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Heroin use
Residents discuss heroin and drug use on the Island and steps to combat it.
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Brookhaven highway Superintendent dan losquadro checks out one of the town’s newest tools to help combat potholes.
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Town embraces hot boxes to battle potholes By deSirée keegan
With the freeze and thaw cycles of winter weather well underway, Superintendent of Highways Daniel P. Losquadro (R) announced the addition and deployment of four new, four-ton, propane-fired hot boxes to Brookhaven Town’s arsenal of pothole-fighting equipment to keep the roadways safe and passable for the motoring public. “The last two historicallyharsh winters, coupled with the record-breaking extreme
weather pattern we saw just these past few weeks, have been hard on the 3,350 lane miles of road in Brookhaven Town,” Losquadro said. “Although patching the roadways with hot asphalt is only a temporary fix, it is an absolutely necessary step to ensuring safety in areas that may need further attention at a later date.” Hot boxes — trailers equipped to heat asphalt that is used to fill potholes — are crucial to pothole repair. The process involves highway department crews picking up the
material at an asphalt-producing plant and shoveling it out of the hot box manually, before raking or spreading it onto the roadway by hand. The crews will then compact the material level to the existing roadway. “These four new hot boxes will replace older equipment prone to mechanical breakdowns and at the end of their useful life, making it easier for my crews to perform this very labor-intensive and physically-demanding work,” Losquadro said. Losquadro said residents of-
ten ask why the town patches the roadways, rather then repave them. “With the fiscal constraints that local governments must live within, we repave full roads as our budget allows,” he said. “That being said, as potholes form, we must continue to fix them in a timely fashion so as not to expose taxpayers to undue liability.” Motorists can assist the Brookhaven Highway Department in this effort by calling (631) 451-TOWN to report any potholes.
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Stony Brook native plans Brooklyn strut By Giselle Barkley
Ken Rogers of Stony Brook couldn’t walk for the first four years of his life. But this year, he’s walking for a cause — all the way to Brooklyn. Rogers, whose cerebral palsy affected his ability to walk in his youth, is training to walk 50 miles on May 19 from his Stony Brook residence to Canarsie Pier in his hometown. While the three-day walk will help raise money for the American Cancer Society, Rogers is also walking to honor his high school friend, Russell Donovan, who lost his battle with cancer last February. Donovan lived in Wading River at the time. “We did everything together,” said Rogers, 64, about Donovan and longtime friend Eddie Troise. The trio started smoking cigarettes at 15 years old because it “was the cool thing to do in the 60s,” according to Rogers. But he said he believed the bad habit contributed to Donovan’s condition. Donovan, of Wading River, was diagnosed with prostate cancer around 2010, before it spread to his lungs. Troise and Rogers suffered from their own health complications over the years. Around five years ago
Walking tall The stony Brook man makes his way down a residential street as he gets his body ready for the big walk later this spring.
Troise suffered a major stroke. Rogers was also diagnosed with and treated for prostate cancer. Although Rogers is currently healthy, he wants to raise awareness about the drawbacks of smoking tobacco and hopes residents will donate
for his cause. “It’s one of the hardest things to break … because it takes a lot of determination,” said Rogers about quitting smoking, which he did around 30 years ago, after his son was born. Over the past months, he’s raised 15
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percent of his $1,200 goal. He hopes to reach his goal before he treks to Canarsie Pier, a place he, Donovan and Troise frequented in their youth. Bonnie Schulz is one of many residents who donated to support Rogers’ WALK continued on page A3
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WALK Continued from page A2
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Ken Rogers gets his body ready for a big walk later this spring.
Arlene. The couple met in school when they were 15 years old. The duo started dating three years later. “He’s had a lot of [health] battles,” she said. “[But] he overcame that; he overcame prostate cancer. He keeps going. He just keeps a-lickin’ and keeps on tickin’.” For Rogers, trudging on is simply in his nature. “They told my parents I had cerebral palsy and I’d probably never walk,” Rogers said. “But I am walking today.” And nothing is getting in his way.
