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Easter egg extravaganza Gia Abshire, 3, of East Meadow, was excited to start tearing into her eggs to see what kind of treats she got at the Easter egg hunt held in Diane Radtke’s backyard. More photos, Page 3.
‘Garden of Dreams’ exhibit will be open to the public in June year,” Diana said. “It depends how ambitious we want each exhibit to be, and how much The AHRC Nassau East time it takes to prepare.” Meadow Art gallery is getting AHRC Nassau is a chapter of ready for its upcoming exhibit The Arc of New York, a nonprof“Garden of it organization that Dreams,” which is helps people with set to open in June. developmental disThe exhibit will feaabilities. There are ture art from the about 32 other members of AHRC, AHRC programs on who live with intelLong Island, but the lectual and developEast Meadow locamental disabilities. tion is the only one This is not the that has a specific first exhibit for the focus, Lisa Moosgallery, which is meuller, the gallery l o c at e d o n E a s t manager, explained. Meadow Avenue. In The other locations the past it has disfocus more on comp l aye d a r t wo rk munity service. The inspired by Vincent point of these proVan Gogh and by lISA grams, Moosmueller safari life. The group said, is community of artists who make MooSMuEllER integration and selfup AHRC’s art gal- Director, advocacy. lery vote on the AHRC Nassau East “These guys are theme and then being their own self Meadow Art gallery work on their pieces advocates, and — either with a menthey’re speaking up tor or individually — with all and letting everybody know types of media. what’s important to them,” she This exhibit has been a work said. “Through the day program in progress since before the new we tried to link them to that year, said Jason Diana, the pro- interest so we’re kind of like an gram coordinator. “We usually try to do two to three exhibits a Continued on page 16
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The East Meadow School District is expected to expand its integrated co-teaching program to the elementary level next year, administrators announced during a budget presentation at the Board of Education meeting on March 23. For the past four years, the program has been used on the
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secondary level. Now it is to be put into effect in the district’s five elementary schools. ICT dates to the 1970s, according to Betsy Lashin, the district’s director of special education and pupil personnel services. An ICT classroom consists of a general education teacher and a special education teacher providing instruction together to students who have learning disabilities and those who don’t.
According to the budget presentation, the funding for the program expansion — which will add 24 new teachers — will come from grant funds from the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus rescue package, the budget itself and additional funds from state aid. The plan is to use twothirds of the grant money, extra state aid and one-third of the general budget to fund the proContinued on page 14
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Kids were waiting by the fence with anticipation for the big egg hunt on April 2.
No‘bunny’ does it like East Meadow The sun was shining as dozens of children raced into Diane Radtke’s backyard in search of colorful plastic eggs during her 25th community Easter egg hunt on April 2. The East Meadow resident placed 2, 047 eggs throughout her backyard. Each egg was filled with a little toy, candy or even money for children throughout Nassau County. “It takes me a few months to fill them all,” she said. The first hunt consisted of eight children and 600 eggs and has only grown since then. After a hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021 the hunt is back and better than ever. People who come to the hunt bring canned food and household items to donate to the food pantry at St. Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church in East Meadow and this year there were over five boxes filled and ready to go. There were also lots of snacks and drinks for children to enjoy. The Easter Bunny was in attendance. “I started this 25 years ago when my kids were little because we’ve been to Easter egg hunts where if you’re not the fastest you’re not going to get an egg,” she said. “Everyone here gets an egg and has a good time.”
angelina abbatiello, 2, of Deer Park was dressed to impress at the Easter egg hunt with her basket ready for eggs. after all the eggs had been picked up, the kids sat down on the grass to discover what the eggs had inside them. hunter o’leary, 3, was ready to show off the eggs that he was finding. Kids weren’t messing around and as soon as Radtke opened the fence, they took off.
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Friday, April 8
Thursday, April 14
Easy exercise
Chess club
Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m. Ann Rothman will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.
Chess club meets from 1 to 4 p.m. every Thursday at the East Meadow Public Library in the conference room in the lower level.
Ernie and the Band Ernie & the Band is an original blues rock band bringing back the Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead feels with a twist. They will be playing at Garden Social Beer Garden and Kitchen at 1964 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow at 4 p.m. Bring your dancing shoes cause once you go Ernie you don’t go back.
Public skate There will be a public skate at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow from 7 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 9 Crafts and Easter egg hunt
Virtual chair yoga
Head to Cipriano Nursery at 1660 Front St., in East Meadow at 10 a.m. for crafts an an egg hunt. First enjoy a planting craft before embarking on an egg hunt around the nursery.
Sunday, April 10 Sunday divine liturgy
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Eisenhower Park through time Join author Richard Panchyk at the East Meadow Public Library or through Zoom at 1 p.m. on April 8 as he gives a presentation on his new book, Eisenhower Park Through Time, offering a visual journey through the park’s history. To register for events visit eastmeadow.info.
The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is celebrated at 9:30 a.m. every Lenten Sunday from March 13 to April 10 at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 369 Green Ave., in East Meadow. Various themes are highlighted every Sunday as part of the Orthodox Tradition of Great Lent. All services are conducted in English. The liturgy is followed by coffee hour with Lenten foods. Services are also streamed on https:// www.facebook.com/htocem. The full schedule for Great Lent and Holy Week can be found on the parish website’s calendar at www.htocem.org. For more info call (516) 483-3649 or email htocem@gmail.com.
the Easter Bunny. Attendees (Including adults) age 12 and older will be charged $22 each and children age 2- 11 will be charged $18/each. For tickets visit https://www.eventbrite. com/e/stew-leonards-breakfastwith-the-easter-bunny-tickets294603375627?aff=erelexpmlt.
