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Parents surprise Newfield theater cast with car parade To celebrate the kickoff of Newfield High School’s live stream production of “The Addams Family,” parents and teachers surprised the cast and crew with a car parade. The show will premiere on Saturday, June 5. Parents instructed the students who performed in the play to dress up in their costumes so they could take press release pictures. Little to their knowledge, what seemed to be an endless line of cars decorated with balloons, posters and pinatas waited outside. “They thought it was strictly for publicity and had no idea there was going to be a parade like that,” said parent Sean Austin. The production team brought a speaker, where music from the show played. Cast and crew members showcased one of their dances while the car parade circled the bus loop. “Everyone’s really happy the play is finished,” Austin said. “I know it was a little bit of a weird process with the filming, since they had to perform scenes out of order, but in a way, it was good because if they messed up on a part so they could easily go back and redo it.” Students and parents paid homage to chorus and theater arts director Joan

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CEO of Lawrence Aviation, was ordered to pay $48 million in cleanup costs for the toxic Conceptual underground plume caused by materials leached MTA Railyard The Suffolk County Landbank Corporation into the ground on the property. d a Ro re Maximize has been reaching out to local organizations The EPA’s cleanup on the site has included tu as P Buffers p ee to discuss ideas for the future of a 126-acre the treatment of contaminated groundwater using Sh Superfund property in Port Jefferson Station. two groundwater treatment systems to decrease Existing LIPA Acting as a liaison between the federal the size of the groundwater plume. One system is Right of Way Proposed 100’ Buffer government — which now owns the Lawrence on the property while the other is in the village of Revegetated Aviation Industries property on Sheep Pasture Port Jefferson, according to Scully. Conceptual Light Road — the SCLBC has been reaching out to Regarding property taxes, Lansdale said 2020 Industrial Development* community members to see what they would like taxes associated with Lawrence Aviation are EPA Pump Station to see be done with the property. Recently, the in excess of $860,000. She added that “some ath nonprofit’s president, Sarah Lansdale, has been parcels have been delinquent since 1993.” P e s Conceptual new access road through lti-u y Mu County property for access to the nwa meeting with members of local chambers and “Every year that [taxes] haven’t been Gree n o i t industrial property n Sta fferso (Alternative access routes being civic associations about the property. The SCLBC paid, Suffolk County taxpayers have been ort Je Area to be Preserved ket - P u a t e S explored) as Open Space has also reached out to elected officials such as forced to bear the expense of making the Area to be Preserved county Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), state other taxing jurisdictions whole,” Scully as Open Space Portion of Greenbelt Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) said, adding that means for school districts, Trail to be Re-routed and briefed the two school districts affected by the fire districts and libraries. site due to unpaid property taxes: Comsewogue “The tax burden associated with this property The Suffolk County Landbank Corporation has been reaching out to community members for their feedback regarding and Three Village. has been extreme,” he said. Source: Conceptual Yield the Lawrence Aviation property in Port Jefferson Station. Suggestions have included allowing the Long Island Rail Road According to Peter Scully, deputy Map Suffolk While the county would typically take B-1, Prepared by N+P, to have a railyard on the property, installing solar panels on the industrial core of the property and using some parcels Google Earth Aerial County executive and SCLBC board member, ownership of a property for nonpayment of taxes, for open space. Concept image from Suffolk County Landbank Corporation Date: December 2, 2020 the landbank had been authorized by the state when it comes to an environmental impairment Legislature to facilitate cleanup of blighted sites, such as Lawrence Aviation, the current situation *As-of-right Light Industrial uses consistent with the Lawrence Aviation overlay and then return the properties to the county tax could use,” Scully said, “And in this instance, hazardous substances which led to discharge of absolves county taxpayers from the liabilities rolls. The SCLBC is involved in discussions the only real asset is the real property. And so, in waste directly into the ground. The drums were associated with environmental impairment, with both the Environmental Protection