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Drive-in movie night to replace Baldwin Day anniversary of the locally sponsored fireworks show, will be Aug. 1 this year. Baldwin Day will not be the Mahler said he and other same this year because of the organizers are seeking various coronavirus pandemic. To bids from contractors for the replace the traditional picnic drive-in movie theater, adding and fireworks show in Baldwin that the location is not yet Harbor Town Park, known, although Chamber of Comthey hope it will be merce members Baldwin Park or “a a re p l a n n i n g a location suitable to d r ive - i n m o v i e the Baldwin comnight. munity.” On Baldwin Day Baldwin resiin previous years, dent Linda Degen the park was filled suggested selling with thousands of t i c ke t s f o r t h e residents of Baldevent, breaking it win and neighborup into a couple of ing communities, nights and seating who set up their people apart from erik Mahler lawn chairs and one another on a socialized, shopped Chamber president first-come, firstat vendors, ate hot served basis, but dogs and hamburgers, and took Mahler said that wouldn’t be in to a musical performance necessary because people would before the grand finale fireworks be in their cars to ensure socialshow. distancing guidelines are folBaldwin Chamber President lowed. Erik Mahler said at a virtual “This is going to be a drive-in meeting June 3 that it is too “up so people will already be social in the air” to plan for a mass distancing in their cars and not gathering of people in the park be able to leave their cars unless where it would most likely be dif- they’re sitting on their cars ficult to practice social distanc- themselves,” Mahler explained. ing. The event, which would Organizers also said there have been the 25th anniversary of Baldwin Day and the 12th Continued on page 4

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Baldwin CiviC assoCiation members and elected officials joined Baldwinite George Pittas in cutting the ribbon and unveiling the Baldwin Community’s Garden new gazebo and brick walkway last Saturday as part of Pittas’s Eagle Scout project.

Eagle project beautifies community garden By Bridget downes bdownes@liherald.com

Members of the Baldwin Civic Association, local residents and elected officials celebrated last Saturday as they unveiled the new gazebo and brick walkway in the Baldwin Community Garden, which was Baldwinite George Pittas’s Eagle Scout project.

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Pittas, of T roop 568, reached out to the chairwoman of the civic association’s Beautification Committee, Rita Cavanagh, to ask if she needed any projects completed. Immediately thinking of the community garden, Cavanagh uttered, “A gazebo!” Pittas received approval from Nassau County to build the gazebo, because the gar-

den is on county property, and, “once that was done, we started fundraising through the selling of the bricks, and then we had to wait until we raised enough funds, and everything came together,” he said, adding that the gazebo was finished by the end of December last year. Community members and Continued on page 3

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Baldwinite’s Eagle project beautifies the garden elected officials bought bricks that displayed their names and any phrases they wished to be engraved on them, and the bricks were laid to form the walkway to the gazebo. Pittas and his team raised $10,000, he said. The troop’s scoutmaster, Dr. Dean Cherpelis, also attended. The troop’s charter is held by the Greek Orthodox Cathedral St. Paul in Hempstead. Cherpelis said the main goal of completing an Eagle Scout project is demonstrating leadership and volunteerism. “There were times when I wondered — all of us wondered — whether all of this would come to fruition,” Steven Greenfield, the civic association’s vice president, told Pittas, “but you never wavered. You stuck with it, and you produced the desired results. The gazebo and brick path is a tribute to your resilience and to your determination and talent.” Greenfield also congratulated Cavanagh on the work she has done over the years to make the garden “such a special place.” The day marked the sixth “birthday” of the garden, which features upcycled art (made from thrown-away materials), flowers, a vegetable garden, sensory stations, a grassy labyrinth and a variety of other art installments, mostly created by County ExECutivE Laura Curran, third from left, herself a Baldwnite who often frequents neighbors who volunteered their time bon tied to the gazebo. and effort. Cavanagh said she plans to invite local musicians to perform in the space, and to allow yoga, tai chi and gratulations.” “This community garden, to me, just astronomy workshops, as well as new stands for so much,” State Assemblywomactivities. Cavanagh, who said she has been to an Judy Griffin said. “It stands for this the garden nearly every day since the beautiful community in Baldwin; that beginning of May, said someone is always Baldwin is a community that is always enjoying the garden, whether it’s families, striving to be inclusive, to really make the grandparents with their grandchildren, community a better place and look at all that happens. Like Rita said, people on their lunch breaks every time you come here, or teenagers. there’s something new.” “And of course, because Before Cavanagh and of the lockdown,” she said, Curran cut the ribbons “I have to say there’s been adorning the gazebo and the more people — they just brick path, civic association want to escape their homes members and of ficials and just get someplace difthanked Jimmy Gallagher, ferent.” She invited anyone the bricklayer. Gallagher, of who has not already seen Freeport, performs masonry the garden to visit it. work, but is also a solo musi“I’m floored by what the cian who performs at varicommunity has done with ous restaurants and venues. this garden,” County ExecuHe plans to perform at the tive Laura Curran, a BaldBaldwin Community Garwinite, said at the celebraden in the future. tion, remembering when Gallagher said he used a Cavanagh came to her years Laura Curran rubber mallet to create the ago with her plans. “This is County executive brick pathway. First he dug a real resource, and in a it out, then laid crushed time when community really needs to come together, this is such a stone, cement and sand, “so you could valuable and rare thing. Plus it’s beauti- drive a truck on this thing.” To contact ful, it’s fun, it’s quirky, and now, thanks to him, search Jimmy Gallagher Freeport George and his hard work, we’ve got a on Facebook. Cavanagh thanked him for working beautiful gazebo.” Elected officials and civic association within a tight budget, and told attendees members presented Pittas with certifi- that there is space to purchase a few more bricks if anyone was interested in adding cates of appreciation. “This is a jewel for anyone who doesn’t a name or a witty saying. She encouraged know about it,” County Legislator Debra visitors to do so, especially because the Mulé said. “Any time someone completes civic group’s two big fundraisers — Oktoan Eagle Scout project, it’s a true accom- berfest and Eggstravaganza — were canJimmy gaLLaghEr, of Freeport, worked for plishment. This is something that genera- celed because of the coronavirus pandemthe walkway to the gazebo. tions of people will be able to use, so con- ic.

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the garden, and George Pittas cut the rib-

his is a real resource, and in a time when community really needs to come together, this is such a valuable and rare thing.

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Thousands of people attended last year’s Baldwin Day in Baldwin Harbor Town Park.

Baldwin events take a hit from the pandemic ConTinued from page 1 would be an approximate cost of $4,000 to host the drive-in movie night. “As a chamber board, we have to see if that’s fiscally responsible, to see if we’re getting our biggest bang for the buck for our chamber members,” Mahler said, “as well as the Baldwin community as a whole.” Hareesha Boyagodage, a Baldwin business owner, initially offered to sponsor the fireworks show, but after Mahler explained that it would not happen, said he would still like to be involved in the new program. Organizers added that the financial donations to support the fireworks show, which fall short every year, would fall

“way short” this year because of the pandemic. And Baldwin Day isn’t the only largescale event to be postponed. Claudia Rotondo, a Baldwin resident and member of the Community Coalition of Baldwin, announced that the Grand Baldwin Festival that was originally scheduled for the fall has been postponed to either next spring or October 2021. The inaugural Grand Baldwin Festival took place in October last year. Rotondo said she and other organizers planned to host a drive-in movie night in lieu of the festival. “This is just like a seedling thought in my head,” she said, adding that she planned to do more research on it.