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Monday, April 11
Kiwanis meeting
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny
Art lectures
Join the team at Stew Leonard’s at 1897 Front St., at 9 a.m. in East Meadow for a special Breakfast with the Easter Bunny. Stew Leonard’s chefs will offer a buffet-style selection of your favorite breakfast treats. Each child will receive Easter coloring sheets and can take a photo with
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Join Mary Vahey virtually at 1 p.m. for an East Meadow Public Library lecture on American artists seeking the avant-garde looked to Paris. In these artists you will see the movement from Realism that leads to Impression. To register visit eastmeadow.info.
The East Meadow Kiwanis will be collecting food at McVey Elementary School for those in need. Stop by to donate whatever you can.
Tuesday, April 12 East Meadow Kiwanis will be meeting at 7:15 p.m. at Borrelli’s restaurant at 1580 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow. For more information, contact club president Jennifer Reinhardt at (516) 351-9891
Property tax grievance Town of Hempstead receiver of taxes Jeanine Driscoll will be giving a presentation on how to grieve your property taxes at the East Meadow Public
Library at 2 p.m. This program will instruct you on how you can navigate the process on your own. To register visit eastmeadow.info.
Psychic dinner Brenda Lee and her team of Long Island psychic’s will be at La Novella at 364 East Meadow Ave., in East Meadow from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. For Reservations call (516) 794-6248.
Wednesday, Apr., 13 Game day Join the East Meadow Public Library for game day starting at 11:30 a.m.. There will be tables set up in the makers space downstairs.
The East Meadow Chamber of Commerce Easter egg hunt will be on April 16. There will be a garage sale for Veterans on May 14. The East Meadow Kiwanis bird sanctuary cleanup will be April 23. Check out public skating sessions at the Northwell Health Ice Center. The Long Island Marathon is coming to Eisenhower Park May 1.
Originally introduced to the fitness world as a modified version of Hatha yoga for individuals with health implications and for those of a certain age. Improving flexibility, relieving cramps and stiffness, and creating a happy mental state are a few benefits that chair yoga can provide for us. Join the East Meadow Public Library virtually for this event at 4 p.m. Register at www.eastmeadow.info.
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Molloy College will soon become Molloy University Rockville Centre’s largest educational institution will soon have a new name. Molloy College has officially earned university status from the New York State Board of Regents, allowing the Dominican institution to adopt the Molloy University moniker beginning June 1. It’s the culmination of work university officials have conducted for more than a decade. Founded in 1955 by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, Molloy is known for its strong nursing program that has been especially important during the coronavirus pandemic. Molloy is a private institution with roughly 3,500 undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students. College president James Lentini unveiled a new logo for Molloy last week, which keeps the school’s burgundy lion mascot, but is now enclosed by an offwhite “M” and “U.” This is essentially full circle for Lentini, who said university status was discussed even when he interviewed for his job back in 2019. “Some of the regents finally softened,” Lentini told the Herald. “I’m probably lucky with my timing a little bit, but I was involved in lobbying pretty hard with our regents.” Both Lentini and predecessor Drew Bogner — who retired in June 2020 after 20 years in the position — worked with 10th Judicial District Regent Roger Tilles to change some of the language the
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MOllOy COllege pResidenT James Lentini shows students the new logo for Molloy University. match the rest of the country. Regents used to describe uniWhile a huge moment for his versities. New York’s definitreasured Molloy, Bogner said tion was far stricter than the he was excited to also usher rest of the country, Lentini in more New York institusaid. tions to take on university staIn fact, if Molloy had been tus with the refined definilocated in any other state, its tion. four schools of nursing, busiMolloy — through Lentini ness, education and the arts and Bogner — argued that would have qualified Molloy across the country, the definifor university status as early JAMes lenTini tion of university simply as 2018. meant they had graduate proAfter retiring, Bogner President, grams. New York’s system, moved on to become an interMolloy College however, required a school to im president with the Comoffer doctoral programs in mission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York, order to achieve university status. “In many ways, New York was comwhere he lobbied the Regents even more to change its university designation to pletely out of touch,” Bogner said. The
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old definition hurt the competitiveness of New York schools not just with other states but internationally. Bogner recounted a number of times prospective students would be surprised Molloy offered graduate and doctoral programs, while still being called a college. The name might be changing, but Lentini believes Molloy’s character will remain. Right now, there are no announced plans for the school to expand its current campus, at least when it comes to existing Rockville Centre real estate. Still, becoming Molloy University is something Jeff Greenfield — a longtime Rockville Centre resident and a 19-year member of the college’s board of trustees —believes will add value to the degrees of past, present and future students. “It’s very gratifying to see the mission of the sisters who founded the college fulfilled,” Greenfield said, by upgrading Molloy’s status to a university. But Molloy’s work isn’t over, Lentini said. Far from it. The next goal for the soon-to-be university is to tailor its nursing programs to the needs of partners like Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside and Catholic Health, which runs Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre. “If we have (programs), we’re trying to make them more robust,” Lentini said. “If we don’t have them, we’re going to be developing those. “We’ve been a college. Now I want us to think like a university.”
