedule as a particle physicist for CERN — the European Organization for Nuclear Research — to engage a roomful of science lovers Aug. 27.

The presentation was in conjunction with the center’s summer-long Tesla exhibit in Stony Brook and ended with a screening of clips from “Tower to the People,” a documentary made by a local filmmaker about the laboratory. The physicist, and chairman of the Tesla Science Center’s Science Advisory Board, examined the litany of Tesla influences in modern-day technology and the late-19th century culture that helped shape his genius. “Today it’s very clear that Tesla is trending in much of the science that’s showing up, such as wireless transmission of energy, which is a new field, and the Tesla car, but I think we shouldn’t only remember him for what he did, but also the incredible time in America he became part of,” White told the 130 residents packed into the lecture hall on the top floor at The Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s Educational & Cultural Center. “I think the story of Tesla, who many of my colleagues don’t even know, is an important one as it tells us how we got to where we are.” White explained how Tesla’s grand vision for wireless transmission of energy, which eventually culminated in a torn-down tower on the Shoreham site in 1917, remains a much-pursued concept. “There’s a very lively industry happening today, mostly because people keep forgetting to charge their iPhones and they want to find a way to do it without needing cords,” he said. Through a process called energy harvesting, industry scientists are actively working on ways to charge cellphones while they sit inside pockets by capturing energy just from the environment. “It’s an enormous field now — new companies are very interested in it and a lot is happening,” White said, pointing out other examples of wireless power transmissions over the years. “In 1964, on the Walter Cronkite TV show, a

guy named William C. Brown demonstrated a model of an electric helicopter powered by a microwave. The United States, Canada and Japan have experimented with airplanes powered by radio waves. I would say, probably, if Tesla were around today, he’d be more happy about all the things people are inventing with new techniques rather than always quoting him and saying, ‘Well, Tesla said this.’” White said Tesla’s emergence as one of the most influential scientific minds of all time coincided with what he referred to as “an incredibly important time” in the late 1800s, a period referred to as the American Renaissance. Among the prolific figures with whom Tesla interacted were writer Mark Twain, physicist Ernest Rutherford, American businessman John Jacob Astor IV, and, of course, Stanford White. The physicist said a huge year for Tesla was 1892, when he lectured and demonstrated his experiments at the Institution for Electrical Engineers at the Royal Institution in London. Speaking on his great-grandfather and Tesla’s friendship, which proved itself through many projects prior to Wardenclyffe, White referred to one particular exchange. “Stanford White [once] invited Tesla to join him for an outing with William Astor Chanler, an explorer,” he recounted. “Tesla said, ‘I’m busy in the lab.’ White kept pushing him and then wrote to him, ‘I’m so delighted that you decided to tear yourself away from your laboratory. I would sooner have you on board than the Emperor of Germany or the Queen of England.’” David Madigan, a Tesla Science Center board member, said after the lecture that having White’s perspective on this near-and-dear subject was integral. “It’s important having Dr. White give the talk, who’s a physicist himself and whose grandfather was Stanford White, who was intimately involved in Tesla’s advancement

of his many ideas both as an investor and also as an architect,” Madigan said. “It’s a good triangulation of today’s event, the Tesla exhibit, and Dr. White bringing in the scientific and family history.” White said he has always felt a strong connection with his great-grandfather, who had a home in Smithtown, since he was young. “He was part of our life for sure,” he said. “We all felt very close to him. My son is an architect, my aunt and uncle were architects, my grandfather was an architect, and even continued in the same firm.” East Setauket resident Michael Lubinsky said he was drawn to the lecture through a lifelong interest in Tesla. “I always felt that Tesla was not appreciated that much in his time,” Lubinsky said, laughing that much of the lecture went over his head with its scientific terms. Paul Scala, a software engineer living in Centereach, said he too gravitated to the event to explore more of Tesla’s story. “I think [Dr. White] did a very nice job,” he said. “It’s very cool seeing that in the tech world they’re still trying to harness wireless energy.”

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Town Mount Sinai troop tends to garden of former Scouts By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com

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Members of Mount Sinai girl Scout Troop 2750 maintain the William Miller House garden a previous troop installed.

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For a few days a week since last summer, members of Girl Scout Troop 2750 stop by Miller Place’s historic William Miller House to make sure the herb garden behind it is in tiptop shape. The Mount Sinai middle schoolers handle the planting, weeding, mulching and watering and have laid new bricks and installed herb identification rocks in the long-neglected, Colonial era-accurate garden at 75 North Country Road. What had long been an overgrown patch of weeds and dirt is now bursting with a variety of herbs like rosemary, lavender, tarragon and yarrow and is once again a prideful stop on the tour of Miller Place’s oldest house. But this isn’t the first time the Mount Sinai troop had a hand in beautifying the estate — to the Scout leaders’ surprise. When the group visited the site, while deciding to restore the garden for the Miller Place-Mount Sinai Historical Society as a way to help Scouts earn their silver award — they were struck by a green sign leaning against the house. It read, “The William Miller Herb Garden historically restored by Troop 2750.” Antoinette Donato, the historical society’s vice president, said the garden was originally installed by high school Scouts from the very same troop in May 2005. Those Scouts took on the project to earn their gold award. So needless to say, this 2016 troop decided to take on the project, too. “We just thought it was fate,” said Jennifer Valentine, one of the current troop leaders. “We found that sign the other troop had made and were like, ‘Oh my God, that’s our troop number. It was meant to be.’” Through the historical society, the leaders received a scrapbook of in-depth research done by the previous Scouts. It contained information on 18th-century-appropriate herb gardens based on visits to the Peconic River Herb Farm and Bethpage Restoration Village and a copy of the original design of the project, which they tried to maintain to a tee. “The garden was made according to appropriate Colonial setting,” Donato said. “Those girls studied every kind of planting — medicinal and culinary — and included interesting anecdotes and gave directions for planting and maintenance.” Unfortunately, Donato said, after a few years, those girls went off to college, and although a few local groups have chipped in to maintain it over the years, it was eventually abandoned. “This new group is contributing to the community and that’s what we want,” she said. “Let’s face it, the younger generations are going to inherit this Earth and it’s our responsibility to show them projects they can do to get involved that can transfer the responsibility to them. We are very fortunate in the historical society because we get to see the really good kids who really care.” The troop leaders said the girls get a lot out of it, as they’ve found a new hobby in gardening and use the herbs in meals at home. As part of the project, each Scout was assigned a different herb to research and develop a report around. “It’s a good feeling,” Girl Scout Julia Endelson, 13, said before tending to some plants. “It’s good to help the community. Last summer we started on the garden, learned a little bit about the house, took a tour of the house and learned about the people who originally lived here and how they used the garden. We’re helping something that not a lot of people know or care about that much in the nicest way possible.” Jennifer Endelson, Julia’s mom and a troop leader, loves her daughter’s newfound work ethic. “My kid says, ‘I want to go volunteer, can I go volunteer?” she said. “It’s not even me prompting her anymore.” Troop leader Lynn Rooney said she too was thrilled to see the girls, like her daughter who is also a troop member, take an interest in a hobby she personally holds near and dear. “I love gardening — it’s my favorite thing to do,” she said. “Seeing how much these girl like to do it, it’s great. And I want my daughter to get out of it what I do. Life is tough and it’s a stress reliever. It’s a skill that could last them forever.”

