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Through 45 games, the New York Islanders sit in second place in the National Hockey League’s Metropolitan Division, one point ahead of the New York Rangers. On the ice, the first half of their inaugural season in Brooklyn has looked similar to the past few years for the Islanders — they look like a playoff team with the potential to make a run at the Stanley Cup in the spring. Off the ice is a different view: With 25 of the team’s 41 regular season home games in the books, the Islanders are 28th out of the NHL’s 30 teams in average attendance, drawing a little more than 13,000 people per game, according to approximate figures reported by media outlets, including ESPN. The league does not con-

firm official attendance statistics until the end of the season, but reported that the Islanders drew more than 15,000 fans on average during their final run at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, in the 2014-15 hockey season. The trip from Smithtown to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, where the Barclays Center is located, takes more than an hour and a half by car. Taking the train from the Long Island Rail Road’s Smithtown train station takes about two and a half hours, including a change at Jamaica Station. In an unofficial TBR Newspapers poll of Islanders fans from Suffolk County, most people said they had not yet been to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to watch the Islanders this year. Ron Carlson, a Port Jefferson resident and former vil-

lage recreation director who had season tickets to the Coliseum for about 10 years, said the trip is too far by car and “I’m not a train person.” He has not been to a home game yet this season. Erin Morano, of Shoreham, who regularly used to take her family of five to games in Nassau, hasn’t been to a game in 2015-16 either. “It’s not as convenient,” Morano said. “Parking is tough and expensive in Brooklyn.” Brittney Skarulis, of Smithtown, used to attend Islander games as a fan and an employee, but not so far in Brooklyn. “It’s too far to go and the traffic is terrible,” Skarulis said. “I was a guest Islander ice girl when the games were in Nassau Coliseum. It was more convenient to go there than the Barclays Center.” Some parents, like Ken

Hayes from East Setauket, said it’s hard to bring their kids to game due to the long ride home — when games begin at 7 p.m. and end anywhere between 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., they would get home too late. Hayes went to his first game in Brooklyn in January. He said that it was fairly quiet for a hockey game. Distance, lack of convenience, lack of parking and expense of the travel were the most common explanations for those who haven’t yet taken in a game this season. No one had a bad thing to say about the brand of hockey that the Islanders are putting on the ice. With a young core of talented players, the team is trending in the right direction. But fans from Suffolk County are not there to witness it as frequently in 2015 and 2016.

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Schools applaud effort to nix state aid cuts By Phil Corso

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Above sen. John Flanagan, has put his weight behind a bill to restore state aid to school districts.

called “conservative,” but if the adjustment is eliminated and Port Jefferson receives more state aid than it allots for in the budget, he said school officials would decide together how to spend it. Comsewogue’s assistant superintendent for business, Susan Casali, said her school district has lost out on almost $23 million in state aid since the first year of the adjustment. In the next school year, Comsewogue schools could lose out on another $1.3 million if the Gap Elimination Adjustment remains. But that could create a problem for the district, which is currently crafting its 2016-17 budget. “To maintain our financial position and programs, we need to have the full [deduction] restored,” she said in an email this week.

Flanagan said that eliminating the school funding cuts was the Senate’s top priority in education this session. There are currently about $434 million in GEA cuts still in place for schools in 2016-17 but if the bill becomes law, Flanagan said, his legislation would permanently abolish such education budget reductions. “The Senate’s top education funding priority this year will be the complete elimination of the GEA,” Flanagan said. “Since 2011, the Senate Republicans have worked to restore $3 billion in funding that was lost to schools because of the GEA and we will not pass any budget that does not fully eliminate it this year. The GEA has been hurting schools and students for way too long and it is past time that we end it once and for all.”

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For New York schools, cutting the Gap Elimination Adjustment could be an addition by subtraction. The adjustment, a deduction taken out of each New York school district’s state aid, was enacted several years ago to help the state government close a budget deficit. While the amount deducted has decreased in recent years and there have been efforts to completely restore the funding, state Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) has recently sponsored legislation that would completely eliminate the system this year, giving more financial help to public schools struggling to make ends meet. The bill passed in the Senate and must make its way through the Assembly before heading to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D). And as schools across the state wait for the final vote, administrators applauded Flanagan’s efforts in helping them restore their funding. “Over the past several years our district has been proactive in imploring our elected officials to restore the funds lost under the Gap Elimination Adjustment,” said Cheryl Pedisich, superintendent of schools for the Three Village Central School District. “As we enter our latest budget preparations, we are pleased at the news that this effort has taken an important step forward.” Port Jefferson Assistant Superintendent for Business Sean Leister was not as optimistic. “I’ll believe it when I see it,” he said during a budget presentation at a school board meeting last week. Leister is estimating a 6 percent increase in state aid next year, a number he

