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Santa pays Heritage Center another visit By Giselle Barkley

Santa’s been sticking around the Heritage Center in Mount Sinai for the last few days. On Sunday, Santa paid a special visit to the park for its annual breakfast. Year after year families get a closer look at him. Lori Baldassare, president of Heritage

Trust, said residents also bring nonperishable food items that are donated to local pantries. Tuscany Gourmet Market, of Miller Place, provided a buffet breakfast, and families met with Santa individually and could receive a professional photo by Faraz and Patricia Zaidi from Aw Snap Photobooth of Selden. Children were also given food for Santa’s reindeer to help jolly ole St. Nick find his way around the neighborhood on Christmas day. Baldassare started Breakfast with Santa 21 years ago when she was president of the Mount Sinai Civic Association. The event was held originally in the Handlebar restaurant in Mount Sinai. In 2003, when the park was still in its early construction phase, Baldassare left the civic association for Heritage Trust, and the event followed her.

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clockwise from top: Santa greets child, then meets more children; and a boy sings festive songs with musician Johnny Whimple at the heritage center’s Breakfast with Santa.

“The community place is the perfect place to hold the event because it was created to be the [lo-

cal] gathering place,” Baldassare said in an email. “It signifies the tradition of [these communities].”

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Little Flower employee raises funds to gift her girls By Phil Corso

It isn’t typical for a 9-year-old to reject the joy of crafting a Christmas list from scratch, but that’s exactly what 22-year-old Setauket native Hailey Del Giorno encountered. Del Giorno, a Ward Melville High School graduate, recently launched a campaign to raise money to buy holiday gifts for children she works with at Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York in Wading River. She works in Mary’s Cottage with girls between ages 9 and 16, providing foster boarding home care, residential treatment care and adolescent development. And while she said she knew raising funds would be a challenge, she did not expect the toys list to be equally as difficult. “They seemed hesitant at first,” Del Giorno, who is now studying psychology at St. Joseph’s College, said about the young girls’ reluctance to share their holiday wishes. “They didn’t seem to want to get their hopes up.” Del Giorno landed the Wading River job over the summer to satisfy her desire to help others in need and has since been working closely with the young girls, many of whom come from abusive or neglectful homes, every weekend over shifts that could run as long as 12 hours. Since June, she has been working on developing relationships with these girls, but it was not easy, she said.

The group did not openly trust Del Giorno at first, she said, often misconstruing her caring demeanor as intrusive or fake. But she made it a point to squash those misconceptions by working longer and longer shifts on a week-by-week basis. “These girls have tendencies to be defensive, untrusting and resistive to authority figures because of what they have been through,” she said. “When I started getting to know the girls, I wanted to show them that I had a true interest in learning who they were as people.” And with each passing week, and each blossoming relationship, Del Giorno said she saw the upcoming holiday season as an opportunity to give back and show the girls that she’s on their side. Her co-workers and even family members jumped into action. The goal was to raise $5,000 for the girls so Del Giorno and her team could buy them holiday presents and take them out to dinner on Christmas somewhere in the community. She launched an online crowd-funding page via Gofundme.com and has since raise close to $2,000 of that goal, with more than two weeks left, and has spent weeks polling her girls with hopes of assembling a holiday items wish list. “Hailey I’m so proud of you,” supporter Belinda Groneman wrote on the page. “You have a big heart” Maria Adams also chimed in.

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hailey Del Giorno, left, is out for a meal with three of the girls she works with at little Flower Children and Family services of New york in Wading river.

“God bless you for caring,” she said alongside her donation. And even when she did get an answer, they were still selfless ones. Several of the girls Del Giorno approached used their holiday gift wishes as opportunities to request items for siblings or loved ones instead, including anything from Barbie dolls to paint brushes and portable Casio keyboards. In the end, Del Giorno said she hopes to make a lasting impression on the girls

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

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

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

Violators cited in New York City have the option of paying fines through an installment plan which requires that a portion of the fee be paid at the time of conviction, followed by monthly payments, with a 9 percent interest charge until the debt is paid in full. Suffolk’s eventual plan may take a similar form as the SCTPVA develops its own program, Hahn said. The directive to the SCTPVA now goes

to County Executive Steve Bellone for final approval. Then, once the SCTPVA develops its plan, the Legislature will have an opportunity to evaluate the proposal and decide whether to implement it. “Punishment without mercy does not serve this county or its residents,” Hahn said. “I encourage the county executive to sign this bill as it advances the central tenant of fairness in justice.”

