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Baldwin millennials talk diversity good decisions.” Mulé’s chief of staff, Jonathan Prevost, of Baldwin, led the Nassau County Legislator discussion. Baldwinite Bianca Debra Mulé hosted a discussion Boursiquot, owner of Sweets by with millennial constituents last B, a Baldwin-based baked goods week as part of a virtual panel business, joined the discussion called “Redesigning the District: along with Freeport natives A Conversation with Millenni- Kyra Lewis, Jose Villatoro and als.” Kiana Abbady. During the Feb. The panelists 18 webinar, broadrecalled fond childcast via Facebook hood memories Live, Baldwin and and touted BaldFreeport residents win’s and Freediscussed key por t’s sense of issues facing milcommunity and lennials, as well as diversity among opportunities for residents, but also local civic involveshared the changes ment and changes they have seen t h e y h ave w i t while growing up nessed — and and those they would like to make would like to see. — in their commu“The most KiANA ABBAdY nities. change I’ve seen in “My children Freeport Baldwin has to deal are millennials with businesses,” who grew up in the 5th Legisla- Boursiquot said. “And I’m proud tive District, and I know that the of how many businesses that issues of millennials are differ- opened in Baldwin — I apprecient from the issues of my gener- ate that [there is] an increase of ation,” said Mulé, a Democrat food businesses — but somefrom Freeport. “And it’s very times I see that they increase important that we hear what fast food, so that’s some change they are. We need to get your per- that I see in Baldwin that I’m not spective, your energy, your fresh takes on things so we can make Continued on page 4

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Pickleball, anyone? A few dozen people turned out for Frank Milillo’s Pickleball Tournament on Feb. 13, which raised funds for Bethany House of Nassau County, a nonprofit agency that assists homeless women and children. Story, more photos, Page 7.

Group rescues abandoned domestic ducks in Baldwin By BRidgEt dowNEs bdownes@liherald.com

With spring less than four weeks away, the domestic duck dumping season has begun in the Town of Hempstead. Activists with Long Island Orchestrating for Nature, also known as LION, an animal advocacy nonprofit, rescued more than 100 domestic ducks that were abandoned in the township last year, including about 75 in

Baldwin. “It’s a big problem all over, but in 2020, Baldwin was the big hot spot for us,” said LION’s founder and president, John Di Leonardo, an anthrozoologist and a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. “We always rescue some birds in Baldwin, but we never hit that type of number before.” The rescuees in Baldwin — at Milburn Pond Park and Baldwin Harbor — included birds with broken wings, leg injuries, bacte-

rial infections, vitamin deficiencies, missing molts, mutilated beaks and other health issues. Many more died before the group could rescue them, Di Leonardo said. And there are still more domestic ducks out there that activists plan to rescue. In Hempstead, it is illegal to keep waterfowl, and statewide, it’s illegal to abandon them. Continued on page 3

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Dozens of domestic ducks rescued in Baldwin

flightless as well, further disrupting the Despite this, new domestic ducks appear pond ecosystem and exposing the young to the same dangers as their domestic locally every year. From Easter through September, fol- parents. According to the National Park Serlowing school hatching projects, domestic ducks are dumped into local ponds and vice, invasive species often cause the parks and abandoned. Di Leonardo said loss of native biodiversity, noting that they are often spring impulse purchases invasive animal species often start out as pets. or “careless” Easter gifts. The duck breeds that Additionally, the problem LION activists have reshas gotten worse since the cued from Baldwin in the onset of the coronavirus past year include pekins, pandemic, Di Leonardo said, khaki campbells, runners, because many people have cayugas, rouens, anconas taken part in home hatching and magpies. Di Leonardo projects to keep their chilworks to rehabilitate the dren busy. ducks after they are res“Domestic ducks are cued. thinking, feeling individuAt Milburn Pond, most als, not school science experof the saved ducks were iments, Easter props or rescued from the basin by objects to be discarded like waterfall, because they trash,” Di Leonardo said. John di Leonardo the had fallen in and couldn’t “Abandoning domestic fowl fly out, Di Leonardo said. is cruel and illegal and no President, LION If not taken out, the ducks different than abandoning a would either wash into the dog or a cat. When they’re abandoned to fend for themselves, they often freeze to bays to the south or drown. “Milburn Pond’s been rather quiet, death, starve or are killed by predators, as they lack the skills to adequately forage but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to pick up again around Eastertime,” said and the ability to fly or migrate.” This is not only tragic for the suffer- Baldwin resident Alberta Bonner, who ing birds, he added, but also can be lives on the pond, “because that’s when people buy six chicks and ducks, and disastrous for local ecosystems. When introduced into nature, non- then they dump them in the park, so native species can disrupt the natural [it’s] every year at the same time.” For years, Bonner has monitored the ecosystem, which relies on the migratory behavior of wild ducks and geese, as basin with a six-foot net, donning her well as the natural recovery period that waders and saving the trapped ducks. “The babies fall over, and then the comes with their absence, he explained. Non-native species can also spread parents don’t know how to get them disease to the wild birds. When the out,” she said. These days, the basin is closed, and domestic ducks and geese breed with wild birds, their offspring tend to be parts of it have frozen.

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t’s a big problem all over, but in 2020, Baldwin was the big hot spot for us.

