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Vol. 46, No. 31

September 23, 2021

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Setauket FD battles fire on Strong’s Neck farm complex

The fire marshal said neighbors are not in any danger because the propane is being burned off which means no gas is accumulating.

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A fire destroyed a structure at a farm complex at 23 Brewster Lane on Strong’s Neck Tuesday. Flames broke out around 10 a.m., according to Setauket Fire Department Chief Scott Gressin. The SFD received mutual aid in excess of 16 surrounding departments. The chief said a 19,000 square-feet structure, that was once used as an interior horse-riding arena, had heaving smoke and fire could be seen coming from multiple sides as firefighters arrived on the scene. Gressin said the first approach was an offensive one; however, considering the fire load inside of the building, the first responders had to take a defensive approach. There were no horses in the structure as it has not been used as a riding arena in some time. Gressin said horses in a nearby stable were under no threat. Two firefighters with burns were treated and released from the hospital. Wednesday morning firefighters and investigators were still at the site. “It continues to be an active fire scene with a hazardous material incident involving buried propane tanks,” Gressin said. “I have multiple

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A farm complex broke out into flames after an electrical conductor was mistakenly energized. Photo from Setauket Fire Department

agencies working to mitigate the problem.” He said the SFD is coordinating with the Town of Brookhaven and Suffolk County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services. At this time, he cannot anticipate when the investigation will be completed. The town’s Chief Fire Marshal Christopher Mehrman said the origin and cause investigation was concluded Tuesday. He said the reason was human error as an electrical conductor

that shouldn’t have been energized was. Two electricians who received electrical shocks were transported to the hospital. Mehrman did not have their present status at press time. Mehrman said the intensity of the fire caused two 1,000-gallon propane tanks to leak. Even though they are underground, the valving is above. He said HazMat technicians are on the scene to control the flow.

Margo Arceri, vice president of the Strong’s Neck Civic Association and a local historian, said the Brewster Lane property was originally owned by Selah Strong, who was a New York State Supreme Court justice in the 1800s. His children sold it to the Rawson publishing family. “It became known as Blueberry Bay Farm, and they raised and sold Black Angus cows,” Arceri said. “At that point, it was the oldest continuously running farm in Suffolk County.” She remembered the farm and the cows growing up on Strong’s Neck. “I recall as a child being chased by the bulls on several occasions when a few of them escaped from time to time,” she said. Arceri said it eventually became Spy Coast Farm where horses, which were world-class hunters and jumpers, were bred. The name was influenced by the Culper Spy Ring activity that took place in the area during the Revolutionary War, according to Arceri. The farm was eventually sold to a private firm.

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WMHO board says there’s more to the Pentimento story

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The members of The Ward Melville Heritage Organization board said protesters only know part of the story about their negotiations with the owner of a popular restaurant in Stony Brook Village Center. After Pentimento Restaurant, owned by chef Dennis Young, announced on its Facebook page at the end of July that it would be closing Sept. 30 due to their lease not being renewed with Eagle Realty Holdings, customers and former employees began protesting the decision. Eagle Realty, which this year paid $725,000 in real estate taxes, according to President Gloria Rocchio, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the not-for-profit WMHO. The realty company leases the commercial businesses in Stony Brook Village Center as well as a few offices and residential homes surrounding the shopping center. In the last few weeks, protesters have rallied in front of the restaurant as well as Rocchio’s home. The supporters created a Save Pentimento Restaurant Facebook page and posted a petition on Change.org. There were also campaigns to call and email all of the board members which include Richard Rugen, chairman of the board, and trustees Mary Van Tuyl and Charles Napoli. People have been calling the WMHO office, too. Rocchio said a couple of times a box truck and car have been parked in front of her home with Save Pentimento signs, and at a Sept. 12 protest, a person was banging a pot. Rugen said as president, Rocchio has taken “the black eye.” The board feels the protests exacerbated the problem instead of letting the trustees work things out with Young and his lawyer. The trustees said they were working on the issue with the owner for eight months. “That’s what’s so frustrating,” Rugen said. “The demonstrations and so on, especially in front of Gloria’s house, have actually exacerbated the problem to the point where it was no longer viable.” Napoli said people don’t have all the facts and the board was just trying to get clarity, while the public has labeled them “demons.” The board members said they have had a good relationship with Young through the years, and he’s always paid his rent on time. Rocchio described Young as “a wonderful chef.” Napoli said the protests were “counterproductive.” “It was unnecessary,” he said. “It could have been resolved, just between us and Dennis.” Van Tuyl, who has received numerous calls at home and her business, added that the

