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of Middle Country The TIMES Serving CentereaCh Selden northern lake grove Volume 11, No. 40 February 4, 2016 $1.00 Buddy up Suffolk County Executive discusses the benefits of mentorship programs. PAGE A5 Photo by Alex Petroski Above groundhog Holtsville Hal is presented to his adoring fans. Read the article and see more photos on A7 . Good-bye Winter. Hello Spring By giSelle Barkley After four decades the government is finally up- dating the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 with partial thanks to Brookhav- en Town officials. President Gerald Ford signed the act decades ago to regulate the introduction of new chemicals into soci- ety, excluding those found in food, pesticides, tobacco, firearms, drugs and cosmet- ics. The act gave the United States Environmental Pro- tection Agency the authority to require documentation of chemical substances to de- termine if the chemical is hazardous to humans. The 62,000 chemicals that exist- ed before 1976 were grand- fathered into the act and deemed safe for humans and the act wasn’t updated until last year. The government amended the act with Toxic Substances Control Modernization Act of 2015. Its bill, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act updates the act and re- quires the EPA to establish a risk-based screening process for new chemicals. Supervi- sor Ed Romaine (R) and his fellow town board officials proposed the bill, which states the EPA must deter- mine if a certain amount of old or new chemicals are safe for humans by a certain deadline. The EPA will rep- rimand manufacturers who don’t comply with safety requirements by restricting or prohibiting the creation, processing, distribution and disposal of new chemicals. The EPA did not return requests seeking comment by press time. According to Romaine, the uptick in cancer cases, particularly breast cancer on the North Shore, over the years was troubling. With advancements in science Town helps revise toxic chemical bill Photo by Giselle Barkley According to Supervisor Ed Romaine harmful chemicals are also found in telephone poles. CHEMICALS continued on page A10 Buying/ Selling Ardolino.com LongIslandHomeConnecon.com 631-941-4300 John Denver tribute at Theatre Three Also: Review of ‘The Revenant,’ BNL Science Bowl winners PAGE B1

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of Middle CountryThe TIMES

Serving CentereaCh • Selden • northern lake groveVolume 11, No. 40 February 4, 2016 $1.00

Buddy upSuffolk County Executive discusses the

benefits of mentorship programs.pagE a5

photo by alex petroskiAbove groundhog Holtsville Hal is presented to his adoring fans. Read the article and see more photos on A7.

Good-bye Winter. Hello Spring

By giSelle Barkley

After four decades the government is finally up-dating the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 with partial thanks to Brookhav-en Town officials.

President Gerald Ford signed the act decades ago to regulate the introduction of new chemicals into soci-ety, excluding those found in food, pesticides, tobacco, firearms, drugs and cosmet-ics. The act gave the United States Environmental Pro-tection Agency the authority to require documentation of chemical substances to de-termine if the chemical is

hazardous to humans. The 62,000 chemicals that exist-ed before 1976 were grand-fathered into the act and deemed safe for humans and the act wasn’t updated until last year.

The government amended the act with Toxic Substances Control Modernization Act of 2015. Its bill, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act updates the act and re-quires the EPA to establish a risk-based screening process for new chemicals. Supervi-sor Ed Romaine (R) and his fellow town board officials proposed the bill, which states the EPA must deter-

mine if a certain amount of old or new chemicals are safe for humans by a certain deadline. The EPA will rep-rimand manufacturers who don’t comply with safety requirements by restricting or prohibiting the creation, processing, distribution and disposal of new chemicals.

The EPA did not return requests seeking comment by press time.

According to Romaine, the uptick in cancer cases, particularly breast cancer on the North Shore, over the years was troubling. With advancements in science

Town helps revise toxic chemical bill

photo by giselle BarkleyAccording to Supervisor Ed Romaine harmful chemicals are also found in telephone poles.

CHEMICaLS continued on page a10

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Simulated sports hit North Shore industrial parkBY Phil Corso

The sports are simulated, but the uniqueness of this new Hauppauge busi-ness is very much real.

Simplay, located at 180 Commerce Drive, opened its doors back in Novem-ber in the heart of the Hauppauge Indus-trial Park as Long Island’s largest simulat-ed sports arena, but its offerings go much further than just virtual driving ranges. Former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Wyllie, who opened Simplay alongside co-owner Chuck Merritt, said his business has wide appeal to the full gamut of people in the greater Smithtown community, acting as place to blow off steam in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, kids’ birth-day parties, baby showers, corporate events and more.

“Chuck and I shared a vision of bring-ing an unprecedented simulated sports and indoor country club offering to the Long Island community,” Wyllie said. “We’ve worked hard and built the stadium, so to speak, and are confident the players will want to come.”

Simplay is a 15,000-square-foot space filled with simulators that customers can rent on an hourly basis either in-store or online. But when they are not golfing, pa-trons can also kick back in front of any of the 14 high definition televisions through-out the facility, or hit the fully stocked bar near the front entrance.

For the average businessperson spend-ing their time at the industrial park, Sim-play serves as a place to blend work and

play, Wyllie said. Deals could virtually be brokered over a leisurely game of virtual golf, or over the facility’s indoor putting green.

For the recreational golfer, Simplay boasts its array of 87 different Professional Golfers’ Association courses to hone skills on, whether it’s during a lunch hour or af-ter hours.

“There are only a few places on Long Is-land with golf simulators, but nobody has the multi-sport applications that we do,” Merritt said. “We hope to be that go-to des-tination on Long Island.”

For the family, there is even more up for grabs, Wyllie said. In an attempt to keep the young ones occupied while the “grown-ups” work on their strokes, simulators could be transformed into virtual hockey arenas, football games or even zombie dodgeball bouts.

“It’s a big deal to people to know that we are very serious about golfing,” Wyllie said. “But all these others things we offer are important because they take this out of seasonality and allow anyone to let loose.”

In the back of Simplay, Wyllie and his partner Merritt crafted two VIP rooms and a 4,000-square-foot venue room they said was ideal for business meetings and corporate functions. It’s enough options to make someone’s head spin, but the co-owners said that was the goal, because their facility was multifaceted for different uses.

And to keep the community ties strong, Simplay has already reached out to various golf teams based out of Smithtown schools as a potential place to host practices and

team events, Wyllie said. Such things, he said, could lead to more collaborative plans like golf leagues and more to attract pa-trons from not only Smithtown, but greater Long Island.

“There is a tremendous need for some-thing like this in this community, we be-lieve,” he said. “We haven’t even tapped into 50 percent of what we can offer since opening yet. There’s more to come.”

