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May 11, 2017

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Village Three incumbents run uncontested for school board seats By AndreA PAldy The April 3 board meeting gave Three Village residents another chance to learn about the 2017-2018 school district’s budget before heading to the polls April 16. Along with the budget, they will also vote on three school board trustees; all are incumbents who are running unopposed. The board trustees on the ballot are Dr. Jeffrey Kerman, current board Vice President Irene Gische and Inger Germano. This will be the third three-year term for each since joining the board in 2011. Kerman, a dentist with practices in Mount Sinai and New York City, is the father of two Ward Melville graduates and served previously as the board’s president, in addition to a sixyear term from 1999 to 2005. He currently sits on the board’s audit and facilities committees. Well known for sewing costumes for the district’s theater productions, Gische is also a parent of Ward Melville graduates and grandmother of current Three Village students. She was head teacher at Stony Brook University’s preschool for 25 years. Prior to her current service on the board, Gische was a board trustee from 1983 to 1995, during which she was president for two years. Gische currently chairs the board’s policy committee. Germano, the mother of two Three Village students, is president of medical management and billing company Universal Medical Billing, Corp. A Three Village resident since 2005, she also served on the North Shore

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From left, Inger Germano, Irene Gische and dr. Jeffrey Kerman are running for board seats unopposed in the Three Village Central School district. Montessori School board and owns Global Alliance Realty with her husband. Germano sits on the board’s policy committee. At the April 3 board meeting, Jeffrey Carlson, assistant superintendent for business services, addressed the issue of the $204.4 million budget that stays within the 3.4 percent cap on the allowable tax levy increase. Carlson announced that the district will receive a $715,000 increase in state aid, up from the governor’s original proposal of $247,000. There will be no cuts to programs or services to stay within the cap, he said. In fact, the new school year will bring new programs. As residents go to the polls, one of the most discussed additions is the free, district-

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Board president Bill Connors responded that the preschool and other new programs were not “frills” but lay the foundation for the district’s students. “We are very concerned about costs because they affect all of us in our community,” he said, adding, however, that the board is also concerned about maintaining the quality of educational programs. Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich said the preschool and the additional programs would give students “the opportunity to be successful.” Also, she said, preschool is shown to save money in special services that would be needed later. “Early intervention is priceless,” she said. Carlson said that it is estimated that the cost of the preschool will add about $20 to the average tax bill. Other new academic offerings will include fourth-grade chorus and daily band and orchestra for ninth-graders, as well as additional secondary level electives, an expansion of the high school writing center and the introduction of math centers at the junior high schools. The budget covers small increases in staffing at the elementary level — up to 4.2 full-time equivalent positions (FTEs), Carlson said. The preschool will be staffed by three FTE elementary positions that will be reassigned to the preschool because of declining elementary enrollment. If the preschool reaches its capacity of 200 students,

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clockwise from above, imagination pre-school owners Eileen and sol Hummel participated in the 2016 three Village Electric Holiday parade; Hummel standing by the school’s sign; the teacher dressed as a bunny for a holiday celebration; and Hummel and Jenna stimmel during her school days.

Pre-school owner, teacher closes doors after 20 years By Rita J. Egan Rita@tBRnEwspapERs.com Life is filled with various milestones. When the students at Imagination Pre-School in Stony Brook graduate June 19, owner, director and teacher Eileen Hummel will also be stepping into a new stage of her life. A couple of months ago, Hummel, who owns the pre-school with her husband Sol, sent a letter out to parents notifying them the pre-school will be closing after 20 years. The owner said it wasn’t a decision she and her husband were planning on making in the near future, but when Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, the building’s owners she leases the space from at 380 Nicolls Road, decided they wanted to utilize the building for their own needs, and no longer wanted tenants, the Hummels decided it was time to move on. It was in June of 1997 when the doors to the school officially opened. Hummel had 20 years of experience in the education field, which included seven years as a director and head teacher at a local private school. Through the years, she estimates over 2,500 have come through the school’s door not only for pre-k classes, but summer camp, too. The location has been an ideal one, especially with Stony Brook University right down the road. “We chose it because at the time we felt it

was a perfect location being on Nicolls Road, a lot of learning going on both in scholastics which is a well-traveled road, and we knew and life skills. “My philosophy is, especially for 2-yearsomeone who belonged to the fellowship — one of my neighbors — and it seemed like a olds and 3-year-olds, socialization is the most important thing,” Hummel said. “For the very good fit at the time,” the teacher said. Danielle Short, 21, who is currently a junior 4-year-olds, the academics to get them ready at Salisbury University in Maryland majoring for school is as important as the socialization.” She said 4-year-olds learned the alphabet in respiratory therapy, was surprised when she heard the news. The former student, who and numbers. And no matter a child’s age, also worked as a camp counselor at Imagina- Hummel said she and the teachers felt it was tion, said she still keeps in touch with a couple important to teach good values, how to be polite and kind, and how to make friends. In of people she made friends with there. “I was surprised because the school was addition to the basics, it’s most important for open for so long, and it’s a really popu- young students “to be able to love school and lar school in the area — a lot of people go want to go to school every day,” she said. Jenna Stimmel, 20, another former stuthere,” Short said. Elizabeth Avella, 23, who also attended the dent who worked at the summer camp, reschool and would often visit her mother who members playing games at the pre-school. worked there, was also saddened by the news. The former student said she met one of her best friends there. “It makes me sad because “It’s so cool to have met I went there — all my brothsomeone in pre-school and ers went there, my mom still talk to them now,” works there, so it’s close to Stimmel said. home,” she said. “It’s sad to For Stimmel, who is now see a place like that go.” a sophomore majoring in Hummel, who holds a psychology at Binghamton master’s degree in early it was a pleasure childhood education, cre— Eileen Hummel University, to work for her former preated a pre-school where children can socialize and learn in a fun school as a camp counselor, and work with environment. She said one of her favorite the children. She said it was heartwarming things to do, and among the things she’ll to see the kids look up to her as she had to miss most, is dressing up for holidays and her teachers and counselors. “It was really cool to get to work with [the special occasions. Through the years, she has played Santa’s helper and a leprechaun counselors] because I’ve seen them as a child for St. Patrick’s Day, among other characters and now I get to work with them,” she said. Avella, who now works in the corporate for the children. “She dresses up for the holidays and every- design industry, remembers how sweet Miss thing,” Short said. “She’s always very spirited Eileen was when she attended the school, and her first day of school when her teacher at the events.” Hummel said in addition to missing special helped her get through the day. “I remember my first day of school,” Aveloccasions with her students, she’ll miss the everyday running of the school, which included la said. “I was crying, and I remember the greeting parents and grandparents as they teacher Miss Denise was holding me all day, and she wouldn’t put me down.” dropped their children off. Like Stimmel, Avella made friends at the “I loved owning a pre-school, and I loved school and still keeps in touch with them and interfacing with the families,” she said. While Hummel had created an entertain- the teachers. When her mother used to be ing environment for her students, who range a teacher, she would volunteer to help her in age from 2 to 4 years old, there was also mother at the school.

