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Scenes from Sunday’s tree lighting celebration in Stony Brook. Above, Santa Claus sits with a Three Village tot before the holiday ceremony kicked off over the weekend. Saint Nick listened to North Shore kids’ Christmas wishes all afternoon before the big tree lit up. Right, carolers perform in recognition of the holiday season in full swing. See more photos on page A10.

Town honors Three Village house rooted in history BY GISELLE BARKLEY

The American Revolution may be a thing of the past but it’s made a mark on Long Island’s present. After three-and-a-half centuries the historic Brewster House in East Setauket is still standing thanks to The Ward Melville Heritage Organization. On Monday afternoon, Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station), county Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) and WMHO officials celebrated the house’s 350th anniversary. During the celebration a

check for $10,258 was presented by Romaine and Cartright to WMHO to cover the removal of perennial pepperweed from West Meadow Beach, funded by the town and the state Department of Conservation. WMHO President Gloria Rocchio said nine generations of Brewsters lived in the house after the town sold the house to Nathaniel Brewster on Oct. 24, 1665. She added that the house may be older than 350 years as it was already built when the town sold the property. WMHO acquired the property in 1948 after John Ward Melville purchased the house HOUSE continued on page A5

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Legislator Kara Hahn, Councilwoman Valerie Cartright, WMHO Chairman Richard Rugen, Supervisor Ed Romaine, Town Clerk Donna Lent and WMHO Trustee Mary Van Tuyl. Front row from left to right: WMHO President Gloria Rocchio, Town Historian Barbara Russell, WMHO trustees Anna Kerekes and Charles Napoli.

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Ward Melville High School is hosting some of this week’s Three Village school events.

THREE VILLAGE ScHooL EVEnTS Thursday, Dec. 10

• Winter concert II, 7 p.m., R.C. Murphy Jr. High School, Grade 8 • Winter concert, 7 p.m., P.J. Gelinas Jr. High School, Grade 9 • Musical, “Young Frankenstein,” 7:30 p.m., ward Melville High School, every day through Dec. 12

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• Gingerbread University, 7 p.m., Minnesauke Elementary School, K-6 • Gingerbread University, 7 p.m., Setauket Elementary School, K-6

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• Winter concert, 7:30 p.m., W.S. Mount Elementary School

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Emma Clark preps for preschool fair The annual Preschool Fair is back at Emma S. clark Library on Saturday, Jan. 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This event is a great opportunity to explore many of the local preschools in one room and narrow down your search. There is no registration and all are welcome. At the fair, patrons will get the chance to speak with a representative from close to 20 preschools in Three Village and the surrounding area. “We’re very excited to offer the community a chance to talk with representatives from the local preschools in one

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convenient location. we are proud to be a support to parents as they make such an important decision for their emergent preschooler,” said Brian Debus, head children’s librarian. “Parents may also stop by our ‘Emma clark children’s Services’ table at the fair for early literacy resources and information. we hope to see many families taking advantage of this valuable opportunity.” If residents have any questions, please email kids@emmaclark.org or call (631) 941-4080, ext. 123. — PHil CorSo

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Setauket native raises funds to gift her girls By Phil Corso

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

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

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

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

and remind them that family does not have to be just along their bloodlines. “In my family, we always practiced the concept of giving back to the less fortunate,” she said. “After [my family] learned to care about these girls the way I did, we felt we needed to give these girls an extra special Christmas … They are all unique and special in their own ways and shine so positively when they are passionate and excited.”

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New system helps North Shore hospitals diagnose By Victoria Espinoza

Hospitals across the North Shore and the country have been adapting to an entirely new set of medical codes over the last two months, completely changing the system in which a patient’s diagnosis is detailed. As of October, all hospitals across the United States switched to the ICD-10 system, which allows for more than 14,000 different codes and permits the tracking of many new diagnoses. ICD-10, an international medical classification system by the World Health Organization, requires more specificity than the previous code system. Doctors at North Shore facilities said they agreed that although it’s timeconsuming and has slowed productivity, it is more beneficial to patients in the end. Dr. Michael Grosso, chairman of medicine at Huntington Hospital said these new codes should help make it easier for symptoms of various diseases to be tracked. Gross said preparation for the new code started two years ago with a required education program for all physicians that described what all the new codes meant. “Physicians are being called upon to provide more specificity and detail,” Grosso said in a phone interview. He described the codes as a “vast extension” to what the hospital was previously using and said it should “improve the quality of medical records and increase the amount of informa-

tion that researchers can obtain and make for the best care for patients.” Grosso also said that understanding and learning the codes was an important first step, but ongoing feedback on how the codes are being adopted is equally important. A feedback program has been created at each hospital. John Ruth, director of revenue integrity and interim chief compliance officer at Stony Brook University Hospital, said Stony Brook used outside resource companies with online courses to teach the new code to their physicians and coding staff. Ruth said that a new code system was necessary, as the previous system, ICD9, was created by WHO in the 1970s. He called ICD-10 a natural progression. “There are a lot more codes for specific organ systems, muscles, muscle tendons and nerves than were required with ICD-9,” he said in a phone interview. Ruth also said that ICD-9 was mostly comprised of three- and four-digit codes, and ICD-10 is up to seven digits in length, which makes the new coding more challenging but more valuable. “If a patient has PTSD, we can assign a code from where he got it from, not just that he has it, which is important for planning his future and ongoing care,” Ruth said. Stacie Colonna, associate director of inpatient coding at Stony Brook University Hospital, said there has been

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Hospitals acorss the country are changing the coding system they use to diagnose patients.

approximately a 30 percent decrease in staff productivity with the changeover to ICD-10 and a shortage of trained staff. “I get 10 questions a day just from internal staff,” Colonna said. But she also noted that staff frequently asked daily questions about the old system as well. She said she expects productivity to improve in the near future. At John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Joseph Ng said the staff went through web training, too. One-on-one training was also available if a clinician requested it. Ng agreed specificity is both the pro and

con of ICD-10. “Because it’s so specific, it really allows clinicians to hone in on what’s really going on with patients and be able to communicate better with one another,” Ng said in an email. “But because it’s so specific, sometimes it’s hard to find the right code, especially when it comes to procedures. The codes are not all inclusive.” Looking forward, Grosso said the new system had a lot to offer for hospitals across the country because of the amount of information people could potentially learn from it. “A number of private and government parties will benefit from the ability to look at more detailed hospital data,” Grosso said.

