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Vol. 32, No. 45

June 1, 2017

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CDC does county study at Stony Brook University A4 New SWR program connects students with community A5 Tim Sini, others announce run for district attorney A7 SWR baseball’s Brian Morell leads team to LIC A11 Mount Sinai softball wins third straight county title A12 Threepeat: Mount Sinai girls’ lax nabs Class C crown A13

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Elected officials, religious leaders, volunteers and residents gathered at the Long Island State Veterans Home on the campus of Stony Brook University May 26 to give thanks to a roomful of United States military veterans. The annual ceremony, which includes a color guard, firing detail and wreath laying, honors the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country — whose brothers and sisters in arms reside at the home on campus. The Long Island State Veterans Home is dedicated to serving the more than 250,000 veterans who live on Long Island. Opened 26 years ago, the facility’s relationship with Stony Brook Medicine has been a winning combination for the care of veterans — providing skilled nursing services to which many veterans wouldn’t otherwise have access. Veterans who fought in Vietnam, Korea and even World War II sat together in the home’s Multipurpose Room, some of them tearful as singer Lee Ann Brill performed moving renditions of “Amazing Grace” and Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings.” Marine Corps veteran Edward Kiernan read “In Flanders Fields,” a famous war memorial poem written during World War I. Korean War veteran Richard Seybold was honorary bearer of the wreath. “Every minute of every hour of every day,

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Americans enjoy the blessings of a peace-loving nation — blessings protected by the selfless service of men and women in uniform,” Fred Sganga, executive director of the veterans home, said to the crowd. “The America we know would not be the same were it not for the men and women we honor on Memorial Day ... a single day during which we honor the spirit of all those who died in service to our nation, but whom we continue to remember and honor in our hearts.” Stressing the holiday means much more than a three-day weekend, Sganga recognized the collective shift in thinking. “In recent years,” he said, “a new awareness of the sacrifices our military members are making is emerging, becoming an ingrained part of our American experience.” State Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), who delivered the keynote address, read excerpts from President Ronald Reagan’s (R) 1984 address commemorating the 40th anniversary of D-Day. “President Reagan said, ‘Forty summers have passed since the battle that you fought here ... you were young the day you took these cliffs, some of you were hardly more than boys, with the deepest joys of life before you. Yet, you risked everything here. Why? What impelled you to put aside the instinct for selfpreservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs? ... It was faith and belief; it was loyalty and love. All of you loved liberty, all of you were willing to fight tyranny, and you knew people of your countries were behind you.’”

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Village

Photo above from AHRC Suffolk; photo below by Kevin Redding

Above, a child plays with a xylophone at AHRC Suffolk’s new sensory garden in Shoreham. Below, facility director Linda Bruno and sensory garden conceptualist Christine gallo outside the entrance of the garden on Route 25A.

New Shoreham sensory garden aids developmentally disabled Summer kicks off in Shoreham with a scenic stroll through the five senses. After two years of planning and construction, a new, community-built sensory garden at the Shoreham facility of Suffolk County’s Association for Habilitation and Residential Care, a nonprofit that assists people with special needs and disabilities, officially opened to the public May 24. What was once an underdeveloped stretch of woods and concrete is now a vibrant haven where visitors of all ages and abilities can excite their sight, smell, touch, taste and sound through various interactive materials and installations donated and put in by dozens of businesses and organizations. Local Girl and Boy Scout troops also volunteered throughout the past year to make the dream project a reality. It was a dream that came from a passionate AHRC employee. Christine Gallo, who serves as a behavior intervention specialist at the organization’s intermediate care facility at 283 Route 25A in Shoreham, said ever since she started working there, she’d dreamt about utilizing the location’s natural resources to help the 96 people living on campus — many of whom deal with sensory-processing disorders, in which the brain has trouble receiving and responding to what comes in through the senses. While a number of AHRC locations are sensory-based, all of them are indoors.

“I thought, ‘wouldn’t that be great to bring all the science and knowledge we’re so good at at AHRC outside?’ because nature impacts the residents greatly,” said Gallo, who went on to research other sensory gardens throughout Long Island and the world and combined the best aspects of them when it came to designing her own. She brought the idea to the higherups, including the facility’s director, Linda Bruno, and director of development, J. Andreassi, who started a donation process and reached out to companies, architects, engineers, contractors and suppliers

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Suffolk selected for study to gather medical data By Alex PetRoski Alex@tBRnewsPAPeRs.Com

Photo on left by Alex Petroski; photo on right from CDC

Residents participate in a CDC survey to accumulate data on health and diets of Americans.

