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March 2, 2017

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The truth comes out Ward Melville graduate turns herself in after lying to police

A tale of two town halls

The Birds Among Us at Emma Clark Library Also: ‘Respect’ at Theatre Three, Photo of the Week, SBU Sports

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Congressman Tom Suozzi participates in person, Congressman Lee Zeldin holds telephone town hall — A8 Photo by Kevin Redding

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Eat and help hope take flight On March 10, beginning at 11 a.m., Buffalo Wild Wings in Miller Place will be donating 10 percent of each patron’s bill to On Kevin’s Wings, a nonprofit organization that funds airfare or transportation for those seeking drug or alcohol rehabilitation away from home. After losing her son Kevin to an accidental overdose in 2012, Tracey Farrell began North Shore Drug Awareness, a Facebook page that provides information and assistance to those asking questions wanting to learn more about how to help a loved one battling addiction or looking for rehabilitation centers. Farrell began to try to help other families who were also dealing with addicted

children, while still dealing with one of her own: her daughter. She sent Brianna out of state and claimed it saved her life. This prompted her to begin her new venture. In addition to the funds raised March 10, the location is then, for the following 30 days, donating the same 10 percent of each customer’s bill who presents the Home Team Advantage Teammate Card. It’s good for dining in and take out and can be presented straight from a cellphone. On March 10, On Kevin’s Wings will also be doing raffles and 50/50 from 6 to 9 p.m. Buffalo Wild Wings in Miller Place is located at 385 Route 25A.

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Come listen to the music of Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Melissa Ethridge and more performed by Carolyn Brown-Benson and her band, Blue Bayou. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. and tickets cost $30. For more information or to purchase tickets call the Village Center at 631-802-2160.

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Miller Place student dies after being hit by car Accident leads to two fundraising efforts, 25A study By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com Just days after Miller Place teen and lacrosse superstar Nicolo Signore died riding his bike on Route 25A, friends, relatives and community members are doing all they can to help his grieving family. A little after 5 p.m. on Feb. 23, Signore, 14, described as “a happy kid with a big heart” by those closest to him, was out doing what he loved to do — riding his bike with his friends — when he tried crossing northbound Miller Place Road at Route

25A. The last of his group of four friends to cross the street, Signore was struck by an SUV after the light turned green, suffering significant head trauma. He was immediately rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, sending a shock wave through not only his family and friends but the entire community. “I have no words to offer that could ever make this time easier; my thoughts are with you.” “We are absolutely heartbroken with the loss of Nico. We will never forget him and will pray for peace for his loving family. We love you.” “Although we do not know your family, we are part of the Miller Place community family. We are so very sorry for your loss. Our prayers are with you all.” These messages, accompanied by donations of $100, are just a small portion of the love and support seen on the GoFundMe page “Please support Nico Signore,” one of two fundraising campaigns set up in the aftermath of Signore’s death. The page was created by family friend Pam Santo Speedling Feb. 25, just one day after the accident, with the intention of helping the Signore family pay for funeral costs and ease the burden of Kim Signore, Nico’s mother, who will now be able to stay home from work and grieve without worrying about income. Speedling, who has been best friends with Kim for more than 20 years since

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North Shore rally for better health care in NY

Protest garners support of single-payer, Medicare for all bill to bring universal care By Victoria Espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com With changes in health care looming thanks to the election of President Donald Trump (R), the issue took center stage in Huntington this past weekend, as more than 350 Long Island residents participated in a rally Feb. 25 to support the Affordable Care Act and advocate for a single-payer plan bill in Albany. Organized by the group Long Island Activists with help from Our Revolution and the New York Progressive Action Network, the rally joined together residents from all nine New York State Senate districts. Ron Widelec, a member of the LIA steering committee, said the event was intended to help educate more New Yorkers about the strengths of a Medicare for all system, as he said many misconceptions about the plan have been spread. A single-payer or Medicare for all plan “is the only plan that actually brings us to a place where health care is a human right,” Widelec said in a phone interview. “We would see better results and it would [cost] less per person. We can cover everyone for less.” A single-payer system requires a singlepayer fund which all New Yorkers would pay into to cover health care costs of an individual, instead of through private insurers. In a single-payer system every citizen is covered, patients have the freedom to choose their own doctors and hospitals, and employers would no longer be responsible for health care costs. The ACA established standards for health care in America when enacted in 2010, though it does not supersede state laws relating to health care. Martha Livingston, professor and chair of the Department of Public Health at SUNY Old Westbury said a Medicare for all system would be an improvement to the current system. “We know from experience looking everywhere else it works better and costs less,” she said in a phone interview. The World Health Organization conducted a study on American health care in 2014, and cited one of the reasons the U.S. health system has high costs and poor outcomes includes a lack of universal health care. “No one would have to make the tough choice between the cost of an EpiPen and feeding their family,” Widelec said, referring to the increase in cost of pharmaceutical products patients can’t opt to go without. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, the drug’s maker, drove the price of EpiPen up about $500 in recent years — some six times. Turing Pharmaceuticals did the same with Daraprim, a drug used by cancer and AIDS patients — although that price tag increased to $750 a pill from $13.50. The Journal of the American Medical Association has confirmed the U.S. faces this trend of large increases in drug prices, more so than any other countries. “Per capita prescription drug spending in the United States exceeds that in all other

