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THE VILLAGE

Inside this week• Homeless house victory pg A3

• Who stole Bob Benner? pg A8

• Simons Center opens at SBU pg A9

Setauket Artists exhibitAlso, Smithtown Senior Health Expo, LIM Holiday gala, crossword, SBU Sportsweek and morePage B1

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So, you’re about to turn 80 and your wife is planning the “family party of which I’ve already had too many,” said Bob Man-del of Setauket. What do you do?

“We were driving past the Grumman property at Calverton,” Mandel recalled, “and I saw the skydivers and said, ‘Th at is what I want to do!’”

Th e soon-to-be octogenarian imme-diately drove into the former Navy facil-ity and was handed the “sign away your life papers,” as Mandel described them. A week later, on Sept. 16, he returned, at-

tended a 30-minute instructional class and took to the air.

“It was fabulous,” Mandel said. Follow-ing his adventure Mandel wrote to former President George H.W. Bush, “telling him that I followed his lead, including four U.S. Navy years.” To his surprise Bush replied about three weeks later. Th e ex-president and Navy pilot celebrated his 70th and 80th birthdays similarly. Mandel turned 80 on Oct. 16.

Mandel is next traveling to Pearl Har-bor, fulfi lling “a lifelong dream” — and to get “my fi ll of macadamia nuts.”

Courtesy Bob Mandel

Setauket man celebrates 80

Bishop apparently re-elected in a tight race, R’s make gains pg A7

Photo by Lee Lutz

Suff olk GOP Chairman John LaValle was smiling most of Tuesday night.

Due to the Veterans Day observance, TBR Newspapers will be delivered to mailboxes and stores on Friday, Nov. 12.

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On consecutive Saturdays over the past two weeks your neighbors have been working to keep Th ree Village clean and attractive.

Above, volunteers on Oct. 23 picked up, raked and spruced the Greenway Trail. Committee members Kara Hahn and Charlie McAteer wished to thank Yvette and Larry Hohler, Ed DiNunzio, Dennis Brennan, Norma and Walter Wat-son, Larry and Kenny Tant, Kevin Clark, Richard Papa, Don Garber, Herb Mones, Gretchen Oldrin-Mones, Arty Shertzer, Mike Graboy and Cynthia Barnes.

“Th anks to your help,” wrote Char-lie McAteer, “every person who bikes, walks, runs or passes by the trail will benefi t from your cleaning and beautifi -cation eff orts.”

Below, the fall cleanup at the Stony Brook railroad station sponsored by the Greening of Route 25A Committee of the Civic Association of the Setaukets and Stony Brook once again spiff ed up and polished “Long Island’s cleanest station,” as the committee likes to call it.

Co-chairs Pat Hildebrandt and Kara

Hahn wished to send their thanks to John Broven, Christine Brathwaite, Christine Boss, Nicole and Paul Willoughby, Sue Avery, Dave Smith, Carol and Christo-pher Brand, Don and Liz Garber and Norma and Walter Watson. In addi-tion they thanked the Long Island Rail Road for its assistance by their crew and the bags and gloves used by volunteers. Th anks also to Usher Tree Experts for the donation of wood chips.

“As always,” stated Hahn, “we would not be able to get quite as much ac-complished without the assistance of Brookhaven Town Highway Superin-tendent John Rouse’s crew including Bill Diangelo, Derek Dittko, Mike Ebbecke, Th omas Sternberg and Mike Vorisano or without the mums and other fl ower do-nations from the Town of Brookhaven’s Ecology Center.”

Hahn, president of the 3V Civic, ex-tended her thanks as well to the Th ree Village Chamber of Commerce “and es-pecially to Fratelli’s for the donation of bagels and coff ee for our volunteers.”

Photos courtesy Kara Hahn

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In what may be an unprecedented reversal, Suff olk’s Department of So-cial Services has told opponents of a proposed homeless shelter on Chris-tian Avenue in Setauket it will termi-nate its lease on the house and look for a more suitable location in the area. DSS offi cials had said in October they could back out of the lease by the end of the month if their plan changed.

From the moment word began to circulate a month ago that the illegally converted 10-bedroom house nearby Gelinas Junior High School — and in the center of the Bethel-Laurel Hill-Christian Avenue Historic District — was to be used by DSS to house as many as six families, resistance sprang up throughout the com-munity. Leading the fi ght was Faiza Akhtar, who lives near the site but who, instead of the more common reac-tion to shout ‘not in my backyard,’ chose to organize her neighbors into a loose-knit committee to both inform DSS of the inappropriateness of that location and to begin a search for better-suited houses within Setauket.

“If you have the will” to fi ght city hall, Akhtar said this week, “you can. Th is is America.” Th e fi rst-generation American — her parents are Pakistani and Indian — said “things continue to progress.”

Th e committee she heads is seeking alternative sites within Setauket, ac-cording to direction provided by DSS, and vetting them through DSS and

Community Housing Initiative, the nonprofi t with which Suff olk and Nassau counties con-tract to run homeless shelters across Long Is-land.

“We evaluate them,” Akhtar said, “then CHI and/or DSS. Th ey ap-prove or disapprove. … I do not think they are” looking themselves for al-ternative locations but relying on her group to screen locations and bring ap-propriate houses to their attention.

“Quite a few folks who are unable to rent” their houses, Akhtar said, “are contacting us.” According to a letter sent to DSS Commissioner Greg Blass

by an attorney retained by Akhtar’s committee, two sites in Setauket have been identifi ed as potential homeless shelters: one on Route 25A and a second on Gnarled Hollow Road.

Th e attorney, Daniel Lefk owitz of Hunting-ton, wrote to DSS on

Oct. 25 outlining the group’s objec-tions to the 42 Christian Ave. location: within the historic district; within the Mill Pond watershed; Brookhaven Town building code violations “for unpermitted renovations to enable the residence to accept 24 individuals,”; and fi nally noting the availability of al-ternative locations.

Akhtar’s group, including the Rev. Gregory Leonard of Bethel AME Church and Robert Lewis, a leader in the historic district’s African-Ameri-can community, with Assemblyman

Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) and others, met with Blass and Deputy DSS Commissioner Ed Hernandez at the county offi ce in Smithtown on Friday.

Near the close of the gathering Her-nandez said, “We are willing to say we are not going to open 42 Christian Avenue” as a shelter, according to En-glebright. Th e assemblyman said an agreement not to do so was met with an off er from the community to “help fi nd a site” more appropriate.

“It now falls on our community to live up to our commitment,” Eng-lebright said. He added the two sites suggested in Lefk owitz’s letter were “examples” only, and no decisions have been reached to situate a Setauket homeless shelter. Englebright added, “Rev. Leonard is very compelling” and praised the entire assemblage, on both sides of the table, for reasoned and co-operative dialog.

DSS Commissioner Blass con-fi rmed Tuesday “an understanding we have gratefully reached.” Blass said DSS will terminate the Christian Av-enue lease and the local committee will make “a good faith eff ort” to identify potential sites in Setauket. In fact, he added, CHI is “doing an engineering evaluation” already on one house sug-gested by Akhtar’s group. Asked if the

You can fi ght city hall, and winCandlelight House TourTh e Th ree Village Historical Society will

present its 32nd annual Candlelight House Tour, the pre-eminent holiday house tour on Long Island, showcasing local homes decked out in holiday fi nery by a team of talented lo-cal decorators on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4. Each home will be staff ed by docents who will point out stunning architectural features and furnishings along with the home’s historic details. Th is year’s tour, “Petticoats & Patriots,” will feature historic Strong’s Neck and it’s role in Gen. George Washington’s Spy Ring.