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North Shore man honored for charitable efforts Friends of Karen recognize Richard Panico at LI gala

‘[Richard Panico] is the kindest most generous father, husband and friend to all.’ — NaNcy MariaNo

By Giselle Barkley

Richard Panico is a behind-thescenes kind of guy. So it took some convincing when Friends of Karen wanted to honor Panico, a Miller Place resident, for his charitable nature during its third annual Long Island Gala on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Stonebridge Country Club in Smithtown. The organization’s regional director, Nancy Mariano, approached Panico earlier this year, asking to spotlight him at the event. Initially, he wasn’t thrilled with the idea. “I read this somewhere [that] if more than one person knows you did a good deed, it’s no longer a good deed,” Panico said. “So … to me it’s just not necessary to have that kind of ego.” Panico got involved with Friends of Karen three years ago when he purchased the building on Perry Street in Port Jefferson out of which the organization operates. Currently, Panico’s company Symbio, which provides clinical trial management services for pharmaceutical companies, and Friends of Karen share the building.

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He turned his efforts toward helping the organization, which aims to offer emotional and financial support to families of children with life-threatening illnesses, but his efforts didn’t start with Friends of Karen. In 2003, one year after Panico’s company was established, he kickstarted its annual bike-a-thon at Heritage Park in Mount Sinai to help raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. It town to Nathaniel Brewster. Both Romaine and Cartright said the house is the oldest building in Brookhaven. Its age and its history made the house worth preserving. “You don’t want to take these historical homes and modernize them, you want to keep the historical culture,” Cartright said. “Ward Melville Heritage Organization understands the importance of keeping the historical significance of these homes so that’s why we’re happy to work with them.” Melville established WMHO on Dec. 29, 1939. It was initially known as the Stony Brook Community Fund. While Melville established the organization with the goal of rehabilitating Stony Brook village and merging history with the area’s natural beauty, the organization has since expanded on his vision, including the preservation of historic sites like the Brewster House. “We have to understand that we’re part of a continuum of history,” said Romaine. “To do that we’ve got to look back as well as look forward, because by looking back we get a clear vision of how to look forward.”

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held the fundraiser for seven years and raised more than $50,000. “It was good for the company,” said Susan Swamback, an employee of Symbio. “It was good for all of us to feel like a team. … He loves that.” Swamback also helped with the annual bike-a-thon, but the fundraising stopped after the company didn’t raise as much money as it had hoped, despite its efforts.

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from Jennie Smith and Robert Elderkin — they were the last members of the Brewster family to own the home. Additions were made to the house before Melville purchased the property, transforming it from a one-room cottage to its current multiple-room structure. Nineteen years after purchasing the house, Melville began restoring the dilapidated building. The Brewster House was a tavern and general store during the American Revolution. Members of the Brewster family resided in the upstairs portion of the home. At the time, Joseph Brewster entertained British troops at the home. Joseph Brewster’s cousin Caleb supposedly frequented the house often during the revolution. He was a member of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring alongside the Roe brothers, who resided in Port Jefferson, then called Drowned Meadow. In light of the house’s long history, Cartright read the original 1665 deed that transferred the property from the

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richard Panico, of Miller Place, speaks as the Friends of karen’s honoree at the organization’s long island gala.

Over the past few years, Panico has donated skin creams to families that frequent hospitals and helped one child and his family attend a New York Mets baseball game. Panico’s nephew Tom McGuire added that his uncle also tries to help his family and friends. During the gala, Mariano said Panico “is the kindest most generous father, husband and friend to all.” Mariano added that the organization was proud to acknowledge Panico at the event. While the gala was a means to highlight people like Panico, it also helps Friends of Karen raise awareness and money to further its mission. In the organization’s 37 years, it’s helped around 5,500 sick children and their families. Panico said the organization works hard to achieve its goal and even continued his own effort to help the organization during his honoree speech. “If you are able to donate — if you’re able to buy raffle tickets, if you’re able to [participate] in the silent auctions, that would be fantastic,” Panico said during the gala. “If you can’t … tell your friends, spread the word.”

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Times Beacon RecoRd

We Pick The Winners:

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Of The Candidates We Endorsed In The Recent Elections

POLICE BLOTTER Incidents and arrests from Dec. 3 – Dec. 6

Won 14 ouT of 16 races

Election 2015

Bellone

Bellone can do it. He demonstrates an understanding of complex issues.

Romaine

Ed Romaine has a solid record of getting things done.

Losquadro

In one of the most tangible litmus tests, Losquadro has remained accessible with his office’s attempts at putting a dent in a backlog of road repaving and repair projects, while also admitting there was no way he could tend to every single one.

Cartright

Cartright’s perspective and life experience is necessary to the Brookhaven Town Board.

Hahn

Hahn is accessible to the people she represents, and her ideas are moving the county in the right direction

Berland

[Berland] has worked to sponsor legislation that’s made a difference, including laws that help put an end to blight and legislation to regulate the invasive bamboo, which can frequently be a nuisance to neighbors.

Cook

Cook’s greatest strength lies in being the sole minority party member on the board, and his willingness to speak up when something fishy is going on, whether he’s right or wrong.

Trotta

A focused and practical lawmaker, Trotta has served his district – the Town of Smithtown and a small portion of Huntington Town – well in the last two years.

Kennedy

She may be untraditional in her approach, but we feel Leslie Kennedy truly wants to respond to the needs of her constituents and has a firm grasp of the issues to respond accordingly.

Stern

Experience is invaluable, and for that, coupled with his achievements, we say elect Stern to a final term in office.

