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BY elana Glowatz

The last two years have been rough for Dunia Sibomana, but now that he has been brought to the United States for recon-structive surgery, everything could change.

Since the 8-year-old was disfigured in a chimpanzee at-tack — the same one that killed his younger brother — he had stopped going to school be-cause the other children in his native Congo ridiculed him. And being extremely poor, he came to America weighing only 40-something pounds, although the typical weight for a boy his age is almost double that, accord-ing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Despite all he has gone through, volunteers from the Smile Rescue Fund for Kids said Dunia is still a sweet kid.

That group, founded by Poquott resident Dr. Leon Klempner, who until recently was an ortho-dontist based in Port Jefferson, is hosting Dunia on Long Island and will care for him through a series of surgeries to reconstruct his lips and cheek.

Klempner started his non-

profit organization a few years ago to care for kids with severe facial deformities who are often ignored by similar groups that re-pair simpler issues like cleft lips.

Dunia lost both his lips and has scarring on his cheeks after the chimpanzee attack two years ago on the outskirts of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near that country’s border with Uganda and Rwanda. While his father was working in the fields, he was playing with his friends and his 4-year-old brother, Klempner said. The chimps “killed and completely dismembered” the brother, but a ranger fortunately found Dunia and rushed him to the hospital.

“He refused to go to school after the injury because the kids were just ridiculing him too much,” the Poquott man said. “He lost most of his friends.”

Smile Rescue Fund stepped in, bringing Dunia and that park ranger, Andre Bauma, stateside. Bauma was acting as a translator for Dunia, who only speaks Swahili, and helping him get settled with his Hauppauge host family, the Creans, but had

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Photos from Amy epsteinat top, leon Klempner poses with Dunia sibomana in front of the Christmas tree. above, Dunia and ranger andre Bauma both give a thumbs-up for school.

Group to rescue little boy’s smile

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Lamborghini crash kills driverBy Elana Glowatz

A Lamborghini driver was killed last Sunday afternoon when he crashed into a pole on a steep hill.

According to the Suffolk County Po-lice Department, 48-year-old Belle Terre resident Glen Nelson was driving east up East Broadway in Port Jefferson in the 2008 Lamborghini that day, Dec. 20, when he left the road and struck a pole near High Street.

Port Jefferson Village Trustee Larry LaPointe said on Monday that one of the village’s code officers was the first person

on the scene and was able to get into the “horribly mangled vehicle with a person still alive inside.”

LaPointe, the board of trustees’ liaison to the code enforcement bureau, said the code officer, Paul Barbato, started to de-liver care to the injured driver.

Despite Barbato’s attempt, the man was pronounced dead at St. Charles Hospital, police said.

Police impounded the Lamborghini for a safety check and detectives from the 6th Squad are investigating the single-car crash. Anyone with information is asked to call them at 631-854-8652.

File photoPolice say the lamborghini was heading up the hill at East Broadway at the time of the crash.

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By Giselle Barkley

For the past eight years, Rhonda Klch and her company Equity First have made many dreams come true.

This year is no different with Klch’s annual Holiday Dream event, which provides Christmas gifts for Long Island families in need. Last Sunday, families picked up their Christmas presents at the Coram Fire Department headquarters from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Klch, a Miller Place resident, and event volunteers upped the ante this year by getting gifts for around 250 families from Mount Sinai, Miller Place, Port Jefferson, Port Jefferson Sta-tion, Selden, Medford and other towns across the Island.

“These kids feel like they’re walking on a cloud,” said Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station), as several children ran around with bal-loons in the background after receiving their presents and meeting Santa.

Cartright was one of many people Klch called this year when searching for families in need of some holiday cheer. Local schools and churches were also contacted to find these families. While the families don’t need to be homeless to participate in the program, many of the

families are financially unable to afford presents around the holidays.

People like Gordon Leonard of Selden said with the recession it’s harder to live on Long Island, making special seasons like the holidays more stressful.

“They’re giving because they know people are struggling just to be New Yorkers,” he said. “We don’t want to leave. What choice do we have?”

According to volunteer Priscilla Arena, of Mount Sinai, the event was a success.

“The outpour from the community has been tremendous and I’m hoping that it’ll only increase next year,” she said.

Last year, the event helped about 167 families.

For residents like Tiana Wyche, who lives in a shelter, Holiday Dream was important to bring joy to her children. Wyche is originally from Riverhead but currently resides in Port Jefferson Station.

“Unfortunately, financial restrictions impact everybody and it becomes difficult over holidays,” Klch said. “I think people have this perception that just because you live somewhere, you’re doing very well. But unfortunately, people get so blind.”

Klch added that people don’t always realize how many families struggle to live on the Island, much less celebrate the

holidays. She started spreading the word about the event among people in the busi-ness district. While Holiday Dream is the main event where children pick up their toys and have breakfast with Santa, there are toy drive events prior to Holiday Dream that Klch and her company host to raise more donations.

For Carmen Nunez and her family, who moved from the Dominican Republic to Port Jefferson Station, the program was extra special. Her family wasn’t used to getting presents around this time of year.

“I feel so happy,” she said. “It’s beautiful.”According to Cartright, remembering

the spirit of giving is important this time of year, and she hopes to keep giving in the future through Holiday Dream.

“A lot of community organizations and individuals come together to remind the kids that this is a season of giving,” Cartright said. “The holiday season is not only about receiving. They’re reach-ing hundreds of kids now, and I can only imagine as the years go by, how many kids we’re going to be changing their lives by letting them know they’re loved and supported by the community.”

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County Republicans call for federal SCPD monitorBY Phil Corso

North Shore lawmakers are calling on the federal government to keep a closer watch on the county police department.

At a press conference last week, Suffolk County Legislators Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga), Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset) and Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma) stood beside Republican minority leader Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) at the William Rogers Legislature Building in Hauppauge to call for heightened over-sight of the Suffolk County Police Depart-ment via a federal monitor. Their pleas came in light of a recent investigation and indictment of former county Police Chief James Burke, who was accused of beating a handcuffed suspect and attempting to cover up the crime.

During the press conference, numer-ous members of the Republican Caucus made it clear that both Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and Tim Sini needed to speak up about what they know — if anything — regarding the alleged malfeasance of the department, given that their positions were so inti-mately tied to its internal mechanisms.

Trotta said that as more facts related to Burke roll out, it has become more apparent that the problem needs to be addressed by a federal monitor. He and his colleagues argued that federal in-

volvement would allot the best resources available to the investigation and also in-still an element of objectivity.

“I want the monitor to come in to make sure that everything in the internal affairs department is running correctly,” Trotta said at the press conference. “I want the monitor to come in and say that the per-

son appointed to be police commissioner is qualified.”

Bellone ensured that a monitor will be established as soon as possible.

Bellone tapped Tim Sini to become Suffolk County police commissioner after serving as Bellone’s chief criminal justice advisor since August 2014.

Before his tenure as Suffolk’s assis-tant deputy county executive for public safety, Sini served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 2010 to 2014, specializing in violent crimes, gang prosecutions and large-scale narcotics cases.

“When looking for a police commis-sioner, I am seeking someone with char-acter, experience and vision, and Tim Sini has all three,” Bellone said. “Tim is a man of real integrity with a strong sense of justice. Tim Sini has a unique blend of law enforcement experience as a fed-eral prosecutor combined with a keen understanding of Suffolk County’s law enforcement community by serving as my top law enforcement advisor.”

But McCaffrey argued at the press con-ference that there was no time for “on-the-job training” when one is elevated to the level of commissioner of the county police department. McCaffrey argued that Sini is inexperienced, making it that much more essential that federal investi-gators seek out accountability.

“This is not a political issue, it is one of public safety and the integrity of our government,” McCaffrey said. “The State of New York, and now Suffolk County, is just roiling with corruption and misman-agement. The people of Suffolk County deserve much better than this, and any-thing less than full federal involvement will not be acceptable.”

Photo from Suffolk County Republicanssuffolk County legislator rob Trotta, second from right, calls for a federal monitor to oversee the county police department in the wake of recent scandals.

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LegalsNOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF Suffolk, GMAC Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Norman Fuchs, Nan-cy Fuchs, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Fore-closure and Sale duly filed on July 08, 2014, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auc-tion at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farm-ingville, NY on January 06, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., premises known as 5 Flagpole Lane, East Setauket, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the build-ings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and be-ing in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Sec-tion 157.00, Block 01.00 and Lot 015.000. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 26045/09.

Hon. Armand Araujo, Referee

Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff

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NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLKJPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff

AGAINST

Benjamin Crespin; Encarna-cion Crespin; Samuel Cres-pin a/k/a Sauel Crespin; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Fore-closure and Sale duly dated October 5, 2015 I, the under-signed Referee will sell at pub-lic auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York, 11738 on January 12, 2016 at 10:15AM, premises known as 18 Minerva Lane, Centereach, NY 11720. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of NY, District 0200 Section 514.00 Block 06.00 Lot 017.00. Approximate amount of judgment $374,790.95 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provi-sions of filed Judgment Index# 16440/11.

James K. Hogan, Esq., Referee

Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLCAttorney(s) for the Plaintiff175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624(877) 759-1835

Dated: November 5, 2015

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NOTICE OF ANNUALMEETING OF MEMBERS

OF THE PORT JEFFERSONB.I.D. MANAGEMENTASSOCIATION, INC.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of the PORT JEFFERSON B.I.D. MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. will be held at the Village Center, 101-A East Broadway, Port Jefferson, County of Suf-folk, State of New York, on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 6:00 o’clock p.m.