Former Gov. David Paterson (D) imposed the GEA in 2010 despite widespread opposition from Republicans. Since it was approved, Flanagan said he and his Republican colleagues have been leading the charge to abolish the GEA and deliver funding increases to help mitigate its impacts on education. Over the past five years, he said, the GEA cuts have been reduced by roughly 85 percent, to $434 million in the 2015-16 budget. State Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) co-sponsored the legislation alongside Flanagan. In a statement, he said the move was long overdue. “The elimination of the GEA has been a top priority of mine since it was imposed,” LaValle said. “It has hurt our students and increased costs for taxpayers. The bill we passed completely abolishes the GEA this year and ends its devastating impact on state funding to public schools.” The legislation has already gained support on the other side of the state Legislature, with Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-St. James) saying he was in favor of the GEA elimination and calling on the governor to return all the funds taken from schools since it was imposed. “It’s simple: The state has an obligation to fully fund our school districts. Some members of the legislature made the shortsighted decision to allow the governor to borrow against the future of our children to close a budget gap created by rampant, uncontrolled spending,” Fitzpatrick said. “It was wrong then and must be resolved once and for all.”

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Hate crimes hit the North Shore By Giselle Barkley

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above left, Christopher Collins was arrested for spray painting swastikas in rocky Point. above right, “isis” is written on a stop sign in sound Beach.

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Two hate crimes have occurred in Sound Beach and Rocky Point in the last two weeks. While the Suffolk County Police Department arrested a North Shore teen for spray painting swastikas on two cars, two houses, a retaining wall and a stop sign in Rocky Point, Suffolk County police are still investigating another incident where someone painted “ISIS” on a Muslim family’s car earlier this month. The Sound Beach family reported the incident on Friday, Jan. 8. According to police, the family said the suspect could have spray painted their car between Wednesday Jan. 6 and the day they reported the incident. The car was parked in the family’s driveway on Mitchell Drive. Suffolk County police commissioner Tim Sini said these types of crimes rarely happen in Sound Beach, which is a generally safe area. With the community’s sparse criminal history, the hate crime shocked many Sound Beach residents “We’re really distraught over this,” said Bea Ruberto, president of the Sound Beach Civic Association. “The idea that it’s happened in Stony Brook [too], makes it more disturbing and this is a general feeling in the community. It’s rightly called a hate crime.” Ruberto doesn’t know the targeted family, but said police provided the family with the association’s contact information. Thus far, the family hasn’t reached out to the civic. As one of the community’s liaisons, Sergeant Patrick Kelly informed the association of the incident last Monday, Jan. 11. According to Sini, police are working with a task force to help reach out to Muslim leaders in the county. Sini added that police are working with other groups in light of this incident and will keep an eye on social media to “get ahead of any trends.” “ISIS” was also written on a stop sign on the same block. On Dec. 17 of last year, police held a summit to discuss increasing rhetoric and safety concerns in the community. According to Sini, officials discovered a Facebook group that encouraged individuals to assault Muslim women by removing their head covering. Officials held the summit to help educate Muslim women about the threat and teach them how to avoid an assault. The Sound Beach hate crime was one of two hate crimes that happened in the past two weeks, as on Friday, Jan. 15, police arrested North Shore teen Christopher Collins and charged him with two counts of aggravated harassment and five counts of making graffiti after he spray painted swastikas on homes, cars and a street sign in Rocky Point. Collins graffitied on two cars, one of which was a Bobcat, and street signs on Clio Road. Police said they found more graffiti, including images of swastikas, in the area. A swastika was spray painted on a house and retaining wall on Garden Road and graffiti was found along Locust Drive. “Hate crimes are particularly egregious types of crime,” Sini said. “It’s an attempt to attack the very foundation of our society.” Police are still conducting an investigation for the incident in Sound Beach. Detective Sergeant James Brierton of the Hate Crimes department added that they don’t have any leads. Commissioner Sini is asking anyone with information about the incident to call their local precinct or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. The TIMES (USPS 003–952) is published Thursdays by TIMES BEACON RECORD NEWSPAPERS, 185 Route 25A, Setauket, NY 11733. Periodicals postage paid at Setauket, NY and additional mailing offices. Subscription price $49 annually. Leah S. Dunaief, Publisher. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to PO Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

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Housing audit baffles town By Giselle Barkley

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supervisor ed romaine was not pleased with the comptroller’s report in relation to the long island Workforce Housing act.