During a Sept. 16 interview with TBR News Media, The Ward Melville Heritage Organization board members said they tried their best to work with Pentimento owner Dennis Young. The Stony Brook Village Center restaurant, above, is slated to close Sept. 30. Photo by Rita J. Egan

protesters know who the board members are but the trustees don’t know who the people are calling and emailing them. “That’s a scary situation for anyone to be in,” she said. Rocchio said it was difficult for her and board members to comment on the lease situation to the press and residents as the terms of a lease and negotiations are normally kept between the lessor and lessee. She added that each lease is for a different length of time. “These are landlord-tenant matters that are negotiated, and you really don’t discuss in public,” Rocchio said. Young and the restaurant’s manager, Lisa Cusumano, said in previous interviews with TBR News Media that they were supposed to notify the landlord a year before the end of the lease term about the intention to renew. Young, who wants to retire in the near future, said he forgot due to trying to keep his business afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. A few months ago, someone he knew wanted to buy the business, but he was told the lease could not be extended. If Young was able to sell the business, the restaurant would remain as Pentimento, and he and Cusumano would continue to work there as well as the current staff.

The board said they were open to extending Young’s lease but not for as long as he originally asked for. When they proposed a shorter length of time, their offer was rejected by him. The board members added that they interviewed the buyer Young suggested as well as others. They suggested a couple of them to Young. However, when the potential buyers contacted the restaurant owner, he didn’t provide them with the information they needed to make an offer. There was one more caveat, Rocchio said, as obligations in a present lease have to be fulfilled before letting another person buy a business, and the septic system needs to be replaced. Cusumano said in a Sept. 16 The Village Times Herald article that Young has maintained the septic system properly and replaced it approximately 10 years ago. Rocchio said the current septic system had been reviewed by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services when it was installed, and the architect who designed it used the standard specification for a restaurant with 125 seats. However, according to the board, the septic system that is a dedicated system for the kitchen, interior of the restaurant and outside patio has been overtaxed. It doesn’t handle or affect the bar

area or the bar bathroom. The owner had expanded the restaurant years ago by taking over a former clothing store. While he didn’t have enough funds to finish the project, the board said Eagle Realty Holdings put up the rest of the money. In the event that he sold the business, the realty company would be repaid. “It was to our benefit for him to sell the business,” Rocchio said. She said with the restaurant closing at the end of the month Eagle Realty will not be paid back the money, and it will be responsible for the new septic system. In a Sept. 16 The Village Times Herald article, Cusumano said that the restaurant’s last day would be Sept. 30. “We walk away after 27 years with nothing,” she said. Napoli said they were doing everything they could to help Young. “No one on the board wants to hurt Dennis,” Napoli said. “Everyone, all the trustees, want him to get something for the restaurant. For 27 years, he has served this community very well and the community has supported him, and we’ve encouraged it. We’ve worked together. It would be only fair that he did get something.”

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Hurricane expert Reed sees link between climate change and violent storms

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With Hurricane Ida taking lives and causing destruction from Louisiana to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, some scientists see longer term patterns reflected in the power and destruction of this storm. Kevin Reed, associate professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, said a group of experts on the topic are working on research related to the climate impacts on Ida. No specific timeline is set for such an analysis, which would be similar to what the World Weather Attribution initiative is doing. “It’s more and more clear that there’s some connection” between a warmer climate and more severe storms,” Reed said. The sooner scientists can make that link, the “more impactful and useful” any such statements or determinations could be.

Obituaries

Theodore Sargent

After a long illness, Theodore (Ted) Prescott Sargent died peacefully on Sept. 8 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was 86 years old. He was born on Jan. 6, 1935, in Yonkers to parents Theodore Spaulding and Mary (Gross) Sargent. He received his undergraduate degree in aeronautical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his graduate degree in applied math from Columbia University. He began his career at Allied Research in Boston; then joined Oceanics, Inc., which conducted water tunnel tests in hydrodynamics for the defense and transportation industries. There he coauthored several scholarly papers on surface ship dynamics. He retired from Unisys (formerly Sperry Gyroscope Corporation) in Lake Success, after working as a research section head. In retirement he continued as a private consultant in hydrodynamics. He was a member of SNAME, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Ted had a life-long love of sailing. He was a member of the Old Field Point Power Squadron, where he both taught and took classes, earning the rank of lieutenant. He was a past commodore of the Setauket Yacht Club, now Port Jefferson Yacht Club, and a lifetime member. He loved to race his sailboat, named Ragtime, winning many trophies, with his enthusiastic and dedicated crew. He came in third place in his division in the Around LI Race in 1986. For 36 years