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Narcan now available for low cost at pharmacies

By Kyle Barr The opioid crisis on Long Island has left devastation in its wake, and as opioid-related deaths rise every year, New York State Department of Health has created an additional, more affordable way to combat it. To deal with the rash of overdoses as a result of addiction, the state has made it easier for people with prescription insurance to afford Naloxone, a common overdose reversal medication. On Aug. 7, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced starting Aug. 9 that people with prescription health insurance coverage would be able to receive Naloxone, commonly referred to as Narcan, for a copay of up to $40. New York is the first state to offer the drug for such a low cost in pharmacies. “The vast majority of folks who have health insurance with prescription coverage will be able to receive Naloxone through this program for free,” said Ben Rosen, a spokesperson for the state department of health. Before the change, the average shelf cost of Narcan, which is administered nasally, was $125 without prescription with an average national copay of $10. People on Medicaid and Medicare paid between $1 and $3, Rosen said. This action by the state comes at a critical time. More than 300 people from Suffolk County died from opioid-related overdoses in 2016, according to county medical examiner records. On Aug. 10, President Donald Trump (R) declared the opioid issue a national emergency, meaning that there is now more pressure on Congress to pass legislation to deal with the crisis, as well as a push to supply more funds to states, police departments and health services to help address the problem. The drug is available in more than 3,000 pharmacies across New York and well over 100 pharmacies in Suffolk County. This includes major pharmacies like CVS Health, Walgreens and Rite Aid, but also includes a few local pharmacies that already participate in the state AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage program and Medicaid, according to Kathy Febraio, the executive director of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, a nonprofit pharmacists advocacy group. The program is only available for people who either have Medicare, Medicaid or health insurance with prescription coverage.

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Narcan kits, above, are now available for low cost at many New york pharmacies, such as rely rX in St. James, below.

Otherwise, officials said that those who lack insurance and need access can get it through a number of free Narcan training courses. “We think that anything that can have an effect on this crisis is a good thing,” Febraio said. “This will certainly help. We need anything that will get Naloxone into the hands of those who need it.” While county Legislator and Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory (D-Amityville) likes the idea of additional access to Narcan, he is skeptical about whether those who get it know how to properly administer it. “You don’t need a Ph.D. to know how to use it, but there is some training that would help people be more comfortable, such as how to properly use it in an emergency situation and how to store it so that it is accessible while making sure children can’t get their hands on it,” he said. “Unfortunately the epidemic is so widespread. Everyone knows someone who is affected.” Christina Loeffler, the co-owner of Rely RX Pharmacy & Medical Supplies in St. James, one of the few non-major pharmacies in the county participating in the program, said though the business has not yet received many calls for Narcan, the state requires pharmacists to demonstrate how to use it. “You have to counsel the patient and show them how to use it,” she said. “We were shown videos, we were given kits to practice on before we were certified to do it. I feel like it’s a good thing that they’re doing it.” The county currently provides numerous Narcan training courses for locals, where they receive training and free supplies of the life-saving drug. County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said that she will be cohosting a free Narcan training course Oct. 5 at Rocky Point High School with support from the North Shore Youth Council. “They absolutely need to be trained,” she said. “Narcan is almost a miracle drug — it brings people back from death. However, people need to know what they’re doing so that it is administered correctly.” A list of participating pharmacies can be found on the New York State Department of Health’s website at www.health.ny.gov/ overdose.

Crackdown

A 38-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station possessed crack cocaine while near the intersection of Route 25A and Railroad Avenue in Port Jefferson Station at about 10 p.m. Aug. 24, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Upon his arrest, police also discovered he sold a previously reported stolen 1998 Mazda to Gershow’s Recycling in Medford Aug. 31, 2016 after falsifying the title to the car, police said. He was charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

Crystal clear

On Crystal Brook Hollow Road in Port Jefferson Station Aug. 23 at about 10 a.m., a 35-year-old woman driving a 1999 Chevrolet was pulled over for a traffic stop and found to be driving with a suspended license, according to police. She was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Reality check

At a home on Oxhead Road in Centereach April 10, a 35-year-old woman who lived at the home wrote bad checks to pay for fuel oil, according to police. She was arrested in Centereach Aug. 25 and charged with issuing a bad check.

Crash and flee

A 36-year-old woman from Centereach was driving a 2007 Chrysler north on Old Nichols Road in Ronkonkoma Aug. 9 at about 8 p.m. and was involved in a crash with a 2015 Chevrolet and fled the scene without exchanging information, according to police. She was arrested Aug. 23 and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

LEGO lifter

On four separate occasions during August, a 30-year-old woman from Calverton stole LEGO toy sets — three times from Target on Pond Path in Setauket and once from Target on Horseblock Road in Medford, according to police. She was arrested Aug. 24 in Selden and charged with two counts of petit larceny and two counts of fourth-degree grand larceny.

Spare no expense

A Louis Vuitton handbag containing a matching wallet and credit cards was stolen from the passenger seat of a 2012 Ford while parked outside Made to Move Tennis and Wellness in Setauket at about 5:30 p.m. Aug. 22, according to police.

Doctor shopping

Medical products were stolen from RiteAid in the Jefferson Shopping Plaza in Port Jefferson Station at about 10:30 a.m. Aug. 23, according to police.

ATV attention

At about 11 a.m. Aug. 25, a 28-year-old man from Middle Island driving a Honda all-terrain vehicle on Route 25 in Coram was passing other vehicles between marked lanes, causing a disruption of traffic and forcing other drivers to swerve out of the way, according to police. When he was pulled over by police, the man gave a false identity, and police discovered he was also driving with a suspended license. He was arrested and charged with reckless driving, false personation and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Lawn care

A 46-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station drove a car on the lawn of a home on Honey Lane in Miller Place Aug. 20 at about midnight, causing damage to the front porch, railings, columns, posts and the lawn, according to police. He was arrested Aug. 24 and charged with third-degree criminal mischief.

Biker gang

At about 6 p.m. Aug. 27, an “overwhelming number” of dirt bikes, motorcycles and allterrain vehicles drove down East Broadway in Port Jefferson, driving recklessly and disturbing pedestrians, according to police. Port Jefferson Village constables contacted the Suffolk County Police Department, police said.

Untelevised

At about 10 p.m. Aug. 28, three men stole three 55-inch televisions from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket, according to police. — Compiled By aleX petroSKi

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NatioNal Zeldin talks Trump and more during exclusive interview By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com From the podium at The Emporium in Patchogue Nov. 8, 2016 after his race against Anna Throne Holst (D-Southampton) was officially called and his near-20point victory was secured, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) said he was looking forward to the opportunity to “make America great again.” Zeldin has become synonymous with President Donald Trump (R) locally, and though he said during an exclusive interview with the Times Beacon Record News Media editorial board he still supports the president, just short of 10 months removed from his re-election, Zeldin also said he is not a “proxy” for Trump, or anyone else. During the 90-minute interview, the congressman preached bipartisanship, addressed the future of health care, discussed Trump’s Twitter account and inflammatory speeches like the one he made in Arizona Aug. 22, criticized the president for his response to the Charlottesville, Virginia, protest and addressed the state of his support for Trump going forward.

“I don’t give anyone my proxy.”

Despite being a strong supporter of Trump during their parallel 2016 campaigns, Zeldin had a strong response when asked if the president had his unequivocal support. “I don’t give anyone my proxy,” Zeldin said, though he did say he supports the president and wants him to be successful. He added if he had to vote for Trump again today, he ultimately would. “It’s not 2020, but if you asked me Aug. 25 of 2017 if I was casting a vote right now and he was running unopposed, yeah. If he was running against someone else and there was a compelling reason to go some other direction, then you factor into it.” Zeldin pushed back on the perception of a large group of his constituents who believe he is the local embodiment of Trump. He cited several examples in which he has been critical of the president, including when Trump made a Holocaust remembrance statement that made no reference to Jewish people, or when he voted in line with many House Democrats against a bill that would roll back internet privacy protections, which Trump ultimately signed into law. The congressman also reiterated a statement he has made publicly in the past, that the meeting between Donald Trump Jr., other members of the Trump administration and people with ties to the Russian government alleging they had damaging material on Hillary Clinton in June 2016 should have never taken place. “If you really wanted to ask yourself, is this guy just going to be or has he been some proxy or some stooge who is refusing to say where he disagrees, you would have to ignore like 20 different examples where it’s not even taking my word for it, this is stuff that I’ve said on national TV,” Zeldin said. He surmised the perception he is too tightly connected to Trump comes from people who can’t wait for the day Trump is no longer in office. Zeldin added although he disagreed

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Above, U.s. rep. lee Zeldin speaks during an interview at tBr News Media; and below, Zeldin celebrates his 2016 election night victory in Patchogue. with former President Barack Obama (D) on issues, at no point did he view him as anything other than his president.