The purpose of the annual

meeting is as follows:

1. The election of directors.

2. The transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting of the mem-bers pursuant to the New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Law and General Municipal Law, or any adjournment thereof.

If you are unable to attend in person, you are requested to sign and execute a proxy nam-ing a person you authorize to vote on your behalf and to de-liver the same to the person named therein to be presented at the meeting so that your membership may be represent-ed and voted at the meeting. Your proxy should state your name, address and whether you are an owner of the commercial property, a commercial tenant of property located in the dis-trict, or a tenant in an apartment complex.

Tom Schafer, President

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTYBAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff againstSONY CLERVOIX; FRANTZIE JO-SEPH CLERVOIX A/K/A FRANTZ-IE JOSEPH-CLERVOIX ,et al De-fendantsAttorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Fore-closure and Sale Entered JANU-ARY 29, 2015. I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HALL, FARM-INGVILLE, NY 11738 on JANUARY 12, 2016 at 9:30 A.M.. Premises known as 72 GIANT OAK ROAD, RIDGE, NY 11961. District 0200 Sec 407.00 Block 01.00 Lot 055.004. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Ridge, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Approxi-mate Amount of Judgment is $426,664.89 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold sub-ject to provisions of filed Judg-ment Index No 18916/11 .DEIRDRE J. CREIGHTON, ESQ. , Referee

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK SUPPLEMENTAL SUM-MONS Mortgaged Premises INDEX NO. 061945/2013 38 FLA-MINGO ROAD ROCKY POINT, NY 11778 Section: 077.00 Block: 05.00 Lot: 038.00 District: 0200 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORPORATION HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES OOMC 2005-HE6, AS-SET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES OOMC 2005-HE6, Plaintiff, vs. PETER H. CLAUSEN, if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or spe-cific lien upon the real prop-erty described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, wid-ower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, ad-

ministrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or ei-ther of them, and their respec-tive wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, ad-ministrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plain-tiff; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being ficti-tious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, De-fendants. To the above-named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the com-plaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, ex-clusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defen-dant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by de-fault for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NA-TURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to fore-close a Mortgage to secure the sum of $99,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on July 11, 2015 in Liber 21083, Page 548 covering premises known as 38 FLAMINGO ROAD, ROCKY POINT NY 11778. The re-lief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt se-cured by the Mortgage de-scribed above. SUFFOLK Coun-ty is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mort-gage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an at-torney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: October 7, 2015 RAS Boriskin, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: Thomas Zegarelli, Esquire 900 Merchants Con-course, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 280-7675

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POLICE BLOTTERIncidents and arrests from Dec. 13-19

Curbing a DWAIPolice arrested a 20-year-old man

from Port Jefferson Station for driving while ability impaired on Dec. 15, after they saw him drive over a curb on Wil-son Avenue and pulled him over.

Hitting the trifectaA 31-year-old Medford man was

arrested for driving while ability im-paired on Dec. 17 after he failed to maintain his lane and struck a grassy median while speeding on Lincoln Drive in Rocky Point. Police said the man was going 70 miles per hour in a 45-mile-per-hour zone in a 1998 GMC.

Wanted womanOn Dec. 16, police collared a Wading

River woman who had five warrants out for her arrest. At the time officers found her on Babylon Drive in Sound Beach, the 26-year-old was also allegedly in possession of a controlled substance, and was charged with that crime.

That sucksPolice arrested a 28-year-old man

from Lake Grove for petit larceny on Dec. 16, right after he stole two vacuums from a store at the Centereach Mall.

Hand-to-hand-to-cuffsPolice observed a woman in a hand-

to-hand drug transaction on Route 25A in Selden on Dec. 18, and stopped the 55-year-old before she could pull away in her 2002 Cadillac. Officers found heroin in her possession and ar-rested her for criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Caffeine fiendOn Dec. 18, a 69-year-old man from

Centereach was arrested for petit larceny. According to police, the man entered the Shoprite on College Road in Selden on Sept. 15 and took a Keurig Coffee Maker worth around $190.

Vroom vroom to jailPolice arrested a 29-year-old

Ronkonkoma man on Dec. 13 for driving while ability impaired, after the suspect failed to maintain his lane while driving a 2008 Volkswagen south on Nicolls Road in Stony Brook. Police said the man was speeding, at 62 miles per hour.

Unwarranted stealA 27-year-old woman from Port Jef-

ferson Station was arrested for petit larceny on Dec. 18, after stealing as-sorted costume jewelry, clothing and other items from a store on Route 347 in Setauket-East Setauket. According to police, there were already two unrelated warrants out for the woman’s arrest.

Cashing inBetween Dec. 13 and Dec. 15, an

unknown person withdrew more than $200 cash from a bank without the permission of the Port Jefferson Station cardholder.

That’s a big dogOn Dec. 19, an unknown person

entered the Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket-East Setauket and stole a television and a dog bed. Police said the person may have used the dog bed to conceal the TV.

In hot waterAn unidentified person stole three

faucets from the Lowe’s Home Improve-ment store on Nesconset Highway in Stony Brook on Dec. 18.

Taking it to-goOn Dec. 18, three unknown men

with guns entered the Peking Chinese Kitchen on Middle Country Road in Selden as someone was closing the res-taurant. The men demanded money but the suspects fled empty-handed.

Visa revokedOn Dec. 19, someone stole a jacket,

a wallet and a person’s visa from a car in the Starbucks parking lot on Middle Country Road in Selden.

Rock on TreeAccording to police, an unidenti-

fied person threw a large rock at a 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer and damaged the car. Police didn’t specify where the car was damaged but said the incident hap-pened some time between Dec. 18 and Dec. 19 on Tree Road in Centereach.

Tired of theftAn unknown person gained entry to

the Mavis Discount Tire on Route 25A in Mount Sinai and stole money from the register before fleeing the store. The incident happened on Dec. 14 around 8:25 p.m.

SmashedOn Dec. 19, someone smashed the

back window of a 2009 Honda out-side a residence on Deepdale Drive in Rocky Point.

Police are in purse-uitAn unidentified person stole some-

one’s bag from the Walmart at the Centereach Mall on Dec. 19. Police said the victim put the bag down and walked away. When they returned, the bag was gone. According to po-lice, the bag contained money and an ATM card.

— Compiled by Giselle barkley

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Photo by Elana Glowatz Ray Calabrese and Mayor Margot Garant smile with Thomas Jefferson.

A Jefferson for the people

Thomas Jefferson will watch over Vil-lage Hall visitors in the future, thanks to a donation from the Calabrese family.

“Much to my surprise, there’s noth-ing for the public viewing of anything of Thomas Jefferson — no statue, no bust, no painting,” Ray Calabrese said at the Port Jefferson Village Board of Trustees meeting Monday night. “So I decided to do something about it.”

To applause from the audience, he presented Mayor Margot Garant and the board with a painting of Jefferson, the original of which he said was done by Rembrandt Peale in 1805, halfway through the president’s tenure.

Garant said the portrait would hang above the stairs so that as people go be-tween the first and second floors, “they’ll see Thomas.”

— Elana GlowaTz

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LegalsSUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLKONEWEST BANK, FSB,Plaintiff-against-PUBLIC ADMINSTRATOR OF SUF-FOLK COUNTY OF THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA MORRISON A/K/A A. MORRISON, KEVIN MORRISON AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA MORRISON A/K/A VIR-GINIA A. MORRISON-DECEASED, JUNE SMITH AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA MORRISON A/K/A VIRGINIA A. MORRISON-DECEASED, JAMES MORRISON AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA MORRISON A/K/A VIRGINIA A. MORRISON-DECEASED, SECRE-TARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, INTERNAL REV-ENUE SERVICE- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE- TAX COMPLIANCE DI-VISION- C.O.-ATC, COMMISSION-ER OF TAXATION & FINANCE- TCD

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SECTION, BENEFICIAL NEW YORK INC., COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, BROOKHAVEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MAURICE SHEPHERD, CAROL A. MORRISON C/O CSEB Defendant(s)Pursuant to a judgment of fore-closure and sale duly dated OCTOBER 5, 2015I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction to the high-est bidder at BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARM-INGVILLE, NY 11738on January 7, 2016 at 2:00 PM premises known as 359 WELL-WOOD DRIVE, SHIRLEY, NY 11967.ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, ly-ing and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of SUFFOLK and State of New York. District 0200 Section 669.00 Block 05.00 Lot 033.001 Approximate amount of lien $385,758.12 plus interest and

costs.Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment In-dex # 12-12817ED SIMEONE, ESQ., REFEREESTEIN, WIENER AND ROTH, L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFFONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 113 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514DATED: December 04, 2015 FILE # INDY FF 54183

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2007-FM1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-FM1,

Plaintiff(s),Against Index No.: 21128/2007

CECILIA A. JONES AND WIL-HELMINA P. JONES A/K/A WIL-HELMINA JONES, MS. JONES,

Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Fore-closure and Sale, duly entered in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on 9/16/2014, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auc-tion, at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farm-ingville, NY 11738 on 1/11/2016 at 10:00 am, premises known as 3 Teller Avenue, Coram, NY 11727, and described as follows:ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the build-ings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and be-ing in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Suffolk County Treasurer as Section 496.00, Block 03.00, Lot 037.004 F/K/A 035.00 and P/O 024.00, 036.000 and 037.000.The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is

$495,758.96 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the afore-said Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 21128/2007.If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchas-er shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mort-gagee or the Mortgagee’s attor-ney.Donald Novick, Esq., Referee.Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504Dated: 11/6/2015 TMC

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TERRYVILLE FIRE DISTRICT19 JAYNE BOULEVARD

PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY 11776

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

OF THE TERRYVILLE FIRE DISTRICT

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the 2016 Organizational meeting of the Board of Fire Commissionersof the Terryville Fire District will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 6:00 PM (prevailing time) at the Fire District Office, 19 Jayne Boulevard Port Jefferson Station, New York.

