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Nassau helps its restaurants Thanks to county grant program, eateries can invest in safe dining Donough, of East Meadow, and the equipment he was wielding, from his company Air 4 Life, Since Garden Social, in East uses hospital-grade disinfectant Meadow, reopened last June, it to kill bacteria, viruses and allerhas been making costly invest- gens. It is one of the methods ments to gain the trust of con- Russo and his co-owners have sumers and generate introduced to make more interest in dinGarden Social a ing out, explained safer place to dine as Bob Russo, one of its the coronavirus panowners. demic drags on. “ We ’ ve r e a l l y The restaurant is g o n e a b ove a n d getting some help to beyond to try and implement such make sure that we’re practices from the doing everything we Nassau County Rescan,” Russo said in a taurant Recovery video he posted to Grant Prog ram, t h e re s t a u r a n t ’s which is providing Facebook page last $5,000 to $10,000 to week. eateries to help them Filming from the offset costs brought restaurant, Russo DAVE BollER on by the pandemic. was interrupted by a Owner, County Executive p i e r c i n g , h i g h - Garden Social Laura Curran intropitched noise that duced the program sounded like it was in November — at coming from behind him. “I’m Garden Social — and it was set going to show you what’s going to end after the winter. She on here,” Russo said, and then announced on Monday, however, focused on a man shooting a that the program would continue dense mist at the walls and sur- accepting submissions until it faces of the restaurant with an runs out of funds. air purifier that resembled someCurran called the program “a thing you might see in a “Ghost- lifeline to full-service restaubusters” movie.

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By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Courtesy East Meadow School District

So how many days are left?

Students at Meadowbrook Elementary School celebrated the 100th day of school on Monday by making festive paper glasses and taking part in a variety of activities relating to the magic number.

‘Nice Things’ supports businesses

Facebook group to host NCAA basketball fundraiser

By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

In anticipation of the Super Bowl this year, Todd Weinstein hosted a different kind of box betting pool.

He runs a Facebook group called “Nice Things that Happen in East Meadow,” which has held a number of fundraisers for community causes. Rather than focus on the big game, Weinstein invited members of the group to take part in box betting pools for the AFC and NFC championship games.

The prizes were gift cards to restaurants that are members of the East Meadow Chamber of

Commerce. “It was so successful that we’re going to do it again,” Weinstein said.

He plans to bring back the effort by setting up another box pool for the NCAA Final Four on April 3, as college basketball wraps up its season.

Bettors can buy boxes for two games for $25, and, once again, the prizes will be gift cards to East Meadow restaurants. Last time, Weinstein purchased gift cards for Garden Social, Jake’s Steakhouse, the Greene Turtle, the Apollo Diner, the Colony Diner, Mama Theresa’s and La Novella. This time he’s hoping to include even more restaurants.

He also plans to bring back

another feature of the football contest. After all the money was counted, he set aside three $120 donations for East Meadow’s American Legion Post 1082, the Mary Brennan Interfaith Nutrition Network, in Hempstead, and a nonprofit food-delivery service called Drive Out Hunger Inc. Weinstein will start accepting box purchases once the final four teams are determined ahead of the April 3 games. Within three days of announcing the football fundraiser, he had sold all 100 boxes and had to turn people away.

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Facebook group supports small businesses ticipate,” Weinstein said. “As the weather gets better, hopefully more people will come out and support these businesses that have been so supportive of our community.” He was referring to local businesses’ sponsorships of Little League teams and events, PTA programs and community events.

“The last thing we want to see is more vacant storefronts on East Meadow Avenue or Hempstead Turnpike,” he said.

Following the NFL fundraiser, Weinstein received a letter thanking him for his efforts from Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin.

“You are an extraordinary example of the hard working individuals in the Town of Hempstead community,” the letter read. “On behalf of the 770,000 residents of the Town of Hempstead, I thank you for your Todd unwavering commitment to our community.”

WeinsTein Weinstein’s philanthropy began East Meadow when he started the Facebook resident group five years ago, to counteract the rude comments and harsh arguments that often pit neighbor against neighbor on the social media site, he said. Not long after the page was set up, it evolved into a conduit for charitable causes when Ben Diamond, 52, of East Meadow, a friend of Weinstein’s, encouraged him to host a school supplies drive for the Mary Brennan INN. “We have over 3,200 followers in the Nice Things group,” Weinstein said. “I’m only one person. I’m nothing without the support of everyone in the group.”

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t was amazing to see how many people were willing to participate.

Courtesy Todd Weinstein

Todd WeinsTein, of East Meadow, is launching a box betting pool for the NCAA Final Four on April 3, and the prizes will be gift cards for East Meadow restaurants. Above, he was with his son Alex, 17, at a previous fundraiser he hosted at Matty’s Toy Stop in Merrick.

County extending restaurant recovery program continued from front page rants, working hard to meet the ongoing challenges of the pandemic.” Made possible by a $2.2 million investment of federal funds from the Community Development Block Grant, the money can be used for operati n g e x p e n s e s, including payroll, rent, utilities, personal protective equipment and sanitation supplies; the lease or purchase of equipment, such as kitchen equipment or delivery vehicles; and pandemicrelated business BoB russo improvements, Co-owner, like patio heaters Garden Social and contactless technology. Restaurants can apply for a grant at nassaucountyny.gov/ restaurantrecovery.

“It’s definitely a start,” said Dave Boller, another of the owners of Garden Social. “It’s so nice that they’re doing what they can to help small businesses out.”