Spencer

Spencer is a well-organized, caring legislator who has done good things for his constituents.

Anker

Anker’s ear has been easily available to constituents since she took office in 2011 and she takes what she hears to heart.

Bonner

Bonner has proven she is a caring and effective councilwoman. She should be reelected to a fifth term.

Muratore

Suffolk County Legislator Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma) said he doesn’t consider himself a politician but, instead, a man of the people. We agree.

LaValle

We have a feeling LaValle, a Republican who grew up in Middle Country, will only keep getting better as time goes on. He has shown high energy and commitment. [Losing candidates that we endorsed: Wehrheim, Creighton, Luft)

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Heroin rides shotgun A 38-year-old woman from East Setauket was arrested on Dec. 5 for criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police said officials pulled the woman over between Main Street and Dayton Avenue in Port Jefferson Station for an unknown reason, then discovered she was in possession of heroin. The drug was on the front passenger seat of the woman’s 2005 Ford. Police arrested her at the scene. It’s not my asphalt On Dec. 3, police arrested a 19-year-old man from Port Jefferson for robbery and criminal mischief, after police said he threw someone to the ground and stole their wallet near the Pax Christi Hospitality Center on Oakland Avenue in Port Jefferson. The man also threw a piece of asphalt at the building and broke one of its windows. Police arrested the man on Linden Place. Heads and tails Police arrested a 38-year-old man from Mount Sinai on Dec. 6 for driving while ability impaired while going east on Route 25A in Mount Sinai. Police pulled the man over because his Volkswagen Jetta’s headlights and taillights weren’t working. Officials discovered the man was under the influence and arrested him at the scene. A 54-year-old man from Centereach was arrested on Dec. 5 for driving while ability impaired in a 1992 Buick on Rustic Road in Centereach. Police pulled the man over around 12:42 a.m. because the car’s taillights weren’t working. They discovered he was intoxicated and arrested him. Wrangling a suspect On Dec. 5, a 41-year-old man from Centereach was arrested for leaving

the scene of a car crash. The man was driving a Jeep Wrangler east on Old Town Road in East Setauket when he crashed into a 2006 Acura around 8:05 p.m. Police arrested the man minutes later at his residence on Gnarled Hollow Road. Police said the man failed to stop, causing the crash, but it was unclear if that was at a stop sign or at a traffic light. Desperate Housewives, cont. Police arrested a 17-year-old male from Selden for assault with a weapon on Dec. 6, a day after he struck someone with a glass bottle. Police didn’t say what caused the altercation but said the victim was transported to the Stony Brook University Hospital. The teenaged assailant was arrested the following day at his residence on Wisteria Lane in Lake Grove. College crash A 56-year-old woman from Selden was arrested for leaving the scene of a crash on Dec. 5, after driving a 2004 Nissan on College Road in Selden and crashing into another car. Police found the woman after she fled and arrested her at the 6th Precinct. If I had a Nicolls … Police arrested a 31-year-old woman from Islip on Dec. 4 for driving while ability impaired on Nicolls Road in Stony Brook. Police pulled her over when she failed to stay in her lane and arrested her after discovering she was under the influence. Que Linda! An unknown person slashed a tire of a 1997 Lincoln that was parked on Linda Street in Port Jefferson Station. Police said the incident happened between Dec. 5 at 10 p.m. and Dec. 6 around 6 a.m. — Compiled by Giselle barkley

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PEOPLE Vorwald, Gelinas educator, is ‘distinguished’

Gary Vorwald, P.J. Gelinas Junior High School teacher and science chairperson, has received the first-ever Distinguished Earth Science Teacher Award from New York Earth Science Teachers’ Association. The award is given to an active earth science teacher in a public or private school in New York based on profile information, their students’ outstanding results, participation and leadership in professional organizations and their commitment to earth science education. Vorwald has taught in the district since 1998 and has been an educator for 29 years. During his time in Three Village, he has taught nearly every science

course offered at P.J. Gelinas and is the school’s current department chairperson and lead coach of its award-winning Science Olympiad team. Vorwald is active in numerous professional organizations and is a leader in the Science Teachers’ Association of New York State. His list of awards is extensive. He was awarded the Outstanding Earth Science teacher of New York State in 1997. He was honored by the Harvard Club of Long Island as a Distinguished Teacher in 2011 and received the STANYS Excellence in Teaching Award for intermediate-level science teaching in 2012. Earlier this calendar year he was named a New York State Master Teacher.

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Arrowhead Elementary School sixth-grader Steven Orland is named a first-place winner in an essay writing contest organized by the Daughters of the American Revolution. He is pictured here with his fourth- and fifth-grade teacher Christina Maffia.

Arrowhead student journals way to history award

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P.J. Gelinas Junior High School teacher Gary Vorwald, center, receives the Distinguished Earth Science Teacher Award from the New York Earth Science Teachers’ Association.

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Arrowhead Elementary School sixth-grader Steven Orland was named a first-place winner in an essay writing contest organized by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Steven’s entry, which he created during his fifth-grade class with Christina Maffia, was written as a child’s first-person experience of immigrating to America. Steven wrote his piece about a young boy who was not only frightened about the move but also curious as to what America would be like and the endless possibilities his new country would bring. “Steven is a really talented writer and I was quite impressed at how he applied all of the writing techniques he learned in fourth and fifth grade into the piece with such a strong and powerful voice,” said Maffia. “It was amazing how he could create something so realistic without having personally experienced the situation.” As a top winner, Steven was awarded a gift certificate, medal and commemorative certificate.

OBITUARY Harry Bixler Harry Raymond Bixler II, 27, of East Setauket, died on Nov. 7. He was born March 2, 1988, in Jacksonville, Fla., the son of Harry and Lisa Bixler. Bixler was a self-employed artist and musician

and a member of the Spit It Out Band. He loved playing the drums and guitar and singing and beat boxing. He was very handy and passionate about sports, especially snowboarding, skiing and golfing. He was always a peacemaker and enjoyed making people laugh; kids meant the world to him, especially his nieces and nephews, and he was very giving and loving. Left to cherish his memory are his mother, Lisa

(Andrew); father, Harry; sisters, Kelly Jean and Corrine; nieces and nephews, Jayden, Gianna and Julian, along with many other family members and friends. Arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket. Services were held at St. Gerard Majella Church. Interment followed at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. An online guest book is available at www. bryantf h.com.