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After defeating Fairfield to close the regular season last year on a Friday night, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team gathered in Margiotta Hall the following afternoon to await its postseason fate needing a Towson loss to Drexel in order to reach the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament. With hopes looking bleak when Towson led by four goals late in the third quarter, Hofstra’s seniors suddenly learned their careers were in fact not over yet when Drexel stormed back for a 12-11 win. The Pride then took advantage of the surprise CAA tournament appearance with a semifinal upset of top-seeded Delaware before falling in the conference finals to that same Drexel team that resurrected its season a week earlier. “You live and die by every goal and you start to become a fan rather than a coach because your future is out of your hands,” said 16th-year Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney of the scene watching Drexel-Towson. “It was an array of emotions.” Tierney hopes this year the Pride will be able to wrap up one of the four available CAA tourney spots on the field and not have to rely on external help. Hofstra opened the CAA schedule with a 12-10 defeat at Fairfield last Saturday. The CAA schedule gives Hofstra a fresh start after an up and down non-conference season where the Pride battled a number of injuries. The Pride entered CAA play with a 10-9 overtime loss at Providence College where sophomore attackman Gerard Kane tallied five assists, graduate student midfielder James Philbin scored a hat-trick and red-shirt freshman Rory Jones registered four points. The 6-2 Kane, an Ohio State transfer, has emerged as Hofstra’s leading scorer with 17 goals and 11 assists. Seniors Matt Elder and Dylan McIntosh are also offensive threats. Junior goalie Mac Gates, a San Francisco native, has stepped up in net to anchor the defense in front of starting defensemen Tom Ford, Tim Hegarty and Bryan McIntosh. Gates recorded 17 saves in a 8-6 loss at Villanova on March 5. Following a road game at Delaware this Saturday, Hofstra hosts Drexel in its CAA home opener on April 16 at 3 p.m.
Pride women off breakout year The Hofstra women’s lacrosse team had a breakthrough season in 2021 with the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007. The Pride graduated all-time leading Hofstra scorer Alyssa Parella, but returns plenty of talent from last
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StANDOut KAtiE WhElAN, a Long Beach native, will be in the middle of any success the Pride achieves this spring.
year’s team that earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 6-6 record after facing one of the toughest schedules in the country. Hofstra then nearly pulled off its first NCAA Tourney win in school history before falling to ninth-ranked Loyola 11-9 in a game where Long Beach native Katie Whelan shined with four points. “It showed how resilient our team was last year to get big wins and find ourselves in the NCAA Tournament,” Smith said. “It was an incredible experience and it makes our team motivated to get back there.” Whelan, a graduate student, has emerged as a leader of the offense at attack in her final season of college lacrosse. The former Long Beach High School standout leads Hofstra in both goals and assists and tallied seven points in a 12-9 loss to Vanderbilt on March 20. Junior midfielder Taylor Mennella has also emerged as an offensive threat with a four-goal performance in a 16-9 win at Marist on March 11. Graduate student mid-
fielder Arrianna Esposito,senior attacker Erin Demek and sophomore midfielder Kerry Walser are also stepping up as scoring options. The Hofstra defense has been a big strength this season led by senior goalie Jess Smith, who tallied 14 saves in a 15-11 loss to 22nd-ranked UConn on March 26. The close features senior Wantagh High School product Anna Kaufmann, Kendall Smith, Brynn Hepting and Shannon Boyle, who was an All-CAA second team selection last year. Hofstra went 6-4 in non-conference play, which included a competitive game with local rival and then sixthranked Stony Brook before falling 12-6 on March 18. The Pride began the CAA schedule with a 17-12 loss to 12thranked James Madison last Saturday. Demek had three points. After an April 13 game at Drexel, Hofstra hosts Towson on April 16 at noon.
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The East Meadow Volunteer Fire Department provides a number of vital services to the community including fire protection, rescue, and emergency medical services. The EMFD’s EMS is performed by New York State-certified emergency medical technicians and is one of the busiest companies in the fire department. The requests for ambulance service continue to rise due to a number of factors, including an aging population and the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. The issue of increased requests for ambulance services is part of a growing national concern about how misusing ambulances and emergency rooms places significant stress on emergency medical services, which, in turn, may end up jeopardizing patient care in the event of a true life-threatening medical emergency. A survey cited by the website WebMD found that one in three people don’t understand the type of medical conditions that warrants a call for an ambulance. Certain non-life-threatening medical conditions that were noted in the study that did not require emergency ambulance transportation included an individual with chronic back pain who had run out of painkillers; a woman in the early stages of giving birth; and a toddler with a Lego piece stuck in his nose. Most often, these kinds of medical issues
patient may cause further harm or injury. Examples include injuries from a motor vehicle accident, a fall or other type of trauma. ■ If you cannot get the patient to the emergency room due to a fall, injury, or weakness, or if you’re too weak to get up on your own, or if you are unsteady on your feet. In these instances, getting behind the wheel of an automobile is dangerous.
