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Believe it or not, the sun is setting on July and only a month of summer fun remains. Above, children enjoy a ride at the Terryville Fire department’s annual July carnival on Friday.

Homes for heroes Suffolk County fights veteran homelessness

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A quarter-century stint of sisterly spirit african american sorority gives back to LI nabes By giSelle Barkley

Giving back and making a difference in the community is what the women in the Sigma Psi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha have strived for since June 23, 1990. But the quest to serve the community did not start with the chapter. According to Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Howard University student Ethel Hedgeman founded AKA, the first African American sorority, on Jan. 15, 1908, in Washington D.C. Her goal was to unite like-minded women to help give back to those in need. One hundred years later, her efforts still

drive members like Pleshette Shelton, the current president of the Sigma Psi Omega chapter in Bay Shore in Suffolk County. “We went from doing 20 programs a year, to last year we did, I want to say 45,” Shelton said in a recent interview. Shelton’s chapter was charted by 26 African American women in Hauppauge. Now, the local chapter doubled to include around 50 members. Although the women in the chapter are Suffolk County residents, this graduate chapter welcomes all AKA members regardless of which university they attended SORORITY continued on page a6

Chapter members make healthy snacks for children.

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North Shore seeks solace in wake of crash By Phil Corso

One week has passed, but no amount of time can ever truly heal the wounds endured by the greater North Shore community since four of its own were killed in a horrific limousine crash. Anyone driving through the streets of Smithtown and its surrounding communities this week could notice the red ribbons wrapped around trees in memory of Smithtown’s Brittney Schulman, 23, and Lauren Baruch, 24, as well as Stephanie Belli, 23, of Kings Park, and Amy Grabina, 23, of Commack. The four girls were killed when Steven Romeo, 55, Tboned their limousine with his pickup truck in Cutchogue last Saturday, injuring Romeo, along with limo driver Carlos Pino, 58, of Bethpage, Joelle Dimonte, 25, of Elwood, Melissa Angela Crai, 23, of Scarsdale, Alicia Arundel, 24, of Setauket, and Olga Lipets, 24, of Brooklyn. After the crash, Romeo was arraigned at Eastern Long Island Hospital and charged with driving while intoxicated. He was initially ordered held in lieu of $500,000 cash bail, or $1 million bond, but that bail was reduced to $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond last Thursday, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota. At a press conference on Friday, Spota said Romeo had recorded a blood alcohol content level of .066 percent when he was tested

roughly one hour after the crash. The DWI charge, however, was not dropped and no additional charges were given to Romeo as the investigation continued despite his BAC coming in below the legal limit of .08, Spota said. Romeo’s court date, which was originally set for last week, was adjourned to Sept. 18. The past week saw the funerals of all four of the victims, while those injured were released from hospital care by the middle of this week. The North Shore community took one of its first steps toward closure on Wednesday night as residents flooded Smithtown High School West in the company of elected officials and members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving with hopes of moving forward. The event was borne out of a Facebook page titled “Candlelight Vigil for Our Girls,” which was put into action in the days following the tragedy. By Wednesday, the page had collected more than 6,000 names to its roster and countless photos of mourning and support for victims’ families. Marianne Howard, executive director with the Smithtown Historical Society, was one of the several Smithtown residents to tie red ribbons around trees in front of the society’s property. She said various businesses throughout town, including Towers Flowers of Nesconset and James Cress Florist of

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Legals Notice of formation of J3 Holdings LLC, a domestic LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/15/15. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 31 Gardiners Rd., Sound Beach, NY 11789. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 64 7/2 6x tmc NOTICE OF ADOPTION Notice is herby given that the following amendment(s) to the Uniform Code of Traffic Ordinances of the Town of Brookhaven.was/were adopted by the Brookhaven Town Board on Public Hearing Date 07/16/2015 to become effective ten (10) days from this publication as required by Section 133 of the Town Law. Article VII Section 26 entitled STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of SELDEN CHEROKEE AVE S BICYCLE PATH STOP E / CHEROKEE AVE STATE OF NEW YORK) SS: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK) I, Donna Lent, Clerk of the Town of Brookhaven in said State and County do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of the Amendment(s) to the Uniform TrafficCode with the record of the original filed in my office, and that it is true and correct copy of such record and of the whole thereof. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of the Town of Brookhaven on this 17th day of June, 2015 . 149_073014_tmc_1x 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 21st day of July, 2015, subject to a permissive referendum as provided for by Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law. 143021