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A holiday steal A 30-year-old woman from Selden was arrested for petit larceny on Dec. 12, after she allegedly stole toys and clothing from the Kmart on North Ocean Avenue in Farmingville two days before. Impaired judgment Police arrested a 51-year-old man from Selden for driving while ability impaired on Dec. 11. He had been driving a 2000 Toyota down Route 25 in Selden when he failed to maintain his lane and police pulled him over. He has had previous DWAI convictions in the past 10 years. To the left, to the left A man from Stony Brook was arrested on Dec. 11 for driving while ability impaired in a 2003 Subaru on North Country Road in Setauket-East Setauket after he made a left turn from a no-turn lane. Officials saw the 30-year-old make the turn and arrested him at the scene.

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Window pains On Dec. 12, police arrested a 23-yearold man from Stony Brook for criminal mischief. Police said the man cut a window screen of a residence on Christian Avenue an hour before his arrest. Smoking green on Greenhaven Police arrested an 18-year-old from Centereach on Dec. 9 for criminal possession of a controlled substance after catching him smoking marijuana in a 2000 Lincoln Town Car on Greenhaven Drive in Port Jefferson Station. Coke to cuffs A 22-year-old man from Middle Island was arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance on Dec. 10 on Mount Sinai Avenue in Mount Sinai. Police officers had allegedly found cocaine in his car.

East Broadway brawl Police arrested a 55-year-old woman from Centereach for harassment around midnight on Dec. 12, minutes after she shoved someone and made harassing comments at Danfords Hotel & Marina on East Broadway in Port Jefferson. Parking lot larceny An unidentified person entered a parking lot on East Main Street in Port Jefferson and stole a purse, iPod and phone charger from a parked car. Police didn’t specify the car’s make and model or if it had been unlocked at the time of the Dec. 12 incident, but there was no sign of a break-in. Grinch steals Christmas again On Dec. 12, an unknown person stole holiday decorations and extension cords from the front yard of a residence on North Country Road in Mount Sinai. You’ve got mail Someone stole a mailbox from a residence on Glenwood Avenue in Miller Place on Dec. 13, around 4:13 a.m. On that same day, between 2 and 11 p.m., someone stole a mailbox from a residence on Devon Road in Sound Beach. A lesson in stupidity Someone stole a 2015 Honda from a 7-Eleven parking lot on Middle Country Road in Selden. Police said the car was on when it was stolen. The incident happened on Dec. 12 between 6:55 and 7:03 a.m. Go home, caller According to police, a Home Depot employee received a harassing phone call while at work on Dec 12, at the location on Pond Path in Setauket-East Setauket. Needed money for books Between Dec. 9 and 10 someone used another person’s bank card to withdraw money from a Teacher’s Federal Credit Union account. The incident was reported on Circle Road at Stony Brook University around midnight. Chores and cartoons Police said someone stole a washing machine and a television from a residence on Eos Road in Rocky Point on Dec. 11 around 10 a.m. Scholarly slash On Dec. 12, someone slashed the two rear tires of a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee while the car was parked on Harvard Road in East Shoreham. — Compiled by Giselle barkley

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Different kind of tree lighting Brookhaven Town officials demonstrated the dangers of Christmas tree fires last week, igniting an unwatered tree in a model living room. The Dec. 9 event was aimed toward raising awareness about proper care for live trees. Before the dry tree went up in flames, officials from the town’s Division of Fire Prevention failed to set a properly watered Christmas tree on fire. The dry, fiery tree caused damage to the model living room, referred to as a “burn pod.” “This was a frightening, first-hand look at what could happen if Christmas trees are not sufficiently watered,” Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said in a statement. “I urge everyone to make sure, when purchasing a fresh Christmas tree, to keep it properly watered to prevent a fire like we witnessed today.” Christmas tree lights and Hanukkah candelabras, called menorahs, can also create fire safety issues. Councilman Dan Panico (R-Manorville) warned residents to “inspect your lights for frayed wires or broken bulbs.”