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Suffolk County residents will play an important role in improving the health of their fellow Americans in 2017. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention selected Suffolk as one of 15 counties nationwide to participate in its annual National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a data collection study that is used to draw conclusions about the health and diets of people in the United States. The CDC is the nation’s health protection agency, conducting research in the hopes of preventing the spread of diseases and tracking their prevalence. The NHANES is a 55-year-old program that tracks health and diet trends in the U.S. by selecting counties based on demographics with the goal of accumulating a set of data representative of the entire population of the country. This is the second time Suffolk was observed as part of the survey since the turn of the century, according to study manager Jacque DeMatteis. The CDC arrived April 29 at Stony Brook University’s Research and Development Park in three mobile trailers outfitted with dozens of pieces of medical equipment, researchers and physicians to begin assessments on the approximately 600 Suffolk residents selected. “It’s important because right now we’ve got all of these miracles happening with cancer research and things like that, without information that people help us to provide — a lot of it comes from here — [researchers] don’t have anything to draw on,” DeMatteis said of the purpose of the yearly survey during a tour of the CDC mobile facility May 19. Charles Rothwell, director of the National Center for Health Statistics, reiterated the importance of accumulating the data in a statement. “The survey is a unique resource for health information, and without it we would lack important knowledge about major health conditions,” he said. “The comprehensive data collected by NHANES has a far-reaching and significant impact on everything from the quality of the air we breathe, to the vaccinations you get from your doctor, to the emergence of low-fat and ‘light’ foods on the shelves of your grocery store.” The process for selecting participants within a county begins with about 1,500 addresses, and interviewers scour the area in the hopes of securing about 600 willing participants who also provide a representative sample of age ranges, genders, races and ethnicities and degrees of health. The selected participants who are willing to be examined then visit the mobile facility to be subjected to a variety of tests of blood pressure, diet, dental/oral health, vision and hearing, bone density, liver function and much more using high-tech scans not often available through traditional physicians. DeMatteis made the case for selected participants making the trip to be studied despite some minor possible inconveniences. “For the people who participate, they get their results back,” she said. “If anything abnormal comes up they’re contacted immediately. Our national health officer will contact them and we’ve had a couple of situations where it was kind of life-threatening situations and they were totally unaware of it.” Participating adults also receive $125, reimbursement for travel expenses and the opportunity to receive credit for five hours of community service. Newborns and up are required for data collection, though specific scans and tests are not done uniformly across age groups. “A lot of people do it for the exams, and in the past even more people had no means to get access to health care, so they came here because they’re going to get a whole lot of data about their health that they otherwise can’t afford to get,” DeMatteis said. No medical procedures are offered at the site, though on occasion physicians are forced to recommend immediate treatment if anything concerning appears as a result of a test. Patients are also allowed to pick and choose which tests they’d like to participate in of the ones they qualify for. The CDC urges anyone selected to participate in the survey.

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Village

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Shoreham-Wading River high school students and Long island business owners connect during the school’s first School-to-Community meeting in April.

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work with the kids as they head into college or some other field, especially technical, and teach them some of the soft skills and nuances about the workplace that can help them along,” Searing said. “I’ve suggested working with them an hour or two every week in a classroom setting to bring some realworld problems we find in the workplace and let them try and solve them.” A career plan is al— Amy Meyer ready in place for next year, Meyer said, which will focus on specific growth industries on Long Island.

‘We want all of our students to have access so they have a little bit more realworld experience that will go on to help them choose what they’re going to do.’

“One of the thoughts is that if students know what is available here on Long Island, they may be more apt to stay on Long Island and focus their career on those things,” she said. The School-to-Community initiative, which has the full support of the school board, curriculum and instruction team, was first proposed in March of this year, and approved right away to lay the groundwork for it to be firmly established next year. “The school and district want to work together to provide learning and growth opportunities for our students,” ShorehamWading River High School Principal Dan Holtzman said in an email. “It is an important step in bridging the community and district together to educate students on career paths and exploration.”

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High school students within ShorehamWading River are getting a head start on real-world job opportunities, thanks to a new community networking initiative rolled out by the district. The School-to-Community Program, which held its first meeting April 3 and a second May 16 at the high school, helps students of all grade levels and interests prepare for postschool jobs by providing access to business leaders from local community organizations who discuss job tours and shadowing opportunities. Participating students include those in the school’s science research program; AP Capstone program; science, technology, engineering and math program; and special education population, all of whom are in search of mentorships and internships. They’ve connected with business leaders representing a wide range of companies like ASRC Federal, a service provider that resolves challenges within federal civilian, intelligence and defense agencies; the Tesla Science Center, a not-for-profit working to develop a regional science and technology center in Wardenclyffe; and Island Harvest, a hunger-relief organization that serves both counties. Representatives from Brookhaven National Lab and the North Shore Youth Council have also been involved. The two meetings held so far will be the first of many in a continued development between the school and community, according to Amy Meyer, director of STEM for grades K-12 at the district. “We’re preparing students for jobs in industries and areas where it’s changing

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Near the corner of Squires Avenue and Jayne Boulevard in Port Jefferson Station at about noon May 26, a 38-year-old man from East Setauket driving a 2000 Mercury collided with a 2000 Chevrolet dump truck, according to police. The man left the scene of the accident without exchanging contact information, police said. He was arrested in Port Jefferson Station and also possessed heroin at the time of his arrest, police said. He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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Outside of a home on Windsor Street in Centereach at about midnight May 25, a 26-year-old woman from Ridge possessed a quantity of syringes without a prescription or a reason, according to police. At the same time and place, a 22-year-old woman from Centereach possessed Suboxone without a prescription while in the driver’s seat of a 2003 Jeep, police said. The 26-year-old was arrested and charged with possession of a hypodermic instrument. The 22-year-old was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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At about 7:30 p.m. May 27, a 53-year-old man from Holtsville interfered with a police investigation of another person near the shopping center located at 5040 Nesconset Highway in Setauket by yelling in officers faces, raising his hands and refusing to leave the area, police said. He was arrested and charged with second-degree obstruction of government administration.

