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The TIMESVolume 12, No. 36 December 17, 2015 $1.00
COLD SPRING HARBOR • LLOYD HARBOR • LLOYD NECK • HALESITE • HUNTINGTON BAY • GREENLAWN • CENTERPORT • ASHAROKEN • EATON’S NECK • FORT SALONGA–WEST
of Huntington • Northport • East Northport
Top photo from Daniel Barrett;others from Little Shelter
Clockwise from top, Harbor� elds students Kaylee Perkowski, Alissa Barber, Allison Walkley, Ariella Walker and Emma Riley pose with donations they collected for lo-cal animal shelters; and Pascal, a Pointer mix that the students of Harbor� elds are sponsoring.
Caring kids throw ‘em a boneBY VICTORIA ESPINOZA
Students at Harbor� elds High School believe ’tis the season to show your furry friends some extra love.
Members of the Global Justice
Club and the Forensics Club are working together to raise money and collect donations for Little Shelter, Huntington Animal Shel-ter and Grateful Paw Cat Shelter, as well as spread the word on why adopting is better than shopping for a new pet.
Students collected pet sup-plies including food, treats, toys, litter, blankets and more. � ey have also raised about $200 by selling “opt to adopt” bracelets and pens, and plan to use the money to sponsor animals at the shelters, including Pascal from Little Shelter, a 12-year-old Pointer mix who needs a home.
“� ere are so many pets bought this time of year for the holidays, and while it’s true that a dog or cat make a great gi� and provide so much joy to a family, there are lots of homeless pets
waiting in our local shelters that would love to become part of a forever home,” Daniel Barrett, advisor of the Forensics Club, said in an email.
Students Allison Walkley and Ariella Walker said it’s nec-essary for kids within the com-munity to educate themselves about the importance of sup-porting their local shelters.
“Animals play a huge part in so many of our lives,” the girls said in a shared email statement on Monday morning. “� ey’re our companions and our family, but some animals out there don’t have a loving home. � ey’ve been thrown out on streets or they’ve been abused and ne-glected. � e shelters are the orphanages for these animals, but so many don’t have enough funding or supplies to take in all
the helpless dogs and cats.”� e Harbor� elds students
will be collecting donations un-til Saturday, Dec. 19, when they will bring all the donations and money collected to the shelters.
Little Shelter is a no-kill, non-pro� t animal shelter located on Warner Road in Huntington. It was established in 1927.
According to its website, it is Long Island’s oldest hu-mane organization.
Huntington Animal Shelter and Grateful Paw Cat Shelter share a location on Deposit Road in East Northport, and both work with the Town of Hunting-ton and the League for Animal Protection, Inc. LAP is a non-pro� t organization established in 1973. Grateful Paw focuses on cat and kitten adoptions and has a spaying/neutering program.
Town preps for snow
Highway dept. boasts upgrades, new trucks to battle winter’s worst
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Link: Pascal on Little Shelter
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By Victoria Espinoza
one of this year’s hot holiday items might be a little too hot.
Hoverboards have been flying off the shelves this holiday season but recent safety issues, including multiple cases of boards catching fire or exploding, have given some shoppers pause. That’s why rep. Steve Israel (d-Huntington) gathered with members of the commack Fire de-partment Tuesday and urged consumers against buying hoverboards specifically made in china, because he said the type of batteries used in them may ignite.
“Hoverboards may be the hot holiday gift, but they are literally catching on fire and igniting questions about their safety and the safety of lithium-ion batteries,” Israel said.
Hoverboards are self-balancing, elec-tronic two-wheeled devices on which people can travel from place to place.
Israel stood beside a photo display of several fires that the commack depart-ment had already responded to where hoverboards caused combustion inside someone’s home, destroying property and, sometimes, entire rooms.
Hoverboards shipped from overseas use lithium-ion batteries, which can com-bust if heated or overcharged due to their limited voltage range. Israel called for more research from the U.S. department of Energy on the safety of using these bat-teries in hoverboards.
The congressman also noted that air-ports already task their security person-nel to remove all lithium-ion batteries from checked bags for the same reason.
“well if we know that those lithium-ion batteries could be a hazard to the plane, and we know a hoverboard with a
lithium-ion battery could be hazardous to our homes, that says we need to do a little bit more research,” Israel said.
commack Fire Marshal Joe digiose flanked the congressman on Tuesday and said he urged residents to be careful when buying hoverboards until more research is completed. He said there is no research that shows the american-made products are not working well, but the ones from overseas pose more of a danger and are being shipped at a very high rate to the United States.
“we recommend you don’t buy them — but if you do, buy an american-made one,” he said.
don Talka, senior vice president and chief engineer at Underwriters Labora-tories, has been involved in research on lithium-ion batteries for years, since they were involved with similar issues in lap-tops. He said the major problem is the mating of the battery with the rest of the electronics used in the hoverboards.