In addition to purifying with Air 4 Life, Garden Social is deep-cleaned every day

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Garden soCial, one of the grant recipients, has been making costly investments to gain consumers’ trust and generate more interest in dining out. Above is Dave Boller, one of its owners. by the Hicksville company Majestic Cleaning. It also installed an air-filtration system built by AtmosAir Solutions in Fairfield, Conn. The system emits ions into the air that bind to contaminants and neutralize them, according to the company.

“It’s all about attention to detail and understanding what makes people feel safe,” Boller said.

Photos by Brian Stieglitz/Herald

nassau CounTy exeCuTive Laura Curran recently announced that the county was extending its Restaurant Recovery Grant Program, which she introduced in November at Garden Social, in East Meadow.

Another challenge for establishments like Garden Social is trying to find the right kind of entertainment to attract customers while not posing safety risks.

Many bars once drew and kept a crowd thanks to events like karaoke nights or bar games like darts and pool.

One activity Garden Social planned to

kick off on Tuesday is trivia night, which will take place once a week starting at 7 p.m. Guests can answer questions on their phones at their tables without having to make contact with anyone else.

“Nobody wants to be in this position — it’s not ideal,” Boller said. “But you have to do what you can do to move forward.”

Rep. Rice calls on Cuomo to resign over accusations ous two accusers had worked for Cuomo.

Rice has been a vocal critic of Cuomo’s alleged behavior since the accusations U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, who repre- against him first surfaced last week. sents the South Shore’s 4th District, late On Feb. 27, she tweeted, “This is no Monday called on New York’s joke. There must be an indeD e m o c r a t i c g o v e r n o r, pendent investigation into Andrew Cuomo, to resign t h e s e a l l e g a t i o n s. T h e after a third woman came foraccused CANNOT appoint ward accusing him of sexual the investigator. PERIOD.” harassment.

The next day, she followed Rice, a Democrat, tweeted, up with, “Enough is enough.

“The time has come. The GovThe accused is still trying to ernor must resign.” Below it, control this process. Make the she posted a New York Times referral to the AG with substory detailing the third wompoena power ASAP.” an’s accusations that Cuomo State Attorney General had inappropriately Letitia James, a Democrat, approached her at a wedding will oversee the investigation in 2019, wrapping his hands into Cuomo’s alleged actions. around her cheeks, as seen in She will have subpoena a photograph, and asking to power. kiss her. The incident, accordCuomo, who had called for ing to The Times, was recordan independent counsel to ed contemporaneously in text investigate the accusations, messages.

Kathleen rice has said that his actions “I was so confused and “have been misinterpreted as U.S. representative shocked and embarrassed,” an unwanted flirtation.”

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By lauren lev Because cyber security is so critical these days, large organizations are reminding each and every associate to keep vigilant when it comes to handling our access to data among our computers, tablets and cell phones. Much like the community spread issues surrounding the pandemic, it has been vital to help prevent malware, ransomware and anyotherware from community spread within our collective electronic equipment.

So as a requirement of my employment, I watched with great interest a short video presentation explaining my responsibility to protect our collective computing activities.

Surprisingly, I was riveted to the message, although it was scarier than a psychological thriller (not my favorite genre).

In fact, despite the way I teach students that fear tactics in advertising can sometimes shut down a consumer’s attention and alienate the viewer, the video’s techniques kept me carefully watching. After all, it’s hard to ignore skull and crossbones (“the bad guys”) moving through wires (the network) in order to kidnap information to sell it fraudulently to the highest bidder.

Yet despite the anxious approach, the entire message was simplified and cleansed to one quick phrase: “stop, look and think”.

Let’s face it — we are bombarded everyday with attempts to capture our personal

information via phones, texts and emails.

But if you had to summarize awareness in a fundamental way, it’s really does come down to “stop, look and think”.

So after the video was done and I was reminded not to share or use someone else’s flash drive, I thought about “stop, look and think” beyond the confines of the digital landscape. Could these simple rules be effective in other areas of our world?

If more of the world’s citizens applied “stop, look and think” before taking action I believe the world could be a better place. I suspect there could be more acceptance of differences, greater tolerance and fewer mistakes.

And then, when we were finished with the world, we could apply the credo to our smaller lives – putting oneself in someone else’s place, providing help where it is needed, appreciating the strengths and weaknesses of being human.

Suddenly that “stop, look and think” which was applied to protect the fragility of data, wouldn’t be such a bad idea for our day-to-day approach in our carefully constructed lives as well.

A contributing writer to the Herald since 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resident and a direct marketing/advertising executive who teaches marketing fundamentals as well as advertising and marketing communications courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology and SUNY Old Westbury.

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The 2021 Jovia Long Island Marathon will return to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow this Sept. 17 and 18.

L.I. Marathon to be held in person in September

By BRiaN STieGLiTZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Long Island’s most anticipated running event will return this year with a new course — again.

The 2021 Jovia Long Island Marathon and all its accompanying racing events will return to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow this Sept. 17 and 18. While the event is typically held in May, Nassau County officials decided to host it five months later to allow more time to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

“As we continue to make significant progress in the fight against Covid-19, we’ve been able to allow some smaller races — with up to 300 participants — to come to our parks through the fall and winter,” said County Executive Laura Curran at a Feb. 25 news conference, at which she made the announcement.

Curran explained that the county has been able to host races by following safety and social-distancing protocols like introducing staggered start times and contactless check-ins, checking athletes’ temperatures and limiting the number of spectators.

Because the Long Island Marathon draws a much bigger crowd than the typical 5K and 10K races, attracting 5,000 people in 2019, county officials decided to hold the event in September “because we expect to have more vaccines . . . and that will mean more immunity in our community so we could get more participation,” Curran said.