Dec. 3: Friday Evening Tour and Reception. Th e reception will be held at the Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Car-riages in Stony Brook. Tickets: $75 members; $100 nonmembers.

Dec. 4: Breakfast and Tour: Buff et break-fast will be held at the Stony Brook Yacht Club. Breakfast 8:30 to 10 am. Houses on the tour will be open from 10 am to 5 pm for Breakfast Tour ticket holders. Tickets: $50 members; $60 non-members.

Dec. 4: Tour only: Houses open for ticket holders from 11 am to 5 pm. Tickets: $35 mem-bers; $40 nonmembers.

Tickets will go on sale to TVHS members on Nov. 15 at 7 pm at the Th ree Village Historical Society headquarters. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Nov. 27 at TVHS head-quarters from 10 am to noon. Aft er that, tickets will be available for purchase during offi ce hours Monday through Th ursday, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. Evening hours: Monday through Th ursday 7 to 9 pm. Society headquarters is located at 93 N. Country Road in Setauket, across from Gal-lery North and next to the Th ompson House.

The week in meetings• Th e Th ree Village Board of Education will meet at 8 pm on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the North Country Administration Center in Stony Brook.• Th e Brookhaven Town Board will meet at 5 pm on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at Town Hall in Farmingville.

DSS drops plan for homeless shelter on Christian Ave.

‘The shelter topic was a hot-button for many, but everyone came together … armed with logic and civility …’

— FAIZA AKHTAR

The 42 Christian Ave. house. File photo

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A 27-year-old male resident of East-wood Boulevard in Centereach was ar-rested Oct. 25 outside a seafood restau-rant on Nesconset Highway in Stony Brook and charged with petit larceny. Police stated the defendant entered the establishment and removed two live lob-sters from the fi sh tank and attempted to fl ee the premises but wound up on ice upon police arrival.

Simultaneous assaults

A complainant called at 2:15 am Oct. 26 to report being as-saulted last week in an incident on Main Street in Stony Brook

A male resident of Th omas Lane in Setauket called at 2:25 pm Oct. 26 to report a male neighbor just assaulted him. According to the complainant the neighbor punched his head and back during the altercation.

Grand larceny A resident of Cedar Avenue in Se-

tauket called at 9 pm Oct. 24 to report a grand larceny involving miscellaneous items stolen from his vehicle parked out-side the dwelling sometime over the past two days.

A resident of Mount Grey Road in Stony Brook called at 1:20 am Oct. 22 to report property stolen by a violent landlord who was then threatening the complainant.

White or black, look out for Cadillac

A complainant called at 10 am Oct. 17 to report an aggressive male operating a black Cadillac was causing a traffi c haz-ard while venting his frustrations upon other motorists sharing the roadway along Nesconset Highway in Setauket. Police responded and canvassed the area

without fi nding the raging roadster. A passing motorist called at 3 pm Oct.

20 to report a reckless male operator of a white Cadillac was causing a traffi c hazard in the northbound lanes of Nicolls Road in Stony Brook before the speeding driver hit a divider and fi shtailed off the road.

Shots fi red?A complainant called at noon Oct. 20

to report hearing numerous gunshots coming from a wooded area adjacent to

Nesconset Highwayin Stony Brook. Policeresponded to the lo-cation without locat-ing the source of thedisturbance.

Dog kills bunnyA resident of Har-

mony Lane in Se-tauket called at 10:33 am Oct. 21 to re-port a large dog roaming loose in the neighborhood had just attacked and killed the complainant’s rabbit while the pet was still inside its cage.

Freshman fi ghtA resident of Freshman Lane in Stony

Brook called at 3:20 am Oct. 23 to report about 15 persons were having an alter-cation in the middle of the street. Th e complainant stated it was not clear if any weapons were being used.

ArrestsA 20-year-old female resident of

Woodchuck Lane in Setauket was arrest-ed Oct. 24 at the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove and charged with petit lar-ceny in connection with the alleged theft of various articles of clothing.

A male resident of Tallmadge Road in Setauket and a male dwelling on Vil-lage Way in Setauket, both 22 years old, were arrested Oct. 23 aft er being pulled over on Mud Road in East Setauket and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.

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In an eff ort to raise research funds for a rare genetic condition, autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1, the fourth annual basket raffl e “Auction for a Cure” will be held this Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Se-tauket fi rehouse on Main Street.

Sherri and David Seyfert began the fun-draiser for their 10-year-old son Matthew who was diagnosed at the age of six. With community help they have raised about $10,000 each year for the National Orga-nization for Rare Disorders APS Type 1 Grant Fund. Joining in the eff ort are many local businesses, including Ace Hardware, Th e Dish Café, Field Depth Enterprises, Fratelli’s Market Place, Legends Hair De-signs, O Sole Mio, Pentimento restaurant, Th e Rolling Pin bakery, Simply Wine and Liquor, Team Ardolino Real Estate, Stop & Shop and World Gym.

“Th ey go above and beyond with their generous contributions, especially given these hard economic times,” said Sherri Seyfert. In previous years, Target and Cost-co also participated. Several other local businesses are participating as well. A com-plete list can be viewed with their contri-butions at www.fi elddepth.com/apstype1.

Grant monies in past years have been

awarded to Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of California San Francis-co. Both have begun research to study the mechanism of chronic candida infection, the most prevalent symptom of APECED (autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-can-didiasis-ectodermal dystrophy) found in patients, and a defi ciency in the auto-immune regulator, a protein needed for the immune system to distinguish itself from invading microbes. According to Dr. Daniela Cihakova of Johns Hopkins Medical Center, “Understanding the im-munological defect that makes APECED patients so prone to this particular in-fection is essential for developing better treatment strategies.”

Some of this year’s prizes include an Xbox 360 4GB, Nintendo DSi, Nook eB-ook reader, a Coach bag, Fine Art Photog-raphy basket by Jeff Foster, catered dinner for 20 from Fratelli’s, VIP tickets to “Th e Colbert Report,” seven-night stay at Sil-ver Lake Resort near Orlando, Fla., tickets to the Broadway show “Rain: A Tribute to Th e Beatles,” a Flip video camera and more. Th e event will be held between 1 and 6 pm and winners need not be present. For information about volunteering or making a donation, visit the website above or call the Seyferts at 751-3732.

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Pumpkin chuckin’ funBY LISA [email protected]

Th anks to Kraig Herrel of the tech-nology department at Gelinas Junior High School, the second annual Pump-kin Chuckin’ event had students and teachers lined up Oct. 27 to see pump-kins hurled over 200 feet. Th e catapult, built by Herrel, is a replica of a 13th-century medieval siege weapon called a trebuchet. It was used as heavy artillery to fl ing huge stones at castle walls.

Having seen a PBS broadcast, “Se-crets of Lost Empires: Medieval Siege,” Herrel decided to build one. Th e 500-pound weapon operates with a swinging counterweight, a 350-pound bucket. Once the arm is in position, and the pumpkin secured in its sling, it takes

one pull for it to eject the pumpkin.“We can throw up to an eight-pound

pumpkin,” Herrel said. Th e green drag-on painted to capture the medieval pe-riod is thanks to former substitute art teacher Ken Mayer.

Students not only enjoyed smash-ing pumpkins but also learned about weights, predictions, range, distance, inertia and centrifugal force. Seventh-graders will build a smaller version as a project this year. Many teachers brought their classes outside to see the dem-onstration, with some students lucky enough to see Principal Gustave Hue-ber, above, take the controls and launch a few pumpkins.

“Th is is our little fall ritual, pumpkin chucking,” said Hueber.