The Regular meetings of the Board of Fire Commissioners will be held on the Second and Fourth Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM (prevailing time).

By Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Terryville Fire District

Dated December 10, 2015

Frank TrioloDistrict Secretary

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PERSPECTIVES

It’s the morning of Dec. 12 as I hur-riedly make my way across Paris, hands in my pockets, trying not to draw atten-tion to myself. Today will be my first real engagement with civil disobedience. Un-der a broad state of emergency, French President François Hollande has banned demonstrations. In the weeks leading up to today, citizens who publicly criticized the egregiously dangerous deal brewing in the 21st United Nations Conference of the Parties climate talks were confronted with state-sanctioned violence, tear gas, and arrest. I emerge from the metro and scan the scene. Imposing graffiti on the bank of the Seine River nearby reads “L’état d’urgences pour faire oublier les tas d’urgences,” or “A state of emergency to ensure other emergencies are forgotten.”

Let’s back up. From Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, the United Nations Framework Conven-tion on Climate Change convened heads of state in an old airport hanger in a sub-urb north of Paris. With extraordinarily high stakes, world leaders were tasked with drafting and signing a binding agreement that would prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

COP21 comes after years of unproduc-tive conversation around climate; e.g. the notorious COP15 in Copenhagen 2009 produced only a vague document with no legal standing.

After an emotional and exhausting two weeks, not to mention an extended dead-line and a few all-nighters, a deal heralded by most major news outlets as “historic” and “groundbreaking” was signed.

And, in many ways, the deal is histor-ic. World leaders unanimously signing a deal at all signals progress. This forward movement is undoubtedly a testament to grassroots power built by communi-ties around the world who are demand-ing action — for example, the more than 400,000 people who took to the streets of New York City last September for the People’s Climate March.

While acknowledging that victory, here are some things you should under-stand about the Paris climate accord. For one, it is functionally unenforceable. Emission reductions are based on vol-untary commitments by each nation. To adhere to the desperately needed 1.5°C warming limit that appears repeatedly in the document’s text, we need to stop extracting and burning fossil fuels al-most immediately. Instead, the tangible commitments to emission-reduction lock us into 3.0°C warming or more, which spells catastrophe, especially for the global south. Furthermore, language

on indigenous and human rights were stripped completely from the body of the document. The words “fossil fuels,” “coal,” or “oil” don’t appear once.

One of the most debated and divisive sections of the document is called “loss and damage.” It outlines the idea that compensation should be paid to vulner-able states to aid adaptation to climate change. In a predictable move, repre-sentatives of developed countries like the United States fought hard to make this section non-binding. This strips poor nations — those already feeling the brunt of the consequences of cli-mate change despite a historically neg-ligible contribution to emissions — of any mechanism for claiming damages or compensation. Contrast this with in-ternational free trade agreements, which give corporations concrete mechanisms

to sue nations for projected loss of prof-its. I know this deal is inadequate, and I know others know it too.

So when I exit the metro on Dec. 12 and quietly walk past swarms of Pa-risian police officers in full riot gear, I find myself in a crowd 15,000 people. I stand with people peacefully singing and chanting and defying a protest ban because they understand that we can do better. I stand next to my family and fel-low delegates of Gulf South Rising, an inspirational group of community and indigenous leaders from the five U.S. states on the Gulf of Mexico, who are uniting to build just economic, political and energy systems that heal their com-munities. And I stand with the under-standing that what happened this month is just the beginning — that we must operate from a framework of resistance where we demand the healthy and safe communities we know we deserve.

The Paris Climate Accord will not get us there, but with world leaders commit-ting, however theoretically, to action, it is a tool we can leverage as we continue this fight.

Emma Collin grew up in Centerport and graduated from Harborfields High School. She recently moved to New Or-leans, Louisiana, where she is a senior project manager at Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy.

Your turnBY Emma collin

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PEOPLE

Port Jefferson students recently pre-sented the Fortunato Breast Health Center at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital with a check for $6,486.33 as part of the hospital’s Paint Port Pink initiative.

To raise the money, the students

participated in a variety of fundrais-ing activities throughout the month of October. At the Edna Louise Spear Elementary School, students collected donations in an hourglass jar; Port Jef-ferson Middle School students secured

donations through bake sales, also shoelace and frisbee sales; and Earl L. Vandermeulen High School varsity cheerleaders and student organization members held a “flamingo flocking” fundraiser, during which community

members paid the kids to set pink fla-mingos in their neighbors’ yards.

“The students did a tremendous job raising funds,” said Debra Ferry, director of health, physical education & athletics. “We are very proud of them.”

Photo from Port Jefferson School District Port Jefferson students present the Fortunato Breast Health Center with a check for $6,486.33 as part of the Paint Port Pink initiative.

Students donate $6,000 to breast center research

George Moraitis Sr.George Moraitis Sr. died

on Dec. 6. The son of Stamati and Alice, he was born in Port Jefferson on May 31, 1951.

He was a lifelong resident of Port Jefferson, and graduated from high school in 1969. In the 1970s, George took courses at Stony Brook University and received a bachelor’s degree in history and theology.

On Dec. 27, 1969, he mar-ried his high school sweetheart, Barbara Bloom. Their family blossomed, with sons George Jr. (Meredith) and Jason (Catie); daughter Laurie (Paul) Hatch; grandchildren Wyatt, Gavin,

Alex, Emily, Nicholas and So-phia; and great-grandchildren Aria and Chayse.

George was a devout Greek Orthodox Christian who loved and lived his faith. He personi-fied the time-honored values of faith, family and country.

In 2008, Father Demetrios Calogredes, of the Greek Or-thodox Church of the Assump-tion in Port Jefferson Station, conferred the title of neokoros — church caretaker — on George and made him Father of the Year in 2009. George served the church with love, honor and distinction during all the Holy Services and sacred sacraments.

He was well known for his beau-tiful smile, support for church organizations and everlasting love for the Lord’s house.

George was the historian for the Cedar Hill Cemetery Asso-ciation and compiled a history of the cemetery, “Forevermore on Cedar Hill,” which detailed historical facts of all those bur-ied there. He also compiled a history of his family, which they will treasure forever.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket. Interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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

OBITUARY

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LegalsSUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

INDEX # 10429/12

Original Filed With Clerk on

Plaintiff Designates Suffolk County as the Place of Trial

The Basis of Venue is that the Subject of the Action is situated in Suffolk County.

Plaintiff resides at

3415 Vision Drive

Columbus, OH 43219

County of Franklin

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUF-FOLK

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION S/B/M TO CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC S/B/M TO CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

— against —

JEFFREY I. BAUM, as Temporary Administrator for the Estate of Vincent Capuano, his respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distribu-tees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, as-signees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and gener-ally all persons having or claim-ing under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or inter-est in the real property described in the complaint herein, NICO-LETTA CAPUANO INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF VINCENT CAPUANO, WASHING-TON MUTUAL BANK, A FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, DANIELLE NICOLE CAPUANO A/K/A DANIELLE N. CAPUANO A/K/A DANIELLE CAPUANO AS HEIR TO THE ES-TATE OF VINCENT CAPUANO, CY-PRESS FINANCIAL RECOVERIES LLC, NEW YORK STATE DEPART-MENT OF TAXATION & FINANCE, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-DANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days af-ter the service is complete if this Summons is not personally de-livered to you within the State of New York); The United States of America may appear or answer within 60 days of service hereof; and in case of your failure to ap-pear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Com-plaint.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN-DANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publica-tion pursuant to Order the Hon. Daniel Martin a Justice of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated Nov. 12, 2015 and filed with the complaint and other pa-pers in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office, Riverhead, NY. Prem. k/a 53 Elmwood Avenue, Selden, NY 11784 a/k/a Section 491.00, Block

02.00, Lot 057.00.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT:

THE OBJECT of the above cap-tion is for the foreclosure of:

Mortgagor, to Premier Mortgage Corp., d/b/a PMC Mortgage Co., as Mortgage, to secure the sum $100,153.00 which Mortgage was duly recorded in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on Aug. 18, 1997 in Reel 19233 at Page 251

NOTICE

YOU ARE IN DANGER OF

LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclo-sure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further informa-tion on how to answer the sum-mons and protect your prop-erty.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COM-PANY) AND FILING THE AN-SWER WITH THE COURT.

Dated: Elmsford, New York

December 1, 2015

Respectfully submitted,

KNUCKLES, KOMOSINSKI &

ELLIOTT, LLP

By: HEINO J. MULLER, ESQ.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

565 Taxter Road, Suite 590

Elmsford, NY 10523

(914)-345-3020- #87200

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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of ActionSuffolk Supreme Court of the State of New YorkCounty of Suffolk----------------------------------------------------------------XWells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Plaintiff, vs.

