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SPOTLIGHT

By Janee [email protected]

Taylor Moreno, HuntingtonHigh School’s 17-year-old foot-ball kicker, could be picked outof the group by her light brownhair, neatly fixed in a Frenchbraid hanging out of her helmetonto the back of her No. 2 jersey.“To see her in the lineup on the

sidelines and you see all these bigguys and the back of their hel-mets and then you see my daugh-ter with the braid down the backof her helmet,” said Taylor’smother, Theresa Moreno, 46. “Itwas a really cool image.”Taylor, a 5-foot-7, 143-pound

senior, of Huntington, is the firstfemale kicker in the high schoolfootball team’s history. She was

Taylor Moreno is LI’s only femalevarsity football player. She playsthree other sports and carries a 4.0 GPA. Her most important position: role model.

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“Having a glass in honor of Jor-dan, the most amazing girl. Jord, if Igrow up to be half the person youwere, I will be eternally grateful. Youhave absolutely no idea how muchwe love you.” #CheersToJordan --Casey Hunter, Newbury, New

Hampshire.

“As my heart aches for friends to-day, as I stand in awe of theirstrength, I send them love, hugs, andcomfort for the days ahead. And incelebration of the life of an amazingyoung woman, I raise a glass.”#CheersToJordan --Debbie Rogow Pringle, Coral

Springs, Florida.

“‘Never selfish, always loving and

kind, these are memories you leavebehind.’ Celebrating a most beautifullife today.” #JordanSchuman#CheersToJordan --Jodi Vale, music director of Long

Island’s 98.3 FM.

These are just some of the posts onsocial media in honor of South Hunt-ington-native Jordan Schuman, a 22-year-old journalist who died in a carcrash Dec. 23 in North Carolina onthe way to see a friend.Schuman’s mother, Peri Schac-

know, created the #CheersToJordanhashtag to commemorate the life ofthe young reporter.“When you lose a child… there’s

no denying the tragedy,” said Schac-know. ”But at the same time, in orderto live with the loss, the best way tohonor Jordan is to celebrate how shelived, not what we lost.”

Schacknow is a radio anchor atCNBC in New Jersey. Her husbandand Schuman’s stepfather, PeterSchacknow, also works as a seniorproducer for CNBC. They live inSouth Huntington.“She grew up with media people

in the household. She saw what aninteresting career it could be,” shesaid. “Her skills and personalitywound up being a great fit.”Schacknow said Schuman, who

graduated from Walt Whitman HighSchool in 2011, initially wanted tobecome an elementary schoolteacher, but a passion for journalismemerged.Schuman graduated from the Uni-

versity of Miami in 2014, with abachelor’s degree in broadcast jour-nalism and a double minor in psy-chology and teaching and learning.

Huntington Native Dies In North CarolinaSOUTH HUNTINGTON

South Huntington-native and 22-year-old reporter Jordan Schuman died in athree-car accident in North Carolinaon the night of Dec. 23.

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Snow, IcePilesUp,CausesTroubleAroundTown

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2015 YEAR IN REVIEW

By Andrew [email protected]

One of the worst winters, in termsof total snowfall, pounded Long Is-land earlier this year.According to data assembled by

Brookhaven National Laboratory,Long Island received a total of 62.2inches from October 2014-April2015.Perhaps the biggest contributing

storm was that of Winter StormJuno, which dumped 11-20 inchesacross various areas of the Town ofHuntington in late January 2015.Snow continued to pound Hunt-

ington through February and March,and combined with record-low tem-peratures, which caused headachesfor those on the roadways.On March 5, a Town of Hunting-

ton snowplow tipped over in ColdSpring Harbor due to icy road con-ditions. No one was hurt, but the in-cident was one of several on theroadways that were caused by icyroads.The Town of Huntington tried to

remedy the icy roads, but it had to doso during a regional road salt short-

age that put highway departmentsacross Long Island on thin ice.Huntington Superintendent of

Highways Peter Gunther said inMarch that he pulled the state’s armto get more road salt after supplies attwo of the town’s facilities dwindleddown almost completely.A month earlier on Feb. 5, Gover-

nor Andrew Cuomo had declared astate of emergency in New York,

which allowed him to release 3,500tons of salt to affected municipali-ties. However, road salt was onlyavailable from Staten Island-basedAtlantic Salt, the state-chosen con-tractor. This caused headaches formunicipalities trying to get road saltand prompted Gunther to call for acentralized road salt distributioncenter to be created on Long Island,which would be equipped with

150,000 to 200,000 tons of salt.Huntington ended up spending

more than $5.4 million on snow andice removal and supplies in 2015, ofwhich $1.8 million was originallybudgeted, town spokesman A.J.Carter said.Prior to the start of winter 2015-

2016, the town reviewed its plans todeal with snow and ice in the winterahead.Huntington spent $2.42 million on

upgrades and additions to its high-way department over the last twoyears. Included in the tally were arenovated operations center, 10 newplow-equipped dump trucks, 10 re-furbished trucks and four plow-equipped pickup trucks.Also added were a total of 200

GPS systems to be installed in the ve-hicles of private snow-plowing con-tractors. This will help highway de-partment workers in tracking the lo-cations of private contractors so thatthey can deploy them where needed.Said Supervisor Frank Petrone,

“We’re hoping there won’t be snowthis year, but if there is, we can resteasy knowing that the Highway De-partment is prepared,”

Heavy snowfall and record-low temperatures caused headaches for residentsearly this year.

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Republican state Sen.John Flanagan (R-EastNorthport), chair of thestate Senate’s EducationCommittee, replaced for-mer majority leaderDean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), whoresigned the May 11amid a federal corruptionand influence-peddlingscandal. Flanagan has sinceserved as majority leader andtemporary president of the NewYork Senate.Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci

(R-Huntington Station) saidFlanagan’s selection was a winfor Long Island.“He knows all the major issues

the state has to tackle. He was theperfect choice,” Lupinacci said,citing Flanagan’s quarter-century

of experience in Albany.Flanagan, who lives in the

Town of Huntington andrepresents a district large-ly comprising the Town ofSmithtown, served in theAssembly for 16 years be-fore rising to the Senatein 2002. In the Assembly,he succeeded his father,John Flanagan Sr., whoserved from 1973 until hisdeath in 1986.At home, the father of

three is married to Lisa PerezFlanagan, who is active withNorthport High School’s Stu-dents for 60,000 philanthropic or-ganization, which focuses a greatdeal of its charitable efforts inNicaragua.Dean Skelos and his son Adam

were convicted on all chargesDec. 11 and face up to 130 yearsin prison. Sentencing is set forMarch 3.

Flanagan Replaces SkelosAs Senate Majority Leader

When the Great Atlantic & Pacif-ic Tea Co., the parent company ofWaldbaum’s and Pathmark, an-nounced it was filing for bankruptcyin July, that left the future of dozensof supermarkets, which supportedhundreds of jobs across communi-ties around Long Island, in question.Stop & Shop and Best Market

snapped up numerous locations,with Stop & Shop taking over theWaldbaum’s on Wall Street in Hunt-ington. The Greenlawn Waldbaum’shas been purchased, but plans forwhat will replace that supermarketare still unclear, though local offi-cials and residents would like anoth-er grocery store to serve the sur-rounding community, especially thePaumanack Village senior housingcomplex.While that’s being hammered out,

the Town of Huntington has set up atwice-weekly HART shuttle servicefor Paumanack residents to the Lark-field IGA in East Northport, whichLarkfield IGA owner Charlie Re-

ichert said earlier this week hewould subsidize. The fare $3 eachway, and officials believe that wasdeterring some Paumanack residentsfrom participating.In Dix Hills, A&P intends to sell

back the lease for a shuttered Path-mark to LG Other Associates LLC,the original landlord of the property.And in Melville, a Waldbaum’s hasalso closed as a result of the A&Pbankruptcy.

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A&PFiles ForBankruptcy,Sells, ClosesStores

TheWaldbaum’s in Greenlawn was amongthose closed this year following the A&Pbankruptcy. It is unclear what the newowner has in store for the location.

Sen. JohnFlanagan

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2015 YEAR IN REVIEW


After 36 years of service with the SuffolkCounty Police Department, Edward Brady re-tired as commanding officer of the SecondPrecinct on July 17.For five years, Brady was the top cop at the

Second Precinct, which covers the Town ofHuntington. From 1979-1987 he was an officerin the Second Precinct before he worked his wayup the chain of command at the Fourth Precinct.He then moved to the Sixth Precinct and thenFirst Precinct before returning to Huntington in2008.Taking his place was a 28-year veteran of the

department, Inspector Christopher Hatton.

Prior to his role of commanding officer at theSecond, Hatton, of Miller Place, has worked inSuffolk’s Third, Fourth and Sixth precincts, theInternal Affairs Bureau and Marine Bureau.He grew up in Brentwood, but went to St. An-

thony’s High School, which at the time was lo-cated in Smithtown. He then went on to earn abachelor’s degree from SUNY Oneonta in 1985and began working for the NewYork City PoliceDepartment in 1986. In 1987, he moved to Suf-folk’s police department. He’s also a graduate ofthe FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.In an August interview, Hatton said the focus-

es of the Second Precinct include remedying thetown’s gang problem. The precinct has also beenworking to chip away at Suffolk’s drug problem,which has creeped into the Town of Huntington.

Hatton said the precinct has been “debriefing,”or interrogating, anyone who gets arrested, andsharing that information across the department’scomputer network.

TopCopBradyRetires,New InspectorHattonTakesOver

Edward Brady Christopher Hatton

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Thousands of Town of Huntingtonstudents in grades 3-8 too part in theso-called “opt-out” movement againstthe Common Core Standards and didnot participate in state-mandated ex-aminations in English language artsand math earlier this year asCommon Core, a national curricu-

lum adopted by 44 states in 2010 –including NewYork – was created toestablish consistent educational stan-dards across the country and ensurestudents are ready for work and col-lege when they graduate high school.In Half Hollow Hills alone, 42 per-

cent of eligible students refused totake the ELA test and 43.6 percentrefused to take the math test. Thesepercentages were among the highestrates of refusal found across Town ofHuntington’s eight school districts.Northport-East Northport, with

55.2 percent and 63.6 percent, hadthe highest percentage among thetown’s districts.TheHalfHollowHillsTeachers’As-

sociation was one of the groups thatsupported the “I Refuse” movement tooppose Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s since-dismantled proposal to link 50 percentof teachers’evaluations to the scores ofstandardized tests taken by students.That movement was assembled by

NYSAllies for Public Education andalso got support from 118 NewYorkteachers associations, includingthose in Commack, Elwood, Harbor-fields, Huntington and Northport.The state Board of Regents voted to

put a moratorium on the use of scoreson state-mandated examinations inteacher and principal evaluations untilthe end of the 2018-2019 school year.The action was one of 21 recom-

mendations made by the New YorkCommon Core Task Force, which wasassembled by Cuomo in September toreview the status and use of the Com-mon Core standards in NewYork.The task force also recommended

reducing the number days and the

duration of standardized tests; im-plementing a process to gather stu-dent feedback on new tests; and cre-ating “ongoing” professional devel-opment opportunities for teachersand administrators.

CommunityRevoltsAgainstCommonCore

Huntington voters went to thepolls in November and re-electedevery incumbent on the ballot.For Town Council, Republican Eu-

gene Cook was the top vote-getter,followed by Democrat SusanBerland. Together, they filled the twoopen slots.During the summer, the Hunting-

ton Democrats fended off a primarychallenge against Berland and KeithBarrett, the the town’s deputy direc-tor of general services, the Hunting-ton Station Business ImprovementDistrict president and an auto repairshop owner.Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia, a Re-

publican, ran unopposed, as did Mar-ian Rose Tinari in the election forThird District Court judge. Raia thisyear also became Huntington’slongest-serving town clerk.Receiver of Taxes Ester Bivona

beat out Republican Monique Pardesby a 40-point margin.

Suffolk County Executive SteveBellone was easily re-elected to asecond term over Republican JamesO’Connor, and all three Suffolk leg-islators representing the Town ofHuntington, including Steve Stern inthe 16th district, Lou D’Amaro in the17th district and William “Doc”Spencer were given new terms.The re-elected town officials will

be sworn in at on Sunday at 1 p.m. atWalt Whitman High School, 301West Hills Road, Huntington Station.The public is invited to attend.

--CORRY

IncumbentsWin InLocal Elections

Earlier this year, teachers and parents,including members of the Half HollowHills Teachers’ Association, gathered toprotest education reforms that wereproposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Susan Berland and Eugene Cook

Rest Stop Gets Surprise BulldozingAwakening the furor of local resi-

dents and elected officials long op-posed to expanding the eastboundLong Island Expressway rest area inDix Hills, right, the state Depart-ment of Transportation bulldozed alarge wooded area behind the reststop in August as part of a little-known plan for the location thatwould include a 9,000-square-footbuilding with dining and restroomsand 200 parking spaces.Local and state officials said they

found out about the plans only aftergetting calls from constituents aboutthe tree removals.A backlash from officials, ranging

from town, county and state repre-sentatives, as well as residents, led toa quick halt to the project and prom-ises from the state Department ofTransportation to keep local con-stituents engaged as it considers

where to place the rest stop, whichmany had expected was moving toExit 67 of the LIE.On Monday, state DOT

spokesman Gary Holmes said, “TheDepartment remains committed tocreating a safe resting place for allusers of the Long Island Express-way. Productive conversations withstate and local officials on how bestto accomplish that continue.”