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sTaTe sen. Todd Kaminsky with Harbour Cove Vice President Michael Weinber and a resident.

Baldwin senior complex accepts free masks, hand sanitizer On June 16, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, whose district includes parts of Baldwin, visited Harbour Cove in Baldwin to give out

free masks and hand sanitizer to the 60 senior apartments. Kaminsky went door to door and greeted all the residents.

Nassau looks to Phase 3 reopening on June 24 By sCoTT BrinTon sbrinton@liherald.com

Nassau is on track to begin Phase 3 reopening of businesses on Wednesday, June 24, according to County Executive Laura Curran and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. During the third phase, restaurants will be permitted to open for inside, inperson dining, provided employees and patrons wear masks, and six feet of social distancing is maintained between tables. Spas will also be allowed to reopen. Restaurants will only be permitted to reopen indoors at 50 percent capacity, according to the governor’s New York Forward website. The maximum number of people per table will be 10. Spas will also only be able to open at 50 percent capacity, with safety protocols. Waiting rooms will be closed. Seven New York regions have already entered Phase 3. Only Long Island, New York City and Mid-Hudson have not.

Cuomo said at his daily briefing Thursday that he was in a “happy-golucky mood” because New York had tested 68,000 people overnight and found an average infection rate of .9 percent — the lowest it had been since the coronavirus pandemic began in mid-March. New York City’s infection rate was 1 percent, while Long Island’s was .7 percent. By contrast, the infection rate had earlier reached 20 percent in New York City and 16 percent on Long Island. The number of Covid-19 deaths ticked up statewide overnight, from 17 to 29. The governor insisted that businesses must keep up coronavirus safeguards. He issued an executive order Thursday giving local authorities the power to immediately shut down businesses that do not maintain safety protocols. Bars and restaurants that do not can lose their liquor licenses.

Relay for Life donates to St. Chris pantry

BHS student launches George Floyd petition Baldwin High School senior Nicolette Carrion recently launched a petition calling for justice for George Floyd. On Memorial Day, Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police of ficer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. The killing prompted marches around the country protesting police brutality and racism in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Carrion’s petition details specific policies that she said would create justice for Floyd, including policing reform and greater community oversight. It has garnered more than 3,200 signatures at press time Monday, and her goal is 5,000. “My intention is to gain exposure and send this petition to local and state politicians to enact change,” Carrion said. “It was just recently signed by and donated to by the daughter of Malcolm X, Malaak Shabazz. In fact, she is an avid supporter of this petition, and my policies laid out.” To sign, read or share the petition, visit https://www.change.org/georgefloydpolicereformjustice. “I created this petition with the intention of making the widespread demonstrations and awareness more than a moment, but the opportunity to create longstanding change,” Carrion said.

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Relay foR life of Baldwin organizers Miguel and Abby Melendez, left, Jennifer Scarduzio and Renee Salmon donated collections from their food drive to the St. Christopher’s Church food pantry.

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putting together a virtual Relay with a tentative date of Aug. 22. Those who are interested can follow the Facebook page “Relay for Life of Baldwin NY.” Melendez and her husband, from Team Butterflies of Hope, were joined by Scarduzio and Renee Salmon from Team Because We Care for Jen. They, along with Marie Burns and Carey-Ann Zinn, make up the Event Leadership Committee for the Baldwin Relay.

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Baldwin’s Relay for Life has been collecting non-perishable food items for the St. Christopher’s Church food pantry since May 20. The food drive was the brainchild of Jennifer Scarduzio, and the group dropped off their donations on June 12. The pantry, coordinated by Outreach Director Julia Santiago and located at 11 Gave Ave., is open every Tuesday from 12 to 3 p.m. “Being that Baldwin’s Relay for Life has been postponed, this is our way of giving back to the community,” said Abby Melendez, a cancer survivor who volunteers for the American Cancer Society and organizes the Relay for Life event. Melendez and her husband, Miguel, are both cancer survivors who volunteer for the organization. Organizers are currently working on

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Rallying for September schools reopening By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Chants of “Classrooms not class Zooms” and “Classrooms are essential” could be heard through the crowd of roughly 50 parents and teachers from across Long Island who gathered on Franklin Avenue in Mineola to express their desire that schools reopen for in-person instruction in September. The “Rally To Reopen Schools in September” took place on June 20 in front of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative building. The event was organized by East Setauket residents Maria Sanders, Amalia Makroglou and Aristea Lucas. The three organizers are mothers of children in school, and Lucas works as an English as a second language teacher in the Sachem Central School District. Sanders noted that they chose Mineola as the rally location because it served as a “middle ground” location for attendees. “Back in April, Cuomo said that the schools would be closed for two weeks to help our medical infrastructure and flatten the curve,” Sanders said. “Now we’re in June, and we’re still questioning September. [Gov. Andrew] Cuomo needs to act and tell us that schools need to open in September.” Cuomo first closed all schools in the state on March 16 for two weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. The governor continued to extend the closing, until on May 1 he announced that all schools would stay closed for the rest of the school year. The state has yet to release reopening guidelines. Oceanside residents Steven and Randi Weinberg attended the rally with their two children, Noah and Stella. Randi noted how Noah, who is entering second grade in the Oceanside School District, has not enjoyed the distance-learning experience. “He didn’t enjoy looking at the screen to learn and then having to turn to me for guidance,” she said. “I’m not a teacher;

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RAlly oRgAnIzERs, FRoM left, Amalia Makroglou, teacher Aristea Lucas and Maria Sanders spoke to the crowd about why it is important to reopen schools in September.

I’m trained to do something else. There’s also that boundary between being a mom and being a teacher that has been hard for me to follow.” Teachers in attendance included Carolyn Schwartz, a Rockville Centre resident who teaches English in the Baldwin School District. Schwartz said she believes a social divide will occur if distance learning continues. “You are creating the largest divide on the planet if this keeps going on,” Schwartz said of distance learning. “For me as a middle class mother, I can get my child a tutor. Others may not be able to do that, depending on their financial circumstances, and that may cause their children to fall behind in school due to that.” The dissatisfaction with distance learning extends to college for East Meadow resident Marie Lombardi noted her 20-year-old son decided to continue college outside the state because of the uncertainty whether school will reopen here in September. “My son just finished at Nassau Community and was set to attend Hofstra,” Lombardi said. “He decided to enroll at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut instead due to the u n k n ow n f u t u r e f o r schools in New York.” Sanders added that the importance of school is beyond education. “I recognize that some school districts have better distance learning than others, but school is much more than learning ABC’s and one, two, threes,” she said. “It’s social learning, emotional learning and THE RAlly To Reopen Schools in September was held building relationships. We outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative can’t teach them all of Building Mineola on June 20 to urge the state to reopen this in the comfort of our kitchens.” schools in September.