“what we’ve learned through our re-search … is that the combination and how these pieces interact cause the is-sues,” Talka said. “and how the batteries are charged and discharged are all items which need further investigation.”
at the press conference, Israel inspect-ed the box that a hoverboard came in, and said that despite all the instructions and caution labels about the product, there is no information about the battery.
“That has been established as one of the single greatest threats to property and po-tentially lives when they’re coming from china,” Israel said. “That’s why we want to comply with the energy chair to fully research this and make sure that people aren’t being exposed to greater risk and threat by lithium-ion batteries.”
Photo by Victoria Espinoza congressman steve israel speaks on the dangers of hoverboards and their batteries tuesday.
Officials warn against threat of foreign hoverboards
DECEMBER 17, 2015 • TIMES HUNTINGTON & NORTHPORTS • PAGE A3145140
By Victoria Espinoza
Winter is coming — and the Hunting-ton Highway Department is ready for it.
In an effort to make the season as seamless as possible, the department has bulked up its winter arsenal with additional dump trucks, refurbished old ones and updated and digitized re-sponse services to make the town more accessible to residents.
Highway Superintendent Pete Gun-ther said the operations center was recently enacted within the highway department to make the town more pro-ductive when responding to residents’
requests for assistance services such as plowing. He said residents could simply email the operations center through the town’s website if they require help and foremen will be notified via iPads to keep them up-to-date on service requests.
“We’ve become really automated now,” Gunther said at a press conference on Friday. “Anything that comes into the operation center can be immediately routed to the area foreman — whether it’s snow or a storm — and take care of whatever the problem is.”
Town Supervisor Frank Petrone (D) said that the department’s efforts are a true example of what Huntington can do when there is cooperation, especially with what he called a “most effective” highway superintendent, who Petrone said has done wonders at his job.
“The people have been served very well by Pete Gunther,” he said at the press conference.
Gunther said the town has acquired 10 new dump trucks this year, equipped with plows and sanders that should last between 25 and 30 years. The town also refurbished 10 older dump trucks with updates like stainless steel bodies to remedy damage from salt exposure.
The Huntington Town Board allocated
$260,000 for the stainless steel repairs, ac-cording to Gunther, and the project was completed $18,000 under budget, adding 12 to 15 years of service to the trucks.
“He’ll be in his eighth term by the time he has to do this again,” Petrone joked. Councilwoman Tracey Edwards (D) said Gunther and his team planned on bringing the town forward in terms of technology.
“To be this prepared this early without the snow is a testament to your leader-ship,” Edwards said to Gunther.
As for technology upgrades, the high-way department gained 200 portable GPS devices to give to private contractors who
help the department during emergencies, allowing the department to reposition equipment in real-time.
Petrone said the town has also mo-bilized town workers so that they are available if needed for larger highway department projects.
Gunther also urged residents to not park their cars on the street during a storm, as well as to not leave basketball hoops in the street, to help make plow-ing as quick and effective as possible.
Thanks to the improvements and technology upgrades, Gunther said, “We are a more efficient and better highway department.
Let the storm rage on
Photos by Victoria Espinozaabove, new dump trucks with plows are on display at the Huntington Highway Department. Below left, Highway superintendent pete Gunther speaks at the press conference.
The cold never bothered the highway crew anyway
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Photos from Steve Silverman and Pamela Setchell At left and above, two sets of colorful boats from the annual Parade of Lights event, run by the Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society on Nov. 27. At top, Santa and Mrs. Claus with members of the fire depart-ment. Below, Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus pose with kids at Centerport Fire Department on Nov. 29.
’Tis the season in town
DECEMBER 17, 2015 • TIMES HUNTINGTON & NORTHPORTS • PAGE A5144382
By Victoria Espinoza
Northport athletes may see some improvements in fields and facilities throughout the district in the upcoming years.
The Northport-East Northport school district’s Athletic Facilities Citizens Advisory Committee gave a presentation to the board last Thursday, Dec. 10, highlighting the problems student-athletes face with the current conditions of locker rooms, fields and more, and gave a five-year comprehensive plan for upgrades.
Members of the committee toured all the schools in the district, and spoke with representatives from synthetic turf companies, members of buildings and grounds departments from multiple school districts and coaches to get input.
The recommendations were divided and spread out over a five-year span to offset the estimated cost of about $17 million. Trustee Regina Pisicani, who spear-headed the creation of this group, said deciding which projects came first was the most difficult part.
“We want it all and we want it all now,” Pisicani said at the meeting. “Because the facilities have been ne-glected for so long, it all needs to be done now, but we know that is not possible.”
Immediate projects include several upgrades to the Northport High School football field. Replacing the football field with synthetic turf using alternative fill, installing a new track, adding stadium lighting and replacing the sound system were suggested.
Committee member and Northport teacher Rocco Colucci said many members of the Northport com-munity use the high school track.
“The high school track team uses it, the middle school uses it, but also the community uses it for Relay For Life and the [Northport} Running Club,” Colucci said. “This track gets used almost every day.”
Constructing an outdoor concession stand and per-manent restrooms, as well as replacing the asphalt by the long jump and pole vault area at the high school were also suggested, as well as replacement of the tennis courts and fencing at Northport Middle School.