Photos courtesy John Di Leonardo

more than 100 domestic ducks were rescued in the Town of Hempstead last year, including about 75 in Baldwin. Most pictured above were rescued from Baldwin Harbor. a Cayuga/ runner mix that was suffering from wry neck, a niacin deficiency, angel wing and a bacterial infection in her eye was rescued.

Lion president John Di Leonardo and Juliana Cinone, vice president of humane education, far left, with two ducks rescued from Milburn Pond.

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nassau County LegisLator Debra Mulé hosted a virtual webinar Feb. 18 at which Jonathan Prevost, Bianca Boursiquot, Kyra Lewis, Jose Villatoro and Kiana Abbady discussed issues facing millennials.

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Millennials discuss changes in the community Continued from front page too fond for.” She said she would like to see healthier options, especially for students around the high school, since students are allowed to leave campus to buy lunch. Boursiquot also recalled attending the St. Christopher’s Church Italian feast when she was young, and Villatoro remembered the festival at the Nautical Mile in Freeport. Boursiquot said she

would love to see more festivals celebrating a variety of cultures. “If they could incorporate multicultural programs, like festivals for everyone,” Boursiquot said, “I feel like that would bring everyone together, honestly.” “Where I grew up in Baldwin — in my opinion, there’s only one Baldwin — but they refer to it now as north Baldwin,” Prevost said. He remembered that when he was young, there was a Friendly’s res-

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taurant where a KFC now stands. It was a local place that created a sense of community, he said, because it was a popular spot for people who lived in the surrounding area. “As the years changed, it kind of switched from more family restaurants to more like the McDonald’s and KFCs and Taco Bells,” Prevost said, “so I could definitely see your point on that with the increased fast-food restaurants in our district and how it kind of changed the dynamic of local places to hang out and kind of interact with your community more.” Villatoro, who works in Mulé’s office, echoed the sentiment, saying he would like to see a greater diversity of local businesses. Abbady said that while Freeport is known to be “a third white, a third Black and a third Hispanic,” she has noticed an increase in diversity, with more Asian and South Asian people living in Freeport. “I love that there are more people from different backgrounds coming to live in our community,” she said. “It’s a beautiful thing, and we’ve already been a very culturally diverse village, and I’m looking forward to see those communities join us

and enhance what’s already here in Freeport and make it even greater.” Prevost also asked the panelists about civic engagement and how community groups could better connect with their age group. Abbady, who formerly worked with Mulé, said local civic groups tend to focus their efforts more on problem solving rather than engaging with the community. Lewis agreed, adding that it starts with building positive relationships and then working through the problem solving. She also said social media is “always the answer” when it comes to how to better connect with residents, and encouraged leaders to find innovative ways to speak to an audience. Mulé thanked the speakers, noting that she was surprised that housing didn’t come up, although that could be a topic for another conversation. “As members of a tremendously diverse and highly educated generation,” Mulé said in a statement, “millennials are already taking up the mantle of leadership and charting a course to a more innovative, inclusive and vibrant future for Nassau County and the United States.”

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community update Thursday, Feb. 25

instructional video from the library’s website to assist. After registering over the phone kits can be picked up anytime during library hours. The program is limited to 24 families (students in grades kindergarten through six with parent or caregiver) and is open to Baldwin School District residents only. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Morning meditation with the library The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Holly from the Kadampa Meditation Center will guide participants through this meditation practice. All are welcome to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. Join Zoom Meeting: https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/88924416148? and the Meeting ID is 889 2441 6148. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Black Hollywood — A lecture by Marilyn Carminio The lecture is a portrait of the Black film community during Hollywood’s formative years. Join this program, Black Hollywood — A lecture by Marilyn Carminio, on Tuesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/82884317506 and the Meeting ID is 828 8431 7506. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password.

Beginners Mah Jongg Donna Miller Small will teach Beginners Mah Jongg in this four-part series hosted by the Baldwin Public Library. This will take place on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org to receive the password. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom. us/j/84485810760? and the Meeting ID is 844 8581 0760. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Friday, Feb. 26 Chair yoga with the library Instructor Augusta Berner will guide this class utilizing a chair to perform yoga poses that are kind to the body. Participants should have weights and resistance bands, or substitutions, on hand. Join the program, to take place on Friday, Feb. 26 at 9 a.m. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web. zoom.us/j/88372251489? and the Meeting ID is 883 7225 1489.

Saturday, Feb. 27 Classic film discussion with the library Set against the exciting backdrop of Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the film is a modern-day retelling of the Ancient Legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. Love, loss and a celebration of life is experienced by the poor of the city, who, for at least once a year, revel in an opulent visual display of cos-

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Make pot of gold cake truffles with the library Make pot of gold cake truffles with the library! Registration begins March 2. Pick up a kit of ingredients from the library to make the truffles, crush cupcakes, mix in frosting, coat them in chocolate and add candy, marshmallows and sprinkles. Participants will also have access to a recipe and instructional video from the library’s website to assist. After registering over the phone kits can be picked up anytime during library hours. The program is limited to 24 families and is open to Baldwin School District residents only. tumes and a constant, pulsating, rhythmic music that is quite arresting. Directed by Marcel Camus, the film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Join Christopher Woods and the Baldwin Public Library on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. for a discussion about “Black Orpheus” (1959). View the film at home, available on Kanopy, a free streaming service. The DVD is also available for request by contacting (516) 223-6228 Ext. 145. For the password, RSVP to bplreadersadvisory@ baldwinpl.org by noon the day of the program. Join Zoom Meetwing: https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/88396950291. The Meeting ID is 883 9695 0291. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl. org.