‘I loved owning a pre-school, and I loved interfacing with the families.’

“I’m glad I got the opportunity to go there,” Avella said. “You wouldn’t think pre-school would be so important, or that it would last this long. I mean, I’m 23, and I still talk to my pre-school teacher. That’s pretty cool.” As she says goodbye to Imagination PreSchool, Hummel doesn’t plan to rest. She hopes to become involved with an organization that works with children on a volunteer basis. However, her school will always hold a special place in her heart. “It was a huge part of my life the last 20 years, and I will miss interacting with the children, with the families,” she said. Her former students hope she’ll enjoy her retirement. “I feel like she’s been working so hard for so many years,” Stimmel said. “She was an incredible person to get to work with. She’s such an incredibly hard-working person, and I think that this retirement is well-deserved for her.” Avella hopes Hummel will continue her career in childcare in some shape or form. “I hope that she does what she loves still, and she can find a way to still incorporate kids into her life, and bring joy to kids, because I loved going there,” Avella said. “Everyone that works there is a family, so I hope she’s still able to do that. I hope she’s able to still bring joy to people’s lives.”

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PoLIcE BLottEr Incidents and arrests May 2–May 8 Heroin arrest

A 23-year-old woman from Medford possessed a hypodermic needle and heroin while on Terryville Road in Port Jefferson Station at about 7:30 a.m. May 8, according to police. She was arrested and charged with possession of a hypodermic instrument and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Hit-and-run

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Edward Schmidt, above, in 2015 when he served as president of the Poquott Civic Association; below, Schmidt and friend at the 2014 Poquott Fish Fry he helped organize.

Former Poquott civic president ready to put past behind him By RitA J. EgAn RitA@tBRnEwSPAPERS.Com Former Poquott Civic Association President Edward Schmidt may be off the hook concerning charges of stealing funds from the civic group in 2015. Schmidt, 24, recently received an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office for charges filed against him in 2015, according to his lawyer Tad Scharfenberg. Schmidt, who is also one of Poquott’s former deputy mayors, was accused of stealing more than $20,000 from the civic association in August 2015. The adjournment notification means in October, two counts of petit larceny against Schmidt will most likely be dismissed. A felony grand larceny charge previously filed was already dropped in 2016. The charges were for incidents between September 2013 and May 2014, when the civic association alleged the former president used money for non-association expenses such as gas for his personal vehicle, clothing and dining at gourmet restaurants. In a phone interview, Scharfenberg said Schmidt has always pleaded not guilty to the accusations, and while he has sent the civic association $10,000 in total, he never made an admission of guilt. Scharfenberg also said Schmidt made a good business decision by sending the association money, as litigation would have cost him more in the end. “I think it was an outrage that charges were brought in the first place,” the lawyer, and former prosecutor, said. Scharfenberg said Schmidt was only 19 when he became president of the civic association and was organizing large events such as a holiday party and fish fry. He said he felt the former civic association president might have

On Osborne Avenue in Mount Sinai March 30 at about 7 a.m., a 20-year-old woman from Port Jefferson Station driving a 2009 Nissan struck a pedestrian walking on the shoulder of the road, and failed to report the incident, according to police. The pedestrian sustained injuries and was transported to the hospital for treatment, police said. The driver was arrested May 8 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with first-degree leaving the scene of an accident without showing identification.

Who are you?

At about 5 p.m. May 3, a 20-year-old man from Rocky Point was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi on Route 25A in Miller Place near the intersection of Mount Sinai Road when he was pulled over, according to police. Police discovered he was driving with a suspended license, and during the traffic stop he identified himself as someone other than his real identity, police said. The New York State inspection sticker on his windshield was also fraudulent, police said. He was arrested and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, false personation and possession of a forged instrument.

Vociferous voicemail

been too young to handle such large events even though the lawyer said the now 24-yearold is a highly motivated individual. “He got a lot of the young people in the community involved in the events they ran,” he said. However, the lawyer said, “He didn’t keep good records.” Scharfenberg said he believes Schmidt simply was caught up in the politics while he was involved in the civic association. “[The prosecutors] did the right thing come the end of the day,” the lawyer said, adding Schmidt is ready to move on. “He’s a good young man, and he’s going to go on from here,” Scharfenberg said. Current Poquott Civic Association president Carol Pesek said the board would also like to see the community put the incident behind them, but the board members believe they followed the letter of the law. “Our board represents the membership,” Pesek said. “We persevered undeterred by ongoing harassment from some who chose to ignore the facts despite being invited to view all of the financial records.”

A 52-year-old man from Rocky Point left a voicemail for someone at about 5 p.m. May 1 making threatening statements that caused the recipient to be fearful, according to police. He was arrested May 2 in Rocky Point and charged with aggravated harassment.

Heroin possession

At about 8 p.m. May 6, a 32-year-old man from Rocky Point was seated in a vehicle on Route 25A in East Shoreham with a plastic bag containing envelopes filled with heroin, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Rifling through storage

On May 5 at about 5 p.m., someone entered a storage container in the rear parking lot of Bicks Auto on Route 25A in Mount Sinai and stole a television and motor oil, according to police.

The gift that keeps on giving

Gift cards were stolen from an unlocked 1987 Chevrolet parked at LA Fitness on

Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station at about 7 p.m. May 4, according to police.

Key witnesses

A 2016 Dodge parked outside of a home on Lodge Lane in Setauket was keyed at about 2 a.m. May 8, according to police.

Break in case of emergency

The rear passenger side window of a 2014 Subaru was damaged while it was parked on the street outside of a home on Maple Avenue in Setauket at about 6 p.m. May 5, according to police.

Air ball

An unknown man took an iPhone from the basketball court of LA Fitness on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station at about 10:30 p.m. May 8, according to police.