Agency the absence of any sort of other arrangement or among more than 1,600. Gerald Cohen, former which would have a higher financial impact. and the U.S. Federal Department of Justice to agreement, the federal government would likely talk about the future of the Lawrence Aviation just auction the property off.” Scully said the outreach has been well property “and trying to make sure the community received by community members. has some input into the future use,” Scully said. “I think there’s a general appreciation on One suggestion that has been considered is using a portion of the site as a Long Island Rail the part of these stakeholders that under a more Road yard to facilitate electrification of the Port conventional scenario, if the federal government Jefferson Branch, he said. Scully added finding a was simply to auction off this property to the suitable location along the branch for the railyard highest bidder on the town hall steps, the ability As TBR News Media papers were going to has been somewhat of a challenge with most of to shape future uses to meet community needs press Wednesday, Suffolk County Legislator would be lost,” he said. the communities fully developed. Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) was scheduled to discuss In a May 19 letter on behalf of the U.S. something big in the front courtyard of the Three Lansdale said that the land bank has received information from the Long Island Rail Road Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Village Inn in Stony Brook later in the day. about what the environmental impact would be if Mark Lesko — the former Town of Brookhaven Hahn, who is also deputy presiding the Port Jefferson Branch — from Huntington to supervisor — addressed to U. S. Magistrate Judge officer of the county Legislature, announced Anne Shields, Lesko stated that the U.S. and in a press release June 2, her bid to be the Port Jefferson — were to be electrified. “We would avoid approximately 7,800 metric county “have made significant progress toward next congresswoman for New York’s 1st tons of greenhouse gas emissions every year,” resolution of their outstanding issues, though not Congressional District. The seat is currently held all matters are resolved.” An additional status by U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) who has his eyes on Lansdale said. Other suggestions for the site from the report will be submitted to the district court on or the New York State governor’s seat in 2022. community that have been discussed with the before June 18. The June 2 event was organized for Hahn to The property, which was deemed a Superfund make her first public remarks about her decision. EPA and DOJ have been preserving part of it as Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn announced her bid to open space and the possibility of allowing the in 2000, has been surrounded by controversy When she was younger, Hahn was a waitress at run for Congress on June 2. Photo from Hahn’s campaign office section that has been developed in the past being since the early 1980s when the Suffolk the Three Village Inn. available for redevelopment for light industrial County Department of Health issued a series She said in the press release she is running for County’s working families.” purposes. There have also been suggestions to of recommendations for the former defense Congress “to make an even greater impact for the In her time in the Legislature, Hahn has risen use the property for solar panels on the industrial contractor to be compliant with several pollution community where she grew up and continues to to the deputy presiding officer leadership post control laws. An April 2019 article in The Port raise her family today.” core of the property. and her accomplishments include authoring According to Scully and Lansdale, the federal Times Record reported that in 1999, testing “For too long, our community has paid the laws to protect land and water from pollutants, government has invested more than $50 million performed by the New York State Department price for a representative in Washington who is leading the charge to confront Long Island’s of Environmental Conservation revealed more dedicated to partisan politics than the needs opioid epidemic, and working to keep women into the property. “Generally what the federal government contamination of groundwater and surface water of this district,” Hahn said. “The cost of living and children safe from domestic abusers. will do will be to try and recover as much of at the site. on Long Island is squeezing students, workers The legislator lives in Setauket with According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in and homeowners across this district, and it’s time her husband Chris and two daughters. 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Mental health walk-in help at the local pharmacy BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