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By Elana Glowatz

Port Jefferson Village honored five code enforcement officers on Monday night who officials say went above the call of duty to serve the community.

Two helped save an overdosing man’s life, one attempted to revive a car crash victim, another thwarted a burglary and a lieutenant protected the village during the recent heavy snowstorm. The board of trustees presented them with proclama-tions for their service to cheers from the audience at Village Hall.

Gina Savoie was commended for preventing a break-in at a home in the Harbor Hills area earlier this month af-ter she saw suspicious activity and called for police assistance. According to code bureau Chief Wally Tomaszewski, two Coram residents were arrested for loiter-ing as a result.

Paul Barbato, who received a procla-mation last year for reviving a man in car-diac arrest at a Port Jefferson restaurant, was honored again Monday for attempt-ing to save a Belle Terre man trapped in-

side a Lamborghini that had crashed into a pole on East Broadway. Barbato, the first on the scene of the mid-December crash near High Street, got inside the car and performed CPR.

Although his attempt ultimately

proved unsuccessful, he “tried desperately to save his life,” Tomaszewski said in a previous interview. “Believe me, his boots were filled with blood.”

A couple of weeks later, James Mur-docco and John Vinicombe responded

to an opioid overdose at the Islandwide Taxi stand near the Port Jefferson Long Island Rail Road station. Mayor Margot Garant said Monday that the officers were told the young victim was dead, and they found no pulse or respiration. Murdocco and Vinicombe each administered the anti-overdose medication Narcan and Murdocco performed CPR.

The man regained consciousness and “became violent,” she said, and had to be restrained.

Garant added an unplanned honor to Monday night’s affair, commending Lt. John Borrero for his work during the bliz-zard, commonly dubbed Winter Storm Jonas, that hit Long Island hard on Jan. 23.

“I cannot tell you what this one gentle-man did, on tour all day, making sure our streets are safe, shutting down roads, calling other code enforcement officers in during a massive blizzard — he’s out there helping employees get to work at St. Charles Hospital,” the mayor said. “Your service to this community is just invalu-able, John. I cannot tell you the amount of respect you earned that night.”

By Elana Glowatz

Police will execute more search warrants and make more arrests at known hotspots for drug activity under a new initiative of-ficials announced over the weekend.

The same day police arrested a father and son and seized more than a kilogram of drugs from the father’s home, the Suf-folk County Police Department said it is focusing more on shutting down houses in residential areas where drug activity is sus-pected to be taking place.

That father-son pair was nabbed on Jan. 29, police said, after investigators executed a search warrant on a Coram home and found 730 grams of cocaine, 318 grams of heroin, 36 grams of oxycodone and $200,000 in cash. It was just the most re-cent in a string of busts through the initia-tive, which uses detectives from the Special Operations Team “to work with residents to obtain information on who is dealing and where,” according to an SCPD statement. “Armed with that information, detectives will be executing more search warrants of drug houses and making felony arrests at those locations.”

The effort is “fueled in part by residents’ complaints,” the SCPD said in the recent press release.

Police officials at a Jan. 26 civic meeting at the Comsewogue Public Library in Port Jefferson Station had reported raids at three local drug houses in the week leading up to the meeting, two in Gordon Heights and one in Centereach. At the latter location, 6th Precinct Inspector Bill Murphy said, cops busted a repeat offender and caught

him with 4 ounces of cocaine and 2 ounces of heroin.

“He’s going away for a long time,” Mur-phy said.

In the police department’s announce-ment of its new initiative, it said investiga-tors had executed nine search warrants in the several weeks since the effort started, seizing thousands of grams of drugs — in-cluding crack cocaine and heroin — as well as seven guns, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and drug paraphernalia.

“This new narcotics initiative will target residences where drug dealing is occurring,” Acting Police Commissioner Tim Sini said in a statement. “Drug houses in our neigh-borhoods degrade our sense of community, public safety and quality of life.”

In the Jan. 29 bust, 40-year-old Joseph Fearon, who police said lived at the Avalon Pines Drive home, was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, four counts of third-degree criminal possession and two counts of second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

Fearon’s attorney, Central Islip-based Glenn Obedin, did not return a call seeking a comment on his client.

The defendant’s son, 23-year-old Jash-eme Fearon, a Middle Island resident, was charged with fifth-degree criminal posses-sion of a controlled substance and second-degree criminal impersonation. Police also said that he was arrested on a New York State parole warrant and a bench warrant.

Attorney information for the younger Fearon was not available.

Drug activity can create spikes in other

types of crimes. At the civic meeting last week in the Comsewogue library, Murphy said overall crime has dropped in his pre-cinct but heroin arrests have doubled in the last five years — from 148 in 2011 to 298 last year — and the addicts are behind many of the area’s burglaries and robberies.

“Unfortunately, a lot of the serious crimes we have are driven by drug abuse: [The perpetrators are] addicted to heroin and they’re so addicted to it, they have to get money to go and buy these drugs,” he said.

He and Officer Will Gibaldi invited Port Jefferson Station and Terryville residents at the civic meeting, including some who ex-pressed their frustrations and fears relating

to local drug activity, to reach out to them if they have a problem in their neighbor-hoods.

“If you contact me with a problem, you will get a response,” the inspector said. “You will not be ignored.”

The police’s new drug-house initiative is likewise geared toward responding to com-munity members’ concerns.

“Working together with our law enforce-ment partners and sharing information is imperative to getting dangerous drugs off our streets and out of our communities,” Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said in a statement about the crackdown on community drug dealing. “If you see some-thing, say something.”

Search and seizurePolice tout new initiative to shut down drug dens

Photo from SCPDPolice say they seized drugs, at top, and cash, Joseph Fearon, left, at his home in Coram last week.

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Photo by Elana Glowatzabove, from left, James Murdocco, John Vinicombe, Paul Barbato and Gina Savoie pose with their proclamations. Below, lt. John Borrero is honored.

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Photo by Giselle Barkley Bellone meets students and their mentors at Stony Brook University.

By GiSelle Barkley

Mentors are making a new mark on Stony Brook University thanks to a county program.

Working alongside Mentor New York, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) rolled out the county’s newest mentoring program at Stony Brook University’s Center for Molecular Medicine on Jan. 29. In the company of students and staff, Bellone said the county kicked off the mentoring program to help area newcomers navigate their way through county politics and education.

While the program is in its early stages, its public announcement came in light of National Mentoring Month in January. Bellone met with six students, men-tors, and faculty on Friday to also discuss the impor-tance of mentors for the young adults majoring in sci-ence related fields.

“The benefits of [mentoring] are absolutely amaz-ing,” Bellone said during the meeting. “From a bet-ter academic performance, better economic prospects, better statistics ... the list goes on and on.”