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Regular patrons of Emma Clark Me-morial Library in Setauket will fi nd the institution’s new director quite familiar. Fred Bryant, president of the library’s Board of Trustees, informed Th e Village Times Herald last week that Acting Di-rector Ted Gutman has accepted the post of director eff ective immediately.

“We conducted a number of inter-views,” said Bryant, but ultimately the trustees determined the best choice to fi ll the large shoes of recently retired Direc-tor Ed Elenausky was already on hand.

“His technology background is criti-cal these days,” Bryant said, as libraries across the country become more wired to the Internet, increasingly facilitate book and movie downloads and look to keep vital in a growing age of electronic media. Gutman has been the library’s as-sistant director for computer systems and services — its technology guru — since 2004.

An obviously pleased new director said Friday he foresees new roles for li-braries across the country and is honored to have the opportunity to lead those changes at Emma Clark.

“Libraries are at an interesting point,” Gutman said. “A lot of changes are hap-pening and technology is at the root.” Declaring no “traditional” library ser-vices will be eliminated as new ones are added, he noted “mobile use is becoming a bigger thing,” especially with younger patrons, and predicted even more high-tech services will be coming to the vener-able Setauket landmark.

Gutman fi rst served Emma Clark Li-

brary patrons beginning in 1995 as its computer systems administrator. “I got to see the modern Internet happen” at libraries, he said. Gutman left in 2001 to work for a soft ware company, then in the Health Sciences Library at Stony Brook University, fi nally serving at the Port Jef-ferson Free Library before returning to Emma Clark.

All told Gutman has over 20 years ex-perience working in libraries. He began as a page at the Middle Country Public Library in 1989.

Gutman earned a bachelor’s in math-ematics at Dowling College and his mas-ter’s in library and information science at Queens College. He lives in Smithtown with his wife Carol and fi ve children, ages 8 to 16.

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“Stony Brook Harbor: Past, Present and Future,” an illustrated talk by Larry Swanson, will highlight the Th ree Vil-lage Community Trust’s sixth annual celebration and fundraiser at 7:30 pm on Th ursday, Nov. 18, at the Setauket Neighborhood House.

Swanson, associate dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sci-ences at Stony Brook University, will share his considerable knowledge of the harbor — the deleterious impacts upon its waters and organisms — and explain how to use the harbor while protecting it for future generations.

Th e event will include wine, hors d’oeuvres and desserts. Members of the Trust also will give a brief progress re-port on the acquisition of Patriot’s Rock and the relocation of the Rubber Fac-tory Worker Houses, the Trust’s major 2010 preservation projects.

There will be prizes, and a framed limited edition giclée print by Irene Ruddock, “Three Rowboats, Stony

Brook Harbor” will be raff led off. There are only 200 chances for this print, now on sale for $25. There will also be drawings for baskets of wines, gift certificates and other prizes. Tickets are $30 per person or $50 for two. For information and reservations, call 689-0225 or visit www.threevillagecommunitytrust.org.

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Th e celebrating began early at the Suff olk County Republican Party gathering on election night at the Sheraton Smithtown hotel. Th e party faithful expected more victories than had become their norm of late. Th ey were not to be disappointed, although the night was far from a clean sweep.

While the ballroom at the Mar-riott hotel in Islandia was packed Tuesday night with hundreds of Democrats anxiously awaiting re-sults, the Democratic candidates themselves were notably absent, perhaps in anticipation of great losses predicted both locally and nationwide for their party. Only the party faithful, campaign-ers, labor leaders, union reps and non-running pols were on hand, waiting and waiting for numbers as they dribbled in.

Calling the “meeting” to order at about 9:30 pm, county GOP Chairman John LaValle of Mount Sinai fi rst cued up a John Wayne

recording of the Pledge of Alle-giance. Following a rousing Na-tional Anthem and introduction of half of the 10 town GOP chair-persons, LaValle called on newly minted Republican County Ex-ecutive Steve Levy, who failed in a bid to win the statewide nomina-tion for governor earlier this year aft er switching from the Demo-cratic Party.

“Tonight,” Levy shouted to the par-tisan crowd, “de-mocracy at its fi n-est.” He went on to criticize the Demo-crats in Albany and Washington who spend “like drunken sailors.” He said Republicans “don’t spend what we don’t have.”

“Th is party is back,” declared LaValle.

Vote counting was far slower than in recent years, perhaps due to the new paper ballot voting system instituted for the fi rst time on Primary Day in September. Illustrating the slow counting, despite the electronic tabulation machines capable of instantly reporting results to poll workers across the state, at 10 pm — a full hour aft er the polls closed — the Board of Elections was reporting races with few election districts having actually called in their totals. State Assembly and Sen-ate races at that hour were typi-cally labeled “8 Election Districts reported out of 203,” “5 Election Districts reported out of 108,” “2 Election Districts reported out of 121.” At 10:45 pm only about a quarter of election districts were included in the Board of Elections vote count.

Also making for a long night were several very tight races, in-

cluding the 1st Congressional District where four-term incum-bent Tim Bishop (D-Southamp-ton) was being challenged by mil-lionaire businessman and largely self-fi nanced candidate Randy Altschuler of St. James. Also, 1st Assembly District incumbent Marc Alessi (D-Wading River) was running neck-and-neck with

county Legislator Dan Losquadro of Shoreham. Less than 100 votes sep-arated those two almost all night. As of Wednesday morning Losquad-ro led by a mere 40

votes with absentee ballots yet un-counted.

Altschuler, perhaps due to Chairman LaValle’s less-than-complimentary comments about him during a three-way primary race for the GOP nomination, booked a separate election night party at the Watermill in Smith-town. However, our reporter on the scene said the candidate had not made an appearance by 11:30 pm there either. His campaign manager, Rob Ryan, reached by phone, said the candidate was at home, “only 10 minutes away.” He could not be reached Wednesday for comment.

Rep. Tim Bishop (D-South-ampton) stayed cloistered in a suite just fl oors away, presum-ably sweating out the neck-and-neck race with Altschuler for 1st Congressional District. Bishop appears to have defeated the Re-publican challenger with 50.96 percent of the vote, though absen-tee ballots have yet to be counted.

Bishop and Rep. Steve Israel, who with 55.62 percent of the vote fended off challengers John Go-

mez and Anthony Tolda for the 2nd Congressional District, made their appearances at the hotel ballroom aft er midnight.

On Wednesday, Bishop re-leased this statement: “I am grateful to the residents of Suf-folk County for continuing to put their faith and confi dence in me to serve them. While there are still votes to be counted, I am very optimistic my margin will not only hold up, but will grow. … I have always said that some of the most important

work a congressman does is to help solve the everyday prob-lems of Long Islanders, and that has nothing to do with the bal-ance of power in Washington.

“Th is was a remarkable vic-tory,” the statement continued, “in a terrible political climate against an opponent who spent more than $3 million of his own money and more than $750,000 in attack ads from anonymous special interests.

“While I respect Randy Altschuler’s right to wait to con-cede until all the absentee bal-lots are counted, I will use every means at my disposal to vigor-ously protect the victory that I and my supporters worked so hard to secure last night.”

Altschuler issued this state-ment Wednesday aft ernoon: “Th e 1st Congressional District race is too close to call. Our election lawyer is currently col-lecting needed information at the Suff olk County Board of Elections. Th ousands of absen-tee ballots are in play and that number is sure to increase over the next few days. We plan to

R’s make gains election night, Bishop holds on

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Suff olk GOP Chairman John LaValle, rear, exhorts the crowd as newly re-elected state Sen. John Flanagan thanks his supporters Tuesday night.