Karen J. matz if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an inter-est in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be in-cluded in wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, ad-ministrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees,

lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or ei-ther of them, and their respec-tive wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, ad-ministrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plain-tiff; Michael J. Matz, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Capital One Bank USA NA, Danielle Matz, People of the State of New York, United States of America Acting Through the IRS; John Doe (being fictitious, the names  unknown to Plaintiff intended to be  tenants, occu-pants, person orcorporations having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the propertydescribed in the complaint or their heirs at law, distributees, executors, administrators, trust-ees, guardians, assignees, credi-tors or successors.)   Defendants.----------------------------------------------------------------X

Action to Foreclose a Mortgage

Index No.: 607543/2015

Mortgaged Premises:3 Andrew Street Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776

DSBL #: 0200 - 284.00 - 01.00 - 002.000To the above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this ac-tion, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supple-mental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the re-lief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Suffolk. The basis of the venue desig-nated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.To: Karen J. Matz, Defendants In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. ANDREW G. TARANTINO, JR. of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the First day of December, 2015 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suf-folk, in the City of Riverhead. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by Michael J. Matz and Karen J. Matz dated August 21, 2006, to secure the sum of $365,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at Book 21382, Page 631 in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk, on the Septem-ber 14, 2006. Said Mortgage was subsequently modified by a Loan Modification Agreement executed by Michael J. Matz and Karen J. Matz on August 22, 2014 and recorded February 11, 2015 in Book 22566, Page 59 in the Of-fice of the Suffolk County Clerk.

The property in question is described as follows:3 ANDREW STREET,

PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY 11776

HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE

NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU

THIS NOTICEABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT

CAREFULLY.SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TORESPOND TO THE SUMMONS

AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORE-CLOSURE

ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ

THE SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACTAN ATTORNEY OR

YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO

PROTECT YOURSELF.SOURCES OF INFORMATION

AND ASSISTANCEThe state encourages you to be-come informed about your op-tions in foreclosure. Inaddition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid of-fice, there aregovernment agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact forinformation about possible op-tions, including trying to work with your lenderduring this process.To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV.FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS

Be careful of people who ap-proach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclo-sure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s dis-tress. You should be extremely careful about any suchpromises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law re-quires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from tak-ing any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.§ 1303 NOTICE

NOTICEYOU ARE IN DANGER

OF LOSING YOUR HOMEIf you do not respond to this summons and complaint by

serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mort-

gage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can

lose your home. Speak to an at-torney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer

the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAIN-

TIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH

THE COURT.

DATED: December 9, 2015

Gross Polowy, LLCAttorney(s) For Plaintiff(s)1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose

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NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF A RES-OLUTION SUBJECT TO PERMIS-SIVE REFERENDUM AUTHORIZ-ING A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE SUNSHINE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION CENTER

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of December, 2015, duly adopted a resolution subject to permissive referendum, the purpose and effect of which is to authorize a Lease Agreement between the Town of Brookhaven and the Sunshine Alternative Education and Prevention Center, to lease premises known as 468 Boyle Road, Port Jefferson Station, New York 11776. The subject resolution is available for public inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Brookhaven Town Clerk’s office located at One Independence Hill, Farm-ingville, New York.

Dated: December 17, 015 At: Farmingville, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN

DONNA LENT, TOWN CLERK

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NOTICE OF ADOPTION

Notice is herby given that the fol-lowing amendment(s) to the Uni-form Code of Traffic Ordinances of the Town of Brookhaven.was/were adopted by the Brookhaven Town Board on Public Hearing Date 12/17/2015 to become effec-tive ten (10) days from this publi-cation as required by Section 133 of the Town Law.Article VIII Section 39 entitled STOPPING IN DESIGNATED LO-CATIONS is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of PORT JEFFERSON STA-TIONBICYCLE PATH NO STOPPING ANY TIME BEG +/- 1240’ N/O SWEET WOODS CT CONT NORTH +/- 495’

BICYCLE PATH NO STOPPING ANY TIME BEG +/- 1470’ S/O ROUTE 112 CONT SOUTH +/- 150’

STATE OF NEW YORK) SS:COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)

I, Donna Lent, Clerk of the Town of Brookhaven in said State and County do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of the Amendment(s) to the Uniform TrafficCode with the record of the original filed in my office, and that it is true and cor-rect copy of such record and of the whole thereof. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of the Town of Brookhav-en on this 18th day of December, 2015 .

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Notice to Bidders

Bid No:B1600014Bid Description:Environmental Testing ServicesAdvertisement Date:December 23, 2015Bid Due Date and Time:January 7, 2016 at 2:00 PM

All sealed bids must be returned to the Suffolk County Commu-nity College Procurement Office located on the Ammerman Cam-pus, 533 College Road, Selden NY 11784 by the date and time indicated on the bid. Bids must be submitted in a sealed enve-lope which must be labeled with the Bid Number as well as the Bidder’s Name and Contact in-formation. Late bids will not be accepted.

Bids will be publicly opened at Suffolk County Community Col-lege, NFL Building, Room 11, located at 533 College Road, Selden, NY 11784 immediately af-ter the due date and time.

Bid information can be found at the college website:http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/ad-ministration/businessaffairs/re-questforproposals/index.asp

Or by contactingSeema Menon menons@sunysuffolk.edu phone: 631-451-4141(preferred)OrIvona Zelman zelmani@sunysuffolk.edu phone: 631-451-4230

Bids must be made upon and in accordance with the forms and documents provided by the col-lege, which will contain accom-panying instructions to bidders.

To assist us in communicating quickly to all bidders, please complete and return the “Bid-RFP Vendor Registration Form” via email to menons@sunysuf-folk.edu (or fax to 631-451-4404) as soon as possible prior to the Bid/RFP opening date. This will assist in providing us contact information so that if Bid/RFP amendments are is-sued, the college is able to no-tify you in a timely manner. The College will not be responsible for amendment notification if the referenced form is not sub-mitted prior to the bid/RFP due date.

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EXPERIENCED ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER/JR. MECHANIC

Must be reliable, punctual and professional, with references and clean driver’s license. Port Jefferson-based shop.

Email: selectric2014@hotmail.com or call 631-828-4675

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to return to Congo last week.Jennifer Crean said Dunia is getting

along well with her three children, ages 10, 12 and 15.

“They have fun with him and he loves them,” she said. “So far so good.”

The family has taught him how to swing at the Hoyt Farm playground in Commack and taken him horseback rid-ing, Crean said. Dunia has also played on an iPad, learned about Santa Claus and gone bowling.

“Everything for him is like brand new. It’s pretty cool.”

After the holidays, when things have slowed down, Crean said, the plan is to take him into New York City to see the big Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.

Dunia’s experiences here deeply con-trast with his life back home — Klempner said the boy’s mother died when he was a toddler and his father is indigent, picking up work wherever he can, so they don’t have a home. And there’s not much food to go around.

At his temporary Hauppauge home, “He eats like a horse,” Klempner said. “He eats as much as Jenn’s teenage son.”

He’s also recently started instruc-tion at Hauppauge’s Pines Elementary School, where he’s in the second grade. Klempner noted the biggest benefit of school is that Dunia is being reintegrated into a social setting, with kids who don’t mock him.

“They’ve been very warmly receiv-ing him.”

He’s already picked up some English — Crean said with a laugh that “he knows the word ‘No’” — and has adapted to the new environment.

The surgeries begin in early January, when Dr. Alex Dagum will put three tis-sue expanders into his face, under the skin on his cheeks and chin. Over a few

months, Dagum will slowly fill those with saline, expanding them and stretch-ing the skin. Once there is enough excess skin created, the expanders will come out and that skin will be cut away and used to reconstruct the lips and cheek.

Stony Brook University Hospital, where Dagum is chief of plastic surgery, has donated the facility and medical staff’s time to operate on Dunia, and is even preparing special meals for him. In addition, Klempner said, “nurses vol-unteered to be dedicated nurses for him when he comes in for surgery so he sees the same faces.”

All of the work will add up to a new look for Dunia that will hopefully im-prove his quality of life at home in Congo when he is ready to return.

“He is sweet, and he is fun-loving; he’s got a sense of humor,” Klempner said. “He’s an 8-year-old kid that got a bad draw on life.”

dUNIAContinued from page A1

Photos from Amy EpsteinClockwise from left: Dunia Sibomana hugs Eian Crean while playing with Collin Crean; is all smiles with host mother Jennifer Crean; meets Santa Claus; goes food shopping; and laughs with Grace Crean.

Help neededSmile Rescue Fund for Kids is

searching for a local volunteer who speaks Swahili to translate for Dunia while he is in the United States, as well as volunteers who will spend time with Dunia, as a way of helping out his hosts, the Crean family. Con-tact Leon Klempner at 631-974-7511 or leon@smilerescuefund.org.

For those who cannot volunteer but would like to help, Smile Rescue Fund accepts donations online, at www.smilerescuefund.org.

DECEMBER 24, 2015 • THE PORT TIMES RECORD • PAGE A13

Kris Cheslock is king of the Royals court

Photos by Desirée Keegan Clockwise from above, Michael Spyrou jumps for the layup; Kris Cheslock dribbles toward the basket; John McLaughlin leaps for possession at tip-off; and Brian Mark prepares to pass the ball.

Port Jefferson . . . . . 60Greenport . . . . . . . . . 58

‘I kept telling my teammates not to give up, that we got this, we’re going to win, we’re going to pull through. And we did.’

— Kris ChesloCK

Boys’ BasKetBall

By DeSirée Keegan

Kris Cheslock wasn’t happy with the way he was practicing last Thursday night and walked into the locker room feeling defeated, as head coach Keith Buehler followed behind for a pep talk. The next time they went into the locker room together, Friday night, they were celebrating a huge League VIII win.

“We have a terrific relationship,” the Port Jefferson head boys’ basketball coach said of he and his junior forward. “We had a nice man-to-man talk, so for him to have the game he had tonight after what he was bat-tling last night, it touches my heart. I love these kids, and I’m just so happy for him.”