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Police said 49-year-old theresa Swedberg was killed on Dec. 5 after walking into the road.

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Christmas trees caused 210 housefires across the country annually between 2009 and 2013, although almost a quarter of those fires were intentional, according to the National Fire Protection Association. Another more than 750 unintentional fires per year were caused by other holiday decorations. The fires result in injury, death and property damage. “It took only seconds for this fire to develop and consume the burn pod and cause severe damage,” Councilman Neil Foley (R-Blue Point) said in a statement. The National Fire Protection Association has advised people to place trees at least 3 feet away from heat sources, like fireplaces, radiators, vents or lights, and to make sure it does not block any exits. It is recommended that 1 to 2 inches is cut from the trunk’s base before the tree is set into its stand, the association said, and trees should be watered daily. For more information, visit the National Fire Protection Association at www.nfpa.org.

A Rocky Point woman was killed on the evening of Dec. 5, after walking into the road, according to police. The Suffolk County Police Department said a 2000 Chrysler Voyager hit 49-year-old Theresa Swedberg when the pedestrian walked into the car’s travel lane, as it was going north on Hallock Landing Road near 3rd Avenue. Swedberg was pronounced dead at

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, police said, while the driver, a 21-year-old Miller Place resident, was not hurt in the crash. Police impounded the Chrysler for a safety check. Detectives from the SCPD’s 7th Squad are investigating the collision. Anyone with information is asked to call them at 631-852-8752.

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Above, Ann Becker and Edna Davis Giffen, Mount Sinai and Miller Place community members and historians, recently published a pictorial book, right, showing past and present views of the area.

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Longtime locals share the importance of history BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN

“I am one of those believers that if you don’t know your history, your life is not complete,” Miller Place-Mount Sinai Historical Society Archivist Edna Davis Giffen said. “I believe that you need to not just look forward, but you need to look backward to appreciate what was done before, so that you can carry on into the future.” That’s why she and Mount Sinai Civic Association President Ann Becker decided to collaborate on a single book about the history of the neighboring hamlets that would serve as a continuation of both of the individual books they each previously published. Becker published a book on the history of Mount Sinai in 2003, while Giffen completed one on Miller Place in 2010. Their latest effort is called “Miller Place and Mount Sinai Through Time” and was released in November. “I’ve always had a love of history, especially local history,” Becker said. “There wasn’t a lot available for young students to learn about their local community, and the books were provided for the curriculum to look at the documented history of our community and help people understand the rich history here.” Becker, who received a doctorate in American history from Stony Brook University, is a Long Island history professor at Empire State College who has

lived in Mount Sinai since 1982, and has that might not have lived in Mount Sibeen a member of the civic on and off nai for decades to see the character of since 1984, becoming its president four Mount Sinai. It also helps show people years ago. She was involved in the cre- what’s left from the past and can help ation of the Heritage Trust board that galvanize community members to help was instrumental in creating Mount Si- preserve those pieces of history that renai Heritage Park. main in our community.” “I love local history,” she said. “History Giffen, who is a 12th-generation Miller has always been important to me. It’s nice Place resident now living in Mount Sinai, for people to realize that there are dedi- has been a member of the historical society cated volunteers working hard presently since 1980 and became president when the to maintain the quality of life here.” restoration of the William Miller House Community members like Brad Ar- was first beginning in that decade. rington, the civic vice “I enjoy being part president and corre- ‘We thought it was of the history,” she said. sponding secretary, important for the “We’ve developed so have noticed Becker’s much since the 1960s community to understand that people don’t realpassion. “She’s very civic-ori- that being involved can ize how much country ented and I think that’s there was here.” have some really good not a term that people Sharing this inforreally use or appreciate results.’ mation with residents anymore, in the sense — ANN BECKER was something that that she really wants to drove her to work on do the best she can for the Mount Sinai her books. community,” he said. “All the work she “It needed to be done,” she said. “Lots does, including the book, shows how of people don’t know what this place much she cares about the community was like before the major settlement. I and how much she wants to help pre- thought it was quite interesting working serve our heritage.” on the books, because when you see [the He said being civic-minded shapes area] every day, you don’t pay attention how she addresses local problems and to how much has changed.” informs her opinions about the future Becker said with the new book, the growth and development of the town. idea is to have an old picture and a new “I think the book is wonderful,” he one side-by-side, to compare what the said. “I think particularly for folks area used to look like and what it is now.