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Someone entered a restaurant on Main Street in Port Jefferson Station at about 1:30 a.m. May 28, forcibly pushed open the door to the owner’s office and stole cash, according to police.

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The Premier Pastry Shop on Route 25A in St. James received a phone call at about 12:30 p.m. May 27 from someone claiming to be from a power company who said the business owed money on an outstanding bill and needed to purchase cash cards to pay the balance, according to police.

At about 3 p.m. May 28, a 23-year-old woman from Medford left Kohl’s on Route 25A in Rocky Point without paying for several items, according to police. She was arrested and charged with third-degree burglary.

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A fight between two people in the parking lot of Outback Steakhouse on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 7 p.m. May 27 resulted in one person getting punched in the eye, according to police. No serious injuries were suffered, police said.

While driving on Middle Country Road in Centereach, a 25-year-old man from Centereach was pulled over for a routine traffic stop at about 2 a.m. May 28, according to police. When asked to present identification, the driver submitted a license that did not belong to him, and he claimed to be the person on the license, police said. He was arrested and charged with seconddegree criminal impersonation.

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A 48-year-old man from Patchogue stole cellphone speakers and other accessories

A ladder was stolen from the yard of a home on Angela Lane in Terryville at about 8 p.m. May 28, according to police.

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The window of a home on Hawks Nest Road in Stony Brook was broken by a BB gun at about 1:30 p.m. May 7, according to police. No one was in the home at the time, and a police report was filed May 26. — Compiled by Alex petroski

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County

Photo on left from Ferris; file photo center; photo on right from Perini

From left, Bill Ferris, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini and Ray Perini are currently the three known candidates for Suffolk County district attorney.

Suffolk County district attorney candidates emerging By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewsmedia.com On the heels of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota’s (D) decision to forgo a run at a fifth term this November, two Republicans and a Democrat, each longtime law enforcers, so far are publicly vying for the county’s top prosecutor job. Spota, who assumed office in 2001, made his Page A26 official announcement May 12, about a year after County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and several legislators called on him to resign from his position after playing a role in the promotion of former Suffolk County Chief of Police James Burke, who pleaded guilty in February 2016 to charges of a civil rights violation and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Accused of taking part in a police coverup, which spurred on a federal investigation, Spota has been under scrutiny from both sides of the aisle for the last year. It is not clear whether or not that played a role in his decision. With Spota out of the race, the torch will be passed on to a newcomer, of which there are three known contenders eyeing the seat — Ray Perini (R), former chief and founder of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Narcotics Bureau; Bill Ferris (R), a Vietnam veteran and former assistant district attorney; and Tim Sini (D), current Suffolk County police commissioner — according to the Suffolk County Board of Elections. Each of them, as well as any others who decide to throw their hat in the ring, are expected to file petitions between July 10 and July 13. Perini, 69, a Huntington resident, who

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entered the race in January, said he’s been training his entire career to be district attorney and wants to “take politics out of the DA’s office.” “At this point in my career, I don’t want anything else,” Perini said. “I don’t want to be county executive, I don’t want to be governor, I don’t want to be judge ... I want to be the next DA because I can make this county safe again.” A highly experienced criminal lawyer with an active practice in Islandia, Perini has 43 years of experience in the criminal justice system, 17 of which were spent as a prosecutor bouncing from Brooklyn to Suffolk County, where he started the Narcotics Bureau in 1976. In 1989, he went on to work with federal and state police agencies, including Suffolk County Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI and drug task forces. He served as co-chair of the Suffolk County Criminal Bar Association’s criminal law committee and is a past president of the Suffolk County Criminal Bar Association. “There is nothing I haven’t done in the criminal justice system,” Perini said. His major focuses if elected, he said, are gang violence and drug overdoses. “As a united front, working with the federal government, DEA, FBI and cops on the street, collectively, we can win this war [against drugs]. We need experience, this is what I’ve done, this is what I can do. All I care about is getting the job done.” Perini ran unsuccessfully against Spota four years ago after the incumbent was cross-endorsed on all four party lines, for which Perini attacked Spota for not giving voters a choice at the polls. “I wouldn’t accept a cross-endorsement,” the father of two said. “I want the

voters to pick.” Ferris, 70, a former Navy captain in the Vietnam war and Fordham Law School graduate from Southold, announced recently his intention to run against Perini, the choice of the Republican Party for the September primary. “I want to restore the integrity and professionalism to the office, as well as faith in the judicial system and also in law enforcement,” Ferris, who served as prosecutor for 23 years under former Suffolk District Attorney Patrick Henry starting in 1978, said. “My background is clear and clean. I was in that office for 23 years and handled homicide, vehicular homicide, served on the Katie Beers [kidnapping] matter, tried a political corruption case against county sheriff Patrick Mahoney, served as president of the Suffolk County Bar Association recently, have taught young lawyers ethics and served on the Grievance Committee for Nassau and Suffolk for eight years.” He said anyone who runs for the DA position has to have a clean record of integrity, accountability and professionalism, all of which the father of two said he has. Among his biggest priority if elected, he said, is getting a handle on the gang situation that has left Suffolk residents feeling unsafe. “I’ll protect the citizens, fight the gangs and give us back our good name,” Ferris said in a statement. “While I was in the DA office, we did have a gang unit, which was discounted under Mr. Spota … The DA’s office is in a critical position to bring in federal agency, state, and local police to put together a master plan to both investigate and prosecute gang members. Parents are afraid on a daily basis to send their kids to school and that should not