“There are people who think nothing has gotten done.”

Zeldin pushed back on the idea that partisan gridlock, which has long characterized the country’s perception of Congress, is getting worse or is being amplified by Trump. He said bills are being passed and bipartisan discussions are being had everyday by members of the House. “People have this perception that when the House is in session and we’re all on the floor together that it’s an old school Aaron Burr duel taking place amongst all members all the time,” he said. “Where everyone’s basically literally trying to kill each other on the floor.” Zeldin said he isn’t going to sugarcoat it, or try to make the discussions sound all rosy. He pointed to the over 50 bills passed since Trump has taken office as proof of Republicans and Democrats working together to get things done. He said these topics tend to get overshadowed by what is broadcasted on TV news. “People get very discouraged when you put on the news and you’re only coming in contact with bad news,” Zeldin said. “It’s almost like [it’s] not even newsworthy to talk about what got done that day. What’s newsworthy is what may be the biggest, most dramatic confrontation or battle that might be going on. That’s the news everyday.” He attributed heated political rhetoric and the notion Congress is struggling to work together to the business model of the three major 24-hour cable news stations — CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. “The information they’re coming in contact with is deliberately targeting them to stir emotion, because that’s how they get traffic,” he said. The congressman recalled several times when he was slated to do a cable news in-

terview on a particular topic, which the president would be happy to see gain coverage, only to be asked questions about the investigations into Trump’s ties to Russia during the campaign because of a Tweet he sent moments before the interview. He admitted the president has the power to steer the conversation in the right direction. “There is no person in the United States of America with more of an ability to drive the conversation,” he said. “I don’t know of the last time we had an individual in the United States of America with a bigger soapbox than the president of the United States.”

“He’s willing to sign 50,000 different versions of this bill.”

Common ground exists between Republicans and Democrats on the future of the federal health care law, according to Zeldin, though he said he’s skeptical of the Senate’s ability to reach a majority on a replacement of the Affordable Care Act. At no point during the 90-minute conversation did the congressman use the phrase “repeal and replace,” though he discussed,

at length, some of the issues with the individual market and what it would take to repair it in a way that works. “Beyond partisanship there’s an ideological difference on the insurance piece, and what do you do with the ACA,” Zeldin said. “They just absolutely, genuinely to their core disagree on certain components of what direction [to go in].” Zeldin was extremely critical of the process that led up to the ultimately failed Senate vote on health care and stressed the need to return to regular order. The health care vote revealed three Republican senators as willing to oppose the president on major legislation. As a result of that vote and other circumstances in which Republican senators have spoken out against Trump, Zeldin encouraged the use of the president’s “bully pulpit,” like the way he spoke about Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) during his trip to Phoenix Aug. 22. When asked if the president is doing enough to grow his base of support rather than just appealing to those he already has in his camp, Zeldin was also critical. “There are opportunities for him to do more to broaden that coalition,” he said. He also indicated the president is prepared to compromise on a health care bill. “He’s willing to sign 50,000 different versions of this bill,” Zeldin said.

“There is no moral equivalency.”

The congressman was most critical of the president on his response to the events in Charlottesville. He repeatedly stated there is no moral equivalency between marchers on the side of the KKK and Nazism and those who attended the rally to oppose hate, a point that was contradictory to statements Trump made publicly on the subject. Zeldin said he did agree though with the president’s point that members of the “alt-right” were not the only one’s who arrived at the Virginia rally for the purpose of inciting violence. “If you are a good person showing up to that march and you realize once you get there that by being associated at all with that march that you are associating yourself in any way, shape, or form with the KKK or Nazism, a good person, immediately, instinctively completely disengages,” Zeldin said.

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EPA LAwsuit Continued from page A3 litigation, an April 2016 statement from the agency spelled out the motivation for continued dumping in the Sound. “Dredging is needed to ensure safe navigation in the sound,” EPA spokesman John Martin said in an email to Times Beacon Record News Media. He added the agency felt the proposal struck “an appropriate balance between the need for dredging to maintain safe and efficient navigation and our desired outcome to restore and protect Long Island Sound.” Kevin McAllister, the president of Defend H2O, a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and restoring the quality of Long Island’s waterways, spoke in support of the town during the press conference.

“As a federally designated Estuary of state of Texas and reflecting on the reality National Significance, Long that sea level is rising, that Island Sound is in need the federal government is of greater protection,” he proposing to take a vast said. “We’re spending bilamount of sediment that lions of dollars on water will be needed to bulwark quality improvements and our coastal investments, the open water dumping our coastal communities of contaminated silt flies in from a rising sea level to the face of these efforts.” augment our beaches with Representatives from that sediment, to take it inthe nonprofits Sierra Club stead and use it in the most Long Island and the Seharmful possible way,” Entauket Harbor Task Force glebright said. He added also pledged support in opthe dumping is “radicalposition of the plan. izing the ecology” of the Englebright offered a waterway, saying the sedisuggestion for an alternative ment could be needed and to the continued dumping. be used to strength— Kevin McAllister should “It is ironic that at a en coastlines. Englebright time when we’re watching cited a deadly 1953 storm a terrible hurricane devastating the great in the Netherlands that inspired the same

‘we’re spending billions of dollars on water quality improvements and the open water dumping of contaminated silt flies in the face of these efforts.’

fortification he proposed, a practice that nation has continued since. Brookhaven Town Council members Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) and Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) also voiced support for the lawsuit. Romaine said he had been in contact with 1st Congressional District U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) regarding the town’s support of the lawsuit, and Romaine said the congressman is strongly opposed to dumping in the Sound. Zeldin has sponsored bills designed to improve the health of the Sound in the past. “The Long Island Sound shouldn’t be a dumping ground,” Zeldin said in an emailed statement through spokeswoman Jennifer DiSiena, “especially when there are many viable alternatives to open water dumping, including recycling and safe disposal on land.”

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to New York State Town Law Section 202-c, a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven at the Town Auditorium at One Independence Hill, Second Floor, Farmingville, New York, on September 14, 2017 at 6:00 P.M., to consider the dissolution and discontinuance of the Sound Beach Water Supply District, pursuant to a Proposed Dissolution Plan. At said public hearing, any persons interested shall be given the opportunity to be heard. DONNA LENT, TOWN CLERK TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN Dated: August 10, 2017 Farmingville, New York 575 8/31 1x vbr PUBLIC NOTICE

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Invitation to Bidders BOARD OF EDUCATION Shoreham-Wading River Central School District