“We had fun taking the pictures to compare to the old ones that we had in the archives,” Becker said. “It’s a new look at Mount Sinai and Miller Place through time. It gives you that historical context, but it’s bringing us up to modern time. We thought it was important for the community to understand that being involved can have some really good results.” The two authors received information and pictures from various people to help construct the book and Ann Donato, who has been on the historical society board for 15 years, said the book holds substantial importance. “This area is so rich in history, going back pre-Revolutionary War,” she said. “We really need to let people know our past so we can understand the present and also the travels that we have taken as a nation.” She believes Giffen is important to the community as well. “Edna is so knowledgeable,” she said. “If anyone ever calls me with a question about the area or about a house, Edna has it at the tip of her fingertips. Edna is a treasure to our society.” Although the two are experts and important in preserving and spreading the history of the area, they do it simply because they believe it’s vital. “People should know about where they live,” Giffen said. “Everything in the future is based on the past.”

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Hospitals across the North Shore and the country have been adapting to an entirely new set of medical codes over the last two months, completely changing the system in which a patient’s diagnosis is detailed. As of October, all hospitals across the United States switched to the ICD-10 system, which allows for more than 14,000 different codes and permits the tracking of many new diagnoses. ICD-10, an international medical classification system by the World Health Organization, requires more specificity than the previous code system. Doctors at North Shore facilities said they agreed that although it’s time-consuming and has slowed productivity, it is more beneficial to patients in the end. Dr. Michael Grosso, chairman of medicine at Huntington Hospital said the new codes should help make it easier for symptoms of various diseases to be tracked. Preparation for the new code started two years ago, he said, with a required education program for all physicians that described what all the new codes meant. “Physicians are being called upon to provide more specificity and detail,” Grosso said in a phone interview. He described the codes as a “vast extension” to what the hospital was previously using and said it should “improve the quality of medical records and increase the amount of information that researchers can obtain and make for the best care for patients.” Grosso also said understanding and learning the codes was an important first step, but ongoing feedback on how the codes are being adopted is equally important. A feedback program has been created at each hospital. John Ruth, director of revenue integrity and interim chief compliance officer at Stony Brook University Hospital, said Stony Brook used outside resource companies with online courses to teach the new code to their physicians and coding staff. Ruth said a new code system was necessary, as the previous system, ICD-9, was created by WHO in the 1970s. He called ICD-10 a natural progression. “There are a lot more codes for specific organ systems, muscles, muscle tendons and nerves than were required with ICD-9,” he said in a phone interview. Ruth also said that ICD-9 was mostly comprised of three- and four-digit codes, and ICD-10 is up to seven digits in length, which makes the new coding more challenging but more valuable. “If a patient has PTSD, we can assign a code from where he got it from, not just that he has it, which is important for planning his future and ongoing care,” Ruth said. Stacie Colonna, associate director of inpatient coding at Stony Brook University Hospital, said there has been an approximately 30 percent decrease in staff productivity with the changeover to ICD-10 and a shortage of trained staff. “I get 10 questions a day just from internal staff,” Colonna said. But she noted that staff frequently asked daily questions about the old system as well. She said she expects productivity to improve in the near future. At John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Joseph Ng said the staff went through web training, too. One-on-one training was also available if a clinician requested it. Ng agreed specificity is both the pro and con of ICD-10. “Because it’s so specific, it really allows clinicians to hone in on what’s really going on with patients and be able to communicate better with one another,” Ng said in an email. “But because it’s so specific, sometimes it’s hard to find the right code, especially when it comes to procedures. The codes are not all-inclusive.” Looking forward, Grosso said the new system had a lot to offer hospitals across the country because of the amount of information people could potentially learn from it. “A number of private and government parties will benefit from the ability to look at more detailed hospital data,” Grosso said.