happen in Suffolk County.” Sini, 36, the youngest commissioner in the history of Suffolk County, announced his official run for the job on the same day Spota made his announcement, despite a claim in front of the county legislature in February 2016 before he was confirmed that he had no intentions of running for district attorney. “I think that when he said that he wouldn’t run, he meant what he said,” said David Kelley, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and chairman of Sini’s campaign. “Since then, a couple things have happened. Having the insight he does on the needs of the DA’s office and how the shape it’s in is so bad and such a disservice to the county, he could see that firsthand from his vantage point as commissioner from taking on difficult cases like MS-13, recognizing this office needs somebody who can be really good ... he stepped up to the plate and I think that’s exactly what we need.” Sini, who did not return multiple requests for comment through Kelley, has taken on the county’s gang violence and drug problem head-on in his short time in his position. He recently spoke before the U.S. Senate to outline the departments initiatives in tackling the county’s gang problem. “If you take his commitments to public service and his professionalism, and put it together, he, by far, surpasses any of the other candidates and I think he’s exactly what the county needs,” Kelley said. “He’s a professional prosecutor, he’s spent a good part of his career in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan, he’s clerked for a federal judge, he’s a highly skilled and highly trained lawyer and prosecutor, and he also knows the ins and outs of the criminal justice system in Suffolk County.”

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Photos above and bottom right from AHRC Suffolk; all other photos by Kevin Redding

Clockwise from above, local community members, AHRC Suffolk residents, workers, and others who helped make the sensory garden in Shoreham possible, were recognized for their assistance at the grand opening; the vegetable and herb garden excites visitor’s taste buds; a sensory wheel filled with rocks is housed in the touch section; a scenic view of the xylophone in the sound section and a lawn checkerboard; and Christine Gallo, the project’s creator, stands on the river rock labyrinth to aid with touch and reflexology.

SenSory Garden Continued from page A3 about pitching in. Island Steel & Detailing Corp. in Manorville, Precision Tree Services in Ronkonkoma, Shoreham-Wading River Teachers Association, the Riverhead Central Faculty Association and Reliable Garden & Fence Co. in Middle Island are among the participating companies that donated, cleared the area, set up fences, gardened, mulched and made installations. The total project cost approximately $315,000, according to Andreassi. “It was amazing the amount of people that it took to get this job done, but it was so worthwhile and it’s only going to get better,” he said. “Next year, that garden is going to be so lush and beautiful.” Upon entering the expansive, ovalshaped garden, which is broken into different areas according to the senses, visitors can use a mallet to bang on big plastic drums and rainbow xylophones in the sound section. Along the decorated pathway, visitors pass wheelchair-accessible garden beds filled with vegetables for picking and eating and herbs scientifically proven to aid with memory and concentration, a large-scale checkerboard on the lawn, a quiet sitting area to accommodate those who might be hyper-sensitive, and a barefoot labyrinth made up of river rocks. “People can take off their shoes and just walk through, [like reflexology],” Gallo said. “It’s my favorite area.” Gallo is hoping the new garden can further help with the sensory and developmental process. “I just want it to become a meaningful, beautiful place for people to go,” she said. “But also where clinicians and specialists and training staff can use these really amazing features.” Gallo said members of the Girl and Boy Scouts were involved in plant research and even building some of the structures, like the sensory wheel, which is filled with rocks of varying textures people can touch and spin. The wheel, she said, is designed for those in wheelchairs who can’t utilize the sensory input from the labyrinth.

She and Bruno hope to eventually host school and camp field trips, as well as community gatherings, at the garden. “So far, every individual who we’ve brought through there has loved every aspect of it,” Bruno said. “It’s a peaceful place — it’s really magical. I think it’s exciting to be living and working out here, and to see something positive happening, and people contributing from the community.” When asked how it felt to be standing in the garden of her dreams, Gallo said, “When I think about this piece of land, although it may seem like a small part of the world, it’s really monumental in how it can change people’s lives and be a place for the community to come.”

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School NewS Shoreham-Wading River High School

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Art exhibit a hit The artistic abilities of Shoreham-Wading River High School students were recognized during the school’s annual art awards ceremony and show. During the event, art students earned certificates of achievement for work they created across a variety of genres, including drawing, painting, crafts, photography and

studio art. Additionally, an art auction featuring student work was held to raise funds for scholarships for students pursing the arts in college. The show also raised money for the Wounded Warriors Fund through the sale of crafts made by students. “Without a doubt, we had one of our greatest turnouts last night,” art teacher Jay Andria said. “It was a great showing of support and gratitude.”