People might soon be able to grab their prescriptions, a bag of potato chips and pick up soap as they head into a new therapy service at their local CVS. The nation’s pharmacy retail giant has started a new service at several of their stores across the U.S. — offering both walk-in and scheduled sessions for mental health treatment. These appointments are available beyond typical daytime hours, including nights and weekends. According to a spokesperson with CVS Health, the company began adding licensed clinical social workers trained in cognitive behavioral therapy to 13 locations in the Houston, Philadelphia and Tampa metro areas in January of this year. These providers will offer mental health assessments, referrals and personalized counseling either in person or via telehealth through MinuteClinics inside CVS HealthHUB store locations. The spokesperson said the company is planning on expanding to 34 locations this spring. “We anticipate expanding mental health services into additional markets in the coming months,” the representative said in an email. “We expect to have more detailed information soon.” Rite Aid and Walmart have started similar programs, too. And although MinuteClinics and the

like are not available in New York state yet, Dr. Adam Gonzalez, director of behavioral health and founding director of the MindBody Clinical Research Center at the Stony Brook Renaissance School of Medicine, said this could potentially be a good day if such facilities were to come close to home. “The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many challenges and disruptions to our way of life,” he said. “We have seen an increase in depression, anxiety, increased stress overall and grief responses. Recent mental health data from the CDC also highlights an increase in mental health problems, especially among young adults, and importantly, unmet mental health needs.” According to Gonzalez, a recent CDC report indicates that during August 2020 through this February “the percentage of adults with recent symptoms of an anxiety or a depressive disorder increased from 36.4% to 41.5%, and the percentage of those reporting an unmet mental health care need increased from 9.2% to 11.7%. Increases were largest among adults aged 18–29 years and those with less than a high school education.” “There is a great need for mental health awareness and treatment at this time,” Gonzalez added. “A silver lining of the pandemic has been the expansion and use of telehealth as a platform for treatment, allowing patients to participate in mental health treatment from the comfort of their home. However, a limiting factor for

accessing care is the availability of providers.” He said throughout the pandemic, SBU’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health saw a great increase in the need for mental health care — so large, it developed a call center. “Throughout the pandemic we have consistently been receiving over 7,000 calls per month,” the director said. “Evaluating our outpatient data for the three months before the pandemic and the current last three months, there has been a 50% increase in number of visits scheduled for outpatient mental health services. Of note, the number of visits scheduled is limited by the number of providers available to provide services.” With the need for mental health providers continuing to grow, Gonzalez said additional services — like the ones at the CVS pharmacy chain — could be helpful. “I think having services available at CVS could help with normalizing mental health treatment and increasing access to care,” he said. “The more mental health service options available to the community, the better. One consideration is the type and quality of care to be delivered. Although it is important to increase access, we also want to make sure that the quality of care being delivered is high.” But if and when the retailers open up shop on Long Island, Stony Brook Medicine is working on finding ways to reduce feelings of hopelessness and distress.

“We are actively working on investigating various methods of delivering care to help with increasing access to treatment and addressing the mental health needs of the c o m m u n i t y, ” Gonzalez said. T h e s e methods include Dr. Adam Gonzalez. expanding Photo from Stony Brook Medicine group-based services, utilizing a collaborative care model that involves working closely with primary care physicians and behavioral health care managers for medication management, and utilizing skills-based singlesession interventions. “We have been working with Dr. Jessica Schleider in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University to implement and study a problem-solving single-session intervention,” he added. “Initial data indicates that these sessions help with improving agency — motivation for change — and reduce feelings of hopelessness and distress.”

WMHO connects students through virtual learning BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The Ward Melville Heritage Organization has created a virtual bridge across the Long Island Sound for students on both sides of the waterway. On Tuesday, June 1, WMHO unveiled Long Island Sound Connections, its new STEM and conservation program at the Erwin J. Ernst Marine Conservation Center on Trustees Road by West Meadow Creek. Students from Selden and Bridgeport, Connecticut, participated from their classrooms via Zoom, while WMHO trustees members and grant donors looked on from the center. Dr. Robert Park from the Fullwood Foundation, one of the donors, also joined virtually. Students from Selden Middle School in Michelle Miller’s sixth-grade science class and Julianne Biagioli’s seventh-grade science class in the Bridgeport school district discussed their studies in the June 1 presentation. The students were able to show how urban and suburban communities have contrasting situations, where the Selden students have the 88-acre preserved wetlands of West Meadow Creek only miles

away from them, and the Bridgeport students live in a city where former wetlands were developed decades ago. The organization’s virtual, cooperative learning is led by Deborah Boudreau, WMHO’s director of education. “It’s an opportunity for students to research their local Long Island ecosystems, and share what they learned about those ecosystems to learn how we can best preserve all the animals and plants that depend on these ecosystems,” Boudreau said. She told the students during the June 1 class that the teachers wanted to hear from them as much as possible. “I want to say that this program is very much about the students and your data and your research and your ideas,” she said. “You are the future of our wetlands. You are the ones that are going to carry that forward.” During the presentation, students compared findings about the wetlands as well as species that would normally be found in waterways including lobsters and horseshoe crabs, which Bridgeport students found recently in mudflats. Naturalist and environmentalist Patricia Paladines, from Setauket, was on hand to