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above, rally participants listen to a speech saturday in Huntington. Below, congressman tom suozzi speaks at the event. countries, largely driven by brand-name drug prices that have been increasing in recent years at rates far beyond the consumer price index,” the study said. Livingston agreed the current system is flawed. “Really what we want is fairness,” she said. “We’re the only country that doesn’t negotiate with insurance companies. We need to get rid of the profiteers standing between us and [health care].” Aside from informing Long Islanders about the benefits of a Medicare for all system, the rally also focused on creating a game plan to help grow support for the New York Health Act, a bill passed in the 2015-16 New York State Assembly session but not in the New York State Senate. The Assembly bill for the 2017-18 session, which is currently in committee, establishes the New York Health program, a single-payer health care system. “The Legislature finds … all residents of the state have the right to health care,” the bill states. It acknowledges ACA helped bring improvements in health — Ron Widelec care and coverage to New Yorkers, however there are still many left without coverage. The legislation explicitly labels itself as a universal health plan with the intention to improve and create coverage for residents who are currently unable to afford the care they need. If New York passed the law, residents would no longer have to pay premiums or co-pays, employers would not have to be responsible to provide health care — which currently costs business more than $1 billion annually, and all patients would be covered and could chose whatever doctor or hospital they wanted. According to a new study by Gerald Friedman, chair of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Economics Department, the cost

‘No one would have to make the tough choice between the cost of an EpiPen and feeding their family.’

of New York Health Act would be $45 billion less than what New York currently spends. “Individuals often find that they are deprived of affordable care and choice because of decisions by health plans guided by the plan’s economic needs rather than their health care needs,” the bill states. The New York Health Act is also in committee in the state Senate, where it has significantly less support. “We want to flip some state Senate seats,” Widelec said. Participants also broke up into their state Senate districts to discuss plans of action to garner support for the bill in each area and put pressure on their elected leader at the end of the rally. Steve Cecchini, a rally participant, said many people are clearly in support of the bill. “The only thing I learned was a lot of people were excited to hear about the New York Health Act,” he said in a phone interview. “One of the goals was to get people the tools they need to understand the act and talk about it. It’s really about getting enough support from the constituents. It’s

ridiculous what we’re not getting and what we’re overpaying for right now.” Widelec said there is a lot of misinformation about what a single-payer plan is, as many approach it as a socialist concept. But he affirmed the current system in not working and needs to be improved. According to the World Health Organization, the U.S. trailed more than 30 countries in life expectancy in 2015, and in a 2000 report by WHO, America was ranked 37 out of 191 countries for health care performance. “It’s really exciting to see people inspired and activated,” Livingston said. “It’s looking to me like Long Islanders are eager to make a difference.” The 3rd Congressional District U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) spoke at the rally, after meeting with the Long Island Activists group in January and signing a pledge to sponsor a single-payer bill if the Democratic Party retakes control of the Congress. He has said until that time he will continue to defend the ACA.

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Rocky Point man injured in crash By Alex petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com A Rocky Point man was ejected from his vehicle as a result of a crash in Port Jefferson Station Feb. 22 and transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries, according to Suffolk County Police. Sixth Squad detectives are investigating the two-vehicle crash. Brian Carter was driving a 1975 Jeep westbound on Route 347 when he attempted to make a left turn onto Crystal

Brook Hollow Road and his vehicle was struck by an eastbound 2009 Chevrolet at about 8:20 p.m. Carter, 25 of Rocky Point, was ejected from the vehicle and was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The driver of the Chevrolet, Zachary Pisoni, 24, of Medford, was not injured. Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks and the investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the 6th Squad at 631-854-8652. File photo

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Special District Meeting of the qualified/registered voters of the Middle Country Central School District at Centereach, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held in the Centereach Building of the Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Boulevard, Centereach, New York, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at 9:30 A.M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting upon the following items: (1) To adopt the Annual Library Budget for the fiscal year 2017-2018 and to authorize that the requisite portion thereof be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the Middle Country Central School District; and (2) To elect one (1) Trustee to the Middle Country Public Li-

brary to fill a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2017, and ending on June 30, 2022, as a result of the expiration of the term of office presently held by Ron Harrington. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for the purpose of voting at such meeting on April 4, 2017 the polls will open between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, and voting will be held in the Middle Country Public Library (Centereach Building), 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of a statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for the Middle Country Public Library’s purposes, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding said vote/ election except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from the Library, located at 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York during the hours of 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. prevailing time and; FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the Office of Trustee of the Middle Country Public Library are available from the Office of the Election Clerk (designated Election Officer) located in the Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Boulevard, Centereach, New York. Petitions may be filed on any weekday between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time not later than Monday, March 6, 2017. Each petition must be directed to the Election Clerk and must designate the office sought, the name and residence of the candidate and must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District setting forth their addresses; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any Annual or Special District Meeting within the past four (4) years, such voter is eligible to vote at this vote/ election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must

register. The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law on Tuesday , March 28, 2017 between the hours of 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm, prevailing time at the Library Building, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York and at the election/ vote, at which time any person will be entitled to have his/her name placed on such register, providing that at the meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such Special District Meeting or Annual District Meeting for which the register is prepared, and that the register so prepared pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York and the registration list prepared by the Board of Elections of Suffolk County will be filed in the office of the Election Clerk, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on each of the five (5) days prior to April 4, 2017 excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm prevailing time; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots for the election of Trustee of the Library, and for the adoption of the annual budget may be applied for at the office of the Election Clerk, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York during regular business hours. Such application must be received by the Election Clerk no later than 5 pm seven (7) days prior to the vote/election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or by 5 pm on April 3, 2017 if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. No absentee voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it shall have been received in the office of the Election Clerk not later than 5 pm on the day of the vote/election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Election Clerk’s office during regular business hours on each of the five days prior to April 4, 2017 except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Dated: Centereach, New York December 21, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MIDDLE COUNTRY PUBLIC LIBRARY Ron Harrington, President 861 2/16 4x tmc

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Incidents and arrests, Feb. 20–Feb. 27 Impersonating an officer

A 39-year-old man from Ronkonkoma entered Danford’s Hotel & Marina on East Broadway in Port Jefferson at about 10:30 a.m. Feb. 23, identified himself as a New York Police Department officer in the hopes of gaining information about a guest at the hotel, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seconddegree criminal impersonation of a public servant.