Honor society induction Shoreham-Wading River High School students, Sarah Loper and Alice Van Wickler were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. The students were selected for the honor based on teacher nominations and other criteria including, maintaining an 90 GPA or higher in their technical program; not having more than six absences; and demonstrating skill, honestly, service, responsibility, scholarship, citizenship and leadership. Loper is presently enrolled in cosmetology and is a member of Sources of Strength and a volunteer at Suburban Housing Development and Residential Inc., where she assists elementary students with their homework. Van Wickler, a junior, is currently enrolled in the audio production course at the school

In recognition of its outstanding commitment to music education, the Miller Place school district was honored by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation with the NAMM 2017 Best Communities for Music Education award. Only 4 percent of school districts nationwide received the award this year. The honor comes as a result of the efforts of Miller Place teachers, administrators, parents, students and community leaders to ensure access to music learning for all students. “As part of our dedication to educating the whole child, the Miller Place school district provides every student with a robust fine arts curriculum, including music, art and drama,” Superintendent Marianne Cartisano said. “We are honored to receive this designation from the NAMM Foundation. It is a welldeserved tribute to the dedication, diligence, passion and excellence of our students and our music department.” In addition to providing daily music education on the elementary, middle and high school level, the district’s music department provides frequent opportunities for students

to perform and use innovative lessons to go beyond the classroom. Students perform in concerts, plays and recitals. To qualify for the distinction, the Miller Place school district answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music-making programs. Responses were verified with school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. “Music education is vital to our students’ growth into well-rounded individuals, scholars and good citizens,” Miller Place High School Instrumental Band Director Patricia Isenberg said. “A strong musical background supports students’ creative problem-solving abilities and teamwork, while providing the skills necessary to excel both inside and outside the classroom.” The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit supported in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and its 9,000 worldwide members. The NAMM Foundation works to advance active participation in music-making by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving and public service programs.

North Country Road Middle School Photo from Shoreham-Wading River school district

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bers to demonstrate their mastery of the relationship between an object’s mass and volume (density); and Lights, Mirrors Action!, which challenged the team’s ability to direct a laser beam through a series of challenging logic puzzles. During the event, students raised money for ALS research. ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Through their efforts and participation the students helped the event raise more than $21,000 for The Robert Packard Center at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, a nonprofit organization that raises money and awareness for ALS.

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Clockwise from above, the shoreham-Wading river baseball team dogpiles following its 8-1 win over Bayport-Blue Point, to complete a series sweep for the Class A suffolk County championship title; starter Brian Morrell fires from the mound; and Morrell rounds the bases following his grand slam.

Morrell’s arm, bat bring SWR county title By Alex Petroski Alex@tbrnewspApers.com The Shoreham-Wading River baseball team utilized a familiar formula to extend its dominant season beyond the Suffolk County Class A final May 26 — equal doses of the long ball and the powerful right arm of senior ace Brian Morrell. Morrell put a cherry on top of his special senior season with a complete game, 11-strikeout performance to stymie the Bayport-Blue Point bats in an 8-1 victory. He also went 3-for5 at the plate including a second-inning

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grand slam — his second in three games — finishing just a triple short of the cycle. The win was the 20th in a row for the Wildcats, which completed the sweep of BayportBlue Point to close out their Suffolk County schedule 24-1, with an eye on more pieces of hardware. “His breaking ball was really dynamite — that’s a tough pitch to hit,” head coach Kevin Willi said of Morrell’s stuff on the mound Friday. “He’s throwing it in all counts — not afraid to throw it 3-2 to guys; and it was really effective.” Willi reflected on coaching the dominant two-way player during his memorable career. “It’s nice, it’s easy,” Willi said of coaching Morrell. “He’s a good kid too on top of that. He’s always team first.” The ace, who has committed to play ball at the University of Notre Dame next season, said his whole arsenal was working in the victory. “I just commanded my fastball, that’s really how I started off every batter,” he said. “Every pitch I really felt confident in. I knew if I threw strikes I was going to come out with the ‘W.’” Morrell scattered three hits over the first two innings, then didn’t allow another over the final five frames. He set down 10 straight Phantoms at one point, before loading the bases with two walks and a hit by pitch to start the sixth. A fly out and two strikeouts ended the threat and maintained a seven-run lead. “He was throwing really hard and painting corners,” senior catcher Thomas Brady said of his battery mate’s performance.

Brady kicked off the scoring with a oneout, two-run homer in the top of the first. He and Morrell combined to drive in seven of the Wildcats’ eight runs. “Honestly, when me and him get in our rhythm, we’re the best duo,” Brady said. “It’s really hard to hit Brian obviously.” Despite Morrell’s consistency on the hill, Willi said the team was driven by its offense in 2017. “All season we’ve had a really heavy senior class — a lot of guys working hard for very many years to get to this point,” he said. “We put together a lot of great pitching performances, we played great defense

at times when we needed it, and really the story of the year was the bats. We scored a lot of runs.” The Wildcats will face the winner of the Nassau County championship series between Wantagh and Garden City. The Long Island championship game will be played June 3 at SUNY Old Westbury at 12 p.m. Brady said he’s not sure it matters who Shoreham-Wading River squares off against next. “Whoever we play, they’re not going to stop us right now,” he said. “We’re hot, we’re playing hard. We became a team, and I’m proud of all of these guys.”

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Clockwise from above, the Mount sinai softball team raises up the championship plaque following it’s 8-1 win over Westhampton Beach for the suffolk County Class A championship title; players come together on the mound in celebration of the win; emma Wimmer tosses a pitch; and Julia Golino hits one of her three doubles.