Two for one

Someone threw a bottle that damaged a 2016 Ford and a 2007 Buick parked outside of a home on Edith Court in Port Jefferson Station at about 8 p.m. May 6, according to police.

Sounds sketchy

A portable audio speaker was stolen from Target on Pond Path in Setauket at about 6:30 p.m. May 7, according to police.

Jewels jacked

Jewelry was stolen from a jewelry box within a home on Blinker Light Road in Stony Brook at about noon April 12, according to police. A police report was filed May 4.

In and out procedure

Cash and jewelry were stolen from a home on Sylvan Avenue in Port Jefferson Station at about noon May 3, according to police.

Attempted break-in

Two people entered a fenced-in yard of a home on Tyler Avenue in Miller Place at about 11 a.m. May 5 and damaged a rear sliding glass door, according to police.

Job perks

On May 4 at a store in Independence Plaza in Selden at about 9 a.m., a 20-yearold man from Selden who was also an employee at the store stole cash from the register and a drink from the inventory, according to police. He was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

Nobody home

The windowpane of an unoccupied building on Patchogue Road in Port Jefferson Station was damaged at about 6:30 p.m. May 7, according to police. — ComPilED By AlEx PEtRoSki

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New red light camera report stirs controversial reaction By Victoria Espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com The results are in for the 2015 Red Light Safety Program Annual Report — the most recent report to date — but there are still questions to be asked. The report, released in April, showed in 2015 a total of $31 million in gross revenue was collected from the program for citations issued from the start of the program in 2010 but paid in 2015 — a drop of some $1.9 million from the previous year. However, an entire section is missing on accident data, which in years past indicated how many accidents occurred from right angles, rear ends, accidents that involved injury, what intersections they occurred at and more. “It’s a disgrace,” Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (RFort Salonga) said in a phone interview. “They say it’s coming — but they won’t even tell us who prepares the report.” Trotta is not the only person to raise this concern. Personal injury lawyer David Raimondo, based in Lake Grove, agreed not knowing what company prepares the report is a red flag. He has worked on several injury lawsuits having to do with red light camera intersections and has filed a Freedom of Information Law request to discover what company creates the current annual reports on the program. Just last month he called for a federal investigation into the program. “We don’t know who makes the report, they [Suffolk County government] claim the data used is correct, but I’m challenging that right now because I don’t think their data is accurate,” he said. The county executive’s office did not respond to requests for comment. Every annual report has the Suffolk County seal on the cover as well as the seal of the county’s office of Traffic and Parking Violations Agency. All services in maintaining, operating and managing the red light cameras are done by Xerox, a corporation that entered into a contract with Suffolk County. Xerox provides a monthly invoice to the county for contractual requirements, and according to the study was paid $9.4 million that year. But it’s still unclear which entity condenses the raw data and creates the annual reports. Raimondo also took issue with an article from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety referenced in the 2015 report. “Red light cameras installed at intersections reduced the number of fatalities due to crashes at these intersections … there was a steep increase in fatalities at intersections that removed red light cameras,” the report stated. The article also included data from 57 cities throughout the country between 1992 and 2014, comparing trends in fatal crash rates in those cities with trends in 33 cities that never had cameras. The lawyer called the article “propaganda,” and said he has worked with many scientists and engineer experts who confirm red light camera programs do not reduce fatalities. Another problem with the Suffolk County study, Raimondo said, is it does not include data on accidents involving bicyclists or pedestrians. “Every single intersection with a camera and a crosswalk needs a report,” he said. Red light cameras are placed in two types of intersections: New York State intersections, where a state road meets a state, county or town road; and non-state intersections, where a county road meets a county or town road. According to the report, intersections are chosen based on where the cameras would yield the highest safety result, but Raimondo doesn’t buy that. “They’re putting them in areas with the highest volume of people who don’t want to go to court and can afford to pay the ticket,” he said. “They’re targeting middle class people. It’s a real racketeering operation, it’s enterprise corruption.” Trotta echoed the sentiment. “It’s a sham,” he said. “It’s the equivalent of a 63 percent tax increase on resident’s general fund tax, except this way the Suffolk County executive can say he didn’t raise it — but in actuality he did and it’s absurd. He [Steve Bellone (D)] thinks the people of Suffolk County are idiots. It’s an insult to the residents.”

According to the report released last month analyzing the 2015 data, 352,472 red light camera fines were paid in 2015, including payments immediately after first notice of a ticket and court-related fines. This has led to more than $17.6 million in gross fine revenues for the year ($19 million in 2014 on 380,809 fines paid). These fines and fees are deposited directly into a Suffolk County comptroller’s account. Some areas across Suffolk County saw more red light camera incidents recorded and tickets issued in 2015, but others stayed at a steady rate or saw a decrease. The study details how many incidents a red light camera intersection tracks in a certain year, as well as how many tickets are issued from those incidents.

In 2015 in Huntington Station on Oakwood Road, a huge 73,217 red light camera incidents were noted, with 3,741 tickets issued, compared to 9,773 incidents noted and 602 tickets issued in 2014. Lake Grove had 86,343 incidents with 4,636 tickets issued in 2014, and the next year that number jumped to 106,145 incidents yet saw a drop in tickets to 4,435.In East Setauket on Route 347, more than 1,000 incidents were recorded than the prior year at 37,594, however 45 fewer tickets were issued at 1,838. On Miller Place Road, 117,016 incidents were recorded in 2014, with 7,055 tickets issued, and in 2015 there was a drop in incidents tracked at 113,915, with 6,088 tickets issued.