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The easT Meadoe Fire Department wants to make sure everyone knows when the appropriate time to call an ambulance is. can be treated in a hospital emergency room or emergency walk-in clinic commonly found in many communities. An ambulance and trained EMS crew attending to non-life-threatening situations may not be available in the event of a truly life-threatening medical emergency — one in which prompt medical intervention may mean the difference between life and death. Medical experts advise that if you’re not sure whether an ambulance is truly needed, it’s better to call 911. An ambulance is most likely necessary when:
■ A person’s condition is potentially lifethreatening and is experiencing chest pains, difficulty breathing, sudden confusion or an altered mental status are symptoms that may indicate a heart attack, stroke, or related conditions, and needs immediate medical attention. ■ An individual is choking and needs abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) or back blows, or if their heart has stopped, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation is required. ■ If moving someone who is an injured
“Rest assured that our dedicated volunteers stand ready, around the clock, to respond to medical emergencies when needed,” Commissioner Carey Welt said. The East Meadow Fire Department, which covers East Meadow and parts of Levittown and Westbury (Salisbury), is always looking for new members to join. The fire department provides the training required. There are numerous benefits associated with volunteering, including tax breaks, college scholarships, annual health checkups, life insurance, and a service award pension program, all at no cost. For more information on volunteering with the East Meadow Fire Department, visit www.eastmeadowfd.com, or call (516) 542-4565. Submitted by the East Meadow Fire Department
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On March 29, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District hosted the second Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit, welcoming teens and educators from 27 school districts across the county, including East Meadow High School. Those in attendance learned how to combat anxiety, improve self esteem, and learn coping skills, among many other things, at the all-day event which featured panels, workshops and presentations from professionals and educators working in the mental health field. The summit, which was hosted by the New Jersey based organization, the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, was funded by Friedrich Air Conditioning at the Brookside School in Merrick — space that was donated to the group by the Central District. Stacy Brief, 24 of Bellmore, is a licensed social worker, and 2016 graduate of Wellington C. Mepham High School. Brief works as a therapist at the North Shore Family and Guidance Center in Roslyn, but also serves as the Long Island Coordinator for the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide. Brief told the Herald that while in high school, she was going through a difficult time, struggling with anxiety and depression. Stacy’s father, John Brief, who works for Friedrich Air Conditioning, had a
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At thE EVENt in 2019, the summit kicked off with a “Strings of Hope” resiliency panel, led by Stacy Brief and others. The same panel started this year’s summit. coworker in the same industry, that served on the Board of Directors for SPTS, and recommended the family get connected to them. “They suggested we check out one of their fundraisers,” she recounted. “It really spoke to me — it helped me make meaning of what I was going through.” Brief started sharing her story at SPTS events, and now she said her entire family is very involved with the organiza-
tion. “We had been volunteering and working with SPTS in Jersey, and we saw the impact it was having there,” she said. “I said, ‘Our community could have this, we could do it too.’” Brief helped assemble mental health professionals, educators and local school district administrators to create a wellness summit on Long Island. The first summit was hosted at the same location in Merrick in 2019, but due to the corona-
virus pandemic, it took a two-year hiatus. Four students and two staff from each participating district attended the event, that was meant solely for sophomores and juniors in high school. The summit began with a “Strings of Hope” resiliency panel, hosted by 3 young adults including Brief. Following the panel, attendees went to two sessions of workshops. Later in the day, a resource fair connected students to 16 groups on Long Island, such as the therapeutic schools, safe centers, and yoga studios, among others. The last event was a keynote presentation given by the organization Lead You, who led a “high energy, interactive assembly,” according to Brief, where students were taught how to relieve stress, find safe coping skills and manage anxiety through interactive play and games. Susan Tellone, the clinical director of SPTS, explained that the organization is all about education and training, rather then therapy. “Our focus is on increasing awareness and teaching,” she said. Since its founding in 2005, Tellone said SPTS has educated 650,000 teachers, to recognize and combat warning signs of suicide. They also work to educate parents and community leaders. Tellone said kids often think that they’re the only ones struggling. “Once they start talking about it, they see its not true,” she added. “It’s okay to ask for help.”
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More teachers mean more help for students continued from front page gram the first year, two thirds general budget and one third grant and state aid the second year, and in the third year the money will come straight from the general budget. “We’re in this fortunate situation right now where we have grant money coming in while at the same time seeing an increase in our state aid,” Dave Casamento, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction said at the board meeting. “So as to not inflate the budget at a ridiculous number we will implement this program K-5 in one shot and instead of the East Meadow budget taking the hit, it will take the hit over three years.” East Meadow has been looking to do this for a while Lashin said. “They’ve had it at the secondary level for years now and they were gradually phasing it in and to the elementary grades,” she said. The district’s two middle schools and two high schools have had integrated coteaching since about 2018, Lashin said, and Bowling Green, one of the district’s elementary schools, currently has the program for fourth and fifth grades only. If the student was younger than fourth or fifth grade and needed the extra help, they would get a resource room, consultant teaching meaning they would have supplemental instruction by a special education teacher or they would be put in a special class, where their individualized needs would be met with other children that have similar struggles. “With integrated co-teaching, we’re able to better support students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment,” Lashin said. “We’re able to give them the support of a special education teacher working alongside a general education teacher inside the classroom with their peers.” Before, if students needed integrated coteaching in grades four and five they would have to be bussed to Bowling Green even if their house was zoned
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Barnum Woods is one of the five elementary schools in the East Meadow district that will have integrated co-teaching in every grade starting next school year. for a different elementary school. In total for the district 13.7 percent of its roughly 7,300 students are special education students. “A number of years ago I sat at a CSE meeting and I said how is it possible that we do not have co-teaching for all of our children,” Board Member Jodi Luce said at the board meeting. “On a personal note it just brings me joy to know that this is going to be something that is offered to all of our children.” Lashin listed numerous benefits of co-teaching classes, including higher self-esteem for all of the students in the classroom, students getting more time with teachers, more engagement by students and the benefit of special education students being educated among their general
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East Meadow man charged after stabbing was treated and released to family members. Alvarado’s wife sustained serious physical injuries and is listed in stable condition at a hospital. Alvarado was arraigned Sunday on two counts of second-degree attempted murder and endangering the welfare of a child. He is still in the hospital and received a bedside arraignment.