Monday, March 1

Free youth workout classes Trainer Sariah Doresca, age 13, will host a free virtual youth workout class for kids ages 6 to 10 via Zoom on March 1 from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Additional classes will take place March 8, 15 and 22. RSVP at eventbrite.com. Let’s get fit together!

Story time with the library Join Miss Mariel for online story time via Zoom on Monday, March 1 at 11 a.m. for children ages 2 to 4. You don’t need a Zoom account to participate. This is a recurring program. Register online or over the phone. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Monday meditation The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Monday, March 1 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. David from the

Kadampa Meditation Center will guide participants through this meditation practice. All are welcome to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/81829062691 and the Meeting ID is 818 2906 2691. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Tuesday, March 2 Pot of gold cake truffles Make pot of gold cake truffles with the library. Registration begins March 2. Pick up a kit of ingredients from the library to make the truffles, crush cupcakes, mix in frosting, coat them in chocolate and add candy, marshmallows and sprinkles. Participants will also have access to a recipe and

Wednesday, March 3 Yoga for beginners The Baldwin Public Library will host Yoga for Beginners on Wednesday, March 3 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

HAving An event? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to bdownes@liherald.com

Sanitation officials encourage residents to “like” Sani 2 on Facebook at facebook.com/SanitaryDistrictNo2. Show the Baldwin Public Library some love by filling out a digital postcard at www.baldwinpl.org. For information about the Covid-19 vaccine, visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/vaccine. The Baldwin Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly meeting on March 10 at 12:30 p.m. The Town of Hempstead will host an e-cycle and shredding waste program on March 6.

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LocaL residents pLayed pickleball at the fundraiser on Feb. 13 at the Rockville Centre Recreation Center.

Pickleball game raised funds for Bethany House Rockville Centre resident Frank Milillo, one of the pickleball ambassadors for Nassau County, helped organize a pickleball tournament fundraiser to benefit Bethany House of Nassau County, a nonprofit agency that assists women and children who are experiencing homelessness. One of the Bethany House locations is in Baldwin. The fundraiser was held in the Rockville Centre Recreation Center on Feb. 13 and participants raised between $1,400 and $1,500, Milillo said. All of the proceeds will benefit Bethany House. It was a fun and active afternoon, with a round robin format tournament as well as cornhole and ping pong games. Pickleball is similar to tennis and badminton, but is less taxing on the body. About 45 people attended the event. “I was overwhelmed over the support that they gave to Bethany House and the way they contributed,” Milillo said of the participants. “I thought the pickleball players actually stepped up and really made a difference in their contributions and in the sport itself, and I couldn’t have been more pleased on the outcome and the support, really — the overall enthusiasm that the players had for playing and for playing for a charity.” Karen Polito, acting superintendent of recreation at the rec center, joined the tournament. Some members of Bethany Buddies, a club at South Side High School in Rockville Centre that assists the efforts of Bethany House, attended the fundraiser, too.

Karen poLito, acting superintendent of recreation at the Rockville Centre Recreation Center, above, swung for the ball. participants tossed the ball. ricardo romero and his son, Ricardo Romero Jr., of Freeport, far left, played a mean game of pickleball.

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Alzheimer’s group funding NYU research The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, headed by former New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., of Merrick, has awarded a $250,000 grant to NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola to expand and accelerate research that it is conducting to uncover the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of developing new treatments and slowing the progression of the disease. This AFA award follows a $100,000 grant in 2019 that began the cutting-edge research project. The NYU Langone clinicians and scientists are seeking to approximate brain behavior by reprogramming human cells derived from Alzheimer’s patients. Based on genetic information collected through voluntary blood donations from many patients, the team can distinguish where Alzheimer’s neurons diverge from healthy neurons, and from there take corrective action. This allows the team to then non-invasively explore the potential development of new treatments. The study is led by Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital and associate professor of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Reiss is also a member of AFA’s Medical, Scientific and Memory Screening Advisory Board. “This new funding allows us to quicken the pace of our work and include participants with only mild cognitive impairment, allowing us to study subtle changes in the composition and metabolism of neurons before advanced Alzheimer’s has taken hold,” Reiss said. “The brain is the body’s most inaccessible and complex organ, making it extraordinarily challenging for scientists to develop new treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s,” Fuschillo said. “This grant enables the NYU Langone Health team to

Courtesy Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

The Alzheimer’s FoundATion of American recently awarded NYU Langone in Mineola a $250,000 grant to conduct research into the causes of and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Above, Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital. expand the number of participants, perform additional cutting-edge work and accelerate the pace of this very promising research study. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is very pleased to make this investment in hope.” “Having cared for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, I know the impact this disease has on families and how desperately new treatments are needed,” said AFA founder and Chairman Bert Brodsky. “We’re hopeful that NYU Langone’s research can make a game-changing scientific breakthrough that will improve the lives of families affected by this terrible disease.” Reiss and her team have been gathering blood samples from individuals liv-

ing with Alzheimer’s, as well as those without the disease. From each blood sample, the research team isolates exosomes that originated in the patient’s brain. Exosomes are small particles shed from every cell, including neurons in the brain. These extracellular pieces, or vesicles, derived from brain neurons carry key genetic information. Researchers are investigating the differences in this genetic information between healthy people and those with Alzheimer’s. The aim is to use the information gained to reprogram Alzheimer’s neurons to behave more like those in healthy people. The research team is also testing a number of drugs for possible repurposing and use in Alzheimer’s disease, as