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One of this year’s hot holiday items might be a little too hot. Hoverboards have been flying off the shelves this holiday season but recent safety issues, including multiple cases of boards catching fire or exploding, have given some shoppers pause. That’s why Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) gathered with members of the Commack Fire Department Tuesday and urged consumers against buying hoverboards specifically made in China, because he said the type of batteries used in them may ignite. “Hoverboards may be the hot holiday gift, but they are literally catching on fire and igniting questions about their safety and the safety of lithium-ion batteries,” Israel said. “New Yorkers should remain hesitant before purchasing these hoverboards and stay vigilant while using and charging them.” Hoverboards are self-balancing, electronic two-wheeled devices on which people can travel from place to place. When riding one, a person may appear to be levitating, or hovering, similarly to those on the hoverboards featured in the film “Back to the Future Part II.” Israel stood beside a photo display of several fires that the Commack department had already responded to where hoverboards caused combustion inside someone’s home, destroying property and, sometimes, entire rooms. Hoverboards shipped from overseas use lithium-ion batteries, which can combust if heated or overcharged due to their limited voltage range. Israel called for more research from the U.S. Department of Energy on the safety of using these batteries in hoverboards. The congressman also noted that airports already task their security personnel to remove all lithium-ion batteries from checked bags for the same reason.

“Well if we know that those lithiumion batteries could be a hazard to the plane, and we know a hoverboard with a lithium-ion battery could be hazardous to our homes, that says we need to do a little bit more research,” Israel said. Commack Fire Marshal Joe Digiose flanked the congressman on Tuesday and said he urged residents to be careful when buying hoverboards until more research is completed. He said there is no research that shows the American-made products are not working well, but the ones from overseas pose more of a danger and are being shipped at a very high rate to the United States. “We recommend you don’t buy them — but if you do, buy an American-made one,” he said. Don Talka, senior vice president and chief engineer at Underwriters Laboratories, has been involved in research on lithium-ion batteries for years, starting back when they were involved with similar issues in laptops. He said the major problem is the mating of the battery with the rest of the electronics used in the hoverboards. “What we’ve learned through our research … is that the combination and how these pieces interact cause the issues,” Talka said. “And how the batteries are charged and discharged are all items which need further investigation.” At the press conference, Israel inspected the box that a hoverboard came in, and said that despite all the instructions and caution labels about the product, there is no information about the battery. “That has been established as one of the single greatest threats to property and potentially lives when they’re coming from China,” Israel said. “That’s why we want to comply with the energy chair to fully research this and make sure that people aren’t being exposed to greater risk and threat by lithium-ion batteries.”

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Long Islanders have saving crisis: Reclaim NY By Brandon Muir

Long Island is a place that should be synonymous with thriving families, beaches, and the best New York has to offer. However, as more people and businesses struggle to stay here, it has become, unfortunately, just as associated with high taxes, a stagnant economy, debt, and public corruption. It’s no mystery to Long Islanders that the region has struggled. They read the headlines about population decline, while they watch their neighbors move south. As they work to make ends meet, they may not realize they are fighting an uphill battle against a deep and widespread affordability crisis that has consequences for virtually every household. Long Islanders are paying the price for high taxation, endless regulation, and corruption that drive the cost of government sky-high. A new study by Reclaim New York provides the most alarming evidence yet that recent graduates, middle-class families, and even people making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year are struggling to achieve financial stability and save for the future. The analysis has computed Long Is-

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A recent college graduate in Lake Ronkonkoma (Sachem School District), fortunate enough to get a job in his area of study, making $48,707 annually, can only save two percent of that, or $955. That’s before any student loan payments. It’s going to be hard to enjoy a night out too often, let alone buy a house or get married. For the people across all these examples, New York costs 90 percent or more of their income. When tax policies are preventing earners high and low from building financial stability, they’re no longer progressive, but simply oppressive.

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Members of Mount Sinai High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions club were recognized for participating in the 7th annual Charity Champions program.

Mount Sinai students participate in Optimum charity program Mount Sinai High School members of the Students Against Destructive Decisions club were recognized for participating in the 7th annual Charity Champions

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Rocky Point Middle School’s select chorus sang to senior citizens during their weekly meeting at the Rocky Point VFW hall.

