The Garden City News (9/4/20)

RALLYING TO PLAY Parents, athletes press School Board on fall athletics

New hotel strives to connect with Garden City

BY RIKKI MASSAND

The Residence Inn by Marriott, a new extended stay hotel at 700 Garden City Plaza off Ring Road, is a rare business that has opened during May, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

General Manager Allison Mitchell and Samira Clarke,

the director of Sales & Marketing, explain how Residence Inn by Marriott offers specialty ‘extended-stay’ suites, perfect for one night or many. The hotel’s rooms range between 400 and 600 square feet of interior space. Rooms feature full kitchens and full refrigerators and all rooms have stoves;

one-bedroom suites feature ovens and pull-out sofa beds.

“All a guest has to do is bring their luggage and stay as long as they’d like. We strive for ease and convenience. With industry-wide changes and some new practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hotel’s public

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Several members of the community, including a rising senior at Garden City High School, have asked the Board of Education to appeal a decision by high school sports authorities to cancel the fall season of high school sports in Nassau County.

During the Board of Education’s September 1st meeting, which was also broadcast over Google Meet and virtual platforms, parents of several students as well as president of the GCHS Class of 2021 asked the board to support a return to the athletic fields. They made the case that the school district administration -- beginning with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha and the board of education, should challenge the decision that Section VIII (Nassau County) interscholastic athletics for the Fall 2020 season to be postponed.

On August 25th, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that high school sports would be allowed, with some restrictions, beginning on September 21st. However, the following day, the New York Public High School Activities Association,

Section 8, which governs high school sports in Nassau County, said that there would be no high school sports in Nassau County until after January 1st. Schools in other sections in the state, including Suffolk County, will be allowed to play. Meanwhile, the New York State Council of School Superintendents, representing districts across the state, asked Governor Cuomo to consider postponing sports throughout the entire state until 2021.

A message from the Section VIII Athletics Superintendent’s Board, posted on the www.secviii.org website on Thursday, August 27 highlighted the date noted in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to permit the opening of local school athletics seasons -Monday, September 21 -- and as that date approaches, the Section VIII Board’s decision to postpone the Fall 2020 season will be reassessed.

“Knowing how important athletics are to all our students and communities, an alternative plan to play all three seasons of athletics in a truncated schedule was proposed and supported. However, we remain open to continual guidance

Garden City High School athletes joined with other Nassau County athletes this week to rally in support of allowing high school sports to restart for the fall season. See page 52 Drone photo by Chris Caporicci

Back to school

Garden City Public Schools will open this week in the strangest year in anyone’s memory. Students in the youngest grades will attend full time, although spread out throughout the buildings. Older children will attend on alternate days, with online instruction on the other days. And some students will be learning completely remotely.

While the plan cannot satisfy everyone, the reality is that given the parameters of the situation it is probably the best that can be done under the circumstances.

In our view it would not be morally acceptable to fully open schools with no restrictions as some states have done. In those states the infection rate started soaring. Those aren’t just numbers -

each of those infected is a person who may be maimed or die from the virus.

On the other hand, many feel that children need to be in school for their social and emotional wellbeing. This plan gives each “side” some of what they want. Kudos to the large group of people who developed it.

Who knows what the rest of this year will look like? In the event that the virus comes roaring back to the New York area, it’s likely that schools and businesses will have to shut down again.

The best way to ensure that children can continue to go to school is for everyone to continue to take the precautions that have gotten us where we are today - masks and social distancing.

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Response to Trustee Daughney

To the Editor:

I want to respond to Trustee Brian Daughney’s statement about the Garden City Casino. My wife and I are Village residents since 1985. We have been Casino members since 2003. I have been an active volunteer, serving as the Club President for two separate terms, and also as its Vice President over a twelve-year-period.

We chose to join the Casino precisely because of the sense of community and camaraderie that exists among the Club members, and its unique setting in our Village, as opposed to joining one of the Country Clubs. In my judgment, the Casino truly represents the spirit of how the Stewart family (by way of the Garden City Company) would have envisioned the use of the facility and its surrounding grounds. This is borne out by the many thousands of Village residents, who have enjoyed being Club

members over the years.

The Village Government and the Casino Board have cooperated and collaborated for 100 years on the many license agreement renewals. This combined effort reflected the understanding and commitment to maintain the existence of the Casino. This was the case until the last 2-3 years, when the Village Government suddenly decided to stop talking to us about another multi-year license renewal. Now, apparently, they are considering other options, including an RFP for non-residents, to possibly run the Casino facility.

Why?

All of the arguments that Mr. Daughney tries to articulate in his statement are superficial compared to the real reason why the Casino’s long-standing place in the Village has, suddenly, taken on new interest by the Board of Trustees. The Village Government

Black and white, up close and personal

BY THOMAS VINCIGUERRA

For the first half of July, as debate still raged about the racially charged deaths of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks, and arguments about Confederate statues bellowed on as reliable cable news fodder, I shared a rehab ward 24 hours a day with a Black man. I am white. I hadn’t wanted a roommate, but Michael was my second. For much of my 69-day convalescence (for a drop foot and a gall bladder infection; don’t ask me to explain) I’d been cooped up with 78-year-old George. He was virtually incomprehensible, woke me with his cries in the wee hours and kept his noisy oxygen machine going constantly. When the administrators split us up, I

reveled in the possibility of solitary confinement. But it was not to be; Michael would be George’s replacement. “He’s a nice guy,” the liaison told me. They wheeled Michael in the next day. I was amused to see his amazing resemblance to the late, powerful actor Roscoe Lee Browne, who guest starred in a curiously appropriate episode of “All in the Family”.

In “Archie in the Hospital” (1973), Carroll O’Connor finds himself next to one Jean Duval (Browne) in a shared room. But Archie doesn’t know Jean is Black because a broken partition divides them. Blind to his charming neighbor’s color, America’s favorite prime-time bigot strikes up a friend-

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Local printing business pivots with the pandemic

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Local commercial printers Unicorn Graphics located at 971 Stewart Avenue have weathered the storm through the COVID-19 pandemic, and during this ‘back-to-business’ phase for many industries their product line has evolved with the times. They now  offer an array of PPE, facemasks, barriers and safety items, physical distancing “floor discs” and notification posters to advise customers and advertising to-go to help businesses connect and engage with their clientele.

Unicorn Graphics began operations in Astoria in 1986 before transitioning to a facility in College Point and then to its current Stewart Avenue location in 2007. The business is a new member of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, joining just before the brunt of the pandemic’s impact this early spring .

“We started by importing pre-printed calendars from Korea to the U.S. and then with smaller printing presses we would add advertisements onto those calendar products. After time we invested in new machines and developed the company into a commercial printer. We started in the Astoria and College Point locations before finding 30,000 square-feet of space adjacent to Garden City and many more machines than we started off with, plus a wider range of products and clients than we originally had,” Unicorn Graphics’ General Manager and VP Jason Lee explained.

Jason’s father was the original owner of Unicorn Graphics before his dad retired, and his uncle works as the company’s president. On the sales side, Garden City’s own J. Randolph Colahan brings 46 years of print industry experience, his extensive professional network and established clients “into the fold” for Unicorn Graphics since taking a role as executive vice president with the company a year ago.

To neighbors, municipal staff and local elected officials, Colahan is a civicminded, well-recognized community volunteer in the Village of Garden City. He has served on the Garden City Public Library’s Board of Trustees since 2002 and has been chairman of the GCPL Board for the past 15 years. Colahan also has served as president of the Estates’ Property Owners’ Association, president of Garden City Centennial Soccer Club and a director for the local Kiwanis club, as well as volunteering with the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and as a member of the original Turkey Trot Race Committee.

Colahan has spent the bulk of his 46 years in the business with his firm, Colahan-Saunders Corporation, as chairman and co-CEO and in various sales and management positions, followed by a dozen years with FLM Graphics as its executive vice president, director of Corporate Accounts and in sales and account management. FLM Graphics was acquired by Phase 3 in 2018, and for one year prior to joining Unicorn Graphics he was Phase 3’s director for national and strategic accounts.

Jason Lee pursued a similar educational path to Colahan. Colahan earned

Jason Lee, VP and general manager of Unicorn Graphics at 971 Stewart Avenue. The business is a new member of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce.

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Remembrance Ceremony

Chief Thomas Strysko and the Officers and Members of the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department would like to invite all Village residents to join the Department for its annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Village 9/11 Memorial located at the Village Green and Gazebo at the corner of Hilton and Stewart Avenues. The remembrance service will be held Friday, September 11, 2020 at 7:00 PM. Anyone that wishes to attend the cer-

emony must wear a face covering and maintain six feet distancing. For those that do not wish to attend in person, they can view the ceremony live on the Garden City Fire Department Facebook page. The service pays tribute to the 23 Garden City residents that perished during the attack on the World Trade Center, the 343 members of the FDNY, 23 members of the NYPD and 37 members of the PAPD killed, as well as those who have died of 9/11-related illnesses.

Highest academic average award

Congratulations to James Nagler, who received the Carol H. Smith Award for the highest academic average out of 293 students in the eighthgrade graduating class at the Garden City Middle School this past June.  He was presented with the award at his home by his guidance counselor, Mrs. Weiner, along with Dr. Nezowitz, Dr. Fasano, Mrs. Shea and Mrs. Madden.

In addition to successfully completing AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A on his own during his middle school years, James collaborated with Dr. Sinha, the superintendent of schools, Dr. Melikian, the director of technology, and Dr. Fasano, the middle school assistant principal, to help design, set up and implement the Garden City Middle School’s new maker space.  Furthermore, James devised and coded the sign-up app used by the teachers and librarian for use in the maker space.  He was acknowledged for his efforts by Congresswoman Kathleen Rice in the Congressional App Challenge earlier this year.  During the recent school year, James volunteered to teach beginning coding classes to various seventh grade students during their home base period in the maker space. This summer, James has been a student mentor with the KidOYO program, teaching iOS app development to coding students.

For the upcoming school year, James is planning to take additional advanced computer science college classes and is looking forward to the Project Lead the Way program at the Garden City High School.  He would like to thank his middle school teach -

ers and administrators for their continued support and encouragement.

Two years ago, his sister Emma Nagler also won the highest academic average award for the eighth grade and is currently a member of the Garden City High School Class of 2022.

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The Race is Set

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

\Now that the Republican National Convention is behind us, the 2020 Presidential race is set for the stretch drive between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.

It is not the most important a measuring stick, but the Republican convention certainly was far better produced than its Democratic counterpart. Rather than grainy video conference snippets, the GOP has an attractive stage in where a very diverse parade of live speakers held forth on a variety of topics, all in support of President Trump. President Trump made appearances on each night of the convention.   The GOP put the climactic moments of the convention, the acceptance speeches by Vice President Mike Pence and Mr. Trump, in front of limited live audiences at two attractive locations, Ft. McHenry, the place that inspired the Star Spangled Banner, and the White House. The speeches were made outdoors before a limited live audience, and Mr. Trump's address was followed by spectacular fireworks. There was controversy relating to the use of federal facilities for a political events, but the overall show was certainly visually impressive.

Of course, the biggest challenge that the Republicans faced in their convention was confronting the response to the coronavirus by President Trump and the federal government, which has generally received low ratings in opinion polls. The GOP approach was to acknowledge the crisis, while putting the administration’s best foot forward. President Trump’s decision to ban most travel from China, initially criticized by Joe Biden, was played up, as was Mr. Trump’s responses to requests by governors for more equipment to fighting the virus.

But the distinct undercurrent of the convention was to play down the virus while still taking it seriously. You didn’t see many masks during the convention, most of the presentations were live rather than by Zoom and the amount of time spent on the virus was relatively small compared to other issues. This was in sharp contrast to the Democratic conven-

tion, where the death and destruction of COVID-19 under President Trump was probably the single largest theme. What the Republicans seemed to say was that President Trump pretty much did as well as he could with the virus, but that other challenges in the future, after the virus has receded, are more important.

Instead of the virus, the Republicans focused on the economy, asserting that Mr. Trump’s had built a recordsetting economy, in particular for minority workers, before the virus erupted, and that the President was the better choice in rebuilding the economy.

The GOP convention also spent considerable time on cultural issues. There was a strong law and order message, both focusing on violence that has broken out during recent demonstrations gone out of control as well as on a general uptick in lawlessness in a number of big cities. This was a topic that was not mentioned at the Democratic convention and will likely resonate with a good chunk of the electorate.

In addition, the convention had an upbeat, patriotic theme which it tried to associate with President Trump. The speakers, in many instances people of color, offered numerous success stories and testaments to what has been called the American dream. There was a strong rejection of the concept that America is a badly flawed, systemically racist nation. President Trump himself echoed that theme is his good but overlong acceptance speech, asking how Democrats could lead a country they want to tear down

While Republican speakers were not shy about criticizing Joe Biden, one thing we did not see in the convention was a focus on Mr. Biden’s alleged lack of mental acuity. Maybe this topic did not poll well, maybe it was viewed as setting too low a bar for Mr. Biden or maybe there was a feeling that it really wasn’t a sustainable position.

In any event, the GOP ran an effective convention, and may have achieved a little bump. It certainly sets the stage for an extremely hard fought campaign.

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Children’s book author addresses worldwide plight of refugees & asylum seekers

On Monday, September 14, the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club will host as guest speaker, Bill Kiley, firsttime author of a children’s picture book that addresses the plight of refugees and asylum seekers throughout the world.

The book, “Hope and Freckels: Fleeing to a Better Forest,” tells the story of such a plight through the eyes and efforts of a mother deer and her fawn who face hunger and danger in their forest. They leave their home and search for a better place where they will be safe.

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Bill has been a presenter and conducted training throughout the United States, Canada and in Dubai (UAE). Additionally, Bill Kiley is the Past President of the New York State and Eastern Canada Chapter of the F.B.I. National Academy Associates.

The recipient of numerous awards and recognitions throughout his various professional careers, Bill Kiley has also presented at various Rotary Clubs throughout the region. It is expected at this writing that Bill Kiley’s presentation will be virtual through Zoom. To be included and to receive the link, please email Club President Diane Marmann at Diane.marmann@gmail.com.

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Former Garden City resident publishes first novel

BY GARY SIMEONE

Former Garden City resident Grace Sammon has published her first novel, “The Eves.”

“The story revolves around a woman who is emotionally broken almost beyond repair,” said Sammon, who graduated from Garden City High School in 1971 and currently resides in Florida. “She has no relationship with her mother or her daughter, lacks ambition, has let herself go, and in order to deal with her pain, she has turned to drinking.”

The main character is a woman named Jessica Barnet, who ends up finding solace with a group of older women at a sustainable farm community in Maryland. The farm is known as The Grange and it is run by an African American doctor.

“I think this book captures the conversations we wish we had with our parents if we had taken the opportunity and the lessons we would want to impart to our children if they were ready to listen,” said Sammon.

She describes the character Jessica as a psychologically complex person who served as a primary witness in

a messy trial, has a partially finished doctoral degree and lives in a row house in Washington DC that is badly in need of repair.

“She has let go of her ambitions and her appearance but not her vodka or her sense of loss and guilt,” said Sammon. “When she meets and gets involved with these diverse and sometimes ditzy older women living in this sustainable community everything changes for her.”

Sammon said that a former Garden City school teacher, Inez Spiers, was a big early influence on her writing career.

“She was head of the drama program at the high school,” said Sammon. “Before that, I was involved with the theatre program at St. Anne’s and my dad was a television director in Manhattan.”

Sammon graduated from Catholic University in Washington DC and earned dual degrees in psychology and drama.

After college, she worked in the education field for thirty years and ran a nonprofit educational consulting firm.

“A lot of my work involved improving and reforming high schools in low income communities. I traveled to many cities, including Detroit, Houston, Baltimore and to tribal lands in this country, developing plans to improve the school systems.”

In her time as an educator, she wrote three books on the subject, including “Creating and Sustaining Small Learning Communities,” “Strategies and Tools for Transforming High Schools” and “Battling the Hamster Wheel: Strategies for Making High School Reform Work.”

She retired from her position eight years ago and started formulating ideas to write her novel.

“I really thought about and developed the characters for the book a few years ago and then put the pen to paper. There are some unique characters that Jessica meets in her journey, including a black lesbian couple, a Latinx woman and her daughter and this doctor who runs the farm.”

“The Eves” is available for purchase on Amazon and Barnes & Noble or on her website at www.gracesammon.net

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Village Hall and the administrative offices are open for in-person inquiries and business, and all full-time staff has returned to the on-site workplace. Office hours are between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Visitors are required to wear a face covering, maintain social distancing of six feet and sign in to a Visitor’s Log outside of the office they are visiting. Furthermore, while multiple people can enter Village Hall, only one person will be admitted into each office space at a time and are asked to abide by employee instructions. Please don’t forget to wear a mask and to practice social distancing.