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HISTORY

Marshall built up Army By Rich AcRitelli

It was 74 years ago that the Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, spurring the nation’s entry into World War II. At the helm of the American military on that deadly day was Gen. George C. Marshall, and it was up to this outspoken man to take a military of 175,000 — which was ranked 17th out of all the industrialized powers — and turn the troops into a tremendous force of 10.4 million to defeat Germany and Japan. From the moment he entered the Army in 1902, Marshall excelled at every task assigned to him. Unlike many of the West Point officers he commanded during World War II, he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute. His peers thought Marshall’s quiet and firm manner suited him for vital positions of military responsibility, and he held several different jobs in the Army, served in the Philippines

and graduated first from the Army staff college in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. During the United States’ earliest moments in France in World War I, Marshall had a famous encounter with American Expeditionary Forces Commander Gen. John J. Pershing. When, upon finding the Army was not prepared for the burden of warfare on the Western Front, Pershing criticized his officers for not doing enough training, Marshall told Pershing that he did not understand the problems his soldiers faced daily and they were doing the best that could be expected of them. At first, Marshall believed he’d be sent home in disgrace; instead Pershing respected his honesty and clarity and eventually made him a main planner of American war operations against the Germans. Years later, in the late 1930s, Marshall showed his leadership again when he sat in on a meeting with then-President Franklin D.

‘We must have the very best leadership we can possibly give these men and we’ve stopped at nothing to produce that leadership.’ — Gen. GeorGe C. Marshall, World War II arMy ChIef of staff

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Roosevelt and influential members of both his cabinet and the military. When Roosevelt outlined a plan of adding planes to the Army Air Forces but virtually no other resources to the Army, all of the leaders remained quiet or supported the president. Marshall, on the other hand, angered Roosevelt by vehemently disagreeing with him. But a year later, Marshall, who was a junior to many other officers, was promoted to Army chief of staff. Knowing war was a young man’s game, Marshall reassigned, fired or retired older officers who he knew were not able to fight a modern war. One of his most important choices was making one lieutenant colonel, Dwight D. Eisenhower, into an important member of his staff. While he never directly served with this officer, he was constantly informed that Eisenhower was one of the most well-rounded leaders in the military. He saw Eisenhower as a capable officer only interested in completing his duty. Marshall also elevated Gen. Omar N. Bradley to command the ground forces in Europe from D-Day to Germany’s surrender in 1945. It was Marshall’s manner not to dwell on the personal characteristics of his key

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leaders. This was the case with the erratic but brilliant combat fighter Gen. George S. Patton. Marshall stood by Patton throughout some of his troubles due to the strong belief that Patton would continually earn battlefield victories against the enemy. From the time he became Army chief of staff, Marshall was determined to prepare his nation for the rigors of war. He drafted, trained, equipped and oversaw the total war efforts of the United States to defeat fascism, conducting all of those efforts in a professional manner, not

seeking any credit for his massive contributions in the defense of his country. Marshall should be credited, however, with establishing a new army, command structure and strategy to conduct military operations against Germany and Japan. In a short period of time, he helped the United States attain a victory in an important war. Rich Acritelli is a social studies teacher at Rocky Point High School and an adjunct professor of American history at Suffolk County Community College.

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HISTORY CLOSE AT HAND

Shopping locally keeps Three Village thriving by beverly C. Tyler

Holiday shopping at the local stores that help give our historic communities a sense of place just makes good sense. The upcoming Christmas and winter holidays are also good times to purchase a few of the wonderful gifts and books about the local area and to pay a relaxing visit to a few local not-for-profit shops that deserve our special support.

Three Village Historical Society Museum & Gift Shop, 93 North Country Road, Setauket

The Society’s gift shop was expanded to complement the exhibit “SPIES! How a Group of Long Island Patriots Helped George Washington Win the Revolution.” There you will find gifts including many books, booklets and pamphlets on local history. A new addition this year is “General Washington’s Commando: Benjamin Tallmadge in the Revolutionary War” by Richard F. Welch. I already knew a lot about Tallmadge but I couldn’t put Welch’s book down. It’s well researched, well organized and interesting. Other books of note include “Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring” by Alexander Rose. Rose is the consultant for the AMC series “TURN,”

which is a dramatization of the Setauketbased Culper Spy Ring. “Upon Secrecy” by Selene Castrovilla is an engaging book that will delight both children and adults. Castrovilla’s writing brings the Revolutionary War to life as it carries us into the actions of the Long Island-based Culper spy operation. This story will keep you on the edge of your chair as the spy letters move from Manhattan to Setauket and across Long Island Sound to Washington’s headquarters. “Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette” by Selene Castrovilla is a delightfully illustrated book that brings to life the relationship between Washington and Lafayette. Lafayette’s own words, inset throughout the book, are a real delight and add to an understanding of the Marquis’s relationship to both Washington and America. At the back of the book are time lines for Lafayette and Washington plus places to visit connected with Lafayette and Washington and details on Lafayette’s Legacy in America. Everyone of every age should read this moving account of a real American treasure. The gift shop is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the gift shop and exhibits are open every Sundays from 1-4 p.m. (Closed Dec. 27 and Jan. 3) HISTORY continued on page A12

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Scenes from Sunday’s Christmas-themed tree lighting ceremony held in Stony Brook. From top, the tree shines in all its glory after being lit for the holiday season; Three Village school district students perform for those who gathered outside for the ceremony; bottom left, the Vocal Vikings crew singing from P.J. Gelinas Junior High School graces the crowd with its songs; and Santa arrives at the end to help light the tree.