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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 district vehicle and associated equipment, 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 Forty Thousand ($40,000.00) 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: July 21, 2015 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN ATTEST: MARION WARREN Secretary 157_073015_tmc_1x 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 21st day of July, 2015, 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 Safety Devices, Medical Equipment Supplies, Uniforms and Firefighter’s Gear known as Capital Reserve #3 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 Porta Count fit testing machine, 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 #3 of the SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT a sum not to exceed Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) 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: July 21, 2015 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS SELDEN FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN ATTEST: MARION WARREN Secretary 158_073015_tmc_1x

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Suffolk makes moves to house homeless veterans 8 affordable rental housing parcels in the works By rohma aBBas

Suffolk County has gained some footing in the war against veteran homelessness. Last week, officials announced a proposal to transfer eight tax-defaulted properties over to nonprofit groups that will be charged with developing them into rental housing for homeless veterans or those who are at risk of becoming homeless. The units will be overseen and managed by the non-profit organizations. The move is part of the Housing Our Homeless Heroes legislative initiative, a package of four bills sponsored by Legislator Steve Stern (D-Dix Hills). Officials say there are about 750 Long Island veterans who are either homeless or who are expected to be homeless by the end of 2015. In a phone interview on Monday, Stern said the county Legislature would vote on the transfer of the properties at its Sept. 9 meeting. He said he expects the resolution, which he is co-sponsoring with County Executive Steve Bellone (D), to gain unanimous support. Stern, who is the chairman of the county’s Veterans and Seniors Committee, said in addition to housing resources, the veterans will receive additional services through these nonprofits, such as job training and placement; primary and mental health care; disability management and health care coordination; family counseling; financial training and substance abuse services.

“The Housing Our Homeless Heroes initiative is the housing part of providing assistance to our veterans and families,” Stern said. “But it can never be just about four walls and a roof.” Once transferred, the nonprofits would foot the construction bill through roughly $10 million in state and federal grant funding available for such projects, Stern said. Funding for the construction will be provided in part from the New York State Homeless Housing and Assistance Program and United States Department of Housing and Urban Development HOME Investment Partnerships Program. Two parcels in Central Islip will be transferred to the Concern for Independent Living for the construction of three single-family homes. Bay Shore-based United Veterans Beacon House has proposed to rehabilitate an existing home on a Copiague parcel, and build a singlefamily unit on a Yaphank parcel. In addition, the Association for Mental Health and Wellness is proposing to build a new four-bedroom house for three senior disabled veterans and a live-in house manager on two parcels in Mastic; rehabilitate a house in Riverhead for one veteran family; and build a new set of four, single-room occupancies for veterans on a parcel in Medford. The Legislature approved the Housing Our Homeless Heroes initiative last year, and Bellone signed the legislation into law just days before Christmas. The four laws tackle the issue of veteran home-

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above, veterans roll up a flag at a press conference on the housing our homeless heroes initiative. The county Legislature will vote on a measure to transfer properties to create affordable housing for homeless veterans at its sept. 9 meeting.

lessness from different angles — one establishes a partnership between agencies and community advocates that serve veterans and their families and helps them set up an informational web portal on the county’s website to direct them to services available across all levels of government and within the nonprofit sector. Another maximizes access to available housing for veterans. The third amended the county’s human rights law by adding veterans as a group of individuals protected against discrimination in housing and employment opportunities. The last bill will require a veteran services officer to work at the county’s Department of Social Services on a regular basis. The

officers must be veterans as well, in order to establish a peer-to-peer relationship between those they are helping. “As an agency committed to ensuring empowering people to overcome the impact of health and mental health disabilities, it is our intent to devote these houses to assist male and female veterans who have been affected by serviceconnected and post-service transition mental health challenges,” Michael Stoltz, chief executive officer of the Association for Mental Health and Wellness said in a statement. “I thank Suffolk County for partnering with our organization to further assist us in supporting our veterans.”

North Shore mosquito samples test positive for West Nile By Erika karp

Mosquito samples from Port Jefferson Station, Rocky Point and East Northport have tested positive for West Nile virus, Suffolk County Health Services Commissioner James Tomarken announced on Friday. In total, six mosquito samples tested positive for the virus, bringing this year’s total to 13. While the insects were infected, no humans, horses or birds have tested positive for the virus in Suffolk County this year. Two samples collected from Port Jefferson Station on July 14, one sample collected from Rocky Point on July 16 and one sample collected from East Northport on July 17 tested positive, according to a press release from the health services department. Two other samples were gathered from Copiague and Dix Hills. West Nile virus was first detected in birds and mosquito samples in Suffolk County in 1999 and is transmitted to humans by mosquito bites. According to the Centers for Disease Control and

This year, 13 mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus.