Happening in Middle Country AT THE MIDDLE COUNTRY PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUTH PROGRAMS: Register for youth programs at www.middlecountrypubliclibrary.org. A valid MCPL card is required to register. • Little Scientists — Friday, March 4, from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. for children ages 3 to 5 years old at the Centereach-Kroog. • Mommy and Me Yoga — Thursday, March 10, from 10 to 10:45 a.m. for parents and caregivers with children ages 18 to 35 months at the CentereachKroog. • Just Grandma/pa and Me — Tuesday, March 8, from 10 to 11 a.m. for grandparents and their grandchildren ages 1 to 5 years old, at the Selden-Hough Room. • “Pete the Cat” — Saturday, March 12, from 11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. for preschool and kindergarten age kids at the Centereach-Community Room. • Puppetry Club— Wednesday,
March 9, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for 3rd- to 8th-grade students at the Selden-Large Meeting Room. • Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Storycraft — Thursday, March 17, from 5 to 5:45 p.m. for children grades K through 2nd at the Selden-Small Meeting Room. • Intro to Photography — Thursday, March 24, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. for teens grades 6 to 12, at the Selden-Teen Resource Center. • Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Basics — Thursday, March 17, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for teens in 6th through 12th grade at the Selden-teen Resource Center. ADULT PROGRAMS • Impressionist Painting — Wednesday, March 9, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Selden-Small Meeting Room. • Can Excercise — Tuesday, March 12 and April 5, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. for senior citizens at the Selden-Large Meeting Room.
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cause. The two met around 14 years ago through Setauket Presbyterian Church. Schulz learned of the 50-mile walk when Rogers presented the idea last fall for the church’s Peace & Justice Committee. “I thought it was very admirable and that he’s very passionate about [his cause],” Schulz said. Rogers walks between six and 12 miles daily. Depending on the weather, he hopes to walk from his residence to Sayville this coming weekend to help him further prepare for May. Karen Carroll is one of a few people who showed interest in joining Rogers for his three-day walk. An avid walker herself, she said she was interested because the walk spans a few days. Carroll met Rogers at the church around a decade ago. According to Carroll, Rogers isn’t a stranger to giving back to his community. Several years ago he helped establish a community garden at the church for all residence in the area. “He’s a really integral part of the church,” said Carroll about Rogers and his commitment to the church. “He’s just a good hearted helpful man.” Although Carroll hasn’t donated yet, she added she’d simply donate because of who Rogers is and not only because of his cause. His projects even surprise his wife,
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THROWBACK THURSDAY
Terry family keeps community members posted By Elana Glowatz
Terryville residents now get their mail service from the Port Jefferson Station post office, but they used to go to their own little outpost at the home of the postmaster. The Port Jefferson Village historical archive puts the operation dates of the Terryville Post Office as 1888 to 1918 and from 1924 to 1958. That first stretch of years coincided with a time when the eponymous Terry family was f lourishing in the area. The four Terry brothers moved in from Farmingville to farm around Old Town Road, Jayne Boulevard and the street that would later become Terryville Road, and built homes in what was once a wooded area, according to George Moraitis. Members of the Terry family are buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, and the late Moraitis, formerly the cemetery’s historian, included biographical information on them in his written history “Forevermore on Cedar Hill.” Moraitis noted that the third-born brother, Thomas R. Terry, helped start a local school district in 1874 and served as its first board president
before offering his home on Terryville Road — by Viceroy Place, near what is now Comsewogue’s Terryville Road Elementary School — to serve as a post office. His cousin’s son, Preston Terry, was the first postmaster. The Terryville Union Hall had been erected just a year before, in 1887. Though the post office had that brief stint between 1918 and 1924 when it was not in operation, it stayed in the family when it reopened. According to Moraitis, Ruth Terry, the daughter-in-law of Thomas R. Terry through son Harry, was its final postmaster. She was once a teacher in the school system her father-in-law had started decades earlier and had grown up in one of the original homes on Terryville Road’s southern end. Harry and Ruth Terry, who also served as Comsewogue School District treasurers, hosted the post office from the early 1950s until 1957, when it merged with the one in Port Jefferson Station. According to a history of the area included in Brookhaven Town’s 2008 Comsewogue hamlet study, the couple’s residence was on the southeast corner of Terryville Road and Whitman Avenue, which would put it across
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Residents look at heroin use By GiSelle BARKley
during their time of need, and access treatment and support options easily,” he said. “Often, there is a critical and brief period of time when a person sees clarity and makes the decision to seek help. This hotline can be fertile ground for change and recovery as it can quickly link residents to crucial health care services.” Phil Corso contributed reporting.
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Above, Suffolk County Police Department Sgt. Keith Olsen, on right, speaks at the North Shore Drug Awareness Advocates meeting. Right, Tracey Budd, of Rocky Point.