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9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

Non-resident Parking Permits

The Non-Resident Parking Permit application process will be done via a Lottery this year. If you are interested in purchasing a permit, please mail or bring the following items to Garden City Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue, no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 18, 2020:

• Completed, signed NonResident Railroad Parking Application (Click here) (The requested Railroad Station - Stewart Manor or Nassau Blvd - must be selected.)

• Check in the amount of $500 made payable to the Inc. Village of Garden City

• Copy of valid vehicle registration for the car to be used in the parking lot

As in past years, please note there is a limit of two applications per household. All winners will be notified on September 21, 2020. Parking permits are effective for the period 10/1/2020 – 9/30/2021. Please call 465-4166 if you have any questions.

Sanitation collection: Labor Day

Residents are reminded that there will be no garbage pickup on Monday, September 7, 2020. The Holiday Week Collection Schedule will be as follows:

Western half of the Village (west of Rockaway Ave.): Garbage - Tuesday and Friday; Rubbish Thursday, September 10th

Eastern half of the Village (east of Rockaway Ave.): GarbageWednesday and Saturday; Rubbish Thursday, September 10th

Residents scheduled for recycling on Monday, September 7th,

Chief Thomas Strysko and the Officers and Members of the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department would like to invite all Village residents to join the Department for its annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Village 9/11 Memorial located at the Village Green and Gazebo at the corner of Hilton and Stewart Avenues. The remembrance service will be held Friday, September 11, 2020 at 7:00 PM. Anyone that wishes to attend the ceremony must wear a face covering and maintain six feet distancing. For those that do not wish to attend in person, they can view the ceremony live on the Garden City Fire Department Facebook page. The service pays tribute to the 23 Garden City residents that perished during the attack on the World Trade Center, the 343 members of the FDNY, 23 members of the NYPD and 37 members of the PAPD killed, as well as those who have died of 9/11-related illnesses.

Merillon Ave. Station enhacement

Throughout September, crews will construct a temporary platform alongside the new permanent platform on the south side of the tracks. This temporary platform will assist passengers getting on to and off of trains, and will exist until the third track is complete and functioning along the corridor.

Permanent platforms on the northeast side of the station will open in late September. Following the opening of these permanent platforms, crews will demolish the temporary platforms on the northwestern end of the station. ADA compliant elevators, ramps, stairs and walkway construction will continue to progress on the south side of the tracks.

Please board and exit all trains (westbound and eastbound) from the first six (6) cars at Merillon Avenue station and continue to utilize the temporary crosswalks along Main Avenue. Some parking spots will remain unavailable at Merillon Avenue; replacement parking is provided north of Merillon Avenue sta-

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Mayor Theresa Trouvé

Car hits home

On August 26th

a vehicle was traveling eastbound on Garden Street when the 59-year-old driv er suffered an appar ent medical episode, causing the vehicle to strike and damage the front stoop and porch of a home. The driver and his 46-yearold passenger were trans ported to Winthrop Hospital for treatment. The resident and pets in the residence were not injured.

Suspended license:

On August 26th a 26-year-old male was arrested on Meadow Street for allegedly driving with nine license suspensions and an improper license plate.

Truck hits portico:

A delivery truck struck and damaged the portico at the Garden City Country Club on August 26th. The 20-year-operator was not injured.

Rooftop trespassing:

On August 26th detectives cited four 15-year-old youths for trespassing on the roof of the Stratford School storage facility.

Mutual aid call:

On August 27th GC Firefighters assisted the Mineola Fire Department with a serious building fire on Jericho Turnpike.

DWI arrest:

Garden City Police arrested a 35 year-old woman on August 27th at 1:50 a.m. for alleged DWI and driving without the vehicle’s headlights activated.

Wallet taken:

A wallet was reported stolen from a vehicle parked on Meadow Street on August 27th.

Vehicle damaged:

A vehicle was reported to have been scratched on its passenger side on Garfield Street on August 27th.

DWI arrest:

A 32 year-old man was stopped for speeding and arrested for DWI on Franklin Avenue on August 27th.

Outstanding warrant:

As a result of an investigation police arrested a 24-year-old man for outstanding Nassau County warrants for Criminal Contempt, Bail Jumping and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation on Franklin Avenue on August 28th

Suspended license

A 28-year-old motorist was charged with passing a Stop sign on Meadow Street and driving with a suspended license on August 28th

Bank fraud:

On August 29th

a resident reported two fraudulent transactions were made against her bank account for a total loss of $30,000.

Disorderly activity:

Upon investigation of reports of disorderly activity at 10:45 P.M., five youths were cited for trespassing on the grounds of the High School on August 29th.

Vehicles entered:

Two vehicles on Brook Street were rummaged through with no loss reported on August 29th.

Sleep driving:

Garden City Police arrested a motorist who was found sleeping in a vehicle stopped in the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Old Country Road. Police say the driver’s foot was on the brake pedal and the transmission was in drive. The officer was able to carefully wake the driver and have the vehicle placed in the park position. The driver, a 20-year-old male, was arrested for DWI, possession of marijuana, unlicensed operation and uninsured operation.

Identity theft:

On August 31st a resident reported her identity was stolen and used to open an unauthorized $100,000 loan.

Leaving the scene

On August 31st police arrested a 33 year old man for allegedly leaving the scene of an accident which took place on Rockaway Avenue on August 25th.

CVS theft:

Officers arrested a 52-year-old male for the alleged theft of several packages of candy from CVS on September 1st.

Revoked registration:

On September 1st a 51-year-old motorist was charged with driving with a revoked registration on Franklin Avenue.

Leaf blower theft:

On September 1st Garden City Detectives arrested a 55-year-old male for the theft of a leaf blower from a landscaper’s trailer parked on Brook Street.

For John Elliott, sailing is living. He’s been on the water for most of his 90-plus years. In all three theaters during World War 2, as a merchant seaman, and for the last 70 years sailing out of the Rockaway Point Yacht Club.

But recently John was so fatigued and short of breath, he could only walk a few steps. His aortic valve was failing. His daughter, a nurse, told John about a valve replacement procedure called TAVR. She took him to NYU Winthrop Hospital, part of NYU Langone Health. With some of the country’s highest quality TAVR programs on Long Island and in Manhattan, NYU Langone Health is a leader in this procedure. They replaced John’s valve through an artery in his leg. In no time at all, he was back to sailing off Breezy Point.

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Free Zoom Talk: When Science Can’t Speak

Acts of civil disobedience in the name of public health, from cholera to the climate crisis

The active refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws or commands of a government is both a deeply personal act of individual conscience and a powerful political tactic. Dr. Sandra Steingraber, who is speaking via Zoom on September 23 at 7 p.m., is an

internationally acclaimed environmental scientist and author whose beliefs have led her to acts of civil disobedience and jail.  Sierra magazine hailed her as the “New Rachel Carson” and Physicians for Social Responsibility presented her with their Environmental Health Champion Award. She received the American Ethical Union’s Elliot-Black Award for protecting our planet and information others on how to get active.

In her well-received book,  “Living Downstream,” which brought together data from U.S. cancer registries with data from the Toxics Release Inventory, she wrote, “From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.” The book was later made into a documentary film.

“We are all members of a great human orchestra,” says Dr. Steingraber, “and it is now time to play the Save the World Symphony. You do not have to play a solo, but you do have to know what instrument you hold and find your place in the score.”

This free event is presented by the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island. To join the meeting: https://us02web. zoom.us/j/86205973720

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PhotograPhy history

Hey, remember when trees used to stay up?! The above photo was taken by me last month after our most recent tropical storm. The location is Stewart Avenue and Westbury Road. Once again, as with Sandy eight years ago, this has become an all too familiar sight in our Village.

One of the key reasons, that is not really being reported, is the age of the trees. So much of the suburbs were laid out in the middle of the 20th century. The trees planted then are now 60-80 years old and many have had their roots cut when curbs, sidewalks and streets have been repaired over the years. Also, many of the trees that have come down are oaks which are towering trees that are “top heavy” and do not have massive roots that hold them in place. The result is seen above.

Interestingly, tropical storms/hurricanes are normal this time of year. Beginning in the 1950’s they were given names (I think for insurance reasons so damage could be linked to given storms). In the beginning, all the names were female as these storms are notoriously unpredictable. Eventually, that was deemed “wildly sexist” so they now alternate male and female names. Then someone realized there was not enough “diversity” in the names so the most recent tropical storm to hit us had a name no one seemed able to pronounce. What would we do without “political correctness”?

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GCPD: Larceny from vehicles still a problem

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Larceny from vehicles remains an ongoing issue throughout Nassau County. These thefts usually occur during the overnight hours in residential areas, and in most cases, the targeted vehicles are left unlocked. In some of these incidents, the vehicle was stolen because a key or fob was left inside.

The Garden City Police Department is working closely with the Nassau County Police Department and other local Departments in addressing these crimes by sharing intelligence and investigative results to assist in the identification of possible suspects and patterns. These efforts have resulted in the arrest of several subjects.

Recently the Nassau County PD published the following safeguards for all residents:

• Always lock your vehicle, even when it is parked in your driveway or garage.

• Always take your keys or fob with you.

• Never leave or hide a smart key, valet key, or spare key in your vehicle.

• Never leave your car running, while unattended or unlocked.

• If possible, park your vehicle in a locked garage.

• Park in well-lit areas.

• Keep the exterior of homes and driveways well illuminated.

• Close all your vehicle windows completely when parked.

• Consider installing a GPS system, a visible anti-theft device or an audible alarm.

• Never leave valuable personal property in your vehicle.

• Also, secure your garage door opener to prevent access to your home.

The Garden City Police Department reminds everyone that thefts involving unoccupied vehicles are often just crimes of opportunity. When simple precautions are taken to reduce that opportunity, the likelihood of someone entering your vehicle is drastically reduced. In addition, alert residents are often instrumental in the apprehension of criminals, particularly subjects who commit larcenies involving vehicles. Residents are encouraged to promptly call 911 and report suspicious activities, persons, noises or vehicles, including license plate numbers, to the Police Department. In addition, residents and property owners who have video surveillance footage of a crime on their property, or a neighbor’s property, are encouraged to contact the Detective Division at 465-4108.

Historical Society to host lecture at Westbury Gardens

Fall in the garden means mellow days and cooler nights.  The perfect time to evaluate, and plan for the coming year.   Maura Brush, director of horticulture at Old Westbury Gardens, will give a lecture on the fall gardens at OWG, and offer ideas for your garden at a private, socially distanced event and reception on Wednesday, September 23, hosted by The Garden City Historical Society.

Attendees will be welcomed with iced teas and sweet nibbles, at 10:30 am.  Following Ms. Brush’s talk, the grounds will be open to picnic, or have lunch at The Café in the Woods, explore and be inspired.

Tickets, which are limited, are $50 and must be purchased in advance, either at The Garden City Historical Society’s AT Stewart Exchange kiosk, at 109 11th Street, or through Eventbrite:  gardenseries.eventbrite. com.

This is the first in a series of historic garden events The Historical Society is planning.

“A garden is never finished”, says Maura Brush. “There is always something to be planted, pruned, or weeded and it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day tasks. But, always, there is a larger goal here and that is to make each visitor to our gardens feel as if they are guests of Margarita and Jay Phipps.”

Old Westbury Gardens is Carnegie steel heir J.S. Phipps’ former estate. The Westbury House mansion is on 200 preserved acres, including beautiful formal gardens in bloom, Peggie Phipps’ childhood playhouse cottage and sprawling open space landscapes.

The Garden City Historical Society is a 501c3 non-profit. The Society raises funds to help defray the maintenance and operating costs for the Society’s A.T. Stewart-era Museum building (c.1872), as well as to support the Society’s capital campaign to restore the exterior of the Society’s building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The A.T. Stewart Exchange Consignment Shop

Masks of different designs are available for children and adults.

Shop, Shop, Shop

to put out some of our fall merchandise. For the little ones going back to school, we have masks. By the way, you could also use them for trick or treating at Halloween! Be on the look-out for Halloween merchandise too.

We continue to limit the number of customers in the shop at a given time, and practice sanitizing and distancing protocols to keep you – and us -- safe. Remember: wear your mask and we’ll wear ours. If you don’t feel comfortable coming in, be sure to shop online! Check out The Garden City Historical Society website: tgchs.org. When you visit the page, look under The Exchange drop-down page. Most of the website merchandise can be purchased online (through Paypal). There’s a link to our online store (dog with a shopping cart) so that you can do so and pick up in store. Or, you can choose the more direct route and go directly to our online store at: stores.myresaleweb. com/at-stewart-exchange.

housed in TGCHS Museum on 109 Eleventh Street (in the basement of the building). We take jewelry, lamps, mirrors, crystal, pocketbooks, china, furniture, silver, paintings, and collectibles. Unsure if your items are appropriate to consign? Email photos (include sizing info) to store@atstewartexchange. org.  We are now accepting consignments Wednesday through Friday, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (20-minute intervals), by appointment ONLY.

All the profits from the Consignment Shop support the maintenance and upkeep of The Garden City Historical Society (TGCHS) Museum. Work on the outside of the Museum has resumed, so don’t be deterred by the crane on the property. Your determination will be rewarded!

The shop is located at 109 Eleventh Street.

Shop Hours: Tues–Fri: 10:00 –4:00 p.m.; Wednesdays ‘til 6:00 p.m.; Saturdays: Noon – 4:00 p.m.

We’re gearing up early and starting

Calling all shoppers! We have a surprise for you. Wednesdays (ONLY) extended shopping hours until 6:00pm, beginning after Labor Day (Sept. 9th)! This is especially great for those of you who work and can’t always get in before 4:00 p.m. Don’t be put off by the dim outside lighting (we’re working on that issue). Oh! And we’ll be open on Saturdays again!

For those unfamiliar with the Exchange Consignment Shop, we are

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Long Island’s American Airpower Museum is Living Legacy to Military Aviation

BY KAREN RUBIN

The American Airpower Museum (AAM), Long Island’s only flying military aviation museum, is hosting a day of precision flying by vintage military aircraft on Labor Day weekend, Saturday, September 5, 2020. Flights of iconic aircraft will commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII (September 2, 1945) and honor two WWII Veterans.

WWII and other vintage aircraft will perform flyovers over Republic Airport with narration by Lawrence Starr, AAM Manager: Grumman TBM Avenger (torpedo bomber), two North American T-6 Texans, the AT28D5 Nomad Vietnam War Fighter, WACO Biplane and as added attractions, two cold war era L-39 Russian jet fighters. In addition, AAM’s B-25 Mitchell Bomber will be on the tarmac and fire up its mighty engines. Plus there will be tours of AAM’s A-10 Warthog Fighter Jet.

Between flights, you can get up close with the museum’s fleet of WWII aircraft, jet fighters and exhibits.

What makes Long Island’s American Airpower Museum, located at historic Republic Airport in Farmingdale, so different from other aviation museums is that this is so much more than a static display of vintage aircraft. This is living history – just about every day you visit, you can see historic aircraft fly – you can even purchase a seat.

Long Island’s only flying military aviation museum, which is celebrat-

The Grumman TBM Avenger, with Jeff Clyburn’s name and the stencils of Japanese ships “killed” by its torpedoes on the side, and President George H.W. Bush’s autograph, takes flight with a passenger from the American Airpower Museum © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

ing its 20th anniversary this year, reopened after its COVID-19 hiatus, with new health protocols and precautions.

Its impressive collection was started by Jeffrey Clyman, president of the museum and the foundation.

The Grumman TBM Avenger is the same plane model flown by President George H.W. Bush in WWII in which he was shot down (the other two crew members did not survive); you can see where Bush autographed this plane. Known as the “ship killer,” so many Japanese ships were destroyed by the torpedoes it carried, that upon seeing it coming, crew would jump off, the museum’s publicist, Bob Salant, tells me.

You can actually buy a seat for a flight in the WACO UPF-7 biplane (the initials stand for Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio) and a North American AT-6 Texan, which give you the unparalleled experience of flying with an open cockpit. You can also buy a seat in a D-Day reenactment flying aboard the WWII Veteran Douglas C-47 Gooney Bird, which carried parachutists –you wear an appropriate uniform, there is the radio speech of President Eisenhower sending the troops into this fateful battle, and while you don’t actually parachute, at the end, you are given a card that says whether you lived or died.