THE WEInBERg FAMIly, from left, Stella, Randi, Noah and Steven of Oceanside, said they hope schools reopen in September. THE EducAToRs In attendance included Long Beach speech therapist Tammy Neumann of Oceanside, left, and Baldwin English Language Arts teacher Carolyn Schwartz, from Rockville Centre, right.

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Herald sports Tiz the Law wins historic Belmont Stakes By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

With most of the sports world still idle in the midst of Covid-19, horse racing grabbed the spotlight last Saturday evening with the Belmont Stakes serving as the opening leg of the Triple Crown for the first time in history. And, for the first time since 1882, a New York-bred earned its way into the Belmont history books. In striking distance throughout the 1 1/8-miles, Tiz the Law cruised past pacesetter Tap It to Win down the stretch and was never threatened by closers Dr Post and Max Player on the way to a 3 ¾-lengths victory in the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes. “I was pretty confident by the time we hit the seven-eighths pole,” said Tiz the Law’s jockey, Manny Franco, who secured his first career Triple Crown race win. “He was so kind and relaxed for me,” he added. “He was so comfortable and never got keen, so I think that was the key.” Franco, 25, the New York Racing Association’s leading rider the past two years, has piloted Tiz the Law to all four of his graded stakes victories, including three in a row. “It means a lot to me,” he said. “This is my home track. I’ve been riding here for about six years already. One leg of the Triple Crown is the dream of any jockey. I’m happy with the opportunity that I have right now.” Owned by Sackatoga Stable and trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law, bred in the Empire State by Twin Creeks Farm, returned $3.60 on a $2 win wager, increasing his career earnings to more than $1.5 million. The final time was 1:46.53. “It’s tremendous [to win the Belmont with a New York-bred],” said Jack Knowlton, operating manager of Sackatoag Stable. “We buy New York-breds; that’s our game, and we don’t spend a lot of money. We’ve been with Barclay Tagg for 25

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JOckEY MaNNY FraNcO earned his first career Triple Crown race victory.

TIz ThE Law, the 4-5 favorite, became the first New York-bred to win the Belmont Stakes in 138 years. Courtesy Joe Labozzetta/NYRA

years, and I keep telling everybody, Barclay doesn’t get a lot of big horses, big opportunities, but when he does, he knows what to do.” Tagg, who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 2003 with Funny Cide, said his main concern leading up to the shortened Belmont was Tiz the Law’s 11-week layoff. But that proved a non-factor. “It looked to me like everything just went like clockwork,” he said. “That’s the way the horse likes to run and that’s the position the horse likes to be in. Manny knows the horse very well.” Held without spectators and owners, and with limited media permitted to attend, Tagg thought the quietude was “very nice” and said the absence of crowd noise helped keep Tiz the Law calm, and it showed. “About the five-eighths pole, my horse was so relaxed, so calm,” Franco explained. “From there, I knew I had so much horse to win the race. I didn’t want to move early. I knew I had the horse underneath. I was just waiting for the right time to move.” Dr Post, trained by three-time Belmont winner Todd Pletcher, finished a lengthand-a-half ahead of Max Player for runner-up status. Both horses were making just their fourth career starts. The $1 trifecta returned $99.50. Pneumatic, Tap It to

TraINEr BarcLaY Tagg has mapped out future plans for Tiz the Law, who upped his career earnings to more than $1.5 million and is 5-for-6 lifetime.

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Win, Sole Volante, Modernist, Farmington Road, Fore Left and Jungle Runner completed the order of finish. “He ran great,” Dr Post jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. said. “No excuse. He got beat by a good horse too. The winner is a nice horse, New York-bred and he ran great. My horse is improving. . . He just needs a little more time to figure things out.” Linda Rice, trainer of Max Player,

said, “He got shuffled back a little after the break and had a wide trip through the turn, but he was still running on at the end of it. He hasn’t run in five months so it was a pretty good effort.” Tagg said he will target the Aug. 8 Travers Stakes at Saratoga, followed by the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby and the Oct. 3 Preakness for Tiz the Law, who has five wins in six career starts.

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Baldwin students named ‘Student Stars’ Three Baldwin students — Tess Ferguson, of Baldwin High School; Ronnie Marchese-Silano, of Baldwin High School; and Abigail Story, of Sacred Heart Academy — have been recognized by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky as “Student Stars.” The senator honored 28 graduating high school “Student Stars” for their exceptional work and leadership. Amid the pandemic, in lieu of his annual ceremony to recognize these budding scholars, Kaminsky visited each recipient’s house and presented them with the New York State Senate Student Stars Award. “I am thrilled to recognize these extraordinary students who have excelled academically and established themselves as leaders in their communities,” Kaminsky said in a statement. “The Student Stars Award winners represent the best and brightest that our schools have to offer, and serve as role models for their peers. I applaud their achievements and will be eagerly awaiting their future plans.” Ferguson is a junior who has been the team captain of the girls lacrosse team since her sophomore year. She felt it was important to provide direction to her teammates and continued to do so during the pandemic sending out drills and directions so that the team could stay connected and focused. Just because the team could not get together in person, she felt obligated to guide her team to work harder and get better on their own. Her leadership skills shined and

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abigail STory waS recognized by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky. helped many of the teammates feel connected. Ferguson is an organizer and a go-getter. She is most proud of the walk the team did for the Out of the Darkness Community Walks for Suicide Prevention held at Jones beach last October. The team raised $3,000 for the cause. She is a compassionate friend and a student who is always trying her best. Marchese-Silano is a member of the National Honors Society, and challenged himself with the most difficult classes. He will be graduating in the top 20 of his class. He is a true leader, recognized by his peers and teammates. Marchese-Silano was named football and lacrosse captain. He is also a member of the baseball and ice hockey teams at

his school. He was named Homecoming King because of his kindness and empathy for others. He is the president of the Key Club, the Future Business Leaders of America Club and the Baking Club. He will attend Molloy College in the fall. Story is an excellent honors student who has excelled in her classes. She participated in Stanford’s Environmental Science and Harvard Neuroscience courses over the summer. She has been class president for the last two years and an active member in Key and Women in Healthcare. She spends time outside of school participating in Irish Step Dance, teaching the younger girls as well. She is interested in pre-med with an interest in surgery.

TeSS FerguSon waS named a “Student Star.”

ronnie MarcheSe-Silano waS also recognized by the senator.

Couple marries in socially distant backyard wedding

Photos Courtesy Dylan Murray

Shane Malone and Kristin Glocksien, of Long Beach, recently married in an intimate, socially distant backyard wedding in Baldwin last month.

The couple were married by the groom’s 92-year-old grandfather, Judge Leo McGinity.