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Three Village remembers jazz preservationist

By Rita J. Egan Rita@tBRnEwspapERs.com

John Broven, music history author, also had the opportunity to meet Sneed when she lived in the Three Village area. “For many years I knew Ann as the With great admiration, many in the area are remembering a jazz music pres- always-friendly ticket collector at Demoervationist who recognized the importance cratic fundraisers, but for a longtime had of the American-born genre from its early no idea of her background in classic jazz,” days. Ann Sneed, 87, formerly of Stony Broven said. Sneed invited him to her home after she Brook and founder of the nonprofit foundation International Art of Jazz, died in discovered his wife Shelley’s father was the founder of Golden Crest and Shelley ReLas Vegas, Nevada, April 21, from cancer. Sneed founded the International Art cords of Huntington Station. “It wasn’t until she asked me about of Jazz foundation in the 1960s and organized concerts in the Three Village area, three years ago to identify the valuable as well as surrounding towns. The founda- jazz albums in the large record collection tion also traveled to schools to introduce at her Stony Brook home that I became children to the sounds of jazz throughout aware of her deep involvement in the music,” he said. “As we browsed through the the state. When Tom Manuel, trumpet player and LPs with the red wine flowing, she brought owner of The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook, de- alive revered artists as real people. She cided to open his venue, he reached out to seemed to know them all, including Clark the music preservationist. He said for years Terry, Marian McPartland, Billy Taylor and he had heard about her from other musi- a personal favorite, Ruth Brown. Ann was a cians, who when they discovered he was remarkable pioneering lady in the world of from Stony Brook, would ask him if he was jazz, full of compassion for the musicians, and in a sense paved the way for today’s familiar with her. “Ann used to produce these amazing vibrant Jazz Loft facility in Stony Brook.” In her autobiography “Miss Rhythm,” concerts not just in Stony Brook but in the rhythm and blues Three Village area, singer Ruth Brown Port Jefferson, at the credits her particiuniversity,” he said pation in Sneed’s in a telephone interorganization Inview. “Some of the ternational Art of first jazz concerts at Jazz as being one the university were of the opportuniproduced by Ann. So, ties that helped I always heard about her get back on her her and was always feet after sufferkind of impressed ing with a career that the oldest organidownturn and fization for jazz in the nancial hardships. history of our country Brown, who was founded right lived in Deer Park, here in Stony Brook. wrote in her book What an amazing acIAJ organized complishment.” — Steve Englebright how workshops in Manuel said schools, from kinSneed’s health was dergarten to college, failing when they connected, so the majority of their conversa- sometimes two or three times a week to tions occurred over the phone. The two of expose children to jazz music. In addition to her involvement in muthem would talk for hours about her life in sic, Sneed was also a member of the Sufmusic and her days running IAJ. “She was there at the beginning,” he folk County Democratic Committee, and said. “There are so few people you can talk she was a familiar face at many campaign events for Assemblyman Steve Englebright to like that now.” Manuel described Sneed as spunky, (D-Setauket) where she was a volunteer bright, genuine and inspiring. He said he manning the front desk. Englebright said he knew Sneed for 35 admired her for recognizing the imporyears but when it came to her productions tance of jazz music and preserving it. “Everything she said was so powerful he was only able to attend one in the early and so applicable today — that the music years of IAJ. However, he said through his was so important, that the artists were so conversations with her about jazz and her productions he felt as if he attended all of underappreciated,” he said. Manuel was always in awe of her stories her events. about all the musical artists she met, es“She had the great luminaries of the pecially composer, pianist and bandleader years when she was there (IAJ) from all Duke Ellington. over the country and all over the world,” “She actually had a fairly well-estab- he said. “She was the catalyst really for lished friendship with Duke Ellington, and bringing so many of these people to our that kind of floored me,” he said. “Not only shores and to our community on Long Isjust the fact that he was a jazz legend but land. I think she lifted the level of our culEllington was arguably one of the greatest tural experience rather significantly.” American composers of all time, and so The assemblyman echoed both Manumuch of the jazz standards are Ellington el’s and Broven’s sentiments about Sneed’s compositions.” groundbreaking work as well as her paving

‘The work that she did, the pioneering work really that she undertook as the executive director of the International Art of Jazz, helped set the stage for the current level of appreciation that jazz has in our society.’

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ann sneed outside of the three Village inn before a campaign event for assemblyman steve Englebright in october of 2012. the way for jazz appreciation even in present times. “The work that she did, the pioneering work really that she undertook as the executive director of the International Art of Jazz, helped set the stage for the current level of appreciation that jazz has in our society,” Englebright said. “Ann Sneed was well ahead of her time.” The assemblyman said that it was after Sneed’s work with IAJ that she began to volunteer at his campaign events. “I was so very privileged and honored that she spent a good deal of her time working to help me in my work with the public,” he said. “Often she was the person who would greet you at the door at the Englebright fundraisers, graciously show you in and make you feel that all was good.” Matthew Barton, curator at the Library of Congress’ National Audio Visual Con-

BOE Continued from page A3 the district will hire two more teachers. As of last week’s meeting, enrollment was at 111, requiring 3.5 FTEs, Carlson said. With more students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), 2.2 FTEs will go toward elementary special education, health and physical education. The secondary level will see an increase in staffing of 1.15 FTEs, Carlson said. Three Village will also hire a drug and alcohol counselor to work with students and their families. Additionally, the district will add a supervisor of technology and information systems to help pilot its one-to-one device program, an initiative to provide junior high students with notebook computers. Two FTEs will be added to the grounds and maintenance staff.

servation Center in Culpeper, Virginia, said recordings of the jazz concerts that Sneed produced are housed in the Library of Congress. The recordings include performances by jazz legends such as Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Illinois Jacquet, Johnny Hartman, Thad Jones and more. “There are more than 200 of the jazz concerts that Ann Sneed mounted with the International Art of Jazz in the Library of Congress’ recorded sound holdings,” Barton said. “The tapes include a wonderful range of the best performers in jazz over several decades. It’s a wonderful and fitting legacy for someone who loved jazz so much, and did so much for it.” Sneed is survived by her two daughters Jan Sneed and Kathleen Lukens and two grandsons. Services will be announced at a later date. The district’s capital projects, which are reimbursed by the state at a rate of 66 percent, will include the installation of generators at the elementary schools and field renovations at Ward Melville High School and P.J. Gelinas Junior High. Also planned are building repairs at Ward Melville and Gelinas, as well as district-wide plumbing and bathroom renovations. Voting for the budget and trustees will take place on Tuesday, May 16 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Residents zoned to vote at Arrowhead, Minnesauke and Nassakeag elementary schools will vote at Ward Melville High School. Those zoned for Mount Elementary School will vote at R.C. Murphy Junior High and those zoned for Setauket Elementary School will vote at P.J. Gelinas Junior High.

