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Break The Chain Of Animal Cruelty NATALIA VENTURA nventura@antonmediagroup.com

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ruelty towards animals can occur at any time of year and within any community. This month is a special time of year because it is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month and is dedicated to bring awareness to the cruel and unjustifiable acts animals endure that shouldn’t exist in any civilized society. Also, by being aware of what could possibly be occurring in your community, you could support local animal care centers such as the Nassau County SPCA. The Nassau County SPCA is a non-profit organization with a mission to protect animals in Nassau County from abuse and neglect, to provide basic needs and to prosecute anyone connected to such crimes.

They hold special jurisdiction to carry out New York State Agriculture & Markets Law, including all other state and local humane laws. They are the only animal protection organization officially appointed to handle these cases within Nassau County.

According to the Nassau County SPCA Board President Gary Rogers, the people in every community can do their part by reporting their concerns of any animal to the Nassau County SPCA regardless if the concerned individual is unsure there are signs of abuse and neglect.

“If you have any doubt at all, we would rather that you call the Nassau County SPCA and report it because we’d rather go out and look to see that it’s nothing than somebody not report something and it absolutely be animal cruelty,” Rogers stated.

A way to combat animal cruelty is to learn the signs of abuse and what steps to take when doubting an animal’s well-being.

Here are common signs displayed in various animal cruelty cases: • Animal is infested with ticks or fleas.

• Visible wounds on the body that remain untreated.

• Patches of missing hair or mange.

• Looks extremely thin or sickly looking.

• Unexplained fractures or limping.

• An owner striking or otherwise physically abusing an animal.

• Often left alone without food or water, often left in a kennel or chained outside (especially without shelter in extreme weather conditions).

• Cowers in fear or acts aggressively when approached by their owners or other individuals.

The Nassau County SPCA is majorly vol-

A Nassau County SPCA volunteer with some of their rescued animals.

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unteer based, including the humane officers.

“It’s crucial to have the support of people who are willing to donate their time to help our animals recover from the trauma that they’ve been [through],” Nassau County SPCA Executive Director Maria Mora said.

“It’s important that we have teams of volunteers to help socialize the animals and get them ready for adoption. The great thing about our rescue is that we rescue anything from reptiles [to] small animals like ferrets and rabbits, birds, and obviously dogs and cats,” As the season changes to warmer temperatures, an increased number of cases of abuse and neglect are to be expected.

“We see more calls being reported during the summer months when it’s during very warm days,” Rogers said. “We [also] see more calls come in during stormy days.

That’s if the dog has been outside and has no shelter. We hope people would call then, some people just wait and keep putting off calling. When the weather is really bad, they would then decide to call. Sometimes we can rectify the situation long before that animal has to be out there suffering in incessant weather.”

The Nassau County SPCA works closely with various communities in the county, such as Glen Cove, East Meadow, Syosset, Mineola, Hempstead and Westbury.

“We cover the whole county,” Rogers explained. “There’s not one specific town that has our area. We’re responding to calls all over the place. We work very closely with the Glen Cove Police Department and also

with Nassau County Police Department.”

The Nassau County SPCA is always open to volunteers of various ages. If under 15 years old, a parent must accompany you.

If 15 years old or older, a parent is not required to join you.

“We have an array of animals that people can help volunteer with,” Mora said. “The other thing we always say is [to] adopt.

If you can open your home to an animal in need, that is one of the most amazing things that you can help in terms of rescuing an animal. If you can’t volunteer and you can’t adopt, you can certainly make a donation, whether it is to support us financially or to support us with supplies that we might need, like bedding, towels, [different types of] pet food, reptile supplies, things like that.”

If you decide to make a financial donation to the Nassau County SPCA, keep in mind that they are not affiliated with the ASPCA. Any donations made to the ASPCA do not get distributed to the Nassau County SPCA. “People need to be aware that we are [all] guardians for these animals,” Rogers said.

“When you see an animal that looks like it’s in trouble, you should report it. Also, before you go out to bring an animal to your home, you have to realize that is a 15 year commitment. That animal is going to depend on you for everything in their life.”

The hotline for the Nassau County SPCA is 516-843-7722. Visit www.nassaucountyspca. org/ for more information.

Kona and her eight pups were found locked in a sweltering trailer of a pickup truck. Kona’s owner was using her to breed puppies for dog-fighting purposes.

Luckily the pups were discovered in early training stages and had not been fully exposed to dog-fighting. If it weren’t for the Nassau County SPCA, these dogs would have endured a lifetime of abuse and suffering. Mom and pups all found loving forever homes.

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A family of four lived their entire life chained up enduring freezing temperatures, scorching heat, rain and snow.

Lucy, Conrad, Junior and Tina also lacked proper medical care; overgrown nails, matted fur, eye discharge and Junior (son) had an excessively enlarged scrotum. Upon medical evaluation it was discovered that both father and son had testicular cancer, and mother and daughter were positive for heartworm. With help from Shiba Rescue of NJ, Conrad, Lucy, Junior and Tina have the care and loving home they were deprived of for years.

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Legislator Joshua A. Lafazan Proposes A Restaurant EpiPen Access Law

assau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (D-Woodbury) stood with Casey Dubofsky and her mother Lindsay, the founders of Safe EATS, and Chris Fichera, general manager of Chris & Tony’s Restaurant, to announce a bill that would create an EpiPen pilot program throughout restaurants in Nassau County.

About 32 million Americans live with some sort of food allergy. Every three minutes, a food allergy reaction results in an emergency room visit. There are 4,100 restaurants in Nassau County and most of the restaurants do not have an EpiPen available for emergency use, thus forcing an individual experiencing anaphylactic shock to wait for emergency medical care from a paramedic or other means.

The proposed legislation would create an EpiPen pilot program, enabling the Nassau County Department of Health to purchase and distribute EpiPens to restaurants that participate in the program. The program will help encourage local restaurants that opt-in to keep EpiPens on site.

The bill will allow restaurants to then designate a person or persons of the restaurant staff to receive and successfully

The EpiPen pilot program could potentially save lives.

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complete training in conformity with the state law to use the EpiPen. Having an

EpiPen on restaurant premises may allow a family member or trained worker in the

restaurant to administer a dose of epinephrine immediately, potentially saving lives.

“By creating a program that will grant restaurants EpiPen supplies as well as training, these businesses can keep their customers safe without having the responsibility to pay for or replace the EpiPens and therefore, protecting many people in our county who live with food allergies every day,” said Lafazan. “EpiPens are life-saving devices and therefore it is crucial to give restaurants the opportunity to be supplied with these life saving devices within their establishments.”

“As someone who has suffered from the threat of anaphylactic shock from my tree nut and fish allergies my entire life, and after having a life-threatening allergic reaction at a local restaurant at age 3, I am confident this program would finally offer me and others who suffer from food allergies peace of mind while eating out in local restaurants,” Casey Dubofsky said. “This program would be life-changing.”

—Submitted by the Office of Legislator Josh Lafazan

Saladino Announces Free Family Fun Spring Festival Inflatables, games, a petting zoo & much more Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino invites residents and their families to a Spring Festival on Saturday, April 23 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, located on Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury. The Spring Festival will be held rain or shine.

The Spring Festival will feature inflatables, games, refreshments, a petting zoo, multiple photo opportunities and so much more. Additionally, food truck vendors will be on-site with specialties available for purchase.

“This free event is one of the most popular in our town, and a great opportunity for residents to enjoy our park and celebrate the arrival of spring with a full afternoon

of activities, games and attractions that are sure to entertain children and adults alike,” Saladino said.

The event is hosted by the Town of Oyster Bay Department of Community & Youth Services. A special thanks to the following event sponsors: Steel Equities, Gold Coast Studios, Action Auto Wreckers, David Lerner Associates Inc., Extreme Auto Body & Repair, C2 Education, Coder School, Crestwood Country Day Camp School, Excel at Woodbury, F45 Training, Long Island Sports Hub, Northwell HealthGoHealth Urgent Care, Race Hub, School of Rock, Starkie Bros Home & Garden Showplace, Stretch Lab Woodbury, Super Soccer Stars, Syosset Physical Therapy

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Taking Control of Your Cholesterol OUR EXPERT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS On Chen, MD

Director, Center for Advanced Lipid (Cholesterol) Management Stony Brook Heart Institute

What is a lipidologist?

A lipidologist is an expert in the identification and management of lipid (cholesterol) disorders, and in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. A lipidologist provides advanced diagnosis and treatment to help you take control of your cholesterol and reduce risk factors. Some of the more common reasons to see a lipidologist include: You have heart disease and have not been able to achieve optimal cholesterol levels.

People with high cholesterol — that’s more than 70 million Americans — have about twice the risk of heart disease as people with lower levels.

But fewer than one out of every three has the condition under control. The good news: Cholesterol is one of the most manageable risk factors for heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Here, On Chen, MD, interventional cardiologist and Director of Stony Brook’s Center for Advanced Lipid (Cholesterol) Management, explains.

What is cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is largely produced naturally by your body in your liver. A smaller amount is absorbed by the foods we eat. Cholesterol is complicated. It can be harmful, but it is also necessary for your body to function properly, helping in the manufacturing of hormones, building of cell tissue and as an aid in digestion. At harmful levels, cholesterol can build up as artery-clogging fatty-deposits (plaque), which is a major risk factor for heart attack, coronary artery (heart) disease and stroke.

You’ve experienced intolerance or adverse effects from cholesterol-lowering medication.

You have a known cholesterol imbalance with very high cholesterol levels.

You have a family history of elevated cholesterol levels, or a family history of heart disease diagnosed early in life.

You have multiple cardiovascular risk factors, and your doctor is concerned that you are at high risk for heart disease.

How can the Center for Advanced Lipid (Cholesterol) Management help?

We are dedicated to meeting your optimal health goals. An effective lipid-lowering treatment plan can be lifesaving. While there are risk factors that are not within our control — such as age or family history — there are many crucial factors that we can influence to reduce risk and improve quality of life for our patients.

At the Advanced Lipid Center, you will meet with a cardiologist with specialized training and certification through the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, and be treated by a team that is well equipped to help solve even the most complex lipid (cholesterol) disorders. Even if you already have cardiovascular disease, it is not too late to lower your risk. Our goal is to provide earlier diagnosis so that our patients can be proactive and prevent premature heart disease. I’d much rather see patients early to be aggressive with prevention.

FREE HEART HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT Take our free heart health risk assessment at stonybrookmedicine.edu/hearthealth For an appointment with one of our cardiology experts, call (631) 44-HEART (444-3278).

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In addition to working with you to develop a personalized plan to make healthy lifestyle changes, we perform an in-depth workup, including a detailed assessment of cholesterol particles, inflammatory markers and imaging to allow a thorough understanding of your cardiovascular risk.

We provide genetic testing to clarify your diagnosis and tailor your treatment to target the underlying problem. We also screen for metabolic disorders such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, obesity and obstructive sleep apnea since they are closely associated with heart disease and high cholesterol. After evaluating your overall risk, cholesterol levels and tolerance to medication, we will adjust your regimen and, when necessary, introduce new medication and cutting-edge treatments to overcome adverse effects and reach your cholesterol goals. And, at Stony Brook, we are at the forefront of new research that may have the potential to improve the care of patients with heart disease and high cholesterol.

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Syosset Residents’ Ukraine Origins

s a financial advisor at Oppenheimer & Co in Jericho for more than 25 years, Syosset resident Michael J. Weinstein always enjoyed learning history and tracing his family origins. Weinstein is a 1981 graduate of Syosset High School and a 1985 graduate of Cornell University. Like many other generations of Long Islanders, he learned about his Jewish ancestors from Russia. They came from places like Pinsk, a small Russian town that is now located in Belarus, and from Kyiv, Russia, now the capital under siege in Ukraine. Other towns his family came from, like Uman, then Russia, now Ukraine, and KamenetzPodolski, also, then Russia, now Ukraine, were direct targets of the Russian Army, even then. His great grandparents on his Avos, which means Ethics of the Fathers, mother’s side were from Podvolochis’k, a quoting from wise Jewish Sages, it says small town in Western Ukraine near a larger “The day is short, the task is substantial...it city of Tarnapol, which existed around the is not your responsibility to finish the task, turn of the last century, under the Austrioyet you are not free to withdraw from it.”

Hungarian empire.