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Brookhaven Town failed to fully abide by New York’s affordable housing law, according to a state comptroller audit. The audit, released Jan. 8, singled out eight governments across Long Island, including Brookhaven, zeroing in on their compliance with the Long Island Workforce Housing Act. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (D) said the town “generally complied” with the act, but did not properly manage an optional trust fund set aside for affordable housing. The Long Island Workforce Housing Act was passed in 2008 to require developers building five or more homes on a property to allocate 10 percent of their prospective residential units to affordable workforce housing units, meant for people earning up to about $105,000. The law also said that developers could avoid building affordable housing units by paying a fee to the town, which would be deposited into a trust fund for the purpose of building affordable housing. The towns of Babylon, Huntington, Islip and North Hempstead and the villages of Hempstead, Farmingdale and Mineola were also evaluated in the audit. Each government either reached or exceeded the 10 percent affordable housing requirement, the audit said. However, in the audit DiNapoli said Brookhaven adopted a resolution in August 2014 establishing a housing trust fund, but did not set up guidelines and procedures establishing how the expenditures from that fund would be used until September 2015 — which was later than the mandated six-month time frame required to set up those rules. The audit noted that “there have been no expenditures from the trust fund during the audit period.” But Brookhaven officials said they did not agree with the comptroller’s assessment. Diana Weir, commissioner of Housing and Human Services in Brookhaven, said the town was in full compliance before the comptroller released the audit. “The issue with Brookhaven is that we’ve never given a developer that option,” Weir said about the fees for the fund, which was not mandatory to create. “To us, [making developers build the affordable units was] better … But, just in case, we figured we’d [establish] a trust fund.” Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said he was unhappy with the state’s assessment that the town only generally complied with the law. Because the town makes developers build affordable homes instead of paying to avoid the requirement, there isn’t any money in the trust fund account, Romaine said. Of Brookhaven’s 924 housing units, 10 percent are affordable workforce housing units, according to the audit. “What did Brookhaven do wrong?” Romaine (R) asked in a phone interview. “If Brookhaven required [developers] to build [affordable homes], why did we need a trust fund account? We’re actually fulfilling the law.” In the preliminary draft of the audit, the comptroller suggested the town establish guidelines for the fund. That suggestion came several days after Brookhaven established rules for the fund. Despite this, the final audit didn’t reflect or acknowledge the change. Brookhaven has always required developers to make affordable homes. During the recession, developers needed to allocate 20 percent of the residential units for affordable housing. Weir said purchasing affordable homes at the time was easier for prospective homeowners as prices of homes dropped. The town dropped the requirement to 10 percent once the market started improving. “What the audit should have said is, ‘We recommend in the future that you set [the affordable workforce housing trust fund] up, but you’ve complied,’” Romaine said.

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Naptime Police arrested a 39-year-old man from Medford on Jan. 15 for driving while ability impaired in a 2011 Chevrolet, after officers found him parked on the shoulder of Route 25A in Mount Sinai with the engine running. Officers discovered the man was intoxicated and arrested him.

from the Home Depot in Independence Plaza in Selden that day. Officers also discovered the man was in possession of prescription medication that wasn’t prescribed to him. According to police, the man was involved in a previous theft — he allegedly stole rings and paintings on Dec. 11 from a residence on Cleveland Street in Selden.

A phone-y check On Jan. 11, police arrested a 28-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station for criminal possession of stolen property. He allegedly stole an iPhone 6 from the GameStop on Nesconset Highway on Sept. 26. Police said the man also deposited a stolen check into his account at the Teacher’s Federal Credit Union bank on Sept. 28. Authorities arrested the man at his residence.

Scam scare Police said a woman received a call from an unknown person saying that her husband was involved in an accident and that they would hurt him if she didn’t send them money. The woman didn’t send money to the unknown caller. She received the call on Jan. 12 on Nesconset Highway in Stony Brook.

Not-so-sweet surprise A Sound Beach woman was arrested for criminal mischief on Jan. 17. According to police, the woman smashed a window of a 1991 Chevrolet Corvette on Honey Lane in Mount Sinai.