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school news Ward Melville High School

The Stony Brook School

Photo from The Stony Brook School Photo from Three Village Central School District

Building bridges

As a result of his structurally sound engineering skills, Ward Melville High School junior Andrew Zhang was named the winner of this year’s Brookhaven National Laboratory Bridge Building Contest and has qualified to have his design compete at the 2017 International Bridge Contest in Dallas, Texas. As part of the school’s InSTAR program, members of the junior class participated in this event by engineering and designing a structure within the stipulations set by BNL. They were required to draw

bridge plans to scale and construct models for maximum efficiency, which were then tested using a hydraulic pressure plate. The amount of force per mass that each bridge can withstand is measured and students were able to tweak their final designs based on the data received. During the BNL contest, Zhang’s bridge competed against the top entries from across Nassau and Suffolk counties, and was found to be able to withstand 1,049 times its own mass. Zhang’s InSTAR teachers are Todd Kettler and Jim Dornicik and the InSTAR Science Research Director is Dr. Marnie Kula.

Robotics team excels

home with 1st, 2nd, and 7th place honors, advancing two teams to the state championship. Out of a showing of 40 teams at the state competition, Stony Brook finished 6th and 7th overall. As for the upper school, even in spite of a last minute recalibration on competition day, the SBS robot dominated the 12 x 12 foot arena for the majority of the FIRST TECH Challenge Long Island Championship at Smithtown West High School. Visions of victory remained unobstructed until the semifinal round, when an unfortunate malfunction in Stony Brook’s alliance robot ultimately barred advancement to the super-regionals competition.

DeWitt Treder

and nephews. Visitation hours and funeral services were held at the Lorne & Sons Funeral Home in Delray Beach.

“A dynasty is in the making,” comments Head of School Joshua Crane on the recent success of The Stony Brook School robotics teams, “we are quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with.” And certainly, momentum seems steadily on the rise with impressive performances this year from both Stony Brook’s upper and middle school teams. Under the leadership of Stony Brook faculty members Don and Alison Felix, the middle school team swept the competition in their first ever contest appearance, the FIRST LEGO League Qualifying Tournament held on January 15, 2017 at Longwood High School. The team returned

obituaries Lois Marie Hartzell

Lois Marie Hartzell, 96, of South Setauket died April 27. She was the widow of Richard, Jr. who predeceased her in 1986. She is survived by her children, Penelope, Leslie, and Richard III; grandchildren Glory Mongin and Eleanor Hartzell; and great grandchildren Oliver Mongin and Roisin Mongin. She was born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania to Charles and Lily Mae Reeder (née Kissell). An alumna of Lock Haven State Teacher’s College (now Lock Haven University), class of 1942, Lois engaged occasionally in substitute teaching, and later in life, enjoyed tutoring émigrés in English as a foreign language. She was a crafts aficionado who spent years throwing pots and quilting, as well as an intrepid traveler who visited countries such as Finland, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, India, Thailand and China. Lois will be missed by her fellow quilters in the SUSB women’s craft group and by the staff and residents of Jefferson’s Ferry, where she lived for more than a decade.

A memorial service will be held at Jefferson’s Ferry’s Bove Center, South Setauket, June 29 at 3 p.m. Visit the guest book at www.bryantfh. com/tributes/Lois-Hartzell.

Theodore ‘Ted’ Josberger

Theodore “Ted” Josberger of Little Silver, New Jersey, formerly of Stony Brook died suddenly April 14. He is survived by his partner, Karen Harris; his father Lawrence and his wife Susan; his three brothers Stuart (Kelly), Douglas (Heather), and Alexander (Nicole); stepsons Scott Delahunt and Trey Tambouri; nephews Austin and Lucas Josberger; and niece Erin Kenny. He is predeceased by his mother Pamela. He was born in Huntington to his loving parents and was a member of the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club. He had a passion for sailing, skiing and cycling. A memorial gathering was held at the Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank, New Jersey. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his memory to Clean Ocean Action through info@CleanOceanAction.org. A memorial website can be found at www.johndayfuneralhome.com.

DeWitt Treder, 87, of Delray Beach, Florida and formerly Nissequogue, died May 4. “Opie,” as he was lovingly called by his grandchildren, was born in Brooklyn March 24, 1930 to John and Marie Treder. He married the love of his life Elinor Weyer on Sept. 15, 1951. They had an amazing journey together and created a beautiful life raising their three children, Kenneth, Karen and Patricia. Treder was a Suffolk County police officer who joined the force when it was first organized in 1960. Through hard work and his steady leadership capabilities, he rose through the ranks to become the first officer to be named police commissioner of Suffolk County in 1983. He ran the department until his retirement in 1987. Treder is survived by his wife of 66 years, Elinor; son Kenneth DeWitt (Eileen) Treder; daughters Karen Treder and Patricia (Anthony) Iovelli; grandchildren Matthew DeWitt, April Treder, Megan Treder, Bryce and Christine Iovelli, Devin DeWitt Iovelli; and great-grandson Mason DeWitt Treder. He is also survived by his brother John (Claire) Treder of Setauket; and sister Norma (Edmunde) Stewart of Old Field; along with many loving nieces

John Vincent Mullane

John Vincent Mullane of Charlotte, North Carolina, formerly of Port Jefferson, died April 12. John was born in 1927 in Brooklyn, New York where he graduated from St. Francis Preparatory High School. John received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from New York University. In 1968, John relocated to Port Jefferson where he worked at Stony Brook University for 30 years. He is survived by his wife, Madeline Mullane; four sons, John, Hugh, Michael, and Tom; two daughters, Mary Flynn, and Beth MacPhail; three daughters-in-law, Mary Beth Swindell Mullane, Catherine McCarthy, and Karen Mullane; two sons-in-law, Ken Flynn and Ian MacPhail; and 17 grandchildren. His sister Patricia Connors and her husband Joseph Connors, as well as his parents, Michael and Florence Mullane, predeceased him. The family celebrated Catholic funeral rites at St. Matthew Church in Charlotte, North Carolina and his ashes were entombed at the columbarium on the church property.

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File photo above by Elana Glowatz; all other photos by Beverly Tyler

The monitoring of water in Setauket Harbor, above, was the topic of conversation at a recent Setauket Harbor Task Force meeting. lorne Brousseau, right, discussed coliform levels in the harbor, while Peter linderoth, below, explained volunteers’ roles in testing water quality.