His first effort was to reach out Like so many other Long his Ukrainian friend Vitaliy Islanders, Weinstein’s great who he found online, on grandparents came to Facebook, while he was America to escape the searching about Podpogroms, the brutal volochis’k. Vitaliy killings by the Ruslived in nearby Tersian Army and connopil, knew English scription or drafting and was more than of Jewish boys, ages willing to share 12-18, into the Rushistory and old sian Army to serve for photos that Michael 25 or more years under could not find online. the Russian Czars in an Michael learned that attempt to force secularVitaliy emigrated to Edization, suppress religious monton, Canada, a few short freedom and keep Jews years ago, to start a away from their religion Michael J. Weinstein, helping with a better life, with his wife supply drive for Ukraine at the and heritage. Jews were and 3 young children, Brooklyn warehouse. treated by the Russian (Photos courtesy of Michael J. Weinstein) just as Michael’s family government with andid over a century ago. ti-semitism, which lasted until the collapse Weinstein said one of his great grandof the Russian empire. mothers left Podvolochis’k, now Western Weinstein’s family on his father’s side, Ukraine and emigrated to America with came from Kyiv and Uman, then Russia, two friends when she was only 16 years now Ukraine, as well as his Weiss family old. His other great grandmother from on his mother’s side, came to New York, Pinsk came with her 3 children, to join her settling first on the Lower East Side, Manhusband. Two more children were born hattan, then branching out to Brooklyn, in New York, one of them was his GrandQueens, then Long Island towns like Great mother. Weinstein said he can imagine Neck, Hewlett Harbor, Hicksville, Jericho, how difficult it must be to be Ukrainian Lido Beach,, Long Beach, Roslyn Heights, and living in other places, while your Syosset and Westhampton Beach. family and friends are living through the Fast forward about 120 years and Russia horrors of war. is acting like never before, invading Ukraine Michael’s own, great great Grandfaand directly targeting its citizens and milther, Michael Rosenthal was able to leave itary, as we all see from daily news reports Kamenetz-Podolski, which was then part of via the internet, radio, and television. WeinRussia but now in Western Ukraine. In fact, stein asks, “Have we as a global community he and children and grandchildren were not learned the words ‘Never Again’?” denied entry into the United States and so So about three weeks ago, when the they settled instead in Winnipeg, Manitoba, urgent pleas for help came via knocking on Canada doors, cell phones,and computers, WeinMichael said that his friend Vitaliy and stein chose to do something. “In the Jewish Michael’s great great grandfather share book called the Mishna Torah, called Pirkei a similar path. Perhaps it will be Vitaliy’s

Weinstein’s family roots from Ukraine.

A warehouse filled with supplies for Ukraine. great great grandchildren who read about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

“Vitaliy has enough to worry about, with his parents and grandfather, as well as aunts, uncles, and many cousins still in the Ukraine, but he has been so helpful to me in learning about Putin’s war in Ukraine, during this devastating war, which includes indiscriminate attacks on civilians, particularly the elderly, women, and childen,” said Weinstein. “The few dollars I sent in the beginning of the war went directly to Vitaliy’s friend, who made his way to Poland but made the decision to transport Ukrainians to Poland, one carload at a time. I received photos of helmets that were purchased as well as a powerful photo of a young boy wearing a helmet, ready for battle. Truly, the courage of the Ukrainians, even the young ones, is remarkable. Strength to Ukraine.”

When asked by his neighbors, to con-

tribute to a local synagogue clothing drive, Weinstein knew he had to go through all his clothes and donate some to the Ukrainians and refugees. While some organizations said “no more clothes” and some had “a ridiculous policy of new clothes only,” he knew he had to assist. “Strength to Ukraine means actions, not just words,” Weinstein said.

Last week, Weinstein learned of a temporary warehouse in Coney Island and after work recently, he drove over an hour to the Brooklyn warehouse. “The volunteers were so appreciative and thankful, I made it a point to get the word out to others,”Weinstein said. “Now into it’s third week of war, Ukraine and its more than three million refugees who need our assistance more than ever. Let’s all assist the helpless victims of war, particularly the children. Strength to Ukraine.”

—Submitted by Michael J. Weinstein

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uring these challenging times, Jericho’s hard-working and passionate psychologists, Dr. Wendi Goldstein, Dr. Danielle Largotta-Smith and Dr. Lisa Haggerty, are avidly seeking ways to improve the mental state and well-being of the Jericho High School community.

While Dr. Goldstein and Dr. Smith both work at Jericho full time, Dr. Haggerty splits her time between Jericho and Long Island Lutheran Middle and High Schools. For this reason, she is not widely known to the student body even though she has been working at Jericho since 2005.

Jericho’s psychologists help students improve their mental health. Instead of focusing on how to remove stress, they want to teach students how to manage it.

“Your stress is part of life, there’s no reality in taking that away,” Dr. Smith said.

Furthermore, Jericho’s psychologists are striving to prepare students for success after graduation. Dr. Goldstein said, “One of the goals is to get you guys prepared for life after high school and making sure that you have the skills needed to be able to cope, and to be able to emotionally regulate.”

While there are many benefits to the job, all three psychologists agree that the relationships they have formed with the stu-

Dr. Lisa Haggerty works in the Jericho schools one day a week.

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dents are the best part. Dr. Haggerty said, “I love my job. I get to work with kids all day.”

Outside of school, Dr. Smith, Dr. Goldstein and Dr. Haggerty value the significance of their own mental health. Dr. Smith is very passionate about yoga and

Dr. Danielle Largotta-Smith (left) and Dr. Wendi Goldstein (right) work closely together to assist students with their overall well-being. has received a license as a yoga instructor.

When Dr. Goldstein is not working, she enjoys playing tennis and going on walks.

Dr. Haggerty loves to play with her pets and spend time with her family.

Jericho High School’s psychologists con-

tinue to make a difference in the district.

They are passionate, caring and intelligent women who strive to create a positive environment for the Jericho community.

—Submitted by JerEcho—Jericho High School’s student newspaper

Nest 2.0

At the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, the high school administration implemented an updated version of the Nest program, which was the initial plan that administrators envisioned. However, obstacles due to the pandemic led them to postpone it for a year and implement the modified Nest program that took place in English classes last year.

The new Nest program consists of a randomized group of students ranging from 9 to 12 graders, and one or two teachers leading the discussion. This occurs once every third Thursday and results in a revised schedule. The goal is to create a larger sense of community within the school, especially among students of different ages.

Many teachers, especially English teachers who led the program in their classrooms last year, are very excited about the update as it gives them the opportunity to meet new students. English teacher Michelle Gargiulo said, “I think the mixed grade levels will be most beneficial in the long run, and I can’t wait to build connections with even more students at JHS.” Many students are also optimistic about the impact the program will have on the school. Senior Esther L. is hopeful that this program will make the underclassmen more comfortable with the seniors. She said, “I was always that underclassman sit-

ting in classes with juniors and seniors, and they always seemed so intimidating.”

She hopes that the seniors will lead the program, and show the younger students what it means to be a mentor so they can assume that role when they are upperclassmen.

Co-principal David Cohen is enthusiastic about the collaboration around the Nest program. “The fact that we have faculty and administration collectively on board and involved in this program is immensely successful,” he said.

While there is a lot of excitement surrounding the new program, there is skepticism about how it will play out.

Science teacher Loriann Ciasulli is a strong supporter of Nest and its mission but is worried about its reality. “I work hard to bond with my students, bond with them through science and learning about who they are, and it may be redundant to do the same with students who aren’t in my classes. However, I see true potential for this program and definitely many, many areas of improvement,” she said.

Some underclassmen are having a hard time adjusting to this new program with older students. Freshman Josh L. talks about his experience and struggles in Nest because he is the youngest in the room. He said, “It gets really awkward, and especially being in

Randomized grades of Jericho students having a group discussion using the Nest program. a group with kids so much older than me, I don’t feel comfortable talking to them yet.”

Still, he is hopeful that Nest will improve for him and other freshmen in the future.

The creators of Nest are excited to see the program grow and are confident about the design of the initiative. Jericho High School psychologist Dr. Danielle Smith worked alongside co-principal Cohen as well as many other faculty members and administrators to create the program. She said that she wouldn’t change anything about how the program is run. She is proud to be part of a school that cares so much about the well-being of its students that they would create a program such as this one.

Cohen is optimistic about the future of the Nest program. He said, “Our hope is that a stronger and even more supportive

Co-principal David Cohen (Photos courtesy of JerEcho)

environment for our students develops here at Jericho, and I’m a firm believer that Nest is the way to accomplish that.”

—Submitted by JerEcho—Jericho High School’s student newspaper

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 Movies: Spencer Join the Jericho Public Library at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. for the film presentation of Spencer. Movie description: The Prince and Princess of Wales’ marriage has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at Sandringham Estate. This year, things will be a whole lot different. Rated R. 1 hour, 57 minutes.

education (an old abandoned palace). Suggested age range for kids is 6 and up. Bring a lunch to eat on the trail. Hike is limited to 20 people total; please indicate how many in your family will be attending and what the ages are for your kids when registering at www.outdoors.org/.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14 The Passionate Reader – An Afternoon Book Group with Mary Hirdt Join the Jericho Public Library in-person and virtually at 1 p.m. to discuss We are the Brennans by Tracy Lange. Book description: Sunday Brennan has been living in Los Angeles for the last five years after running away from her family and her high school sweetheart. When an accident forces her home and the family comes together after many years, they have no choice but to finally confront all that has been unsaid.

SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Easter Family Hike On Long Island (Easy) Hike approximately three miles in Muttontown Preserve at 11 a.m. on the north shore of Long Island. This hike is targeted towards families and will include opportunities for fun (a great climbing tree) and

Enjoy Easter Sunday with a hike with your family on April 17. (Wikimedia Commons)

MONDAY, APRIL 18 Dancersize Spring 2022 This virtual fitness class combines aerobic exercise with dance movements. Wear sneakers or flat sole shoes. Program is being held at 9:15 a.m. on Zoom. Registration is required. Visit www.syosset.librarycalendar.com/events/month to register. If you have any questions, call Alisa Fogel at 516921-7161 ext. 240 or email splprograms@ syossetlibrary.org.

Movie: Clifford the Big Red Dog Join the Syosset Public Library at 2 p.m. for the film presentation of Clifford the Big Red Dog. Movie description: When Emily Elizabeth meets a magical animal rescuer who gives her a little red puppy, she never anticipated waking with a 10-foot hound in her small apartment. PG (96 minutes). Open seating: first-come, first-served. Children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

Art Lecture: The Uffizi Gallery with Mary Maguire—Part 2 As Florence is the crown jewel of Renaissance Italy, the Uffizi is the crown jewel of Florence. It’s the world’s oldest art gallery and each of its paintings and sculptures has a story to tell. Uncover those stories with the Jericho Public Library in-person and virtually at 2 p.m. You will delight in their beauty— whether it be the Medici Venus or Caravaggio’s Medusa. You will celebrate its artists— be it Leonardo, Michelangelo or Raphael.

cho Public Library for an opportunity to participate in an in-person and virtual informal exchange about the topics of the day — the international, national and local scene. You’ll focus on trends that affect us now and in the future. Bring your thoughts, issues and ask a friend to join in the discussion.

Talk About Books: The Living and the Lost Virtually discuss with Fran Cohen at 7 p.m. about The Living and the Lost book

by Ellen Feldman. Book description: After finding refuge from the Nazis in America, a German Jewish woman and her brother return to Allied occupied Berlin in 1945 to face the past and their unexpected future.

Contact the Jericho Public Library for the Zoom link.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19 Guided Meditation for Self-Healing Join Patricia Anderson at 11 a.m. for this virtual meditation session to bring harmony and balance into your life. Contact the Jericho Public Library for the Zoom link.

News Currents Join Elinor Haber at 2 p.m. at the Jeri-

Destress by meditating on April 19.

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Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Nassau County Police Department’s Special Donnelly announced the indictment of a Victims Squad at 516-573-4022 and report Suffolk County man for allegedly attacking the encounter.” a woman at a Woodbury Days Inn hotel, Donnelly said that, according to the raping her, and stealing valuables, includindictment, on April 22, 2021, the defening jewelry and cash, in April 2021. dant, at a Day’s Inn hotel on Jericho Isaih Giles, 26, was arraigned Turnpike in Woodbury, allegedly before Judge Christopher Hoeplaced his foot in the doorway of the fenkrieg on charges including victim’s room to prevent the door first-degree rape (a B violent felony); from closing. Giles then allegedly first-degree criminal sexual act (a B entered the room and demanded violent felony); first-degree burglary money and jewelry. When the vicas a sexually motivated felony (a B tim refused, the defendant allegedly violent felony); first-degree burglary strangled her, forced her to commit Isaih Giles (Office of the sexual acts and raped her. The de(a B violent felony); second-degree Nassau County fendant also allegedly took jewelry robbery in as a sexually motivated District Attorney) felony (a C violent felony); secand money from the victim. ond-degree robbery (a C violent felony); and Giles was arrested in the Bronx by detecfirst-degree sexual abuse (a D violent felony). tives of NCPD’s Special Victims Squad on The defendant pleaded not guilty and was Feb. 17. remanded. Giles is due back in court on April If you believe you have been the victim of 13. If convicted, the defendant faces a maxiIsaih Giles, contact NCPD’s Special Victims mum of up to 90 years in prison.

Squad at 516-573-4022.

“Isaih Giles, an approximately six-footThe case is being prosecuted by Senior seven, 265-pound man, allegedly forced Assistant District Attorney Matthew Perry of his way into the victim’s hotel room and the Special Victims Bureau. The defendant demanded money. When she did not is represented by Scott Gross, Esq. comply, the defendant allegedly strangled The charges are merely accusations and the victim, violently raped her, took her the defendant is presumed innocent until money and jewelry and fled,” Donnelly said. and unless found guilty.

“I urge anyone who believes they may have —Submitted by Office of the been the victim of Isaih Giles to contact the Nassau County District Attorney

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Fighting For The Life Of The Northport Veterans Medical Center

Garbarino leads bipartistan Long Island Delegation in urging VA to reconsider service cuts

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ongressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02), led the entire Long Island Delegation, including Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY-01), Kathleen Rice (D-NY-04) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03), in a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough urging him to reconsider the VA’s recommended reduction of services at the Northport VA Medical Center (VAMC).