For one local couple, the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t going to stop the wedding bells from ringing. They postponed the big party until next year, but hosted a smaller, socially distant backyard ceremony last month in Baldwin. Long Beach residents Shane Malone, a lawyer, and Kristin Glocksien, who works for Sony, had planned a church wedding and a celebration at Ocean Club in Atlantic Beach but postponed the festivities until May 2021 due to the pandemic. The couple were married by the groom’s 92-year-old grandfather, Judge Leo McGinity, who served as the officiant. They invited a small group of family members to McGinity’s backyard in Baldwin. Bow-topped skewers in the ground were spaced six feet apart and all of the guests wore masks, family members said, adding that it was a beautiful ceremony despite the challenging circumstances and Malone and Glocksien made the best of a difficult situation. — Bridget Downes

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Editor’s note: Quotes attributed to Adam Selden are from an interview on June 8, 2020. Many businesses have been forced to scale back aggressively since March because of the global coronavirus pandemic. A few, however, have been forced to expand. For Adam Selden, 50, of Melville, a quick pivot in business direction during a crisis has created new possibilities for Albatross Manufacturing. The brand Albatross Manufacturing (albatrossmfg. com) falls under Selden’s company, Quality Specialty Projects, which he founded in 2008. His company has distributed any number of items, but now it is focused on face masks, which are in high demand these days. “We had been doing some clothing and receiving government contracting, so we were working to supply products for those clients,” Selden said. “Our biggest was actually the Army.” Selden secured a contract with the U.S. Army to supply their weight room and gym equipment for military fitness centers. He also worked closely with the American Red Cross, as his company supplied tarp materials for the foundation. The Bayside, Queens native and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus

was candid in saying business started to drop off in mid-2019. “We had a really bad seven months from August 2019 to, really, March 2020,” Selden said. “There was no federal funding, really, and we were working on government contracts.” He went on to say that the onset of the coronavirus pandemic provided an opportunity to jump-start his business. “When this whole thing kind of got started, the Red Cross came to us and said we had to get started into looking into masks,” Selden said. He and his business partner, Matt Delaney, of Manhasset, listened to that advice. The pair scrambled to find manufacturers in China near the top of the year, but with the country facing serious pandemic restrictions, they were unable to secure a shipment immediately. Once the manufacturers were able to ship, though, Albatross received its first load, which it sent to the American Red Cross. “Once we were able to, we switched over our company to do masks,” Selden said. “After we sent our first order to the Red Cross, we started taking orders for locals on Long Island.” Selden, who had worked out of a Melville office with no warehouse to that point, then started shipping masks out of his home. After sending masks to roughly 8,000 homes, the Albatross founder knew he needed a new way to go about this.

With the help of Delaney, and the hiring of a few part-time employees, Albatross soon shipped hundreds of thousands of masks to residents across Long Island, with more than 100,000 of those coming to Nassau County. Albatross even began donating masks to local fire departments and essential workers. “We would give the people at the gas stations masks; we donated hundreds of them,” Selden said. The company has since expanded. Selden said there are a few reasonable next steps, including distributing hand sanitizers, hand wipes and wall-mounted automatic thermometers to take the temperature of any person who walks past. The demand to expand in product and volume has forced Albatross to look toward securing a warehouse in Plainview. “If we get this, we are going to need inventory, and I plan on hiring a staff to do that,” Selden said. “We wouldn’t be able to do the business without it. Because the way we’ve been operating, in the office in Melville, it’s just me and Matt.” Selden said he would continue to build relationships with distributors to stimulate business growth and be able to reach more people. Selden finished with, “When we first started this, I didn’t think it would be end up being our business. We wanted to just give these out to the people. Then it turned into the business.”

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As we go forward…some final thoughts

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I KNOW THAT THE CHOICES we make today will create the future that we are dreaming of. Hannah Walz, West Hempstead High School I HOPE THAT AS A NATION, we will be able to emerge from the political and economic turmoil we are currently experiencing having learned valuable lessons and grown as a result. I hope that the people and opportunities that I and other students in this graduating class will encounter in college help us reach our full potentials, rather than putting us on a bad path. Finally, I hope that I’m able to learn from whatever failures I’ll inevitably face in the future instead of getting discouraged and losing sight of my goal, since I have seen and heard of many individuals who let their shortcomings keep them down, and I’d like to avoid such a fate.

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lthough he retired earlier in the year, the late James “Charlie” Mahoney, 62, of Freeport, returned to the frontlines to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic in Brooklyn in March. Taking no days off, Mahoney served as a pulmonologist and critical care intensivist at the University Hospital of Brooklyn. A few weeks into his return, Mahoney contracted the coronavirus and died on April 27. Mahoney was a beloved member of the University Hospital of Brooklyn and the Health Science Center at Brooklyn Foundation Inc. He was recognized by not only his peers, but also by his black students, who saw him as a mentor and figure to aspire to. Mahoney himself was a graduate of the University Hospital of Brooklyn, which serves a mostly poor, black community. The hospital is operated by SUNY Downstate Medical School, which Mahoney graduated from in 1986. In his honor, the Health Science Center at Brooklyn Foundation Inc., created a scholarship fund on GoFundMe in Mahoney’s name. The scholarship will provide tuition support to help African-American applicants attend SUNY Downstate Medical School. As of June 22, the Health Science Center at Brooklyn Foundation Inc. had raised more than $70,000 for the Dr. James Mahoney Scholarship Fund.

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By Frank SoultS Under a blazing summer solstice sun, dozens of cars carrying union members and allies drove in a caravan from Hempstead to the Nassau Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola last Saturday morning to mark Justice for Janitors Day. Union flags fluttered from car windows, horns blared, and union chants hung in the humid air, but in the day’s speeches and commemorations, the mood of the 90-minute event shifted between joyful celebration and somber reflection. Every year for the past 30 years, workers in cities across the nation have chosen a mid-June day for Justice for Janitors, which commemorates the events of June 15, 1990, when Los Angeles janitors were beaten by police as they peacefully protested for better pay, benefits and working conditions. The assault marked a turning point in the janitors’ organizing efforts. Since then, more than 135,000 janitors, 71,000 security officers and 32,000 airport workers — predominantly Black and brown workers — have won unions across the country. That includes the members of the union that organized the Long Island caravan, 32BJ SEIU, a union with 800 members working on Long Island and 175,000 across the East Coast. As speakers emphasized, this year’s Long Island commemoration fell one day after Juneteenth, which has taken on profound resonance with the global protests demanding an end to police brutality and a recognition that Black Lives Matter. It also comes during a pivotal moment in the deadly pandemic that has killed a high percentage of Black, Latinx, immigrant and low-income workers, in part because of racial inequalities in the nation’s workforce. “With great deliberation, Juneteenth celebrates the day that the last remaining slaves in this country learned that they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation legally gave them that freedom,” said Lenore Friedlaender, assis-

tant to the President of 32BJ SEIU and head of the union in Long Island. “Juneteenth recognizes that freedom is not just a law passed from on high. It has to be felt and lived in communities everywhere, and its fullness is not realized until it is a freedom lifted by justice. That means, as Dr. King emphasized in the last years of his life, racial justice cannot be won without economic justice, nor economic justice without racial justice.” Nassau Coliseum cleaner and 32BJ member Elizabeth Florentino amplified that message in her story of losing her job early in the pandemic, and of the permanent losses now facing some 80 coliseum cleaners and over 100 security officers when the venue officially closes. “It’s a difficult time for people like me,” she noted. “Among Black workers, the unemployment rate is almost 50 percent higher than it is among white workers.” For those who remain working, the risk of catching the coronavirus is also higher among Black, Latinx and immigrant workers than among white workers. The day’s events concluded with a eulogy read for the families of six Long Island janitors who died from Covid-19, one of the highest per capita death rates among 32BJ’s ten districts. In total, the union has lost 130 members from Boston to Miami. On Long Island, all of those who died were either immigrants or people of color. “Their humble origins did not stop them from forging a future in a new country, raising and supporting families, and being part of the workers’ struggle on Long Island,” said Jose Portillo, a 32BJ shop steward who cleans at the Samanea Mall in Westbury, as families of the fallen listened. “Today their lives are a reflection of what it means to be an essential worker — to be on the front lines of battle for the safety and welfare of others, despite the risks to their own lives.” Frank Soults is the senior communications associate for 32BJ SEIU.