For the second year, the race will be directed by Baldwin-based company Race Awesome, which is run by Corey Roberts and his wife, Stacey.

“At the end of the day, the realization is that it’s not just about producing a race,” Roberts said at the news conference. “There are so many services that Nassau County provides to the race to make it happen, especially from our health department.”

Past events have had roughly 12 medical tents along the route, all of which the county health department provided.

“The health department right now really needs to focus on vaccinations,” Roberts noted. “With that, we really took the time to think about how we can do this and do it safely with Nassau County.”

When Race Awesome took the reins to direct the 2019 marathon, it unveiled a new course that shut down parts of Merrick Avenue and Wantagh Parkway.

With the event in September, Roberts said he was reluctant to follow the same route and risk impacting the

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NaSSau CouNTy exeCuTive Laura Curran announced the changes to the marathon during a Feb. 25 news conference, at which she was joined by Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Health Commissioner Larry Eisenstein. crowds heading to and from Jones Beach for their last beach trips of the summer.

The 47th marathon will feature a two-lap course that keeps runners in Eisenhower Park for more of the event and then send them through Mitchell Field, Museum Row and along the some of the pedestrian and bike lanes that the county installed in 2020.

“It will have less an impact on communities and downtown areas than previous years, while delivering athletes a full-distance marathon with a two-lap course,” Curran said.

Roberts added that having a more condensed course could allow runners more opportunities to compete alongside one another and give spectators a better chance to see runners.

The marathon will remain a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon. Everyone who registered for the 2020 event, which was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be automatically registered again for the 2021 event in September. Those who haven’t registered yet will be able to do so starting March 15 at www.runlongislandmarathon.com.

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By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

In celebration of Black History Month, Black leaders on Long Island gathered for the latest webinar of Herald Inside LI on Feb. 25.

Speakers included Phil Andrews, the president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Inc.; Regina Armstrong, superintendent of Hempstead Union Free School District; Frederick Brewington, the owner and principal of Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Margo Cargill, the CEO of Titanium Linx Consulting Inc. and vice president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce; and Daniel Lloyd, founder and president of Minority Millennials Inc. Skye Ostreicher, of Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, comoderated the discussion alongside DuWayne Gregory, senior vice president and director of diversity, equity and inclusion training for McBride Consulting and Business Development Group.

Lloyd, the youngest member of and only millennial on the panel, emphasized the importance that his and younger generations will play in advancing social justice in United States “The millennial and generation Z demographics are the largest, most educated and most diverse in the nation,”

Lloyd said. “What we’re seeing is that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “We know that the failure of America millennials and gen Z are understanding what justice is — the idea of a quali- — and Long Island in itself — is not allowing the full story to be told,” Brewty life and fairness.”

“As a superintendent of a school dis- ington said. “The importance of being trict, we see how people can look at us there not only as a role model but also as a resource, so that the as a school district when wonderful education that is we’re failing, they’re quick being taken on by millennito talk about it and advertise als and gen X is not wasted it,” Armstrong said, “but in regard to getting caught when we are experiencing in the same mistakes and successes, no one wants to the same history that has share it or they begin to critpulled people down.” icize the prog ress being “One of the big lacks is made and say, ‘That can’t be that we don’t have enough possible.’” mentorship opportunities,” “That hard work that Cargill said. “We can give they’re putting in is not them that guidance and that being recognized by people direction so they can avoid on the outside,” Armstrong those pitfalls.” continued. “It makes them PhIl ANDREWs As the vice president of feel as though they are less African American t h e Nassau Council of than.”

Chamber of Chamber of Commerce, CarThe Hempstead School gill understands the perDistrict makes it a goal to Commerce spectives and practices of show students a wide variety of career opportunities so they other communities. By relaying this understand what is possible — whether information to her own community, peoit’s a store worker or the owner of the ple there can adopt beneficial practices, too. business.

“It’s about information and sharing Brewington said he often invites young local people to his practice to that information, and being a mentor,” show them career possibilities. His Cargill said. “It’s about being part of an office commemorates several historical ecosystem that’s larger than just the Black figures, including Malcolm X and majority-minority communities.”

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Andrews helped develop a young membership program for the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce in which young people can meet with business owners and receive free training.

“We didn’t want young people sitting outside on an opportunity like this,” Andrews said. “We have to be at the table; we have to be involved. When we have a seat at the table, we can bring something away. We can’t sit back on these things. . . We have to be examples.”

“You can’t buy wisdom,” Lloyd said, referring to the need for mentorship on Long Island. Minority Millennials helps invigorate young members’ business dreams by allowing them to share the personal stories behind their business ideas.

“We, as a people, need to understand where that information is flowing and not just confine ourselves to what we like or what’s comfortable for us,” Cargill said. “Step outside the box and stay curious, because as you stay curious, that’s where you’ll find your niche and your next big idea.”

This episode was sponsored by McBride Consulting & Business Development Group and the Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth. This and all previous episodes of Herald Inside LI can be found at liherald.com/recordings.

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Easy Exercise for Adults This East Meadow Public Library class will be given every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. Ann Rothman will lead us in an Easy Exercise Class. This is good for those of us who are NOT athletes. It was good seeing and talking with everyone. They ask that, you click on “participants.” There you will see a “raise your hand” line. Click on that, and we will unmute you so that you can ask a question or make a comment.

Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 ask for Programming. They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program.