“The VA made these recommendations without consulting members of Congress or discussing the impacts of these changes with leaders in Long Island’s veteran community. The ramifications of this decision would drastically change the delivery of veteran healthcare services on Long Island and create barriers to veterans’ access to care,” the members wrote in part. “We urge you to reject this proposal and instead explore opportunities to modernize Northport VAMC without compromising many of the critical services offered to Long Island’s veterans.”

The letter continues, “This proposal to eliminate emergency services at Northport would create extra burdens for veterans when attempting to cover their emergency visit through the TRICARE program. Moving rehabilitation services to St. Albans would force veterans to commute into New York City for treatment, which can be a difficult and time-consuming experience that complicates their rehabilitation. Discontinuing inpatient surgical and medical services limits the opportunities available to access specialty care options without designating a reliable alternative. These wholesale changes will further frustrate our veterans, who rely upon the services currently offered by Northport VAMC.” Read the full letter here: Dear Secretary McDonough We write to express our strong opposition to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) recommendations to President Biden’s Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission to drastically reduce the services of Northport VA Medical Center (VAMC).

The VA made these recommendations without consulting members of Congress or discussing the impacts of these changes with leaders in Long Island’s veteran community. The ramifications of this decision would drastically change the delivery of veteran healthcare services on

Long Island and create barriers to veterans’ access to care. We urge you to reject this proposal and instead explore opportunities to modernize Northport VAMC without compromising many of the critical services offered to Long Island’s veterans.

On March 14, the VA released its recommendation to turn the Northport VAMC, Long Island’s only VAMC, into a subacute center by discontinuing residential rehabilitation services, inpatient medical and surgical services, and emergency room services. This proposal to eliminate emergency services at Northport would create extra burdens for veterans when attempting to cover their emergency visit Congressman through the TRICARE Andrew Garbarino program. Moving rehabilitation services to St. Albans would force veterans to commute into New York City for treatment, which can be a difficult and time-consuming experience that complicates their rehabilitation.

Discontinuing inpatient surgical and medical services limits the opportunities available to access specialty care options without designating a reliable alternative. These wholesale changes will further frustrate our veterans, who rely upon the services currently offered by Northport VAMC. There is no question that Northport VA would benefit from investments that modernize its facilities and improve the quality of care offered to our veterans.

Congressman Discontinuing services without discussLee Zeldin ing the consequences with local stake(Public domain) holders is not an acceptable strategy. We are happy to facilitate such a discussion whom make full use of the crucial supwith local stakeholders before these port services offered by Northport VAMC. recommendations are open to public hearings, so the VA may fully understand These proposed changes would all but close the only VAMC in our market and the impacts of these recommendations. significantly impact access to care. We Long Island is home to over 100,000 strongly oppose these recommendations, Veterans and their families, many of

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and we ask that you reconsider such changes before submitting to the President.

—Submitted by the office of Congressman Andrew Garbarino

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The Death Of The Death?

Buchanan’s classic 20 years on

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hen Patrick J. Buchanan ran a poor fourth in the 2000 presidential election, his career seemed over. Critics forgot that Buchanan could also turn to his syndicated column, The McLaughlin Group—and his manuscripts. Already the most controversial columnist in America, Buchanan had embarked on a new career, this one as a best-selling author.

What is his greatest book? Churchill, Hitler and The Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, a 2008 best-seller and a most thorough one-volume history of World Wars I and II and their implications for world history, is his most accomplished volume. The reader can never look at the 20th century the same way again.

Buchanan’s most famous book was released 20 years ago. When The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization was published, it was met with the usual invectives.

The public, however, snapped it up and the book rode on the best seller lists for months. This author recalls going to the Manhasset Barnes & Noble and seeing a stack of the new volume on display. A few days later, that stack was plain empty.

The thesis was simple: The world of Europe and North America was on an inexorable path to suicide, felled by the one-two punch of low fertility and high immigration from the global South.

The former is undisputable, the latter is where the name-calling sets in. As the 21st century reaches its quarter mark, The Death of the West remains the book of the new century. We’d love to hear of a rival.

The Death of the West can be read as a sequel to The Unnecessary War, even though it was published six years before the latter book. World Wars I and II marked the end of the European era in modern history. The consequences were not just the loss of empire, but the boomerang effect: residents of the former colonies flocking, as it were, to the mother country.

Then there’s low fertility. Buchanan, ever the Catholic traditionalist, pins it on the disappearance of the West’s Christian inheritance. In Western Europe and North America, the rout of

Christianity has been so thorough that it is impossible to believe that Europe, for centuries, was known the world over as Christendom. When European nations drew up the European Union charter, their sweep of history failed even to include Christianity, a decision that proved greatly upsetting to Pope John Paul II. The world of indulgence was in Buchanan’s sights. Who can forget the passage in which a young British woman gloats over being childless?

“If I had a kid,” said Jane, an advertising executive,“I wouldn’t be able to do half the things I take for granted.

Every Saturday at 10:30 a.m., when we are still in bed, my husband and I look at each other and just say, ‘Thank God we weren’t up at 5 a.m. caring for a brat.’

We have such a great time just the two of us; who knows if it would work if we introduced another person into the equation?”

On the question of religion, Buchanan also trained his sights on the Frankfurt School. Such long-forgotten figures as Georg Lukacs, Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno were cultural Marxists, seeking to end Western civilization by de-Christianizing Western culture.

The loss of Christian faith went further. Christianity puts an emphasis on self-denial. One lives for others. How could that religion (and others) survive the onrush of modernity? With rapid advancements in science and technology, Western peoples now lived in a world of unimaginable ease and comfort.

“Men seek to live for themselves,” Leo Tolstoy observed in War and Peace. In the modern world, all this was now easily possible. Why wake up at 5 a.m. “caring for that brat?”

On the fertility question, Buchanan paid too little attention to economics.

Having one or two children in today’s world is the equivalent of having two or three in the Baby Boom era of 1945 to 1972. Young couples are saddled with federal, state and local income taxes, not to mention a Social Security and Medicare bite, the ever-more ridiculous heights of college tuition and for Long Islanders, the property tax bite which goes without further commentary.

Buchanan did mention tax credits to allow couples to have more children. The loss of faith remained his focus.

The Death of The West was a publishing sensation, a book so explosive that liberals in Great Britain wanted it banned in that country. In 2003, when the United States and Great Britain invaded Iraq, any death of the West seemed obsolete.

Pat Buchanan (Photo by BBsrock/CC BY-SA 3.0)

Secular Western values would reign supreme in Afghanistan and now Iraq, spreading to one nation after another in the Muslim world. Liberal democracy faced no opposition. The United States would rule as the planet’s unipolar power.

Those heady days are gone. With rise of China and a sectarian Islam, liberal democracy is now in defensive mode, the Russo-Ukrainian War being only the latest crisis. The focus remains on Europe and North America. The right-wing populist campaigns of both Buchanan and Ross Perot fell short, as did Donald Trump’s presidency.

The same, however, has not been the case in Europe. A stark divide between Eastern Europe and Western Europe, plus North America tells a story of the early 21st century. Populist parties have been triumphant in Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia and in such central European nations as Switzerland, Austria, and Denmark; even Scandinavian Norway. The populist wave has not reached Western Europe and North America, although Italy may elect a right-wing populist coalition in 2023. Then there’s France, where the combined vote of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and newcomer’s Eric Zemmour Reconquest party should exceed that of President Emanual Macron in the first

round of next month’s national election.

France, at this writing, is headed for an historic April 24 run-off election.

The Death of the West has enjoyed a remarkable history. Just its publication released physic airwaves. Such nations as Hungary and Poland have enacted generous tax credits allowing women to bear more than one child. If a woman in Hungary bears four children or more, her family pays no income tax at all.

When Barack Obama was president, he proposed a $3,000 tax credit per child for couples with more than one offspring. The Republican Party majority wouldn’t even consider such legislation.

Contrast that with Russia, now more than ever, a pariah nation. In that country, a woman gets, in American dollars, an $11,000 tax credit for each additional child. The United States, we must add, is a significantly wealthier nation than Russia.

As the new century moves towards the year 2025, we can divide the West into suicide nations and survival nations: Those in Eastern Europe that close their borders and give tax credits to young couples wanting to have children and the wealthier Western Europe and North American nations which remain asleep at the switch.

In the second half of the century, China and India are likely to jockey over global supremacy. The centuries of Western dominance are over. The real question remains: how much of the classical West survives at all?

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Former Nassau University Medical Center Payroll Director Indicted In Embezzlement Scheme Arlena Mann allegedly directed payments from NUMC to six bank accounts

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assau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that the former payroll director of Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) has been indicted for allegedly embezzling more than $121,000 from the hospital by using its payroll software to make direct payments into accounts controlled by the defendant.

Arlena Mann, 46, was recently indicted by a grand jury and arraigned before Judge Fran Ricigliano on charges of second degree grand larceny (a C felony) and six representative counts of first degree falsifying business records (an E felony).

The defendant pleaded not guilty and was released on her own recognizance. She is due back in court on April 25. If convicted, the defendant faces a potential maximum of 5 to 15 years in prison.

“This defendant allegedly used her access to key bookkeeping and payroll software to bilk the cash-strapped

public hospital out of more than $120,000,” Donnelly said. “These are funds NUMC sorely needs to provide adequate services and patient care to Nassau County residents. Employees of public institutions like NUMC have a duty to perform their jobs with integrity because residents depend on it.”

Donnelly said that according to the indictment, between March 2019 and July 2021, while Mann was employed as the payroll director at NUMC, she allegedly used the hospital’s payroll software to arrange for payments to former NUMC employees

who had recently separated from the organization.

During the process of scheduling the payments, Mann allegedly changed the banking information associated with the former employees to different accounts that she controlled.

Once payments were processed, Mann allegedly voided them within NUMC’s bookkeeping software to create the appearance that the payments were never processed and that no money was transferred. During this time period, Mann allegedly made more than 50 such transfers, involving

more than 50 former employees, with a total value exceeding $121,000.

The investigation determined that the funds stolen as a result of Mann’s alleged conduct did not involve money due to any of the former employees and were exclusively NUMC funds.

The alleged theft was discovered in the spring of 2021 by an employee in NUMC’s payroll division. After an internal investigation was conducted, Mann was terminated in July 2021 and the case was referred to NCDA’s Financial Crimes Bureau.

This case is being prosecuted by Bureau Chief David Crowley of the Financial Crimes Bureau. The defendant is represented by David Ayres, Esq. The charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless found guilty.

—Submitted by the Nassau County District Attorney’s office

Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital First In The Nation To Receive Five Orthopedic Specialty Certifications Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital (LIJVS) has become the first hospital in the country to receive all five orthopedic specialty certifications available from the Joint Commission.

The hospital is now certified in: advanced spine surgery, advanced total hip and knee replacement, total shoulder replacement, total ankle replacement and hip fracture care surgeries.

The Joint Commission is an independent regulatory organization that sets standards for healthcare programs in the United States through core and advanced disease specific certifications. These certifications are benchmarks for excellence in patient care and surgical outcomes.

LIJVS becoming the first hospital in the country to receive all five Joint Commission certifications is a result of the orthopedic program’s quality and growth which led to the orthopedic unit being named the Orthopedic Hospital at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream.

“At Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, our goal has always been to give great care to our patients,” Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital Orthopedics Chair Dr. James Germano said.

“Certifications like these are really to show the community how hard we work and how committed we are to achieving the best in comprehensive orthopedic care.”

The quality measures analyzed by the Joint Commission include areas of safety, patient

optimization, process efficiency and the return of independence and restoration of quality of life for patients. The certification process requires the hospital to submit its orthopedic program design for all surgeons and specialties as well as nursing standards and rehabilitation protocols.

The Joint Commission reviewers also make a lengthy on-site visit to review program standards and processes and observe surgeries and care delivery. The on-site visit includes interaction with surgeons, nurses, physical therapists and patients to help reviewers assess the program in person.

“It has been incredibly meaningful for me to receive feedback from the various Joint Commission reviewers who surveyed our program,” Long Island Jewish Valley Stream RN Executive Director Jason Tan said. “Every single reviewer consistently said that they could feel the commitment, dedication and love our team members have for our patients and for this mission. We are very proud to be the first hospital in the country to receive all five Joint Commission certifications for our orthopedic program at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream.”

For more information about the Orthopedic Hospital at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream call 516-321-7591.

—Submitted by Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital

Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital is now certified in: advanced spine surgery, advanced total hip and knee replacement, total shoulder replacement, total ankle replacement and hip fracture care surgeries.

(Submitted by Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital)

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Once A Girl Scout, Always A Girl Scout GSNC honors 110 years of Girl Scouting

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irl Scouts of Nassau County (GSNC) is excited to announce that it will be holding its inaugural Legacy Luncheon event as part of its ongoing celebration of the 110th Anniversary of Girl Scouts. The event will be an opportunity for Girl Scout alum, former volunteers, Girl Scout families and Girl Scout supporters to share stories and memories about their experiences with Girl Scouts and how those experiences shaped their lives. GSNC will also pay tribute to the lasting impact of those in the Girl Scouts of Nassau County family that have passed away over the past two years. The Legacy Luncheon will take place on Monday, May 2, at The Garden City Hotel.

“The Legacy Luncheon is an opportunity to look back at 110 years of outstanding accomplishments, acknowledge Girl Scouts making a difference today and honor future ones,” Girl Scouts of Nassau County Chief Executive Randell M. Bynum said.