Prevention, 70 to 80 percent of those infected with the virus do not develop any of the symptoms, which can include fever, headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea and rash. Severe cases — less than 1 percent of in-

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fections — could lead to a neurological illness. Tomarken said while there is no cause for alarm, his department is asking residents to help in their efforts to reduce the exposure to the virus.

First, residents should try to eliminate stagnant water where mosquitoes breed. Popular breeding grounds include tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, discarded tires, wading pools, wheelbarrows and birdbaths. In addition, residents can make sure their roof gutters are draining properly, clean debris from the edges of ponds and drain water from pool covers. To avoid mosquito bites, residents should minimize outdoor activities between dusk and dawn, cover up when mosquitoes are most active, use repellent and make sure windows and doors have screens in good repair. To report dead birds, which may indicate the presence of the virus, residents should call the county’s West Nile virus hotline at 631-787-2200 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Residents are encouraged to take a photograph of any bird in question. To report mosquito problems or stagnant pools of water, call the vector control division at 631-852-4270. For medical-related questions, call 631-854-0333.

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POLICE BLOTTER Incidents and arrests from July 20 - 26 Exploring

Photos from Pleshette Shelton

From left, Sigma Psi Omega President Pleshette Shelton, former President Hughette Clarke, 2nd Vice President Trina Gerrard and 1st Vice President Michelle Richard present Naomi Clarke, not present, with a certificate for her 75 years of membership. Her daughter Hughette Clarke accepts the certificate on behalf of her mother.

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as undergraduate members. Second Vice President Trina Gerrard, joined the sorority as a sophomore at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Md, before moving to Long Island and joining the local chapter. For Gerrard, a full-time social worker, what attracted her to the undergraduate sorority was not just the ladylike mannerisms of the members but also the services they did for their community. Last month, the Sigma Psi Omega chapter celebrated its 25th year the day after providing its services on June 13 at the Tri Community Youth Agency in Huntington. They conducted a seminar for youths and their families regarding financial literacy and historically black colleges and nutrition, according to TRI CYA Director Debbie Rimler. “Our center serves youth 5 to 21 years old,” Rimler said. “Most of them are at or below the poverty line. It’s great for these families to have this type of information available for them.” For Sigma Psi Omega, the quest is to find those in need and help educate, feed and provide activities for them to learn, grow and enjoy. According to Shelton, some of these youths do not receive a hot meal during the weekends or holidays since some pantries do not serve on those days. “I started to cry,” Shelton said when she learned these kids only have microwavable food when the pantries are not in service. “I waste so much food myself that here are families living in shelters and they’re hungry.” It was one of many eye-opening experiences for Shelton. “The question isn’t, ‘Why would you serve?’ It’s, ‘Why wouldn’t you want to?’” Shelton said. Before providing its service, the chapter meets with Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, the sorority’s international president. Wilson organizes the programs and identifies target communities before the chapter uncovers the communities that are most in need. Their programs are not limited to financial literacy or historically black colleges. The chapter also organizes blood drives, arranges craft days where children can make pieces of artwork like paper mache flowers for Mother’s Day, provides information on going green, helps single mothers living in

shelters and finds employment or career opportunities for the individuals they help among other services. For the communities to which the chapter frequently provides its services, the women try to “piggy-back” off of what they taught the children on their previous visit while maintaining a light-hearted fun learning environment. “You want to make sure you’re keeping it light because these kids are already going through a lot,” Shelton said. Funding for these programs does not come from donations but out of pocket. Sigma Psi Omega chapter members are required to contribute some of their own money to gather appropriate supplies for each program they organize. According to Gerrard, there is a high demand for the chapter’s services that “people are just waiting because they don’t have direction. They don’t know where to reach out to,” Gerrard said. As a result, some individuals respond within a week of the chapter reaching out to them. On many occasions, the communities this chapter serves are not aware of information available on the importance of going green or managing finances. The sorority does not just give back by providing the programs, but they are also teachers to those who do not have access to various resources. But like any other group, working with members of the chapter is not always easy. “It’s a sisterhood. It’s a lifetime commitment so you get a lot of fulfillment,” Garrard said. “Sometimes you get frustrated ... but you find the strength from each sister.” The chapter has retreats where members can resolve tension and discuss and strategize plans for a program or community in need. “Each community is different,” Shelton said. “Going in and finding what that need is and being able to help them succeed ... even if it’s one life.” Going forward, both Shelton and Gerrard want to continue their efforts and continue their founder’s purpose by helping communities that require their services. “I think that it was phenomenal to have an organization that is still around for that long and it’s still growing strong,” Gerrard said. “It makes us know that whatever we are doing, we’re doing it for a cause and it’s ... making our founders proud to continue their legacy.”