Mentors were key to the success of Michelle Olak-kengil, a junior at Stony Brook who said she discovered her passions with a mentor’s help. Olakkengil shifted from conducting research in obstetrics and gynecol-ogy to pursuing her passion for public speaking by working hand-in-hand with a more experienced peer.

“Having these mentors can really boost a student’s personal development,” Olakkengil said. “I was able to find out more about myself.”

She is currently applying for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, which supports graduates and the devel-opment of students like Olakkengil, who are commit-ted to public service leadership through mentoring.

While sophomore Amna Haider is more science-minded, she said her mentors helped her tackle dif-ferent machinery and tools that helped her to better understand engineering. She said that applying past knowledge was key for her area of study and that les-son was only learned via mentorship.

For 32-year-old Daniel Irizarry, the university’s mentorship program hit home.

Irizarry left his family business in construction to attend Stony Brook University and will pursue his doctorate in genetics after he graduates this summer. But he said the reality of leaving a family-run business made it more stressful to adapt to life as a student.

“If it hadn’t been for the mentorship, I don’t think I’d be able to succeed,” said Irizarry about his mentor Jennie Williams. “It can be pretty difficult navigat-ing these kinds of things, especially when you have a family.”

The mentorship program at the university is an ex-ample of what Bellone said he hopes to do in his of-fice in the coming months. According to Maureen La-garde, special events and donor management specialist at Mentor New York, Bellone’s office contacted her or-ganization with hopes of finding ways to participate in January’s mentoring awareness month.

She added that Bellone’s initiative sets “an exam-ple for other government departments and businesses alike.” Currently, Mentor New York is helping around 57,000 youths with its more than 400 programs. Orga-nizations or individuals can contact Mentor New York to either create a mentoring program or to find a pro-gram that best suits their needs.

“When you’re growing up, you don’t want to listen to adults,” Bellone said. “[But] to get where you want to be [you have] to talk to people who’ve been down that road before. That’s why this [mentorship program] is so wonderful.”

Bellone visits SBU as students buddy up

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POLICE BLOTTER Incidents and arrests from Jan. 25- Jan. 29

iTunes ransomBetween Jan. 27 and 30, someone called

an older woman saying that her son was involved in a car crash in the Dominican Republic and arrested. The men on the phone demanded money from her. Police said the woman was in a Stony Brook Rite Aid when she received the call and even though Rite Aid employees told the lady it was a scam, she paid the men $12,000 in iTunes gift cards.

Not too saintlyAn unidentified person stole several

bank cards from someone at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson on Jan. 28.

Fit for a criminalOn Jan. 28, between 2:45 and 3 p.m.,

someone stole a woman’s car keys from her jacket at LA Fitness on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station.

Overlooking jailA 27-year-old man from Port Jefferson

Station was arrested for criminal posses-sion of stolen property on Jan. 25, after he stole a cell phone on Overlook Pass Road in Port Jefferson. He was nabbed at the scene.

Bank crankPolice arrested a man from Cente-

reach for identity theft for allegedly us-ing another man’s identification to open three Bank of America accounts be-tween Aug. 18 and 31 of last year. Police arrested the 54-year-old suspect at his own residence on Jan. 28.

Out of controlOn Jan. 27 at 1 p.m., police arrested

a 31-year-old man from Centereach for criminal possession of a controlled sub-stance. Authorities said the man was in the front passenger seat of a 2006 Honda when police saw him conduct a drug transaction. He was arrested on Middle Country Road.

Police arrested a woman from Wad-ing River on Jan. 27 for criminal pos-session of controlled substances after pulling over her 1996 Ford Thunderbird on Prince Road in Rocky Point. The 30-year-old was found in possession of cocaine. She was arrested at the scene.

Headphone heistA man from Shirley was arrested on

Jan. 26 for petit larceny after police said the 46-year-old stole three sets of head-

phones from a store on Horseblock Road in Selden on Jan. 7 and 9. Police arrested him on Middle Country Road.

TargetedPolice arrested a 64-year-old man

from Queens for petit larceny when he stole merchandise from the Target on Pond Path in South Setauket on Jan. 30.

Jamaica me crazyOn Jan. 29, police arrested a man

from Jamaica for driving while abil-ity impaired. Police had pulled over the 21-year-old after he failed to maintain his lane while driving west on Smith-town Bypass in a 2004 Hyundai.

Fraud is a full-time jobA 53-year-old woman from Port Jef-

ferson Station was arrested for fraud, a few years after her alleged crime. Between May 23, 2011, and June 3, 2012, police said, she was collecting unemployment even while she had a job. Police arrested her on Jan. 27 at the Walmart on Nescon-set Highway in Setauket.

Put a ring on itBetween Jan. 24 and 26, someone en-

tered a residence on Sweetgum Lane in Miller Place and stole a ring.

Cab crimeOn Jan. 29 at 10:15 p.m., someone

took money from a drawer at the Island-wide taxi stand on Main Street in Port Jefferson.

Leafing the sceneSomeone stole two leaf blowers from a

residence on Kings Walk in Rocky Point. Police said the incident happened be-tween Jan. 27 and 29.

When push comes to shoveOn Jan. 29, two unidentified men got

into a verbal and physical fight, pushing and shoving one another on Route 25A in East Shoreham. Police said both men decided not to press charges.

Mirror, mirrorAn unknown person damaged the

side-view mirror of a 2002 Honda parked on Bonnybill Drive in Centereach. The incident happened on Jan. 29 around 11:08 p.m.

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To the delight of about 100 people in at-tendance on Tuesday, it was announced that famed Brookhaven groundhog Holts-ville Hal did not see his shadow, indicating spring would come early this year.

Hal made his yearly Groundhog Day ap-pearance at Brookhaven Town’s Holtsville

Wildlife and Ecology center at about 7:30 a.m., before a crowd with fresh memories of being walloped with more than 2 feet of snow in a recent blizzard.

Tradition says that if Hal — or, as he’s known in the Town of Brookhaven as a throwback to the classic Bill Murray movie “Groundhog Day,” the Great Prognosticator of Prognosticators — sees his shadow when he wakes from hibernation on Ground-hog Day, the community is in for six more weeks of winter.

“As I stood by my burrow and looked to

the ground, there was no shadow for me to be found,” town Highway Superintendent Dan Losquadro (R) read from a large scroll as Hal was presented to the mass of onlook-ers. “So kids and their families, put away your sleds and snow blowers.” There were raucous cheers.