“Juliette Gordon Low’s vision lives on and is strengthened with the support of Girl Scout families who embrace the Girl Scout

mission of making the world a better place.”

Other than highlighting memories of Girl Scout members, GSNC’s unique history collections will be showcased at the Legacy Luncheon. Champions lost over the past few years will be remembered through a memorable candlelight ceremony, with the families of the honored legacies. Bynum will have a conversation featuring luncheon guest speaker Carrie Meek Gallagher.

Gallagher is the director of the New York State Department of Public Service, Long Island Office and a Girl Scout alum.

Professionally, Gallagher oversees Long Island’s public utilities providers ensure Long Islanders have access to secure, reliable and sustainable water, gas, electric and telecommunications services. As a Girl Scout, she earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award in 1990. Gallagher’s Gold Award focused on helping mentally handicapped adults by bringing Girl Scout Cadettes to a state-funded home to undertake various activities such as making arts and crafts, playing games and singing with the residents so they could interact with the

Carrie Meek Gallagher (Photo courtesy of the Girls Scouts of Nassau County)

outside world and remain active. Gallagher served as a National Delegate at the Girl Scout National Council Session where she met Maya Angelou.

“Being a Girl Scout is being a part of a family and we’re thrilled to honor the history of that family through this event,” Bynum said. “Paying tribute to Girl Scout champions and how their legacy lives on through the Girl Scout experience is deeply important to us. This first-ever Legacy Luncheon will be the first of many programs we hold that will commemorate all who have made the past 110 years of Girl Scouting so incredible.”

Girl Scout alum, volunteers and families who would like to attend the Legacy Luncheon should visit www.gsnc.org for both individual and full-table tickets. Visit https://legacyluncheon110yearsgs.swell. gives/ to learn more about the Legacy Luncheon, purchase tickets, share your Girl Scout story, become a sponsor or make a donation.

—Submitted by the Girl Scouts of Nassau County

Beach Volleyball Leagues At Town Of North Hempstead Beach Park

East End Volleyball (EEVB) will hold weekly beach volleyball leagues for coed six-player teams at the Town of North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington during the 2022 summer season. Novice to competitive players are welcome in the league, sanctioned by AVP America, the largest grass roots outdoor volleyball organization in the US. Leagues are held Tuesday and Thursday nights. Each night is a separate league with a separate entry fee. Teams play every week on the night of their choice until the end of August. There is a league championship tournament on Saturday, Sept. 3, at Long Beach for EEVB league teams throughout Long Island. The goal of this program is to provide beach volleyball competition for players of all levels. Team entry fees range from $300 to $450 depending on when a team registers.

Leagues are sponsored by Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group, Lucia Pionegro @ EXIT REALTY, 4C Iced tea-Drink Mix-Energy Stix, Park & Sun Net Systems, AC Sports Commission, SportsYou, Land Shark Bar & Grill, ROX Volleyball, Sand Socks, AVP America, Media Barrel, SportsYou, New Zealand Trails, Wilson Volleyballs.

Many local businesses such as The Inn, The Jetty, Brixx & Barley, & Buckley’s Inn.

Other local sponsors include Monarch Beverage, Schietzelt Law, Centre Millwork, Lighthouse Financial, Pontisakos & Brandman, P.C., Danielle Golan Realtor/ Douglass Elliman, Albert Zolezzi Auto Body, and Media Barrel.

In addition to weeknight leagues, East End Volleyball also runs weekend doubles tournaments for adults and junior plus weekday training programs for kids 8 to 18 years old. Info about all these programs is available online at www.eevb.net.

WE CARE Fund Receives Heart Of The Community Award The WE CARE Fund is the nationally-recognized charitable arm of the Nassau County Bar Association. Founded in 1988 by NCBA Past President Stephen Gassman, WE CARE funds are raised by the legal profession and the community at large. The money is distributed through charitable grants to improve the quality of life for children, the elderly and others in need throughout Nassau County.

Nurtured by the tireless efforts of lawyers and judges, the WE CARE program has

matured into a nationally recognized model for similar programs instituted by other bar groups. With the financial support and personal effort of so many, WE CARE has been able to serve the community in a myriad of ways.

—Submitted by the Nassau County Bar Association WE CARE Fund Co-Chair Deanne Caputo (Photo courtesy by the Nassau County Bar Association)

About East End Volleyball: EEVB has been organizing beach volleyball tournaments for 46 years since 1977. Based in the East End of Long Island, EEVB has grown into the largest beach volleyball series in the East End of the country with tournaments along the East Coast. Sanctioned by AVP America, the grass roots organization of the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, EEVB runs over 35 events for over 5,000 players annually.

—Submitted by East End Volleyball

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Earth Matters: Talking Matters Talking gets a bad rap. We say things like talk is cheap and a picture is worth a thousand words.

The reality is, those sentiments are sometimes true, but not always.

Talking should not be disparaged or underrated in many contexts and climate change solutions is one of those subjects.

Talking is at the top of the list of things people can do to address climate change. Not only is it something we all do regularly, it is effective. The more we talk about climate change the more people learn and the more attention the whole topic receives. More attention on the topic means more people talking and learning. As people learn more, they are more likely to get involved in behaviors that address climate change.

Additionally, as more people are talking, there are more ideas being exchanged. More exchange of ideas means more creativity and a greater chance of the world finding solutions to climate change. And with more people paying attention to the topic and being more informed about climate change and prepared to take actions to address climate change, there is a greater chance of people adopting and implementing the solutions generated in the course of exchanging ideas. With implementation of more solutions, there is greater mitigation of the consequences of climate change.

All of that from the simple act of talking.

While talking is itself a simple thing to do, talking about climate change may not be so simple.

How do we add our voices to the conversation? One way is through stories. Stories are a powerful communication tool being promoted by many climate

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activists and organizations. Stories are effective because, by speaking from personal experience, we make an intangible, often distant and overwhelming situation more real, more relatable, and more concrete. Even though climate change is touching each of us, albeit to varying degrees, it is not always apparent that is the case. A person’s climate change story can connect listeners to climate change through their connection to the storyteller and the story.

In telling a climate change story, the key is to be descriptive, personal and use your own voice.

You can speak specifically about your lived experience of climate change which could be living through a severe storm like Super Storm Sandy, a flood event, or suffering health effects related to extreme or extended heat. You can speak about how you draw on your self-awareness of the kind of person you are to apply your skills to address climate change. You can focus your story on your view of the world and your vision of a better world and how climate change is disrupting that view and vision

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and what you are doing to realize your vision in the face of climate change. I offer these only to get you thinking. They are not prescriptive but suggestions for framing what you want to say to others when you talk about climate change, because talking about it is crucial to doing something about it.

When I talk about climate change, I focus on the message that every individual can make a difference. Our individual actions address climate change and help to mitigate its consequences. It’s probably no surprise that this is what I talk about as it’s typically the message of this column each month – there are actions we each can take every day that make a difference. I came to this belief in elementary school when I approached my parents about changing schools and they agreed to let me. Since then, I have had little doubt that I can make a difference in the world. My belief in the power of an individual to make a change drives me to this day and is what makes me believe that we will address climate change and preserve this planet for future generations.

Life is not something that happens to us. We live our lives

through our choices and our behavior. We have control over both, and both can be powerful agents of change. So this month I am encouraging you to talk about climate change. Tell your story, tell someone else’s story. The important thing is to talk about it.

Make it a topic that is uppermost in people’s minds. That’s how we start to get people to pay attention and then take action. If we’re not talking about it, people aren’t thinking about it and they’re not doing anything about it. And there’s so much people can be doing.

Lynn Capuano is an attorney, veteran, and teacher with extensive education and experience in environmental protection.

She is the president of Terrapin Environmental Solutions (TES), an organization dedicated to bringing solutions, programs and hands-on experience to students and teachers and community groups seeking to improve the environment and expand their own knowledge of the subject. Email LCapuano@ TerrapinEnvironmental.com or call 516-744-0307 to contact Terrapin Environmental Solutions.

Beyond Bunnies And Chocolate A few years ago, I had the pleasure of teaming with a rabbi and visiting an assisted living facility to share about the meaning of Passover and Easter. As the rabbi began to tell the story of Passover when God’s people were freed from slavery, one of the elderly residents began to play Passover tunes on the piano. It was a nice background to the presentation.

The story of Passover was a natural lead in to my discourse on Easter, since the Christian story begins with Jesus’ last Passover supper with his disciples.

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But all too soon, Jesus is arrested after the meal, put on trial, abused and eventually sentenced to death by the Romans who tortures him to death by crucifying him. As I begin to unfold this turn of events, the pianist begins to accompany my presentation too.

Unfortunately he didn’t know the traditional Christian music that accompanies our prayers during the holy days which commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus. He started playing the one “Easter song” he knew: Irving Berlin’s “Easter Parade.”

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The incongruity between the betrayal and death of Jesus and the happy Easter-bonnet song was disconcerting to say the least. I fumbled for words which thanked the pianist for his efforts but invited a time of silence as I continued the Easter narrative.

That experience led me to believe that unless one was raised in a Christian household, one might be under the impression that Easter was about dressing up in fancy hats, looking for eggs, having one’s picture taken

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Getting Struck By Lightning Again Admit it. You don’t spend money on scratch-off tickets expecting to win the jackpot.

It’s more for the fun of it than actually winning. Adorning a birthday present with a $1 scratch-off and the possibility of winning a million dollars is a nice gesture. At the end, when all the little squares and circles are exposed, covering every surface with scratch-off dust, we’re happy to win back the cost of the ticket.

Occasionally, you hit a big number, like $20 or $50.

Sometimes, those $1 and $2 winners sit under a magnet on the fridge for so long they never get cashed.

Full disclosure, I’ve never won more than $25 on a scratch-off ticket. It doesn’t matter if I bought it for myself, received it as a present, or gave it as a present. My brother once won $500 on a scratch-off he was given for his birthday (not by me). He used most of it to buy himself a Montblanc pen.

But somebody’s got to win the big prize, right? The New York State Lottery keeps the scratch-off games open until all the jackpot tickets have been claimed. After that, they pull all the remaining tickets from the vendors, even if there are still smaller prizes to be won.

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If you didn’t already know, Jackpot winning scratch-off cards are scarce as hen’s teeth.

Only five winning Jackpot cards are printed for every 20 million tickets. Those tickets are dispersed to more than 16,000 authorized retail distributors.

With astronomical odds like that, none of us expect our nephew or Mary from Accounting to win the jackpot on the ticket we bought for them.

Except for Juan Hernandez of Uniondale.

Juan recently won the jackpot with the “$10,000,000 Deluxe” scratch-off ticket he purchased at a Stop and Shop in Hempstead. The winning ticket, which cost 30 bucks, was a 3,521,600 to 1 shot at the Jackpot. Juan pocketed a cool

$6,510,000 after taxes.

While being interviewed after collecting his oversized check at the New York State Lottery office, he mentioned that “I’m still trying to spend the $10 million I won in 2019.”

Excuse me?

Mr. Hernandez also won a $10 million prize playing the “$350,000,000 Cash Spectacular” game in 2019.

Apparently, he hasn’t figured out how to spend all those winnings yet.

The odds of getting struck by lightning are about 500,000 to 1, and getting struck twice is almost 1 in 9 million. Could it be that people who survived a lightning strike don’t go out when it rains anymore? Either way, the odds of the same person winning a $10 million prize twice on different scratchoff games within three years are probably incalculable.

If I overcame enormous odds to win a $10 million prize on a scratch-off, I’d take the cash and run, never to play another scratch-off. But not Mr. Hernandez. He continued playing those $30 scratch-offs and it paid off with another $10 million Jackpot prize.

Not for nothing, but winning $10 million on a scratch-off once is very, very lucky. But

twice? On a scratch-off? That’s hard to believe.

Then again, you gotta be in it to win it, right?

Meanwhile, the rest of us shlubs will continue to buy those $1 and $5 tickets as gifts, in the hope that our friends, family, or coworkers will win a couple of bucks and have a nice lunch on us. Of course, if they did happen to win a jackpot prize, we always hold out hope they would remember who spent that $5 and gave them the ticket.

Now and then, it does pay off.

This past Valentine’s Day, a husband in Virginia stopped into a store after working late to pick up a few soon-to-be dead flowers and a scratch-off ticket for his lovely bride. Not the most romantic of gestures, but something is better than nothing, right?

The ticket was a $10 million jackpot winner.

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words? I have two insights into this. First, his call for forgiveness proved that his teachings were right all along. His words weren’t just some comforting fantasy.

God was—and is—indeed full of mercy. And second, Jesus was not going to let those who betrayed him and those who were killing him turn him into a bitter man in his last hours. He was in charge of his own destiny, even though it looked like he was a victim.

The lesson for us is to try to

copy that. Be merciful to others.

Don’t let others’ bad behavior twist us to be bitter and hateful.

Easter then leads to God’s vindication of Jesus. After his death, Jesus’s body was placed in a tomb. But then Jesus is raised to life again. And just as Jesus’ forgiving attitude reveals what God is about, so too Christians believe that the resurrection of Jesus is the revelation of what God does for each of us when we die. We too are made for resurrection and eternal life.

Easter bonnets, bunnies, chocolates and egg hunts never show up in this narrative. But there’s no harm in finding different ways to laugh, to be filled with joy, to celebrate new life as the Feast of Easter comes around each year.