Rocky Point students spread holiday cheer through song Rocky Point Middle School’s select chorus helped spread holiday cheer to area senior citizens during their weekly meeting at the Rocky Point VFW hall. During

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Miller Place rallied back to take a threepoint lead late in the third quarter, but behind junior Courtney Lewis’ 23 points, the Panthers girls’ basketball team couldn’t stop nonleague competitor Port Jefferson, which bounced back midway through the fourth to defeat the host team, 61-55. With a roster void of seniors, the Royals played beyond their years as they controlled the tempo of the game, leading 19-10 after the first quarter, and took a 31-25 advantage into the halftime break. The Panthers closed the gap with two minutes left in the third quarter, when sophomore Ally Tarantino scored a putback off a rebound to tie the game at 37-37, and senior Milan Hatcher answered next, driving the lane and muscling her way to the rim for the score to put her team out front for the first time in the game, 39-37. Hatcher had a hot hand in the third, scoring 11 of her total 15 points, including a pair of three-pointers. At the end of the stanza, Miller Place held a 40-39 lead. “I told my players to keep running plays, keep calm, and we had to play good defense

because [Port Jefferson has] good shooters,” team edge ahead 53-51. Hatcher said. “They like to drive and kick “We knew they had some good players, out. They’re a good team.” so we had to adjust our defense, but we did With 4:09 left in the game, the Panthers well rebounding, which is something we clung to a three-point lead, out in front 49-46. don’t usually do,” Lewis said. “They had The free-throw performance was bleak, two players guarding our best players in a as both teams left points on the table. With triangle, so we had to adjust to it, to try and her team leading 50-49, Hatcher went to the break that up.” stripe shooting two, and missed both. At the 1:36 mark, Tarantino, with a domWith just over two minutes left in the inant performance on the boards, scored on contest, still trailing by one, Port Jefferson another putback to tie the game again. junior Siobhan Petracca went to the line “We expected them to come out strong shooting two, and she too and they did,” Tarantino ‘I told my players to came away empty. said. “We came out a “It was a disappointing keep running plays, little flat in the first half. loss,” Miller Place senior Coach told us after the Jessica Powers said. “We keep calm, and we had game to keep going up knew exactly what they to play good defense.’ strong [to the rim] and had. We came up short, don’t fade away.” — Milan HatcHer which hurt us, and we From the 53-53 tie, the didn’t play as a team.” game was decided at the foul line, as both Port Jefferson junior Gillian Kenah, who teams lost players due to foul trouble. scored 16 points in the game behind Lewis’ Port Jefferson freshman Jocelyn Lebron 23, said she was impressed with the Pan- was fouled as she drove the lane with just thers’ offensive effort. over a minute left, and scored on her first “We played a really solid game — we free-throw attempt. Although she missed came out pressing immediately and I think the second, Lewis grabbed the rebound for that worked really well for us,” Kenah said. the score to give her team a 56-53 advantage. “But they came back at us, even after our “I thought we did very well in handling press, so I applaud them for that.” the pressure from their defense,” Lebron said. Both teams traded baskets, and Lewis Lewis tacked on another field goal to help went to the line shooting two, hitting the push her team further ahead, 58-53. The jufront end but missing the back, to help her nior scored 12 points in the final quarter.

“We missed a lot of foul shots today — we’re much better at the foul line,” Port Jefferson head coach Ed Duddy said. Miller Place senior Danielle Bamnola cut the Panthers’ deficit to four with her foulline appearance with 28 seconds left, but Port Jefferson’s soccer sensation, junior Jillian Colucci, went to the line shooting two and nailed both to maintain the six-point lead, 60-54. Bamnola and Petracca traded points at the foul line next, to bring the final score to 61-55. “They’re very talented with a good fast break, and that group has been together since the eighth grade,” Miller Place head coach Joe Read said. “We’ve held our opponent to 30 points a game this season and today we gave up 50, and that goes to the team aspect of it. We’re playing like individuals, especially defensively.” Read added that despite the loss, he was happy with his team’s skill level against his opponent. “I’m not upset with how my girls played today, other than they didn’t play as a team, and that, to me, was the difference,” he said. “If they can play together, they’re capable of great things.” Miller Place hosted League VI challenger Hampton Bays on Tuesday, and narrowly fell, 42-40. The Panthers will travel to Elwood-John Glenn today for a league game scheduled to tipoff at 4 p.m.