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“Addiction is a family disease.” That’s what Tracey Budd and social worker Mary Calamia had to say during the North Shore Drug Awareness Advocates community event about heroin use on Long Island. Around 20 residents gathered at the Rocky Point Veterans of Foreign Wars headquarters on Feb. 24 to discuss drug laws, heroin use in the community and how to combat the Island’s heroin issues. Budd, of Rocky Point, established the advocates group last fall. Her son, Kevin Norris, was one of many heroin users on Long Island before he died of an overdose in September 2012. With the creation of this group, Budd hopes to educate local communities on drug awareness and establish a support system for drug users and their families who are seeking help. She tries to hold a meeting at least once a month. “I’m hoping that as parents, neighbors [and] friends, we learn how to advocate [about drug awareness] a little more, rather than putting it on Facebook,” Budd said about residents who have sought help through social media outlets, especially with acquiring the anti-overdose medication Narcan. She was among several residents, including Dorothy Johnson, of Blue Point, who said people need to change how they view heroin users. Johnson is a member of the Great South Bay Coalition. She lost her son four years ago to a heroin overdose and has fought to increase drug awareness ever since. For Johnson, heroin and drug users aren’t junkies, but everyday people in need of help. “It’s not that they’re bad and sitting on a street corner,” Johnson said. “It’s somebody that’s walking around in a suit and tie that comes from a good family.” Many of these families do not change how they view or deal with their relatives once they return from a rehabilitation center. According to Calamia, treating rehabilitated individuals as though they still use heroin or other drugs will only encourage future drug use. In light of heroin use on Long Island, the Suffolk County Police Department started using Narcan in August 2012, according to Dr. Scott Coyne, chief surgeon for the police department. While Narcan allows officials and those trained to administer it to save people who overdose on heroin or opiate-based drugs, public and safety officials said some drug users abuse the system. As an example, Capt. William Murphy said the police department has saved an unidentified Mastic Beach resident around 11 times using Narcan. Brookhaven Town councilman, Kevin LaValle (R-Selden), added that one woman who got into a car crash on Middle Country Road and Nicolls Road a few weeks ago demanded Nar-
can from first responders. According to LaValle, officials can’t test a resident’s blood after receiving Narcan. “Sometimes I feel bad for the young kids we’re locking up,” said Sgt. Keith Olsen of the SCPD. “They need help. They’re not the dealer. They’re not turning it over. They’re not the ones causing trouble.” Currently, patients can go home shortly after officials administer the medication. Budd is trying to establish a 72-hour hold for these patients, which will allow hospitals to monitor patients following the procedure. She helped establish a 24-hour hotline for drug users and their families or friends who are looking for help, after she attended a conference at the office of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) last September. The new full-service substance abuse hotline, announced last week, will serve as what officials call a lifeline to residents battling drug addiction, which lawmakers have been struggling to address across Long Island for years. To get there, the county teamed up with Stony Brook Medicine and the state’s health department as well as the county’s private and public community partners in the substance abuse field to allow residents to call to get screenings, referrals and follow-ups. The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence will operate the 24-hour hotline and direct callers to those resources. Providing a single phone number to call for a myriad of resources and services is key to assisting those who are battling addiction and their families, officials said. “Like many places in this country, Suffolk County is facing an opioid epidemic of historic proportions,” Bellone said in a statement. “We need to tackle this epidemic on all fronts — including prevention, treatment and law enforcement.” The hotline will become live by April, Bellone said, and the county health department will provide oversight and analyze data to monitor its effectiveness, and identify trends and emerging issues in the community. “Every second counts to a mother whose son or daughter was found and saved from overdosing,” said county Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket). The majority leader was the author of several laws credited with preventing more than 1,000 opioid overdoses in Suffolk since the summer of 2012. “And every hour and every day that slips by trying to find quality, affordable, accessible treatment is critical,” she added. County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport) echoed similar sentiments and said the area’s substance abuse issue was pervasive and touched the lives of more than those who suffered from addiction. “This initiative will provide [the] opportunity for addicts to reach out
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Legals NOTICE OF FORMATION, INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY CARE LLC. Articles of Organization Filed with Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 02/11/2016. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copies of any process served against the LLC to c/o: THE LLC, 75 EAST HOFFMAN AVENUE 2ND FLOOR LINDENHURST, NY 11757. Purpose: any lawful Purpose or activity. 699 2/25 6x tmc ANNUAL BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE MIDDLE COUNTRY PUBLIC LIBRARY, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, NEW YORK 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 5, 2016, 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 2016-2017 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 Library to fill a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2016, and ending on June 30, 2021, as a result of the expiration of the term of office presently held by John Hoctor. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for the purpose of voting at such meeting on April 5, 2016 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 7, 2016. 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 29, 2016 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, provid-
ing 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 5, 2016 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 4, 2016 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 5, 2016 except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Dated: Centereach, New York December 16, 2015 BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MIDDLE COUNTRY PUBLIC LIBRARY John Hoctor, President
Caddy crash A 27-year-old man was arrested for unlicensed operation of a car on Feb. 28. According to police, the Port Jefferson Station resident was driving a 1995 Cadillac when he got into a crash on the corner of Nesconset Highway and Davis Avenue. Police arrested him at the scene.
scene, on Feb. 21 around 4:20 a.m.