As long as we don’t lose sight of forgiveness and mercy and the promise of eternal life.

Father Ralph Sommer is the pastor of St. Bernard’s Church in Levittown and is an Anton Media Group columnist.

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE popular notion that God was with a large bunny and eating various chocolate confections.

And no wonder: I’ve never seen an ad that references Jesus when it comes to Easter. And I’m not proposing that we “use” Jesus to sell anything in the future. It’s just that what happened that first Easter can easily get obscured— even among Christian children— by the festive trappings that have more to do with Spring than with salvation.

So let me focus on one aspect of the first Easter that continues to baffle many. When Jesus’ enemies came to arrest him on Passover night as he was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, he could have easily climbed the wall and headed into the desert to live another day. He and his disciples could have regrouped and he could have continued his teachings. So why did he stay?

So many of Jesus’ teachings helped people to get beyond the

“keeping score” and rewarding or punishing people based on how faithful they were to following the commandments. Jesus considered God his father and he had intimate knowledge of God’s actual attitudes toward his creatures. God was about mercy, love, forgiveness and parental care, not a divine warden looking to catch people in sin. Jesus spoke the message of God’s love and forgiveness over and over again. Well it’s one thing to talk about forgiveness, it’s something quite else to actually forgive. And the worst sin people could do would be to kill God’s son.

If God really threw Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden for eating a forbidden piece of fruit, what would God do now that his son was being murdered? Would not this spell the end of humanity? Wouldn’t God’s punishment be so great as to damn everyone forever?

Yet Jesus speaks these words

while dying: “Father forgive them, they know not what they do.” Now I don’t want to contradict Jesus but I suspect they did know what they were doing.

His friends who ran away knew he was innocent of any crime that called for crucifixion. The Romans who killed him likewise knew he was not deserving of this death. But they went ahead anyway. They knew what they were doing.

So why did Jesus pray these

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t’s already that time again. The tulips are popping up, the cherry blossoms are blossoming and it will be the third Passover and Easter during a pandemic.

In 2020, services were held over Zoom and social distancing events were ways to get into the spirit. And while the pandemic is not over, each holiday is becoming more and more normal as time passes. Here are a list of local services and celebrations you can attend this Passover and Easter season.

children. Admission for non-members is $70 for adults and $30 for children. Attendees were asked to RSVP by April 12. Call (516) 482-7800 ext. 1105 for any questions.

Saturday, April 23 Festival Morning Service including Yikzor at 9:15 a.m.

Friday, April 15 Shabbat services at 5 p.m.

Candle lighting at 7:16 p.m.

Saturday, April 16 Second Night Temple Seder, 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Friday, April 22 Festival Shabbat Service with Torah Reading and Yikzor, 7:30 p.m.

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Temple Sholom of Westbury, 675 Brookside Ct., Westbury Saturday, April 16 First Day of Passover at 10 a.m.

Sunday, April 17 Second Day of Passover at 10 a.m.

Thursday, April 21 Service at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 22 Service at 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, April 23 Service at 9:30 a.m.

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Temple B’Nai Torah, 2900 Jerusalem Ave., Wantagh Saturday, April 16 Community Seder: Second Night of Passover at 6 p.m.

Reservation was required by April 2. Call (516) 579-6311 or (516) 459-4450 for any questions.

Thursday, April 21 Passover Yikzor at 7:15 p.m.

Friday, April 22 Passover Festival at 10:30 a.m.

Easter Services and Events:

Church of the Holy Spirit, 16 South 6th St., New Hyde Park

Saturday, April 16 Easter Vigil at 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 17 Easter Sunday Mass at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

There are plenty of opportunities for children to grab their Easter baskets and look for colorful eggs, and maybe they’ll meet the Easter Bunny too.

(Photo courtesy Steven Depolo via Wikimedia Commons)

Temple Sinai of Roslyn, 425 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights Saturday, April 23 Yikzor Service via Zoom at 9 a.m.

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The Church of St. Aidan, 505 Willis Ave., Williston Park

Saturday, April 16 Holy Saturday Office of Readings at 8:30 a.m.

Morning Prayer at 9 a.m.

Blessing of Food at 12 p.m.

Easter Vigil at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 17 Easter Sunday Masses at 7:30, 9, 10:30 a.m. and 12 and 1:30 p.m.

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Congregation Tifereth Israel, 40 Hill St., Glen Cove Friday, April 15 Feast of the Firstborn: Siyyum and Breakfast at 8:15 a.m. via Zoom.

Saturday, April 16 Passover Services- in-person and virtual at 10 a.m.

Community Second Seder - in-person at 6 p.m.

Deadline for reservation was April 7.

Admission is $40 to $45 a person and $15 for children.

Sunday, April 17 Passover Services- in-person and virtual at 10 a.m.

Monday April 18 through Thursday, April 21 Morning Services at 8:15 a.m. in-person and via Zoom.

Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 Passover Services at 10 a.m. in-person and via Zoom

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Temple Beth Israel, Temple Israel of Great Neck, 18 Temple Dr., 108 Old Mill Road, Port Washington Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17 Great Neck Saturday, April 16 Communal Seder at 8 p.m. Admission for members is $60 for adults and $25 for

Friday, April 15 Shabbat Service on Zoom only at 5 p.m.

Friday, April 22 Yikzor Service at 10:30 a.m.

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Passover Services and Events:

Temple Tikvah, 3315 Hillside Ave. in New Hyde Park

Temple Judea, 333 Searingtown Road in Manhasset

Shabbat and Yom Tov Service at 9:30 a.m.

Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 Shabbat and Yom Tov Service at 9:30 a.m.

Korean service at 9 a.m.

English service at 11 a.m.

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St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 110 Bryant Ave., Roslyn Saturday, April 16 Morning prayer at 9 a.m. followed by blessing of food Easter Virgil at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 17 Easter services at 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

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The Sixth Annual Community Easter Dawn Service, Morgan Park, Glen Cove

Sunday, April 17 This is a bilingual event in Spanish and English. Bagpiper Robert Lynch will open the service. The event is from 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.

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Christ Church, 61 East Main St., Oyster Bay

Saturday, April 16 Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter with choir at 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 17 Holy Eucharist at 8 a.m.

Holy Eucharist with Christ Church Festival Choir at 10 a.m.

There are plenty of places to enjoy a Seder meal across Long Island.

(Noamfurer via Wikimedia Commons)

Parkway Community Church, 95 Stewart Ave., Hicksville Sunday, April 17 Easter Service at 10 a.m.

Easter Egg Hunt at 11 a.m.

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St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, 592 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck

Saturday, April 16 Morning Prayer with blessing of Easter food to follow at 9 a.m.

Easter Vigil in English, Spanish and Korean at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 17 Easter Sunday Masses: English service at 7:30 a.m.

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The Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church of Port Washington, 100 Fairway Dr., Port Washington

Sunday, April 24 Traditional Easter meal at 1:30 a.m.

Holy Easter Agape Service at 10:30 a.m.

Easter Egg Hunt and Chocolate Bunnies for Children at 11:30 a.m.

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The Congregational Church of Manhasset, 1845 Northern Blvd., Manhasset

Sunday, April 17 Service complete with Easter lilies at 10 a.m. with music from the Chancel Choir, Children’s Choir and Bell Choir. There will also be a children’s sermon, as well as an Easter Egg Hunt.

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“The marketing is ahead of the science.

Unscrupulous providers and clinics are marketing largely unproven treatments, targeting patients who hope to find relief for a difficult-to-treat problem,” Rodeo said.

“People sometimes pay exorbitant sums of money for these unregulated and potentially harmful treatments, possibly delaying a proven treatment that could be beneficial.”

Rodeo recommends that people do their research to ensure they are receiving treatment at a reputable medical center. He said it is important to pursue a regenerative medicine therapy that is part of a clinical trial registered with the FDA. He also advises people to learn as much as possible about the treatment and ask questions to understand any potential risks.

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hat if a treatment existed that could restore or regenerate a part of your body damaged by disease, injury or the aging process? That’s the goal of regenerative medicine, an emerging field that uses biologic treatments to improve symptoms, enhance healing and restore normal function. Although regenerative medicine is often associated with the use of stem cells, many therapies are developed using tissue from the patient’s own body, such as blood, fat or bone marrow.

Regenerative medicine has the potential to revolutionize patient care, but the field is still in its early stages, noted Dr. Scott Rodeo, a clinician-scientist and director of The Center for Regenerative Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City. More research is needed to identify what types of treatments work best for a particular condition and for a given patient, he said.

The HSS Center conducts research to identify and study biologic treatments for common orthopedic conditions.

“We can potentially use regenerative medicine therapies for conditions that don’t heal well on their own, such as osteoarthritis, chronic tendonitis, degenerative disc disease in the spine and other injuries,” said Rodeo, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at HSS. “I tell patients these types of treatments can work well for pain relief. However, in terms of regenerating damaged tissue such as cartilage, we’re not there yet.”

How Does it Work?

Most often, samples of a person’s own body tissue are collected and concentrated to produce a solution that is then injected back into the patient. The tissue sample, generally blood, bone marrow or fat, will be run through a special syringe, spun in a centrifuge and concentrated.

Scott Rodeo, MD, director of The Center for Regenerative Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS).

One of the most well-established treatments is platelet-rich plasma, often called PRP. Some studies have shown PRP to be effective in the treatment of chronic tendon injuries and mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis.

PRP is produced from a sample of an individual’s own blood, which is spun down in a centrifuge to isolate and concentrate platelets, the blood cells that assist in natural healing. These platelets, along with a fluid portion of the blood called plasma, are then injected back into the patient at the site of their injury.

To determine if someone is a good candidate for treatment, doctors often use imaging tests such as x-rays, MRI and ultrasound to make the diagnosis, said Dr.

Jesse Charnoff, a physiatrist at HSS Long Island in Uniondale. He treats various tendon problems and mild to moderate knee arthritis with PRP. The treatment, often injected using ultrasound imaging guidance, takes a half hour to an hour. It is not generally covered by insurance.

Dr. James Wyss, another physiatrist at HSS Long Island, also uses PRP for partial tears of tendons that are not healing well, but not considered severe enough for surgical repair, such as the hamstring tendon, patellar tendon in the knee and the Achilles tendon.

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Rodeo noted that while the FDA seeks to ensure patient safety by getting tough on clinics promoting unproven treatments, it is also paving the way for legitimate research and therapies, recognizing the great potential of the field.

At HSS, a number of regenerative medicine studies are under way and enrolling patients. Rodeo is leading one such clinical trial to see if the injection of certain cells contained in adipose (fat) tissue during rotator cuff surgery can enhance healing.

He believes regenerative medicine research at legitimate centers around the country will bring significant progress over the next five years.

—Robin Frank writes for Hospital for Special Surgery

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month alcohol users, 65.8 million people were binge drinkers in the past month, and 16 million were heavy drinkers in the past month.

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• About 2.3 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 in 2019 drank alcohol in the past month, and 1.2 million of these adolescents binge drank in that period (2019 NSDUH).

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The program began in April 1987, with the intention of targeting college-aged students; it has since become a national movement to bring attention to the causes and effects of alcohol abuse and help families and communities deal with this concern.

The misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and prescription medications affect the health and well-being of millions of Americans. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) reported that approximately 19.3 million people aged 18 or older had a substance use disorder in the past year.

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• Among the 138.5 million people who were current alcohol users, 61.6 million people (or 44.4 percent) were classified as binge drinkers and 17.7 million people (28.8 percent of current binge drinkers and 12.8 percent of current alcohol users) were classified as heavy drinkers (2020 NSDUH).

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated alcohol and substance abuse concerns. According to the Blue Cross Blue Shield COVID-19 National Pulse Survey, overall alcohol consumption has risen 23 percent since the pandemic began.

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lcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine which causes inflammation and ulcers. People with ulcerative colitis typically complain of rectal bleeding and/ or abdominal pain which comes from the colonic inflammation. This condition, which usually is first diagnosed in people from teenage to the mid-thirties, can be diagnosed at any age. There is a high prevalence of this condition on Long Island. It is an autoimmune disease whose cause is not known. Ulcerative colitis can be debilitating and can sometimes lead to life-threatening complications. While there is no cure, the past decade has seen significant advances in treatments for this condition.

While ulcerative colitis is a colonic disease, it is associated with a variety of liver diseases. Liver test abnormalities can be seen secondary to the medications used for its treatment. These abnormalities are usually clinically insignificant and generally resolve either with continued treatment or upon cessation of the offending agent.

More importantly, chronic liver diseases that can predispose patients to cirrhosis, liver cancer and bile duct cancers are associated with ulcerative colitis.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common complication of ulcerative colitis. The prevalence of NAFLD is significantly higher in ulcerative colitis

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patients than in the general population.

Fatty liver predisposes to diabetes and it can lead to the development of cirrhosis and liver cancer, even in the absence of cirrhosis. Treatment is based on lifestyle modification and includes diet, exercise and weight loss. While there are currently no medical treatments for fatty liver disease, much research is being performed and it is likely that new, innovative therapies will become available in the next few years.

Autoimmune hepatitis is another primary liver disease associated with ulcerative colitis. This is a chronic inflammatory condition which may lead to cirrhosis and its complications. Autoimmune hepatitis is straight forward in its diagnosis and is treated with immunosuppressive agents such as steroids and azathioprine.