While Reed hasn’t done any formal research yet on Ida, he has considered some of the specific aspects of this storm. Rainfall rates of over 3 inches per hour, which set a record in Central Park, are “what you would expect in terms of climate impact.” Previous modeling work indicates that increasing global temperatures raise the likelihood of extreme rainfall. Reed hopes researchers can build methodologies and refine their approaches to apply what they know about climate to severe weather events like Ida, which command attention as they approach, once they make landfall and, in their aftermath, as cities and states rebuild. What’s clear from some of the work he’s done is that “climate change is not a longoff problem, it’s already changing storms” in terms of the amount and intensity of rainfall. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report emphasized that

climate change is increasing the rainfall from storms. Reed suggested it would help in terms of prevention and planning to develop ways to refine the understanding of the link between climate change and storms. Researchers should “produce this type of information, almost at the same frequency as weather forecasts.” Larger storms have become a topic on people’s minds in part because disruptive weather events like hurricanes Ida (2021), Laura (2020), Dorian (2019), Florence (2018), Harvey (2017) and Matthew (2016) seem to happen so much more frequently. Scientists are continuing to try to “quantify the impact” of how the characteristics of an event might have changed because of a warmer climate, Reed said. Research has been evolving to address society’s most pressing and urgent questions. Indeed, climate change can and likely

has contributed to heavier snowfall events, despite the broader trend towards warmer temperatures. Some scientists have linked the melting of Arctic ice to the weakening of the polar vortex, enabling colder air to come south toward the continental United States and, in particular, the Eastern Seaboard. The impacts from climate change are “going to get larger and more significant,” Reed said. “We have an opportunity to mitigate that. If we reduce our emissions the world will warm by half a degree to a degree. That still is offsetting potentially disastrous impacts of going beyond that.” Recognizing the impact of climate change is a necessary step in reducing the likelihood of future extreme and variable weather events. The kind of changes necessary for a sustainable future “takes leadership at the national and international level,” Reed said.

he also cruised his sailboat in the summers as far west as New York City and as far east as Nantucket and Cape Cod. In retirement, he had time to sail in the British Virgin Islands with his wife Barrie and friends. Ted was a devoted husband, father and grandfather and deeply loved in return. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Barrie, and his son Walter Sargent and wife Margaret of Huntington and his daughter Jennifer Betz and husband Joseph of Stony Brook; and daughter-in-law Miyuki Sargent of Bethesda, Maryland; grandchildren William Sargent, Alexander Betz and Catherine Betz; and brother John Sargent of Block Island, Rhode Island. He was preceded in death by his son Robert Sargent and sister Elizabeth Zuses. A memorial service will be held on Oct. 2 at 11 a.m. at Setauket Presbyterian Church in Setauket.

stationed in New York, Captain Terry Snyder met and married Carol Ann Kunst. After his military service, Terry pursued a career in engineering and was employed as a simulation system engineer at Link. He was a consulting pilot on the Apollo Project, providing mission support for the Lunar Module, and became a senior simulation engineer at (Northrop) Grumman. Terry later was the senior systems analyst and the computer operations director involved with the TFTR project of Princeton University’s Plasma Physics Laboratory. He retired in 1995. Throughout his life, Terry enjoyed reading, high fidelity, woodworking, skiing, motorsport, flying, captaining his boat the Quintessence and walking his Great Pyrenees Charlie. Terry is survived by his wife of 57 years, Carol K. Snyder; his son Terry C. Snyder and daughters Shannon Snyder (Klaus Ladstaetter) and Lisa Snyder (Lo Faber); his grandchildren Shanti Nelson Snyder, Millicent Cady Faber and Eberhard Lothar Faber VI; his sister Judy (George) Pekich; nephew Tim and niece Susan; and cousins Gary (Rose) Hess, Valerie Haus and Bill Haus. Terry will be interred at West Point Cemetery, where a private memorial will be held at a later date.