Tuesday, March 16 COVID-19 Vaccine Virtual Town Hall Senator Kevin Thomas is inviting residents to participate in a Virtual Town Hall Event, at 6:30, focused on the topic of the Covid-19 vaccine. The event will feature a panel of health care professionals and personal testimony from those impacted by Covid-19. Register online at thomas.nysenate.gov or stream live on Facebook at Facebook. com/SenatorKevinThomas. Virtual Women of Distinction Award Ceremony

Tahitian Twilight at Pinot’s Palette A tropical paradise captured in a moment that will last a life time. This event is happening in the studio, at 2557 Hempstead Turnpike, from 7:30 p.m. p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and costs $40 per person. Their studio also serves food, wine and multiple craft and domestic beers. Come try one of their signature cocktails. For dessert they have Tipsy Scoop alcohol infused ice cream. Flavors such as vanilla bean bourbon and salted caramel whisky. They are practicing social distancing with seating, hand sanitizer is available, disposable aprons are being given and masks are required by all staff and guests.

Saturday, March 6 Educational Tour Farm The East Meadow Farm is offering a chance for you to explore a diversity of demonstration gardens at this highly educational location starting at 11 a.m.

There will be a focus on the thriving arboretum started in 2013 and you may even learn some pruning techniques. Walk dates, times and locations are subject to change. Please check their website for updates. For more information about our Walks in the Woods, please contact Jane Jackson at 516-922-1028 or jjackson@ northshorelandalliance.org. The East Meadow Farm is a horticultural center

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Fiddler’s Green Join the East Meadow Public Library’s virtual St. Patrick’s celebration with some good old time Irish music on March 17 at 1 p.m. Dance a jig, sing along, raise a glass as Fiddler’s Green brings a piece of Ireland to us all. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 ask for Programming. They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program. and community and demonstration garden operated by Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Family Storytime with Award-winning Children’s Author Amy Hest!

Join Amy Hest with the East Meadow Public Library, at 11 a.m., as she reads some of her best loved stories such as, Baby Duck and the Bad Eyeglasses, Gabby Growing Up, Mabel Dancing and so many more. This is a good time for Families to come together and listen to a story. Grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles and of course parents join the children as we all share a story. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 ask for Programming. They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program.

Monday, March 8 Tune in and Write It Out With Us! Every Monday at 7 p.m. the East Meadow Public Library offers a course on journaling in the pandemic. This time in history needs to be saved for the future.

Join Professor Kathleen Volk Miller who will introduce the science and practice of writing toward emotional well-being and psychological healing. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 ask for Programming. They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program.

Tuesday, March 9 Tai Chi is Coming!

Beginning March 2, the East Meadow

Public Library is offering tai chi on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. Through the generosity of Man Cheng, we will have a weekly half hour class in Tai Chi. After we get some moves under our belt, we will be able to join his larger group for longer sessions. Register at www.eastmeadow. info or call the library at 794-2570.

They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program.

Thursday, March 11 Nickelodeons to Movie Palaces to IMAX to Netflix Tune in to this event with the East Meadow Public Library at 2 p.m. Ever since the movie industry was born in the 1890s, audiences have thrilled to watch stories come to life on the big screen. This presentation will look at

Virtual Women of Distinction Award Ceremony In celebration of Women’s History Month, Senator Kevin Thomas is inviting residents to attend a virtual award ceremony, at 6:30, recognizing the outstanding achievements of women in our community. Register online at thomas.nysenate.gov or stream live on Facebook at Facebook.com/SenatorKevinThomas.

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he Covid-19 pandemic meant that, all of a sudden, I had to figure out how to transfer my high-functioning brick-and-mortar business with more than 700 students onto Zoom overnight. I spent most of my days trying to make contact with students who had disconnected or left town, as well as trying to keep the others motivated. My office staff had to quickly learn how to run breakout rooms for up to 100 students each day.

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We’ve had to make physical changes in the studio to keep students safe. This was especially important for our voice and woodwind students since we had to ask, how can you play a flute or sing with a mask on?

The pandemic has made me extremely hopeful for the future. It exposed our weaknesses in the business, but also taught me the importance of relying on our core values, like keeping the focus on the most important piece — the people. I’m confident we’ll take this knowledge and utilize it as we continue to grow.

he core of my business is to provide plussize formal wear for mothers of the bride or groom, grandmothers, guests and more mature brides. I've been in business for 29 years and involved with the business community as a past president of the Merrick Chamber of Commerce.

Like many other businesses, I was forced by the pandemic to close for three months last spring. All calls were forwarded to my cellphone so that business could carry on as usual.

When weddings got delayed, I calmed the fears of worried brides by saying we could hold their gowns for them until they notified me of a rescheduled event date.

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Many weddings postponed from 2020 are happening now. Catering halls are reopening, and women are ready to be out shopping for formal wear.

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We adapted to the change quickly, and stayed up all night trying to figure out how to create the fitness studio in our homes so we could offer classes virtually. We still do that now, even though we’re open for classes in person.

We opened the studio again on Aug. 24, and had classes with about six or seven people — we usually have 15 to 20. We operate at 33 percent capacity, and a lot of people prefer to join in from home because of the pandemic.

We never had an online platform before this. We never did anything virtually, so the silver lining was that we were able to create this alternative online presence. It’s not only been a benefit for people who aren’t comfortable with coming to the studio, but

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now people from different states can join our classes.

During the warmer months, we also had one outdoor class a week that we offered for free.

We understand that a lot of people lost their jobs or were financially struggling, and were thinking about what we could do for them.

Once a week we offered a class at Cedar Creek Park, and another at Jones Beach. So we did barre, pilates or yoga and, at the end, we asked if anyone would be willing to make a donation or write a positive review about us on social media. It brought a lot of people together, and was great for everyone’s mental health, too. I can’t wait for it to get warmer, because we’re definitely going to do it again.