Ward Melville Heritage Organization trustees wave to the students who viewed the presentation through Zoom. Photo by Rita J. Egan

provide a presentation on horseshoe crabs for the students. She found one in West Meadow Creek June 1 that was injured and explained it would heal. Paladines told students, while holding the crab for them to see, that a lot of people are afraid of its long tail, but it doesn’t sting. “A lot of people are afraid of them because they have this long tail here, which is called a telson, but it’s not to hurt you — it’s not to protect itself, it’s a rudder,” she said, adding that the tail was moving at the time because

the crab wanted to turn over from its back to being right-side up. The program will continue throughout the month with various schools participating where they will compare and contrast data such as water salinization, marine species inventory and more. Gloria Rocchio, WMHO president, said the program was made possible by grants from the Fullwood Foundation, Investors Foundation and Teachers Federal Credit Union.

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Thanks to our local veterans on Memorial Day BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

“Always remember those service members that died on this day. They did not lose their lives, they gave their life to support the freedom of the American people,” John Fernandez, Shoreham resident. These are the words of army veteran, 1996 Rocky Point High School and 2001 United States Military Academy graduate Fernandez on the meaning of this national holiday. A combat veteran that was severely wounded in Iraq, he has the constant reminders of his service to America. This local father of six children, recalls the sacrifices of his grandfathers, who both fought during World War II. The North Shore does not have to look far to understand the importance of Memorial Day through the experiences of our local citizens. Gary Suzik, a resident of Rocky Point, served in the navy from 1963 to 1967. He has the unique experience of being stationed on naval ships that were off the coast of Vietnam, within the Mediterranean Sea, and during the Dominican Crisis in 1965. Suzik was on the first crew to serve on the USS La Salle, where he operated the landing craft that were launched from this ship. While Suzik is a native of Michigan, the La Salle was built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and it was launched for its duty in 1964. This Vietnam and Cold War veteran’s father fought during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944, and his three uncles were in the air force, army and marine corps during World War II.

Above: The LoRusso brothers at West Point Academy. Below: Joseph Cognitore, Post 6249 Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander. Photos from families

Longtime resident of Miller Place and Wading River veteran Dan Guida was an army lieutenant. This 76-year-old member of Post 6249 Rocky Point Veterans of Foreign Wars was drafted into the army in 1966. Guida had extensive training as an armor officer at Fort Knox, Kentucky and he was deployed to South Vietnam between 1967 and 1968. He was stationed 50 miles south of Da Nang near the former border between

these two warring nations. Some 54 years ago, Guida vividly identified his time with I Corps in this war, as there were no days off against an enemy that was dangerous and willing to fight at every moment. As a tank platoon leader of tanks and armored personal carriers, Guida is proud of his time in uniform and is always pleased to be with his fellow “brothers in uniform” at Post 6249. Pat Biglin had a vastly different military job than many of his fellow comrades at this post. From 1963 to 1967, Biglin was in the air force where he was stationed in Turkey, only 60 miles away from the former Soviet Union. As a young man, he spied on this communist Super Power on a base that was located on the Black Sea, that was situated in north eastern portion of this North Atlantic Treaty Organization power. Biglin’s position was part of the security service that was made up of 1% of all members of the air force through its ability to analyze communication and intelligence transmissions from this former enemy. This special unit tracked every plane that took off within the Soviet Union and he broke coded messages that were sent directly to the National Security Agency. Always armed with a big smile and a can-do attitude, Biglin continues to serve Post 6249 as its military chaplain. A resident from Middle Island Glenn Ziomek was a finance administrator that was sent to Frankfurt, Germany after the