Passenger problems

Near the intersection of Mark Tree Road and Market Street in Centereach at about 2 p.m. Feb. 23, a 39-year-old man from Centereach was driving a 2002 Cadillac with a suspended license. He was arrested and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. A 51-year-old man from Port Jefferson was in the back seat of the car. He possessed heroin, cocaine, methadone without a prescription, suboxone without a prescription, a digital scale and more than 500 wax bags used for packaging and selling drugs, according to police. He was arrested and charged with fourthdegree criminal possession of a narcotic drug, two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Breaking and entering

At about 2 a.m. Feb. 21, a 38-year-old woman from Selden broke a rear sliding glass door to a home on Bluepoint Road in Selden and entered the home. She was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing and third-degree criminal mischief.

Three-man weave

An 18-year-old man from Selden, a 17-year-old man from Port Jefferson and a 21-year-old man from East Patchogue broke a window and entered Ramp Ford on Nesconset Highway in Port Jefferson Station at about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 20, took a set of keys and stole a 2015 Ford Explorer, according to police. At about 12:30 p.m. Feb. 21 the car was found near the inter-

section of Hemlock Street and Magnolia Drive in Selden. They also possessed stolen registration plates, police said. The three were all arrested and charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. The 21-year-old also had two bench warrants, police said.

Sleeping behind the wheel

At College Plaza on Middle Country Road in Selden, a 28-year-old man from Farmingville was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a running 2004 Nissan at about 8 p.m. Feb. 20, according to police. Police said he was under the influence of prescription medication. He was arrested and charged with first-degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs.

Unfair fight

Three men punched a male victim in the face and stole an iPhone, cash and a gold bracelet while at a bar on Main Street in Port Jefferson Station at about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 27, according to police.

Fence art

At Nesconset Shopping Center on Nesconset Highway in Port Jefferson Station at about noon Feb. 24, graffiti was found on three sections of vinyl fence, according to police.

And beyond

While parked in the driveway of a home on Glenwood Avenue in Miller Place at about 10 p.m. Feb. 25, the passenger side door and quarter panel of a 2004 Infiniti were damaged, according to police.

Rocky road

The rear window of a 2015 Lincoln was smashed while parked outside of a home on Radio Avenue in Rocky Point at about 2 p.m. Feb. 26, according to police.

Bike rides off

At Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa on Nesconset Highway in Stony Brook, a mountain bike left outside was stolen at about 8:30 a.m. Feb. 21, according to police. —Compiled By Alex petroski

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Smithtown supervisor looks back on working for previous presidents By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com

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Left, Smithtown Supervisor Pat vecchio, left, guards then-Senator John Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy; right, vecchio works at his office.

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North Shore congressmen engage constituents in town halls Suozzi holds in-person meeting, Zeldin speaks to 10,000 from 1st District on phone call By Kevin Redding & Alex PetRosKi

“For years telephone town halls have allowed me to reach the maximum amount of President Donald Trump’s (R) first month constituents interested in constructive diain office and items on his agenda thus far have logue,” he said. “This is a modern way to bring sparked an activist uprising in blue and red a town hall directly to your home.” He evaluated the effectiveness of the fordistricts alike across the United States. Thursday, two North Shore congressmen made mat in an email through spokeswoman Jenthemselves available to concerned constitu- nifer DiSiena the following day. “These outreach efforts with the public ents, though the formats were different. First congressional district U.S. Rep. Lee have proven to be extremely effective and alZeldin (R-Shirley) and 3rd congressional low him to productively reach the maximum district U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) amount of constituents who are interested in each hosted town hall events Feb. 23 to dis- constructive dialogue,” she said. “It is true that cuss issues with the people they represent, liberal obstructionists cannot disrupt the call.” A Facebook group called “Let’s Visit Lee a trend that has caught on for leaders in nearly all 50 states in the weeks since Inau- Zeldin,” set up by constituents attempting to guration Day. Suozzi hosted nearly 400 resi- speak to the congressman face-to-face, which dents at Mid-Island Y Jewish Community has more than 2,000 members, followed Center in Plainview for about two and a half along with the call and held a discussion on the page, regarding Zeldin’s hours. Zeldin spoke directly responses. Several postto voters in their homes in a ers said they registered on telephone town hall. Zeldin’s website to be called, According to Zeldin, more but never received one, or than 9,000 people sat in on received it after the town hall the hour-long call, which feacommenced at 7 p.m. tured questions and interacA post asking if any questive polls. More than 1,000 tions were not addressed durothers streamed it online. The ing the call received more congressman began the call than 100 responses. One with an opening statement constituent asked if the conlasting nearly five minutes, gressman would put pressure which touched on improvon the U.S. House Committee ing American safety at home and abroad; growing the local — Tom Suozzi on Oversight and Government Reform to investigate economy; supporting veterans and first responders; improving education; Trump’s ties to Russia. Another asked about repairing infrastructure; repealing and replac- the shrinking middle class and growing ining the Affordable Care Act; and safeguarding come inequality. Someone else asked, “What the environment. He then answered 10 ques- will Zeldin do to assure females have safe aftions from a combination of callers and those fordable birth control/reproductive rights?” Zeldin was asked on the call, among sevstreaming the conversation on the internet, eral other questions, about his stance on the who submitted written questions. Groups of constituents have lobbied the Trump administration’s reversal of transgencongressman to host an in-person town hall der bathroom guidelines set by the Obama in recent weeks, but have been unsuccessful. administration — he said he supported the Changes have also been made to his office reversal. Another question involved Trump’s hours availability, which he attributed earlier slow response to anti-Semitic violence across in February to the actions of “liberal obstruc- the U.S. since election day — which Zeldin tionists.” Zeldin justified the decision to hold condemned, though added he appreciated a telephone town hall rather than a conven- Trump speaking up this week. Several questions came in concerning the ACA and what tional one during the call. will take its place once repealed — the congressman said he supported the proposed Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, coverage for those with preexisting conditions, allowing kids to stay on parents’ plans until age 26, and would support a voucher program for veterans. DiSiena addressed Zeldin’s plans going forward regarding a traditional town hall. “Way too many of the people at the moment requesting town halls across the country are doing so with the purpose of disrupting the town hall without any interest at all in decorum,” she said. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Arizona), who was shot during an outdoor, public meeting with constituents in 2011, called on members of Congress to “face their constituents” and hold town halls in a tweet Feb. 23. DiSiena said Zeldin is open to small meetings, though no in-person town hall is currently planned. DiSiena disclosed results of one of the five poll questions Zeldin posed to listeners during the call, showing most constituents, 23 percent, are concerned about health care above all other of the several choices