well as seeking new gene-editing approaches to treatments. The new grant will allow the study to expand the participant pool to include those with mild cognitive impairment. By comparing this group to the original pool of participants who have already progressed to full-blown Alzheimer’s, the earliest deviations from normal can be captured. The study is also being expanded to include first-degree relatives of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, the grant will allow the team to accelerate the project by using more complex tools to analyze the effectiveness of novel treatments to restore cellular and mitochondrial function. Reiss is joined by Dr. Aaron Pinkhasov, chairman of psychiatry, and Dr. Irving Gomolin, chief of geriatrics, at NYU Langone on Long Island; Dr. Joshua De Leon, associate professor of clinical medicine at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine; and Dr. Lora Kasselman, assistant professor of foundations of medicine, and Dr. Thomas Wisniewski, the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman professor of the NYU Alzheimer’s Disease Center. According to Reiss, in the last two decades, only a handful of medicines were approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease, while the vast majority of clinical trials were halted. Trials typically rely on research first conducted on mice or using spinal fluid, and those often fail to replicate the complex neurological activity in the human brain. That contrasts with research to find cures for cancers of the liver, lungs and other vital organs, where it is increasingly common for pieces of tissue to be extracted for biopsies—and for profiling of cancer cells—to develop with optimal treatment regimens. To give to AFA, go to alzfdn.org/ donate.

Inside LI to host Black History Month webinar By nicole Alcindor nalcindor@liherald.com

In honor of Black History Month, Herald Inside LI will host a webinar featuring Black leaders on Long Island on Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m. S p e a ke r s w i l l i n cl u d e P h i l Andrews, president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Inc.; Regina Armstrong, superintendent of the Hempstead School District; Frederick Brewington, owner, principal, civil rights lawyer and community activist at the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Margo Cargill, CEO of Titanium Linx Consulting Inc.; and Daniel Lloyd, vice president of the of Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, and founder and president of Minority Millennials Inc. The speakers will by Zoom discuss their industries and the culture of

today’s workplaces. They will also discuss how communities have adapted to social justice and racial equity issues, as well as provide insight on how leaders can best harness their influence to impact Long Island. To register to watch the webinar on the scheduled date or receive a recording of the event, go to LIHerald.com/BlackHistoryMonth. To sponsor a webinar or for more information, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or call (516) 569-4000, ext. 224.

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February 25, 2021 — BALDWIN HERALD

Baby, it’s cold outside Embrace the season — indoors and out

his winter season, like so much during the pandemic, is very different as Covid-19 is still very much a threat and we’re trying to do our part to stop the spread and stay healthy. The good news is that wintertime offers many opportunities to have some family fun — even during the pandemic. More good news? Masks to keep you safe from the virus keep your face warm in the winter too! Here is another piece of good news: with vaccinations now underway, the likelihood of a more normal winter next year is high. Keeping kids busy and focused during the pandemicinduced isolation has definitely taken its toll on all of us. It was burden enough when the weather was nice, but now that we’ve been thrust into our new normal of freezing temperatures, frequent snowstorms, etc., our quarantine life seems more challenging than ever. So while that family getaway most likely is cancelled this year, there are still plenty of ways to beat the winter blahs. Yes, family activities are a must right now — even getting outside. Go for a hike! Get your family — and doggo if applicable — and hit a trail or even the beach. Experience the unique appeal of the beach in wibter. Discover a new board game. Families can bond over the discovery and learning of board games. Newer-age games like The Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and Carrcasonne offer fresh strategy. But classics like Monopoly and Candy Land are always winners. Complete a puzzle. Jigsaw puzzles are a great family/ team building exercise. Work as a team on one aspect of the puzzle, or assign a unique part of the puzzle to each family member. Reenact a favorite movie. With a quick search online, you should be able to find the script to a family favorite movie or favorite scene. Cast family members into their favorite roles and watch the movie magic unfold in your living room. Bake a new recipe. Find a new holiday recipe and bake it together. It is a great way to teach new skills, reinforce math skills, and start a family tradition. Also, since baking has elements of chemistry, there is an added academic component that is the proverbial — and literal — icing on the cake. Feed the birds. While plants sit dormant in winter, birds are still active, providing a great opportunity to aid our feathered friends. Kids can have fun making a simple birdfeeder, or buy one that sticks right to your window for up-close viewing. Put on a performance. Maybe you all learn the same dance, act out a short play, or have a family talent show. Distant relatives will be thrilled to tune in to a live steam and you’ll create a memory that will last a lifetime (especially if it is recorded!) Solve a (fictional) murder. For families with older children, you can spice up the traditional family game night with a murder mystery game. Get into the spirit of the whodunit with costumes and accessories, character backstories, and food or decorations to match the storyline. A quick online search will provide ideas to get you started. Make caring cards. Your family can create hand-made cards that you can mail or drop off to a local nursing home, senior center, hospital, police/fire station, schools, etc. People will appreciate the cards, especially during the pandemic. If you send the cards to schools, teachers will love the support, especially this year! Campout in the living room. This winter everyone could use a change-of-scene. Why not turn your living room into a bedroom and have a family campout? Create tents with sheets draped over furniture. Make sure to bring some books and read under the tents with flashlights! Make a list of new recipes to try. Designate one night of the week to test out each recipe. Each family could be in charge of one of the recipes.