end of the Vietnam War. While this was a difficult period for this country after the loss of Vietnam, Ziomek recalled that the morale was good among American soldiers at this European army base. He enjoyed the traveling throughout Germany and Austria, the culture of these countries, and personally speaking to these people. But he vividly remembered hostile anarchy that was created by the German terrorist group Baader Meinhof Gang that caused havoc near the American military bases. For Ziomek, Memorial Day is a moment where he likes to think of his father who served in the navy during World War II and his uncle who survived the D-Day landings, who was later shot in the arm and wounded. Since the creation of this republic, there has always been family ties of defense of this country. You do not have to look far to notice the strength of character of patriotism that is still demonstrated today by Tom and Ray Semkow. Like many families, their parents endured many stressful times, as these two sons were involved within continuous fighting over several years in South Vietnam. A city boy that grew up on the Lower Eastside of Manhattan, Ray entered the United States Marine Corps in 1965. After he graduated from boot camp at Paris Island, South Carolina, he was sent to South Vietnam. Overseas, Ray was a mechanic and a door gunman that was attached to the I Corps out of Phu Bai, that was near the city of Hue. Ray flew countless missions in the Quang Tri Province to pick up numerous casualties, where he helped bring them to safety for medical attention. He also conducted classified operations that saw him enter Laos to deter the enemies use of the Ho Chi Minh Trail that supplied the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong with soldiers and supplies. Before Tom was sent to Vietnam, he spent two weeks with his brother, who returned home from completing his duty in this wartorn country. In 1968, Tom was a combat medic in the army’s 5th Special Forces that was in the Mekong Delta during deadliest year of this war during the Tet Offensive. Tom trained South Vietnamese soldiers and he identified the terrible losses amongst the civilians and the many children that were killed and wounded by booby-traps that were used by the Viet Cong. On this Memorial Day, he thinks of the losses that were felt by his own men during the extremely dangerous days of Tet against the enemy. Both brothers still serve today through their devoted efforts of Post 6249 into making this community into a better place. Veterans continued on A8

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Continued from A6 Mike Biscardi is a younger member of Post 6249 that served in the army from 2009 to 2018. He was a military police officer that was attached to the 800th Military Police out of Fort Totten, New York, and the 305th that was in Wheeling, West Virginia. This local veteran was sent to Bagram, Afghanistan and later to Germany through “Operation of the Atlantic” to monitor the Russian invasion of the Crimea, Ukraine. Most recently, Biscardi has been deployed to Jones Beach to help the New York Department of Health to administer the COVID-19 vaccination shots. On this Memorial Day, he recalls the military service of his good friend from Shoreham who had passed away. To remember this lost service member, he participates in the annual Michael P. Murphy four-mile race around Lake Ronkonkoma to honor his good friend.

And always next to these veterans from various conflicts and times within every branch of the military is Joseph A. Cognitore. This longtime commander of Post 6249, served in Vietnam as a platoon sergeant, that fought in Cambodia, and was awarded the Bronze Star. Ever since the first Gulf War, Cognitore’s has always presented an iron will to help the veterans of this community, state and nation. On Memorial Day, Cognitore thinks of the army soldiers that fought with him at the end of the Vietnam War, and his own son — graduate of Rocky Point High School — Joseph Jr., that is currently serving as a colonel in the army. Like that of the Semkow brothers, this part of the North Shore has a multitude of families that have seen their loved ones enter the military. Nicholas, Kevin, Brian and Larry LoRusso were talented athletes and all attended West Point where they played lacrosse. Three of the brothers, Kevin, Brian and Larry served as platoon leaders within the field artillery and Nicholas was an engineer that also

Below: Joseph Cognitore, Post 6249 Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander. Right: Matthew Amoscatto. Photos from families

taught military sciences at this school. Currently, Nicholas is still in the army as a major, and was deployed to Iraq in 2009 and Afghanistan in 2012. A former captain of the Army lacrosse team, Kevin served in Afghanistan in 2011. Three of the older brothers are married and they have started families of their own. On this Memorial Day, Nicholas said, “I was able to come home, where other service members did not. On this date, I hug my kids a little tighter and give my wife an extra kiss.” Kevin wants to remember his lost classmates and soldiers that he was deployed with overseas. He believed that these soldiers were the “true heroes” that he honors on this holiday. A graduate of Rocky Point High School in 2013, Matthew N. Amoscato, attended the United States Maritime Academy at Kings Point, New York, graduating in 2018 with a degree in marine engineering. Right now, Amoscato is training to become a pilot in Pensacola, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas. Currently he lives in Oklahoma, where he is undergoing survival training in Coronado, California. This pilot of E-6 B Mercury Boeing 707 military aircraft would like to thank all those men and women that have “carried the torch of duty” before his time in the navy. Craig McNabb, a current Suffolk County Corrections Officer, and the son of a veteran that fought in Iraqi Freedom, believes there is more to Memorial Day than “BBQ’s and a shopping holiday.” A graduate of Rocky Point High School in 2014, he was trained as a Protection Service Detail that ensured the security of high-ranking officers, and American and foreign political officials at Bagram and Kabul, Afghanistan. He personally escorted former Secretary of Defense leaders of Ash Carter and James Mattis. McNabb was stationed in this tumultuous nation during a dangerous period of when the Taliban utilized explosives to strike fear and losses into the American military and the civilian population.