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competing at 160, said he told the underclassmen from last season how he put in the work during the offseason after his sophomore year, and saw how much it paid off. “I realized I should tell them and pass By Desirée Keegan on how important it is to put in the work in the offseason so they could really imWith four impact-players returning, pact the team well,” he said. “Me and the Ward Melville wrestling team is Christian [Araneo], we’ve been trying to hopeful it can rebuild after losing half of help the other kids with moves and teachthe starting squad to graduation. ing them different things and add on to “It’s hard to project what they’re going what the coaches are saying. We’re tryto do, but some of the wrestlers did a lot ing to help the kids learn everything they of offseason work and came back much need to, so I think we have a good upimproved from last and-coming team.” year,” Ward Melville ‘Me and Christian [Araneo], Araneo, a senior head coach Bill DeSa220-pounder who will we’ve been trying to help rio said. eventually wrestle at The biggest loss the other kids with moves 195 this season, is a refrom last season is and teaching them different tuning New York State four-time state chamchampion. pion Nick Piccininni. things and add on to what “He’s just a force,” “It’s impossible to the coaches are saying.’ DeSario said. “He’s a replace Nick,” DeSamonster. He’s our top — Matt O’Brien gun.” rio said. “But we do have some young guys that are coming DeSario said the team is missing up that have impressed me in the first three wrestlers to injury, and said once meet that we had. We wrestled Com- they return, it will solidify the lineup. mack on Saturday, and they seem to be He will also be looking forward to seelearning.” ing the progression of sophomore Rafael The Patriots topped Commack, 51-21, Lievano, who will be taking Piccininni’s and junior 113-pounder Kenny Cracchi- spot at 126; classmate Chris Stellwaola, who was ranked third in the league gen, who will be competing at 106; and last season, said his team performed well. Tom Fitzsimons, a freshman who will “We won most of our matches,” he be competing at 99. The head coach will said. “We still have a lot of things to work also be looking for solid seasons from on and improve before our next meet on juniors Jake Weizenecker at 120, Sean Friday, but I think, for the first match of Fitzsimons, Tyler Lynde at 170, Aaron the season, it was a pretty good test.” Rettig at 182 and Nadlher Jules at 285. It was a test to see where the team is, “I really think we just need to train the and it’s coming along. freshmen and sophomores more so that Senior Matt O’Brien, an all-county we can have a lot of good guys ranked,” wrestler — ranked sixth — who will be O’Brien said of the team this year as he

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looks even further to next. “We have coaches who have been coaching for a long time, so they have a lot of experience, which I think is our strength. Also, we have a state champ on the team, which really helps out, because he’s also second in the nation, so he can teach us a lot of things.” While DeSario and coach Kurt Ferraro are retiring at the end of this season, DeSario said they’re hoping to set up an assistant coach to be ready to take over the team, but he also wants to make sure the team is set up for the following year.

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“The main goal is to try to develop one of our assistants who we hope will take over the program,” he said. “But with that, our goal is to not only make sure we help him, but to also help the wrestlers to leave him with a good nucleus for next year. I don’t know where we’ll end up in League I this season, because it’s one of the toughest in the state, but I think we’ll do very well outside our league, in tournaments, and we’ll see what happens. We’re also looking this season to send more than one guy up to the state tournament.”

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Legals SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index #: 068312/2014 Date of Filing: October 9, 2015 Premises Address: 21 COLBY DRIVE KINGS PARK, NY 11754 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, -againstCHERRIE LATUNER AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF EILEEN ALAIMO; GARY ALAIMO AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF EILEEN ALAIMO; JOSEPH ALAIMO AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF EILEEN ALAIMO; LAURA SONDAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF EILEEN ALAIMO; STEVE ALAIMO AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF EILEEN ALAIMO; THOMAS ALAIMO AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF EILEEN ALAIMO; PETRO, INC.; AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK, FSB; CITIBANK, N.A.; CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT COURT; HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; JPMORGAN CHASE BA NK; MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE ; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; JOHN DOE 1 THROUGH 50; JANE DOE 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF EILEEN ALAIMO WHO WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 15, 1933 AND DIED ON OCTOBER 29, 2012, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF; ‘’JOHN DOES’’ AND ‘’JANE DOES’’, SAID NAMES BEING FICTITIOUS, PARTIES INTENDED BEING POSSIBLE TENANTS OR OCCUPANTS OF PREMISES AND CORPORATIONS, OTHER ENTITIES OR PERSONS WHO HAVE, CLAIM, OR MAY CLAIM, A LIEN AGAINST, OR OTHER INTEREST IN, THE PREMISES, Defendant(s), TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is

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Nicola Holmes, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates,P.C. 51 East Bethpage Road Plainview, New York 11803 (516) 741-2585 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-2265697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state. ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. 484 12/10 4x vth SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against IVAN A. GALINKIN, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 21, 2015. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 5th day of January, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. Said premises known as 104 Wedgewood Drive, Coram, N.Y. 11727. Tax account number: SBL #: 313.00-05.00-009.000. Approximate amount of lien $296,253.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 25538/12. Anthony Gulotta, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street - Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 465 12/3 4x vth NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007AHL1, Plaintiff, vs. LORNA MESSINA, STEVEN MESSINA, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on January 19, 2011, an Order Appointing Substitute Referee filed August 11, 2014, an Order Amending Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated October 20, 2014, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on December 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., premises known as 8 Brayton Court South, South Setauket, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the

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The Gallery is diagonally across the street from the historical society. It is very easy to park at one and walk across the street to the other. The entire Gallery is a gift shop with many wonderful paintings and gift pieces by local artists for sale. The current exhibit is “Deck the Halls.” Local artists and artisans have created beautiful paintings, drawings, ceramic and sculpture works, each piece being less than 20 by 20 inches and set at affordable prices that are perfect for gift giving. Gallery North also is showcasing a diverse range of Long Island art. Gallery North current exhibit is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Dec. 23. Call 631-751-2676 for more information.