‘I think this is as American as you can get … this is so inspiring and this country needs this type of engagement.’

Photos by Kevin Redding

Above, U.s. Rep. tom suozzi speaks to constituents from the 3rd congressional district Feb. 23. Below, 7-year-old Zachary Aquino asks suozzi a question during the town hall. given in the poll. Conversely, Suozzi stood and engaged a large crowd of residents and activists, answering more than 30 questions on a variety of hot topics, including the repeal of the ACA, the relationship between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Trump’s travel restriction executive order. He also voiced his disapproval of what’s happening in the White House, and called on those in attendance to “not hate Trump supporters” and instead turn their anger into something productive. “I think this is as American as you can get ... this is so inspiring and this country needs this type of engagement,” Suozzi told the crowd, saying in all his years of holding town hall meetings — both as a congressional candidate and mayor of Glen Cove — he’s never seen an attendance like what he had. “We need to take all this energy and excitement that we’ve got and use it in a constructive fashion ... to work together to win the battles,” he said. “Write letters to the editor, attend issues meetings, run for office, support people for local office. What we really need are reasonable Americans that will put their country before their party to help us to get Congressional support on [issues]. Don’t underestimate what’s working.” A civil discourse on ideas and plenty of smiles and laughs, Suozzi’s session had a different tone than the heated ones across the country, in which angry constituents waged vocal war against Republican representatives. Suozzi began the gathering by telling attendees — some of whom represented local activist groups like North Shore Indivisible, MoveOn.org, and Science Advocacy of Long Island — to be respectful and direct all comments to him. Attendees raised questions about Trump’s ties to Russia, the release of the commanderin-chief’s taxes, gun violence, immigration, climate change and the state of health care. One attendee, Jessica Meyer, who has

cerebral palsy, asked the congressman if he would help those like her who fear people with disabilities might lose benefits with the potential repeal of the ACA. “People with disabilities are getting lost in this conversation,” she said. Suozzi responded to her concerns. “I want you to know that I will fight tooth and nail to protect you, personally, and everybody in your situation, and I want to hear from everybody in this room who’s going to fight to protect Jessica,” Suozzi said. Harry Arlin, a World War II and Korean War veteran from Huntington, said he lived briefly under Adolf Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in Russia, though fled both countries. “I’m too old to run again,” he said. Seven-year-old Zachary Aquino echoed Arlin’s sentiments. “I don’t think this is right having Trump as president, I think it’s really bad,” he said. “I don’t know how this happened — how we got stuck in this mess — but it’s good that we’re here today ... this is a really valuable time. Fighting against Trump is very good. We’ve got to do this.” When asked what he was going to do to restore one attendee’s faith in “American exceptionalism,” Suozzi pointed around the room. “This is it — this is people who believe and should not walk out of here with anything but a stronger belief that by being involved, you can actually have an impact on things,” he said. The White House has made claims recently to suggest some activists attending town halls are being paid to be there and rile up crowds, a sentiment which Zeldin echoed in a Feb. 18 Facebook post. “Liberal obstructionists are disrupting, resisting and destructing public events all around America,” he wrote. “Our neighbors want to actually engage in substantive, productive, constructive dialogue, and the liberal obstructionists are spitting on them with their shameful shows for their own political theater.”

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Nico SigNore Continued from page A3 The fundraiser hit its goal of $5,000 after just about a day, and within three days, the funds exceeded $27,076. So far, 370 people have donated, with individual contributions ranging from $15 to $300. The family has considered putting Signore in a burial vault, as they did with his grandparents, which costs $10,000. Charles Butruch, Nico’s uncle, created another GoFundMe page, “The Nico Signore Scholarship Fund,” Feb. 27, on behalf of the Miller Place teen’s parents, who wish to preserve their son’s legacy through a scholarship fund that will recognize Miller Place seniors “who embody the same exemplary spirit, courage, determination, love of com-

‘My little brother was the most perfect, pure person i’ve ever come in contact with. He could walk into a room full of sadness and light it up like a christmas tree.’ — Vincent Signore Jr. munity and passion for living that Nico exhibited so naturally.” After just one day, the page has raised $3,200 of its $25,000 goal. Kim Signore is also interested in having a bike path named in memory of Nico in recognition of one of his greatest passions. Coincidentally, Suffolk County is in the process of planning a bike path that would run from Port Jefferson Station to Wading River. “My nephew was just an unbelievable person, had such a love for lacrosse — ‘proudly wore the No. 20 for the Miller Place Panthers as goalie’ —and bike riding, he loved life and always had a smile on his face,” Butruch said. “It’s a very sad time, but hopefully through the scholarship, since he never got a chance to go to college or do what he wanted to do in life, other kids can ... and he can have a living legacy.” Butruch recognized the support of local businesses, including Middle Island Pizza, which has been sending food every day to the Signore family, saying the outpouring of support has given Kim and Vincent, Nico’s father, “an unbelievable feeling” and has “taken them totally by surprise.” “My sister says her heart is touched, she’s