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AdministrAtors And school board trustees cheered on the more than 200 Baldwin High School graduates who took part in a drive-through graduation on June 19.

District hosts drive-thru graduation ceremony Baldwin High School graduates drove through the high school circle on June 19 as part of the districtâ€™s drive-through graduation ceremony. The seniors had their names announced as they walked across a stage and received their diplomas as well as any honors or awards while teachers and staff members cheered them on. Students posed for photos and received congratulations from Board of Education Trustees and district and building administration. Roughly 219 graduates participated in the ceremony, which district officials said was well received.

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Challenges still lie ahead in reopening Local businesses embrace chance to reopen By Ronny Reyes rreyes@liherald.com

Business owners throughout Freeport are embracing Phase Two of reopening as they begin to accommodate customers for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began in March. Richard Duffy, one of the co-owners of Halfway Down, on Woodcleft Avenue, said he was happy the restaurant was allowed to seat people outdoors, despite the scramble to set up the eatery for alfresco dining. The popular restaurant, which normally seats 90 people, will be a b l e t o s e r ve about 30 in its outdoor space. “Business has been bad because of the pandemic,” Duffy said. “We were down 90 percent from last so hopefully RicHaRd duffy year, the curve continHalfway Down ues to flatten, and we can start operating at full capacity as summer starts. If that can happen, we’ll be OK.” It’s not just restaurants that are reopening with limited capacity. Phase Two also includes in-store retail business, salons and barbershops. Bob Varghese, of Vincente Jewelers, on Atlantic Avenue, said he was glad to be open again after the closures left his business hurting. Varghese has been in business for about 20 years, so he is thankful that his customers are starting to return bit by bit. “Closing was terrible for a small business like mine, but now I’m back,” he said. “I depend on local customers, so I’m hopeful that more and more people come now that businesses are opened up again.” Leon Broughton, a community leader and the owner of Trimz Barbershop, on Guy Lombardo Avenue, said it was great to see his clients start coming back to the

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custoMeRs Have RetuRned to the Nautical Mile as Freeport enters Phase Two of reopening. shop. Broughton had been growing uneasy over the bills piling up when his business was closed, so he said he wanted to focus on keeping the barbershop running and in full compliance with the state’s mandates. Trimz now takes the temperature of all clients, distributes hand sanitizers and wipes down its chairs and equipment thoroughly. Clients also must wear masks when having their hair cut. “It challenging, but we’re all getting used to it,” Broughton said. “We were fully booked over the first weekend, so it’s good to know that our customers are still here with us. Some of our guys used to get their hair cut every week, so sometimes we don’t even recognize them when they come in for their first cut after the quarantine. Despite things slowly returning to normal, some business owners believe the closures might be a death knell for their business. Isabel Vincente, of Isabel Beauty Salon, on Merrick Road, said her business might not recuperate, as her bills continue to pile up with hardly a customer returning since she reopened. She said that as a small business

owner, she could not apply for unemployment, and while she had applied to several of the small business loan programs available during the pandemic, she has yet to receive funds. “I’ll try to keep going, but I don’t know if I can stay in business like this for much longer,” Vincente said. As reopening continues, in-person dining can resume in Phase Three, which is scheduled to begin in Nassau on June 24, if the number of hospitalizations and deaths remains steady or continues to drop. To continue to aid reopening efforts, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced a plan to allow villages, towns and cities to shut down certain streets to facilitate al fresco dining, thus reducing the need for table capacity within eateries and enabling them to maintain six-foot social distancing. She is calling it “Open Streets.” “Continuing the county’s efforts to support the revival of our downtowns and business districts, the county will be fasttracking permitting approvals for temporary road closures, with a decision within a week of receiving an application,” the county website reads. To apply, visit www.

nassacountyny.gov/OpenStreets. “We’re glad to see our business open back up again, and we’re welcoming any applicants who want to apply for limitedseating space,” Mayor Robert Kennedy added. “We also want to make sure people keep following social distancing and wear their masks whenever possible.” The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency is also spending roughly $500,000 to provide 1,000 local small businesses and nonprofits with personal protective equipment. Businesses with fewer than 20 employees, minority- and womenowned businesses and businesses in economically distressed communities are eligible for the program. Businesses can apply at www.nassauboost.net. All Nassau County businesses must, by state mandate, prepare reopening plans that detail how they intend to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus and ensure the safety of workers and customers. The plan must include wellness checks for employees and customers, disinfection and cleaning routines, socialdistancing protocols, and PPE supply for employees and customers. Scott Brinton contributed to this story.

Freeport to host National Baldwin woman dies after Night Out at Cow Meadow water crash in Oceanside By Mike sMollins msmollins@liherald.com

A Baldwin woman died last Sunday after a collision on the water. According to the Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Squad, a 55-year old male was operating his boat on Parsonage Cove, and Sabina Singh, 26, of Baldwin, was being towed behind the boat in a recreational tube when she collided

with a bulkhead near Middle Bay Country Club in Oceanside. After the crash, Singh was loaded onto the boat and transported to Ann Street in Baldwin, where responding officers took her to a local hospital in an ambulance. At the hospital, Singh was pronounced dead by a staff physcian after suffering severe head and chest trauma. The NCPD said the investigation into her death is ongoing.

The Village of Freeport will be holding its annual National Night Out event on Aug. 4, at 5 p.m., at Cow Meadow Park. National Night Out is an annual, nationwide event that seeks to promote unity between residents and their local police officers through fun-filled activities. This year’s event will be hosted by Mayor Robert Kennedy, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, County Legislator Debra Mulé, Assemblywoman Judy Griffin and State Senator John Brooks.

“National Night Out will feature fun activities for children and families, food and giveaways,” Brooks said. “[It] promotes a true sense of community by providing a great opportunity to bring police officers and residents together under positive circumstances.” Brooks’s office is asking residents and local businesses to donate food and beverages for the event. To learn how to donate, call the office at (516) 882-0630, or email russo@nysenate.gov.

MSSN reopens to visitors RichaRd MuRphy, the president and CEO of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, said hospital officials were eager to reunite patients with their family members and friends, but had to adhere to strict guidelines to ensure everyone’s safety.