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QUOTE OF THE WEEKPERI SCHACKNOW

“When you lose a child… there’sno denying the tragedy. But at thesame time, in order to live withthe loss, the best way to honorJordan is to celebrate how shelived, not what we lost.”

Huntington Native Dies in North Carolina, PAGE A1

A Thief Prowls on Christmas Eve

On the night before Christmas at 7:30p.m., someone smashed the driver’s sidewindow of a 2010 Jeep Cherokee nearBlackstone Steakhouse on Pinelawn Roadin Melville. They stole a Keurig coffeemachine, shoes, miscellaneous clothingand an Apple TV.

… Keep Your Valuables OutOf Your Car!

In a similar case on Dec. 23 at 5 p.m.,someone broke the window of a 2005 JeepGrand Cherokee on Broad Hollow Road inMelville. They made off with an iPad, abriefcase and cash.

A Not So Sweet Scene

On the morning of Christmas Eve, mul-tiple jars of candy and chocolates werestolen from The Sweet Scene candy shopon Schwab Road in Melville at 10:30 a.m.

A Decoration-Damaging Grinch

Someone damaged a popular Christmasdecoration at a home in Melville. A laser-light projector was damaged on Earl Roadat 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 22.

Cops: Man Robbed, AttackedWith Cane

Two Huntington men were arrested forallegedly hitting a man with a cane ataround 3 a.m Dec. 19 at Fairview Streetand New York Avenue in Huntington andstealing his necklace and money, Suffolkpolice said. The suspects were arrested twohours later. The two men, an 18-year-oldand a 19-year-old, were also charged withresisting arrest after flailing their arms andattempting to push away police. The 18-year-old was additionally charged withcriminal possession of a weapon afterpolice found a black gravity knife in hisbag. Police also charged him with unlawfulpossession of marijuana.

Holiday Hustle And Bustle... I was happyto see that Main Street was bustling over theholidays, with children picking out the toysthey’ve been eyeing for weeks. I witnessedsweethearts buying each otherjeweled mementos they willsurely treasure for years tocome. And, I was warmed tosee families sharing meals together in line withthe holiday spirit. These Huntingtonians were notonly treating their loved ones to gifts and goodtimes, but they were also helping our local busi-nesses thrive. There’s nothing better than know-ing that your hard-earned dollars are going intothe hands of fellow residents and their families.They depend on our support to continue provid-ing the wonderful goods and services that areunique to our town. So even now that the holidayrush is over, please don’t forget your downtownmerchants and restaurants.

Reflections On The Past...With Christmasnow past, it’s time for us to reflect on theebbing year. Diving into the past, I thought itwould be worthwhile to pick up Walt Whit-man’s “Leaves of Grass” once again. As a life-long resident, I’ve read the poetry in this mas-terpiece many times over in my life. I’ll bestarting from the beginning of the piece andhope to share bits of the poems as they strikeme over time.

For Him I Sing (First published in 1870)“For him I sing,I raise the Present on the Past,(As some perennial tree, out of its roots, thepresent on the past: )With time and space I him dilate--and fusethe immortal laws,To make himself, by them, the law unto himself.

Here, Whitman (who, of course, founded TheLong-Islander in 1838) com-pares time to a tree, with thepresent moment planted in thesoil of the past. Let’s look backon the “tree” we have grownthis past year. Are we satisfiedwith its current fruits? If not,take care in planting your seeds,since January is right around the

corner. And, the “him” that Whitman refers to? Ibelieve that he’s talking about the ideal self, theone that we should all strive to be. So, in this spir-it, let us grow fruits on our tree that we shall savorby the end of the approaching year! Cheers andHappy NewYear!

End-Of-Year Car Troubles... My car gaveme an end-of-the-year message: “Take care ofme.” As I attempted to start the old Buick to-day, turning the key there for a few seconds,the engine wouldn’t turn over. I did it again.Nothin. I gave up and knew something waswrong. I checked under the hood and every-thing seemed fine. I ended up taking the bus towork and asked my nephew if he would diag-nose the problem while I was at work. Hecalled later in the day and said the battery wasdead and he got it replaced. He also pointedout the brake fluid was low too and topped itoff. It’s working fine now, thank goodness. I’mjust hoping for no more mechanical surprises.

(Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If youhave comments, ideas, or tips about what’s hap-pening in your neck of the woods, write to me to-day and let me know the latest. To contact me,drop a line to Aunt Rosie, c/o The Long-Islander,14 Wall Street, Huntington NY 11743. Or try thee-mail at [email protected])

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2015YEAR IN REVIEW

An estimated $1.2 million stadi-um will soon be added to St. An-thony’s High School after the planwas approved earlier this year.The 1,000-capacity stadium on the

southeast lawn of the South Hunt-ington school’s property is plannedto include a turf playing field, low-rise bleachers that face Wolf HillsRoad and a dynamic scoreboard.The project was partially funded

by a donation from James Metzger,CEO and Chairman of Long Island-based insurance broker The Whit-more Group.“Saint Anthony’s High School’s

new multi-purpose James C. Met-zger Stadium is on schedule and willbe ready for the opening of the springathletic schedule for the Friars,” DonCorrao, director of development forthe school, said Monday in an email.Corrao added that over the last

few months, the turf field, bleachersand a stone structure at the cornerof the property were completed.

Still to come is work on the newscoreboard and “all of the plannedlandscaping to beautify the campusand neighborhood.”The stadium is expected to be

used by St. Anthony’s High Schoolteams primarily for practices andday games.

-WROBLEWSKI

NewStadiumOnSchedule

St. Anthony High School’s PrincipalBrother Gary Cregan, left; Director ofDevelopment Don Corrao, right; andJames Metzger, a Melville native andchairman and CEO of insurance brokerThe Whitmore Group.


Good Sidewalk WorkIn Greenlawn

To the Editor:We are all guilty of com-

plaining over our high tax-es. But this month, residentsof the hamlet of Greenlawnsaw how well our countyand town taxes are put touse.Within one week starting

Dec 9, the HuntingtonHighway Department hadcommercial sidewalks in-stalled on both sides of sev-eral blocks on Broadway,according to the town engi-neering department’s plans.This improvement allowspedestrians and commuters

safe and convenient accessi-bility to town.Massive tree trunks and

years of asphalt pathwayswere removed, cement side-walks and smooth curbs in-stalled, signs were straight-ened, grass was plantedcurbside and neat patches todriveways carefully done.Residents, merchants,

commuters and visitors willall reap the benefits of thisoutstanding work by ourtown employees for years tocome!

SUSAN MATTHEWSSecretary

Greenlawn CivicAssociation

Zadroga Act Shows‘Heroic ActsNot Forgotten’

Editor’s note: The follow-ing adapted from a press re-lease.

The permanent reautho-rization of the Zadroga Actis a long-overdue victory forthe more than 56,000 9/11responders and survivors inNewYork State today.When the TwinTowers fell,

thousands of brave men andwomen rushed into dangerand put the safety of othersbefore their own. They res-cued people from the rubble,

sacrificed countless hoursaway from their families, andhelped us heal and rebuild inthe days that followed, whilenever straying from the kindof selfless courage that willbe remembered for genera-tions to come. And today,Congress has finally shownthat these heroic acts were notforgotten.The passage of this bill is

also proof that Washingtoncan live up to its responsibil-ity to the American people.It shows that Congress cancome together to do what isright, and bridge the grid-

lock and partisan divide totackle our most pressingchallenges. I applaud themembers of New York’scongressional delegation –especially Senators Schumerand Gillibrand and Repre-sentatives Nadler, Maloneyand King – for leading thefight to reauthorize theZadrogaAct. I urge all mem-bers of Congress to jointhem in continuing to moveour nation forward.

ANDREW CUOMOGovernorNew York

Opinion‘Not the types set up by the printer return their impression, the meaning, the main concern.’

With this final issue of the year, we takea look back at some of the major news sto-ries and events of the past year.In many ways, it was a year like any oth-

er, with tragedies and triumphs, and all ofthe incidents and accidents that keep ournewsroom humming. Even the weatherhad a way of making the news. While cur-rent temperatures have us wondering ifwinter will ever arrive, ourlook back reminds us that lessthan a year ago we were won-dering if it ever would end. The earlymonths of 2015 brought relentless snow-falls and bitter cold stretches that took atoll on cars and roads, nearly exhausted theregion’s supplies of road salt, and wore onthe collective psyche of those who had tobattle the elements in their everyday lives.We survived.In some ways, the year can be seen as

marked by a spirit of rebellion. Parents andeducators rallied against the state’s Com-

mon Core curriculum and forced change.The state also felt the wrath of residentswhen work crews unexpectedly beganwork on a rest stop on the LIE. Unwantedby the community, the plans were sus-pended amid public pressure. Even Elec-tion Day had a spirit of rebellion. Inde-pendence Party member Gene Cook, con-sidered something of a renegade politician,

was the top vote-getter in townelections.Many of the year’s top stories

continue to unfold. The sale of Wald-baum’s stores, an apartment-buildingboom in Huntington village and the ongo-ing struggles with parking, and the transi-tion to new leadership at the SecondPrecinct will continue to make news in theyear ahead.We celebrate the New Year with hopes

for continued progress. We wish all of ourreaders happiness, health and prosperity in2016.

A New Year

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Nassau County Executive EdwardP. Mangano, Presiding Officer Nor-ma L. Gonsalves, Legislator DonMac Kenzie and Veterans ServiceAgency Director Ralph Espositojoined with World War II veterans indedicating a new Battle of the BulgeMonument in Eisenhower Park’sVeteran’s Memorial Plaza.“We honor the brave servicemen

of the United States Armed Forceswho served in the infamous Battle ofthe Bulge - the fiercest battle theAmerican Army ever fought - thatbegan in December 1944 and lastedsix weeks. Nineteen thousand braveservicemen made the supreme sacri-fice for our nation, and it is estimat-ed 90,000 were either wounded orcaptured by the German Army,” saidMangano. “I thank the Long Island

Chapter of the Battle of the Bulge fortheir service to our nation and forraising the private donations for thisnew monument in Eisenhower Park.”The monument was purchased by

the Veterans of The Battle of theBulge-Long Island Chapter. The bat-tle was fought from Dec. 16, 1944through Jan. 25, 1945. Of Long Island’s 33 Battle of the

Bulge members, 11 of the veteransattended the ceremony. They includ-ed William Mueller, commander ofthe Long Island Chapter; David Mar-shall, president of the Long IslandChapter; and members Ret. Col.Robert Scatz, Felix Iannacone,Charles Avella, William Burke,Ralph Carl, Conrad Cardiello,Joseph Kagan, Harold Hoffman, andIrving Greger.

Battle Of The BulgeMonument Dedicated

Local officials and 11 veterans of the World War II Battle of the Bulge attended amonument dedication on Dec. 23 in Veterans Memorial Plaza in Eisenhower Park.

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Gloria Dei Lutheran Church inHuntington Station has hostedChristmas dinners for three decades,but last Friday was the first time 55-year-old William Lorenz had everbeen to one.With a plate of yams, a turkeydrumstick, string beans, stuffing anda slice of bread, “this dinner is aChristmas miracle for me,” Lorenzsaid. “I do the best that I can do, butI don’t eat normally.”Lorenz has spent the last several

months living outdoors in the woods.“I live in a tent in the woods,”Lorenz said. “That’s what my lifehas become.”Lorenz said he previously lived inDepartment of Social Services hous-ing, but that he would prefer to re-main outdoors.“DSS put me in a crack house, anactive crack house for housing, so Iran to the woods and put a tent up,”said Lorenz, who admits to abusingalcohol and drugs in the past. ”Idon’t want to go to a house wherepeople are doing drugs.”Now in its 30th year, a great

amount of preparation goes intomaking the dinner possible throughvolunteers, donations and parishsupport, said Deacon Richard Thy-den, who has led the effort everyyear. Thyden said volunteers are upas early as 6 a.m. on Christmas Dayto prepare dozens of turkeys andhams, 40 pounds each of stringbeans, yams and potatoes.With all this food, “There are noshortages,” Thyden said. “They cookat home, which makes our lives eas-ier.”Volunteers also wrap toys for chil-dren who attended the dinner.

Thyden said volunteers includepeople outside the congregation andother religions, with the goal of tend-ing to those who may have no one orno where to go.“It’s not a homeless situation; it’smore of a lonely situation.” Thydensaid. “We try to buck up their spiritson this day and share the holidaywith them.”The Christmas joy and spiritmakes itself known. People shared agood time, with conversation andlaughter going back and forth aschildren smiled and unwrapped gifts.

