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TIMES of MIDDLE COUNTRY C E N T E R E AC H • S E L D E N • L A K E G R O V E N O R T H

Vol. 14, No. 18

August 16, 2018

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Town of Brookhaven Highway Superintendent Dan Losquadro (R) is hosting a free child safety seat check Wednesday, Aug. 22, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Setauket Fire Department, Station 2. The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, along with certified technicians from the Brookhaven Highway Department, will be on hand to inspect car seats and make sure children are riding in the right car seats for their age and size as they grow. “In passenger cars, child safety seats reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71 percent for infants and by 54 percent for toddlers,” Losquadro said. “Most parents are confident they have correctly installed their child’s car seat but, in most cases — 59 percent — the seat has not been installed correctly.” Inspections are by appointment only. Call 631-363-3770 to reserve your spot. Setauket Fire Department, Station 2, is located at 9 Arrowhead Lane, East Setauket.

The Town of Brookhaven is offering a car seat check Aug. 22.

Postponed concert to be held Aug. 21 The free Three Village Chamber Players/ Sound Symphony concert originally scheduled for July 25 at John F. Kennedy Middle School will be held on school grounds Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 6 p.m. The original performance, which is part of the Summer Concert Wednesdays presented by Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station), Suffolk

County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) and the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Chamber of Commerce, was postponed due to rain. John F. Kennedy Middle School is located at 200 Jayne Blvd., Port Jefferson Station. Bring seating. For more information, call 631-821-1313.

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Dorothy Della Croce, 94, of Centereach, died July 17. She was the beloved wife of the late Vincent; cherished aunt of Thomas (Charlene) Lavinia, Robert (Ruth) Lavinia and Woody Lavinia. She was also the loving cousin of Fran (the late Richard) Blagar, Margarita Goykin and Michael (Marie) Lofaro. She is survived by many friends from the Smithtown Fire Department, Knights of Columbus, Smithtown, St. Patrick’s Ushers and other family

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On Aug. 13 at about 7:30 p.m., a 41-year-old man from Selden allegedly kicked another man in the face several times while outside of a bar on Harbor Beach Road in Mount Sinai, requiring medical attention for the victim, according to police. The suspect was arrested and charged with third-degree assault.

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In a parking lot in the rear of businesses on Main Street in Port Jefferson Aug. 11 at about 10 p.m., while seated in the driver’s seat of a 2008 Nissan allegedly held a switchblade in public view while yelling obscenities and making threatening remarks to unidentified people during a dispute, according to police. He was arrested and charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct.

Mailbox malfeasance

Between 8:30 p.m. Aug. 10 and 10 p.m. Aug. 11, mailboxes at several homes — two on Baron Court in Stony Brook, several on Skylark Lane in Stony Brook and one on Cinderella Lane in Setauket — were damaged, according to police.

Pocketbook snatched

At Rite Aid in Jefferson Plaza Shopping Center on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station, someone stole a pocketbook at about 4:30 p.m. Aug. 11, according to police.

Bike stolen

A locked up bicycle was stolen from the Stony Brook Long Island Rail Road station on North Country Road at about 9 a.m. Aug. 11, according to police.

A 39-year-old man from Mount Sinai was driving a 2004 Mazda on Route 25A in Port Jefferson Station near the intersection of Railroad Avenue at about 7 p.m. Aug. 10 and was pulled over for a traffic stop, according to police. He was allegedly driving knowing his license had been suspended or revoked on at least 10 different occasions, police said. He was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

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Gun possession

Jewelry taken

At about 3:30 a.m. Aug. 12, a 29-year-old man from Plymouth, Massachusetts, allegedly possessed a loaded firearm in his vehicle outside of a business on Main Street in Port Jefferson, according to police. He was arrested and charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Two hydrangea trees were stolen from Four Corners Produce on Boyle Road in Terryville Aug. 11 at about 11:30 a.m., according to police.

Cash grab

Cash was taken from a wallet within a home on Old Town Road in Terryville Aug. 10 at about 11 p.m., according to police. At a home on Route 112 in Terryville, the front door was kicked in and jewelry was stolen from within at about 11 a.m. Aug. 11, according to police.