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With a steady decrease in coronavirus cases, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital began welcoming back visitors to the medical center last Friday, but under strict guidelines. While the hospital had welcomed visitors 24 hours a day before the pandemic, it is now following guidelines recommended by the state’s Department of Health, which means only one visitor per patient between 4 and 8 p.m. Visitors are not permitted to split the four-hour block among different visitors; only one person can come to see a patient each day. The hospital’s other visitation rules include: ■ Visitors must be 18 or older. ■ Visitors will be required to provide their names, the name of the patient they are visiting and their contact information. ■ Visitors will undergo a symptom and temperature check upon entering the hospital. ■ Visitation will be denied to anyone who reports significant exposure to or symptoms of Covid-19 within 14 days of the visit. ■ Thorough hand hygiene must be performed before entering and upon leaving the patient’s room. ■ A surgical mask must be worn at all times; one will be provided if needed. ■ Additional personal protective equipment will be provided, if indicated. ■ Once in the facility, the visitor must remain in the patient’s room throughout the visit, except when requested to leave by the staff. Additionally, the Emergency Room is

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not accepting visitors, and the Behavioral Health Unit is only permitting visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Because there is a statewide ban on nursing home visitation and the hospital’s Transitional Care Unit is a licensed nursing home, visitors are prohibited there at all times. “This is visiting hours in the post-Covid era,” said Joe Calderone, the hospital’s vice president of corporate communications, “meaning it’s not going to be the way it was before Covid. Now, when you come to the hospital, on order of the Health Department, we have to collect people’s contact information, and when they come to the hospital, a number of things are going to be different.” Calderone added that visitors must

practice social distancing, check in when they arrive at the hospital and fill out their contact information on an iPad, so that staff can conduct contact tracing in the event of a second wave of infection. The hospital continues to monitor the coronavirus pandemic, and its visitor policy may be altered as the need arises. The new visiting rules are in effect to keep all patients safe from infection. If a visitor has cold or flu symptoms, hospital administrators said they should stay home. “We recognize that patients who have visitors generally do better and make a faster recovery,” said Richard Murphy, the hospital’s president and CEO. “We are as [eager] as our patients to reunite them with their loved ones. This is another

important step toward returning our hospital to more normal operations. We always operate with our patients’ needs foremost in all we do, and having family members present at the bedside is at the top of our list.” The hospital is taking measures to provide a safe and sterile environment for patients, visitors and staff, thoroughly cleaning and sterilizing all units and departments (as well as its comprehensive network of outpatient specialized health care centers). As of Friday, there were only 10 confirmed Covid-19 patients being treated at MSSN, and they were isolated from non-coronavirus patients. The Emergency Department is also screening patients seeking emergency treatment, so non-Covid patients and staff can be in a safe environment. Patients visiting the hospital for any procedure, oncology or infusion treatment, or surgery are required to undergo pre-procedure Covid-19 testing at a new drive-up testing site in the hospital’s Washington Avenue parking lot. The test must be performed no more than two days before the procedure. Though there are strict guidelines in place, Calderone said enabling visitors to come to the facility again was a major milestone for the hospital, and he urged residents not to put their health on hold. “It’s been three months since we’ve had visitors in the building,” he said. “It’s good for everyone . . . Emotionally, no one wants to be in a hospital where you can’t have outside visitors, so the connection with family and friends is critical to the healing process, and we recognize that and embrace it. We’re very excited to open up our doors again to the community.” For more information, visit mountsinai.org/SouthNassau.

Top scholars named at Sacred Heart Academy Sacred Heart Academy named Maggie Maier and Margaret O’Connell as co-valedictorians for the class of 2020. Michela Giura was named as Sacred Heart’s cosalutatorian. Maier, of Atlantic Beach, was a student at Long Beach Catholic before she attended Sacred Heart Academy. An accomplished student athlete at Sacred Heart, Maier had an outstanding cross country and track and field career at the school as she was named a two-time AllLong Island runner for cross country and captain for the varsity cross Country/ track and field teams. In addition, Maier was part of Sacred Heart’s math team, National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, and Science Honor Society. Maier will continue her cross country and track and field career at the University of Pennsylvania this fall. Her major is undecided. A Rockville Centre resident, O’Connell

attended St. Agnes Cathedral School before she arrived to Sacred Heart. O’Connell is a National Merit Commended Scholar and a member of the National Honor Society, the Math Honor Society and the Science Honor Society. She was also the Speech and Debate varsity extemporaneous captain. O”Connell was captain of the varsity swim team and varsity badminton team at SHA. O’Connell will study civil engineering at the University of Notre Dame this fall. Giura, of New Hyde Park, attended New Hyde Park Memorial before she arrived to SHA. Giura was the co-captain for the varsity track and field team and was named the Most Valuable Runner. Giura also played soccer as an all-conference goalkeeper and received the Most Improved Award at the 2019 Fall Sports Awards Dinner at Sacred Heart. In addition, Giura should be commended for her outstanding work in academics and service. She is an Advanced Place-

ment scholar and National Merit Commended scholar. She was involved in the Mission Club and Chamber Chorus all four years at Sacred Heart. Giura is a volunteer counselor-in-training at Camp Abilities Long Island, an athletic camp dedicated to modifying sports for children

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hen it comes to race relations, there is no doubt that we are at a crossroad. Events dictate what our conduct must be going forward, and there is no doubt that the recent killings of unarmed black men have forced America to come to grips with the fact that many of our fellow citizens suffer because of ingrained racism. President Trump has admitted that there is some systemic racism, but he doesn’t have the mind or heart to acknowledge that it is rampant in this country, and little has been done to bring it to a halt. JeRRY In my years in kReMeR the Assembly, I learned a lot about racism from my colleagues, who told chilling stories about their sons or daughters being singled out for arrest just because the color of their skin invited different treatment. They spoke about failed health care systems that contributed to a higher mortality rate among black children. They spoke of overcrowded school classes with inferior teaching and a lack of basic supplies. While these stories were chilling, nothing they said prompted any dramatic action by the state.

A lot of us in office tried to find ways to help children of all kinds with pre-kindergarten programs, funding to reduce child mortality and extra state aid for school districts in heavily minority communities. But looking back over the years, these actions were a drop in the bucket, and didn’t really make a dent in the system that shortchanges millions of people. If anything has forced us to confront the issue of race, it’s been the invention of the cellphone. It is showing us how minorities are abused on a daily basis in many different ways, including police officers shooting unarmed black men in the back. That’s recorded testimony to systemic abuse. The demonstrations in the streets of this country and around the world bring out millions of young people of all races who are willing to speak out about conditions their elders have ignored. Police shootings that once were an occasional story that faded with time now go viral within minutes. The assault on a crowd outside the White House so the president could have a photo op showed how tone-deaf the leaders of this country are on issues of equality. The questions we now face is, what do we do to uproot this ugly system? I understand the opposition to statues that glorify public officials who were slave-

holders or generals from the South who fought for slavery. Most are symbols that no longer belong in the public space. Doing away with the Aunt Jemima syrup brand or Uncle Ben’s Rice is pure tokenism, and doesn’t help a minority student get a job or stop a racial profiling incident. Congress and local governments around the U.S. have to come up with programs that defuse the tensions racism causes. If you listen to the debate going on about banning chokeholds and a national system of reporting police conduct, you can see that there is still deep-rooted racism that dates back to the Civil War. There are probably some senators whose forebears were slaveholders, and growing up in a racist system has poisoned their hearts. Take a trip down to Richmond, Va., and you’ll see statue after statue glorifying generals who fought for the South. Elsewhere, some of our military bases do the same. The two houses of Congress have to come together to pass laws that attack the problems that the policing of minorities creates. The suggestion that police departments be “defunded” is an overreaction by a relatively small number of people who don’t understand the challenges that law enforcement faces every day, but those departments have to be reorganized to deal

ongress must attack the problems that the policing of minorities creates.