A 2004 Ford Explorer was stolen after its owner left the vehicle and went to an ATM on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station on July 26 at around 1 a.m. A wallet containing credit cards was left in the car, and police said the cards were used.

Not kool, man

An unknown masked man demanded money and took off with the whole cash register from the Kool Mart on Hallock Avenue in Port Jefferson Station, at around 9:20 p.m. on July 21.

Forgetful

A wallet left behind at a 7-Eleven on Old Town Road in Port Jefferson Station didn’t make it back to its owner. Police said the owner reported returning to the convenience store on July 20 to find someone else took it.

Bumper cars

A 51-year-old Port Jefferson Station woman was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an incident involving property damage on July 21. According to police, the woman was driving a 2013 Chevy Traverse on July 1 in Setauket when she struck the right side of the rear bumper on a 2006 Honda minivan and fled the scene.

Shattered

A resident on Main Street in Port Jefferson awoke to glass breaking at around 3 a.m. on July 26 and reported a door pane had been broken.

Knocked down

A man was knocked unconscious on West Broadway in Port Jefferson at around 1:40 a.m. on July 25. Police said the man was punched in the face, fell on the pavement and struck his head. He was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment.

Not fast enough

A woman who had dropped her cell phone in a Miller Place parking lot on Route 25A on July 20 reported that someone else claimed and took the phone before she returned.

Garden Road getaway

A Garden Road resident in Rocky Point returned home on July 20 at around 3:30 p.m. to find the front door open and several items, including two flat-screen TVs, jewelry and an Xbox 360, stolen.

Game on

At around 8:30 p.m. on July 25, a man entered a Game Stop in Centereach and demanded cash. Police said he displayed what appeared to be a weapon wrapped in a white cloth. The store clerk obliged and the man fled with cash.

Mission: Impossible

At around 10:30 p.m. on July 21 an unknown person or persons broke through the wall of a Middle Country Road store in Centereach to gain entry to the adjacent shop and attempted to pry open a vault there but was unsuccessful.

Dine and dash

Someone stole a leather wallet from a 2006 Toyota parked at the Suffolk Diner in Centereach at around 1 p.m. on July 20.

It’s personal

A 24-year-old Middle Island woman was arrested in Selden on July 22 and charged with second-degree forgery after she forged a signature on a personal check and chased it.

Off-road thief

A Clearview Avenue resident in Selden reported on July 24 that between 1 and 6 a.m. someone stole a 2005 Yamaha ATV from the backyard. — COMPiled by eRika kaRP

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Induction photos by Clayton Collier; photo below from Seton Hall University

Clockwise from left, Craig Biggio is all smiles as he greets fans with his wife, Patty, during the 2015 MLB Hall of Fame induction parade; Biggio, right, and MLB Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with Biggio’s induction plaque; and Biggio rounds the bases for Seton Hall.

Craig Biggio inducted into 2015 MLB Hall of Fame Houston Astros second baseman and catcher is from Kings Park By CLayton CoLLIer

Much like he did during his 20-year playing career, Craig Biggio left it all out on the field Sunday. However, instead of an orange-and-white Houston Astros jersey and eye black, the former catcher and second baseman was donning a navy blue suit and a touch of perspiration seeping from his forehead on the hazy summer afternoon, with the hair above his ears just beginning to show signs of graying. Instead of coming to bat before a packed Astrodome or Minute Maid Park, Biggio took to the podium in front of an estimated 45,000 people on the grassy plain

behind the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown to accept his induction into the MLB Hall of Fame. Grinning ear-to-ear as he began his 17-minute speech, Biggio spoke at length about the place where the journey to his now-Hall of Fame career began, “in a little town, Kings Park, New York.” Senator John Flanagan (R-East Northport), who represents the Second Senate District, congratulated Biggio in a statement on his Facebook page saying the longtime Houston Astro is “an inspiration to young local athletes by showing them that they can achieve greatness if they work hard every day.” Biggio, a member of the 3,000-hit club, said he acquired his work ethic from his parents, Yolanda and Lee. The seven-time AllStar’s voice became shaky as he described them: “two hard-working people who are no longer here. But I know they’re watching.’’ His father was an air-traffic controller who never missed a game. Every day, Biggio said, his father would tie a rope around his waist, then to the backstop while he threw to the young slugger during batting practice to prevent him from lunging at the plate. “It worked,” Biggio said in his acceptance speech, hours before his plaque was installed in the MLB Hall of Fame. “But I came home every day with rope burns around my waist.” Biggio said although sports were important, he had a number of commitments that kept him busy. “Growing up in Kings Park, I had three responsibilities: school, sports and I had a job,” he said. “My job was I had a newspaper route.” Baseball was not the only sport Biggio thrived in at Kings Park. The now 49-year-