Mount Sinai softball wins another county title By Alex Petroski Alex@tbrnewspApers.com Before 2015, Mount Sinai’s softball team had never won a Suffolk Class A title. Now, the county crowns are coming in bunches. The Mustangs completed their Suffolk schedule a perfect 22-0 with an 8-1 victory in the championship game against Westhampton Beach May 27 at Mount Sinai High School. Junior Emma Wimmer led the way with a complete game, eight-strikeout performance on the mound and went 2-for3 with four RBIs at the plate — including a threerun home run in the fifth.

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“Couldn’t happen to a better kid,” head the semifinal win, Tilton repeatedly used the coach Thomas Tilton said of Wimmer’s big word “gritty” to describe his team, and the day. He praised his starter and sophomore same toughness and willingness to grind out pitcher Julia Golino for their season-long at-bats characterized the performance Saturdominance in the circle. “We have a two- day before Wimmer blew the game open. headed dinosaur here — we have a kid “We were hitting it hard, they just that’s 12-0 and another kid that’s 10-0. So weren’t falling in,” Tilton said. “It was just on any given day, either one of them can go, a matter of time. They were playing us deep and they do their job.” and we were just trying to hit the ball in Golino served as a catalyst for the offense front of them.” against Westhampton, chipping in three Westhampton made Wimmer work doubles and scoring two early on the mound. The runs in the blowout win. first two batters reached She’s been one of many on a single and a walk underclassmen to step up to start the game, but for the Mustangs throughtwo strikeouts with runout the course of the 2017 ners on second and third season, and given her age, eliminated the threat could be a sign that the in the top of the first. three straight championA double and a single ships might only be the to start the third inning beginning. got Westhampton on the “I think being younger board first, but Wimmer helped us,” Golino said. settled in, allowing only — Thomas Tilton one more base runner “We’ve gained experience through this, and over the final four inwe’re only going to grow nings. She retired 14 of through the years.” the last 15 batters she faced. Wimmer, who will also be back to make The hurler said she couldn’t remember a run at four straight county titles in 2018, a better all-around game in her career, and expressed a similar sentiment. called it “awesome” to come up with the “It’s good because you get to work with clutch performance in a county final. them throughout all the years, and everyone’s “It was a great feeling, I was so happy,” just progressively getting better,” she said. Wimmer said, reflecting on what went “We’re all growing up together basically.” through her mind as the homer sailed Before Wimmer’s big swing in the fifth, over the center field fence. “It definitely Mount Sinai led 4-1 thanks to two sacrifice let some of the pressure off. Having more flies from tenth-graders — one by Holly Mc- runs helps when I pitch because you get Nair in the third and another by Ilexa Skul- that insurance.” nick before Wimmer’s homer in the fifth — Mount Sinai will face McArthur in the and several base runners taking the extra Long Island championship June 2 at St. Jobase on fly outs and wild pitches. Following seph’s College in Patchogue at 3:30 p.m.

‘We have a two-headed dinosaur here — we have a kid that’s 12-0 and another kid that’s 10-0. So on any given day, either one of them can go, and they do their job.’

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Photos by Desirée Keegan

above, Mount sinai’s girls’ lacrosse team celebrates its third straight suffolk County Class C championship with a 9-6 win over Bayport-Blue Point. Meaghan Tyrrell, scoring, below right, and racing into the Phantoms’ zone, below left, scored five goals and added two assists in the come-from-behind win.

Meaghan Tyrrell’s five goals lead Mount Sinai to threepeat By Desirée Keegan Desiree@tbnewspapers.com With her team’s early 3-0 lead turning into a 5-3 deficit, Meaghan Tyrrell knew somebody had to take charge. “I got the ball in our offensive end, and I knew somebody had to do it,” Tyrrell said. “And I just stepped up.” She had a five-goal performance and two assists to lead Mount Sinai’s girls’ lacrosse team to its third consecutive Class C county crown, with 9-6 win over BayportBlue Point May 30.

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The junior scored unassisted to pull her team within one, 5-4, and assisted on senior Leah Nonnenmann’s game-tying goal less than 30 seconds later. She knew her team was on its way to the Long Island championship as she raised her hands toward the sky following two unassisted goals soon after her assist. “We wanted this so bad,” Tyrrell said. “We know Bayport, we’ve seen them before, but each time it’s different. When they started coming back we realized something had to change.” The key was not only Tyrrell taking charge, but locking down on defense, and the Mustangs had one of the county’s top defenders in senior Emily Vengilio to do just that. “We never give up,” Vengilio said. “[Bayport-Blue Point has] a great offense, so we knew our defense had to step up. Three years ago when we lost to them [11-9 in the county final] in the last 10 minutes, we knew what it felt like, so we fought hard to make sure it didn’t happen again.” Phantom Kelsi LoNigro was the target, and Vengilio and twin sisters Meaghan and Kirsten Scutaro made every step the senior tried to take difficult. “Our kids are tough — they’re all veteran players,” Mount Sinai head coach Al Bertolone said. “We tried to take [Kelsi LoNigro] out of the mix because she’s a catalyst for their offense. We took their best punches. At the end of the day you have to have kids that fight, and they fought.” Mount Sinai jumped ahead 3-0 with two goals from senior Veronica Venezia. Tyrrell assisted on the first and scored the second goal of the game. But Bayport-Blue Point picked up steam to tie the game by half-

time. Nonnenmann said her teammates were in their own heads, including herself — even while racing toward the circle to grab a pass from Tyrrell for her goal that made it 5-5. “I was thinking ‘I should get this,’” she said. “I had a lot of pressure on my shoulders. But when it was me and the goalie I knew I had it.”