‘While there are still votes to be counted, I am very optimistic my margin will not only hold up, but will grow.’

— REP. TIM BISHOP

• Altschuler has not conceded in close race, Bishop claims victory 51% to 49%• GOP apparently gains in state Senate but may not have reached a majority• Flanagan, Englebright, LaValle easily re-elected, Brookhaven referenda all pass

Sen. Ken LaValle took his turn at the podium to accept applause from the crowd in Smithtown.

‘We have been given the chance to do the right thing’ in Albany.— SEN. JOHN FLANAGAN

‘Thousands of absentee ballots are in play and that number is sure to increase over the next few days.’

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“On Th ursday somebody stole me.”Th at cryptic statement from Bob Ben-

ner of Benner’s Farm in East Setauket was uttered seriously — and Benner is serious about getting himself back.

Bob and Jean Benner decided for the fi rst time this year to enter the annual Ward Melville Heritage Organization Scarecrow Contest at the Village Center in Stony Brook.

“We made two fi gures, life-sized, of Jean and myself,” Benner said Monday. “We won.” Th e tableau, modeled aft er Grant Woods’ “American Gothic” paint-ing, was indeed a crowd pleaser.

WMHO announced the winners of the voting on Halloween in a packed In-ner Court where, through the day Sun-day, thousands of visitors came to get a last look at this year’s entries, permit the kids to trick-or-treat at the local mer-chants, and cheer as the winners were announced. Benner won the contest’s professional division, “hands down” ac-cording to Marie Gilberti, WMHO com-munications manager.

However Benner’s entry was not to be seen, having been stolen from its lo-cation in front of the Loft clothing store last week. Th e model of Jean Benner was left on display, but Benner removed it in fear that she too might disappear.

Gilberti said it “has happened before” that scarecrows were taken, but not in some years. “It’s very unfortunate.”

More than unfortunate as far as Bob Benner is concerned, who had plans for the models aft er the competition was over. Now he is afraid he’ll never again see the scarecrow painstakingly created for future use on the farm and elsewhere. So he’s making the thieves an off er he hopes they won’t refuse. Return Bob Benner to Benner’s Farm, no questions asked.

“Or call the farm,” Benner said, and

leave a message where it can be re-trieved. Th e number for Benner’s Farm is 689-8172.

Bring Bob back, says Bob

Bob and Jean Benner pose alongside their alter egos on display in Stony Brook in early October. ‘Bob Benner’ was stolen and Bob Benner wants him back.The ‘American Gothic’-like display won fi rst place in voting by visitors to the Stony Brook Village Center over the past four weeks.

Courtesy Bob Benner

Contest results:Winners in the 20th annual

Scarecrow Contest in Stony Brook were announced on Sunday, Hal-loween. Local businesses, organi-zations and residents created six-foot scarecrows to be displayed in front of Village Center stores. Par-ticipants were eligible to win over $1,000 in donated cash prizes. Al-most 2,000 ballots were cast by visi-tors to the Village Center. Th e com-petition and Sunday’s festival were sponsored by Edible Arrangements of Stony Brook, Fratelli’s Market Place, Hudson City Savings Bank, Capital One Bank, Daniel Gale So-theby’s International Realty, Robert Quilty, Ph.D., psychologist, Irish El-egance, Th e Th ree Village Inn, Sam-uel R. Taube, RCSW and Spotlight Dance Academy.

2010 Scarecrow Competition Winners:

Category A: Professional1st Place: -“Benner’s Farm Couple”

Category B: Adult and Family1st Place – “Taz Crow”2nd Place – “Ward Melville Field Hockey”3rd Place – “Recycleena”

Category C: Children1st Place – “Webelos II: Nightmare at Stony Brook Village Center”2nd Place – “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”3rd Place – “Monte-Sori the Snow Man”

What are your best Hanukkah memories?TBR Newspapers will be sharing as many of our readers’ best Hanukkah

memories as we can fi t into our issue on Dec. 2. Tell us about your most mov-ing, most hilarious, most memorable holiday by emailing your stories to [email protected] or mailing to PO Box 707, E. Setauket, NY 11733 for receipt no later than Nov. 19. Limit your recollections to no more than 400 words — and don’t forget to include photos!


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Geometers — mathematicians focusing on geometry — and physicists oft en work on problems of common interest, but they speak diff erent languages and look at things from diff erent points of view.

John Morgan, the founding director of Stony Brook University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, explained this problem and the role occupants of the school’s new building will serve in solving it. In order to help “bridge the chasm,” the Simons Center puts the practitioners in one building to “push communication between the two subjects.” To promote the exchange of ideas, there are blackboards throughout, an atrium con-necting the upper fl oors and a common room where there will be aft ernoon tea every day. Th e center will also host, in addition to classes, art installations, workshops and sci-ence lectures for the public.

Th e building is the namesake of Jim Simons, a distin-guished mathematician, and his wife, Marilyn, president of the Simons Foundation. Th ey donated $60 million to Stony Brook two years ago to create the center, the largest gift received at any single campus in the state university system. Th e mathematician said he chose Stony Brook be-cause of the school’s history with geometry and physics. Simons is a now-retired chairman of Renaissance Tech-nologies, a fi nancial company he formed and which made him a billionaire.

According to Laszlo Mihaly, chair of physics and as-tronomy, in the 1960s, “Th e physics department had a re-ally visionary chair, who decided to create a department that is really a leading research and teaching center.” Since then, department faculty members have played roles in many discoveries in the fi eld, such as proving that neutri-nos, particles that move nearly at the speed of light, have mass.

Simons has a personal history with the university. He once chaired the math department because “when I was 30, they took a chance on a young whippersnapper,” he said. Th e school is also where he met Marilyn, and they now have a home in the area.

Any new building at Stony Brook must achieve at least silver standing in Leadership in Energy and Environ-mental Design, a certifi cation system that measures how “green” a structure is. SBU president, Dr. Samuel Stanley said the Simons Center has reached the silver level, and has enough LEED points to apply for gold standing.

Th e building’s green features include a rooft op garden that collects rainwater to fl ush the toilets and urinals, which could save 75,000 gallons of water every year. Th e Center also runs on a geothermal heating system, which uses warmth from the ground. For hotter weather, there are light-colored tiles on the roof and an outdoor deck in order to refl ect sunlight and save on cooling costs.

Th e Simons Center is the product of greener construc-tion as well. It took 17 months to build, and according to Mario Tesoriero, one of the architects from Perkins East-man, which designed the center, the construction materi-als were all obtained locally, within a 500-mile radius. In

Simons Center opens; let the collaboration beginaddition, the steel, concrete, ceiling tiles and carpeting all contain recycled material.

In order to make “the building healthier for the end user,” Tesoriero said, “we used low VOC-content mate-rials … paints and adhesives, carpeting, all the fl ooring in general” do not contain many volatile organic com-pounds.

Th ese diff erent elements come together in the Simons Center to create an environment in which geometers and physicists can collaborate and discover. President Stanley emphasized this goal and said that, with any building, “Th e key is the people you put in it.”

A ceremonial grand opening of the Simons Center was held all day Tuesday, Oct. 26, with speakers from around the globe and ample opportunity for them to exchange ideas. In other words, the center is working already.

From left, architect Mario Tesoriero, Dr. Samuel Stanley, John Morgan, Jim Simons and Michael Douglas, the fi rst faculty member, on the roof of the Simons Center last week.

Photos by Elana Glowatz

Former math professor Jim Simons, with mathematical formulas he probably understands perfectly.