Among the planes on exhib-

it that played an important role in history is the “Mis-Hap” – a North American B25 Mitchell bomber that few in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. It was General Hap Arnold’s personal plane (subsequent owners included Howard Hughes).

Another is the Macon Belle, on view in a fascinating exhibit that pays homage to the Tuskegee Airmen, one of whom, William Johnson is a Glen Cove resident. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII. They flew more than 15,000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa, earning more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses. (Nassau County recently renamed a stretch of road outside the Cradle of Aviation Museum for Tuskagee Airman Lt. William M. Wheeler of Hempstead, who passed away in 2011.)

Certain interactive exhibits have been closed, but you can still climb stairs to see inside cockpits, and walk through the Douglas C-47B. Built in 1935 and in service since 1936, the DC3 started as one of the first commercial civilian airliners. It was best known for being used in the Berlin Airlift, dropping food, clothing and medical supplies to Berliners suffering under the Soviet occupation. This C47 was one of the few flyable C47s with a paratrooper configuration, and dropped troops for the D-Day invasion. The plane is dubbed “Second Chance” possibly because after World War II, it was sold to the

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State of Israel and saw more than 30 years in the Israeli military (very possibly flew in the 1967 war). Today, the C-47B is used in D-Day reenactments.

There are several excellent exhibits, including one showcasing the WASPs – the Women Airforce Service Pilots who flew the planes to their missions. Another focuses on women war correspondents, among them, Martha Gellhorn, considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century (she was also the third wife of novelist Ernest Hemingway).

There are also several fighter jets on loan from the USAF Museum, including

a Republic F-84 Thunderjet; Republic RT-84 Thunderstreak, Republic RF-084 Thunderflash, Republic F105 Thunderchief, and General Dynamics F-111.

Clyman, who started his museum in New Jersey, moved it to Farmingdale, Long Island, the “cradle of aviation,” where many of these planes were built, and where the people who built them, maintained them and flew them, still lived. Many of the docents as well as the pilots are former Republic workers and veterans.

“Some 65 years ago, the current home of the American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport was a crucial part of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’. Home to

Republic Aviation, the complex produced over 9,000 P-47 Thunderbolts in Farmingdale,” the museum’s website explains.

The museum, a 501 (C3) Nonprofit Educational Foundation, is open yearround, rain or shine.

Admission for adults is $13, seniors and veterans $10 and children $8.

Due to the need for social distancing, admission is limited to first come/first served and a maximum attendance of 150 persons will be allowed on the outdoor ramp area. Visitors are required to wear face masks and have temperatures digitally taken at the entrance.

The American Airpower Museum, Hangar 3, 1230 New Highway,

Farmingdale, NY 11735, 631-293-6398, info@americanairpowermuseum.org , www.americanairpowermuseum.com

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BY CHARLYN FARGO

Every so often, we need a checkup. When you visit the doctor for almost any appointment, it’s common to answer some questions about your health. They can range from the medications you’re taking to whether or not you’re feeling sad or depressed.

As fall approaches, it’s a good time to have a healthy eating checkup. There are two questions that can help assess how you’re doing.

No. 1: How often do you eat five or more serving of fruits and vegetables a day?

No. 2: How often do you consume sugary foods and drinks?

It seems too simple that healthy eating can be assessed with those two questions. But they tell a lot about where you’re at on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s MyPlate and Food Guide Pyramid. That’s because if your daily plate is filled with cookies and soda, it often

means you aren’t consuming more nutrient-dense foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and water or milk. And on the flip side, if you’re consistently eating five servings of fruits and vegetables every day, you aren’t hungry for other empty-calorie foods.

Many of us plan our meals beginning with the meat or protein. Try instead planning around a salad, vegetable or fruit. MyPlate recommends that half your plate is filled with fruits and vegetables. Five a day means at least two meals need a fruit and vegetable, or you can have a fruit or vegetable for a snack. Fruit can offer a great ending to a meal as well, to replace that sugary dessert.

Why focus on fruits and vegetables? They, along with whole grains, contain many of the nutrients your body needs.

When it comes to sugary foods, think about having a glass of water before you reach for a soda or energy drink (yep, most of them have sugar). Try a baked apple or grilled peach for dessert instead of a cookie or cupcake.

You’ll be surprised at how you can turn unhealthy eating into healthy eating with just these two goals.

Q and A

Q: What are some of the benefits of vitamin C, and what foods are good sources?

A: Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin and is considered essential -- meaning we have to consume it through foods or supplements because our body doesn’t make it on its own. Vitamin C plays vital roles in the maintenance of skin health and producing collagen. It’s also needed

for the production of certain neurotransmitters and is involved in protein metabolism. It assists in wound healing and is an important antioxidant, which is thought to help prevent certain cancers. The recommended dietary allowance for vitamin C is 75 milligrams a day for women and 90 milligrams per day for men over 19. Good sources are citrus fruits, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, kiwi, broccoli, strawberries and fortified foods.

RECIPE

I just made this wonderful salad for my family. It’s a great way to add a few more vegetables -- and a boost of vitamin C from the lime juice -- to your diet. By roasting the sweet potatoes, you bring out the flavor.

By Charles Preston

ROASTED SWEET POTATO AND BLACK BEAN SALAD

1 pound sweet potatoes

1 small red onion

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1/4 teaspoon salt

Juice and zest from 1 lime

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

1 cup cooked black beans, drained and rinsed if using canned 1/2 cup cilantro

1/4 cup pepitas

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Peel sweet potatoes. Cut them into 1/4-inch cubes, and place on a sheet tray. Chop onion into 1/4-inch pieces, and add to the tray. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil on top, and add 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Toss until sweet potatoes are well coated. Spread into a single layer, and roast

until sweet potatoes are tender and starting to brown, 35 to 40 minutes. While the sweet potatoes are roasting, combine remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a jar with the lime juice, 1 teaspoon lime zest, minced garlic and chili powder. Shake well. When the sweet potatoes are done, transfer to a bowl. Add in the black beans, pepitas and cilantro. Drizzle with the dressing, and toss until salad is combined. Serves 4.

Per serving: 303 calories; 8.5 grams protein; 37.8 grams carbohydrates; 14.5 grams fat; 5.9 grams total sugars; 8.6 grams fiber; 220.7 milligrams sodium.

Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian with SIU Med School in Springfield, Illinois. For comments or questions, contact her at charfarg@aol.com or follow her on Twitter @NutritionRD.

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BY CLAIRE LYNCH

My friend, Chrissy, and I took a drive to her family’s cabin in Callicoon, N.Y., last year and it reminded both of us of so many trips we’d taken there over the past 25 years. I caught up with Chrissy at her home in Lynbrook then we hopped in the car, drove west and headed on the main roads for Port Jervis, N.Y.

Two hours later we arrived in Port Jervis and headed straight for the Tri-States Rock - a scenic overlook where you can see all three states, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I never get tired of seeing that view and the clearer the day, the farther you can see. The scenery is great because for river lovers, the Delaware River is right there.

We drove another hour to Callicoon and pulled up the small road to Chrissy’s family cabin. The cabin is a very small house whose back yard is the Delaware River. It’s been in her family for 80 years. Her grandfather bought it in 1940 when it was a very basic cabin - there was no heat except for a large fireplace in the kitchen, no air conditioning or dishwasher - because it was used by its Long Island owner as a fishing, canoeing and hunting getaway and for summer vacation for the kids.

Her family modernized the cabin years ago and it’s much more comfortable when people are using it for weekend visits or for two or three weeks at a time. Chrissy and I went to Callicoon last year for four days and it was just as I remembered previous visits.

After swimming in the Delaware River we’d take some day trips seeing the sights and collecting fresh fruits and vegetables for meals. The vegetables were perfect for grilling on the barbecue - the fresh air and the smell of onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, green and red bell peppers, and corn on the cob being cooked for dinner along with a steak or some pieces of chicken and potatoes gave me an appetite. Sometimes we got lucky and

found some zucchini or eggplant that we could grill as well.

Over breakfast we’d check out the local newspaper looking for garage sales and flea markets then set out on our little day trips. Chrissy and I would drive along Route 97 and take the back roads to see if any garage sales were going on. It’s a pretty drive because Route 97 follows the Delaware River as it twists and turns through Sullivan County. We stopped in small towns and hamlets like Cochecton, Narrowsburg and Barryville.

We drove south to Pond Eddy then back up to Handsome Eddy - the town, not to be confused with a good-looking guy named Eddie - and having spent so much time in that area we knew that an eddy is a circular current of water. Visitors to the area always laugh at that name, Handsome Eddy, but we point out that there’s a Long Eddy, Hale Eddy and Fishs Eddy in upstate New York, too.

We crossed the state line and visited Honesdale, Bethany and Damascus, Pa. We stopped at some quaint shops, saw people doing woodworking in their garages and found a small, well made wooden desk to bring home. We also visited the Wayne County Historical Society Museum in Honesdale and this was right up our alley because Chrissy and I are both history buffs.

The museum is housed in the corporate office of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. which ran the first steam locomotive ever to cross American rails on August 8, 1829. In the museum is a fullsized replica of this locomotive called the Stourbridge Lion along with a rail passenger car from yesteryear. Period costumes and pottery are also featured so we had a great time looking around.

We were going to check out the Sullivan County Historical Society in Hurleyville, N.Y., but that’s closer to Monticello and we were having fun at our home base in Callicoon and hanging around the towns

adjacent to the Delaware River. Located in Sullivan County, Callicoon is 49 square miles and has a population of about 3,200 people year round. That number grows in the summer because it’s cooler than downstate in July and August. People like the break from the high temperatures and humidity.

In Callicoon it’s colder in the winter compared to Long Island so we usually planned our little vacations for the spring, summer and autumn. I can only imagine how pretty the homes are in that area when they decorate at Christmastime. The town was formed in 1842 from the Town of Liberty. The original spelling of the name was “Collikoon.” This name is said to signify “turkey” in Dutch.

In Damascus Township, the eastern township boundary is the Delaware River, which also forms the border with New York State. The Callicoon, Cochecton-Damascus and Skinners Falls-Milanville bridges connect the township with the towns of Delaware and Cochecton in Sullivan County across the river.

I stayed at the cabin with Chrissy and her family on two different occasions so there were seven of us - her parents, Chrissy and her three siblings. Thanks to bunk beds four people slept in the cabin and they set up tents and sleeping bags in the back yard for the rest of us. We had a river view and at midnight we could see the Big Dipper and the North Star aka Polaris. I had never seen stars shining as brightly as when I was in Callicoon.

We smelled some fireplaces burning in the distance and heard the sound of cicadas in the trees nearby. Falling asleep outside was so peaceful there. Once in a while I’d grab my flashlight and shine it on the Delaware River, hoping to catch someone passing by in a canoe or kayak. I knew that was unlikely at midnight or 1 a.m. but still I hoped. In short, that little cabin was in a perfect location!

BY TOM MARGENAU

My inbox has been flooded with emails from retired or soon-to-be retired public employees who don’t even pay into Social Security. They are writing to complain about a law called the Windfall Elimination Provision, or the WEP, that reduces any Social Security benefits they have earned while working at other jobs where Social Security taxes were deducted from their paychecks. They always tell me about bills pending in Congress that are intended to repeal the WEP, and they want me to endorse the legislation in my column. They are surprised to hear back from me with this message: “The WEP is an entirely fair and just law that should never be repealed. And shame on those self-serving members of Congress who introduce such legislation that they know has no chance of passage. They are merely seeking votes from uninformed constituents who happen to be retired public employees.” Before I explain what I am talking about, I must give some background.

When Social Security laws were enacted in the 1930s, Congress felt that they could not force a federal pension plan (Social Security) on state and local governments. So, they gave them the option of joining Social Security or not. Most did. But some did not. And still today, about 10% of all workers, mostly in state and local jobs in the public sector, are not covered by Social Security.

Also, federal government employees were initially not covered by Social Security because they had their own pension system in place before Social Security came along. But all federal employees hired since 1984 pay into Social Security. However, there are still some old feds out there (hired before 1984) who are not in Social Security.

Folks who spend the bulk of their careers in jobs not covered by Social Security are potentially subject to a couple of offsets that impact either their own Social Security benefit (based on Social Security-covered work they did outside of their regular job) or any benefits they might be due from their spouse’s Social Security record. There always has been a great deal of confusion and an awful lot of misinformation about those offsets.

One offset is the aforementioned Windfall Elimination Provision. This is the one that impacts your own Social Security benefit. The other is called the Government Pension Offset, or the GPO, and it reduces any spousal benefits you might be due.

The key to understanding the WEP is to realize that the word “social” in Social Security means something. Unlike private and other public sector pension plans, there are social goals built into the Social Security program. One of those goals is to raise the standard of living of lower-income workers in retirement. This is accomplished through a benefit formula that is designed to give lower-paid workers a better deal than their

YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY

more highly paid counterparts. Very lowpaid workers could get a Social Security benefit that represents up to 90% of their earnings. This percentage is known as a “replacement rate.” People with average incomes (the middle class) generally get a 40% replacement rate. Higher-income people get a rate around 30%.

The problem is that people who spend the bulk of their working lives not paying into Social Security are automatically treated as low-income people by the Social Security Administration’s computers. That’s because there are “zeros” on their Social Security earnings record for every year they spent in their non-Social Security job. The SSA’s records won’t show they were actually working at the other job and earning another pension. Instead, their Social Security earnings record simply shows gaps in their work history. So, when figuring their Social Security retirement benefit, the SSA’s computers automatically use the formula intended to compensate a lower-income person.

But teachers, police officers, firefighters and other government employees (including those older federal employees hired before 1984) generally can be classified as people with average incomes, so they should get the same Social Security replacement rate paid to all middle-class workers. That’s why a modified formula is used to refigure their benefits and give them the proper -- and fair -- replacement rate. If you’re an employee affected by this law, that modified formula takes you from the 90% (poor person’s) replacement rate to the 40% (middle-class person’s) replacement rate, which usually reduces benefits by about half.

Most career teachers and government employees have just barely over the qualifying 40 quarters (10 years) of Social Security-covered work. But if you have 30 or more years of “substantial” Social Security earnings, the windfall provision won’t apply, and your benefit will not be reduced. If you have between 20 and 29 years of substantial earnings, your Social Security benefit will be only partially reduced. A chart giving a yearby-year breakdown of what the government considers substantial earnings is available at https://www.socialsecurity. gov/pubs/10045.html.

The other rule that so many public employees misunderstand is the GPO. In a nutshell, that law says that an amount equal to two-thirds of a non-Social Security-covered pension must be deducted from any Social Security dependent’s benefits a person might be due. In effect, the law prevents most folks who work at jobs not covered by Social Security from collecting benefits as a wife, widow, husband or widower.

What these people don’t realize is that the GPO simply treats them in the same way that all other working people have always been treated. For example, if a woman who worked at a job that was covered by Social Security gets a Social Security retirement pension, that pension

has always offset any spousal benefits she might have been due. Before the GPO law went into effect, people getting a non-Social Security pension were the only working people in this country who could get their own retirement pension AND a full dependent’s benefit from Social Security.

And the GPO law actually gives these people a bit of a break. Social Security retirement pensions offset spousal benefits dollar for dollar. But a non-Social Security retirement pension causes only a 3-for-2 offset. In other words, for each $3 you get in a teacher’s or other noncovered pension, you lose only $2 from Social Security spousal benefits.

The WEP and GPO laws have been in

effect since the early 1980s. And bills to repeal these offsets have been introduced in every Congress since then. And every year, for the past 30 years, they have always gone down in defeat. Why? Because as I explained in this column, the laws make sense.

One final note. As an older retied federal government employee, my Social Security benefits have also been reduced by the WEP and GPO. But because I understand the laws, I have absolutely no problem with the reductions.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

By Charles Preston

REAL ESTATE WATCH

Losing a deal can be an avoidable situation

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

Every once in a while I come across a potential sale, whereby the price has been agreed upon, inspection is completed. Then the paperwork (offering plan, all amendments and financials if a coop or condo or HOA) is reviewed by buyer’s attorney and then the contract is sent out by the seller’s attorney and the buyer’s attorney reviews it and then has the buyer come in to sign with their 10% down payment check.

However, sometimes there is an issue with the language that both attorneys have to discuss and then agree upon. However, what if the buyer’s attorney changes some language in the contract and doesn’t communicate with the seller’s attorney as to those changes. He then has the buyer sign and sends the contract back with the down payment check with a note that says if you agree to my changes, then deposit my check; but if you don’t agree to my changes then we will withdraw from the transaction. The changes to me seem simple but not really specific, more open ended as far as the timing of the written mortgage commitment; which stated that if is not received by a specific date then either party could cancel the contract. The log jam was that the buyer’s attorney was concerned with getting the buyer’s deposit returned in the event of not receiving the commitment letter by the date stipulated in the contract.