after living in Levittown for several years, built a home in Setauket where he had lived for over 60 years. He and Trudy raised three children, Liana, Carol and Jim. When he retired after 40 years at Grumman, Curtis and Trudy traveled to many places with Elder-Hostel and to annual NAVVF Van Valkenburgh Family reunions across the country. Curtis volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, Rebuilding Together and delivered Meals on Wheels until he was over 90 years old. He also enjoyed “tinkering” in his basement workshop, fixing anything and everything that needed repairing including furniture. Curtis also loved music and enjoyed live performances of both jazz and classical venues. Curtis was predeceased by his daughter Liana and his wife Trudy. He is survived by his daughter Carol and his son Jim and his wife Joann; grandchildren Carl, Kevin and wife Kelly, Nicholas and Brianna; and four greatgrandchildren. He was a loving and devoted husband and father and has been an inspiration to all of his children and grandchildren. He will be missed but never forgotten. A memorial service will be held Oct. 9 at 10:45 a.m. at the St. James R.C. Church in Setauket. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Community Hospice Foundation, 310 South Manning Blvd. Albany, NY 12208. To make the donation in loving memory of Curtis C. Van Valkenburgh, please visit the website at www.givetocommunityhospice.org and follow instructions or call 518-482-4433.

Terry Snyder

Terry D. Snyder, 85, formerly of East Setauket, died on Sept. 12 surrounded by his family. Terry was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on July 14, 1936 to Dr. John F. Snyder and Helen B. Snyder. Terry graduated from Aspinwall High School in 1954 and from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a degree in Military Engineering in 1958. At graduation, he was commissioned in the Air Force and assigned to the Strategic Air Command as a B-47 bomber pilot with the 529th Bomb Squad, SAC in Plattsburg and with the RAF Brize Norton in England. While

Curtis Van Valkenburgh

Curtis Coolidge Van Valkenburgh died peacefully on Sept. 12 at his daughter’s home in Guilderland, New York. He was born in New Jersey in 1924 and grew up on a large dairy farm in Bedford Hills, New York. He graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology with an engineering degree and began his career at Grumman Aerospace Corporation. In 1947 he married Trudy (Gertrude Smith) and

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History Close at Hand

The Village Green served as Setauket’s center BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Setauket Village Green has been the scene of community activity since before the area was settled by English yeomen (farmers) In 1655, the indigenous people, known as Setalcotts, probably used the area around the large glacial rock as a meeting place. It is an easily identifiable landmark and the number of stone chips and arrowheads found near the rock make it a likely central landmark. The large rock, now known as Patriot’s Rock, is no longer a part of the Village Green. However, in the 17th century, the Village Green extended from the Meeting House, where the Presbyterian Church now stands, to the Mill Stream, now the Setauket Mill Pond. The green was also considered common land, available to the entire community and where livestock could be pastured. Town meetings were often held on the Green and it was generally a place where friends and neighbors met. After 1729, when the Caroline Church of Brookhaven was built, the religious life of the community was divided between the two churches. The meeting house became the Presbyterian Meeting House sometime after 1714. That year the ‘I’own of Brookhaven records state that at a public Town meeting on August 9, “ ... it wass mutially and volanteryly agreed confermed and assented to that the place whare ye newe meteing house should bee erected ... ye place to be nere a Joyne to ye old meeting (house) ... to bee a house to promote & propagate the honour of Allmity God in ye purity of holy Religion: & in quallyte of a presbeterian Meeteing House for Ever and No other use or uses whatsoever ...” As late as 1741, the question of which church-owned what land needed a team of four arbitrators to settle. As stated, ln the

History of Caroline Church of Brookhaven, “An agreement was reached on October 5, 1741, which apportioned the land equally between Caroline Church and the dissenting Presbyterian Church.” During the years just before the Revolutionary War, the Green was used by the militia for training and an armory stood on the Green. Men such as Capt. Samuel Thompson, 1st Lt. Abraham Woodhull, 2nd Lt. Isaac Davis and Ensign Daniel Satterly were some of the officers who conducted the training. During the Revolutionary War, Loyalist Troops under Lt. Col. Richard Hewlett turned the area around the Setauket Presbyterian Church into a fort which they maintained during the year 1777. Edward Buffet described some of the activity that took place on the Village Green in the Post Revolutionary years. Buffet wrote, “Those people in Setauket who had been on the losing side in the war during the British occupation, either from principle or from policy, learned through their treatment by their neighbors that it was discreet to forget the past and teach their children that they had always belonged to the victorious party. If Caroline Church still held on high the British jack, silhouetted on the weathervane, it was because that meteorological instrument was worth too much to sacrifice for so inconspicuous an ornament. But every year the bell underneath it would ring hysterically and hypocritically at sunrise to usher in that day which had put this church for almost a generation under a blight. On these Fourth of July occasions William Mount (born in 1807) would watch the training band form in line and his Uncle John (Mount), Captain of Artillery, march forth from the gun-house on the Green trailing behind him the entire battery of ordnance, consisting of a big brass gun from the Heights of Abraham, loaned by the Government for making a noise. Then it would be fired off