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Above, Nico Signore wore No. 20 as a goalkeeper for Miller Place’s lacrosse team. Left, Nico with his father Vincent Signore and brother Vincent Signore Jr. overwhelmed with all the love and support being provided from total strangers,” said Kelly Butruch, Kim’s sister. “They’re brought to tears by all of this, it’s beautiful.” Nico’s older brother, Vincent Jr., 22, expressed his feelings in an email statement. “My little brother was the most perfect, pure person I’ve ever come in contact with,” he wrote. “He could walk into a room full of sadness and light it up like a Christmas tree. People from all over are reaching out with support, love and amazing memories of Nico and it’s really helped put into perspective how many lives he has touched. I would like to personally thank all my close

family and friends for being such an amazing support system right now.” In response to Signore’s death, State Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) wrote a letter to the commissioner of the Department of Transportation, requesting a pedestrian/bicycle safety study along the Route 25A corridor to prevent further injuries or deaths, writing that Nico’s accident was “the second tragic fatality of a young student crossing Route 25A in Miller Place in 18 months.” The family also points to the red light cameras across county intersections as a concern and a possible contributing factor in the accident.

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clockwise from left, the Brady family enjoys a sporting event; philip Brady with his grandfather at his stanford Univeristy graduation; anf Brady at Forbes magazine after being notified of his selection.

North Shore’s Philip Brady chosen for Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ By Kevin Redding Kevin@tBRnewspapeRs.com At just 23, Setauket native and Ward Melville graduate turned Stanford graduate Philip Brady is the cofounder and manager of a $55 million fund which was closed in September 2016, has backed 12 startup companies and, alongside his college buddy, was the youngest venture capitalist featured in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” issue in January. As incredible as that all is, in the case of Brady — whose whole life has been about working hard and not following the beaten path — it makes perfect sense. In fact, he started his company, GoAhead Ventures, during his senior year at the California university as a way to avoid the type of career path on which he’d have to wait years for a promotion, move up the food chain slowly but surely and pay his dues — a path he was confused by and questioned: “But what if I work harder than anyone? Do I get to skip a few levels?” “[Early on] I realized I wanted to do something where the sky was the limit, where I had no boss, and if I worked really hard, I could make it extremely far,” Brady said. That lifelong mentality really took shape at the end of his sophomore year of college, when the young entrepreneur, who had been turned down left and right for consulting internships because he felt working up to four jobs was more important than getting perfect grades, decided he might as well start his own consulting firm based on his understanding of tech and startups, and learn more about the field by doing it rather than studying it.

That firm, Copernican Solutions, began at the start of his junior year and is still going strong today, being run by Stanford students. In his senior year, Brady put consulting aside in favor of focusing on venture capital in Silicon Valley, namely on the investing-in-startup-companies side of things — a job usually exclusive to seasoned capitalists in their 40s and 50s. Not wanting to have to wait 30 years to gain the experience, he started GoAhead Ventures with fellow Stanford student Clancey Stahr and business colleague Takeshi “TK” Mori. The lucrative company works with young entrepreneurs, mostly college students and recent graduates, to help them achieve their startup company’s vision. With an investor base mostly in Japan, Brady and his fellow managing partners travel to Tokyo regularly. One of the 12 companies that GoAhead Ventures has backed, for instance, is the Stanford student-created Simple Emotion, which helps businesses improve cus— Philip Brady tomer satisfaction by analyzing and detecting emotion in the human voice during customer service conversations. In many ways, both companies he started, especially GoAhead Ventures, offer the sort of opportunities he was looking for as a student. “I really feel like there’s a whole lot of really capable young people, not just at Stanford but any university, and if someone is willing to work hard, they should be able to have their experiences,” he said. “It shouldn’t all be grade-based. It should be about how hard you’re willing to work and if you’re willing to think outside the box. I guess for me that was the key to a lot of my success.”

‘I realized I wanted to do something where the sky was the limit, where I had no boss, and if I worked really hard, I could make it extremely far.’

Since high school, Brady’s strong work ethic, instilled at an early age by his grandparents and combined with a passion for creating opportunities and helping others, has hoisted him above and beyond most of his peers. At 17, he started a fishing club at the Setauket Mill Pond. He not only taught members of the community how to cast their fishing rods and catch “at least one fish every lesson,” he also began an ecological research partnership with a graduate student at Stony Brook University. While at Ward Melville High School, Brady also wrote for a science blog, helped form the Model Congress, competed as a member of the Science Olympiad as a freshman and was even awarded “most likely to succeed” as a senior. He’s always been a voracious reader, and has a deep love for the outdoors (not just fishing but hiking and camping too) and science and technology. His father, Phil, who works at AXA Insurance Company in Manhattan, said he’s met a lot of people in life but has never met someone who works as hard as his son does. “He’s just always been a kid that never stops thinking, never stops working and never stops dreaming,” he said. “He’s not boastful or arrogant or superficial. He’s really grounded ... his moral compass is of honesty and integrity ... he’s never cheated on anything in life.” As a believer that the next generation should always do better than the previous one, he said he wouldn’t want to be his son’s kid. “My father came from nothing and worked his way up ... so of course I probably wound up doing a bit better than him, but Phil has set the bar high — I wouldn’t want to be his kid,” he said. “That’s going to be a tough one.” Gary Vorwald, chair of the science department at Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School in East Setauket, taught Brady’s eighth grade Earth science class and was his Science Olympiad coach throughout seventh, eighth and ninth grades. “He was a phenomenal student: consci-

entious, hard-working, motivated, enthusiastic, versatile,” Vorwald said. “Through Science Olympiad, he studied herpetology, amphibians and reptiles, rocks and minerals, received medals at the regional tournament, worked on a lab team. He was always so pleasant and affable. He never seemed to get angry or frustrated ... he just always attacked a problem and tried to solve it.” Brady said he loves venture capital and hopes to take what he’s created and build it into an empire someday. But through all the hard work he puts into it, he never considers what he does a job. “It really doesn’t feel like work. I never feel like I have certain hours or anything,” Brady said. “I’m just always on call, if something ever comes up. It’s not like I’m working nine to five. My job and my life are pretty much the same thing.” When asked if there’s anything he does for relaxation, somewhat of a foreign concept to Brady, he said, “Still fishing ... that’ll never change.” “Fishing is the only time where I’m actually not thinking about anything work-related,” he said. “Clear my mind, fish a little bit and then get back to reality.”