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Town

Centereach Girl Scout makes a difference at town beach BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

A local Girl Scout’s project has been a golden opportunity to help make one beach a little bit cleaner and safer. Lauren Reitano, a Girl Scout with Troop 2547 in Centereach, installed two monofilament recycling receptacles at West Meadow Beach Aug. 7 for her Gold Award project. The award is the highest a Girl Scout can achieve, and the project challenges high school students to identify and solve a community problem. Reitano, 16, said she knew her undertaking would involve West Meadow Beach. She said she visits the Town of Brookhaven beach frequently and notices people leaving fishing lines behind. She decided to install the durable plastic receptacles made of polyvinyl chloride pipes at the town beach to provide a place for fishers to properly discard their fishing lines.

“A beach cleanup is great, but that’s not going to last,” the soon-to-be senior at Centereach High School said Reitano said the receptacles, which are located at the beginning of the nature path when entering from the parking lot, look like candy canes, and fishers can place lines in the top part of it. Every other week she will go to the beach to empty them, and in the future she can pass the project down to a younger Scout. The Girl Scout said Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) stopped by the beach while she was installing them and chatted with her about the project. “Installing the monofilament receptacles is doing a great service to the environment and protecting the wildlife in and around the water,” Romaine said in a statement. “Fishing line is one of the most frequent and hazardous forms of marine debris, and I thank Lauren for helping to prevent more plastics from getting into our waterways.” To begin her project, Reitano sat with Brookhaven environmental educator Nicole Pocchiare who walked her through all the steps of the project, which involved working with the town to get approval for placement of the containers. Reitano said while the process with the town took a few months, the actual construction and installing of the receptacles was about a half-hour each. On Aug. 7, she spent approximately two hours at the beach with her mother and Pocchiare finding the ideal spots and measuring for proper placement. As they were completing the installation, Reitano said a bicyclist thanked them and told her he witnessed people handling discarded

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Girl Scout Lauren Reitano, second right, before installing monofilament recycling receptacles at West Meadow Beach with environmental educator, Nicole Pocchiare, left; troop co-leader and mother Robyn Reitano, second left; and Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine. Left, Pocchiare and Lauren Reitano with one of the receptacles.

lines and hooks getting cut by the hooks. “It’s dangerous for people and animals as well because when it gets in the water, it can strangle them,” Reitano said. Her mother, Robyn, who is a co-leader with Troop 2547, said she was proud of her daughter, who is usually quiet, being persistent enough to get the job done by going through the proper channels with the town for approval and waiting for a response. “It makes me feel good as a life lesson

because she was able to really see it through,” the mother said. Lauren Reitano said Girl Scouts should choose something they are interested in when looking to earn a Gold Award because the project can take some time. “If you really don’t have an interest in what you’re doing, then it’s going to drag on,” she said. “If you have an interest in the topic — like I have an interest in the beach and the environment — it’s going to be super fun.”

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For the birds

Suffolk County Legislator Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma) recently attended the Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony for Dylan Gallo, a member of Boy Scout Troop 356 in Centereach. The event took place at the Centereach Fire Department, where Muratore presented Gallo with a proclamation to commemorate the occasion. On hand were Gallo’s parents Laurel and Michael. For Gallo’s Eagle Scout project, he constructed six houses for game birds, such as roosters and hens, for use at the Holtsville Ecology Center. “The Eagle Scout Court of Honor engenders the development of leadership, self-reliance and other qualities that few Scouts achieve,” Muratore said. “I congratulate Dylan for the commitment and hard work that led him to the

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On July 31, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) hosted Coffee with Your Congressman at the Selden Fire Department. Constituents had the opportunity to discuss Zeldin’s work in Congress

and ask questions about topics of interest. Constituents wishing to participate in a future meeting can contact Zeldin’s office at 631-289-1097.