Residents, organizations join forces for a cleaner harbor By SuSan RiSoli The Setauket Harbor Task Force gave an update recently to the community about its ongoing efforts to protect Setauket Harbor and the surrounding shoreline. Approximately 70 people came to the task force’s third annual meeting, held at the Setauket Neighborhood House April 19. “How Clean Is Setauket Harbor?” was the title of a talk given at the meeting. The goal was to give people the opportunity to learn about the health of the harbor and find out what the task force is doing about it. Setauket residents who noticed the harbor was struggling founded the volunteer, nonprofit organization in 2014, said task force board trustee George Hoffman at the meeting. “Sometimes the water looked cloudy,” Hoffman said. “There were a lot of algae blooms. We knew that nobody was really speaking out for Setauket Harbor.” Now the task force wants to partner with the organization Save the Sound, Hoffman said, to create a citizen-scientist, water quality monitoring program in Se-

tauket Harbor. Local volunteers, trained rived fecal coliform.” “Where that came from, we’re not by Save the Sound personnel, would start taking water samples next spring and work sure,” he said. “It could be boat discharge or septic systems.” through October. Brousseau also said there was a “low Peter Linderoth, water quality program director for Save the Sound, spoke at the proportion of domestic animal fecal colimeeting about his organization’s Citizen form – a few dogs and one horse.” A man in the audience asked if it were Science Unified Water Testing program to begin this summer in some Long Island possible to determine what percentage Sound harbors and bays. Twice a month, each source contributed to the total fehe said, volunteers will record precipitation cal coliform in the harbor. Brousseau said data; look at water clarity, seaweed and eel- many more samples, taken from the water grass; and track levels of dissolved oxygen, many more times, would have to be obtained to come up with percentages. chlorophyll, salinity and temperature. “It’s cost-prohibitive and time-prohibiThe Setauket program would be similar, Hoffman said in a recent phone interview. tive,” he said. Brousseau also said feHe said the cost of traincal coliform in Setauket ing volunteers would be Harbor increases, and wacovered by the Long Island ter quality deteriorates, afSound Funders Collaborater a rainfall. tive, a group of funding “After it rains, the numorganizations that pool bers triple, quadruple, their resources to help sometimes more,” he said. protect the Sound. The Task force chairperson water quality monitoring Laurie Vetere also spoke equipment will be provided through a grant Save — Lorne Brousseau at the meeting. She said funds from a $1 million the Sound obtained from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state grant to fund water quality improvement in Setauket Harbor and its waterHoffman said. About a dozen volunteers have already shed are expected to become available signed up to monitor water quality in Se- soon. The grant, announced last fall, was tauket Harbor, and the task force is looking secured for Brookhaven Town by Senator John Flanagan (R-East Northport), workfor more, Hoffman said. The April task force meeting also ad- ing with Assemblyman Steve Englebright dressed a DNA analysis of pathogens in Se- (D-Setauket.) The town will use the funds to remove tauket Harbor. The harbor is closed to shell fishing due to high numbers of disease- accumulated silt at the entrance to the causing bacteria associated with human harbor, renovate the town dock on Shore Road, and continue managing storm waand animal waste. Lorne Brousseau, marine director ter, Vetere said. The grant “was a huge for Cornell Cooperative Extension, said deal, and we’re hoping that money comes the six-week study — commissioned by in sooner rather than later,” she said. She Brookhaven Town and conducted last fall also said Brookhaven Town employees — revealed that “birds seemed to have the have recently been cleaning brush and debiggest impact” on numbers of coliform bris from the Setauket pond park next to in the water, with Canada geese being the Se-Port Deli. Vetere said in a recent phone interview the worst offenders. The second highest source, Brousseau said, was “human-de- that the DNA pathogen analysis was an im-

‘After it rains, the numbers (of coliform) triple, quadruple, sometimes more.’

portant source of baseline data. “Even in dry weather, there have been very high levels of bacteria in the harbor,” she said. “We’re not really sure where that’s coming from, but we’re going to be addressing it.” Vetere also said the Setauket Harbor Task Force will seek ways to work with Suffolk County on its new Septic Improvement Program, a grant and loan program to help homeowners replace outdated septic tanks with nitrogen-reducing septic systems. Vetere said storm water runoff is an issue for Setauket Harbor. Last November, she said, five task force members piled into a car and drove around the harbor “and just watched how storm water was coming down the streets.” The task force is exploring if it would be effective for homeowners around the harbor to plant passive rain gardens, Vetere said, because the gardens soak up storm water and absorb pollutants. The Setauket Harbor Task Force will hold its annual Harbor Day — environmental exhibits, kayaking and paddleboard lessons, entertainment and other activities — Sept. 23 at the town dock on Shore Road. For more information about the Setauket Harbor Task Force and future meetings, call 631-786-6699.

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Clockwise from above, Jillian Becker moves the ball through defenders; shannon Brazier scores; shannon Berry shoots; and Hannah Lorenzen prepares to make a pass to the front of the cage.

Patriots remain undefeated with win over Smithtown By Desirée Keegan Desiree@tbrnewspapers.com Undefeated Ward Melville has a target on its back, and the girls lacrosse team’s 17-4 crushing of Smithtown West May 8 only made it larger. “Everyone is out to get us,” Ward Melville head coach Kerri Kilkenny said. “I think this was probably one of our best games that we’ve played this season — connecting every pass, strong in transition, looking for each other. They were looking one step ahead. We knew where everyone was going to be and a good majority of our goals were assisted, which shows how well we’ve jelled and come together as a team.” Senior Hannah Lorenzen scored three of the first five goals for the Patriots, who continued to win draw after draw to gain crucial time of possession against the No. 3 Bulls.

Ward Melville 17 Smithtown W. 4

“They just passed to me and I was able to there,” she said. “But we all feel like sisters.” finish,” Lorenzen said. “I think the draw is a Kilkenny said her team is right where it big part of it. We get possession and it leads to needs to be, and with its 15th straight win, more opportunities to score.” she’s excited to see where the Sophomore goalkeeper SaPatriots go. mantha Tarpey’s saves in the “You don’t want to peak first half also played a large too soon, but we’re continuing role in the team’s success. that high level of play— the “Making those saves keeps timing of this game is great,” me going and my confidence she said. “We’re certainly enup,” she said. “It keeps team joying the ride, but we keep morale high.” ourselves down to Earth. As the team dominated They need to play each game through the final minutes of like it could be their last.” the first half, three other PaLorenzen doesn’t see the — Kerri Kilkenny triots got on the board, and season ending any time soon. Lorenzen added her fourth goal of the game, “We feel we have a little bit of an edge,” before Smithtown West scored three straight. she said. “We might have a target on our back, Ward Melville sophomore Alexis Rein- but we can take the competition.” hardt closed out the half with the final goal to put her team up 10-3. “We felt it was going to be a bit of a tougher matchup,” Kilkenny said. “I’m not downplaying my kids’ skills at all, because I feel when they play together they’re unstoppable. We controlled every step of this game, and I’m proud of them for that.” With 13 players on the score sheet — Reinhardt, Shannon Berry and Shannon Brazier We beat their price/service/selection scoring two goals each — the chemistry between the team that put up 17 goals and 10 You can buy sneakers anywhere, but there’s only one place that you can get the assists seems unmatched. “2nd Wind Experience”. Only our staff of New Balance “We don’t have a few key players — our athletes has the knowledge to put you W847 team is deep. We can all score; we can all in the right shoe for your foot, play,” Lorenzen said. “We worked a lot on Walking Shoe your activity, your budget. clearing and having people drive through and on our feeds off the draw. We moved the ball well in practice.” Lorenzen is a part of six sets of sisters on the team, but to the senior, the entire team is her family. “I think having those bonds and those connections help — we trust each other and be1371 Rte. 25A, E. Setauket, NY (Three Village Shopping Plaza) lieve in each other and the sisterly intuition is www.2ndwindrunningshoes.com