The most common liver disease

associated with ulcerative colitis is primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). This condition is seen in about six to eight percent of people with ulcerative colitis. It is a chronic, progressive disease of the bile ducts both inside and outside of the liver and it can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer, bile duct cancer and gallbladder cancer.

The hallmark of this disease is abnormal liver tests and an imaging study showing abnormal bile ducts. Most people are asymptomatic but not uncommonly, patients may complain of abdominal pain, fever and/or itching. PSC is more common in men than in women but recent studies have shown an increase in the prevalence of PSC in women. Unfortunately, there are no available medical treatments for PSC and currently, treatment is indicated for symptomatic relief or treatment of complications. This condition has a true unmet

need and much research is being done to find potential therapies. It is important that patients with PSC be screened annually for bile duct cancer and twice a year for liver cancer if cirrhosis is present.

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Ulcerative colitis is associated with several liver conditions which can lead to cirrhosis and its complications and these conditions progress independently of the colon disease. Therefore, anyone with ulcerative colitis with abnormal liver tests and/ or an abnormal liver imaging should be evaluated for underlying liver disease and appropriately treated.

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n a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first Purple Martins of the year have been spotted in New York.

The birds were recently seen upstate in Fillmore, just

This marvelous three bedroom home at 9 Germaine St. in Glen Cove sold on APril 1 for $749,000. It is desirably located across the street from beautiful Morgan Park. Relax on the front porch or on the main bedroom balcony and enjoy spectacular sunsets and year-round vistas of Hempstead Harbor and the jetty.

This charming home, situated on a Glen Cove quarter acre, features a fully fenced yard, back patio and twocar garage as well as a hot and cold outdoor shower perfect for the summertime. Additionally, this home was previously renovated with Kolbe & Kolbe Thermopane windows, new plumbing, new electric and new roof as well as the entire second floor. This home includes beach and gold course rights.

This sunny and bright, completely renovated two bedroom home at 1 Bowne St. in Glen Cove sold for $525,000 on March 28. It has a new kitchen and bathroom. This home is great for someone’s first home or someone who is downsizing.

This home features beautiful wood floors. The home has a new roof that is less than a year old, a tankless water unit with hot water baseboard, a split-unit air conditioner and a large basement with high ceilings.

The basement has space for a home office, exercise room or additional storage. There is a one-car garage and the yard is fenced in. The driveway is private. This home is close to the train station, golf, beaches and near downtown Glen Cove.

of swallow, Purple Martins winter in the rainforests of Brazil before making up to a 7,000-mile migration north into the eastern United States and Canada.

The annual migration is a testament to the martins’ resilience as well as the unwavering dedication of thousands of ‘martin landlords’ who maintain multi-compartment nest ‘condos’ that are essential for the birds’ survival. Once widespread in rural America, this species, east that eats billions of flying insects of Buffalo, by annually, has been disappearing a Purple Martin at an alarming rate, experiencing enthusiast—one of a loss of one-third of its populamany throughout the tion over the last 50 years. eastern and central United “The decline seems to be the States who track and report combination of a few factors: on the birds’ annual migration nesting habitat loss, competing on behalf of the Purple Martin invasive species, decreasing prey Conservation Association. The availability, and climate change,” migration of these birds can be said Siegrist. “Over the majority reported and tracked through of the Purple Martins’ range, a community science project they are unable to nest naturally called the Scout-Arrival Study. any longer. Human-provided “The first Purple Martin nest boxes are the only thing arrivals of the season are always keeping the species alive east of an exciting event,” said Joe the Rocky Mountains.”

Siegrist, president of the Purple To follow along with the Martin Conservation Association. migration and learn more about “Tracking the migration is not how you can help ensure the only fun, it also provides us future of Purple Martins, visit with valuable information that www.purplemartin.org. People helps inform our research and interested in learning more strengthen our efforts to make about how to attract and care for sure we’re doing everything Purple Martins can receive a free possible to sustain the population booklet by calling 814-833-7656. of these amazing birds.”

—Purple Martin Conservation North America’s largest species Association

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very 10 years, a census takes place, one that determines legislative maps for the next decade.

This fall, however, voters in New York may be choosing candidates running in districts that were re-drawn for the decade of the 2010s.

Last week, Patrick McAllister, the acting Chief Justice in Steuben County, ruled that the approved 2022 map was skewered heavily to benefit the Democratic Party, which due to its majorities in the State Senate and State Assembly, controls the entire redistricting process.

“What is clear from the testimony of virtually every expert is that at least in the congressional redistricting maps the drawers packed Republicans into four districts thus cracking the Republican voters in neighboring districts and virtually guaranteeing Democrats winning 22 seats,” McAllister wrote in the ruling.

Thus continues a long legal process, one so lengthy that the maps for this decade may not be approved in time for the fall election.

Reaction from at least one quarter was swift.

“For the 100th time, this decision is not going into effect,” tweeted Marc E. Elias, an attorney and founder of Democracy Docket.

“As soon as the state appeals, it is stayed automatically by law until that appeal is done. The judge who issued this order is a Republican in the reddest county in the state.”

Every 10 years, New York loses a congressional seat or more in the census. This year, the state lost only one seat. The Democrats currently hold a comfortable 19-8 majority in the state’s congressional delegation.

Political experts have told the Steuben County court that the new restricting could result in a 22-4 Democratic landslide edge.

The congressional seat being lost is from the depressed upstate region.

In recent decades, Long Island has lost a congressional seat. The numbers remain mind-boggling. In 1950, New York was at a zenith. It was the most populous state in the country and had no less than 45 congressional districts. The downhill slide began. By 1970, that number was down to 41.

Twenty years later, in 1990, the congressional delegation had 34 members.

On it went. Over the past seven decades, New York has lost 19 congressional districts.

That’s a lot of congressmen.

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Long Island Music Hall of Fame student scholarship applications are due Friday, May 13. Educator of Note Award applications are due Friday, Sept. 30.

(Photo courtesy of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame)

2022 Scholarship And Educator Of Note Nominations Being Accepted

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he Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHoF) it is now accepting applications for their 2022 Student Scholarship and “Educator of Note” programs.

This year, LIMHoF will award four $500 scholarships to graduating students. These scholarships will provide funding for eligible graduating high school students from Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn, Queens or Kings (Brooklyn) Counties who have shown an interest in pursuing a career in music. To apply and to read the eligibility requirements, download the scholarship application.

Student scholarship applications are due Friday, May 13.

LIMHoF’s “Educator of Note” program recognizes music teachers and professors in public or private schools, as well as colleges or studios who have demonstrated

a commitment to music education. The winner is honored with a grant to be used within the school or district where they teach (or taught). To nominate an individual for the “Educator of Note Award,” download the “Educator of Note” application.

Educator of Note Award applications are due Friday, Sept. 30. *All applications must be postmarked by the application due date in order to be accepted.

For more information about LIMHOF’s education recognition programs, contact Tom Needham, Education Advisory Board Chairman at education@limusichalloffame. org. Visit www.limusichalloffame.org/scholarshipsgrants/ for more information and applications for both programs.

—Submitted by the Long Island Music Hall of Fame

Robert Posner Elected To Board of Trustees The Long Island Music Hall of Fame player for the Northport Marching Band (LIMHoF) has announced that it has voted until he graduated last year and he’s a big Northport’s Robert S. Posner to join its supporter of the Northport Marching Band. board of trustees.

Posner is a partner at Grassi Advisors “I am very excited to join the Long and Accountants working at their Jericho Island Music Hall of Fame’s board office. He holds a Bachelor’s of trustees,” Posner said. “I have degree in Accounting from C.W. followed this wonderful organiPost University. zation for many years and have enjoyed attending their world About LIMHOF Founded in 2004, the Long Island class Induction Ceremonies. I am Music Hall of Fame is a non-profit looking forward to contributing organization dedicated to the idea to its continued growth, promotthat Long Island’s musical heritage ing music education and Long Robert Posner is an important resource to be Island’s diverse musical history.” (Photo courtesy of the Long Island celebrated and preserved for future Posner is a music fan of the Music Hall of Fame) generations..

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Easter Braised Pork With Risotto

t’s Easter season and thank goodness for that. The winter has been virtually unbelievable this year. But there does seem to be a normal change in seasons and Easter and Passover mark this change with our deepest appreciation.

Easter’s most popular dishes seem to include lamb and pork— both of which have profound religious significance.

With eating vegetarian being practiced by growing numbers of those who celebrate Easter, there are a few popular vegetarian dishes for this group that many meat eaters may also enjoy: breakfast tempeh, garlic-potato crostini, Italian Easter pie and Easter creme bruleé.

While vegetarian Easters are clearly on the rise in popularity, pork or lamb still hold sway for most Americans. The reference to lamb in Christianity goes back to the book of Genesis when Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son. Easter lamb represents Jesus and relates his death to that of the lamb, sacrificed on the first Passover. Christians traditionally refer to Jesus as “the lamb of God”. Today lamb is

most often enjoyed at Easter as roast leg of lamb or parts of lamb seasoned with rosemary, garlic and olive oil on the grill.

However you prepare it and whatever meaning it holds for you, it’s all good.

In the United States, pork is also a traditional Easter food. We are told that the first hams were ready around the time Easter arrived. Thus, ham was a natural choice for celebrating Easter dinner.

This week’s recipe is a favorite Easter dish—that is, dinner with pork in all its many wonders. The number of pork dishes is virtually endless such as roast pork tenderloin, applesauce pork loin, stuffed chops with mushroom gravy or marsala sauce, Filipino pork recipes with pineapple, BBQ ribs, pulled pork or easy ham glaze recipes.

Today’s Easter recipe for braised pork shoulder highlights a solution I recently discovered for getting around the long cooking time that braising requires for cuts of meat that are tough. By merely cutting the roast into 2-3 inch slices, rather than

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one large chunk of meat, you can achieve the soft, tender results in half the time.

And by adding the delicious arborio rice to the braising liquid of the dish from the beginning of the braising process, you can

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Braised pork shoulder with risotto

4 to 5 lb pork shoulder, sliced 4 garlic cloves, diced 1 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped 1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped ½ cup fresh chopped Italian parsley ½ tsp cumin 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced 2 medium carrots and 2 parsnips, each cut 3 inches on an angle 2 cups chicken stock, (not broth ) ½ cup red wine ( e.g. Sirah or Cabernet) 2 cups Arborio rice 1 tbsp sea salt ½ tbsp freshly ground pepper

7. After one hour, pour the rest of the stock into the pan and cook for an additional hour.

8. Taste the broth and see if it needs a pinch or two more salt. Insert the point of a paring knife into one of the pork slices. If easily inserted, turn the stove off. If not lower the temperature to 250 F for another 30 minutes and remove from the stove.

9. Cover with aluminum foil to rest until ready to eat.

10. Plate each dish with one slice of pork, rice, vegetables and broth.

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. 2. Season the pork with garlic, rosemary, thyme and cumin.

3. Distribute the sliced onions, carrots, parsnips and chopped parsley in a 3” high roasting pan, 14” x 9”.

4. Pour the rice over the vegetables 5. Lay the pork slices over the rice 6. Pour 1 cup of the chicken stock and all the red wine over the pork and cook for one hour.

Enjoy and include a nice green salad on the side with a lemon vinaigrette.

Happy Easter.

Chef Alan Zox is the Cape Cod Culinary Incubator Executive Director. Visit www.zoxkitchen.com or www.facebook.com/zoxkitchen for more information about Chef Zox.

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Some of the classic cruisers attendees will be able to check out at the upcoming TOBAY Beach Classic. (Photo courtesy of Car Show Long Island)

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TOBAY Beach To Host Long Island’s Largest Car Show

undreds of vehicles to participate, trophy presentation, free concert and free admission for spectators Long Island’s premier car show experience will take place on Saturday, April 30, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at TOBAY Beach (rain date May 1). The Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor’s TOBAY Beach Classic will be co-sponsored by Car Show Long Island and will feature hundreds of automobiles, trucks, military vehicles and emergency-service vehicles. A live concert performed by That ‘70s Band will take place during the day, followed by trophy presentations. The event is free for spectators.

Supervisor Saladino stated, “Whether you’re a proud classic car owner or you want to see the best cars in the region, Car Show Long Island is the place to be.

This free family-fun event is a perfect way to spend the day, all with the beautiful backdrop of TOBAY Beach. Spectators can check out cool cars, vendors, exhibits and enjoy live music while

surrounded by Long Island’s best classic, muscle, antique and exotic cars.”

Trophies will be awarded in each class, and children will have a say when deeming which rides are their favorites in the SUNation Kids’ Choice Award. Car Show Long Island’s 2022 TOBAY Beach Spring Classic is made possible through the following presenting sponsors: Bethpage Federal Credit Union, NAO Medical, MSG Networks, SUNation and Ambassador Home Improvement.

Classic Car enthusiasts and spectators can also grab a bite to eat from the food truck corral, and can also check out numerous vendors and displays. Car owners can pre-register their vehicles at www. carshowli.com for $15 per car or register the day-of for $25 per car. The event is free to spectators. Call 516-797-4121 or e-mail carshowli@oysterbay-ny.gov for more information or to become a sponsor or vendor at the event.