old was awarded the Hansen Award, rec- in his 19 seasons as head coach of the Red ognizing the best football player in Suffolk Storm. “He had some outstanding skills. He County in 1983. Kevin Johnson, the then- could run like the wind, he could hit, he had assistant football coach at Kings Park, said outstanding instinct, but whether he played at the time, he thought Biggio was better at good or bad, you always found something football than he was baseball. Earlier this good about Craig Biggio and the way he week at dinner, Johnson said he and then- played the game. He played with an intenKings Park baseball coach John Rottkamp sity; he played with a big heart. You had to pinned Biggio down to the question of go away liking the guy, that’s what it was. I whether he thought his talents were superior just loved the way he played.” Despite the multitude of football offers in baseball or football. “He picked the sport with the larger ball,” and a draft selection by the Detroit Tigers out Johnson said with a laugh. “He thought he of high school, Blankmeyer signed Biggio. “Not many coaches can say they’ve was a better football player at the time, too.” Biggio had received interest from major had an opportunity to recruit and coach a big league player,” said football programs such Blankmeyer when asked as Boston College and ‘He played with an about the satisfaction Oklahoma State University, among others, but intensity; he played with in knowing he signed Biggio. “But a guy who Johnson said the schools a big heart. You had to played 20 years with were looking at him as go away liking the guy, one organization, who a punt and kickoff replayed three positions, turner — a rough posi- that’s what it was. I just tion on the body for any loved the way he played.’ an All-Star and now a Hall of Famer? Boy I tell athlete, let alone a 5-foot, — Ed BlankmEyEr you, it’s a once-in-a-life10-inch, 165-pound high time situation.” school senior. After Seton Hall’s catcher Tony DeFran“That’s not a safe occupation in football when you’re undersized,” Johnson said. cesco was drafted by the Boston Red Sox “When we found out what colleges were in 1984, there was a spot to fill at backstop. going to do with him, right away we were a Sheppard called upon his star recruit, who little nervous that he was just going to get so had experience at catcher, to move back bebanged up. Then the Seton Hall scholarship hind the plate. “Craig used to call himself the retriever fell into place.” St. John’s head baseball coach Ed Blank- who became a receiver because he used to meyer, then an assistant coach at Seton chase the ball back to the backstop,” ShepHall University under Mike Sheppard pard told WSOU, Seton Hall’s student radio — and now Blankmeyer’s father-in-law station. “But let me tell you, he was so fast — was responsible for recruiting Biggio he could chase it to the backstop and still to the Pirates. Blankmeyer said it was Big- throw the guy out at first base.” Biggio played on a Seton Hall squad congio’s hard-nosed style of play, in spite of his sisting of future major leaguers Mo Vaughn, small stature, that initially struck him. “He played bigger than his size,” said John Valentin and Marteese Robinson. Blankmeyer, who has amassed 688 wins CRAIG BIGGIO continued on page A8

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Nikki Ortega is helping USA go for gold

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Nikki Ortega makes her way around the goal, past a West Islip player in a previous high school game.

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They would capture the Big East regular season title all three years Biggio played for the Pirates and earned an NCAA Regional bid in 1987. Off the field, Biggio converted to Catholicism and met his future wife, Patty. “Seton Hall is very special to us,” Patty Biggio said. “It’s where our family began. It’s the roots of our relationship.” Sheppard’s teams prided themselves on a scrappy style of baseball. Biggio said that it was simply the culture of the athletics program at the time, playing on a field he described as a “dirty, nasty bubble.” A far cry from the current playing grounds of the well-manicured turf of Owen T. Carroll Field. Most of all, Biggio said he remembers a common phrase of coach Sheppard. “Coach Shep’s motto was, ‘Never lose your hustle,’ which is something I took to

my pro career,” he said in his speech. “He was part of the journey,” Biggio said in his post-induction press conference. “How do you get to the Hall of Fame? You got to have a little bit of talent and a lot of people to help you along the way, and Shep was one of those people.” Biggio was drafted in the first round of the 1987 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros, going on to play the entirety of his two-decade career in an Astros uniform. Adam Everett, a teammate of Biggio’s from 2001 to 2007, said he learned a great deal from Biggio about how to play the game the right way. “There’s only one way to play, and that’s hard,” he said. “I owe a lot of my career to him and I really appreciate what he did for me.” Biggio amassed 3,060 hits, 661 doubles and was hit by a record 285 pitches while playing second base, catcher and outfield at various points in his major league career. He also drew 1,160 walks and stole 414 bases.