Mount Sinai’s objective just a couple of years ago was to “prove people wrong.” Now, the Mustangs are synonymous with championship-level lacrosse. “We’d always been overlooked, but that’s changed now,” Vengilio said. “We wanted to make the full circle. Each win feels great, but this one especially. Now we’re definitely on top.”

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OpiniOn

Editorial

Letters to the editor

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Supporting Sini’s successes Tim Sini has stabilized what was a seriously unstable situation. The former prosecutor turned Suffolk County police commissioner took over following former commissioner James Burke’s arrest and ultimate sentencing for unjustly beating a man who stole a duffle bag from his sport utility vehicle and overhauled the department. Sini (D) brought back the public’s faith in the police. He announced a few weeks ago that he will run for Suffolk County district attorney. Since his role began in 2015, he has helped expand Crime Stopper’s reach to include a tip hotline; rolled out the 631-852-NARC (6272) number where residents can anonymously report drug dealings; unveiled The Ugly Truth program, which raise awareness about and informs parents of the signs of substance abuse, as well as explains the physical and emotional consequences of using drugs; and helped train 3,000 people to administer Narcan, an opioid overdose reversal drug. Sini also reported last year was the safest year in the department’s history, with crime statistics dropping to an all-time low. The current commissioner’s reign has also brought in a period of increased transparency, holding press events sometimes multiple times a week for updates on cases, constantly refreshing the department’s Facebook page with videos and information about arrests, and encouraging residents to get involved by submitting tips that have successfully lead to many arrests. In two short years Sini has made his mark on the Suffolk County Police Department, and it’s a shame to see the captain leave the ship, especially at a time when steady leadership is needed most, as MS13 gang violence has garnered national attention in recent months, as with the opioid and fentanyl crisis. It’s unclear who would replace Sini if he is elected this November, but he or she will certainly have big shoes to fill. And on a side note, we have heard concerns about Sini running for office while continuing to work as commissioner. It’s our opinion that if the president of this country can run for re-election while continuing to serve, a local police commissioner should have no problem doing the same.

Letters …

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An easy way to honor our vets Every day, around the world, our United States Armed Forces stand ready to protect our freedoms, our democracy and our way of life. They risk their lives for our country and, thanks to philanthropic support, we at Long Island State Veterans Home (LISVH) stand ready in return. We are honored to care for the valiant men and women who ensure our nation’s safety — the brave who today bear the scars of sacrifice and com-

mitment. Today, we ask you to help us pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country. Without question, gifts from people like you fuel our promise to veterans. And so this Memorial Day, we invite you to join in our commitment to stand ready for them. As you consider making a commitment to the Long Island Veterans Home, know that you have the opportunity to honor a

loved one or simply make a gift to commemorate our nation’s heroes past, present and future. Also know, along with the veterans we serve, you too have earned our lasting gratitude. Thank you for all that you have already done and continue to do. Your support at any level will be a source of inspiration for all of us who live and work here.

Fred S. Sganga Executive Director Long Island State Veterans Home

Paying tribute to those fallen Memorial Day is a day when we give thanks to those who have bravely fought and sacrificed their lives in defense of our freedoms and liberties. Let us join together in solemn remembrance to honor the tireless guardians who made the ultimate sacrifice. These heroes selflessly safeguarded the eternal values that we too often take for granted as Americans. All good things come with a price, and liberty is no exception. The cost of freedom was paid for by the lives of our fallen soldiers, and their sacrifice must always be held in the highest regard. As a nation, we can never forget the courageous deeds of our service members. Regardless of one’s views on a particular conflict or one’s positions on aspects of foreign policy, on Memorial Day,

we come together as a nation to honor all who fought for our freedom to possess such dissents. It is the brave soldiers who departed our nation, away from the safety of their home and comfort of their family, to whom we owe our highest respect and admiration. The United States is the greatest nation on Earth because of the courageous men and women who stood in the line of fire to protect us. At a time when the world has become vulnerable to the threat of violence, fear and intimidation, it is so important that we give our service members our unyielding gratitude for all they have done for us. These heroes deserve to know that, after returning home from conflict, they will be greeted with the care and

support from a grateful nation, respect that they have so remarkably earned. It is because of their selfless acts that we are able to call ourselves Americans, a distinction that not only expresses what country we are a part of or our sacred bond of national unity but also who we are as a nation that makes us the greatest country in the world. Our nation is nothing without the courageous sacrifices of our military members, and every single one of us should be eager to give our respect to all who came before us and paid the ultimate price, as well as all those who are still serving today. God bless America and our service members.