Cheslock scored a game-high 34 points and knocked in a layup with 21 seconds

left to break a tie, giving the Royals a home court win over Greenport, 60-58.

“It’s a great uplift,” Cheslock said of his game and the team’s win. “I was feeling down last night and this was a great way to come back up.”

He scored 12 of the team’s 19 first-quarter points — adding stats in each category with two three-pointers, two layups and two free-throw points — but the team fell behind 24-19. Both teams were slow to get on the board in the second, but the Royals were able to narrow the gap to 34-31 by halftime.

“It was a tough one and a pivotal game to start the sea-son,” Port Jefferson senior forward Michael Spyrou said. “We were already 0-1 [league] so it was good to get a win here at home.”

The third stanza proved to be much like the first, with Cheslock scoring eight points, but Greenport main-tained its three-point lead, 46-43, by the end of the next eight minutes.

The fourth quarter was when the game caught fire.

With 6:09 left to play, Greenport jumped out to a 52-44 lead.

Spyrou missed a 1-and-1 attempt, but sank the rebound for two points and stole a pass that led to a Cheslock field goal. Seconds later Cheslock added another to make it a two-point game, 52-50. With 3:27 left to play, he intercepted a pass and nailed a long field goal to tie the game, and the crowd erupted. It didn’t last for long, though, as Greenport

scored four points off two free throws and a layup, to maintain a 56-52 edge.

Cheslock swished a field goal to make it 56-54 and Greenport tacked on another two free throws, but Spyrou grabbed a re-bound for the score and was fouled, swish-ing his extra point to make it a one-point game, 58-57.

“Me and my teammate Cheslock got the ball to each other and were able to score,” said Spyrou, who was next in line behind his comrade with 18 points and eight re-bounds. “Our teammates were getting us

the ball, we were getting the looks we wanted and that’s what we go over in practice and we hope to see out on the court.”

Cheslock finally got what he had been pushing for when, with 21.4 seconds remaining, he nailed an-other field goal — this time to give his team the lead, 59-58, and ultimately the

win. Again the gym shook with excitement.“It was a rush,” Cheslock said. “It’s elec-

tric — everyone is rooting for you in the crowd and it feels great.”

The team and the fans were matching each other’s excitement during the last few minutes of the game.

“I kept telling my teammates not to give up, that we got this, we’re going to win, we’re going to pull through,” he said. “And we did.”

Greenport was fouled with 9.7 seconds left on the clock, but missed both oppor-

tunities to tie or grab the lead. With 7.6 seconds left to play, Spyrou tacked on the final point of the game off a free throw.

“I’m very impressed because we’re a young team,“ Buehler said. “They’ve never really been in a game like that, so I was a little scared. … [But] they were resilient, they stuck around, they stayed calm and they won the game.”

PAGE A14 • THE PORT TIMES RECORD • DECEMBER 24, 2015

THE QUOTE

‘I thought we did a good job of moving the ball. Our assist total was great. … We were able to � nish when it counted.’

— STEVE PIKIELL

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Anyagaligbo scores 23 pointsThe Seawolves set their season-high in assists with 15 led by Davion Wingate’s six

Th e front-court duo of Brittany Snow and Ogechi Anyagaligbo combined for 35 points and 22 rebounds to lift the Stony Brook women’s basketball team (7-5) to a 71-54 victory over LIU Brooklyn (2-7) on Monday night at Island Federal Credit Union Arena.

Th e Stony Brook defense locked down in the second quarter, limiting the Black-birds to just fi ve points over the 10-minute period, the lowest total by an opponent in any quarter all season. Th e Seawolves stretched a 19-16 fi rst-quarter lead into a 39-21 margin at halft ime by holding the Blackbirds to 2-13 shooting in the second quarter, while going 8-15.

Th e Seawolves pounded the Blackbirds inside, outscoring them 46-26 in the paint. Stony Brook shot its best percentage of the season from three-point range, fi nishing the game 5-12. Freshman guard Davion Wingate, making her fi rst career start, led the way with a 3-for-4 eff ort from behind the arc, totaling 14 points for the game.

Stony Brook forced 21 LIU Brooklyn turnovers, the most it has caused since 23 against Saint Peter’s University on Nov. 20. Junior guard Christa Scognamiglio tied

her career-high with six steals. Stony Brook’s largest lead was 28 points,

a 55-27 advantage with 3:18 to play in the third quarter.

Th e Seawolves set their season-high in assists with 15 led by Wingate’s six. Stony Brook lost the rebounding battle for the fi rst time in seven games, fi nishing with a 42-39 disadvantage on the glass.

For the second consecutive game, Stony Brook had two players fi nish with double-doubles and a third just narrowly miss out. Anyagaligbo notched her third of the season with 23 points and 12 re-bounds, while Snow recorded her fi ft h of the season with 12 points and 10 re-bounds. Scognamiglio fi nished with nine points and nine rebounds.

Snow has scored in double fi gures in all 12 games this season.

Th e Seawolves have won a season-best three games and are two games over .500 (7-5) for the fi rst time since they were 3-1.

Stony Brook is 5-0 when holding its op-ponents under 60 points.

Stony Brook has nine days off over the holiday break before they host Harvard University on Dec. 30 at 4 p.m.

File photos from SBU At top, Ogechi Anyagaligbo looks to the basket. Above, Brittany Snow with a jumper.

DECEMBER 24, 2015 • THE PORT TIMES RECORD • PAGE A15

Warney, Stony Brook outlast Hofstra, 71-68For a second straight year, Stony

Brook and Hofstra University battled to the final seconds, but it was the Sea-wolves who came out on top this time, beating the Pride, 71-68, Sunday af-ternoon at Island Federal Credit Union Arena be-fore 3,334 fans.

Senior forward Jameel Warney finished with 22 points, nine rebounds and five blocks for Stony Brook (6-4).

“This is bragging rights for Long Island,” Warney said. “They won it last year and we had all year to think about it. I always try to

put myself in a position to help the team. I’m happy I could provide the help today. Hofstra’s a great team. They were picked

to finish first in the CAA so this was a great chal-lenge for us.”

Warney, who was named America East’s Player of the Week for the third time this season, was the only scorer in double figures for the Seawolves, but they were paced by ju-nior guard Lucas Wood-house and sophomore guard and forward Bryan

Sekunda, who each had nine points. Senior forward Rayshaun McGrew and sopho-more guard and forward Roland Nyama followed close behind with eight apiece.

Ameen Tanksley and Brian Bernardi led Hofstra (6-4) with 23 and 22 points, respectively.

Juan’ya Green, the Pride’s leading scorer at 17.6 points per game entering the contest, was held to five.

“In the first half, we rushed things a bit,” Stony Brook junior guard Ahmad Walker said. “In the second half, we ad-justed to their different defenses. We ac-complished what we worked on in prac-tice. We got good looks as it got late in the shot clock.”

After Sekunda made one of two free throws with 15 seconds left to make it 71-68, Hofstra’s Denton Koon missed a three, but got his own rebound and

found Green, whose three-point attempt was long as the buzzer sounded.

Stony Brook led for good on a three-pointer from Nyama with 10:44 left in regulation. Hofstra got within one five times, but the Seawolves scored on the ensuing possession each time.

“I’m just really proud of our guys,” Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. “I thought we did a good job of moving the ball. Our assist total was great. … We were able to finish when it counted.”

Bernardi’s layup made it 65-64 with 1:44 left, but Walker connected on a three-point play to make it 68-64.

Warney made two free throws with 20 seconds left to make it 70-66 Stony Brook. Tanksley cut it to two with a pair of free throws with 16 seconds left.

Junior guard Lucas Woodhouse hits three three-pointers, his most in a Stony

Brook uniform.Walker recorded at least five assists

for the seventh time in 10 games, tying his career-high with eight.

Stony Brook faced a quick turn-around, traveling to Pennsylvania for a contest against Lehigh University on Tuesday, but results were not available by press time.

Senior forward tallies 22 points, nine rebounds and five blocks

‘This is bragging rights for Long Island. ... I always try to put myself in a position to help the team. I’m happy I could provide the help today.’

— Jameel Warney

mike rooney selected sixth overall in mll Supplemental DraftStony Brook’s all-time leading scorer was chosen by Boston

Former Stony Brook All-American Mike Rooney ‘15 was chosen sixth overall by the Boston Cannons in the Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft on Dec. 16.

Rooney posted one of the greatest seasons in Stony Brook history with school records of 63 assists and 111 points. The first team All-America East selection also scored 48 goals, a season-high, recording more points in 2015 than in 2013 and 2014 combined.

After totaling nine points in the first three games, Rooney recorded eight points in a win over Fairfield Univer-sity. Over a seven-game span, he accu-mulated 54 points and finished the sea-son by averaging more than six points per game.

Rooney had nine games with at least seven points, including a career-high 11 at the University of Vermont. He owns school records for career assists with 121 and career points with 253.

Rooney is one of only two players in school history with 100 goals and 100 assists.

In other news, Adam Rand ‘11 and

Sean Brady ‘13 were chosen by New York and Tom Compitello ‘11 was picked by Boston.

Statistically, Rand, an honorable mention All-America in 2011, finished his career among the greatest face-off specialists. He totaled 796 face-off wins, good for the third most in Divi-sion I history, and is second all-time in face-offs attempted. He’s in the top five in school history with 288 ground balls, tallying a career-high 96 in 2011.