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Do a room makeover. Or even just rearrange the furniture, in the kid's rooms or playroom so they can have a change of scenery without leaving home Research a new outdoor spot. Explore it and plan a day around it and enjoy the adventure! Go through clothes and toys and donate to those in need. It will feel good to clean out your closets and help others Host a virtual Bingo night via Zoom. Invite friends or family to join in. Offer prizes you can mail to the winners. Build a snow fort or a snowperson. Weather allowing of course! Add to the fun by having hot chocolate outside under the stars. Set out chairs at least six feet apart and invite the neighbors. Research places to volunteer. Helping others will help lift your spirits. Many non-profit organizations are open to having volunteers safely either remotely or inperson. Contact some of your favorite local organizations and ask them how your family can help. Host a neighborhood food drive. Food pantries now need pantry donations as demand has increased significantly during the pandemic. Post flyers around the neighborhood or put them in mailboxes. Set a goal — maybe one can for each day of winter? Contact your food pantry of choice to find out if they have specific needs and when you can drop off the donations. Art night! Choose one night (or day) each week to create something amazing together. It could be a large banner with an inspirational message, vision boards, placemats displaying the holiday cards you received this year, a magnificent centerpiece using items from nature — anything goes! Learn a new sport together. This might be cross country skiing, snowshoeing, skating, speed walking, weight lifting, gymnastics, running, or anything that your family is interested in exploring. Staying active this winter will be important for your physical and mental health. n

Above photo: Winter can be a tough time of the year, even under the best of circumstances. Thanks to the chilly temperatures and lack of sunlight, many people deal with the winter blues on an annual basis — and that was before we ever heard the phrase “social distancing.” With a little creativity (and even a few extra layers), you might even find new reasons to love the wintertime!

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Baldwin’s drive for an eighth consecutive Nassau Class AA girls’ basketball title must wait another year since the county announced a condensed season will commence after eight games with no playoffs. “We were thrilled to hear we’re having a season, but it’s a little disappointing there’s no championship to play for,” Lady Bruins head coach Tom Catapano said. “Getting back to what we love to do and being together as a team is great though. We had three months of intramurals and I kept telling the girls to stay ready in case we received good news.” Baldwin was considered a slight underdog last March 8 when it defeated top-seeded Syosset, 60-52, at Nassau Coliseum to keep the crown. The pandemic canceled a much-anticipated matchup with Northport for the Long Island Class AA title. A pair of All-County selections return for Catapano. Senior Nayeli Dowding is a strong wing who worked hard during the offseason to improve her moves to the rim to go with a strong mid-range game. She’s a captain and one of the more experienced players on the roster. Forward Dallysshya Moreno is a sophomore with all the tools and the ability to post double digits in points and rebounds every game. She had 27 points to lead a season-opening victory over Farmingdale on Feb. 13. Senior guard Layla Elor brought tremendous energy off the bench last season

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The Baldwin Republican Club spread the love this past Valentine’s Day. Members collected new blankets and donated them to the St. Christopher’s food pantry. They were delivered on Feb. 14. Additionally, nearly 400 puzzles were collected from the Baldwin community and donated to senior citizens at Halandia Shores, Harbor Cove and Brookside Gardens along with about 100 Valentine’s Day cards. The cards were created as part of Miss Wantagh Second Runner Up Angelina Maciak’s community service project, members said. The cards were crafted by students at Forest Lake Elementary School, Mandalay Elementary School, Wantagh Middle School and Wantagh High School. To get involved with the Baldwin Republican Club, text (516) 298-4011 or visit the group on Facebook.

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MeMbers of the Baldwin Republican Club delivered donated blankets to the St. Christopher’s food pantry on Feb. 14.

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A. Your floor is expanding, and the ridges at the seams are rising, because the floor has nowhere else to expand to. This problem is common, and was caused by the floor being limited from expanding because the cabinets and island, along with heavy furniture placed over the finished floor, keep the floor from expanding when the heat onte eeper is on. Wetting the floor to clean it also causes expansion, and should be limited or not done with water at all. Solving this problem is easier said than done. Basically, anywhere the floor is unable to move defeats the purpose, and only by freeing up the floor will the problem work itself out. There’s a simple wall molding that our ancestors used that seems to be generally forgotten. Even though I include this detail in most of the drawings I prepare, I rarely see this last little strip of molding being installed. What the molding does is act like a gap cover, since properly installed flooring has a quarter- to halfinch gap at the edges of the floor, including around a fixed island and around the room’s perimeter. The whole perimeter will need to be cut so the trim molding will need to be added, unless the vertical trim board has been installed with a space, in which case the flooring has to be able to float (slide back and forth) under the vertical wallboard trim. Our ancestors were very observant of nature, and skilled finish carpenters passed along their knowledge of the way materials behave. I worked for a finish carpenter while in high school, and learned that molding and trim weren’t just a finishing touch, but also a necessity to hide the places where materials needed room to expand and contract, at ceilings, floors, stairs and doors. Miracle materials have come along since then that were supposed to change the industry, like plastic moldings that are more temperature stable, but nature never disappoints. Natural or not, materials all have to work together, whether it’s the way they react to moisture, sunlight, heat or cold. You’re going to need to get the contractor to organize the flooring installer and the finish carpenter to coordinate cutting the floor, and either install the shoe molding or space the vertical trim baseboard so the floor moves and adjusts underneath, even at the island and kitchen cabinet bases. Hopefully, the flooring was installed over a moisture-proof expansion membrane. Then enjoy your floor.