Energized and arrested Police arrested a man from Centereach on Jan. 17 for petit larceny. The 44-year-old man had entered the Walmart in the Centereach Mall and took two knives, multipurpose tools and several energy drinks. Police arrested the man at the scene at 12:45 p.m.

Manipulative suspect Police arrested a man from Centereach for burglary on Jan. 16, after the 34-yearold man manipulated a garage door at the Meineke on Middle Country Road in Coram before breaking into the store and taking money from the cash register. He was collared at the scene.

Ninja-like thief On Jan. 15, police arrested a man for criminal possession of stolen property, a 2013 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle. The motorcycle was parked in the victim’s driveway on Van Buren Street in Rocky Point on Nov. 17 when the man allegedly stole it. Police arrested the suspect at his residence.

Greeted at the garage On Jan. 13, a woman was opening the garage at her residence on Ledgewood Circle in Setauket-East Setauket when someone tried to steal her backpack, purse and sorority bag. Police said the suspect dragged the woman before fleeing with her bags, which contained cash and a driver’s license.

Privately pocketed On Jan. 17, an unknown person stole a woman’s pocket book at a private catering event at Schafer’s restaurant in Port Jefferson.

Cash and cocoa An unknown person smashed a window of Margaret’s Florist on Route 25A in Miller Place on Jan. 16. Police said the suspect stole assorted gourmet chocolates and money from the business.

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THROWBACK THURSDAY

Enveloped in flames

Photos from Port Jefferson Village archive

Firefighters tackle a blaze at the post office building on Main Street, which also housed the Port Jefferson Record. By Elana Glowatz

A post office and a newsroom went up in f lames 68 years ago, in a fire that gutted a prominent three-story brick building in downtown Port Jefferson. According to the village’s historical photo archive, the fire at 202 Main Street broke out on the Tuesday morning of Jan. 20, 1948, and engulfed the U.S. Post Office, the Port Jefferson Record newspaper office, a tailor shop, a law firm, the office of the Suffolk County Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Brookhaven

Town Special Sessions Court and five families’ apartments. Before it burned in the blaze, the building, located on the west side of the street, had been in the village for more than three decades. Construction began in 1911, according to the village archive, and it was finished the following year. The three-story structure was made of brick from the Dyett Sand-Lime Brick Company. The Port Jefferson Fire Department got help from two neighboring departments to put out the fire, which took into the afternoon.

Legals Notice of formation of The Monarch 13 Group, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 14, 2014 Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 89 Van Brunt Manor Rd East Setauket, NY 11733 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 555 1/14 6x tmc LEGAL NOTICE TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, on the 12th

day of January, 2016, subject to a permissive referendum as provided for by Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law. An extract of the resolution is as follows: The CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT maintains a Capital Reserve Fund designated as the Capital Reserve Fund for Equipment under Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law in which account there is sufficient funds to accomplish the purpose hereinafter set forth; namely, the purchase of two (2) Chief’s vehicles and associated equipment, and it is proposed to contract for such equipment in order to maintain the high standards of performance of the CENTEREACH FIRE DEPARTMENT in the discharge of its duties in preserving the lives and property of the residents of the community, and said purchase is deemed in the best

interests of the residents of the CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT. The resolution further provides that there be transferred from the present Section 6(g) Capital Reserve Fund For Equipment of the CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT a sum not to exceed One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars for the purchase, and the District Treasurer is authorized to effect such transfer from time to time to effect such purchase. This resolution shall not take effect until thirty (30) days unless in the meanwhile a mandatory referendum as provided for in Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law is required to be held. DATED: January 12, 2016 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN

ATTEST: JENNIFER GARDNER District Secretary 572 1/21 1x tmc LEGAL NOTICE TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, on the 12th day of January, 2016, subject to a permissive referendum as provided for by Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law. An extract of the resolution is as follows:

The SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT maintains a Capital Reserve Fund designated as the Capital Reserve Fund for Repair, New and Rebuilt Apparatus, Equipment and Communication known as Capital Reserve #2 under Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law in which account there is sufficient funds to accomplish the purpose hereinafter set forth; namely, the purchase of a Bobcat and trailer, and it proposed to contract for such purchase in order to maintain the high standards of performance of the SELDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT in the discharge of its duties in preserving the lives and property of the residents of the community, and said purchase is deemed in the best interests of the residents of the SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT. The resolution further provides that there be transferred from the present Section 6(g) Capital Reserve Fund #2 of the SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT a sum

not to exceed Seventy Thousand ($70,000.00) Dollars for the purchase, and the District Treasurer is authorized to effect such transfer from time to time to effect such purchase. This resolution shall not take effect until thirty (30) days unless in the meanwhile a mandatory referendum as provided for in Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law is required to be held. DATED: January 12, 2016 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN ATTEST: MARION WARREN Secretary 577 1/21 1x tmc

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PEOPLE

Photo from Middle Country school district

Photo from Northport-East Northport school district

From left to right, Northport High School Principal Daniel Danbusky, Kayla Dotero, District Director of Fine and Performing Arts Izzet Mergen, Jeanette Wells and Northport High School art teacher Margaret Minardi.

Students honored for artistic excellence Congratulations to Northport High School students Jeanette Wells (11th grade) and Kayla Dotero (12th grade), along with their teacher Margaret Minardi, as Wells took first place and Dotero finished in third at the Suffolk

County High School Art Competition. The competition took place on Dec. 21 at the Michael J. Grant Campus of Suffolk County Community College. Dotero’s piece is titled “Stretch” while Wells’ piece is titled “Anguish.”

Newfield High School Wolverines varsity football team and their coaches were awarded certificates of pride for their outstanding athletic performance.

MCSD celebrates football excellence At a recent Middle Country school district board of education meeting, Director of Physical Education, Health and Athletics Joseph Mercado presented the Newfield High School Wolverines Varsity Football Team and coaches with certificates of pride for winning the Long Island Class II Championship this season. The team completed an undefeated season for the first time in the program’s 58-year history and ended the season with an islandwide championship title. The athletes were honored for their dedication and commitment to their sport and for their superb ath-

letic skill. In addition, the team was given the Rutger’s Trophy, an award given by the Rutgers Club of Long Island to the season’s outstanding team in Suffolk County. Two student athletes and players, Elijah Riley and Jelani Greene, also received recognition for their talent. Riley received the Carl A. Hanson and Tom Cassesse awards, presented to Suffolk County’s top player and the top defensive back, respectively. Greene received the school’s first National Football Foundation award, presented to Suffolk County’s top wide receiver.

OBITUARIES

New officers are sworn in.

Photo from Centereach Fire Department

Centereach FD swears in new officers The Centereach Fire Department board of commissioners held its annual organizational meeting on Jan. 7. Newly elected Commissioner Joseph Losquadro was sworn into office while Commissioner Frank Rudilosso, now serving his 10th year in office, was unanimously elected chairman of the board. The department’s chiefs also took their 2016 oaths of office. The new chiefs are Henry Borkows-

ki, chief of the department; Robert L. Corley, first assistant chief; Garrett Schor, second assistant chief; and Max Mayzus, third assistant chief. “2015 was a challenging year for the fire district, but it was one that was full of successes,” noted Commissioner Frank Rudilosso, chair of the board of fire commissioners. “We look forward to working with Chief Borkowski and his assistants in 2016.”

Joseph Heitzler Joseph A. Heitzler, 74, of Selden, died on Jan. 1, 2016. He was the beloved husband of Carol; devoted father of Joseph Jr., Janice Arcati, stepsons Robert McCann, Christopher McCann and stepdaughters Cheryl (Jim) Magorrian, Stacy (Bill) Conrad; loving brother of the late Charles and the late Robert; and cherished grandfather of Thomas, Jessica, Anthony, David, Sean, Ashley, Amanda, Alyssa, Sarah, James, Carolyn and Christopher. Arrangements were entrusted to Moloney’s Lake Funeral Home in Lake Ronkonkoma. Interment was in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram. An on-

line guest book is available at www.moloneyfh.com. Harold Ewers Harold Ewers, 64, of Selden, died on Dec. 22, 2015. He was the beloved husband of Karen; loving son of Virgine and the late Russell; devoted father of Thomas and Alison (Steven) Pedersen; dear brother of Russell (Carole), Jean (Gene) Teter, Susan (Marty) Hopek and Lillian (Jason) Macomber. Arrangements were entrusted to Moloney’s Lake Funeral Home in Lake Ronkonkoma. Cremation was private. An online guest book is available at www. moloneyfh.com.