Long Island Museum, 1200 Rte. 25A, Stony Brook

The museum has a small gift shop in the History Museum, which has some wonderful books, and other items you probably won’t find anywhere else. Stop in for a visit and be sure to take in their current exhibits as well. In the Main Gallery of the History Museum is the exhibit “One Square Foot” featuring the works of LIMarts members in a variety of media and themes. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 12-5 p.m. on Sundays through Dec. 20.

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the benefit of Suffolk County residents through the County Parks, as a part of Historical Services. There are two floors of 19th and 20th century goods, and lots of homemade goodies. They have an extensive collection of old-style candies; many date back to the 19th century. Be sure to also try one of their delicious molasses pops. On the second floor are books on Long Island covering many local communities, as well as lots of wonderful children’s books. This is now one good, close independent bookstore. The back room has an extensive collection of ornaments, some of which are reproductions of antique decorations. Back on the first floor there is a large selection of toys, dolls and games for children that also harken back to the 19th century. The St. James General Store is open every day 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., (631) 854-3740. There are lots of unusual gifts at these three gift shops. If you are buying a gift for someone, you will almost certainly find something to suit every taste. There are many other wonderful local shops in Stony Brook Village Shopping Center, in Setauket and in the Village of Port Jefferson. A special one in Port Jefferson is Secret Garden Tea Room on Main Street. Have a cup of tea, maybe a scone and jam or a delicious lunch and look over their selection of gifts. Finding a special or unusual gift is not only a good idea, it supports our local businesses and brings us closer together as a community. And you never know who you will run into by shopping locally. Beverly Tyler is the Three Village Historical Society historian.

improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of NY, Section 647.00 Block 01.00 Lot 005.005. Approximate amount of judgment $354,496.14 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 10-43461. Elsie Acevedo, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: November 11, 2015 482 12/10 4x vth PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF POQUOTT NOTICE TO BIDDERS SNOW REMOVAL Sealed bids will be received by the Village Clerk, 45 Birchwood Avenue, Setauket, on December 17, 2015, until 7 P.M. prevailing time, at which time they will be publically opened and read at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Poquott. After review and verifications the snow removal contract will be awarded on December 23, 2015 by the Village Board to the lowest responsible bidder for purchase of the following; RENTAL OF SNOW REMOVAL AND SANDING EQUIPMENT WITH DRIVER FOR THE PERIOD

STARTING JANUARY 1, 2016 THROUGH MAY 31, 2016 Bids must be hourly rental of the following types of equipment including; Driver’s wages Pickup with sander Pickup with plow and sander Six wheel trucks with plow and sander Ten wheel truck with plow and sander 3 c.y. (cubic yard) (min.) loader All equipment must be available on a 24 hour basis. Contract will be for a term commencing January 1, 2016 and ending May 1, 2016. The term of the agreement at the option of the Village, may be extended for up to an additional two years through May 1, 2018 Bids for the contract shall be submitted in a separate sealed envelope with the name of the contractor and Snow Bid clearly noted on the outside of the envelope. The awards will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Dated November 19, 2015 Village of Poquott, New York By order of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Poquott Joseph Newfield, Village Clerk 498 12/10 1x vth

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LAUNDRY AIDE Part-time for Long Island State Veterans Home. Some weekends and holidays. For more details see ad in Employment Directory. Fax resume to Chris Oster, HR Manager 631-632-6573

LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NY SEEKS: DIRECT CARE WORKERS P/T and Per Diem. HOUSE MANAGER - F/T COTTAGE SUPERVISOR F/T for our Youth Residential Program CHILD CARE WORKER F/T, P/T and Per Diem. RN’s Per diem for our Infirmary ACCOUNTANT - F/T. BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST for Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home. CASEWORKER for Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home. TELEPHONE RECEPTIONIST; P/T Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.†Send resume to: wadingriver-jobs@lfchild.org or fax to 631-929-6203 EOE SEE COMPLETE LISTING AND ALL DETAILS IN OUR EMPLOYMENT DISPLAY ADS. PERSON FOR HOUSEHOLD O R G A N I Z AT I O N . 631-689-9560 after 6 pm.

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Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River, NY seeks Direct Care Workers for our Wading River Location – P/T and Per Diem to work with our OPWDD Adult population in a residential setting. High School Diploma and NYS Driver’s License Cottage Supervisor –F/T for our Youth Residential Program in Wading River. BA and Supervisory Exp. Child Care Worker -F/T, P/T and Per Diem; High School Diploma and NYS Driver’s License RN’S –Per diem for our Infirmary working with our youth 9–21 years. Accountant: F/T - Req: BA in Accounting Behavior Specialist: for Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home, Req: BA in Social Work, Psychology or Sociology Caseworker: for Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home, Req: MSW House Manager: F/T for our Adult OPWDD residents in Wading River. BA and Supervisory Exp req. Telephone Receptionist: P/T; Mon-Wed 9 am - 5 pm Experience Req. Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.Â

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CASHIER - PART TIME (Jasmine Cafe) Faculty Student Association at Stony Brook University seeks P/T Cashier to work at the Jasmine Food Court in the Wang Center. Evening shift, Monday through Friday, 4pm-8:30pm. See display ad for full details.

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THE PC DOCTOR...Providing Solutions To All Your Home Or Office Computing Needs Reasonable rates, dependable service, plenty of references. Call 631-821-2558. Email: jim@pc-d-o-c.com

Decks DECKS ONLY BUILDERS & DESIGNERS of Outdoor Living by Northern Construction of LI, Inc. Decks, Patios/Hardscapes, Pergolas, Outdoor Kitchens & Lighting. Since 1995. Lic/Ins. 3rd Party Financing Available. 105 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-651-8478 www.DecksOnly.com See our ad in the Home Service Directory for complete details.

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REFINISHING & REUPHOLSTERING Dunwell Furniture Repair & Upholstering Workshop. Repairs, Caning, Rebuild, Stripping, Refinishing. 427 Rt. 25A, Rocky Point 631-744-7442

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

BME SERVICES, INC. Generator Specials 0% -18 months. High Hat Specials, Outdoor Lighting/Service Calls. Res/Comm. 631-447-0502 info@bmeservicesinc.com Lic. #E-2187/Ins.