The committee expects the costs for first-year projects to range from $5.6 million to $5.9 million.
For the 2017-18 school year, projects include replac-ing the soccer field at the high school with synthetic turf and adding protective fencing, adding a natural grass field with irrigation for the junior varsity and var-sity baseball fields, and a new backstop with increased overhand suspension at the junior varsity and varsity softball fields.
During the presentation, Pisicani said the stairway leading to the wrestling room should be painted and the ceiling and lighting at the wrestling room entrance needs to be replaced or repaired, too. Committee mem-bers thought these renovations should be tackled in the second year, as well as projects for Northport Middle School, including an all-weather track, new long jump pit, improvements to the softball and baseball fields, and replacing the ceiling and lighting in the gym.
At Bellerose Elementary School, new lighting and a ventilation system are suggested for the gym. The total projected cost for year-two projects is about $7 million.
The cost for year-three projects is significantly smaller with a projected budget of approximately $1.7
Northport tackles athletic upgradesTurf fields, locker room upgrades and more discussed for schools
ATHLETICS continued on page A8
Photo above left from Regina Pisicani; file photo aboveLeft, a man stands next to termite damage on the high school gym floor. right, a northport High school football player catches the ball at the high school football field.
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Knife strifeA 33-year-old from East Meadow was
arrested at the corner of Main Street and New Street in Huntington at 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 12 after police said he was recklessly waving a black folding knife in the air on a public sidewalk and alarming pedes-trians. He was charged with disorderly conduct for violent behavior.
Necklaces nabbedPolice said a 25-year-old man from East
Northport stole jewelry from someone on Cornflower Lane in East Northport at 8 p.m. on Nov. 23. He was arrested on Dec. 10 at the 2nd Precinct and charged with third degree grand larceny.
Wallet woes On Dec. 12, a 28-year-old man from
Huntington was arrested at the 2nd Pre-cinct after police said he stole a wallet from someone’s purse on Nov. 2 at 11:47 p.m. on New York Avenue in Hunting-ton. He was arrested just before 5:30 p.m. and charged with petit larceny.
Rocking outPolice arrested a 34-year-old man from
Huntington on Dec. 9 for a previous in-cident on Oct. 19 at 5:50 p.m. where he threw a rock through a storefront glass door on Gerard Street in Huntington. He was charged with second degree criminal mischief.
FedEx theftOn Dec. 11, at 6:50 a.m., an unknown
person stole a FedEx package left at the front door of a home on Mechanic Street in Huntington.
Feeling blue on Blue Goose LaneA 36-year-old man from Northport
was arrested on Dec. 8 after police said he had marijuana on him at the corner of Little Plains Road and Blue Goose Lane in Huntington Station at 4:20 a.m. He was charged with fifth degree criminal possession of marijuana.
Crack is whackOn Dec. 11, a 47-year-old man from
Coram was arrested on Maplewood Road in Huntington Station after police said he was driving without a license and was in possession of crack cocaine at 10:34 a.m. He was charged with sev-enth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and aggravated un-licensed operation of a motor vehicle.
Gone in a flashAn unknown person stole camera
equipment from a 1995 Honda Civic parked on Mechanic Street in Hunting-ton on Dec. 9 at 1 p.m.
May-day on May StreetPolice said an unknown person stole a
wallet and cell phone charger from a 2011 Hyundai parked on May Street in Hun-tington Station on Dec. 11 at 11 p.m.
High roadA 27-year-old man from Brentwood
was arrested on Dec. 10 after police said he had heroin in his possession at 1 p.m. on Walt Whitman Road. He was charged with third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
— Compiled by ViCtoria espinoza
POLICE BLOTTERIncidents and arrests from Dec. 8-12
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and the Suffolk County Police De-partment’s 2nd Precinct Crime Sec-tion officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the people who vandalized several Huntington businesses on Nov. 26, between mid-night and 3 a.m.
The three suspects spray-painted words like smoke, smoker, strep and RZ on businesses and vehicles at nine
different locations.The suspects were seen wearing
hoodies and hats.Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is
offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 800-220-TIPS.
— ViCtoria espinoza
Graffiti bandits still at large
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PEOPLE
Photo from Harbofields school districtStudents at Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School enjoyed a special VIP good character luncheon with their special guests.
Roaring with pride
Crafts for ovarian cancer cure
Cynthia Ryan, a Lynch School of Bal-let student, has been chosen as a partici-pant in the 2015-2016 American Ballet Theatre National Training Scholar Pro-gram, a prestigious honor bestowed on her after she participated in the 2015 American Ballet Theatre Summer Inten-sive Program in New York City. She is one of only 10 dancers from across the country to be chosen.
Cynthia, who has been training in bal-let since she was three years old, is cur-rently a freshman at Harborfields High School and trains at the Lynch School of Ballet in Huntington under the direction of Karen Lynch. She will be performing in the ballet school’s upcoming produc-tion of “The Nutcracker” at Huntington High School on Dec. 19 and 20.