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This was William Lorenz’s first time at Gloria Dei’s Christmas dinner. He called it “a Christmas miracle.”



Helping others and giving back arethe reasons why church member Glo-ria Fagan, 58, of Greenlawn, has vol-unteered for the past five years.“This is just a day for people to

realize that not everybody is fortu-nate in this world. And that you getso much more inside when you giveback, even just a little bit,” Fagansaid.Fagan plays an active role within

the church. Aside from volunteer-ing, she also helps with the church’spreschool, helping parents in needof a preschool for their children. Fa-gan added there were 75 toys gift-wrapped for children at the dinner.“No child at Christmas should

feel that Santa forgot them,” Fagansaid. “For a child to feel that theywere left out is heartbreaking.”This lesson of sharing and giving

back is what prompted Fagan tobring her three children – ages 21,24 and 26 – who at first were reluc-tant, but they have volunteeredevery year since.“For the people that come here,

there is hope and there is people thatwant you here,” Fagan said. “Whenpeople walk through the door here,

they know that they feel wantedhere. They're not a burden. They’rewelcome here.”John Nolan, 65 and a 40-year

Huntington Station resident, firstheard about Gloria Dei’s Christmasdinner about 20 years ago in a Pen-nysaver ad. He has come ever sincewith his wife, Christine.Recalling the first time he attend-

ed, he said, “It was very good. Thefood was good. Very crowded. Peo-ple were nice,” Nolan said. “That’swhy we come back. It’s better thanstaying home by yourself.”Nolan said the dinner is like a “re-

union.”This was 67-year-old Brendan

Cussen’s fifth year at the Gloria Deidinner. Cussen, of Kings Park, is aU.S. Navy veteran who is nostranger to spending Christmasaway from home.“It was always pretty decent,”

Cussen said of his Christmas din-ners in the Navy. “I had some reallygood shipmates.”After his first Gloria Dei dinner

five years ago, he said has not hesi-tated to drive back every year andwill continue to “if i’m stillaround... unless some gal invites me

to her place, you know,” he said,with a laugh.Cussen said he was looking for-

ward to seeing his family, includinghis 3-month-old nephew, later thatday. “This will be the first time I’llbe laying eyes on him,” Cussen said.Attendees lauded the generosity

of the church and volunteers, and

said they shared a sense of holidaycheer, spirit and hope. Hope was es-pecially important to Lorenz. He isnow studying to apply for a class Acommercial driver’s license to oper-ate tractor trailers get a job that willhelp take him out of the woods.“I’m thankful to God and the peo-

ple who help me,” Lorenz said.

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Gloria Dei church hosts 180 people for Christmas dinner

Volunteers served a freshly prepared Christmas dinner to the 180 attendees atGloria Dei Lutheran Church’s 30th annual Christmas dinner.

By Julio [email protected]

Whether he’s throwing punches asJiffy Jeff the boxer or pretending towrangle chickens as Wilby Stuckin-son, Bob Nelson has always manageto deliver punchlines that keep audi-ences coming back.Nelson, 57, was born and raised on

Long Island and attended NassauCommunity College and majored intheater in the late 1970s, but did notthink he would be doing comedy as acareer.“You know best when you go to a

community college,” Nelson said.“You have to pave your own way.”During his college days, Nelson

said he could not hold steady jobs be-cause of his he would need days andweeks available for auditions and toperform in plays. He worked as astock boy, gas station attendant, secu-rity guard and was an artist creatingtelephone-book advertisements. Hemade friends and colleagues at hisphone-advertisement job laugh be-

cause he would always be foolingaround at work.“We would have to call them

[clients] up and tell them ‘there’s aproblemwith your telephone-book ad.It doesn’t make sense,’” Nelson said.“Instead of calling as a regular person,the guys in the office, and the girls inthe office, would haveme call down asa character.” He added that these callstook on the essence of a prank, “but[were] not really.” His “not really”pranks involved voice disguising andlight mockery, leaving whoever wason the other end dumbfounded.An attempt at humor would seal his

future. He made a call in 1977, dialedthe correct digits, but disregarded thearea code.“One day, we didn’t dial the area

code, ” Nelson said. “We ended upcalling that guy Richard M. Dixon byaccident.”RichardM. Dixon was the owner of

the White House Inn in Massapequa,which wasWhite House-themed. Nel-son mentioned Dixon resembled thelate former president, Richard M.Nixon.“So when that guy answered the

phone, he’s talking to me like he’sRichard Nixon,” Nelson said.Nelson said Dixon told him to per-

form at his inn, to which Nelsonobliged. His show was well received,and from “that day on I neverstopped.”Nelson’s comedy career snowballed

in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, a time whencomedy was lifting off, he said.Since then, he has traveled to differ-

ent cities and performed at venuessuch as Radio City Music Hall,Broadway, The Las Vegas Strip andThe Grand Ole Opry. He was also onthe “Tonight Show with Johnny Car-son,” “Late Night with David Letter-man” and comedy specials.Nelson has performed with Rodney

Dangerfield, Jim Labriola, ReddFoxx, LouisAnderson, Eddie Murphy-- with whomNelson and Rob Bartlettwere in a trio group called “The Iden-tical Triplets” when Murphy lived inRoosevelt -- and Gilbert Gottfried,among other comedians. He per-formed comedy on HBO specials andmade appearances in movies such as“Kindergarten Cop” with ArnoldSchwarzenegger.Though he traveled to major ven-

ues, Nelson said his most favorites arethe small clubs such as UncleVinnie'sComedy Club in Point PleasantBeach, New Jersey.“I love the small clubs. Theaters are

great too because the people are real-ly focused on you,” Nelson said. “Thevariety is what I thrive on.”Nelson said he looks forward to re-

turning to Huntington and performingat the Paramount for his second timeon Friday, Jan. 15.“I just love doingmy comedy,” Nel-

son said. “You get to work with dif-ferent acts, it’s exciting. It’s not thesame 9-to-5 grind.”

BobNelsonJabsLeft, Right,WithComedy

Long Island comedian Bob Nelson willbring his humor and characters, suchas Jiffy Jeff the boxer, to the Para-mount on Friday, Jan. 15.

SPOTLIGHT

Jordan BelousAt 16 years old, Jordan Belous

started an online fundraiser to benefitpediatric cancer research in August,challenging people to dance the“whip” and “nae nae.”The #WhipPediatricCancer cam-

paign surpassed her original goal of$10,000 having. She has a new goalof $20,000 and raised $19,136 as ofMonday.As the campaign continued, Be-

lous, of Melville, said that her dreamwas to have her campaign reach out tocelebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Tay-lor Swift and Silentò.After faced with the trails of watch-

ing her mother defeat cancer, Belousused that experience as motivation tohelp exterminate pediatric cancersince she was 7 years old.Belous has worked with North-

port’s Spencer Reid Foundation andWarrior’s Odyssey, and was a coun-selor for Sunrise Day Camp inWheatley Heights this past summer.At the camp, Belous watched 3-

and-a-half-year-old campers dancethe “whip” and “nae nae” all summer,which prompted her to start the#WhipPediatricCancer campaign.The funds raised from the cam-

paign will be donated to MemorialSloan Kettering Cancer Center inManhattan.

Michael “Mikey” BranniganIn the world of track and field,

Northport native Michael “Mikey”Brannigan has got the talent with an

ever-growing list of county, state andnational running accomplishments.Brannigan was a February 2015 fea-ture athlete for Sports Illustrated andthe centerpiece of a 2014 NBC“Nightly News” segment.In May, the Huntington Cinema

Arts Centre featured a documentary ofBrannigan’s life story called, “TheSilent Portrait of Michael Brannigan,”filmed by fellow Northport senior De-von Narine-Singh. The film depictedan emotional story of Brannigan asone ofAmerica’s best young long-dis-tance runners who happens to haveautism.Brannigan started running when he

was 7 years old, and throughout theyears on the Northport varsity cross-country team, he received All-Ameri-can honors fromUSATrack and Fieldand the U.S. Olympic Committee dur-ing his junior year in 2014. He also be-came a national champion in the3,200-meter run and set the state’s 2-mile record at 8:42.92 onMay 8 at theLoucks Games in White Plains.In May, Brannigan was the main fo-

cus at the annual invitationalmeet at St.Anthony’s High School, where a docu-mentary film crew followed his everymove while shooting ESPN’s hour-long newsmagazine show, “E:60.”

Tobias HarrisWith a skyrocketing basketball ca-

reer, having played for the Half Hol-low Hills West High School varsityteam to now a professional player forthe Orlando Magic, Tobias Harris be-

came the first basketball player inColts history to have his No. 12 jerseyretired by Hills West.The ceremony took place in Janu-

ary, which initially unveiled a bannerthat celebrated Hills West team win-ning the championship. The secondbanner that was unveiled was a sur-prise to Harris, indicating that hisnumber will be retired.Harris, 22, was drafted out of the

University of Tennessee by the Char-lotte Bobcats in 2011 and then tradedto theMilwaukee Bucks. He remainedon the Bucks until 2013 where he wastraded to the Magic and became theteam’s second leading scorer at 17.6points per game.

Thomas MaierTaking photos with celebrities and

attending red-carpet events, EastNorthport resident Thomas Maier isthe author of the book “Masters ofSex,” which sparked a hit Showtimeseries series of the same name.With the series on its third season,

Maier said all the media attention is anew experience for him, since he hasspent more than 30 years of his life asa newspaper investigative reporter.Maier has written other books as

well, which prompted Sony to pur-chase theTV rights of “Newhouse:Allthe Glitter, Power and Glory ofAmer-ica’s Richest Media Empire and theSecretiveMan Behind It.” It’s now be-ing developed for a mini-series byBravo. The TV rights for his latestbook, “When Lions Roar: theChurchills and the Kennedys,” has al-so been bought by Sony.

Brandon NiederauerBrandon Niederauer, 12, of Dix

Hills, can be seen starring as Zack inthe Broadway musical “School ofRock” at theWinter Garden Theatre.The guitar phenom rose to stardom

after appearing on “The Ellen De-generes Show” two years ago. Sincethen, he has played with the AllmanBrothers, George Clinton, Dr. Johnand the Neville Brothers. He was alsoa backup player on “The Late Showwith Stephen Colbert” on Nov. 19.A seventh-grader at the West Hol-

low Middle School, Neiderauer washome-tutored during rehearsal timeand maintained a 98 average.Neiderauer said landing the part for

this role was meaningful because itwas the movie version and the charac-ter he is playing that inspired him tostart playing guitar.

Fresh Faces, Cool People InHuntington


2015 YEAR IN REVIEW

Jordan Belous, of Melville, raised $19,136 toward pediatric cancer research with her #WhipPediatricCancer campaign.

Dix Hills’ Brandon Niederauer, 12, can be seen performing on Broadway in themusical “School of Rock” at the Winter Garden Theatre.


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Honu Kitchen & Cocktails, for-merly Blue Honu, serves small-plateNewAmerican cuisine in the heart ofHuntington village.Honu’s plates may be small, but

chef Robert Flaherty, who has beencreating amazing dishes since 2008,serves generous portions.For starters, the lobster bisque

($10), ahi tuna tartare ($14) andtoasted gnocchi ($12) are delicious.The lobster bisque is served in smallshot glasses. The bisque is creamy,but not heavy and has tender pieces

of lobster. The ahi tuna tartare isfresh and served with avocado, chilioil and plantains on top. It combinesthe meaty texture of the tuna with thecreaminess of the avocado and a hintof spiciness.If you like salads, try the roasted

beet and arugula salad ($11). Thesalad is served with feta cheese,toasted pistachios and topped withpomegranate-tangerine vinaigrette.The beets’ velvety texture combinedwith the creamy feta and crunchi-ness of the pistachios create a fusionof tastes and textures.For those who want heartier fare,

the skirt steak ($29) and the shrimpand sea scallop risotto ($29) aregreat options. The skirt steak is ten-der and served with caramelizedbrussel sprouts and candied pecans.The shrimps and sea scallops aretender, but with a meaty texture.Served with mushrooms, which hasa more dense texture, spinach andtruffle oil, it creates a complex dishwith the creamy texture of the risot-to.For dessert, Honu’s cranberry


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In order for Huntington Station mas-ter developer Renaissance Downtownsto move forward with proposed revital-ization projects, it needed to ink a com-munity benefits agreement with theTown of Huntington earlier this year.Part of that agreement involved dis-

tribution of what is expected to be$300,000-$400,000 in mandatedfunds that will be generated by themassive project to benefit community-based programs.To decide where the funds should go,

the town assembled an advisory groupof about 40 community members. Itwas chaired by Robert “Bob” Scheiner,a longtime resident with experience inboth the private and public sectors.At the group’s first meeting in mid-

2014, Scheiner sat, listened and as-sessed. That’s what he typically doesin these types of situations, taking inall points of view and evaluating.“There were some nice discussions”

had by the diverse group, he said.But there wasn’t consensus. Some

wanted money to go to youth programs,others wanted it for the school district.This troubled Scheiner. He knew

people were “losing hope” and thatRenaissance Downtowns’ plan couldn'tbe slowed much longer. The townneeded “to get shovels in the ground.”“We need to start showing some

progress,’” Scheiner, 68, told Hunt-ington Supervisor Frank Petrone andmembers of the town board.After some research and a few more

meetings, Scheiner did what he’s be-come known across Long Island fordoing: he mediated.Scheiner said to the group, “Listen,

I hear what you’re saying. Can we atleast agree on youth programs and notwho the money is designated to? Let’sget beyond the issue of who it goes to– it’s premature. Once the town initi-ates this and development starts… thetown is going to issue an RFP. Andthey’re going to say to all of you guyswhat you’re going to do, and thenthey’re going to fund you.”By Jan. 14, 2015, the agreement

was inked and opened the door for thedeveloper to receive overall approvalfrom the town board in September.“That’s Bob,” Petrone said. “They

all had the same idea, it was just amatter of focusing it.”This is just one of the many ways

Scheiner has given back to the Town of

Huntington, a town he loves dearly, anda town he lived in for 35 years.Scheiner is currently chairman of the

Huntington Township Chamber ofCommerce. He’s a driving force behindLeadership Huntington, a nonprofitfoundation where he helps mold youngminds into community leaders. Andhe’s a 29-year veteran of H2M, aMelville consulting and design firm,where he built an architectural groupfrom zero to 85 employees.For these reasons, and many more,

Long Islander News has namedScheiner its person of the year.