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Help is needed to keep AHRC gallery open continued from front page arm out into the community.” The exhibit will consist of all aspects of a garden, Diana said, and right now the artists are working on butterflies and flowers. Every artist, regardless of ability, creates something for the exhibit. Some include flowers made out of the bottom of Coca-Cola cans and butterflies made out of small crystals. “Every day these artists come in here and no matter what level of talent they have, they are so proud of what they’re doing,” Moosmueller said. “And we here make sure you know to always give them opportunities to really showcase their talents.” Some artists even go on to yonah Piedagnel, 46, of Westbury, was proud to sell their artwork, Moos- show off her butterflies. mueller said, like Richard she said. “And that’s our goal here at the Infante, 29, of Roosevelt. “We’ve got Richard who comes to this pro- gallery and we love to do that.” She said that it has become increasinggram and looks forward to producing these grand pieces of art and he sells ly hard to keep the direct support profesthem, he makes money and he wins con- sionals that work at the gallery due to tests,” she said. “It gives him a sense of budget cuts from the state funding. “They assist every artist every day, not just with pride, it gives him a sense of purpose.” When asked if he was surprised that the art, but with everything that they his painting — a portrait of President need support with, whether it be eating, Biden — sold, Infante said not at all. For bathroom assistance or art,” she said. an exhibit that the gallery did in 2018, “We are still providing a wonderful day Infante painted a huge mural of safari for the individuals, a wonderfully producanimals. Diana said that Infante even tive day, but we are doing more with less. “It puts a lot of strain on the staff helps to teach some art classes. “Not only does he do a great job creating his own members,” she added. Saundra Gumerove, the board presiwork, but he does a wonderful job teachdent of the AHRC Nassau Board of Direcing,” Diana said. Moosmueller said that she loves com- tors, said it’s really upsetting that these ing into work every day and supporting AHRC Nassau centers are having trouble the artists and their work. “I tried to keeping staff. “A lot of it has to do with explain to my staff that when you go to the fact that they can make more money work everyday, don’t you like to leave flinging hamburgers at a hamburger joint work knowing that you contributed and than they can helping people lead good that you’re important and that you feel lives,” Gumerove said. A degree isn’t needed to be a direct serproud about something you did that day,”
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RichaRd infante, 29, is one of the artists who help put together the exhibits. vice professional, Gumerove said, and it’s a really fulfilling position. The centers rely on government funding and “we can’t pay people more than we receive,” she said. Right now, she said, centers for people with developmental disabilities are fighting for an 11 percent cost of living adjustment raise. “The developmental disability field hasn’t had a cost of living adjustment in years,” she said. “Cuomo never gave one.” Staffing is needed to keep centers like the AHRC Nassau East Meadow Gallery
open. Gov. Kathy Hochul, in her 2023 budget, has increased state funding for the office of people with developmental disabilities from $500 million to $4.5 billion, which Gumerove said makes her hopeful that things will change soon in terms of staffing. The “Garden of Dreams” exhibit will be open June 1 for people to visit at 189 East Meadow Avenue. In July the exhibit will be moving to the Forest City Park in Wantagh to be on display in the park.
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A. Your inspector is looking out for you. He didn’t accept the work because the interior walls that were removed had an important role to play in holding your house together. Now that there are no walls running at right angles to the outside wall, the strength of the exterior walls has been reduced, enough so they can waiver in a high wind onte eeper and compromise the home. In other words, the long, unbraced wall can collapse in a heavy storm. From flying in a plane, you may have heard of wind shear. It’s caused by pulsing crosswinds that work like a giant hammer, pounding directly at the wall’s surface, like pounding a big drum face, and is referred to as positive pressure. The wall is also brushed by winds that run parallel to its surface, which causes a suction known as negative pressure. Together, the pulsing is tugging at the wall and pushing it, causing opposite reactions that, if the wall isn’t properly braced, can make it come apart and wrench away from the rest of the building. By cutting the continuous top and bottom wall “plates” that run around the whole structure, the wall is no longer attached at these points. That’s one reason why windows and doors receive extra support around the openings. The “weakest links” are the places where the connection has been severed or removed altogether, as when steel beams and columns are inserted into the wall and the wood has been cut away. Some argue that the steel beam and column actually brace the structure, but only if they are attached to the surrounding dissimilar wood. In most cases, when an inspection is done, the lack of understanding of the wind shear process is revealed, and hopefully it is discovered before a disaster and not after. This can be repaired by making the wood walls connect again, using steel sheets, steel strapping or plywood that bridges the wall studs on either side of the steel column and beam. The plywood will stick out if the wall is only as thin as the column, but with large wall studs, the plywood can be recessed to be even with the rest of the carpentry.