Furniture/Restoration Gutters/Leaders Repairs CHAIR CANING SINCE 1975; ALL TYPES. ALSO Repairs & custom furniture. VILLAGE CHAIRS 311 West Broadway Port Jefferson. By appointment only 631-331-5791 www.villagechairs.com REFINISHING & RESTORATION Antiques restored, repairing recane, reupholstery, touch-ups kitchen, front doors, 40yrs exp, SAVE$$$, free estimates. Vincent Alfano 631-286-1407

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OPINION

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EDITORIAL

The gift of caring It’s easy to get wrapped up in the chaos of shopping for holiday gifts during the December rush. Most of us are trying to get in and out of stores and malls as quickly as possible, but staying a little bit longer could go a long way this holiday season if we all make an effort to buy just one more present. It doesn’t have to be a big one, like a video game console — although we’re sure nobody would mind that — but we could all buy just one more gift and donate it to a child in need through a local church or charity. There are kids whose parents simply cannot afford gifts, or live in domestic violence shelters, or don’t have parents at all. Those kids deserve a little happiness, too, to know that they are part of a community and that there are other people out there who care about them. We could also consider donating a gift to a hospital or a nursing home, where there could sometimes be people without family to remember them during the holidays. Our newspaper told a story this week about a 22-year-old woman from Setauket who spent the last month raising money to buy holiday gifts for underprivileged teenagers. Her name is Hailey Del Giorno and she works at Little Flower Children and Family Services (631-929-6200) in Wading River. She is an only child and grew up reaping the bounty of the Christmas morning loot. But that did not deter her from reaching out to those who may be less fortunate, and she has already raised close to $2,000 to provide presents to teenagers she works with at the nonprofit organization. We also see many local schools raising money to donate toys to those who are less fortunate. The Students Against Drunk Driving club at Mount Sinai raised money for Holiday Magic (631-265-7200), a not-for-profit organization that dedicates itself to making the holidays special for less fortunate children and their families. The club raised more than $7,000 and went shopping at Walmart and the Smith Haven Mall to purchase gifts for 67 children. We, too, could look beyond ourselves and make our community better this holiday season. There are strangers all around us who need a friend. Let’s make a difference in one of their lives during the season of giving.

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A swan rests alongside Setauket Mill Pond earlier this year.

Protect mute swans

To The ediTor: We are appalled by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s veto, on Nov. 13, of two bills requesting a moratorium on the Department of Environmental Conservation’s plan for mute swan management. These bills had passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in both State chambers. Make no mistake about it: the DEC management plan for mute swans is lethal. In claiming, the plan called mainly for nonlethal measures of control. Governor Cuomo either did not read the plan himself, or was misinformed. The estimated 2,200 mute swans in New York State will be reduced to a mere 800, with approximately 400 out of 1,600 left on Long Island. We commented extensively to the DEC, to the Governor’s office, and to Audubon New York for the last two years, itemizing, line-for-line, deficiencies and discrepancies in both the original and revised plans. The DEC failed on every count to answer our questions. Among other items, we cited a lack of scientific evidence, inconsistencies in stated goals, outdated population counts, bias in decision-making and problematic management schemes. We asked for inclusion in DEC’s stakeholders’ meetings; we did not get it. One of the most glaring

problems in the DEC management plan is that all adult mute swans must be under municipal or private management, yet the plan fails to provide jurisdiction of swans living along the tidal coastlines of either Long Island or the NYC metropolitan areas. How will these swans, which swim across municipal lines, be claimed for management? Or will this point be moot, as they will be among the 1,200 shot? Afterall, these swans are not contained, as the plan requires, in parks and lakes. As for the others in our local lakes and parks? These swans must be managed. Groups or private individuals will have to come forward and apply to DEC for this task. How will the public react, however, when they realize that management requires wing-clipping? The only adult mute swans we get to view will be intentionally maimed, through surgical removal of at least one of their wings. What kind of management model is this? Imagine observing a maimed swan attempting to fly across Setauket Mill Pond with half a wing? What message does this form of animal cruelty send to our impressionable children? In addition, all eggs will be addled [shaken], or oiled, so there will no more cygnets, or young swans, in any location. What a lost opportunity to provide this easily observable window into the natural world! How unfortunate that children, families,

and adults throughout New York will be denied this opportunity to observe the marvels of a mute swan with her young! By vetoing the bills, Governor Cuomo ignored the scientific evidence of no-harm by these animals. He also ignored his learned legislators, including our own state senator Kenneth LaValle, and state assemblyman Steve Englebright, chairperson of the assembly’s Committee on Environmental Conservation, both of whom voted in favor of a moratorium. Instead, Governor Cuomo bowed to the pressures of a few upstate individuals with an agenda of removing mute swans so that they can make room for northern species of trumpeter and tundra swans [both of which are non-nesters in NYS, and infrequently seen on Long Island]. These two species are considered trophy birds when hunted, and we predict they will be soon on the DEC’s seasonal list of hunted waterfowl. Governor Cuomo has made his position clear on mute swans. Like the DEC, his priority is to provide harvestable animals, rather than to ensure other means of wildlife enjoyment for the residents of New York. Elaine Maas & Susan Krause Education Coordinator & Board of Directors Four Harbors Audubon Chapter St. James

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Trying to see the good in all God’s children