60 percent of the time, it works every time Police arrested a 43-year-old man from Sound Beach for driving while ability impaired on Feb. 25, after an officer pulled him over for driving a 2004 Mazda pickup without his headlights on. The incident happened at 2:35 a.m. on the corner of Route 25A and Panther Path in Miller Place.
Put it on my tab On Feb. 20 around 4:30 a.m., police arrested a 58-year-old man from Selden for assault after he got into a verbal argument with another man at Darin’s bar on Route 25A in Miller Place. Police said the victim went to the hospital after the suspect hit him with a metal bar stool.
He shall not be moved On Feb. 21, police arrested a man from Islip for trespassing after he entered a residence on Woodland Road in Centereach and refused to leave the family’s attached garage. Police arrested the man around 9:30 p.m. Leave a message at the beep A Riverhead resident was arrested on Feb. 26 for petit larceny. Police said the man stole cellphones from Walmart at Centereach Mall. Police arrested him in the Burger King parking lot on Middle Country Road.
They see me rollin’ According to police, on Feb. 22, a 22-year-old woman pulled alongside and entered an empty 2015 Dodge pickup parked in a parking lot near North Belle Mead Road in East Setauket and stole cash from the car. She was allegedly caught in the act and arrested. Police also said the woman had been driving a 2005 Hyundai Sonata without her interlock device.
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An unhappy ending Police arrested a 50-year-old woman from Flushing for unauthorized practice of a profession and prostitution, after they say she offered a sexual act to an undercover officer in exchange for payment on Feb. 22, at The Pamper Spot on Middle Country Road in Selden. Police said the woman was also giving massages without a license.
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Living on the Edge Police arrested a 21-year-old woman from Bayport for driving while ability impaired in a 2007 Ford Edge, after she was heading south on Hollow Road in Stony Brook and got into a car crash. Police discovered the woman was intoxicated and arrested her at the
Wrong kind of shrooms A 19-year-old man from Coram was arrested for petit larceny on Feb. 20, after police said the teen stole a bag of dried mushrooms from Wild By Nature on Route 25A in East Setauket. Police arrested him at the scene.
We build it, you knock it down According to police, someone damaged the window of Riverhead Building Supply on Hallock Avenue in Port Jefferson Station on Feb. 27, between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. The business couldn’t tell if anything was stolen. CVS swindler On Feb. 22 around 5 p.m., an unidentified person stole assorted food, vitamins and cosmetics from the CVS pharmacy on Main Street in Port Jefferson. Watch out for blue shells Someone stole an electric go-kart on Feb. 21 from a residence on Oxhead Road in Centereach. We are not Oak-kay Police said someone entered a residence on Oak Place in Selden through the rear door and stole cash on Feb. 21. Hummer bummer Between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Feb. 24, someone damaged the rear window of a 2006 Hummer limo. The incident happened on Jackson Avenue in Sound Beach. He thieved me jewels Someone entered a residence on Nautilus Road in Rocky Point and stole jewelry. According to police, the homeowner found her back door open on Feb. 25 around 1:03 p.m. Shark attack Police said an unidentified person gained access to the Long Island Sound Sharks football field at Shoreham on Feb. 25 and drove across the field. Police said the turf was ruined in the process. — Compiled by Giselle barkley
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One dead, three hurt in hit-and-run
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Above, Kathy Horan mugshot.