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We’ve gotten accustomed to the safety procedures in place, and we’ve been trying to accommodate the way each person might feel. We’ve been cleaning and disinfecting all doorknobs and surfaces with Lysol and wipes.

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time and ask others to wait outside in the garden center. We remind everyone to stay six feet apart and wear their masks, and we haven’t had a problem with that.

We’re always outside when we can be, so we didn’t have to do much differently when it comes to social-distancing safety precautions.

Now we’re getting ready for Easter and the warmer weather, so we’re hoping to see more people and will have our florist open with spring flowers. We didn’t get to do our annual Easter egg hunt last year, but we’re going to host it again this year at a limited capacity, with social distancing and mask-wearing.

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Jillian Morgano and Miko Maia, seventh grade students at W.T. Clarke Middle School in the East Meadow School District, participated in the Living Legends Competition, a digital activity that aims to educate students about notable Black individuals throughout Black History Month.

Black history month in focus at Clarke In honor of Black History Month, W.T. Clarke Middle School held a Living Legends Competition throughout February to highlight Black individuals who have made impactful contributions to the country and the world. This interactive digital activity, organized by business teacher Katie Caccamo and Principal Stacy Breslin, aimed to educate students about notable Black individuals living today.

Flyers were hung throughout the school and each had a QR code for students to scan to see website with information about a significant member of the Black community. Students earned badges by answering questions after conducting the research.

Among the Living Legends were former President Barack Obama, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, WNBA star Maya Moore and East Meadow’s own Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Card Jr. The digital competition runs through the end of February, and the group of students who win the most badges will collect a prize.

“I thought this would be a motivating activity to get students involved in Black History Month,” Caccamo said of the monthlong project. “It has helped kids learn more about the contributions of living Black individuals to our community and the world.”

In addition, students researched a Black American of their choosing and created a fictional Instagram page for them. They looked up pictures of their selections and researched facts to use as captions.

“The students really got into it,” said teacher John Geekie. “They were able to pick whomever they wanted and were very motivated and interested in doing this project.”

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Patrick S., a student from W.T. Clarke Middle School in the East Meadow School District, conducted research and created a fictional Instagram page on Bob Marley to highlight information on him for Black History Month.

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When frustrated, how do you behave?

How do kids behave when they’re frustrated and ang ry? Little ones scream, cry, hit, bite, and throw whatever’s in their way. Older ones act more destructively – cursing, teasing, taunting, bullying, breaking stuff, slamming doors, punching, pulverizing, and pounding whatever or whoever is in their way.

Anyone who is a parent knows this!

When their kid can’t do, can’t go, can’t buy what they “need,” parents feel the full range of their kids’ frustrations. Bad behavior is certainly not confined to “bad kids.”

In the era of Covid when frustrations abound and choices are checked, many kids act up. A cherubic face is no guarantee that its owner’s actions are angelic.

And a smart brain is no guarantee that its owner will deal well with disapinda pointments.

Though teens are older and smarter, they’re typically too wrapped up in their wants to listen to their parents, to do what others expect, or even to care about their own safety. They feel entitled. They want what they want now. They’re uninterested in the big picture. But they’re still kids. We don’t give up on them. We continue to teach them ways to calm themselves down and to cope constructively with frustration and disappointments.

But what should we make of adults who, when frustrated, behave like kids or even toddlers? Who scream, cry, hit and throw things? Who name call? Who unfairly blame? Who intimidate? Who hurl cruel insults? Who insist that their viewpoint is the only one that’s right, the only one that matters?

These adults have much to learn but nobody to teach them. No parent is imploring them to calm down. No adult is sending them to their room. No authority figure is punishing them for bad behavior. Unless, of course, their bad behavior gets so out of hand that the cops are called. Or a child, who has become “the parent to his parent,” plaintively cries out – “stop it!”

It’s incumbent upon adults in our politically divided country to learn how to handle frustrations with at least a

modicum of maturity. To think before you act. To practice self-control. To zip your lip before you regret what you say.

To postpone gratification. To be respectful of others’ feelings and beliefs. In short, to behave constructively when frustrated.

Some believe that if you haven’t learned these skills by your early adult years, it’s too late. Too old to learn, they claim. Simply not true. New skills can be learned and put into practice at any age – if you’re motivated to do so.

So, if your marriage is holding on by a string, if your parenting skills are wanting, if your reputation is tar nished, in part, because of how you behave when frustrated, it’s time to learn new skills.

Be gin by identifying what’s triggering your frustration. Perhaps you’ re apadin thinking, “it shouldn’t be this way; it’s all her fault; he shouldn’t have done that.” Then say out loud, “I’m frustrated! – It didn’t go the way I wanted it to.”

Now, here’s the critical step. Do whatever you can to calm yourself down.

Take a deep breath. Take another one.

Then think about what you can do now (if anything) to make things better.

Avoid thinking about what should have been done. Focus on what you can control now, not on what went wrong.

Of course, we all want things to go our way. Why not? But often, they won’t.

So, instead of making yourself and everyone around you miserable, start acting like an adult. Behaving badly when you’re a kid is one thing. Behaving badly when you’re an adult is another matter – especially when your MO becomes a blueprint for how your own kids should act.

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For the first time in Nassau Police Department history, a Black woman has been promoted to the position of chief of support.

Lorna Atmore, a 25-year member of NCPD, was promoted to the chief of support position on Feb. 25. She succeeds Chief Ronald Walsh, who recently left to serve as Long Beach police commissioner.

Atmore is now commander of the Support Division, one of the department’s largest units that includes the 911 center, information technology and the upcoming police body camera program. With the new position, Atmore is fifth in line for command of the department.