In my 38 years I had never seen language that allowed either party the right to cancel a contract in that fashion. The buyer’s attorney had told me he had been using that language for 35+ years and all the other attorneys never had any issues with the way he had worded it, which replaced the normal standard phrase in the Blumberg contract. Is the world coming to an

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end or going crazy that a few attorneys can’t understand and agree that extensions are requested all the time; but because our Covid environment as well as severe storms and possible hurricanes may come about, cutting off the power for days or maybe weeks and our cell communication can be impacted too. So to request for additional days or a few weeks is the normal course of action, for glitches do occur in the mortgage process especially today.

we had done something wrong or are to blame. I hate to say this but there are times when lawyers are destroyers of real estate transactions; but I can also say we can also be blamed for deals falling by the wayside too, due to either miscommunications, lack of knowledge, understanding or ignorance of the business or can I say either, stupidity or sheer lack of ethics and caring.

client sellers, investors, purchasers and even renters.

No buyer under a contract and normal circumstances should have a threat of losing their deposit if both attorneys have a properly prepared contract and a clear line of communications; but there are times when some play games, don’t return calls or just play the “ego game” and want their specific language in the contract.

Generally serious sellers want to sell and serious buyers want to buy, but there are times there is a cog in the wheel where it could be the inspection, appraisal is short of the agreed selling price, but also could be because of one or both attorneys cannot seem to agree on language and terms. I am not here to bash attorneys, like in every industry there are those that handle their businesses in the proper legal and professional manner and those that don’t. I have been working with several for 10-25 years and have built excellent rapport and long term relationships with them.

But when there is an impasse with one or both attorneys that can’t seem to come to an equitable and fair understanding and agreement, we as Brokers and agents lose our deals not because

I have seen the devious things that have happened over the years; although not too often, but they do occur. MLS fines can be a deterrent, but sometimes the commission is so great that the fine becomes a slap on the hand and there is not enough financial or other penalty for the abuse of the rules and regulations that is committed! Every industry has always had its professionals and experts and then there are those that take shortcuts or out and out illegal practices and activities

There are those that try to make a quick buck because they just don’t care about taking the time and necessary steps to go through the sometimes arduous process to start and complete a transaction. Some of us, maybe 5-10% earn superior incomes and we do whatever it takes to not only successfully guide and hold the hands of our clients, so they know and truly feel that they have been provided the best services possible. But most important and critical to us is our future referrals that come out of all our efforts by the smart and hard work that we put in to our deals. Some of us earn, deserve and strive for those referrals which assist in creating future lucrative business. I call it “banking our future income” by past services provided to our

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Most important is staying in touch with past clients which adds tremendous validity to our business acumen. We can be deal makers or deal breakers and that separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls. All of those participating in the process of real estate transactions, from the lawyers, home inspectors, appraisers, lenders, managements and anyone else that becomes part of the “team effort” must always understand who they are really working for, it’s the sellers, investors, purchasers and even renters and they should expect our best efforts at all times to end in a successful, satisfying and happy result, the closing of the deal!

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S.). He will provide you with “free” regular updates of sold and new homes in your town via the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island (MLSLI)or go to WWW.Li-REalEstate. Com as well as a “free” value analysis of what your home might sell for in today’s market without any “strings” attached. He can also provide a copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality or Our Seller’s or Buyer’s Guides for “Things to Consider when Selling or Purchasing your Home. Just email or snail mail(regular mail) him with your request with your name, email and cell number and he will send it out ASAP. For a consultation, he can be reached by Cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions, concerns or column suggestions.

To Make a Cake From (Almost) Scratch and More Great Reader Tips

BY MARY HUNT

Here’s a clever tip from a reader for how I can make my cake mixes taste for all the world like I made them from scratch.

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To make a boxed cake even better, my friend Ida taught me to add three things: 1/4 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder. It really does make a superior cake. -- Toni D. FROST-FREE DOORS

My mom had a great tip for preventing car doors from freezing shut: Put a piece of newspaper in the door, and shut the door on the newspaper. You can still lock the door and protect your car, and

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Instead of throwing away those empty vases and baskets that your flowers came in or letting them turn into more clutter, ask your florist if they take the containers and baskets back. Mine not only takes them but also gives me fresh flowers in exchange. It’s a nice way to recycle and get something in return. -- Ruth P.

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Make throw pillows from cloth table napkins. Sew (or glue) two napkins’ right sides together (don’t forget to leave

an opening for stuffing). Turn the right side out. Stuff. Close the opening. For a different effect, before turning the right side out, wrap a rubber band tightly around each corner. This causes a softer, gathered corner. I find napkins at a local outlet store for 79 cents each. The pillows turn out lovely. -- Jenny H.

Would you like more information? Go to EverydayCheapskate.com for links and resources for recommended products and services in this column.

Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate.com, a lifestyle blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living.”

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his bachelor’s degree at Duke University followed by an MBA in corporate finance at Adelphi University, here in his hometown. After earning his degree in finance and management information systems at SUNY- Binghamton, Lee decided that since the printing business was lucrative and Unicorn was doing well, he would begin a leadership and executive role in printing and eventually look for more potential to expand.

Growing up, Lee was involved in the office and helping his father and family with the business. “I have done every single job here in the print shop except for operating the presses,” Lee said, to which Colahan noted that he’s evolved with the same experience from his younger years in commercial printing “doing everything but manning the press.”

Lee said when the pandemic’s spread started to shut down most businesses and elements of life in suburban New York in mid-March, the company was in shock like the rest of small businesses across America.

“Our orders dropped tremendously and we had to furlough some employees. Sales meetings turned to brainstorming ideas, ‘what can we do to survive’ with the sudden loss of business. Everyone was home from work or losing jobs and people were not spending money on printing, the marketing budgets companies had were vanishing. We saw this trend very quickly that a market emerged for COVID-19 precautions, social distancing and ‘notice’ signage and equipment, acrylic barriers, PPE and anything that’s related to fighting

the pandemic and keeping people safe. These are all items we produce in-house here, right on Stewart Avenue,” Jason explained.

The biggest financial hit Unicorn Graphics has taken, and is still feeling the effects of, come from its event signage range of products as most events have been completely cancelled or significantly delayed (by up to a year). “I have clients that are event planners and we’ve had zero communications from them since March. Every single event was cancelled along with the signage for those events,” Lee said.

Recovering from the initial setbacks of March and April, hitting a bit of a stride by summer became Unicorn Graphics’ blessing and its gameplan. Some industries have seen an uptick and there’s a carryover effect for the print needs, such as supermarkets and pharmacies, while other places are signaling grand “reopenings.” Lee says these days a sign reading “We’re Open for Business!” is very popular.

Apple Bank soon became a client for Unicorn Graphics, and Colahan explains the partnership involves creating banners for the bank “to inform people of what they should and should not be doing -- wearing masks, practice distancing, washing hands if they can and that is available.”

The Apple Bank safety item lineup expanded to include 12-inch floor disc markers for the distancing. “We’ve since gone into Apple Bank offices and branches to do the portable acrylic dividers. We have done two types for them -- an ‘ultraboard’ which is a hard foam-type divider that is movable and it

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Homes By Haq LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/21/2020. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 126 Maplewood Ave Hempstead NY 11550. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation New Beginnings 2000 LLC. Articles of Organization Filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 7/30/2020. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any processed served against the LLC NEW BEGINNINGS 286 Waldorf ave Elmont N.Y. 11003 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of BEETLOO, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on July 15, 2020. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC at 48 Luchon Street, Lido Beach, New York 11561. Purpose: Residential Real Estate and any other lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of JUGIJUNGLE, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on July 15, 2020. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC at 48 Luchon Street, Lido Beach, New York 11561. Purpose: Residential Real Estate and any other lawful purpose.

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has a clear plexiglass.”

Lee says Apple Bank is one of the many clients that turned to Unicorn Graphics, explained their needs in response to the pandemic and trusted the commercial printer to devise the correct solutions, “fine-tuned for their specific purposes,” he noted. Colahan says oftentimes the product requests are more specific but in this case the ideas were presented with direction on the specific solutions required from Unicorn.

“These are not products that anyone can go online and just buy; they are custom-made bespoke products for Apple Bank and their particular needs,”Lee explained. He says getting the word out, primarily through Colahan’s network and explanation of the types of new products available, “offered people guidance for what they will need going forward.”

Unicorn’s operations expanded to feature “Coronavirus-related products.” Orders for masks and all forms of PPE are also coming in consistently.

“The portable dividers are a niche market that can be expanded as restaurants could use them to put around tables of various sizes. It adds that extra security between people in a space, and our metal frame ones are more weather-resistant than the ultraboard so they can be long-lastingproducts,” Colahan explained.

Lee noted that another popular product includes a set, a “PPE kit” in a plastic sleeve that has become a new giveaway to customers and patrons at car dealerships, banks, restaurants and more. Real estate agents are also supplying prospective homebuyers with PPE kits on tours or open houses.

“The businesses are using this to welcome and comfort their walk-in customers. It comes with hand sanitizers, a mask, gloves, and a printed card saying ‘Thank you for visiting/ Stay Safe/ Please accept this PPE Kit as a thank you for your visit...” he said.

“We can showcase our abilities in the printing field as differentiation from the average joe’s -- they are more doing the envelopes, small signs, business cards, birthday banners and letterheads. While we do all that we are really into the customization projects and we have started to do very elaborate fine art prints that encompass all different types of art. Designs can be used as point-of-

purchase displays for retail stores or it can be used as artwork for corporations. With the spatial printing capabilities we are able to print on any different types of products,” Jason Lee commented.

Unicorn Graphics expanded offerings for its ImageWrap products to go beyond traditional prints ‘wrapped’ on canvas and placed on wooden frames. The company developed a new way to enjoy “gallery wraps” using a variety of substrate options that do not require professional wrapping. Its substrates include foamboard, metal and plastic for the new Image Wrap specialty.

For Coors Light, Unicorn Graphics designed and printed a “pop-out bottlecap” of 4 feet by 6 feet with the Coors Light logo printed on it, and that item was shipped out by the corporation (MillerCoors) to all different bars across the United States that met a certain sales quota for Coors Light.

Another high-profile example took shape early in the year, with the Presidential Primary in New Hampshire and the famed Red Arrow Diner coming in as a client for the Sirius XM radio print backgrounds from Unicorn.

Vehicle wraps as an advertising and branding method have increased in popularity and the precision for a “good fit” is another specialty for Unicorn, for cars, buses, delivery trucks and any vehicle. Colahan advised that the specs for this will be in accord with the specific vehicle’s engineering plans.

Joining the Garden City Chamber of Commerce this year has offered Unicorn Graphics a chance to be that local source, producing products for use by the business community and any local establishments, at its Stewart Avenue facility, made both “closeby and on-premises.”

“We have reached out to different clients because new and different people were buying as they needed printed, designed materials. We’ve established many relationships with new clients -- more real estate companies and property management firms have come to us. The Stewart Avenue location can save on cost, time and specialization of services/products people are seeking,” Randy Colahan said. He has been working with people in the Garden City Chamber for many years and he knows of the many great collaborations to come from Chamber initiatives.

At the Northwell Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation, you’re more than a patient—you’re family.

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Georgia Burlen

Georgia Risk was born on May 11, 1927 in Brooklyn NY.  Although Georgia was full term, she weighed only 3lbs 12ozs.  Two weeks later, Georgia's parents were allowed to take her home with the understanding that she may not live.  Baby Georgia's first bed was a small dresser drawer lined with blankets and she was fed with an eye-dropper.  Georgia grew up in Garden City

NY, graduating from Garden City High School in 1945.  She went on to attend Connecticut College and the Katharine Gibbs School and then worked in New York City as a secretary for Time-Life. Her true calling in life however was always to be a wife and mother.  In 1952 she married Albert DeGolier Burlen and they had two children whom they raised in Garden City, where her parents and two sisters also lived.  She was a devoted mother who was active in the PTA as well as the local drama club and various bridge groups.  Later she returned to working as a secretary in a Long Island medical practice and then in a New York City brokerage firm.  In 1980, she and Albert moved to Hartford Ct. and then in 1998 retired to Boca Raton Fl., while retaining close ties to their family and many friends in Garden City.

Georgia died in the arms of her children in the early hours of August 18th in Boca Raton after suffering a stroke almost 10 years to the day after the passing of her beloved husband Albert.  Such a loss can only be borne by those who knew and loved her with the knowledge that Georgia's 93 years of life were enriched by the love and devotion of her family and friends. She is survived by her daughter Donna and son Bruce H. Burlen.

Shirley Hartman Reid

In the early morning hours of July 7, 2020, Shirley Hartman Reid peacefully passed away of natural causes, at her home in Boynton Beach, Florida, at the age of 98. Her devoted daughter Pamela Reid was with her at the time. Shirley was preceded in death in February 2004, by her loving husband of 58 years, Robert Reid.

Shirley was the daughter of Evelyn Peter White and was raised by her aunt Irma Peter Hartman and uncle Wencel H. Hartman in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She graduated from Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Ohio and Briarcliff College in Briarcliff Manor, New York.

She met her husband Robert on a blind date shortly after the war and they married on September 21, 1946, at St. Paul’s Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She and Bob moved to Garden City, New York, where they raised a family, played golf at Cherry Valley Club, and enjoyed the Nassau Country Club and Lawrence Beach Club for many wonderful years. When Bob retired, they moved to Quail

Ridge Country Club in Boynton Beach, Florida where they continued to enjoy golf, bridge and the ocean at The Little Club and the Delray Beach Club.

Most of all she loved her family. Along with raising four children, Shirley was an avid golfer and won many awards during her lifetime. She was a skilled bridge player and enjoyed playing the game all of her life. She also loved traveling with Bob and working in her garden.

Shirley was a loving mother to Pamela Reid, Delray Beach, FL, Cynthia Reid (Michael Kauzer) Walnut Creek, CA, Robert Reid (Annmarie) Garden City, NY and Chris Reid. She is survived by her four children, four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law Polly White and Judy White, and her nieces and nephews from her three brothers Martin, Richard and Harry White who preceded her in death

Her final resting place will be Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Ohio, together with her late husband Robert. Services will be held at a later date.

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Shirley Hartman Reid in her youth

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Speaking of Books - Recommended Fall Reads

Did you read all the books you hoped to read this summer? Fall is known as the busy season in publishing with some of the best books released in September, October, and November.  This year there are many books being released which were delayed due to the pandemic.

There’s still time to register for the special Coffee & Tea by the Book on Wednesday morning, September 16 at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom. Join Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett to hear about the most anticipated books being published this fall so you can get ready to "book" your fall reading. Registration is underway online on Eventkeeper and closes at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom login and link on the afternoon before the program.

Weekly Staff Picks

Each week, the Adult Reference Librarians recommend fiction and nonfiction by popular authors, some were recently published, others may be good reads that you might have missed. To request adult print books, send an email to https://www.gardencitypl.org/speaking-of-books/ or complete the form on the website. You can also reserve books directly in the online catalog at http://encore. alisweb.org/. All books recommended are available as eBooks. eBooks may be requested through the Nassau Digital Doorway at  http://nassau. overdrive.com for download on the Libby app or overdrive.com.

As the Page Turns with Librarian Laura Flanagan NEW MYSTERY AND NEW SUSPENSE

“Before She Was Helen” by Caroline B. Cooney  (To be released on September 8, 2020) As “ Before She Was Helen ” opens, readers are drawn into what appears to be a light, retirement community caper. But author Caroline B. Cooney quickly flips expectations upside-down in this deceptively dark mystery. Clemmie’s life didn't turn out the way she expected --- so she made herself a new one. When Clemmie goes next door to check on her difficult and unlikable neighbor, Dom, he isn't there. But

something else is. Something stunning, beautiful and inexplicable. Clemmie photographs the wondrous object on her cell phone and makes the irrevocable error of forwarding it. As the picture swirls over the internet, Clemmie tries desperately to keep a grip on her own personal network of secrets. Can 50 years of careful hiding under names not her own be ruined by one careless picture? And although what Clemmie finds is a work of art, what the police find is a body…. and she was the last person at the crime scene, where she left her fingerprints. Suddenly thrown into the heart of a twisted investigation, Clemmie finds herself the uncomfortable subject of intense scrutiny. And the bland, quiet life Clemmie has built for herself in her sleepy South Carolina retirement community comes crashing down as her dark past surges into the present. “ Before She Was Helen ” is an absorbing mystery that brings decades-old secrets to life and explores what happens when the lie you've been living falls apart and you're forced to confront the truth.