Lee Zeldin Congressman First District

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

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OpiniOn Taking old routines to new destinations

e all have our routines. We go to certain restaurants, drive certain routes to work and support certain gas stations, where we know we’ll get a competitive price, a friendly response from the attendant and rapid service. When we travel, everything changes. We sleep in unfamiliar beds, flick the channels on television stations where the stations aren’t the same numbers as they are on Long By Daniel Dunaief Island, and navigate along routes that aren’t our familiar pattern. Breaking the routine offers us a chance to step away from our lives and to experience something new. Maybe we’ll go to a museum in a new city

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or visit a place we’ve seen in a movie, which blends both the familiar and the unknown. Our level of adventure and appetite for risk — as in, what happens if I don’t like the experience — can rise or fall depending on our travel companions. Recently, I visited another city for a weekend with my daughter, who was traveling with a group of her teenage contemporaries and their parents. We all managed to get to our designated stops in our cars and to return to a hotel chain so ubiquitous that, with the blinds closed and without access to the local weather on TV, we could have been in Anywhere, USA. We each had a GPS and an address for our activities which reduced both the stress and the adventure that came from the unknown. While we could have gotten lost, the probability of that seemed slim. Getting lost, nerve-racking as it might have been 20 years ago, is almost an impossibility with navigation systems built into cars, phones and watches.

Following an afternoon activity, several of the girls decided they were hungry. One of the members of the group suggested a national pizza chain, to which the others readily agreed. I wrinkled my brow at the suggestion and wondered, as a cellphone order was quickly placed, whether we might want to try a local pizza restaurant instead. “No, that’s OK,” I was assured. “This will be better.” I waited in a packed car until the order was placed, at which point the girl in the back transferred the address to her mother, who was riding shotgun during my weekend away with my daughter. “Honey,” the mom said, “are you sure you dialed the closest restaurant?” “Yes,” the daughter grumbled, shaking her head at her mother. “I just checked the address for this restaurant and it’s two hours from here. You sure you want a pizza that far away?” “Wait, what?” the daughter said, double-checking the address and the

phone. Sure enough, the restaurant was on the other side of the state. “Wait, before you order from a closer one,” I said, as she was already searching her phone for a nearby restaurant, “we’re sitting right outside a pizza restaurant. Don’t you want to try this one?” “No, thanks,” she said, trying to be polite to someone else’s parent. “We want this one.” When we got to the closer restaurant, we ran into another parent who was picking up pizza for his family. With so many other local choices, how did both families make the identical choice? I suppose they might have discussed their food preference during the day. That was unlikely, given the social split in the group. Alternatively, they have become so accustomed to the familiar that they prefer it, even when traveling. I suppose when the opportunity for something new and different knocks, people don’t always feel the urge to answer the door.

the recent article in the Times: “Planning to Age in Place? Find a Contractor Now” by Paula Span. At this point, with about 10,000 Americans turning 65 every day, it would make the most sense for every new house to be constructed according to what is termed “universal design.” Such homes would have bathroom grab bars, higher toilets, curbless showers, widened doorways and added lighting. Such features would promote independence for the disabled and older people. There are other associations that offer similar certification programs. Certified Living in Place Professional program is one such. Local agencies on aging and senior centers may also give this kind of information. What seems to work best is if an occupational therapist and a CAPS, or equivalently trained graduate, team up to interview each homeowner and determine what is most needed. Costs for these modifications can be a problem. There is little government help for such remodeling, with the exception of the Department of Veterans Affairs and perhaps Medicaid. Some states do offer tax credits but not many.

Mostly such alterations are privately financed, despite the potential savings from staying at home. A bipartisan bill was introduced in Congress last year for a $30,000 federal tax credit, but to date it has gone nowhere. Approximate costs could run as follows, according to Bawden: two grab bars installed for $200-$300; replace doorknobs with lever handles $60-$90; for every relocated electrical outlet or switch, $175-$250. Those are the smaller costs. Then there is replacing a tub with a roll-in shower at $8,000$10,000, and an entirely new bathroom with universal design elements for more than $25,000. The biggest hurdle of all may be to get older residents to feel that they need such modifications. At the least, kitchen floors might be textured rather than covered with tiles that are slippery when wet; the color of the kitchen counters might contrast with the color of the floor as the more elderly lose depth perception; front edges of stairs could be outlined with colored tape; freezers are safer in a pullout drawer at the bottom of a refrigerator — and, for Pete’s sake, get rid of those muchbeloved throw rugs.

Home sweet home into old age

f you were to ask those of us of a certain age, we would insist that we want to age in place. That is, we want to continue to live in our houses, cook in our kitchens and sleep in our bedrooms. This is a worthy goal for it saves family and the government a lot of money. Statistics have shown that hospitalization and nursing homes are far more costly than living at By Leah S. Dunaief home. Still, we also know that more accidents happen in the home, and that means continuing to live at home presents certain challenges. The greatest hazard, it would seem, is for older adults to fall. Now, and for the last score of years, there are programs with certifications that train people how to make homes safer, especially for preventing falls. For example,

Between you and me

the National Association of Home Builders offers a course that trains CAPS: certified aging in place specialists. These may be builders, remodelers, occupational therapists or interior designers who can come into a home and make suggestions for retrofitting. There are 3,500 such specialists but Dan Bawden, from Houston, who helped develop the program in 2001, told The New York Times there are 10 times as many needed to upgrade such homes. The highest rate of home ownership in the country, some 80 percent, is by older people, and the great majority of us are in single-family homes. The three most important features allowing residents to move around safely are: to have an entrance without steps; to live on a single floor; and to have hallways and doorways wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard, less than 4 percent meet that description. And if further features are thrown in, like doors with lever handles — rather than knobs — plus light switches and electric outlets that can be reached from a wheelchair, that rate falls to 1 percent, according to

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