The U.S. Under-19 women’s lacrosse national team is vying for their fifth consecutive Federation of International Lacrosse World Championship gold medal this year, and after going undefeated in pool play, the team is well on its way. The undefeated record could not have been achieved without the help of attack Nikki Ortega, who scored six goals and two assists in a 19-6 win over Australia. In Scotland, the team first topped Canada 15-9 and blanked Wales 19-0 before the win over Australia. USA shut out Israel 18-0 next and followed with a 19-4 win over England to go 5-0 in pool play. The team is three wins away from its fifth consecutive world championship, and after outscoring opponents by a combined score of 90-19, USA looks to be unstoppable. Ortega ranks third on the team in points, with 18 off 12 goals and six assists, and ranks second in goals and

third in assists. After USA earned the top seed in the bracket, the team faced off against No. 8-seeded New Zealand, 3-2 in pool play, yesterday, and knocked out its opponent with an 18-1 victory. With the win, USA advances to face the winner of the quarterfinal between No. 4-seeded England and No. 5-seeded Wales in today’s semifinal round at 11 a.m. On the other side of the bracket, No. 2 Canada faces off against No. 7 Scotland, while No. 3 Australia took on No. 6 Japan to decide the remaining semifinal spot. The gold medal game is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 1, at 10 a.m. The game will be streamed live through the tournament website: http://www.u19wc2015. co.uk/webcast/. Exclusive highlights and behind-the-scenes video will be posted on www.YouTube.com/USLacrosse, and more can be seen on the team’s twitter page @u19USAwomenslax.

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Above, Craig Biggio at bat for the Houston Astros. Below, Biggio tags out a runner for the Seton Hall University Pirates.

What many do not know, however, is Though Biggio has lived in Houston for Biggio’s extensive charity work, particu- more than 25 years, his impact on Kings larly as the national spokesman for the Park is still felt. Sunshine Kids, an organization support“It’s great having an alum like Craig ing children with cancer. Biggio said his Biggio, because we can always refer to interest in helping children battling cancer him to our current student-athletes as came when a boy from a family on his pa- to what is possible and what can happen per route came down with leukemia. through hard work,” current athletic di“The Sunshine Kids are a big part of rector Bill Denniston said. my life and one of the reasons I stayed in The first three words of Biggio’s Hall Houston for 20-plus years and of Fame plaque read “gritty continue to live there today,” ‘There’s only spark plug,” an appropriate he said. one way to play, description of a player known It was because of his work for giving it his all in every with the Sunshine Kids and and that’s hard.’ game. In return, the game of others that he was award— Craig Biggio baseball has given the local ed the Roberto Clemente paperboy from Kings Park Award, something Johnson said is more turned-MLB great an even greater gift, indicative of who Biggio truly is, rather immortality. than his baseball statistics. “I gave the game everything I had every “I think that says more about him as a day,” Biggio said. “In baseball, tomorrow person than all the facts and figures that is not guaranteed, and I tried to play evhe amassed over the years,” Johnson said. ery game as if it was going to be my last. “People have a tendency to look at what he I want to thank the game for everything. did as a baseball player, but the Roberto The game has given me everything: my Clemente award says much, much more family, my friends, respect, but most of all about him as a person.” memories of a lifetime.”

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Charity shouldn’t be seasonal. Donate money or food during the summer, when some children who rely on school lunch programs need it the most.