PUBLIC NOTICE: is hereby given for separate sealed bids for: Grandstand and Fencing at ShorehamWading River High School. Bids will be received by the School District Purchasing Agent, on September 14, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. prevailing time at the District Office, 250B RT 25A Shoreham, NY 11786. The District Office hours are 8AM to 4PM, Monday thru Friday. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the standard fashion at said time and place. The Contract Documents may be examined at the Office of the Architect, BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers, P.C., 244 East Main Street, Patchogue New York, (631475-0349); however the Contract Documents may only be obtained thru the Office of REV, 330 Route 17A Suite #2, Goshen New York 10924 (877-2720216) beginning on August 31, 2017. Complete digital sets of Contract Documents shall be obtained online (with a free user account) as a download for a non-refundable fee of Forty-Nine ($49.00) Dollars at the following websites: www. bbsprojects.com or www. usinglesspaper.com under ‘public projects’. Optionally, in lieu of digital copies, hard copies may be obtained directly from REV upon a deposit of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each complete set. Checks for deposits shall be made payable to the DISTRICT, SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT and may be uncertified. All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email and will be available at the above referenced websites. Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. Plan holders who have obtained hard copies of the bid documents will need to make the determination if hard copies of the addenda are required

for their use, and coordinate directly with the printer for hard copies of addenda to be issued. There will be no charge for registered plan holders to obtain hard copies of the bid addenda. The bid deposit for hard copies will be returned upon receipt of plans and specifications, in good condition, within thirty days after bid date, except for the lowest responsible bidder, whose check will be forfeited upon the award of the contract. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder or the proposals will be rejected within 45 days of the date of opening proposals. Bids shall be subject, however, to the discretionary right reserved by the School District to waive any informalities, accept or reject any alternatives, reject any proposals and to advertise for new proposals, if in its opinion the best interest of the School District will thereby be promoted. Each bidder may not withdraw his bid within 45 days after the formal opening thereof. A bidder may withdraw his bid only in writing and prior to the bid opening date. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Shoreham-Wading River C.S.D. Janice M. Seus, District Clerk Dated: August 23, 2017 585 8/31 1x vbr NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IV, SEC. 85-29 OF THE BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND AT ONE INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (AUDI-

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Delivering meals on wheels

On Aug. 23, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (RShirley) joined Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) to deliver meals to residents at Leisure Village in Ridge. The pair were warmly welcomed into the homes and assured the residents of their strong support for the Meals on Wheels program. Meals on Wheels is a nationwide network of community-based, nonprofit programs dedicated to providing seniors in the community with the support that enables them to remain living independently in their own homes. Pictured with Congressman Zeldin and Supervisor Romaine is Leisure Village resident Evelyn Rolleri. The Nutrition Program provides over 3,000 meals per month through home-de-

livered meals and two congregate dining sites. Menus are prepared by a registered dietitian in accordance with health department meal service standards. Volunteers work in conjunction with the town’s jitney transportation program to distribute the home-delivered meals. Two nutrition centers provide residents with the opportunity to socialize and participate in a variety of activities, including games, dancing, exercise, movies and trips. The town’s Nutrition Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, New York State and the Suffolk County Office for the Aging. For more information about the town’s Nutrition Programs, call the Department of Housing and Human Services at 631-4519191 or visit www.brookhavenny.gov.

obituaries Joan Loughery

Joan Loughery, 82, of Mount Sinai, died Aug. 1. Born in New York in 1934 to Louis and Catherine Stepanek, she was a registered nurse at North Shore Medical Group in Huntington. Loughery was the beloved wife of the late John; devoted mother of John, Jacquelyn, Patti, Vicki and Cathy; mother-in-law of Lakshmi, Mike, Gordie, Dorice and Bob; loving sister of Pat and the late Thomas; and cherished grandmother of Mathieu, Kelsea, Michael, Tara, John and Teresa. Services were held at Moloney’s Funeral Home in Port Jefferson Station. Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Louis de Montfort R.C. Church in Sound Beach. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery. Arrangements were entrusted to Maloney’s Funeral Home.

Vincent Graziano

Vincent Graziano, 86, of Mount Sinai, died Aug. 5. Formerly of Shoreham, he had a career as a celebrated Good Humor Man. He served during the Korean War, on U.S. Army assignment to Ethiopia. Graziano was the beloved husband of

the late Adrian; loving father of Jo-Ann and Anthony (Janet); cherished grandfather of Sean Mahoney, Vincent (Chelsea) and Anthony; dear brother of James, Blaise, Clementine Bianco and the late Sarah Allen and Dominick Graziano. Reposing was held at O.B. Davis Funeral Home in Miller Place. Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church in Rocky Point. Interment followed at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to O.B. Davis Funeral Home in Miller Place.

Robert Campbell

Robert Campbell, 85, of Rocky Point, died Aug. 16. He was predeceased by his wife Maryann and children Bobby, Peter, Timothy, Kim, Jack and Tammy. He is survived by his loving son Jerry and grandson Derek. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the HealthWell Foundation, 20440 Century Blvd., Germantown, MD 20874. Memorial service will be held Sept. 9 at 11 a.m. at the fishing dock at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.

Suffolk Federal is sponsoring the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County LEGO League junior robotics team. In LEGO League, Girl Scout teams participate in robotic competitions by building mechanical robots out of LEGOs that must solve a real-world problem linked to a particular theme. “Girl Scouts of Suffolk County is proud to have Suffolk Federal as a LEGO League robotics team sponsor,” said Yvonne Grant, president and CEO at Girl Scouts of Suffolk County. “We look forward to a successful and lasting partnership as we continue to offer our young women unique and enriching opportunities through science, technology,

engineering and math.” LEGO League helps to build self-esteem and confidence in young women, allowing them to work together in a nurturing environment. They creatively problem-solve while developing their cognitive, social and engineering skills. “It’s an honor to work with the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County in an effort to provide continued opportunities for young girls in our community,” said Sarah McCandless, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Suffolk Federal and board member for the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County. “Knowing that our contribution directly supports the growth and development of these young women is extremely rewarding.”

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Clockwise from above, participants at Setauket Elementary School’s Spring Fling decorate rocks with positive messages; samples of colorful paintings and inspirational slogans; local Girl Scout troop gets ready to hide some rocks after a painting event; and some characters that can be found on stones hidden at local locations.

Setauket mom encourages others to spread positivity By JEnnA LEnnon Denise Allicino has started a movement with the hopes of spreading positivity in her hometown and beyond — simply by scattering decorated rocks around several local parks and public places. The East Setauket resident and her family along with members of her Facebook groups, “Suffolk County Rocks” and “Nassau County Rocks,” decorate and hide rocks with positive messages on them to be found and kept or hidden again for future finders. Rocks have been spotted in local parks such as Avalon Park and Preserve in Stony Brook and Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve in Commack. The idea for this “pay it forward type movement” came about when Allicino’s cousin visited from Florida.

“We had some rocks laying around, and I saw online some people were also painting rocks, and I thought it’d be a cute little thing,” Allicino said. “I’m actually a graphic designer so I always have to have some sort of creative outlet. So it was a rainy day, she was visiting me. It was a perfect opportunity. I had my two girls with me, and we decided to paint some rocks.” A few months later, her cousin messaged her. “She goes ‘you’re not going to believe this: people are hiding rocks all over the place,’” Allicino said. Her cousin mentioned a Facebook group in her area dedicated to painting and hiding rocks with over 10,000 members. Allicino decided to try and bring a similar group to Long Island. What started with just 80 members back in March has quickly grown to a combined nearly 800 members. “People have kind of just taken it and ran with it,” Allicino said. “They’re painting their own rocks, they’re hiding them, and that’s it. It’s just going on its own, it has its own momentum, and it’s just gaining speed.” Painters are encouraged to include instructions on the back of the rock such as the name of the Facebook page, so people know where to post pictures, and what to do with a rock after it’s found. It is up to the finder whether they wish to keep it or re-hide it. But Allicino only has one real rule: keep it positive. “I think that’s what everyone likes about it is that it’s just so uplifting, just something good out there in the world for free for no reason,” she said. “Even if people aren’t on social media and don’t post a picture of the rock they find, it doesn’t even matter. The whole point is to just brighten someone’s day, so that’s what we’ve been trying to do,

just keep it completely positive.” Jennifer Fallon began painting rocks after Allicino brought a rock-painting event to their daughters’ religion group at St. James Roman Catholic Church. Since then, Fallon has participated in six different painting sessions and hiding in the community. “It’s unexpected first of all,” Fallon said. “And then when you turn the rock over and you’re directed to the Facebook page you see that other people are painting rocks and enjoying them and spreading good messages to other people, I think it brings people together.” Other rock-painting events include Setauket Elementary School’s Spring Fling and several Girl Scout Troop meetings. Shawn Patrick and his two nieces first went rock hunting at a local beach about six months ago. “Then we went to Michaels and bought the paints and got to it,” Patrick said in an email statement. “It was really a nice day.