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sil fuels to power our future. mid new reports of almost half To rein in Con Edison’s outrageous a million New Yorkers strugprice hikes and put New York on the path gling to catch up with their to a clean energy future, it’s time for the electricity bills, Con Edison’s state to take control of Con Edison. decision to request further increases of New York is the fifth-largest consumer up to 20 percent from state regulators is a of petroleum in the country, and the slap in the face. Con Edison, which reported billions of dollars in profits last sixth-largest consumer of gas; only about a third of our energy year, has chosen to take comes from renewable energy advantage of the global enersources. Meanwhile, for gy crisis to increase its profit decades, deregulation has margin further. allowed companies like Con The utility is price-gougEdison to continue pursuing ing the state. the cheapest, dirtiest energy The crises we face today — sources while increasing pricfrom the ripple effects of the es for their customers, all to pandemic, to the rampant maximize their own profit. economic inequality it exacA publicly owned power erbated, to the climate crisis meLAnie grid would set New York on bearing down on us all — the right path toward revershave shown us that we can’t D’Arrigo ing this trend. By removing continue to accept things as private interests from the they are. We can’t allow corstate regulatory board and porations like Con Edison to bringing Con Edison under state control, rip off New Yorkers in order to enrich the utility would no longer have the their shareholders. Nor can we continue authority or means to spend millions of to rely on the current system of energy dollars lobbying against renewable enerdependence on foreign interests and fos-
Letters think about how they can contribute to solving global issues. Since becoming an intern at the Borgen Project, a national nonprofit that works to make global poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy, I have been made aware of the impact that individual actions can have on combating these issues. These actions also benefit us here in the U.S. According to Chris Policinski, the former chief executive of Land O’Lakes, “From an economic perspective, what happens in one country has ripple effects throughout the world.” So, I ask my fellow citizens to treat both community and international issues equally when it comes to making a difference. JACk CASOLANI Yaphank
Were the ‘howls’ about Ketanji Brown Jackson purely race-based? To the Editor: Re Elaine Gross’s column “Finally, a Black woman on the Supreme Court?” last week: While I believe that Judge ketanji Brown Jackson does have the high judicial qualifications to sit on the Supreme Court, the hemming and hawing
ownership of our power grids. And to gy — nor would it be able to set its own make this happen, there needs to be a prices or bypass regulations meant to partnership between statewide and fedkeep us on track to being carbon-free by eral representatives. 2040. As a demonstration of that partnerNew York state already has the infraship, we held a rally in the Bronx togethstructure in place for a public takeover er with community leaders across New of Con Edison, and the movement also York City to call for public power. And has legislative momentum. The New when elected, we will push York Power Authority is a Congress and the State Legispublicly owned utility that lature to support public powers state-controlled operations, like the Metropolitan power grids in New York, proTransportation Authority, tect consumers, and advance with renewable energy. toward a sustainable energy But NYPA’s energy is disfuture. tributed by Con Edison, and For too long, Con Edison it isn’t allowed to directly tarhas profited from keeping get consumers or produce its New York underfoot. Now it’s own energy. But legislators our turn to bring the utility JonAthAn are pushing to change that to heel. with the passage of the Build soto Public Renewables Act, which Melanie D’Arrigo, a health would allow NYPA to begin care advocate and community taking over Con Edison by organizer from Port Washingacting as a direct competitor. ton, is a Democratic candidate for ConWe support these efforts — and we’re gress in New York’s 3rd District. Jonathan proud to be the first candidates in our Soto, of the Bronx, is a Democratic candiraces for higher office to support public date for the Assembly.