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Step up to the plate

Every fall and winter, good-hearted Long Islanders far and wide reach into their pockets to donate goods and food in the spirit of the holidays. It’s so easy to imagine life without a jacket or a warm Thanksgiving dinner when it’s November or December. You won’t have to look hard to find numerous coat drives and food drives around that time of the year. And that’s a great thing. But it’s not enough. Summer hunger pangs exist right in our own backyard. And they are growing Island-wide — particularly among children who rely on school lunch programs but don’t have access to that food during the summer. Island Harvest food bank, a hunger relief organization based in Mineola, reported earlier this month that it expanded its summer-food service program. Last summer, they served 103,000 meals to 3,500 kids at 49 sites throughout the Island. This year, they anticipate dishing out more than 175,000 meals to about 4,000 children at 55 sites. Those are some eye-opening statistics, especially when you consider what we already know about hunger on Long Island. A 2010 national study prepared for Island Harvest and another nonprofit, Long Island Cares, claims 283,700 people on Long Island receive emergency food each year. Of that group, 39 percent are under 18 years old. For many of us who are fortunate, summer is our kick-back-and-relax season — a chance for us to embark on those sun-soaked vacations and long weekend trips or just leave work early on Fridays. But there are some who can’t afford to get away, and constantly struggle to make ends meet. We urge our fellow Long Islanders to channel the holiday spirit this summer. Pitch in by donating money, your time or food. Grab a cardboard box your local deli may not need and bring it to the office — get your coworkers in on it — and collect some food. Donate the box to your local food pantry. Charity shouldn’t be seasonal. It’s time we step up to the plate all year long.

Three Village readers are debating the merit behind displaying different flags from America’s past.

Evil versus good TO THE EDITOR: On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof walked into the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and ended the lives of nine beautiful, faithful people. Four days later, at the AME Church’s regular Sunday service, the Reverend Norvel Goff spoke to an overflowing crowd of different races. “The church doors are open to send a message to every demon in hell and on earth,” he said. “Some wanted to divide the race, black, white and brown, but no weapon formed against us shall prosper.” Evidently faith in God is not newsworthy unless it’s being denigrated, and prayers of forgiveness do not incite outrage, so the reverend’s sermon did not get its deserved airtime. However, when a photograph of the deranged shooter holding a Confederate flag surfaced, a long-term debate that few gave

thought to months ago was resurrected with a fever and the scent of invoking political views in the wake of an atrocity. The murderer’s name is Dylann Roof, not the flag of the Confederacy, and most who display it are not white supremacists. A symbol of the South became the villain, and the actual tragedy and ensuing message of unity from the church was blanketed. Ages before Hitler unfurled the swastika on the Nazi flag, its design stood for good luck and well-being, but bracketed to the genocide of millions, the “hooked cross” became a repulsive image. The point being made is we can’t keep blaming objects for the actions of madmen; we need to recognize that evil exists in this world. It’s imbedded in the minds and hearts, or lack thereof, of people so full of loathing or pain that they can do the unimaginable. A flag doesn’t have a soul and

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it certainly can’t pull a trigger, but evil destroys lives. True evil needs to be acknowledged or, like a cancer left untreated, it will spread. Ultimately, South Carolina Governor Nikki R. Haley’s bill, which removed the flag from statehouse grounds and put it in a museum, was said to honor the memory of the “Emanuel Nine.” Perhaps all could agree and take a moment to say a prayer, or at least give thought, to the victims of the Emanuel AME massacre, their suffering families and the church community, whose response to this unthinkable slaughter deserves celebration and praise. And let’s be glad Dylann Roof was not photographed near a Christmas tree. Joanne Tereshko Setauket

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Not much satisfaction with these kidney stones

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am now a member of a club that I would just as soon not have joined. It started with vomiting. I haven’t vomited in so long that my wife and daughter had never seen, or heard, the process. My daughter said I shriek in a scare-the-bats-outof-a-tree way just before releasing the contents of my stomach. After this vomiting episode, I

questioned what I’d eaten, what new allergies I might have developed or what stomach bug or virus I might have picked up. Vomiting, however, was only one of a host of symptoms, including extreme lower abdominal pain that radiated to my back. I had kidney stones. My taller brothers don’t have kidney stones. Did I hit the genetic jackpot: crooked teeth, nearsightedness, vertically challenged and, gulp, kidney stones? Is it possible — and I’m hoping this is the case — that my diet somehow caused this excruciating experience and, as such, I’ll have some control over my kidney future? When I said the words “kidney stones” in public, I saw a universal sympathy and support, even from people who are less than thrilled to see or hear from me. “Oh, man, I gave birth to four kids and none of the deliveries was anything like the pain of having kidney stones,” one woman

confided as she offered a reassuring squeeze of my arm. Of course, after the little, lifealtering intruders come out of our kidneys, bladders or anywhere in between, they don’t smile broadly at us, learn to walk and share an unending love — and the occasional sneer — with us. They’re just a hard pebble that uses our nerve endings like tightly wound strings on a violin of pain. “My brother is a firefighter, built his house with his own hands and catches pitches without a baseball glove. I’ve never seen him as uncomfortable as he was when he had kidney stones. He was crying on the floor of the emergency room,” another woman recalled. A friend said the pain embraced his abdomen, back and legs. He could barely move until he’d ejected the stones. Other than the vomiting, the thing that struck me, literally, about my kidney stones was how impossible it was to get comfortable. No position