Without cell phones, iPads, etc., and the kids loved it. I mean it took up the whole day.” Patrick said he appreciated the simplicity of the craft. “It’s really something that gives a nod to simpler times,” he said. “And now it’s spread all over. And it’s something you can do all the time and spend quality time with the kids. I think that’s why it’s spreading so fast. It’s like one of the few things that kids seem to like to do with family without being distracted.” Allicino said there were many benefits for children when it comes to the movement. “There’s nothing bad about it,” Allicino said. “They’re out there running, they’re getting exercise, and it’s community service, so now they’re also giving to the community.” Allicino continued, “That was one of my main things was getting my kids active in it too and teaching them to give back. Whether they get a picture posted on Facebook or not, they get a lot out of it.”

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Nonprofit is making life easier for former boxers Ring 10 raises money to help abandoned fighters, those down on their luck By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com It was one of the few times Howard Davis Jr.’s wife saw him cry in public. The Glen Cove native and Olympic gold medalist who made history in 1976 as the first amateur boxer to win the New York Golden Gloves tournament four years in a row had just about lost hope that he would ever get back his coveted awards, which were stolen from him and sold at a garage sale. That all changed Sept. 13, 2015, when he was honored by Matt Farrago and his New York-based nonprofit, Ring 10, during a gala at Marina del Rey Caterers in the Bronx. Davis, who was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer earlier that year at 59 and was on a personal mission to retrieve the mementos for his family before it was too late, was presented with four golden pendants. Each one was a perfect replica of his lost golden gloves pendants, made and paid for by Ring 10. Veteran fighters from the nonprofit took turns placing them around his neck. All Davis could do was bury his head in his hands. “It was such an emotional moment and it was all because of Matt Farrago and Ring 10,” his wife Karla Guadamuz-Davis said, adding that the organization regularly helped pay for her now-late husband’s expensive medical treatment. “After Howard passed away on

the most effective club like this in the world.” One of Ring 10’s proudest success stories Dec. 30, 2015, I called Matt and said, ‘Thank is that of Iran “The Blade” Barkley, the World you for giving Howard some joy during the Boxing Council middleweight champion of last months of his life.’” 1988. The only guy to beat boxing legend For Farrago, 56, a former middleweight Tommy Hearns twice, Barkley went from top boxer who lives in Greenlawn, helping retired of the world to homeless in the Bronx. fighters who have fallen on hard times is what “We were literally told there’s a fighter in he does every single day as the founder and the subway system living only with a bag of president of Ring 10. clothes and his championship belt,” Farrago Formed in 2010 with a board of directors said. “When Iran retired, he had nothing. We made up of ex-fighters, a cutman and some took him in, got him settled, got him a place boxing advocates that meet once a month to live, had social services kick in and about a in the Bronx, the group stands as one of the year and a half ago he got married to a nurse.” few in the world that Barkley now serves on looks out for those who the group’s board of direchave been beaten in and tors, which also includes out of the ring. Veteran top boxers Mark Breland boxers who are often disand Richard Burton, and carded by managers and celebrated boxing judge promoters at the top of Harold Lederman. their careers have been Since its inception, lost ever since, and that’s Ring 10 has raised thouwhere Farrago comes in. sands of dollars through A majority of them events and banquets wind up in physical and to help more than 30 financial ruin because, top fighters struggling unlike other professional around the world. sports like football, baseThey send monthly ball or hockey, protected gift cards to boxers who by NFL, MLB and NHL afford groceries and — Richard Schwartz can’t agencies, there’s no reclothes, and checks to the tirement or medical plan families of those sufferor structure in boxing for them to rely on. ing from illnesses such as chronic traumatic You’re by yourself in the ring and in life, encephalopathy — an extremely common Farrago said. degenerative disease among fighters that’s “This is the rare sport that doesn’t take care brought on by repetitive brain trauma, also of its own,” said Farrago, who was a top fighter known as “punch-drunk syndrome.” in the 1980s until he was abandoned by his For the last six years the group has helped manager after losing a main event at Madison out former two-time middleweight champion Square Garden. “There’s nothing — no safety Gerald McClellan, who suffered an aneurysm net — nothing for these guys to fall back on. and collapsed in the ring in 1995 and is now In boxing, if you don’t produce, you’re of no blind and 80 percent deaf; it frequently sends use. That’s the manager’s philosophy.” care packages to Charlie “White Lightning” He explained that while most athletes are Brown, who was once regarded as having the drafted into the pros based on scholarships fastest hands in the fight game and now reand achievements in college, that’s almost sides in a nursing facility in Illinois with fluid never the case for fighters, many of whom on his brain and difficulty speaking; and even come up from the streets. provided a proper headstone for a Floridian “If they make money, they think it’s going fighter who died from injuries in the ring and was to last forever,” Farrago said. “Then they wake buried in a nameless plot in Flushing, Queens. up with $150 in the bank. Whatever it takes, While most of the boxers helped are we try and get them back on their feet. We are between 45 and 60 years old, board members

‘Boxers are basically pawns to be moved around ... there’s the feeling that a lot of people just don’t care — they don’t care about the modern-day gladiators who get in the ring to entertain them, who risk their lives.’

Photos at top and above from Facebook; photo on left from Karla davis

Clockwise from top, Ring 10 boxers smile during a fundraiser; Ring 10 founder Matt Farrago with board member Richard Schwartz; and Farrago with the late boxer and gold medalist Howard davis Jr. said they anticipate some younger guys currently in the ring coming to them for help. “Boxers are basically pawns to be moved around,” said Richard Schwartz, one of the board of directors. “I also think there’s the feeling that a lot of people just don’t care — they don’t care about the modern-day gladiators who get in the ring to entertain them, who risk their lives. Once they hang up their gloves and a lot of the hits to the head kick in, many of them don’t even have any kind of medical insurance when they need it most. Where is Don King? Where is Oscar De La Hoyas? These people have made hundreds of millions of dollars from the sweat, blood and tears of these fighters, and where are they?” To Burton, a boxer who has been swindled out of a fair share of money over the years, there’s hope as long as Farrago is around. “Everything he says he does, he actually does,” Burton said. “He goes beyond what’s expected of him and he’ll help anybody. If you’re down on your luck, Matt will find a way to raise money for you. Ring 10 is helping as many fighters as we can.” The Ring 10 7th Annual Fundraiser will be held at the Marina del Rey Caterers in the Bronx Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The Department of Neurological Surgery at Stony Brook Medicine is seeking candidates for two Nurse Practitioner (NP) positions at the faculty rank of Clinical Instructor of Neurological Surgery. The NPs will join a team of more than 25 Physician Extenders covering a busy neurosurgery practice including spine, neuro-oncology, movement disorders, pediatric neurosurgery and cerebrovascular at the only Level 1 trauma hospital in Suffolk County, New York.

The Department of Neurological Surgery at Stony Brook Medicine is seeking candidates for two Physician Assistant positions at the faculty rank of Clinical Instructor of Neurological Surgery. The PAs will join a team of more than 25 Physician Extenders covering a busy neurosurgery practice including spine, neuro-oncology, movement disorders, pediatric neurosurgery and cerebrovascular at the only Level 1 trauma hospital in Suffolk County, New York.