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Back at the Sheraton, early in the eve-ning LaValle invited to the podium can-didates who were prevailing by wide mar-gins. “It’s all about getting tonight to the number 32,” said victorious state Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jeff erson), the chairman’s uncle. Th irty-two senators would consti-tute a majority in the Senate in Albany and return the chamber to Republican leader-ship. As of midday Wednesday, the ques-tion was still too close to call, with a real possibility the fi nal count could be 31-31. Republicans defeated at least two incum-bents, including fi rst-term Sen. Brian Foley of Blue Point, but lost a couple of seats else-where in the state.

Perhaps anticipating reaching 32 Re-publican senators, re-elected Sen. John Fla-nagan (R-East Northport), with his beam-ing wife, Lisa, at his side, told the crowd, “We have been given a chance to do the right thing” in Albany.

“It’s wonderful to have an opportu-nity to serve this great community,” said Assemblyman Steven Englebright (D-Setauket). “And I thank all those who have given me an opportunity to prob-lem solve and work for the betterment for our quality of life.”

Englebright said he would get to workimmediately on making sure the stateparks, the environment and the arts areall suffi ciently funded in next year’s bud-get.

“All of those seem to have been target-ed by our current governor …” he said.“Similarly I’m very concerned about thestate university and the need to identifyfunding so that it could continue its mis-sion and continue to be a driver for ev-erything we care about really, beginningwith jobs on Long Island.”

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turnaround by DSS was unprecedented in his agency, Blass replied, “I would say yes.” “Th is certainly is a process that could be a model” for future homeless shelter sitings, he said.

Friday night Akhtar posted a lengthy message on the group’s blog

(http://3villagesonepeople.blogspot.com). In it she said: “Th e shelter topic was a hot-button for many, but everyone came to-gether and armed with logic and civility along every step of the way, we achieved so much so fast. … I feel privileged to have been a part of this eff ort. Now, I look for-ward to going back to my career and four young children as they look forward to hav-ing their mother back as well (at least that’s what they told me tonight).”

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County Executive Steve Levy works the crowd during the Republican election night festivities.

Judge won’t stop SBU from clearing for hotelBY LEE [email protected]

A state Supreme Court judge in Riv-erhead has refused to grant a temporary restraining order preventing SUNY from clearing the site of a proposed hotel on the campus of Stony Brook University.

Th e order would have prevented any clearing until the ongoing lawsuit, fi led by opponents of the hotel plan fi rst en-visioned three decades ago, is resolved. An informal agreement not to begin any clearing was reached earlier in the month between the plaintiff s and SUNY. Th e plaintiff ’s attorney, George Locker of Manhattan, had requested the court is-sue the restraining order.

Justice Ralph Gazillo was “not con-vinced cutting the forest was irreparable injury,” Locker said Friday. Th e attorney fears SUNY is “chomping on the bit” to get started with the project and might not wait until the merits of the lawsuit have been considered and a judgement

issued in the case. “It’s a puzzle to me why [SBU Presi-

dent Dr. Samuel] Stanley has not agreed to a temporary stay,” said Locker. Th e lawyer suggested that if clearing or even construction were to occur and then a court found in favor of his clients, “would the developer turn around and sue SUNY?”

Th is was the fi rst hearing in Riverhead since the venue for the case was moved from Manhattan last month. Locker said he has already requested oral arguments in the case to speed the legal process, which can take years to litigate.

President Stanley, who ordered the long-stalled project to proceed earlier this year, would not respond to questions on the case. Th rough spokeswoman Lauren Sheprow, Dr. Stanley issued this statement: “Th e University and the de-veloper are interested in proceeding with the hotel project, but as yet have not dis-cussed the court’s ruling.”


Hayes re-elected CAES presidentTh omas Hayes of Setauket was re-elected president at the Classi-

cal Association of the Empire State’s annual Institute held at Union College, Oct. 21 to 23. Hayes, who teaches Latin at Ward Melville High School and Suff olk Community College, coordinated this year’s Institute. Th is gathering brings together teachers and profes-sors from across the state to exchange ideas, teaching materials and research about classical languages, the ancient world and the continuing impact of ancient learning on our contemporary world.

Speakers at the Institute pointed out that according to the latest statistics from the College Board, Latin students still score higher on the SAT in all skill areas than students of any other second language. Mr. Kin Chee, a representative of the State Department of Education, spoke forcefully about the need for Latin and under-scored that Latin (along with German) remains, and will remain, a Regents-credit language.

With master’s degrees in linguistics and in Latin, Hayes has studied at the University of Michigan, the University of Maryland and Wayne State University, and has held the positions of execu-tive director of the Vergilian Society and president of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States. Th is summer he served for the second time as program facilitator for an NEH-funded Institute in Italy titled “Houses of Mortals and Gods.”

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Christopher PerriChristopher P. Perri passed away suddenly on Sept.

20. He was the beloved son of Elise and Louis Perri and the most beloved brother of Bryan F.T. Perri. He was 26 years old. He is survived by many aunts, uncles and cousins who will miss him always.

Chris attended Setauket School, as well as Min-nesauke. He then transferred to Sts. Philip and James School in St. James and graduated in 1998. He is a 2002 graduate of St. Anthony’s High School and went on to graduate with honors from the State University at Albany in business administration. He was employed as a fi nancial analyst at Milliken & Co. and was scheduled to be promoted to an executive position at the corporate headquarters in South Carolina in May.

Chris loved to laugh and he lived life to the fullest. He was a licensed private pilot and an avid boater who was on the water every chance he got.

He also leaves behind his beautiful and treasured fi ancé, Erin Stephenson, a graduate of Cooper Union University with a masters in architecture. Th ey had planned to be married in May of next year.

A fund was established by his friends to honor Chris with an archangel plaque bearing his name to be dis-played in the breezeway of the new school chapel at St. Anthony’s High School. It is donated with the hope that the plaque will serve as a permanent memorial to all the

fond memories held by his friends and to signify that Chris was, and will continue to be, loved by many. Once the memorial is complete, any remaining donations will be put into a scholarship fund for students from Sts. Philip and James School and St. Patrick’s School in Smithtown, who wish to attend St. Anthony’s.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at Sts. Philip and James in St. James. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Branch Funeral Home in Smithtown.

Edgar StrokeEdgar Daniel Stroke, age 51, passed away on Tuesday,

Oct. 26, in Seattle, Wash., aft er a 30-year struggle with cancer. Born in Boston in 1958, Edgar grew up in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Stony Brook.

Edgar was an expert in all aspects of show business, mostly known for his lighting design. From a young age, Edgar became involved with the Slavic Cultural Center in Port Jeff erson, founded by Edward J. Cz-erwinski, who became a mentor and father fi gure to him. Th ere, Edgar began acting, puppetry and design-ing productions as well as lighting. He was technical director of the Slavic Cultural Center, where he worked with renowned directors, artists, writers and theatri-cal companies, including Jozef Szajna, Tadeusz Roze-wicz, Kazimierz Braun and the Olsztyn Th eater of the Deaf. He designed lights and sets in places such as the Brooklyn Academy and the Provincetown Playhouse in Massachusetts.

Edgar earned a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Stony Brook, where he became the fi rst technical director of the Staller Center for the Arts. He received an MFA in fi lm from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television in Los Angeles, where he directed several award-winning fi lms. In 1994, he began design-ing lights for rock concerts, shows, and tours.

Edgar was fi rst diagnosed with acinic cell cancer in

1981, and since that time underwent a variety of treat-ments and operations in New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. Th roughout this long, diffi cult period as a can-cer patient, Edgar displayed an irrepressible spirit and love of life; he continued to work as a lighting designer whenever possible and devoted himself to helping other acinic cell cancer patients. He created a website to gather and disseminate information about this disease, which is currently the most comprehensive research source for this cancer, and to give advice to patients, 1,500 of whom per month would contact him via his website, www.aciniccell.org.