Rocky Point High School Social Studies Teacher Bill Weinhold spent several years in the United States Coast Guard before entering the classroom. This teacher and coach is the youngest veteran to be serving in this school district. Weinhold remembers Memorial Day of 2010, “as my first military holiday in the service. I had been on my ship for several months at this point and was underway on the USCGC Naushon running fisheries enforcement missions. I remember the cool, rainy Southeast Alaskan spring day handling lines for the small boat we would launch to intercept fishing vessels to ensure they were acting in compliance with Alaskan and federal regulations.” It is not difficult to see the positive influence of the Coast Guard on the daily routines that Weinhold presents to his students through his teaching and coaching abilities. Thank you to those veterans that continue to make this nation extremely proud of their on-going service to defend the United States. Especially those graduates from the North Shore that have fought within every branch of the military. Rocky Point High School students Madelynn Zarzychi and Sean Hamilton helped write this article. 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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Editorial

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Danger ahead Time to take the Dwyer Program national

With the Memorial Day weekend behind us, it’s time to enjoy outdoor get-togethers such as barbecues and lazy days on the beach. Unfortunately, this time of year also means more drivers under the influence on our roads and more inexperienced ones, too. When attending a party, it’s pretty simple. If you plan on drinking alcohol or ingesting other substances that can impair your senses, make sure you have a plan. There is no excuse for driving under the influence. Once upon a time, someone who planned on drinking needed to have a designated driver, plan to sleep over at the place where they were partying or call a taxi. Sometimes many partiers found themselves with a designated person who decided they would have a little fun, too. Or, with no room to sleep at the house where the party was held or a taxi that never showed up, they then got behind the wheel of a car and took off. Nowadays, with phone apps to order car services such as Uber or Lyft, there’s no excuse for driving under the influence of any substance. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2019, 10,142 people lost their lives due to drunk-driving crashes in the U.S. That’s 10,142 lives that were lost unnecessarily. But there is even more to watch out for on the road during those hot months besides drunk drivers. Memorial Day to Labor Day has become known as the “100 deadliest days” of the year as the teen driver death rate increases. According to AAA, from the unofficial start of summer to its unofficial end, there are “more fatal crashes per day, on average, involving teen drivers compared to the rest of the year.” A study by AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found more than 7,000 teens died in such crashes from 2010-19 in the U.S. In New York state, during the same period, 473 teen drivers died in car crashes. Risk factors include teens lack of driving skills and experiences behind the wheel and the unstructured time that summer brings with kids out of school and not having as many activities such as sports and clubs. There are also other risk factors such as texting while driving, running red lights, driving aggressively and not wearing a seat belt. What can one do when they’re traveling the roads besides watching out for drivers who are weaving in or out or running red lights? The best thing is to set an example of good driving habits on the road, especially when young people are in the passenger seats, which means cinching that seat belt, no texting or talking on the phone, no eating or drinking while steering. And to play a part in keeping impaired drivers off the road, of course, when you’re hosting a party, make arrangements for your guests who will be indulging themselves. The summertime should be time for fun, not for tears. Let’s keep the roads in our community safe, not only for the next few months but all year long. It just takes making a few wise decisions.