Required Academic and Professional Credentials: Applicants must have a current NYS RN license; a Master’s degree in Nursing; NYS certification or eligibility as an adult or family nurse practitioner; and two years of experience in neurosurgery, neurology, general surgery, med-surge, emergency or intensive care. NIHSS certification and ACLS certification is required upon start. Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) certification is highly desirable. Preferred candidates will have dual certification as an adult and pediatric NP; or will have experience performing procedures such as lumbar punctures, ventriculostomies, placement of ICP monitors, placement of lumbar drains and VPS taps. Those interested in this position should submit a State employment application, cover letter and CV to http://www.stonybrook.edu/hr/facultyjobs/, or to:

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DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INTERVIEW DAY Wednesday, September 6th *9am-3pm Maryhaven’s Administration Building 51 Terryville Road Port Jefferson Station, NY, 11776 Bring Resume *On-Site Interviews. Full Time, Part Time & Per Diem Positions. All Shifts Available. Salary rate up to $12/hour. Excellent opportunity for CNA or Nursing Students to gain experience, relevant to field of study, by caring for individuals with multiple disabilities at our Setauket residential site. Due to our extensive network of programs and services, the opportunities for career growth are significant. Qualified candidates will possess a High School Diploma/GED and valid NYS driver’s license within agency criteria. No experience necessary. Must obtain and maintain SCIP and AMAP following hire. Maryhaven offers an excellent benefits package including medical/dental/vision coverage, pension plan, extensive holiday and vacation time off, and tuition reimbursement. If unable to attend event, please email resume to: Grace.Verruto@chsli.org MARYHAVEN CENTER OF HOPE, A Member of the Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NY SEEKS: Waiver Service Providers RN’S RN Supervisor Residential Clinical Director Nursing Supervisor Budget Analyst Medicaid Service Coordinator Direct Care Workers Child Care Workers Healthcare Integrator Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions. Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River NY. Send resume to: wadingriver-jobs@lfchild.org or fax to: 631-929- 6203. EOE PLEASE SEE COMPLETE DETAILS IN EMPLOYMENT DISPLAY ADS OFFICE CLEANERS P/T IMMEDIATE. Experienced, East Setauket, Port Jefferson Station areas, 6:30pm M-F, Call, 631-926-6541 PJ FERRY SEEKS COMMISSARY/FOOD PREP To work on-board. FT/PT, early morning & afternoon shifts available. Excellent pay/benefits pkg. Good attitude and people skills a must. Call 631-331-2167 between 10am-1pm or fax 631-331-2547 P/T E MINI BUS DRIVER-$16.80/hr. Operate vehicle transporting residents with disabilities within the township. Mon. & Tues. flexibility a+. Requirements: NYS CDL “C” license w/endorsement for 16+ passengers. EOE Submit Resume/Copy of Driver’s License to: Personnel Department Town of Smithtown 65 Maple Avenue Smithtown, NY, 11787 personnel@tosgov.com PT, OCCASSIONAL ODD JOBS, Own transportation. Lifting, painting, etc. Nonsmoker, no drugs. References. Northport. 631-262-0169, leave message. P/T RECEPTIONIST With possible data entry. Medical type office in Port Jefferson area. Approx.14 hrs/wk with 10am-5pm Fridays a must. Fax resume: 631-331-8507 Shoreham -Wading River Central School District has multiple vacancies. Please see the display ad for more information. STONY BROOK Clinical Instructor in Neurosurgery Physician Assistant Two Positions. Department of Neurological Surgery For complete information, see TBR’s Employment Display section. STONY BROOK Clinical Instructor in Neurosurgery. Nurse Practitioner. Two positions. Department of Neurological Surgery. See complete details in TBR’s Employment display ads.

PUBLISHER’S EMPLOYMENT NOTICE: All employment advertising in this newspaper is subject to section 296 of the human rights law which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, disability, marital status, sex, age or arrest conviction record or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. Title 29, U.S. Code Chap 630, excludes the Federal Gov’t. from the age discrimination provisions. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for employment which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that employment offerings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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S E R V IC E S COME HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is our priority. Excellent References. Serving the Three Village Area. Call Jacquie or Joyce 347-840-0890.

Decks DECKS ONLY BUILDERS & DESIGNERS Of Outdoor Living By Northern Construction of LI, Inc. Decks, Patios/Hardscapes, Pergolas, Outdoor Kitchens & Lighting. Since 1995. Lic/Ins. 3rd Party Financing Available. 105 Broadway, Greenlawn 631-651-8478 www.DecksOnly.com

Electricians ANTHEM ELECTRIC Quality Light & Power since 2004. Master Electrician. Commercial, Industrial, Residential. Port Jefferson. Please call 631-291-8754 Andrew@Anthem-Electric.net FARRELL ELECTRIC Serving Suffolk for over 40 years All types electrical work, service changes, landscape lighting, automatic standby generators. 631-928-0684 GREENLITE ELECTRIC, INC. Repairs, installations, motor controls, PV systems. Piotr Dziadula, Master Electrician. Lic. #4694-ME/Ins. 631-331-3449

Fences SMITHPOINT FENCE. Vinyl Fence Sale! Wood, PVC, Chain Link Stockade. Free estimates. Commercial/Residential 70 Jayne Blvd., PJS Lic.37690-H/Ins. 631-743-9797 www.smithpointfence.com.

Floor Services/Sales FINE SANDING & REFINISHING Wood Floor Installations Craig Aliperti, Wood Floors LLC. All work done by owner. 25 years experience. Lic.#47595-H/Insured. 631-875-5856

Furniture/Restoration/ Repairs REFINISHING & RESTORATION Antiques restored, repairing recane, reupholstery, touchups kitchen, front doors, 40 yrs exp, SAVE$$$, free estimates. Vincent Alfano 631-286-1407

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Handyman Services JOHN’S A-1 HANDYMAN SERVICE *Crown moldings* Wainscoting/raised panels. Kitchen/Bathroom Specialist. Painting, windows, finished basements, ceramic tile. All types repairs. Dependable craftsmanship. Reasonable rates. Lic/Ins. #19136-H. 631-744-0976 c.631 697-3518

Housesitting Services TRAVELING? Need someone to check on your home? Contact Tender Loving Pet Care, LLC. We’re more than just pets. Insured/Bonded. 631-675-1938

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Carl Bongiorno Landscape/Mason Contractor All phases masonry work: stone walls, patios, poolscapes. All phases of Landscaping Design. Theme Gardens. Residential & Commercial. Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110

EXTERIOR CLEANING SPECIALISTS Roof cleaning, pressure washing/softwashing, deck restorations, gutter maintenance. Squeaky Clean Property Solutions 631-387-2156 www.SqueakyCleanli.com

TIM BAXLEY TREE INC. ISA Certified Arborist Tree removal, stump grinding, expert prunning, bamboo removal. Emergency Services Available. Ins./Lic. Suffolk#17963HI, Nassau#2904010000 O. 631-368-8303 C.631-241-7923

Home Repairs/ Construction LONG HILL CARPENTRY 40 years experience All phases of home improvement. Old & Historic Restorations. Lic.#H22336/Ins. 631-751-1764 longhill7511764@aol.com

Lawn & Landscaping GOT POISON IVY We are Poison Ivy & Invasive Vine Control Experts! Free flagging, free estimates. Lic/Ins. Division of Emerald Magic Lawn Care. 631-286-4600, Lic/Ins. www.GotPoisonIvy.com LANDSCAPES UNLIMITED SPRING/FALL CLEANUPS Property Clean-ups, Tree Removal, Pruning & Maintenance. Low Voltage lighting available. Aeration, seed, fertilization & lime Package deal. Free Estimates. Commercial/Residential Steven Long Lic.#36715-H/Ins. 631-675-6685, for details PRIVACY HEDGES FALL BLOWOUT SALE. 6 ft. Arborvitae (Evergreen) Reg., $149, Now $75. Beautiful nursery grown. Free Installation/Free delivery. Limited Supply! Order Now: 518-536-1367. www.lowcosttreefarm.com SETAUKET LANDSCAPE DESIGN Stone Driveways/Walkways, Walls/Stairs/Patios/Masonry, Brickwork/Repairs Land Clearing/Drainage,Grading/Excavating. Plantings/Mulch, Rain Gardens Steve Antos, 631-689-6082 setauketlandscape.com Serving Three Villages