Edgar is survived by his mother, Beruria Stroke, and is mourned by relatives and friends in the U.S., Israel and Holland. Edgar’s compassion for others, indefati-gable spirit and zany sense of humor earned him loving friends everywhere he went. He will be deeply missed.

Services for Edgar will be held on Nov. 5 at 1 pm at the Star of David Chapel, 1236 Wellwood Ave., W. Babylon; 454-9600; www.starofdavidchapels.com.

Peggie KeeganPeggie B. Keegan, 87 years old of East Setauket, died

on Oct. 21. Born on Sept. 13, 1923, in Dublin, Ireland, she was the daughter of the late Th omas and Mary Swan. She was a former actress and model who appeared in many early magazine and newspaper advertisements. A homemaker, she enjoyed spending time with her family.

Mrs. Keegan is survived by her daughter, Kelly (Paul M.) James; her grandchildren, Erin, Casey and Rory; and her brother, James Swan.

A Mass was held at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church in Kings Park on Oct. 25. Interment followed in St. Charles Cem-etery, Farmingdale.

Contributions in Mrs. Keegan’s memory made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 919 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1000, Chicago, IL 60611 would be appreciated.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www.bryantfh .com to sign the online guestbook.

Obituaries

McArthur-Gross Engagement

Jay and Lucille Gross of Stony Brook are pleased to

announce the engagement of their son, Matthew Robert

Gross, to Kathleen Suzanne McArthur, daughter of Mark

and Frances McArthur of Paige, Texas. Kathleen is a graduate of the University

of Texas at Austin and Harvard Law School.

Matthew, a member of the class of 2001 of Ward Melville High School, is a

graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. Both Katy and Matt are

litigation attorneys at the law firm of Sullivan &

Cromwell in New York City. The wedding will take place

in the spring of 2011 at San Fernando Cathedral in

San Antonio, Texas.


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Legal NoticeThe Annual Financial Report is hereby made by theThree Village Central School DistrictTowns of Brookhaven and Smithtown of theState of New York, for fi scal year endedJune 30, 2010, pursuant to Section 1721 of the Education Law

GENERAL FUNDBalance 7/1/09REVENUES 22,936,408Real Property TaxesOther tax items-including STAR 107,971,522Charges for Services 11,954,574Use of Money and Property 2,602,350Sale of property and 460,886compensation for lossMiscellaneous 14,173State Sources 945,464Federal Sources 31,408,881EXPENDITURES 5,726,140 161,083,990General SupportInstruction 19,138,597Pupil Transportation 90,766,534Community Services 8,204,009Employee Benefi ts 1,447,820Debt Service-Principal 30,996,699Debt Service-Interest 3,790,000Transfers (out) 3,807,161 158,150,820Balance 6/30/10 230,030) (230,030) 25,639,548SPECIAL AID FUNDBalance 7/1/09REVENUES 0Fund RevenuesEXPENDITURES 3,782,540Fund ExpendituresTransfers 4,012,570Balance 6/30/10 (230,030) Balance 7/1/09SCHOOL LUNCH FUND

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The full text of the Annual Report as fi led with the State EducationDepartment is available for public inspection at the Offi ce of theDistrict Clerk, Administration Building during normal school hours.

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blast from 25 yards. Knepper (who was elevated from the junior varsity late in the season) had the best chance for a Patriot goal in the second half but the North Babylon goalie Heimerle slid in front of Knepper and took the hard shot full in her face. Junior goalie Ally Ramos made nine saves for Ward Melville.

With 13:20 on the clock the Bulldogs padded their lead when an odd defl ec-tion bounced into the net and the 2010 Patriots were done. Th at’s how fast sea-sons end in the playoff s, even good ones.

Patriots advance to next roundSixth-seeded Ward Melville boys soccer team competed on Tuesday against 11th-seeded Bay Shore and won 4-0. The Patriots advance to play third-seeded Smithtown West on Friday, Nov. 5, at 2:30 pm. If the Patriots defeat the Bulls West, they will compete again on Monday, Nov. 8, at 2 pm.

PATRIOT GIRLS SOCCERContinued from page A13

Meanwhile, Walt Whitman, the out-bracket game-winner and 16th seed, up-set top-seeded Sachem East 1-0. North Babylon hosted the Wildcats (9-5-2) on Wednesday.

Photos by Bruce Larrabee

Co-captains Lizzy Rulan, top, and Courtney Decker, above, try to get the Patriots on the board.

One of those guys who left was Quinn Raseman, now a redshirt freshman at Iona College. “If Quinn were one year younger, we’d be running for a county championship on Friday,” said Vessichio. “Th at’s how much the team has im-proved.” Th e Patriots were 2-3 during the dual meet season, including a 1-point loss to Commack that may now be considered avenged.

Steinmuller, a senior captain, said, “We showed up four times a week this summer to run together, and we also ran by ourselves. Everyone who is still on top and running on Friday made it to those workouts.”

On Monday before the county cham-pionships Vessichio worked his team hard, a series of grueling 800-yard sprints on the track, but he promised they would taper their workouts as the week pro-gressed, and show up Friday aft ernoon strong and ready to run.

Practicing with the team was re-cent transfer student Christian Walsh, a promising talent who will be eligible to compete for the Patriots in spring and winter track, according to Vessichio.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRYContinued from page A13


SPORTSGirls soccer knocked out in first round of playoffs

Boys cross country team places sixth in divisional meet

GIRLS SOCCER

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

BY JOHN [email protected]

In the opening round of the Class AA Suff olk County girls soccer tournament the ninth-seeded North Babylon Bull-dogs (13-3-1) upset the eighth-seeded Ward Melville Patriots 3-0 with a domi-nating road eff ort. On a sunny, chilly, windy aft ernoon on Willie White Field the Patriots were without the key services of junior midfi elder Jordan Porretto, out until next week with a concussion. But now next week’s game will never come.

Th e Bulldogs’ Casey Filippone scored early in the game to knock the Patriots off stride, and then the gritty Bulldog defense fought to hold the 1-0 lead until halft ime in front of fl awless goalkeeping (seven saves) by Kelly Heimerle.

Ward Melville (10-4-2) earned its fi rst corner with 27 minutes to play in the fi rst half. At the 10-minute mark Patriot senior midfi elder Morgan Governale fed junior forward Caysea Cohen, who just missed connecting with freshman forward Randi Knepper at the left post. With eight min-utes left in the fi rst half the Patriots fi nally put the ball in the Bulldog net but were called off side on the play.

Early in the second half Filippone faked right, spun left and fi red a hard low hook into the net to give the visitors a two-goal lead that might as well have been fi ve. Cohen ran herself ragged to no avail, trying to fi nd space in front of the Bulldog net. Senior forward Court-ney Decker almost buried a curving

BY JOHN [email protected]

Th e Ward Melville boys cross country team fi nished sixth at the Section XI divi-sion championships on Oct. 26 at Sunken Meadow State Park. Connetquot, Smith-town, Sachem East, Bayport-Blue Point and Harborfi elds fi nished ahead of the steadily improving Patriots.

Ward Melville was led by senior Chaz Abad who toured the hilly 5K course in 17:26.10. Seniors Kurt Steinmuller (17:36.40), Aneesh Sampath 17:41.25), and Paul Levy (17:56.20), and sophomores Lloyd Webb (18:09.60), Alex Fitzgerald

(18:39.70) and Vincent Cicale (18:44.70) joined Abad to combine for 193 points to nip the excellent teams from Northport and Commack by 1.