Above, a 1941 aerial view of Setauket Village Green. Below, a 1777 map of Setauket Village Green area and Loyalist fort. Map by British Engineer Holland. ‘A’ is fort around Meeting House, and ‘church’ is Caroline Church. Aerial view from Three Village Historical Society collection; map image from Port Jefferson Village Center Historian collection

to shake the trembling landscape and scare the spectators, while Benjamin F. Thompson drowned its roar in his patriotic oratory. Such was the ceremonial for many a year, but at last the gun was lent to Patchogue and the baymen alone know where it is today.” William Sidney Mount’s home until his father died in 1814, was across the Village Green from the two churches, near where the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library now stands. Mount’s grave (he died in 1868) in the Setauket Presbyterian Churchyard, faces the site of his birthplace and can be seen from the Village Green as well. A description of the environment around the Green was given by John B. Mount (1848-1932), nephew of William Sidney, as he talked about the school located where the Caroline Church Carriage Shed is today. He was describing the school of about 1853 as he wrote, “At the desk on the left side of the schoolroom as you entered it the boys were seated, and on the opposite side the girls. From the windows, if permitted to raise the curtains, the boys could view the churches and a few of the stray animals pasturing on the Green, and sometimes a long pile of cordwood ready to load on vessels that would show in the landscape. On their side the attractions for the girls included a view of the lower millpond,

Satterly’s mill, Old Field Bay, the Woodhull farm and the homestead farm of Setauket’s postmaster, General John R. Satterly.” In 1869, just one year after William Sidney Mount’s death a new one-story schoolhouse was erected on the Village Green. A second story and an addition to the rear was added ln 1893 And the schoolhouse stood there until after it was abandoned in 1911 for a new school on the hill above 25A in East Setauket. Early ln the 20th century, the Green included a number of carriage sheds which stood long after they were no longer used by members of the two churches. A letter written to the Port Jefferson Times in the 1910s called for the removal of the neglected sheds, which were by then falling apart. The present view from the Green contrasts vividly with the scene as pictured by John Mount and others as late as the turn of the 20th century. Now there are so many trees and houses that it is impossible to see very far in any direction. The manicured Green and well-kept homes are a marked change when compared to dusty dirt roads and pasture grass. Beverly C. Tyler is Three Village Historical Society historian and author of books available from the society at 93 North Country Road, Setauket. For more information, call 631-7513730 or visit www.tvhs.org.

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Community celebrates Culper spies BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM History came to life Saturday, Sept. 18, in the Three Village area. Residents and visitors were able to take part in the 7th annual Culper Spy Day. The event hosted by the Three Village Historical Society, Tri-Spy Tours and The Long Island Museum featured spy-related tours and activities, centering around the Culper Spy Ring founded by Benjamin Tallmadge, George Washington’s chief intelligence officer during the Revolutionary War. Activities took place at the historical society headquarters, The Studio at Gallery North, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, Caroline Church and Cemetery, Patriots Rock Historic Site, The Long Island Museum, SherwoodJayne House and Port Jefferson’s Drowned

Meadow Cottage Museum. Some of the day’s events featured costumed volunteers such as Art Billadello dressed as Tallmadge, above, and Kyle Parker as a Tory, upper center. Historical society historian Beverly C. Tyler, above right, and director of education, Donna Smith, pictured below right and on the right, told spy stories on the porch at the society’s HQ. Over at the library on the front lawn, the Rose Tree trio, below, a traditional folk group, played for attendees. According to the historical society, approximately 500 attendees stopped by its grounds during the event. Top row photos by Rita J. Egan. Right center and lower right photos from Margo Arceri; lower center photo at Patriots Rock from Herb Mones; and photo below from Emma Clark library.