NCPD Commissioner Patrick Ryder tweeted about Atmore’s historic promotion on Feb. 25. “Today a piece of history was made in the Nassau County Police Department,” Ryder wrote. “Twostar Chief Lorna Atmore was promoted to three-star chief of support. She is the first African-American woman to serve in this position.”

Before her promotion, Atmore worked as an officer and eventually sergeant in the 3rd Precinct. She also led

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LoRnA ATMoRE Is the first Black woman to serve as the Nassau County Police Department’s chief of support. the Detective Squad in the 7th Precinct and was later promoted to captain, inspector and deputy commanding officer in the 4th Precinct, before being promoted to deputy chief of the support division.

An expanded story on Atmore will appear in the March 11 issue.

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Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author, specializes in helping people overcome procrastination and debilitating anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her websites: www.BeatProcrastinationCoach. com and www.PsychWisdom.com.

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name of Mary Kate Carter McLaughlin. The city and state of my present address are East Meadow, NY; the month and year of my birth are

September, 1989; the place of my birth is Bay Shore, New York; my present name is Mary Kate Carter 124856

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sTudEnTs In sTEpHAnIE Callan’s class at Bowling Green Elementary School recently learned about symbols of peace as part of a unit on Martin Luther King Jr.

Learning about peace at Bowling Green Students in Stephanie Callan’s class at Bowling Green Elementary School recently learned about symbols of peace as part of a unit on Martin Luther King Jr. They conducted research about sym-

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any people seem to confuse democracy and capitalism.

Some seem to think that capitalism defines our system of government. However, our governance is based on democratic principles, including the importance of voting. Capitalism is about economics, not governing.

Two central characteristics of capitalism are competition in the marketplace and the availability of information. Competition supports choice, and freely available information supports ROBERT informed choice.

Wander supermarSCOTT kets aisles and look at the shelves.

There are abundant choices of toothpaste, laundry soaps and paper products, with descriptions of ingredients and safety labels. Nevertheless, we as consumers must be aware; we must determine the truth in advertising.

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characteristic. We can choose which political party to support, which candidate to back and which policy proposals meet our criteria. However, we must seek the truth and become informed with facts.

Given such choices, why do so many fail to vote?

The 2020 presidential election campaigns spent almost $14 billion, and turnout, as a percentage of the voting-age public, was higher than any other in 120 years — yet one-third of eligible voters stayed away.

Some lacked access or were afraid of the unofficial “marshals” monitoring voting sites, and others were dissuaded from voting by disinformation spread through social media.

We need to do more to control disinformation efforts, reduce limitations to voting, help voters learn the truth and ensure the integrity of elections. We can choose to do more to ensure informed choices at the ballot box. But not choosing to do so is itself a choice, one that can lead to the demise of democracy.

The historian Robert Artigiani wrote

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that we should “choose to act so the act of choosing remains possible.” By failing to exercise our right to vote and failing to ensure the integrity of information promoted by campaigns, we have not only lost our chance to choose, but also have chosen to act in a way that can lead to losing our right to choose.

That’s what happens in authoritarian regimes, even though they may not start that way. Hitler was chosen democratically in 1932 before consolidating power.

Putin was first elected by popular vote in 2000, and instituted constitutional changes in 2018 that allowed him to remain in power. In both cases, the people made choices that resulted in the loss of future choices because they didn’t stay informed or act on their concerns in time to avoid the consequences.

The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was the result of a disinformation campaign of falsehoods that persists to this day. For democracy to survive, for there to be “a more perfect union,” we need an informed citizenry that under-

ven in November’s momentous election, onethird of eligible voters sat out.

stands and appreciates critical thinking, information literacy and the instruments of democracy. We need objective journalism as the source of news.

We also need more flexibility in voting to meet the needs of our modern world.

Voting by mail and early voting are steps forward, but not the only steps that we can take. Why is general-election voting limited to the first Tuesday in November?

Wouldn’t it make sense to allow voting over several days, as in some other countries? What about holding elections on weekends, when fewer people would have to take time off from work in order to vote? In some countries, voting is mandatory, and fines can be imposed on those who do not vote.

Our vote is our voice. Voting is an act of choice and the exercise of our voice in expressing our values and priorities. We should make it easier to learn about candidates and issues, and vote. After all, our choice of leaders and policies is much more important than our brand of toothpaste.

Robert Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University and the author of “How University Boards Work.”

Fighting the other epidemic: QAnon (Part 1)

ddly, the most offensive remark made by a politician lately (and there are a lot to choose from) came from Marjorie Taylor Greene last month, as she was desperately trying to hold on to her seat in the House of Representatives. Standing before a microphone on Feb. 4, Greene was backpedaling as fast as she could to put distance between herself and QAnon, the conspiracy group she supported. She had been elected to the House in Georgia’s 14th District on a wave of racist RANDI and anti-Semitic KREISS vitriol and innuendo.

In numerous speeches and tweets over the course of her campaign, Greene had allied herself with QAnon and its conspiracy tropes targeting numerous people in public life. By Feb. 4, she had been stripped of her committee assignments in the House because of her public remarks, and she feared being booted out of office altogether. So she stood before a microphone and announced to the world, “9-11 definitely happened.”

Thank you, Marjorie.

She proclaimed, “School shootings

happened.”

In what fractured reality, I wondered, do we find someone like her validating the epic public tragedies we have witnessed with our own eyes? We heard the cries of children with our own ears. We saw the bodies falling from the high floors of the towers.

Look around and take note: We are in a surreal place now, where the liars like Greene assume the roles of validating self-evident public truths.

In her Feb. 4 appearance, she tried to distance herself from QAnon, but it was a transparent, self-serving show. She kept her seat.