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With Good To Be, Optimism Is Keb’ Mo’s Middle Name

BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO

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Keb’ Mo’ (Photo by Jeremy Cowart)

ith inflation ratcheting up and Ukrainians fighting for their homes and freedom in a war halfway around the world, it’s hard to look on the bright side of the road. But that’s where someone like guitar-playing singer-songwriter Keb’ Mo’ comes in. On Good To Be, his 16th studio album, the 70-year-old blues artist is all in on the warm and fuzzies in a way that avoids being Pollyanna and is more about basking in gratitude. And while it would be easy to think that the man born Kevin Moore went into this project with a preconceived notion of positivity, he instead insists it was a group of songs that came about organically and more of a work in progress with the oldest material dating back to the late ‘70s, when he was an inexperienced musician making his way to recording his 1980 debut Rainmaker.

“I get asked that question a lot in terms of what the inspiration for a record is,” he said. “The inspiration comes out of the time in which the work is created. I live my life and throughout that, writing sessions come up and whatever is going on at that time tends to seep into the music.

Then when I look back at the year or year and a half of writing songs, there’s a natural kind of basicness to it because it’s all in the same time period. I’m not really looking for a theme, but this seems to have a theme of goodness. There are three songs with the word good in it so that’s why I called it Good To Be. It just made sense to feature it. So that’s the theme—gratitude.”

As someone who has spent the past three decades working with myriad artists ranging from Zac Brown, Bonnie Raitt and The Chicks to B.B. King, Taj Mahal and Willie Nelson, Mo’s latest outing is no exception. For this go-round, producers ranged from good friend Vince Gill to Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy) while the roll call of musical guests include Darius Rucker, Kristen Chenoweth and Old Crow

Medicine Show. And while trying to wrangle all these logistics is a challenge during the best of times, COVID-19 threw a few more wrinkles into the mix and forced Mo’ to learn a few new tricks.

“The pandemic proved to be a blessing in disguise because with things getting canceled, it was nice to stay home [in Nashville] and spend time with my family,” he said. “But as it dragged on, people started doing performances on their phones, which was very lo-fi and I was totally frightened of doing things like that. I sensed if this thing were to go on longer, production values were going to have to get better. We had to get all kinds of lighting and different plug-ins. I had to learn how to make things sound like they were done in the same room even if they weren’t. It was crazy, but you start figuring stuff out and now, a lot of us, myself included, have a new skill set.”

Most of the album was recorded while Moore renovated his recently re-purchased Compton childhood home, which his mother Lauvella Cole lived in up until her death at the age of 91 in September 2018. There’s plenty of love, nostalgia and memories baked into these songs whether it’s the nod to his mom amid the gospel vocals, pedal steel and Rucker vocals of “Good Strong Woman,” the languid convergence of banjo, fiddle and harmonica Old Crow Medicine Show infuses into “The Medicine Man” or weaving a message of vulnerability into the horn-kissed shuffle “So Easy.” Elsewhere, Moore touches on the ideas of intimacy (the delicate ballad “Quiet Moments”) and social justice (the string-embraced “Marvelous to Me”). And while Moore has called the state of Tennessee home for the past 11 years, Good To Be brought back plenty of memories of growing up in Compton, a place that had a far different look long before Kevin Moore became Keb’ Mo’.

“We had a music store in Compton called the Compton Music Center, which is where, along with the pawn shops, we got our instruments—guitars, saxophones and trumpets,” he recalled. “At the time, Compton was middle class people trying to get their kids through college. A lot of the men had good jobs at the Douglas Aircraft Company and Lockheed.

They were machinists and had health plans. My mom was a hairdresser with a shop. There were a lot of businesses

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Keb’ Mo’s Fave Experiences

BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO

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Keb’ Mo’ enlisted old friend Vince Gill to produce a few tracks on the former’s current record (Photo by Derek Russell/CC BY 2.0)

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t may have taken Kevin Moore 14 years to make the transition to Keb’ Mo’ following the release of his self-titled 1994 debut as the latter, but the Compton native has made up for lost time in the ensuing 28 years. He’s racked up five Grammy wins, portrayed Robert Johnson in the 1998 documentary Can’t You Hear the Wind Howl?, played in the 2006 series finale of The West Wing, composed the theme music for the Chuck Lorre CBS sitcom B Positive and found time to release Good To Be, his sixteenth studio album. And that doesn’t even touch on the vast array of performers he’s either performed with live or in the studio that range from Keith Richards and Gregg Allman to Taj Mahal, Sheila E. and Kermit the Frog. When asked, here are a handful of experiences that continue to resonate for the Nashville resident.

Touring With B.B. King “I was opening for B.B. King back in 1998 and while we were in England, I got to ride on his bus with him. I sat right next to him, riding down the road and he’d start talking to me. I was hanging with all those guys and just soaking it all up.”

Meeting Bonnie Raitt “Bonnie Raitt called me on the phone when I was at KTFK doing a radio interview. Turns out she had gotten a pre-tape of my debut record from her bass player, James ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson, who had also played on my first record. Bonnie was listening to that same tape in her car and was driving down the street listening to it.

She popped it out and heard I was on the radio. So she pulled over and called the radio station. The lady who picked up the phone at the station said the person on the

Bonnie Raitt (Photo by John Edwards/CC BY 2.0)

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line claimed to be Bonnie Raitt—and it was Bonnie Raitt. She said she wanted to come down and see me play. The next night, she came down to the club I was playing in Santa Monica called Harvelle’s. She just walked in the door with her husband at the time. I didn’t tell anybody and in walks this big head of red hair. That was really cool and we’ve been friends ever since. She has done more than anybody else to forward my cause and help get me on.”

Playing The White House “I got to go to the Obama White House— twice. Just going to the White House is its own thing, but going there when the first African-American president and First Lady are there—to be a part of that is just really crazy. My five-year-old son got to meet him. That’s pretty cool because not just my kid, but the white kids get to see it too.

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because people had jobs in that area. Kids were doing alright.”

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NORTH ♠KJ2 ♥ 10 6 ♦Q4 ♣A K Q 9 5 3 WEST EAST ♠A96 ♠8543 ♥K J 9 7 4 ♥Q 5 3 2 ♦ K 10 7 ♦9865 ♣J 8 ♣7 SOUTH ♠ Q 10 7 ♥A 8 ♦AJ32 ♣ 10 6 4 2 The bidding: West North East South 1♥ 2♣ Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT Opening lead — seven of hearts.

In a vacuum, South would almost surely go down in three notrump on this deal. He would win the first or second heart, run his clubs and end up trying a diamond finesse for his ninth trick. West, who would have discarded a diamond, a heart and two spades on the clubs, would take the queen of diamonds with the king and cash his remaining hearts and the ace of spades for down one.

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proceeded to take full advantage of what he knew about West’s hand.

After East produced the queen of hearts at trick one, it was easy to place West with the ace of spades, K-J of hearts and king of diamonds for his opening bid. And since West’s seven of hearts was presumably his fourth-best heart, East’s queen was known to be his only heart higher than the seven.

What all this added up to was that if declarer ducked the first heart, won the second and then ran his clubs, discarding a spade and a diamond, West would almost certainly be holding the ace of spades, K-x of diamonds and two hearts as his last five cards. South would then concede a spade to West, who could cash his two remaining hearts but would then have to lead a diamond from the king to give South his ninth trick.

West’s only hope of escaping this ending would be to keep all three of his hearts and reduce himself to the singleton king of diamonds and ace of spades as his last five cards.

Then, if declarer led a spade at trick nine, West would collect four tricks for down one.

This scheme could not succeed against an alert declarer, however.

If West kept all of his hearts, South would know West had bared his king of diamonds and would cash the ace to make the contract.

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From left: Frank Dell’Amore of Jaspan Schlesinger; Hank Levy, Board Member of Voices for Truth and Humanity. (Photo courtesy of Jaspan Schlesinger LLP) The Jericho-based organization Voices for Truth and Humanity recently received a community award.

The Voices for Truth and Humanity recently received an award for its commitment to the betterment of the Nassau County community. The Jaspan Schlesinger Heart of Community Awards are being distributed as part of the law firm’s 75th Anniversary celebration donating to 75 local

The Heart of the Community Award was presented to Syosset-based MercyFirst. MercyFirst is a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Mercy, inspiring hope and promoting healing for children and families by providing quality human services and educational opportunities while advocating for social change.

Major General Ray Shields, the adjutant general for the state of New York, announces the recent promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership.

Carissa Lombardo from Syosset, assigned to the Intelligence and Sustainment Company, 42nd Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, received a promotion to the rank of Sergeant 1st class.

Army National Guard promotions are based on overall performance, attitude, leadership ability, and development potential.

These promotions additionally recognize the best qualified soldiers and attract and

non-profits.

The mission of Voices for Truth is to promote the education of World War II, the Holocaust, slavery, and all genocides in public schools throughout the Unites States.

Jaspan Schlesinger LLP supports the leadership efforts of Voices for Truth and Humanity as they educate and provide a greater compassion in the community.

—Submitted by Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

Antonia M. Donohue served on the board of directors of MercyFirst for approximately 12 years. MercyFirst continues to provide hope and healing to children in our community who are suffering.

—Submitted by Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

retain the highest caliber citizen soldiers for a career in the New York Army National Guard.

For more information about the New York Army National Guard, visit www. dmna.ny.gov or www.1800goguard.com.

The New York National Guard (New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs) is the state’s executive agency responsible to the Governor for managing New York’s Military Forces, which consists of nearly 20,000 members of the New York Army National Guard, the New York Air National Guard, the New York Naval Militia and the New York Guard.

—Submitted by the New York National Guard

From left: Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Rabbi Shalom Lipszyc.

(Photo courtesy of the Town of Oyster Bay)

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino met with Rabbi Shalom Lipszyc of Town of Oyster Bay Chabad in Woodbury to deliver 990 free, at-home COVID-19 test kits. Rabbi Lipszyc will distribute these test kits directly to congregants so they are readily available at their homes should the testing kits be needed. Testing is an essen-

tial component to combating COVID-19, which is why we remind residents that free, at-home COVID-19 test kits continue to be available at the Town Clerk’s Office walkup windows at Town Hall North (54 Audrey Ave, Oyster Bay) and Town Hall South (977 Hicksville Rd, Massapequa).

—Submitted by the Town of Oyster Bay

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.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined five of her Senate colleagues to introduce the Job Protection Act. The legislation would expand the protections of the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which allows eligible employees to take 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in case of family or medical emergency, to millions of Americans who are currently ineligible. Only 56 percent of the workforce currently qualifies for FMLA and those who are not protected are disproportionately women, Hispanic workers and Black workers. This legislation would close gaps in FMLA coverage and expand protections to employees of small businesses, individuals who have recently changed jobs or returned to the workforce, and part-time workers.

“Workers should never have to choose between caring for their families and

New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (Source: Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

earning a paycheck,” Gillibrand said.

“Passing the Job Protection Act would ensure that the millions of Americans who work part-time, at multiple jobs, or for small businesses can take time off to recover from illness, the birth of a child or a family emergency without putting their livelihoods at risk. Guaranteed family and medical leave is an investment in our families and our middle class and it is long overdue. Nearly three decades after we passed the FMLA, I look forward to fighting alongside my colleagues to expand its protections to many more Americans.”

The Job Protection Act expands protections for part-time workers and employees of small businesses by reducing the current FMLA coverage threshold for small businesses from 50 employees to one employee, eliminating the requirement that an employee work 1,250 hours

at a single workplace over the previous year and reducing the amount of time an employee must have worked at their workplace from 12 months to 90 days.

The legislation was introduced by Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and is cosponsored by Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Patty Murray (D-WA).

Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) introduced the legislation in the House.

The Job Protection Act has been endorsed by over 50 national organizations, including the AFL-CIO, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the Center for Law and Social Policy, the Children’s Defense Fund, the Human Rights Campaign and the National Military Family Association.

—Submitted by the office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Northwell Kidney Transplant Program Rated Nation’s Best For 1-Year Survival

North Shore University Hospital’s expected survival rate better than national average The Northwell Health Transplant Center at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) has been rated the No. 1 kidney transplant program in the nation for one-year survival of transplant recipients, according to the latest report from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).

The superior outcomes of NSUH’s kidney transplant program are based on data from more than 40,000 transplants at 250 programs nationwide between July 2018 to December 2020. The SRTR evaluates the status of the solid organ transplant system in the United States and publicly releases the data at the directive of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services using Bayesian statistical methodology.

“These outcomes are a reflection of the outstanding care our patients receive across the entire transplant journey, from evaluation, surgery, postoperative care and long term follow up,” said Nabil N. Dagher, MD, FACS, vice president and director of the Northwell Health Transplant Center, where he oversees its liver and kidney transplant programs. “Northwell’s kidney transplant program now has a national reputation for excellence and

should be considered a destination for anyone with kidney disease.”

NSUH performed 225 kidney transplants during the observed 30-month span, according to SRTR data.

Northwell’s estimated hazard ratio was 0.39, which was 60 percent below the national expected death rate of 1.0. A ratio greater than 1.0 indicates that more deaths occurred than would have been expected nationally, while a ratio less than 1.0 indicates that fewer deaths than expected occurred.

“Our excellent results not only requires excellent leadership, but intelligent and dedicated staff throughout the transplant and post-transplant process,” said Vinay Nair, DO, medical director of Kidney Transplantation at Northwell Health. “Our outcomes are a testament to our multidisciplinary care team of transplant professionals.”

Northwell started performing adult

kidney transplants at NSUH in 2007 and established its pediatric kidney transplant program at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park in 2017. Today, NSUH offers comprehensive solid organ transplantation services for adult heart, kidney, liver and lung.