Photo from Georgena Ryan Cynthia Ryan will be attending the American Ballet Theatre National Training Program.
As part of the character education program at Thomas J. Lahey Elemen-tary School in Harborfields school district, students that “roared” with Lahey Lion PRIDE, an acronym for patience, respect, integrity, depend-ability and empathy, were selected to participate in the first VIP luncheon on Dec. 10.
Students caught performing positive character actions had the opportunity
to receive a ticket from a faculty or staff member as well as have their names read on the morning announcements. Through a lottery system, students were selected to take part in the VIP luncheon.
During the luncheon, students had the privilege of sitting at a specially decorated table, received a snack of their choice from the cafeteria and were accompanied by a special guest.
Hannah Proce, a seventh-grade stu-dent at Oldfield Middle School, raised nearly $400 for the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition during the Oldfield Middle School PTA-sponsored craft fair on Dec. 11. At the event, Hannah hosted a Designs That Make a Differ-
ence table, where she sold handmade ornaments, bracelets, key chains and cookies with the accent color teal to represent the National Ovarian Can-cer Coalition. Over the past year, Hannah has raised more than $4,500 for this special cause.
Photo from Harborfields school district Seventh-grade student Hannah Proce at her Designs That Make a Difference table during the Oldfield Middle School PTA-sponsored craft fair
Dancing her way to the top
Ten women representing high schools and youth football organizations coast to coast have been named finalists in the 2015 Team Mom of the Year award, presented by USA Football and Minute-Clinic. These women represented the millions of moms who support football programs across the United States with their time, effort and emotion. North-port’s Michele DeChiaro is one of this
year’s finalists.The 2015 Team Mom of the Year
will receive a grand prize package that includes a $5,000 equipment grant for her league or school, a $500 gift spa certificate and a Team Mom jersey. The grand-prize winner will be announced later in December.
More than 1,500 women across the country were nominated for this award.
Photo from Kasie Sturm Michele DeChiaro stands with her son.
Mom scores a touchdown
PAGE A8 • TIMES HUNTINGTON & NORTHPORTS • DECEMBER 17, 2015
Movers & Shakers
BY VICTORIA ESPINOZA
A Greenlawn volunteer � re� ghter, Army veteran and three-time cancer survivor has faced many battles in his life, but now he is � ghting a di� erent kind of battle.
Albert Statton, 64, created the Opera-tion Enduring Care project at the Green-lawn Fire Department to collect food and clothing donations to help people who need immediate assistance and “o� er them some type of comfort.” All of the dona-tions collected will be given to � e Salva-tion Army-managed homeless shelter at the Northport VA A� airs Medical Center.
Statton was dra� ed into the military in 1970 and served as a combat medic in Germany, Asia and across the United States. He � nished his last tour of duty in the late 1990s but returned to his roots when he received treatment at the Northport VA a� er he was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. He found solace in dropping o� items at the shelter on his way to chemotherapy.
“When being treated, it’s a physical and a mental battle,” Statton said in a phone interview. “I had highs and lows. I tried to make it a positive by bringing donations to shelter, so instead of going for me I was helping someone.”
He said the shelter for homeless vet-erans gets as many as 60 families a week that ask for assistance, especially during the holiday season.
Statton’s desire to help others is some-thing he said he learned as a � re� ghter.
“You never say, ‘I was a � re� ghter.’ I am a � re� ghter and the things I have learned are ingrained in me forever.”
He said the volunteers at Greenlawn took his sick father to the hospital more than 20 times, so a� erward he wanted to make a donation to the department to say thank you.
“I realized I didn’t have enough money to repay a debt like that,” Statton said. “I wanted to give back to the community the same way they did to my father.”
Statton served his community proudly
until he was diagnosed with cancer.He is impressed with the level of dedi-
cation all of the volunteers at Greenlawn bring to their work and how much they learned about the rescue system.
“So many people take the time to raise the bar on what’s available for the community,” Statton said.
He credits his cancer recovery to the members of the � re department for their inspiration and good wishes while he was sick, and their visits to his bedside at the hospital to pray with him.
One story in particular stands out in his mind: Statton, in the hospital, was once so battered by his treatment that he
stopped breathing, and he found out later that at that same moment his comrades had begun a prayer group for him. He re-gained his ability to breathe minutes later.
“I had a very supportive network of brothers and sisters that encouraged me to persevere,” he said. “My respect and my love goes very deep for the fire department.”
Donations to support Statton’s ef-fort to give back to local veterans can be dropped o� at 23 Boulevard Ave. in Greenlawn. Statton said canned meats and vegetables are in high demand, as well as packaged undergarments and socks.
Triple cancer survivor, veteran and volunteer � re� ghter seeks to give back to community
Photos from Albert StattonAlbert Statton, above, stands in his gear as a Greenlawn � re� ghter. He is also pictured at left.
million. Recommendations focus on the ceiling and bathroom area of the girls’ and boys’ locker rooms at the high school, and air conditioning in the high school’s main gymnasium. Renovations for the Northport Middle School boy’ and girls’ locker rooms include new lockers, windows and bathrooms. � e committee also suggested that the East Northport Middle School multipurpose � eld bene� ts from an irrigation system.