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Tom Rotanz will head new lax program Former SWR lax coach will join ranks of St. Joseph’s College By Desirée Keegan

A familiar face is stepping onto the college lacrosse scene. Tom Rotanz, a former head boys’ lacrosse coach for Shoreham-Wading River for 18 years, will helm St. Joseph’s College’s new men’s lacrosse program, which will begin its first season in spring 2017. “It’s something I always wanted to do,” Rotanz said of joining the college ranks. “I think any competitive athlete and coach wants to show someone what good can come from having the right people around you and the good players that are willing to commit themselves, and I hope to have another successful tenure at St. Joseph’s.” Rotanz has a long history with lacrosse. His elder brother was on the team that won Ward Melville’s first Long Island championship in 1974, and the younger Rotanz was part of the squad that won the second and third in 1976 and 1977. The lacrosse captain earned All-American honors as a senior in 1977, after his team also

made it to the New York State championship game, the first one for lacrosse. The boys lost that game, 12-11. From there, he was the captain of the Suffolk County Community College lacrosse team that won a national championship and earned All-American honors twice. He then repeated that feat at Adelphi University, where he was also named an All-American twice. “Tom was a great player,” said his former high school coach, and a legend on the lacrosse scene, Joe Cuozzo. “He was a great competitor, had a great sense of humor about him, and I really enjoyed working with him.” As a coach himself, with the SWR Wildcats’ program only a year old, Rotanz took over a roster of 14 players, including six freshmen. The team went 1-15 his first season, scoring 38 goals on the year. But seven years later, the team was ranked fourth in the country, after winning a New York State championship and scoring close to 400 goals. “It snowballed into something that was

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really neat to be a part of,” he said. “In the last 13 years I was there, we won 10 county championships, five Long Island and three New York State. People always wondered why or how we kept winning every year and being ranked one or two in the county. I say if you have bright kids that buy into the system, I think anything is possible.” Rotanz earned his first of six Suffolk County Coach of the Year honors in 1999, two years before he led the program to its first county championship in 2001. In 2002, the program repeated as Suffolk champs en route to Long Island and New York State titles. The team also swept Suffolk, Long Island and New York State championship titles in 2007 and 2012. In 2012, the coach added to his list of accolades, serving as an assistant for the 2012 USA Men’s U-19 lacrosse team that won a world championship. Now, he hopes to be able to bring that same success to St. Joseph’s, and Shantey Hill, assistant vice president and senior director of athletics and recreation for the college, thinks Rotanz is the perfect fit. “We were very lucky in that Coach Rotanz applied,” she said, referring to the school’s intensive, national search across all NCAA institutions. “He has a plethora of experience, and … he knows the landscape of Long Island, and he’s very well-connected with his peers to be able to do good recruiting for what we’re looking for.” For Rotanz, being on the scene as long as he has and being a part of Long Island lacrosse, serving as an assistant coach at Smithtown West for the last two years, will be beneficial throughout the recruiting process for the Golden Eagles. “I’m very close friends with a lot of the Suffolk and Nassau coaches, so they’re already contacting me with players that they think will be a great fit, kids that they think would really like to play for me; so that’s the neat thing.” He added, laughing, “I think there will be a lot more kids that think about not leaving the Island now, hopefully.” According to Hill, the school decided the time was right for a lacrosse program after seeing that a number of Division III student-athletes in the college’s Skyline Conference that commit to play lacrosse come from Long Island and that there was interest with incoming and current students. The college also built a new outdoor athletic facility. Hill said St. Joseph’s found the right coach in Rotanz. “We think we hit a home run with coach Rotanz,” she said. “He’s not only a wonderful coach, but also a great man, and he will do great things. We’re looking forward to him not only being the face of the lacrosse program, but also

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being a mentor to our male studentathletes. His tenure speaks for itself. He’s very well-connected, and he has good relationships with lots of people, and that’s something you can’t put a price tag on.” Cuozzo, who was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, said he used to go to Shoreham-Wading River practices and games to watch his former athlete, and has been thrilled with his approach to the game. “The way he treats kids, he’s a real student of the game, and I can’t say enough on how proud I am of his accomplishments,” he said. “He brings a winning attitude.” Rotanz, who said he tries to emulate the ways and successes of his former coach, is competitive, according to Cuozzo. “He hates to lose — I think he got that from me,” he said, laughing. “I wasn’t a very good loser.” Luckily, neither one of them has had to do much of that. Cuozzo compiled a 699-73 record while at the helm of the Patriots’ program. In 2007, he became the head coach at Mount Sinai, where he brought his win total to 747 in his four years before retirement. During his tenure with the Wildcats, Rotanz amassed a 256-99 record. Cuozzo also thinks Rotanz will be able to draw athletes to the school. “A lot of kids like to leave Long Island when they are finished with high school — they don’t want to stay local — but knowing Tom, he’s very convincing,” Cuozzo said. “He’ll do his homework. He’ll go out and scout, he’ll go to high school games and he’ll talk, make phone calls. He’s very organized, he’s very knowledgeable about the game, and there’s no doubt in my mind that he’s going to be successful there.”