Holtsville Hal was handled by Greg Drossel as he posed for photos with Master of Ceremonies Wayne Carrington, Coun-cilmembers Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Stanate tion), Dan Panico (R-Manorville) and Neil Foley (R-Blue Point),

Holtsville Fire Department volunteers and many others. He even posed for a selfie with one young admirer.

Last year, Hal also predicted an early spring. This time he might be right, if only just for Tuesday, as those who woke up early to attend were treated to a mild, sunny morning by the time the groundhog made his much-anticipated appearance.

With the viewers in good spirits, Car-rington reminded the crowd to do whatever they could to the ecology center to support its programs.

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Photos by Alex Petroski From right to left: Hal takes in the sun with handler Greg Drossel and Master of Ceremonies Wayne Carrington; and kids play in celebratory streamers.

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On Dec. 18, the Middle Country Public Library in Centereach hosted American Library Association Presi-dent Sari Feldman, who addressed Long Island library directors about the ALA Libraries Transform Campaign.

Middle Country Public Library Director Sophia Serlis-McPhillips

explained the merits of the program.“The purpose of the campaign is to

increase public awareness of the ways that libraries of all types transform people’s lives and our communities, shift perception of the library from ‘obsolete’ or ‘nice to have’ to essen-tial,” she said.

Arthur RabyArthur John Raby, of Centereach,

died on Dec. 26, 2015.He was the beloved husband for

more than 52 years of Margaret Jean; loving father of Arthur, Debo-rah (Patrick) Buckley and Michael (Kimberly); cherished grandfather of Amanda, Arthur, Jennifer, Pat-rick, Brian, Brandon and Katelyn; and devoted brother of Ronald and Rene Pufahl.

Arrangements were entrusted to O.B. Davis Funeral Home in Cente-reach. A Mass was celebrated at As-sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary R.C. Church in Centereach and in-terment followed in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram.

His family requested donations to the American Lung Association or the American Heart Association.

An online guest book is available at www.obdaviscentereach.com.

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Photos from Middle Country school district Top left, students pull each other on sleds. Top right, students use carpet square cut-outs to simulate ice skating. Bottom left, a student uses a “fishing rod” to catch magical fish.

Photo from Middle Country Public Library From left to right, Kevin Verbesey, director, Suffolk Cooperative Library System; Sari Feldman, ALA president; Sophia Serlis-McPhillips, director; and Ryan Gessner, assistant director, Middle Country Public Library

Kindergarten students at Middle Country’s Unity Drive Pre-K/Kinder-garten Center built strength, endurance, coordination and motor planning skills in a Winter Wonderland during gym classes. Students moved from station to station, riding sleds and toboggans, “ice skating,” “fishing” in a “frozen lake,” throwing “snowballs” and sliding down “Unity Hill.”

Completing these activities helped en-courage active learning at a young age. Students pulled their classmates in to-boggans and sleds attached to scooters; used carpet squares to simulate ice skat-ing; fished in a frozen lake using fishing rods, metal washers and magnets; threw white balls to simulate snowballs; and went for a sled ride down Unity Hill us-ing scooters and snow disks. 

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There were around 142.7 cases of cancer in Suffolk County between 2000 and 2004 according to the Na-tional Cancer Institute. The cases increased to around 528 per 100,000 people between 2008 and 2012 ac-cording to the cancer institute’s State Cancer Profiles.

County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), who has focused on the environment and its health effects for more than a decade, said these chemi-cals could be particularly harmful to children and their health.

“When you’re exposed to some-thing when you’re growing up ... it stays in your body,” Anker said. “As

you get older something may set off the cancer...It takes decades some-times for cancer to evolve.”

In a 2008-2009 study from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, scientists found 300 pollutants in the umbilical cord blood of newborn babies. According to the study, children are more vul-nerable to chemical pollutants in the environment because of their size and poorer immune systems.

According to Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) these chemicals are found in everyday products like soaps and toothpastes among other items used on a daily basis. There are around 85,000 chemicals that are currently in use. But Zeldin said “the f laws in TSCA have left many of these new chemicals untested and unregulated.”

While Zeldin said the government should update important bills like TSCA, it’s common for some acts to go untouched for several years while others are updated almost annually.

“There are certainly examples of both extremes,” Zeldin said. “TSCA happens to be an example of one of those bills that really should have been updated many years ago, if not decades ago.”

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By Bill landon

It took three overtime periods to decide the Comsewogue girls’ basketball team’s fate Saturday, when the Warriors fell to Westhampton, 59-57, after both teams were deadlocked at 41 points apiece at the end of regulation.

“We all wanted it so bad,” Comsewogue junior Sam Collins said of winning the game. “We wanted to come out and have a good last home game. We all just gave it our all. We hit some key shots, but I never thought it would go to three overtimes.”

The Warriors broke out to a 10-2 lead ear-ly in the game before the Hurricanes picked up speed, taking a one-point lead into the second quarter. Comsewogue battled back to outscore its opponent 13-7 over the next eight minutes, to take a 25-20 advantage into the halftime break.

Westhampton scored five unanswered points to tie the game at 25-25, but Collins went to the line shooting two and swished both to help her team edge ahead 27-25 with just under four minutes left in the third.

In the final seconds of the period, with the game retied at 32-32, the Hurricanes let a fall-away jumper go at the buzzer, which hit its mark to help the team edge ahead 34-32 to begin the final quarter.

Collins went to the line shooting two, and again netted both to tie the game at 34-34 with just over five minutes left in regu-lation. Collins was 9-for-10 at the charity stripe, and led her team in scoring, along with sophomore Nora Gabel. The two hit

the scoreboard with 20 points apiece.Both teams traded points while the clock

unwound, and Westhampton hit a field goal to bring the game to 41-41 with 40 seconds on the clock.

With 3.9 seconds left, Westhampton in-bounded the ball only to have it picked off by Comsewogue’s Sofia Colocho. The War-riors immediately called time out.

With time for one more play, Comse-wogue junior guard Megan Turner dribbled to the top of the key, but didn’t have a clear look. Head coach Joe Caltagirone barked from the sideline for his team to shoot the ball. Turner didn’t like the look, but let the ball fly. Her attempt just rimmed out at the buzzer, sending the game into overtime.

“It was a great effort, especially on a Sat-urday morning coming off a loss to Islip that officially eliminated us from the playoffs, but they came out with everything they had,” Caltagirone said. “Westhampton is very good. They’re stingy on defense, so getting them in foul trouble was big, and to be able to come up with some loose ball rebounds.”