Compitello, an assistant coach at Bryant University, scored 68 goals and had 78 assists in 51 career games for the Seawolves. As a junior, he tallied 37 goals and 35 assists en route to hon-orable mention All-America honors. Compitello was a two-time All-Amer-ica East selection.

Brady, who led the conference in goals against average with 9.94, and save percentage with 515 in 2012, fin-ished the regular season with 120 saves. He registered double-digit saves in six games, including a career-best 17 at Binghamton University, to earn first team All-America East honors.

File photo from SBU Mike Rooney competing in a Stony Brook University game this past season.

File photos from SBU Clockwise from top left, Rayshaun McGrew maintains possession; Jameel Warney goes up to the rim; and Roland Nyama chases after the ball.

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Religious D irectoryASSEMBLIES OF GOD

STONY BROOK CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLYConnecting to God, Each Other and the World

400 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket(631) 689–1127 • Fax (631) 689–1215

www.stonybrookchristian.comPastor Troy Reid

Weekly ScheduleSunday Worship w/nursery 10 am

Kidmo Children’s Church • Ignited Youth Fellowship and Food Always to Follow

Tuesday Evening Prayer: 7 pm� ursday Morning Bible Study w/Co� ee & Bagels: 10 am

Friday Night Experience “FNX” for Pre K-Middle School: 6:30 pmIgnite Youth Ministry: 7:30 pm

Check out our website for other events and times

BYZANTINE CATHOLICRESURRECTION BYZANTINE

CATHOLIC CHURCH38 Mayfl ower Avenue, Smithtown NY 11787

631–759–6083resurrectionsmithtown@gmail.comwww.resurrectionsmithtown.org

Fr. Jack Custer, SSL., STD., Pastor Cantor Joseph S. DurkoDivine Liturgy: Sunday, 11:15am followed by fellowship in the parish hall.

Holy Days: 7:00pm. See website for days and times.Faith Formation for All Ages:

Sunday School (Ages 4-13), alternate Sundays at 10:00amByzanTeens (14-18), alternate Tuesdays at 7:00pm

Adult Faith Formation: Mondays at 7:00pm. PrayerAnon Prayergroup for substance addictions:

Wednesdays at 7 pmSee the website for current topics and schedule.

� e Sacraments: Baptism, Chrismation and Eucharist for infants, children and adults arranged by appointment. Sacrament of Matrimony arranged by appointment. Sacrament of Repentance: Sundays 10:50 to 11:05am and

before or aft er all other services.All services in English. A parish of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic.

CATHOLICCHURCH OF ST. GERARD MAJELLA300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station

(631) 473–2900 • Fax (631) 473–0015www.stgmajella.org

Rev. Gennaro DiSpigno, PastorOffi ce of Christian Formation • 928–2550

We celebrate Eucharist Saturday evening 5 pm, Sunday 7:30, 9 and 11 am

Weekday Mass Monday–Friday 9 amWe celebrate Baptism

Th ird weekend of each month during any of our weekend MassesWe celebrate Marriage

Arrangements can be made at the church with our Pastor or DeaconWe celebrate Penance

Confession is celebrated on Saturdays from 4–5 pmWe celebrate You!

Visit Our � ri� Shop Mon. – Fri. 10 am–4 pm + Sat. 10 am–2 pm

INFANT JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH110 Myrtle Ave., Port Jefferson, NY 11777

(631) 473-0165 • Fax (631) 331-8094www.www.infantjesus.org

Reverend Patrick M. Riegger, PastorAssociates: Rev. Francis Lasrado & Rev. Rolando Ticllasuca

To schedule Baptisms and Weddings, Please call the RectoryConfessions: Saturdays 12:30-1:15 pm in the Lower Church

Religious Ed.: (631) 928-0447 • Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145Weekly Masses:

6:50 and 9 am in the Church, 12 pm in the Chapel*Weekend Masses:

Saturday at 5 pm in the Church, 5:15 pm in the Chapel*Sunday at 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 5 pm in the Church

and at 8:30 am, 10 am, and 11:30 am (Family Mass) in the Chapel*Spanish Masses:

Sunday at 8:45 am and Wednesday at 6 pm in the Church*Held at the Infant Jesus Chapel at St. Charles Hospital

Religious Education: (631) 928-0447Parish Outreach: (631) 331-6145

CATHOLICST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

429 Rt. 25A, Setauket, NY 11733Phone/Fax: (631) 941–4141

Mission Statement: In faith we come together to celebrate the Eucharist as a Parish Family; and as a Catholic community of faith,

we are sent to be Christ to the world around us.Rev. James-Patrick Mannion, Pastor

Rev. Daniel Opoku-Mensah, AssociateRev. Jon Fitzgerald, In Residence

Weekday Masses: Monday – Saturday 8:00 amChristmas Eve Masses, � urs., December 24

4 pm Church, 4:15 pm Parish Center, 7:30 pm Church, 11 pm Church(Carols Sung by the Choir at 10:30 pm)

Christmas Day Masses, Fri., December 258 am Church, 10:15 am Church, 11:45 am Church

(No aft ernoon or evening Masses On Christmas Day)Th e Feast of Mary, Mother of God, Th ursday, December 31, 5 pm Church

Friday, January 1, 2016, 10 am Church Weekend Masses:

Saturday Vigil 5:00 pmSunday 8:00am, 9:30 am (family), 11:30 am (choir), 6:00 pm (Youth)

O� ce Hours: Monday–Th ursday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm,

Baptisms: Sundays at 1:30 pm (except during Lent)Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00 – 4:45 pm or by appointment

Anointing Of Th e Sick: by requestHoly Matrimony: contact the o� ce at least

9 months before desired date

CONGREGATIONALMT. SINAI CONGREGATIONALUNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

233 North Country Road, Mt. Sinai • (631) 473–1582www.mtsinaichurchli.org

“No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here”

Sunday Services at 10 amSunday School and childcare off ered at the 10 am service and

open to all infants to 8th grade.Last Sundays of the month: 10 am Welcome Sunday Service

A service welcoming those with di� ering abilities We are an Open and A� rming Congregation.

EPISCOPALALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

“Our little historic church on the hill” across from the Stony Brook Duck Pond

Main Street, Stony Brook • (631) 751–0034www.allsouls–stonybrook.org • allsoulsepiscopalchurch@verizon.net

Please come and welcome our new Priests:The Rev. Dr. Richard Visconti, Priest–In–Charge

The Rev. Farrell D. Graves, Priest AssociateSunday Holy Eucharist: 8 and 9:30 am

Religious instruction for children follows the 9:30 am Service� is is a small eclectic Episcopal congregation

that has a personal touch. We welcome all regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey. Walk with us.

CAROLINE CHURCH OF BROOKHAVEN

The Rev. Cn. Dr. Richard D. Visconti, RectorThe Rev. Farrell Graves, Priest Associate

1 Dyke Road on the Village Green, SetauketWeb site: www.carolinechurch.net

Parish Office email: office@carolinechurch.net(631) 941–4245

Sunday Services: 8:00 am, 9:30 am and 11:15 amChurch School/Child Care at 9:30 am

Church School classes now forming. Call 941-4245 for registrationWeekday Holy Eucharist’s: Th ursday 12:30 pm and

First Fri. of the month 7:30 pm (rotating: call Parish Offi ce for location)Youth, Music and Service Programs off ered

CHRISTMAS SERVICESChristmas Eve, � ursday, December 24th

Please note our new Service times 5:00 p.m. Children’s Service

Festal Holy Eucharist Rite II - Youth & Teen Choirs

8:00 p.m. Festal Holy Eucharist Rite II - Adult Choir10:00 p.m. Festal Holy Eucharist Rite II - Adult Choir

Christmas Day, Friday, December 25th10:00 a.m. Festal Holy Eucharist, Rite II - with Christmas HymnsLet God walk with you as part of our family–friendly community.

EPISCOPAL CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

127 Barnum Ave., Port Jefferson(631) 473–0273

email: ccoffice@christchurchportjeff.org www.christchurchportjeff.org

Father Anthony DiLorenzo: Priest–In–ChargeSunday Eucharist: 8 am and 10 am/Wednesday 10 in our chapel

Sunday School and Nursery at 9:30 amOur ministries: Welcome Inn on Mondays at 5:45 pm

AA meetings on Tuesdays and Th ursdays at 7 pm/Prayer Group on Wednesdays at 10:30 am/Bible Study on Th ursdays at 10 am.It is the mission of the people of Christ Church to grow in our

relationship with Jesus Christ and to make his love known to all through our lives and ministry.

We at Christ Church are a joyful, welcoming community. Wherever you are in your journey of life we want to

be part of it.

EVANGELICALTHREE VILLAGE CHURCH

Knowing Christ...Making Him Known322 Route 25A, East Setauket • (631) 941–3670

www.3vc.orgLead Pastor Josh Moody

Sunday Worship Schedule9:15 am:Worship Service Sunday School (Pre–K – Adult),

Nursery 10:30 am: Bagel/Coff ee Fellowship11:00 am: Worship, Nursery, Pre–K, Cornerstone Kids (Gr. K–4)

We off er weekly Teen Programs, Small Groups,Women’s Bible Studies (day & evening) & Men’s Bible Study

Faith Nursery School for ages 3 & 4Join us as we celebrate 55 years of proclaiming

the good news of Jesus Christ!