Setting The Tone EarlyScheiner was born to Sam andMarge

Scheiner on June 22, 1947, in what usedto be Freeport Hospital.He grew up in Merrick with his par-

ents and sister, Susan, and enjoyed ahalf-Jewish, half-Christian, upbringing.“They called me half-breed,” he said

with a laugh. The family celebratedChristmas with Scheiner’s mother’sside of the family and Hanukkah withhis father’s. “I thought that was howeveryone did it.”Scheiner’s father was an architect.

He was a very “warm” person and a“good listener” who “wanted to solve

problems and bring people together.”He died in 1993.Scheiner’s mother “wasn’t your

typical housewife” and, in part,worked as a physical therapist. Sheaided young children affected by po-lio. She was “always involved” and,like his father, a “good listener.”“There were always kids at my

house between my sister’s friends andmy friends, and everyone liked to talk

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Our sincerest congratulations to Bob Scheiner onbeing named Long Islander News’

“Person of the Year 2015”!

Thank you for your incredible service to us and to our community.

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with my mother,” Scheiner said. Shedied 13 years ago.The family spent much of its free

time together giving back and aiding itscommunities. Scheiner recalled his fa-ther’s efforts with Rotary and BoyScouts. His mother also worked at achildren’s shelter and with Girl Scouts.He remembers fondly weekends he

and his family spent at the NassauCounty Girl Scouts Camp Tekakwithain Hampton Bays to help out.“We all went together to fix the tent

platforms, build a building, etc.,” hesaid. “It was great, great fun.”His upbringing left a mark on

Scheiner’s soul.“They really set the tone for me. Some

people find it in religion, some peopleprovide it in one specific organization –but my parents were more broad-based,”he said. “That encouraged me.”Scheiner attended Sanford H. Cal-

houn High School in Merrick. He joinedboth the school’s baseball and wintertrack teams. However, he discoveredthat his true passion lie elsewhere.He wanted to follow in his father’s

footsteps and become an architect.During his freshman year, Scheiner

would sneak into his father’s office toreview documents and plans. He wasfascinated by them, he said, and itpushed him to begin taking classes in artand mechanical drawing.When graduation came in 1965,

Scheiner’s classmates voted him “MostArtistic.” This sent him over the archi-tectural edge: “That basically told methat this was what I should do,” he said.He graduated from New York Insti-

tute of Technology in 1969 with a bach-elor’s degree in architectural technolo-gy. He later earned his master's degree inpublic administration from Stony BrookUniversity and is a registered architectand licensed professional planner infour states, including New York.Soon, Scheiner ventured out into the

professional world, and finally startedputting to the test what his parents andschooling had taught him.

“The Connector”Professionally, Scheiner has a few

different nicknames.Vice chairman of the Huntington

Township Chamber of Commerce,Robert “Bob” Bontempi calls him a “re-source,” not only to the Town of Hunt-ington, but to all of Long Island.“He transcends Huntington. He’s

sought out as a resource across LongIsland,” Bontempi said. “Bob is com-mitted to seeing whatever project hetouches through to the end, and to suc-cessful outcomes.”Another nickname, “the connector,”

was given to him by Liz Uzzo, vicepresident of human resources for H2M,

who’s known Scheiner for 28 years.“Bob is just one of those people you

want to be around because he exudespositive energy,” Uzzo said.She credited the nickname to author

Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The TippingPoint, where he describes a connectoras a person in the community whoknows large numbers of people, and ef-fectively “link[s] us up with the world.”This fits Scheiner perfectly, said Uzzo.“It’s a natural thing for him,” she

said. “He gets to know people for whothey are, not just on a surface level.He’s interested – really interested – inwho people are, and that shows.”This trait has been evident in Schein-

er ever since he started his career in ar-chitecture with his father in 1969. Eventhen, Scheiner’s genuine nature shinedas he only worked for his father for sixmonths. He said he felt as if he was tak-ing advantage of his father and that heneeded to find a new job, one where hecould develop his craft.He joined architect George Meltzer

in Flushing, Queens and remainedthere until 1971 when he joined thenow-defunct Levitt & Sons real estatedevelopment company.“That was a good start for me in ar-

chitecture because I got to work with alot of folks, and I got to work in thebuilding end of the business, besides de-sign,” Scheiner said.In 1976, Scheiner was recruited by

the Town of Riverhead and took a job asthe town's community development andplanning directors.“I wanted to see what it was like to

serve the public,” he said.There, he met the then-town supervi-

sor and current town justice, Hon. AllenSmith.“There are a lot of people who pre-

tend to know how to get things done,”Smith said. “Bob is someone whoknows how to get things done.”Scheiner became the town’s deputy

supervisor and helped lead its efforts toprovide housing for the needy.“We were one of the few jurisdictions

on Long Island that was providing hous-ing for the poor and Bob was instru-mental in that,” Smith said. While with Riverhead, Scheiner said

he was “introduced” to the idea of work-ing with everybody. A registered Re-publican, Scheiner said that didn't standin the way of him working with bothparties to tackle issues.“It allowed me to become a good lis-

tener,” he said.Scheiner soon returned to the private

sector with a consulting and design firmhe became familiar with while workingfor Riverhead. That firm was then Holz-macher, McLendon and Murrell. Today,it’s H2M.“I felt they were extremely profession-

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al, above water, and I knew exactly howthey treated their clients,” Scheiner said.He was hired in 1986 and created an

architectural group. Through his 29-year stint, Scheiner grew that group to85 employees, the largest in the firm.“I’m very proud of that,” he said.Scheiner eventually became senior

vice president and chief marketing offi-cer – the highest position he held beforesemi-retiring last year.He’s now the Corporate Municipal

Market Leader in charge of the firm’sLong Island market.He’s “going to be missed” by the firm

when he fully retires, said Liz Uzzo. But“Bob will always stay with us.”

A Family Of His OwnScheiner started a family of his own

with his wife Janet in 1970. The couplehas a 40-year-old son, Michael, and 42-year-old daughter, Cara, andthreegrandchildren.They’ve lived in Bellmore and

Coram before making the move to DixHills in 1981. They moved to Com-mack in 1993 and remained for 23years until moving to Hauppauge inOctober. “We wanted to stay,” he said.

‘I Always Loved This Town’As a child, Scheiner and his family

often visited Huntington. “I alwaysloved this town,” he said.

That’s why he and his wife moved totown before he joined H2M.Throughout the 34 years he lived in

the Town of Huntington, Scheinerjoined a slew of causes and organiza-tions that include the Rotary Club ofHuntington Station, the Commackhomeowners association, LeadershipHuntington and the Huntington Town-ship Chamber of Commerce.The chamber is where Scheiner’s in-

fluence has, perhaps, most been felt.For example, earlier this year, Scheinerhelped push the town toward solvingthe perennial parking problems inHuntington village.“If you went to the average Joe, I

think they’re saying: ‘What’s going onaround town that it’s so difficult to finda parking spot when I want to go out todinner?’” he said. “People get tired,they turn around and leave becausethere are other alternatives for them.”The town as a whole, but specifically

Huntington village, he said, is “suffer-ing from the success of itself. Which iswonderful, but we really need to act be-cause I don’t know that people under-stand parking is not just a problemwhen The Paramount has a show, or ontheweekends. Parking is a problem dur-ing the week, in the evenings, and dur-ing the latter part of the day.”To help remedy this, the town has be-

gun rolling out recommendations madein the June 2013 Huntington Village

Parking Study, which was conducted byNelsonNygaard in conjunctionwith thetown’s Huntington Village ParkingConsortium, which Scheiner co-chairs.The study recommends valet strate-

gies, private lot acquisition and the ex-ploration of one or more joint-develop-ment parking structures in the village.Supervisor Petrone said Scheiner

played a pivotal role to move forwardthe town’s plan to issue a request forproposals for one or more parking

structures to be built in the village.“He’s a great blend of a community

activist, businessman and someone whoreally cares,” he said. “Bob leads insuch a way that he’s able to blend theconcerns of the business communityand the community at large. There is al-ways a solution to a problem and there’salways a compromise.”And Scheiner knows how to reach

them, he said, “That’s what Bob doesand he does it so well.”

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Huntington Hospital and the Dolan Family Health Centercongratulate Dee Thompson on being named

Person of the Year by the Long Islander. We are proud topartner with Dee to ensure all members of our community have

access to the highest quality healthcare possible.

We thank Dee for her leadershipand advocacy for the community. Congratulations!

Robert “Bob” Scheiner, center, and his family. Front row: daughter-in-law Nic-hole, granddaughter Electra, Bob, granddaughter Aria and wife Janet. Back row:daughter Cara and her boyfriend Chris, son Michael and grandson Tiege.


Legislator William "Doc" SpencerWould Like To Congratulate

BOB SCHEINERDEE THOMPSON

on being honored asPEOPLE OF THE YEAR

for 2015YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE HELPED

TO SHAPE THE FUTURE

PERSON OF THE YEAR

By Carl [email protected]

Dolores Thompson, recipient of theLarry Kushnick Memorial Award forCommunity Service, remembers atime when Huntington Station had athriving business district, with a bank,a supermarket and other essential op-erations that locals depended on.For more than three decades, the

tough, seemingly ubiquitous commu-nity activist has been doing every-thing she can to bring life back intothe area.“I like to see things get done,” said

Thompson, executive director of theHuntington Station Enrichment Cen-ter. “I was here when we had a Hunt-ington Station that was alive and well.All we have now is a parking garage.”Born in Brooklyn, Thompson, who

goes by “Dee,” moved to Jamaica,Queens, and then toWoodbury beforelanding in Huntington Station. Agraduate of what is now HuntingtonHigh School, she became an operatorat New York Telephone, where sherose through the ranks to become amanager.Thompson retired from AT&T,

New York Telephone’s successor, in1985, but before that, she already es-tablished the Silhouettes, a group thatopened up activities to youths in thearea by connecting with localschools. “There was never any com-munity center for young people inHuntington Station,” Thompson said.After retiring, she did a needs as-

sessment for the Huntington Stationarea, and told Huntington officialsthat the Station was lacking facilitiesfor young people. “That’s when Iopened up the Huntington Station En-richment Center,” she said. The cen-ter, which was first located at the cur-rent Station Branch of the HuntingtonPublic Library, provides arts andcrafts and music lessons and educa-tion assistance, among other services.The center now shares space withRenaissance Downtowns and theHuntington Opportunity ResourceCenter on NewYork Avenue. Thomp-son sits on HORC’s advisory board.Thompson is the mother of Hunt-

ington Town Councilwoman TraceyEdwards. She also has a son, Kevin.An elder son, Royal II, died in auto-mobile accident in 1975.Edwards said the importance of

community service was instilled inthe children early. “You had to have a

couple of things. You had to play twoinstruments and a you had to have acommunity service position. Thosewere the must-dos in the Thompsonhousehold,” said Edwards, whose latefather, Royal, was a police officer.A former 20-year president of the

Huntington Chapter of the NAACP,Thompson said she is proud of help-ing to make the chapter one of thestrongest in the Long Island region.She also helped get the Dolan Fam-

ily Health Center in Greenlawn upand running, which she considers oneof her biggest accomplishments.“It’s what we wanted. Not a store-

front clinic,” Thompson said. “We donot call it a clinic, because it’s not. It’sa family center. And it’s for all peo-ple. It’s not just for the underserved.”She continues to serves on the cen-ter’s advisory board.Joseph Volavka, senior administra-

tive director of the Dolan FamilyHealth Center, said he quickly real-ized the impact Thompson had on thecommunity when he came to the cen-ter about two and a half years ago.“Dee was alway known to be some-

thing of a tremendous advocate,” hesaid. She has assisted me with visionand strategy, and where to go. Shewas very helpful in pulling off the20th anniversary” celebration in Oc-tober.Thompson is known to be tough

with people when they don’t deliver.Is that a fair assessment?“It depends,” she said. “If they

haven’t done something I expectedthem to do, yes. Because I feel likewe’re a neglected group of peoplehere in Huntington Station, and we’relike an afterthought.” It’s why she sitson the Huntington Township Cham-

Thomson: Set OnSeeing A ThrivingHuntington Station


Dee Thompson

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The Town of Huntington would like to say

Congratulationsto

Bob Scheiner and Dee Thompsonfor being named PEOPLE of the YEAR

for 2015Well Done!