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OPINION EDITORIAL

Public education should come first

The New York State Senate voted last week to eliminate the Gap Elimination Adjustment, and we hope the Assembly follows suit. The adjustment is a deduction taken out of each school district’s state aid and was introduced in 2011 to help state officials close a multibillion dollar budget deficit. Five years later, although the adjustment has seen reductions in recent budget cycles, Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) says the state is still withholding $434 million from districts. There have been unsuccessful efforts to eliminate the Gap Elimination Adjustment in the past but with Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-East Northport), the former chairman of the Senate’s education committee, sponsoring the bill to end it this time around, we are optimistic. The adjustment was an unfair move that has hit students and educators everywhere hard — the billions of dollars taken from our schools over the last five years could have gone toward enhancing or adding academic courses, buying updated textbooks or making improvements to buildings and athletic fields. The money could have helped educators better implement the new Common Core curriculum and the mandates that went along with it. Helping to fund education is one of the most important services the state government provides. Aside from the crucial task of shaping the future contributors to our society, the state’s school aid helps even the playing field by equipping poorer districts with the means to provide a level of education comparable to what wealthier districts can give their students, even without aid. To yank some of that money out from underneath them is wrong. Not doubt securing a financial plan is important to the well-being of a state, but education should not suffer in the search for a balanced budget. We call upon the Assembly to pass Senate bill S6377 and upon Gov. Andrew Cuomo to support that effort, for the betterment of our children.

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Students come in all shapes and sizes TO THE EDITOR: As an assistant professor and mentor at SUNY Empire State College, I was very interested to read your recent article entitled, “Tips for adult students returning to school” (Jan. 14) and applaud your encouragement for this important and often neglected group of students. At Empire, it has been our mission to work with this population since 1971, and we are committed to enabling motivated adults to begin, or continue pursuing their

educational goals. Our students are able to earn an associate, bachelor or graduate degree in a uniquely supportive and flexible atmosphere at our locations in Old Westbury, Hauppauge and Riverhead. In addition, we offer the ability for our students to translate their life and work experience into college credit through our system of prior learning assessment. Students work one-on-one with a dedicated, experienced academic adviser, and meet with their course instructors individually, at their convenience. Empire is transfer friendly, and offers affordable tuition and a well-respected SUNY degree.

Whether they work full time or part time, taking care of their family or working in the workplace, we have a program that fits their needs, and offers personalized, convenient and affordable study options at the Long Island Center. As a respected leader in adult learning, SUNY Empire State College helps adults achieve their educational goals through independent learning, rather than the sometimes restrictive college classroom setting. I am a longtime resident of Mount Sinai, and have taught at Empire for the past 10 years. Ann Becker Mount Sinai

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A young team savors winning moments “You’ll get ’em next game,” her friend suggested. “We’re back on in 15 minutes.” We took our daughter to a regional volleyball competition in Pennsylvania recently, where teenagers from all over the area trekked in packed cars to bump, set and spike together. The weekend presented an opportunity for our children to play a sport they love, while D. None it was also a chance for parents to squirm, squeal and celebrate of the above alongside them. by DaNiel DuNaief The younger generation vtimes@tbrnewspapers.com exuded joy and confidence. After every point in teenage he team moves as a unit, volleyball, the girls cheer, offer a wearing the same clothes, quick huddle and then return to often with the same hair- their positions on the floor. styles and even, on occasion, Our team developed its own with the same walk or swagger. ritual after long points in which it They laugh together, lean on emerged victorious. The players all each other, share embraces and jumped straight up in the air, then confess their inadequacies. met in the middle of the floor to “I was terrible,” one of them celebrate the hard-won point. said, while she took a restorWhen they’re not on a volleyative homemade brownie from ball court, these children mostly a friend. move around individually, even if