Police said a woman drove away after fatally striking one man with her car and seriously injuring three others on Friday Feb. 25 night. The 61-year-old Medford resident, Kathy Horan, was allegedly driving east on Granny Road at about 8:20 p.m. and, shortly down the road from Brookhaven Town Hall, hit Peter Quoma, a 28-yearold from Selden who had gotten out of his own car because he had hit a parked vehicle. On Monday police reported that another victim, Lake Grove resident
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Lynn May, died of her injuries sustained in the crash. The 58-yearold woman was standing by her parked car during the hit-and-run. According to the Suffolk County Police Department, the hit from Horan’s 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe was fatal for Quoma, and also injured the two passengers still inside his 1997 Nissan Maxima as well as the owner of the parked car, who was standing next to it. Quoma was pronounced dead at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue, police said, while the two passengers, one male and one female, were treated for minor injuries at Stony Brook University Hospital. Police said the parked car’s owner, 58-year-old Lynn May from Lake Grove, was being treated for serious injuries at Brookhaven Memorial. Horan, who was not hurt, was charged with leaving the scene of an incident involving a fatality and with leaving the scene of one involving physical injury. She was arraigned on Saturday. Attorney information for the suspect was not immediately available. Anyone with information is asked to call the SCPD’s Vehicular Crime Unit at 631-852-6555.
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Brookhaven Town wants to make prom special even for teenagers who cannot afford it. The Prom Boutique will open at Brookhaven Town Hall in March “so young ladies who qualify for assistance can be dressed from head to toe, helping to make their prom dreams come true,” according to a press release from the town. There will be a free selection of gently used gowns, handbags and costume jewelry, as well as makeup and fragrances, between March 7 and June 17. The hours of the second-floor boutique will be Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will also be special evening
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MCPL and United Way recognized In an effort to make residents aware that there is a seamless way to obtain referrals for service, United Way of Long Island joined a nationwide effort in recognizing Feb. 11 as 2-1-1 Day. State Senator John Flanagan (R-East Northport) recently honored staffers of Middle Country Public Library and United Way of Long Island for their roles in the 2-1-1 service. Dialing 2-1-1 on Long Island provides access to a myriad of human services and health-related resources that can make a critical difference in the lives of callers. It is a program of both the Middle Country Public Library and United Way of Long Island. Highly skilled information specialists, who can communicate in more than 170 languages, help callers navigate through a resource database of 10,000 services available to assist with their most acute needs. Senator Flanagan commented on the
importance of 2-1-1. "Both Long Island and New York offer some of the most comprehensive human service programs in the United States. To make sure Long Islanders connect with those effective programs and benefits, United Way’s 2-1-1 helps increase awareness, closes the gaps and gets people connected to the help they truly need." The 2-1-1 database is continually updated throughout the year by the Middle County Public Library through communication with the participating agencies. “The Middle Country Public Library is proud to partner with the United Way of Long Island on the 2-1-1 Initiative. It’s imperative for Long Islanders to have access to these much needed resources in their daily lives and during times of crises,” said Sophia SerlisMcPhillips, director of Middle Country Public Library.
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SCCC places at prestigious debate The Speech and Debate Team from Suffolk County Community College’s Michel J. Grant Campus placed second at the New England Championship held at Emerson College on Feb. 21. For the first time in team history they advanced to the final round of every event they entered. Team President Jake Salemo from West Islip placed second in After Dinner Speaking, second in Prose Interpretation and fifth in Persuasive Speaking. Commack‘s Austin Santiago, competing in his first tournament, finished third in Persuasive Speaking. “What made the victory so special
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Annie O’Shea caps off stellar skeleton season By DAnIel DunAIef
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Annie O’Shea competes at the World Championships in Igls, Austria.
She traveled thousands of miles to the same cold, unforgiving mountains in Europe, Canada and the United States. Small mistakes on ice tracks around the world had robbed her of precious tenths and even hundredths of a second. Not this year though, and not for this new Annie O’Shea. The Port Jefferson Station native and standout track and field graduate from Comsewogue High School, where her mother Linda works in the district office, spent a dozen years training, racing and demanding more every year in the high speed sport of skeleton racing to get where she is now. This year, on the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation World Cup circuit, O’Shea finally turned tears of anguish into tears of jubilation — finishing no worse than sixth in each of her last six competitions and, in the process, winning precious medals. “I’ve had some good races here and decent races there in the past, but I’ve never been able to do it more than once
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Photos above left and below right from the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation; photos right and below left from Annie O’Shea
Clockwise from above, Annie O’Shea jets down the World Championship track; O’Shea fools around with friends Kendall Wesenberg, Matt Antoine and Nathan Crumpton; O’Shea finished the season in fourth place overall; and O’Shea poses for a photo with fellow athletes and friends.