Frank P Petrone, Supervisor Mark Cuthbertson, Councilman Susan A Berland, Councilwoman

Eugene Cook, Councilman Tracey A Edwards, Councilwoman

ber of Commerce board, she said. “Ihave to let the chamber know thatthey’re the chamber not just for thevillage, but for the whole communi-ty. So I have to remind them periodi-cally.With all of the stores and every-thing else that’s in the village, don’tforget to support the Station.”Thompson is also vice president ofthe Huntington Station Business Im-provement District.“We work very hard to support thelocal businesses here,” Thompsonsaid. “So we do the cash mobs,” likea “Fairground Bazaar” in December,with vendors, food and crafts, to sup-port a discount store. She wasn’t hap-py with the lack of news coverage ofthe event, saying the media is quickto point out crime in the area, but notthe good things happening.Keith Barrett, president of theHuntington Station BID, saidThompson was “well deserving” ofthe community-service award.“She’s very determined. She does-n't take ‘no’ for an answer. And shecares,” said Barrett, who co-chairsthe annual Unity in the Community -- Huntington Awareness Day Paradeand Fair along with Thompson andHuntington Supervisor FrankPetrone.

“Dee is trying to bring life back in-to Huntington Station, for no otherreason than it should. That’s whatshe’s intent on doing,” Barrett said.Thompson also ran a Boys andGirls Club.

“I was able to serve an awful lot ofpeople in the Huntington Stationarea. A lot of these children comeback to see me, they’re grown, I hard-ly recognize them, but the memoriesof them being here” are steadfast, shesaid. “We were able to help with theireducation and also with their leisurelife. Fishing trips, the zoo.”After all she’s accomplished, whatdoes Thompson still want to do?Oh, that’s simple.“Bring back Huntington Station.That’s my goal. Bring back what we

had here and make us the village thatwe were. Don’t forget: HuntingtonStation is the gateway to Hunting-ton.”To that end she plans to be meetingwith MTA officials on helping toprop up mom-and-pop shops around

the Huntington Long Island RailRoad station.And she wants to see the NewYorkState Armory on E. 5th Street turnedinto a community center, with a parkand activities “so that young peoplehave a place to go.”

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Dolores Thompson, center, at the Dolan Family Health Center’s 20th anniversarycelebration in October with Huntington Hospital CEO Kevin Lawlor and BernardRosof, a Huntington Hospital board member.

“She’s very deter-mined. She doesn'ttake ‘no’ for an an-swer. And she cares.”

— KEITH BARRETT,PRESIDENT OF THE HUNTINGTON STATION BID

LongIslanderNews.com Please mention The Long Islander Newspapers when doing business with our advertisers.B8 • PERSON OF THE YEAR • DECEMBER 31, 2015

NEW BAGEL SPOT: Frank Profaci, theowner of Best Bagel in HuntingtonStation, has opened up a new bagelspot in downtown Huntington. Vil-lage Bagel (46 Gerard St.), betweenClaytime and Minuteman Press,opened on Dec. 21, offering coffee,egg sandwiches, hand-rolled bagels,old-fashion water bagels and a vari-ety of cream cheeses, ranging from

veggie to chocolate chip and straw-berry. The 2,000-square-foot shopalso offers a full deli spread, withBoar's Head meats, panini, wrapsand pastry items. The shop is openseven days a week and, with a seat-ing capacity at 18-20, Profaci plansto have outdoor seating once theweather warms up. It is currentlyopen from 6 a.m.-4p.m., but that is

subject to change in the spring andsummer months.

MIDNIGHT IN MOTION: New York-born

party band Midnight In Motion willbe playing a show Jan. 8, 2016 at XOrestaurant (69 Wall St., Huntington).The show will start at 8:30 p.m. andadmission is free. “Be ready todance,” says the promotional flyerfor the event. For more information,visit Facebook.com/MidnightInMo-tion or XOHuntington.com.

walnut bread pudding ($8), and Irishcoffee creme brulee ($9) are deli-cious. The bread pudding is creamyyet dense due to the pieces of breadmixed with candied walnuts, with ahint of sweetness from a vanillaglaze. The creme brulee is not forthe weak-hearted when it comes tothe liquors that make up the dessert(Bailey’s Irish Cream, Jameson IrishWhiskey). The spirits that make upthe creme brulee may be strong, butthey are tamed by the vanilla bean.If you’re looking to pair your

entrees with wine, the SancerreSauvignon Blanc ($13) goes wellwith the shrimp and scallop risotto,and the Super Tuscan (Merlot andCabernet Sauvignon - $13) pairs

well with the skirt steak. TheSancerre’s salty, briny flavor bal-ances the creamy, richness of therisotto. The Super Tuscan has afruity forwardness that works wellwith the candied pecans andcaramelized brussel sprouts servedwith the skirt steak.For those wanting to try their

hand-crafted cocktails, the coconutmartini ($11) and Fig N Fennel($12) are great. The coconut martiniis made with Cruzan coconut rum,Cruzan pineapple rum, pineapplejuice and toasted coconut through-out the rim. The Fig N Fennel ismade with Figenza Artisanal FigVodka, fresh fennel, lemon juice andblack currant juice, which creates arefreshing cocktail that’s not too

sweet because of the fennel and cit-rus flavor of lemon juice.If you’re partial to craft beers,

Goose Island IPA ($8), Blue PointToasted Lager ($7) and FoundersAll Day IPA ($7) are a few of thechoices.Mark Zecher, who took over Honu

in January 2011, believes the restau-rant’s success lies with the staff.“They are truly like family, and

when your staff is happy, diners feelit. When you have a happy staff, youhave happy diners. We hope ourguests feel welcome and comfort-able and appreciate all the attentionto detail with the decor, service andseasonality of the menu.”

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At Title Boxing Club in Hunting-ton village, there is a boxing ring,weight-lifting area and treadmillsstationed to the left side of the 3,400-square-foot building. And taking upa majority of the space, for classes,are 35 “Title” punching bags hang inrows from steel metal bars.“We are a people business, and

we happen to offer fitness throughboxing and kickboxing,” said own-er Danny Cordova, 48. “We’re inthe business of making people hap-py and changing their lives.”Title offers boxing and kickbox-

ing classes in group or private train-ing sessions. For $99 a month, themembership includes unlimitedclasses from 5:30 a.m.-7:45 p.m.(A trial class is free.)For those who are nervous going

into a class, Cordova will spendone-on-one time with students toteach the basics, including how toposition the body into a fightingstance, the correct way to punchand kick and then relay the formatof the class.Starting with a 15 minute warm

up, the workout session begins witheight, three-minute rounds of com-binations. In between, there’s aminute of active rest, which involveslower body movements with all coreand abs to complete the workout.With eight trainers, Cordova has

every trainer write down everymovement demonstrated in class,and if something doesn’t work,Cordova has them take it out.“It’s all vibe each class, motiva-

tion, positive thinking, it’s a wholescience to it,” Cordova said.For instance, during the push-up

segment of the class, trainers willhave their students do push ups for10 seconds as opposed to countingup to 10 push ups, since everyone’sabilities are different.“When people leave, they’re on a

high,” Cordova said. “That’s thebest part.”

“It’s a group fitness setting, al-though it’s your workout, how hardyou want go,” Cordova said. “It’sall about the details on what theperson needs, so we talk about in-dividualized needs.”In addition, what makes Title

stand out is retention and engage-ment with members, Cordova said.“The more you’re engaged, themore you like the place, the morecomfortable you are,” he added.With an average class size of 20,

Cordova knows every single clientwho attends and why they are there.If someone misses several classes,Title reaches out to its clients tohelp them stay focused on thehealthy path they initially pursuedwhen signing up.“People just love that,” Cordova

said. “We have that ability to havethat family environment. We allknow each others family and what’sgoing on and people come just tohang out.”With 275 members, Title has had

clients who have lost 80 pounds orsome who came off their medica-tion after having built up theirstrength and health from the class-es, Cordova said.

“We do it in a real authentic wayso that you’ll get the workout,”Cordova said. “Nothing inventeduses more muscle and body parts.Our format is scientifically proven.We don’t just come up with stuff.”Open sinceAugust 2013, Cordova,

who was an Elite International Taek-wondo athlete in the ‘80s, took overthe boxing club in November 2014.“It was just a passionate project

of mine, I knew that I wanted to dothis,” Cordova said, adding that thebusiness has almost tripled since hetook over. “If you're passionateabout it, you can do anything.”With clients ranging from 8 to 80

years old, Title also has local highschool sports teams come down totrain at the club, including Northport,Cold Spring Harbor and Harborfields.For busy athletes and parents, Ti-

tle will be adding half-hour classestwice a week so members cansqueeze in a quick workout. Titlealso will be adding a 75-minuteclass on Sundays, with a 15-minutewarm up, 12 full rounds of boxingand then a 15-minute core workout.“You’ll never experience a total

body workout where it’s total bodyand not made up,” Cordova said.

“It’s scientifically proven that usesmore muscle or body parts whereyou’re engaged that entire hour andyou have fun, a blast doing it.”

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Title Boxing Club in Huntington of-fers boxing and kickboxing classesand private training sessions withthe goal to motivate, focus on theneeds of the individual and stay en-gaged with each client.

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Let’s end the 2015year and start the NewYear of 2016 with thebasics of investingand why you should

be investing now!Focus on the principles and you

will have the basics of an investmentstrategy. There is a difference be-tween savings and investing, two ofthe ways to meet investment goals.Savings is holding money in bank(usual way) accounts, money marketfunds, or a CD. Usually for a specif-ic short-term need. Investing is buy-ing things of intrinsic value such asstocks, bonds and real estate (exam-ples) that have the potential to pro-vide income or increase in price orboth, over the long-term.Investing does not have to be com-

plicated. You have to learn about thebasics as mentioned above (stocks,bonds, cash and real estate). Basedon your time until retirement willhelp determine how much you putinto the various categories. Mostyoung investors can afford to bemore aggressive (i.e. – more instocks and real estate) and then asthey get closer to retirement you canconsider reducing the stocks and re-al estate and increasing the cash andbonds in your portfolio. Within yourinvestment strategies be aware ofwhen you plan to retire (how manyyears and your overall health). Youare actuarially supposed to live intoyour mid to late 80s, so you should

consider retaining some portion ofyour portfolio in stocks to hopefullyoffset taxes and inflations effects.Being a successful investor re-

quires money, patience, and confi-dence. You need confidence to standby your financial decisions, and thatrequires education. Always strive formore knowledge about investing. Iwas told years ago about a bookcalled Benjamin Graham’s “The In-telligent Investor.”I found it a greatread, but it mightnot be for every-one because of hiswriting style.There are alsomany daily, week-ly and monthlypublications on in-vesting. Try them until you find theone you like.There are a few terms you will

have to become familiar with:• Volatility: How much and how

quickly the value of an investmentchanges.• Diversification: Making several

different types of investments ratherthan just one or two.• Allocation: Deciding what per-

centage of your portfolio goes intowhich categories of investments.• Risk: all the reasons you may

have a loss or a weak return.•Yield: The income you receive as

a percent of what your investmentcost you.• Return: What you get back,

based on what you invest, usually

measured on an annual basis.Picking the right investments is

the first step in achieving your finan-cial goals. You must also monitortheir performance regularly to deter-mine whether they are still right foryour portfolio as your goals changeand your lifestyle evolves.To follow up on this, you have to

be ready to make adjustments oreven major changes if and when you

change your goals.Or when the invest-ments you made arenot performing theway you expected.Remember: Do

not tie up all your in-vestments in onlyone or two places.This exposes you to

possible greater investment risks.You might want to talk with yourfamily and friends as to what theyare doing and seeing in the stockmarkets. You do not have to taketheir advice. However, it is good toknow what others are thinking. Ifyou do not want to go it alone, con-sult with a qualified certified finan-cial planner.In investing, patience is a virtue.An analogy shared with me years

ago says it best: A young boy and hisdad were walking out in a field andthey approach a big perfectly formedbeautiful oak tree. When they getclose, the boy picks up an acorn andasks, “What is it?” His dad says it isan acorn and if planted and nurturedover many years, it can grow into a

mighty oak tree. If the boy plantedthe acorn and watered it correctly,then most likely the acorn wouldeventually grow into a big oak tree.However, if the boy dug up the acornevery couple weeks to see how it wasdoing, it would never become amighty oak. Investing is for the longterm and given time your chances ofsuccess are much better.If we have not covered a topic you

would like to know more aboutplease drop us a note with yourquery. Here’s to a Healthy, fun andprosperous 2016 NewYear.