This is a woman who promoted violence against Q’s perceived enemies, at one point signaling support for the assassination of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Greene was duly elected by 74 percent of the voters in her district. That raises the questions, how and why.

My initial reaction was not to write about QAnon, to avoid shining a light on its dark activities and let it die a slow death. But it isn’t dying. A better tactic, I think, is to let in the air and light until the issues that gave rise to such a disturbing belief system are addressed.

Briefly, QAnon is an internet-based

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group of people who believe that there exists in public life a secret society of devil worshipers who kidnap and cannibalize children and engage in pedophilia.

Preposterous? The ideology metastasized across the web, pulling people into an alternative world where they followed hidden “clues” and “codes” signaling belief that former President Trump would create a “storm” on inauguration day, ushering himself back into power and bringing down President Biden. And of course, destroying Black Lives Matter and Jewish influencers and basically nonwhites of any variety.

How does a belief system like QAnon take hold? The problem isn’t politics, which just offers a stage. People are susceptible to theories that claim to explain the inexplicable uncertainties in all our lives.

According to a story by Kevin Roose in The New York Times on Feb. 4, QAnon operates in a different way, and on a different scale, than anything we’ve seen before. For starters, it is uniquely participatory. Followers congregate online to decode the latest QAnon posts and to discuss their theories about the news of the day, creating a communal bond with their fellow believers. Apparently, hundreds of thousands of people think, with complete

t satifies needs we all have to feel significant and part of something big.

sincerity, that the leaders of the Democratic Party may be killing innocent children. Combine those fantasies with a willingness to commit violent crimes in the name of the group, and there is a real threat.

Although there is plenty of ignorance to go around among Q followers, Roose wrote that they can’t be dismissed as stupid. The group satisfies needs we all have to feel significant and part of something big. When you don’t get that in other aspects of your life, the group becomes that much more important. Social media adds accelerant.

We have to address the psychological triggers and motivations if we want to mitigate the influence and potential dangers of this kind of thinking. Conspiracy theories will always thrive when people feel like they’re not in control of their lives and when political, religious and social groups offer shelter. According to NPR, although QAnon has been kicked off Twitter and Facebook, it thrives on various fringe platforms.

I don’t think anyone has a solution for eradicating groups like QAnon. But a good step forward is to better educate our children, creating a generation of more critical thinkers.

I’ll address that in Part 2 next week.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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We need more women elected leaders

t’s been over 27 years since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed, including Dennis McCarthy, of Mineola, and 19 were wounded. Dennis’s son, Kevin, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed.

That attack propelled Carolyn McCarthy, Dennis’s wife and Kevin’s mother, to run for Congress. McCarthy, then a nurse, was assailed as a political neophyte and a single-issue candidate, with her laser focus on gun control. Despite the odds against her, she won, and served in the House of Representatives from 1997 to 2015, retiring because of a cancer diagnosis.

Throughout her time in Congress, McCarthy ably represented her district, becoming a respected member of the House and a strong-willed politician. She was frustrated often by the lack of movement on common-sense gun-control legislation, such as an assault weapons ban, because of big-money special-interest groups like the National Rifle Association.

Still, she endured.

It boggles the mind, but in the 243-year history of this nation, only two women have represented Long Island in the House of Representatives. McCarthy, who was elected in the 4th Congressional District, on Nassau’s South Shore, was the first, according to the Congressional Archives.

The second is her successor, Kathleen Rice, who was previously the Nassau County district attorney, and whom

McCarthy strongly endorsed in the 2014 election against Republican Bruce Blakeman, the County Legislature’s former presiding officer and a current Town of Hempstead councilman.

There has never been a woman from Long Island elected to the U.S. Senate. In fact, only two New York women — Hillary Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand — have ever served in the Senate since the election of the state’s first two senators, Philip Schuyler and Rufus King, in 1789.

Yes, only two. All other New York senators have been white men. That is a sad statement, given that women comprise more than half of our population, and that New York is a racially diverse state.

In March, Women’s History Month, we should take a moment to reflect on these facts — and understand that we really could use more women representing us in Washington, and at all levels of government.

There is no doubt that women often see the world differently than men. They understand, with far greater depth, the travails that they have faced in this country because of their gender — the implicit bias and outright discrimination.

Most often, women are the primary caretakers of our children, so they better understand the lack of government resources available to young mothers with babies and school-age children. They can see how frayed our social safety net is, particularly when compared with Western European nations and Canada.

Women elected leaders more often focus on domestic social issues — education, the environment, social equity — compared with their male counterparts in

letters LIRR procurement at a ‘snail’s pace’ To the Editor: Reports of more delays associated with the Long Island Rail Road’s $734 million procurement of 202 new M9 electric replacement cars in 2013 is nothing new. MTA LIRR, Metro North or NYC Transit Federal Transit Administration or locally funded commuter rail or subway car procurement is seldom completed on time, within budget and without contract change orders. There are clearly even more problems with this purchase.

The MTA’s own independent engineering consultant forecasts an October 2022 completion date.

There is no guarantee that this date will hold.

Eight years later, completion of the delivery of all new M9 and M9A cars is several years behind schedule. The oldest M3 cars will have to stay around longer than planned before all new cars arrive and are ready for commuters to board.

Instead of retirement, many M3 cars will

Congress, many of whom are often more concerned with international monetary policy and U.S. military intervention than funding school lunch programs and drugtreatment centers.

In fact, in the long history of the House of Representatives, only one woman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, has chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee, and for only two years, from 2011 to 2013, according to the Congressional Archives. The Foreign Affairs Committee is considered among the premier assignments in the House, a center of international power and prestige.