� e approximate $340,000 year-four projects include renovations of the ten-nis and handball courts at both the high school and William J. Brosnan School, and irrigation to the main � eld at Pulaski Road Elementary School.
� e � nal year of projects has a plan to redesign the entryway to the gym area for teams and spectators at the high school, installing an all-weather track and irrigation for a natural � eld at Brosnan school, and an irrigation
system, driveway and path to the back � eld at Bellerose elementary. � e an-ticipated cost is about $2.4 million.
Pisicani urged the board to take tours themselves to help see what state
the facilities are really in. Members of the board thanked Pisicani and ac-knowledged that this overview was needed, but no immediate decisions were made.
ATHLETICSContinued from page A5
Photo above from Regina Pisicani; at right by Victoria EspinozaAbove, the current gym lockers at Northport Middle School are decaying. At right, Trustee Regina Pisicani speaks during the board of education meeting on Dec. 10.
DECEMBER 17, 2015 • TIMES HUNTINGTON & NORTHPORTS • PAGE A9
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By Bill landon
Northport opened its season with a win over Connetquot on their home court Tuesday, defeat-ing the Thunderbirds 62-51 in League II boys’ basketball action.
Connetquot broke out to an early 8-2 lead halfway through the first quarter, which shrunk to a three-point lead with just un-der two minutes left. The Tigers rallied and took their first lead of the game, edging ahead 11-10 in the last minute of the quarter, but Connetquot, on their final posses-sion, let the clock wind down to two seconds, and hit a jumper at the buzzer to take a one-point lead into the second.
But it would be the last time the Thunderbirds would lead in the contest.
After a sluggish first quarter, Northport senior Lukas Jarrett found his rhythm and the rim, as he helped the Tigers surge ahead 19-12 with just over five
minutes left in the half.Connetquot controlled the
inside game early, as they were strong down low and Northport struggled to handle the pressure.
The Tigers opened the second half clinging to an eight-point lead that shrank to five with just under four minutes left in the third. Northport senior Joe Stockman swished a three-point-er from the corner to give his team a six-point advantage, and the Tigers took a 42-36 lead at the 2:28 mark of the third.
Connetquot clawed its way back to open the final quarter trailing just 45-41, but Jarrett rocked the room with a three-pointer to aid the Tigers. Again the Thunder-birds muscled their way to the rim to cut the deficit, 48-43.
Northport head coach Andrew D’Eloia said that Connetquot is a tough, resilient team, adding that the matchups between the two teams are always competitive.
“We knew what to expect and we had to be ready and play all 32 minutes, and we did that,” D’Eloia said. “I thought Brennan Whelan, Sean [O’Shea], Lukas [Jarrett], Rory [Schynder], and Joe Stockman really stepped it
up, so it was a real team victory.”O’Shea, a senior, made his pres-
ence known with a long three-pointer from the corner to break out to a 51-45 advantage with just under four minutes left in regulation.
“We knew that they’re a team that likes to pound it inside and they have good shooters, so we prepared for that,” O’Shea said. “I like how we finished at the end. It was a close game. We didn’t get overwhelmed by the moment.”
Jarrett struck again from long distance, as the senior drained his second trey of the game, to put his team out front by 11 with just over three minutes left.
Play was stopped for an injury timeout as Jarrett took an elbow to the nose. The 6-foot, 7-inch for-ward, with cotton stuffed up his nostrils, sat on the bench for the rest of the game.
“They’re a physical team,” Jarrett said. “They were good at getting to the loose balls, so we had to match their intensity. Our bench is deep — it’s always been that way, so it’s awesome that when someone gets hurt, our bench can always pick us up.”
In the foul-plagued final min-utes, both teams traded points
at the free-throw line. Whelan nailed two, and the senior put his team ahead, 60-46.
“We knew they were going to be tough inside and they’re tough players,” Whelan said. “We let them get too many points inside, but we started to play well on defense and we pulled it out there at the end.”
Trailing by 14 points with time running out, Connetquot
was forced to foul to arrest the clock, but learned that that was a losing battle with Northport at the charity stripe.
Whelan led his team in scor-ing with 18 points; Jarrett was close behind with 17 and O’Shea finished with 13.
The Tigers will try to carry the winning momentum into Friday’s road contest at Half Hollow Hills East. Tipoff is at 4:30 p.m.
Tigers top Connetquot in League II openerPhotos by Bill Landon
Clockwise from left, Brennan Whelan scores on a layup; lukas Jarrett leaps up to the rim and scores two points; and Rory Schynder drives the baseline.