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A year later, lessons learned from the pandemic

he coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc. We failed to see it coming until it was too late. We failed to imagine its destructive power. Nassau County’s first reported case was a 42-year-old Uniondale man who worked at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre and was treated at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, now NYU Langone. His case was reported last March 3. Three days later, Uniondale Schools Superintendent Dr. William Lloyd said in a statement, “The district has been in close contact with Nassau County and New York state health officials, and we have been told that at the current time, there is no reason to take any additional precautionary or preventive measures than those we already have in place.” By mid-March, schools had shut down. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran gave the order to close them for two weeks. Students didn’t return to their school buildings until September, learning, as best as they could, virtually, using new and unfamiliar online platforms like Zoom and Google Classroom. Businesses shuttered, some never to return. Hospitals — and the brave women and men who staff them — were quickly overwhelmed by the coronavirus caseload. So were funeral homes. Death, it seemed, was everywhere. And so here we are, a year later, battered and bruised, many of us filled with

anxiety because of a job loss, economic issues or simply the uncertainty that the coronavirus has brought to all of our lives. “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” the saying goes. After a full year of coping with a relentless disease, watching too many family members and friends fall prey to it, we are tired, ready for this nightmare to be over. We need to feel normal again. We are wiser, however. Our children are learning, albeit at a slower pace than they did. We are more forgiving of students if they miss a homework assignment or fail an exam. We don’t require them, to the degree that we did, to take the seemingly unending battery of state tests they were subjected to for years. Even the SAT is no longer sacrosanct, with a growing number of colleges becoming SAT-optional. Maybe that’s how it should have been all along. Perhaps our expectations were unrealistic. Long before the pandemic, young people complained, like no generation before, of the anxiety they were feeling. Maybe we should have listened more closely, understood better. If we come out of the pandemic with more realistic expectations of our children — and the desire to let them be kids at least part of the time — then some good will have come from this hell that we have collectively experienced. Maybe — just maybe — we will have learned that children’s feelings matter more in the end than their grades. At the same time, the pandemic

leTTers O’Connell was ‘right on the mark’ To the Editor: John O’Connell’s column in the Feb. 4-10 issue, “Agree with me or shut up,” was right on the mark. I have liberal relatives who still blame President Trump for all our woes, and it’s very difficult to have a reasonable conversation with them, on any subject, because they will always bring up the topic of politics. Many thanks to O’Connell for speaking up for many of us. PAT KING Merrick

It was worthy of framing To the Editor: Reading “Agree with me or shut up” was a profound breath of fresh air. Thank you, John O’Connell, for your thoughts. I’m going to frame this article as proof that there are still good people

exposed, like never before, the wide disparities in educational opportunities for children from different communities, based largely on race and socioeconomic forces beyond their control. We should commit, like never before, to closing these gaps so all children are given equal opportunity to learn. When you’ve had so much taken from you, you start to reassess all that you are. How much does owning the biggest house on the block or the shiniest car really matter? When you’re on a ventilator fighting for your life, not at all. We also learned that we’re highly adaptable creatures. Countless businesses have carried on virtually, leaving their owners wondering why they hadn’t tried going remote earlier. It saves time and effort. It also saves gasoline and, thus, money. And, as we have learned, it might be a way of saving the planet — less travel by car means less greenhouse gases sent into our atmosphere, which could help slow the climate crisis, the biggest of the crises facing humanity. We shouldn’t look back and beat ourselves up. We didn’t know better. We do now, though. The question is, when we are past the pandemic, who will we become? Will we revert to our old ways or adopt our newfound practices? We are likely to achieve herd immunity within the next year through a combination of inoculation and infection. Now is a good time to start planning for that day, and to decide how we will live in the years after these difficult days.

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applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19. Becoming fully vaccinated provides many with a sense of liberation, but it also comes with a deep social responsibility. According to published research, full vaccination — defined as two weeks after the second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine — virtually eliminates a person’s Lawrence e. chance of dying the strains of eisenstein from the virus we are currently likely to encounter. The vaccines provide excellent protection for most people from even contracting it. Nonetheless, a small percentage of vaccinated people will still come down with Covid-19. And researchers continue to study whether someone who has been vaccinated can transmit the virus to others. While I think they will ultimately find at least some protection against transmission, we can’t yet quantify the risk. Until we have these answers, vaccinated people must assume the responsibility of ensur-

ing they don’t inadvertently spread the virus. Our knowledge of Covid-19 is expanding rapidly, and science should guide our policymaking. The new CDC guidance is important not because it’s a get-out-of-jail-free card — it isn’t — but because of the accompanying explanation. The agency didn’t just issue a blanket statement that vaccinated people don’t need to quarantine after exposure; rather, it gave an important medical explanation. It acknowledged that the risk/ benefit ratio, a cherished tenet in medical evaluation, shifts after people are vaccinated. They aren’t completely free of the possibility of contracting or transmitting disease, but the odds of doing so change. We should acknowledge and even celebrate the fact that vaccinated people are highly unlikely to die of the current predominant strains of Covid-19. But we don’t yet know how long the post-vaccination protection lasts, so the CDC set the quarantine-free policy at 90 days — a period supported by science — as long as people have no symptoms following their exposure. The other side of the equation is benefits. There are important psychological, economic, sociological and health-related benefits to keeping people active, produc-