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Memorial Day marks not only the long-awaited start of summer on Long Island, but a much more somber and significant occasion. On Memorial Day, we pause to mourn, honor and remember all those who died while serving in the United States military. However, we should also use this occasion to remember all the servicemen and women who lost their lives after their tours of duty ended. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that nearly 20 veterans per day lose their lives to suicide, often resulting from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). PFC Joseph P. Dwyer, a Mount Sinai native, served in the U.S. Army in Iraq and became famous when a photo of him carrying an Iraqi child to safety made worldwide news in 2003. PFC Joseph P. Dwyer rescues an Iraqi boy who was injured during a heavy battle between U.S. and Iraqi forces in 2003. Warren Zinn/Courtesy of Army Times. Tragically, PFC Dwyer’s service took a mental toll when he returned home, and he lost his battle with PTSD in 2008. It’s important to note that Joe did not commit suicide. He was seeking temporary relief from his suffering and his last words were, “I don’t want to die.” The stories of Joseph Dwyer and so many veterans, who sacrificed so much only to come home and continue enduring the trauma they experienced overseas, inspired me to create the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Veteran Peer Support Program while serving in the New York State Senate. The Dwyer Program helps veterans transition to post-service life by creating a safe, confidential and educational network for veterans to support each other and share common experiences. I’m incredibly proud of how successful the Dwyer Program has been at the state level. Suffolk County served as one of the four test counties when

launching the program, and since then, it has expanded to over 25 counties across New York, saving lives and assisting tens of thousands of veterans battling PTSD and TBI. Due to the program’s success in New York, I have launched an effort to expand the Dwyer Program nationally. Last week, I urged the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee to support my bipartisan legislation, H.R. 1476 - the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program Act. This bill, which I reintroduced in March, has been cosponsored by 23 of my House colleagues from both sides of the aisle and earned the support of 14 veterans advocacy organizations, including the American Legion, Military-Veterans Advocacy, Blinded Veterans Association, Military Order of the Purple Heart, American ExPrisoners of War, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Catholic War Veterans, NYC Veterans Alliance, Jewish War Veterans, Fleet Reserve Association, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of

America, Wounded Warrior Project, AMVETS, and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. H.R. 1476 would make the critical services the Dwyer Program provides available to veterans across the country and help them overcome the mental wounds of war and successfully transition back to civilian. As we honor those who died defending our freedoms and liberties overseas, we must be sure to remember Joseph Dwyer and all the veterans who fell victim to the invisible wounds of war. It should also motivate us as Americans to care for our military heroes and ensure that the mental health resources and programs the Dwyer Program offers are available to veterans nationwide.

Congressman Lee Zeldin (R) represents New York’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Opinion The welcome return of planning during the summer of 2021

’m not much of a planner. I put together professional plans, creating a schedule for stories I’d like to research and write, and I coordinate calls and meetings all week, but I don’t tend to go through the calendar to figure out when to visit socially with friends and family or to attend cultural events. This summer, however, I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to look at the calendar and consider a D. None wide range of activities of the above that would have been BY DANIEL DUNAIEF difficult or impossible a year ago. I’m delighted to plan to visit with my extended family. I haven’t seen my brothers in over 19 months. I have visited with them on the phone

and zoom, but that’s not nearly the same thing as seeing them in person, throwing a ball with them, flying a kite off the beach or just sitting on the couch and having a free-flowing conversation. I am also delighted to consider planning a trip to museums. On one of our first dates, my wife and I went to the Metropolitan Museum, where we wandered slowly through the exhibits, continuing to build on our relationship even as we studied the artifacts left behind by the generations that fell in love and married hundreds of years earlier. I recall wandering through those wide hallways close to a quarter of a century ago, listening to my wife’s stories and delighting in laughter that, even now, provides validation and meaning to each moment. I am hoping to travel to Washington, D.C., this summer, to see the air and space museum. Each of the planes hovers overhead, and the space capsules from the early days of the NASA program are inspirational, giving me a chance to picture the world from a different vantage point, seeing the shimmering blue

waters that cover the Earth. I have watched planes fly overhead throughout the pandemic, but I haven’t ventured to the airport or onto a plane. I’m looking forward to the opportunity that flight provides to turn trips that would take over 10 hours into one- or twohour flights. Visiting family, friends and strangers in different areas, eating foods that are different and unfamiliar and experiencing life outside of the small circles in which we’ve restricted ourselves opens up the possibilities for the summer and beyond. My son can prepare for the start of college and my daughter for a return to college with the hope that they can enjoy more of the academic, social, extracurricular and community service experiences that they imagined when they envisioned these years of growth, development and, hopefully, independence. I spoke with a scientist recently who told me that the inspiration for a work he’d just completed came from a conversation he had during a