GREEK ORTHODOXCHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

430 Sheep Pasture Rd., Port Jefferson 11777Tel: 631-473-0894 • Fax: 631-928-5131

www.kimisis.org • goc.assumption@gmail.comRev. Demetrios N. Calogredes, Protopresbyter

Sunday ServicesOrthros 8:30 am - Devine Liturgy 10 am

CHRISTMAS EVE 2015-Orthros 6 pm, Divine Liturgy 7 pmServices conducted in both Greek & English*

Books available to follow in English*Sunday Catechism School, 10:15 am - 11:15 am*Greek Language School, Tuesdays 5 pm - 8 pm*

Bible Study & Adult Catechism Classes Available*Golden Age & Youth Groups* Th rift Store*

Banquet Hall available for Rental*For information please call Church offi ce*

JEWISH CHABAD AT STONY BROOK

“Judaism with a smile”Future site: East side of Nicolls Rd, North of Rte 347 –Next to Fire Dept.

Current location: 821 Hawkins Ave., Lake Grove(631) 585–0521 • (800) My–Torah • www.ChabadSB.com

Rabbi Chaim & Rivkie GrossbaumRabbi Motti & Chaya GrossbaumRabbi Sholom B. & Chanie Cohen

Membership Free •Weekday, Shabbat & Holiday Services Highly acclaimed Torah Tots Preschool • Afternoon Hebrew School

Camp Gan Israel • Judaica Publishing Department • Lectures and Seminars • Living Legacy Holiday Programs

Jewish Learning InstituteFriendship Circle for Special Needs Children • The CTeen Network

N’shei Chabad Women’s Club • Cyberspace Library www.ChabadSB.com

Chabad at Stony Brook University – Rabbi Adam & Esther Stein

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JEWISH CORAM JEWISH CENTER

Young Israel of Coram981 Old Town Rd., Coram • (631) 698–3939 YIC.org – YoungIsraelofCoram@gmail.com

RABBI DR. MORDECAI & MARILYN GOLSHEVSKYRABBI SAM & REBECCA GOLSHEVSKY

“THE ETERNAL FLAME–THE ETERNAL LIGHT” Weekly Channel #20 at 11 am

Shabbat Morning Services 9 am Free Membership. No building fund. Free Hebrew School. Bar/Bat Mitzvah Shabbat and Holiday Services followed by hot buffet. Adult Education Institute. Women’s Education Group–International Lectures and Torah Study. Adult Bar/Bat Mitz-

vah. Kaballah Classes. Jewish Holiday Institute. Tutorials for all ages.FREE HEBREW SCHOOL 2015–2016

Details (631)698–3939Member National Council of Young Israel

a world–wide organization.All welcome regardless of knowledge or observance level.

NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER385 Old Town Rd., Port Jefferson Station

(631) 928–3737www.NorthShoreJewishCenter.org

Rabbi Aaron BensonCantor Daniel Kramer, Rabbi Emeritus Howard Hoffman

Executive Director Marcie PlatkinServices: Daily morning and evening minyan Friday at 8 pm;Saturday 8:45 am and one hour before sundown • Tot Shabbat

Family Kehillah • Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Seniors Club • Youth Group Award–winning Religious School • Teen Community Service Program

Nursery School • Mommy and Me • Preschool Summer Program Continuing Ed • Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah • Judaica Shop

Th rift Shop • Kosher Catering PanelWe warmly welcome you to our Jewish home. Come worship,

study and enjoy being Jewish with our caring NSJC family. Member United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

TEMPLE ISAIAH (REFORM)1404 Stony Brook Road, Stony Brook • (631) 751–8518

A warm and caring intergenerational communitydedicated to learning, prayer, social action, and friendship.

Rabbi Sharon L. Sobel Cantor Michael F. Trachtenberg Emeritus

Cantor Scott HarrisRabbi Emeritus Stephen A. Karol

Rabbi Emeritus Adam D. FisherMember Union for Reform Judaism

Sabbath Services Friday 7:30 pm and Saturday 10 am Monthly Family Service • Monthly Tot Shabbat • Religious School Youth Groups • Senior Club • Adult Education • Chavurah Groups

• Early AM Studies • Sisterhood • Brotherhood • PT

LUTHERAN–ELCAST. PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH

309 Patchogue Road, Port Jefferson Station (631)473–7157

Rev. Paul A. Downing, Pastoremail: pastorpauldowning@yahoo.com • pastors cell: 347–423–3623

church website: wwwStPaulsLCPJS.orgServices

Sundays – 8:30 am and 10:30 am Holy CommunionBibles and Bagels 9:30 am

Sunday School during 10:30 am serviceWednesday Evening 7:30 pm – Holy Communion

Friday MorningPower of Prayer Hour 10:30 am

~ All are Welcome ~

LUTHERAN–LCMSMESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH

PRESCHOOL & DAYCARE465 Pond Path, East Setauket

(631)751-1775www.messiahny.com

Rev. Charles Bell - PastorWe welcome all to join us for worship & fellowship

Sunday Worship Services8:15am, 9:30am & 11:00amSunday School at 9:30 am

Midweek Tuesday Advent Service 6:15 pm, December 8 & 15Midweek Wednesday Advent Service 11 am, December 9 & 16

Christmas Eve-5:30pm-Candlelight Family • 8pm-Candlelight Traditional

Christmas Day 10am • New Year’s Eve 7:30pmNYS Certifi ed Preschool & Day Care Program

Please call for details

METHODISTBETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST

EPISCOPAL CHURCH33 Christian Ave/ PO2117

E. Setauket NY 11733    (631)941 3581Rev. Gregory L. Leonard–Pastor

Sunday Worship 10:30 amAdult Sunday School 9:30 am

Lectionary Reading and Prayer Wed. 12 noonGospel Choir Tues. 8 pm

Praise Choir and Youth Choir 3rd and 4th Fri. 6:30 pm 

COMMACK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH486 Townline Road, CommackChurch Office: (631)499–7310

Fax: (631) 858–0596www.commack–umc.org • mail@commack–umc.org

Rev. Linda Bates–Stepe, Pastor

SETAUKET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH160 Main Street, Corner of 25A and Main Street

East Setauket • (631) 941–4167Rev. Sandra B. Mantz, Pastor

www.setauketumc.org • SUMCNY@aol.comSunday Worship Service & Church School 10 am

10 am Worship with Holy CommunionMary & Martha Circle (Women’s Ministry)

monthly on 2nd Tuesday at noonAdult Bible Study Sunday 8 am

Prayer Group and Bible Study at the Church Wednesdays 10 am

PRESBYTERIANSETAUKET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH5 Caroline Avenue ~ On the Village Green

(631) 941-4271www.setauketpresbyterian.org

Email: setauketpresbyterian@verizon.netREV. MARY BARRETT SPEERS, PASTOR

Sunday Morning Worship at 9:30 amWith Childcare & Children’s Church School

Advent Schedule:Dec. 13: Selections from Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit

SPC Choir, Soloists and Orchestra, 9:30 amDec. 20th: Children’s Christmas Pageant, 9:30 am

Joy Off eringChristmas Eve Schedule:

Family “Manger” Service at 4:30pm, with Blessing of AnimalsWelcome INN dinner at 5:45 pm

Worship Service at 7:30 pm • Singing of the Hallelujah ChorusYouth Group Alumni Party at 9:00 pm in the ParlorCandlelight Service with Communion at 11:00 pm

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

FELLOWSHIP AT STONY BROOK380 Nicolls Road • between Rte 347 & Rte 25A

(631) 751–0297 • www.uufsb.org • offi ce@uufsb.orgRev. Margaret H. Allen

(minister@uufsb.org)Sunday Service: 10:30 am

Religious Education at UUFSB: Unitarian Universalism accepts wisdom from many sources and off ers non-dogmatic religious education for

children from 3-18 to foster ethical and spiritual development and knowl-edge of world religions. Classes Sunday mornings at 10:30 am. Childcare

for little ones under three. Senior High Youth Group meetings Sunday evenings. Registration is ongoing.

For more information: dre@uufsb.org.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF HUNTINGTON

109 Brown’s Road, Huntington, NY 11743631–427–9547

www.uu� .orgRev. G. Jude Geiger, Minister

(minister@uufh .org)Starr Austin, religious educator (dreuufh @gmail.com)

Sunday Service 10:30 am, Children’s Religious Education 10:30 amCHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES

Family Service 5 pm: Christmas pageant with youth choir, intergenerational orchestra and candle lighting.

Contemplative Service 7 pm: With candle lighting, choir and string quartet.

Whoever you are, whomever you love, wherever you are on your life’s journey, you are welcome here.

Our services o� er a progressive, non-creedal message with room for spiritual seekers.

Services and Religious Education each Sunday at 10:30 amYouth Group, Lifespan Religious Education for Adults,

Adult and Children’s ChoirsParticipants in the Huntington Interfaith Housing Initiative

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UNITYUNITY CHURCH OF HEALING LIGHT

203 East Pulaski Rd., Huntington Sta. (631) 385–7180

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OPINION

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EDITORIALGOP’s ‘cop monitor’ worth considering

Suffolk County Republicans assembled at the Legislature building last week to call for a federal monitor to oversee our county police depart-ment. They argued that a recent indictment of former Police Chief James Burke was a tipping point, proving that county government could not be trusted to operate independently without supervision. They also cited County Execu-tive Steve Bellone’s appointment of Tim Sini to replace Burke as key evidence supporting their pleas, accusing him of not having enough experi-ence to do the job at the level the county needs.

We don’t disagree with the Suffolk County GOP in saying that the federal government should consider monitoring the county’s police department to make sure it is adequately protect-ing us and that the taxpayer dollars funding it are being well spent. There should be a monitor — but not solely for the reasons our Republi-can lawmakers have outlined. There are plenty of other issues concerning the Suffolk County Police Department that a federal monitor could help alleviate.