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Perspectives

Democrats should embrace Tax cuts, regulation rollbacks new leadership for the future fueling resurgent economy BY PERRY GERSHON It’s time for transformation within the Democratic Party. Our party represents a big tent. We welcome Blue Dog conservatives and liberal progressives equally. The focus on issues that worked for Democrat Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania is not the same as what worked for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York City. Most of all, I’m focusing on getting Democrats in better touch with issues that matter to Long Islanders. It’s a fact that the wings of the Democratic Party coexist successfully and have for decades. We are a party committed to affordable health care for all Americans, without penalty for pre-existing conditions. We want to see reductions in prescription drug prices. We are committed to fighting income inequality, to protecting Social Security and Medicare. We want fair and comprehensive immigration reform with secure and enforceable borders. We want to see America strong and vibrant, with stable relationships with our allies. We are By Perry fully committed to growing the American middle class. We believe good-paying jobs and strong unions are the keys to a robust American economy. Equal pay for equal work must be cemented into law. But as Republicans have taken over elected governance in Washington — the presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives — it is time for us Democrats to transition to new leadership as we prepare to retake partial control in 2018. Let’s not permit the other side to run against Democrats of the past; we are running for a better tomorrow. When we take back the House this November, there must be new party leadership at the helm. It is time for the next generation

of Democrats in leadership to stand up for all of us. The election is not about Democratic leaders of the past. It is time for us to move forward. Nationally, the 2018 elections are about a vision for a new future, and when the Democrats win we must offer a new face of party leadership. The election for a Democratic speaker of the House will come only after the Democrats have achieved victory in a sufficient number of individual House races in November. I entered the race for Congress because I believe in the American values shared by my fellow Long Islanders. In New York’s 1st Congressional District, we must reduce health care costs and create fairer taxation, while making sure Lee Zeldin cannot allow the import of concealed weapons into New York that would be illegal in our state. Zeldin voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a calamitous act that would have driven up health care costs for our most needy. That’s what voters care about. I am running for a future with better-paying jobs, a stronger Gershon infrastructure that makes Long Island more competitive for employers, and a 21st-century economy where our young people want to remain in Suffolk County because there are good opportunities for them. Zeldin opposes a woman’s right to make choices about her own body, while I understand the need to protect Roe v. Wade and to fight for equal pay for equal work. The next Democratic House speaker will represent all of these values, and the time to select that new leader will come in January. Perry Gershon is an East Hampton resident and the Democratic candidate running for Congress to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District.

BY LEE ZELDIN

Our economy is strong and growing stronger with an economic environment spurring considerable job growth and desperately needed opportunities for American workers. Millions of new jobs have now been created since the last presidential election. The resurgence of our nation’s economy has brought those who had previously given up on finding work off the benches and back into the workforce with Latino unemployment falling to a record low of 4.6 percent and labor-force participation at an all-time high for women, African-Americans and individuals without a college degree. Fewer Americans are relying on government programs and more are securing financial independence, finding the good-paying, high-quality jobs they need to support themselves and secure a brighter future for their family. With the reduction of unemployment and underemployment, the Department of Agriculture has reported that the number of SNAP nutrition assistance participants has deBy Lee creased by two million people since 2016, a testament to more Americans achieving financial independence. Through the reduction of corporate taxes and the elimination of harmful, job-killing red tape and regulations, confidence and investment are soaring to new heights with companies that were previously fleeing the United States returning with good-paying manufacturing jobs that have boosted GDP to higher than expected numbers. As a member of the House Financial Services Committee, I have worked to strike down executive branch regulations that unnecessarily harm consumers, small banks and the economy through the utilization of the Congressional Review Act,

which allows Congress to vote down federal agency regulations that are causing damage both intentionally and unintentionally. Coupled with the executive branch’s executive orders, we are witnessing record low unemployment rates and businesses investing in their employees and our nation’s economy, bringing consumer confidence to hover near an 18-year high. In fact, our economy is doing so well that right now there are more available jobs than people available to fill the positions. Now, more than ever, we need workers who have the skills to succeed in a 21st-century economy. It is critical we ensure access to career and technical education so all Americans who wish to work can thrive in a high-skill marketplace. During my time in Congress, I secured passage of important legislation like the STEM Education Act, which provides federal funding towards STEM programs in our schools, and I remain committed to forwarding programs that better prepare students for the 21st-century workplace. No matter how much progress is ever made, there will Zeldin always be important work still to do. One great area for further improvement is with America’s role in the global economy where opportunities to sell American goods are limitless and trade imbalances must be better addressed. Renegotiating NAFTA, pursuing advantageous bilateral trade deals and effectively pushing back on highly problematic Chinese policies are all critical with this effort. Increasing GDP, boosting trade surpluses and exporting American goods all while creating good-paying American jobs help to strengthen our economy and security. Lee Zeldin is a Shirley resident and the U.S. Representative for New York’s 1st Congressional District, seeking a third term in November.