Nurture Your Investments With Knowledge

ASKTHE EXPERT

Cheers to 2016! With a new yearcomes new resolutions and new op-portunities. The Huntington Cham-ber is pleased to offer a variety ofnetworking events and encouragesyour participation. The chamber’ssignature events are in bold. Formore event details, check hunting-tonchamber.com closer to the date.

If you would like to receive thechamber’s bi-monthly eNewsline,just input your email address for up-dates direct to your inbox on themain page or call the Chamber at631-423-6100. We look forward toseeing you in the NewYear!Jan. 12: Ribbon Cutting – Fleming-ton FursJan. 26: Networking Breakfast‘Meet the Media’Feb. 23: Networking Breakfast‘Business in a Multicultural World’Feb. 3: Business After Hours withFETCHMarch 10: Business After Hours

with Katz Plastic SurgeryMarch 22: Networking BreakfastApril 7: ‘Veterans as Entrepreneurs’with theVeterans + Education Com-mittees at LaunchPadApril 13: Shred Day with the GreenCommitteeApril 19: Networking Breakfast‘Digital Marketing’April 26: BusinessAfter Hours withSt. Joseph’s College at LaunchPadMay 3: Long Island’s Celebrate 30under 30May 17: Business After Hours withHuntington Jewish CenterJune 13:Annual Golf Outing

June 15: Business After Hours withLevel SolarJune 21: Networking Breakfast‘State of the Chamber’June 30: Multicultural BusinessCommittee: Annual PotluckJuly 13: Sunset SoireeSept. 20: Networking Breakfast‘State of the Town’Oct. 7 – 10: 23rd Annual Long Is-land Fall FestivalNov. 15: Networking BreakfastNov. 30:Young Professionals Busi-ness CompetitionDec. 14: Young Professionals Holi-day Hijack

2016 Huntington Chamber Calendar of Events


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Huntington’s Jon L. Ten Haagen,CFP*, runs Ten Haagen FinancialServices, Inc., a full-service independ-ent financial planning firm – and now,he is here to answer your questions!In this bi-monthly column, Ten Haagenwill answer your financial questionsand help you with his expert financialadvice. Don’t be shy – our expert ishere for you, so feel free to ask away!Email your questions to [email protected] today,and let our expert help you.

*Ten Haagen is an Investment AdvisorRepresentative offering securities andadvisory services offered through RoyalAlliance Associates, Inc., member ofFINRA/SIPC, and a registered invest-ment advisor. He is also an active com-munity member, serving on several non-profit boards and as executive officer ofthe Greater Huntington BoatingCouncil.

** NEW OFFICE LOCATION: Due toa fire in the office building, the offices ofTen Haagen Financial Services, Inc. arenow at 12 Bayview Ave., Northport.


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“She loved to meet people and heartheir stories, and to share their storieswith others,” Schacknow said.In trying to pinpoint what Schu-

man felt her purpose was, Schac-know said, “To tell the stories. Tobring people closer together. Themore we know each other, the morewe care about each other. The moreof our stories that we know, the bet-ter we work together.”Schuman began working at

WPDE, an ABC affiliate in SouthCarolina, as a multimedia reporter inMarch 2015. After several intern-ships, it was her first professionalposition in the field.Shortly after WPDE News Direc-

tor Victoria Spechko hired Schuman,she recognized the Schuman’s en-thusiasm bubbling inside her.Spechko and Schuman scheduledweekly 2:30 p.m. phone calls forMondays, where they would reviewthe previous week’s coverage.“Jordan had a light and a spirit

about her... she just embraced every-thing she did to the fullest,” she said.Spechko added that Schuman had

a special connection with veteransbecause their stories intensely res-onated with her.“She just had such a respect for

people who give their freedom, andin some cases sacrifice their lives…that so moved her, that when she told

those stories, that respect just camethrough in every word that shewrote,” Spechko said.Recalling her high school days,

Judy Leopold, Schuman’s formerchorus teacher at Walt WhitmanHigh School, said Schuman “was thekind of student that could brightenthe room just by entering. She had apositive outlook about everything inlife. Even in the vagaries of every-one’s adolescence, she could alwaysself-regulate.”She noted that Schuman sang

since she was in elementary school,and that while Schuman enjoyedchorus work, her passion blossomedon the theater stage.Leopold helped her get into the

part of Little Red for the productionof “Into The Woods,” when Schu-man was just a freshman. She alsoperformed as Tzeitel in “Fiddler onthe Roof.”Leopold saw this clearly translate

into her career in broadcast journal-ism, saying that, “broadcasting is theintellectual side of theater.”“...Jordan was one of those very

rare, bright birds who changes youfor the better,” Leopold said.Schuman’s mother added that

more than cards and flowers, shewants others to honor her memoryby “emulating her best traits.”“Be a friend. Share a kindness.

Smile. Sing in the car--loudly. Dare

to dream. Put on a kickass pair ofhigh heels. Laugh. Love. Rock a redlip. And live every moment you arelucky enough tobe given,” she said.A funeral was held Dec. 27 at the

I.J. Morris funeral home in Dix Hills,with the burial at Mount GoldaCemetery in South Huntington. In

addition to her mother and stepfather,she is survived by her father BrianSchuman and stepmother PatriceGolde; brother Justin Schuman; andgrandmothers Lorraine and Roz.Schuman’s family is now in the

process of organizing a scholarshipfund to be administered by the NewYork Press Club.


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In Memoriam

Michael BradleyRemembered by the community as

a superhero by being himself, MichaelBradley was a longtime owner of thecomic shop Collectors Kingdom inHuntington Station before he died onApril 6 at 48 years old.Longtime friend Jade Torres said

Bradley “ate and breathed comics”and “created a safe haven” at the shop.After attending Newfield High

School, Bradley studied theology inOklahoma and then Minneapolis be-fore returning to Long Island in hisearly 20s, where he enrolled at Farm-ingdale State College and earned anassociate’s degree in business.During that time, Bradley worked

as an assistant manager for a Hunting-ton-based Pergament hardware store,where he became infatuated withcomics and was introduced to theowners of Collectors Kingdom.Bradley took over the shop in 1994.In his 21 years as the owner,

Bradley traveled across the UnitedStates to comic conventions andshows, expanding the CollectorsKingdom namesake.Four months before Bradley died, a

fire destroyed Collectors Kingdomand it was permanently closed, butBradley left behind a legacy of loyalcustomers.

Debra ‘Debbie’ CotugnoAlthough she was confined to a

wheelchair for 40 years after breakingher neck in a diving accident when shewas a child, Debra “Debbie” Cotugnois remembered as someonewho didn’tlet circumstances restrict her from liv-ing life.Working for 30 years in the comp-

troller’s office at Huntington TownHall, Cotugno, of Deer Park, died at53 of sepsis on Sept. 9.Cotugno attended St. John’s the

Baptist High School and continuedher education at Dowling College,graduating in 1984 with a bachelor’sdegree in business administration. AtTown Hall, Cotugno took the civilservice test and moved up several po-

sitions and furthered her education inaccounting at Town Hall before be-coming principal account clerk.Co-workers remember her as some-

one who had a positive attitude, de-pendable and someone who loved totalk about her nieces, nephews andsilky terrier dog, Archie.Family members, friends and co-

workers of Cotugno dedicated a benchin her honor on Dec. 8, which waspaid for through donations thatamounted to $1,571.

Jean GaleKnown as the matriarch of the real

estate family at the Daniel Gale realestate agency, Jean Gale died Oct. 13of natural causes at 93 years old. Shewas remembered as someone who“loved to love,” said granddaughterJaclyn Gale.Born on Feb. 9, 1922 in Brooklyn,

Gale grew up in Huntington, graduat-ed from the former Central HighSchool and began working as a secre-tary at the Daniel Gale agency in 1939.She became the first female real estateagent and worked there for 56 years.She was the manager of the Cold

Spring Harbor office and retired in1995.There, she met her husband D. Kent

Gale, the son of the agency’s founder,Daniel Gale.The couple settled in Lloyd Harbor

after Kent returned from serving inWorldWar II andweremembers of theHuntington Country Club for 50 years.

Ruth FahlbuschA lifelong Huntington resident,

Ruth Semon Fahlbusch was knownfor attending several events within thetown where she loved taking photo-graphs of each event and sharing themwith the community. She died Dec. 7at 91 years old.Fahlbusch grew up with her family

off of Main Street, west of Huntingtonvillage, and graduated from Hunting-ton High School in 1942.Married in 1942, she had three chil-

dren and divorced in 1970. Duringthat time, Fahlbusch worked for thetelephone company during from

1942-1946. She returned to work in1971 with Tunis Huntington Doge,then started working for WilliamHagerty at Devany Stock Photos inHuntington in 1981 and retired in1994 due to an illness.With a consistent passion for the

arts since childhood, Fahlbusch wasan avid painter, played the violin andtook up photography after retirement.Many of her photos taken at local

events were featured in Long IslanderNews’ publications over the last 15years.She is remembered by her family

and friends as someone who alwaysthought of others.

Rex MetcalfMore than a mind full of facts and

stories, Rex Metcalf died at 72 yearsold on April 14 after a lengthy battlewith cancer. He was remembered as a“wonderful person,” said wife of 43years, Patricia Metcalf.Known for his passion for history,

Metcalf was born on July 15, 1942and grew up in the historic Latting’sHundred home, where he lived for theremainder of his life.With an immense amount of knowl-

edge for Huntington history, Metcalfoversaw restoration of the colonial-eraarsenal building in the 1970s and wasa member of the Huntington Militia.He also worked with the HuntingtonHistorical Society and the HuntingtonHistoric Preservation Committee. Hewas also a Vietnam War veteran andan escaped prisoner of war.Metcalf was a member of Nathan

Hale VFW Post 1469 and worked onthe Vietnam Committee, where heserved as the committee’s chair from1966-2003. He also belonged to theSons of the American Revolution.After he retired as an engineer for

Grumman in 1994, Metcalf dedicatedhis time to his family and the historyof Huntington.

Marissa PastoreMarissa Pastore was a junior fire-

fighter at the Huntington Manor FireDepartment and daughter of a captainat the department.Facing medical challenges for her

14 years of life, Marissa died on July17 after her diagnosis with acute lym-phoblastic leukemia.On the day she died, the words

“Heaven has a new angel,” were an-nounced from the front of the fire-house lightboard.Marissa had Down’s syndrome, un-

derwent open-heart surgery and thenwas diagnosed with cancer on April20. After she was transferred to Co-hen’s Children’s Hospital in NewHyde Park, the family learned that her

body was unable to toleratechemotherapy and the hospital re-leased her to hospice care.The family did everything it could

to make Marissa’s final months com-fortable. In May, Marissa was throwna surprise party where the Make-A-Wish Foundation attended with a castof characters to complete performanc-es from Frozen, Marissa’s favoritemovie.

Ralph OswaldLongtime Dix Hills Fire District

paramedic Ralph Oswald died sud-denly on the job at 64 years old onFeb. 9.Oswald, of Hampton Bays, was re-

sponding to a call for an unresponsiveman with the Hampton Bays Volun-teer Ambulance Corps and fell illwhile caring for the man. Momentslater, he went into cardiac arrest andrushed by Hampton Bays VolunteerAmbulance and Southampton VillageVolunteer Ambulance Corps toSouthampton Hospital. Oswald waspronounced dead after resuscitationefforts were unsuccessful.Oswald was a passionate educator

who loved teaching others about theEMS service and his tragic death wasa huge loss to the department.

Sean UrdaSean Urda, a John Glenn High

School student who excelled athleti-cally, academically and in service diedJan. 26 after crashing into a light postwhile snow-tubing down ChesterCourt in Huntington.He, of East Northport, was remem-

bered as bright, funny, kind-heartedand dedicated.Urda played on the school’s soccer

and lacrosse teams, standing out as adefensive soccer player. He was alsoan AP scholar, a member of theschool’s Natural Helpers peer coun-seling program, involved in NationalHonor Society, the LOTE Honor So-ciety and the school’s band andmarching band. He was also a volun-teer for Project HOPE and served as ayouth soccer coach.

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Rockin’ In The New YearRing in 2016 by reliving 1989. SpendNew Year’s Eve with Jesse’s Girl, a badconsisting of some of New York City’ssuccessful rock and pop artists who willtake you into the future by going back intime. The show is Thursday, Dec. 31, 10p.m., doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are$25-$55. For more information, visitparamountny.com.