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GREENLITE ELECTRIC, INC. Repairs, installations, motor controls, PV systems. Piotr Dziadula, Master Electrician. Lic. #4694-ME/Ins. 631-331-3449

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ENJOY COMING HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is our priority. We promise you peace of mind. Excellent References. Serving the Three Village Area. Call Jacquie or Joyce 631-871-9457, 631-886-1665

SMITHPOINT FENCE. Pre-Season Fence Sale! Wood, PVC, Chain Link Stockade. Free estimates. Commercial/Residential 70 Jayne Blvd., PJS Lic.37690-H/Ins. 631-743-9797 www.smithpointfence.com.

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THREE VILLAGE HOME IMPROVEMENT Serving the community for over 30 years. See ad in Home Service Directory. Rich Beresford, 631-689-3169

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Members of Congress must face constituents U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) is engaged in a standoff with residents of the 1st Congressional District, the constituents he was elected to serve and represent in Washington. Zeldin’s support for President Donald Trump (R) and his policies during the campaign and his first few weeks in office has enraged a segment of his district. A Facebook page with more than 2,000 followers was created by people interested in getting face time with the congressman after he changed his office hours and canceled scheduled meetings due to the behavior of what he referred to as “liberal obstructionists” who are acting out and being disruptive as a form of “political theater.” The Jan. 21 Women’s March in Port Jefferson Station featured several signs and chants calling for Zeldin to disassociate from some of Trump’s policies. Although they don’t speak for the entire district — Zeldin’s Election Day margin of victory speaks louder — there is more than enough chatter to suggest they speak for a large chunk of the district that deserves to be heard. To appease those looking to discuss his position on important issues like the Affordable Care Act, Trump’s potential conflicts of interest, ties to Russia and gun regulations, Zeldin held an over-thephone town hall in which almost 10,000 of his constituents were able to listen to their congressman answer a handful of questions from about 0.1 percent of the audience. Dozens of questions went unanswered at the conclusion of the call. Many members of Congress across the U.S. have been faced with a similar dilemma lately — potentially hostile crowds and an uncomfortable or politically dangerous confrontation, or risk being called out for what some interpret as skirting the responsibilities of a representative. The editorial staff believes it is incumbent upon members of Congress to stand up and face the people they represent if an issue or set of issues are important enough to fight for. Disagreements on issues are not a hindrance for a healthy democracy. A lack of transparency and accountability are. No one is asking Zeldin to take the side of protestors marching with signs outside of his Patchogue office, some of which he accused of threatening his safety. It is his responsibility to listen to them and engage in a productive conversation — more productive than the phone conference we listened in on. Kudos to Zeldin for scheduling more mobile office hours in which he promises to meet face to face with small groups, but a large public forum is not too much to ask during these polarizing political times. The virtual world notwithstanding, we want to be in the same room as our duly elected representative during a meeting. While he should be protected by law enforcement from any extremists, he owes us no less than his presence when we offer him ours.

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Our congressman, Lee Zeldin, has canceled all town hall meetings indefinitely. Instead he’s holding what he calls “teletown-halls.” These are actually one-hour telephone conference calls, where he responds to a few questions by screened constituents. There is no opportunity for follow-up since after asking the question the caller is muted. Last Thursday, in the first of these, he spent much of the hour on an opening statement, a softball “poll” and a lengthy response to a single question. It seems Congressman Zeldin has forgotten that it is part of his job to answer to his constituents. What is he so afraid of? Is he unwilling to face publicly any opposition for fear of bad publicity? If he fears his constituents so much, maybe he’s not up to the job. It’s hard to respect a congressman afraid of his constituents. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, with whom I don’t agree on many issues, at least earned my respect by hosting a town hall meeting in which he faced a largely hostile audience. Afterward he stated, “I think it’s a case of making the process of representative government work. Those of us who are elected are half of the process, our constituents are the other half and we have a responsibility to have dialogue with our constituents.”

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U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin In spite of its name a “teletown-hall” is not in any way, shape or form a town hall. There is no dialogue. It’s no more a “town hall” than a mannequin in a shop window is a human being. It’s an ersatz substitute for the American tradition of real town hall meetings, a tradition going back to before the founding of our republic. It’s phony democracy, which would be more in place in Russia, where phony democracy masquerades as the real thing. If Congressman Zeldin’s positions and votes as our representative have excited strong opposition from a large group

of his constituents, he needs to face the music and answer for it. Those of us who are very dissatisfied with the job he’s doing are not just “protesters” who “want to get their 19 seconds of fame” as he has insultingly stated. We have not been paid or coached. We are his constituents and we are concerned about the direction of our country. He’s supposed to be representing us, not insulting us. We have every right to demand he answer in person for his positions on the issues and his votes in Congress.

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In defense of Congressman Lee Zeldin I cannot believe the things people are saying about Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) in these papers and online. Calling him names like a coward, stating he’s afraid to meet with his constituents and saying he only represents the right wing. Are we talking about the same man here? The Lee Zeldin I know has always been willing to reach out across the aisle and work with Democrats, Independents, Republicans and anyone else in between to get things done. Remember last term when he worked with Congressman Steve Israel (D-Huntington) on environmental issues? Or when he supported that bipartisan bill to drive funding home for local roads and bridges? Time and time again, Lee Zeldin has proven he is no ideologue. He’s also always accessible to constituents through meetings, events across the district and more, and his staff is great.