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HOME FEATURES: arches, columns,dormers, roofs, windows, classic moldingRESIDENTIAL STYLES:Art Deco – Homes built in this style featuregeometric elements and a vertically orienteddesign.California Bungalow – A forerunner of theCraftsman style, California Bungalows offerrustic exteriors, sheltered-feeling interiors,and spacious front porches.Cape Cod – A true classic, Cape Cod homes– square or rectangular one-story structureswith gabled roofs and unornamented fronts– were among America’s first houses.Colonial – An offshoot of the Cape Codstyle, Colonial homes feature a rectangular,symmetric design, second-floor bedrooms,clapboard siding, and gabled roofs.Contemporary – Unmistakably modern infeel, Contemporary style homes are identifi-able by their odd-sized windows, lack ofornamentation, and unusual mix of wallmaterials.Craftsman – Full or partial-width porchesframed by tapered columns, overhangingeaves, and exposed roof rafters differentiatea Craftsman home from the similarCalifornia Bungalow.Creole – A front wall that recedes to form afirst-story porch and a second-story balconyhighlights the Creole Cottage design.Dutch Colonial – German, or “Deutsch”,settlers in Pennsylvania originated the DutchColonial style, dominated by a barn-likebroad gambrel roof with flaring eaves.
Federal – This style arose amid a renewedinterest in Greek Roman culture, as its clas-sical ornamentation around cornices, doors,and windows demonstrates.French Provincial – Balance and symmetrydefine the French Provincial style, whichincludes a steep hip roof; balcony and porchbalustrades; and rectangular doors set inarched openings.Georgian – Refined and symmetrical withpaired chimneys and a decorative crown,Georgian houses were named after Englishroyalty.Gothic Revival – English romanticisminfluenced this style marked by “Gothic”windows with pointed arches; exposedframing timbers; and steep, vaulted roofs.Greek Revival – Large porches, entrywaycolumns, and a front door surrounded bynarrow rectangular windows characterizeGreek Revival homes.International – The International styleexposes functional building elements,including elevator shafts, ground-to-ceilingplate glass windows, and smooth facades.Italianate – Symmetrical bay windows infront; small chimneys set in irregular loca-tions; tall, narrow, windows; and in somecases towers, typify Italianate houses.Monterey – The Monterey style updates theNew England Colonial style with an adobebrick exterior and a second floor with a bal-cony.National – Rooted in Native American andpre-railroad dwellings, the National styleconsists of a rectangular shape with side-gabled roofs or square layouts with pyrami-dal roofs.
Neoclassical – Recognize Neoclassicalhomes, which exist in incarnations fromone-story cottages to multilevel manses, bytheir Ionic or Corinthian-columned porches.Prairie – Originated by Frank LloydWright, the Prairie style house comes in twostyles--boxy and symmetrical or low-slungand asymmetrical.Pueblo – Flat roofs, parapet walls withround edges, straight-edge window frames,earth-colored stucco or adobe-brick walls,and projecting roof beams typify Pueblos.Queen Anne – Emerging in the lateVictorian era, the style employs inventive,multistory floor plans that often include pro-jecting wings, several porches and bal-conies, and multiple chimneys with decora-tive chimney pots.Ranch – Similar to the Spanish Colonial,Prairie, and Craftsman styles, Ranch homesare set apart by pitched-roof construction,built-in garages, wood or brick exteriorwalls, siding, and picture windows.Regency – Although they borrow from theGeorgian’s classic lines, Regency homeseschew ornamentation. They’re symmetri-cal, two or three stories, and usually built inbrick. Typically, they feature an octagonalwindow over the front door, one chimney atthe side of the house, double-hung windows,and a hip roof.Saltbox – This New England Colonial stylegained the Saltbox nickname because itssharply sloping gable roof resembled boxesused for storing salt.Second Empire – A Victorian style, SecondEmpire homes feature mansard roofs withdormer windows, molded cornices, and dec-
orative brackets under the eaves.Shed – A subset of the Modern style, Shedhouses are asymmetric with multiple roofssloping in different directions, which createsseveral geometric shapes.Shingle – An American style that echoes theQueen Anne, Shingle style is distinguishedby unadorned doors, windows, porches, andcornices; continuous wood shingles; asteeply pitched roof line; and large porches.Shotgun – Tradition says that a shotgunblast can trace a straight path from the frontto back door of this long, narrow home. Thestyle is characterized by a single story with agabled roof.Spanish Eclectic – Taking its cues fromearly Spanish missions, Spanish Eclecticthen adds a dash of details from Moorish,Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance archi-tectural styles.Split Level – A Modern style, Split Leveldesign sequesters certain living activities,such as sleeping or socializing.Stick – Decorative horizontal, vertical, ordiagonal boards characterize Stick houses,which are members of the Victorian family.Tudor – Half-timbering on bay windowsand upper floors, and facades that are domi-nated by one or more steeply pitched crossgables typify Tudor homes.Victorian – Built during the rise of themachine age, Victorian architecture oftenincorporated decorative details such as brack-ets, spindles and patterned shingles.The above information is provided by TheNational Association of Realtors®.
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The application is the least of the col-lege admission’s cycle. Demonstrated interest drives the admissions game. It is the most interested student, not neces-sarily the most qualified student, who is admitted to college. A simple application is never enough.