“I expected we’d do that well or even better,” Patriot head coach Jerry Vessichio said. “We ran well that day, and we can run even better than that. Friday, at the county championships [and state qualify-ing meet] we will run better.”

He continued, “And when the season began, I wasn’t sure we’d win a dual meet. Th at’s how hard these guys worked over the summer to replace the guys who left .”



North Babylon . . . . . . 3Ward Melville . . . . . . . 0

Photos by Bruce Larrabee

Senior co-captain Morgan Governale, above, has possession of the ball. Junior Caysea Cohen, upper left, fi res a shot on goal. Sophomore Maddy Wollmuth, left, clears the ball.

Photo by John Westermann

Members of the boys cross country team prepare to do their workout, including (l-r) Lloyd Webb, Vincent Cicale, Chaz Abad, Kurt Steinmuller, Alex Fitzgerald and Paul Levy.


Vision neededTh e voters have spoken, or at least two out of

every fi ve registered voters who cast a ballot, but in New York State at least the message was decidedly mixed. Locally Republicans generally made gains, but apparently have not won back control even of the Senate, their bastion for decades until just two years ago. A nationwide swing to the right defi nite-ly did not have much pull in the Empire State.

Ultra-slow vote counting has, as of this writing, still not determined who is New York’s next at-torney general, a most important offi ce considering the monkey business that is par for Albany. A Re-publican in that offi ce — presuming a Democratic governor, Democratic comptroller and a state house more or less controlled by Democrats — would be preferable. Our discussions with Dan Donovan, however, also revealed a hands-off philosophy toward Wall Street and the banking industry, two places we think must thrive for the sake of the economic recovery of New York and indeed the whole country — but have proven woefully unable to police themselves.

So what now? Th e electorate is divided. Th e two sides see a vastly diff erent reality, largely due to get-ting their information from liberal or conservative sources that blatantly color their reporting.

Nor are the issues simple. Solutions will require both understanding and compromise. Th at is how democratic republics work — the only way the United States can progress in a world threatening to pass us by.

Maybe that’s the answer. Th e Cold War provided a common enemy that brought diverse camps together for the common good. We again have common en-emies: worldwide terrorist threats amid dependence on foreign oil. Th ese threats are real, yet we bury our heads in the sand and shout at one another.

It’s time to take a step back and see the big picture. It is not pretty and divided we are likely to come up short in dealing with it.

We hope our elected and re-elected leaders have the vision, and we call on the American public to take a far more nuanced and informed view of the world.

Together for greatnessWhen Jim Simons came to chair the mathemat-

ics department at Stony Brook University in 1968, he was invited by the Nobel Prize-winning physi-cist, C.N. Yang, to meet regularly and talk shop. It was at one of their meetings that Simons realized that the physicists were working on a problem the mathematicians had already solved. Perhaps that is when the inspiration for a joint center was born.

Th at Center was offi cially opened on the Stony Brook campus this week (see page A9). In the crush of election results and speculation about future politics, one might overlook this wondrous event. Th is Center will attract some of the most promi-nent and brightest in both disciplines. Th e mission is nothing less than to understand the origin and structure of the universe.

Simons, of Old Field and New York City, sup-ports many worthy programs with his foundation dollars. But he admitted that SBU was closest to his and his wife’s hearts. In many ways the Simonses have enhanced all our lives here. But now Simons has brought enhanced collaboration and future greatness to our community and our nation.

Welcome, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics and to all those who will work there. Th e promise is limitless.

Santayana was rightTO THE EDITOR:

Th is country that we call home, “America the Free,” has completely plunged into the Land of Hypocrisy. In 1492 our “founder” took a wrong turn and discovered a foreign land. He then took it upon himself to enslave and massacre the native people. Th e Pilgrims of 1620 were no better despite their lovely Th anksgiving tale. Our next step was triangular trade forcing human beings from Africa into chains and onto boats, barter-ing them for rum. For over 200 years we engaged in said slavery, leading to the deadly Civil War where we killed each other over economic and political diff er-ences. Th e Constitution was amended three times aft er Lee’s surrender to promote equality and still this wasn’t enough. Th e 20th century championed dis-crimination against women, African Americans and Asians who were subjected to immigration quotas. We fought in two World Wars to abolish persecution and foreign dominance and still we couldn’t model it. Th e Civil Rights and Women’s Movements followed and equality still evaded us. Ten years into the 21st century we still have no respect for what the U.S. was suppos-edly founded on. We teeter on the precipice of such strong division politically and economically that I wonder when the blue and the gray will start choosing up sides. It is no wonder why History has become a back burner subject in our disintegrating educational system; we lack the ability to learn from it and obvi-ously have no fear of repeating it.

Stefanie WernerEast Setauket

Old Field beach closureTO THE EDITOR:

Th e mayor and board of trustees of the Village of Old Field are to be commended for their decisive ac-tion regarding village beach access, and nighttime clo-sure of the lighthouse grounds. Closure and restricted access represent thoroughly considered decisions, based upon escalating dangerous incidents, resident complaints, and a review of all relevant circumstances.

I suspect that the time and eff orts of the board members required to arrive at the best possible but imperfect remedy, was somehow lost in the chosen headline of your article:

“Old Field blocks beach. Village government re-sponds to its constituents.”

For the moment, put on hold the fact that the vil-lage owns the beach and may restrict access, in the same way I am restricted, as a Brookhaven resident, and can’t moor my boat in Smithtown’s Porpoise Channel. Also, I guess the ever-increasing litter, bonfi res, empty beer bottles, use of the beach and lighthouse property as a bathroom, and gradual de-struction of the bluff s, could all be construed “harm-less” in the overall continuum. More relevant though, are events such as a car spinning in circles and out of control on the lighthouse grounds at 3 am because the driver thought this would be a fun thing to do. Fortu-nately, the car didn’t end up in someone’s living room.

Suggestions such as “enforce existing regulations” rather than restricting access, sound good and may get applause, but are simplistic. I, for one, wish there was a simple solution to the problem, so fi shermen could continue to fi sh and people who just want to en-joy the beach and scenery could do so. Unfortunately, the constable can’t monitor the comings and goings at the lighthouse, check the bluff s and beaches, respond to village emergencies and patrol Old Field and Crane Neck. Nor can the village reasonably be expected to

increase expenditures required to add staff to accom-plish the above, or pay for cleanup and damages.

Th is is another situation in which a few ruined things for many. However, the Old Field mayor and village trustees could not have handled this matter in a more judicious, and appropriate manner.

James DamicoSetauket

Timely performanceTO THE EDITOR:

Bravo to the Paul J. Gelinas Th eater Company and the Gelinas administration for their powerful presen-tation of “Addict” by Jerome McDonough. Th e student actors were compelling in their portrayal of young people whose lives were destroyed by drugs or alcohol, and the various dramatic vignettes gave emphasis to the scope of adolescent substance abuse.

Th ere are certain topics that are more diffi cult for parents to approach with their children, and a force-ful, dramatic production such as “Addict” presents a timely, relevant and emotionally connected opportu-nity to talk about real-life issues.

Th e more we talk openly and supportively about life’s struggles and problems, the more likely someone who is suff ering in silence will be able to recognize that they are not alone and that help is available. One such resource is Response of Suff olk County Inc., a 24-hour crisis intervention and suicide prevention hotline serving the community for 40 years.

Meryl Cassidy, LMSW, ACSWExecutive Director, Response of Suff olk County Inc.