Just because you have the right to be upset and protest, doesn’t make you right. Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment here; these people are upset with the results of the election and have decided to take that frustration out on Congressman Zeldin. They’ve also been ranting and raving about how he canceled a “town hall.” News flash: people, this event wasn’t a town hall. A simple investigation online showed that the event that was canceled was a simple meeting at a library in Southampton he was invited to speak at. After hearing that liberal obstructionists were planning on crashing the library to ruin the event, he canceled. Honestly, I don’t blame him. After hearing what he went through in East Patchogue, I would have done the same thing. In case you’re not aware, when a local Rotary

Club held a meeting to honor Zeldin as its Man of the Year, protestors decided to obstruct the event by banging on cars, shining lights in the eyes of drivers and jumping in front of traffic. This is dangerous and immature. It’s also counterproductive. I think it’s time these people grew up a little bit. I supported Lee Zeldin because he’s a fighter who genuinely cares about the people he represents. If you’re going to criticize the congressman, at least tell the truth and have substance to back up your claims. From what I can see, Congressman Zeldin is a fair representative who has always kept the needs of Long Island as his top priority and has always been happy to work with people all over the political spectrum.

Tom Lassandro Baiting Hollow

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OpiniOn Ode to the odometer and a magic landmark

y son and I love the odometer. He probably appreciates it because I talk about it so often and focus on repeating numbers, patterns in the numbers or milestones. We are approaching another landmark as our odometer edges upward from a volleyball practice, to a concert, to a visit with friends in upstate New York, to a trip to Bronx Zoo or a ride to the airport — 100,000 miles. Where will we be when we hit that magic mark? Chances are we’ll be close to home, on our By Daniel Dunaief perhaps way to or from school, to the train station or to a restaurant to celebrate another birthday. Those repeating numbers, the

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99,488 or the 99,699, may bring back horrible memories of childhood, when we had to come up with a formula to describe the nth term in a sequence. The numbers also may be reminders of when we need to change the oil, rotate the tires, check the brakes or give the car the equivalent of a well visit to the doctor. Our country has spent decades shortening the distance between two points by car. Along the way, we eat in them, change the radio station, pull off the road for a nap or park near a favorite place to commune with nature from our moving couch. All that time in the car is what made McDonald’s possible, giving people who travel over great distances the reliability and predictability of the same meal regardless of the state. We throw ourselves and all manner of accoutrements into our cars, including baseball bags, suitcases, or — with my father — holiday presents. Then we pile ourselves into the seats, buckle

ourselves in and hope for an open road along the 3,000 miles from New York to California. We don’t often think about each of the miles, because we’d clog our minds with useless and forgettable information, particularly during those times when a mile becomes a measure of an interminable length of time on a stopped Long Island Expressway. Then there are those miles when we feel as if the road disappeared below us and we are floating home, singing a song that makes the whole family laugh, especially when we share voices that are offkey, or celebrating a triumphant play or an enthralling concert. It’s why road trip movies, even poor ones, are so common. These travel experiences offer a physical journey to match an emotional, spiritual or personal quest, giving us a chance to wake up to an ocean and go to sleep under the shadow of a mountain. Even when we no longer want to contemplate literary devices, we may see symbols

in our travels that are hard to ignore, such as the dawn of a new day, soaring birds taking flight together, a fork in the road or a lightning bolt crashing down in the distance. While the odometer doesn’t take pictures, have Instagram or Facebook accounts, and doesn’t store information in the cloud, it does give us a moment to reflect on where we’ve been and who has shared the ride. When the odometer was still in the double digits, we looked at the backs of our small children’s heads at rear-facing car seats. As the numbers on the car, and our children’s ages and heights increased, we heard their voices drop as they described a movie they watched with friends, a visit with a boyfriend or girlfriend, or a project they planned to complete as soon as they returned home. I’m hoping my family is in the car together when the odometer breaks into six figures, because it seems fitting to share that milestone since the four of us journeyed through those miles of life together to get there.

Passwords: Seeing my whole life flash before my eyes

hen there is the matter of passwords. In a life that I am forever trying to simplify, passwords are the detritus on the highway. The need for them trips me up, interrupts my momentum, as I am tooling along. Am I the only one with this frustration? Let me illustrate by repeating some of the inane conversations on the subject. I call my credit card company to get some information. When I am lucky enough to get through to By Leah S. Dunaief a live, warmbodied person, he or she will ask the dreaded question: “What is your password?” “Could you give me a hint?” I ask, since upon the advice of experts, I try not to use the same password more than once.

Between you and me

“It might be the name of your dog,” comes the sympathetic response — if I am lucky. “My first, second, third or fourth dog?” I ask nervously. We then go through the list if the customer service person on the other end has the patience and feels like prompting me. The response might be, “It starts with a ‘T.’” That only helps 50 percent of the way since two of those four dogs had names that began with T. Sometimes, after I’ve run down the possibilities to no avail, the nameless, faceless voice at the other end, in a desperate attempt to move along the conversation, might volunteer, “Maybe it’s your mother’s maiden name?” “The last four digits of your Social Security number?” “Your first child’s birthday?” “The last four digits of your first phone number?” And so it goes, with ultimate success possible but not assured. By this time, several minutes have elapsed, during which I could have transacted the business at hand several times over. I have tried writing down all

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my passwords. But then where do I keep the list? And protected by what password? The logical place, to me since it is usually with me, is in my cellphone. “Nooo,” caution the experts. “That is the first place a thief would look.” OK, then, how about in my glove compartment? Being a good suburbanite, I am usually only steps from my car. Again, that is such an obvious place that, like my vehicle registration, such a list should be kept anywhere but there — despite the logical need for one’s registration when in one’s car. But I digress, probably due to the stress of the challenge at hand. Forget about car registrations. Back to the urgent subject of passwords. We are advised never to use the same password twice or, heaven forbid, multiple times, because once our code has been broken, our whole lives and assets lie open to villains. We are also advised to change our passwords often. Oh, please, have mercy! If I can’t remember the original passwords, how can I reasonably be expected to remember