For starters, we have editorialized in the past about the department’s ongoing relationship woes with the greater Hispanic community, which has had a public spotlight for the last sev-eral years. The department has taken some steps to address this issue, but a lot more can be done.

A federal monitor could also make sure our department utilizes its resources appropriately at a time when many elected officials argue that patrols are being stretched too thin and officers are overworked. Better management of resources could also mean better enforcement of the coun-ty’s gang population and fight against drug abuse.

As much as we might cringe at the idea of “more government” — especially on the federal level — it would be better than nothing.

Photo from Susan EckertCounty GOP lawmakers speak at a press conference.

Holiday cheerTO THE EDITOR:

I wish to thank everyone from the St. James Roman Catholic Church, especially the Religious Education Department, who, once again, provided a beautiful Christ-mas dinner for all the residents of Echo Arms on the grounds of their church on Dec. 13.

Providing their own transpor-tation to and from Echo Arms in Port Jefferson Station, the resi-dents were treated to a sumptuous Christmas dinner and generous gifts — every one of them. This is a tradition that has been going on for as long as I can remember.

If ever there was an act in the true spirit of Christmas, it is this festive dinner. In the true tradi-tion of St. James — and, of course, Jesus — this is a reflection of the church’s historic commitment to the poor, the elderly, the orphaned and widowed.

Wishing you all blessings for a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.

Harry KatzEcho Arms staff

Port Jefferson StationFile photo

The St. James Roman Catholic Church is located on Route 25A in East Setauket.

World is at a critical moment on AIDSTO THE EDITOR:

We have come a long way in the fight against HIV/AIDS — since the Millennium Development Goals were first adopted in 2000 through 2013, new HIV infections have fallen by roughly 40 percent.

But the HIV/AIDS epidemic con-tinues to affect millions of people around the world and in the United States, with marginalized commu-nities disproportionately impacted and millions newly infected each year. In some of the hardest hit areas globally, adolescent girls and young women face poverty, gender inequality, exclusion, discrimina-

tion, lack of education and violence, which put them at increased risk of acquiring HIV.

Many don’t realize that Planned Parenthood is a leading educator and provider of HIV testing in the United States. In 2013 alone, the last year for which data is available, Planned Parenthood health centers provided 704,000 HIV tests nation-wide. In 2014, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic health centers and SmartWheels mobile education and testing vans provided 13,100 rapid HIV tests in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Suffolk counties. Yet rather than supporting such needed efforts to end the epidemic in our community, we anticipate that anti-women’s health members of Congress will continue to push for

a policy rider that defunds Planned Parenthood in the next round of budget negotiations.

Defunding Planned Parenthood really means taking health care — including testing and treatment for STIs like HIV — away from the 2.7 million women, men and young people Planned Parenthood serves each year. I encourage you to #StandWithPP and support efforts to end HIV/AIDS. Now is the time to move forward, not backward, on this issue that has impacted so many millions around the world. Let’s protect our progress and double down on our efforts to end this epidemic.

Reina SchiffrinPlanned Parenthood

Hawthorne, N.Y.

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Preparing to close the book on 2015

There we are at the Base-ball Hall of Fame. And, look, remember that

time mom ran into Mets pitch-er Noah Syndergaard on the street and got a selfie with him. Speaking of selfies, how about that one of our nephew who ran into Celtics’ basketball player David Lee in Boston?

Yes, every year, we produce

D. None of the aboveby DaNiel DuNaief

vtimes@tbrnewspapers.com

Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,”

may be purchased online from www.tbrnewsmedia.com/ebooks.

countless photographic memo-ries, capturing the moment. Those pictures may be worth a thousand words — and more.

I’m talking about our other senses. We have this incredible evolutionary gift that enables us to experience our lives, to appre-ciate and understand what’s hap-pening now beyond just seeing a video, or flipping or clicking through a photo album.

At some point we’ve all lost someone we love. We can look at pictures, visit their graves and listen to their favorite songs. But the experience, at least for me, of remembering how they spoke or what they said breathes life into that memory.

Despite growing up in Man-hattan, my Aunt Maxine de-veloped a Jimmy Durante way of speaking. “Hey, you!” she’d shout at me from across the room. “Did yah remembuh? It’s my boithday soon and ya gotta get me a cake and a watch.”

Shorter than most adults,

Aunt Maxine, who died several years ago, was so much more than her small frame. Yes, she flooded the airwaves at times with a deep voice that could seem like a jackhammer. And yet she could charm a Mona Lisa-type smile out of the most hesitant of audiences. My first thought is not of her stature, but the gift of her humor and of the back scratches she shared with her small, soft hands.

As we prepare to close the book on 2015, it’s worth going beyond the pictures of experi-ences, victories, defeats and challenging moments to cel-ebrate our senses.

I recently attended a holiday party where a couple described in savory details the taste of a seven-fish stew they eat every year at Christmas. A relative who died long ago used to make it for their family. Not only do they appreciate the flavor, but they also use the taste to recon-nect with their ancestors who

left Italy long ago.When we look at that picture

of ourselves at a baseball game, we can and should remember the sun that peaked through the clouds, warming the backs of our necks. Even if we don’t eat the hot dogs, we can bask in the connection between that smell and those times we sat high in the seats at a baseball stadium, waiting for the hot dog vendor to place those warm meals wrapped in napkins in our mitts, which we refused to remove in case a foul ball came our way.

When we see that picture of our daughter in the dress she bought for a party, let’s allow the squeal she let out when she found the perfect outfit to echo in our minds. If you’re lucky and your daughter shares an ex-cited sound, does a triumphant dance or expresses a joy that resonates throughout her body, you know how those move-ments or sounds make you feel.

between you and me

by leah S. DuNaiefvtimes@tbrnewspapers.com

It’s probably something akin to how mother penguins, who have left their young for days on end to hunt for fish, react when they return to the familiar call of their young.

Or, maybe, we’ll take a mo-ment to relive the way we bent over double, laughing with our wives and kids, about something ridiculous we said just before we got out of the car. Wonder-ful as the pictures of each year are, they’re the tip of the sensory iceberg of the experiences we shared in 2015.

The frenetic age of instantaneous news feeds

Whatever else we may be feeling right now, it is safe to generalize that

we are not bored. Aside from the usual holiday frenzy, as we get our homes, our pets, our refriger-ators and pantries, ourselves and our shopping lists ready, we are overwhelmed by more issues at this year’s end than I can ever re-member. Maybe it has to do with our instantaneous news feeds that make us aware of what’s go-ing on. But I think that we are liv-ing in a frenetic age.

Where to start?Certainly, terrorism has occu-

pied center stage in the minds of Americans. Worse — and more frightening than attacks from outside — is the demonstrable possibility of random homicide from within, from Americans or those who have settled among us and been “radicalized,” a polite word for psychopath. For how else can one characterize those who would commit mass murder to make a statement?

Continuing on, in no particu-lar order, there is the fierce debate about guns and their easy avail-ability in our country. Probably the most extraordinary line I have heard on the subject: “If Jews in Europe had had guns, there never would have been a Holocaust.”

The presidential race, started way before the actual election, has become an excellent source of entertainment as spectator sport for the public and high ratings for the TV stations. Top banana is surely Donald Trump, who is clearly having the time of his life mocking his GOP colleagues and those of the opposition party,

especially Hillary Clinton. Just think: If this were a movie, peo-ple would never believe it could happen, this New Yorker leading the pack by insulting everyone in sight. He may even be the catalyst for a new detente with Russia. Pu-tin really likes him and vice versa. Maybe he gives Putin something more interesting to watch on his own TV at home at night than the censored news the Russian people are served up. How probable that a candidate in Russia would be able to say the one-liners Trump offers each day, starting with his opinion of his president?

Then there is the grave mat-ter of police brutality, which is framed in large part by the issue of racism in America. No sooner is there a police shooting in one state than there is another in an-other state, equally distributed between North and South, East and West. The only redeeming feature is the outrage and imme-diate investigations such events engender. But how helpful those reactions are remains to be seen. We must keep the spotlight on them.

Immigration has become a major flash point, having moved from Mexican youngsters cross-ing over in large enough numbers to overwhelm the border patrol to Syrians and others from the Middle East desperately seeking asylum from the bombings and atrocities currently perpetrated on civilian populations. We are living in a time with the great-est migration of peoples since World War II displaced millions. And how are we to judge the au-thenticity of each person com-ing into America? By the same token, do we discriminate on the basis of ethnicity or religion? Have we learned nothing from the past century?

Immigration is an even more acute issue across the Atlantic since Europe is a geographi-cally closer destination than the United States. Thousands have abandoned their home-lands, taking little more than their children and the clothes on their backs to try and make a better life in the northern countries. Some have perished along the way. Fences have gone

up to prevent their entrance, threatening the basic tenets of the European Union amid the countries’ inability to cope. Partly underlying resistance to the newcomers is the fear of ad-mitting further terrorists.

Meanwhile we continue bombing Syria. So does Rus-sia. So does France. So does a reported Middle Eastern coali-tion led by Saudi Arabia. No wonder mistakes are being made as people are killed who are not the intended targets. There must be almost as many different na-tionalities of planes in the air as people on the ground, trying to escape. What a mess.

For the moment, we here can do little more than pull our fam-ilies closely around us and re-member how lucky we are as we reach out to help others. No, we are not bored, just overwhelmed. May we see peace in our time.

Top banana is surely

Donald Trump.

Those pictures may be worth a thousand words

— and more.

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