The value of demonstrated interest in college admissions has long been recog-nized but wholly underappreciated. Stu-dents everywhere assume that they show their interest in a college by submitting their applications. Sometimes, their ef-forts extend to taking a campus tour or participating in an open house event.
Students who settle for these basic shows of interest, though, give themselves no advantage.
Demonstrated interest can mean many things. From campus tours to ad-missions interviews, being on campus is a powerful way of communicating inter-est. This is especially true if the campus is far from home. There are numerous other ways, though, for students to easily interact with colleges.
Beginning long before their senior year of high school, students can push themselves onto the radar of admis-sions counselors. Attending college fairs to meet admissions representatives is a great start. After all, there is no replace-ment for actual face time. Beyond imper-sonal college fairs, private high school visits are incredible opportunities for students to begin building relationships with admissions people.
As senior year approaches, students can continue to build their admis-sions relationships by keeping in touch. A phone conversation is chief when it comes to long-distance communication. Email is the most universally accessible medium. Facebook and Twitter have also become key players in the admis-sions communication arena.
Let admissions counselors know how interested you are in their school by maintaining an ongoing dialogue with
them. The more you reach out to an ad-missions office, the more likely it is that you will stand out in their mind as a top candidate for admission. Having de-veloped a relationship with counselors at your top schools may also increase their willingness to overlook blemishes on your academic record or be your ad-vocate when it comes to admission and scholarship.
Of course, every interaction with an admissions office should be positive. Communication should also be moder-ate in amount. Perhaps most important — students should interact with colleges directly. In general, parent advocating negatively skews the counselor’s percep-tion of a student’s college readiness.
My experience as an admissions coun-selor at a top university made it plain that demonstrated interest fills the class each year. Students who meet with me, talk with me or in some way communicate with me have a distinct advantage. So-called stealth applicants — people who apply without ever having made contact with me — are much more likely to be overlooked in the admissions process, regardless of their qualifications.
A wise student will make a concerted effort to demonstrate his or her interest in colleges. There is no substitute for poli-ticking and self-promotion. Fill out those inquiry cards; send some emails; attend
a college meeting; take a campus tour. Make the college need you on its campus.
Gone are the days when an application was enough to ensure a college future. Students need to be their own advocates. To stand out from the crowd, showing interest and building admissions rela-tionships are critical. What is the value of demonstrated interest? A future filled with promise.
Ryan DeVito is a graduate of Miller Place High School and SUNY Geneseo. DeVito was also a counselor at High Point University and has since created his own college admissions advising company, ScholarScope, to help Long Island stu-dents and families.
OPINION
EDITORIALParents: it’s safe to hover with this one
Most kids see hoverboards as the next hot toy, but they don’t know how literal that is.
U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) spoke this week about the dangers of hoverboards shipped from overseas, with batteries that have sometimes burst into flames. He said the type of battery being used in foreign-made hoverboards is un-stable if not stored and charged properly.
While this problem certainly seems like the most dangerous reason not to buy a hoverboard this holiday season, there are certainly more concerns shop-pers should consider before pulling out their credit cards or reaching into their wallets. These boards are not only a fun way to pass the time, but also a serious piece of machinery.
There are hundreds of videos of kids displaying their skills and tricks on hoverboards, as well as many videos of kids wiping out as they try to learn how to maneuver. Everyone who operates a
hoverboard should exercise caution with these new devices, for themselves and for those around them, as they make their way into the mainstream.
These machines gain speed quickly, and have a delicate temperament, so a slight shift in weight can quickly turn into a crash. Parents should consider requiring their kids to wear helmets while riding hoverboards, and should talk to them about how to operate one safely, such as by keeping a certain dis-tance away from pedestrians and staying within certain speeds.
When someone starts the ignition of a car, that person is expected to drive safely, thinking about other drivers and pedestrians on the road. The same should go for anyone on hoverboards, or any other motorized ride.
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Finding excuses for musical procrastination
My children are excel-lent musicians. OK, so I’m a little biased
because I love music, I’m kind of fond of them, too, and I have worked with them on their de-veloping skills.
What they’re even better at than playing music, however, is finding ways not to play it. Well, I mean, ways not to play their instruments. They’re perfectly
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content to play all kinds of mu-sic including, to my surprise, country music. Many of my daughter’s adolescent friends are also fond of this genre which, on the Eastern Sea-board, seems about as typical as a 65-degree, mid-December day. Is global warming moving country music north?
Anyway, my children have developed ways to put off prac-ticing. There’s the hunger ex-cuse: “No, no, seriously, Dad, if you could feel inside my stom-ach, you’d know I’m starving.”
When the food arrives, they are far too busy laughing out loud to notice.
“I am hungry, it’s just that I had to send this text message now. It’s urgent.”
When I take the phones away, they insist someone will be stranded in the metaphori-cal frozen bus station in Alaska, with polar bears closing in and their friend’s only defense is a text message that will send a tone that terrifies bears.