Gabel was busy at the charity stripe net-ting both in her overtime appearance at the line, to help her team take a 43-41 lead with 2:47 left to play. Westhampton answered back with two points from the line, and with 43 seconds remaining, Gabel swished two more free throws to help her team re-take the lead, 45-43. The Hurricanes tried to counter with their appearance at the char-ity stripe, but split the attempts, to make it a one-point game.

Again, Gabel went to the line with two attempts, but missed her mark on one, pushing her team ahead 46-44 with 17.3 seconds on the clock.

Desperate to score in the final seconds, Westhampton tried to force a shot and ended up drawing a foul as the clock ex-pired. Westhampton senior Madison Skala matter-of-factly sank both of her shots to retie the game at 46-46, forcing a second overtime period.

Two of Westhampton’s starters fouled out to give Comsewogue an edge, but the Warriors had three players with four fouls.

At the 1:36 mark of the next four min-utes, Westhampton edged ahead 50-48 as the clock wound down to 15 seconds. Comsewogue’s final shot from the outside missed, but senior captain and forward Toni Ann Velazquez was right there with the putback to keep the Warriors alive for a final overtime session.

“I think we played a hell of a game,” Velazquez said. “Although we didn’t win, I think it was a great way to end our last home game. That our defense was able to hold them down and not foul as much as they did was very important.”

Gabel opened the third overtime period with another pair of free throws for a 52-50 advantage, but Westhampton answered

with a pair of field goals to retake the lead, 54-52. Comsewogue freshman guard Ju-lianna Watson took matters into her own hands as she muscled her way to the rim from the paint for a field goal, but the Hur-ricanes tacked on a three-point play to pull ahead 57-54 with 27 seconds left in the third overtime period.

As the clock wound down to eight sec-onds, Gabel drained a three-pointer to tie the game, and Westhampton immediately called for a timeout.

“I don’t even know what set that up,” Gabel said. “It’s not a set play, but it was pretty hectic out there, so I dribbled over and found an open shot. We needed three to tie it up, so I went for it, and luckily, it went in.”

In the little time remaining, the Hurri-

canes inbounded the ball and threw deep to the paint, finding the net as the buzzer blared to win the game 59-57. Comsewogue fell to 3-8 in League V, while Westhampton improved to 7-4.

“We had a couple of miscues early that cost us some opportunities early in the game,” Caltagirone said. “But it was a great game, a clutch shot by Nora for that three, so it was a total team effort.”

Behind scoring leaders Gabel and Col-lins, Velazquez finished with eight points while Colocho netted five. Watson and Turner rounded out the scoring banking two points each.

Comsewogue will close its season on the road on Feb. 8 against Sayville. Tipoff is at 4 p.m.

Warriors lose final home battle in triple overtimeGirls’ BasketBall

Westhampton . . . . . 59Comsewogue . . . . . . 57

Photos by Bill Landon Clockwise from above, Sam Collins makes her way to the rim, nora Gabel scores her game-tying three-pointer, and Toni ann Velazquez drives to the basket.

The Newfield girls’ basketball team hosted Smithtown East

Tuesday and edged ahead of its competition.

Newfield . . . . . . . . . . 38Smithtown East . . . . 34

The Centereach girls’ basketball team hosted North Babylon

Tuesday and outscored its opposition.

Centereach . . . . . . . . 48North Babylon . . . . . 35

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The Veterans Canteen Service located at the Northport, NY, VA Medical Center is seeking a dynamic, energetic and customer centric Operations Manager to join our management team. The ideal candidate will possess decisive leadership, strong verbal and written communica-

tion skills, with the ability to supervise store operations relating to retail, food, vending, sales, merchandising, accountability, & miscellaneous services. All facets are time sensitive points of service that require strong administrative and organizational abilities, while ensuring the highest quality ser-vice is provided to Veteran patients, visitors and VA employees.

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Business or Retail, Hotel & Restaurant Management and/or a minimum of 1 year of direct food/retail service operational management experience, e.g.,

quality assurance, budgeting, P&L management experience, & controlling labor costs. BA/BS preferred, but not required.

You may have to relocate nationally based on the needs of the service.

Beginning Salary: $32,637 - $36,989 USD Annually

Bene� ts: we o� er Federal retirement package, health and life insurance, vacation and sick days, ten paid holidays, and 401K plan.

How to Apply: Email your current resume [email protected]

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WanteDLongtime successful salesperson retiring from

Times Beacon Record News Media, leaving behind well established accounts.

If you are a good communicator with a spring in your step, and you want to earn a good living,

please call Kathryn at 631.751.7744©92232

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P/T VILLAGE CLERKVillage of Old Field� ree days per week

Monday, Tuesday & � ursday – 9 am - 3 pmIdeal candidates will have experience and knowledge

of government operations and procedures, recordkeeping and document management, in a government or comparable

private-sector setting. Excellent written and oral communication skills essential. Computer pro� ciency

with various technologies required. Competitive salary commensurate with quali� cations. Interested parties should send a letter and resume in con� dence indicating experience and quali� cations

to Lynda Howell at villageclerk@old� eldny.orgor call 631-941-9412.

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VETERINARYASSISTANT

FT/PT

Experience preferred, but will train.Fax resume to:631.757.3973

or come in to fi ll out an application.Fort Salonga

Animal Hospital10-1B Fort Salonga Rd.Fort Salonga, NY 11768

631.261.0610

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With reception duties.

Full-time position.3 years of surgicalexperience a must.

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Westy is the � nest self storage in America. We have a career opportunity

at our new East Northport Center. Applicants must love serving people at the

highest level. Can lead to management position. At Westy, we value integrity

and a passion for getting things done. Enjoy working with quality people in our beautiful new building. Salary, bonuses

& commissions. Medical & 401k bene� ts.

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will be hosting a Job Fair at our Wading River Campus on Friday, February 5, 2016 from 10 am - 3 pm

NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARYDAY HAB WORKERS-MON-FRI 8:45AM - 2:45PM

DIRECT CARE WORKERS-EVENING, O/N & WEEKENDSCHILD CARE WORKERS-EVENINGS, O/N & WEEKENDSREQ. VALID NYS DRIVER’S LICENSE AND HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

2450 North Wading River Road Building #21, Wading River, NY 11792(631) 929-6200 (P) (631) 929-6203 (F)

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E. Setauket OFFICE

ASSISTANTPart-Time

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experience required.Call Dr. Karl George

1pm-3pm631.751.0900

Fax resume: 751.0901or email:

[email protected]

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with Driver & ShovelerProof of clean license.

Valid insurance, background check.

Must be available 2 hours before snow stops for up to

24 hours. Reference help wanted.