Thanks for your supportTO THE EDITOR:

We want to thank every person who came to our lemonade stand and bought a book, or water, or lemonade. We raised $81 in three hours for the Smile Train and Dian Fossey’s Gorilla Fund International. We set up at Shore Road and Bayview Avenue. People on bikes, in cars, and people walking by said “Wow, this is the best lemonade I ever had,” or “Good luck, girls. Th ank you.”

Maya Isolde Peña-Lobel, age 8Clara Chas Sullivan, age 8

East Setauket

Fair Trade Store DebutTO THE EDITOR:

Th ere’s a new store in Stony Brook Village. Have you visited it yet? It’s called Fair Trade Winds. You will fi nd socially conscious, sweatshop-free, environ-mentally sustainable craft s, eco-friendly gift s, recycled products, coff ee, tea, soap and other items. Just to clarify, these items are fair priced, not free. I mention this because someone walked off with two sterling bracelets (one of a kind) on Columbus Day.

I would like to advise this person to bring the bracelets back. Drop them off when you can or write a check for the amount, which by the way is $180. You will defi nitely feel a lot better when you wear the bracelets knowing that you paid for them or gave them as a gift . For anyone curious, these are sterling silver bracelets with one heart charm attached.

Th is store just opened and we don’t want the new owners feeling discouraged already. Please step up to the plate and return these items. Th ank you and please stop in and see what the Fair Trade store is all about.

Diane Melidosian, Fair Trade AdvocateStony Brook

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Was every piece of that puck safely in the space, which would give them eight points,

or was one edge barely touching the line, which would give it to us? Six of us stood in a circle around that puck, pointing fi ngers and shouting, halting the most important shuffl eboard game in history. Th at might be a slight exaggeration but the game on that Montauk beach was the most important one of that moment be-cause, well, at that age, we didn’t bother with questions of why a competition was important. It just was.

When we couldn’t agree, we stormed off to get an authority fi gure (a parent). Well, the other fi ve stormed away. Me? I stood over that puck, knowing and hat-ing, that we would lose.

Fast forward to this weekend. Our umpire didn’t show for my son’s baseball game, so the other coach and I agreed to call balls and strikes. I called them when my players were pitching and he called them for his pitchers.

Th e strike zone was larger than in a

typical game because a) in second grade the pitchers oft en struggle to get the ball near the plate; and b) we want to encour-age the players to swing and not wait for walks. When we batted, my assis-tant coaches and I were stunned that the other coach called strikes on pitches that were well over our players’ heads.

“What can you do?” one of my assis-tant coaches shrugged.

“I’m going to go to talk to him,” an-other one threatened.

We didn’t say anything and, at the end of a close game with his team getting the benefi t of every call he made, he thanked me for “the great game.” Great game? For whom?

Immediately aft er that game, my fam-ily drove across town for my daughter’s soft ball game. In a league where games are oft en decided by the number of walks in an inning and innings more oft en end aft er everyone bats rather than when the girls record three outs, I give the players a chance to play every position.

Toward the end of the game, when

one of our pitchers was throwing to a girl who had never played catcher before and who was struggling to fi nd each ball that got past her, I asked the umpire if I could stand in the back of the cage and toss the ball back when it got away, to speed up the game. He readily agreed. Aft er three batters, the other coaches screwed their faces up in outrage and horror and snarled and shouted at me that I wasn’t allowed back there.

Were they setting a good example for their 9-year-old players by attacking me?

Aft er the game, I chatted with Cin-dy, one of the players from their team whom I knew from coaching in an ear-lier league. Cindy liked to pitch and play fi rst base. During the game this weekend, she played deep right fi eld and catcher. I asked her why she wasn’t playing the po-sitions she liked and she said she wasn’t as “good” as some of the other girls at those positions.

In that summer shuffl eboard game all those years ago, one of the other boys caught me as I slid the puck onto the line. It was a horrible moment. And yet, I’m grateful I got caught. Diffi cult as it might be to believe in a culture that seems to demand victories, I learned that there is a bigger picture.

High-level competition, small-scale sports

Some habits of the Irish we readily embraced. We loved the scones — with

and without bits of fruit — and enjoyed them with a smear of lightly whipped cream, straw-berry jam and the omnipresent pot of brewed tea. We embraced the pints of Guinness stout — al-though in my case it was more like half-a-pint and with an added bit of blackcurrant (a recommenda-tion from several natives) when we ate in the pubs. Th e stout would be poured by the bartender until it fi lled three-quarters of the glass, then allowed to settle to a dark col-or — a period of several minutes. Only then would the bartender very carefully fi ll up the rest of the glass. “A blond lady in a black dress,” they called it. It occurred to me, the fi rst time I witnessed this art, how diff erent the pace of life in Dublin is from that of New York City. How oft en do bartenders have the time for such prolonged niceties?

We were thrilled to visit the famous Abbey, Dublin’s national theater, as a result of obtain-ing some of the scarce tickets for

Sean O’Casey’s play, “Th e Plough and the Stars,” which was clos-ing shortly aft er a long run. Th e Abbey, founded in 1903 by W.B. Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory and J.M. Synge, is a cultural Mecca in Dublin, and was frequented by many literary lights, like James Joyce, over the decades. O’Casey’s play, about the 1916 Easter Rising against the British, fortunately fol-lowed a historic walking tour we had joined earlier in the day, so we were a little familiar with the historical events. Rather than glo-rify the Rising, the play powerfully dwelt on the darker side of war, the waste of human potential, the rending apart of families and even the cowardice of some citizens during that time. It was not popu-lar when it was written in 1926.

Th ere are at least six theaters in Dublin, and the next night we spent a delightful evening at the Olympia listening to the ballads of Hermione Hennessey. In fact,

we enjoyed the music throughout Ireland, where it could be any-thing from a traditional jig, played on a fi ddle, to a local adaptation of blues. And the unique step danc-ing was impressively intricate and thoroughly entertaining. It ad-dressed not only the eyes but also the ears.

One aft ernoon, the bus brought us to a castle where we were to spend the night. Eager to stretch my legs aft er the long ride, I started out on a walk and shortly met up with a couple, who might have been in their late 50s. With typical friendliness, they began to chat and shared with me a picture of ordinary life there. Th ey spoke about the Celtic Tiger, the period in the earlier part of the decade when economic boom came to the Republic. Fueled by tax abate-ment and an educated work force, companies opened in Ireland and employed thousands of workers. But with the global downturn, a

disaster among the Irish banks and the end of the abatements, most of those companies packed up and left .

Unemployment is high, and the gentleman explained that he had been out of work for over a year and a half. He had been in construction. His wife had a part-time job caring for an elderly per-son in his home, and that, plus the small stream of euros coming from the government, was what currently supported them. With Ireland’s huge defi cit, they were concerned lest the government payments run out although they are not scheduled to end as long as he is out of work. It was not a pretty picture they painted, but it was not so diff erent from one that might be told elsewhere in Europe or here — with the exception that unemployment payments in the United States do end.

Th e Irish Republic is part of the European Union, and like other historically poorer nations, such as Portugal, has greatly ben-efi ted from early EU investment in Irish infrastructure. Th e other side of the alliance is the lack of

control the Irish feel over their own economy. Th ey are subject to the economic dictates of Brussels, and are a bit envious of the U.K.’s currency independence with its pound sterling, even though, in many ways, it functions within the EU.

Tourism is a bright spot and greatly encouraged. Ireland, with its ancient culture, historic up-heavals, unpretentious delights, impressive literary and musical traditions and congenial people, captures the visitor’s mind and heart.

Ireland captures the mind and heart

BY LEAH S. [email protected]

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