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

Mother knows best

In defense of democracy in our Hyde Park

With Mother’s Day coming up this Sunday, our editorial staff wanted to take a moment to reflect and give thanks for the powerful mothers and grandmothers who have shaped our lives. Rita J. Egan: I think about unconditional love moms give, especially my own. I feel life is a little easier when you have a mother who doesn’t raise you with her own expectations as to how you should lead your life, but allows you to make your own choices based on what feels right.

Desirée Keegan: My mother is my rock. Growing up as one of two children of a single mother, I saw firsthand what hard work and sacrifice really are. She worked most hours of the day, yet made each moment with us memorable. Through bouncing from house to house — even living in a hotel for six months — my brother and I always had smiles on our faces. And she still finds a way to make me laugh. Since I was waist-high she’d spin me around the kitchen dancing to Michael Jackson or Luther Vandross, forever leading the way. I can always count on her, and I want her to know she can always count on me. Victoria Espinoza: The first thing that comes to mind when I think of my mom is how unapologetically genuine she is. She can laugh at herself when she tries — and fails — to keep up with the times, she knows she’ll cry at any sad scene and will never hold back her tears, and she doesn’t care how many people hear her talk to her dogs (a trait I’m guilty of as well). She has taught me that above all else, the only thing I need to be in this world is authentically me. Alex Petroski: My mom spent my entire childhood trying to make my life and the lives of my two brothers better than hers and her siblings’. When I was a teenager, she went back to school to finally dedicate a little time to fulfilling goals she had for her own life. Her day-to-day work ethic and drive, and her refusal to give in when things were toughest were not lost on me, and I’m a better person for it. And sorry to break it to you, she’s a better cook than your mom. Kevin Redding: My mom is my hero. She raised me on her own for the first six years of my life and, even though that couldn’t have been easy, my permanent memory of her in those days is her big bright smile and complete determination to make sure I was the happiest kid in the world. She is the strongest, funniest, coolest, sweetest, most kind-hearted, generous and encouraging person I’ve ever known. There’s never been anything I felt I couldn’t tell her and she has an unparalleled ability to turn any bad situation into a good one — anybody who’s ever crossed paths with her knows just how infectious her energy and optimism are. Not only does my mom brighten up a room, she fills it with song (“Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin being her favorite) and no-holds-barred dancing (A little mix of Napoleon Dynamite and Ed Grimley). She’s a hardcore vegan who loves and protects animals, she does everything she can to take care of the needy, can throw a baseball like nobody’s business, loves to garden, and is always there when I need her. I love ya, Mom. Don’t forget to call the mother figures in your life this weekend and thank them for all they do.

People ask me and my partners why we have let the mostly right-wing protestors set up shop on our lawn every Saturday at the corner of 25A and North Country Road, park in our parking lot and, occasionally, trample our lawn sprinklers. Each of us has very different feelings about their political views, but we all agree that their right to expression is sacred. We also welcome the anti-war and presumably left-wing folks across the street and hope that if they can’t find a place to park on a Saturday morning, they’ll park in our lot next to the guys whose views they so dispute. My partner A. Craig Purcell is an ardent Democrat. Tony Mercep, who served two tours in Vietnam, probably doesn’t agree with anyone on our side of the street, notwithstanding that some of them are fellow veterans. He does think that if you send troops overseas in service of whatever national interest the folks in power have identified, you should keep your promises to them and not spit on them when they come home. I, having had nephews in combat for 13 years after 911, derive some small comfort from having the right-wing zealots

on our side of the street, but fall well short of endorsing their politics. What we all agree is that they have the right to say it. The key to democracy is the right to hold and express views, however they differ from your neighbor’s. The essential compact is that people with passionate differences can live together and cooperate in pursuit of a common goal. A free press is democracy’s guarantor. Bob Parmegiani, who is a friend of mine, in a letter to the editor in The Village Times Herald May 4 issue indicted this publication for what he sees as unfair treatment of Renaissance Technologies, particularly in the person of its current chairman, Robert Mercer, a Trump supporter. I stand with Bob Parmegiani in defense of Renaissance, if they need defending, and of their diverse views. Renaissance and its principals have enriched this community and have been good citizens, doing business locally when they can. The only bad by-product has been envy, because they seem better at creating wealth than most of us. I do take exception to the implied criticism, by anyone, of the anti-war and anti-Trump

Photo by Kevin Redding

A protester at a recent political rally in Setauket. protestors. In America, we get the guarantee of the right to expression freely with the birth certificate. Those who served our country have paid the duty on that guarantee for all of us, but they didn’t acquire the right to interdict the free expression of others. If something as simple as our little Hyde Park lawn can provide a forum for ideas and advocacy, bring it on.

Tim Glynn Glynn, Mercep and Purcell, LLP Setauket

Thoughts on recent town hall My wife and I attended our first town hall meeting April 23. Our congressional representative Lee Zeldin was to answer questions of the electorate’s concern. At the Portuguese-American Hall in Farmingville security was tight and all attendees had to show proof of residence (no one outside the first congressional district was allowed). All questions were submitted ahead of time, and the questions as announced by a moderator were to be answered by Mr. Zeldin. It looked more like a monologue than a Q-and-A production — the questions sounded crafted and maybe

written in advance. No one from the audience was recognized to ask a question directly, and some were chastised for trying. But there were some areas of concern touched upon. Without going into all of them, I found the audience was interested in hearing about possible Russian hacking and involvement with the past presidential election. To this Mr. Zeldin considered a “small” issue, and that it was time to move on! Many in the audience gasped. A small issue indeed! Another topic of interest was whether the U.S. should participate in the Paris Climate Treaty. His answer was a big surprise:

No, let’s wait to see what other countries will do (and this from the biggest polluter). Other topics, including his position on President Trump’s honesty, gun control (including assault rifles) and deportation of the undocumented, were lightly and vaguely responded to. I will give Rep. Zeldin credit for coming face to face with an increasingly concerned and unhappy American public, and I would recommend more participation from the audience in meeting our elected officials in the future.