tive and out of quarantine, and there are profound impacts of keeping them in quarantine. The CDC concluded that although there is some risk of vaccinated people contracting and spreading the virus, the risks of forcing them to quarantine outweigh the benefits. I fully support this analysis. Quarantine, the taking away of someone’s freedom in the interest of protecting the public’s health, must be ordered responsibly. A careful evaluation of the risk/ benefit ratio is the correct way for public health policymakers to proceed. I believe the next step should be a lifting of the domestic travel quarantine for New Yorkers who are fully vaccinated. If we are no longer quarantining fully vaccinated people with a known exposure, why would we take away their freedom just because they’ve traveled — including those with no known exposures? Using good science, we might find that some locations have more dangerous variants. In those cases, quarantine might become necessary, even for fully vaccinated travelers. I get asked all the time when I think we will return to life as we knew it before the pandemic. We aren’t going to just flip a switch, and parts of our new normal might be here to stay. I for one will always

eep in mind that parts of our new normal — like masks — may be here to stay.

Letters that are willing to stand up and speak whole truths. ANThONY ChrIsOsTOMO East Meadow

Doesn’t O’Connell care about facts? To the Editor: My response to John O’Connell’s column is, wow! Just wow! O’Connell complains that “the individual’s right to freely express ideas . . . true or not . . . or [not] reliably sourced at all” should be allowed to flow freely. really? And he dares call himself a journalist? The reason that “the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year” is because of the absolute outright lies the radical right has fomented on sites like Parler. Thank God big tech stopped that slander. The big lie that the election was “stolen” is exactly what led to the insurrection on Jan. 6. O’Connell says “half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-harris administration unchecked by the house and senate.” Well, more than half the country was obviously vexed by a Trump-Pence administration whose lies were retold on far-right extremist outlets and went unchecked by the house and senate. Thus,

wear a mask on a plane, because the benefit of not getting sick with Covid-19, influenza or any respiratory virus that could ruin my vacation far outweighs the tiny cost of wearing that mask. To get back to life as we knew it will require a stepwise series of policy decisions based on benefit outweighing risk, each getting us closer to that light at the end of the tunnel. We don’t have all the answers regarding Covid-19 transmission or variants yet. Until we do, County Executive Laura Curran and I continue to remind residents that it is vital for fully vaccinated people to strike a balance between the activities that become relatively safer following vaccination (reflected in the CDC’s new policy) and the necessary social responsibility for vaccinated people to continue taking protective measures. They should protect themselves and their communities by wearing masks, social distancing, and staying home and getting tested when they feel ill. Fully vaccinated people should be comforted, even liberated by the knowledge they will surely survive even if they catch Covid-19. They can enjoy that luxury while protecting their neighbors and loved ones until everyone experiences the exuberance of immunity. Dr. Lawrence E. Eisenstein is the Nassau County commissioner of health.

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more than half the country voted for truth over lies, and sane governing over the anarchy brought on by the MAGA rioters and the radically dangerous right. Elections do have consequences, and the people, individuals expressing their individualism, have spoken. so John, take your right-wing group think and weep into your pillow for the next four years as most of America has been forced to for the past four years. LEE PAsTOrE Seaford

Newspapers aren’t the enemy To the Editor: Now that our nation’s truest “enemy of the people” — Donald J. Trump — is no longer president, I would like to contrast his labeling newspapers and other modern media the “enemy of the people” with what a better, wiser president — Thomas Jefferson — said in 1787 about the press of his era: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” rIChArD sIEGELMAN Plainview

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February 25, 2021 — BALDWIN HERALD

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was in Ryann’s Wines in East Meadow around the holidays, standing at the checkout, when a fellow customer, a man in his 70s, called out to a 20-something employee from across the store. “Where’s yuh bittuhz?” the man inquired loudly. Befuddled, the young man asked for clarification. “Excuse me?” I immediately knew what the gentleman was looking for, and probably where he could find it. But rather than clear up the situation, I NICK stood silent. “Yuh bittuhz … bitBuglIoNe tuhz,” the older man exclaimed, growing a bit frustrated. I should have told the kid what the guy was looking for, but I was enjoying the confusion. After another few moments, the light bulb finally went on in the clerk’s head. “Oh, bittERS,” he said, directing the man to the correct aisle. I walked out of the store with a halfsmile, because that brief interaction highlighted a notion that has been turning around in my mind for some time: Younger Long Islanders don’t “tawk” like we

older folks anymore. I don’t have anything beyond anecdotal evidence of this linguistic shift, but I’m positive it’s been happening for some time. Ten years ago, I married Jill and became stepdad to Nicolas and Jake. At the time the boys were 6 and 4, respectively. I remember how much it frustrated me that they said the word “orange” wrong. They pronounced it “OR-enge.” It sounded like nails on a chalkboard to me, and I’d correct them over and over, “It’s not ‘OR-enge,’ it’s ‘ARE-inge,’” I’d tell them. “Say it like ya from New Yawk.” I wondered where they picked up this mispronunciation. Had they spent time in Florida before coming into my life? No, that wasn’t it. Their dad grew up just a few minutes east of me, and he “tawked” just like I do. In a few years, Jill and I had Adriana and then Elia and, as soon as they were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong. It was “wah-ter,” not “wah-tuh” and “hot dahg,” not “hot dawg.” My friends noticed the same thing with their kids, and you might have, too. If not, try this. Have your kids say talk, daughter, call and coffee, and see if you notice a difference.