Food And Drinks In 2016New Year’s means drinks and food.Enjoy drink and brunch specials 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Sandbar (55 Main St., ColdSpring Harbor) and 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. atBesito (402 New York Ave., Huntington).Food, drinks and prices vary by location.Contact Sandbar at 631-498-6188 andBesito at 631-549-0100 for specials list-ings and prices.

Kung Fu Panda At Home DepotChildren can create a Spinning Box Toywith Kung Fu Panda 3 stickers at a freeworkshop at The Home Depot, 785 NewYork Ave., Big “H” Shopping Center,Huntington, Saturday, Jan. 2, 9 a.m.-12p.m. Children will get a commemorativepin, workshop apron and certificate ofachievement. Parents can register theirchildren online atworkshops.homedepot.com.

Huntington Town Council And BoardMembers’ InaugurationHuntington residents are invited to wit-ness the swearing in of their electedboard members, Sunday, Jan. 3, 1 p.m.at Walt Whitman High School, 301 WestHills Road in Huntington Station. Musicalselections and reception will follow.

‘Windward City- Paint Nite’Spend a night painting, eating and enjoya drink at Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub inNorthport, 229 Laurel Ave, Monday, Jan.4, at 7 p.m. Adults, ages 21 and over,can paint with guidance from a socialpainting instructor with provided suppliesincluding smocks and canvases.Reserve your seat for $45 online atpaintnite.com.

Chef Rocco DiSpirito Book SigningHear celebrity chef and New York Timesbestselling author Rocco DiSpirito give alecture and sign his new book “TheNegative Calorie Diet.” His book detailshow health and weight loss benefits cancome from foods with “negative calories”that fill you up and do not further hungeryou. The free lecture and book signing isTuesday, Jan. 5, 7 p.m. at The BookRevue, 313 New York Ave, Huntington.

Young Professional’s Group Meeting-Melville Chamber of CommerceMelville Chamber of Commerce membersand professionals, ages 20 to 40, cancome together to an “Open CommitteeMeeting,” Wednesday, Jan. 6, 8 a.m.-10p.m. at Five Towns College, 305 NorthService Road, Dix Hills. Members will dis-cuss upcoming events, ongoing chambertopics and serve as an opportunity foryoung professional minds to grow andnetwork in business. Interested memberscan register at melvillechamber.org under“upcoming events.”

Long Island Economic Outlook For2016Hear and participate in a discussion onthe future of Long Island’s economy in2016. The discussion, hosted by AVZCertified Public Accountants, Long IslandBusiness News and Long Island busi-ness leaders, will be at Crest HollowCountry Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike,Woodbury, Thursday, Jan 7, 8 a.m. to 10a.m. Interested participants can registerat libn.com/outlook-2016 for $35, $300for a display table with two panel discus-sion seats. For more information, call631-913-4258. Breakfast will be served.

‘7 In Heaven’ Speed DatingSingles, ages 32 to 46, can enjoy a drink,food and find that special someone at 7-In-Heaven’s speed dating event a monthbefore Valentine's Day at XO Wine AndChocolate Restaurant, 69 Wall Street,

Huntington. Men and women talk to eachother for seven minutes, recording interestinformation as to who they meet to deter-mine potential matches. The speed datingevent is Thursday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m. to 10p.m. and interested participants can regis-ter at 7-in-heaven.com under the “calen-dar” banner for $38, discounts offered forbringing a friend.

Friday Night Shabbat DinnerEnjoy a nice dinner after a Shabbat serv-ice at the Chai Center, 501 VanderbiltParkway, Dix Hills. The dinner is open tothe public and service attendance is notrequired. Shabbat service is 5:30 p.m.and the dinner follows at 6:30 p.m. Call631-351-8672 for more information andto reserve seats, $22 Adults, $12 Child(Under 12), $72 Family (up to 2 adultsand 3 children)

Chamber New Member OrientationNew inductees in the HuntingtonChamber of Commerce can meet othermembers, staff and learn about chamberbenefits,opportunities and networking forchamber-member business owners,Friday, Jan. 8, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at thechamber’s offices, 164 Main Street,Huntington. Visit huntingtonchamber.comto register your business for chambermembership and for the event or call631-423-6100.

Long Island Winter Farmer's MarketCome and get fresh fruits and vegeta-

bles, as well as other delectables fromlocal vendors, at this year’s Long IslandWinter Farmer’s Market. It takes place atJack Abrams School, 155 Lowndes Ave.,Huntington Station. The market will takeplace every Sunday after, until April 24.

Ridotto Concert, ‘Princely Patrons: AFestive New Year’s Concert’The Long Island-based, nonprofit cultur-al organization Ridotto will be holding its‘With A Touch Of Theater’ concert series.Its upcoming show, ‘Princely Patrons: AFestive New Year’s Concert,’ will havemusic from Beethoven and Haydn andaccompaniment by pianist Yoonie Han.The Concert is Sunday, Jan. 10, 4 p.m.,at the Huntington Jewish Center, 510Park Ave., Huntington. Tickets are $10,student; $18, members; $20, seniors;$25, adults. For ticket reservations, call631-385-0372.

Israeli Soldier Izzy Ezagui Speaks OnPersonal SacrificeGet inspired with the story of IzzyEzagui, an Israeli soldier who gave hisall for the defense of his nation, losinghis arm during combat, but was eager toreturn to serve in the Israeli military. Hisdedication earned him top honors fromformer Israeli president, Shimon Peres.The lecture is Sunday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. atThe Chai Center, 501 VanderbiltParkway, Dix Hills. Tickets are $20 whenreserving early (call 631-351-8672 formore information; $30 at the door; $90for priority seating and private receptionwith Ezagui. $360 reservations getssponsors’ names mentioned in programbooklet, four VIP seats and privatereception with Ezagui.

Library-hosted events and programs arereserved for cardholders of their respec-tive library unless otherwise noted.

Cold Spring Harbor Library95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor.631-692-6820. cshlibrary.org.• Little Scientists: Turn your children intolittle Einsteins with science books,games and activities. The sessionmeets Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2 p.m.Registration is required and is for chil-dren ages 2 to 5.

• Teen Advisory Board Meeting: Earnone hour of volunteer credit while dis-cussing thoughts and ideas with theTeen Advisory Board. The meeting isTuesday, Jan. 5, 7 p.m. and is for stu-dents in grades six to 12.

Commack Public Library18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-499-0888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us.• Long Island Blood Drive: Help save alife or two, or many. The CommackPublic Library will hold a blood drive,Saturday, Jan. 2, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m. The drive is open to Commackresidents and non-residents.

• Bouncing Babies: Bring your infantsand have them move around to shortstories, music, finger plays and nurs-ery rhymes. The program is Monday,Jan 4. 10 to 10:30 a.m. Registrationis required and is for infants two to 18months old.

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Elwood Public Library3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722. elwoodlibrary.org.• New-Mom Meet Up: You’re a newmom and you’re wondering what to do.Don’t worry, you are not alone. Newmoms can meet other new moms inthe Elwood area to socialize and con-nect with each other. The first meet isFriday, Jan. 8, at 10:30 a.m. and willmeet every subsequent Friday untilJan. 29. No registration or fee isrequired, just stop on by.

Half Hollow Hills Community LibraryDix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-421-4530; Melville: 510 Sweet HollowRoad, 631-421-4535. hhhlibrary.org.• One-On-One Medicare Counseling andAssistance: Meet with a HIICAP(Health Insurance Information,Counseling & Assistance Program) vol-unteer to discuss information, concernsand questions regarding Medicare sav-ings programs, health insurance andother Medicare-related topics andissues. Registration is required andmeets at the Dix Hills location.

• Adult Luncheon Book Discussion-“Necessary Lies, Diane Chamberlain:Discuss the novel “Necessary Lies,”with other readers of the book. Thenovel tells of a young orphan southerngirl who tends to her family and whosesituation compels a newly hired socialworker to make hard decisions in help-ing the family. The discussion takesplace Friday, Jan. 8, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.at the Melville location. No registrationneeded.

Harborfields Public Library31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200.harborfieldslibrary.org• Medicare Services Counseling:Harborfields senior citizens who havequestions or concerns with Medicarecan seek professional assistance. A vol-unteer from HIICAP (Health InsuranceInformation, Counseling & AssistanceProgram) will discuss Medicare relatedquestions and issues on Wednesday,Jan. 6, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Call the libraryfor more information.

Huntington Public LibraryMain branch: 338 Main St., Huntington.631-427-5165. Station branch: 1335 NewYork Ave., Huntington Station. 631-421-5053. thehuntingtonlibrary.org.• Girls’ ‘Live Empowerment and Dance:’L.E.A.D Mentoring Inc. helps girls feelconfident about themselves, improveself-esteem, personal health, safety,awareness, tolerance and diversitythrough role playing, one-on-one andgroup discussions, activities and withguest speakers. The workshop is forgirls in grades five to 12 and will beheld, Monday, Jan. 4, and Monday, Jan.11, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m at the station branchlocation. Permission slip and applicationmust be filled out before attending. Callthe library for more details.

• Acting Academy: Does your childaspire to be an actor/actress? Thenthis workshop will suit them. This act-ing academy will teach your childrenthe fundamentals and skills of stageperforming through games and activi-ties. The workshop is for children ingrades four to six and meetsWednesday, Jan. 6, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30p.m at the station branch location.

Registration is required.

Northport-East Northport LibraryNorthport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. (ext East Northport: 185 LarkfieldRoad. 631-261-2313. nenpl.org.• Free Blood Pressure Check: Save thatco-payment money and get your bloodpressure checked for free at theNorthport Public Library. The checkups are Wednesday, Jan. 6, 9:30 a.m.to 10:30 a.m. (Northport location) and11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (East Northportlocation). No registration is requiredand is open to Northport residents andnon-residents.

• Introduction To Windows 10: Technologykeeps changing and this time, Microsoftunveils its Windows 10 operating sys-tem. Kids are most likely in the know-how of how to operate this new soft-ware, but for the adults and older gener-ation, it may be a hassle. But now, youcan learn how to download and instal afree legal copy of the operating systemsoftware and how to use it, work withfiles, apps and much more. The freeworkshop meets at the Northport loca-tion, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Jan.6. Registration is required and partici-pants must have basic computer knowl-edge and experience.

South Huntington Public Library145 Pidgeon Hill Road, HuntingtonStation. 631-549-4411. shpl.info.• Soprano Singer Diana NewmanConcert: Don’t want to travel into thecity to see a recital at the Met? Youcan see one close to home. DianaNewman, soprano singer with LyricOpera of Chicago, will perform English,French and German repertoires of joyand hope at the South HuntingtonLibrary. This free concert is Sunday,Jan. 3, 2:30 p.m.

• Introduction to Windows 10: The SouthHuntington Library will holding a tutori-al on Microsoft’s new operating sys-tem, for $10, on Monday, Jan. 25, 7p.m. to 9 p.m. Registration is required.Participants must have basic computerknowledge and experience.

Art League of Long Island107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills.Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays;11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends. 631-462-5400.ArtLeagueLI.net.

B. J. Spoke Gallery299 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours:

Monday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., until 9p.m. on Friday and Saturday. 631-549-5106. bjspokegallery.com.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor.Open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-5p.m., Saturday and Sundays until 6 p.m.:$6 adults; $4 children ages 3-12 andseniors over 65; members and childrenunder 3 are free. 516-692-6768.cshfha.org.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor. 631-367-3418. cshwhalingmuseum.org.Tuesday through Friday, 12-4 p.m. andSaturday and Sunday, 12-5 p.m. (closedMonday). Admission $6 adults, $5 chil-dren and seniors.

Heckscher Museum Of Art2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museumhours: Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5p.m., first Fridays from 4-8:30 p.m.,Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5p.m. Admission $6 for adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-6/children; membersand children under 10 get in free. 631-351-3250.• “Street Life: PrivateMoments/PublicRecord” runs through March 27.Selected works from the permanentcollection illustrate the urban experi-ence and create a portrait of New YorkCity in its daily life. Featured artistsinclude Berenice Abbott, N. Jay Jaffee,Martin Lewis, John Sloan, GarryWinogrand.

• “You Go Girl!” Celebrating WomenArtists: runs through April 3. Featuredartists include Berenice Abbott, Elainede Kooning, Dorothy Dehner, AudreyFlack, Jane Hammond, Mary NimmoMoran, Georgia O’Keeffe, BettyParsons, Miriam Schapiro, EsphyrSlobodkina, Emma Stebbins, and JaneWilson, among others.