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Editorial

Letters to the Editor

Zeldin comments on An open letter to the achieving remission WMHO board

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In remission, Zeldin should now consider stance on public health

Last week, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) formally announced that he is now in remission from leukemia. The Shirley native said that back in November 2020, he was diagnosed with the illness and after nine long months he’s now cancer-free. It’s impressive. Zeldin has done quite a lot while battling cancer — and keeping it quiet from the public. He won his reelection the same month he was diagnosed; he was in Congress when the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol happened in January; he announced his run for governor and has been campaigning for that office since. While he has been busy at work throughout his treatment, he also has done some things that a typical cancer patient would absolutely steer away from. We’re happy to hear that he’s healthy again and he has beaten a disease that has taken thousands of lives. But what’s most concerning is that while going through chemotherapy, he chose not to wear a mask and, in fact, has taken a strong stance against them. Masks are protecting others — such as Zeldin now — who have compromised immune systems, and who are most at risk. It was discouraging to know now that the congressman has held several anti-mask and Unmask Our Kids rallies, where people were in close proximity to each other. Zeldin was the lucky one — other people are not always so lucky and with new variants spreading, immunocompromised people could be hit harder. According to a new study published by University College London, cancer has become an increasing public health priority in the U.K. after vaccines and other measures continued to contain the spread of COVID-19. Findings from the study showed 40,000 late diagnoses of cancer due to a lack of emergency referrals by general doctors and fewer face-to-face appointments. Delays caused by lockdown could result in 10,000 people dying of cancer “significantly earlier” than would otherwise have been the case. Could the U.S. follow suit? We hope that representatives such as Zeldin, who now has personal experience to relate to, will reconsider their stances on anti-masking, vaccinations and general public health. The cold months are coming, and germs will be everywhere — we need to keep each other safe.

Through early detection, last November, I was diagnosed with early stage chronic myeloid leukemia. I then began treatment with an immediately positive response and no side effects. Over the last nine months, I have achieved complete remission, am expected to live a normal life and my doctor says I currently have no evidence of this disease in my system. My health is phenomenal, and I continue to operate at 110%. Right now, I’m once again crisscrossing New York state in our campaign for governor, having hit Monroe, Wayne and Ontario counties Sept. 17, and Jefferson, Lewis and Hamilton counties Sept. 18. At no point have we slowed down at all and my lowest gear is always all in. I have also not missed any Army Reserve duty as a result of this diagnosis. I’m grateful for all of the men and women in the medical field who have not only treated me these past several months, but who pour their hearts and souls into treating so many others in need of their expertise, energy and passion. The medical field in our country is filled with the very best of society. U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) Presumptive Republican nominee for state governor 2022

Will experience change thinking on health care

In a recent campaign event upstate, Congressman Lee Zeldin [R-NY1] shared his leukemia diagnosis. Though I have been one of his biggest critics, I want to wish him well. No one deserves to suffer from this kind of illness and the toll it takes on a family. I’m pleased to hear he is in remission and responding well to treatment. It should be noted that part of why his prognosis is so good is the excellent health care he and other members of Congress enjoy, the kind he has voted to deny the rest of us dozens of times. He has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and against lowering prescription drug costs. He has voted for budgets that gutted Medicare and Medicaid, while benefiting from excellent health care paid for by our tax dollars. There are too many families that would not be able to afford the same excellent care Zeldin has received. Every one of us deserves the same excellent health care members of Congress receive. It is my hope that Zeldin’s own experience will change his thinking on this issue, and he will come to understand that health care is a right, and not a privilege for the powerful, wealthy and well connected. Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