or keep the momentum going,” O’Shea said. The positive energy that helped her generate a breakthrough season has created a “great feeling” for O’Shea. Her run started on her home track of Lake Placid, site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympics, where she often felt pressure to do well. In the second week of January, she sprinted past a cacophony of cowbells and encouraging shouts from a supportive crowd for about five seconds, dove headfirst on her sled and earned her first World Cup gold medal. Her performance easily surpassed her ninth-place finish on the same track a year earlier. From there, it was off to Park City, Utah, where she came in fourth, narrowly missing a medal. Undeterred, O’Shea trekked to Whistler, Canada, where she collected the second silver medal of her career. She won her first silver World Cup medal four years earlier in La Plagne, France. O’Shea ended the season in fourth place overall, a mere seven points away from third. She also finished the World Championship race in Igls, Austria, which includes four different heats, in fifth place, a personal best. “It’s been many, many, many years coming,” O’Shea said. “This is worlds different from how last year ended. I feel like a different person in a really good way.” She attributes much of her successful season to developments that started last summer, when she started working with a life coach. Brett Willmott, her conditioning coach and the associate head track and field coach at the University of Vermont, said O’Shea took important steps last summer not just mentally, but physically as well. “When she finished the season last year, she was beaten up a little bit,” he
‘It’s been many, many, many years coming. This is worlds different from how last year ended.’ — Annie O’SheA
said. “Things didn’t go the way she wanted. She had a foot-down moment” where she addressed her challenges head on. By June, the “workouts were going better than they were before.” During the season, she also bought into head coach Tuffy Latour’s philosophy of believing in the process. She has also bonded with a close-knit group of teammates, including rookie Kendall Wesenberg and men’s sliders Matt Antoine and Nathan Crumpton. “She did all the right things and put everything together at the right time,” said Latour. “I push on all the athletes to believe in one step at a time and to minimize their distractions.” Latour said athletes are sometimes their own worst enemies, especially
when they are so focused on results that they forget about all the little adjustments they need to make to succeed. Latour suggested that O’Shea has turned a corner and become a “real team leader.” O’Shea said she’s stopped paying attention to the clock and concentrated on staying in the moment. “I focus on what’s right in front of me and not what’s behind me or four corners ahead, because I didn’t get there yet,” she said. O’Shea’s mother recalls all the times she took her daughter to practices for Empire State games. In the last dozen years, she and her husband John made the six-hour trek up to Lake Placid to watch their daughter live as she flew by
overhead on the track. When O’Shea competes in Europe, her mom gets up at 3:30 in the morning to watch her. “When she’s finished with a race, I can always tell whether she’s happy or not,” Linda O’Shea said. The time she spent supporting her daughter is time she “wouldn’t give back for anything.” The 28-year old skeleton racer said she knows her family is always watching her and appreciates their support, particularly during the years when everything didn’t come together the way it did this year. “My mom and dad and sisters all reminded me of how proud they are of me,” O’Shea said. Hearing how happy they are with her success this year “makes me feel like [the medals are] not just for me. It’s for all of us.”
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MANHATTAN APARTMENT FOR RENT Nicely furnished (or unfurnished.) Quiet, 4 bedroom, 2 bath, living room, dining room, exceptionally clean, upper East Side pre-war residential building with high ceilings and elevator, washer/dryer, A/C. 4 blocks to Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park, 3 blocks to East River and Carl Schurz Park. 4 blocks to express subway stop, P/T doorman. No smoking. Wired for internet and cable. $6600/mo. Call Ann: (days) 631-751-5454 (eves) 631-751-2030.