D. None of the above by DaNiel DuNaief

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s there divine in all of us, or only in the people who share our religion? If your God, my God, anyone’s God, created the Earth and all the people, animals and planets on it, then does She want those who are true believers to annihilate and destroy the other people She created because they don’t believe in Her? What? You don’t think God could be female? That’s a topic

for another column. Recently, I read about a charitable act. At the end of the article, I saw that people were commenting about how that charity could only come from someone of their religion — I’m not going to indicate what religion it was. The commentors were convinced that it couldn’t have come from someone who followed a different religious discipline. Why? If there are elements to ourselves that are a combination of destroyers and builders, lovers and haters, sinners and saints, why should something extraordinary or even inspirational be limited to one religion? Couldn’t everyone’s God speak through or act through one person, regardless of his background or religion, to inspire others to greater heights, to do something incredibly beneficial to his or her fellow human beings without selecting only those people who go to the right building, speak the right language and follow the right

religious practices? Maybe we need to close our eyes to see the divine in everyone. Religion has this way of bringing out the best in us and, at times, the worst. We sometimes feel that we’ve received some message from a divine being who tells us that we must right the wrongs of people who are outside our religous group. Centuries after the Crusades, humans still resort to weapons to make our point with those who have other religious beliefs. I understand the fear, especially in an era when every politician with national aspirations describes a boogeyman (or woman). I also understand the reality that there are people bent on destroying us and that we can’t go naively into that good night, imagining we live in a utopian world where we can ignore threats. It’s real and it dominates the headlines every day. This isn’t about the extreme cases, where we have to be

vigilant against killers who, for whatever reason, feel they are doing something important in their lives by killing others before dying. That doesn’t seem like much of a way to honor anyone’s God. This is about the way we relate to each other and the way we think of religious groups outside our own. Why should something spectacular or incredible have to originate from the mind or heart of someone from our religion? Turning this around, do you like everyone in your church, temple or mosque? Do you routinely sit during services and feel a universal kindred spirit with everyone in that room that you don’t feel with the people in your child’s classroom at school, at your daughter’s ballet recital or at a concert where the music seems to echo around the room long after our kids have stopped strumming? Would you randomly pick a name out of the hat at your

Do you like everyone in your church, temple or mosque?

house of worship and be equally thrilled to host any of those people in your home for a week, a night or even a long dinner? Religion can offer us a chance to see and imagine that the best is yet to come in anyone around us. We don’t have to give up our own religion and it doesn’t lessen our religion to believe that something spectacular lies just beneath the surface of another person passing by us, even if that person doesn’t share our religion. If we are all God’s children, wouldn’t She (or He) want us to put more effort into getting along with our siblings? Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,” may be purchased online from www.tbrnewsmedia.com/ebooks.

Delightful seasonal and cultural events to savor

between you and me by leah S. DuNaief

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his past weekend started for me with a stellar performance, as usual, by the Emerson String Quartet at the Staller Center on the Stony Brook University campus. This marvelous string ensemble comes to us directly from Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center or at any given time, from other musical capitals in the world. They are, incredibly for us, in residence at Stony Brook and as part of the deal struck with SBU past president, Shirley Kenny, they give four performances a year here. The quartet features Eugene

Drucker and Philip Setzer, who alternate at first and second violin, Lawrence Dutton on the viola, and now Paul Watkins, who replaced David Finckel in 2013, playing the cello. The original group formed when they were students at Juilliard, then turned professional in 1976, and in the course of their career they have released more than 30 albums and won nine Grammys along with the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize. They were inducted into the Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2010. Friday night, they played two selections by Haydn and two by Beethoven. Attending their concerts is made even more delightful for not having to drive more than a few minutes from door to door and being assured of convenient and free parking upon arrival. The audience routinely gives them a standing ovation. Moving onto the next day, three friends and I joined up to view the 37th annual Candlelight House Tour, traditionally held on Friday evenings and Saturday daytimes, and made possible as a fundraiser by the hard work of the Three Village Historical Society. Members

take care of the myriad of details from selecting to decorating the homes, along with professional help made possible by local contributions. Each year homeowners graciously allow hundreds of visitors to traipse through their rooms, checking out the decor and listening to the history explained many times over during the day by society members and helpers. This year the homes were centered in Old Stony Brook, and the weather cooperated magnificently. Many of us well remember in past years waiting in line to enter the homes in subfreezing, or snowy, or rainy or sharply windy days. Sunny Saturday was a Goldilocks day for touring: not too cold, not too hot, just right. And if house tours are your thing, the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce has worked hard to organize the Lantern Light House Tour, this year centered in Harbor Hills. Also a fundraiser, the event is scheduled for this Saturday, Dec. 12, from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Like the one in Three Village, the tour is very much a community effort with generous contributions of time and financial backing.

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As if this weren’t enough activity for a satisfying weekend, we enjoyed the lighting of the splendid Christmas tree on the Stony Brook Village Green, sponsored as usual, by The Ward Melville Heritage Organization Sunday night. WMHO has been happily celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout this past year. On Jan. 19, there will be a special anniversary commemoration of the night Ward Melville hosted a dinner at the Three Village Inn for the owners of the sundry shops and unveiled his plans for the first shopping mall in America, a crescent village on the hill overlooking Stony Brook Harbor. After much good food and drink, the shop owners agreed to join the effort. The result was the picturesque Stony Brook Village Center, designed by architect Richard Haviland Smythe that we enjoy now, three quarters of a century later. The ongoing vibrancy of the village was further illustrated by the ribbon-cutting party later that evening at the site of the latest business to join the Stony Brook shopping center. Blue Salon & Spa, formerly Legends, welcomed

LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton SPORTS EDITOR Desirée Keegan ONLINE EDITOR Elana Glowatz

Sunny Saturday was a Goldilocks day for touring: not too cold, not too hot, just right.

guests, who devoured delicious hors d’oeuvres provided by owner, Cathy Hansen, in her newly renovated salon. It was a symbolic end to the evening’s festivities. Meanwhile in the other direction, Port Jefferson Village offered the Dickens festival last Saturday and Sunday for the 20th year. Originally the brainchild of former mayor, Jeanne Garant, churches, schools, the theater, stores and restaurants all joined together to transform the village into a Dickensian wonderland, replete with 19th century characters walking the streets and engaging the public. (And throughout December you may stop at Santa’s Workshop, a brilliant creation of the talented Pat Darling.) Encouraged by the wonderful weather, visitors came out in droves to the festival, putting Port Jefferson on the map as the glorious destination village that it is.

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