After I read the TBR News Media article, “WMHO board says there’s more to the Pentimento story” online dated Sept. 17 [see also this print edition], I felt compelled to respond. For Mr. Richard Rugen [chairman of the board] to say, “The demonstrations and so on, especially in front of Gloria’s house, have actually exacerbated the problem to the point where it was no longer viable” feels like a parent saying, “Now that you’ve acted out, you’re not getting what you want.” I asked myself how could a community heartbroken and desperate to save something we hold so dear “exacerbate the problem to the point where it was no longer viable?” Surely the demonstrators only meant to illustrate how vital Pentimento is to our community. I thought perhaps he doesn’t understand. I was born in Stony Brook. I began kindergarten at W.S. Mount school and graduated from Ward Melville High School. I left for college and lived in foreign countries but no place has been as dear to me as Stony Brook. So much of what makes Stony Brook dear to me is the village and so much of what makes the village dear to us in the community is Pentimento. Pentimento is where we have celebrated birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and religious milestones. It’s where we have had our first dates and our first jobs. It’s where I have dinner with my best friend from kindergarten every month. In the article, it was implied there was another side to the story without clearly stating a reason for not allowing Pentimento to renew their lease. We can’t know what WMHO hasn’t told us. We just know the place that holds some of our most treasured and precious memories is at risk of no longer existing for the community and for the future generations of our community — but it wants to do so. Although Dennis Young and Lisa Cusumano had plans to sell, I understand the family planning to buy Pentimento are members of the community and are already a part of the Pentimento family. My brother and I attended Ward Melville with their daughters. I can’t imagine a better change of hands than for a family from the community to take over. I imagine it would warm the Melvilles’ hearts to see such a legacy. I imagine they would be so moved that the community has rallied around Pentimento because it is a place that so beautifully embodies the WMHO mission statement of “fostering community.” I ask as a final plea, please reconsider. We have all suffered so much these last years. Please don’t take away the place that we clearly care so much about. As was described in the article, Eagle Realty Holdings has

done so much to keep Pentimento alive, please don’t stop now when we need a safe, familiar and comfortable place to gather more than ever. Alanna McCabe Stony Brook

An open letter to Legislator Trotta about Flowerfield

I read your recent newsletter with interest, county Legislator Rob Trotta [R-Fort Salonga]. Your statement that consideration should be given to preservation of the open space at Flowerfield is well placed. Your comment that you are personally committed to preserving “the last remaining open spaces” in your district also is encouraging. You correctly point out several benefits to open-space preservation that, unfortunately, some people overlook or discount. It is now well known that Smithtown officials thus far have not shown any interest in discussing alternate plans to Gyrodyne’s pending development application. This is especially frustrating in light of the town’s own disclosure in the townwide Draft Comprehensive Plan that only 1.63% of St. James is open space, as opposed to the 18.31% average in the other hamlets (p. 232). As well, in their enthusiasm to support Gyrodyne’s plan, town officials are ignoring the draft plan’s expressed guiding principles regarding open-space preservation and their stated commitment to preserve, protect and enhance the historic, scenic and architectural character of the communities (pp.13-15). This Flowerfield parcel is the last open space in the St. James hamlet — for many reasons, it deserves to be preserved. As you point out, good faith negotiations among all interested parties are needed now to create an alternative plan that would fairly compensate Gyrodyne for its property and result in uses that we all can live with. Your timing is good in light of recent statements from Gyrodyne officials that they are amenable to discussing such alternatives. Along with many others, including Head of the Harbor Village trustees and other elected officials, I welcome and look forward to your involvement and leadership in creating a sensible solution to this problem. You will find a wealth of information about this issue on the website of the Saint James-Head of the Harbor Neighborhood Preservation Coalition at stjameshohnpc.org, also searchable inputting “Save Flowerfield Fairgrounds.” We will make ourselves available to meet at your convenience. Joseph Bollhofer St. James

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Opinion Making skills like finding the remote control and speaking teenager count

n a fractured and uncertain world, the skill sets that make us marketable to potential friends, employers and neighbors have shifted. Sure, competence, professionalism and experience can and do come in handy in the context of numerous environments. These days, though, getting along with others and navigating through the cacophony of frustration beamed into our living rooms D. None and phones on an hourly basis seems to of the above have elevated what BY DANIEL DUNAIEF otherwise might seem like trivial skill sets in another time. I have come up with a list of skills or, perhaps more appropriately, qualities that

might be helpful in the modern world. I don’t overuse the word “literally.” To emphasize a point, people often literally throw the word “literally” into phrases, as in “I literally hate tofu.” I’m not sure you can figuratively hate tofu, but I don’t overuse that word. I keep a straight face: even when confronted with outrageous claims in which others hold fast to ideas, to heroes or to patterns I find questionable or even objectionable, I don’t wince, roll my eyes or shout them down until I’m in the safe space of my home with my wife. I know how to write a handwritten note. Electronic communication has become so ubiquitous that sharing a personal touch that comes from writing something by hand has scarcity value. I have trained my dog to do exactly what he wants. Sure, other people have trained their dogs to sit, roll over, fetch the newspaper and come to them when they call, but my dog does exactly what he wants. That means when he wags at me, he’s genuinely excited

to see me and he’s not just wagging because he’s expecting some immediate reward or punishment. I can find almost anything in a supermarket. Having spent an embarrassing amount of time searching the supermarket for foods that satisfy four diets and that take the place of in-person dining and social interactions, I can find most items sooner than supermarket employees. Through a hard-target search of every bed sheet, blanket and pillowcase, I can find the remote control. While that may seem trivial, it shows a willingness to go the extra mile to avoid having to take a few extra steps to change the channel. I speak teenager. Yes, they are wonderful people who not only have a shorthand way of speaking, but also have a tendency to multitask while they are talking, looking at their phones or speaking through a mouthful of food. I can interpret much of what they say even when they appear to be offering disconnected sounds in a guttural and frustrated language.