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SATURDAY 3/5 1:00PM-3:00PM BELLE TERRE 11 Crooked Oak Rd. 4,000 Sq. Ft. Colonial. Har-Tru Clay Tennis Court. 6 BR. $999,900. 12:00PM-2:00PM SETAUKET 7 Old Field Rd. Granite and Marble Inside and Out! 5 BR 4.5 baths. $1,450,000. SUNDAY 3/6 1:00PM-3:00PM E. SETAUKET 16 Fox Rd. 4 BR, 2.5 bath Colonial. Over 1/2 Acre Level Yard With Privacy & Pool. $569,000. HICKEY & SMITH 631-751-4488
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SATURDAY/SUNDAY Open House By Appointment PORT JEFFERSON VILLAGE 415 Liberty Ave. Sales Office #6, starting at $799,000. New Villa Vistas. 631-724-1000 for appt. SETAUKET 9 Stadium Blvd. Gated Three Vil. Club, Colonial, IGP, FFBsmt, Master Suite, $799,990 SETAUKET 32 Fieldhouse Ave. Gated Three Vil Club, IGP, Conservatory, FFBsmt w/OSE, $899,000. MOUNT SINAI 171 Hamlet Dr, Gated Hamlet, Dorchester Villa, Inner Circle Views, Former Model, $799,000 BELLE TERRE 147 Cliff Rd. Colonial, 1.27 Ac, New to the Market, EIK w/Wolf gas cooking, 4 BR, $725,000. SETAUKET 25 Caroline Ave. Winter water views, Chef’s Kit, 3 Frpls, New to market. $1,165,000. SUNDAY 1:00PM-2:00PM MOUNT SINAI 175 Hamlet Dr, Balmoral, Former Model. Main flr Mstr BR, custom patio w/pergola $739,000 Dennis P. Consalvo LSA Aliano Real Estate www.longisland-realestate.net 631-724-1000 Email: info@longisland-realestate.net
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OPINION The dying flowers
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TO ThE EDITOR: I found “Where have all the Chinese flowers gone?” (Feb. 11, page A31) very heartwarming. May I add that the Chinese are benevolent by nature and their culture is blended in strong family ties. With this loving nature, they are under great duress, living under the communist People’s Republic of China. how sad that these flowers suffer so under this oppressive society. Today there is much to share in the suffering of humanity. The oppression in the Middle East that is being placed upon humanity now grows to human carnage. May the flowers of our society survive our human race. God bless America. Leonard J. henderson Port Jefferson
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Answer the call TO ThE EDITOR: Everyone has moments when the support and understanding of others seem hard to find, and it is for such moments that RESPONSE of Suffolk County, Inc. was born. RESPONSE of Suffolk County is a nationally accredited, non-profit agency that provides a confidential and anonymous hotline for anyone who needs to talk. RESPONSE is seeking volunteer crisis counselors and will offer a free training program to those interested in becoming the caring voice on the other end of the line. Part one of the training program will be held on Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3, and continues on Saturday, April 9, and Sunday,
April 10. Sessions will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and trainees must attend all four sessions. Training will take place in the Stony Brook area. No experience is necessary, only a sincere willingness to learn and grow, and the ability to make a six-month commitment of four hours a week is required. Response provides two types of telephone assistance lines and both are heavily dependent on volunteer talent. The crisis intervention hotline takes over 20,000 calls each year about a wide range of subjects – substance abuse, domestic violence, depression, family conflict, grief and suicidal thoughts, among many others. The support line provides over 5,000 telephone “visits” yearly to individuals who are homebound or have limited social support due to a
physical disability or mental illness. Training for both the hotline and support line counselors includes lecture, role-playing exercises, and private and group supervision. College credit is available and bilingual volunteers are especially needed. Make a difference in our community – one phone call at a time. Volunteer as a telephone counselor with RESPONSE of Suffolk County and become the caring voice on the other end of the phone. Those interested in attending the upcoming training can visit www.responsehotline.org for more information or call the hotline at 631-751-7500. Please apply early, as positions are limited. RESPONSE of Suffolk County Stony Brook
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Help is just a phone call away
A new 24-hour hotline will soon be available to Long Islanders battling addiction, bringing new hope to families struggling to overcome drug-related issues. Suffolk County officials recently announced their hotline, which the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence will run in order to direct callers to different resources in the area based upon their needs. It could launch by April. While addiction is a growing issue that lawmakers have struggled to address, this hotline will become a new tool to combat it. We can see it assisting many people who previously would not have known where to turn. It could be particularly helpful because it will provide an easy route for a population that is often so isolated that they have trouble digging themselves out of the hole of addiction. Some have been pushed away by their families, or have only old friends who reinforce bad habits. But the hotline will be there in their moment of clarity, no matter the hour, to steer them toward the support they need. Until the hotline launches a few weeks from now, there are other places to call for help: • LICADD: 631-979-1700 • Response of Suffolk County 24-hour hotline: 631-751-7500 • North Shore Youth Council drug/alcohol hotline: 631-481-4000 • Hope House Ministries: 631-978-0188 • Phoenix House’s Edward D. Miller substance abuse treatment center: 844-447-0310 • Samaritan Village’s Suffolk Outpatient Treatment Program: 631-351-7112 • St. Charles Hospital rehab program: 631-474-6233
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Messages for sporting kids
D. None of the above by DaNiel DuNaief
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can relate to Charlie Brown’s teacher. She speaks — and Charlie and his pals in the “Peanuts” cartoon hear noise without words. As a coach of numerous teams, I have seen that blank look, recognized the glare and the stare and wondered if anyone would notice if I switched to a discussion of lollipops