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Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River, NY seeks

Send resume to [email protected] or fax to 631.929.6203 EOE

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Direct Care Workers for our Wading River Location – P/T and Per Diem to work with our OPWDD Adult population in a residential setting.

Cottage Supervisor –F/T for our Youth Residential Program in Wading River. BA and Supervisory Exp.

Child Care Worker -F/T, P/T and Per Diem; High School Diploma and NYS Driver’s License

RN’S –Per diem for our In� rmary working with our youth 9–21 years.

HCI – for Bridges to Health Program – Masters level

Medicaid Service Coordinator – P/T-New Life Program-BA and exp req.

Maintenance Worker: F/T to handle o� ce repairs and upkeep. Required: exp with electrical, carpentry and plumbing.

Day Hab Worker –P/T to work with our OPWDD population in a Day Habilitation setting

Service Provider-Per Diem Temp through Dec. ‘16 for our B2F Program in Hauppauge.

Case Manager –for Bridges to Family-REQ: MSW

Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions. 

MEDICALRECEPTIONIST

Part-Time

With computer skills.Pediatric O� ce

Setauket 9am-1pm, M, T, � , Fri

Occasional Sat.

631–751–7676

631–751–1152

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Sr. Software Engineer

Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY) seeks Sr. SoftwareEngineer to lead development of end-to-end software systemsand conduct system analysis, design, implementation and evalu-ation of real-world applications. Req: BS in Computer Sci. w/5years’ F/T exp. in developing industry-strength web-based/mobilesoftware solutions; applying advanced data analytics techniques/data science methodologies in biomedical/healthcare informat-ics,medical imaging/comp.-aided diagnostics, clinical decisionsupport, enterprise IT ops. Mgt., & workflow monitoring/opti-mization. Exp. in object-oriented programming, operating sys.,database programming, web/mobile app dev., medical image pro-cessing, machine learning, and statistical modeling. For a full position description, or to apply online, visit:

www.stonybrook.edu/jobs (Req. # 1503158). Equal Opportunity Employer, females, minorities, disabled, veterans

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RNfor Plastic Surgery

PracticeMon., Tues. & � urs.25-30 hrs. per week

2 evenings

Please fax resume to:631.331.2654

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Are you successful

in sales and want to work closer

to home? Excellent OpportunityWell-Established Account BaseNorth Shore Market

FOR THE RIGHT ENERGETIC SALESPERSON

Selling display and online advertising sales for successful media group. Our position o� ers satisfying roots

in the community in a job that pays well.All inquiries and resumes con� dential

email: [email protected]

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MEDICAL BILLING/OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Email Resume to:[email protected]

Immediate Setauket AreaPart-Time Half to 1 Day Per WeekWednesday or � ursdayA� ernoonsMust Be Familiar With Medicare Claims Processing

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To be part of this issue, reaching readers in a very select audience on the North Shore,

CALL your Sales Representative today at

631.751.7744 For Details and Rates. Deadline January 28

A Resource Guide Featuring Stony Brook Medicine and University O� erings for the Community

and Shops & Services of the North Shore Business Communities serving Stony Brook Sta�

February 25, 2016To be published at the beginning of the spring semester, Bridges will be dis-tributed to the doctors and healthcare professionals at the hospital and faculty and administrators on campus, as well as inserted into the full run of six Times Beacon Record Newspapers and published with an interactive fully searchable online version on our web site, tbrnewsmedia.com.Included will be hospital updates on the future of healthcare, clinical programs, technologies and healthcare reform as well as university events, exhibits and the schedule of SBU games for the sports season.

In town, our north shore business community will have the opportunity to reach SBU professionals with their products and services.

TIMES BEACON RECORD Presents

BRIDGES

Published in All 6 Hometown Newspapers• The Village TIMES HERALD

• The Village BEACON RECORD• The TIMES of Huntington, Northport & East Northport

• The Port TIMES RECORD• The TIMES of Smithtown

• The TIMES of Middle Country

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Audio/VideoCONVERT YOUR FILMS AND VIDEO TAPES TO

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REFINISHING & RESTORATION

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HandymanServices

JOHN’S A-1 HANDYMAN SERVICE Crown moldings, Wainscoting,raised panels. Kitchen/Bathroom Specialist. Painting windows, finished basements, ceramic tile. All types repairs. Dependable craftsmanship. Reasonable/rates. Lic/Ins.#19136-H. 631-744-0976 cell 631 697-3518

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*BluStar ConstructionThe North Shore’s Most Trusted

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HomeImprovement

MEIGEL HOME IMPROVEMENTExtensions, dormers, roofing, windows, siding, decks, kitchens, baths, tile, etc. 631-737-8794Licensed in Suffolk 26547-H and Nassau H18F5030000. Insured.

NPC CARPENTRY, INC. Kitchen/Bathroom Alterations

Additions/ExtensionsFine Interior Millwork

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516-658-8523Lic#39386 /Ins. BBB

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Home Repairs/Construction

AMAZING BATHROOM REMODELING 30 year’s experience. Expert Workmanship. Free estimates. No subcontracting. Partial re- pairs or full upgrades. Lic.# 52720-H/Ins. 631-579-2740

InsuranceLIABILITY INSURANCE for contractors and professionals. Best rates available. Call NCA Insurance at 631-737-0700 ask for Martin

Lawn &Landscaping

LUX LANDSCAPINGOffering Fall Cleanup Specials throughout Suffolk County. Family owned and operated, On- Site Manager, new equipment. Call 631-283-2266 or email:[email protected]

Lawn &LandscapingCLOVIS AXIOM, INC.

Expert Tree Removal,Pruning, Planting & Transplanting.

*Insect & Disease Management. *Personalized healthy edible gardens and chicken coops.

631-751-4880 [email protected]

GOT BAMBOO??Bamboo containment and remov- al with guaranteed results! Land- scape Architecture/Arborist Ser- vices. Property restoration/land- scape design & installation. Free Estimates. 631-316-4023Groundbreakers Development Group Inc., Commack NY

LANDSCAPES UNLIMITED SPRING CLEAN-UPS

Property Clean-ups, Tree Removal, Pruning, Landscape Construction, Maintenance, Thatching

& Aeration. Call now to reserve for

SNOW REMOVALCommercial/Residential

Steven Long, Lic.36715-H/Ins.631-675-6685

SETAUKET LANDSCAPE & DESIGN

Stone Driveways/Walkways, Walls/Stairs/Patios/Masonry,

Brickwork/Repairs &Land Clearing/Drainage,

Grading/Excavating.Plantings/Mulch

Steve Antos, 631-689-6082 www.setauketlandscape.com

Serving Three Villages

SWAN COVE LANDSCAPING

Lawn Maintenance, Clean-ups, Shrub/Tree Pruning, Removals. Landscape Design/Installation, Ponds/Waterfalls, Stone Walls.