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and rationalizing she displayed in her hearings was somewhat disconcerting. But most disturbing of all was the fact that President Biden made race and gender his primary criteria in selecting his nominee. Reverse discrimination is still discrimination, regardless of whom it benefits. Ironically, if Biden had just limited his criteria to legal experience and competency, Jackson might still have ended up as his choice, but without the bad taste his criteria left in the mouths of many. Even if she is appointed, Jackson will always have the cloud of Biden’s egotism hanging over her head, his insistence on pointing out that, “Hey, it was me who was responsible for the first Black woman on the court!” History would be aware of that without Biden's self-serving pat on the back. Gross raises many legitimate points in her column, but I have to disagree with her implication that Biden’s nomination of a Black woman “brought howls” for other than very legitimate reasons. Yes, “structural racism” has existed, and continues to exist in America, particularly in certain areas, but that is a wrong that has been, and is being, remedied legislatively and in the courts. To imply that only people of color may rightfully address this issue is insulting and racist in itself. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway
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hings we don’t want in our backyards: incinerators, releasing toxic fumes in the air. Nightclubs, with late-night rooftop music. Prisons, with their high walls and guarded towers. And medical facilities, designed to save us from traveling vast distances just to see a good doctor? Mount Sinai South Nassau wants to open a four-story, 60,000-square-foot specialty-care medical facility on Wantagh Avenue in Wantagh. It would provide everything from radiology, pain management and oncology to a much-needed women’s center. The facility would have 50 private patient examination and consultation rooms, accounting for 75 percent of the space. It would bring 100 new jobs to Wantagh, fewer than a third of them physicians. The rest would be the kind of skilled positions that too many area residents now have to commute to. What Mount Sinai is planning will look like a brand-new building, but it’s not. It would take over a drab brick building that has been vacant for five years. It has become the massive elephant in the neighborhood that many residents and business owners hope their friends and customers don’t see. Mount Sinai’s idea is to create one-stop medical services — providing anything you might need outside of a hospital, all under one roof. Imagine seeing your cardiologist in a warm, inviting office. She
letters What happens locally happens globally To the Editor: After reading the article “Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents aghast at growing gas prices” in the March 17-23 issue of the LynbrookEast Rockaway Herald, I felt compelled to respond. While Long Islanders are definitely feeling the effects of recent global events, I would like to bring attention to the fact that countries around the world are dealing with a lot more than soaring gas prices. While our national average price per gallon is over $4 per gallon, according to FINCA, a nonprofit microfinancing organization, “over 1 billion people live on $2.50 per day or less, including 280 million people in extreme poverty who live on less than $1.25 per day.” So while I support people looking for solutions to local problems, I also urge my fellow citizens to
orders X-rays, but you don’t have to hop in your car to get them. You just take the elevator. When you return, someone is waiting to draw some blood just to rule out infections or other diseases. You take care of almost everything you need in a single visit. Then you head out and make a quick stop at a local pharmacy to pick up your medication. We don’t think about the value of having all of this in one place — in our neighborhood — until we need it. Maybe an occasional cardiologist’s visit wouldn’t be a big deal if it involved multiple stops. But if we were being treated for cancer, and needed to make regular trips to a medical office, why would we want to drive to North Shore or even Manhattan every time? Wouldn’t we be going through enough already? Wouldn’t life be better if we had this kind of facility in our backyard? And why can’t a woman make a single stop for an annual checkup, and have a mammogram and all her lab work done in the same place, at the same time? What Mount Sinai wants to do in Wantagh is hardly new. One-stop medical facilities are common in other parts of the country, especially in areas with large senior citizen populations. No, not common — they are welcomed. Demanded. And this type of facility isn’t even new to Long Island. Mount Sinai opened a similar one in Greenlawn, near Huntington, that is not only a good neighbor, but has
been embraced by that community. There have been legitimate questions asked of Mount Sinai about the Wantagh facility — especially when it comes to parking and the impact on traffic. But the development process with local officials isn’t about a hard yes or no over whether it should be opened, but instead, how Mount Sinai can work with local officials and neighbors to ensure that those questions are answered and those concerns addressed. And from what we’ve seen, Mount Sinai has gone above and beyond to answer them. You can’t see it from the street, but there are nearly 250 parking spots on the Wantagh Avenue property, and Mount Sinai has plans to create another 60, despite the fact that study after study — and the hospital group’s own experience — has found that 250 is more than enough. Like many medical facilities, Mount Sinai’s Wantagh center would be designed to simply blend into the community — but when you needed it, it would be there, ready to serve. And in the meantime, it would bring people into Wantagh, not to clog up streets, but to visit the restaurants, shops, and other small businesses that are the lifeblood of the community. Fight the incinerators, the loud nightclubs and even the prisons. But medical centers are exactly what every great community needs, and this one is just what a great community like Wantagh needs.
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hether you knew it or not, there are many types of football games. According to Wikipedia, the roster includes Jorkyball, cycle-ball, football tennis, blind football, power chair football, rugby, traditional American football and my favorite, political football. While most of the others (except the gridiron variety) need an explanation, almost everybody knows what a political football is. And one of the best examples is the price of gasoline. JERRY Regardless of the party in power, KREMER gas prices are used regularly as a line of attack on the incumbent leader of the country. Over the past 40-plus years, Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Biden have been the targets of public anger over the price of gasoline. And in most of those instances, the attack on the White House has been nothing more than a cheap shot for political gain.
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One of the major causes of sharp hikes in gas prices is wars or political upheaval on far-away continents. In 1973, the ArabIsraeli war caused prices at the pump to skyrocket. That was followed by the IranIraq War, which started in 1980. In the 1990s, the Persian Gulf War made motorists go crazy when the price per gallon spiked. While Saudi Arabia pretends to be our good friend and is always seeking more jets and defensive weapons, the Saudis periodically decide to cut back on oil production, which hits American drivers in the wallets and pocketbooks. Another enemy of the gasoline consumer is Mother Nature. Drivers in New York may pay little attention to disasters or climate-related events in Louisiana or Texas, but an explosion at an offshore oil rig, or a major hurricane, can cause longterm disruption of gas prices. I’ve always wondered why, within minutes after a hurricane slams into one of those key Southern states, the stations around here up their prices. That anticipatory action isn’t due to a shortage; it’s just an example of greed.