“Three Perfect Liars” by Megan Miranda (Released on August 18, 2020)   Megan Miranda’s new suspense novel is about three ambitious women whose lives are turned upside down in the aftermath of a horrifying fire, which destroys a successful advertising agency and threatens to expose a tangled web of lies. Laura has returned to work at Morris and Wood after her maternity leave, only to discover that the woman she brought in to cover for her isn’t planning on going anywhere. Despite her close relationship with the agency’s powerful CEO, Harry Wood, she feels sidelined—and outmaneuvered—as she struggles to balance the twin demands of work and motherhood. Mia was only supposed to be a temporary hire at Morris and Wood, but she’s managed to make herself indispensable to everyone. Everyone, that is, except Laura. If people only knew why she was so desperate to keep her job, they might not want her to stay. Janie gave up everything to support her husband and the successful agency he runs. But she has her own dark secret to protect and will go to any lengths to keep it safe. Cristina Alger and plenty of shocking twists

and turns, “ Three Perfect Liars ” is a thriller with plenty of shocking twists and turns.

Up for Grabs by Librarian Martin Bowe MILITARY HISTORY AND NEW THRILLER

“Gods of War: History’s Greatest Military Rivals” by James Lacey and Wolliamson Murray (Released on May 19th, 2020) This narrative  of military battles consists of six long accounts that present us a nuts and bolts description of combat and opinions on why some won and the others lost. The military rivals are Hannibal and Scipio, Caesar and Pompey, Richard I and Saladin, Napoleon and Wellington, Grant and Lee, and Rommel, Montgomery, and Patton. The personalities and tactics of each commander are told in such a way that nonspecialists will understand and enjoy.

“Fire in the Blood: A Novel” by Perry O’Brien (Released on August 11, 2020)   One of the clichés of many a thriller is that the bad guys never seem to anticipate what they are coming up against. This debut novel, set in 2003, introduces us to Coop, a soldier serving in Afghanistan. Coop learns that his wife, a social worker, has died in an apparent hit-and-run accident.  Granted leave for her funeral and returning to New York, Coop soon suspects that his wife was murdered for some unknown reason . Using his military training and instincts, Coop starts making connections to financial scammers, the Italian mob, and vicious drug dealers. Movie rights have been sold for this novel. Now the reader can cast the role of Coop. Should it be Liam, Denzel, or one of the new guy actors?

Bookmarked by Librarian Ann Garnett

NEW FICTION AND NEW MEMOIR

“The Lying Life of Adults” by Elena Ferrante (Released on September 1, 2020) Elena Ferrante, the New York Times bestselling author of the four-book “Neapolitan” novel series, returns with a new novel also set in Naples. “The Lying Life of Adults” is a powerful new novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. Giovanna’s pretty face is

Conversational, opinionated, wordsmith?

changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. Is she turning into her Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is. Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves from one to the other in search of the truth, but neither city seems to offer answers or escape. Listen to “The Lying Life of Adults” as an audiobook for a moving experience --- the narrator is actress Marisa Tomei! This is soon to be a Netflix release.

“The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir” by Sara Seager (Released on August 18, 2020) In this beautiful memoir, an MIT astrophysicist must reinvent herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy for another Earth. Sara Seager has always been in love with the stars: so many lights in the sky, so much possibility. Now as a pioneering planetary scientist, she searches for exoplanets—especially that distant, elusive world that sustains life. But with the unexpected death of Seager’s husband, the purpose of her own life becomes hard for her to see. Suddenly, at forty, she is a widow and the single mother of two young boys. For the first time, she feels alone in the universe. As she struggles to navigate her life after loss, Seager takes solace in the alien beauty of exoplanets and the technical challenges of exploration. At the same time, she discovers earthbound connections that feel every bit as wondrous, when strangers and loved ones alike reach out to her across the space of her grief. Among them are the Widows of Concord, a group of women offering advice on everything from home maintenance to dating, and her beloved sons, Max and Alex. Most unexpected of all, there is another kind of one-in-a-billion match, not in the stars but here at home.Probing and honest, “The Smallest Lights in the Universe” is its own kind of light in the dark.

We’re looking for writers in our community to compose articles on local topics, opinions, reviews, worthy places to visit on Long Island, and even pieces of fiction. We aim to feature at least one new article and writer each week in our Discovery magazine section.

Email submissions: editor@gcnews.com

• Attach article and any photos (1MB), along with your name and contact info.

• Articles must be between 1,500 - 3,000 words. • Each writer will be reimbursed a stipend of $25.⁰⁰

Library closed Labor Day weekend

The Garden City Public Library will be closed for Labor Day weekend. The Library will be closed from Saturday, September 5 through Monday, September 7. The Library will reopen on Tuesday, September 8 at 9:30 a.m.

News From the Children’s Room

Labor Day

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States.  It is the Monday of the long weekend known as Labor Day Weekend, and became an official federal holiday in 1894.  (https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day)

Books about the holiday in the Children’s Room include:  “Labor Day by Robert Walker, “Labor Day by Lynn Hamilton, and “The 3 Bears Holiday Rhyme Book by Jane Yolen.   We also have a large selection of career books!

Back to School

The Children’s Room has many books about summer and starting school including the following:

“ Fall is for School! ” by Robert Neubecker, “School Days According to Humphrey” by Betty G. Birney,  “The Pirates of Scurvy Sands: Starring the Jolly Rogers” by Jonny Duddle, “Pignic” by Matt Phelan, “Back to School: Weird Kids Rule” by Dan Gutman (Book on CD), “The King of Kindergarten” by Derrick Barnes, “On the First Day of First Grade” by Tish Rabe, “Second Grade Holdout” by Audrey Vernick, “Lena’s Shoes are Nervous - A First Day of School Dilemma” by Keith Calabrese and Juana Medina, “Back to School Mallory ” by Laurie Friedman and of course,  our favorites:  “First Day Jitters” by Julie Danneberg and “The Kissing Hand” by Audrey Penn.   No matter where school is this year - online or in classrooms, it’s time to be excited about going back to school!

And don’t forget -- we have many of these books and others about returning to school available on Overdrive.com and the Libby app as well!

Fall Virtual Programming

Children’s Room programming for the fall will be virtual.  There will be “live” virtual programming on Zoom as well as pre-taped programming. Registration is online on Eventkeeper

is required at www.gardencitypl.org.   Live Zoom programming includes: STORYTIMES FOR AGES

2½–5 YEARS OLD & CAREGIVER

Mondays October 4, November 2 & December 7 @ 11:30 a.m.

BOOK DISCUSSIONS:

(Books are available for pick-up at the Library)

Grade 2:  Wednesday October 14 @ 4:00 p.m.–4:40 p.m.

“Andy Shane and the Pumpkin Trick” by Jennifer R. Jacobson

Grades 3-5: Tuesday, October 27 @ 4:00 p.m.–4:40 p.m.

“ The One and Only Ivan ” by Katherine Applegate DISNEY: TRUE & FALSE TRIVIA (For Grades K & 1 Only)

Wednesday, December 2 @ 4:00 p.m.–4:40 p.m.

Pre-recorded program information will be available shortly.  Patrons will have the opportunity to view the Premier program at the time of its debut on the website  and also have multiple viewing opportunities of the program in the Virtual Library.

Library Hours and Services

The Library continues to offer patrons both contactless EXPRESS Pickup and in-Library browsing six days a week.  Please check the Library’s Website at www.gardencitypl.org, or call (516) 742-8405 and speak to a staff member to find out availability of current services and hours.

The Children’s Room has summer reading materials available for kindergarten–fifth grade in the Children’s Room.   If we do not have the book(s) you need in our Library, we can interloan the book from another library.  Contact the Children's Room Librarians  by phone, email at https://www.gardencitypl.org/cpntact-the-childrens-librarians/ , or use the form on our website to request books. You can also request materials yourself directly in the online catalog. Many of the summer reading books are also available to download from  the Nassau Digital Doorway in the Libby app and on Overdrive.com.

Library resumes regular hours September 8

Beginning Tuesday, September 8,  the Garden City Public Library will resume its regular hours. The Library will be open seven days a week, Monday through Thursday 9:30 a.m.–9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m., and Sunday 1 p.m.–5 p.m..  The Library will be closed for the Labor Day holiday weekend this Saturday, Sunday and Monday September 5–7 .

Patrons are welcome to visit the Library for contactless EXPRESS Pickup and in-Library browsing. EXPRESS Pickup is available for people who wish to pick their materials up outside the Library. Patrons with a valid library card may reserve materials in advance by phone, in the online catalog or through a form on the website at https://www.gardencitypl.org/ express-pickup/. When the materials are ready, patrons will be notified to arrange pickup outside the Library.

If you wish to come into the Library, you can browse for materials,  use reference services, make Museum Pass reservations  as well as place reserves and interlibrary loan requests. Returns may be made outside the Library in the front book drop (all library materials accepted) or inside the Library lobby on carts marked “RETURN ITEMS; NO DONATIONS.” Following safety procedures for materials handling, returned materials will be checked-in following a 96-hour quarantine period, but will be backdated to the date the item was returned. All overdue fines except for those on Museum Passes will continue to be waived through September 30th.

The Lower Level Media Center, Step Down Cafe and rest rooms will now be

open. The Computer Center and computer areas throughout the Library will remain closed. Meeting rooms and study rooms will also be closed. Food and beverage not allowed in Café or elsewhere in the Library. Please call the Library and speak to a staff member or check the Library’s website www.gardencitypl.org  for current information about hours and availability of services.

Safety Procedures in the Library

All visitors must sign in upon entering the Library and are limited to 60 minutes in the building. A face covering must be worn covering nose and mouth, to enter the building and at all times during the library visit. Please stay 6 feet apart for social distancing.

The Friends of the Library are not accepting book donations at this time. All programs in the library building are cancelled until further notice. Virtual programs will be held in the fall for children, young adults and adults. Check the Library’s Facebook pages or the Library’s Calendar of Events on the website www.gardencitypl.org frequently for updates on reopening services and for information on the Library’s online resources, services and virtual programs.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Library’s  most important priority is to prevent the spread of the virus and protect the health and safety of Library users and Library employees. The Library reserves the right to require visitors to leave who are not following these rules. These procedures will be continuously reviewed by the Library Board and Administration, as needed for safety.

Learn How to Make a Better Breakfast via Zoom with Library

Let’s celebrate National Breakfast Month! Have you ever wondered why breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day? Eating breakfast gives our minds and bodies a jump-start to begin each day. Many healthy foods can be part of a smart morning meal and in this workshop, we will explore making those early hours a little easier with healthy alternatives to a traditional bacon and eggs breakfast. Join Nicole Borukhov, MS, RDN, CDN from Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau via Zoom on

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Thursday, September 10 at 7 p.m. to learn how to start your day off right! Recipes will be provided and time for questions and answers provided.

All are welcome to register for this interactive healthy eating workshop! Online registration on Eventkeeper using your email address is underway. Registration closes at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 10. Participants will receive the Zoom login and link on the afternoon of the program. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Our Professional Guide is sure to bring results. Call 294-8900 for rates and information.

It’s What’s Happening for Young Adults at the Library

Teen Crafternoon: Origami

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Crafternoon: Origami on Thursday, September 17, 5 p.m.–5:40 p.m. Gather whatever paper you have at home and a pair of scissors, then join us as we work on origami together. Learn how to create a couple of beginner origami projects or work on your own origami art. This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, September 8 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Tween Kahoot Trivia on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Tween Kahoot Trivia on Tuesday, September 22, 5 p.m.–5:40 p.m. Test your trivia knowledge as we play a few rounds of Kahoot! To participate, you will need a computer or laptop that allows a split screen option or two devices, one to run the Zoom app and one to run the Kahoot app. This program is for tweens entering Grades 4-7 in Fall 2020 only and is a joint program with the Tweens and Teens Department and Children’s Department.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, September 15 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons on Thursday, September 24, 5 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Learn how to play the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons by participating in one of our monthly Dungeons and Dragons MeetUp! Beginners are welcome! Each meetup will feature a new self-contained, one-shot adventure and players will be

assigned premade characters to play as.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. For more information about Zoom, visit their website at zoom.us. Mobile users should download the Zoom app onto their device before the start of the meeting. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, September 15 at 10 a.m. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Explore Long Island with Chris Buchman

Learn science related to Long Island with science teacher Chris Buchman during the month of September. Take your own adventure across Long Island doing science activities in this prerecorded video!

This program is for children, tweens, and teens from Grades K-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages and is a joint program between the Children’s and Young Adult Departments. The video will premiere beginning September 4 on our website at https://www.gardencitypl.org  and will be available from the premiere date for 30 days. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Homemade Pop Tarts with the Baking Coach

Learn how to make Homemade Pop Tarts with the Baking Coach during the month of September. Gather your cooking supplies and learn from the Baking Coach how to make homemade pop tarts in this prerecorded video!

This program is for children's, tweens, and teens from Grades K-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages and is a joint program between the Children’s and Young Adult Departments. The video and recipe premiered on September 1 on our website at https://www.gardencitypl.org  and will be available until September 30. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Teen Advisory Board Meeting

The next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board is Tuesday, September 15, 5 p.m.–5:40 p.m. The meeting is for Tweens and Teens entering Grades 6-12

in Fall 2020. We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, September 8 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

If you are interested in helping to come up with some virtual programming ideas or social media outreach ideas for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12, consider joining the Teen Advisory Board Online applications are available at https://www.gardencitypl. org/teen-advisory-board-application/  Applicants should be entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020.

Teen Kahoot Trivia: Back to School on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meetup, Teen Kahoot Trivia: Back to School on Thursday, September 10, 5 p.m.–5:40 p.m. Test your trivia knowledge with questions with a school theme, as we play Kahoot trivia! To participate, you will need a computer or laptop that allows a split screen option or two devices, one to run the Zoom app and one to run the Kahoot app. This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, September 3 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Teen-Created Social Media Content

Earn community service by submitting a photo, video, or other content for us to add to the Library's Tweens and Teens Facebook and Instagram pages! Ideas for submissions include book reviews, artwork, poetry, short stories, personal essays, photos of food you’ve cooked or baked, or any other creative idea you have for content. Not all submissions will be used on our social media and submissions including photos of people are not allowed. Submit

social media content here https://www. gardencitypl.org/social-media-submission/

Follow Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram

Follow Garden City Library’s Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram! The Young Adult Department has been using both social media platforms as a tool to post updates, announcements, digital resources, ebook recommendations, and more during this time of social distancing.

Here are the Facebook and Instagram pages for the Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens Department. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ GCPLTweensTeens; Instagram: www. instagram.com/GCPLTweensTeens . Join the Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens Email List

Email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at https://www.gardencitypl. org/young-adult-department/contactthe-young-adult-tweens-teens-department/ to be put on the Tweens and Teens Garden City Public Library email list and receive announcements about upcoming virtual library programming for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12.  Volunteer Teen Reviewers Needed Would you like to be a reviewer for the Library? Need community service hours? Then become a Volunteer Teen Reviewer. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. The Library is looking for teen reviewers to review books and media in the YA collection as well as digital content, such as ebooks and audiobooks, available on Nassau Digital Doorway. There might be a book you've already read in our physical or digital collection that you can write a review on!

Browse the collection here: https:// nassau.overdrive.com

Submit a review here: https://www. gardencitypl.org/submit-a-teen-review/

Reviews will be used to update the Tweens and Teens Library Review Page (https://www.gardencitypl.org/category/teen-reviews/) as well as update our social media pages. Reviews are subject to approval by the Young Adult Librarian. Please make sure to follow the guidelines for reviews in order for the review to count toward community service.

Get rid of your unwanted items by placing an ad for them in our Classifieds! We have reasonable rates, and you’ll have prompt results! Call our Garden City office at 294-8900 for rates and other info.

“Edward Hopper and the American Hotel” at the Library

With Thomas Germano on Zoom

Join Professor Thomas Germano on Zoom on Monday, September 14 at 7 p.m. for a virtual visual art lecture on Edward Hopper and the American Hotel. American artist Edward Hopper (1882–1967) found artistic value and cultural significance in the most commonplace sites and settings. His art was anchored through the use of light and shadows and he edited out superfluous details to show the spare depictions of familiar public and private spaces. These created spaces relate to loneliness, isolation and the minutiae of early through mid-20th-century America. Hopper’s immersion in the world of

hotels, motels, hospitality services and travel present a unique theme for an exhibition of the artist’s work that first opened in Richmond, VA and will resume in Indianapolis, IN later in 2020. The American Hotel is a subject represented by many significant American artists but none more memorable than the ones created by Edward Hopper.  Register online on Eventkeeper using an email address. Registration ends at 1 p.m. on Monday, September 14. Participants will receive an email with the zoom login and link on the afternoon of the program. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Library. All are welcome!