and subatomic particles. I am near the end of a basketball season. As we were winning a recent game by 20 points, one of the boys on the bench confided that he wished the game was more competitive. In our next game, he got his wish. In a physical contest, the officiating seemed unbalanced. How, several parents articulated with increasing volume as the first half drew to a close, did we get so few foul calls when we could see the red marks on our children’s arms and necks from contact with the opposing players? With concerns about calls, parents and the kids became increasingly vocal. During my halftime talk, I could see the hurt and anger in the kids’ eyes. “How come he can keep pushing me and he doesn’t get called for a foul, and I go near him and the ref blows the whistle?” one of them asked. Officiating isn’t easy. I was an umpire for baseball games
in which every full-count pitch was a borderline strike. It was up to me to decide whether the boy struck out or to send him to first base. Still, in that moment, as the coach of those boys on the basketball court, I was frustrated. I did what I imagine chairmen do: I sent my assistant coach to ask the referees about the calls. It was cowardly, but I wanted to stay on the court and try to manage through this tense contest. I could be the good guy and he could be the one whining. I told the boys to play hard, stay focused and stick together. An eight-point deficit, I insisted, was manageable, especially with an entire half left in the game. But then something happened early in the second half. As the game got close, one of the boys from the other team got fouled on a 3-point shot. He stepped to the line in a quiet gym. Just as he was
getting ready to shoot, one of the parents on my team barked at him, making him alter his shot and causing him to miss. The referee threw out the parent and the boy made the next two free throws. While I didn’t agree with many of the foul calls, I understood the need to eject the parent. With the game close the rest of the way, parents, coaches and players became increasingly animated, sharing the kinds of noises you’d hear at a Red Sox-Yankees game. What’s the right message to offer the kids at the end of a tense game? I got my answer a few days later, when I interviewed Port Jefferson Station’s Annie O’Shea, who has had a breakout year in the World Cup in skeleton racing. Driven by teamwork and an ability to prevent any adversity from turning into negative internal dialogue, O’Shea found
Work together and stay focused, says skeleton racing World Cup star, Annie O’Shea. the kind of consistent success she’d always sought. She won gold and silver medals in races against the top international sliders and finished fourth for the entire season in the World Cup. She said she stays focused on each turn, without worrying about the clock, what someone said or anything else that might slow her down. It all started with a positive attitude. That kind of attitude doesn’t come from barking or from screaming about calls from officials. It comes from working together and staying focused. So, did we win? Does it matter?
Time to restore those New Year’s resolutions
between you and me by leah S. DuNaief
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his is the critical time, the time when those who cannot hold on any longer have fallen off their New Year’s resolutions track.
That’s most of us. The best of intentions, articulated amid holiday cheers, have a way of trailing off in the cold light of January and February. If you are among those committed few who are going strong and plowing ahead, congratulations. If, however, you are like the rest of us, weak but still wishful, I have some thoughts on the subject of resolutions. Statistics tell us that by Valentine’s Day, 80 percent of people who would like to improve their lives have given up. What we are not told is how many start again. Really, it not necessary for resolutions only to be made beneath mistletoe. If we peter out, we can pick ourselves up and begin anew. The
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pressure is off. And here are some tricks to sticking with it this time. Don’t make unrealistic resolutions that are overwhelming. Want to lose 30 pounds? Losing weight is a common idea, but it is hard to break eating habits and it is a slow process. However, breaking the 30 pounds into smaller goals, like 1 pound a week, is doable. And a small success encourages endurance. Try to find a buddy to lose weight with, even going to the gym together. Whatever your goal is, it’s easier with support from someone else and it surely is more fun. It’s harder to go it alone. Some people might prefer to keep their resolutions private,
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in which case the buddy idea doesn’t work. There are some good reasons for privacy. Making public commitments can create too much pressure. Or maybe you don’t want others to know how bad things really are and how much you need improving — if it isn’t already obvious. And then there are those who try to sabotage you, for whatever reason. It’s not pretty, but such urges exist in humans. Perhaps out of competitive motives or fear, you will be a different person and your adversaries won’t be worthy of you. Attempt to make resolutions fun. Fix on what you will do or how you will feel once your goal is realized. The drudgery of getting there is taking you
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If you are among those committed few who are going strong and plowing ahead, congratulations. ever closer to your ideal. Making resolutions is a little like making a to-do list. Try to limit the number to the two most important items at most. Otherwise life gets too confusing and energy is dissipated in different directions. Finally, if you give up, start again. I have. When resolutions become habits, they will carry us to our goal. And habits are much easier to practice than that heavy, multisyllabic word, “resolutions.”
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