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For as long as I can remember, the price of gas has gone up and down during the spring and winter seasons, respectively. The jump in price as the weather warms is actually the result of the industry practice of changing the grade of the fuel to adjust to the climate. Summer gasoline costs more to produce, because it’s a special blend that is less polluting and can adapt to the heat. Even though this has been going on for the past 30 years, there are always politicians somewhere waiting to jump on their opponents to cast partisan blame. Another reason for the summer jump in prices is that around April, most oil companies shut down their facilities for maintenance, and are slow to prepare their production for the increased demand from vacationers starting in June. If you’re looking for someone else to blame for the summer rise in the price per gallon, it’s you, me, your neighbors and countless other Americans. Most of us start taking time off in June and many of us take driving vacations, and that trend continues right through Labor Day.
o matter who's in power, the other side will blame them for high gas prices.
The extra gas we guzzle puts enormous pressure on refineries, and up go our costs. Over a recent Saturday-night dinner, a few of my friends started complaining about the price of gasoline, and were quick to blame it on President Biden. Because he sits in the Oval Office, he’s the natural target for fuel-cost outrage. But many people forget the fact that the coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp cutback in production, and when the public decided that it was time to get out and start driving again, there wasn’t enough gasoline to meet that sudden burst of demand. That was another open invitation for the refineries to dramatically raise their prices. As we’re seeing, virtually every basic commodity, from corn flakes to car tires, is becoming more costly, but the easiest target for a politician seeking to get a few headlines is the price of gas. There’s no more popular political football, but it’s tossed around for all the wrong reasons. 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.
Facts, fiction and when to fish for shad
’m afraid if you didn’t cut your hair in March, potty train your 2-year-old, castrate your farm animals, quit smoking or get married, you probably missed the optimal moment for such events. That is according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which suggests auspicious dates for various activities, based on the phases of the moon and the alignment of the stars. The almanac, launched in 1792, is now my go-to reliable source of information, meteorological predicRANDI tion and general good-natured kibKREISS itzing. I used to read newspapers and watch TV news, but the OFA claims to be 80 percent accurate, and that’s good enough for me. I’m going with the annual pamphlet that tells me when to plant my tomatoes, based on the tides. If you’ve never read the Almanac, it is now available on Kindle, and as an act of personal devotion to readers, I purchased my own copy for $5.39 so I could write this tribute to a publication that has informed and amused folks for 230 years. It made my day — no, it made my month to read a compilation of anecdotes, folklore, science, magical thinking, histo-
ry, recipes, weather forecasts, farming information, ephemera, origins of month names, friggatriskaidekaphobia trivia (that’s the fear of Friday the 13th), animal signs of the Chinese zodiac and a windfall of homey, heart-warming, salt-of-theearth stories about good people doing kind things. The almanac offers a total, feel-good, not-amoment-too-soon distraction. According to the OFA, this month we will have a Full Pink Moon, which heralds the blossoming of wild ground phlox, one of the first spring flowers. It is also known as the Moon when the Geese Lay Eggs, for obvious reasons. The Almanac offers random factoids:
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If you want to know how much paint you need for a room, or how much wallpaper, or when to go fishing for shad, check out the OFA. One section offers famous last words: “Is it The Fourth?” Thomas Jefferson, our third president and the author of the Declaration of Independence, who died on July 4, 1826. “How were receipts today at Madison Square Garden?” P.T. Barnum, April 7, 1891. “Get my swan costume ready.” Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, Jan. 23, 1931. “Is it not meningitis?” Louisa M. Alcott, March 6, 1888. The OFA does not limit its predictions to the weather or farming. It sees in our future fake leather clothing and shoes made from mushroom roots, jeans recycled for housing insulation and shoes made from soda bottles. In the dead-and-stuffed department, I learned that Comanche, a horse belonging to an officer killed at Little Bighorn in 1876, was given a full funeral, with military honors, in 1890, and then sent to the University of Kansas to be stuffed. He can be seen there today. Also, Owney the terrier, an official U.S. Mail dog, was stuffed and displayed at the 1904 World’s Fair. We all know Trigger trotted down the same path, but did you know that Vladi-
ant to know what's really important? It's in the Farmer's Almanac.
■ Safe ice thickness for a single person on foot is 3 inches. For an 8-ton truck, it’s 12 inches. ■ The first hurricane of 2022 will be Alex. ■ A fear of toads is bufonophobia; a fear of bees is melissophobia. ■ Playing golf burns the same number of calories per minute per pound of body weight as shoveling grain. ■ You can keep beef in the freezer for six to 12 months, but frankfurters? One to two months.
mir Lenin, who died in 1923, lies somewhat embalmed in a glass tomb in Moscow’s Red Square? Scientists continue the effort to halt the deterioration of his body. Those wacky Russians. Have you seen the signs of spring? According to the almanac, worms begin to emerge from the ground. Indeed, the March moon was the Full Worm Moon. Since ancient times, people have used flora as indicators of when the time is right to plant. For example, when the crocus blooms, it’s the cue to plant radishes, parsnips and spinach. A point of information: Some forwardthinking farmers and ranchers are inviting volunteers to do farm chores for increased fitness. (Sounds like a Tom Sawyer scam to me.) A new thing: mobile grocery stores in trucks that visit numerous neighborhoods. People shop inside the van, which then goes back to restock and then moves on. According to the OFA, pets will soon wear devices that allow them to interface with their veterinarians. Realtors will sell houses with pets included. I recommend the Old Farmer’s Almanac for its forecasts and arcane information and down-home good humor. It is uplifting and entertaining, fascinating and funny. It was the best $5.39 I’ve spent in some time. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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