I can finish an entire chapter in a non James Patterson book without checking email or texts. That means I can concentrate for longer periods of time. Patterson is excluded because the chapters in his violent novels are often shorter than this column. I can make myself laugh. Every week, I enter the New Yorker cartoon contest. The captions I write never win, but they make me laugh. I have a wealth of untapped ideas. I look at all the masks around me and think, “Hmm, I could come up with so many new mask products.” For example, how about mood masks, which change color depending on the person’s mood? Or, perhaps, masks with the outline of states, presidents of the United States, or images of abolitionists, important women in history or slogans? Masks could become the equivalent of educational posters hung on the walls of classrooms or, if you prefer, facial bumper stickers, giving someone starting at our covered mouths a chance to read or see something new.

What causes cancer? Otto Warburg and the Nazis wanted to know

here are two good stories in “Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the search for the Cancer-Diet Connection.” The newly released book, by Sam Apple, is about the Nazi’s hunt for the cause of cancer and the remarkable support Hitler gave, before and during World War II, to Otto Warburg, a premier scientist, homosexual and Jew. Hitler’s mother, possibly the only person he loved, died a painful death from breast cancer. Hitler, reportedly a vegetarian and a hypochondriac, periodically thought he was dying of cancer. Otto Warburg, who Between won the Nobel Prize you and me in 1931 and had been BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF nominated repeatedly for the prize during his career, did in-depth biochemical research on

the metabolism of tumors, especially cancer cells. Despite Warburg’s several obvious drawbacks and outspoken criticism of Nazi values — he refused to have Nazi flags in his lab or offer the Nazi salute — Hitler protected him and allowed him to do his work. Otto Heinrich Warburg, born in 1883 into a prominent family of bankers and scientists, first distinguished himself in the elite cavalry regiment, the Uhlans, during WWI. He won the Iron Cross for bravery and was still fighting at the front in 1918 when Albert Einstein, a close friend of his physicist father, wrote him a letter urging him to come home. Einstein told him that science needed him. That, combined with his breakthrough research before the war on sea urchins, and his aristocratic family, did much to solidify his lifetime arrogance. He did return home, continued his distinguished work, and was named director of a Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin founded by the Rockefeller Foundation, designed by him in the Rococo style, in 1931. He proceeded with his investigations into the

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causes of cancer, which had been relatively rare until the 19th century but was exploding in numbers in the early 20th century. The German people, along with people in the United States and elsewhere, were terrified of the disease. Warburg’s hypothesis was that cancer growth was caused by tumor cells generating energy (to reproduce) mainly by the anaerobic (no oxygen) fermentation of glucose. Healthy cells, by contrast, generate energy mainly from oxidative breakdown with the salt pyruvate in the mitochondria (part of the cell responsible for producing the cell’s energy.) If you don’t understand those last sentences, it doesn’t matter. The point is that Warburg believed the primary cause of cancer was the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells with the fermentation of sugar. Therefore the culprit: SUGAR. Today the understanding of the cause of cancer is mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes that lead to a malignant transformation. The metabolic changes

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in cells that Warburg observed were not causative, today’s scientists believe, but the result of those mutations. Warburg’s work offered support for the role of metabolism in the mitochondria in aiding tumor suppression. He oversimplified the complex interactions between the mitochondria and the cell nucleus, between metabolism and mutations. After the war, Warburg did come to the United States, but his self-important personality, his tyrannical behavior in the lab, his imperiousness with his peers and finally his inability to admit error, all helped to push his research out of sight. He ultimately returned to Switzerland. In the 1960s, scientific attention turned to the newly defined DNA and cancer-causing genes. Only with the new century has there been a metabolism revival and attention to the role of insulin and the link with obesity. The book offers us interesting history, both about the Nazis and scientific research into the causes of cancer. Reading it will certainly make us think about what we eat.

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