ISLAND PAVING AND MASONRY Specializing in Driveways, Patios, Interlocking pavers and stones, steps, walkways and walls. Free estimates and design. 25% Off Any Job for Summer. Suffolk Lic #55740-H. 631-822-8247

Mortgages Bought/Sold WE PAY OFF Your Debts from Credit Cards to Mortgages. Minimum $5,000-$500K. Put cash in your pockets. No application fees. Must be open accounts. 347-349-4168

Painting/Spackling/ Wallpaper ALL PRO PAINTING Interior/Exterior. PowerWashing, Staining, Wallpaper Removal. Free estimates. Lic/Ins #19604HI. 631-696-8150, Nick COUNTRYSIDE PAINTING A Company built on recommendations interior/exterior power washing, expert painting and staining, all work owner operated, serving The Three Villages for 23 years, neat professional service, senior discount, affordable pricing, 631-698-3770. COUNTY-WIDE PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Painting/Staining. Quality workmanship. Living/Serving 3 Village Area Over 25 Years. Lic#37153-H. 631-751-8280 GREG TRINKLE PAINTING & GUTTER CLEANING Powerwashing, window washing, staining. Neat, reliable, 25 years experience. Free Estimates. Lic/Ins.#31398-H 631-331-0976

PRS CARPENTRY No job too small. Hanging a door, building a house, everything in-between. Custom cabinets, windows roofing/siding/decks. POWER WASHING. Serving North Shore 40 years. Lic/Ins. 631-744-9741

SWAN COVE LANDSCAPING Lawn Maintenance, Cleanups, Shrub/Tree Pruning, Removals. Landscape Design/Installation, Ponds/Waterfalls, Stone Walls. Firewood. Free estimates. Lic/Ins.631-689-8089

LaROTONDA PAINTING & DESIGN Interior/exterior, sheetrock repairs, taping/spackling, wallpaper removal, Faux, decorative finishings. Free estimates. Lic.#53278-H/Ins. Ross LaRotonda 631-689-5998

THREE VILLAGE HOME IMPROVEMENT Kitchens & Baths, Ceramic Tile, Hardwood floors, Windows/Doors, Interior Finish trim, Interior/Exterior Painting, Composite Decking, Wood Shingles. Serving the community for 30 years. Rich Beresford, 631-689-3169

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WORTH PAINTING “PAINTING WITH PRIDE” Interiors/exteriors. Faux finishes, power-washing, wallpaper removal, sheetrock tape/spackling, carpentry/trimwork. Lead paint certified. References. Free estimates. Lic./Ins. SINCE 1989 Ryan Southworth, 631-331-5556

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

Invalidating the letter of a reverend

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Assemblyman Steve Englebright suggested an outside-the-box fix to the problem of what to do about dredged spoils during an Aug. 28 press conference.

Planning LI’s future It is a poorly kept secret that the condition of Long Island’s waterways is worsening. Elected officials from town, county, state and federal levels of government have all made improving the ecosystem of the Long Island Sound and other local water bodies a top priority in both their policies and public rhetoric. We were glad to hear the announcement made by Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), along with council members Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) and Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station), during an Aug. 28 press conference. The town intends to support a lawsuit filed earlier in August by New York State officials against the United States Environmental Protection Agency regarding a dumping plan slated to drop dredged spoils from Connecticut waterways in the Sound for the next 30 years. Some of the spoils could be contaminated with polluted materials, according to some environmental experts. Standing up to oppose a plan set forth by the federal government because of its hazardous potential impact on the local environment is a great start, but we understand something needs to be done with the millions of cubic feet of dredged sludge. To that end, we were extremely intrigued to hear a suggestion made by State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) during the press conference, which is even more topical today with severe flooding devastating Houston. Englebright told a story of a 1953 storm in the Netherlands that resulted in a catastrophic flood and killed thousands of people. In response to the disaster, the country formed the Delta Committee, which was tasked with coming up with solutions to prevent anything like the 1953 flood from happening again. An element of the response, albeit a lengthy and expensive process, was to use in part dredged materials to create a barrier to protect the coastline. A solution like this to Long Island’s problem of what to do with dredged materials in lieu of further harming the Sound would run in perfect lockstep with a mantra frequently heard from Romaine, a longtime advocate of environmental responsibility: “Reduce, Recycle, Reuse.” It would also provide increased protection from flooding, as experienced during Hurricane Sandy, and aid in strengthening the coastline from the effects of erosion and sea level rising amid the inevitable effects of climate change. Outside-the-box thinking from political leaders is going to be a requirement over the coming decades if Long Island is to continue to be livable. If the health of the Long Island Sound can be improved in the process, we can’t think of a reason why a solution like this shouldn’t be explored.

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The Rev. Robert Stelzer’s letter in the Aug. 24 edition of The Village Beacon Record [“What’s next if we tear down statues?”] has three sections: a repeat of President Donald Trump’s red herring — if a statue of Robert E. Lee goes, who’s next, Washington, Jefferson?; an extended — and sanitized — paean to Lee; and a hysterical apocalyptic coda. Trump’s goal is obvious, despite lip-service condemnation of the Nazis, KKKers, and white supremacists rioting in Charlottesville, to accuse, against all evidence, the counter-demonstrators of the same violence and to pretend that there were many good people there simply trying to preserve their heritage against a huge “politically correct” movement to wipe it out. Hence Trump’s and Stelzer’s equation of Lee with Washington and Jefferson — all slaveholders. But Washington and Jefferson risked their lives to win independence from royal England and build a new republic. Lee did not simply refuse to raise a hand against his children and resign his commission, he betrayed his solemn oath to defend the United States and took up arms to destroy it, to preserve slavery in the

South and extend it to the western territories if possible. Stelzer quotes a letter from Lee to his wife saying slavery “is a moral and political evil,” but he doesn’t continue quoting: “Slavery was a greater evil to the white man”; “slaves are immeasurably better off here than in Africa”; and “the painful discipline they are undergoing is a necessity for their instruction as a race.” White southerners have created a myth of a benign slavery — “Gone with the Wind” and “Old Black Joe” — but slavery was an abomination and slaves were treated like cattle, routinely whipped, sometimes to death to drive them and intimidate them. The statues of confederates erected in the 1890s and again in the 1920s celebrate a peculiar southern “tradition.” The first 1890s set commemorated the return to power of white ex-slaveholders, after a KKK reign of terror that murdered thousands and stripped ex-slaves of almost all rights. The 1920s set celebrated the white riots against returning black veterans of World War I that emphasized that war service would not change “traditions” in the South.

At the end, Stelzer invents some powerful “We” as murderous as ISIS, bent on destroying any “civilization, religion, tradition or person with which ‘We’ do not totally agree.” Really? Are lefties abandoning the Enlightenment age, the rule of law, western literature, denying western science (the age of the earth, evolution, the equality of all humankind, the reality of climate change)? Is religion threatened by the clergy who counter-protested in Charlottesville? Are we burning evangelical churches, shooting humans at a prayer meeting? No. Stetzler means that he can’t impose his politico-religious preferences on others, who instead support a woman’s right to choose to beget or bear a child, gay marriage and other LGBT rights. As to the threat to “person(s),” how many persons have been killed by civil rights groups? None that I know of, compared to white supremacists (many, notably Medgar Evers, Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner, Viola Liuzzo, four black schoolgirls in a Birmingham church bombing, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Heather Heyer).