Edward Kemp Setauket

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OpiniOn Celebrating the infectious exuberance of youth

hat keeps us young? Well, certainly eating healthy foods, exercising and sleeping are all on that list. But there’s something else that works, too. If you can, try hanging out with a group of younger people at a party, even if the music is loud and incomprehensible. At a recent party, I wasn’t sure what my daughter was saying, as I watched her sing By Daniel Dunaief every word with her eyes wide open and her hands fluttering at her sides like a butterfly’s wings. It’s as if both of my children have sped up the needle so fast on their speech that I suspect that what’s

D. None of the above

coming out of their mouths probably started out as distinct words at some point. I’m hoping that the message they are repeating isn’t something offensive or objectionable, like, “Environmental regulation is bad, so let’s put the fox in charge of the hens at the Environmental Protection Agency. Go fox, Go fox, Go fox.” No, wait, this isn’t about politics. A room full of children at the party, held by a family friend, made me think a bright scientist may one day figure out how to harness that energy, store it and release it at just the right time, either when someone needed to warm a house or a heart. The next generation seems to follow a simple formula: Why walk when you can run, skip or flip, why talk when you can shout and why stay on the ground when you can challenge gravity to hold you down? I recognize that loud parties filled with perplexing music may not be everyone’s cup of tea. The decibel level may damage hearing aids, destabilize pacemakers, or

rattle fillings or dentures. You don’t need to attend a kids party, especially if you weren’t invited to one, to share the exuberance of youth. Have you stopped your car on the way back along familiar routes to watch a T-ball baseball game, to listen to a chorus singing music you might know, or to watch a marching band trying to master John Philip Sousa while figuring out what yard line they’re supposed to be on when they reach the high notes? All that energy begets energy. I’ve heard people talk about how their children keep them young. Imagine multiplying that, even for a day or a few hours, by however many kids are celebrating the moment in a way that doesn’t get bogged down in blinking Blackberries, a pending deadline or a need to disappear into the immobile ether of the television. And if you’re fortunate enough, you can engage with some of the next generation in questions they raise about the world. Many of us

think we are pretty knowledgeable. That may be the case, until a child asks us a question we can’t answer. Of course, we could rush to the internet to find an answer we might soon forget, or we could try to inch our way to an answer or even revisit a question we hadn’t pondered in years. I’m sure teachers feel the same kinds of highs and lows that appear in so many other jobs. They have to discuss the Magna Carta year after year, or explain how the change in Y over the change in X represents the slope of a line. But, then, every once in a while, a student may ask a new question that brings the material to life and gives the teacher an opportunity to learn from the student. The best answers inevitably lead to the next best questions. Energy, insight, curiosity and joy don’t exist solely in the world of youth, but they are often easier to spot among a group of children whose joie de vivre lifts off at a party.

Surprise! Our parents are also people

n the eve of this year’s Mother’s Day, I have a question to ask you. Do you ever think of your parents as people? Sounds like an odd question, but I mean thinking about them in terms of the times they live through, their private satisfactions, their fears and phobias, the experiences that mold them and so forth. We know the facts they choose to tell us about their lives but By Leah S. Dunaief not their deepest thoughts and feelings. We can’t ever really know them, even though we grow up in their home. Most of us consider them as loving to us, making our lives comfortable, caring for us when we are sick, instructing us how to behave, making our favorite birthday dinners. But there is more to their existence than their interactions with us.

Between you and me

I sat down to try and picture myself in their shoes. I know that my father met my mother when he accompanied his older brother to the home of his brother’s fiancée for the first time. There, coming down the stairs in a red dress, was the sister of the fiancée, my mother. To hear my father tell it, he was struck instantly and forever by Cupid’s arrow. Although he was only 15, the sight of her took his breath away. So we know what my father was feeling, but how about her? Did she catch sight of him and feel the same overpowering love at first sight? Was she coming downstairs merely out of curiosity to meet her older sister’s intended, then to slip away for the afternoon with her friends? Did she have nervous or polite conversation with my father? What did they talk about? By the time she was 15 and he was 17, he had persuaded her to get married during her lunch hour in Manhattan’s City Hall. They prevailed upon two men in a nearby barbershop to be their witnesses and to swear that they were both of age. They then returned to work and to their separate homes that night.

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My father was triumphant, I know, because he told us so, for now he had the love of his life as his own. Did he have any idea what that meant? You know, the stuff about making a home, supporting and caring for a wife? And my mother, my always and eminently practical mother? How had he convinced her to do this without telling her parents, her brothers and sisters, especially her older sister with whom she was dearly close? Hard as it is for me to picture, she must have been wildly in love. Theirs was a youthful marriage that worked. They were seldom apart, only during the workday, and they eagerly reunited in the evenings. I could sense the quickening of her breath as we heard his key in the front door. And they began their nightly nonstop conversations as he entered the apartment. My sister and I fell asleep each night to the hum of their voices coming from the kitchen. My dad was born in 1904, my mother in 1906, so they had both lived through World War I. My dad was lucky to be too young for the draft, but how did he feel seeing his

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older brothers marching off to war? And my mother? Was she worried about the fate of her older brother? I never asked them. My parents decided everything together. My mother was more assertive about her opinions, but if my father didn’t agree she would back off. And while he seldom disagreed with her, when he did he was not reticent to let her know. They lived through the Great Depression, but I don’t know if they worried about money or job security. Were they afraid? There was no unemployment or health insurance then. Did they have nightmares about standing on breadlines? I never asked. I do know that by 1939 they started their first business with all the life savings they had managed to scrape together. Then came Pearl Harbor and World War II. Once again my father was saved, being just beyond draft age. Did they feel threatened by the attack and the war? What were their thoughts and feelings? How did they cope with the stress? I came along then, but at no time in their lives did I think to ask. Now, of course, it is too late.

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