more effectively with spousal abuse and rape allegations. Policing in America hasn’t changed enough in the past 50 years. A commission appointed by President Barack Obama produced a road map for fairer policing, but federal law enforcement ignored its recommendations. Now, in a very short period of time, local governments have sprung into action, passing laws banning chokeholds and acting against policemen who have serious disciplinary problems. Incidents captured on smartphones showing the use of unnecessary force have resulted in firings and suspensions. The New York State Legislature has passed a series of bills to address faults in the policing systems. Only time will tell whether they are all appropriate. There is no doubt that passing new laws, firing rogue cops and funding important programs to stop racism are all important steps forward. Unfortunately, you can’t legislate what’s in people’s hearts. We can only hope that more open eyes will change enough people’s thinking to make a difference in the years ahead. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Let’s end classroom education as we know it, they said

ou probably haven’t read “Teaching as a Subversive Activity” by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner. “What is it that students do in the classroom?” the authors ask. “Well, mostly they sit and listen to the teacher. Mostly they are required to believe authorities or at least pretend to such belief. It is practically unheard of for students to play any role in determining what problems are worth studying . . .” “Teaching as a Subversive Activity” was published in 1969. The war in Vietnam was Randi ablaze. The antikReiss war movement in the United States was galvanized, and militants were taking over university offices, bombing draft offices and picketing ROTC buildings. In the midst of this civic unrest, when it seemed as if the country was so divided it might never come together again, Professors Postman and Weingartner wrote their book, which was called a “no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods.” They were two obscure and uncelebrat-

ed professors who taught at Queens College during the Vietnam War years. As it happens, I was a student in Weingartner’s class in secondary school education in 1968. I studied with him that year, and then took another class with him while working on my master’s degree in education, all at Queens College. The background noise was Vietnam 24/7. In fact, during the worst of the protests, students commandeered our dean’s office and threw his furniture out the window onto the quad. I was a bystander to the drama, just trying to get my degree and get on with my life as a newly married woman and a newly hired English teacher. I never forgot Weingartner’s class and his “subversive” approach to education. He and Postman were captivating and provocative, and although many of their suggestions proved to be impractical, we knew inside that they were right. They were right to say that schools needed to stop the rote teaching and testing. Their emphasis on critical thinking and process was spot on. They said schools needed to do away with grades, tests, textbooks, courses and full-time administrators. They said teachers should be more like life coaches

(although the term didn’t exist at the time) and not authority figures. I thought about Weingartner’s theories all the time I taught English. I was a good teacher, but we were constrained by a stagnant system in which students passively listened to teachers present “course content.” Now, in the midst of a global pandemic, we accomplished the unthinkable: We shut down the nation’s schools and changed how kids learn. Postman and Weingartner taught before the internet and devices and virtual teaching. It’s hard to know what they would make of this. They might be glad kids were liberated from the classroom, but their vision of educating children was more dynamic than sitting down with screens. I remember Weingartner telling us future teachers to get our kids out of the classroom and into the world, where they could experience art and music and literature firsthand, with us along as guides. Our school shutdown is a unique opportunity. If we can do that — and we did — why can’t we task our best and brightest with making learning a process and not a product, as David Hill proposed in an arti-

t took a pandemic to shut down the nation’s schools and change how kids learn.

cle in Teacher magazine in 2000? Teachers, Weingartner said, should ask provocative questions. “What bothers you most about adults?” “How would you distinguish good from evil?” “What are the most dangerous ideas floating through our lives today?” “Why do you think so?” The professors encouraged students to be creative and tolerant, and to learn to deal with ambiguity and failure. They encouraged teachers not to be in the business of giving answers, but to let students think through problems on their own or in peer groups. This problem-solving approach to teaching has found traction in recent years. But too much dead wood anchors our education system. Too many classroom experiences are based on lesson plans and note-taking and tests. “Don’t plan a lesson,” the professors wrote in their book. “Confront your students with some sort of problem that might interest them. Then allow them to work the problem through without your advice or counsel.” We are at a tipping point in education because of the pandemic, and we have an extraordinary opportunity to improve the public-school experience for our students and teachers. We could make some lemonade from this lemon. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Why we must commemorate Juneteenth

n April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen. But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. On that day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas. It officially became a state holiday in 1980, but as of last year, only Texas recognized Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees. Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed

an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees will receive a paid day off, starting next year. It was the right move. If you think about it, June 19, 1865, was effectively the day when all Americans were at last free. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution applied to all white people, but not to all black people. Millions were held in bondage, beaten and defiled into subservience. According to the 1860 census, there were 4 million slaves in the U.S., accounting for 12.9 percent of the country’s total population of 31 million. For centuries, the U.S. held Fourth of July celebrations — as well it should have — but rarely, if ever, did we recognize that the hard-fought freedoms won during the Revolutionary War did not apply to millions for 76 years after the Constitu-

Mark July Fourth by reading the Declaration

ext week, the Herald Community Newspapers will publish the Declaration of Independence and a likeness of the American flag. The Declaration will appear here, on our Editorial Page, as it long has during the week of the Fourth of July, and the flag will appear in the center of the paper. We encourage families to stand on their stoops and front lawns and read the Declaration together, as messengers did across the 13 colonies in 1776. For 39 years, the Merrick Historical Society, led by President Lawrence Garfinkel, gathered on July Fourth at the Merrick Library and the Long Island Rail Road station to read the Declaration. All from the community and beyond were invited to attend, and the event attracted

many families with small children. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, however, the society decided against the public reading, and is instead encouraging people to read the Declaration with their families at home. What a wonderful idea, we thought. What better way to learn about and teach our history — about the very moment our nation was conceived — than by reading the Declaration, line by line. If you do so, take a photo and email it to us. Check Page 4 for details on how. The Signing of the Declaration ushered in an entirely new era in history, when colonies would rebel against their sovereign, in our case the mighty British Empire. That rebellion brought forth a new era in government, when democracy — rule by

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tion took effect. Juneteenth — celebrated in Texas with cookouts, rodeos and street fairs — reminds us of that horrid reality, at the same time that it celebrates the victory over the evil of slavery. We must remember and reflect on our nation’s long history of enslavement if we are to understand our present-day systemic racism — and someday soon, we hope, overcome it. The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day unleashed a wave of hundreds of peaceful protests and a handful of riots. It was clearly an inflection point in our history, a moment that, it appears, will move the needle further toward freedom and justice for all, regardless of skin color. New York, we are pleased to say, is playing a leading role in that movement.