Arnold Wishnia Setauket

Supporting the future of Tesla Science Center Built upon historic grounds in Shoreham by one of the most brilliant minds ever known, the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe is an inspirational museum on the verge of a rebirth that not only holds a rich history, but also great potential. Serving as the home for both Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island is a thriving community for science and technology, and supporting the center’s mission is vital to continuing this great tradition. Understanding the history behind this site and its creator is an important part of comprehending the need to support its mission. Nikola Tesla was one of the most brilliant scientists and inventors in human history whose legacy is sadly unknown by far too many. Tesla revolutionized the way we use electricity, making possible many of the basic necessities we take for granted every single day. His work has resulted in incredible advancements in radar and X-ray technology, energy, remote control and so much more. To continue these groundbreaking achievements, Tesla built the Wardenclyffe laboratory in 1901. Sadly, financial

hardships and patent issues prevented this visionary from being able to conduct significant testing before much of the equipment was confiscated by creditors, forcing Tesla to abandon the project. Multiple companies came to own the grounds in the years to follow, but it was ultimately left dormant in 1987, with some believing it would be demolished. Friends of Science East, Inc. saw an opportunity to make proper use of the site and began talks with Suffolk County, Shoreham Village and other entities in an effort to acquire the property. In 2012, an internet fundraising campaign, which raised $1.37 million, resulted in the purchase of the property. Recognizing that Tesla never received the respect he had more than earned, this campaign sought to embrace this pioneer’s legacy. Now over a century later, we have the opportunity to follow through on this untapped potential and turn these grounds into a site of scientific exploration and discovery once again. This effort will convert these grounds into a science and technology museum that

features a number of programs and exhibits, including lectures from visiting professors and experts, mentoring for children, an exhibit dedicated to highlighting the accomplishments of Tesla himself, and even possible incubator space. An education firmly rooted in the sciences has become essential in the 21st century, and encouraging Americans to pursue the paths which lead to high paying jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields begins with supporting facilities like this one. In April, I had the pleasure of visiting the center to tour the facility and meet with its leaders. Last month, I also attended a great summer exhibit for the center in Stony Brook. Enriching scientific discovery in our district should be an all hands on deck community effort. Just as we must support STEM majors for university students, allowing our youth to gain an interest in the sciences from a young age is absolutely crucial, and the Tesla Science Center will provide this critical resource.

Lee Zeldin Congressman 1st Congressional District

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OpiniOn Making science work for you

’m not a scientist and I don’t play one on TV. Nonetheless, I think science is undervalued in America. I believe the typical American takes science for granted, thinks science owes them something and figures they’ll never understand what scientists are saying. Wrong, wrong and wrong. For starters, science isn’t just about trying to create the best iPhone, the highest quality and thinnest televisions, or medicines that act like magic bullets, destroying evil our cells or By Daniel Dunaief in our DNA without damaging the healthy ones. Science often starts with a question. Why or how does something work? And, perhaps, if we change something about the way it works, does it get bet-

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ter or worse? The conclusions scientists draw when they solve one puzzle leads to the next set of questions. It’s as if a child asks his parent if he can go west and the parent says, “No, don’t go west, but here are the keys to the car.” The answer may seem like a non sequitur, but it’s also a way to navigate somewhere new, even if, for whatever reason, the car isn’t supposed to go west. Maybe, by learning more about the car and where it can go, the child also learns what’s so forbidding about going west, too. We want science to succeed and we’re annoyed when science doesn’t solve our problems. We can’t get something to work or we can’t get ourselves to work and we blame scientists. After all, if we can send a man to the moon, why can’t we conquer the morning rush hour or the common cold? Then again, how does the study of dark matter — neutrinos or sphingolipids — affect our morning commute? We may not understand these areas, but that doesn’t mean basic knowl-

edge can’t or won’t lead to advances we can’t anticipate. Knowledge, as we know, is power. If we know, for example, that an enemy is planning an attack and we know where and how that attack will occur, we can defend ourselves, even if that enemy exists at a subcellular level. Learning the playbook of the enemy takes time, which technological innovation, dedicated researchers and people battling against a disease often don’t have. Worst of all, though, science is somehow too hard to understand. That is a defeatist conclusion. Yes, scientists use technical terms as shorthand and, yes, they may not be selling ideas or themselves in the kind of carefully crafted tones often reserved for CEOs or politicians. That, however, doesn’t mean they are planting a keep-out sign in front of them or their ideas. While scientists reduce a question to an attainable goal, they also often keep a larger goal in mind. A few years ago, my daughter had to draw a picture of what she thought

a scientist looked like. Rather than imagine a person in a white lab coat with one pocket full of pens and the other holding a radiation badge, she drew a baby. Science may be frustrating because scientists often come across as uncertain. For example, they might say, “We believe that the shadow in our telescope may be caused by an exoplanet orbiting a star that’s outside the solar system, and which is the same distance from its nearest star as Earth is from the sun.” Scientists can be wrong, just as anyone can be wrong in their job, in their opinions or in their conclusions. That, however, doesn’t make science wrong. Scientists are often most excited when a discovery they make defies their expectations or bucks conventional wisdom. Just because conventional scientific wisdom changes doesn’t mean every part of it is wrong. Science doesn’t have all the answers and it never will. The most likely person to tell you that, though, should be a scientist, not a journalist.

Hope after the horrors of Hurricane Harvey

ouldn’t it be wonderful if the enormous energy of Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm for a time, could be harnessed to serve later in some practical way, perhaps to light the city of Chicago during one of winter’s darkest weeks? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the unending rainfall brought by Harvey, in some places in Texas more than 50 inches already, could be captured, stored and brought to areas that are arid and desperate for water? By Leah S. Dunaief Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the disastrous effects and ruination caused by Harvey could somehow bring Americans back together, red states and blue states, conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, forgetting their anger and moving compassionately together to help the tragic victims

Between you and me

of our fourth largest city? Wait, I think destructive Harvey has done just that. Am I imagining, or did I hear one of our more bellicose representatives, from Long Island no less, promise to bury the hatchet and vote aid for the state of his longtime adversary, despite not having received such aid in our time of terrible need? And wasn’t he bragging about his empathy? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the unprecedented flooding caused by Harvey could incredibly make the prospect of nuclear war with Kim Jong-un secondary at the top of the news hour, beneath the fold on the front page of the daily newspaper and in the public consciousness? Yes, it happened like that. Even President Trump disappeared from the news for a time. Harvey it seems, terrible as it is, can do strange things. But the cost, in human agony, is catastrophic. Millions of people throughout the Gulf Coast have had their lives smashed, and that certainly is the main story for America this week. We have been glued to the television, watching the families with little more than the

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clothes on their backs, wading through the waist-high water to meet a rescuer in a rowboat, their homes behind them flooded to the windowsills. Where will they sleep? What will they eat? Will they have enough water? Did they remember to bring their medicines? Are their other loved ones somewhere safe? So far, the number of wounded and dead has been low, certainly compared to the horrors of Katrina. But there are all sorts of wounds. Most of the people we see on the screen seem remarkably calm but are most likely in shock, trying to make sense of how their lives have violently changed. For some, their houses are totally gone, smashed and washed away in the floodwaters. For others, their homes will have to be razed to the ground because of mold and rebuilt — if there is money to do so. Unlike with Katrina, where some 50 percent of the homes were insured, it seems only around 20 percent in the Houston area have flood insurance. Businesses, restaurants, automobiles, jobs, whole neighborhoods are gone. Addresses mean nothing because streets are buried. Valuables and memorabilia of a lifetime have floated

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off. But most residents are “lucky”: They have escaped with their lives, their children in their arms. The victims of Harvey have been grievously wounded. Our entire nation has been wounded. We have, for now, lost a wide swath of the South, the ordinary, productive lives of the people who lived there and the many resources they gave us, from rice to oil and gas. After concerns for food and shelter are met for those rescued, there is the real threat of infectious disease, pollution and even the possibility of crime. And how will the affected states dispose of all the garbage Harvey will have left in its wake? In some ways the rescue operation is a mini-Dunkirk. Good Samaritans, using all sorts of recreational vehicles, pickup trucks, fishing boats, motorized rubber dinghies and even Jet Skis, have rushed to help people trapped on roofs, in attics and in trees. The giant volunteer rescue effort, alongside official disaster responders, is a testament to the courage and basic decency of people throughout the country. No one was asked whom he or she voted for. America, there is hope.

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