Huntington Arts CouncilMain Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St.,Huntington.Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-6p.m.; Saturday noon-4 p.m. 631-271-8423. huntingtonarts.org.• “Members at Their Best” show runsthrough Jan. 9

Huntington Historical SocietyMain office/library: 209 Main St.,Huntington. Museums: Conklin Barn, 2High St.; Kissam House/Museum Shop,434 Park Ave.; Soldiers & Sailors

Memorial Building, 228 Main St. 631-427-7045, ext. 401. huntingtonhistorical-society.org

Northport Historical Society Museum215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours:Tuesday-Sunday,1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859. northporthis-torical.org.• For an afternoon of historical fun, takea self-guided walking tour of theNorthport’s historic Main Street,Tuesday-Sunday, from 1-4:30 p.m.Available in the museum shop at $5per person.

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium180 Little Neck Road, Centerport.Museum hours: Tuesday, Saturday andSunday, 12-4 p.m. Grounds admission:$7 adults, $6 students with ID and sen-iors 62 and older, and $3 children 12and under. Mansion tour, add $5 per per-son. 631-854-5555.vanderbiltmuseum.org.• Afternoon mansion tours begin in thecourtyard of the historic house onceowned by William K. Vanderbilt II.Tours are Tuesday, Saturday andSunday for a $5 fee, in addition to theprice of admission. Check the muse-um’s website for listing times.

Walt Whitman Birthplace246 Old Walt Whitman Road, HuntingtonStation. Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 11a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11a.m.-4 p.m. Admission: $6 adults, $5seniors, $4 students, and children under5 are free. 631-427-5240.waltwhitman.org.• Schedule at a group high tea andtransport yourself back in time in a pri-vate gathering house at the Birthplace.$25 per person. 631-427-5240, ext.120. [email protected].

Five Towns Performing Arts Center305 North Service Road, Dix Hills, NY11746. 631-656-2110. FTC.edu.• Wild Women of Comedy: Saturday,Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m. Call or visit onlinefor information, seat availability andreservation and ticket pricing.

The Paramount370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-673-7300. Paramountny.com. All showsbegin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.• Mike DelGuidice and Big Shot-Celebrating the Music of Billy Joel.Saturday, Jan. 2, 8 p.m. See websitefor ticket price and info.

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the only female in the fall season toplay on a varsity football team onLong Island, completing 13 extrapoints. Her longest kick was a 35-yard field goal in practice.Before every football game -- the

season ended Nov. 7, with Blue Dev-ils making it to the first round of theplayoffs -- Taylor dressed alone ingear and padding in the girls’ lockerroom, often getting done before theboys. With her blue eyes peeringfrom the facemask of her helmet, shementally prepared herself whilewaiting for the rest of the team.The oldest of three children -- she

has a sister Theresa, 16, and brotherRJ, 13 -- Taylor grew up around thesport. Watching games with her fa-ther, Taylor said she always wantedto play football.“She was always very athletic, so

we would always be doing something-- whether it was kicking the soccerball around, throwing the footballaround or playing lacrosse and sheenjoyed it,” said Taylor’s father,Michael Moreno, 52. As her fatherpushed her to give 100 percent, Tay-lor wasn’t afraid to get down anddirty, and found herself playing withthe boys. She enjoyed the challengeand it helped her grow as an athlete,she said.

Talent Spotted EarlyIn seventh grade, Taylor was ap-

proached by the eighth-grade foot-ball coach who was interested in hav-ing her play for the team after hewatched her toss a football aroundwith the boys.However, her parents didn’t want

her to get hurt playing with the big-ger athletes and felt it best that shedidn’t join.“They were all talking about her

being the quarterback, so we wereconcerned,” said Theresa Moreno.“She was a little disappointed backthen, but it’s always been somethingon her bucket list to be a part of.”But both parents liked the idea of her

participating in the sport, and theysigned her up for a flag football teamat the HuntingtonYMCA.“I remember one night, it was real-

ly cold and raining, but we were stillplaying anyway and it was just fun tobe out there,” Taylor said, adding thatshe played wide receiver and was the

only girl on the flag football team.She played flag football for one

season, then focused on lacrosse andsoccer.Taylor was given another opportuni-

ty to play football at the end of her jun-ior year when the Blue Devils footballcoach saw her kick a soccer ball.“She kicks the heck out of the ball,

so we use to say to her, ‘You shouldkick for us, we need a kicker,’” saidHuntington head coach Steve Muller.After she made the team at tryouts,

Taylor, who is playing three otherhigh school sports this year, wasmandated to take a state athleticplacement test, which consisted ofrunning a mile, push-ups, sit-ups,shuttle running and flexibility.Taylor said it “wasn’t difficult.”“It just goes to prove any girl can

fit into a guy’s sport if they put theirmind to it.”

‘She’s Got A Swagger To Her’This fall, Taylor was also a star

goalie for the girls soccer team.From 3-5 p.m., she practiced with

the soccer team before heading overto the football field to work on hertiming and footing for an hour.“A lot of parents that came to the

football games had no kids playingon the football team, but strictlycame to watch her play,” saidMichael Moreno.“It was exciting to see these little

kids just completely in awe of thefact that there was a girl on the boysfootball team,” said Taylor’s mother.“They were mobbing her, wanting

her autograph and it was really coolto watch this transform and the im-pact she was having over the crowd.”While Taylor solely kicked extra

points, risking an injury was still pos-sible, but Taylor said she put thoseconcerns aside due to the support shereceived and her passion for thesport.Throughout the season, Taylor

came into contact only once with anopponent. It was during a game withHalf Hollow HillsWest in September.During an extra-point attempt, the

snap was short and the Blue Devilsholder for field goals and extrapoints grabbed the football androlled out to look for an open receiv-er when an opponent shot throughthe linemen and, in an attempt totackle the ball carrier, he pushedTaylor out of the way.“I just stood my ground a little bit

and let him run into me instead ofmaking it easy for him to get to him,”Taylor said, referring to the play.Blue Devils co-captain Amaru

Jones, 17, said although it was an in-tense experience for Taylor, she’stough and can handle it.“She’s got a swagger to her. She

knows what she’s doing out there,”said Michael Lonergan, 17, also aco-captain. “She doesn’t think ofherself any differently and she doeswhat she’s got to do and gets uspoints. It’s an awesome experiencehaving a girl on the team just actinglike one of the guys.”Having been friends with some

of the boys previously, Taylor said

they welcomed her when she joinedthe team.Case in point: After Taylor scored

the game-winning goal in a soccergame against Centereach on Oct. 5,she arrived late to a football dinner,and when she walked into the cafe-teria, the boys stood up and cheered.“It just goes to show how involved

they are with both sports that I playand how much they care for me as ateammate,” Taylor said.

A Role ModelAfter a stint with indoor winter

track last year -- in which she earnedAll-League honors in the long jumpand triple jump -- and completing thefootball and soccer seasons, Taylor iscurrently playing basketball and willbe playing lacrosse in the spring.In soccer, Taylor has been All-

County, All-State and Suffolk’sLarge School Goalie of the Yeartwice in each category.In addition, she was named Suf-

folk MVP at the Long Island All-American lacrosse game last yearand MVP of the Girls’ 2016-2018Gold Division championship gamein the Lake Placid Lacrosse Tourna-ment over the summer.“She can do whatever she wants to

do,” said JohnWalsh, head coach forthe Blue Devils soccer team. “If shewanted to be an All-American foot-ball player, she can probably be anAll-American football player. She’sgot it all.”With a 4.0 GPA and a 1560 score on

her SAT, Taylor has been a NewYorkState Scholar Athlete all four years insoccer and lacrosse. She plans to at-tend the University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill on a partial scholarshipto play lacrosse next fall.When thinking about the mark

she left as a girl football player,Taylor said she wants to be viewedas a role model.“I want to be a positive figure in that

young girls can look up to and notnecessarily have the desire to playfootball but have the desire to playwhatever sport they want to,” Taylorsaid. “I’ve always been told you’rebetter off regretting a decision youmade than regretting a decision youdidn’t pursue. Don’t be afraid toprove yourself worthy of something,no matter how hard it might be to getthere.”

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Working on her timing and footing in practice, Taylor Moreno has completed 13extra-points for the Huntington High School football team. Above, she kicks anextra point during West Babylon’s homecoming game in October.

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The combination of stout defensive play andToriHarris’ first double-double of the season led HillsWest to a 51-19 blowout of Bellport on Dec. 21.The Colts allowed just one point in the first

quarter and five in the second on their way to a 42-6 lead at halftime. Head coach Bryan Dugan saidthe Colts’ defensive effort was fueled by their abil-ity to take the ball away from Bellport and convertthe fast-break opportunities into points.Harris, who is the sister of Hills West alum and

NBA star Tobias Harris, scored 20 points in thewin and grabbed 10 rebounds. “She’s a competi-tor,” Dugan said.“Offensively, she can do all the things you want

any basketball player to be able to do,” he said.“She can hit the outside jump shot… and then shealso has the dribble-penetration ability and theability to finish in traffic.”Hills West scored just nine points in the second

half, but still limited Bellport to a total of 13 points.Samantha Hinke scored 10 points as the Colts

second-leading scorer. Channiah Baker, AlyseMcAlpine and Joi Wilson each scored five points.Jada Cooper added four points and Samantha

Pierre-Louis score two points.“Tori is doing some wonderful, wonderful

things, but she’s one of the teammates,” Dugansaid. “On defense, five girls have to play together.Then, when we get steals, we can break-out andget layups. We’re trying to pressure the ball andmake the other team feel uncomfortable.”The 32-point win was Hills West’s most deci-

sive of the season. However, the Colts also defeat-ed Floyd by 29 points on Dec. 11.HillsWest has one loss on the season. It was a 78-

77 setback against Hauppauge on Dec. 15. In thatgame, Harris scored 44 points, but Hills West ulti-mately fell in double overtime after Hauppauge’sCaitlin Cronin hit a buzzer-beater to end the game.As of deadline Monday, Harris was averaging

31 points per game through six games. Accordingto statistics on newsday.com, Harris is Suffolk’sleading scorer this season.Harris’ efforts have helped Hills West to a four-

way tie for second place in League IV. The leagueis led by Kings Park (3-0), but Hills West, WestBabylon, East Islip and Hauppauge were are all 2-1 so far.“We’re going to have to keep building, as a

team, on the early season success that we’vefound,” Dugan said.

The Colts have a break in league play until afterthe New Year, but were set to play Sayville onWednesday in a non-league matchup. They’re alsoscheduled to play another non-league game todayat 12 noon against Huntington at Huntington HighSchool.Huntington is a reigning Suffolk big-school semi-

finalist, but has won three of five games this season.Hills West will get back to league play on Jan.

5, 2016 with a game at West Babylon scheduledfor 5:45 p.m.

Defense, Harris’ 20 Pts. Lead Colts’ Blowout WinGIRLS BASKETBALL>> HILLS WEST 51, BELLPORT 19


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The Colts of Hills West, pictured last season, are in afour-way tie for second place in League IV this season.


The Hills East Thunderbirdsdefeated Lindenhurst 56-37 inLeague II play last week. The Dec.22 win was the Thunderbirds’ secondin three league games this season.

Jess Womble and Alexa Wallaceled the charge for the Thunderbirds.Womble, a 5-foot-2 sophomore,scored a career-high 17 points to leadHills East. Wallace, a 5-foot-8 soph-omore, notched her second double-double of the season with 16 pointsand 13 rebounds.Hills East and Lindenhurst were

tied 9-9 after the first quarter, but theThunderbirds ended up taking thelead in the second quarter to make it25-14 at halftime.In the second half, Hills East

extended its lead further as itoutscored Lindenhurst in the thirdquarter, 16-12, and in the fourthquarter, 15-11.Hills East also saw contributions

from sophomore Jessie Maurer,who scored eight points, and fromsenior Mesha Rivers, who addedseven points. Rivers also grabbedseven rebounds.Lindenhurst was led by Megan

Steinman’s game-high 19 points and

Alexis Perdue’s 10 points. TheThunderbirds limited Perdue to herlowest points’ total in a game thisseason. She had previously come offa 27-point, 10-rebound performanceagainst Connetquot Dec. 18.For Hills East, the win kept the

team among the best in League II thisyoung season. Hills East (2-1) is cur-rently in a tie for third place withCopiague. Central Islip (3-0) andNorthport (3-0) are leading theleague. The Thunderbirds lost toNorthport 47-43 on Dec. 18.Hills East’s first league win was on

Dec. 15 when it defeated Bay Shore62-50.The Thunderbirds were slated to

play in the annual Suffolk Shoot-Outtournament at Northport HighSchool on Monday and Tuesday.They were scheduled to face bothDeer Park and reigning Suffolkchampion Harborfields.Hills East is now in the midst of a

break until after the New Year. OnJan. 5, 2016, the Thunderbirds willstart up league play again when theywelcome Walt Whitman to HighSchool East for a scheduled 6 p.m.tip-off.Whitman lost its first two league

matchups, but most recently defeat-ed Connetquot 45-26 on Dec. 22.

Lady Thunderbirds Zap Bulldogs In League II PlayGIRLS BASKETBALL>> HILLS EAST 56, LINDENHURST 37

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