Four Virtual Cooking Workshops this fall with the Library

Join Chef Robb Scott

Chef Rob Scott will present four virtual cooking demonstrations to celebrate autumn. On Saturday morning, September 12 at 10 a.m., Chef Rob will start the season by demonstrating how to make a Harvest Breakfast Pumpkin Crumb Cake.  On the first day of autumn, Tuesday, September 22 at 7 p.m., Chef Rob will demonstrate a delicious Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Sundried Tomatoes, Mozzarella Cheese and Spinach. To celebrate Italian Heritage month on Friday October 2 at 7 p.m., Chef Rob will show you how to cook Italian with a twist by demonstrat-

ing how to make a Mozzarella,Tomato and Basil Quesadilla with a Parmesan Crust. On Sunday, October 25 at 2 p.m., Chef Rob will share his recipe for a sweet pumpkin treat demonstrating how to bake Pumpkin and Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies. Each  prerecorded virtual cooking workshop will include a downloadable PDF recipe. Watch Chef Rob Scott’s class debut on the Library’s website www.gardencitypl.org  or the Garden City Library Facebook page . If you miss the premiere, feel free to watch at a later time through the Virtual Library in the cooking section or on Facebook.

September is National Breakfast Month

Learn How to Make a Better Breakfast via Zoom with Library

Let’s celebrate National Breakfast Month! Have you ever wondered why breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day? Eating breakfast gives our minds and bodies a jump-start to begin each day. Many healthy foods can be part of a smart morning meal and in this workshop, we will explore making those early hours a little easier with healthy alternatives to a traditional bacon and eggs breakfast. Join

Coffee & Tea by the Book

Fall Faves with the Librarians on Zoom

Join Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett for a special Coffee & Tea by the Book: Fall Faves on Zoom on Wednesday morning, September 16th at 9:30 a.m. The Librarians will introduce the most anticipated books being published this fall so you can get ready to “book” your fall reading. Come and hear about the notable books and authors

who are expected to be good reads. Feel free to enjoy your morning coffee with the Librarians and share what you have been reading too!

Registration begins online on Eventkeeper on Wednesday, September 2 at 10:00 a.m. Registration closes at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom login and link on the afternoon before the program.

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Baseball in American Culture with Evan Weiner on Zoom with the Library

Love baseball? Join sports commentator Evan Weiner for Baseball in American Culture, Literature, Song, Movies, The Stage, Radio and TV on Zoom on Thursday, September 24 at 2 p.m.  Baseball has been embedded in  American culture since the end of the Civil War. There have been poems, songs, comedy routines, movies, TV shows,  and many books written with baseball themes. “Casey At The Bat” was a poem that appeared in the San Francisco Examiner and took on a life of its own.   “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” is still sung 110 years after it was written and Abbott and Costello’s biggest routine was “Who’s

On First.” Baseball has been performed on vaudeville stages, in a Broadway play, in song, in movies, and television.  Baseball cards played a role in kids’ lives growing up and  Yogi Berra and others became American icons revered to this day. Come hear about all things related to baseball in American culture. Online registration on Eventkeeper begins on Wednesday, September 9 at 10 a.m. and ends on Wednesday, September 23 at 4 p.m. Registered participants will receive an email with the Zoom login and link on the morning of the program.This program may be recorded and made available for viewing on the Library’s website and Facebook after the live event. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. All are welcome!

Start the fall with

Chef Rob’s Cooking Workshop

Bake a Harvest

Breakfast Pumpkin Crumb Cake

Nicole Borukhov, MS, RDN, CDN from Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau via Zoom on Thursday, September 10 at 7 p.m. to learn how to start your day off right!

Online registration on Eventkeeper using your email address is underway. Registration closes at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 10. Participants will receive the Zoom login and link on the afternoon of the program. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library. All are welcome!

On Saturday morning September 12 at 10 a.m., Chef Rob will kick off his fall season of cooking demonstrations for the Library by showing you how to bake a Harvest Breakfast Pumpkin Crumb Cake. This is a classic fall coffee cake enriched with pumpkin and perfectly spiced. It’s the perfect little baking project to enjoy in the  fall and

you can eat it on the same morning for breakfast. This recorded video demonstration will include a downloadable PDF recipe. Watch the premier of Chef Rob Scott’s class at 10 a.m. on September 12 on the Library’s website www.gardencitypl.org  or the Garden City Library Facebook page. If you miss the debut class, feel free to watch at a later time through the Library’s website or Facebook page and in the Virtual Library in the cooking section.

tion, along Broadway between County Courthouse Road and Herricks Road, on the south side of the street.

Larcenies from vehicles

Larceny from vehicles remains an ongoing issue throughout Nassau County. These thefts usually occur during the overnight hours in residential areas, and in most cases, the targeted vehicles are left unlocked. In some of these incidents, the vehicle was stolen because a key or fob was left inside.

The Garden City Police Department is working closely with the Nassau County Police Department and other local Departments in addressing these crimes by sharing intelligence and investigative results to assist in the identification of possible suspects and patterns. These efforts have resulted in the arrest of several subjects. Recently the Nassau County PD published the following safeguards for all residents:

• Always lock your vehicle, even when it is parked in your driveway or garage.

• Always take your keys or fob with you.

• Never leave or hide a smart key, valet key, or spare key in your vehicle.

• Never leave your car running, while unattended or unlocked.

• If possible, park your vehicle in a locked garage.

• Park in well-lit areas.

• Keep the exterior of homes and driveways well illuminated.

• Close all your vehicle windows completely when parked.

• Consider installing a GPS system, a visible anti-theft device or an audible alarm.

• Never leave valuable personal property in your vehicle.

• Also, secure your garage door opener to prevent access to your home.

The Garden City Police Department reminds everyone that thefts involving unoccupied vehicles are often just crimes of opportunity. When simple precautions are taken to reduce that opportunity, the likelihood of someone entering your vehicle is drastically reduced. In addition, alert residents are often instrumental in the apprehension of criminals, particularly subjects who commit larcenies involving vehicles. Residents are encouraged to promptly call 911 and report suspicious activities, persons, noises or vehicles, including license plate numbers, to the Police Department. In addition, residents and property owners who have video surveillance footage of a crime on their property, or a neighbor’s property, are encouraged to contact the Detective Division at

465-4108.

Constitution Week - Sept 17-23

The Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has asked me to proclaim the week of September 17-23 as “Constitution Week” in Garden City. Our nation’s Constitution, adopted September 17, 1787, provided a fundamental document for freedom and independence, which no other country in the world has been able to emulate. We all have cause to pause and reflect on this great heritage given to us by our forefathers. Residents are urged to fly the flag all week in observance.

Village Election September 15

Due to the Coronavirus, the annual Village Election originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, 2020 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, September 15, 2020 between the hours of noon and 9:00 p.m. at Village Hall. Registered Village residents will be voting for the following candidates:

• Trustee 2 Years Robert A. Bolebruch

• Trustee 2 Years John M. Delany

• Trustee 2 Years Colleen E. Foley

• Trustee 2 Years Louis M. Minuto

The Village is taking precaution by requiring everyone to wear a facial covering, maintain social distancing, providing hand sanitizer, supplying a new pen to every voter to mark their ballot and the pen will not be reused, as well as ensuring that the voting equipment is sanitized every 30 minutes.

Absentee Ballots

Absentee Ballot applications to be used in conjunction with the General Village Election on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 are available at Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue. The Village Clerk has to receive applications by September 8, 2020 if the ballot is to be mailed. For personal application, the deadline is September 14, 2020.

Western Nassau Transmission Project

The Western Nassau Transmission Project consists of the construction, operation and maintenance of a proposed new 138 kilovolt underground transmission line primarily within the public roadway rights-of-way for a total distance of approximately seven miles between the East Garden City substation (located in Uniondale) and the Valley Stream substation (located in Lynbrook).

The project is expected to reinforce LIPA’s electric transmission system in the southwest Nassau area and ensure continued reliable service. The

underground transmission line will be located wholly within the Town of Hempstead and will traverse the Villages of Garden City, Malverne and Lynbrook, and will be constructed primarily underground. The project is on schedule for a December 2020 completion. The two-week construction schedule in Garden City entails:

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

• Trenching is anticipated to begin on Stewart Avenue from the horizontal directional drilling pit in the grassy sidewalk median to Splice Vault No. 22, located in the right eastbound lane of Stewart Avenue. The work is planned for nighttime hours. Crews will excavate the pavement, install conduits and use cementitious backfill to aid with restoration. Single lane closures on Stewart Avenue can be expected during this activity.

• Crews will install Splice Vault No. 21 near the grassy median of Stewart Avenue at Butler Place. Crews will excavate the pavement and soils, use a crane to lift and place the splice vault and restore the area. The work is planned for nighttime hours. The closure of the Butler Place crossover is expected during this activity.

• Crews will be completing the tiein to the open cut trenching at the horizontal directional drill at Stewart Avenue at Village Hall in the northbound lane. The work is planned for daytime hours. Crews will excavate

the soils and pavement and connect the HDD conduits to the standard conduits in the street. Single lane closures of Stewart Avenue can be expected during this activity.

Thursday, September 10, 2020

• Trenching is anticipated to begin on Cherry Valley Avenue from Splice Vault No. 18, located adjacent to the Garden City Schools administration building in the northbound lane, to the horizontal directional drilling pit, located just north on Cherry Valley Avenue in the northbound lane. The work is planned for daytime hours. Crews will excavate the pavement, install conduits and use cementitious backfill to aid with restoration. Single lane closures on Cherry Valley Avenue can be expected during this activity. Traffic management signs will be placed within the Village to advise motorists.

• Trenching is anticipated to begin on Stewart Avenue from Splice Vault No. 22, located in the right eastbound lane to Splice Vault No. 23, located adjacent the Hurricane Wings restaurant in the mall parking lot. Work is planned for nighttime hours. Crews will excavate the pavement, install conduits and use cementitious backfill to aid with restoration. Single lane closures on Stewart Avenue can be expected during this activity. Traffic management signs will be placed within the Village to advise motorists.

News from the Welcoming Club of Garden City

What's New?

The Welcoming Club hosted its first Spa Pedicure Night Outdoors on Wednesday evening. Along with getting pampered, guests enjoyed light refreshments, wine, and great conversation. The second Spa Pedicure night will take place on Wednesday, 9/16.

After a successful Ladies Movie Night event at the end of August, the club is planning another one for Wednesday, 9/30. Stay tuned for more information on ticket sales coming soon!

As kids head back to school, The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network) is collecting backpacks and school supplies. In addition, they are experiencing a huge need for diapers and baby wipes. If interested in supporting this worthy cause, members can bring donations to an event, drop off locally in Garden City, or ship directly via Amazon wish list. Please reach out to Kate Nicholson, philanthropy chair, at gcphilanthropy@gmail.com for specifics on how to donate.

Mark Your Calendar

SEPTEMBER EVENTS:

9/16 - Outdoor Spa Pedicure Event

Part Two - Tickets on sale 8/21!

9/24 - Book Club - A discussion about “The Pull of the Stars” by Emma Donahue

9/30 - Movie Night - Tickets on sale soon!

10/16 - Couples Night Out Dinner & Wine Pairing Event (Night 1) - Tickets on sale now and going fast!

10/17 - Couples Night Out Dinner & Wine Pairing Event (Night 2) - SOLD OUT

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Facebook: The Welcoming Club of Garden City

Instagram: @gcwelcomingclub

Join a Group Book Club:

Enjoy a good book amongst friends. The book club meets every 6 weeks to discuss the page turner of choice. For upcoming book club events, please email WelcomingClubBookClub@gmail.com.

Craft Club:

The craft club is a great way to meet with friends and get crafty. No experience necessary. We meet every few months to create a seasonal craft. If you are interested in joining, please

email GCCraftClub@gmail.com.

Supper Club:

Bring your significant others out for this one! This is a great way to make new friends as a couple. You will be paired up with 3-4 other couples to set up a rotation of dinner events. Host your new friends at home or head out to try local restaurants. Please email GCSupper@gmail.com for more information.

Bowling Club:

No experience necessary! We are looking for new faces to join our Wednesday league. Occasional pacers are welcome. Anyone interested, please contact Ellen (Diller05@aol.com) Carol (santa060@ yahoo.com) or Liz (mcdea@aol.com).

Bunko:

This simple dice game is usually played in a group of 12. It is a great way

to meet people and make new friends. The game is easy to learn and fun to play. If you are interested, please contact WelcomingClubBunco@gmail.com.

Toddler Activities:

A great way for you and your little ones to make new friends. Activities include stroller walks each week around our beautiful village and a visit to the park. We also set up playgroups with kids of similar age. Please email welcomingclubtoddleractivities@gmail. com for more information.

Golf:

Golf lessons at Cherry Valley Club are always a big hit! Golf pro, Ed Kelly, helps us GCWC ladies improve our golf game. If you are interested in reserving your spot for the fall 2020 session, email WelcomingClubGolf@ gmail.com.

Let your voice be heard! Is there an issue in your community you want to discuss? Want to respond to something you saw in our paper? Then write a letter to our editor and bring it to everyone’s attention!

Tennis:

Tennis lessons and group play begin soon! We play at the Garden City Community Park courts behind the pool. All levels welcome, groups will be formed based on experience. Spots are limited so please contact WelcomingClubTennis@gmail. com to reserve a spot for the 2020/2021 season!

Come join the fun and make a difference! We invite you to join the club! For just $37 a year, you will have access to lots of great events and many fun members-only clubs and events. Complete the easy online membership form today at www.thegardencitywelcomingclub. org in the “Join” section of the website. While you are there, browse the site for lots of great information about the club.

Send your letter to editor@gcnews.com and we’ll publish it for you!

Members of the Welcoming Club enjoy Movie Night.

American Legion Auxiliary #265 ‘Loose Change’ Event

In honor of our veterans, a collection is being held for the William Bradford Turner American Legion Auxiliary. Chaminade senior Aidan Coors and GCHS senior Ronnie Marciano created this event to aid the veterans.

At the kickoff meeting, the students described their project and discussed it with the local politicians in attendance. They were very appreciative of the program the students had created to benefit the veterans and wished them much success in this project.

‘Loose change’ is being collected through Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Money collected will be used to assist the veterans and their families through the Veterans Affairs Committee of the Auxiliary Unit #265. The Auxiliary sponsors several projects during the year for the veterans at the VA Hospital in Northport.

We welcome you to stop by the collection site at Physical Therapy Options, 226 7th Street, Suite 101 in Garden City. Loose change will be collected Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. All donations, small or large, are welcome!

For more information, please contact Aidan at aidancoors1@gmail. com or Ronnie at r.marciano2000@ gmail.com. We thank you for your support of this project to support our veterans.

Town Clerk Kate Murray, Councilmen Anthony D’Esposito & Tom Muscarella, Betty Erdos, Aidan Coors, Maureen Fraser, Marilyn Blauert, Ronnie Marciano, Jacqueline Eltringham, Frank Tauches, Denise Carman and Nassau County Legislator Laura Schaefer.

Aidan Coors and Ronnie Marciano described their project with Frank Tauches, Laura Schaefer, Tom Muscarella and Anthony D’Esposito.

John DeMaro (right) donated his large bag of coins to Lisa and Aidan Coors and Ronnie Marciano.

has mis-managed their fiscal responsibilities for many years, and they are now forced to find new revenue streams to offset rising costs. Mr. Daughney’s statement uses false and misleading information in an attempt to make the Casino membership, in general, look like we’re a bunch of freeloaders…not living up to our responsibilities.

I am not going to get into a pointby-point rebuttal of the misleading and false statements in Mr. Daughney’s statement because many of my fellow Casino members and other concerned Village residents are doing that. Believe me, our membership has no hidden agenda, nor are we trying to subvert our responsibility to maintain the facility and its surrounding grounds. We are fully aware that the Village owns the property. We are the caretakers, and we do our best, as a Tennis and Social Club, to keep the courts, the grounds, and the 100-year-plus building in working condition, and in compliance with all of the health and safety codes. We’re using the facility as it was intended and envisioned by the Stewart Family. We are certainly not trying to take advantage of any perceived subsidy, nor are we riding on the backs of the Village taxpayers. By the way, all Casino members are Village taxpayers, and we have never asked the Village for a dime to offset our expenses.