Back to music, or not. So, now that we’re five years into their music education, their procrastination playbook in-cludes headaches, cold sores and tired eyes that can’t possibly read such small notes. Crying “wolf” too many times, when I’ve seen them bouncing around the house after their headaches rendered them unable to prac-tice, has made me less inclined to believe them.
But, then, last week, my son picked up his instrument and, within seconds, had developed a serious case of the hiccups. One of the many genetic gifts from my father are these hiccups that cause fish to change direc-tions in nearby tanks, birds to fly from their trees and heads to swivel in the direction of that sudden violent, two-toned sound. Even when they were in my wife’s uterus, our children caused her stomach to jump, as if they were miniature maracas.
Before he could play a note, my son increased the tempo of
his hiccups, generating a violent and explosive noise. While I was annoyed that he wasn’t playing when he promised to practice, I admit that I was impressed that I was outmaneuvered by an ad-olescent, hiccuping diaphragm.
A friend has this technique where she drinks from the op-posite side of a glass while hold-ing her nose. I’ve seen it work before, but I’m not sure I’d want to try it with my son without an EMT present. I had him try my method, which involves holding his breath for as long as he can, taking a small breath and then repeating the process. I figure it’s a way of starving the dia-phragm of air until it goes back to its usual job. He gamely tried, but it didn’t work. I even scared him by telling him about all the standardized tests coming in the next several years. That was similarly ineffective.
When I gave up, I saw a small Mona Lisa-type grin on the corners of his mouth which formed as he pulled his un-
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used instrument apart and put it back in its case. I wondered how, if he had so much control over his diaphragm, he might use that power constructively? Then I remembered the Ameri-can military blasts unpalatable music to force drug dealers and foreign leaders out of their homes. Maybe instead of pop music making these dictators wilt, the military could blast the sound of violent hiccups. “OK, guys nothing’s working, let’s bring in the diaphragm.”
The disappearing middle class
Many of the college students have now finished their finals
and ended their fall semester. It seems that as college costs increase, classroom time de-creases, but maybe that’s just my faulty memory. In any event, who are these students that have now been released into what we used to call “intersession” and will eventually go on to graduate with their bachelor’s degrees? Statistics tell us that 77 percent of them come from
families in the top 25 percent of household incomes but only 9 percent are from families in the bottom 25 percent of incomes.
What does that mean? If you believe that education is the ladder to a financially success-ful life, that startling disparity among college graduates is tell-ing us that social mobility has drastically declined in America. Put another way, America is no longer the land of opportunity it once was, attracting the am-bitious from all over the world with the promise of the Ameri-can Dream. It means that what you become in life depends more on who your parents and grandparents are than what skills you possess.
This conclusion is further reinforced by the information researchers have found about economic mobility here. A child born in the bottom quin-tile has only a 4 percent chance of rising to the top quintile, according to a Pew research study. Contrast that with Brit-ain, where the number is about 12 percent and Canada with
class advancement twice as likely as for the United States.
So we come back to the sub-ject of the growing gap between the haves and the have-nots in our country. This has been a vis-ible concern for at least the last 25 years. When my family and I were invited to the Bill Clin-ton White House in the early 1990s as part of an out-of-town press conference, we happened to meet David Gergen, the po-litical commentator and former presidential adviser, in the hall-way. As we chatted, my middle son asked Gergen what he thought was the major problem for the nation then, and he im-mediately referred to the grow-ing gap between rich and poor.
Who filled that gap in past decades? The answer is, the middle class, the engine for advancement in America and everywhere. Pretty much everyone then, and perhaps even now, described oneself as being in the middle class. But today the middle class is disappearing.
Why should we care?
Because the middle class is composed of the people who buy the goods and services that sustain the upper class, and without the former there can-not be an economically viable society. Inevitably if this situ-ation persists there will be ex-treme social unrest among the lower class, and to underwrite the country’s expenses the up-per class will be asked to shoul-der unbearable taxes. Further-more, intelligent and ambitious immigrants will pass us by as their ultimate destination, and will strike out for other shores where their prospects seem more promising. In fact that has already been happening on the graduate school level, as many of the most talented students choose countries like Germany in which to pursue their careers rather than the United States. If enough of the best and brightest go elsewhere, it could affect not just our economy but also the very security of our country.
The idea that our success de-pends on how our lives started rather than on our own hard
work and native abilities goes against the grain of the Ameri-can self-image. The columnist and author, Nicholas Kristof, wrote recently about this dis-tressing trend and asked why none of the candidates for presi-dent was speaking about how to change this direction.
As we approach the end of the year we, as a nation, are in-tensely caught up in the fright-ening problem of terrorists and how we can protect ourselves and our way of life from their horrible violence. But as we look ahead to the new year and the coming presidential election, not all threats to our country are so overt. Some, like this trou-bling income gap and its conse-quences, are more insidious and could prove more threatening and difficult to solve.
America is no longer the land
of opportunity it once was.
I was outmaneuvered
by an adolescent, hiccuping
diaphragm.
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