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Opinion

Editorial

Attacks on the free press must stop

Below is an editorial written by Judy Patrick, the New York Press Association’s vice president for editorial development. We’ve been complacent. We thought everybody knew how important a free press was to our world and that all this talk about us being the enemy of the people would be dismissed for the silliness that it is. But the reckless attacks have continued, instigated and encouraged by our president. When the leader of the free world works to erode the public’s trust in the media, the potential for damage is enormous, both here and abroad. We once set an example of free and open government for the world to follow. Now those who seek to suppress the free flow of information are doing so with impunity. The time has come for us to stand up to the bullying. The role journalism plays in our free society is too crucial to allow this degradation to continue. We aren’t the enemy of the people. We are the people. We aren’t fake news. We are your news and we struggle night and day to get the facts right. On bitter cold January nights, we’re the people’s eyes and ears at town, village and school board meetings. We tell the stories of our communities, from the fun of a county fair to the despair a family faces when a loved one is killed. We are always by your side. We shop the same stores, attend the same churches and hike the same trails. We struggle with day care and worry about paying for retirement. In our work as journalists, our first loyalty is to you. Our work is guided by a set of principles that demand objectivity, independence, open-mindedness and the pursuit of the truth. We make mistakes, we know. There’s nothing we hate more than errors but we acknowledge them, correct them and learn from them. Our work is a labor of love because we love our country and believe we are playing a vital role in our democracy. Self-governance demands that our citizens need to be well-informed and that’s what we’re here to do. We go beyond the government-issued press release or briefing and ask tough questions. We hold people in power accountable for their actions. Some think we’re rude to question and challenge. We know it’s our obligation. People have been criticizing the press for generations. We are not perfect. But we’re striving every day to be a better version of ourselves than we were the day before. That’s why we welcome criticism. But unwarranted attacks that undermine your trust in us cannot stand. The problem has become so serious that newspapers across the nation are speaking out against these attacks in one voice this week on their editorial pages. As women’s rights pioneer and investigative journalist Ida B. Wells wrote in 1892: “The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.”

Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to rita@ tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Times of Middle Country, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

Letters to the editor

The power of a neatly folded handkerchief I am writing in response to Publisher Leah Dunaief’s “Between you and me” column in the Aug. 9 editions of TBR News Media newspapers. My father always carried a handkerchief, neatly folded, ironed by my mother. On more than one occasion he reminded me that a gentleman always carried one. While tissues or sleeves may indeed be the modern substitute, to this day I carry a handkerchief, neatly folded, ironed by my wife. I do so for sanitary reasons as well as to honor my

father’s memory. Your confession of unintentional “pilfering” the officer’s handkerchief brought to mind a family story that always elicited laughter. My father was employed by Newsday as its classified advertising department manager. Many, if not all, of his immediate co-workers were women operators whose job it was to take advertising copy over the telephone. From time to time my father had to call one of the women into his office to convey the bad news that she was being

fired. When that message elicited tears, dad offered the distraught ex-employee his neatly folded handkerchief, ironed by my mother. Inevitably, the fired operator left the building with dad’s handkerchief clutched in her hand or tucked in her handbag. If nothing else, the voluminous turnover of handkerchiefs always provided the family with ideas for holiday and birthday gifts. Thanks for the memory. Barry Warren Port Jefferson

Trump’s trade policies are hurting America On Tuesday, July 24, President Donald Trump announced plans to provide $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers harmed by his trade policies. Just so we all are clear, this means that the president started a trade war which hurt farmers because of retaliatory tariffs on soybeans and pork, and in response the president offers the farmers welfare which is paid for with money he’s borrowing from the countries (e.g., China) he started the trade war with. So instead of profiting from the sale of American food to China, Trump’s trade policy has the U.S. paying money (interest) to China while U.S. farmers become dependent on our government. The criticism of the president’s trade policy is not only coming from the political

left. Members of his own party have said on the record: • “If tariffs punish farmers, the answer is not welfare for farmers — the answer is remove the tariffs,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); • “This trade war is cutting the legs out from under farmers and White House’s ‘plan’ is to spend $12 billion on gold crutches. America’s farmers don’t want to be paid to lose — they want to win by feeding the world,” Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.). Trump responded to these critiques by saying “be a little patient.” It would be easier to be patient if the president’s Republican policies of tax cuts for the wealthy and increased spending were working to greatly expand the