Let’s be reasonable and sensible about this process. Please do not portray us as a “limited select few”. Our intentions should be your intentions. Why can’t we meet and discuss keeping the Casino intact? We are not outsiders; we are members of the same community.

Brent Stranathan Casino is for all To the Editor:

When our “elected” trustees make statements that are incorrect, and do so with an arrogant tone, they must be corrected. Trustee Daughney has stated in this very paper that the Garden City Casino is a private club. Nonsense! Do you know of a single private club where the only criteria for membership is being a Village resident? Every single person who lives in the Village of Garden City may join the Casino. Many people who do not play tennis join for access to Bridge games or social club meetings. Trustee Daughney is simply wrong in his statement, but that should not come as a surprise to anyone paying attention to his recent flurry of remarks.

Daughney has also stated that the Village taxpayers “subsidize” the Casino. How so when for over 100 years the membership has maintained a historic Stanford White building at zero cost to the tax base at large. As a 20

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year resident and taxpayer, I can attest to the fact that no public money has been spent on upkeep or maintenance at the Casino. Can we say the same for the Pool or the Library? The Casino is a historic gem that should be relished as a cultural cornerstone of a beautiful Village. Instead, it would appear that some trustees would rather bulldoze the building and build private housing! I can assure the good taxpayers of this Village that such a misguided move would ensure another long period of litigation which the Village would likely lose. Do we need that again? Trustees would be wise to listen to their constituents and realize that we will no longer sit idly by while they destroy the very things that make Garden City so special. Jeffrey B. Siler

The numbers game

To the Editor:

During the last board of trustees meeting on Thursday, August 13, I questioned the Board’s decisions pertaining to village expenditures. Using the village debt analysis and the analysis of future debt , which appears on the village website, I calculated that the outstanding debt for the village as of the Aug. 13th meeting at approximately $123 million. I included the general fund, pool and tennis funds and the water fund, which included the anticipated bonding of well water treatment of $41 million plus interest which I calculated at $14 million on a 30 bond. I realized that the water fund would be paid for through our water bills, which most analyst predict that Nassau water bills will double or even triple of what they are now.

When reading the most current village debt analysis (Feb 6, 2020) it did not include existing capital plans such as the renovation of Edgemere and Clinton Road fire stations, seven street improvements/parking structure, St. Paul’s abatement and the Stewart field renovation (turf). There also appeared a statement pertaining only to the general fund, “Assuming the projected $7 million per year of annual debt, the percentage of debt service to the overall budget continues to increase to an Unsustainable Level over the next few years.” Which we are moving towards at an accelerated rate. It would seem to me that every board meeting’s sole purpose is to buy something new or to increase expenditures on existing projects with little or no public input. I realize that interest rates are low making it less expensive to borrow but interest rates are also down on everything else including interest-bearing accounts and investments which the taxpaying public count on, especially the elderly, for their living expenses.

It is also been reported that there is a decrease in revenues resulting from this pandemic and its collateral damage

to our way of life. The village budget overwhelmingly relies upon revenues coming from property taxes for almost 80% of the village budget. Now for the years 2020-21 property assessments and their accompanying property taxes to be paid are set. But for the years 2021-22 things could be much different especially when evaluating commercial properties. One of the first things the owner of commercial property has to fill out is a revenue and expense report which is included in the valuation of the property itself. Unfortunately, I can envision these commercial property owners challenging their assessments and overpayments during this 2020-21 tax year by citing financial hardships and loss of income. My question is this, does the village have the money to refund these commercial property owners resulting from their settlements? It has already been reported that with closing of the Sears store in Garden City that the village will lose some $460,000 in real estate tax which does not include the closing and loss of Lord and Taylor. Now just how much more tax revenues can we absorb while our expenditures and debt keeps climbing?

Bob Orosz

Federal govt. was ready

To the Editor:

I am writing in response to an opinion piece in last week’s paper that reflected on the Democratic National Convention.

I am an RN who was at the Jacob Javits Center one day in mid-April.

I saw firsthand that the Federal government was ready, willing and more than able to help New York State during their Covid crisis. The U.S. Army at that time was partnering with Northwell Health and hiring scores of civilian nurses through different agencies to assist with the Covid pandemic. These nurses were set to work alongside Army nurses and medics. The goal was that the army would eventually hand over the operation to the state/city. The Jacob Javits Center had the capacity for over one thousand patients - yet it remained basically empty.

The USNS Comfort was also available for patients (capacity for 1000) at a West Side pier.

When the federal government realized the underutilization of these facilities, they sent military personnel directly to city hospitals to relieve hospital workers.

The Federal government also successfully started manufacturing ventilators at that time, assuring no New Yorker would go without one.

How our governor has the audacity to place blame for the Covid death statistics in New York on anyone is a mystery to me.

Kathy Keane

Outreach from Board needed To the Editor:

Over the last few months, we have become acutely aware of the Board of Trustees’ initial indignation at the erection of monster poles by the MTA/3TC, its confusing silence for nearly two months, its reluctant consideration of legal options, and its announcement that it would not file a lawsuit to enforce its Memorandum of Understanding with the MTA.  Most of the Board has decided not to fight the MTA, so it will accept whatever aesthetic solutions the violators of the agreement decide to offer.  Mind you, this means that most Board members believe that an entity—which has already shown its willingness to ignore its contractual agreements with the village— running a $12 billion operating deficit will somehow make good on its verbal assurances to “enhance” and “improve” the landscaping of the areas it has wrecked.

In June and July, the Estates Property Owners Association decided—for whatever reason—to post MTA Development Chief Janno Lieber’s demeaning anti-Garden City jingoism from Newsday on the POA website to amplify that all hope is lost.  Strangely, the POA never afforded the same courtesy to PROPERTY OWNERS whose home values and quality of life have been eroded by the monster poles, removal of trees, public storage of construction materials, and the further indignities of far more transmission poles than previously existed in the area.  Indeed, the POA and the Board of Trustees both posted on their respective websites the questionable arguments made by 3TC as “facts”, even as the Village was officially still considering its legal options with a counterparty.

In an intriguing act of deflection, a few Trustees have taken to aiming their anger at ReVAMP (Resident Voters Against Monster Poles) or Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, rather than entities that have openly violated agreements and harmed Garden City residents and lands.  The anger, it seems, springs from being publicly criticized for weak and non-transparent responses to the 3TC actions or for not having received a formal invitation to a late June rally against the ugly and intrusive monster poles.  When actually invited to either attend a ReVAMP gathering in July or submit a statement of their views on the poles, these same Trustees declined on both counts to join the Mayor, the Town Supervisor, and other government representatives in supporting their constituents.  While members of the Western POA and trustees from the Central and Eastern POA joined their fellow residents at the ReVAMP assembly in Strawberry Field,

these other Trustees chose not to show unity or support.

Now there is an opportunity for the Trustees to unify against the monster poles in reviewing a request by 3TC to shut down Tanners Pond / Denton Avenue for seven months on this new phase of the Third Track project.  Most government entities would take the opportunity to use regulatory leverage to require a for-profit entity’s compliance with prior agreements that had been violated (take down or lower the monster poles, bury lines adjacent to homes and parks, and restore the natural landscaping that has been razed).  However, if prior actions (or inactions) offer any insight into the posture of the majority of this Village Board, we can expect more Neville Chamberlain than Douglas MacArthur.

As for two more recent controversies, the fate of the Casino and the $10 million firehouse, one can only sit mystified by the provocation, on the one hand, and the profligacy, on the other.  The Casino’s history in the village goes further back than the Community Agreement.  Given the Board’s ongoing capital outlays to fund ersatz repairs to St. Paul’s, it is hard to fathom the logic of dismantling an actively used community treasure that is self-funding and available for membership to any Garden City resident.  Could there be a more fitting example of tone-deafness than attacking a volunteer-run community organization for underpricing ten-

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Garden City Recreation and Parks’ Senior Center is now open.

Our hours will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. We will be practicing social distancing so no exercise or group activities will take place at this time Anyone visiting the Center will be required to wear a mask during their visit.

Adult Art Class Registration Opens

The Garden City Recreation Department is pleased to again offer an adult art class in St. Paul’s Cluett Hall. This ten week program will teach the beginner as well as the advanced student the art of painting portraits and landscapes/still-life in pastel from photographs.

Arleen Rueth Urban, the instructor for this program, is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. A winner of numerous awards, her portraits hang in many Garden City homes, as well as throughout the United States. The first lesson includes a portrait

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nis relative to country clubs?  Perhaps, the Board can coalesce against credit unions for offering better rates than toobig-to-fail national banks?

The Board has given up the fight against monster poles in hopes that a bankrupt entity will fund $600K-$800K in landscaping already guaranteed in the Third Track project agreements.  In contrast, it seems perfectly willing to undertake a $10 million capital project to replace a currently operational firehouse that could be modified or adapted for millions less.  Residents love their fire department and volunteers, but not necessarily the dramatic spending that will result in a shiny new replacement firehouse.  In both cases, Garden City residents are up in arms.  In both cases, it appears the Board intends to go its own way, rather than listen to the people it represents.

From my perspective, the role of any local government is to reflect the needs and preferences of the people it represents.   In the case of 1,4 Dioxane contaminants in our water supply, the Board appropriately responded to the uniform outcries in the community with a plan to address this health issue.  In the case of the monster poles, the Board did not consult with affected households and did not provide accessible public notifications of changes in its 3TC discussions that might have bearing on a large swath of the GC community.  Instead, there were a few Zoom meetings after the fact, republication of 3TC PowerPoint slides, and a few press releases.  In the case of the Casino,

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and landscape demonstration. At that time, a supply list is provided.

Demonstrations will be available as needed throughout the program. Each student will receive the individual attention required as they move at their own pace and level of expertise.

This program is open to adults who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. The class will meet for ten weeks from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 am beginning Friday, September 18 in St. Paul’s Cluett Hall. The cost of this program is $140.

To register for this program, please visit with payment to the Garden City Recreation and Parks’ Administrative Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. or if you have a password, you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Please note: Masks must be worn during class.

Better Health and Wellness Series for Seniors

members can certainly elaborate on how they feel about the non-transparent process that has left their organization’s future in doubt.

I believe that the acronym, OUTREACH, represents much of what we expect and hope for in a local government:

• Oversight—protecting residents and the community against the untoward actions of entities, utilities, and consortia that might bring harm to the village, villagers, or their quality of life.

• Unity—bringing various constituencies and groups together to best serve the community’s needs and interests.

• Transparency—fostering open and public processes that allow residents to understand how policies are evolving and enable them to help shape the direction of those policies.

• Responsiveness—encouraging feedback and commentary from residents by promptly and dutifully replying to needs, opinions, and concerns.

• Engagement—proactively communicating and consulting with residents in order to better involve them in issues and reflect their priorities.

• Accountability—taking responsibility for decisions, policies, and programs implemented and communicating how and why they were approved or rejected.

• Communication—providing timely and relevant information, commentary, and feedback online, in print, and in person to ensure an informed

and activated community.

• Humility—recognizing one’s limitations and acknowledging errors or mistakes that may have been made in prior decisions and policies.

I appreciate the countless hours spent by unpaid trustees dealing with various and unforeseen issues.  I believe that the Community Agreement was established to insulate our village from the potential divisiveness associated with political parties.  However, I do not think it is a stretch to say that there has been a dearth of many, if not all, of the above OUTREACH elements in important village issues and that is problematic in preserving and fostering a community.

When our village residents vote in person—or alternatively by mail—on September 15, 2020 for unopposed Board candidates, it may still be an opportunity to express one’s concerns and priorities.  If you are satisfied with your area’s trustee, vote for the one candidate listed on the ballot.  However, if you are dissatisfied and still wish to have a voice, perhaps you can write in a different undesignated name, representing the cause or issue you most highly value (for example, Pro Casino, Pro ReVAMP, Con Profligacy).

The outcome of the election is not in question, but you will have served your civic duty by voting and sharing your concerns with your local governmental representatives.  Hopefully, your voices will be heard, respected, and honored by those in power.

James Kumpel

Seniors who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City are invited to attend this free health series sponsored by Assemblyman’s Ed Ra’s Office. This program will be held at Garden City’s Senior Center from 11 a.m. to noon, subjects and dates are below:

9/8 – “When the Brain Becomes Ill”

Dr. Penny Stern

9/15 – “Integrative Health” Deborah McElligott

9/22 – “Stress Management” Tina Conroy

9/29 – “How to Stay Young Forever”

Dr. Penny Stern

Come join us for one, a few, or all of the programs!

You can pick and choose what you’d like to attend.

To promote social distancing, space is limited and reservations are required and can be made by calling Assemblyman Ra’s District Office at (516) 535-4095. Protective masks are required.

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Black and white, up close and personal

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ship with him and even invites him to dinner. The punch line comes when Jean gets up from his bed, walks over to Archie, and the two look at each other.

“You didn’t tell me you was Black!” says a bug-eyed Archie.

“You didn’t tell me you was white!” says a bemused Duval.

The fully working curtain between Michael and myself was usually closed. But I would see him every day on my way to and from physical therapy. He had Browne’s baldpate, thick beard flecked with silver from “The Cowboys” and low-key dignity. What he lacked was Browne’s rich, charismatic voice. A cancer patient, Michael spoke softly in a mild accent he’d picked up during his retirement in Florida.

As it was, we didn’t talk much; most of our time was spent licking our wounds and looking inward. But after the better part of a week, Michael asked me quite out of the blue on July 4, “What does this day mean to you?”

Worried that we’d soon be having an awkward and endless back-and-forth about the recent killings and whether all men were truly created equal, I offered a long-winded recitation about the melting pot, this country’s imperfect experiment in democracy, and so on. As he usually did, Michael “Hmm-hmm”-d a lot, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. So I asked what Independence Day meant to him.

“Well, I’ll tell you,” he said. “I don’t know how we’re going to stay on top so long as we’ve got this deficit with China!”

That was pretty much how it went for those two weeks—cordially, intermittently, often without resolution. From time to time we’d inquire about each other. He told me he was 65 (I think), came from Flushing, and had a son who was studying chemical engineering with notions of a Ph.D. Michael had worked briefly as a bank accountant and then served 32 years as an officer with the Nassau County Sheriff’s Department.

One day, Michael and a couple of the attendants (both Black) got into a backand-forth about gun control. As they parsed the finer points of background checks and handguns vs. assault rifles, I squirmed; I suspected they’d soon be asking me about Floyd, Brooks and the related angst that had lately set Americans at each other’s throats. But when the question came, it was pretty general: Where did I stand on the right to bear arms?

After serving up the usual boilerplate about the Second Amendment applying only to well-regulated militias, I said I could deal with rifles, shotguns and even handguns owned by law-abiding, responsible civilians. Naturally I

urged that guns and ammo in private homes be kept separate, ideally under lock and key.

“But if you’ve got a burglar,” said Michael, “and you’ve got to get up in the middle of the night and find the keys and unlock those drawers and load up, wouldn’t that give the guy the advantage?”

I shrugged and turned back to my book. Later, after the attendants left, I asked Michael if he’d ever fired his gun on the job. Twice, he said, both times in warning.

The time passed quickly. Once, Michael saw Carl Bernstein on CNN and asked me what I thought of him; I mentioned that I’d met him at a Hamptons party a good 20 years ago and tried to get him to identify Deep Throat. A few days later, a nurse cut our longish hair and trimmed our bushy beards. We had a gander at each other and split broad smiles at the mutual results.

Like George, Michael cried out now and then, usually when the nurses

rolled him on his side and back again. I winced—not on account of my eardrums, but because I hated his pain.

We had exactly one discussion about faith. From his periodic tunings-in to the Christian TV channel, I gathered that Michael was at least mildly religious.

“Do you believe in God?” he asked.

“Sometimes,” I said with an unnecessary chuckle.

“Who do you think goes to heaven?”

I hesitated. “Well, I’d like to,” I said finally. And then I rambled forth about my largely virtuous existence on this ball of dust, and how I thought that anyone who’d led a good life was a candidate for Paradise. We touched on interdenominational understanding; I volunteered that I’d dated a Jewish woman for much of last year but that she’d broken it off.

Michael paused. “Do me a favor? No rush.”

“Sure.”

“If you see her again, ask her which

of the Twelve Tribes she’s from. Just curious.”

On the afternoon I was sprung, I was determined to say more than the usual perfunctory goodbye. As the minutes ticked down, I wheeled myself to the foot of Michael’s bed. Looking both at and away from him, I went on vaguely about being glad that we’d had our time together amid the national tumult.

“This was nice,” he agreed. “You’re a good guy.” We bumped our Covid-free elbows in farewell.