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subsequent generations of passwords? They are not like children and grandchildren after all. I am anxious about the future use of passwords. Will I be expected to know a password to shop in the supermarket? To shop online, it’s already come to that. I can’t get on my computer without my password, so no online shopping. How about filling up the tank with gas? We already must provide our ZIP codes, but that may turn out to be too broad a code. How about to visit an emergency room? Oh, but wait. We already have to produce the qualifying information on our identification cards. But if they need to follow up with the insurance company, we had better know our password before the ER can go any further. But not to worry. We can’t get to the ER anyway because we are unable to gas up the car. This leaves me wondering: Do our passwords keep the rest of the world out or, once forgotten, do they lock us in?

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sports North Shore skeleton racer has sights set on Winter Olympics By Daniel Dunaief This weekend, Smithtown-native John Daly’s comeback to the fast-paced world of skeleton takes an enormous step forward. He will compete against the best in the world as a member of Team USA in Koeningsee, Germany, at the World Championships. Daly decided near the beginning of the sliding season to attempt a comeback from a sport that had been a staple of his life from 2001 until 2014. Just to get back to this point, Daly had to earn enough points in the junior circuit to qualify. He set a goal of collecting medals and earning points. He scored three golds and a silver in North American Cup races and then topped that off with a gold and a silver in the Intercontinental Cup in Lake Placid. Mission accomplished, so far. If he wins a medal either in Germany or in another race the next week in South Korea, the site of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Daly will continue his ascent toward claiming a spot on his third Olympic team. Just six months ago, however, a return to a sport he left in disappointment after a difficult ending in 2014 in Sochi, Russia, wasn’t at the top of his mind. When he was going out on dates in Washington, D.C., where he got a job in medical sales for Smith & Nephew, he had a hard time answering questions about what he was passionate about outside of work. “Nothing got my gears going,” he recalled. “That was when I was like, ‘Maybe I do miss it.’” At first, Daly, who is now 31, dipped his toe in the water, driving up to his home track of Lake Placid and doing a few trial runs before other sliders raced. “I came back and I felt like I never left,” Daly said. When he asked himself what was holding him back, he didn’t have a good answer. Getting back into shape and training required extensive driving, as Daly regularly made a nine-hour trek from Washington up

Photos from John Daly

Clockwise from top left, John Daly gives a thumbs up in his skeleton racing gear; Daly, center, smiles on the medal podium; Daly’s father, James Daly, awards his son with a medal. to Lake Placid, home of the 1980 Miracle on Ice U.S. Men’s Hockey Team. He was grateful to his family for supporting him and to his bosses at Smith & Nephew. During those long drives in the car, he listened to music, made phone calls with his Bluetooth and tried to stretch out. Coming back, he knew the level of effort he needed to achieve to be successful. “No matter what, every week, I had to be faster and stronger,” he told himself. “You have to know the other guys are doing it.” While he’s found his groove, the return to the sport hasn’t been a picnic. “Age has kicked in,” he laughed. He takes ice baths to ease the body aches. Those, he

said, can be miserable, particularly on his ankles and toes. Daly’s parents, James and Bennarda, are happy to see their son return to the sport on his terms. In 2014, Daly was in contention for a medal at the Olympics in Sochi. At the start of his final heat, his sled popped out of the ice grooves, robbing him of precious time he couldn’t possibly make up, turning the final run into one of the most emotionally draining trips of his life. After the Olympics, he retired, leaving the international sports stage. “His world came crashing down,” Jesse Lichtenberg, Daly’s agent at BDA Sports Management said. Lichtenberg said Daly packed everything up in Lake Placid, put it in a box and threw it in the trunk of his car. However, Lichtenberg and Daly’s family suspected this wasn’t the last chapter in Daly’s sliding career. Indeed, Daly’s father, who is a retired EMS worker for the New York City Fire Department, continued to be a racing official for USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. He thought, “Let me wait a couple of years, in case John has second thoughts,” the elder Daly said. “I’m glad I did. It’s so great to officiate a match that my son is in.” Indeed, when Daly recently won a gold medal, his father got to put the award around his son’s neck. His father believes Daly benefited from his time away from the sport, especially be-

cause it gave him some balance in his life. “He needed to know he could go out and make a living after skeleton,” he said. Now that his son is back on the track, he watches and he said his “heart starts to beat faster” as his son waits for a green light that signals the beginning of a race in which he runs for about five seconds before diving, headfirst, onto a sled he steers at over 80 miles an hour around curved, icy tracks. Bennarda Daly, meanwhile, said she’s “excited and a little anxious” at the same time. “When he returned from Russia, he was different,” she said. “It wasn’t because he didn’t win.” Popping out of the groove kept him from “getting closure.” Daly’s mom said she noticed that he hadn’t talked about sliding for the last few years, which she said was “odd” for him. “It was like it never happened. He had to close that off.” Bennarda Daly, who is a nurse, said she doesn’t need her — John Daly son to win a medal at the World Championships or at the Olympics. “If he comes out happy and feels like it went well, I’ll be ecstatic,” she said. As for Daly, he knows, even if he makes the Olympics next year, that he wants to walk away on his own terms. “The last time you compete in the Olympics should be your best part of the Games,” he said. “No matter what, if you win, lose or draw, you want to take in that last run. This is it, this is forever.”

‘The last time you compete in the Olympics should be your best part of the Games,” he said. “No matter what, if you win, lose or draw, you want to take in that last run. This is it, this is forever.’