they can stay in touch with friends and family on their phones and through social media. They don’t take tests together, they don’t study together — most of the time — and they don’t have a common goal. Sure, they might all wish each other the best but, ultimately, they learn on their own and succeed individually. Modern team sports which, admittedly, take an extreme commitment of time and money, have also created opportunities to make memories, to grow together and, for the moment at least, to share a goal that is bigger than any one person. That, of course, isn’t limited to sports. That can be true of a music group where everyone creates the kind of live performance that reverberates in audiences’ minds long after the instruments are put back in their cases and the musicians return to their homes and their homework. The unbridled and shared joy in the moment is akin to witnessing the flames of a

dancing campfire high in the mountains on a starlit night. During these matches there are no tests, no boyfriends, no worries about college, no concerns about acne, no wardrobe misfires and no helicopter parents. There is only the euphoria of the moment, the ecstasy that comes from pulling together and going toe-to-toe with another team and, at least in that second and for that point, emerging victorious. It’s not even about winning the gold medal or even a match. My daughter’s team defeated one of its opponents easily, winning two games by a wide margin. The other team, however, won several exciting points and, despite the lopsided score and the unbalanced skill sets, celebrated every point with the same energy as if it had achieved something remarkable. And who’s to say it didn’t? The games presented ample opportunities for victories that were independent of the final scores.

The games presented ample opportunities for victories. Parents were as emotionally spent after exciting matches as their children, as they cheered, clapped, pranced nervously along the sidelines, and hooped and hollered. They basked in their children’s successes and encouraged them to find a way to triumph, where the margin of victory often seemed to reflect perseverance and determination as much as it did genuine skills. In our lives, we have become so focused on our goals for tomorrow and plans for our future journey that we don’t always get to stand up and celebrate the moment. All weekend, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and a community of new friends celebrated a common goal of finding and sharing the best in each other.

Breaking the sound of silence

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his story may be of help to others in a similar situation. That is why my lifetime friend gave me permission to share what was a family secret. He is one of four siblings — three brothers and a sister — and three of them had long ago stopped talking with the

fourth. Why this happened isn’t important to the account. There are certainly plenty of disagreements and aggravations within families. But the one brother felt so pained that he refused to speak to the others and they all fell into a thick silence. It’s like a game of dominos, this kind of walling off. As the adults refused to talk to one another, their children, in-laws, different aunts, uncles and cousins all drifted apart, pulled by what they felt was a sense of loyalty to whichever of the angry ones was the closest relative. And it was easy to separate. The four lived in different parts of the country: the estranged one in Oregon, one in California, one in Texas and my friend and his wonderful wife here in Long Island. I call her “wonderful” because she is the heroine of the story, the one who finally broke

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the logjam. Out of the blue, one day some months ago, she asked her husband, “If James died, would you go to his funeral?” Her husband looked up in astonishment and replied, “Of course! He is my brother.” “Well, he hasn’t died, so what do you say we go visit him?” Her husband hesitated. “I don’t know. I’d have to think about that. What if he didn’t want to see us?” “I’ll email him right now and tell him we are coming. Let’s see what he says.” With that she quickly left the room to find her cellphone and to cut short any objection. She sent the message and they waited. And waited. Several days passed. They made up reasons why he hadn’t answered — out of town, email down, hadn’t checked his computer. Other reasons weren’t

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pretty to contemplate. Then they got a flurry of messages, each with something planned for their visit. He had made reservations here, gotten tickets there, suggested a drive together to a nearby destination. They read the emails joyfully. Clearly he wanted them to come. After registering the explicit and also the underlying messages, they went to the phone and called the other two siblings, asking if they would join the visit. Immediately the others agreed to go. During a week last summer they all met for the first time in over a decade and immediately fell to again being brothers and sister. They didn’t bother to speak about what had originally angered them. It didn’t matter. What was important was to be in the moment, enjoying each other, catching up on so much news.

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It just took one brave outreach. When the week was over, they made sure to plan for their next get-together. The rock that had weighed them down was lifted. They had found each other again, reconnected the family and were moving into the future, stronger for being together. It just took one brave outreach, a willingness to be rejected for a greater good, to bring them all home again, at least in their hearts. I love my friend for being that brave one, the first to say, “That’s enough, there isn’t that much time left, the time has come to take down the wall.” Blessed is the peacemaker. And so she is.

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