Visit www.northwell.edu/kidney-transplant or call 516-472-5800 to learn more about the Northwell Health’s transplant program.

—Submitted by North Shore University Hospital

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hen it comes to life experience, Larry “The Duck” Dunn can lay claim to being a man who has lived a handful of lifetimes. Best known as the longtime music director of WLIR for nearly all of the ‘80s, he continues to spin the 5 to 9 a.m. shift on Sirius/XM’s First Wave 33 from Monday to Friday, with the occasional Saturday thrown in. Among the career pit stops he’s made ever since he resigned on the air at WDRE back in August 1991, (more on that later) are Newsday Media Group/ Cablevision, Reed Elsevier (owners of NME and Melody Maker), Variety and Disney/ Capital Cities ABC. Most recently, he’s spent the past five years with Island Federal Credit Union, moving up and becoming a Certified Strategic Marketing Executive (CSME) after getting certified three years ago in Seattle.

And while he never envisioned ending up in finance, the Massapequa resident has happily embraced this world.

“The credit union world is wonderful because its not-for-profit, whereas the banks are for-profit,” Dunn said. “Because of that, our rates are much lower. We have a lot more free services. We report to the members, whereas banks report to shareholders.

It’s an interesting and great

Larry “The Duck” Dunn broadcasting on Sirius/XM from his Massapequa home base (Photo by Dave Gil de Rubio)

model. Also, the credit unions cooperate with each other, which is why they do shared branching, not just here on Long Island, but around the country. We have ATMs that have no fee, so you can go to other credit unions. And if you’re a Chase banker, you’re not going to get that with Citibank.”

Dunn’s other passion for the past 12 years has been serving as a vice president on the board of Long Island Cares (LIC) and making sure people who are food insecure get fed. While he ascended to the position while he was the senior vice president of Advertising at

Rookie broadcaster Larry “The Duck” Dunn kibitizing (from left) with Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony of Van Halen circa 1981 (Photo courtesy of Larry “The Duck” Dunn)

Newsday after the person serving on the publication’s board left, the North Merrick native’s connection with the organization goes back to when he was a senior at Mary Regina High School (which is now known as Kellenberg High School). It was here that he and future Nassau County judge Bob Bogle connected with LIC founding member Harry Chapin, who was then performing shows to raise money for world hunger.

“I was the concert chair at the time and Bob and I heard Harry was doing these [charity] shows,” Dunn recalled. “He didn’t want to do the clubs because there was a cost associated. In the words of Sandy Chapin, who is the chairwoman of the board and Harry’s wife—she always said Harry loved the high school kids because they were impressionable and would get it.

He wanted to play the high schools so what happened was we got the number for Harry Chapin and Bob called and got Sandy on the phone. Can you imagine calling Harry Chapin’s home number? And then Bob and I were told what was exactly involved. We got the auditorium through Father Mullen, who was the principal. He got us the auditorium for a Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. This was before social media. We spread the word, sold the tickets out and gave all the cash to Harry.”

That connection to Chapin encouraged Dunn to take the LIC seat, a role he’s proud of, particularly given how hard communities have been hit by the pandemic.

“I’d shaken hands with Harry Chapin, so I felt there was this bond with Long Island Cares, especially with food insecurity now with what we’ve gone through with COVID-19,” he explained. “We fed over 278,000 people during COVID-19 that had food insecurity. That was over 19 million

pounds of food. So I got involved, joined the board and got really passionate about it.”

As the oldest of seven kids before his family moved to Merrick when he was a kid, Dunn’s energy and gregarious nature has been the fuel for his life’s journey. When he was told his parents couldn’t afford to send him to college, he worked a full-time job as a pharmacy tech at Mardell’s in Hempstead, which unbeknown to him, was up the block from WLIR, a station he’d been religiously listening to in high school and up through matriculating full-time at St. John’s University. Dunn’s tenacity led to his going from being a WLIR intern to becoming the youngest on-air staff member back on June 1, 1979, when the station was playing a progressive rock format and hadn’t yet transitioned into becoming the New Wave beacon of the ‘80s. Long before Dunn was introducing Duran Duran at Madison Square Garden or helping break U2, his early radio years were a trial-by-fire, interviewing the likes of Van Halen and Ozzy Osbourne fresh from exiting Black Sabbath. The turning point came in 1982 when program director Denis McNamara broke from being one of five AOR stations in the market (the others being WBAB, WPLJ, WAPP and WNEW because as Dunn put it, “How many times can you play ‘Stairway To Heaven?’”) and embraced genres like synth-pop, post-punk, reggae, early alt-rock and Goth—music that was being roundly ignored on the rest of the dial. As recounted in the 2017 documentary, Dare to Be Different—WLIR: The Voice of A Generation, it was a wild ride until the FCC revoked parent company Phoenix Media’s license in 1987. And while Dunn was brought back by the new ownership to serve in an advisory role for programming and music needs, his full-time ride status ended when a new program director handed Dunn a playlist and said this was what he was going to spin. The concept was anathema to the LIR stalwart’s prior radio experience and led to his on-air resignation during the weekly Saturday night gig Dunn had spinning at Malibu nightclub.

“I’m not a quitter but I did something because I couldn’t take the management [at the station],” Dunn said. “Going off a playlist was not what I was hired for. I was hired for musical freedom, knowing what to play at the right time and the artist segue. Denis [McNamara] gave us freedom to break artists. We may have been viewed as the New Wave station but we were the new music station. It was like doing A&R in radio. We were always looking for that next golden nugget and that was part of the pride. It’s one thing to break it, but it’s great to play great music because without the listeners what are you?

You’re an antenna broadcasting to nobody.”

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CHRISTOPHER FORESTO RUNNING FOR THE JERICHO SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION After many conversations and words of encouragement from residents throughout the community, Christopher M. Foresto is honored to announce his candidacy for the Jericho Board of Education.

Foresto grew up in Muttontown and currently lives in Jericho with his wife Lindsy and their three children, a seventh grader, fifth grader, and kindergartener. Foresto has a longstanding commitment to volunteerism and community service, proudly serving as the 1st Assistant Chief of the Jericho Fire Department and the Fire Department liaison to Jericho Schools.

Professionally, Foresto works as a physician and serves as the Chair of the Department of Radiology at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine at NYU

Langone Hospital—Long • Continuously evaluatIsland. ing and improving upon the Raising their family in this district’s nationally renowned educationally focused and curriculum. diverse community is a pri• Identifying new proority for the Forestos. When gramming, co-curricular, thinking about the future and extra-curricular opporof Jericho Schools, Foresto tunities to enrich the Jericho hopes to make a positive imstudent experience and pact as a Trustee on the Board increasing opportunities in Christopher M. Foresto of Education. Foresto’s goals robotics, STEAM, business (Photo courtesy of include: and finance.

Christopher M. Foresto) • Providing a safe and secure • Developing an active learning environment for the students alumni association and web portal to and staff. provide Jericho students and alumni • Ensuring that the district remains fiscally with opportunities to identify graduates sound, further increasing transparency who can serve as mentors and points of and opportunities for community input. contact in specific areas of interest.

• Recruiting the finest administrators, teachers and staff.

• Providing a diverse learning experience, fostering inclusion and tolerance in the community.

Foresto is eager to further his commitment to the community as a member of the Board of Education, advocating for all children while always looking to improve upon the excellence of Jericho Schools.

He would appreciate your support on May 17. Multiple “Meet and Greets” are being scheduled for the coming weeks, and Foresto is looking forward to meeting you.

If you would like to be included in a gathering, or have questions for Foresto, please email ForestoBOE@gmail.com.

—Submitted by Christopher M. Foresto

H.B. THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER SELECTED TO NYS MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM H. B. Thompson Middle School Biology teacher Krista Hachadoorian has been selected as one of 230 teachers to be named a New York State Master Teacher. This honor makes her a part of an expert community of over 1,400 outstanding K-12 STEM and computer science educators throughout the state who share a passion for their own learning and for collaborating with colleagues to inspire the next generation of STEM leaders.

Hachadoorian, who has been teaching science at H.B. Thompson Middle School since 1998, earned her Bachelor of Arts in Biology/Secondary Education from Hofstra

University and her Mastrict-wide professional develter of Arts in Instructional opment and decision-making Technology from New York committees. She is particularly Institute of Technology. She proud of her participation in is a Level I Google Certified many of the innovative techEducator and is a NY certinology programs including a fied Educational Technology pilot Chromebook program Specialist. Currently teachwhich led to a 1:1 Chromebook ing seventh grade science, initiative districtwide.

Hachadoorian has also held Outside of the classroom, Krista Hachadoorian. many roles at H.B. ThompHachadoorian enjoys being son Middle School, includ- (Photo courtesy of Life Touch outdoors and can often be Photography) ing advisor of the HBT Craft found snowboarding, hiking, Club, and being an active member of diskayaking, and paddleboarding. As a New

SYOSSET STUDENTS WIN SCHOLASTIC ART AND WRITING AWARDS Thirty-three Syosset high school and middle school students won an overall 102 Regional Awards plus a total of 6 National Awards in the 2022 Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards Competition.

Students were awarded Gold Keys, Silver Keys and Honorable Mentions for their art and writing pieces submitted in 28 categories.

Three Syosset students were honored at the National level. South Woods eighth grader Julian Sant won a National Silver Medal in Writing for his submission in the Personal Essay & Memoir category.

Syosset High School junior Sabrina Guo was awarded a National Gold Medal in Writing for one of her submissions in the same category. Syosset High School senior Jennifer Zhao won a total of three National Silver Medals in Art; two in the Painting category and one in Art Portfolio. Jennifer was also one of five regional recipients of a National American Visions Gold Medal for her submission in Expanded Projects. The American Visions Medal is the highest regional honor awarded in the competition.

At the regional level, 14 Syosset students won Gold Key Awards, 18 students won Silver Key Awards, and 18 students won Honorable Mention Awards. Many of Syosset’s students received numerous

individual awards over multiple categories, with several students earning awards in both art and writing categories.

Congratulations to all of the following Syosset’s Scholastic Awards Winners: Daniel Chen, Jasmine Chen, Scout Chen, Sophia Chen, Thea Chen, Yue Chen, Jialiang Cheng, Ethan Chiu, Tiffany Gao, Sabrina Guo, Iris Hao, Alyssa Huang, Vincent Huang, Lexi Hugel, Alexis Kim, Irene Lee, Jakin Lee, Chenxin Grace Liu, Andrew Mo, Rayhan Ali Muhammad, Jesse Namkoong, Kara Pan, Tiffany Qian, Annie Qiu, Julian Sant, Jasmine Wang, Sophie Wang, Zhaotang Wang, Alice Zang, Helena Zhang, Ruby Zhang, Xiwen Zhang, and Jennifer Zhao.

Founded in 1923 by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Scholastic Awards is the nation’s longest running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens, in Grades 7-12.

The Awards continue to champion and support teens’ originality and creative prowess, as well as bolster their artistic and literary futures through opportunities for publication, exhibition, and scholarships. The National Awards Ceremony will take place at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in June.

—Submitted by the Syosset Central School District

York State Master Teacher, Hachadoorian looks forward to collaborating with other STEM educators and helping mentor upcoming teachers in the best practices within the science classroom.

Created in 2013, the New York State Master Teacher Program celebrates the work of the highest-performing STEM teachers by establishing an expert community dedicated to developing expertise in the areas of content, pedagogy, and students’ families and communities.

—Submitted by the Syosset Central School District

MORE THAN 800 STUDENTS RECEIVE SUNY ONEONTA SCHOLARSHIPS More than 800 students have been awarded scholarships at SUNY Oneonta. The college’s scholarship funds total more than $60 million and are the result of contributions from donors, corporations and foundations. Here are local students who have been awarded scholarships from SUNY Oneonta: Brian Gershowitz of Woodbury—Received the Dorothy A. Wemple ‘36 Scholarship Melanie Munroe of Woodbury—Received the Alan B. Donovan Scholarship II Eve Pugatch of Woodbury—Received the Eugene Lesser Scholarship Alexis Roth of Syosset— Received the Dr.

John Delaney and Mrs. Ellen Prescott Delaney Education Annual Scholarship SUNY Oneonta is a public, four-year college in New York, enrolling students in a variety of bachelor degree programs and several graduate certificate and degree programs. The college is known as both an exemplary residential campus that values inclusion, service and sustainability, and a nurturing community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially and live purposefully. Visit www.suny.oneonta.edu/ for more info.

—Submitted by SUNY Oneonta

LOCAL STUDENTS NAMED TO DEAN’S LIST AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND Loyola University Maryland has announced the members of its fall 2021 Dean’s List. In order to qualify for the Dean’s List at Loyola, a student must achieve a minimum QPA of at least 3.500 for the term, provided that, in the term they have successfully completed courses totaling a minimum of 15 credits.

Here are local students that have earned this academic achievement from Loyola University Maryland: Courtney Barbella, class of 2022, from Syosset

Tyler McElhinney, class of 2022, from Jericho Established in 1852, Loyola University Maryland is a Catholic, Jesuit comprehensive university comprising Loyola College, home to the University’s arts and sciences programs; the Sellinger School of Business and Management; and the School of Education. Loyola enrolls 4,000 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students from across the country.

—Submitted by Loyola University Maryland

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