Firewood. Free estimates. Lic/Ins.

631-689-8089

MasonryCarl Bongiorno

Landscape/Mason ContractorAll phases masonry work: stone

walls, patios, poolscapes. All phases of Landscaping Design.

Theme Gardens. Residential & Commercial.

Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110

Painting/Spackling/Wallpaper

ALL PRO PAINTINGInterior/exterior. Free estimates. Powerwashing, staining, wallpa- per removal. Lic/Ins#19604HI. NICK 631-696-8150

BOB’S PAINTING SERVICE25 Years Experience

Interior/Exterior Painting *Spackling *Staining*Wallpaper Removal

*Powerwashing. Free estimatesLic/Ins. #17981 631-744-8859COUNTY-WIDE PAINTING

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Painting/Staining.

Quality workmanship. Living/Serving 3 Village Area Over 25 Years. Lic#37153-H.

631-751-8280LaROTONDA PAINTING & DESIGNInterior/exterior, sheetrock re- pairs, taping/spackling, wallpa- per removal, Faux, decorative finishings. Free estimates. Lic.#53278-H/Ins. Ross LaRotonda 631-689-5998

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Plumbing/Heating

DOUGLAS FERRIPLUMBING & HEATINGLic/Ins. All types of work, small repairs receive special attention. Free estimates, reasonable rates.631-265-8517

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Tree WorkABOVE ALL TREE

SERVICEWill Beat ALL

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Emergency Service. Accepting All Major Credit Cards. Free Estimates. Lic. 33122-H./Ins.

Located Exit 62 LIE 631-928-4544

ARBOR-VISTA TREE CAREComplete Tree care service de- voted to the care of trees. Main- tenance pruning, waterview work, sun-trimming, elevating, pool areas, storm thinning, large tree removal, stump grinding. Wood chips. Lic#18902HI. Free estimates. 631-246-5377

EASTWOOD TREE & LANDSCAPE, INC.

Experts in tree care and land- scaping. Serving Suffolk County for 25 years. Lic.#35866H/Ins

631-928-4070 eastwoodtree.com

NORTHEASTTREE EXPERTS, INC.Expert pruning, careful removals, stump grinding, tree/shrub fer- tilization. Disease/insect manage- ment. Certified arborists. Insured/Lic#24,512-HI. All work guaranteed. 631-751-7800www.northeasttree.com

SUNBURST TREE EXPERTS

Since 1974 our history of cus- tomer satisfaction is second to none. Pruning/removals/plant-

ing, plant health care. Certified Arborist on every job

guaranteed. Unsplit firewood For Sale

by the truckload. Bonded employees.

Lic/Ins. #8864HI 631-744-1577

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CLASSIFIEDS 631.751.7663 or

631.331.1154PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS

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Providing solutions to all your home or office computing needs.• Software and Hardware Installation• Wireless Home and Office Networking• PC System Upgrades and Repairs• Internet, Web, and Email Systems• System Troubleshooting• Software Configuration and Training• Computer System Tune-Up• Network Design, Setup and Support• Backup and Power Failure Safety Systems

Phone: (631)821-2558Email: [email protected]

Reasonable Rates,

Dependable Service,Plenty of

References

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• Interiors • Exteriors• Faux Finishes• Power Washing• Wallpaper Removal• Sheetrock Tape & Spackling• Staining & Deck Restoration• Gutter Cleaning

631-331-5556 Licensed/Insured Since 1989

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LEAD PAINTREMOVAL

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Kitchen/Bathroom AlterationsAdditions/ExtensionsFine Interior Millwork

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Accepted:

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We love small jobs too!

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BY NORTHERN CONSTRUCTION OF LI INC.

Since 1995

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OPINION

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

American Heart MonthTo The ediTor:

heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. To prevent heart disease and in-crease awareness of its effects, i am proud to promote American heart Month, which occurs each Febru-ary and is sponsored by the Ameri-can heart Association.

February isn’t just about Valen-tine’s day hearts. it is a reminder to maintain the well-being of the human heart. Since cardiac disease

is the country’s number one killer, it is wise to review some common sense tips for maintaining a health-ier lifestyle.

You can make changes to lower your risk of developing heart dis-ease. Controlling and preventing risk factors is also important for people who already have heart dis-ease. here are some very basic tips to help lower your risk:

• See your physician for regu-lar checkups and/or if you exhibit warning signs of heart disease.

• Watch your weight.

• Quit smoking and stay away from secondhand smoke.

• Control your cholesterol and blood pressure.

• if you drink alcohol, drink only in moderation.

• Get active and eat healthy.

For more in-depth information about cardiac health, visit http://www.heart.org/heArTorG/.

Tom MuratoreSuffolk County Legislator

4th Legislative district

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Scholarship shotTo The ediTor:

The scholarship committee at Ward Melville high School invites anyone in the Three Village com-munity to initiate a scholarship to honor a relative, a coach, a boy scout troop leader, teacher, etc.

The honoree of the scholarship

can be alive and active in the com-munity or memorialized through the scholarship opportunity.

The amount can range from $100 to any amount of your choos-ing. This is a wonderful way to honor someone who has had a positive influence on your life or the life of your student.

our awards night is held in

early June and our selection of recipients begins in mid-March and ends May 1.

Please feel free to contact Nell Bassett in the guidance office at (631) 730-4940 if you have any questions or ideas.

Ward Melville Scholarship Cmte.Three Village School district

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New drug initiative long overdue

The Suffolk County Police Department an-nounced it will be cracking down on the move-ment of drugs through our neighborhoods. Given the consistent rise in opioid addiction and overdoses across the county, as well as drug-related crime, we say an initiative like this is long overdue.

Over the past several weeks, investigators have executed nine search warrants and seized about $300,000 in cash; 2,672 grams of co-caine, 464 grams of heroin and 80 grams of oxycodone; seven guns; and drug parapherna-lia. While we applaud the police department for its efforts, more could have been accom-plished if cops used their resources to crack down on these problem areas much sooner.

Police said their new initiative to target hous-es of known drug activity is, in part, fueled by resident complaints. Maybe they couldn’t hear as well as we could, but residents have always been complaining and reporting about this is-sue — not just recently.

The Special Operations Team detectives who are now being utilized in each precinct to work with residents to obtain information on who is dealing what and where — and to execute search warrants on these locations and make arrests — will cost money. That money is well worth it. While the police department has used a limited budget as an excuse for why actions like these sometimes can’t be taken, if Suffolk County wants to bust up drug activ-ity, police resources should be made a bigger priority. One would be hard-pressed to find a resident who disagrees.