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EASTWOOD TREE & LANDSCAPE, INC. Experts in tree care and landscaping. Serving Suffolk County for 25 years. Lic.#35866H/Ins 631-928-4070 eastwoodtree.com

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OPINION Heritage Park asks for your help

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Parents: it’s safe to hover with this one

Most kids see hoverboards as the next hot toy, but they don’t know how literal that is. U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) spoke this week about the dangers of hoverboards shipped from overseas, with batteries that have sometimes burst into flames. He said the type of battery being used in foreign-made hoverboards is unstable if not stored and charged properly. While this problem certainly seems like the most dangerous reason not to buy a hoverboard this holiday season, there are certainly more concerns shoppers should consider before pulling out their credit cards or reaching into their wallets. These boards are not only a fun way to pass the time, but also a serious piece of machinery. There are hundreds of videos of kids displaying their skills and tricks on hoverboards, as well as many videos of kids wiping out as they try to learn how to maneuver. Everyone who operates a hoverboard should exercise caution with these new devices, for themselves and for those around them, as they make their way into the mainstream. These machines gain speed quickly, and have a delicate temperament, so a slight shift in weight can quickly turn into a crash. Parents should consider requiring their kids to wear helmets while riding hoverboards, and should talk to them about how to operate one safely, such as by keeping a certain distance away from pedestrians and staying within certain speeds. When someone starts the ignition of a car, that person is expected to drive safely, thinking about other drivers and pedestrians on the road. The same should go for anyone on hoverboards, or any other motorized ride.

To The ediTor: Thank you for the gracious recognition in the paper. I would like to emphasize the creation of Heritage Park was based upon many citizens working on planning committees, attending numerous legislative meetings and generally promoting the concept and formation of a central park. The creation of the present park plan was a major shift from the mind-set that parks should be athletic complexes for organized sports. The leaders of the Heritage Trust and the Mount Sinai Civic Association should be applauded and supported for their efforts to lead the civic action to establish our well-used park. The Wedge volunteers I work with would welcome the help of other volunteers when the new growing season begins. The Heritage Trust desires your donation and your volunteerism. I look forward to a new year at the Wedge and hope young and old citizens, the Heritage Trust directors and staff and the Town of Brookhaven officials and workers will continue to make the Wedge one of the most enjoyed parks in Brookhaven Town. Sincerely, Fred Drewes Mount Sinai

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Finding excuses for musical procrastination

D. None of the above by DaNiel DuNaief

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y children are excellent musicians. OK, so I’m a little biased because I love music, I’m kind of fond of them, too, and I have worked with them on their developing skills. What they’re even better at than playing music, however, is finding ways not to play it. Well, I mean, ways not to play their instruments. They’re perfectly

content to play all kinds of music including, to my surprise, country music. Many of my daughter’s adolescent friends are also fond of this genre which, on the Eastern Seaboard, seems about as typical as a 65-degree, mid-December day. Is global warming moving country music north? Anyway, my children have developed ways to put off practicing. There’s the hunger excuse: “No, no, seriously, Dad, if you could feel inside my stomach, you’d know I’m starving.” When the food arrives, they are far too busy laughing out loud to notice. “I am hungry, it’s just that I had to send this text message now. It’s urgent.” When I take the phones away, they insist someone will be stranded in the metaphorical frozen bus station in Alaska, with polar bears closing in and their friend’s only defense is a text message that will send a tone that terrifies bears.

Back to music, or not. So, now that we’re five years into their music education, their procrastination playbook includes headaches, cold sores and tired eyes that can’t possibly read such small notes. Crying “wolf” too many times, when I’ve seen them bouncing around the house after their headaches rendered them unable to practice, has made me less inclined to believe them. But, then, last week, my son picked up his instrument and, within seconds, had developed a serious case of the hiccups. One of the many genetic gifts from my father are these hiccups that cause fish to change directions in nearby tanks, birds to fly from their trees and heads to swivel in the direction of that sudden violent, two-toned sound. Even when they were in my wife’s uterus, our children caused her stomach to jump, as if they were miniature maracas. Before he could play a note, my son increased the tempo of