helped: sitting, standing, praying with my head down and backside up. Pacing the room, putting my arms over my head, pulling out the hairs on my leg and curling my toes under my feet as I walked did nothing to distract me from the acute agony. “One to 10 on a pain scale?” the emergency room nurse asked me on my first hospital visit. “11,” I muttered, as I crouched next to the hospital bed in a catcher’s position. “Sit here, honey,” she offered. “I can’t,” I whined. After glancing at my face, she raced out of the room and jogged back with an IV and painkillers. Even strangers rallied around me. I called to cancel a hotel reservation within moments of the allowable policy. When I mentioned kidney stones, the operator promised to hold the reservation past the usual time and would allow me to cancel the next day, free of charge, if I couldn’t make it. When I called the following

I saw a universal sympathy and support. morning after a brutal night, she wished me a quick end to my kidney stone saga. Eventually, when it was clear my stone wasn’t rolling itself out of my body, I had a procedure to remove it with its own aftercare challenges. My recovery, despite some pain, is considerably more comfortable than the agony of a kidney stone. I’m hoping some time down the road, a medical miracle worker turns these particular stones to rubble before they bring their unwelcome pain again. Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,” may be purchased online from www.tbrnewsmedia.com/ebooks.

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o. 1 son turned 50 this week, and while that may have been a shock to him, it was also a shock to me. After properly celebrating the occasion with the family, I am left with the astonishing thought that I have been a parent for 50 years. What does it mean to be a parent? For starters, I know that the single biggest difference in my life, and I suspect in most

people’s lives, comes with having a child. Getting married isn’t such a dramatic change, especially today when dating for years before marriage has become more the norm. Accommodating another adult into one’s daily routine, if done incrementally and with someone of compatible outlook, isn’t all that jarring. But just put a newborn baby into the mix and any semblance of order and predictability goes right out the window. A newborn brings instant humility to the parents. Even downright terror. One of the most appealing qualities in the man who eventually became my husband was his desire to have children. His eagerness matched my own. Now I know there are some who do not wish to procreate but, for us, the prospect of loving and raising children was as natural as taking the next breath. This is not a carefully thought-out ideology — it is, for many, just instinct. So then why was I so terrified when we brought that little

package of squirming baby home from the hospital and laid him in the middle of our king-size bed? It’s one thing to think about dishing out gobs of love in the abstract. It’s another when the love is commensurate with responsibility. I don’t believe I ever thought about having a child in quite these stark terms: I was directly responsible for the survival of another human being. And there he was, in need of an immediate diaper change. I didn’t recognize the totality of my terror until I brought him to the pediatrician for his first-month checkup. The doctor weighed him and exclaimed that his healthy weight gain was “a result of his nursing.” Then the doctor measured him and carried on about his length. This kid was off the charts — he was destined to be center for the Knicks. That was the doctor’s reaction. Mine was an intense relief that the baby was going to live. With no prior experience or exposure to infants, I was afraid

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that I would inadvertently cause his demise. And without realizing it, I had silently lived with that fear for a whole month. The sense of responsibility for another’s life can be overwhelming. It is certainly built into our architecture, to a greater or lesser degree, for the rest of our lives. Their pain is our pain. And alternately, their successes are our successes. Little did I know that the first month of a baby’s life is, in some ways, the easiest time with a child — except for the fatigue factor. All one has to do is diaper, bathe, feed and burp an average newborn before putting him or her down to sleep. The harder parts come later — and also the more satisfying ones. Someone said to me, “Once a parent, always a parent.” That is a truism. Yes, children grow up, they learn and mature, they achieve and they marry, they may even go on to have children of their own. They are always our children, even if they are 50, or 47, or 46 — the ages of my three sons. And while I

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happily and consciously lifted the weight of responsibility for their lives off my shoulders and mentally placed it on theirs at the time of their majority, I am still and forever will be the parent. And nothing I have ever done in my life has given me greater satisfaction. In the course of our lives, theirs and mine, they have become my helpmates and advisers, my playmates and my friends. They now share a sense of responsibility for my life. It goes both ways, this caring. But the relationship will always be asymmetrical. Someone else once said, “If children loved their parents as much as parents love their children, the human race would come to an end. The children would never leave home.”

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