conference a few years ago. He had been sitting in an auditorium, listening to a speech, when he and a stranger exchanged thoughts about the implications of the work. From that interaction, he started a new project that became a productive and central focus of his research efforts. As soon as conferences are back on the calendar, he hopes to return to the road, where such unexpected and unplanned conversations can trigger inspiration. To be sure, I recognize that the realities of travel and planning don’t always dovetail with the hopes and expectations. I recently visited with our extended community at a social gathering, where I stood downwind of someone who wore so much cologne that I couldn’t taste the food I was eating. I’m sure there’ll also be lines, traffic jams and literal and figurative turbulence as I leave our home cocoon. Still, this summer, I’ll be grateful for the opportunity to do so much, including and especially, the chance to plan.

Our first trip after being vaccinated against COVID-19 was a celebration

ongratulations are in order for this past weekend’s activities. First and most importantly, my youngest grandchild graduated from high school last Friday. What a lovely milestone for him, one not to be missed by us. We decided to drive there, the 11-hour trip notwithstanding, rather than deal with the inevitable crowds and COVID risks and restrictions at the airport. But so much more had to be factored into our plans. Why, I wondered, would a school arrange for graduation Between during Memorial Day you and me weekend? This was BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF an especially puzzling question as reports were warning of major travel activity by car and plane. Over 37 million people were expected to venture more than 50 miles away from home, a 60% increase above last year, with a big post-pandemic breakout looming. Clearly this situation called for some careful

strategizing. First we called and secured reservations at a hotel near the school. This was going to be more than a one-day trip. That was the easiest part. Then we decided to start right after work on Tuesday evening since that would probably beat the traffic leaving the Island for the weekend. We would drive as far as we could before stopping at a roadside lodging for the night, which we figured would give us a good head start on the trip for the following day. Next we thought to pick up some sandwiches for dinner in the car on our way out of town. We ordered those in advance, as well as the much loved chocolate chip cookies from the local bakery to bring my family. And we would stop for a package that a friend, who lives near my grandson, requested we bring to her. We followed the plan. After five hours of night driving with blissfully no traffic, we saw a sign for a familiar hotel at the next exit and drove off the highway feeling quite ready for a good sleep. Our first problem was that, in our haze, we couldn’t immediately find the hotel. After a bit of exploring and a U-turn, we did and pulled into a parking lot that looked ominously full. When we tried the front door, it was locked.

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Fortunately, as we stood there in a fatigued stupor, a worker at the hotel came along and opened the door for us. She then called to the clerk behind the front desk, who had appeared from nowhere, and who told us what we feared: no rooms available. She directed us to the next hotel down the highway. “But wait,” the first worker said as she scooted around behind the desk, “let me look at the register.” After several minutes, she found an unfulfilled reservation for a room on the fourth floor and offered it to us. Relief! The next day, we happily arrived at our destination by mid-afternoon. I don’t have to tell you how wonderful it was to come together with family we had not seen in over a year, to hug them and note how the children had grown, and talk with them in person for hours. Thursday, other members of the extended family arrived, everyone in a happy mood, and Friday, under a beautiful blue sky, we all went to the commencement and cheered mightily as our grandson walked on stage, shook the president’s hand and received his sheepskin. We, of course, celebrated the rest of the day and well into the evening. It felt a little unreal

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to be casually chatting together after the year of pandemic isolation, something we would otherwise, in earlier times, so taken for granted. Now came the tricky part: when to leave for the drive home through the midst of the holiday weekend. We had decided on Saturday, hoping that was a good travel day, when most people would already have gotten to their destinations and before they would have started to return. Picking up some provisions for the car ride, we filled the gas tank and left in the morning for home. There was never any serious traffic along the route. Score one for strategy, another for luck. And another for appreciation and gratitude for all that we would have simply accepted prepathogen as our due.

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