letters Defunding police isn’t an answer To the Editor: The actions of the Minneapolis police officers implicated in the death of George Floyd were sickening and disgusting. The officers were fired and criminally charged, and I pray that justice will be served in this humiliating chapter in our nation’s history. In the wake of this shameful incident, demonstrations continue to take place in large cities, suburban areas — both wealthy and economically disadvantaged — and ethnically and racially diverse neighborhoods. Some rallies have been marked by violence, vandalism and looting, while others have been peaceful and respectful. As a father, former police officer, current local elected official and former civic leader, I believe the most dangerous proposal that has come forth in response to Mr. Floyd’s death is the call to defund the

the people — began after thousands of years of monarchial rule in Europe and around the globe. Thus began the great American experiment, as we like to call it. For sure, it has been an imperfect experiment. As noted in the editorial above, not all were freed by the American Revolution that followed publication of the Declaration. Millions remained enslaved for the better part of a century. The American experiment, however, has moved steadily toward greater freedom and justice for all people. It is up to our generation now to carry the mantle forward and form a more perfect union than that which we were given by working to eliminate systemic racism in all its forms.

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Here’s how: First, stay connected. Call ost people don’t like going to your doctor’s office and ask about the the doctor. The truth? Even options for a visit. There are two comdoctors don’t like going to mon options: the virtual visit, conducted doctors. And now, in the time by video chat or phone, and the traditionof the coronavirus, people’s willingness al in-person visit. In either case, many of to see their doctor is at an all-time low. the same rules apply. Come prepared to It’s not a surprise, considering that the pandemic has many worried not only ask questions and complete any required tests (like blood work) that are needed to about themselves, but also about catchmake the time with your phying Covid-19 and bringing it sician the most beneficial for home to their loved ones. both of you. Still, while you may tell yourIf a virtual visit is the self that the crisis is a good right option for you, ask your reason not to see your physidoctor’s office for any special cian, it’s a mistake that could instructions. What technoloprove costly to your health gy is needed? Will a smartand well-being. phone or laptop work best? Do Whether you suffer from you need to download an app an illness that requires testor program? Will the doctor ing and close monitoring, or anika call or send a website link via have symptoms that are new, saGar text or email? Make sure the it’s important to continue to battery for your phone or see your doctor. With Covidcomputer is fully charged and 19 widespread, the best way that, if the consultation takes places durto access health may seem unclear at ing the day, you sit facing a window or first, but just as you continue relationplace a lamp in front of you so the doctor ships with friends and family by followcan see you clearly on his or her screen. ing safety protocols, your relationship If an in-person visit is the right option with your doctor is one that can also be for you, ask your doctor’s office for any maintained safely.

Letters police. Defunding police in response to a violent and disgraceful death in Minneapolis that involved bad law enforcement officials would have only negative consequences for the public, including the promotion of chaos and lawlessness. Redirecting funds away from police departments would reduce the number of police officers on our streets, lead to increased 911 response times and make Nassau County less safe. During my time as a New York City police officer and Town of Hempstead councilman, I have been committed to government’s primary responsibility to keep residents safe and protect property. The events of the last few weeks have underscored the need for allocating police resources to preserve our communities as safe and desirable places to live and raise our families. Instituting new programs, incorporating technology, expanding community outreach and exploring innovative ideas to improve policing should be priorities, as opposed to slashing police funding. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to shrink the NYPD budget. The city’s police commissioner has disbanded the plainclothes anti-crime units, which were instrumental in transforming Gotham from one of the most dangerous cities in America to one of the safest. It is illogical and dangerous to disband plainclothes anti-crime units while homicides and shootings have gone up. Defunding the police would also take resources away from community-policing initiatives when we need to enhance the relationship between police officers and

community members. Nassau learned its lesson on the negative impacts of making cuts to community policing a few years ago. After cutting Problem Oriented Policing units, Nassau’s administration acknowledged the adverse impacts of this ill-conceived policy decision. Indeed, the county reversed course and restored its POP units. Clearly, Nassau’s impressive and responsive police force is one of the reasons that the county boasts one of the lowest crime rates among all major suburban areas in the nation. George Floyd’s horrible death rightly focused the attention of the nation on the extremely few bad police officers who wear uniforms. However, any call to defund police officers would not effectively address this problem.

HERALD COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — June 25, 2020

Going to the doctor in a Covid-19 world

can reduce fear and anxiety about seekspecial instructions before you head to the office. Some may ask you to call them ing medical care. One more thing: If you don’t have a from the door when you arrive to make sure you don’t have to wait in the waiting primary-care doctor, it’s important to area. If you have a fever, cough or cold, find one who can help you on your health going f or otherwise aren’t well, please let the journey. Ask friends, family members or the rec office know so proper precautions can be your insurance provider for recommen- have fo taken to care for you. Remember to wear dations. The best time to meet a new doc- the fac a face covering and follow the social-distor is before you fall ill. This gives your suffer b tancing rules of the office, doctor the chance to underwhich will require you to be stand who you are and how he six feet away from others and can help achieve your goal: to be in an area with fewer than be the healthiest version of 10 people. Wash or sanitize you. your hands both before and Remember, although many after the visit and when you things have changed as a arrive back at home. And result of the virus, we’re in once you’re at home again, this together. Relationships put your clothes in the launremain essential — and that dry. includes your relationship Maria No matter which option is with your doctor. CarneY right for you, make sure you call the doctor’s office to folDr. Anika Sagar is a primary low up or schedule other care physician for adults and appointments, and remember to keep the an assistant professor of medicine at the colleag doctor up to date on how you’re feeling. their so Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ If at any time you feel ill, let your physiNorthwell Health. Dr. Maria Carney is a for arre cian know right away. geriatrician and palliative medicine phy- skin in By having a plan and a strategy, and sician for older adults, and a professor of spoke a exercising control of the situation, you contrib medicine at the Zucker School. among crowde ing and these s said pr state.

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CHRISTOPHER CARINI Hempstead town councilman, 5th District Carini served as a police officer with the NYPD, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department and the Port Authority Police Department for 22 years.

Let business owners reopen To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Thank you very much, but I prefer to remain alive” (Jun 18-24): Kreiss is entitled to her opinion, and common sense certainly dictates that one must be cautious during the coronavirus pandemic.

Sherbet skies and silent sands — Long Beach

I don’t know Kreiss’s age or financial stability, but I think the owner of the bridge club is entitled and smart to open his establishment. My family has two medical professionals, and we have a cancer survivor in our household, so I don’t treat medical issues in a cavalier manner. However, we must try and restore some sense of normalcy and let businesses operate and allow people to earn a living. This will allow mort-

gages, rent, utilities, taxes and food to be paid. It will also allow people the opportu-and mi nity to recoup savings lost during the lastoffices, ROTC three-plus months. This nightmare is an unknown. Peopleunrest must use their intellect and choose howwas so er agai they return to a normal day-to-day life. gartne PHIlIP KIRKa “no-h Sea Cliff teachin The

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