Yes, we need our representatives to keep a watchful eye on global affairs — and a number of women in Congress do.

Of the 48 current members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, 12 are women — eight Democrats and four Republicans.

None are from New York.

At the same time, we need to balance international and domestic affairs, and women elected leaders play a key role in ensuring that we do. A record 144 women now hold seats in the House and Senate — but Congress remains a male-dominated institution, with men holding 73 percent of the seats.

That statistic needs to change, on both of the Democratic and Republican sides of the aisle. We need greater balance in order to work toward a more perfect union, one in which our daughters, and their daughters, are given the respect they deserve.

This month, though, we can reflect on pioneering women elected leaders like Carolyn McCarthy, Kathleen Rice, Hillary Clinton, Kirsten Gillibrand, and now Vice President Kamala Harris.

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he coronavirus pandemic has tipped over the world as we know it, harming most New Yorkers in profound ways while laying bare societal inequities that have plagued New Yorkers for generations, like the disparities in access to child care. It has also strained government budgets to the breaking point, at a time when we rely on the government for help.

But there is light at the end of the tunnel, and we are inching our way to recovery.

On our way there, we can — and ToDD should — focus on issues kaminsky specific that Covid-19 magnified. That’s why I’m pushing to pass two major initiatives over the next few months.

My first initiative for Long Islanders is Universal Pre-K. UPK would provide 4-year-old children throughout Nassau County with free public preschool education. This would be a game-changer. New York City already has a robust universal

pre-K program. It’s about time Long Island children — and parents — received the same support. The science is clear: Investing in children before they start kindergarten has profound effects on their pre-literacy and pre-math skills.

Children in Tennessee’s state-funded pre-K program, for example, saw a 75 percent improvement in letter-word identification, a 152 percent improvement in oral comprehension, a 176 percent improvement in picture vocabulary and a 63 percent improvement in quantitative concepts, compared to children who were not in pre-K. Simply put, pre-K sets children up to succeed.

Universal pre-K would also be critical for parents and the economy. The pandemic highlighted how challenging — and stressful — full-time parenting with full-time work can be for families. UPK would speed up New York’s recovery by letting parents get back to work.

I am pushing hard for UPK to be done in this year’s budget, which is due April 1.

Second, I want to revolutionize how

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ocusing on universal pre-K, and on making big companies fund recycling.

LeTTers remain for post Covid-19, East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal and increased reverse-peak service starting in December 2022. This assumes that the current project recovery schedule is met.

When it comes to purchasing new rail cars, the line of the “Dashing Dan” moves at a snail’s pace.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

Brinton needs to move on To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Finding peace, post-Trump” (Feb. 18-24): Brinton can’t get Trump off his mind. The 45th president captivates him even though is no longer the POTUS. We were never on the brink of nuclear war with North Korea. This is pure speculation. Many children were sent to the Mexican border alone or with non-relatives to be admitted and later request that their parents be admitted. Brinton is ignorant about the chicanery pulled by desperate people wanting to come to the United States to escape the misery of their Central and South American countries. Immigration detention centers were built under President Obama.

we deal with our trash.

We have a waste problem in America.

Trash is literally piling up; and it will drown our kids. According to a recent study, the U.S. produced more plastic waste than any other country in the world in 2016, about 92.6 billion pounds. If we don’t act soon, we will run out of places to put it. That’s why I have introduced legislation that would shift the responsibility, and the cost, of recycling from taxpayers to big companies.

Extended Producer Responsibility (also known as EPR) would boost recycling, curb waste and save tax dollars by shifting the end-of-life responsibility for packaging and paper products from local governments and taxpayers to corporate brand owners and producers. Right now, many products you put in the recycling bin aren’t actually recycled; there’s no market for them. This costs our municipalities millions of dollars, and keeps them on an unsustainable course. Under EPR, producers, like big companies, would cover the cost of recycling paper products and packages. This would moti-

vate them to produce fewer and more eco-friendly materials, all while funding our municipal governments.

So what would happen to the packaging from all those deliveries you’ve ordered while you’ve been stuck at home? My bill would require companies to pay our cities for their recycling while also incentivizing them to use less packaging.

And the best part? EPR would create thousands of new jobs on Long Island while saving taxpayers money. As we head toward recovery, it is crucial that we provide economic relief for local governments while generating good, wellpaying jobs. The bill, if passed, would be a win-win.

We are on the cusp of recovery from the pandemic. More of us are getting vaccinated every day. Now is the time for lawmakers to look beyond Covid-19, learn from what we have gone through, be bold and enact policies that not only help Long Islanders get back to work, but also secure a better future for our children. Why just get back to normal when we can get back to better?

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach, represents the 9th District.

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Trump did not wear a mask initially, and catered to mass rallies that may have increased Covid-19 infections. He should have listened to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of his tweets were factually incorrect and insulting. He has a potty mouth.

Witnesses were not per mitted at Trump’s second impeachment trial in the Senate, only the lawyers. It was a rushed trial. Witnesses should have been allowed. The chief justice of the Supreme Court did not preside over the trial, because, in my opinion, he saw it as a farce.

Brinton may never feel normal again because Trump exposed a raw nerve in the body politic and the “deep state,” which consists of federal employees and civil servants who believe they know best about which policies benefit the United States, rather than the president.

Most of Trump’s tweets were stupid and incorrect. The media’s job was to identify them and show precisely why they were ill-informed or stupid.

Trump did accomplish a lot through legislation and executive orders, but Brinton cannot bear to read about his accomplishments on the internet, so he is fixated on Trump. Why doesn’t Brinton address the real problems facing President Biden going forward, instead of looking backward?

SID KRIMSKY West Hempstead

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