his hiccups, generating a violent and explosive noise. While I was annoyed that he wasn’t playing when he promised to practice, I admit that I was impressed that I was outmaneuvered by an adolescent, hiccuping diaphragm. A friend has this technique where she drinks from the opposite side of a glass while holding her nose. I’ve seen it work before, but I’m not sure I’d want to try it with my son without an EMT present. I had him try my method, which involves holding his breath for as long as he can, taking a small breath and then repeating the process. I figure it’s a way of starving the diaphragm of air until it goes back to its usual job. He gamely tried, but it didn’t work. I even scared him by telling him about all the standardized tests coming in the next several years. That was similarly ineffective. When I gave up, I saw a small Mona Lisa-type grin on the corners of his mouth which formed as he pulled his un-

I was outmaneuvered by an adolescent, hiccuping diaphragm.

used instrument apart and put it back in its case. I wondered how, if he had so much control over his diaphragm, he might use that power constructively? Then I remembered the American military blasts unpalatable music to force drug dealers and foreign leaders out of their homes. Maybe instead of pop music making these dictators wilt, the military could blast the sound of violent hiccups. “OK, guys nothing’s working, let’s bring in the diaphragm.” Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,” may be purchased online from www.tbrnewsmedia.com/ebooks.

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any of the college students have now finished their finals and ended their fall semester. It seems that as college costs increase, classroom time decreases, but maybe that’s just my faulty memory. In any event, who are these students that have now been released into what we used to call “intersession” and will eventually go on to graduate with their bachelor’s degrees? Statistics tell us that 77 percent of them come from

families in the top 25 percent of household incomes but only 9 percent are from families in the bottom 25 percent of incomes. What does that mean? If you believe that education is the ladder to a financially successful life, that startling disparity among college graduates is telling us that social mobility has drastically declined in America. Put another way, America is no longer the land of opportunity it once was, attracting the ambitious from all over the world with the promise of the American Dream. It means that what you become in life depends more on who your parents and grandparents are than what skills you possess. This conclusion is further reinforced by the information researchers have found about economic mobility here. A child born in the bottom quintile has only a 4 percent chance of rising to the top quintile, according to a Pew research study. Contrast that with Britain, where the number is about 12 percent and Canada with

class advancement twice as likely as for the United States. So we come back to the subject of the growing gap between the haves and the have-nots in our country. This has been a visible concern for at least the last 25 years. When my family and I were invited to the Bill Clinton White House in the early 1990s as part of an out-of-town press conference, we happened to meet David Gergen, the political commentator and former presidential adviser, in the hallway. As we chatted, my middle son asked Gergen what he thought was the major problem for the nation then, and he immediately referred to the growing gap between rich and poor. Who filled that gap in past decades? The answer is, the middle class, the engine for advancement in America and everywhere. Pretty much everyone then, and perhaps even now, described oneself as being in the middle class. But today the middle class is disappearing. Why should we care?

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Because the middle class is composed of the people who buy the goods and services that sustain the upper class, and without the former there cannot be an economically viable society. Inevitably if this situation persists there will be extreme social unrest among the lower class, and to underwrite the country’s expenses the upper class will be asked to shoulder unbearable taxes. Furthermore, intelligent and ambitious immigrants will pass us by as their ultimate destination, and will strike out for other shores where their prospects seem more promising. In fact that has already been happening on the graduate school level, as many of the most talented students choose countries like Germany in which to pursue their careers rather than the United States. If enough of the best and brightest go elsewhere, it could affect not just our economy but also the very security of our country. The idea that our success depends on how our lives started rather than on our own hard

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America is no longer the land of opportunity it once was.

work and native abilities goes against the grain of the American self-image. The columnist and author, Nicholas Kristof, wrote recently about this distressing trend and asked why none of the candidates for president was speaking about how to change this direction. As we approach the end of the year we, as a nation, are intensely caught up in the frightening problem of terrorists and how we can protect ourselves and our way of life from their horrible violence. But as we look ahead to the new year and the coming presidential election, not all threats to our country are so overt. Some, like this troubling income gap and its consequences, are more insidious and could prove more threatening and difficult to solve.

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