For now though, we are pleased to see the po-lice department being responsive to community concerns about known problem drug locations.

Photo from Theresa Santoro Suffolk County Police Acting Commissioner Tim Sini speaks at a press conference to announce a new police initiative focused on cracking down on drug dealing.

File photo Legislator Tom Muratore

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Learning lessons from the midterm exams

Midterms are noth-ing short of a mental battlefield. Our sleep-

deprived children step out of the house, their hoodies raised over their ears like helmets, cover-ing hair they didn’t have time to comb while also keeping inside their overburdened heads the Latin words for “seize the day.”

They clutch their swords — their No. 2 pencils and erasable pens; and grasp their tiny shields — the one-page sheets filled with the equations for photosynthe-sis and the description of the domain Archaea.

When the kids arrive at school, they don’t look left and right because they don’t have much time to chat with friends, avoid enemies or wonder what fashion statement the popular students are making. They are bracing for battle and they have to climb the mountain in front of them without allowing too many mistakes to slow them down.

We adults have been through these moments before, just as we have had shots, skinned our knees and struck out in a big game. And yet watching our kids go through all these challenges brings a whole new level of anxiety, butterflies and, like Pandora’s box, rays of hope. Might this be the time when

they succeed just as they feel they are about to succumb? Could this be just the confidence boost they need to help them relax and attack these tests with the equivalent of the light side of the force on future tests?

While the kids write about epiphanies, rarely, as those of us who have gone through this know, do they happen in the middle of an exam. Sure, there might be a moment when they say, “Oh, right, of course, I know this. The answer is ‘0’ because it can’t be anything else.” But more often, even if they figure that one out, they still have another six pages of mysterious questions, such as “What king believed in absolutism?” [Louis XIV of France]; and how did Dante know what my world would be like on test day when he wrote “The Divine Comedy”?

There are all kinds of les-sons that await them, some of which apply to the material itself,

while others relate to the best test-taking strategy. I recall a test many years ago in which the teacher urged everyone to read all the instructions first before starting. Few of the students did that because they didn’t want to lose time and because any sound outside their heads competed with the pneumonics they were repeating inside their brains like lines in a play.

As the tests arrive on their desks, their legs might start shaking involuntarily, trying to get their minds moving, the way Olympic runners take short, quick jogs before crouch-ing down in the starting blocks. They go through whatever lucky rituals they might have, think-ing about the words of a friend or relative, taking a few deep breaths or looking up at the clock, knowing that — one way or another — the hands that slowly circumnavigate those 12 numbers all day, every day,

will move them toward their uncertain future.

Maybe they chuckle to themselves at the higher dose of perfume than normal from the girl to their right or the stronger scent of Axe deodorant from the boy to their left. Maybe these other students didn’t take showers that morning because they got up too late or because they sat on the edge of their beds cramming through those last few facts.

Few of them will emerge from the battle completely unscathed. Hopefully, next time around, they’ll remember their earlier wounds and will learn how to avoid making the same mistakes. That, in any context, constitutes progress.

We adults have been through these

moments before.

That was the week that was

This week is bracketed on both ends by a “Super Bowl,” the real one coming

up in Santa Clara, Calif., between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers and the one we just witnessed in Iowa. The NFL game is a lot easier to understand, what with there being only two opponents and a final victory.

The Iowa contest, despite tons of publicity and seemingly endless buildup, is only the first polling in

what remains a nine-month mar-athon to elect the next president of the United States. In fact, the politicking and the campaigning have been going on for the better part of a year already. Never mind the arguments over whether baseball or football is the national pastime. Based on airtime, print and social media, the answer to the question of which is the most popular spectator sport is clearly politics. It’s the only game that goes on for two years.

Politics also has its own way of scoring that defies logic. The results for the three main GOP contenders were Ted Cruz, 28 percent; Donald Trump, 24 per-cent; and third-placed Marco Ru-bio, 23 percent. Now if four points won a football game, we would call it a close game. So Cruz is the acknowledged winner at only a quarter of the total, and Trump is only a little behind. Yet everyone talks of Trump’s poor showing — except him. And Rubio is some-how congratulated for coming in even a whisker behind Trump.

This is a game where absolute numbers don’t seem to count; it’s a contest of expectations. Better the pols should set themselves up the way they do on the stock market: Put out poor expectations of future earnings and when your results rise above that lowly level, the value of the stock goes up.

But we always knew the guys on Wall Street were smarter than the presidential aspirants. That’s why the politicians hate the market makers so much.

Anyway, back to the Iowa caucus. Besides being the first in the country, how important is it in history? The answer is tepid at best. In contested cau-cuses, where there was no sitting president running for re-election, Iowa Dems chose the eventual presidential nominee five out of eight times, according to the Des Moines Register. And twice that winner has gone on to become president: Barack Obama and, before him, Jimmy Carter — with a miniscule number of voters who showed up at the polls. In 1992,

by the way, Bill Clinton finished fourth with only 3 percent of the caucus vote, and we all know what happened after that.

Iowa Republicans in contested elections chose the eventual nominee three out of six times. Twice that winner went on to the presidency: Gerald Ford and George W. Bush. In 1980, father George H. W. Bush beat Ronald Reagan in the Iowa caucus but Reagan went on to represent the GOP and then won the national election. In 1988 Bob Dole beat George H. W. Bush in Iowa but Bush went on to triumph, no thanks to Iowa. Maybe they would be better off if candidates hoped to lose Iowa.

As to the Dems, Hillary Clinton beat out Bernie Sanders in a contest so close that differ-ent groups were flipping a coin to decide which candidate their representatives would support. Yes Clinton won, like a runner who wins a race by a fraction of a second, but her enthusiasm was nothing compared to that

of Sanders, who considered his results fabulous. It’s the expecta-tions thing again.

Better to leave this discus-sion of politics and talk about something noncontroversial that happened this week. In fact it probably is the biggest story of the week: the weather. Maybe we have El Niño to thank, but any time I can walk the dog in Febru-ary wearing light clothes — on me, not him — I consider myself wonderfully lucky. I’m not going to go on about this because I don’t want to run the risk of hexing us, but I’ll take a winter where the temperature bounces around in the 40s and even flirts with 60s on a few days, and the blizzard comes on Saturday and Sunday. I’ll consider us in the Northeast the real winners this week.

We always knew the guys on Wall Street

were smarter than the presidential aspirants.

D. None of the aboveby DaNiel DuNaief

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