economy and pay down the debt. In 2017 Trump pledged to eliminate the national debt over a period of eight years. But here we are a year and a half into his presidency, and the national debt surpassed $21 trillion for the first-time ever. So far, a year and a half in, Republicans have managed to increase our debt and our deficit, with no gains in real wages for working Americans. Color me unimpressed by Trump, Zeldin and the Republican leadership in Congress. So forgive me, Mr. President, if I have trouble being patient when you spend $12 billion on welfare to farmers who are harmed by your policies, and continue to raise the national debt. Jaymie Meliker Port Jefferson

Zeldin campaigns at taxpayers’ expense On Aug. 11, I received in the mail a campaign flyer from U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley). It would require more space than is available to debunk every one of the misleading claims it makes. But my attention was particularly drawn to the fine print on the reverse, “This mailing was prepared, published, and mailed at taxpayer expense.” Since I am neither a registered Republican nor on Zeldin’s contact list, I presume this campaign flyer was sent to the household of every registered voter in our district. So how many households is that: 100,000? Or 200,000? Or 300,000? And exactly how much of the taxpayers’ money is being used to mail this campaign ad out,

never mind in its preparation and printing? There’s one particularly absurd claim made by this campaign flyer: That Zeldin has held hundreds of meetings and public forums for constituents to ask questions. The truth is that he has refused to hold a single traditional town hall meeting during this session of Congress. The one supposed public town hall he did hold was tightly controlled. Questions had to be submitted in advance, they were screened, they were read out (sometimes in modified form) by a local GOP politician, not by the constituent asking the question, and no follow-up questions were allowed. The so-called telephone town halls, which Zeldin uses to replace real town halls, are

nothing more than tightly controlled conference calls in which he takes screened questions and again permits no follow-up or dialogue. Why is Zeldin so afraid to explain his record and his views to his constituents in an open, public, unscreened forum? Is he afraid they might force him to answer some tough questions about his record? Is that prospect so frightening? And why is he instead using his constituents’ tax money to print and mail campaign propaganda designed to mislead them about his record? David Friedman St. James

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.


August 16, 2018 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A19

Opinion

A satirical page from a beleaguered attorney general’s diary

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ith great power comes great criticism. The following is a hypothetical diary entry from beleaguered Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who faces routine presidential ire: I don’t know how much longer I can take this. It’s not fair. Yes, I know my boss is angry, defensive and frustrated, but D. None he’s always pickof the above ing on me, calling BY DANIEL DUNAIEF me names. I think he wants to get rid of me. The other day, he called me “scared stiff” and “missing in action.”

Gosh, that doesn’t sound nice, now, does it? What’s worse? He didn’t say it to my face: He wrote it on Twitter, where the whole world can see his feelings. I’ve been turning the other cheek all this time, but I’m running out of cheeks. What can I do? Maybe I’ll develop a new hobby. I’ll practice that “lock her up” chant that tickles me so. I won’t do it in public. When I’m alone in my soundproof shower, I can say it quietly. I can get a small doll and look down on it, terrifying it the way my boss tries to intimidate me. I was confirmed as attorney general by a 52-47 vote in the Senate. Now, I know it’s not quite as stunning and exciting as that electoral college win by the guy who keeps insulting me, but it’s still pretty cool and it was a close vote. You don’t hear me telling everyone about the 52 votes I got, the way my boss repeats, all these months later, that he got 304 electoral college votes.

I’m working hard, even though I recused myself from that Russia investigation. I’m just not sure how much more of these harsh insults I can take. I could resign. I could ride away from this situation into something much more fun and less stressful, like zip lining over an alligator pit. I’m just kidding, of course. There are no alligator pit zip lines but there are some people I’d like to see trying that. “Lock her up, lock her up!” Wait, I got distracted. I’m serving my country, but it just doesn’t seem rewarding. So, today, I did an internet search, “What to do if your boss is out to get you,” and I found an article in TopResume, a professional résumé service. It said I should evaluate the situation and see if I’m doing enough. Well, yeah, I am, so check on me, right? Or, maybe, check plus. Then, it said I should understand my boss’s issues and communication style, and it linked to another article that suggested ways to neutralize