My interest was piqued after the liquor store encounter, so I set out to find some answers. I contacted Hofstra University to see if they could hook me up with a linguistics professor who could shed some light on the subject. They put me in touch with Ilona Pierce, an associate professor in the Department of Drama and Dance. It seemed like a curious choice, but Pierce seemed to know her stuff when it came to the “Lawn Guyland” accent. It’s part of her job to teach budding Long Island actors how to ditch their accent for a more “neutral American” one. “I’m not a linguist, but I do spend most of my time listening to the speech of young actors — from Long Island, but also from all over the country and the world,” she said. First off, Pierce set me straight on a point of contention. Despite what some locals claim, there is absolutely no difference between the Long Island and the New York City accent. Ours has its roots in New York City, Pierce explained, and it spread out as New Yawk— sorry, New Yorkers moved out to the suburbs. Second, she confirmed that the Long Island accent is absolutely evolving. “I hear way fewer t-h sounds changed to t/d,” she said. “In the Long Island accent

s soon as our kids were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong.

of the 20th century, you’d hear ‘wit’ for ‘with’ or ‘dis’ and ‘dat’ for ‘this’ and ‘that.’” She also said kids aren’t dropping r’s for a’s anymore (turning “ever” into “eva,” for instance) and they have adopted a more “general American” pronunciation of words like “Harry, Gary and marry.” Case in point: my daughter Adriana is currently reading the classic “Hairy” Potter series. So, what the heck is going on? Well, according to Pierce, accents just naturally evolve over time. Nowadays, people relocate more easily and frequently and, as they move, they bring their sounds with them, she said. That made sense to me. The more I thought about it, I realized that I didn’t speak exactly like Grandma and Grandpa Buglione did. They came from Brooklyn and didn’t boil water, they “berled” it. They used the “terlit,” not the toilet. And if they knew a guy named Earl, they probably would’ve called him “Oil.” But I never spoke that way. It wasn’t all bad news, though. Pierce said she still hears kids calling dogs “dawgs,” and some of them still drink “cawfee.” Maybe there’s hope for the Long Island accent after awl. Nick Buglione is a teacher, freelance journalist and former editor of the East Meadow Herald.

A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake

admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys. But what to say about Gov. Andrew Cuomo in light of recent headlines? As a longtime supporter who watched his rise through the razor wire of New York politics, I have to say, Governor, you let us down. According to The New York Times, the Cuomo RANDI administration KReISS did not fully disclose the staggering numbers of Covid-19 nursing home deaths in New York City last spring. The allegation is that the horrific death toll — 15,000 and counting — was, in part, the result of the governor’s order to move Covid patients who had been hospitalized back to nursing homes and long-term care facilities. The nursing homes weren’t equipped to handle pandemic disease, and they didn’t have sufficient protective gear for their staff. A cascading series of flawed policy

and thinking led to increased infections and deaths. Remember: Last March 5, Cuomo announced that cases of Covid-19 had doubled overnight from 11 to 22 statewide. By April 1, there were 83,000 reported cases. By May 1, New York state was nearing 375,000 cases. By late spring, Covid patients were swamping New York hospitals. Refrigerator trucks converted to mobile morgues stood outside some medical centers. The search for more personal protective equipment and ventilators was desperate, and in that context, Cuomo made the decision to move Covid patients from hospitals back to nursing homes. There were many possible reasons for that decision, from suggested political advantage to the prospect of hospitals having to triage care for all the incoming patients, to conflicting advice from medical experts on how to move forward. The result was that many thousands of nursing home residents died, almost always alone, almost always without saying goodbye to their loved ones whose grief is now compounded by anger. The people who took care of them, from the

nurses to the aides to the custodians who washed the floors, also died from the virus as it surged through the facilities. In recent statements, Cuomo has said that the policy was a mistake, and that there should have been more transparency when reporting the nursing home fatalities. He said the total of deaths reported was “delayed,” but he didn’t say that was intentional or self-protective. He said there was a “void.” There were many missteps in the early days of the pandemic. Supplies were scarce, and doctors and scientists who are usually in their comfort zone treating disease were shocked by the ferocity of the virus, even in the best hospitals in New York. There was no federal leadership. President Trump played the governors, had them begging for ventilators and masks that he dispensed grudgingly and for which he demanded obeisance. Cuomo’s nursing home policy was among the many mistakes that were made in those months. It follows that whenever Cuomo realized that the hospital-to-nursing-homepolicy was a mistake, he should have said so, fully and publicly. Waiting, delaying,

uomo rose to the occasion in those first months. He inspired us. He also let us down.

hiding the real numbers or whatever was done to avoid revealing the full truth was wrong. Attempting to cover up the tragedy, if that’s what was done, only compounded thousands of families’ pain. Cuomo is also the leader who sat before the cameras and the press every single morning for months and talked us through the wrenching changes in our lives brought about by the pandemic. He was steady and confident and told us we could get through it. He reminded us that we were “New York tough,” and we believed him. Governor, you rose to the occasion in those first months and provided steady leadership that helped us stay anchored in our lives. You did it while fighting a novel disease that was crushing the city, and you did it without significant support from the federal government. You inspired us, you kept the city going, you were a rock. I will never forget your 11 a.m. fireside chats. You also let us down. No thinking citizen of this state or country expects simple, black-and-white solutions to problems or leaders who are perfect. But we do expect you to tell us the truth, even when it hurts us. Even when it hurts you. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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