I’m home now and recuperating; Michael is still in rehab. I wonder if he’s getting along with his new roommate. I wonder too, as Archie and Jean might have, what it would have been like without that curtain between us.

Garden City resident Thomas Vinciguerra is the author of “Cast of Characters: Wolcott Gibbs, E.B. White, James Thurber, and the Golden Age of The New Yorker.

A scene from the “Archie in the Hospital” episode of All in the Family.

New hotel strives to connect with Garden City community

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spaces are cleaned and sanitized every half hour,” Allison Mitchell explains.

Garden City Vibe, Hometown Pride

Mitchell brings 28 years of experience in hotel operations and guest relations to her position at the Residence Inn. For the first ten years of her career in hospitality management, from 1992 to early 2001, she worked at The Garden City Hotel when it was privately-owned by the Nelkins. She worked in reservations and conference scheduling and planning. She became the iconic hotel’s director of sales and then decided to work for national hotel industry brands.

`“I worked for the Hilton Long Island/Huntington (Melville) and the Wyndham brand and eventually Marriott. But I remember four years ago, reading about this project and thinking ‘wow -- that’s got my name written all over it.’ I applied for the position and they narrowed down the list of candidates from 150 people to 25. I was then one of the final three candidates. When I was offered the position, I was elated because Garden City is where I started my career and now I’ve found my way home, so to speak,” Mitchell said in an August 28 interview.

Mitchell and Clarke are both big fans of spending time frequenting Garden City’s local commerce hub of Franklin Avenue and Seventh Street. Since starting work at the Residence Inn, like many locals, they’ve started their days with a cup of coffee and a pastry from the French Workshop and they dine at all the ‘downtown’ restaurants, from Novita and B. Good to Walk Street, Plancha Tapas bar or Franklin Avenue’s destination triple-threat of sushi specialists: Kinha, Kaji and Sushi Ya.

The pair also stops in to pick up lunch from Food for Thought and Burger Spot, among others on Seventh Street. Their enjoyment of all Garden City has to offer has led the leadership of this new hotel to recommend and direct visitors and hotel guests to try out the local businesses. They promote Garden City’s options for local dining as well as to just take a stroll in the Seventh Street district or to get fresh air and enjoy the environs.

The Garden City ambiance and experience are not just nearby, they’re incorporated inside the Residence Inn. The immediate area’s rich and unique history, much of which took place just behind the Ring Road site, are evident for anyone who visits the new hotel. Its Game Room overlooks the front patio, barbecue and outdoor seating area in a courtyard-like design, and to its right is the hotel’s indoor pool which has a good amount of natural light emanating from floor-to-ceiling glass on either side. The Game Room just

off the main lobby of the Residence Inn features historical maps, literature and photographs documenting and displaying much of the village’s early 20th Century history and moments etched in time. Much of the design and display was arranged after consultation with Village of Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and his colleague, Vietnam War veteran, local American history enthusiast and longtime resident of the village’s Eastern section Cyril Smith. Bellmer provided many photographs for the hotel’s inclusion.

The Residence Inn also offers spacious first-floor meeting space, including the Amelia Earhart Meeting Room, adorned with black-and-white historical photographs celebrating the United States’ most famed female pilot and aviation pioneer, as well as several photos of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races that took place here about 110 years ago just behind the Residence Inn. The Motor Parkway was the first American roadway built exclusively for automobile use in 1908, part of the William K. Vanderbilt Jr. Cup Races courses on Long Island from 1908 to 1910.

Mitchell says with such touches and decor, the Residence Inn by Marriott picked up on some nostalgia and charm she is well versed in from her previous experience working in the area. The commemorations “invoke a sense of charm, while taking on a more modern appearance.” In fact, the carpeting of meeting rooms is an aerial map of Garden City.

Location, Location, Location

“We have many Garden City part-

nerships already established throughout the community. It’s the hometown feel -- we are so fortunate to be in this location!” Mitchell commented.

“Some people are traveling here on business as usual because they have to for their lines of work. We are accommodating those travelers who will have a longer-term stay,” Mitchell noted.

Samira Clarke brings Garden City’s Residence Inn her dozen years’ experience in the major hotel and hospitality management industry in Manhattan, as she worked at the four-star AC New York Times Square on 40th Street, across from The New York Times Building. Prior to that she worked at the Hilton Garden Inn in Midtown (35th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues) and the Hilton Garden Inn Times Square Central.

“I enjoy staying engaged with our community from our Garden City Chamber of Commerce, director Dennis Donnelly, to the village’s Building Department led by Superintendent Giovanniello, I am here as that contact person, that go-to. From first-time guests to major corporations, and any questions on seasonal stays or even for 2021 we are ready. We are always approachable. We’re so glad to participate in community events and volunteer work in Garden City -- including the 2019 Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival -- and we’re continuing to learn the ways we can be of service to the community,” she said.

Pandemic

Pivots, Safety First

According to a report on MarketWatch.com published on August 29, for the Hilton Worldwide

Holdings, Inc, second quarter 2020 revenue per available room (known as RevPAR in the industry) was down 81% from totals in Q2 in 2019. The article stated this was a net loss of $430 million in this Q2 2020 for Hilton compared to $260 million in net gain in Q2 a year ago.

Clarke says part of Residence Inn by Marriott management’s looking out for the best interests of hotel patronage is “to know what we’ve committed to do with cleanliness, staffing, planning and all we’ll need to approach.”

“Being a longer-term stay hotel, we do get to know our guests like family. Allison and myself, just walking around and from our offices we get to know everyone staying with us and we say hello to them each day. For us, it is our home and when guests are with us, it is theirs. We are happy working here and seeing so many smiling faces around the hotel,” Clarke said.

Any time there are new New York State regulations or guidance from the Nassau County Department of Health regarding pandemic protocols, her management team is on top of it. Input is also received from Marriott corporate management, regarding all COVID-19 implementations and adjustments for additional safety and coordination.

The new hotel sits in the village’s easternmost stretch and is inside the Ring Road gateway to Roosevelt Field Mall; though the hotel and the adjacent Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant are both technically part of the Village of Garden City the famous mall and most other buildings surrounding it are not.

Historic photos, such as this one from the Vanderbilt Cup Races, adorn the hotel’s wall.

Parents, athletes press School Board on fall athletics

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from the Governor’s office, Department of Health, New York State Public High School Athletic Association, and the New York State Council of School Superintendents, including input from the field. In addition, we fully recognize that the opening of our schools will provide us with valuable data regarding the effectiveness of the strategies employed to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus.”

At the Garden City Board of Education meeting, GCHS Class of 2021 President Timmy O’Hanlon, a Russell Road resident, speaking “on behalf of all student-athletes in Garden City” about the cancellation of the fall sports season brought up “this crucial year for college recruiting.” He called on Dr. Sinha to push forward in her role as “the head coach” for Garden City Public Schools and for her and the board of education to file an appeal to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association and to request “Section VIII reverse their decision for Fall 2020 sports, and to let us play!”

“The Middle School and freshman at the high school are just starting to find their way, building the confidence they need to be successful at the upper grade levels and on the field. There are many upperclassmen, who have been working for years, towards their goal of playing their chosen sports in college. While our senior student-athletes all know they won’t have the kind of school year that they’ve been looking forward to, and for many of us this would be the last year that we will ever get to wear a team uniform -- to not have that chance is a profound loss,” he said.

O’Hanlon told the school board, “from the athletes who play every minute of every game to those who don’t see much playing time….From the golfers who hit hundreds of balls to perfect their shots, to the tennis players who practice to perfect their serves….From the swimmers who dive into the pool at 5 a.m. To the runners who are up at dawn in the rain and the snow…. No matter what sport, student athletes dedicate their time to their team. I emphasize team because that is one of the most unique and rewarding aspects of athletics. We all come together everyday after school with the same common goal. On the football team we work to represent our school on Saturday.”

“It’s not always about winning championships. The opportunity to play for championships has already been taken away from us this year. Our team knows we will not have the chance to defend our County title. Yet ... we still want to play,” he said.

Parent Tara Walsh of Brook Street is the mom of another rising senior at Garden City High School. She told the board of education about the things senior year students will miss in the fall of 2020.

“I asked my son to look through his college paraphernalia and to give me a sense of where he might want to go, but he just looked me in the face and responded ‘what’s the point?’ That is so sad to me as though

he grew six inches in height over the summer, he will not have the opportunity to get out onto that football field, where perhaps someone would see him play and ask if he wants to go visit their college….That is what you are taking away from the kids. And you are taking that away from us (parents) while so many of us have older children, kids in the collegiate Class of 2020 who did not have college graduations and now they can’t find jobs once college is over. We are dealing with that, now for many of us we are also dealing with high school students who, if you just look in their eyes, there is nothing there because they feel like everything has been ripped away from them. While I know this board did not make the choice for postponing/cancelling fall sports all of us tonight are in agreement that we just want something to come from you -- a letter, a phone call, and online post to Section VIII. Something to say that our Garden City Board of Education supports us and our children,” Walsh said.

Sam Meyers, a Hilton Street resident and father of four children in Garden City schools, asked the school board and Dr. Sinha to work on behalf of parents and students’ interests in playing the fall season. He said that among children and young adults, the rate of recovery from COVID-19 is “99.99%”.

“I realize this was not the district’s decision but we do not feel like the district has advocated for our wishes. While none of us that I know of are medical experts, I reiterate the mental well-being aspect of what is going on. Plus many of our children are already playing sports at this time in club leagues. They are already interacting and among them we have not had an outbreak. This makes no sense (the postponement) and it’s detrimental to the health of the children. What we’re asking is that y’all advocate for the district and sports to resume to the higher governing authority (Section VIII) -- I do not understand how Suffolk County can unanimously vote to have sports while Nassau County can vote unanimously to not have sports? Do you understand the disconnect there?” he asked the school board.

During Tuesday’s meeting at the high school, Garden City School Board President William C. Holub reminded attendees to be fair and respectful with their public comments, as the meeting featured many pleas to “Let Us Play!” from impassioned parents and students.

Board attorney reviewing matter

Board President Holub explained that the district has asked its attorneys to review what options exist and what can legally be permissible, “and we are waiting for further advice.” He commended Superintendent Sinha on her leadership in the face of adversity during the COVID-19 pandemic and for her considerations involving students, parents and staff, as well as for her many methods of communication and consistency she has exhibited in reaching out to the community.

“We understand that you want to play sports but we also must consider many other aspects related to health and safety guidelines that we must wade through as well. Right now the Fall sports season is postponed, according to Section VII. Until we fully understand what our options are it will remain as-is with following and abiding by what has been Section VIII’s decision. Dr. Sinha is a wonderful superintendent that cares about every student and every individual, every teacher and coach, athletic trainers, administrators and principals in every school building. We have put together a comprehensive school district Reopening Plan that focuses on safety, wellness and health for all of you.”

Holub added, “We understand your concerns expressed, and we will continue to let you know as this progresses and Dr. Sinha has been a fabulous communicator over the last two months -- she has been fair and open with parents and the community. It is essential for everyone to understand that this district will continue to be open, honest, transparent and fair with our community,” Holub said.

Dr. Sinha and School Board Attorney Bonnie Gorham of Farmingdale-based law firm Guercio & Guercio LLP did not comment on potential next steps for the fall athletics programs during Tuesday’s meeting.

New district employees

Also at its September 1 meeting the Garden City Board of Education confirmed Christina Cardella in the new district role of Coordinator of Mathematics & S.T.E.A.M. with compensation of $145,000 per year, effective September 3, 2020.

The Board of Education approved the appointment of Danielle DeMarco as music teacher for Garden City Middle School, where she replaces the recently-retired Michael Russo. Her four-year probationary position officially began September 1, 2020 and DeMarco was placed on Step 1 Class I (BA) with a salary of $62,561 per

year. DeMarco was hired as front ensemble technician for the Garden City Marching Band in 2019, a role she’ll continue in. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music and later earned New York State initial certification in Music.She served as band director in P.S. 1444 Jeromus Remsen, Forest Hills, Queens and as the strings instructor at Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy in Astoria, New York In other appointments, due to the increased enrollment at Stewart School for 2020-’21, this week the school board approved Kelly Donnelly as an elementary education teacher in the Garden City district, also effective September 1, with a salary of 80,856 per year. She earned a master’s of science in childhood education from Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus, Brookville and a B.A. in education studies from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C.

Donnelly holds New York State professional certificate in childhood education for grades 1 through 6. Previously Donnelly served as a lead teacher in PS/IS 87 in Queens from September, 2016 through June, 2018. From September 2018 to June 2020, she served as a regular substitute teacher in the Garden City School District.

The school board also approved another teacher appointment for Stewart School staffing, as a one-year Feinerman Agreement, for Christine Zingale to work as an elementary education teacher in the Garden City Public Schools effective September 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.

Zingale holds NYS professional certificates in early childhood education B-2, students with disabilities (grades 1-6) and childhood education (grades 1-6). She earned a master’s in elementary education from Adelphi and a bachelor’s in criminal justice from the University at Albany. Zingale served as special education teacher in Queens’s P.S. 60 from September 2012 to June 2017.

Garden City High School athletes say ‘Let Us Play’

BY GARDEN CITY VARSITY ATHLETES

On August 25, 2020, Governor Cuomo approved the start of New York State Fall High School sports season beginning on September 21st.  Cuomo said lower risk sports include cross country, field hockey, soccer, swimming and tennis can begin practicing and then playing on September 21. Higher risk football can begin practice on September 21. Nassau County Section VIII crushed the dreams of thousands of Nassau County high school athletes on August 26, 2020, by voting 7-0 to postpone all high school sports until January 2021.

On that same day, Suffolk County Section XI supported their student-athletes by voting in favor of starting fall 2020 High School sports with a 12-0 decision. Suffolk County joins the majority of New York State deciding to play fall high school sports.

Garden City High School athletes

joined Nassau athletes to rally this week in support of overturning the Section VIII decision that now impacts over 50 Nassau school districts. Section VIII recently released a statement that they are now considering reevaluating the fall sports on September 21st. Currently, Nassau County high school athletes will not start fall season on September 21st when the rest of New York State will begin playing, and it is still possible that Nassau County Section VIII could decide to wait until January 2021.

Garden City High School Varsity and JV athletes are counting on our Garden City Board of Education to join other Nassau school districts filing an Appeal of the Section VIII decision. Garden City High School athletes are hoping to return to their teams this fall after youth sports safety returned to play this summer.

High School athletes form socially distanced circles during the rally.

Garden City High School Girls Soccer

Garden City High School Boys Soccer

Garden City High School 2020 Football players

Garden City High School Girls Field Hockey

Drone photo by Chris Caporicci Team photos by Dana Caporicci

Tornadoes capture championship

The Garden City Tornadoes: (Bottom row, left to right:) Hannah Gorman, Kylie O’Leary, Ava Oppedisano, Lexie Koenig, Emily Ryker, Amanda Tedesco, Emily Walsh, Charlotte Clark. (Second row, left to right:) Giuliana Bianco, Stella Trillhaase, Victoria Racich, Caragh Smith, Dempsey Smith. Coaches: Kevin O’Leary and Chris Smith.

This past weekend, the GC Tornadoes captured the girls U-11 East Meadow Tournament Platinum Division Championship.

With victories over FC SESA, Rockville Centre, and a draw against SUSA Carolina, the Tornadoes found themselves in the finals against SUSA Blue. Drawing upon contributions from each member of the team and a wealth of pent up quarantine energy, the girls finished regulation tied. To the shootout they went, and after 5 rounds of kicks, the Tornadoes emerged champions.

Some may say it was the coaching, others, the sideline flag bearers. The truth is, this team had no quit in them.

GARDEN CITY RECREATION AND PARKS NEWS

Adult Art Class Registration Opens

The Garden City Recreation Department is pleased to again offer an adult art class in St. Paul’s Cluett Hall. This ten week program will teach the beginner as well as the advanced student the art of painting portraits and landscapes/still-life in pastel from photographs.

Arleen Rueth Urban, the instructor for this program, is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. A winner of numerous awards, her portraits hang in many Garden City homes, as well as throughout the United States.

The first lesson includes a portrait and landscape demonstration. At that time, a supply list is provided.

Demonstrations will be available as needed throughout the program. Each student will receive the individual attention required as they move at their own pace and level of expertise.

This program is open to adults who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. The class will meet for ten weeks from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 am beginning Friday, September 18 in St. Paul’s Cluett Hall. The cost of this program is $140.

To register for this program, please visit with payment to the Garden City Recreation and Parks’ Administrative Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. or if you have a password, you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

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