a Machiavellian boss. It said I should present my ideas in a way that allows him to take credit. So far, I’m not sure I’ve done that. Then it says I should give him credit but, again, I don’t know what he wants credit for? My boss also seems like a seagull at times, diving in, depositing steaming piles of advice and then taking off, leaving the rest of us to clean up his mess. Now, I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but this sounds a bit like my boss. I’m also supposed to create a written record so I can go to human resources. I’m not sure what HR office I could approach these days. I’ll say one thing for Twitter: It sure does allow me to keep track of all the things he’s said about me. Oh, and it also suggested I see the situation as a learning opportunity, helping me be a better boss. I guess if I were ever in his shoes, I wouldn’t need to criticize people publicly. That’s it for now, diary. Until tomorrow, that is, when he attacks me again.

A reader responds with a tale of mercy from California Dear Leah, My wife and I enjoy your weekly opinion pieces, and we especially enjoyed your column about a police encounter (“Techniques for avoiding traffic tickets,” Aug. 9). It rekindled the memory of our encounter, 55 years ago, with the California Highway Patrol.

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BY CHUCK DARLING n January 1963, while employed by the Gyrodyne helicopter company in St. James, I was “volunteered“ by the owner, Peter Papadakos, to lead a team of engineers and electronic technicians to assist the U.S. Navy fleet in Coronado, California, installing our drone helicopters on Navy ships. This assignment was to last six months, so Nancy and I packed up the four kids, (ages 5, 4, 3 and 1), and the dog, locked up the house and flew to San Diego. After we had settled in for a month, Nancy’s folks decided that they could use some time away from the brutal winter weather in

Illinois, so they drove to San Diego to warm up and to see their grandbabies. Whilst there they volunteered to stay with the rug rats for a long weekend, so we could have a respite from parenting. This was a godsend for Nance, for, other than the occasional movie, she hadn’t had a break from the kids for more than five years. She immediately contacted some friends that we knew from the University of Illinois who had settled in Southern California, and set up a long weekend in Las Vegas. Nancy’s folks had driven their 1958, fin-tailed Cadillac from Illinois, and since it had air conditioning, they thought it would be more comfortable for us to drive in it through the desert to Vegas than in the used Volkswagen Beetle which I had bought in San Diego. We gratefully accepted their offer. On a Friday morning in February, we kissed the kids goodbye, and headed east for Las Vegas. Driving the Caddy was like flying a plane — it was quiet, comfortable and fast. It was very

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easy to let the speed creep up, as the road was flat and very few cars were evident, especially when compared with traffic on Long Island. As I noticed the speedometer at 80, I also noticed in the rear-view mirror, a California Highway Patrol car approaching with his bubble light flashing. Oh, no! I pulled over and the smartly dressed officer approached and said, “You were going a little fast there.” I told him that we were headed for Vegas for a long weekend, the first time for the two of us to be away from kids together, and we were giddy to get to the palaces of pleasure in Vegas. He asked to see my driver’s license, and I handed over my New York license. He said, “Why a New York license?” I told him I was on a temporary work assignment in San Diego, and hadn’t bothered to change it for a California permit. He said, “But you are driving a car with Illinois plates.” I said it was my father-inlaw’s car. He was visiting us from Illinois and the old folks were sitting with the kids back in Chula Vista while we were in Vegas. He asked to see the

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car’s registration, and I told him that I had forgotten to get it from Nancy’s dad before we left. He had this incredulous, bewildered look on his face and just stared at me for the longest time — it seemed like an hour. Finally, he said, “I’m going to have to let you go with a warning.” I almost wet my pants with joy. But, since the CHP wasn’t known for its benevolence, I asked him, “Why?” He said, “Because a judge would lock you up forever if I wrote you up. You’re driving 80 miles an hour on a California highway; you have a New York driver’s license; you’re driving a car with Illinois plates on it — and you don’t possess the car’s registration. You would never get out of jail. Somehow, someway, I believe everything you’ve told me, but I’m not sure a judge would. Just get out of here, just leave.” As I watched him walking back to his patrol car, he was quietly shaking his head as though he had seen everything now. Originally published in Ferry Tales, a Jefferson’s Ferry publication.

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